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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