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STATE BOARD SUSPENDS ORDER
ISSUED TO CARRIERS.
Exposed Juveniles From
fu Precaution Again** lu?
Paralysis ? Emergency Is
Colombia. Oct. S.?8k otto we B.
Flshborne. M. D.. city health officer,
woo notified yesterday by J. Adams
Hayna, II. IX, State health officer, of
the nooponaion of the requirement
that children under the age of II
years submit health certificate? to
ticket agmts of railroads when apply?
ing for transportation. The order has
noon in effect for several months, as
n precautionary measure to check the
spread of Infantile paralysis. The
epidemic seems now to have abated
and K is expected that with the in?
ception of cold weather the disease
will bo eliminated.
The suspension of the requirement
which has boon rigidly enforced, will
avoid much inconvenience and de?
my which has boon occasioned by the
scouring of those certificates, and will
also relieve the health officers of
much extra work.
SOOTH CAROLINIANS ON HUpB.
With Those
Ohio and Michigan
El Paso, OoL I.?South Carolina
goaronmen with those from Ken?
tucky, Ohio und Michigan, number
kxoj approximately 18,000 In nil, are
ssnsiog n ft mile practice "hike" to
fWt Soldon, N. M., which is expected
In take II days to complete. The
It noon comprising Tenth provision?
al division began their second days'
march nt sunrise today. With the ar?
rival hero today of the Second and
Third Infantry regiments. North Car*
pHuo, National Guard, the contingent
here from that Staate is complete,
Ihn onvalry, ambulance and hospital
onmmanda having arrived loot weak.
The First, Third nnd Tenth infan?
try, POniur/lvnnla National Guard,
Witt leave for ML Oretna, Pa., soon
%w no mustered out
FAIR FlOtED FOR CLARENDON.
Jtnnnai Event scheduled for
in^If-rOroni
if UtohxsWe: The
itr, held mot fall, won such n
that eevry one Is stim
to strive for a still greater sue
oaos this fall. At n recent meeting
of the association reports were re?
ceived from the various sections of
the county and definite plans were
adopted for the successful holding of
the neat fair* Mueh Interest is being
manifested nnd the indications are
that the live stock, poultry, grain
cover crop, vegetable and fruit de?
portments will bo exceptionally full
and atti active.
The officers of the association elect?
ed for this year are as follows: W. T.
F. Sorot t, president; John O. Dink Ins,
seer starr; B. c. Horton, treasurer; 6.
A. Me Fid din, general superintendent.
There h a progressive spirit wide?
spread and growing In Clarendon
county and such will be made mani?
fest nnd unmistakable at the coming
fair. Several local home demonstra?
tion clubs have recently held highly
Interesting and profltabe sessions un?
der the guidance of Miss Katharine
Richardson, the efficient and enthu?
siastic county agent. The last and
most elaborate of these was a com?
munity fair held under the auspices
of the Lessens chapel club at the
homo of McDowell McFaddln In the
Sammy Swamp section. It included
a vast range of exhibits from house?
hold work through successful garden?
ing, dairying, fruit growing, bee keep?
ing, grain production and cotton on
to mule raising. Pier ?ng and instruc?
tive addreeses were made by C. A.
McFaddln, district farm demonstra?
tion Sgsnt; C. C. Cleveland, of Win?
throp college and J. R. Clark, county
farm demonstration agent. This suc?
cessful local event leads directly up
to a grtater county fair.
WAGE INCREASE GRANTED,
Chleaco, Oct. 3.?Employers volun?
tarily give 10,000 garment workers an
eight hour day, without wage reduc?
tion, aid sixty thousand packing
house workers two and a-half cents
an hour increase.
FORI OCR SLAVE PRKAt HKS.
Washington, Oct. S.?In connection
with the 14th convention of former
slaves t > bo held here beginning Oc?
tober 25 and continuing to November
0, Robert E. Lee, a former slave Is
to deliver a sermon. I<ee claims to
bo 101 years of age end says he 11 ve?
st Sumter. Arrangements are beim;
made to bring htm here. The Rev
Simon P. W. Drew, pastor of the
church, Is completing arrangements
for the convention.
mm mn uns.
PRESIDENT* 9 TERM SHALL RE
FOUR YEARS.
Decrees Issued by Do Facto
President One Reestablishes Tribu?
nals of Justice Throughout the Ro?
public.
Meiico CUy, Oct. 1.?Gen. Car
jransa, the provisional president of
Mexico, today issued a decree limit?
ing the term of a president of the
republic to four years and providing
for reelection of the chief executive.
This is to apply after the holding of
the constitutional assembly and sub?
sequent to the election of a president
The decree provides that if a pres?
ident dies the man who tills out his
term shall not be eligible for elec?
tion for another term until a period
of four years has elapsed. The man
to fill out the term of a president
who dies or leaves office is chosen by
I a two-thirds vote of congress if that
legislative body is in session. If not.
a permanent commission shall des?
ignate the man until congress con?
venes.
Other decrees issued by Gen. der?
ransa provide for the complete re
establishment of tribunals of Justice
throughout the republic". The gov?
ernor of each 8tate ie ordered to ap?
point magistrates and judges for the
regular term. All those courts must
I be in operutl?n by November 1.
Heretofore only tho circuit courts
I ana the courts of Justices of the
peace have been in operation. Other
c&ees were tried tefore military
tribunals.
ALLEGISS MUCK FRAUD.
E. DaPro Says That Second Prl
Residt Is Vitl* tod by Fraud.
Editor The Sumter D&tly Item.
Now that the elections are over a
little about them will not be amiss.
The primary wis adopted for
, white men to settle their differences
in a fair, honest and impartial man
lies'. The one on the 29th of August
was fair, but if the hundrede of af?
fidavits In Columbia mean anything,
from all ovef the Sta e and which the
State executive committee would not
I admit, the primary of! September 12th
was one of the most corrupt ever
held in the State In which money,
whiskey, coercion, fraud and other
ittona of law had a part. ^ It mat*
not that tho violators of law hate
the primary has outlived its
day and the purposes for which it was
adopted. A recourse to the general
election will be the result to settle dif?
ferences, for all law abiding men will
not submit for party sake to such
election practices. .
Members of the State executive
committee, who read those papers,
refused to declare Mr. Manning the
nominee for governor and so stated
in the committee. There is no dis?
grace attached to defeat, if the elec?
tion Is honestly conducted, no more
than if Wilson should be defeated by
Hughes there would be any reflection
on Wilson, or Hughes either if he
should be defated.
If the white people of the State ex?
pect to stick together in elections
they will have to treat each other
fairly and honestly. Otherwise a split
will be sure to come. All law abid?
ing men will not submit and work
with those who practice wrong meth?
ods let the result be what it may.
Fraud vitiates everything it touches.
It looks to the writer that we are m
bad state so far as party harmony
is concerned. No use to say peace,
peace, after what has been done and
said In the press, for It Is the peace
of Warsaw.
JVE. DuPre.
(Mr. DuPre is incorrect in stating
that the executive committee of the
state refused to receive Mr. Rlchey's
affidavits. Mr. Rlchey did not of?
fer them to the executive committee,
but merely stated that he had them.
Since then a Laurens paper ha?
urgently requested Mr. Rlchey to
publish those affidavits In Its columns
and, after endeavoring for one week
to secure them, Mr. Rlchey was
forced to tell the editor of the paper,
according to a statement made in Its
editorial columns, that he had been
unable to secure them. However, if
Mr. DuPre has any evidence of fraud
he should submit It to the grand jury
in order that indictments may be
brought against the guilty parties.
If he has no evidence that he is
willing to take before the grand Jury,
then he should cease his cry of fraud,
for he should not make charges that
he cannot prove.?Ed.)
JAP CABINET RESIGNS.
Count Oktima Given Way to Ylcwonnt
Kalo.
Tokio, Oct. 3.?The entire Japanese'
cabinet has decided to resign, follow?
ing the retirement of Count Okuma.
Viscount Kato will succeed Okuma.
It Is believed now Okuma's retire?
ment was forced to make room for a
bolder national policy.
PRESIDENT PLANS
PROGRAM OP SPEECHES NOW
ALMOST COMPLETE.
Henry Ford, Automobile Manufactur?
er, Tells Wilson He is Supporting
Him Although Formerly Republi?
can.
Long Branch, N. J., Oct. 2.?presi?
dent Wilson's campaign programme
up to election day partly was com?
pleted tonight at a conference he held
with Vance C. McCormick, chairman
of the Democratic National commit?
tee. The president also discussed
politics with Henry Ford, and Sec?
retary of Treasury McAdoo.
Arrangements were completed tor
the president's trip to Cincinnati mak?
ing four visits he will pay to jthe
Middle West. He will speak in Cin?
cinnati on October 26 under the-aus?
pices of the City club.
The president's speaking pro?
gramme outlined tonight includes the
following engagements: Omaha,
Neb., October &; Shadow Lawn/ Oc?
tober 7; Indianapolis, October ' 12;
Pennsylvania day at Shadow Lawn,
October 14; St. Louis and Ohto^oay
at Shadow Lawn, October 17; Chicago,
October 19; Farmers' day at Shadow
Lawn, October 21; Cincinnati, Octo?
ber 26. r'-$|
In addition to these speaking en
gaements i.he president will deliver
an address at Shadow Lawn October
28 and will pay two visits \o ifcew
York State on dates not yet selected.
Mr. McCormick said tonight " that
this programme will carry the presi?
dent up to eelction day and that few
if any additions will be made.
Henry Ford remained with the pres?
ident four hours and assured Mr. Wil?
son that he was willing to do every?
thing possible to bring about his elec?
tion. He said he had made no plans
for contributing to the campaign fund
because he did not believe in sueh a
course. "I think the office should
seek the man, not the man the office."
declared Mr. Ford. t
, Secretary McAdoo who hid njj|frsd
to make several political speej&hes,
probably will not carry out hLsjplans
because of public business necessitat?
ing his presence in Washington*/;
The president has almost
ed the selection of the shipping'
and the board created by com
observe tho working of the elgl
law for railroad employes,
the members of the shipping
probably will be Bernard
BaVliamu And WHIUuu jpfttii
San Francisco. ' H
Mr. Wilson leaves hero tomorrow
night for Omaha, going by way of
Philadelphia and Chicago and reach?
ing Omaha Thursday morning. Mrs.
Wilson and Secretary Tumulty will
accompany him. He will return here
Saturday.
Henry Ford reiterated to the-pres?
ident that he was supporting him for
reelection although a Republican in
the past. Mr. Ford spent several
hours with President Wilson and took
lunch with him.
Postmaster General Burleson, a
caller at the executive offices today,
declared he had been convinced by
closely examining straw ballots and
reading letters from all parts of the
country that there was strong under?
current for Mr. Wilson which waa
gowlng in volume.
The president was up before 6
o'clock this morning working on cor?
respondence. He sent a message 1 of
condolence to the family of Senator
Clarke of Arkansas who died yester?
day. /
GOVERNOR NAMES DELEGATES.
Fourteen Api*>lntcd to Represent
State at Prison Association Meet?
ing In Buffalo.
Columbia, Oct. 4.?Gov. Manning
lias appointed the following delegates
to the annual congress of the Ameri?
can Prison association to be held in
Buffalo, October 7-12: The Rev.
Hugh R. Murchison, Lancaster; Jo
siah Morse, Columbia; W. J. White,
Spartanburg; J. Elmore Martin, Char?
leston; J. W. Wise, St. Matthews; P.
L. Bethea, Clio; O. C. Scarborough,
Summerton; J. M. Smith, Smoaks; A.
K. Sanders, Hagood; J. B. Johns,
Florence; A. T. Jamison, Greenwood;
C. C. Geer, Greenville; Thomas E.
Wise, Con way; W. C. West, Camden.
P. OF VA. GETS $250,000.
Donor Bequests That His Name be
Withheld.
Chnrlottesville, Va., Oct. 3.?Coinci?
dent with the opening of the ninety
third year of the University of Vir?
ginia today announcement was made
by President Alderman of a gift of
$2.r?0,H00 to the university by a man
who requested that his name be with?
held. The sum, according to President
Alderman, was made without solici?
tation and was to bo used according
to the discretion of the president.
The student enrolment this year is
1,100. The principal address at the
opening exercises today was made*tJy
Representative Carter Class, his ^y^
Ject being "Financial Kroodom."
SELECTING COTTON SEED.
BEST WAY IS BY ACTUAL PICK?
ING OF CHOP.
Work is One Culling for Exercise of
High Degree of Intelligence in
Choice.
Columbia, Oct. 3.?Having decided
to select seed for next year, what is
the first step to be taken? Go into
the field before the first picking, or if
this* can't be done, between the first
and second picking, and select the
stalks that come as near as possible
to being perfect. It is desirable in
selecting these stalks to have in mind
the typical shape and general ap?
pearance of the particular variety
I from which we are selecting the
seed, says Orange Judd Southern
Farming.
Having picked out the stalks the
next step is to tie a big white string,
preferably strings torn froi.i rags, so
they may be wide enough to be easily
seen. Then instruct pickers to leave
these stalks severely alone when pick?
ing. Then after the most of this cot?
ton is open, go yourself and pick this
[seed cotton. Or if your work Is on
rtoo big a scale to do it all yourself,
have some of your most careful hands
to assist. It should be kept in mind
I that this work requires some intelli?
gence.
Do not pick all bolls from these
stalks, but only the best ones, the ones
that are comparatively large and well
open and whose locks stick fairly well
in the bur. Do not pick bolls that
I are near the top of tho stalk, or right
I at the bottom, or at the tip of the
I branches, because it Is likely that these
are not'fully developed. Then, by no
means pick any boll that isn't thor
I oughly mature.
j Do not select seed from any stalk
that has this disease on it, and espec?
ially do not select the boll that is af
I fected with it. It is by selecting seed
from healthy stalks that we can pur
tially get rid of this trouble,
j After the seed cotton is picked it
should be put In sacks and these tied
up so there will be no chance of be?
coming mixed with the general pile of
{cotton. When it is ready to be ginned.
I it is desirable for thq owner or some
person of intelligence to accompany it
to the gin. Right here is whero a
great deal of mixture of cotton seed
occurs. As is well known, the cotton
I gin, carries a big roll of cotton in it
land it is entirely possible for the seed
to become mixed with a man's cotton
1'WlfU IJlL'nedBd j ums at-*h% gtnr There?
fore, ask the ginner to clean out this
roll and run the gin several minutes
before your cotton goes in.
It will be worth while to pay the
ginner 10 or even 20 per cent, more
for ginning your seed cotton, if this is
necessary, in order to get him to do it
just like you wish it done. There is
no question but this careful work will
pay handsomely.
INSPECTION OF MILK.
Health Commission Declares There
Will be No Relaxation in Rigid
Methods Used.
New York, Oct. 2.?In the face of
a serious milk shortago in this city
because of controversy between the
Dairymens' league and individual dis?
tributors, Health Commissioner Em?
erson declared emphatically today
there would be no relaxation in the
rigid inspection of the supply by
his department.
Dr. Emerson's announcement was
made at a conference attended by
John J. Dillon, State commissioner of
foods and markets, who has been
empowered by members of the league
to make contracts for its members
and by the leading milk distributors
of the city. Milk brought to the city
from unusual sources will be subject?
ed to a particularly severe Inspection,
Dr. Emerson stated.
Dr. Emerson declared reports re?
ceived from inspectors for his de?
partment indicated that about 76 per
cent, of tho normal supply was re?
ceived in the city today. Mr. Dil?
lon asserted that by Thursday the dis?
tributors would be receiving only
about 15 per cent, of the 2,400,000
quarts usually received euch day.
TWO KILLED ON C. & A. C.
Foreman Doollttle and Switchman Mc
Laurin Meet Death at Augusta.
Augusta, Oct. 3.?Oliver P. Doolit
tle, switch foreman, and Marlon R.
McLaughlin, .switchman, of the C. &
W. C. it. R? were killed on the belt
line at 10 a. m. today, when a loco?
motive tender, on which they were
riding, overturned for some unex?
plained cause.
Greenville, Oct ?A true bill was
returned against V. II. Cheshire, ed?
itor of the Anderson Farmers' Trib?
une, by the grand jury of the United
States district court for the western
district of South Carolina h?re tili
afternoon, the allegation being that
he sent or caused to be sent lewd,
lascivious, obscene and filthy matter
through the mails.
COTTON CROP ICH DAMAGED
STORMS AND INSECTS HAVE
GREATLY DIMINISHED EX?
PECTED YIELD.
Loks of Three Million Dales During
Growing Season, According to Fig?
ures Given out by Department of
Agriculture in Yearly Estimate.
Washington, Oct. 2.?Storms and
insect damage have wrought havoc
with the cotton crop this year and
caused a loss of almost 3,000,000,
bales throughout the growing season.
This year's crop will be approx?
imately 11,037,000 equivalent 500
pound bales, according to the depart?
ment of agriculture's forecast mde
today, basing its estimate on the
condition of the crop of September
25. In its first forecast of produc
i
tion made from conditions existing
June 25, the quantity was estimated
at 14,266,000 bales. The condition
of the crop on September 26 was
156.3 per cent, of normal, which is
the lowest condition on record for
that time of the year.
Cotton this year was planted on
tho fourth largest acreage over re
coded?35,054,000 acres. In 1011,
when 36,054,000 acres were planted,
the crop was 15,693,000 baler in
1913, when there were 37,08:?.000
acres, the crop was 14,156,000 bales,
and in 1914, when the acreage was
36,832,000, the crop amountc 1 to
16,135,000 bales.
Indications ar6 that this year's
crop will yield only 156.3 pounds per
acre compared with 207.7 pounds in
1911; 182 pounds in 1913 and 209.2
pounds in 1914.
Condition and indicated area, yield,
by Sttaes, follows:
Sttaes. Condition Yield
Acre
Virginia.85 264
North Carolina. , .61 214
South Carolina . .53 175
Georgia.58 162
Florida.41 86
Alabama.36 94
Mississippi.40 114
Louisiana.36 154
Texas.63 154
Arkansas.. ....65 183
Tennessee . . .'.68 186
Missouri.67 255
Oklahoma.56 154
California.93 484
All other States ... ...
In a statement issued today the re?
porting board said: 'There was heavy
deterioration in cotton again this
month in the central cotton States
Boll weevils in Texas, Arkansas, Ala?
bama, Louisiana and Florida have
taken a heavy toll, puncturing and
destroying grown bolls to a larger ex?
tent than ever before known. This
Insect has, in addition, seriously dam?
aged the crop in portions of Okla
home, Georgia and Tennessee. Cater?
pillars have injured the late cotton
Jn southern Texas and eastern Flor?
ida. Cool nights caused a cessation
of fruiting and the plant shed its
fruit considerably in the northern
portion of the cotton belt.
"There is considerable late cotton
in the Carolinas and some in north?
ern Georgia which will need a late
killing frost to reach anything like
full maturity.
"The weather during the month
was very favorable for gathering the
crop and the high prices prevailing
for both cotton and the seed caused
the farmers in all parts of the South
to rush gathering and ginning, and
there has been a much larger per?
centage of the crop put through the
gins than usual at this time of the
year. In southern Mississippi and
Alabama, where the crop is practical?
ly a failure, one picking got the crop,
the average in many counties being a
bale to the mule or less. Over the en?
tire cotton belt the crop this season
hu.s been rapidly picked and there is
less cotton remaining in the fields
than usual at this time of the year.
The picking season will average two
or three weeks early."
Farmers are receiving for thti;- cot?
ton at this time higher prices than
havo been paid since 1872. In that
year the average paid was 16.5 cents,
in 1871 prices paid averaged 17.1
cents and in 18 69, 16.5 cents. The
demoralization of the cotton market
soon after the outbreak of the Euro?
pean war caused a violent break in
prices. On August 1, 1914, farmers
were being paid 12.4 cents a pound
for their cotton and l?y November 1
the price had fallen to 6.3 cents a
pound. A comparison of prices being
paid to farmers on the first of each
month during the last three years is
Interesting, Following Is a table giv?
ing the average prices.
Month 1916 1915 1914
January.11.4 6.6 11.7
February .11.5 7.4 11.?
March .11.1 7.1 12.1
April .11.6 S.l U,f
May .11.6 1.1 12.2
June .12.2 S.6 12.1
July .12.5 6.1 12.4
August .12.6 8.1 12.1
September _14.6 6.6 s.7
October . 11.6 7.S
November . 11.6 6.1
December . 11.2 fi.s
IMPROVEMENTS it 1C. 1.
contract let pgr WOU on
passenger station and
grounds.
Yard Will Ik* Connoted and Sheds
Win be Breotod ever Tracks ks sta?
tion Yard?Brick Pavement Will
be Laid in Bear of Building?Track?)
Being Rearranged.
In a letter to the managing secre?
tary of the Sumter Chamber of Com?
merce received yesterday from J. R.
Kenly, president of the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad comp; ny, regarding the
long promised improvements of that
railway system's passenger station id
Sumter, President Kenly says:
"The track men are now rearrang?
ing the tracks, contracts have been let
for concrete platforms and walkways,
contracts have also been let for the
steel work in the cross sheds, and
changes in the interior of the building
are also being loobed after. On ac?
count of the diflicuKy in getting struc?
tural steel, I am at raid it will be sev?
eral months before the necessary ma?
terial for the eres; sheds will be re?
ceived.
The Coast Line Railroad company
has also arranged with city council
for paving its grounds in front of the
passenger station connecting with
Telephone street w hich will be paved
i with vitrified brick or concrete pav?
ing.
When the Coast Ane company com?
pletes its plans for depot enlargement
and the beautifiying of its already
pretty and extensive park and pas
' senger station grounds Sumter will
have perhaps the prettiest passenger
station surroundings in South Caro?
lina. The ladies PI the Sumter Civic
League and the city council are co?
operating with the Atlantic Coast Line
company in making the passenger
station and surro inding streets and
grounds as attractive as possible.
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$2,000 BLAZE AT MANNING.
Mrs. M. E. Walker's Home Burned
Insurance $1,500.
Manning, Oct. 2.?The home of
Mrs. M. E. Walker, situated In the
eastern edge of Manning, wa3 totally
destroyed by fire at 11.30 this morn?
ing. The building was a story and a
half structure and was worth about
$2,000. There was $1,500 insurance.
The fire started upstairs by some un?
known means. The furnitu-e and
other household ?ffectA were practf--.
cally all saved. The house was oc?
cupied by Mrs. W ilker and her son,
Sinkler F. Walker and his wife.
TWO "BREMEN'S" CAPTURED.
Third Coming to United States, Says
Belgian Captain.
Galveston, Oct. 2.?Two German
merchant submarines named Bremen
have fallen into the hands of the En?
tente Allies and a third bearing the
same name now is en route to the
United States, according to Capt. H.
Van Schoonbeck, of the Belgian
steamer Elizabeth Van Belgle, which
arrived today from Barry. Capt.
Schoonbeck declares that one of the
merchant submarines was captured
by the British ar d the other by the
French. He said lie learned this from
good authority in France, but declined
to name the port to which the cap?
tured ships were liken.
INTEREST IX ROUMANIA.
Invasion of Bulgi ria by Ron man la
Centres Attention on Tliat Front.
London, Oct. 3.?War interest cen?
ters today in the Roumanian theatre.
Sofia admits the Roumanian invasion
of Bulgaria and p omiscs vigorous de?
fensive measures. It is believed the
Roumanians are trying to strike Von
Mackensen's army in rear compelling
his retirement from Dobrudja. Gen.
von Falkenhayn s pressing forward
at Rothenthum P.tss, and brings on a
violent action. Ki val aeroplanes raid?
ed the German a irodome near Brus?
sels. One British machine was lost.
SOUTHERN TRIP IN NOVEMBER.
MciuIhts of 1'nrn Loan Board De?
cide to Wait Until After Election*.
Washington, Oct. I.?Announce?
ment was made here today at the
offices of the fa m loan board that
the members of the board will begin
their trip South November 10, it be?
ing desired not to undertake this trip
until after the elections are held. It
was also stated t'iat positively only
one city in each of the States desir?
ing to secure a farm loan bank will
be visited, this being the State capi
REMEDY POR BOLL WEEVIL.
Department of Agriculture Announce*
DtgCOVery of Remedy Sought for
Twelve Years.
Washington. Oct. ?After twelve
years investigation, the agricultural
department announces the discovery
of a method of destroying the TflVH
weevil. The method has been scent
until further experimenting.