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SF.KKS I. A IK. I SL'MS FOR FLOAT. Mi?, Hampton I'rjjt-s South Carolin? ian* to Contribute for Inaugural Parade. Washington, Feb. 9.?Mrs. Alfred' Hampton, chairman of the float com? mittee for South Carolina in the in? augural parade, has sent a letter to the mayors of all the prlnicpal cities and towns of South Carolina advising them that the float will cost not le.sr then |S.000 and asking that thosi persons who destare to see the Pal? metto State will represented in the parade of March 5 send their con? tributions to her. Mrs. Hampton Is enthusiastic over the prospects of South Carolina being well represented jnd upon learning today that Oov. Manning and other prominent cltlsens *'ould be in Washington Saturday, be? gan a movement to see them and go over the matter. Mrs. Hampton be? lieves that the governor, the commu? tes which will come with him on im? portant business, and the members of the South Carolina delegation In congress will give tho matter such approval that South Carolina will have as creditable a float in the pa? rade as any of the other Stages. "The time Is short," Mrs. Hampton said tonight, "and those who wish to contribute should do so Immediately." DASTARDLY ASS AI'LT OfNNi Mr. Hinds Near t.recleyvlllc? Robbery Suppose*! Motive. ?g Klngstree Record. On Saturday afternoon, January 27, about C:tO o'clock, as Mr. Charlie Hinds, who was returning from Oree leyvtlle, where he had been to draw some money from the bank to pay his laborers* neared his home he saw one of his hands, John Chnpmnn. standing on the side of the road with a large stick In his hand. As Mr Mr. Hinds, who was in his buggy, drove up he stopped and gave Chap? man sixty cents, the amount he owed him. Chapman asked him :o loan him fifty cents and as Mr. Hirds reached In his pocket to get tili money Chapman struck him a severe blow with the stick across his he i I and face, knocking him unconscious. He then struck him another blow on the back of the hea^l and, evident? ty thinking that Mr. Hinds wan dead Iraxged him to a deep stream of water rnunlng acrosa tho road and threw him In. The water soon re? vived Mr. Hinds and catching hold of a plank in the bridge to which ho had floated he drew himself up and called far help. His son went quick , ? ja b? asahyaiwi and brought him to theV house where medical aid soon reached him. It was thought at first that his Injuries would prove ft tel. but st this writing we are In? formed Mr. Hinds' condition hi somewhat improved. Evidently the motive that prompted the asf.r.'ilt was robbery as aome nineteen or twenty dollars were taken from hM person. John Chapman, Mack Car? olina, negroes, and Stutts Bro'.vd r. a white man, have been lodged In Jail charged with the crime. Others will probably be arrested soon in connection with the dastardly as? sault. RESENTS THE ACCUSATION. Judge of Probate Asks That Senator Eppe Specify in (Tiarges. Editor Sumter Dally Item: Will you kindly allow we space in your valuable paper to reply to tac statements of our Honor iblc sen | 01 before our County Hoard of Commis? sioner* and publlahed In last even? ing's Item, to the effect that "the Sumter county officers are spin more for Incidentals, such as | ery. office supplies, telephones n \ telegrams than officers In other comi? ties." As the suggestion rontai tued it statement Is that the Sumter 00 officials are more extravugunt th n of flclals of other counties, and as I : n one of the officials re!h < t d up m ! would ask our worthy ggJM tor to pub* II ?h any particulars he has In regard to my office or withdraw he a< ^ tlon as far as I am concerned. Respectfully yours, Thos. E. Richardson. Judge of Probate. MONEY FOR IIAIUl >HS. One of the Pork Darrel DIU Kcpor: *d , to Senate. Washlnston. Feb. 9.? The i \ tri and harbors bill tSFfytSfl appnv tions totaling thirty-eight anjl | million dollars was today fu\o - reported to the senate by Cha . o ^etcher of the commerce eorn.r The bill contains an Increase of >.'?>?? one hundred and thirty'SSVQl Iho.i aaad over the house bill. All of the members of tho Bunter - irity delegation in the house vn' I against the Rlchey "bono-dry" pro? hlbltlon bill on its passage thio i h the house to the senate yesterday. delegation had previously voted for the bill before, when it enrried I>anlels amendement Which ma- j I unreasonably drastic. HEEKS U-BOAT BASK. ? *i > < ? . i ? % Baker lloeomnn nds Establishment of One at Atlunlie Entrance or Big Dtteav Washington. Feb. 9.?Immediate creation of a submarine base at Coco Solo Point, at the Atlantic entrance to the Parama canal, was recom? mended to congress today by Secre? tary Baker, who asked for $1,500, 000 for the purpose. The project has been urged by a Joint army and navy board which re? ported that a submarine base "is an essential clement of defense of the canal zone." Secertary Baker's com? munication was referred to the ap? propriations committe which al? ready is considering various emergen ' cy measures proposed by the adnvn i> tration. _____________________ URGES FARMERS TO PLANT PEA? NUTS. Liberal Proposition Made by AiKen Man at Meeting Held in Barnwcl!. Barnwell, Feb. 7.?E. B. Gunter, of the Farmers' Storage Company, ol Aiken, spoke at a meeting of farmr:? and merchants here yesterday With ? view to Interesting the farmers in the growing of the white Spanish peanut. , He believes that the peanut will pro vide the farmers with a valuable sub j stitute for cotton as a money crop. He offers to supply the seed up to a cer? tain amount, to give proper instri c tions as to the culture, to send his picking machine to gather the crop In June, and to pay the farmers the mar? ket price for their crop. This propo? sition no doubt will be accepted bv many of thei farmers. The banks >f Barnwell will give their cooperation, and there is little doubt that the other banks of the county will do likewise. Mr. Gunter will make the same of? fer at Blackvllle, Allendale, Williston and Fairfax, and ho expects to have a thousand acres of Barnwell cour'y in peanuts. The peanut, being a bi? tuminous plant, is rich in protoln. The vines make excellent hay for horses and cattle, the cake is cxton eively used for cow feed, and tho oil is quite as valuable as cotton s >ed ol). The farmers of Barnwell county i^e becoming interested In the mam tu . :h yellow soy bean. They are being planted quite extensively, and the Farmers' Ginning company expects In the near future to erect a plant for crushing the beans. The farmers of the county are wak? ing up, ami EJarnweli expects to be I ready for the boll weevil when he I makes his appearance. N CONDENSED WAR REPORTS British Gains on Sontme Front Ad? mitted by Berlin. New York, Feb. 9.?British gains o. the Somme front on both sides ol' ihi Ancre river west of Baupaume h; v been admitted by Berlin. It Is officially stated that the Brit? ish attacked at three points yesterday, gaining a small amount of ground London on Wednesday claimed the capture of the highest points on Sail ly-Sallllsel hill and a trench near I Grandcourt. Paris says German attacks Ir.st night in the region of Vaux-Les-Pala meux. southeast of Verdun were re? pulsed. Petrograd reports the hilling o Gen. Kardlnalovski near Brody. Berlin asserts that the German.' lost only thirty-four airplanes in Jan uary while tho Ilusslans, French one" British lost fifty-five. BERNSTORFF TO LEAVE WEJl NESPAY. Plans Complete for German Ainbas^i dor and His Party to Denan Fol Citri st iaiiia. Washington, Feb. io.?Arrange ? ments have been completed for depar? ture Wednesday of Count von Bei i storff end his staff aboard the iteanv er Fredrick the Eighth for Chi lstinia The party are to leave Washington fo New York Tuesday night. It v v learned that not all of the Germ II consular agents are to accompany U i party. TWe German govern men." hi instructed several consuls to |eav< for South and Central America. Oppose* Two-Cent Rate Bill. Columbia, Feb. 9.?Much time was consumed in debate of the propo i prohibition bills In the senate this morning. Though senltment Is tan? ning strong toward prohibit on. Strong current of opinion is to allow redm id shipments of whiskey into the State. An unfavorable report was ma le In the senate today on the propose I flat two cents railroad rate bill. An Unfavorable report was also mad.- on Senator Chrlsteesen's bill to limit to $00t Oampalgn expenses for State ?>f tins. Washington, Peb, 9.?Raymond n Stevens, of New Hampshire, ttni been nominated by President WUSCH member of the shipping DOfml c succeed Bernard .V. Baker, of ' more, resigned. , WAR NEWS CONDENSED. ' ?orman Submarines Stink Tliree Steamers Today?Aeroplane Raids by British, French and German Airmen. New York, Feb. 10.?Three more steamers, aggregating twelve thousand two hundred and fifty-eight tons, the British steamers Mantola and Lulling ton and the Norwegian steamer Sol bakken were sunk in today's subma? rine campaign. Tonnage is greater than the ten thousand aggregate re? ported yesterday. A Madrid dispatch says an Ameri? can negro was one of the four sur? vivors of the British steamer Daunt? less which was recently torpedoed. An entente airplane attack or. Zeebrugge, Germany's naval base In Belgium is reported through Holland. German aviators attacked Dunkirk and Amiens, and French airman raid? ed Karlsruhe. Except for violent bombardments in tho Verdun section there was little activity on the various fronts. SHIP FOR VON BBRNSTORFF. Scandinavian Liner Will Carry Him to Scandinavian Port. New York, Feb. 10.?The Scandina? vian-American liner Frederick VIII has been given permission by the Co? penhagen owners to convey Ambassa? dor von Bernstorff to a Scandinavian port. The date of the sailing has not been set. Two American freighters, the Or? leans and Rochester, the first to clear since Germany's submarine order be? came effective, are awaiting the own? ers' orders to sail today. Both clear? ed for Bordeaux, but are not painted with stripes as Germany prescribed. Neither is armed. ALLOWS WAR CLAIMS. House Passes Throe South Carolina Items. Washington, Feb. 8.?At the in? stance of Representative Byrnes from the committee on war claims, the house has passed the following South Carolina ifems growing out of the War Between the Sections; John Dun? can, Charleston, $8,4 50; Beaver Dam Baptist church, Marlboro county, $1, 600; Mt Johns Baptist church. Barn* berg county, $274. , . i up COTTON IN SURGERY. More Used for Medical Purposes Lost Year. Washington, Feb. 9.?American manufacturers ofabsorbent, and mfrdi icated cotton used 88,221 500-pound bales In 1916, the census bureau an? nounced today. This was thirty bales or 15,000 pounds more than was con? sumed in 1015. While formerly staple cotton was purchased for the manu? facture of surgical cotton, comber waste now is used to considerable ex? tent, it was announced. PLOT IN CUBA. Havana, Feb. 10.?Aurelio Hevia secretary of the interior, has notified the civil and military authorities that he has received information of a plot against the government. He reported that one or more army officers would be arrested. A Little Girl Badly Burned. Kartsville Messenger. Elizabeth, 13-year-old daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Turner was ba:lly burned Tuesday night of last week. She had undressed for bed and war standing before the fireplaco when her night clothes caught on fire. The flames spread rapidly and before they could be put out, the little sri-!'c body was so badly burned that chance of her recovery is doubtful. She was carried to the Florence Infi nur. ry Friday and at last reports was getting along as well as could he expected. Inquiry at the infirmary today gave very little encouragement to the little girl's friends. Her condition It se? rious and practically unchanged. Washington, Feb. 10.?The univer? sal military training bill was favor? ably reported to the senate today. Chairman Chamberlain, of the mili? tary affairs committee, asked that the bin go on the calendar. Senator! Thomas and Brady reserved tho rlgh' to submit a minority report. The bill piovides for jix months naval or military training for all males in tho year they reach nineteen. New York, Feb. io.?au informa? tion concerning the eolarlng of vessels at custom houses, including their names is being withheld. OfflclaU Maid this Is being done for the pres? ent on orders from Washington. Of Aotalfl of the Scandinavian line stated they believed the Frederick VIII would probably sail Tuesday or Wed? nesday with the German contingent. New York. Feb. 10.--Villa with 15, 000 men, thirty cannon and 76 ma? chine guns is occupying territory evacuated by Pershlng, according *o an official communication received from Villa's brother, HlpolltO Villa, by John V. Hawos, Villa agent here. JpASTURKS IMPORTANT FOR I PORK. ? _ I Use of Pastures Enables South to Make Pork More dies ply than Can Corn Belt. I mmm?? I Clemson Colege, Feb. 9.?A bulle? tin that is recommended to South Car? olina hog raisers by the extension livestock specialists of Clemo col? lege is Farmers' Bulletin 411, "Feed* ing Hogs in South." This bulletin may be obtained by farmers from the Division of Publications, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. A summary of the subject is presented in the bulletin as follows: 1. Hogs can be raised at a profit in the South, and Southern farmers should raise more of them. 2. Hogs can not be raised profit? ably on corn alone. 3. While pork can sometimes be made at a profit when corn is sup? plemented with nothing but a con? centrated feed, still it is not wise to use concentrated supplements alone. 4. Hogs can be produced cheap? er when pastures are used along with the grains than when grains are used alone. By means of pas? ture crops pork can be made cheap? er In the South than it is possible to make it in the corn belt. 5. The advantages arising from the use of pastures are: Pork costs only one>-third to one half as much when pastures are used as when concentrated feeds alone are used. The soils are Improved very ma? terially as a result of growing le? gumes for hogs and feeding extra grains to the animals. The crops harvested (through the hogs) without danger of loss from rains and without expense. The hogs are under favorable health conditions; therefore, losses from disease will be lessened. TO HEAD ROLL WEEVIL FIGHT. G. E. Anderson, Federal Farm Expert, Elected by Clemson College to Push Campaign. Columbia, Feb. 9.?Q. E. Anderson, an expert on the boll weevil, now em? ployed by the United States depart? ment of agriculture In laboratories in Ikvulsiana, has been elected by the ?trustees of Clemson college to take Charge of the work in South Carolina. The'trustees have authorized "ttfhe opening of field laboratories in - the border counties of this State. ?5*413 announcement was made by flLM. Riggs, president of Clemson Bg?gj^wito__wj?^ ln^ today an business. Mr. Anderson is a grad? uate of Clemson college and has been engaged In the federal service for sev? eral years. ; A campaign against the boll weevil will be launched early In the spring in Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper, Barn well, Aiken and Edgefleld counties by the United Sttaes farm demonstra? tion agents. NAVY SEEKING MEN. Recruiting Agents Instructed to List Additional 25,000 as Soon a* Pos? sible. ? Washington, Feb. 9.?Navy recruit? ing agents have been instructed immediately to list 23,000 additional men. While tho current naval bill au? thorized a peace strength of 71.000 men, it carried appropriations for considerably less since the department had estimated that not more than 10,000 recruits above the number necessary to replace men discharged could be found. Officials have been encouraged by recruiting returns, however, which have brought the actual strength up to nearly 58,000 men already. In the event of war probably the first act of the president will be to au? thorize the enlistment of the maxi? mum war time strength of 87.000. Probably this could be quickly accom? plished by ft provision in the de? partment's regulations permitting vol? unteers to enlist for the duration of the war. WOULD CLOSE DOVE SEASON. Bill to Prohibit Shooting of Birds Killed in House. (By Joe Sparks.) Columbia, Feb. 10.?"Turtle doves" were debated by the house of repre senttalves this morning, and the bill calling for a closed season was com? mitted to the penitent'-iry committee for safe keeping. The bill prohibited killing or catching of turtle doves be? tween approval and 1920. Tho com? mitment means the killing of the bifcl. Lee County Home I>omoi\sti at ion Agent. Miss Maude Williams hss been ap Inted demonstration agent for the Jirls* club for Lee county. She got back last week from Winthrop where she had been attending the special course for one month, given to all county agents. She entered upon her work on February 1st.?Leader and Vindicator. GUNS ASKED FOR. - I Effort to Be Made to Arm American Passenger Ships. Washington, P. A. S. Franklin, pres? ident of the International Mercantile Marine tormally applied to the navy department today for guns to arm the passenger steamships of the Amer? ican line. President Franklin's request states! that the company has been unable to purchase guns. It is indicated that the navy department, although oppos? ed to the convoy of American mer? chantmen, favors furnishing the mer? chantmen with defense guns. Inas? much as the government recognized the naval stores as the only supply of naval guns, it held that obtaining guns from that source would not al? ter the private character of the ship. It is officially stated that the navy de? partment has a considerable number of the old model three to six inch guns available for arming merchant? men. The question of obtaining a crew is more difficult. The navy op? poses withdrawing men from active service to serve aboard merchantmen. I While ship owners prefer that the navy directly place the guns aboard the merchantmen, the government prefers to indirect sale or loan of such guns. Senator LaFollette introduced a res? olution making it unlawful for Amer? ican ships to be armed during peace. SPAN NELL FOR MURDER. Case to be Brought in Another Texas County After One Acquittal. San Angelos, Texas, Feb. 11.? Harry J. Spannell, charged with kill? ing Lieut. Col. M. C. Butler at Alpine, Texas, last July, will be tried on April 9 at Coleman, Coleman county, ac? cording to word received here today. Spannell was recently acquitted on a charge of killing his wife. Butler and Mrs. Spannell were shot to death in Spannell's automobile and Span? nell was indicted for the double kill? ing. The cases were brought here on change of venue from Brewster coun? ty and Spannell's trial for killing But? ler was transferred to Coleman coun? ty after Spannell's acquittal on the charge of killing blr. wife. TO ISSUE LIFE OF ANDERSON. Senate Sends to House Bill Providing That State Purchase 400 Copies. Columbia, Feb. 10.-?Senator R. D. . Eppal.-bill to appropriate $300 with which to purchase 400 copios of a life of "Fighting Dick Anderson," now in process of preparation, was sent to the house yesterday morning. The biography is being prepared by Gen. C. Irvine Walker of Summerville and the books are to be distributed among the libraries of the pbulic schools and colleges of the State by the State su? perintendent of education. This work has been fostered by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the United Confederate Veterans. Gen. Anderson received a sword for his gal? lant service in the Mexican war, which sword was again unsheated in the service of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865. APPROVE REVENUE MEASURE. Democratic Senators Virtually Com? plete Work. Washington, Feb. 10.?Democratic senators virtually completed approval of the administration revenue bill at a caucus tonight. The remaining sec? tions will be considered at a meeting tomorrow afternoon so that the bill may be brought into the senate early next week. The caucus lasted until nearly midnight and there were many speeches attacking various sections of the bill but in the end the measuro came through virtually as it passed the house. A number of amendments to change the provision for an excess profits tax were defeated but others are to be voted on tomorrow. A substitute revenue raising plan presentee by Senator Overman of North Carolina proposing that the entire prospective treasury deficit be provided for with a bond i.esue also I was rejected but the caucus approv I ed an amendment recommended by i j the senate finance committee for is I suance of $60,000,000 of refunding I bonds to replace bonds of the Span I ish-Amer^an war period. I Senator Underwood's amendment for a reduction in the tax on oleo? margarine from 10 cents to 2 cents a pound was referred to the finance committe, which is expected to ap* prove it. 8UMTKR COTTON MARKET. Oerreeted Daily by HARDY & CO.. Cotton Buyer* Good Middling 16. Strict Middling 16 7-8. Middling 16 3-4. Srict Low Middling 15 1-2. Low Middling 15. 1 Corrected Daily by ERNEST FIELD, Cotton Buyer, j Good Middling 16. Strict Middling 16 7-8. Middling 15 3-4. Srict Low Middling 16 1-2. Low Middling 16.' ) Staple cotton 20 to 23c. '?: j -.1 I I - ~rv Revised estimates place the amount of standing merchantable timber in the United States at approximately 2,767 billion board feet. Of this [ amount 1,464 billion board feet, or 63 per cent, of the total, Is in Cali? fornia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. During the past fiscal year there were constructed on the National For-' cats 227 miles of new road... 1,97 S miles of trails, 2,124 miles of tele?* phone line, 89 miles of tire lines, 81 lookout structures, 40 bridges, 222 miles of fence, 545 dwellings, barns and other structures, 17 corrals, and 202 water improvements. Since the passage in 1912 of the act providing funds for land classifi? cation, and as a direct result of the classification work, a total of 13,477,*? 781 acres has been eliminated from the National Forests. This includes an elimination of approximately 6,w 800,000 acres of land from the Chu gach National Forest in Alaska, which embraced lands of low value for any purpose other than mining. THIS BANK Gives a dollar's worth of real e?rvice for every dollar deposited here THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER. The Oldest Banking Institution in the County MARDI GRAS NEW ORLEANS. LA. $23 25 MOBILE. ALA. $19.05 PENSACOLA. FLA. $18.45 Round-Trip Tickets will bo sold from SUMTER at the fares shown above by the ATLANTIC COAST LINE The Standard Railroac* ? The S>uth For all trains from FEBRUARY 12 io 19 Inclusive Limited, returning, until midnight of Maroh 2nd, but limit may be extended until March 19th, by depositing tickets with Special Agent by March 2nd, and upon the payment of $1.00 at time of de posit. Proportionate fares from all other stations. Children half fare. Liberal ??top over privileges. For further particulars, sleeping car reservations, etc., call on O. V. FLAYER, Ticket Agent. Sumter, S. C.