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LCHAN Paid sag Cfctien Mp Qootatlous A linn U AUtnu Constitution Declaring that Atlanta spot cotton. a* qu?t?x! bjj tn? cpmsncrcUl e*c rmnge here, la based on reports from four brokers who. In turn, quote to tho ex? change the price* which the staple brings outerhe of Atlanta, and that this quotation If not the real telling price of coitp? h> Alants. A P. Colas, vice wrssldent of the Central faaak and Trust corporation, who Is In active charge of the Candler ware gave oyt facts and figures Wed ? to show that the staple In At? lanta has boon bringing far more than tho price quoted by the fecal ex? change. No* only Is thai trug ftpda* states Mr. Coles, but it has been the ease throughout ths ass too. "At times," said Mr. Colon, "the ewchnage here has quoted the cotton aa much as 1-1 coat per poujjd under tha pure at which sSlea have beeo made in At****" To carry out his argument as to ths aaJating conditions In Atlanta, Mr. Coiee declares that oa Tuesday whsn the market I spot) hero was quoted et lt.ll, he la reality et tho ware-. house sold gauxs then bales at it tl l-l. On Wednesday, while tho local exchange quoted the Atlanta price as ItLfff. sfr. Colt* daclarbt that he sold IM bales at 11.10. 711 bales at 1S.S7, ens) let bales at 11. These prices, by the way, are net prices; the frtlfht rate^ 4n the staple being deducted "The thing e -?ch wag true Tuesday aed Wednesday heg been true throughout tha season." sfr. Cqltt declared. "It I? not to my advan? tage to overrate the cotton market, bot It Is carp'Jafcr aw* MAftt hp cor? rect quotatioas of tho true valuation of the staple should be given. -Tha Igjcej market^ bet neygr been tooted at what U eaueijg br^aga for more than a year," he dociarsd. At ths AtUnta warehouses now there art stored more than 10.000 hales of cotton, Mr. Coles declares, sad yet, et the price of 19.7t> by the Atlanta exchange and the tall in Uno quotations of other markets, there is net one bale to be had. "As seen as tho market uluraped yesterday." Mr. Coles stated, I began to receive telegrams from owners of which thaw the price ae quoted, desiring held for higher prices," Mr. Colon would not txpitea an opinion as to what figure the market would reach Thursday, or thlt wtek, or this year, but ht declared that, re? gard leas of tho price at which the ?tapis dosed In Atlanta Wednesday, there h) not a bale tor sale. He fur? ther predicted the reaction of the market (future) Thursday. MAnd ist," Mr. Coles declared, ''cotton In reality Is not mors valuable now than it was at U centa The high price of cotun and the high price of commodities of all kinds is due to oat thing. That thing la?tie fact that gold has depreciated. In the United States today thers Is placed more than one-half of the entire gold of the world; that la. more than three and one-half billions of dollars In gold. The result la that money Is cheap?-cheaper than It has been known Jo be for years?and as money becomes cheeper, commodities be? come naort expensive. It Is a ques? tion of tho purchasing power of the dollar, and ths purchasing power of the dollar has depreciated more than forty per cent. Some time ago I com? piled fee my own btntflt s com para tive table showing Just what commo? dities could be purchased with one bale of cotton In 1114, and what com modi!leg could be purchased to? day with one bale of cotton. There It practically not one bit of difference. Though the farmer it gating higher prices for his cotton now than before, he Is paying a pro rata higher price for the commodities which he must purchase. The result Is that cotton today at 10 cents It worth Just about what It was some time ago at 11." The samt rule applies to griln. po? tatoes and all commodities. High prices art not dut to thort crops, weather conditions, droor.nts or ship? ping f.ii i lit ism. but merely to the fact that the purchasing po*er of he dol? lar, due to the dumping in'o this country of more than one-hal.' of the sold of the world, has takon a decid? ed slump. 0 Commodity values are ho same, but It takes more money to p irehase the commodities. The loser Is the man on a salary. For lattanct. the man who draws 1100 per month today finds that with L 1100 ht can purchase only the amount ht used to get at f*'>. The pro -at* will hold good In any com pltatloa. "Put," Mr. Colea was asked, "if these high priced are due to the fact that there 1? so much gold In Ameri? ca and that the dollar has lost a part, nearly half, of Its purchasing powe , when will the relief for the avcrng* salaried man com?? When will prices drop? Whan the gold sent to America Is taken from this country, or absorbed by the forelgi. powers who sent It," he answered. "Then values will again corns down to their true levels and the purchasing power of the dollar ' will agf.li> assert itself." I In UM Mr. Cole published a little booklet oo the American dollar as the world-stand value, and In his conclu? sion he predicted the great outpour? ing of gold into this country and the immediate flight in prices of com Southern spot cotton markets quite generally advanced today In sympa? thy with the* strong upward move I men! which was registered in the early trading in .the future markets, several rising to lfc or above, and making further progress toward 20 cents a pound for the actual stuff, which 20-cent cotton In the New York future market today seamed to many spot people to Ibrtng within the im? mediate possibilities. The Montgom? ery market qsoted middling at 18.12 cents a pound. Houston*Augusta and Norfolk at 19 each and New Orleans These were the highest prices in about half a century, since the official rsftords would have to be searched hack to about 1870 to find equally high quotations. However, compari? sons with the situation of about two years ago, during the first stages of the European war, when cotton in the Interior of the belt was selling down around S cents a pound, probably hold still greater Interest for the cot? ton trade. Shortly after the. war bjroke a bale of cotton was valued by the grower at only $25; today with 20 cents a pound apparently in sight, a bale Is worth approximately $100. ADAMS ON THE SITUATION. Nothing to Do. With Soreheads, Says Moose Leader. \ Columbia, Oct. 26.?"Bolters are looking for nothing at my hands," sals J. Duncan Adams, leader oi the Progressive Republicans in connec? tion with the various rumors which havo been floating around Columbia. Mr. Adams made it' clear that he is Interested only In the national Repub? lican organization and that he will have nothing to do with "soreheads," no matter from where they come. "Tolbert has repudiated the ne I gross nominated by his party for con [HHil ntf Mi) UM' i, Joseph W. Tolbert, of Greenwood, who Is head of the "Union Republican party" In South Carolina. "Negroes have been nominated in the Second, Fourth and Seventh districts for con? gress by Tolbert's faction, and "Pos? sibly negroes have been nominated in other districts but. If so, Tolbert Is keeping them In hiding," ssld Mr. Adams. "It might be interesting to the white men on Tolbert's electoral tick? et to find the motive for this repudia? tion and also to some other people in South Carolina," continued Mr. Adams. Mr. Adams would not speci? fy anything further than his remarks quoted above. COTTON GINNER6* REPORT. More Cotton Ginned In Humter Coun? ty Last Year Than This. More cotton was ginned in Sumter county up to October 18th, 1915, than to the same date In 1916, according to the figures announced today by the cotton census enumerator for Sumter county. The figures given out are: Sumter county to October 18, 1916, 15.935 bales; to October 18, 1915, 17, 653 bales. This Indicates that the shortage of the cotton crop for this season ta showing up now, as at the last report, more cotton had been ginned thu season than last. PL EM TV OF Bl SINEfeS. Farm Mortgage Bankers Won't Be Ruined. ?Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 26.?How the federul furm loan law will affect the I uskuehs of the farm mortgage bank? ers of the country and the practical experience of the hankers applied to the new statute were fully discussed ut the opening sessions here today of the Farm Mortgage Hankers' assocla Llon. More than 200 members, repre? senting institutions carrying over $600.000,000 in loans, were in at? tendance. F. W. Thompson of Chicago, presi? dent of the organization, In his an? nual address to the convention de? clared no occasion exists for the mortgage bankers to beeome panic stricken over the possibility of in? roads on their business being mnd? by the federal farm loan banks, be? cause "even though the federal bankf should obtain their full quota of loans there would still be left, by way of renewals and new business, a very .??rue proportion of business to be "lone by the farm mortgago bank? ers." Throe Years In Succession Wingard Snd Ijcxlnjfton Una Had Best Indi? vidual Exhibit. Columbia, Oct. 27?G. B. Wingard of Lexington again this year received first premium for the individual farm exhibit at the State fair. This Is the third year in succession that this prise of $125 has been awarded to Mr. Wingard. G. E. Eleazer of Dentsvllle won second place and will receive $100, with W. H. Eleazer, also of Dentsville, receiving the third pre? mium of $75. MATTER OF HUMANITY. No Breach of Neutrality In Rescue Work. Washington, Oct. 26?At both the state department and the navy de? part nent it is held that the American destroyers did not violate neutrality in rescuing passengers and crew of the vessels sunk by the U-53 off the New England coast. Officials declare i that the destroyers carried out simply the tlrst dictates of humanity In giv? ing whut aid they could after being summoned by wireless distress calls. Their presence is held not to absolve in the slightest way any responsibility the German commander may have had for providing adequately for the safety of passengers and crew. MANN IS MILITIA CHIEFTAIN. Chosen to Fill Office Made Vacant by Death of Bris;. Gen. Mills. Washington, Oct. 26?Brig. Gen. William J. Mann, commanding the army division with army headquarters at Laredo, Texas, was today selected to fill the office of chief of the division of n: little affairs in the war depart? ment, which vacancy was caused by the leath of Major Gen. Albert L. Mlllu. He will assume his duties at once ? PREPARE GREAT DEFENSIVE. Russia Making Grout Effort to Save Houmaula From Teutons. London, Oct. 27.?Russia is pre? paring to make a great effort to save Rou mania. Guns, munitions from. Japan, and masses of troops, among whom are said to be Japanese offi? cers, are being hurried to the Rou? manian front It is believed by mlll . tary critics that the Teutons Intend to BSShBsSBSSMf s^?? 1 ? Mm i ? %m mtm ? ? lib d ? T*l g ? ? b?Si gmg. *fmfSTJ St! SignV Uli Ougll TO IxuCirareSu WORK FOR GREATER FAIR. ~ Federal Farm Agents Have Plans for Latter and Better County Displays. Columbia, Oct. 27.?"South Caro? lina now has the greatest agricultural fair in the South with the exception of UM Texas fair at Dallas," said W. W. Long, State farm demonstration agent and director of the Clemson college extension work, yesterday. Mr. Long said that the fair this year sur? passed the Virginia State fair at Richmond. Plans for a bigger and better State fair ire already under consideration. Mr. Iiong will form an organizatior in every county in the State to ?pre pare exhibits for the fair in 1917 and the exhibits will be made educational and interesting. The main object will be to arouse the Interest of all the farmers In the fair. A large cash prize will be offered to the county making the beet exhibit. Community ?lubs will bo formed In each county 'o prepare material for the county oxblhits. Prizes will be awarded to these clubs by the counties. The large attendance this year Is very gratifying to the officials of the fair association. STRIKER MUST VACATE HOUSE. Sequel to Strike at Anderson Mills. Anderson. Oct. 27.?A sequel to the strike of the Equinox and Gluck cot? ton mills came this afternoon when Magistrate Cox issued a write of eject? ment against A. J. Smith, an employee of the Equinox mill, to vacate one of the cottages In the mill village. The strike at these mills has been In existence about two months. The managements of the mills made a de? mand on 29 of the leading strikers to vacate the cottages. Falling to do so the management secured a rule to ^how cause before Magistrate Cox this ifternuon why ejectment papers should not be issued. A largo quan? tity ol testimony was taken and was accompanied by a legal battle. At the conclusion of the hearing In the Smith case the magistrate issued an order o the sheriff to make Mr. Smith acate his cottage. Up to date proceedings have been brought against ten strikers of the Kqulnox and 19 strikers of the Gluck mills. The hearings In the other 28 cases will be had tomorrow. Loorion, <>et. 28.?A dispatch from Cbrlstlenls, says that German, subma? rines have sunk nine more Norwegian merehantships within the past twen ty-foui hours. Amonu them was the eight thousand ton ship Sodu, WILL COST MUCH MONEY. Little to be Used in Buying Votes at Election, But Much in Transport? ing Voters to Polls. New York, Oct. 27.?Heal cash will not be lacking on election day say the political leaders. The percentage to be used for buying votes appar? ently will be small, but tremendous amounts will be used to get the votes to the polls. Big substantial contri? butions are now reaching both head? quarters in an almost continuous stream. . . . - / LOOK INTO NEGRO REMOVALS. Thought That Departure of Laborers From South to North May be Elec? tion Fraud Scheme. Macon, Oct. 27.?Investigation into the departure of a large number of negroes for northern points has been begun by United States District At? torney Donaldson. The investigation is In connection with the conspiracy to commit election frauds. SINKS TWO GERMAN DESTROY? ERS. Bald of Ten Destroyers In English Channel Results In Loss of Two. London, Oct. 27.?Two German destroyers were sunk in the English channel yesterday as the results of a raid by ten destroyers on the British cross channel service, the admiralty has announced. The admiralty later announced that the British losses were the de? stroyer Nubian, which was sunk while being towed to port. The transport Queen was sunk and the destroyer Flirt Is missing. The Queen had no troops aboard. The crew was savod and hlne of the Flirt's crew were saved. INVESTIGATING ELECTION FRAUDS. Alleged That Wholesale Graft in Election Wus Planned In Illinois, Otdo and) Indiana. Washington, Oct. 27.?Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana are today alive with special government agents gath? ering evidence in the plot to commit wholesale election frauds.. Assistant Attorney General Herron has been assigned to direct the case. He is working under the personal Instruc? tion of Attorney General Gregory. It tk expected that prompt action of la^a^^1"^1^-^^^^1^ nullify the efforts of the vote jugglers. This, .viwever, will not prevent prosecu? tion. NO AMERICANS IN PLOT. Secretary of War Says Plan to Attack Rershing is Scheme of Legalist*. Washington, Oct. 27.?Secretary Baker today made a complete denial that any Americans were Involved In the plot to stage an attack on Gen. Pershlng's expeditions Just before the election. The leaders in the con? spiracy, he said, will be members of tho Legallste faction In Mexico. Ar? rests may be made shortly. The fol? lowers of Felix Diaz are also involv? ed. DR. WILLIAM C. 1RBY DEAD. Was One of Most Prominent/ Citizens of Laurens. Laurens, Oct. 27.?Dr. Wm. C. rby, one of the most prominent citi /.ens of tliis city, died last night, In the 69th year of his age. The funer ll and burial will take place in Lau? rens tomorrow morning. Dr. Irby's wife, who was before her marriage Miss Laura Vance, died in De? cember, 1914. He leaves surviving him his daughters, Mrs. W. D. Fergu? son, of Laurens; Mrs. J. P. Marion, of Sumter, and Mrs. T. D. Darlington, of Charleston, and one son, B. Vance Irby, of Laurens. Dr. Irby was a son of the late Col. James H. Irby, a dis? tinguished lawyer and planter, once Lieut. Gov. of the State, who died in 1860. A younger brother was the late United States Senator. John L. M. Irby. He was for a number of years a practicing physician of Clinton, but several years ago retired from active practice und moved to Laurens. For the past eight years he was the repre? sentative of the Coc Mortimer Com? pany, of Charleston, of which his son n-law, Col. Thomas D. Darlington, is un officer. Dr. Irby had considerable farming interests and was one of the progressive farmers of his section. He was a Mason and a loyal member of the Baptist church. He was a man of high character and was identified with all that was best in his commun? ity. He was greatly beloved by the people of his town and county and had many friends in all parts of the State, who will grieve to learn of hit; death. License to marry was Issued to two couples yesterday: F, Hair, Tatum. and Miss Frankie Boykin, Umar; Q, W. Livingston, Norfolk, Va., and Miss Catherine Cross, Richmond, Va. A colored couple to secure a license was Frank Bich, Pinewood, and Mary gtukes, Btmlni. DANGER SIGNAL OUT. Bolt is Fact, Newspaper of Piedmont Asserts. Anderson Intelligencer. Under the surface there is going on over the State a quiet agitation among many who participated in the Demo? cratic primary to defeat Gov. Man? ning for reelection. In some quarters there is coupled with this movement a purpose to vote for Hughes, the Re? publican candidate for the presidency, i in order to defeat Woodrow Wilson, the great leader of Democracy. There is danger ahead. There is no use to disguise the fact. Democrats must not go to sleep and fail to vote in the general election, thinking themselves free from the possibility of a bolt. Whether the factional convention called to meet in Columbia next week puts out a ticket or not, there are going to be bolters. A quiet, In? sidious movement can bring out a large vote without regular Demo? crats being conscious of It. Is there a danger of a bolt? It's not a mere possibility. It's a fact. An extract from The Scimitar, a Blease paper published at Abbeville, proves that a bolt is already a I reality. It will be noticed from the forego? ing article or utterance taken from The Scimitar that the name of Blease is substituted for that of Gov. Man? ning, the regular nominee, and that the rest of the ticket is composed of the regular nominees for their re? spective offices. In the same paper It is stated that State tickets will be printed for the regular election with the names above, and these will be scattered over the State. The nomination of Gov. Manning was made in a fair, square and honest election, and those who will not ac? cept him as the party nominee arc violating the oath they took at the polls to support the result of the pri? mary. An independent movement can not succeed, but it can place the State in the position of trying to break faith with Itself in Its elections, and if a bolt develops any strength South Carolina will suffer from it. Our people must stand together. A bolt means an appeal to the negro. It Is always the case. It seems to us that in the shape things are, with a pronounced degree of suspicion existing in the minds of the people, now Is an excellent oppor - 4*rni*.y for Dleas^gj^g^sjs^gjpiakc their positions clearJn^swn^sw^**^ Do they endorse this movement? Are they in sympathy with it in any shape, form or fashion? This Is a time when speech, not silence, is golden. Let the Blease peo? ple speak out and denounce this movement to defeat the Democratic nominee for governor. What do you say, gentlemen? _^__ ______ London, Oct. 28.?Lloyds announc? ed that the liner Chicago is reported to have reached the Azores safely and an effort Is being made to extinguish the flames. WILSON ENDORSED. Iliads of Croat Railway Unions Ap? peal to Members, to Vole for Presi? dent. New York, Oct. 26.?Chiefs of the four railroad brotherhoods have sent a personal appeal in the form of a circular letter to thei- members throughout the country nging them to vote for the reelection of President Wilson, It was announced here today by G. H. Sines, vice president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. The appeal, it was said, was based not only on the ground that President Wilson had obtained legislation favor? able to labor generally out that he had been responsible for legislation beneficial to the masses of the people. Mr. Sines in making the announce? ment declared this was the first time in the history of the brotherhods that they departed from their "traditional ; policy of keeping out of politics." CLEMSON 27?CAROLINA 0. Tigers Sink Claws Deeply in Game Cock Plunks in Pair Week Fight. The Tigers sunk their sharp claws deeply In the breast of the Game Cock in the annual contest of these two at the athletic field of the State Fair grounds on Wednesday after? noon, Clemson winning the contest handily by the score of 27 to 0. The game was a pitiful exhibition on the part of the Carolina players, for after the first few minutes of play, when Carolina recovered a fumble and for a brief period threatened the Clemson goal, the Carolina men did not seem to have their hearts in the game or back of their work at all, but played along listlessly, as If the result concerned them little. Many times they were caught napping by the Clemson fakes, which an ordinary high school team could easily have caught on to and broken up, seem? ingly. Clemson scored four touchdowns, one In the first period, two in the third and one more in the fourth, three goals being kicked. Banks took the ball over for two of the touchdowns. Major for one and Wit sell for another. The Clemson Inter? ference was magnificent, and was the only, feature of the game. This show? ed up in the old Clemson form, but otherwise neither Clemson nor Caro? lina showed the spirit or vigor of at? tack and defense which has marked combats of former days. The game was witnessed by a crowd net noariy so large, as that. srfctah ^ saw Clemson and Carolina play to a * [scoreless tie last year, or saw Clepostfh I defeat Carolinaon-the year previous. Marriage License Record. A license to marry has been issue 1 to Alex Skinner and Miss Nannie Bradley, Mayesville. License to col? ored couples were: Richard Green and Minnie Lavlne, Brogdon; John Bracey, Sumter, and Rose Gayuion, Tindal; Willie Wilson and Julia Caro? lina, Mayesville. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bland of Mayes Villa, were visitors to Sumter today. THE YOUNG MAN Who aspires some day to go into busi? ness for himself cannot afford to over? look the advantages of a Savings Ac? count with The National Bank of Sum ter. It installs the principle of system into his management of money matters, it provides a systematic method of accu? mulating the necessary capital, it gives him the prestige of an affiliation with a strong banking institution. The National Bank of Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina.