SRNATK COMMITTEE MEMtlKltS
SAY IT IS POSJatBUC TOTAL
MAY RKACH $2,000,
OOO.OOO.
In tiuomo Tux Munt Be
Made?Will l?rave to House Task of
Providing $^.0041,000,000 for New
A roar.
Washington. July 28.?The senate
finance committee reached a tentative
agreement late today to revise the
present $1.?70.00,00 war tax bill so
as to raise at least $1.043,000,000. The
larger part of the Increase to come
from higher Income taxes,
a. Members or the committee said to?
ft eight It la possible the total of tho
bill before It ge:s to the senate would
be $3.000.000,000. According to the
present plan, about $230.000.000 of the
Increase will be obtained through
higher income tax rates? $70.000,000,
from Individuals and tho rest from
corporations. The committee figured
on an Increase In the normal rates
on Individuals from 2 to 5 per cent
and on corporations to 6 per cent.
The rest of the Increase may be ob?
tained by increasing the excess profits
tax and hy consumption taxes on su?
gar, tea, coffee and cooca.
I Under the program $ 1,062.700.0?0
would he ths total levy this year up?
on Incomes. The present lsw yields
$100.000.000 The pending bill orig?
inally was deslrnsd to increase this
by tSlS.ftt.oeo. and the $230.000,
000 additional It now proposes to levy,
would anise It over the billion mark.
The eenate committee will confine
i its wospt for the present to the pret?
ext war tag bill and will leave to tho
house the task of raising the rest of
the $7.000,000.000 tho administration
believes It must have to prosecuto the
war this year Majority Leader
Kttchtn. of the house, was In confer?
ence with the eenste committee today
and this decision wss reached as a re?
sult of bis contention that the house
might ressnt sny senatorial infringe?
ment an Its constitutional prerogative
of Instituting revenue legislation
Whether the house will prefer to au?
thorise $6.000.000.000 in bonds or
treasury certificates to supplement t u
$2.000,000.000 tho senate Is providing
wtlt not be determined until next
Week. The Income tax Increases pro?
posed. Chairman Simmons announced
tonight, "represent the concensus of
? tho eoeamlrtee's opinion. They prot -
?|aw> WJM stand so the committee was
f toady Jo formtHTy Vote on fstl Upwaf d
yovtsion lets today, but deferred final
odtlon ontll Monday."
The decision tod v to leave to the
house the task of provldln - $5,000,
000.too additional, promised greatly
to oxpendlte senste action on the
send trat revenue bill.
Senator Simmons said today there 's
no immediate necessity for the son
ate to consider revenue questions be?
yond the bill. "There Is no occsslou
for immediate providing revenues to
meet the new estimate*." he explain?
ed "There may be no necessity for
further revenue measures until the
December session. With the pending
bill, there are ample funds to meet aV
calls until December."
The committee's agreement to In
crease Income taxes by $230,000,000 In
Increasing the pending tax bill from
f 1.070.000.000 to at least $1.943,000.
too was said to be hosed upon ti e
belief that the hulk of the Increase
?houldr come from income rather than
war pfonts. alrsady heavily taxed in
the bill.
Debate on Prohibition.
Washington. July 30.?National pro
hlbltbm im before the senute on the
discussion of the Sheppsrd co* etttU*
tlonal amendment. The drys predict
they will get a two-thirds vote with
one or two to spsre. The vote will
be taken Wednesday. A wide range
of opinion on the subject Is expected
In the debate.
ga^sa^a?awjjBew*^~^?, 1 11
HIKE PUWTATIONS
are hard to manage now
?you know the scarcity
of labor keeps you guess?
ing. Have us subdivide
your farm into small
trtfets?we can find you
a buyer for it; our meth?
od gets results. Don't
worry any more; our
representative will call
to see you at out ex
pease and explain our
method.
Write us to-day.
ATLANTIC COAST REALTY CO.
"fee sesie that (sttiflti four confidenca"
0FFICI8:
PETERSBURG,, VIRGINIA
And Greenville. N. C.
COTTON MAKKOTIXO ASSOCIA?
TION.
Outline of Plans of Organization Wot*
niulntcd hy United1 States Deparl
iilent of Agr'culture.
It would appear a simple matter |
for the farmers of Sumtcr and other
counties to form a cotton growers'
selling association undor the rules und
regulations prescribed by the Bureau
of Marketing of the Department of
Agriculture, published below for the
information of cotton growers.
As stated in the letter of Chief
Charte? J. Brand, of the Bureau of
marketing to the secretary of the
Sumter Chamber of Commerce, all of
these Provision? cun not be put into
effect Immediately, but If the farmers
in this and adjacent counties will only
organise, the government can and will
render such assistance to them sj
will bo needed in having these pro?
visions put into operation as rapidly
us the conditions In the market will
warrant. Ten cents a bale for handl?
ing samples of cotton and recording
samo, and ten cents a bale for selling
seems a very reasonable cost for any
farmer who will realize from |2.50
to $5.00, and, in some instances, more
per bale by business-like, systematic
and standard methods of picking,
ginning, packing, and marketing cot?
ton. The meeting in Sumter next Fri?
day, August 3rd, to form the cotton
growers' selling association should be
attended by many hundreds of cotton
growers, largo and small farmers.
Mr. K. I. Reardon. Managing Secre?
tary. Sumtcr Chamber of Com?
merce, Sumter, South Carolina. -
Dear Sir: As per your request of
July 21. we are forwarding to t)r. P.
K Holman a copy of the suggested
articles of agreement for use in
forming cotton growers' associations.
We idso are enclosing six copies fu
your use. Of course, all of these pro?
visions cannot bo put into effect Im
mediately but If the farmers in your
community will organize, we hope to
render assistance to them in having
these provisions gradually put lnt<
operation as fast as the conditions In
the market will warrant.
It may be desirable to alter this
form of agreement to suit local con
dirons. However, these matters cun
be given attention as the work pro?
gresses.
Very truly yours,
Chas. J. Brand. Chief.
? , ??
Aj^tesea ol Ajroe^cnt
We, the undersigned, cotton grow?
ers of .....and
vicinity, do hereby agree to form our?
selves Into an association.
V And the name of the u*soclatiO'i
shall As.
Cotton Growers Association, of.
Article 1. The object of this asso?
ciation shall he:
1. To produce cotton from pure
seed and as nearly as possible of one
varloty.
2. To secure uniformity In ginning.
3. To sell cotton In even-running
lots.
4. To deal as nearly directly as
posslblo with the mills.
5. To act in cooporatlon with the
United States Department of Agricul?
ture toward accomplishing these ob?
jects and to take such further action
as may bo practicable to produce bet?
ter cotton and Improve the prevail?
ing method of handling and market?
ing same.
Arthrle II: Othcers?How Chosen:
1. The ofllccrs of said association
to cor. ?1st of u board of five directors,
to be elected by two-thirds vote of
the association.
2. Said board to be elected to serve
for one year or until their successor*
aro elected.
3. Said board ?hall have power to
rill vacancies which may occur during
the year.
4. Said board shall serve without
pav or compensation.
I.members ?hall constitute
I quorum for transaction of business
Article III: Duties of the Presi?
dent:
1. It shall bo tho duty of the
president to preside at all meetings of
'be Hoard of Directors, or of the
Members of the association. It shall
be his duty to call a meeting of the
board whenever In his judgment the
interests of tho association require.
2. In the absence of the president
I majority of the directors present
i iv designate one of their number it
Set ns president.
I, The president shall authorise
Mid supervise nil expenditures author
bN)d by the board, and shall npprow
all expenses or bills presented to the
?? iiv treasurer for payment.
1. The hoard of Directors sh.-"
appoint two of the directors who. erl
the secretary-treasurer, shall const i
tute a Mittag committee, whose du
Mrs shall be to receive and sell si
cotton and cotton seed as hereinafter
inrovtoV d for,
Article IV, Duties of the Board:
I, Snid board of directors to ele I
one of Its members ns president,
I, To th t t seeretnry-treasnrer who
thai] be. compensated as i>< r agree
ment of board (tt 'directors.
3. Tbc said board of directors shall
erect or rent and equip a suitable
room for classing all cotton left with
the association for sale.
4. BUT tags and furnish same to
members.
5. Procure competent men to class
all cotton turned over to the associa?
tion for sale.
f, Said selling committee will ad?
vise "with those whose cotton they arc
handling when placed on table for
sale.
Article V. Obligation of members.
1. We, the members of this asso?
ciation, agree to pay into the treas?
ury ten cents per bale as per last
year's crop to defray the expenses of
tho association in carrying out this
agreement.
2. We further agree to place all
our cotton In hands of said board to
be sold by it in even-running lots of
fifty or more bales with other mem?
bers' cotton.
3. We further agree to pay any
legitimate claim made against said
cotton by parties to whom it is sold.
4. We furth agree to pay said
association the sum of .cents
for each bale sold through the asso?
ciation.
5. Wo further agree that when
any member delivers his sample to
said board to he placed on table that
he is ready to put same on tho mar?
ket to be sold to the highest bidder.
6. It is further agreed that noth?
ing in this agreement will prohibit any
member who may be offered more
than the board has been able to get
for his cotton from notifying said
selling committee and having his cot?
ton sold to said party making tho of?
fer, said sale to be made through the
association.
7. Wo further agree that wo will
handle all cotton offered the associa?
tion as near in accord with tho rules
laid down by said association as pos?
sible, viz:
8. That said cotton shall be gin?
ned in straight hales, no plated,
mixed, water-packed jr gin-cut cotton
shall be placed with said association
without due notice of same being giv?
en.
9. All cotton shall bo wrappel
with new bagging, each bale tagged
and numbered1 consecutively with
tags furnished by said association,
and duplicate number put in sample
to ho drawn from oach side of bah),
or as the association shall decide by
vote.
10. All cotton to be protected from
damage and kept clean as far as'pos?
sible.
Article VI: Selling Seed.
1. We further agree that, when
any member is ready to sell his cot?
ton scod through the association, he
will notify the said selling committee,
the number of tons of seed he has for
sale, said committee will at once
pool same with other member's seed
to placed for sale, get best offer from
mills and notify each member 'vhen
and whore to deliver.
2. When remittance from mills is
received by association, the secretary
treasurer will mail statement with
chock to each member for his seed,
less.per ton commission.
3. We agree to pay to the asso?
ciation a commission of ten cents per
ton on all cotton seed sold through the
association.
Article VII:
1. All money derived from mem?
bers, or others who sell cotton or cot?
ter, seed throug' the association is ti
be placed In the treasury to defray
the expenses of tho associuton, and
any money left in the treasury at the
end of the season is to be prorated
back to the members, or left in the
treasury for the next year if the mem?
bers so decide.
Article VIII:
1. There shall be an annual meet?
ing of the association at which time
the directors for the coming year shall
be elected.
Art de IX.
1. It shall be the duty of the
secretary-treasurer to keep record ol
the proceedings of each meeting of
the board of directors and of such
meetings of the members as may be
called. The secretary-treasurer shall
have power to call a meeting of the
board of directors whenever, in his
judgment, the financial condition of
the association requires such action
Any general meeting of the associa?
tion shall be called upon live days
written notice to each member, and
it shall be the duty of the secretary
treasurer to give such notice of the
annual meeting as hereinbefore pro?
vided.
I, It shall be the duty of the sec?
retary-treasurer to keep a record of
all cotton and cotton seed transac?
tions made through the association.
Article X.
I, The board of directors may
promulgate any by-laws not In con
lint with *be provision hereof, and
lid; constitution mil) be amended I.
two-thirds vote of tho members o.
the as >oc)ution.
Article XI.
1. It is further agreed thai B*
HOOB ns n member i:< notified Of tie
M.iir of his cotton, he shall deliver
sumo to station vv shipping point and
furnish secretary-treasurer with list of
bale numbers and a guaranteed list
of the weights of said bales, and the
secretary-treasurer will make ac?
count sale and mail check for same.
Article XII:
We, the undersigned, agree and
bind ourselves to the foregoing ar?
ticles of agreement.
WI LS< )N% DHL' MM() NI >.
lion ut if ul Home Wedding at St.
Charles.
On last Wednesday morning at 8
o'clock occurred the wedding of Miss
Ruth Wilson of St. Charles and Mr.
W. L. Drummond of Laurens, S. C.
The marriage ceremony was attended
by tho immediate family of the con?
tracting parties and a few intimate
friends. The pretty home was beau?
tifully decorated with a profusion of
smilax and pink roses. Preceding the
ceremony Miss Colzy Wells of Mem?
phis, Tenn., charmingly rendered "Be?
cause " and "At Dawning," being ac?
companied by Miss Eloise Jenkins on
the piano. The happy couple were
made husband and wife i nder a
handsome arch covered with smilax
and pink and white roses, the ring
eorcmony being used in a very im?
pressive manner by Uev. H. C. Ham
:nond of Ola Mount Zion Church.
Tho dame of honor was Mrs. Ed?
win Wilson, mother of the bride, who j
was becomingly attired in grey crepe
de chine and carried a bouquet of I
pink roses. Miss Gertrude Wilson as
maid of honor was never prettier than
on this occasion, she being dressed in
a handsome gown of niie green satin
and carrying pink roses. Master Gregg
Cooper was the charming little, rinfe
bearer. The groom was attended by
his brother Mr. Frank Drummond as
best man. The little flower girls,
nieces of the bride were Carolyn
Cooper and May McCallum, both being
dressed in pink organdy. They fur?
nished the llowery path for the bride
as they scattered from dainty pink
baskets a lot of white roses. The
bride next entered on the arm of her
father, Mr. Edwin Wilson and indeed
made a lovely picture, being attired
In a strikingly attractive traveling suit
of blUe cloth with hat to match.
Mrs. Drummond, as Miss lluth Wil?
son, has a host of friends in Sumter
and other sections of the SJtate and
Is noted both for her beauty and
winsome personality. She comes ot
I one of the oldest and best families of
this section of the State while' tin
groom halls from near Laurens where
he h9fc a large circle of friends. Mr.
I Drummond was principal of the St.
Charles school the past year and
made many friends in that community.
After a trip to Ashevillo, N. C, and
othor points, the young couple will
make their home in Laurens county
where Mr. Drummond has extensive
farming interest*.
?QhjTuesday evening Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Wilson gave a reception in hon
I or of the bridal party which was
j largely attended, j True old time
southern hospitality was everywhere
in evidence and the many handsome?
ly dressed ladies only added to the
beauty of tho setting which was iiy^!
Iced one of mingled youth and hap-1
pincss. Later in the evening, the
many guests were ushered into the
dining room where delightful refresh?
ments of block cream, cake, mints
and almonds were served abundantly
by little Misses Harris, Wcldon and
Shaw, these young ladies being at?
tired in pink and green organics. The
J large number of handsome present!
I on display attested to the popularity
of the young couple. Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson and their charming daughters
I made the reception one to be re?
membered long and pleasantly by all
those present.
PENNSYLVANIA NEGRO HUNT.
Armed Whites in Automobiles Invade
Negro Section to Clean up Negroes.
Chester, Pa., July 20.?With the ex?
ception of a brief period this morning,
when a score of whites In automobiles
invaded the negro section with the
announced intention of "cleaning it
up," Chester was quiet throughout
the day. More than 100 shots wen
llrcd by tho Invading party, but si
far as could be learned no one WiU
? njured. > umerous window glasses In
the homes of negroes were shattered,
however, before the police arrived and
drove the white men out of the dis?
trict. No arrests were made.
Trolley traffic was resumed today
nnd more than the usual number ol
persons were on the street's. Polle
men and deputy sheriffs kept the
crowds moving while the neuro dis?
trict was roped off.
It was announced tonight that sa?
loons and places of amusement would
be-open tomorrow. Five persons have
lost their lives In the riots andscores
have been injured.
Upon instructions from District At
tornty Hunnum, three guards, John
W. Bills, Jr., I'red Orfleld and New?
man Btockdale, were arrested to
night charged with murder. They
arc alleged t<> have shot and killed
the two victims of last night's rioting
TEXAS GOVERNOR INDICTED.
Ferguson charged by Grand .fury With
misapplication or Funds Diversion
of Moneys ami I Imhc/./lcmcnt.
Austin, Texas, July 27.?.lames B. I
Ferguson, governor of Texas, was in?
dicted on nine charges of felony by
the grand jury of Travis County late
today. The indictments were not mail,
public tonight when Sheriff (leorge S.
Matthews notified the governor. Seven
of the indictments charge misapplica?
tion of public funds, one diversion of
public funds and one embezzlement.
Churchill J. Dartlett, secretary of
State, was indicted on six counts,
charging misapplication of funds; C.
O. Austin, commissioner of insurance
and banking, on four counts on *hc,
same charge and C. L. Stowc, State
superintendent of buildings and
grounds, one count charging misap?
plication.
The speaker of the Texas house "of
representatives called a special ses?
sion for August 1 to consider whether
articles of impeachment should be
presented against the governor. In
his call the speaker said the most im?
portant matter to consider was the
governor's veto of appropriations for
the University of Texas and alleged
misrepresentations in the awarding of
the West Texas Agricultural and Me?
chanical College to Abilene.
The indictment charging embezzle?
ment contains only one mention of the
sum involved, $5,600.
The charge of diverting a special
fund refers to the fund provided by
the legiskiture for the purchase of
supplies for the executive mansion. It
is charged that the governor applied
this fund to the purehase^of "various
goods, wares and merchandise not
authorized by law."
Of the seven charges of misappli?
cation of funds, one refers to the sum
of $101,35(1 collected by Gov. O. D.
Colquitt, Ferguson's predecessor, a*
insurance on the building of the West
Texas Normal School at Canyon City.
The governor is "alleged to have re?
ceived this sum from Colquitt and to
have placed it in the Temple State
Hank.
Immediately after Governor Fergu?
son had been served by the sheriff in
his office he gave bond In the sum of
$5.000 in one case and $1,000 in each
of the others.
Governor Ferguson late tonight an?
swered the nine charges of fcldny
placed against him late today by in?
dictments returned by the Travis
County grand jury by announcipg him?
self as candidate for governor of Tex?
as for a third term.
In his statement Governor Ferguson
attrlbuied the Indictments against
him to "contemptile politics in?
spired by contemptible men." The
basis of the indictments, he declared,
grew out of a deposit of $100,000 in?
surance money collected in 1013 when
the Canyon City (Texas) State Normal
School was burned; that the money
wns deposited by his predecessors and
that when he became governor he
withdrew the money from certain
banks and/placed it in other hanks
and that the money was paid out
promptly subject to build* s' estimates
for the rebuilding of the Canyon City
Normal. Because he did not de?
posit the money in the treasury, he
said, he is charged with a felony,
while no charge is made against his
predecesser.
NOTED EDtTOR DF.AD.
Gen. Harrison Gray Otis Dies at Los
Angeles.
Los Angeles, July 30.?Gen. Harri?
son Gray Otis, president and general
manager of the Los Angeles Times
died today at the home of his son-in
law, Harry Chandler.
A SCMTIOR MAN GIVES EVI?
DENCE,
His Testimony Will Interest Every
Smnter Header.
The value of local evidence is indis?
putable. It is the kind of evidence we
accept as true because wc know we
can prove it for ourselves. There has
been plenty of such evidence in the
Sumter papers lately, and this
straightforward testimony has estab?
lished a confidence in the minds of
Rumter people that will not be easi?
ly shaken.
W. Moses Butler, retired farmer,
115 North Harvin Street, says:
'I had a great deal of trouble from
my kidneys, and my back pained me
so intensely I could hardly stoop
to put on my shoes. I suffered from
bosdaches and specks seemed to he
lloating before my eyes. Tho kidney
secretions passed too freely and
obliged me to get up at night. I doc- j
tored but nothing did me any good
until I got Doon'S Kidney Fills at
SSetnp'a Pharmacj. Five boxes remov?
ed all the ailments and my back is
now well and strong.*'
Price One., ;it ;ill dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy--get
Doan'l Kidney Fills - the same that
W, Mcsoe Didier had. Fostor-Milburn
Co. Flops, Buffalo, N. V. (45)
No. Six-Sixty-Six
This in ? prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHILLS A. FEVER.
Five or eix dotea will break any case, and
if taker, then as a tonic the Fever will not
return. It acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c
THE OLDEST WOMAN.
Manilla Tisbie Thomas Dead Near
Manning After Life of 127 Y?ais.
Manning. July 27.?A notable in?
stance of longevity was brought lO a
close last Saturday afternoon whci
old Mauma Tisbie Thomas died ghOftt
a mile and a half from Manning. Ac?
cording to the beet obtainable recoils
and tradition, she was born in wb it
is now Clarendon County in the Ja* h ^
Creek settlement, near where the town
of Summerton is located, in the >ear
1700, which would make hersat the
time of her death about 127 . ars
old. She was born in slavery, lirjt
belonging to John Thomas and later
to 13. A. Walker, father of the kite
Ben Walker of this town. At the close,
of the War Between the gaetfow?
(when emancipation became establi.?h
I cd, her last owner was Levy Kiiam.?.
near where Silver is now located.She
lived there until about five years a?o
when she was brought to Manning to
live with her grandson-in-law. She
was married at an early age and not?
withstanding the troubles brought
about by having different owners, her
Only husband was Jeff Thomas or ./off
Botbune. To them ten children wero
born, all living to be old men and
women, Her oldest daughter, Carolin?
Gamble, is now living near Manning,
being over 95 years old. The latter
is the mother of 12 children, the
youngest one now living, being about
4 0 years oid. Like her mother, Caro?
line Gamble has been married only
once. Tisbie Thomas lived to sec her
great-great-grandchildren. Her mind
was I:right up to the day of her death,
though she had been paralyzed for
about nine months. It is remarkuble
that she was able to visit her grand?
children and great-grandchildren dur?
ing last year, walking more than two
miles alone to be with them. She was
well liked by all, both white and
black. She served all over this en?
tire country, Sumter as well as Clar?
endon, as a midwife, hence she had a
home wherever she wanted to stop, for
all knew her and from what can be
learned she was a woman of exsellent
Christian character. Those who knew
her intimately say it was a pleasure
io converse with her about the many
changes she had witnessed in Claren?
don County, from a wilderness almost
belonging tot he wild animals to a
field of beauty dotted with beautiful
homes. She remembered when there
were few public roads, only bypaths
leading from one section to another.
Thus has passed away perhaps the
last link in thjs section connecting the
18th with the 20th century.
DMA IT WON'T BK NF.KOKP.
: South Carolina May Yet Have Briga?
dier.
Washington, July 20.?It is believed
here that with the organization of the
Ninth Division, composed of Tennessee
and the two Carolinas, each State will
be entitled to a brigadier general of
State troops. Tennesseee has taken the
lead and named a brigadier general
and the war department expocts Gov.
Richard I. Manning to do so at once
or by the time the South Carolina
guard goes into camp.
This is according to the best in?
formation which can be obtained here
tonight, and it is understood to repre?
sent the plans of the war department
This is according to the best in?
formation which can be obtained here
tonight, and it is understood to ?epre
sent the plans of the war department
whie.i are expected to be announced,
although no positive statement could
be secured from these officials here to?
night.
Beeswax Wanted.
Bee mo before you sell your wax. I
will buy it for cash at the best cur?
rent price.
N. G. OSTEEN.
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Angus bull, four years old, tubercu?
lar tested, without f;>ult or bleniisa
C. P. Osteen, Sumter, S. C.
RUB-MY-TISM
Will cure youv Rheumatism,
Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps,
Colic, Sprains, Hiuises, Cuts and
Burns, < 1 Sores, Stints oflnsect?,
Bet Antiseptic Anodyne, used
Internally and externally. t?ticn 7^c,
>
Geo. H. Hurst,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
Prompt Attention to Osy and
Night Calls.
At D. J. CRAIO Old Stand. N. Main.
rturnen, Mghiioi