^n^fgfglasgfs ^snsfeosntety gsss unten fSreet ef sv strike that would ok railroad truffle f or on In 'Period toot thousand* of sum seoriying homo result will bo n ndemal vets 1* the second Teeve were fj-om five to voters nbotnt from the ?I the it ret primary hev* all return td they, can fie) entire complexion of f ej(ga- T^Ose^gJe?HJT ge^flK^h) ttooeex men were pro by Urn result of the 9**ft> surprise at the sfso| Veto won thron greater iirfaamot tnoManmny mod, l ad pkseetf much confidence it that many old Uno Blesse It for him. One Cooper n the upMOonntry expressed h?*ninmn that not n Sintis Is anrwhero voted for Coop? er Cooper leader Is report ?Bid that a few Bleaae men |? ooonty who wero porsoual Mr. Cooper voted for him. not eit' the vote* of nil of led personal friends. ??>?'? n BsnVwho la too Indifferent to etUten. trho eonsffero 'himself too I Ox np In polities, even to T "i ift? snen^ln^innfenn ^^^TT ^^^^^^^gge **^l' X Ti^^^w^L^^ M^^s^^aMf^^ ^i?n^ gg^fcfcWsa' o^kj^iks^ 'Mr Ig t for the poh> jfnaftnpego Mj> ? t fr? it told the people of Cher ef Leo, end other counties, apeign speeches, that he rover nor for four years and *h?t sort of administra? tiven them, and that 1 rest assured that if they htm for a third term he would then* the same sort of admin He told the people of arg and ether counties that If they elicted* him governor for a fntrd torsi ho would forget past anl? ief the post bury ths part wotityl bo the governor of all the How In has eleventh hour to the antl-Bleaae majority iguinat him In the first pri? nter? ho promisee to know neither fissnsa nor foes In ths administra? tion of the ? governor's offlce. Should sss ho nfcmted, and pledgee himself to he the governor of all the people. He na;ponhi to both factions and himself to two entirely oppo cleo he promises to give the same sort of administration he gave before and also promises to bo a fair and Impartial governor. Which statement are we to believer Which pledge will Mr. Bleaae keep. If ho should be sleeted? ? o o Not once In hie campaign speocheo, Os far ae wo reeollect. and In none of the campaign literature sent out by afr. Bleaae. does he come out un ouatinodry for the enforcement of all the laws of the State. He has been extremely careful not to say anything that would alienate the blind tigers and others who flourish and prosper bp the non-enforcement of the law. o o e The reports, being circulated by the Bleaae leaders, that Manning and hie friends will use an Immense amount of raonev In the effort to car? ry the election are false on the face for there Is no one able to put up the money, even If Manning would be a party to an unlawful proceeding of this character. No special Interest has anything to gain by the re-elee tlon of Manning. Neither the big corporations nor the liquor ring want a governor who makes It his first duty to enforce all tho laws fairly, firmly and Impartially. o o o If tho local merchants spent as much In advertising, In proportion to their gross annual sales, as the mall order houoes spend, they would largoly Increase their sales and keep at home thousands of dollars that now go to Chicago and other mall order centers. The Immense business that the mail order houses have built up Is the i result of persistent adver tiling. In nine coach out ui ten v local merchant can Hell better good* Cor the same or lees money, but the> do not advertise the facts sufficiently. The mall order houses are always on the job and are making new custom era every day. ? * e Before the first primary the report was generally circulated In the up country that Blease would carrj Sumter county. The report wai promptly contradicted and the result of the primary confirmed the asser? tion that Sumter would certainly give Manning a majority of the votes cast The report la again In circulation that Blease will carry Sumter county, when every Blease man who knows anything at all is fully aware that Sumter will give Mannning a bigger majority than ever before. Blease never has had a chance to carry Sum? ter county In any of the many cam? paigns he has made for office and his chance now la leas than ever be? fore. e e e Interest In the election should not cause Sumter county farmers to lose sight of the fact that a big wheat and dat crop should he planted this fall. tktrlg and .thorough preparation of the land and early planting do more to insure a good yield of small grain than anything else. ? * ? ? , Cole It Blease has raiaed the cry that the Manning men will use coney to carry the election, . alleging that automobilen and men to drive them are being hired to work on the day of the primary.. This charge la made designedly to distract attention from the practices of the Bleaae liquor ring workers. Senator B. R. Tillman makes the direct t * ?? that the liquor ring la furnishing * big corruption fund to elect Bleaae and debauch the State, Which charge do tyou believe to he true, Biease's charge against the Man niggf man or Tlllman's against Blease as* the whisstey ringt Which to aetiat ttfeety to be truer ? ' ? * , Bleaae ehargea that Manning turn? ed out every Bleaselte office holder? a false charge, of course. How many did he turn out In Sumter coun? ty; or Lee or Clarendon or Marlboro Or Spartanburg or any of the other counties? The truth Is, Manning kept hie promitP to be a taon-parti my a Bleaselte Mannini annlngis > at Mannmg-* Prodigal Returns to Fold. Editor Daily Item: A few days ago, In publishing e abort statement which I gave you you prefixed a 'sub-head which he* placed me In a false position. The headng waa that I had given the lie to those persons who had reported that 1 waa in favor of the election of former Oov. Blease, whereas as a matter of fact, during those days be? tween the primary and the publica? tion of my article I had made state? ments in my haste which could very well have Justified my friends in say? ing I was in favor of Mr. Blease, but like the Prodigal Son of old I came to myself and found that I was wrong In my political attitude toward Gov. Richard I. Manning. Very respectfully, C. aivln Stubbs. Sumter, 8. C, Sept. 6th, 1916. 8TJMTER COTTON MARKET. Dally by Ernest Field, Got ton Bayer. Good Middling IS 1-4. Strict Middling 16. Middling 14 3-4. Strict Low Middling 14 1-4. l*w Middling 13 3-4. 1IBW TORS OOTTOIt MARKST. Yesfdr? Open High Low Close Ceos* Jem . .15.95 .69 .40 .40 .72 stab . 15.82 .82 .56 .66 .86 ggay . 15.85 .?7 .71 .71 16.00 Oct . . 15.41 .43 .19 .19 .53 Dec . .15.55 .60 .33 .33 .65 Mr. John K. Crosswell returned home Wednesday from his summer vacation of several months. He pur? chased a King car In Chicago and made the trip to Sumter from that city through the country. He camo by way of Indianapolis and French Lick Springs, where he spent five days, then to Ixmlsville, Nashville, Huntsvtlie, Ala., Atlanta, Augusta and Columbia and then to Sumter. He broke the Journey by stopping a day in Nashville, four days in Atlanta and two days in Columbia. He reports having hud a very pleasant trip, with? out an accident or delay of uny kind, except that he had to make a wide detour through North Alabama on account of bad roads in East Tennes? see, as a result of the storm. If he had been able to follow the route through Chattanooga to Atlanta the trip would have been ubout 250 miles less than he actually travelled. Mrs. T. J. Perkins, of I*ike City. Fla., is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. C. rouAceo growers delig Buyer From Timiiioiisvllle Hh Experience of Pee Pee Ift This Year. '?Over 2,000,000 pounds of tobdcoo hsrve been sold at the Farmers' ware? house at. Tlmmonsvllle this scaso an average price of over 16 cents pound," said J. J. McKenzie, ?uc tloncer, yesterday. "There are three} tobacco warehouses at Timmonsvllle,1 Mr. McKenzie continued, "and^all of them have done well, the .market' opening with a rush August 1 with buyers on the floor from practically all of the leading tobacco companies. The market closes there this week, ;| "Competition among buyers hast been keen and the farmers are elated] I over the splendid prices they have] received. In several instances the returns from the tobacco crop have] enabled farmers to pay debts brought, over from last year and at the sa time pay this year's fertilizer hi1 leaving she cotton crop clear profi The farmers are so enthusiastic o the prices received for their cro; that they are planning to plant ev a larger tobacco crop next year a ihe warehouses and buyers are lng arrangements accordingly." \ Mease's Pardon Record. ' { Qov. Blease, during his two terms?! reversed the verdicts of juries, In up-j wards of 1.500 cases. No Democrat^ lc governor before Mr. Blease nor af-* ter has exorcised so freely the preH rogatlve of executive clemency. More4 over, besides turning put hundreds ofk criminals whom the people through* their juries had placed In restraint,! Gov. Blease on going out of office1 issued a blanket pardon, whereby, about 1,000 persons whom he had paroled were clothed with citizen? ship. According to Mr. Blease's reports) to the legislature, nearly 300 nets oli executive clemency were performed during the first year of the Blease ad? ministration. Seventy-six of the beneficiaries had been convicted ot murder, 68 of manslaughter, eight of rape or attempt to ravish, and two of bigamy. Something less than 200 acts ot executive clemency marked the sec* und year. Forty-nine \pt tho bene*. ftclarles had been convicted of slaughter, 32 of murder, 10 of statutory rape* attempt to ?>J bastardy or seduetfrn jtnd j bigamy. Closs to 850 persons received clers* sncy at the governor's hands in 1? It. Fifty-six were murderers, 65 had been convicted of manslaughter, II had been held by juries guilty of rape, attempt to ravish, incest, adultery or reduction, three of bigamy. Qov. Blease resigned five days be*t, fore the expiration of his second term. Detailed reports concerning the 700 cases in which he exercised executive clemency during his' last year are not available. One hundred; and one convicts had been set free In one day. Sixteen were serving life terms for murder and 31 had been sent up for manslaughter. Gov. Blease paroled and then par? doned the wealthy Union county planter, W. T. Jones, convicted of murdering his wife.?The State. man; rai Appointed Grand Chaplain. Baptist Courier. The Laurensvllle Herald tells us I that "Rev. W. E. Thayer, D. D? of Sumter, has been appointed grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of An? cient Free Masons of South Carolina to nil out the unexplred term of this office made vacant by the death of the Rev. W. P. Smith, of Spartanburg. The appointment was made by R. A. Cooper, Grand Master." , The Cooper Vote. The disposition of the vote accord? ed Robert A. Cooper in the first pri ntary will, of course, decide the pri? mary. How even the fondest support? ers of M r. Blease can expect that he will get over 10 per cent, of them is' more than we can see. The great bulk lot the Cooper vote came from the people who were of the opinion that Gov.I Manning had treated the Bleaseltes with too much considered tlon. In Greenville county alone the governor alienated several hundred supporters because he appointed a man who has voted for Blease to oA lice. When he passed the word among his followers to reclcct McLaurl) warebjbu.se commissioner, the governor, lost thousands of votes. In fact the re-election of McLtfiurin, which would never have been accomplished but for Manning's stand for him, probably re? sulted In Cooper making the race. It so embittered antl-Bleaseltes over the State that they felt tho governor ought to be rebuked for it. So that the Cooper vote represented to a very large extent tho voto of tho most ui compromising anti-Blcnseites In the Mate. To suggest that these people would tako Blease In preference to Manning is a joke. Mr. Blease may got 10 per cent of the Cooper V(tyk but he won't get over that?Spar, tanburg Journal. j j Mr. Walter Mltns is at home from Newark, N. J., visiting his parent^ NOTICE. hereby given that the sec ratic Primary will he held th day of September, 1916, Rowing polling places with ing managers and clerks: 1?W. A. Weathers, Alfred ?Scarborough, A. H. Weeks; A. S. Rowell, clerk. Ward 2?J. B. Baker, W. A. Thomp? son, R, O. Purdy, Jr.; S. K. Nash, clerk. Ward 3?W. W. James, J. D. Pace, W. M. Brazlel; Raymon Schwartz, clerk. Ward 4?T. W. Pace, W. O. Price, Q. A. Brown; J. I. Lescsne, clerk. Borden?G. W. Hatfleld P. B. Emanuel, Luther Wilson; C. M. Emanuel, clerk. f Concord?L. J. Newman, T. M. Hodge, Hazel Brunson; F. A. New? man, clerk. Dalzell?W. J. Douglas, J. Harry Jones, H. C. Edens; A. F. Smitk, clerk. * DuBose?J. R. Yates, Horatio Fra sler, Robert Du Boso; Malcom Rivers, Clerk. Earle?J. B. Harvin, John E. Mc Danlel, H, Grady Stone; D. O. Pierson, clerk. Farmers?H. M. Spann, W. O. Bradford, A. L. Ardls; Marion Mc Leod, clerk. Hagood?W. J. Sanders, W. M. Le noir, Jr.; J. L. Jackson; B. F. Myers, clerk. Manchester?G. L. Geddings, F. M. Coulter, D. W. Allsbrooks; Robert Christmas, clerk. Mayeaville?J. H. Burgess, E. G. Spencer, W. B. Cooper; R. J. Mayes, Jr. clerk. ! Oswego?M. H. Andrews, T. C. Caufhen, W. D. McLeod; J. F. Moore, clerk. Pisgah?Leon Stuckey, E. P. Brown, S. W. Hawkins; J. E. DuPre, clerk. Pleasant Grove?J. L. Kirby, Jesse McElveen, Wylle Baker; Ho vie Keels, clerk. Privateer?J. M. Jackson, B. P. Harvin, A. P. Hinson; Silas Kolb, clerk. Rafting Creek?S. L. Young, T. J. Brown, J. A. Ream es; D. K. Lee, clerk. vi. Heids?Standing Ardls, L. E. Avin, F. M. Brown; Robert Ardls, clerk. Salem?S. J. Blackwell, H. D. War? ren, A. J. Pringle; E W Dabbs, Jr >rk. , Stateburg?James Pagan, W. L. i, ^JL 'CY Richardson; . .John L. lerson, clerk. Shtloh?H. G. Weaver, J. W. Player, J. F. Player; H. O. Player, clerk. .Taylors?A. H. Truluck, N. Mc? Neill, W. G. Moore; I. M. Truluck, clerk. Trinity?T. J. Keels, G. W. John? son, J. A. Mlms; J. T. Dennis, clerk. Wedgefield?H. D. Cain, B. Wade Brice, W. T. Brown; A. E. Aycoek, Jr. clerk. 1 Zoar?S. J. White, J. A. Blackwell, P. L. Jones; J. L. Brogdon, clerk. The polls will open at 8 o'clock A. M. and close at 4 P. M., on September 12th, 1916. Ono of the managers of each club will call upon the under-' signed for the box for his club, and for tickets, returns, roll book, etc. Immediately at the close of the polls at 4 P. M. September 12thj the man? agers will proceed to publicly count the votes and declare the result; and after tabulating the result shall certify to the same, and forward the ballot boxes,- containing the poll list, ballots, oaths, returns, and all other papers to the County Chairman within thirty-six liours after the closo of the polls. The managers shall administer to all per sons offering to vote the oath required by the party rules, and shall arrange a table, desk, or other suitable place whereupon the ballot boxes shall be placed so as to enable each voter to deposit his ballot without interference, hindrance, crowding or confusion. The managers must see that the boxes are plainly marked so as to be easily dis? tinguishable which are State and which are County boxes. Tho candidates in the second pri? mary must 11 le with the Clerk of the Clerk an itemized, verified statement of any expense that they have incurr? ed, immediately after the election. The following is the State ticket in the second primary: For Governor. Cole L. Blease, Richard I. Manning. For Railroad Commissioner. James Cansler, Albert S. Fant. COUNTY TICKET. For House of Representatives: J. L. Glllis, W. L. McCutchen, For Magistrate: 1st District. J. C. McElveen, F. L Player. 3rd District. J. D. Epperson, M. J. Moore. 6th District. R. L Burketto, o M. L. Moore. The Executive Committee for Sum tor County is hereby called to meet on September 14th, 1916, at 12 o'clock noon, to tabulate tho returns, declare l^he reBult of the primary, and for such other business as may come be? fore it. JOHN H. fc LI FT ON, County Chairman. MAKES SUCCESS OF PEANUTS. Hits Thirty Acres and Expect* to Get About Sixty-live Bushels Per Acre. - Mr. P. M. Pitts this year planted on his place thirty acres of peanuts as a trial crop in preparation of the coming of the boll weevil, when it will i be impossible for the farmers of Sumter county to grow cotton suc? cessfully. Mr. Pitts' efforts rn grow? ing peanuts in his iirst year have ap? parently besn successful. On the thirty acres, which were planted during the drought in May, Mr. Pitts did not secure good stands, but he expects to get about sixty-five or seventy bushels of peanuts to the acre off the crop, besides the h;?.y which will average more than a ton to the acre. The peanuts are being harvested at the present time and are stowing up well. The Suniter ('hamber of Commerce has for the past year been endeavor? ing to interest the planters of Sum ter county in peanut growing, as a means of diversifying and a crop which can be grown successfully when the boll weevil reaches this State. This fall the demand for pea? nuts by the oil mills is good and Mr. Pitts and others who have grown this crop expect to realize a good profit. Contributions to Y. M. C. A. Fund. Two additional contributions have been received to the fund for the es? tablishment and maintenance of a Y. M. C. A. branch for the use of the South Carolina contingent on the border: Mrs. W. M. DeLorme. $1.00 S. A. Harvin. 1.00 Previously reported. 63.00 Total $65.00 Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. BOOTH & McLEOD, Successors to BoothtShuler Lumber & Supply Co. Goo. Epperoort'o Old Sto-rvd Opp. Court Hoaoo EVERYTHING AT ONE PEACE. ? MMMMMMMMMM ??if ??????????? > ? I ? ?I MTV WRRM NOT TOO LARGE NOR TOO SMALL ft This Bank is not TOO BIG, nor TOO LITTLE. 4 It is Big Buough to give confidence and assurance to its T customers. It is Small Enough to give careful attention to your ? affairs. Your little account will not be neglected. 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