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'm OonsoMdatad Aug. 2,188L "Be Jost And Fear not?Let all' the ende 't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and TrenVa" THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jama, 1 lea. SUMTER, S. 0., SATQafcDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1916. Vol. XLIII. No. 16. HKS FAMES TO itMLMli S. W. DABBS BAYS (DNURIXSMA KHOVL HAVE IMPORTANT \ MESSAGE FOR FARM- ] ER*. to Be Held lo Court House et em Monday, October e?i, be Cime of Great Import to of <bounty?llecvnt Lcglela? for Benefit of Rural Districts Oalem. Black River. Oct. 4.?Co? operative marketing and the meeting em October Ith to hear Mr. Lever on thie important subject. "AI L R." hae asked me to write something about* tlia meeting ho baa arranged for October 9th at noon,] when the farmers of Lee, Sumtor and Clarendon will have an opportunity to hear Hon. A. F. Lever discuss co? operative marketing, and the nation? al legislation that has been enacted to promote better marketing. Mr. Ltver by length of service and constant work for bettering agricul? tural conditions has risen to the im? portant post of chairman of the com? mittee on agriculture of the national <f representatives. If any la the whole county can give ua it Od business men too. Inf Or? ot farm topics and the leglsla Hem that has been passed, and that to pesoo* od. to put tho farmers on a business footing with the rest of the Industriei of tho country Mr. Lever Is that man. The court house should so full to overflowing next Monday to hear what he has to say. Not only too formers of the three counties should/hi there, but the business men of ssmt?r should he out in force, for saarketiig hi a business man's prob? lems eves more so than the farmers problem, If the business men wish to solid oi a permanent prosperity for tho city and county that makes the city poo able and great. Thaye is s disposition In some quar 00 to frittotse tho ?ata and netlon ^Minmti for giving special aid |t is only within the past few years that agtlcuHure Is being recognised by the government. And this recog? nition until very recently has all been to help the farmer to grow more that his produce may be cheaper to the consumer of the country. Legis? lation and business customs have seen against agriculture to auch an eitent that the farms have lost many ot their beet farm era and all of their txat laborers who have gone into the more favored occupations where wages are higher then farmers pay and opportunity greater. Men of vis Ion see that these things must be cor? rected if this nation Is to remain great, snd reach to higher Ideale oi gieatneoH. The bed rock of Its pros? perity. Its stability, Its true greatness Is in the soil and quality ot farm* eta who till the soil. No wondor then that statesmen are looking for ways snd means to help the farmer?the wonder is that they did not see it long ago?but waited until farmers began to organise and cry out for .jus? tice. Economical and scientific market? ing la the most Important part of the farmer's business?help him to Und hoWj to market profitably and you need never fear for lack of produc? tion. Let me repeat, Mr. leaver ought to have a message worth while for farmers and business men alike and 1 trust the court house will be full of men who will pront by his sddrcHS. E. W. Dabbs. WEEK'S CROP REPORT. Coot Weather Has Clicvkcd Growth of Cotton?I tu 11 is Help Truck. Columbia, Oct. 4.?Early and In termedlate cotton continues to open rapidly, and picking . well advanced the weather haa been entirely too cold for the late crop, materially checking further development. No dumugc re? sulted from light frosts In the north? western counties on the 29th. Corn Is being gathered; the late crop i> poor. Generous rains drrlng the lut tar part of the week Improved gar? dens, truck, pastures and the soil fot seeding of late full and winter trui i; and grain, but more moisture Is need ad In muny localities. Pea-vine and hay hurveets huve continued, witb satisfactory results. London, Oct. 4.?Since the benln nlng of the Somme battle the ltritinh have taken 24,000 prisoners, emeu uci i 3* German divisions, and forced 2! dMstnns to Withdraw exhausted oi shattered. Sir Douglas Balg announc cd today. EXHIBITS PUNNED FOB FAIR 1) EPARTMENT HEADS ASSEM? BLE IN COLUMBIA. > \*any Prises Offered?Com and Pig Club Boys to Attend?Baker to En? ter Huge Moot for Clubs. Columbia. Oct. 4.?Heads of va? rious departments of the government agricultural I Interests of the Statu have been assembling in Columbia the last few day*., organising and directing plans for the State fair the last week In the month. L. L. Baker, of Bishop- ' vlllo, organiser and supervisor of boys' corn and pig clubs throughout the State, came to Columbia yesterday. C. A. McFacldin, district agent of the farm demonstration forces, is also In Columbia, directing the arrangement I of booths in the agricultural building at the fair grounds; J. L. Carbcry of Clem^on college has established head quart c ra here and Is busily engaged In planning floor designs for the various departments for the agricultural pa? rade bn Wednesday of fair week. Mtsa Edith Parrott of Winthrop col? lege has also been In Columbia in con? ference with representatives of the home demonstration workers, who are planning an exhibit of unusual scope and diversity this year. . Mr. Baker says he has this year 2,210 boys in the corn and pig clubs and that he Is urging all who possibly can gc to attend the State fair. He Is now engaged In building a magnifi? cent float, representative ef the work of toe two organizations, and he Is anxious that the youths who compose this army of agricultural ex? perts come to Columbia that week. Thirty-three counties have been or? ganize*] for the pig clubs and 41 for the corn clubs. The State fair Is offering prizes to the amount of $75 for the three class? es of entries. Three first prises of $12 each and a similar number of second and third prises of $8 and $5, respectively, are to be awarded. In addition to this amount The Duroc Is offering a sUvj nesoeiatlon -oilers four prizes of 2.50 each as follows: ? For the best purebred Berkshire gilt under one year old; for tho best purebred Berkshire brood sow one year old, accompanied by littler; for the beat purebred Berkshire boar un? der one year old; and for the bust purebred Berkshire boar over one year old. All entries In the boys' de? partment will be free, but a fee will be collected when the exhibit is plac? ed in competition with State entries. During the year there has been a grcut influx of purebred stock into South Carolina, Mr. Faker having placed orders for more than $6,000 worth of purebred pigs for the mem? bers of the clubs. Cash prl/.cs to the amount of $68 hnve teen offered by the State fair 'official* to the corn club hoys. In class A, the exhibits will be in 10 out? lets, together with a written account of the planting, cultivation and cost of crop. Three prizes will be award? ed of 115, 110 and $5, respectively. Clasri B will be 10 car exhibits, ex? clusive of the written report of the crop. The three -prizes for this class will be $10? $8 and $5. Class C will be for best single ear exhibits, and prizes will be $7, $5 and $3 denomina? tions. The float which is being designed for Um cli'b boys emphasizes partic? ularly the work in which the young men are engaged. Plans are to have this drawn by four large farm mules, with the boys marching in solid phalanx about the wagon. GREAT DRIVE PLANNED. Determined Effort to Be Made to Join Salonika Forces With Rou? manians. London, Oct. 5.?Tho allies are planning a great drive through Bul? garia to link tho Rusho-Roumanian forces with tho allied army in Mace? donia. Petrograd reports say that Grand ? Duke Nicholas is on the way to take command in Dobrudja, where severe lighting is in progress all along the line. There was a hot artillery duel on he Somme front last Right London territorials made a successful raid In Vlmy area. A German attempt to aid British trenches in West Plan ib rs was repulsed. TO SPEAK IN CHICAGO. President WM?on Will Address Nat? uralized Citizens. Chicago, Oct. 4.?President Wilson win speak to ten thousand newly nat uruhz m! PitHenH and their wives un ler tae auspices of the Naturalized tlti/.ens' League on October 10, We are this week mailing) subscriptions are not paid It sary, or should not bo nec< paper is a semi-weekly rcmi scriptiou has been paid, but meats as a dlroct and persoi count, as shown by the stal Wo have been extremely 1^ who aro In arrears and havM our books since the fall of time having been such that had very many requests for continue sending the paper t< and those who do not rcspov4< will bo dropped from the?' Wo will do this with ?*ng-*j the publishing business that except on a cash basis. Wlj cost of publishing a newspap< week, until the rock bottom fully seventy-five per cont. half ago. On the single it* day is more than 125 per oe| half ago and other material vanced almost as much. 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DAUBS TELLS QF ESTING DEMONSTRATION DURANT SCHOOL. _ \ Section is One Noted for its H ity and Progressiveuess of it* sens in Many Line? of Preise? Work of County Demoill tiou Agents. A-L Salem, Black River, Oct 4.?Ad ? ,*3i days ago I had the good fortune tend the first community fahrt held in this part of, the State a rant school house once demonstrator of Clarendon coun? ty has organized during the past two weeks, * This ante-bellum community of Plowdcns, DuUunts, Montgomerys, McPaddens, Witherspoons and Nel? sons; was always noted for its warm? hearted simple hospitality, where guests were mudo to feol at home* Fox and deer hounds, guns and rods indicated sport and game in season. But withal it was a "live at home" community and Durant hams had a wide reputation that the present generation religiously maintains. That material things old fiot have the entire attention of these people ssj shown by several preachers, doctors and lawyers that attained distinction In other Heids of luhor who went out from this sumo one-room school house or Its less pretentious fore? runners. One of them, a lady mission? ary, laid down her life on the altar of service among tho Kentucky moun? tains just two years aj.;o and another was ordained last July for the foreign field. Miss lieevcs and her brother Henry Lide lteovcs. In such an atmosphere the histori? cal would naturally have a place and there WAS a case lilled with old fam? ily heirlooms and a part of the wall with faded baby dresses of several generations gone. In another corner of the room there was a fine, display :?f field crops and vegetables, corn, sor? ghum, sugar cane, rice, potatoes, staple cotton, etc. Another corner held a large table of jellies preserves, canned goods, butter, bread, etc. One ond was k.ng with needle work of exquisite design and workmanship. In honor of the occasion both coun? ty demonstration agents, Mr. Chirk and Miss Kathorjne Richardson, were there, and ^tate Superintendent of Domestic Science Work. Miss Parrott, and Commissioner of Agriculture e. J. Watson, also Bumter county's efficient force of demonstration agents, $% Frank William:-, Miss Lemmon nnd Miss Pitts, all of whom made appro? priate speeches, 1 was struck with Q remark cf Miss Richardson In r? ply to the sug? gCStlon by the Writer that he wanted to see tills work reach tit" humblest home: "the prise winning canning club girl of the county Insl year lived In a two roomcnbln." She stated that last year there were eighty women enroll? ed in the eight domestic science clubs of the county. This year orte hun dred end i Ighty. This Is tho bin ret I work now going, on in South Carollnn for the building up of the country homes, County com ml* lonors and legislators w ho east slurs at it are not worthy to hold office, i; i- posslbb there may be Inefficient demonatra tori in the work. Men and womci iho arc in it only for the salary, if b, I do not know them. The ones I lave met are capable and honestly jtriving to do ^ood. feit is said by men and women who l^e in a position to know that there p more of this work being done in >outh Carolina than in any other Itate in proportion to size. This is a I'ibute to'the Farmers' Union of this ?ate which has not hesitated to beak out for what it believed to be i>r the good of the farmers and the ?jtrmers' homes to officials of every bhk, from the president of the Unit WA States all along down the line to Bfeol trustees. These efforts have ?me. fruits not only in this State, f Ma^.?^^aaW?n-wlde Importance o, markets which originated in a con? ference of the president of the South Carolina State Farmers' Union and the chairman of the committee of agriculture, himself a South Carolin? ian and of this congressional district. Last week in Columbia under the auspices of the South Carolina Fnrni rs' Union the beginning of a cotton ho' Ikng movement was formally launched, and a concise comparison that every one ought to be able to understand was issued, showing how inadequate the present seeming high prices of cotton and cotton seed are in the light of the enormous world expasion of money and credits, to say nothing of the shortness of the cotton crop and the unprecedented demand for cotton goods and seed products. While many people were patting the farmers on the back and telling them what a fine price 15 cents and $50.00 a ton are for cotton and cotton seed, this meeting of farmers dug down to the root of the matter and showed conclusively that present prices would be barely normal with a fifteen or sixteen million bale crop and that they are absurdly low for the present crop, it also warns the farmers that when this world war ends there will be a contraction of the currency with Steadily falling prices until times are normal again. Every farmer should know these tlungs and the wise ones I will not only seek to get his just share of this vast volume of money that is being put in circulation, but will he laying aside some of it for the era of falling prices that is sure to follow. I want the Farmers' Union to get the credit for forcing this mat? ter to the attention of the people. E. W. Dabbs. FACES CAR SHORTAGE. Wilmington, N, C, Oct. 4.?Presi? dent J. It. Kenly of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad announced tonight thai bis line had a shortage of about 8,000 Oars and faces n serious situation. He explained that the company has only 16,000 ears for vis?' on foreign lines and all efforts to secure the re? turn of more than half this number have been unavailing, ?'The car situation bus not shown atiy improvement within the last few weeks/' Mr. Kenly said, "and is be? coming mon acute all the time." He added thai the great demand for ears reflects In some measure the improved business conditions and foreshadows even better condition** In the future Si. Louis. Oct. B.?Three workmen Were lulled by an explosion at the il linols Powder Company work at flrnf ton, in. The -Lock was fell forty miles. FIRES DUE 10 CARELESSNESS CHIEF BEHRENS CITES SOME OF THE UNNECESSARY CAUSES OF DAMAGE BY FIRE. Mr. I iiii it* ns l Jos peaks Public Cooper? ation for Fire Prevention Day? National Per Capita Loss is $5. News and Courier. Carelessness costs every man, wo? man and child in the United States $5 a year was the remarkable statement made by Chief Louis Behrens, of the local fire department, yesterday in commenting on the appropriateness of ' "Fire Prevention Day" to bo observ? ed In this State and in twenty-eight other States in the Union October 9. The day has been set aside and is be? ing held under the auspices of the Safety First Federation of America, Inc. In speaking of the vast amount of fire waste in this country annually Chief Beshrens gave out the following yesterday: If you wer? to go to the bank and draw out all your savings in brand new bills, and then if you were to take the money and go and stand in the middle of the main street of this city and set lire to the bills, one at a time, you would find yourself in the hands of a policeman before you could say Jack Robinson. There is no question about the ownership of the money. It is yours to do as you please with. You can spend it foolishly, you can give it away or you can invest it wisely. But if you burn it up, it Is immediatly as? sumed that you are crazy, or at least temporarily mentally unbalanced, and the public feels that it has a right to restrain you. 'Despite this fact we go on serenely from year to year burning, up our property without taking the slightest thought, apparently, of what we are doing. We erect costly structures and then sit down and neglect the first principle of fire preventibn. Gasoline, which is more deadly than |||||^ hang our lace curtains close to the gas Jet and then leave the window open when we go to bed so that the i wjnd can blow the lace curtains tnto the flame. Statistics for the year 1915 show better than words the reckless way in which the American people handle their property. There were in 1915 hfl less than 3, 162 individual fires, which in each in? stance caused an estimated property damage of more than $10,000. The total fire doss for the United States now averages more than $250, 000,000 a year. In 1915 it showed a slight drop, but there is no reason to believe that this is more than tempo? rary, for the lossfes thus far in 1916 indicate that they will be far greater when the year is completed. If this $250,000,000 loss were all, It would certainly be enough, but when this is said only less than half the story is told. Besides the burning up of property, we spend every year In this country more than $250,000,00vt for the upkeep of fire departments, and there is additional waste in the increased size of insurance premiums made necessary by our own careless? ness. Figure it oat for yourself. There are 100,000,000 people In the United States, roughly speaking. The annual fire tax is $500,000,000. That means that every man, woman and child spends $5 a year more to live because of our national careless? ness. If the average family consists of seven, it means that every family bears a burden of $35 a year because of the fire waste. Ignorance of the fire danger is stu? pendous. It is wilful ignorance, for in these days there is no reason w hy anyone should not know, and knowing there is no reason w hy he should not have at least rudimentary means ot protecting himself. Take your own case, for instance. Suppose a lire started in your home tonight while you were asleep. What means have you at hand to put the lire out Supposo a lire started this minute In your home while you are away. How would it be extinguished without the help of the city fire de? partment? Is there an extinguisher in your house? Is there even a fire pail or a bucket Of sand? In ninety-nine cases out of every hundred it is safJ t<> wager that there is not. Even negative precautions are not taken. People permit rubbish to ac? cumulate In piles in their attic, in closets, in their cellar. A pile of papers under the stairs or in the closet is a first class lire risk. These places usually are dark, ami win n ihe) are visited a match or can ? He is required. Carelessness fre FLAMES BREAK / * IN RAIL WAV / J. Long Staple Cot w Worth $21,000 and Other iV ? y Worthly Nearly a? Much Der c$* *d. s,"_ Hartsville, 4.?A destructive fire, the Iof ^mounting to approxi? mately $40,0^., occurred here a few minutes past 2 o'clock this morning. One of the cotton sheds of the At? lantic Coast Line Railroad company and 154 bales of long staple cotton were destroy as WtWM a nearby ware? house with about $2,000 worth of furniture belonging to the Modern Furniture company fc-'ix box cars, the property of the railroad, three of which were loaded with cotton seed belonging to the Hartsville oil mill, were damaged and considerable dam? age was done to a cotton seed house tilled with seed. In one of the box cars which was aluost completely de? stroyed was a Jersey cow consigned to Mrs. Cox. the \i,due being given as $60. The animal '*as burned. House? hold furniture belonging to Dr. F. W. : Ham was destroyed. I Computing at $130 a bale the cot? ton?141 bales belonging to McKln I non & McNair, merchants here; eight I bales belonging to C. R. Rouse, repre , senting Ferguson & Co., two bales the property, of Hasel & Clark, local buy? ers, and'12 bales belonging to McCabe & Co., the total, 163 bales?the cot? ton loss aggregates $21,000. The seed loss was heavy but not complete. Most of the loss, it is understood, Is covered by insurance, especially as relates to the cotton. The Modern Furniture company had only small insurance. This Is the most disastrous Are Hartsville has had in several years. The lire company was promptly on the scene and did good work. A stiff wind was blowing,' but the rain and the efficient work of the firemen pre? vented much heavier loss. Cheraw, Oct. 4.?Yesterday, shortly after 1 o'clock, Bogan Ingram met with a fatal accident. He was one of R. B. Laney's overseers on his plan? tation about five miles north of Che? raw, and was running a large self feeding gin at the time. Some waste had gathered in some of the teeth, and he lifted the gin to pull it out, but unfortunately did not lift it high enough to put it in safety. He trip? ped and fell, getting his hand caught and his hand and arm were pulled in and cut into sircds up to the Shoulder. He was immediately put in an automobile and rushed to Cheraw for surgical attertion. Though hav? ing nearly bled to death by the time he got here, he jdcaded so earnestly to be taken to a hospital, that, to give his mind rest, after the necessary treatment had been given to his arm he was taken towards I lorence, but he died on the way. Mr. Ingram had lost his other arm when a very small boy through the accidental discharge of a gun iu his own hands. He was about 32 years old and unmarried. He leaves his parents, Mr. and Mrs. samuel Ingram, who live near Che? raw, and a number of brothers and Asters, and a large and prominent family connection. The funeral ser? vice was held in the Cheraw. Metho? dist church at 4 o'clock this after? noon. quently results in the match being dropped or the candle being left be? hind when the visitor departs. If it is a closet, the door is shut and soon there is a bright little fire burning there. If the proportion is one careful per? son to ninety-nine careless persons, what right have the ninety-nine to expect the other persons to help them pay their tire protection? Should not the careless person be made to pay for putting out the lire in his home.' If the tire spreads from ids home to his neighbor's should he not pay his neighbor for the loss, where the flu was due to his own carelessness. The Idea of peisonal responsibility is spreading fast. Pennsylvania hn * passed laws on the subject. The prin? ciple has boon adopted In New York city, where the lity has collected damages In several cases from own? ers of buildings that have caught tire. Owners have been compelled to pay flu? cost of extinguishing the fire. for the water, the men's salaries, and (be rental for the apparatus. One of these days we will wake up to the feel that lira is a needless s'aate. The people of Europe have long ago discovered it.