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in?? flay aid Saturday. ?IT? SJnrjLVG COMPANY. ?UMTalR, a. a Tersest ILM ftr nan on?In advaaoc. MHW t kjnnse trat lanertlon.Il.oo ? gojbneqeent tfJM?M.10 ittMH for three month*, or r HO no mmmm ni reduced rates. artrete teure** will be charged ktn> trtbutos of rospect TTne tanter Waten?an was found? ed) m lief and the Tree Southron In ittt? Tne Waten man end Southron hear fame tho combined circulation and Of both of the old paper a, nfesUy can neat advertising hi The price of cotton aeed keeps pace with price of the staple. With cotton urine; the twenty cent mark and sei ling at 910 a ton, cotton is In? deed the king of all cropa The My la the ointment Is the fact that few termers made as much aa a half crop, ana Respect for private property is the outstanding mark of moderr civiliza? tion aad personal honesty. The boys, who are raiding pecan groves In the city and soaking a picnic of swlplj all the nuts they can gather bef< being detected and driven off, mi think it la an innocent form Of amui naent, hut, aa a matter of fact, they ate guMty of petty larceny and are build* lag a character foundation on dis? honesty. e e e The farmer who plants all cotton next year and the year after, expecting to make a Una big killing before tho weevil reaches Sumtei county, will a mlatuke. Even though he tee big cropa and realizes high prices for his cotton, he will be un? prepared to farm under boll weevil conditions thereafter and will ultima? tely lose more than ha made. The nan two yeara must be devoted to ln teindSent and strenuous efforts to get ready for a nev system of farming. Those peepN of Abbeville, who, tempos arlfy fret tiled by race prejudice, inverted to si vage lawlessness fn vea*THvnce upon the object .?have done themselves, nmuhq*' and the State a great wrong. , The nniiw Crawford was kill? ed Without warrant of law and with not even what lit ordinarily consider* ed a legitimate ixcuee for resorting to lynch law. The riewspaper reports In? dicate that, at tlte most, Crawford was guilty of disorderly conduct. In the ft rat instance, and that he was prompt? ly arrested for this misconduct. Then, when he had been released under bond, he was attacked by a number of angry men. had then. In tho heat and passion of t ie moment, he struck one of his assai;ants with a hammer. Inflicting a serious Injury. This was, at the. most, onl/ an assault and bat? tery with Intent to kill, and those who attacked Crawfo-d were guilty of the same offence. The negro waa com? mitted to jail to be held to answer for hie Infraction of the law, and he was taken thence b) a mob and put to death in a cruel and' savage manner. According to tr? reports Crawford had dame nothing warrating the Im? position of the d-9uth penalty by due proceae of law ami the mob that kill? ed htm not Only exhibited grow* dls rospect for law, hut committed mur? der. Crawford may have been a hod ngro. but he had committed no crime that, by any st.r<t>.h of tho imagina? tion, could excuse this action of the mob. If Crawfotd was guilty of any crime meriting punishment he could have bean left with all confidence and safety to the courts for trial and pun? ishment. There existed no ground for belief thut there vould be a miscarri? age of Justice and that, the courts would let him escape unpunished, If the evidence established his guilt. Therefore there was no excuse for the people resorting U mob law. Now, ae a sequel to th? jnlawfurallllng of Crawford Ih the passion of the mo? ment* the mob scirlt has gone a step further and Cravf >rd* family, who had no part in the disturbance that led up to the lynch ng, have been or? dered to leave AbWdlle county. This, In a way. is as lawless and subver? sive of good government as the lynch? ing Itself. The law respecting peo? ple should make haMe to assert them? selves and suppress tho lawless ele? ment before more harm Is done, ran The Textile Induatrlal Edition of the Columbia Record, issued on Octo? ber JJd. contained 114 pages, In ad? dition to the Illustrated two color cov? er. It Is one of the most elaborate and well executed ?pecial editions that hsa been Issued by a South Carolina newspaper. It i filled with well written and Ilium natlng special ur tides, dealing.wUh the textile Industry of South Carolins, Induatrlal educa? tion, and other lines of Induatrlal ami educational work In the State. It eon tni us u mass of valuable in format ion that la not otherwise available to the student of industrial and educational conditions In South Carolina and is well worth preserving as a book of reference. ? i e For several months there has been frequent newspaper comment on the large n unbers of negro laborers who have been induced to leave the South to work in the mines and factories and on the railroads in the Northern States. It is estimated that between fifty and one hundred thousand have been transported to New Jersey, New York, Indiana, Illinois and other States In the east and middle west during the spring, summer and early fall. It may be .rue that these negroes were needed to fill the places of foreigners who have returned to their native countries to enter the armies, but we j suspect that this extensive colonization of negroes in States that are consider? ed doubtful in the approaching Presi? dential election has its political side as well as industrial. A few thousand votes may change the result In either ot four or five States and decide the presidential election. If a close watch in not kept in the States to which these thousands of negroes have been carried within the past few months every one of them will appear on elec? tion day with a Hughes ballot In his hand. If our suspicion is well found? ed, these negroes will be found un? satisfactory as laborers in the North after the election In over and they will promptly find themselves without ;obs and will begin drifting back South be? fore Christmas. 0 0 0 Judge Hughes eeems to have turn? ed our. to be a sort of Ira B. Jones kind of candidate and campaigner. Four years ago when Judge Jones quit the State Supreme Court bench to enter the race for governor of South Carolina great things were expected of him. He had a reputation as a pructesel politician and as an effective camssaepxor be'"re he was elevated to the hooch sr.- ? long service as Chief Justice was believed to have strengthened his hold with the peep e. But on the stump he was a failure and as a practical politician he was no match for his opponent. Even those who supported him most loyally were disappointed In him as a campaigner and early In the contest It was realiz? ed that he lacked the needed punch. Judge Hughes has likewise been a greviouH dlsappointraept to the Repub? licans end earlvln^^scmmpaifn the leading. RepuhlflMJ RsaVt)gan to admit indirectly that he had fulled to measure up to his opportunity or to their great expectations. The Supreme Bench does not seem to bo a good training school for candidates for of? fice of major importance either State or national. e e e The Bleaseites, Instead of bolting and appealing to the general election, have decided to organize a party wlth ? in the party and prepare to fight for the control of the party organization and of the State in the next campaign, two years hence. This means a return to the conditions that existed from 1890 until 1895, when there were two separate and distinct factional organ? isations in practically every county in the State, with factional candidates for everu office In the county from magistrate to senator, these tickets be? ing nominated by factional conven? tions ago referred to the party pri? mary for the regular nomination. This system worked very well and was not without Its advantages, since it forced each faction to name Its best and strongest men, wherever the t^o fac? tions0 were of approximately the same strength In a county. It was objec? tionable, however, because It resulted In partisan bitterness and where one faction had a large majority of the voters In a county some very unde? sirable types of professional politi? cians were developed. But since the Bleaseites wish to make the fight along these lines within the regular party, the balance of us who do not believe In Blease methods and prac? tices, and wholesale pardoning and ca? tering to the criminal element, can meet them with a similar organization and tight it out in the party primary, e e e There is one certain fact about the Hughes campaign ?the managers have had more money than they knew how to spend on ordinary expenses. They have conducted the most extensive and expensive advertising campaign in the newspapers and magazines of nation? al circulation and In the newspapers In the States classed as doubtful ever known In a presidential election. But having more money thnn they needed for this purpose have actually btunched o tt and attempted to spend money in States that they could not hope to carry for Hughes. A few weeks ago we received a request for rates for Hughes advertising, the statement being made that The Bally Item had been Included In a list of the newspapers in which such adver? tising was |g appear, but beHeVlnl that It would he a shame to take the money, the proffered business was de? stined. Money must have been super? abundant in the Republican treasury or they would never have thought of advertising In South Carolina. ? w ? With Jasper Talbert running for United States Senator and Tom Peep les for governor, where do Cole Blease and John McLaurin lit into the scheme of the Reformers for dividing out the loaves and fishes. ? . i t More than twenty years ago Gov. Manning, then representing Sumter county in the legislature, earnestly urged the adoption of the Australian ballot system in South Carolina, but failed to obtain the necessary support in a legislature controlled by a large majority of self-styled Reformers. At I the same time he was the first in the legislature to advocate adoption of the Torrens system of land registra? tion. A Torrens law Is now on the statute books and it Is probable that an Australian ballot law will be enact? ed before Gov. Manning goes out of office.' MVLACRIN SPEAKS AT BALZELL. Cotton Warehouse Commissioner of State to Visit County. John L. McLaurin, warehouse com? missioner of South Carolina, will be in Sumter county on Thursday,' No? vember 2, to speak at a barbecue and hot. supper at Dalzell, in behalf of the church at that olnt. Mr. McLaurin will be met at the station on his ar? rival at Sumter by a committee com? posed of Messrs. Jno. II, Clifton, C. G. Rowland, W. A. Thompson and C. E. Stubbs and taken to Dalzell in an au? tomobile. Mr. McLaurin is well known as an able and interesting speaker and his address will no doubt be one full of valuable information and advice to the farmers concerning the ware? house system and the marketing of cotton. FARM LOAN COMMITTEE MEETS. To Give Hearing to Committees Which Wish to Organize Ix>an Association. The Sumter County Farm Loan Association organization committee Ulli hold a meeting on Saturday, Oc? tober 28th, at. noon, at Sumter Cham? ber of Commerce rooms for the pur? pose of hearing from all sections of this county that desire to form farm loan associations, by commun? ity or township organizations. The meeting will be open to all ? ^rested persons. -l---??>..,??>' .?-^, The members of this committee are E. W. Dabbs, Sr., Chairman; W. O. Cain, Sr., H.'C. Bethen, H. D. Tindal, H. L. Scarborough, S. D. Richardson, W. R. Wells, E. I. Reardon, secre? tary-treasurer. Any farmer desiring to borrow mon? ey under this plan is welcomed to these meetings which will be held in different sedtions of Sumter county i until the public is familiar with the plans of organization. Card Party. Mrs. A. J. Bynum entertained most delightfully at cards Tuesday after? noon In hnor of her guest, Mrs. A. G. Fretwell of Anderson. The guest of honor was presented with an embrlod ered roll case. Mrs. Ansley Harby won the first prize for making the highest score. After the game a sal? ad course was served. The guests were Mrs. C. B. Yeadon, Mrs. C. L. Stubbs, Mrs. A. C. Phelps, Mrs. Hay wood Crow son, Mrs. Perry Moses, Mrs. Graham Moses, Mrs. Thomas Siddall, I Mrs. J. R. Sumter, Mrs. Louie Wil? liamson, Mrs. Horace Harby, Mrs. i Ansley Harby and Mrs. A. G. Fretwell of Anderson, S. C. Two Christmas Presents for The Price of Ono. The best family paper and the best fashion magazine?The Youth's Com? panion and McCull's Magazine, both for $2.10. The Youth's Companion t|2.00 by itself) has for years been one of the best, most entertaining, most useful of Christinas presents, crowded with stories, articles, humor, science ,and the progress of the world week by week. McCall's Mazaglne (50 cents by itself) is the most wide? ly circulated fashion magazine in America. Our two-at-one-priec offer includes: 1. The Youth's Companion?52 Is? sues of 1917. 2. All the remaining issues of 1913. I, The Companion Homi Calendar for 1917. 4. McCall's Magazine?12 fashion numbers of 1917. 5. One 16-ccnt McCall Dress Pat? tern?your choice from your first number of the magazine?if you send a --cent Stamp with your selection. THE YOUTH'S COMPANION, St. Paul St., Boston, Mass. New subscriptions received at this oillee.- -Advt. The yellow poplar, or tulip, is the lamest broad -lout' tree in America. ? The tlrst American linotype ma? chine In Tripoli reoently was Install? ed by ttu Italian newspaper. -! - PELLAGRA BEING ERADICATED. IN ''SOUTH CAROLINA. Disease Once Pronounced lnciirul)lc Now Being Dislodged h.v Remedy Which is Already Compounded by Nature Pellagra is fast losing its terrors owing to a remarkable remedy which is being put on the market by a Bir? mingham concern. So far as is known it is the only remedy which goes di? rectly to the scat of trouble in pel? lagra cases and performs its healing work with absolute certainty. Mr. Alex R. Tharin known for miles around Greenville. S. C, was a victim of this dreaded disease and writes: "I have suffered with pellagra a long time and could find nothing to help me a particle. I was ill at home when a friend advised me to try Sulferro Sol. Within ten days I had improved so much I could go back to work and after taking three bottles I am per? fectly well. Seeing the good it did me I made my wife use it for nursing sore mouth. She had been told by the doctor that it could not be cured, but Sulferro-Sol healed it right up and she has had no further trouble with the disease. We consider Sulferro-Sol the greatest curative remedy ever put on the market and we cannot say half enough for it." Sulferro-Sol is sold and recommend? ed by every Druggist in Sumter and vicinity. Murray Drug Co., State Dis? tributors. J. II. Keels Dead. Paxville, Oct. 25.?J. H. Keels, one of Paxvllle's oldest and most highly respected citizens, died at the home of his stepson, W. R. Keels, Monday night at 10 o'clock in his 8oth year. He had been in declining health for a long time but had only been con? fined to his bed a short while. Mr. Keels first married Miss Rodgers. To this Union were born tho following: Ollie Keels of St. Matthews, Elliott Keels, from Georgia, Mesdames Mc Leod and Thomas of Wdgefield, Lidie Felder of Silver, and Miss Cora from Charleston. He was married a second time to Mrs. Lizzie Broadway of this vicinity. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, 4:30 o'clock at the Hummerton Baptist church, conducted by his pastor, the Re>;. M. J. Kyxer, and the interment in the Summerton cemetery. This venerable man has made Pax Trrre^msniome fc^^beiit 20 years and was held In the highest esteem by all who Ttnew him. uttmm:tmimmmmmmituu???t?tti?M?n?n>?m?i?innn?imu?uuiur' ATTENTION FARMERS In planting your oats, wheat and other grain, don't you think it will pay you to use some 16 per cent. Acid? We have it on hand ready for delivery and can make you a very attractive price on same. We are also in a position to name you what we regard as a very attrac? tive price on Ammoniated goods for November shipment, some containing Potash. We believe there is money saved in buying now. ?9 i Miss Marguerite Richardson left on Tuesday afternoon's train for Sumter where she spent several days before goiivj on to Columbia to help in getting the demonstration agent's exhibits in readiness for the State fair next week. After the fair is over 3hc will return to Sumter for a week's visit with relatives there before going on to Walterboro for Southern Caroli? na Fair there on November 7-S-?Jr-Kh ?Beaufort Gazette. ? THIRTY GEHT COTTON. Bcnnettsvlllc Pays Big Price for Long Staple. Bennettsville, Oct. 25.?Crosland Tyson Realty and Auction company purchased on the streets of Bennetts? ville today from A. L. Hamer a bale of long staple cotton at a price of 30 -eente^he pound, the bale weighing 500 pounds. itHimmmmmm.iMmWI?ml*^^ .1.HlllimiP'M'tm.l'.mr"* SOLID CAR 27 MULES Our Second Car of Season Arrived This Morning Big Mules, Medium size Mules and Small Mules. Most any kind of mule you want in this car, wheth? er a heavy draft mule or light farm mule. Come in and look them over, will be glad to show you whether you buy or not. Full ?lock of Hackney and Louisburg Wagons; also Hackney, Rowland and Parker Buggies. Harness, Lap Robes and Farm Implements. Booth-Boyle Live Stock Co. SUMTER, S. C.