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irsw? not*? rmm blmmkrton. Oop fa li&w Snort, Although ? fa ps Foe Belter Condition Ott** Hfceco Eledrto Lignt shetidW Rummerton. Oct. 8.?So far aa the weather condition, the looks of the| eotton Itelde? swamp, etc. Is concern? ed It really looks ae though thin might bs the first of November In? stead of October; ftt le a real fact that tho moot of the cotton crop la out and marketed, and veiy few cotton seed have been carried back home this year for higher prices, aa those who could hold thorn word soilhned at tho market price, and of course those who almost were compelled to let their eotton and seed be sold are sat faded at what the market has been this . ear. And while only about 1.600 of cotton hhvo boon sinned here and probably 1>>0 marketed at this from ropcrts this section of thfa county, as wed' aa other sections ln> this ntato fa for hooter off than other places. For it Is a cer talaty that this Immediate section has It per cent, of an average crop, whtto there are otl er places that have not saado ovo? M i>er cent, of an aver? age erof?) No doubt In some of these p loess whore the crops have been so short the average man le rather blue of tho ggojgjpB and While it hi cer talaty dfaeouragini we cannot afford to siW up, nod any wo cannot make good btt wt mom shovel In tho coal and gof on n tool head of water, otoaa. tp otr energies and poll for smsthnff crop. And then another trou? ble wtfjh ihn? country hi that wo die pond too much on the one crop prop? osition, and the eooner we learn that there fa more thoo cotton that we can make minny out of the sooner we will And thai Oils country will be In much better shape financially and otherwise. There* fa no reason why this county ohooltt not grow twice the amount ot tobocotV It does, and there Is plenty of fand adWted to truck gnowing In thlo county, and why not he*ve. say, thrse monoy eroms tho year as follows: first, truth; sec*ltd, tobacco, and third, eotton. At fast t|e engine for tho electric plant has reached this city and th* fei Xavere hard at vork completing the wtiing and Install tag ton znachrasry, and we hope tp have light now soon, nnd whoa the ge leral election comes oft wo will make the lights wink three Unsen It tho Hon. Wood row Wilson it 10 athfilsd. And :hen wo want good 3horn aaywny for some people to^npsq*?!inn m tho dark now *hV 'sJnfwsy. for tper* ts t V of tuWi about supporting polllfuahV ereeh dink tho nominee or neirdnoso of tho Dem? ocratic party, but your "Uncle Nub" no reason why people shoul d b< DiehYt >rvn*ybOdy support the nomflneee in 1912 and 1114 T ACCUSED OF ASSAULT. rjnafajr Very nerton* N Chnapjo, Spartan burf. Oct. f.?William Johnson, a whit* man. 41 years of age. was arrested at Cow peas. In thlt oonnty. today by Constable S. M Henry, on a warrant sworn out by Magistrate E. Pot far. charged with attempted crimthiU assault on a white woman employed as housekeeper In one of the homw In Cow pens. John? son was remanied to jail where he will await trial. The cries of the wo? man. It fa alleged, trlghtoned him off and when he left she went to th< magistrate and had the warrant sworn oat. CACOirt AFTKB MANY YEARS. Vance, iVantcd In !ecwberr> for Martttr, hi Hot* at frernaudlna Columbia, Oct. 7.?Oov. Manning requisition papers yesterday on' Oov. Tram me 11 ol Florida for the re? turn to Newberrj county of Marshall Vance, who has beeo wanted in that county 1? year? i or the killing of his wife. The negro has been arrested and Identified at PernandJna, Fla. He quest for the papers was made by Cannon O. Bleaa?, sheriff of Newber ry county, who has gone for the pris? oner. THE Dt.tDLtX K BROKEN. Mrikann Agree Co Reasonable Plan for Border Protection. Atlantic City. Oct. 7.?The dead? lock between the American and Mex lean commissioners was broken at last when the Mexican representatives agreed to formuUte a plan for bordei protection withe ut Insisting on the withdrawal of Anericin troops. The tentative plans will be sent to Wash? ington for approval before entering into a nnal agr wment. The Unit? ? i states Is to furntm the brunt of Um patrol. OahetfB fkefanier C* * Agronmr. Norfolh. Oc . 7.?The Cubni steamer, Palo ma. from New York t< Cuba, went ashore off the North Cam Una const Much cotton has been comlmr in! town this week. MOVEMENT TO RAISE $78,000. Mcasbors First Baptist Church, An desHOfi, Flan to Improve College and Church. Anderson, Oct. 6.?Eighty business men, members of the First Baptist church, have organized and started a movement to erect a third dormitory ?for Anderson College, at a cost of 135,000- The college is tilled to ca? pacity and the additional dormitory Will be ready for next session. This same body of men also start? ed a movement for enlarging the Sun? day school rooms of the First Bap? tist church at a cost of. $20,000, build a parsonage to cost $H,000 and install a new organ in the church at a cost Of $5,000. This church has the Hrgcst membership of any church In the State, regardless of denomination. Dr. Jno. E. White Is the pastor. SEES HOW FARMERS MEET PEST. South Carolina Commission Inspect* tPlanting Operations in Loulsiaiui Belt. Monroe, I.A., Oct. 6.?Gov. Man? ning of South Carolina, with a parly of South Carolinians and experts from the department of agrlculturo, today inspected cotton farming under boll weevil condition!, around Mon? roe. Tomorrow the party will go tu Tallutah, Lot, and from there to Vlcksburg, Miss. The party came to Louisiana to study cotton .growing, storage and marketing and the meth? ods used to meet the boll weevil situ? ation. NATIVE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DEAD. Col. David G. Mclntmh Passes Away Suddenly in Baltimore. Baltimore, Oct. 6.?Col. Davhl Gregg Mclntosh, one of the most dis? tinguished lawyers of Maryland, ami a famous Confederate soldier, die., suddenly this evening at his home at Towson, of acute Indigestion. He Is survived by his widow, who was ^flss Virginia Johnson Pcgram. daughter of Gen. James W. Fegre vn. of the Confederate anrv; by a son .David G. Mclntosh, a member of the Maryland house of delegates, ond on< daughter, Mrs. William Waller Mor? ton, of Richmond, Va. Col. Mclntosh was born at Society Hill, S. <&, in 1838. Both h?a pater? nal and maternal ancestors figured In the Revolutionary Var. He' serve* throughout the War Between"''the .States In the Confederate army and' was a close friend cf Jefferson Da? vis. _-) . CARTER GETS VER1HCT, $5,000. Alter Trial Lasting Two Days Jury He. tarns Verdict for Plaintiff. Orangeburg lmes and Democrat. \ The Jury returned a veidlct for 11 vt thousand dollars, and costs, In th case of A. T. Carter vs. the Atlantl Coast Line Railroad company. The case lusted several days, and Involved the question as to whether or not the railroad company had been negligent in not lighting up Its premises sutli clently. Carter, it will bo remember? ed, wss attacked by a robber and se? verely wounded last January while he was working as night agent at thai depot. The plaintiff maintained that the failure of the company to have light burning contributed to the in Jury, end was tho cause of it, whlh the railroad company held that the Injury was the act of u public enemy. It Is considered likely that the case will go higher, probably Into United States Courts, upon appeal, as the circumstances of the case bring It under the federal regulations con? cerning the liability of employers. Jake Rlack, a Sumter neuro, who was one of those who escaped fron, the Sumter county jail, was the ne? gro who ussunltcd Mr. Carter, sooi after his escape from Were. Ho i. now on the Oranueburg county gang serving a sentence, with several oth? er charges helnv held there nnd in Harm A\ county against him. gs SOOH as he is released from his present sen tence. BOY KILLS BltOI IH.H. Tragic Accident In the Iuman Section Spartt-nburg, Oct. A II year old son of James Prultt, a whin- mat who lives in the Inniau section of thi ?ounty, nceidently shot nnd killed hit 14 year old brother ye tOTday with .. shotgun. The boy and his brothel were playing with the gun which they bought was empty when It uccidently ilschargsd. Mod Of the load took ef feet in the older boy's, head, parts ol which were blown entirely away. Coroner J. S. T'irner was summoned ant no coroner's Inn nest was held as it was not thought to be neoessurj under the circumstances. One Killed, Two Mint in Auto Wrccl Pittsburgh, Oct. 7. .Mrs. J, R Wood was killed and her husband nm! laughter Were Injured " ben nn nil plunged Into a creel; lure lotto/, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES. A HMO County Fair Will be Held In Sumter?Men, Women, Hoys and GirL% City and Country, Must Work Together for The County Fair. A "Simon Pure, Gamecock Fair," Plenty of Good Attractions, and Ev? erybody There." With a little of everything that goes to make a county fair. Son o fun and a varied line of attractions, some educational, some amusing, all wholesome, clean and Instructive but a county fair pure and simple, some? thing to Interest the old, middle! aged, and the young, that Is the kind of a county fair Sumter county is going to pull off somewhere along about the third week In November, regardless of whether ootton sells fcr tlfteen or lltfty cents per pound. Several of the committee members have put their heads together, and all agreed unanimously upon the above remarks which represent the sentiment of the committee, boiled down, because It would require a special edition of this paper to rer >rd and report all that each and ev >l?y one of the committee agreed up m and said. It wasn't a regular committee meeting either, just a kind of infor? mal conference before the general committee xis called together next Tuesday to arrange for the county .'air. , The meeting of the committee was :>ut off yesterday on account of the leath of the late lamented Mr. Wlll llam 13. Boyle, former chairman of tho County Fair Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and a mem? ber of the special committee to ar? range for the 1910 Sumter -County fair. On next Tuesday afternoon, October 10th, there will be a general meeting of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, and of the Retail Dealers' Associa? tion, i Several matters of importance will be up for consideration, the chief topic of dlscuslon being the 191C county fair. Sifmter county can put up a first-] class exhibition of agricultural prod? ucts, live stock, poultry, home-made fruits, vegetables, and other kinds of home demonstration articles from about thirty-five rural and city school domestic science clubs and * women's home demonstration clubs, boys' pig and corn clubs, and from hundreds of ?up-to-date farms. _?_ The manufacturing plants of Sum ter county can put on an exhibit that Will pleasantly surprise the natives n$ well as the thousands of visitors we expect to have here during fair week. When Sumter county and Sumter Ity bunch together the "made in tumter county" commodities that are raised, grown, manufactured with n the limits of the "Greater Gume ?ck City and County" it will be worth traveling many miles to see. All that is needed for this city and county to put up one of the most in? teresting and educational demonstra? tions is for the men, women, boys and girls of Sumter city and Bumtel county to make up their minds to have a 191G fall county fair. And Mr. H. U Tisdale phoned "E. I. R." the other day, as the Irishman said: Said he, "We are going to have a county fair, if there is no one there but you and I." But they will not be the only two Sumter county Game? cocks or thoroughbred hens either, for that mutter, at the coming fair. If Sumter's business men will awakeu before they fall out of bed and go out to the meeting next Tues lay afternoon, there will be something doing In the county fair line. Every progressive county in this Sttac except Sumter county has some kind of a fall festival or county fall every year. Sumter is no more of a religious or highly moral crowd than juiy other South Carolina county, and the people of those counties which have annual recreative festivals and rain arc Jusl as religious and as good II Sumter county people. ?fl t< r C >unty people are just like diur people In other counties. They are golns to have some recreation and oms fun every year, and give their families an outing, if Sumter doesn't provide the amusements, Columbia, Orangeburg, Darlington, Florence, Charleston and other progressive cities will. electric CIIA1K ACCIDENT. execution Halted at Slug Sing by Breaking of Wire. Osstnlng, X. Y? Oct. 7.?Despite Iths picas of Warden Osborne and prominent bankers. Thomas Hambrick was sloctrocutod at sin? Sing this morning for murdering George Dap? ping, i New York policeman. A gruesome Incident marred the execu? tion, a wire broke at the first shock nd tho electrocution was halted un 11 pairs could be made. Commander of Moo wo Killed. London, Oct. 7. Count von Dopna ichlndlen, the commander of the German commerce raider Moewe, was killed by n ?hell on the western front. TRANSPORT OF ALLIES SUNK. ne Sinks the Fronconia, Cun Liner? No Troops Aboard at the Time. London, Oct. 6.?The Cunard line steamer Franconia has been sunk, according to Lloyds. The admiralty announced that the Cunard steamer Franconia, employed for transport duty, was sunk in the Mediterran? ean yesterday by an enemy submarine. The steamer had no troops aboard. Twelve men of the crew of 302 are missing. Was Vessel of Size. The Franconia, which was being used as a British transport, according to admiralty announcement, was a vessel of 18,160 tons gross, and was built in 1910. Her maiden voyage was between Liverpool and Boston in February, 1911. The Franconia was 626 feet long, seventy-two fea^. Wide and displaced 25,000 tons. When she was built she was considered one of the most comfortable steamers of the Cunard line. The vessel was niok'-named the "Bath Ship," inas? much as she had more bathrooms and nhowers than the Mauretania, this equipment being installed for the ben? efit of passengers bound for long cruise to the Mediterranean. The steerage of the Franconia was con? sidered the best appointed of any steamer carrying third-class passeng? ers. The last previous report of the Franconia In June, 1915, announced that she had be on chartered to car? ry British troops to the Dardanelles. AFTER SOUTH CAROLINA LINES. Lumber Mutual* Said to Be Accept? ing Business at Less Thun Former Schedule. Insurance Herald-Argus. Brokers are said to be getting the largest share of the cotton mill busi? ness In South Carolina and that it is being placed in outside companies. The various lumber mutuals, however, are handling a considerable portion of the business at a reduced rate from former schedule. Expiration on many mills are due this fall and all avenues for coverage are being used, although it is said that there is diffi? culty in placing complete lines. The South Carolina companies are getting some'of the business and the dozen or more admitted companies are taking their Capacity on preferred lines. There is much unprotected property, l^myj^r^that is feeling the insurance ELEVATOR FALLS; TWO HURT. Each Man Suffers Fracture of Both Legs When Hoist Cable Breaks. Columbia, Oct. 7.?Two employes of the Granby cotton mill were serious? ly injured, each having both legs brok? en, yesterday morning, when the cable of a freight elevator broke. They are in the Baptist hospital and it Is fear? ed that E. N. Johnson, operator of the elevator, may have internal in? juries. John Bcnton, section man in the spool room, who was a passenger, broke his fall by swinging to the top of the car. Mr. Johnson's legs were fractured in several places. The elevator was going up and fell back two and one-half stories as a re? sult of tho break in the cable. It was the crush at the bottom that caused the Injuries. The car was loadeu with rolls of cotton being carried to an upper floor. Mr. Johnson is about 50 years of age and Mr. Benton is about 26 years of age. An official of the mill said yester? day that employes were instructed not to use the freight elevator for passenger service. Both men were conscious yesterday afternoon. GRAHAM SUES STATE. Asks Damages Because Contract Was Abrogated. Columbia, Oct. 7.-*?Officers of the Sttae board of health have been sum? moned to testify In tho case of Gra? ham vs. the State of South Carolina, which will be called in the Itichland county court during the week begin? ning October 18. This is a damage suit brought by J. M. Graham for $30,000 for the abrogation of con? tracts when the hosiery mill at the State penitentiary was abolished. K1RBV ELECTED SENATOR. Nominated by Democrats to Succeed Late V. S. Senator Clarke. Little Hock, Oct. ?.?William F. Kirby, associate Justice of the Arkan? sas Supreme Court, was nominated late today by the Democratic State central committee for the United States senator to succeed the lata Senator James P. Clarke. ALLIED FLEET IIOMI1AHDS TOWN Driven off From Dedegntch by Sea? planes. Soda, Oct. 7.- -The allied fleet bombarded the Bulgarian port. Dedeggateh on the Aegean sea, but was driven off by seaplanes, after do? ing slight damage. TILLMAN AND TALBERT. Two Former Co-Workers Entertain Bail Opinions of Each Other. Augusta Chronicle. Parksville. S. C. Sept. 16, 1916. Editor Augusta Chronicle: I had hoped, when I replied in your valuable columns a few days ago to, Tlllman's Wild slanders, that I would not have to ask your indulgence again, but I feel you are due me some space to do so/ again. I will not de? scend Into the gutter, for that is his home, and of course, I can't hope to whip the devil in his own den. He must have known a good while ago, by intuition, that I had naught but scorn and contempt for him, and he knows better than anyone else why it is so. This doughty warrior speaks of band wagons', when he knows, and every? body else in South Carolina, old enough to recollect, knows that he got on my band wagon, when, in the 90s I crammed the alliance demands down his throat and made him say publicly it was good and wholesome food?good enough, at least, to elect him, first time, governor of the State. And he knows, also and a lot of others in the State know that he did his best to put me off the band wagon after I had kindly lifted him on and given him a comfortable seat. This he knows happened when I was In the race for congress with his brother. George D? by the way, was a grand old man, and in direct contrast with his brother, Ben. Especially dli he do his utmost, in the second primary, to beat me after promising to hands-off in the race if I would hands-off in his race with Governor Sheppard; another grand old man, but not so old as Brother Georgs. That looks very much like "making me"?when the fact is I made him. I have a good deal to say that 1 have not the time to say here, but it shall come if we both live long enough. I invited Tillman into tho arena four years ago, but he politely declined, saying he was sick and nigh unto death, as David of old, and could not come, pleading tho baby act and beg? ging the good people to let him die in the harness. I have examined that harness and find nothing wrong, but the holding-back straps. That har? ness, however, has enabled him to fill his pockets with filthy lucre, which, in trun, has enabled him to buy blocks of property in different cities and' states?most of it operat? ing ss rumor has it, . Ptrtglrfypf^faia own Stats. I was not a pauper when I entered politics; am' not a pauper now; but am by no means a million? aire. I doubt if he can say as much. Any* man can attack my 'political or private, or business record that chooses to do so, and I do not fear the result. I do not claim perfection in any line, but I have always tried to do as I would be done by. And, furthermore, it occurs to me that, it ill behooves any man to go parading himself over the" country as a paragon of morality and honesty and fairness with his tainted record hanging over him; the fishy smell of the fouf dust of "penitentiary brick"; the sweet scented odor of "red cedar," all mixed up with the filthy stench of dispensary rebates upon his "holler than thou" garments. Now, he speaks of "sneak thieves"; and, If he means to apply that epithet to me, I pronounce him a liar and say the truth is not in him. As I said at the outset, there are a number of other things that I have in my locker, too numerous to mention here?and burden this splendid and fairrninded newspaper with?but I will say, in conclusion, this is my ulti? matum so far as a newspaper contro? versy is concerned. If he desires' to meet me, at any time, at any place he may select, I will meet him face to face before the good people of the State and discuss with him the ques? tions of the day, or any other subject he may select. Anyway, I will say if he ever offers himself for ofllce again in this Sttae, I propose to meet him and be there with the goods and be ready to deliver them In any way he may choose. Respectfully, W. J. Talbert. In justice to Mr. Talbert, It should be said that above communication which was received by The Chronicle late Saturday night was considerably modified yesterday upon telegraphic request of The Chronicle. Tho following telegrams. which passed during the day will explain: Augusta, Ga., Sept. 17. 1916. j Hon. W. J. Talbert, Parksville. S. C. Communication too late for publica? tion today. Also impossible to publish unless modified on account of subject? ing us to libel proceedings. Must omit reference to- -, who Is dead; also modify strictures on Till? man to come within tho law. No de? sire to close columns to you, but sim? ply must protect ourselves. IJeen try ! ing to get you on phone. The Augusta Chronicle. Parksville, S. C, Sept. 17, 1916. Falltor Augusta Chronicle, Augusta. Georgia. Cut out all reference to-and modify strictures on Tillman to come within the law. Make the corrections and publish. I have no desire to in? jure the paper. W. J. Talbert. BUFFALO BILL COMING. Famous 101 Ranch to Be Here on Saturday, Oct. 21. The Buffalo Bill (himself), 101 Ranch show will give two perform? ances in Sumter, Saturday, October 21, and already a great deal of pre? liminary interest has been aroused by the up-to-date and strenuous charac? ter of this season's exhibition. Two facts of especial interest to the public stand out in relief. The first is the j fact that Col. Wm. F. Cody, famous wherever men read tales of romance, as "Buffalo Bill," is with the show in person and will be seen in the saddle at every performance." The second is the new military spectacle, "Pre? paredness," presentetf, it is announc? ed, in co-operation with the Unite 1 States war department, and enlts'ing the services of a large number of soldiers from the regular army, wh<> have been given a furlough for the purpose. Undoubtedly, the purpose of the government in loaning these "boys in khaki" for exhibition pur? poses is to arouse interest in the armv and to create in the minds of the pub? lic a realization of the needs of an adequate defensive force to guard the republic against aggression after the close of the great European war. Tins, however, does not detract from the spectacular realism of the display, which is described as the most exhila? rating military spectacle ever seen in the United States. "Preparedness" is evidently an am? bitious display of military effective? ness as well as an illustration of the need of it. Every branch of the ser? vice is represented. There it cavalry, infantry and artillery, and even the work of the Red Cross; and the very essential commissary department is Il? lustrated. There arc reviews and marches, sham battles, u^avalry -.-r--r--' -r\?T?7-vr ''Buffalo Bill." charges and other Inspiring events, and the entire display is described a3 being not only thrilling from th3 standpoint of realism, but also provo? cative of patriotic enthusiasm. Buffalo Bill, who was formerly chief of scouts in the United States army, will be seen in the great military display, and also ?In the strenuously-realistic reproduc? tions of scenes from the life of the old West, in which scores of Indians, under the leadership of the famous old Sioux, Chief Flying Hawk, border scouts, cowboys and other frontier no? tables appear. A combined military and frontier parade will take pjlace at 10:30 show day, prior to the performances in the mammoth exhibition tents. An interesting feature of the com? ing of the show to this city will be a United States army recruiti ig tent, in charge of an army officer, where en? listments will be received 'or service on the Mexican border. HEARING ON NOVEMBER 1. Cliarlcston Fertilizer Case Before I. C. Commission. Washington, Oct. 6.?Argument will be heard by the Interstate Com? merce Commission here November 1 on the complaint of the freight ad? just;.ic.it steering committee of Char? leston, against the A. C. L. and other railroads, which are alleged to have published unreasonable high and dis? criminatory rates on fertilizer from Charleston and vicinity to points in North Carolina, as compared with rates from Wilmington to the same points in North Carolina. This Is one of the cases recently mentioned In this correspondence a? Involving such far-reaching questions of the relations between Intmntntn and interstate rates as to have ar? rested the very lively attention of tho commission. Young People's 1 num. The Sumter Young Peoples Union will meet in the First Boptlht church Sunday afternoon, October 15th. at 4 o'clock. Rev. W. E. Th:;ycr will bo the speaker.