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Hot Fight in Texas County Officers and C?izens Be seige House in Which Ne gro Fugitive Hides Piano, Texas, May 6 ?Thirteen r>er sons were in hospitals tonight suffer ing from wounds received in a gun H^ftght here today between county of - .flc^rsjand citizens, and Tom Embrcy. negro, who was killed after he had barricaded himself in a house and for four hours resisted with a shot gun all attempts to rush him. When the poi^e. after unsuccessful attempts co-rush the house and to set it on fire with blazing oil soaked fag gots was about to apply dynamite. Emhrey: opened the front door and walked out shooting right and left. \He was met by a volley which al most cut his body in two. The- trouble started when Embrey entered the home of his wife, from whom he was separated and shot and seriously wounded her and two other negroes. James Vance, city marshal, hurried to the scene and was shot through the stomach. He is in a; critiiar condition. WTien Sheriff Ed I Blankman and his deputies arrived, j Eiribrey had barricaded himself in ihe j houseand was shooting at every per son within shot gun range. Most of ] those, wounded were shot in attempts: to rush the house. Army Camps Sold War Department Approves Sale j Of Twelve I ? Washington, -May 6.-^-Approval of ; the sale of 12 army camps, compos ?dj of eight National *Guard sites and four j smalt, miscellaneous camps, for a to- i lal -of more than ?549,090 was an- j nouneed foday by Acting Secreta ry I Crowell. War department officials evidence1 satisfaction with the results obtained,! the materials covered by the sale con- ? sisting mostly of hastily constructed j btrldihgs and some stored equipment, i I-n the case, of buildings, the govern- i ment had reserved, for its own use) the base hospitals and storage ware- j houses. . -SPorty-four bids were received from 35 individuals and corporations the; largest single proposal being from ; one large wrecking company which j offered, to take all the camps for a price approximating $540.000.- This; proposal was rejected largely because of the desire of the department to; turn over to cities adjacent to certain j camps the sanitary and other utili- j ties which could be used advantage-; ously .for the-benefk of their popula tions. Thus August^, Ga., will retain! title to all underground improve- j ments at Camp Hancock, all the im- I procuements at Garnp. Sheridan go to; t-he^ city of Montgomery and the sew-! age- andi. watej systems at Camp; Wadsworih will be turned over toj Spartanburg. No satisfactory bid having been ro-i ceiyed, for Camp Sevier, S. C. it wasj announced that this camp would bej oxtered at another sale minus liabil-j ity to damage suits by property own- J ers. The city of Montgomery, Ala., se- j cured Camp Sheridan. Louisiana, and; the State of North Carolina will take! over Camp Pike. N. C. The other! camps went to individuals and firms j except Camp Kendrick. X. J.. which j was withdrawn from the auction and is to be retained for the navy, and Camp Sevier, S. C. for which no rea sonable bid was received. The successful bidders in the other cases were: Camp Bowie. Texas, sold to Henry! Marks and Son. Indianapolis, Ind. Camp Colt, Pa., to Lewis Brothers, j [ Rock Isfand, 111. Camp Hancock. Ga.. to J. P. Mul- j berin. Augusta, Ga. j Camp Logan. Texas, to G. T. Brown. Houston/ Texas. North Camp Jackson. S. C. to Lew-; is Brothers, Rock Island. Ills. Camp Wadsworth. S. C, to Frank j Hodges. Spartan burg, S. C. Camp Wheeler. Ga.. to E. Ness. Sa-! vannah, Ga,. .Camp Shelby. Miss., to Steinberg Company, no address given. Camp Beauregard. La., to J. W. Alexander. Alexander. La. In the case of Camp Beauregard j the successful bidder must guarantee,' to the State of Louisiana without cost! the buildings and the improvements j sufficient for one regimental camping | area for the use of State, troops. At | Camp Hancock the underground im- j provements must be left intact for the benefit of the community. At Camp Polk. North Carolina, the buildings were sold to the State for use in connection with the State pen itentiary. The city of Spartanburg will be given grat's the sewage and water systems at Camp Wadsworth. "The proposals received were as a rule very satisfactory." Assistant Secretary frowell said today in an nouncing the sales. 'The National Guard camps were hastily built und contained only tent floors, mess shacks and a. few administration buildings beside the hospital and stor age warehouses, which in most cases were-reserved by the government. Th<* improvements at thesp camps h id served Their purpose in housing Um* troops during the period of training: on the basis of having been filled twice these camps served S00.0f.fi troops at a e??st for construction of Sfa? per capita. The problem, there fore, "was not. how much depreciation had taken place in tin- original rf?sl but how much \*. id !><? given for ma teriais That are nyw useless the govern ment." Forty-four bids wer? received from 35 different bidders. One large wreckage company, not willing i?. as Same damage claims, offered t?? bike all the camps for a price only a few thousand dollars below the total re ceived from the sueco.ssmul bidders. The total received by the government for the 12 cmaps was $5425,194.83. The advance sale of season tickets for the Chautauo.ua is greater this year than ever before at the same date before the opening of the sea j 1 More Rank Capital South Needs Stronger Banking Institutions Columbia, May 7.?The proposition of increasing the banking- capital of the South will be discussed at the an nual bankers" convention of each Southern State, says a statement is sued yesterday afternoon by the South Carolina Cotton Association. Letters received by the association from th< heads of a great number of the banks of ' outh Carolina indicate that the matter will be brought before the di rectors of the various institutions in this State almost immediately. At a conference between the South Carolina congressional delegation and a committee of IP' from the South Carolina. Cotton Association held in this city last month a resolution was adopted urging every hank in the South to increase its capital stock ?Q per cent. Copies of this resolution have been transmitted by the /South Carolina Cotton Association to the presidents of the bankers* conventions of all of the Southern States. The presidents of each convention has written assuring the association that the matter will be taken up at the annual meeting of his convention. The South Carolina association also sent a copy of the resolution to the president of every bank in South Car olina and asked a reply as to whether he would take it up with his board of directors. Replies have been receiv ed from a number of the bank pres idents in the State and in practically every instance the answer has been an assurance that the matter would be taken up. Most of the presidents haw written stating that they Were strong ly in favor of the proposition. In a statement urging the banks to take action on this matter, the asso ciation says: "Reports received by our central committee indicate that the propo sition is meeting with much favor. It seems to be generally agreed that the South has always suffered from a lack of banking capital. The time to r< m edy this trouble seems at hand. ?'Our suggestion has been indorsed b> some of the leading bankers and! business men of tie South. Thej president of oraetieall} every South?] ern State's bankers' convention irvsj written assuring us that rhe marteri will be brought up at the anuuai.j meeting of his convention tins sum-j mer. The presidents of a very large ; number of South Carolina ban'ts have written us assuring us thai ihc-y i will bring the attention of their direct tors to the proposition and urge ac-j tion along the line suggested. j "\Y> believe that the banks will! have no trouble selling the addition::!! stock if Liberty bonds are accepted ; in payment thereof. There is no rea-J son why these bonds should not be ae repted in payment thereof. j "If the South is ever to catch the I pace and keep step with the balmee of tin- nation it will be necessary for its farmers to regulate the cot*:on situation and for its banks to have more capital. The farmers can not regulate the cotton situation as it should be regulated until the banking capital of the South has been m? creased.'" Check Artists Busy. A number \>f check crimes, some check-raising and others forging of signatures . of prominent business men. have occurred in Sumter recent ly, and from revelations before the grand jury such offenses seem to be on the increase. The magistrate's constables are looking for a tansient negro giving his name as Frank Purdee. who a short time ago secured a check from Mr. .1. P. Commander for seven dollars, which he cashed at the Wreck Store for seventeen dollars. It was an un protected check written in ink. The syllable "teen" had been nearly squeezed in. there being room for the operation the way the check was drawn evidently in haste. It was sev eral days before the check got back to Mr. Commander. Several cases of forgeries, appar ently all of them by one young white man. whose identity has not yet been clearly established, occurred in the city about same. time. Mr Command er was one of these victims, and a store next door was "stung" the same day. A short time ago a well appearing stranger cashed a cashier's check drawn on a Charlotte bank for eighty dollars, which had been raised from eight dollars. The man who got the money has never been caught. Recently in Tvlarion a subscript ion agent for a farm paper cashed a check at a Marion bank on which rhe check was drawn. The farmer who made the check says he drew it for $1.98. The pay line ending in the printed words "dollars" was written "One nighty-oij;ht and no-10(?." Xo change had been made in this. The bank had charged his account with $198.00. When the voucher cane- to him the period between the figure "1" and the figure had disappear ed and two naughts had been added after the "eight." A case of careless ness evidently both on the part of the 'drawer and the bank. The drawee, whose identity is undisputed, protests thai the bank paid him only one dol lar and ninety-eight cents. Xo ar rests have been made. Tin- ban*: in this case ins of course made the aiiHKi.)' good li? the farm* r. A corps of engineers of the State I Highway Commission under tie- di j.ivct.ion of Mr. Carlcton. arrived lo re ['Tuesday t?? survey the public roads 'that are t-? !><? improved this year with [.-funds provided jointly by tie- Federal ' govwnmom and the county. The ifirst work is to be dune on the road j to Mayesvillo and the engineers are te?w engaged in making tin survey oi tlii-; road. Tin- ro?d to Cam den., the road to Maiming and the road to Bishopville will next !>?? surveyed in the order named, and i? is planned j to improve these roads to the county ! line, if the funds available prove to j he sufficient for the work to be done, j It is planned to put in concrete brid ges where necesary. to properly drain ; and grade the roadway and to eon ! struct sand-clay roads according to j approved methods. t - ? Equipment For Road Building Government Lends Many Trucks To State j Columbia. May 6.?On his return I j from Washington ("apt. J. Roy Pm-j i noil. State highway engineer. an nounced that the federal bureau of I public roads would turn over to the .'State highway commission 163 new' .trucks and 133 trucks which have been ; used. Besides these 2!<tj trucks, the j Slate highway commission may also, .'get a steam shovel through the fed ieral bureau of public roads, but this: jhas not been determined definitely. 'Under the act of congress provid- j ing for the transfer of trucks and i other equipment from the war de- : j partment, through the federal bureau \ } Of public roads, to the State highway; commission, the equipment can only; be ttsed on roads constructed in whole or in part by federal aid. Captain i ' Pennell said that he was very much i pleased with the amount of equip-: | j ment allotted to South Carolina and; .that the trucks would enable main-; tenance work on the State highway j system to begin much sooner thanj would have been possible without j them. : The new trucks are valued tit about i j $3.000 apiece, or a total of $4?9.000. The second hand trucks are worth! probably $1,500 apiece. orx a total of !-!$68$.000 for the 206 awarded to South; Carolina. A complete list of the equipment to be turned over to the ! State highway commission follows: j Fifteen two ton trucks (new). Seventy-four two ton quadruple! j drive trucks (new). Sixty-one three ton trucks (new).! ! Thirteen five ton trucks (new). j Total new trucks 163. ! Also the following trucks which j have been used: Seventy-four two ton trucks. Fifty-nine three ton trucks. j WeH-Known Cartoonist, Musician, Entertainer Here Chautatiqua Week j il ! t 4 Alton Packard is known everywhere \ as a humorist a mo<r gifted cartoon- ! 1st, a singer of jolly songs aud with- j ?I a moralist. With this combination j he is an ideal entertainer. He will : appear in a Joy Night snpretae on the j ! concluding program of the Chantau- | ! qua. j As a cartoonist Mr. Packard sketche* j I upon sheets of paper and canvases j j eight feet square, said to he the largest I sketches ever attempted on the plat- | ! form, so they can he easily seen in ; detail from any part of the big Ohau I lauqua tent. Compromises Necessary. _ Roth Italy and France had territor j * j j ies to redeem, but the term '"Italia | I Irredenta."' should not be stretched to | : cover bits of sea-front not really need-1 led by Italy and well-nigh indispen-j !sable to the great peoples beyond thai j Adriatic who will be pressing, for out-j : lets as their trade and commerce 'develop in the early future. Italy has, J more to gain from a icenerous no ft ?.:>*, ? that will give her contented and agree-! jable neighbors, than from the acqui Isition of sea-frontage not essential to ?her but almost vital to the inland populations lying eastward. England! and France have been somewhat e.->-i jbarrnssed by Italian claims bec-iuse J Of the secret treaties signed when {they were persuading Italy to come to! I their assistance. The Cnii^d States; 'has the utmost goodwill towards Itaiy, and is well aware that in any ease i Jugo-Slavia will have obtained more : than the Serbian-speaking people1 | could only recently have hoped for.) ['-Nevertheless, it is the duty of the! United States at the Peace Conference] ! to hold the position of a disinterested} : umpire, promoting wise compromises and aiming at solutions which can bei accepted .is permanent and success-] ful iy maintained.? ? American lievtew j of Reviews. Guns On Display Veterans of Champagne Front in Columbia t Columbia. .May S. The big eoas> jartillery uuns and nuu tars and se;n"eh lights wiil give nubile exhibitions at [Columbia Friday and Saturday nights, beginning at fi o'clock: There will bei ! drills by the m n of the 42nd eoasi j artillery, veterans of the Champagne [front who were decorated by the j 1 French government. I j Airman Loses Life I Chief Naval Quartermaster Richie Drowned Near Au gusta While Preparing For Flight 'Augusta. Ga.. May 6.?Chief Xav.il Quartermaster D. J. Richie of Kansas City lost his life when a hydroplane from the Charleston navy yard struck a tree, four miles from Augusta, up the Savannah River, this afternoon. Pilot Ensign T. J. Wheelan and Chief Machinist Harry Rogers were pain fully, hut not seriously, bruised and burned. The hydroplane had gone ui> the stream preparatory to a Jlight over the city in a Victory Roan celebra tion. The machine made a left turn mid wont into :i si<Te slim thence into a nose divei and crashed into a pine tree, turning over and plunging inj nose foremost in the water/ Richie was in th>- front and was imprisoned under water. His companions at tempting his rescue were over come by escaping gas. When the body was recovered an hour later, it was shown that the chest was badly .?rushed, but physicians said death re sultde from drowning. The hydro plant is a wreck. Wheelan'S home is Lynn. Mass.. and Rogers'. Brooklyn. X. Y. Abolishing the Slums London Has Great Housing Schemes London, April 1.?Housing schemes to replace the slums of London are abundant in these days of reconstruc tion, but none is attracting more at tention than that in the congested dis trict of South wark where the Duchess of MarJborough recently purchased a tract of land. The plan is to erect modern tene ments, with bathrooms and hot water on every floor and a playground or the roof. A preariibulator shed in the basement is designed to eliminate the necessity of dragging heavy baby car riages upstairs. A central laundry wirb mechanical driers is to be located in the lower part of the building. There are now no such tenements with these conveniences in London, and some doubt is expressed as to the future popularity because of the lik ing of London women for "detached" or "semi-detached" houses. even though they are not modern. Kerensky in Paris Man of Destiny Who Made a Hash of Russia Turns Up Paris. May 8,?Alexander Kerensky. former Russian premier is in Paris, it became known today. He has not however made his appearance in the! peace conference circles. i Admit Newspaper Men One Reason Advanced for Wil son's Visit to Versailles Paris. May i rjy the Associated Press)?The visit of President Wilson to Versailles this afternoon was in spired, it is understood, by his desire to admit the newspaper correspond ents to the ceremony. This desire had met with opposition, one of the grounds being tack of room. The council of three therefore decided to look over the situation. Premier Clemenceau will preside over the ceremonies Wednesday, and it is announced that the members of the press will he admitted. There will be lifty-eight delegates from 1 in allied countries and six Germans pres ent. Fight Itlight. CJemsGii College, May 7.?Spraying with Bordeaux Mixture will )?<- very helpful in repelling blight in tomatoes and Irish potatoes; says Ceo. P. Hoffmann. Extension horticulturist, who is just now seeking to make ' Victory Gardens" of 1919 surpass "War Gardens" of J'GS. This mixture is made by dissolv ing separately 4 ounces of blue stone (placing tlfe blue stone in a sack and suspending in a small ; quamhy of water) and diluting to make 1 1-2 gallons; and -I ounces of quick lime (slacking or dissolving by use of a small quantity of hot water) and diluting:* to make 1 1-2 gallons: and pouring the two solu tions in equal parts directly togeth er. Thorough mixing of the two so lutions is very essential, and may be easily done by pouring, at the same time, equal quantities of each solution through a funnel or a sack; otherwise, an excess of the dissolved bluestone might result in a burning of the foilage of the plants sprayed. With the solutions mixed as here recommended. the mixture should be sprayed on the plants at , once; .otherwise, the effect might be harm ful. With the addition of one ounce ! (one tablespoonful) of powdered jarsenate of lead, poisoned Bordeaus [or Bordeaux-arsenal^ will be form ed; which is highly recommended : for the control of tomato worms and : potato bugs. Cabbage worms are controlled with the arsenate of lead spray or dust, as recommended for the control of the Irish potato bug. Message by Cable President Wilson Will Send Mes sage to Special Session of Congress ' Washington. May s.?As President Wilson will not attend the opening of the special session of congress May 1 itth. he will cable his message from Pari? and it will he read immediately after congress convenes, the White House announced today._\ Troops Sail For Europe The First of Volunteer Army Sails on Steamer Agamemnon Xow York, May 6.?One thousand officers and men who will take the place of as many troops with the American Army of Occupation ia Germany, sailed today for Brest on the steamship Agamemnon. The vol unteers the first of 50.000 volunteers to go abroad so that men who have been in action may have the privil ege of an early return, home, are mostly under the age of 30 years and hove heen recruited within the past six weeks in the middle and far West. Most of the officers were in the serv ice in camps in America when the armistice was signed and are. on their first voyage to France. Our Debt Compared to Europe's. With a net public debt of twenty billion dollars there is an average in debtedness of about $200 for each man, woman, and child in the coun try; inn in the case of France the av ierage dent per capita is $1,000. It is true. mo. thai we nave not suffered by I the loss of foreign lendings as France has. nor by the devastation of our best industrial districts. Alsp, during ?the war we have changed from a deb tor nation to a creditor nation, while Rna]:xm\ has changed in the .reverse direction. Our financial burdens are, indeed, the smallest among the Allies, with the exception of Japan's. In pro portion to her wealth. Japan's debt is 'about 4 per cent; ours about 8 per cent. Debts of other Allied countries run to nearly half their national wealth. The cost of our Civil War looks small as compared with the cost ior our participation in the World War: but in the former we spent about four billions, considerably less than .one-seventh of our expense in this : war, although it lasted only one-rhn*"d as long. But we are very much in ore than seven times as strong in resources, as we were in It-i* the duty of the country to take, ihe Victory bonds, but it is to the self-in terest of the country, also.?Ameri can Review of Reviews for May. The Cow Testing Association organ, ized by the dairymen of this section of the State will prove a potent factor in raising the standard of dairy cows and increasing the profit of the dairy business. By means of the system au-', tic testing of the cows those that do , not pa\f their board and a profit be sides will be spotted and eliminated, the first month's record shows, that Dr. China's Holstein cow. Queen, pro duced more milk and butter fat than any other cov n the test. Copenhagen, May S.?The Hungar ian communist government refused the armistice terms offered by Ru mania and decided to fight to the ut most, a Budapest dispatch says. 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