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I HINA FACHA .MF ' lYKMHftl?. AMaie Coralitfcm* foe Settlement ?>f Hwnt Ctanri of Troop* In Fasten? Mongolia. l'shlng, Sept. 3.?Baron (lonsuko llaiaahl. the Japanese minister tc ? ??ina, has presented to tho Chinese i lan office four demands for u set? tlement of the clash between Chinese a I Japaneae troops at Cheng Chlatun, eastern Mongolia, August 13, when 50 Chinese and 17 Japanese were killed vr wounded. The Japanese demands follow: First, dismissal of the rhinese of Acere In command of the troops. ?Second, the withdrawal of Chinese tio ipa from the district in which the |l >>oble arose. "Third, Indemnification of the fam? ilies- of the Japanese killed. "Fourth, the grunting to Japan of pollen rights In inner Mongolia." The Japanese Insist that the do? rnt? ids are light, but the Chinese offi? ciate regard them as practical elimi , nation of Chinese authority In Inner Mi'.igolls. ( hen Shlan-Tao, the acting Chine /e minister of foreign affairs Is with holding his reply to Japan until full i?Ports are available from a special ageot who has been sent to Cheng Chiatun. Family In Columbia. What appeared' at first to be a mld * Inter snow storm last night about 10 o'.ioch proved to be 12,000.009 bugs wbto? had lavaded the city of Col um I hie. No one seems to know whore they cs me from, but many persons wh? were od Main street a.bout the hour of lavanton and who momentarily opened I their months know where a great I many of them have gone. One man, 1 who claimed that he was a pur? food manufacturer from Boston, state 1 that he alone bad eaten at least three Quarte of them. Large quantities . consumed by others in no way relieved the situation, aa the bugs voluminous 1 ly increased with each minute. Per ? ptoiig Who had business on the street were one. hot pleasure seekers were Origan home, i The early arrivals of the bugs locat Fed <a* Columbia's great white way alias "* M**n etreet. and late arrivals wen ** "~*^?|bf)snrceit to adopt the o\U ta. flientrea. tee crwiin Othor public places were In fact one druir st< * was to clone and one theater rend* i almost untenable. Automobilist*, o were not equipped with goggles, wer? compelled to drive slowly, else 0g>< the possibility of a collision on ec< ant of being blinded by the bugs. V. 'i who work late were driven almost Iked ths do-*, d and hands over their ear?. Serene) doors were no barriers and i enjoying cooling drinks were > t *o flnd bug* rafting over the tops of t tetr glass as on the pieces of Ice v. u wro work late were driven uim< i i-wrie by the pet:ts. Peopia walk Main street with ayes and mout . Philip Luglnhlll, entomologist for the United States Department of *g rie i ture, mid that although the bugs erevo green and full of light, they did says that that they are o( the family of jasaldae. first cous? in Ol a grasshopper," und that their breeding place Is about the same aa that nf n mosquito.?The State. ? not -omc from Iceland. He the, are "leafhoppers," that HlMlstH COTTON MtUUUDT. i or raided Dolly by Fraeat ? a ton Hayes. , Cot oed Middling 1C 3-4. tri et Middling 15 1-2. Middling 15 1-4. -riet l*ow Middling 15. os Middling 14 1-3. - ' I I E r e* mm, SUMTER, AYNOR Ami Intermediate Points -Tw WILMiNGTONa N. C. AM THE SEASHORE -VI? ATLANTIC COAST LINE Mindly, Sept.11.1916 Twain leave** Monitor &.."(> A, M. I<c*vc* Wilmington rc tamlng O.IMi P. M. Fare from Homier ft.50 for the round trip. CnrreK|M>ndlnaly low rat** from other point*. W. J. Cralg, F. T. M. T. C. White, G. P. A. J. C. IHuihnr Tells \Wiut Executive Mas Done ami tilvcs IUmmhis W11> lie Should be Hoturned?llcfcrs to I iifounded Chargen, Editor Dally Item: : am glad to see that Mr. Cooper ami his supporters are coming out anh declaring themselves in favor of j thaWicst interest of their .State and | hopmihut many of those who cast tlieir?otes in favor of Mr. Please will think and reason with themselves 1 over the Issues that are at stake before | casting their ballots on next Tuesday week. It behooves us us a Demo? cratic people to discuss the great po? litical questions before us In a culm and dispassionate manner and see if we can not be instrumental in in? ducing some at least to sec things in tholr proper light. I have in my weak way followed Mr. Manning's administration pretty closely, since he took hold of the reins of the government, and must suy he has luudo us the best governor we have hud in many years. Some, of course, are ready to ask the question, what has he done I will try to enumerate a few things that he has done. In the tlrst place, he has put forth every effort possible to maintain law and order and no reasonable man can deny that conditions are much better now than when he went into office. Through his efforts the hospital for | the insane is so much better con? dition than it was two years ago, thut I many arc surprised at the wonderful change He tells us through the pa? pers and on the stump that under his administration the Institution is sav? ing $34,000 sj year to the State and nobody has offered to refute it. He urged the tax commission that the bank returns over tiie State should be revised and equalized and that they should pay their just portion of the tuxes that support the government. He did not declare martial law and send State troops to suppress the strike and force the cotton mill work? ers at thn, point of the, bayonet to go back to work at Brogon cotton mills, but tells the officials, there Is a law and the courts are open and will ap? ply the penalty, when the laws are violated. He sent the troops to Charleston to see that the municipal election was prop?rl\ conducted, tbe result of j which Is a cfeati cltv government. In bin message* to the legislature he urged and insisted that it enact a land title registration system which was done and I, as an humble citi? zen, think it ono of the greatest pieces of legislation that has been put through within a long number of years. He also urged and insisted that a rural credit system, the thing that we poor country people need as bad or worse than anything else, be enactod, but failed to get It, but if re-elected, will urge It again, I believe, just as strongly as ever. He through his energies and deep-felt interest in the welfare of his State, deserves the credit for refunding the State debt at the lowest rate of interest on record. These are some of the things he has done und it seems to the writer, that we are under obligations to him, rather than ho to us. I say, let us all take these mat? ters quietly to ourselves and give them thoughtful and serious consider? ation, throwing aside all petty griev? ances and Jealousies, looking always to the best Interest of our Stute und her peoplo '.nd I believe we will find something worthy in Hierard I. Man? ning. I know I am asking for too much space In your columns, but there is one matter I wish to set straight be foro the people, as I hear some ru? mors yet afloat that causes me to be? lieve they are under the wrong 1m l presston. When the Hhame matter cam? before the grand Jury of Sumter county I was foreman and 1 believe there were men on that Jury as honest as there are anywhere. The witnesses were called and examined, after which I put the question before the Jury as to whether It would ask the solicitor to draw an Indictment or not, and the cole stood six for and eight against; there being In the room fourteen members. The impression, no doubt, has pjom Ott! among some of the peo? ple thai Mr. Manning exercised an Influence over the grand Jury. I can say that be never intimated to me one ( xpKsslon by word Of ict, and 1 be? lieve ho Is as Innocent of tho charge as It Is possible fnrjiim to be. Wry respectfully. J. C. Dunbar. Marriage License Itacord. Licenses to marry have been Issued to the following colored couples: John VY. Allen, PenncttsvUlo. and Mottle m. Wilson. Rembert; Titus Capers, Providence, and Mary Screv ??n, Dataell; John Gllmore and Hetelle Marie IteOO, Mayesvlllc; Silas McKlov er and Ida Ma'/yck, Sumter; Abrain Purum it- und l.uelle I*cvan, Sumter; \\ illle J. Keels, Shlloh and Addle Lemmon, Olanta. plant jitiKKinms^virAfnxii. F.. W. Imbbs Tell* of Drill I? llai ts viMe and Addresses to Association. Salem, Black River, Sept. 1.?On Wednesday morning Mr. Andrews, Rov, Mr. Workman, Hugh Wither-1 spoon and the writer took a little trip by "4d" that wa-s about as full of, pleasure an<l instruction as it is pos- j slide' to crowd! into two days. The oc- I casion was the fourth annual meeting of the South Carolina Plant Breeders'1 Association at Hartsville, the home of Coker College and the Pedigree Seed ] Farm, monuments to the Cokcrs, j father ami son, a thousand times more appropriate and endearing than j anything in marble or bronze that1 the world's most famous sculptor! could fashion. I Nl can not conceive of any earthly joy greater, or of any satisfaction so complete, than must como to Maj. J, 1* Cokcr when he looks upon the i model town he lias built and contem- j plates the good to the community and j the far reaching Iniluences that go | forth to educate and make more'? prosperous and happy a great State. In fact the intluerice of the scientific plant breeding done here by Messrs. D. R. and S. Pressly Coker will reach around the world, and the cotton mar? ket which Mr. D. R. Coker has built up must benefit farmers in at least three States. Farm Demonstration Agent Wil? liams wrote me to urge a big delega? tion of Sumter county farmers to at? tend this meeting to learn how to se? lect seed for themselves, and not have to pay "exorbitant prices to Mr. Coker and others for the.seed they should' save themselves." Our delegation, when we had seen the work being done and had it explained to us, do not think the prices exorbitant, and while we joked the Messrs. Coker about it, the Joke really Is on Mr. Wil? liams. There is not a more insistent advocate anywhere of farm selection of seed than Mr. Coker. While they would not object to selling a farmer all the seed he may want, they do not advise him the very next year to throw away the seed he grows and buy more. But he is advised to carefully select the best seed from his own crop, not only for general planting, but to make plant selections for breed feg his own seed, and there Is no se. ret about it that they are not glad to explain. i am writing this not to boost the pedign e seed f:?rm, but to let the readers of this paper know that with? in a day's journey, work aa valuable as any agricultural college Is doing, can bo seen and studied at first hand. We had a quick trip to Hartsville and in a few minutes the crowd was taken to a part of the testing grounds, where we were shown the variety tests of cotton. Then we were assign? ed to the homes of the hospitable peo? ple of Hartsville, where every kind? ness was shown us. At 3:30 the meeting was opened by a short ad? dress by the President, Coker, and then papers were read on various phases of plant breeding and their re? lation to practical farming and com? munity building. All the papers were good, but the two that struck me most forcibly were "Problems for the Corn Breeders In South Carolina," by IS. Mclver Williamson and "Side Lights on Plant Breeding" (joint paper) by D? R. and S. P. Coker. These papers should be read by busi? ness men as well as farmers where they arc published and I hope this paper will print them for the benefit of its readers. At 5 o'clock we were taken to the seed farm proper, and shown the great variety of tests that are being made. Then to the country club on the bountiful pond that is made by damming Black Creek to secure power for the paper mill. At 7 o'clock to a reception by Mrs. D. R. Coker in their beautifully appointed home when an elegant supper was served on the broad veranda. It was here that we made acquaintances and met some of the charming ladles of this charming town, .lust across the street on one of the stateliest native oak shaded lawns I ever saw is the home of Maj. Coker. And for a mile up and down the old Black Creek road "Home Avenue" Is what its name implies In every sense of the word?the abode of culture and refinement such as can only descend from Southern chiv? alry. At 8:80 in the auditorium of Coker College Prof. Harper gave us a most interesting talk on the history of cot ion breeding. President Coker then called on the writer to lead the discussion on mar? keting, which ho said Is the business man's problem that he must solve In the interest of the farmers, for all the wealth comes out of the soil. In a short talk the writer brought out the need of the business men of every town to develop a market for everything the farmer grows like that Mr. Coker has developed for sta? ple cotton In Hartsville, so ibe farmer may know that be Is getting full value for what he sells. Ami It is only In this way that we can bring about that diversification that will prepare us for the boll weevil and bring1* about attesting ? prtfSpcrfty *not*| dependant on tiny one crop or season, i He then culled on Mclver Williamson to continue Hie subject. I have never heard u richer talk than Mr. William-j son's picture of the all-cotton farm- j cr's condition and bis illustration of tho fanner who dhersilics without J having a market, lie compared it to] the farmer- who said he hud a pond on his place alter the recent rains that had in it HO million bushels of tad poles and he had just found out how to grew/ rich?that he knew by ' the way they multiplied he could soon have SO million, times 80 million bushels of tad poles, all for the gath erlng. He was enthusiastic and wild ever the idea until a friend said "Hut John what are you going to do with ! 80 million bushels of tad poles?" His I jaw fell and he collapsed. He had never thought of that. 1 would give j a goodly sum if it were possible to put before my, readers a verbatim ad literatim report of that speech. I have never heard anything that brought out in more striking terms, and homely phrasing the condition of the cotton farmers. The next day and the home trip via Pee Dee Experi? ment Station will have to wait for another time. E. W. Dabbs. t; rowing Colored Cotton. The farmers of South Carolini and other Southern States interested in the experiments of A. W. Brabham, of Olar, in the growing of colored cot ton will read with interest a letter he has/written" to The" New York Sun under date of August 29. relative to the progress he is making. Mr. Brab ham has faith' In the practicability of growing cotton from which cloth that will not have to be dyed can be made, although he is not yet ready to an? nounce definite results or to sell any seed. His chief difficulty seems to be that he has only white parent plants on which to experiment, having been unable to get native plans from Peru, Slam, India dnd Egypt. Mr. Brub ham's efforts are of unusual Interest In view of the dye shortage which is acute just at this time, and his prog? ress will be noted with keen interest. In his letter to The Sun Mr. Brab? ham enclosed samples of dark green- ? lsh gray, light green, tan and light tan lines of cotton, and they were sent to the Yinfk cotton exchange Ho says in his letter. "Abo it a year ago you referred to , my worein producing colored cottons, und, wen? so far to I'.?nsnit the great plant wizard oi the West, Lu? ther Burbank. Both of you were scep? tical. In order to allay your doubts, I am sending you some samples, which prove that I am making some progress. All of my shades or hues, have not matured yet, and I am not able to say what other colors I may have later on. But the samples sent show clearly thn,. I have solved both a biological and pa? thological problem not dreamed of In the phllosopy of man, living or dead. Get together the colored cottons of Peru, Siam, India and Egypt, and it is hard to guess what can be accomp? lished in the different colors of cotton. They blend readily. "For some years past I have made fruitless' efforts to get the seed of the red and brown Peruvian, the gray of India, the yellow of Siam, the brown of Egypt. I have failed so far, but will try again. In the meantime I give it to the cotton world that the grow? ing of colored cottons can be done, and I wish others to aid me in this work. If I can produce from white parent plants the shades I am send? ing you?and upon the honor of a man and Mason I have done it?what could be done if we had colored parent plants to begin with I wish to say that I have no seed for sale. My work is in the experi? mental stage yet, and under no condi? tions will I send seeds or samples to any one. Be kind enough to present these samples to the New York Cotton Ex? change with my compliments. The ex? change made this request this spring when I had no samples on hand. Please say to the public that I can not answer private letters. I am a busy man, and will endeavor to post the public through the press.?Char? leston Post. PROMOTION FOB NON-COMS. Specini Office? Formed for Worthy Men in Marine Corps,, Who Cannot Become Officers. Washington, Sept. 4.?A new ave? nue of promotion for worthy non? commissioned officers who have been barred from commissions because of overage, lack of education, or other deterrent circumstances, opens up in the provision made in the Navy Ap? propriation Bill for the appointment of forty warrant officers in the Unit? ed States Marine Corps. These warrant officers will bo known B8 Marine Gunners and Quartormaster Clerks ami their pay and allowances Will range from ^ 1,750 to $L\500 a year. Enlisted men who are "able to do thiiH',s'Vwiii get the appointments, and the thobnetleal element will not enter into their examinations, says Marine Corps o'fflclals at headquarters. We take this method of announcing to the public that we have secure! the ser? vices of an expert Funeral Director and Embalmer in our Mr. Griffin. He has had several years experience in this line, hav* ing been associated with the leading Fu? neral Directors of Spartanburg. S. C. We assure you that *my business intrust ? ed to him will be efficiently dispatched, as he comes to us highly recommended. Yours truly. J. D. CRAIG FURNITURE CO. 10-12 W. Liberty St.. Sumter. S. C. COTTON WAREHOUSES IN TEXAS. Tjaw of 1? 14 Placing Storage Houses Under Stnte Sui>ervislon Accom? plishes Good Results. D. M. Cameron, supervisor of the warehouse-marketing department of the State of Texas, while in New York this week had an interesting interview with a repi-esentative of the Journal of Commerce. Mr. Cameron spoke of the good results of the Texas ware? house law passed by the legislature In 1914. Under this law all public ware? houses in Texas are subject to super? vision of the State authorities. The warehouses are required to issue ne? gotiable receipts specifying weight and grade of the cotton stored. Un? der this practice the insurance com? panies believe that the risk is greatly diminished, and rates were reduced about one-half, or $1.75 per $100, Wnereas I rforo they were about t".r?0 Where ?otton it stored under the su? pervision oi the S;ate .:n uo?titb?nu; ail fcej i .1. t hi i . ? .. HHEl M YriSM IS TORT CUT. As Many a Sumter Reader Knows Only Too Well. Many pains that pass as rheumatism aro really due to weak kidneys?to the failure of tlfc kidneys to drive off .rlc acid thoroughly. When you suf? fer achy, bad joints, backache, too, dlz'/lnes and some unrinary disturb? ances, get Doan's Kidney Pills, the medicine that Ir publicly recommend? ed by over 150,000 people In many dif? ferent lands. Doan's Kidney Pills help weak kidneys to drive out uric acid, which Is often the cause of the backache, rheumatism and lumbago. Sumter people have learned their worth. Read this Sumter resident's experience. J. A. Whlttemore, 14 Harby Ave., Sumter, says: "My kidneys were bad? ly disordered and my back ached. I also suffered from rheumatic pains In my limbs. The kidney secretions passed freely, too. Friends recom? mended Doan's Kidney Pills and I got some at Hearons Pharmacy. They did me a world of good. Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy?get Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that Mr. Whlttemore had. Foster-MUburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. 23 discount of 10 "per cent. Is . Mr. Cameron spoke optir rfc w-of cotton prospects for this fall ami win? ter, and did not believe there would be much storage of the staple owing to the fair price that it would bring. He said tha* Texas warehouses could accommodate 2,600,000 bales of fiat cotton, or 3,500,000 bales of cora presed cotton, and that the facilities have increased about 30 per cent, since 1914.?Insurance Herald-Ar? gus, i Week's Weather Forecast. South Atlantic and East Gulf States.?The weather Will be generally fair, with temperatures near the sea? sonal average during the week. There are no indications at this time of a disturbance in the West Indies. Geo H. Hurst? ! ?r,deiW.ti ut EibttMf. PttHKSt Atrt*t?R t? On, ft* WMrMjBetkw AT i. D. Cml? Oft thus, a. Hals Pfcone* {SjSTo, $1.60 SUMTER to AUGUSTA And Return -via AILAHM) CDIST LINE FRIOAY.SEP.IS, 1916 LAST EXCURSION OF THE SEASOH I ? %?? t O r * I ? Train leaves Sumter 7:28 A. M. Leaves August return? ing, 9.00 P. M. W. J. CRAIG, Passenger Traffic Manager T. C. WHITE, General Passenger Agent Atlantic Coast Line The Standard Railroad of the Sooth Ramifies the "Nation's Gerden Spot" Through the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida "NEW YORK AN1 FLORIDA SPECIAL" (January to April); "FLORIDA AND WEST INDIAN LIMITED," "PALMETTO LIMITED" AND "COAST LINE FLOR? IDA MAIL.1 Dining Cars?a la carte service. All year round through car service from New York to both Port Tampa and Knight's Key, connecting with steam? ships to and from Havana. For beautifully illustrated booklets and copy of the "Purple Folder," address, FOUR FAMOUS TRAINS T. C. WHITE, Gen. Pan*. Agent W. J. CRAI6, Patt. Traft. Mgr. WILMINGTON, N. C.