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?l)e tofttcljtiut fart Mil Ftw not?Tat an the end* Tbom OcmsohUUted Aur. 2,18ttl. _ ^_. jk_. SUMTER, S. 0., WEDNE ? thy Country'*, Thy God'i n| BtobVg* TBE TRUE SOUTHRON, EsUbUah^ Jama, Si OVEMBER 8, 1916. Vol. XLIII .40. 24. GAUKHTM UCUOOf. BOYS HAVIJ IAH? ItMK D?TRATIHU BOYS mo * KDurro. MM WM Hkm, bottlsrd Fought? Twivm isjuaecoca* Korged Ahead Overtaken by Their Op~ -jtblo's Btxty-lve Yard ToMcttdown Fostered. The Gamecocks triumphed over the Filet ? Flehe? Im a battle royal on the local gridiron yesterday afternoon. The feme en ?low, owing to the re? peated oalh) tor "time out," but it wan herd feucht all the way through on both eld?, Bumter should have won handily, but p<?or beadwork on the pert et the i u*rtsrback loot them tho bell and resulted In both of Orange burg's teuelidowna, The score wan It to 11 Twice tho Sumter teem forged and twice the Ormngeburg men tehind to tU the score, won keen an the Orangeburg quarter tried for a goal In the last quarter, a point whlc 1 would have put them ahead of the locals, If his kick had been see easeful The Sumter boys did art ahoe- the l:een spirit they shows* tot their game here against Hyot'e Park. They did not get to? gether somehow or other and did not put the sam.? vim Into their attaek or defense wt ich the)' shewed In their earlier game. Sumter*s tiwt aeon came in the first quarter. Sumter reeelvsd the ktckosT aad brought the bail to nrtssn yards of the goal line, when It 1 want ever on downs. Ormngeburg at temMed to Pit and tilled and Sumter brought the 1*11 becic for a touch? down. Beyle ^carryiai; the ball over. Nenaamaker felled st a try for goal. The quarter onded ? Ith the ball In ibmrg's^posessslon In mldfleld. iad quarter Orangeburg fjggfl **e bait llaAgfMpi I utter Orange burg bad to gala through or around the who carried the ball for twenty before be was downed. On the alay Ablo cauglt a Sumter for and carrlod the ball to wHbln five ya-ds of the Humter roa) Lint bucks carried the hall Low man maklnir the touchdown. AI attempt to punt ojt failed. Score ?. Ornngeburg 6. The half after an exchange of punts. Ih the second hall Sumter kicked f |a Orangebiirg. Orangeburg punt L On the nsxt plar Bumter fum but recovered and Bradham tank the ball over for a touchdown. Mannamaker's Attempt at goal failed. Oraniteburg received tho ?off. A forward pass nstted 12 Orangcburg Tailed to gain panted. The quarter endln with the ball in 8uniter's possession m the 10 yard line. Svmtsr gal nod on runs und then tried a forward pass. Able intercept? ed the ball and ran ft* yards for t touchdown, making t.-tmeentiation of the game. The attaint tY?eoil failed. Soors. Sumter 13. OnPgsburg 12. Sumter then <ame back strong and by line plunges and end runs carried the ball two thirds of the way down the Held for a touch down, DuRunt carrying the bell over Nunnamaker kicked boat, floor e. Humtsr IV. Or angqburg i) At tn|g p0|nt jAth two minutes to play It wis decided to eall the game. For Bumter Boyle carried the ball Well, proving hlmsef n. good broken Bold runner, although slow. DuKant bucked the Uns well for good gains. Nunnamaker ran well behind his In? terference, but failed to provide good Interference for other runnors. Brad hem got up out of a a ck bed to play and this was undoubtedly the reason ?Of bis not Hhowlng up to form, either t^^unnlng the team or carrying tho ;*>anl^4In the line Cautdey played iitar game at tackle. Purdy on end. ItSko played a fine game. There were ? everal weak spots In the Sumter line ivhtch tho visitors hit trine snd sgain lor gains. For Ornngsburg Al>le was tho blight shining light with his two In I lorceptlonn of forward puaees nn<l hi" I' ng runs, one of which resulted In a touchdown, while he took the ball a- roe* the line on the other. Low- , man pr<?\ >??! n go.nl groi nd Kulnor, dh did f>antsler. Orangehurg'a ends were down the field under punts In tine ?trie Th#- visitors hsd a flne hnrk fl?ld, but their line needs practice. The players were: Rurr.ter c, Klrven. h. rg. Klrven. T rt Causley; re, Cowman; lg. Dirk; lt. Haynsworth. 1 . i'urdy; qb, lliadham; rh, Boyle; Ih. Xunnsmak ?NE HUNDRED WES LOST. PASSENGER STEAMER CONNE MABA CUT IN TWO BY RE? LIEVER. Only One of Passengers Known to Have Been Saved?Both Ships Said to Have Sunk, One of Them Be? fore Boats Could bo Launched. Loadon, Nov. 4.?One hundred lUes were lost when the passenger steamer Connemara from Holyhead to Qieenore island was cut in two by the steamer Reliever in the middle of the Irish sea last night. Only one pas? senger was saved. The latest reports indicate that the Reliever also went down. The Con? nemara sank before the boats could be launched. So far as is known no Americana were lost. VILLA MAN EXECUTED. Condemned Prisoners Tell Execu? tioner* to Hurry up and Shoot Them. Juarez, Nov. 4.?Colonel Rosarto Garcia, a Villa leader, a Yaqul In? dian and a 17-year-old boy, who were captured at Hacienda, Santa Anna, were executed by a Carransa firing squad here this morning. The men laughed and Joked with each other as the firing squad prepared to shoot them, and finally j r g impatient told the executioners u hurry up. NEW DESIGN IN HATS. Military Mode In Feminine Headgear to Please Patriotic Women. Nsw York, Nov. 3.?To pleas 3 American women who demand hats in harmony with the patriotic spirit of the time, loading milliners of thli tity are following the military mode In creating a design, stutablo for win:qr saagl-bslmet street, utilitarian Texan sombrero in a smaller design, closely resembling the campaign hat of the United States Marine. In the effort of New York design? ers to establish a distinctively Amer? ican style devoid of foreign sugges? tion, the headgear of the composlto soldier and sailor has proved a desir? able model. REPORT REPULSE OF ALLIES. Germans Claim Successes on Both Eastern and Western Fronts, Berlin, Nov. 4.?The repulse of al? lied attacks on Verdun and the Somme front is olficlaly reported. Nine more aeroplanes have been shot down by the Germans. The German success on the Na rlauvka river has been extended. The capture of Mount Rosa In Transylvan laby the Russo-Roumanians la ad? mitted. VILLA BANDITS DEFEATED. Cow Boys and Carranxa Guards Win Victory. Pershing Headquarters, Nov. 4.? Fifteen Villa bandits were killed and eleven captured in a battle with cow? boys from the Hearst ranch and Cur tanxa civil guards yesterday near Santa Anna. The cowboys and guards suffered only minor casualties. The attack was led by Juan Aldrete, the ranch foreman. EXPECT FALL OF TRIESTE. Italians are Steadily Closing in On Austrian Seaport. Rome, Nov. 4.?Desperate efforts by the Austrians to win back tbe ground lost southeast of Gorxlu have b?en repulsed, the wur otllco an n ?unced today. The Italians gained rroro ground In the Oppachiassela sector. It Is predicted that Trieste will rail within the month. All tho second line of Austrian trenches at Mount Faltl and Hill 111 ure now In the hands of ltulians, who have made a gain of three miles In that sector. er fb. DuRant. Substitutions, Hurst for Ktrven, T.. T. Klrven for Hurst; IMKon for Klrven, T.; Nunnumakcr, l\. for Dlxon. Oranneburg: c, McKay; rg. Shuler; rt, Watson; re, Wise; lg, Sheriff; It, Hturkey; le, Kenncrly; qb, Covllle; rh, Jiowman, Capt., Ih, Able; fb. Dantxler. Substitutions, Kowlcr for Wise; Quat tlebaum for Kenneiiy; Bowrnnn for I holer; Saley for Hownmn; Fowler for Ihtntzler. < uncials: Referee. Du Runt; I'm plre, Green; lleadllnesman, Zemp. PICKING UNUSUALLY ADRVANC?| ED, 84 TEH ?CENT OP 'I CROP BEING GATH? ERED. 4 Condition in State 57.4?Journal Commerce Estimate Places Yies#i at 11 ?213,000 Bales. New York, Nov. 4.?Under very fa-$| vorable weather conditions the con* dition cotton has not shown any. material decline, the loss for the month being 2.7 points, making a condition of 67.3 on an average date of October 23, as compared with 59.6 I a month ago, 59.8 per cent, last y< 73.5 per cent, in 1914, 62.1 per cent in 1913, 6.8 per cent, in 1912 am 5D.3 per cent, in 1911. The decline ol 2.3 points is not high, comparing wil I a drop of 3.9 last year. 2 points ii 1914, 5 points in 1913, and 1.5 poln! in 1912. Picking is unusually ad? vanced, being 84 per cent, gathered^ against 72 per cent, last year and 6!fl per cent. In 1914. In 1913 there ws$gj 70 per cent, picked, while in 1913. there was 71 per cent, and in 1911 por cent. A Southern estimate of tltfti total crop given by our special cor*! respondents Is tubulated, showing an' average expected yield of 11,213,000^ bsles. The Journal of Commerce sssg I sumes no responsibility for thoafi, t.ji ures, beng strictly a consensus aft I op inion as reported by our corre^ I spondents. , Condition changes for the past' four years, together with percentage; condition last month .are given tt> tha accompanying table. i De- De Nov. Nov. crease. cr? Stiite. Oct. 1916 1915 1914. (North Carolina? 66.? 0.8 South Carolina? 57.4 2.0 |Oeorglor 61*4 M [Ahibama? 40.5 4.0 5.0 , 1.1 1.0 Mlnaisslppl? 46.1 3.7 8.0 3.4 8.6 Louisiana-? 59.8 8.0 4.2 2.9 15.0 Texas? \ 64.2 2.6 3.2 3.5 6.8 Arkansas? 66.4 0.2 3.9 1.9 4.4 Tennessee? 71.4 0.6 4.3 1.4 ?2.0 Missouri? 69.0 ?1.7 5.0 1.0 1.0 Oklahoma? 62.3 ?0.3 1.3 ?1.0 2.0 Average? 69.6 2.3 3.9 2.0 5.0 ? Increase. Journal of Commerce. MANNING NAMES COMMISSION. Men to Consider Insurance Code Headed by McMastcr. Soartanburg, Nov. 2.?While In Spatanburg today attending the Spu:-tan burg-fair, Go v. R. I. Manning announced tho appointment of the follo wing members of the commission to consider and recommend an insur? ance) code for tho State of South Car? olina. F. H. McMaster, chairman, Columbia; George K. Laney, Chester? field; D. D. Moise, Sumter; Bright Williamson, Darlington; John D. Har? ris, Greenville; J. W. Gaston, Spar tanlurg; A. G. Furman, Greenville; E. P. McCravey, Kasley; Lawrence M. Plnckney, Charleston. Gov. Man? ning was given a splendid reception here today at the Spartanburg fair, where he witnessed the Newberry Woflord football gamo, delivered an address ulong agricultural lines and met many of the people of the county during the afternoon. He left this evening for Greenville. TEUONIC PRESSURE OX ROC MAX 1 ANS. t*ermniis Concentrating Their Forces on Caniinduiig. Petrograd, Nov. 4.?The Teutonic prosstire in ttoumanis is being con? centrated in nn effort to capture Campolungi it was officially announo Sd today. It is admitted the Teutons ttUtdo some ad\anees there, but they were driven bn?k In the VUSSSU und Jlaul valleys. f_ SHELLING VERDUN FRONTS, Gcrnuins Turn Big Guns on Positions Captured by French. Purli, Nov. 4.? Powerful German guns swelled the French positions nt Fort Vaux and Fort Douaumont all night, the war 0 files announced. There were urtilery duels on th*? Somnto. SHIFTED TO ?IL jfcOL'SAND TAKEN TO TH ANI> WEST. .uthorities Give Notice That ctce are to Be Watched to Illegal Voting. ton, Nov. 3.?An official es t 60,000 negroes have been d recently from the South , Indiana, Illinois and other ns made by the department tonight in a statement de t a number of the negroes ulently registered, and that tion frauds disclosed include of registration lists reach: nur nds of false names in one lent issued with the Kane wney General Gregory, ig that conspiracies to in K?ters will be promptly pros is the department's first louncement that actual fraud have been developed ?sti gators. other provisions of law," tement, "section 19 of the makes it an offense against States for two or more per >lrc to intimidate any free exercise or enjoy right or privilege secured '^he constitution and laws States or to punish him cercised such right, and (ve held that one of secured is the right to il officers and have the inted and the result led. Conspiracy to in Ifis in the free exercise vote for federal df rlolation of federal law. |ra>cy need not be con an. overt act is tntil 8T r and non-partisan in investiga? tions and prosecutions." Information received by the de? partment of justice shows that within the last three months approximately 60,000 negroes have been transported from certain Southern States to North? ern and Western States, mainly to Middle Western States, particularly, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Investiga? tion has developed the fact that a number of these negroes have regis? tered in violation of the laws of tho State to which they have gone ar.d have expressed the intention of voting in these States. "Some information has been devel? oped indicating plans in different states to violate the federal statutes with reference to election In other ways, such as registration of non naturalized citizens; false registration by padding the registration lists with fictitious names with the intention of having persons falsely represent themselves to he the persons whose namos appear on the lists and vote un? der these names; what are commonly known as "repeaters," false counts and returns by election boards; enter? ing on the poll books as having voted fictitious persons or persons who have failed to vote; intimidation in various forms, including that by employers of their employes, through threats which tend to coerce tho will of the em? ployes. "Pacts in the possession of the de? partment show in one city the pad? ding of registration lists with fictitious names: to an extent which in the light of accurate Information already ob? tained indicates that the number of such false names probably reaches into the thousnds." EVIDENCE OF FRAUD*, Chicago, Nov. 3.?Frank C. Daily, in charge of government's Investiga? tion into vote frauds in the central dis? trict, announced today that Invent! gators have found evidence of fraud ulcnt registration, colonization of vot? ers, Intimidation and use of money to influence voters. The violation, he said, had occurred in Illinois, Ohio and Indiana. Ho declared he was con? templating calling a special grand jury but said the call would not be made Until after election. The reports of the government In? vestigators were discussed today by Daily, Charles A. Kareh, K. O, Knotts and C. K. Cllne, district attorneys of Bast St. Louis, Springfield and Chi cago, and Hinton (J. Clabaugh, su? perintendent of tho local bureau of the department of justice. TO THREATEN VOTERS. Olsvelend, no\. j.- William i*ce. president of the Brotherhood of Rail? road! Trainmen, today in a signed gtaUmtnt, declared he had received WAITS EVIDENCE ON MARINA. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT WILL NOT ACT FUl&ftER NOW. Relieved That Week Must Elapse Be* fore Full Reports Are at Hand to Determine Action. Washington, Nov. 2.?Conclusive evidence as to whether Germany vio? lated her pledges to the United States in the sinking apparently without warning of the British freighter Ma? rina, with the loss of six American lives is not expected by the state de? partment before the latter part of next week. Secretary Lansing, before leaving tonight for his home at Wa tertown, N. Y., to stay until after the election Tuesday, said information was coming in slowly to the depart? ment, that he would not be leaving Washington if anything final were ex? pected Immediately and that at least a week was expected to elapse before full evidence would be at hand. Even though all information de? sired from British sources the Ameri can survivors of the Marina were at hand, any action by the United States government would be delayed pend ? Ing Germany's reply to the Informal request for her version of the Inci? dent. In previous instances where such a request has been made, a week or more has elapsed before the at? tacking submarine has come in and several days further have been needed to collect and transmit the informa? tion. American officials In England have sent out only a few dispatches In the lost 24 hours, not Including any affidavits or summaries of affi? davits. Secretary Lansing; made a state? ment during the day explaining that the state department held that Ger? many's pledges not to sink merchant j ships without proper provisos) for the ?WZtfW^^ 4P??* to BS lowevsr, was her memorandum nouncing that they would be trektea as war vessels and the fact that the Marina carried a 4.7 Inch gun Is ex? pected to play a conspicuous part in the exchange that will follow If It Is established that she was attacked without warning. CLEARS CP CONFUSION. Consul Frost Reports Six Americans Lost. London, Nov. 2.?A telegram to the American embassy today from Wesley Frost, American consul at Queens town, states that the discrepancies in former reports regarding the num be of Americans aboard the British steamship Marina and the names of those lost have now been cleared up. In addition to the five Americans reported yesterday as having been lost, the name of Buie, given In earlier advices as Brue, is added to the list of dead. The name of Middletown, first reported lost, Is now In the list of American survivors. These changes make the total number of Americans on board 52, of whom six were lost. K. OF P. MEET AT TURBEVILLE. District Convention 11a- Interesting Session With Three Grand Lodge Officers Present. TurbevillS, Nov. 3.?The fifth dis? trict Knights of Pythias held Its meeting here on Monday evening, Oc? tober 30. There were three of the grand lodge officers present, viz: W. E. Derrick, C. D. Brown and Louis J. Bristow. Mr. Derrick presided over the meeting which convened with Tur beville lodge ISO at 4 o'clock. Eight lodges of the district were represented and all represntatives had encourag? ing reports. A banquet was held on Monday night which was attended by about 150 Knights, ladies and friends. C. D. Brown, grand keeper of records and seal, acted as toast master. W. K. Derrick, LoulS J. Bristow, John ihnkins and Mr. Newton made talks. The next district convention will meet with Lynchburg. MILITIA ON DITTY. Iowa llcgimcnt Called On to Guard Texas Ranch. Rrownsvllle, Nov. 4. Tho First Iowa regiment was rushed to Flnley's ranch today to prevent a threatened attack by Mexicans. information that "the moneyed Inter? ests will undertake to have railroad employes and other working men coerced, bribed ?>r bought away from their intention or desire to vote for the reelection of President Wilson." He declared his beilegt that the re? ported project will fail to obtain re? sults, SUBMARINE'S/?ilROl ESCAPE DEUTSCHLA7 ALL BUT RUN DOVY^ JY DREDGE. o - Selected ? o Stevedores Begin Un the German undersea freighter Deutschland approached New London harbor about midnight Tuesday night, the United States governrr ent dredger Atlantic narrowly escaped running her down, it was learned tonight Ac? cording to the Atlantic's ddpper, the near accident was due to a mistake In reading the code signal lights. The 1 dredger, which was off Eastern Point, made out the lights of the submer? sible, which was coming r early head on. The Atlantic kept or its course, expecting the Deutschlard to steer outside. When she did no: the Atlan i tic swerved to one side and slowed her engines down, passing the Deutschland with about 100 yards to spare. The manifest of the Deutschlands cargo was tiled at the custom house here late yesterday but it will not be made public for some time, officials of the Eastern Forwarding company said. Unloading began this afternon, 100 selected negro stevedores wheel? ing out hundreds of small boxes and piling them in the warehouses on tho wharf. Eighty of the frefght handl? ers came here from Baltimore, where they helped discharge the boat's car? go after her maiden trip. The boxes wen >f various sizes, the smallest being & cubic foot and the largest eight and ten cubic feet. The cargo proper, exclusive of t'ae precious stones is said to be worth $1,500,000. The dynstuffs will be shipped to com? mercial houses in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. The remainder of the.freight will be stored here temr Olaifta. Olanta, Nov. 2.?Saturday night about 10 o'clock when passenger train No. 5 from Alcolu to Olanta was about five miles south of Olanta the engineer says he felt a shock from the train having run over some ob? ject which he supposed to be a pile of slabs. The train was stopped and on investigation it was found that two negro men had been run over. The bodies were about 20 feet from each other, lying on oppoeite rails, each with his head on the outside of the track and feet on the inside of track. The wheels had passed over their bodies just below the shoulders crushing every bone, but nor severing the bodies. Conductor Floyd imme? diately notified the head of the Alco? lu railroad at Alcolu who notified the coroner of Clarendon county. The in? quest was held Sunday morning, the verdict of the jury being that the ne? groes came to their death by being run over by passenger train No. 6. A special train was run from here Sun? day morning to the scene of the Killing when about 200 citizens went down to view the bodies and attend? ed the inquest. The negroes killed were Pringle Burgess and Leonard Gasklns of near Scranton. They were seen in Turbcville .about two miles from the sceen of the killing, Satur j day afternoon. The opinion of the majority of those who viewed the bodies is that they were murdered and then placed upon the railroad track to c^ver up the crime. It is said that there was very little blood found wnere the bodies lav en the track, and mem? bers of the train crew say that the feet of these negroes were cold when they found them. It is almost certain that the railroad company will not accept the verdict of the inquest Sun? day, and that farther inve: tlcation a ill be made. DEMOCRATS AHE CONFIDENT. Workers Telegraph President Wilsou That He-election Is Certain. Shadow Lawn. Nov. 4.- Telegrams from Democratic workers all over the country poured in on President Wil? son today stating that his election is assured. DINKINS ON MANNING COUNCIL. Young Lawyer Defeats W? M. Plow den. Prominent Merchant. Manning, Nov. 3.? In a close sec? ond race here today, Jno. O. Dmklns, Esq., won over W. If. Plowden, a prominent merchant of Mannir.g, for a vacancy on the Town Council. The vote stood 83 for Plowden, ard 93 for Dinkins. loadin Boat Now London, Conn., No/. 2.?When