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um m nc mm Wilson writes or decision at HAND. Asks If Radical Changes of FoMcy mmU be Made Now?Says Peace aod Good WUI Toward AU I? FoMcy of Nation. Long Branch. N. J., Sept. 28.?In a message opening bla campaign of fetter writing President Wilson de etared tonight that "the question in about to bo determined whether we ?hell keep the nation upon its pres eot terms of peace and good will with the world or turn to radical changet ?t polity which may alter the whole aspect of too nation's life." The prostdent wrote the letter to Hiss Lsona U Ibarra bee, president of the Women's Democratic club of PerUaad. Ore., thanking her for worh boing done In his behalf by the oveaatoaUori. "i can not help having the feeling," sal* the presldent'a letter, "that the latalllgant women of Orgeon need no siHfssthin or Intimation from me as ta what are the real Issues of tho it campaign or real concern that must have with those Issues. As a vary sincere advocate of tho ex of the suffrage to women. It to mo a very great dlaosrvlca ta Qm cave* that partisan use uhould as made of it. particularly at a time so critical as this, whan tlis question to about to be determined whether wo ahait hasp tho nation upon Its pres oat tor me of paaca and good will with the world or return to tadlcal i Ina gas of policy which may alter thO /hole aspect of the nation's life." I, to another lector to Howard & Williams of Jackson. Miss., ?xpress joir regret that he can not attend the jfrml Convention of the Toung Men's tfcOalieas Clubs of America at Jack loa oa October It the president de? stored that the future business de? teiepoteat of the ooantry rests In an 1 and peculiar degree at pres la the hands of young business Co. _problems of the future In the Mela of buetness are going to be new probjesns very largely," he wrote, **or clot old problems In I. new form. It will need Imagination, vigor and ta deal with them as they be dealt with and the young ktyo* should be pre la mit.d dad pi fa ' person. Since oat' I coo only ask you to . utter lfar ate and to assure ths gentlemen sQiisabied of my profound Interest rh the part they are to play in the future development of ths great na ttoa we lovs." The president mads It clear agniu tonight that he has no intention ef ?Mislag a campaign tour. It was re? ibt rated that all sp eches made by him away from Shadow Lawn will be before non-partisan organisations and generally speaking will be non-po tttical in .form. la reply to an Invitation to make an extra speech on one of his Mid ale Western trips. Secretary Tumulty wrote tonight that no plans were be? ta* * made for any resr platform speeches by the president. On these trips the president's private car will be attached to regular trains and ealy the regular stops wlH be mads. ? suggestion has been made hero that a Wilson day be celebrated before the election In all parts of the coun? try, the president to writs a message for the occasion. The plans are omy tentative, however. Today the pres? ident discussed political questions with lltos Ida' Tarbell, a magaalne writer, and late this afternoon re? ceived a group of moving picture operators who took him In various sUIXKD BY II IM SON. J. C. CYoaswcil of McConnkk Shot by Horace Croawell. McCormtck, Sept. 28.?J. C. Cross well, agsd ?8, waa shot and killed this afternoon by his son, Horace, aged IT, From what ran be learned the father was In argument v.Ith his wife, which came to a heated dl*cu:*s1on, when the younger Crosswcll Inter ceded In behalf of his mother. When the father turned on him he is said to have grabbed a shotgun and fired, the whole load taking effect In the faee of hia father. Death waa Instantaneous. Magistrate Holloway went Imme? diately to the scene and held an In? quest, ths verdict being that the man met doath by gunshot wounds at the hands of Horace C? sswell. TRAIN HD NUIINK INDKTF.D. Attempted to Blackmail Prominent Physklan. Cincinnati, Bept. 28.?Miss Mar? garet Oorry a trained nurse, has been orroflted churged with attempting to blackmal) Dr. C. A. Reed, a promi? nent phytlr-lan. Her arrest followed the grand Jury Indictment. The nurse demanded twenty thousand dollars as I he pries of nor silence. A $2,000.00 LICENSE FEE IN EACH COUNTY. Agent of Pennsylvania Railroad De? fending Colored Emigrant Agent in Marlboro County. Pee Dee Advocate. A few weeks ago two white agents of northern railroads were in this county, soliciting labor, and succeed? ed in carrying off several carloads of negroes, without being interfered with. They left here a negro agent, Qeorge Brown, who once lived in th's county and returned as an agent of the railroads. He. was preparing to ta'ke off another train load of ne? groes, and the time was appointed for the train to leave. But Mayor Breeden had Brown arrested and plared In jail. The case was turned over to the county authorities for prosecution. . As soon as It was learned that Brown waa in Jail. Mr. , Mercer, a white agent of the Pennsylvania rail? road, came to try to get Brown out. After he had been In jail several days he was released on $1,000 bond, given In a fidelity company. The bond is for his appearance for trial at court here next week. Section 896 of the criminal code of South Carolina provides: "No person shall carry on the business of an emigrant agent in this State without first having ob talned s license therefor from the county treasurer of each county in which he solicits * migrants. Any person ihall be entitled to a license, which shall be good for one year*, upon payment Into the county treas? ury, for the use of said county, two thousand dollars In each county In which he operates or solicits emi? grants* for each year so engaged. Any person doing business of an em grant agent without having first obtained said license, shall be deem? ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, up? on conviction, shall be punished by a fine, not less than one thousand dollars and not more than five thou? sand dollars, or may be imprisoned la the county jail or on the public works not less than four months, or confined In the State prison, at hard labor, not exceeding two years fori construed to mean any person en? gaged in hiring laborers or solicit? ing emigrants In this State, to be employed beyond the limits of the same." Prom North Carolina Also. Wilmington, Sept. 21.?"We could have gotten 500 laborers here in Wil? mington, just as easy as a carload," declared General Foreman J. D. Rossa of the New York Central Railroad Company, at Weehawken, N. J., last night to a representative of The Star. Just before the train carrying CO col? ored laborers, pulled out of the sta? tion for New York. Our company has a thousand ] freight cars backed up In the yards at Weehawken opposite New York City right now, and more coming In constantly and we haven't near enough longashoremen to unload them." he added. "These laborers I am taking off tonight will be used to replaoe the Austrlans and Italians who have hitherto done this class of work, but who are now fighting their countries' battles in Europe. These 500 laborers will be used In un? loading and loading west bound freight cars and also barges for tho export trade. "I should sa* about 25,000 negro laborers have >oen !*nported into and around New York city within the past four months. Most of them have been secured in the South. LAKE CITY LOAN ASSOCIATION. Representative Farmers Meet and Agree to Borrow Sixty Thousand Dollars. Lake City, Sept. 29.?A number of representative farmers of this section held a meeting here this afternoon to consider tho organization of a national farm loan association. After care? fully considering the merits of this new law 32 of those* present signed the articles of tho association in which they agreed to borrow under its provision over $60,000. A temporary organization was "perfected by the election of the following board of di? rectors: J. J. M. Or sham, J. B. Hurch, J. B. Dultant, A. W. ItodKers, it. A. B. Calder. P. I* Whltloek and O. T. Anderson, whichi in turn elected the following ofllccrs: J. J. M. Graham, president; .!. H. Durant, vice presi? dent; W. Wesley Singletary, secretary treasurer. Tho following board of appraisers was appointed. J. K. liurch, J. D l>u rant. All of those approached favoi Columbia for the location of the fed eral land bank of this district. Mr. and Mrs, J. Kembert Hill, o Jacksonville, Fla., are the guests o Mr. and Mis. Henry U. Hill. REICHSTAG IN SESSIOI. GALLERIES CROWDED AS CON? VENTION OPENS. - President Knempf Declares That Economic and Military Situation of Germany is Satisfactory;?Knew of Roumanian Intrigues Suys Chancel? lor. Berlin, Sept. 29.?The Reichstag autumn session has opened. The gal? leries were crowded and the foreign diplomats were present. Many of the reichstag members wore uniforms, some woro bandages. President Kaempf declared Germany's eco? nomic and military position is satis? factory in every repsect. Amid deep silence the chancellor reviewed the diplomatic history preceding the Rou? manian intervention. ? The chancellor said that Germany was not deceived by Roumanian intrigues. M'LEND ON PROMISES SEN TION. Says He Will Soon Give Out Open .Let? ter Showhng Why He. Voted for Blcnse. Yorkville Enquirer. Baxter F McLendon, the well known evangelist, who is now holding forth in Greenville, has given out the following: Greenville, S. C. Sept. 21, lftl. Rev. Pierce Watson, Bishopville, j& C. My Dear Brother: A little fellow by the name of Rogers at Florence, has distributed a telegram that he sent me and my reply all over the State. I never do anything that is coveredV up. And I had my personal reasons for voting for Cole Blcase. As fair,as working for any candidate I never opened my mouth. Several oC^'my friends have wondered why I lifted for him. 11 I had told the people^srhy I voted for him before the* election bo would have been governor of South Carolina today. I am a busy man>auid as several of my friends a-e insisting, or at least wanting to know why it ?was that I voted for him, just as soon as this evangelistic campaign is over t am coming out in an open lettoo, and give .my reason. (1 Peter 8:15.V Now Bro. Watson, I never hit'any? thing with a tack hammer, and when I write this letter I am going some people like.a sledge hamm< struck them. At one time I Cola L, Please. I have Kept' thing covered up for about five years that has n ever been told In this State, but Just as soon as I have the- time I am ? going to give out an open letter which will put a different complexion on things. Ycu are privileged to show this let? ter to any one. The prospects for a great revival in this town are good. I'll send you a paper. In His Name, B. F. McLendon. DEVELOPMENTS IN GREECE. Crown Council to Be Held Today Ultimatum to Be Sent to Bulgaria. London, Sept. 29.?Swift war de? velopment * are expected to follow the session of the crown council at Athens today. The Greek ultimatum to Bul? garia has been prepared. The chief demand upon Bulgaria Is the evacua? tion of Greek soil, which the German? ic allien promised to respect. Preparations for the mobilization in Greoce are being rushed. King Constantino is still ill. He maintains a heavy body guard around his palace. Groups of army officers are proclaim? ing allegiance to Venizelos, who will probably lie the leader of the new gov? ernment. WEST POINT EXAMINATIONS, To Be Held at University of South Carolina, on October 6th. The competitive examination to fill a vacancy at West Point and one at Annapolis will be held at the Uni? versity of South Carolina on October 6th. It Is open to young men of any part of ihe State. Senator E. D. Smith will make the appointments. The applicants are required to sub? mit to the examiners on the day of examination a physician's certificate of health arid bodily soundness. The requirements also of age and legal residence should be mot. The Gaudi? ly dates will bring writing and drawing materials to be used In their work..A8 to the nature of the examination the published bulletins of tho military and naval academies will give a good general Idea. Fight subjects are lp eluded: Arithmetic, Algebra, Geom? etry (three books), Grammar, Com? position and Rhetoric, Fnited States History, Georgrapby and Spelling. The test will eonform closely, not neces? sarily strictly to the published re? quirements. The young men eompetlng for the honors of appointment will assemble on Fridas morning in room 8 of Davis college at 8:46. An Intermission of0n hour is g veir at 1 o'eloek and the ex? amination ends at 5 o'clock. For further information communi? cate with Senator E. D. Smith. FOR HIGHER COTTON PRICES. FARMERS' COMMITTEE URGES FARMERS TO HOLD FOR MORE MONEY. Resolution Suys Farmers Can Com ' mand Fancy Price, R They Will Wait and Demand More?Some Ex? pect Thirty Cents a Pound. Columbia, Sept! 28.?At a meeting of farmers in the Jerome Hotel this afternoon a committee, consisting of R. M. Cooper, E. W. Dabbs and W. A. Stuckey, drew up an address to the farmers and business men of the State, outlining in their opinion that cotton will bring much higher prices if held. In part they recommended: "We are reliably informed that in thi3 State there r 5 mills that have sold their products at a handsome profit based on twenty-two cents a pound for short cotton and other mills at from thirty to forty cents a ; for staple cotton; that these prices can be had if the farmers ard lust ness men will but join in demanding them and refuse to sell for less. "How much higher prices may go we would not like to predict. We have heard of well informed men who look for thirty cents for short cotton per pound, and ninety dollars a ton for seed at high water mark, depend? ing upon two things, the further in? crease of money in circulation and a full informing of the farmers and business men of the State of the true value of cotton and eotton seed, com pared with the cheapness of money and the small supply of cotton." COUNTY FAIR BUILDING. Lee County Getting Ready for the First County Fair. The editor rode out to the fair grounds yesterday with Mr. Roland Hearon, one of the building commit? tee. He was perfectly amazed at the rapidity of work done since the foun? dation of the main building was mark? ed off just ono month ago. The main building ia 150x160 feet in the form of a cross?each wing measuring 50x 50 with a center square of same di? mensions." The foundation is of brick to which the sills are bolted with 32 inch rods, the ends of which are se? curely imbeded in cement and rock 2 1-2 or 3 inches under the founda? tion. The structure is of dressed pine both outside and In and the framing Is securely braced against storm and cyclones. The sides and gables are weather boarded after German patent which gives It a neat and attractive finish. The sheeting and ratters are all of dressed lumber which gives the interior the appearance of being ceil? ed. The roof is being covered with galvanized Iron. The building is un? der the direct Supervision of Messrs. J. P. Kilgore and G. W. Houck, who visited Orangeburg, Florence, Lexing? ton and other counties that have fair buildings in order to study the good points of each and eliminate the bad, so that they could profit by their mis? take and erect an ideal fair building. How far they have succored is best told in-looking over the commodious and well planned ma'n building. A finished architect could not have made a blue print to suit the occasion bet? ter. It is situated outside ?..?e enclos? ure of the base ball ground just across the road to the left of the ball park. In addition to the main build? ing there will be a stable of 50 stalls for horses, a building 50x100 for cat? tle, one 20 by 40 for hogs and sheep, all of which will be ready by Nov. 1. The main building will be ready the first week in October. It is now up to exhibitors to fill these large buildings with exhibits. Already concessions to manufacturers of farm implements and machinery are being made to test their implements which will be highly interesting as there is ample room for such tests. The outside attraction wiJl be fine and the best that can be had.?Bishopville Leader and Vindi? cator. BOY RESCUES GIRL. Joe Gnlney Retrieves Unconscious Bertha Lockany From Swollen Creek Near Olympia, Columbia, Sept. CO.?Miss Bertha Lockany, 15 years old, of tho Olympia mill village narrowly escaped drown? ing early yesterday in Hot Water branch near its junction with the Con garce river. The young girl was res? cued by Joe Gainey, a young boy, af? ter she had gone down two or three times. Miss Lockany was unconscious when taken from the water. Jack Graddock, a boy of about the same age as Miss Lockany, fell in at the same time but was able to saw him? self. Miss Lockany and OraddocK With several companions went to tho pas? ture along the Congaree to drive in ?Ome cows. The tWO attempted to cross the branch on ? steel rail when they lost their balance and tumbled Into the stream, which was swollen much by the rains of the previous night. Tlu* mother of the |lrl was on the bank, but was poworlesa to help. FIGHT ON MEXICAN SOIL. ONE HUNDRED VILLA FOLLOW? ERS KILLED. Crtbe, Bandit Leader, Uapiared in Bat* tie, Which Also Resulted in Heavy i Looses to Carranso? Chihuahua City, Mex., Sept. 2S.? More than 100 Villa followers were killed, the bandit leader Baudllto fJrtbc was taken prisoner and heavy casualties suffered by Carranza forces in a terrific light at Cusihuiiiaehie, an j important mining centre about 00 ; miles southwest of Chihuahua City, according to a message received this afternoon by Gen. Trevino from Gen. Matias Ramos, who was himself slightly wounded. Details of the fight were few and were appended to the request of den. Hamos for surgeons and medical sup? plies. A hospital corps detachment was accordingly rushed to the scene by train. It is stated tbat the garrison at Cusihuiriachic cooperated with the forces of Ramos hat whether they were attacked or had been the ag? gressors does not appear. Beaudillo Tribe, leader of the band and Villa's chief lieutenant was the originator of the idea of cutting oif the ears of captured government sol? diers. Many Others of his command are reported to have been made pris? oners. Troops continue to pour into Chi? huahua City from the south to par? ticipate In the Villa hunt. Gen. Apolonio Trevino's command arrived from Torreon today and paraded through the streets. The horses of this command were in good conditions and the troops will be sent in pursuit of Villa at once. ' Gen. Fortunato Maycotte is expected to arrive here soon with his command from the Lamina district near Torreon. The command of Gen. Carlos Azunos was en route from Saltillo to relilforec the garrison hero and a command from Monterey under Col. Muzquiz, also is on the road. VILLA WEARING HEARD. Dandit Chieftain Said to Walk With I Difficulty. Ei Paso, Sept. 23.?villa Is wearing a long black beard, limps badly from the wound from the bullet in his right leg and walks with difficulty even When usipg his crutch, a foreign busi? ness man ~Who arrived at trnPb?rder today declared. He claimed to have seen Villa during the attack on Chi? huahua City. MORE TIME FOR REGISTRATION, Governor Wires All County Hoards to Enroll Citizens Through Next Satur? day. Columbia, Sept. SO.?Gov. Manning yesterday directed the attention of commissioners of registration in the various counties of the State to tho statutory provision which orders that all books of registration shall be kept open until within 30 days of the gen? eral election. Under this provision registration will continue through Sat? urday, October 7. The chief execu? tive Is anzioUS that all qualified elec? tors may have the opportunity to vote in the general election November 7. The communication to the registration boards follows: "Under section 205, volume 1, code of 1912, books of registration may be kept open for registration of quali? fied electors until .10 days before gen? eral election. This will authorize you to allow qualified electors to register up to and including next Saturday) October 7, until 'midnight. Please give as much publicity as possible, so that all who are qualified may pro? tect their right to vote in general election." NORWEGIANS LOSE SHIPS. War Has Levic* Heavy Toll on Nor? wegian Shipping. London, Sept. 30.?Twenty Norwe? gian vessels, valued at five and a quar? ter million dollars were sunk by mines or torpedoed during September, Copenhagen dispatches stated. Nor? wegian sliip: lost since the WOT began were valued at seventeen and a-half million. _\ FRENCH RENEW ATTACKS. Progress Mudc on Western Front by Allies. Paris, Sept 29.?The French have renewed attacks on tbe Prtegcourt Morval line, making fresh progress These attacks followed British assalts northwest of Bapaume. Artillery duels are in progress north and south of Bomme. Little ( on,,M to \w Gnthcml. Blshopvllle Leader and Vindicator. Mr. k. L. Duranl who with Mr. a. D. Raskin put Up s ginnery near Mamille on the s. A. L, railway, says that all the early planted cotton In that set lion is about gathered and not enough received :'>t ginnery to keep ii i unnlng regularly* COTTON CONDITION IS 59 B. CHOP ix FIELDS DETERIORATE 1.7 POINTS FROM AUG. 22 TO KEPT. 2 2. Lowest Condition Percentage Ka Past Te n Years Wills Exception of IMS ?South Carolina 1.0 Lower. Xcw York, Sept. 2'J.?The condi? tion of cotton on an average date of September 22, as compile*! from over 2,000 replies of tptljaP correspond? ents of this paper, was 59.6 per cent., as compared with 64.3 per cent, a month ago, or a decline of 4.7 points. This is the lowest percentage in ten years, except in 1909, when it was 59.5 on an acreage of 12,292,000 and a yield of 10,004,000 bales. Acreage planted this year was :;."? - 194,000. The decline for the month, 4.7 points,* is close to the ten-year average of 5.1 points. The ten-year average condition Is 07 per cent, a year ago at this tune the condition was IS.7 per cent; In 1914 it was 7r..t per cent; in ltlS it was 67.1 per cent; I In 1912 it was 70.3 per cent., and in j 1911 it was 70.8 per cent. Condition by Stales with compari? sons follows: Ort. Sent. 1915. 1914. 1916. Oct. Oet. N. Carolina . .&."?.9 To.U 71.4 78.3 S. Carolina . .57.4 59.0 C5.8 73.0 Georgia.62.4 IM 62.1 79.4 Florida. .. .62.f 67.0 59.5 80.S Alabama . . .40.T 53.3 59.8 76.3 Mississippi.46.1 58;7 63.7 71.1 Louisiana. . . .59.s 67.6 62.0 71.0 Texas.64.B 65.8 62.7 74.9 Arkansas . . .66.C 73.4 66.2 72.2 Tennessee . . MA 79.7 72.9 74.6 Missouri . . ..69.0 75.7 71.7 69.0 ?Oklahoma. . .62.:: 62.8 66.8 IM Average . .. .59.6 64.3 63.7 75.5 Journal of Commerce. COTTON AT AUGUSTA DAMAGED. Fire Breaks Out Arno. Five Hun? dred Bales but Much Will be Sal? vaged. Augusta, Ga., Sept. 29.?Fire broke out tonight among 500 bales of cot? ton in the Union Compress company's plant here. There is full insurance. Xo theory of the origin of the flame3 is advanced. The Union Compress cotton fire was confined to one compartment. The cotton affected is worth 137,500. There will be a large salvage, as tho |TiVe deparinlefif~got~ CHe" flames ufibeP control speedily. FLECTION COMMISSIONERS NAMED. Gov. Maiming Appoint! Men to Gov? ern Elections in Xovember. Gov. Manning appointed the com missionei-s for the next State and fed? eral elections yesterday. The follow? ing are the commissioners appointeel for Sumter, Cl?ren ion and Lee coun ties: , (I.)*'I Sumter county, State, F. A. Mc Leod, L. S. Vinson, T. E. Hodge; federal, T. B. Kennedy, H. L. Tis dale, R. Oliver. Clarendon county, State, J. K. Freedin, Jasper TurbeviPe, J. A. James; federal, W. C. Davis, A. W. Scarborough, L. R. Griffin. Lee county, State, J. P. Kilgore\ B. D. Law. H. A. Moseley; federal, J. Manly Smith, E. G. Smith, F. A. Atkinson. The election will be held Tuesday, November 7th. ?, HUGHES ENDS SECOND TOUR. Republican Candidate Has Covered Twenty Tlwnisand Miles on Cam? paign Trip. AndOVOr, X. Y., Sept. 30.?Judge HugheS tonight finishes his second campaign tour by S trip to Buffalo, having covered twenty thousand mile s. Judge H jgbes made a ten minute speech here from the car plat? form. BANKER KILLS His WIFE. Frederick Small, of BoatJMA, Charged With First Degree Murder. Mountain View, X. H., Sept. 30.? a Brat degree murder charge will se placed against Frederick small, a Hosten banker, whose wife's body was found in the ch irred ruins of their summer cottage. a bullet wound erOS found In the woman's check and other wounds em her body. GERMANS FORESEE DEFEAT. English Papers Say Chancellor's Speech Admits Defeat. London, Sept. ; 1.?Gorman Chan cellor Bethmann?IIollwog*s speech in the retchstag is regarded as an ad? mission that derm any sees that defeat is inevitable. It was Indicated by the chancellor's state nent a ruthless sub? marine warfare to be r< sumed. Re? sponsible Itewspn u rs, including The Times and Chronicle, analyzing his Speech say it reflects Official pessi? mism. Government officials axpraae n-> exaggerated hopea They say thai Germany will light on and it may take many months before the cnel is near.