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MXRING IN cx>urt hoi hk, lew Wm Make Ad oq Monday, October tth, on tabject to Hie Honor Judge Prince, the Pre eftdtac /edge ef the October term of the circuit court, which convenes in flejnter on Monde*. October ?th, hee very htedly agreed that he wUI ad jOOra Court nest Monday from U:*0 to I o'clock in order to allow the use of the court room for the big agricul? ture! and commercial meeting which wet! be addressed by Hon. Asbury F. Lever, chairman of the committee ow agriculture of the national house cd representatives. Major Abe Levi, a prominent attor ef Mssa?rag, sit the request of the Sisal or Chamber of Commerce secre? tary oa yesterday Interviewed Judge FHnee enet secered this concession. Major Levl has said that he will do saw beet to Interest the merchants, oiaksra, and farmers of Manning end Osaroadoa county In spending next Monday's meeting which will be a ti*> eoesty affair, embracing Sumter, and Clarendon counties, and saeotlng will be open to the eltlsens of all eteer Pee Pee sect son countl towns. Cons i lawn on Lever has not ad* a Burnt er or Pee Pee county lint m some time, and as he Is eery popular to that section of the Hate, and en he occupies one of the mesa Important positions, |a congress an chairman ef the most important eosamlttee of the legislative branch of tit) government. h Is very probable that ho will prote a dsejwfa* card for tends ot his admirers and sup from several countlea He Is knows far and wide as a brilliant and fercefur sesnslrsr. oust a ftnrieen tntn i or who hits out from the shouldor. Mo bj peraape the beet posted man on agricultural legislation and needs hi the southern States, and as a lead? er tor agricultural legislation euch ao federal cooperation of marhotln^ saotlitlea, cotton graders- tilhv rural evodita home dame>aseia|iin wor< the author of the Lever-Smith ar ytonlturgl and cotto n we rehouse mile ho Is In a post.ion to tell farmers merehseta, and bankers a great deal that wIS prove beneficial to them. mi'Mfcon* m ooosaw river. l J. Rliwnsss Was Engaged In Rail _A bS^^P^^iSBI gn^*ns^ thJ Osnenw rtrer seme M ?flog titan Hconrtnrlj^ reached Columbia late but Ir. Beckham wee engaged on eenelrnotlon oa the Seaboard Air Une and waa drowned In the Coosaw river Friday. Mr. Beckham waa 38 year ef age and eras born in Lancaster. He si survived by his second wife, who wen M Bessie Crawford, of Darlington. . .u two small children, and by a daughter of the first mar? riage who lives at Heath Spring* Two sisters, Mrs. Douglass Lowrance and Mrs. j. D. Moorehead. live ir Columbia; another sister, Mrs. M. P. Hutto ta Charleston and ^a not her sis ear. Mm H. B. Collins. In Rock Hill. Surviving brothers art Psul Beckham nad Harvey Beckham, both of Lan Felattvee went from here to Beau? fort county yesterday to search for the body. k ?AVE GOLDEN ANMTKHHAHY. County Couple Spend fifty Years of Married Life. The following excerpt from the Charleston Post of Saturday will be reed with interest t? j - many people of Sum tor county, where Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Vlnson made their home for seeny years and have numerous friends and relatives: Fifty years of happy married life were completed on Wednesday when Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Vlnson, of 71 Society street, reached thtlr golden wedding day. *No formal celebration ef the enntverssry was held, as most ef their family live at a distance, the day beleg spent quietly at home with members of the household. Mr. Vlnson Is ?? years of age and Mrs. Vlnson Is eight years his junior. They rtsble ai the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C Leurey. Mrs. Leurey Is their daugh tor. They have bad seven children, of whom sis are living, and 13 grand? children. Mr. Vli.son, a retired bust nees men, spent bis boyhood near Co tumble. Mrs. Vlnson la a native or Sumter county. Although distant cou? sins the two had known each other only three months at the time of their marriage The wedding ceremony wan performed at Htateburg by the Bev Dr Robert Wilson, of Charleston. Mr end Mrs. Vlnson are In excellent health, end * year ago they attended the Panama exposition, which they en Joyed hugely. Monday was the big day In Ilecord er Harby's office. Court lasted until 4 o'clock In the afternoon, there be? ing more cases tried thsn on any ether day since he has been record? er. Nmt eases were disposed of. BAIL GRANTED CRE8WELL. McOormick Lad's Application la Grant ad ai AbaevUto?Iaqnest Over Fath eta Body. McCprmlck, 8ept 30.?Further de? velopments In the afcootlng of J. s. Creswell by hta eon, Horace Creswell, ware brought to light after the coro? ner's Inqueat. It seems that one of the Cr es well boys wanted to take a bale of cotton to Tioy to have It ginned and the father wanted It brought to McCor mlck. After some words Mrs. Cres well, the mother, sild that It would not make any difference where the }cotton was taken so long aa they got the money for It. This Incensed the old raatn. who struck Mrs. Creswell with a light stick. She then walked away from him, he following her up, fstriking her with hie' fist again. At this juncture Clarence Creswell Inter? ceded In behalf of h is mother, and grabbed a shotgun, which stood near W/, which later proved to be empty. Tftw father then took the gun away from, the boy, and it was whUo he had Fit in a1 striking position that the youngest son, Horace, fired tad fatal shot. Th* shot wsa nr^ from the door of another room, a shotgun be hag the weapon use*! The lend en? tered the facg on the side and rang? ed upward, killing him almost In? stantly. f Mr. Creswell was about 56Jt years of age and lived In th?j Toungtown sec? tion of this county prget leally all of his life. He farmed and conducted La olaoasmtth shop. His wife was [Ml** Fannie Talbert of this county. The young man who fired the fatal ?hot attended the funeral of his father which took place at Buffalo Baptist church, this county, Friday, ifter which he appeared before E. B. Gary, chief Justice at Abbeville, and applied for ball. Ball was granted In the ohm of n.OOO. The trial will come up at the first criminal court for Mc Cormlck county. The affair has been a shock to the I citizens of this community and the general sentiment is that the boy will merely go through legal proceedings 1 a mere matter o;! formality. IN HUNT FOR WEEVIL. Commission Will Visit Post at Home In Fields In Louisiana Cotton. Baton Rouge, La., Oct.' 2.?After a of opnfaraaces la New; Orleans Manning and* other members of mission arrived In Baton $oguo to ilght at 8 o'clock. A conference was held with farm? ers and business men here tonight. Tomorrow the commission will In? vade the weevil fie Ida for many miles about. The members of the commis? sion were given much attention In New Orleans. A conference of the South Caro? lina mi and representatives of New Orleans commercial organisations was hetc*. early today when Gov. Manning stated ha had. Just received reports that, the boll weevil was within 45 miles of the South Carolina border. Local speakers said Louisiana met the boll weevil situation principally by the farmers planting other crops tha \ cotton and, devoting more atten? tion to raising live stock. At noon the paity visited the cot ton exchange and later was given a luncheon by the clock board on the tug Sampson while Inspecting New Orleans water front and the cP.y'o warehouse and dock facilities. late today the visitors will no to Baton ?Rouge and will visit other Louisiana cities, / plantations and stock farms during the remainder ol this week. (luv. Pleasant end teveral other Louisiana State ciflcials assisted in entertaining and directing the South Carolina party ort the 'our of tills State. BIG STILL CAPTURED. J Cherokee Officers Make Successful Raid. Oaffney, Oct. 2.?Sheriff Thomas, accompanied'by two of his deputies, H. H. Lockhart and J. E. Watkins. I captured a distillery In Cherokee coun? ty yesteiday near Skull Shoals church in the Gowdeyvllle neighborhood. Two negroes were operating the plant, one of them being Albert Har? ris, tho other refusing to give his name. Tho still was of about 50 gallons capacity, and was In full op? eration. The officers destroyed about ioif gallons of beer and the still and WS m. The captured regroes are in Jail and will be ijlven a preliminary examination durlsg the week. NEW JAPANESE I'KEMIEK. Leader of Militarists Selected to Head New Cabinet. Tokio. Oct. 4.?-Field Marshall Terauchl, governor gencrnl of Korea end former war minister, has been appointed premier, succeeding Count Okiima. The appointment Is regard? ed as vastly significant, as Oen. Te raurhl in favored r>y the militarists and believes in a more aggressive pol? icy in China and in the California 1m | no. itlon problem. BIO FAUl AT T?REBVILIiBJ. First Community Event Develops Splendid Attractions and Draws Large Crowds. Turbevllle, Oct. 2.?On Thursday, September 28, TurbSviile held Its first community fair in Turbevllle hall. The fair was promoted by the Ladies' Home Demonstration club, assisted by Miss Richardson, the county demon? stration agent. The fair, although the first this town has held and the thir l of its Kind to be held In the county, was well ar? ranged and in many respects remind? ed one of a regular county fair. There were a number of people and plenty of articles On exhibition. There wa* net a merry-go-round, etc., but there were plenty of music and speeches to add to the life Of the occasion. There was a great display of local commodities and articles of many kinds. These were arranged accord? ing to kind in separate booths. There were six booths In all. The booth to be seen on first enter? ing the haft was the one for chickens. There were Rhode Island Reds, White Minorcas, White Wyandottes and Ban? tams. A large booth contained the fancy work and attracted attention. In this booth were over fOO beautiful articles [of crochet, cut work, embroidery, tat? tling and Dattenberg. i The booth for cooking was popular. [Occupying the place of honor was an [enormous pound cake, (tanked On either side by large cocoanut cakes. [These were surrounded by fried chick? en, biscuits, bread, roast beef, Jelly I rolls, corn muffins, chocolate cake, fudge and pies of several kinds, I Farm products shown were tho best of their kind and very suitably ar? ranged. There were velvet beans, grapes, onions, peppers, pimentos* I cotton, corn, potatoes, peas, sugar j canes pears, pomegranates, home ground flour and eggs, butter and a [huge pumpkin. I Adjoining this was a large and at? tractive booth of canned goods. The.y were temptingly displayed In the form of a pyramid with rows of pickles, preserves, jellies, grape Juice, chow chow, dried figs, tomatoes, corn, but? ter beans, snap beans and tomato catsup. j Probably the most popular booth of all was the one containing curious. In which was an old spinning wheel. This, whoel waa fixed im running order* Hut cotton was l&royjflofi and for tjfce U?ii*pMuiM^ Isomer o< the old ladles spun the cotton Intot hread. There were several plec.ee> of Jewelry 100 a^d 200 years old. Also one hand woven wool counterpane and several pieces of crockery ware that was purchased over 75 years ago. j Many visitors enjoyed the fair. The I school was dismissed at noon for the day. I Abput 12:30 o'clock the crowd paused for about 20 minutes whtye Mr. Clark, the county farm agent, gave some excellent advice to the farmers. I About 1 o'clock a picnic lunch with iced tea was served.. About 2 o'clock I the crowd returned to the hall. Miss Connor, assisted by Miss Cook at the piano, sang "Somewhere a Voice Is Calling." Immediately after 1 this O. Y. Newton spoke on the "Ed? ucational Value of the. Fair." Follow? ing Prof. Newton Miss Richardson gave a talk on the growth of her work in the county. After these speeches Mrs. D. E. Turbevllle, Misses Cook, Connor, Morris and Huggins rendered musical .selections, both Instrumental and vocal. SHERIFFS HOLD SOCIAL MEET No Business at Midyear Meeting of Officials In Anderson. Anderson, Oct. 3.?rTMrty Bhcrlfjts and about as many d*; jties, rural policemen and detectives attended the midyear meeting of the State Sheriffs' association here today. The midyear session is purely social and on business was dispatched at the brief meeting held here. The visitors, including Mayor Griffith of Columbia, were given au? tomobile rides over the city and sur? rounding country. They and the mayor and members of the city coun jcil, members of the police depart? ment and about 200 other guests, in? cluding many women, were Sheriff Ashley's guests at a barbecue served at McKinney's springs. The visitors have been given a royal time and the visit to Ander? son lias been thoroughly enjoyed. A few of the visitors returned to their homes tonight, but a majority of them remained over to be entertained at dinners In various homes tonight. SC BMA BIN ES VERY ACTIVE. Germans Sank Thirty-one Vessels la Nine Buys. Berlin, Oct. 4.?German subma? rines sank 81 hostile vessels In the I.N'oirh Sea and English channel be twe n September 20 and 29, not in? cluding eleven English fishing steam? ers and four llelglan lighters pre? viously reported. SUPPLYING N*W STANDARD SAMPLES. Cottoei Grading Samples Sent to Soutp, by Agricultural Department. Washington, Oct. 2.?To assist In bringing about more extensive use of the official cotton standards of the United States by growers in their sales the office of markets and rural organisation of the United States De? partment of agriculture is cooperating with the States relations service of the department in placing in the hand's of county agents in the cotton producing sections sets of practical formS of the standards. The forms are furnlsied only after the agents have , given satisfactory assurances that they will be kept in a place/ ac cessfoleio cotton growCrs\ in <he care of a ,90mPetent custodian who does [ not profit directly from tradlpg In coftOnV ? More; than 60 sets of the practical 'forms of the standards already have been snipped to county agents. It is expected that more than 100 will soon be placed in this way. Each set practical forms consists of the nine grades of white cotton. The sets remain the property of the United States government. In arranging for the keeping of the standards in the counties the office of markets x and rural organisation has approved such agencies as banks, chambers of commerce, boards of trade, stares whose proprietors, do not trade ig cotton* etc The ee^ckil cotton standards of, the j United.-. Spates are used by practically e^ery. Important spot market and ex f!p4m.foA*B seuth> and it is the de sire, of the cotton specialists of the ,depajrjnient ot agriculture that the sales and . purchases of cotton from tb,e time It leaves the farmer's hands until ji| reaches these larger markets ulsp ShaU be conducted on the basis of the, standards. It is believed that the presence ot a set of the practical forms.In each county, where farm erg may examine and become familiar with tbjexa, will be a valuable edu-. cativej.jkrce in grading and, will tend to brt'njg; about the substitution of niethindis pf more exact classiilcation [In p1a?e of the approximations to gratjes now. often employed in gin, street and warehouse sales. Wltp t*e forms of the standards In easy reach for examination and com pnriioaend the published reports ef .g^4* v ^os in the nearest Import ^rket available through It ffrVu'rt be nofjlhle for irrpsfcro/ll arrlye at a reasonably 'lose valuation ot a given grade of cotton. U Is expected that some county agents will figure the local valuations from day to day for the different grades, taking into consider? ation the cost of handling cotton to ? he near-by Spot market, and will bul? letin the figures. The office of mar? kets and rural organixajjpp will fur? nish such, co.unty agents, from time to time quotations on the various offi? cial grades from the nearest Import? ant epot market, as well as from all the spot markets designated under the cottoa, tu&ujes act. Second Week Jurors. The following are the jurors drawn for the second week of court: W. V. Johnson, L. B. B. Darr, J., H. Warren, T. J. Ktrven, T. J. Baker, E. Turner White, J. M. Kolb, F. A. Stuckey. G. L, Rrown, J. R. RevHle, P. S. Finn, J. R. Singleton, O. B. Nettles. John S. Kennedy, S. M. Coulter, W. Vf. James, D. U Smith, George. D. Betts, D. W. Cuttluo, George G. Tweed, W. H. Revllle, E. W. Dabbs, S. H. Goodman, W. H. Tr?ublefield, S. M. Coker, J. W. Harper, D. T. Du Boso, J. P. Commander, M. E. Tr?luck, A. P. Surlea, P. J. Gallagher, J. C. Truiuck, L. B. Bhame, H. C. Burress, C. E. Dunlap, J. L. Haynsworth. COTTON EXPORTS HEAVY'. ! Washington, Oct. 4.?The depart? ment of commerce today announced nearly fifty per cent, increase in cot? ton exports this year. Since August 1, exports have been 903,659 bales, compared to ?SR.OOO bales for the last entire cofton year. Bayonne, N. J...Oct. 4.?N. T. Peck, an expert chemist, gave his life to Mcience today. While superintending a test of nitrate, watched by a d07.cn high officials, an explosion occurred* killing him. MR. JAMES* RECOLLECTION. Statement in Reference to Alleged Bolt in Constitutional Convention Election of 1805. Editor of Sumter Daily Item. You all are, to be sure, the "awful est people ever"?Just like you were In 1890 or a little more so. The proposed Reformers' Conven? tion, the call for which has so dis? turbed you, is for no other purpose than for us to get better acquainted and felicitate ourselves on the good fight which we put up in the last pri I mary. Concerning your extended notice of the. doings in the 90's, your memory is not so good with reference to those things you said about me. The two factions met on the same day. I did not know that the propo? sition for a division was coming up i . ? ' in our caucus, but I liked it and urged it as stoutly as I could, though with? out influence, for it was voted down. While some walked out, I felt bound to remain since I had participated in the test. A ticket was nominated to stand for election in the special elec? tion whfch was to be held for dele? gates to the Constitutional Conven? tion, of course no negroes being nom? inated. , I can at this writing call to mind only three of those put out by us Tillmanttes, they being Capt. D. E. Keels, L. D. Jennings and myself. During the interim before the elec? tion, which for our side was I being managed entirely by Capt. i Keels, who was also at the time chairman of the county executive committee, Mr. Jennings and I heard that some understanding had been arrived at whereby the negroes, were to support our ticket. We went at once to Capt. Keels to inquire as to its truth or falsity, we having decid? ed forthwith to have our names Istricken from the ticket if the rumor were true. However, the captain as? sured us most positively that there 'was absoluely no truth in the report. This is all I ever heard of negroes be? ing involved in that special election. I I well remember, and with a high degree of pleasure, the mahly manner .in, which Mr. Jennings backed up the interviewer who put the questions co Capt. Keels. I shall thank you for publishing i this version of the circumstances you alluded to in Friday's issue?this be? ing a true, account of the whole of my experiences and knowledge of the oXjogghwr~tti|t|er ffigpiiso-fliii ? ~"r W. A. James. Bishopvljle, Sept. 30, 1916. JOHN E. BEATTIE DIES. One of Greenville's Most Prominent Business Men and Confederate Vet? erans, i Greenville, Oct. 3.?John Edge worth Beattie, popularly known as "Ned" Beattle, died this afternoon at 5 o'clock at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, after an Illness of several months. Mr. Beattle was one of the leading business men of Greenville and a member of a well known family of the State. At the time of his death he was president of the First Nat? ional Bank, of Greenville. He way born in Greenville fn 1847. He was a brother of the late Hamlin Beattie and the late William Beattle. At the age of 17 Mr. Beattie joined the Butler Guards, of Greenville, and served during the last year of the War of Secession. He attended Fur man University and the University of Virginia. He was at one time a traveling salesman and later was a member of the dry goods firm of Mc Allster & Beattie, of Greenville. He succeeded to the presidency of the First National Bank, the oldest bank In Greenville, upon the death of his brother, Hamlin Beattie. His Widow and six children, as fol? lows, survive: F. F. Beattle, Hamlin Beattie, Edge worth Beattle, Mrs. N, C Poe, Jr., Mrs. J. F. Matthews and Miss Emily Beattie. The body will be brought back to Greenville from Baltimore for inter? ment here. CONFERENCE A FAILURE. American and Mexican Commission Have Deliberated for a Mouth Without Result Washington, Oct. 4.?High officials predict the failure of the American and Mexican commissioners at Atlan? tic City to adjust the differences be? tween the United States and Carranza. A month has passed in deliberation, but no progress has been made. Ambassador Arredondo's visit to Car? ranza brought no change in the sit? uation. ' ______________ Memphis, Oct. 4.?One man wns killed and six Injured when a show, train leaving for Birmingham w?s wrecked in the yards here. Petrograd, Oct. 4.?The Russian center, in Galicla, under ?Jen. Stcber batcheff, has crossed Zlota-Lipa riv? er, threatening the important railway city, Brzezany, near T^embcrg. Brzc snnj ls already under a heavy bom? bardment. C ROP SHORT OF ESTIMATE. Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 3.?The present cotton crop will fall short of the 11,637,000 bales estimate issued yesterday by the United States depart? ment of agriculture, according to Henry N. Pope, president of the Asso? ciation of State Farmers' Union pres? idents. The government's first esti? mate was for a crop of more than 14,000,000 bales but this has been re? duced 3,000,000 bales by revised fig? ures and is said to be caused by cli? matic and pest damage but according to President Pope these two fnctorS are going to be instrumental in fur? ther reducing the revised estimate. 'The top crop which is th.3 smallest in history has also been generally over estimated," said Mr. Pope, "and the present cotton crop is one of the largest acreage, is the smallest yield per acre within 20 years and the in? dications are it will bring the highest aggregate price of any crop in the history of the cotton industry. It is an established fact that small produc? tion is usually followed the next year by a large acreage and a heavy yield. The cotton farmer will never get out of debt or the tenant become a home owner until we get a reasonable price for a reasonable crop. Ever since the South has been planting 30,000, 000 acres in cotton each cotton farm? er has been selling cotton at about three cents per pound less than cost of production. The only protection of a cotton farmer against a calamity of low prices is in a 12 cent loan mini mom by government or some agency capable of protecting it. --?- \ STATEMENT . Of the Ownership, Management, Cir? culation, Etc., Required by the Act of August 24, 1912. Of Watchman and Southron, pub? lished at Sumter, S. C, semi-weekly, ifor October 1, 1916. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Sumter. Before me, a notary public in and for the State and County aforesaid, personally appeared H. G. Osteen, who, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the manager of the Watchman and Southron, and that the follow? ing is, to the best of his knowl? edge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date, shown in the above caption, requir? ed by the Act of August 24, 1912, em twiiew-Sn^sSe^oir^MeY Posta Lefwt and Regulations, printed oa the reverse of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addressee of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers':ire: Publisher, Osteen Publishing Co., Sumter, S. C. Editor, H. G. Osteen, Sumter, 8. C. Managing Editor, H. G. Osteen? Sumter, S. C. i Business Manager, H. O. Osteen, Sumter, S. C. 2. That the owners are: Osteen Publishing Company. Inc., C. P. Osteen, N. G. Osteen H. Gk Osteen, N. G. Osteen, Jr., Moneta Osteen, Lee & Moise, I. C. Strauss. R. L. Wright, Lev! Bros, C. M. Hurst, Abe Ryttenberg, G. A. Lem mon, Nelll O'Donnell, Levy & Mo? ses, W. B. Boyle, R. L. Edmunds, H. L. Scarborough, R. I. Manning, Booth Live Stock Co. All of Sum? ter, S. C. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, and other security hold? ers oWnlng or holding 1 per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, mort? gages, or other securities are: People's Building & Loan Associa? tion of Sumter, S. C. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the own? ers, stockholders, and security hold? ers, If any, contain not only the list 'of st6ckholders and security holders as they appear upon the book: of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustees or In any other fidueary re? lation, .'he name of the person or cor? poration for whom such trustee Is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and beMef as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not ap? pear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities In a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corpora Ion has any Interest direet or indlrecv. In the said stock, bonds, or other {securities than as so stated by htm. 5. That the average number of copies of each issue of this publica? tion s^old or distributed, through the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months precec.lng the date shown above is (This 1 iforma tlon Is required from daily publica? tions only.) H. G. OSTEEN. Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me thia 5th day of October. 1916. C. W. HICKS, (Seal) Notary Public, S. C. (My commission expires at pleasure of the Governor.) Paris, Oct. 4.?The war oft ce an? nounces important successes north of CombleSj A German communicating trench at Morval was taken with 200 prisoners.