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OOVTON CHOP CONDITION.
tn Texas Ao*
Drouth?Small Loss in
Kast?Boll WcevU on li
Mesa phis Commercial Appeal.
The condition of the cotton crop la
?f.t per coat of normal, acordlng to
reports from correspondents of The
* Cosasaerelal Appeal of aveiage date
of August tl.
This compares with a government
eoedlttoa last month of 70.3 per cent.
?1.1 on August 23. last year, and a
lt-orear average of 70.1.
These figure* Indicate a total crop
of It.lit.00? halte, based on the gov
wemcsjt method of calculating Indi?
cated yield from eonditon figures.
Severe rotiegression la Tecae on ac
connt of drouth over probably SO to
ft per cent of the cotton growing
of the state constitutes the big
single factor la the ah vertag for
the month. The condition for the Bute
of ?? per cost, of normal Is a Ices for
the month ?f tl point*.t In South
Central Southern and Westum Tessa
?p is a near-failure.
lee* tat condition In I
V
i
of the Mhuesstppt, due to weather
ravages of the toll
weevil tn Georgia aad Alabama, a Id?
eal to the big Tex** loos, more than
meat r ported m cen
Statee and Oklahoma. In
la tea, however, good tra?
ft? shown
Msocmn and Oeorgta, boll
nreevtl are en the Increase in Missis
aspnt. Louisiana aad Arkansas, and
there le near rnnslSiosiais uneasinen
seer the fat* of the late fruitage, el
tfaoxtgh tn saaay esctions rather more
cuts* In already made than is usual
**' he? weevil roars.
1%S step ax a whole la still late.
Seeking is making good
Si early producing sections,
owing to dry weather having
early opening. In the north
? ef States the else of the crop
greatly on the date of
15
Of mbi
seany
correspondent report labor
it to harvest the crop, but
ere a great many Indications
of shortage, owing to the fact that
roe* have gone north and
le conscription into the new national
army. * Growers as a rule will prob?
ably sen freely at current values, al?
though there are many sections where
It fe said farmers will atop selling
whenever the price dropa below 2".
cento.
?tismttt oil ton uiHHtri
P. O. BOWMAN. Ccuon Buyer.
(Corrected dally at II o'clock Noon
Good Middling II 1-4.
Strict Middling 33 1-1.
Middling II.
Strict Low Middling 31 3-4.
Lew Middling II 1-1.
W1.W TOBK COTTON MARK KT.
Ye**dja
Once Nigh Um ISjaxe CSjex
Oct . . 11.11 11.31 11.09 33.14 22.1ft
Dec . .31.11 11.11 23.11 33 31 22.20
Jsn . .11.11 11.18 12.08 32.18 22.20
Col. Thomas Wilaon'a barn, about
steht miles from Illshopvllle. was
burned last night about 11 o'clock.
Rdward Gamble waa asked to take hi*
dogn over and left about 13 o'clock.
The doga took the trail immediately
and run down a negro named Illch
erd fHckaon. who haa been lodged
In the Biahopvllle jail Llckaon had
come back to th? fire and when he
saw the doga < n hla trail he broke
away from the crowd and ran. The
loa* to Col. Wilson will total about
17,000 - the barn being full o
grain, hay and cotton aeod meal. Mr.
Qasshes arrived homo gheejf s o'clooK
? Manning Times.
Dots From nurd Times.
Dark Corner, Aug. 27.?Its dry
weather here thin morning. Farmers
ere done fathering fodder, and cotton
picking is the order of the day now.
The gins have commenced to be
heard in this corner. Mr. Blandtng
Ardis started up his gin at Broad?
way Siding laat week and la ready
now to gin for any one who brings
him their cotton.
Crops are going to be abort here
abouts, especially cotton an., peas.
News la not so plentiful, so I will
have to give something that may be
a little stale.
Rev. A. C. Corbett, of Providence,
commenced a meeting here at El
well's Chapel on the first Sunday night
in Auguat, which ran on until th
second Sunday at 11 o'clock a. m.,
when Mr. Corbett left ua. We had ar
Interesting meeting and would be
proud If Brother Corbett could come
and hold another meeting for us.
Bro. Wm. Haynaworth preached f
us In the afternoon of the second
Sunday. We are expecting Rev. Cor?
bett to preach for ua at 11 o'clock a
m. on the aecend Sunday In Septem?
ber and Rev. Haynaworth at 4 In thr
afternoon the aame day.
Mrs. Kelly, wife of Mr. Ashley Kel?
ly, who Uvea on Mr. J. M. Kolb'p
place dropped dead from paralysis on
Sunday morning, the 19th. She
leaves a husband, three small chil?
dren, a rwther and several brothers
and alsters to mourn her death. Mrs.
Kelly 8 nralden name waa Hair and
waa reared near Sumter.
Mrs. Thomas, wife of Mr. R. R.
Thomss is and has been critically ill
for several days.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Johnson arr
off on a visit to Mr. Jim Mclntosh ir
Southwest Manchester, the former tc
try his luck with the tinny tribe. th?
latter on a visit to Mrs. Mclntosh.
Mrs. Jessie McLeod, wife of Mr
Joe C. McLeod and Mttle son, Don
of this corner, left last Friday to jo it
Mr. McLeod st some point in Texas.
I am glad to state that none of th
boys from around hers will have t<
leave on \hm first conscription. Measr
B. T. Kol b and B. W. Brewer wen
drawn, bat both were exempted or
account of disability.
I was present at the meeting o
the committee of Public Safety Sat?
urday the 18th, when the boll wee
vtl commission made their report. 1
waa interesting to hear them tell o
the destruction that Is and has beet
done by that great peat of the cot?
ton belt. I should havo loved to hav<
been with the commission on the!
hike from Montgomery to Sei ma
Alabama, as I ankled over those, flft
miles In May, 1888, aa I was return
ing home from prison on Ship Is?
land. I walked 80 miles from Belms
to get to Montgomery and 80 to get
from Montgomery to West Point, Gs
1 rods from West Point to Augusta
arriving In Augusta about 4 p. m
Friday. May 19th, from wnlch place
stalked home (In Manchester town
ship) by Tuesday evening at dusk
May the 88rd, 1886. But we boy
considered ourselves pretty goo<
tram pert In those days. But I an
too old and feeble to partake of th
present war. Though somstimes nov
as my troubles come upon me I thinl
of the old song <ln the mldnlgh'
watcheV
"My pleasant horns has no charms fo.
for ms now,
And the battlefield no pain.
So I will hang my harp on a wlllov
tree.
And I will off to the wars again."
But alas. I am old and It seems t<
soms I am only In their way, whicl
makes It aad. aad for old
"Hard TimcB."
Hagood News Noten.
Thrae of our aoldler boys. Ed. Mc
Eachern, Fred Dunlap and Willi?
Brown were In out* community las
Sunday. Ed. McEachern wax vlsttlni
hla father.
Maatera Charles and Julian Jackso:
are vlalting relatives In Florence.
Mlaa Frances Moody is spending
sometime with her little friend, Elols
Brown of Columbia.
Mrs. T. R. Moody Is away at Wash
Ington with her daughter, Mrs. Ale.
McCabe.
A protracted meeting is in progre*>
at McLeod's chapel at Rembert, con?
ducted by Rar? Elsie Myers.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Freeman wer?
In your city today. Mrs. Freemai
carrying the Red Cross work of th
ladles of this community.
Mra. W. J. Spencer haa again beer
proatrc.ted but at last reports was do
In? fairly well. Her daughter, Mrs
Palmer McClellan of McClellanvill?.
Is vlalting her.
Several cases of typhoid fever re
ported In the community.
Everything Is suffering for rah
Fall garden* are unplanted as y?
and fall Irish potatoes are not prom
Ising.
The woman's missionary society
}*>ethf>Hatd church meets w'th Mrs. D
<>. Mrl/eod, of Itember.. Saturday
afternoon. September 1st.
IjuI or Is becoming scarce account
of cantonment at Columbia.
Pea vine hay, for lack of rain. |a
veiy ordinary. * 'Hagood."
BEPORT ON INSURANCE.
MEASPKF. TO HAKE AMOUNT OF
INDEMNITY OPTIONAL,
Government Proposes to Provide Al?
lowances for Dependents of Sol?
diers und Sti Horn.
Washington, Aug. 29.?The admin?
istration soldiers* and sailors* insur?
ance, bill designed as a substitute in
the future for the present pension
system, was favorably reported today
by a house committee.
Representutiv Parker of New Jer?
sey cast the only vote against report?
ing the measure. He was opposed to
the optional insurance feature, ex?
pressing the view it would cost a tre?
mendous sum of money and could not
be administered fairly.
The principal change made in the
bill by the committe was the reduc?
tion of the maximum amount of op?
tional insurance a man may take
from $10,000 to $5,000. Another
amendment adopted provides that the
allowance of a widow shall automati?
cally cease upon remarriage. Orig?
inally the allowance would have con?
tinued for two years after the death
of the husband.
Chairman Adnmson said tonight
the bill would be reported tomorrow
and possibly passed by the hous*
this week. He is tonfldent of pas?
sage, but anticipates strenuous oppo?
sition to it from the Insurance com?
mittee and the pension committee of
both houses.
The bill would provide allowances
for dependents of men in service,
compensation for death and disabil?
ity; optional Insurance for officers
and enlisted men and educational and
vocational trainng for honorably dis?
charged men. Administration costs
for the first and second years of the
war are estimated at $176,000,000
and $380,000,000 respectively.
The optional insurance section of
the bill around which the bitterest
fight will Avage contemplates the in?
surance of officers and men, without
distinction of policies ranging from
$1,000 to $5,000 for the duration o'
the war only at an estimated cost of
$8 per $1,000 to the policy holder. In
surance companies recently have de?
clined to assume such war risks for
less than $58 per $1,000.
Proposed allotments for dependents
of men in service would range from
$5 a month upward to $50 accord
ing to the number of dependents and
their relationship to the man in ser?
vice.. A dependent wife with no chil?
dren would receive $15 a month; with
one child, $25; two children, $32.50
and for each additional child $5. Up.
on death resulting from injuries a
widow would receive from $30 to
$200 a month. Similar provision ir
made for widowed mothers. Allow?
ance for dlsabdities Incurred In the
service would range from $40 to $20?
a month.
Death.
_
Mrs. W. P?. Norton died at her horn
near Tindal, Privateer township, or
Wednesday night after several weeks
illness, aged 87 years. She was th*?
widow of Mr. W. B. Norton, who died
January 9th last, and is survived by
two sons and one daughter. The fu?
neral services were held at 4 o'clock
Thursday afternoon and the body wa i
laid to rest in the Hodge family burial
ground.
Mood Williams, a member of ttv
engineers corps stationed at Green
ville, spent last Friday and Satin
day with his parents, and while her
received a wire to come back to cam
Immediately. They have been order
ed to New York, and will in a few
clays embark for France.?Manning
Times.
miMiiiiiiiiiiiiiMitimrmniiiMiiiiiuumt?
Wo Grind Lenses, examine the ?
eyes scientifically and tit eye- i
glasses perfectly. t?ct us work i
for you.
We have all prescriptions !
on die. Broken lenses replac?
ed promptly. Graduate opto- ^
mctrlst ami optlcluii In charge, jj
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W. A. Thompson, |
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COTTON ?R?DER ARRIVES.
Mr. G. T. Brooks, Government Cotton
Grader lor Sumter, Will Bui at the
Chamber or Commerce Temporari?
ly.
Mr. G. T. Br?ks, government cotton
grader, who has been assigned to this
market to work in co-operation with
the recently organized Tri-County
Marketing Association, arrived in the
city today, and will temporarily have
his office at the Chamber of Com?
merce until the store-room on East
Liberty street, rented for headquar?
ters by the Marketing Association,
can be fitted up and furnished for his
accommodation, it is expected that
the hcadouarters will be ready for
use within a week or ten days, but In
the meantime all farmers who wish
to have their cotton graded according
to government standards will find Mr.
j Brooks at the Chamber of Com
[ merce. The success or failure of the
marketing association rests not with
the government agent assigned to
this market, but with the cotton
farmers of Sumter, Lee and Claren?
don counties who sell their cotton
on this market. If they join the as?
sociation and lend it their influence
and assistance the association can be
made a most valuable Instrument for
the up-building of the Sumter cot?
ton market so that the farmers can
be azssured at all times that they will
receive the highest prices for their
cotton and other products. While
the cotton grader will be concerned
only with cotton, the sphere of ac?
tivity and service of the Tri-County
Marketing Association will ultimately
be much wider, for it is the purpose
of the I organization to find markets
for all varieties of farm produce
and to open new channels of business
for the farmers whereby they may
be guaranted a certain market at all
seasons for their products. In hand?
ling cotton the marketing committee
of the association plans to sell cot?
ton for the farmers direct to mills
and exporters in large lots and thus
secure for the producers the full
market price of the cotton, securing
for the producers the profits that the
middlemen now make on handling it
in small lots. However there is no
obligation on the part of the farm?
ers to sell his cotton through the sell?
ing committee of tho association. If
he does not wish to sell In this man?
ner he may sell to the regular buy?
ers as heretofore, but he may still
obtain the> services of the grader, if
he wishes to know the grades of his
cotton before he offers it for sale.
ATTACKS ON GHANCEIXOR.
Independent German Statesmen Ask
Chancellor to Explain Position.
Copenhagen, Aug. 29.?The at?
tacks on the German chancellor
continue, the latest being Professor
Delbrueck's inquiry in the Prussian
year book, that if Dr. Michaels real?
ly accepts the Reichstag's peace res?
olution as the basis of his peace pol?
icy why doesn't he answer Premier
Asquith's question in the British
commons if Germany is ready to
evacuate and restore Belgium. Neith?
er the German nation nor the world
knows what his policy Is, he declares.
Working for Fair.
The Sumter Business Men's Prem?
ium Department for the 1917 Game?
cock County fair is growing. Today
the Chamber of Commerce was au
thorized by Mr. 8. L. Kr&snofT, pr<
dent of The Battery to offer a pi
of $25 to be competed for by coloi
farmers of Sumter county.
The Battery's offer is for the bt
individual farm booth. The be:
man's or woman's outfit in thejl
store?suit, shoes and hat?value
$25.
Applications for exhibition spaco
at the fair are coming in already
from Sumter business establishments,
showing that the Sumter business
concerns consider a county fair a
good place to advertise their wares.
Requests for information about the
household, domestic science, poultry,
and livestock departments of the fa*-*
arc also coming in from city and
country.
Mis. W. Hammond Bowman is in
the city visiting her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. Geo. W. Dick.
FARMS FOR SALE
In Sumter and Clarendon Counties.
?8 Acren on public road, three miles from Sumter; 49 acres in
high state of cultivation; well drained; one four room houre.
barn and stables. Splendidly located with good neighbors.
Can get artesian water.
7 a Acres on public road three miles from Sumter; 4 2 acres in
cultivation, and 10 acres more cleared to be cultivated next
year. One four room house, barn and stables.
HO Acres on public road, three miles from Sumter; about 50 acres
in cultivation. Good 4 room dwelling, one tenant house, barn,
stables, etc.
-21 Acres on public road, three miles from Sumter, six-horse
farm in cultivation this year, which can be increasod to eight
horse farm next year. Four room dwelling, three temtnt
houses, barns and stables. Good flowing well. Situated near
good school, gin, railroad siding. an?l in a good neighbor?
hood.
413 Acres on public road, two and one-half miles from Sumter,
ten horse farm open and In high state of cultivation. New
dwelling, five rooms, ten tenant houses, barns, stables, sheds
and other outbuildings; dairy barn and equipment, with
dairy herd, if desired. Plenty of wood and straw. Thor?
oughly drained. About one hundred acres under fence and
subdivided. Property situated like this is not often offered
for sale, and if you are interested in a splendid frrm prac?
tically in the city, you had better sec about it at once.
217 acres near Pinewood, two horse farm open, one house. Good
land, but needs developingv Timber enough to pay for
building up place. Saw mill near by. Will subdivide. I? da
sired, and sell cheap.
12-0 Acres near Pinewood, undeveloped. Will sell cheap.
Easy Terms To Suat Purchasers.
C. P. OSTEEN, Sumter, S. C.
JUST ARRIVED
Our Second Car Of
MULES and HORSES
We have in this lot some excellent farm mules,
one pair of heavy draft mules, also some good driv?
ing horses.
Buggies and Wagons S???
gies. Also the White Hickory and Russell Wagons. They are hard to
get on account of the demand for this class of vehicle. We were for?
tunate in getting a good stock bought up before the prices advanced.
It will pay you to see our line before buying elsewhere.
'C* Jc We hive in stock a full line of cow, horse, and chicken feed.
V tJUJo jus^ jct us know your wants ; we will supply them.
o ? ? J /"^rjf-c Before purchasing your seed for another season, we
w3v?v?U V>rillo would like to quote you prices. We are carrying
Fulghrum. Appier. Red Rust Proof, selected. If you want to buy now. we
will contract for any of the above. Also can supply you with Abruzzi
seed rye and common rye, seed wheat, practically everything, in the seed
line.
j!j<7 We are now contracting for Spring deliveries, cot
? Cl till Awl o ton &ee(j meal, acid phosphate and nitrate of soda.
4?ritten ^iPPfl When you have any seed t0 offer' please write
V^OtlvJll OCCtl or call on us for car load prices. We will en?
deavor at all times to pay the highest market prices.
W. B. Boyle Co.
S\imter, S. C.