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DROUTH Mim COTTON. TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA CROPS SUFFER EXTREME LOSSES FARMERS ARE MOVING OFT. i -r? Cattle Turned into Fields in Parts of IVest?Rains May Help the Gener al Outlook, But Effect is Yet to Be Estimated?Labor t Situation Be coming More Acute. Memphis Commercial Appeal, Aug. 26th. : The condition of the cotton crop up to August 24 was -59.9 of a normal compared with 73.6 by the govern ment on July 25, according to reports sent in by The Commercial Appeal correspondents. This indicates a pro duction of 11,963,000' bales, allowing one per cent for abandoned acreage. The estimate does not take into ac t the possible effects of rains hich fell over Texas and Oklahoma ?Friday night and thereafter^. Opin ion of those on the ground seems to be greatly divided as to the possible benefits of these rains, and accounts indicate that observation extending ever several days will be required to - settle the matter. The only effect which is regarded as approaching certainty is that de-1 terioi-ation has been arrested, and i that damage done to open cotton will | be at least offset by new growth. The report indicates the widest de-j terioration that hasoccurred from j July 25 to Aug. 25 lhthe general con dition of the crop, covering'a period; of 10 years. - It also shows the lowest end-Aug ust condition, and this record-break ing low average is accounted for byj the extremly low condition prevail-1 ing west of the Mississippi, especially in Texas and Oklahoma. routh has been responsible, for al all the damage. In portions of Oklahoma cattle have been turned into the fields, and farmers are mov ing out of West Texas in search of .work, and in destitute circumstances. Rust and red spider have been do ing damage in the Atlantic states and .in Alabama and Tennessee. The bol! weevil has not figured as a factor. Cotton is opening* to the limits of the belt but picking is being held back ^because of the verjp * hot weather. Thousands of bales have been ginned in Texas. . The crop is from-a week to nearly a month early, excepting in the Caro linas, where it is about a week'late. Labor shortage has been a cause for worry all the season, but cultiva tion was never delayed on that ac count. The situation while serious " is not looked upon .ibessimistically as the demand for picikers increases. The condition by States follows: This Last Last ? State? Year. Year. Month. Mississippi .... tZ 75 81 . Arkansas.. . . '. 61 79 77 Alabama ...... 72 65 7S Ik>msiana. . . . .6/1 To' 65 Tennessee .... 71 SO 86 Georgia '. 71 68 77 North Carolina . $? - 69 87 South "Carolina. . 77 7? '80 Texas. 45 55 6i Oklahoma .. -. 40 84 75 Others. 85 General average 59.9 , 67.8 73.6 . The following statistics 'show the 10-year "average erfd-August condi tion by States, the 10-year average de terioration and the greatest deteriora tion occurring within the 10-year period, as follows: .5 ? 2 g 23 esA-S s r ? g u ? S c ? ** ~ S ~ >? r ? >>? a - * i ?-U i TT y U >. O O ~ ? Mississippi .... 69 F.7 16 Arkansas _ .. 75 5.3 16. Alabama . I .. 69 4.7 14 Louisiana. ... 65 10.0 20 Tennessee. SO 0.5 10 Georgia . 73 3.9 14 North Carolina . 75. 1.5 11 South Carolina . 78 3.1 12 Texas. ?8 10.0 18 Oklahoma .... 69 ;*.3 30 eneral average 70.4 On the theory that a person can work- better if alternately seated and standing at his tasks, an inventor has designed a typewriter table that can be used equally well in either po sition. We Grind Lenses, examine the eyes scientifically, and .fit eye- 41 glasses perfectly..- Let us work *i for you. J We have all prescriptions X! 4* on file. Broken lenses replac- 4* A I ed promptly. Graduate Opto- ??? ig? metrist and Optician in charge. 4? W. A. Thompson, I : T JEWELE & OPTOMETRIST. * 4?. CANDIDATES' Ert?PRNSE AC COUNTS. More Than Twenty-three Thousand Spent. Columbia, Aug. 27.?Candidates who have been campaigning through the State during the past several weeks, spent more than $23,000 Cor the privilege of making known their views to the people. The largest amount expended by any one candi date was $3,121.09. X. B. Xial spent that amount. The smallest expendi ture was that of J. Wilkard Ragsdaie, who. according to the expense ac count filed, spent "nothing." Mr. Ragsdaie probably did not consider his entrance fee as an expense. An unusual condition prevails as regards expense accounts in the Third district congressional race. Expense accounts are to be filed in the office of the secretary of State between the conclusion of the campaign and the day of the first primary." When the office of the secretary .of State closed yesterday afternoon shortly aften 7 o'clock, neither Wyatt Aiken of Ab beville nor Fred Dominic': of Xew b< ry had filed their expense accounts. These accounts may have been mailed and delayed in transit, but they had not been filed when the office closed. The expense accounts of two or three other candidates had also failed to reach the office of secretary of State at the time of closing, but it was only in the Third district that every can didate failed to have his account in at the closing hour. *?>' The expense accounts as filed up to the closing hour yesterday were as follows: X. B. Dial . $3,121.90 Cole L. Blease. .. i. .. 685.91 James F. Rice .:. 905.00 Christie Benet i. SOG.22 Wl P. bollock., .. .. 30S.70 Thomas H. Peeples .1 310.09 Andrew J. Bethea. %$1&$2 Robert A. Cooper. 45312 4 John Madison DesChamps .. '-'501.77 John, T. Duncan. 172i7 l John L. McLaurin.-? 632;95 ?John G. Richards. 253.55 Octavus Cohen. 201.19 Junius T. Liles. 264.15 George W. Wightman .. ..' 2.-. 1.00 Claude X. Sapp. 445.00 IL P. Searson. 4 27.92 S. M.. Wolfe. 747.75 W. W. Moore. 54.02 Carlton W. Sawyer. 50.00 William Banks Dove. 50.00 H. H. Arnold. 250.00 T. J. McLaughlin. 402.00 J. T. Vow-ell. 293.3S A. A. Richardson. 370.97 D. L. Smith.. .. - 523.96 Victor E. Rector. 379.30 John E. Swearingen.. .. .. 613.05 W. D. Garrison. 331.75 B. Harris. 455.00 K.T.Morrison. Richard S. Whaley. 150.00 James F. Byrnes. 535.00 T. G. Croft. 755.14 X. G.'Evans. 365.25 George Bell Timmerman. .. 794.00 G.'L.Toole ...... . . 1.0S7.00 J. Williard Ragsdaie .._nothing David B. Traxler. 1,489,31 W. F. Stevenson ...... .. gP545 A.' Fl Lever '.-...'.. .... .'. 3*83.59 Thomas G. McLeod .. .... 791.82 Tbomas F. Brantley. 618.00 Frank A. McLeod .. 147.SO L. E. Wood. 149.75 L. M. Gasque. 50.00 DRAFTSMEN I CALLED FOR SER VICE. Recent Calls Upon the Local Board for Selected Men. Call Xo. 1191, One White Man to report at the office of the local board at S.30 a. m. on Sunday. Sept. 1st, for entrainment for Columbia for special training at the University oi South Carolina: Robert " Livingstone Grier, - Jr.. Mayesville, S. C. Call Xo. 1190, Five Colored Men to report at the office of the local board at 6 p. ml, on Saturday, August 31st, for entrainment from Orangebuig for entrainment for Orangeburg for special training at S- C. A and M. College: Augusus Wright, Sumter. John Henry Evans, Sumter. Marion Withers, Sumter. R. 1. Pinckney Thompson, Sumter. Clarence McDaniel, Sumter. Call 1210. Twelve Colored Men to report at the office of the local board at S.30 a. m. on Sunday. Sept. 1st. for entrainment Zor Camp Jackson. S C. for general military service: Charles Carolina. Mayesville. James H. Davis, Sumter. R. 1. Alex Wilson. Mayesville. Frank James. Mayesville. Freddie Kennedy, Sumter. Eddie McKnight, I. achburg. Frank Kibler. Sumter, R. 1. Jerry Ford. Sumter. Willie Williams. Wedgefield. Richard Xelson. Sumter. Wilson Alex Bbykin, Etorden. Solomon Spencer. Sumter. Agreement With Finland. Amsterdam. July 30 (Correspond-i ence of The Associated Press)?Ger-! .many has concluded a commercial! agreement with Finland for six months, tacitly renewable unless one: party gives notice of termination. I Germany has already sent a small! quantity of potatoes and salt of j which there are none in Finland. Fin-1 land will supply Germany with lum-j ber, cellulose, woodpuip. matches and! part with small old, storks of oil fat I and rubber. Germany further ex i pects to export iron, coal, benzine, chemicals, medicines and dyes. Finland, under the agreement, may sell to nil neutrals and se.ip goods] through. German territory under a system which guarantees thai the goods are only for- the use of neutrals.! __._ j The Australian ballot system which] was used Tuesday for th< irrst time i'1: Sumter made voting ;i somewhal slow er process than heretofore, but i! ap peared to work well and when tie people become familiar with tie- sys tem it will be generally popular for the advantages over the old method! are so great and striking as to be ap parent to all. T;ie independence of the voter and the secrecy of the ^al lot are preserved by the system a.ndi the election worker and i?nllo{ :i\e; are pul out oi business. ' MARIN E CA M?TJFLAGE. Peculiar Color Schemes, Called ??Bai lie Painting," Used on Ships to De ceive Submarines. Washington, Aug. 26.?New de velooments in the art of marine cam ouflage have effected radical changes i-i the painting of ships to protect them from the enemy. Modern naval warfare no longer reckons upon "in visibility" as a defensive factor, au thorities having arrived at the con clusion that paint itself being de pendent upon light, will not overcome shadows. "Eaffie painting" has been developed as a substitute to deceive a submarine commander as to the size and form of a ship and her course and speed. Camouflage on land still is success fully applied along the lines of pro tective coloring, by which guns and roads and men are made virtually in visible under screens which blend with the surrounding terrain. In the case of moving ships, under condi tions constantly changing and the j elusive horizon always a difficult mat ; tier to deal with/ similar principles I were found less efficient than those ! which frankly admit the existence of a boat, but by peculiar color schemes offer the torpedo such a queer, de ceptive target that a hit is only a mat j ter of luck. Lie-it. Commander Norman Wilkin son. 1 loyal Naval Volunteer Reserve, the inventor of "baffle painting," came to the conclusion after long ex periment that the moment a subma rine comes to the surface within striking distance, no method of paint ing would render a. ship sufficiently invisible to escape being seen. "There was a time," the aitist says, "when I thought it possible to in crease or decrease a . hip's visibility. But that was before the submarine was considered as a real, active fac tor in naval warfare." His decision took into considera tion the submarine hydrophone, by which the presence of 'a ship, her probable size and her course can be ascertained under water. The prob lem therefore was resolved into ren dering the ship as difficult to hit as possible and baffle painting, the only present nationally accepted method of\marine camouflage, was evolved. Baffle painting is simply a project for breaking up all accepted forms of a ship by masses Oi? strongly con trasting colors, distorting her appear ance so as to destroy her general j symmetry and bulk. The idea is to tally to mislead the submarine. Of ? course some vessels so painted have j been also sunk, but there are rec ! ords of a far greater number at ! which torpedoes' were fired unsuc j cessfully. Equally important, a ; larger proportion of baffle painted vessels which are hit by torpedoes a. e able to make port than ships painted gray, owing to explosion in less vulnerable parts., The aim of the submarine is thrown off by the cam ouflage. Frequent reports, appearing some times in the newspapers, confirm the success of the system, and prove its -value of defense? against the subma rine.. The newspapers recently con tained a story of an encounter be tween a baffle-painted freighter and a German u-boat in which the latter was rammed and sunk. The article concluded with this pertinent para graph: j "The theory bearing on the inci | dent held by shipping men is that the I system of camouflage designed espe j cially to elude submarines deceived the German commander. On his as sumption he mistook the course held by the ship, and instead of coming to the surface at right angles to the course, got squarely in the way." A clever story is told of a meeting between an excursion steamer and a j vessel outward bound from an Atlan j tic port to dare the submarine under protection of her baffle color design. The passengers crowded the excur sion steamer's side to gaze at the queer boat, which ploughed steadily forward. Apparently the camou flaged steamer was heading straight for th'? heavily loaded pleasure boat and when a woman shrieked, p.Anic was imminent. "Shut up, you fool."' yelled a man who understood the principles of baf fle painting "She's heading six points off." It was true. The camouflage had so changed the aspect of the boat that she seemed to be going in a di rection where she was not heading. That is the purpose of baffle paint ing?to keep u-boats guessing as to whether their prey is "coming or go ing." Marme camouflage is under the di rectio. of the navy department, with the work executed by the Shipping Board's Department of Camouflage, headed by Henry C. Crover of Boston. In each district of the Shipping Board is stationed a District Camou flager. with a corps of trained men. The organization now comprises more than one hundred camoullagers. in cluding a number of artists of nat ional repute. New baffle designs are continually in preparation. In the opinion of .Mr. Grover, cam ouflage is a decidedly disturbing fac tor. "We know from valued sources that the submarine does not like our baffle painting." be observed. "Mr.! Wilkinson informed me that the ene-l my had sketched a number of their! baffle painted ships in neutral ports,! but I don't think that will help themj a little bit." A school for training camoufleursi has been established by the Shipping Board, under the direction of V.'il-; Ham Andrew Makay. Tin* education-' a! work is based on the results of re search, investigation and the actual experience gained in the painting of ships by camoufleurs. Students in applying for this branch oi" service are required to have a good element try knowledge of line and color, and !igh1 and shade; therefore professional ar tists, commercial artists, and sc?ne painters are given preference. Miss Marie King lias returned hom? alter a pleasant stay of three we ks Iv. Charleston. Mrs. Banks and three children, the family of Mr. Banks, the government cotton grader, arrived in the city fr< t'ayetteville last Sunday. O PPIlESSEi>;Y ELEMENTS SPEA K. Co?grc#?*^r^^prcsscd Nations I>sue Revolutionary Proclamation. .Berne, July 25 (Correspondence of the Associated Press)?The words "Long Live Wilson," and "Long Live the Entente," were written on the walls of the meeting place of the Con gress of Oppressed Nations which re cently met at Prague. Although the police hastened to remove them, they reappeared ;as if by magic. The extent; to which the re volution ary ferment has increased in Austria Hungary is shown by the text of the resolutions:-adopted by the congress, copies of .which have been received here. It is. in the form of a procla mation ancfcis.said to be the first joint revolutionary, proclamation ever is sued in the dual monarchy. It says in part: . , "The assembled representatives unanimously declare that a better fu ture for this nation is to be founded j and durably assured on the firm basis I of world democracy, real and sov I ereign government by the people, and J a universal alliance of nations vested w-ith the authority of arbitration. "They reject most emphatically all treaties not sanctioned by the sov ereign will of nations. They are con vinced, that all peace for which they and all democracies of the world are longing, can be righteous and dur able only if the world puts an end to the existing, unbearable domination of one nation over the other, and it* the world makes it possible for na tions to organize their relations to each other on. the basis of equal rights and free conventions, in order that they may defend themselves against the evils of imperialism. "They are. resolved to sacrifice ev erything, convinced that these are the nation's critical days; that they are aiding civilization in the effort to free humanity once'and for all from the everlasting international violence and murder?as shown by the experience of this unprecedented war?and are helping toward the new era of d* pendence .on international law, the fraternity of nations, equal rights, and human liberty." The gathering was one of the most notable in the history of Prague, com prising large delegations from all the oppressed, elements within Austria Hungary. The Slovaks of Hungary sent a party of twenty-two with the great Slovak 1 poet Eviezdeslav. The Polish delegation numbered sixty three from Silesia, one from Prussian Poland, arid the rest from Galicia, in cluding ex-Minister Glombinski and five deputies. The Croats and Serbs numbered, a hundred with nine depu ties. Among the 300 Jugo-Slavs were 60 Slovenes, seven Ca,rinthians, 60 Styrians and 100 Carniolans with four ; deputies. . . ; The Italian, delegation of 17 includ ed Deputy Conci, irredentist deputy in the Austrian parliament. There were besides Rumanians from Transyl vania and the Bukovina, four Dalma tians and three Bosnians. Among the : notable figures were Tetmaier, dean ; of the sociajsts of Poland, Rybar, ex maybr ofi^^bach, and Krista chief of the Democrat'c. party. It was a strange medley of racial fractions, and only such a gathering as could be ' found among the oppressed elements ' crowded within Austria-Hungary. Practically nothing concerning the gathering was allowed to appear in the press, and the papers appeared jwMth great white columns disclosing j how the censors had suppressed all ? j references to the meeting. They an nounced, however, that 35 arrests had j been made; alsp that the crowds had 1 j succeded . i# breaking .he police cor j dons thrown around the gathering, ! and the measures finally adopted to ' disperse the meeting. A continuous j struggle was carried on between the I population and the police. Unknown j hands decorated the linden trees with emblems of Slav fraternity. Draftsmen Called. List of white m< n ordered to report j to the local board for entrainment j for Camp Jackson, S. C. on Friday, j August 30th. They are to report at the office of the local board at S.30 A Ml : Edward McCord McLeod, Sumter. John Carraway, Lynchburg, j Daniel Chandler, Olanta. R. 1. Herman Oxendine. Dalzell. Willie Mack Truluck, Shiloh. I Richard Bryan Griffin, Sumter, R. 2 { Aubrey McCall Webster, Sumter. Johnny Ardis, Mayesville, R. 3. Troy Edward Turner, Sumter, R. 3. Thomas Baker Spann, Sumter. j Frank Deheane Jordan, Lynchburg, I R. F. D. - With only a few exceptions the merchants of Sumter have signed an agreement to close their stores at 6 j o'clock }). m. every day. Saturday ex .' cep'ted during the duration of the j war. On Saturday I he closing hour ; will be y o'clock p. m. There was ?some objection to closing at y o'clock : Saturday evening, and it was agreed 1 that in the event any merchants lind ! that they suffer loss by closing at 0 j o'clock Saturday the hour will be j changed to 10 o'clock. The unani ! mpus action by the merchants is to be j co'mmended and the public should do , their part by doing their trading be fore the closing hours. There is no j reason why all persons cannot do their trading before C o'clock in thej jweek cr 9 o'clock on Saturday night.! Late shoppers will force the clerks to I work longer hours than necessary. Note From Lincoln's Lost Speech. London. Aug. 2 7.?In the course of! a hearing in the Prize Court yester day, Sir Samuel Evans drew the at tention of the Attorney Gene nil to aj legal dictum of President Lincoln. Sir Samuel, examining a law book.! came across a manuscript note and! said. "I sec 1 have here a note from! President Lincoln's lost speech. Pres-1 ident Lincoln was not only American president, he was also :; lawyer. He stated: ??It is. T believe, a principle of law that when one party to ,-i contract violates it so grossly as u> destroy the object for lyhich it is made, the oth er party may rescind it.* ' The speech was made in lS5fi and is called the lost speech." a^ Aa THE ILLITERACY COMMISSION j OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Iis Principles, Its Work, and an Aj) pea I in Its Behalf. In compliance with the request of the Federation of Women's Clubs. Governor Manning appointed an Il literacy Commission for the State of South Carolina. The Commission as constituted at present consists of the following: Patterson Wardlaw, Chairman; Mrs. J. L. Coker, Miss Mabel Montgomery, J. E. Swearin gen, George D. Brown, S. H. Ed munds. C. E. Burts. The principles and outline of werk of the Commis sion are stated below: 1. State Pride. The shame of be ing the most laggard of all the States in literacy should sting the decent self-respect of every South Carolin ian into vigorous action. 2. The Future. The terrific test to which our political fitness and in dustrial competence will be put in the fierce after-war struggle demands universal education as a condition of self-preservation. 3. A War-Measure of the First Magnitude. Since the success of the war depends mainly- on the whole hearted devotion of the people, the first duty of patriotism is to see that no citizen remain insulated from the ; currents of the nation's mind. 4. To save the world, the ef ficiency of rapacity must be over matched by the efficiency of demo cratic intelligence. 5. To deny to any of our people the chance even to read the word of God is to violate the very spirit of Christianity. 6. It is pathetic and intolerable that hundreds of worthy people can not read or write the letters be tween themselves and their boys in camp and trench. ?' \ The \Voi*k of the Commission. 1. The Commission is to work un der the leadership of the State De partment of Education and as auxil iary to it. 2. It purposes to go all in its pow er to co-operate with, encourage, and aid all persons, organizations, and other agencies that are striving for the eradication of illiteracy from the State. 3. It will endeavor: To work for such legislation as is necessary for the success of the cause; To use all legitimate means of propaganda and agitation; To become a center for the gath ering and exchange of information and for correlation of all agencies in the State working toward the same end; To assi. as far as possible, in ac tual execution; To raise the money that may be necessary for the above named ends. An Appeal in Behalf of The Work of the Commission. While the distinct purpose of the Illiteracy Commission is to remove as far as possible adult illiteracy from our borders, the Commission lends its cordial approval to the pro motion of real education in all its phases. . - In recognition of the fact that edu cation is an imperative war measure, the State Council of Defense Jjas adopted and has published in its hand-book this educational creed: 1. We believe in education; be cause it makes us despise littleness and induces us to endeavor to be big of mind, generous of soul, and sound of body. 2. We believe in public educat tion: because it best fits one to live the life of a free man in a free coun try. 3. We believe in education at pub lic expense; because it is the payment o fa just debt that a citizen owes hh State in r urn for her fostering care to see to it that the next generation shall be an enlightened and educat ed citizenship. 4. We believe in compulsory at tendance lipon public schools; be cause ignorant greed and selfish ar rogance can not be counted upon to give to every boy and girl an equal chance in life. 5. We believe in the education of the whole man that will produce a sound boy, a broad-gauged mind, and a generous soul, crowned with life's fundamental virtues and graces. By this action the State Council of Defense has officially stamped the work of the Illiteracy Commission as a War Measure, and the Commission earnestly believes that in its efforts to prosecute its principles, it is per forming in behalf of our nation and State a patriotic duty. The call for education in all its phases has never been more imperious than it is today. The Prussians through their pernic ious principles have brought educa tion into disrepute, because in the minds of an unthinking world the Prussians have made education a synonym of brutality. It remains for America to convince the world that it is the aim and object that deter mine the worth of efficiency and it is the purpose" that defines the value of education. It is because the purposes of education have been directed to wards selfish efficiency instead of benfiCient co-operation that education has fallen into disrepute. We need education today as we j have never needed it before. Wher j this war is over we shall need it even more than we do today. While we believe in the upreme right eousness and absolute necessity of America's entrance into this war. we still recognize the fact that there is always a long line of blighting in fluences that follow in the wasting wake of war. Certainly one effica cious antidote for the brutalizing ef fects of war is real education. We would, therefore, call upon every ed ucational agency to press the claims of education as it has never done be fore. Especially would we beg young men between the ages of ightecn and twenty-one to be fauhful to their trust and remain in school and at col lege until their government calls them, because when this war is over America will need as she never need ed before an educated manhood to grapple with the reconstruction prob lems thai will then confront our na tion. 11 is a patriotic obligation of every young man through patient ef fort so to lit himself for the coming tasks that when America calls him, he will be able to step forward and truly and proudly say, "I am prepar ed." 1 .hile we do believe in real educa tion in all of its phases, ii is the dis tinct purpose of our Commission to remove within the next eighteen months as far as possible all adult illiteracy from the borders of our State. We desire to do this work ef fectively and quickly. We beg of you the earnest perusal of our principles as enunciated above. We ardently wish to press these principles on to a successful end. In order that we may do so we shall need the services of an efficient field secretary whose du ties would be to organize every com munity as an effective agency in re moving: adult illiteracy. Wo believe that adult illiteracy may be qurekly removed, if through proper organiza tion we may be able to divide the State into very small units and make some society or individual respon sible for the removal of the adult il literacy from the territory included within that unit. This will require the services of a field secretary who has judgment, tact, and ability. We are, therefore, calling upon the friends of education and upon those 'who love our State and its traditions to help us materially with this work. In our purpose to remove adult il | literacy from our State, we believe j that we are not only s^.tempting a thing that will tend to the construc tive upbuilding of our State, but that we are meeting the demands of one of the greatest War Measures? an intelligent citizenship the essence of an efficient democracy. We be lieve that when you have read the principles of the Illiteracy Commis sion and have followed the line of thought suggested to your mind by this appeal you will cheerfully and gladly use the Illiteracy Commission as a means of helping your State and Nation. Respectfully and cordially submit ted, The Illiteracy Commission. LIST OF REGISTRANTS, Persons W hose Registration Cards are in the Possession oi" this Local Board. Registration numbers and order numbers will be assigned later at State headquarters. The order ia which the names are published below has no significance whatever. Jefferson Davis Britton, Sumter, (w) Leslie McNabb Brower, Sumter, (w). Alvin C. Burns, Sumter, (w). George Bowers, Brogcon, (w). Carl Benton, Sumter, (w). James Elbert Gregor:', Brogdon, (col). \ Andrew McElveen, Motts Bridge, (col.) Thomas Goodwin, Shiloh, (col.) Alvester Dehnam, Sumter, (col). Kennie Reynolds, Dalzell. (col.) Solomon Williams, Rembert, (col.); Joseph Keith, Sumter, (col.) Ludius Gregg, Sumter, (col.) John C- Dwyer, Sumter, (col). ' Matthew' Crosson; Sumter^ (col)., Lawson Cuttino, Jr., Providence, (col.) Silas Singleton, Claremont, (col.) Willie Bradley, Oswego, (col.) Wallie McElveen, Motts Bridge, (col.) Henry McDowell, Olanta, (col.) Gorom McDowell, Olanta, (col.) Will Bobbitt, Sumter, (col.) Joe Greens, Jr., Sumter, (col.) Lewis Bradley, Sumter. (col.) David Porter, Oswego, (col.) Albert Buchanan McGllvray, Sum ter, (w). Booklyn Singleton, Claremont, (col.) Archie C. Timmons, Tindal, (w). Henry Jerome Weinberg, Wedge field, (w). James Milton Osteen, Tindal, (w). James "Vanness Lesesne, Sumter, (w). Fred Williams, Providence, (col.) Bias Columbus Geddings, Tindal, (w). Kenneth R. Chandler, Wedgefield, (w). Douglas Bartlett, Shiloh, (w). Thos. Hammie Brockinton, Sum ter, (w). James Andrew Owens, Manning, (w). William Carlyle Prunor, Marion, Va., (w). Winfield W. Bradford, Sumter, (w). Stephen Luther Gentry, Sumter, (w). Haynes R. Rembert, Sumter. (w). H". Jerome Hudson, Shi'oh, (w). Charley Pou, Wedgefield, (col.) AMBASSADOR PAGE ILL. Representative to Great Britain to Resign Soon. London. Aug. 27.?Walter Hines Page, American ambassador to great! Britain is about to resign on account of ill health, it was announced today. Wood's Seeds Crimson Clover Increases crop produc tion, improves the land and makes an excellent grazing and forage crop. WOOD'S FALL CATALOG Just Issued Tells All About Crimson Clover, Alfalfa, Fulghum Oats, Abbruzzi Rye and! all other Farm and Garden Seeds FOR FALL SOWING. Catalog mailed free. Write for . it, and prices of any Seeds re quired. ___ T.W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen - Richmond, Va.