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ft f*1 41 8untor,: ,nt Orange iMgabutB. Igvwerth, ^ Visited . nhd ro?i ice on IN United It to ap ft a shore* maxie to too South ?"Ths outlook pair <? very Peterson, agricultural In rgport to John K rinttmdent of o^ state and provide* that the pays ouve-half of tee* her* ial.-ry. the ? the local com* i\ wall last Lble, acrord ,mt the gave-nure.vt, capo In th4?re * 11 m ? ' August 1 iesterday bile the rest of the Hty ft*kf to attend church ser ft od.ithe Internal revenue tohwgdlr P*araped with '.hrtters having come fhtvrday abjhi hear I lone' govern! dollars to ?b Saturday was 'he I' Pny tasjss without eser.p and as usual the led *> tnand rush through ^^P^^5 ^^^^ ^ 1?In an auto at Ifaye, a station on and 0. rsvUroad. la miles -_ J%St%hjVsjig> this afternoon, tgj^gg^gv Csggor Hinter and Welton ~ rp, tastentty killed and four ^rfl In the car aertoualy mtereel are. a P. Sutton. Mary Rita Roger? and F ZL^^" AW'** thOhi.gfe residents liTT**1* iMvw.hgen visiting 5J1"" ^*"?b?? ??? wore retern 5? l?Hr?b*?i when the c *r ??ng*d <* the highway bridge over S*^***4 ot **? CHheJiheld road Ju" 2L9f ft-lkm? '?BIS? ft feet, dennd ?hhtt ttw ear, and orugejing ita occu ??me un4er tho wreckage. ^f*m lajhrrel were brought to the f^PMtnghurg dty hospital, where it is mm\two of the young ladles will not ??etr ess ever Caosg their Injurie? Clemeoji Cottage. August i~College heys egsi n living over the .>id day* end old iirwrdts again. This mm* up ?he hag ten* coming, which closed today *n<j wtuVo eras attended by him Ifods of Olemee-n ohege Maduates *Pd former students. gi^ jr>j<!nv ttiomlng through Sunday afternoon tno campus has been ?live with the old boys and to ?ay that they have hod a good time u putting it mtUU Ijrt A flodoeable fact about th*? at tegedanr* w%t? the presence of large numbers of men who were In ooIIcko freen the first session lo IMS down to IMP, iSfgbtee.i or the 17 members e< the fwdasUnr class of laod w<ers *-bi. aeony of thorn now prominent ?f affairs and in their prof es bed April. 1S5Q. .?Be ingt , t?L 81 Wit INCREASE by 4lep*MenUtivea Of The Commission INTERSTATE INCREASES GRANTED! (Speculators Are Pleased With ; JncreMe and Hope For Large Volume of Trading Washington, August, 2.&Reasons requiring the Increase in intra-state rate*, are very simiar to the need for en Increase in Inter-state rates, de? clared the report sent to the various State commissions by Ige representa? tives, those commissions who sat in [the Inter-state commerce commission hearing of the button and a hair dol? lar railroad rate cane. The. report said it eras believed the conclusion.* were just and fair, all things con? sidered, and that any inta-state in? creases granted should he made ?m September ist, when the Interstate r%*ea win probably beeotne effective. Royal C. Dunn, Florida railroad com I missioner, end the Pennsylvania and Iowa commissioners signed , the re? port. ? i ? i ?. .. f New York, August f.?Speculative Investment sentiment on the stock ex? change is hopefully disposed; by the sweeping railroad rate increase and thi large volume of buying orders from all pacts of the country impart - eil an aetlvtty v> initial dealing* to 4ny with' a substantial improvement in all quarters of the list. New Department Store for Sumter Bfird to Establish Branch of Gmit Chain Columbia. S. C, July 31?Charter was issued Saturday to the Eflrl De? partment Store, of Sumter. capitaliz? ed at f*0.f-00. J. B. Bifrd, of Char? lotte, ts president of the company; P. H? Bfird, of, Columbia Is vice presi dent and V- X: Kflrd. of Winston-Sa J^ssv i? Secretary and treasurer. The PSlmetto Oaa * improvement Co., ? of '&B*tftagton was chartered. ?Ith capital stock of tso.ooo. c. L. Romrdy Is president; P. A. Witlcox is vice president; and J. F. Cahill is secretary and, treasurer. The Bamberg Tobacco Warehouse Co.. of Bamberg, eapituMzed at $25, OSO. was chartered. Jones Williams Is president and treasurer; May B. Williams is vice president and sec? retary. Former Governor Hanley Killed Three Victims of Grade Cross? ing Accident in Ohio Dlnnison. Ohio, August 1?J. Frank Hanley, former governor of Indiana [grind candidate for president on the Prohibition ticket in 1916. and Dr. and Mia Baker, of Kllgore, Ohio, were killed six miles from here early to', day when a Pennsylvania freight train Struck the automobile in which the party wer driving to Kilgore. All three suffered fractured skulls and crushed bodies and neither re? covered oonsclousness after being brought to a local hospital. Mr. Han? ley died at 9 a. m., Mrs. Baker at 11.SO. and her husband at 6:30 p. m. Dr. and Mrs. Baker had met Mr. Hanley In Dlnnison this morning and were driving h'm to their home In Kllgore. 20 miles from here. The automobile drove across the tracks, back of one freight train and directly In front of another. The au? tomobile was struck squarely. Mr. Hanley was en route to Carroll I ton, where he was to have delivered ;an address tomorrow. He had intend? ed to spend the day with the Bakers at their home in Kllgore. Good Games Here This Week New Additions Will Greatly Strengthen Local Team Sumter will play the strong Heath Springs aggregation at the Fair jilrounds Wednesday. Thursday and, Friday and will probably play either tsuinmerton or Bennettsvllle on Satur? day. The tuanagement expects to have live games a week on the local dia? mond durinx the month of August to keep the team from going In the hole, f'nanrlally and If the fans will turn out like they did for the gimes with Whltmlre. they say everything will be ??Jake." Only fast teams will he brought here, and the fans are re? minded that other teams beside Whlt? mlre can play real ball. An effort Is being mads to jcet Cberuw for a cou- i Pie <>f games, this team being on a I par with Whltmlre. Lamar will be j taken on for two gahies next week, Lnrru Lrriestre, a star pitcher from ths Petersburg (Virginia Lfague) I team reported for duty Monday morn- ! ins. Harry Baker, a pitcher and in- I fielder from Damp Lee, Va.. will ar* rive Wednesday morning. Both of' (these men come highly recommended snd should strengthen the local team materially. inil Fear Not?Lei oll the endo OHiou A JMT15R, S. C? WEDfcJEI NEW TARIFF 5:-v FAI More Than Starfdard Return! Al? lowed by Government UnW Federal Control ' 1^. EXPERTS BUSY ON SCHEDULl New Tariff Will Become E^$c tive on September 1, ItH Planned net opera t ught In iff* to the cwi arriers will ? Washington, Aug. 1.?(By thejfte soclated Press.)?Rate Increjise* granted the railroads by the Inter? state Commerce Commission areln> clared to give carriers an annual! net Income of $1,134,000,000 or $24 000 more than the standard returnWb lowed by the government based -on the^ average of the period preceding federal control. This sum is $34,000,000 more than the roads made In their record year of 1916. but is $??,000,000 lei* than the total of $1.233,000,000 net operat? ing income which they sought senting their applications mission. Hate experts of the carriers Will set to work tomorrow on the tremen? dous task of preparing the new tariff schedule which it is planned to flic In time for the increased rates?* freight.. passenger and Pullman?to become effective September 1. 'On ? that date the government guarantee of the standard return of $893.000,000 annually will empire under a provi? sion of the Transportation Act limit? ing this guarantee to six months after the carriers were returned to have the control. Experts of the commission and the carriers also will undertake to figure the actual money return whtch will ? ue to the roads from the rate in? creases granted, which are about 33 per cent on freight rates, 20 per cent >n passenger, excess baggage and milk rates and 60 per cent on charges for Hpnee in sleeping and parlor cars. TT \e actual Increased amount to be received by the roads has been roughly estimated at $1,500,000, but until the new tariffs are put into ope? ration the exact umpunt is proble? matical. With passenger fares in? creased one-fifth and Pullman eharven advanced one -half passe nrgbr travel probably will bo reduced. Based on the present passenger traffic these Increases are expected to yield the roads a return of $277,000, 000, all of which was sought to help absorb the wage advance to railroad workers which the railroad labor l)Oi rd has Informed the commission will work out at $618.000.000 instead of the $600.000.000 first estimated. '^hP carriers have figured the in? crease at $625.000,000, but for the purpose of the rate case the com mis? sion used the board's figures. The estimated net operating income of $1.134.000,000 which the roads are to receive as a result of the fare raises represents 6 per cent on the aggregate value of the railroad pro? perties,, which was placed by the com mission at $18,960.000,000 or $1.140.. 000,000 less than the carrier's esti? mate. Of the total income received by the roads, one-half of 1 per cent of the aggregate value, or $94,000,000 must be set aside annually for addi? tions and betterments. Thus the actual net of rating in? come going into the treasury of the carriers would be $1.040.000.000. From this must be deducted taxes and other fixed expenses not included in operating expenses before the actu? al net Income is dotcgained. Should the commission's decision result in producing more than the 6 per cent return on the aggregate val? ue allowed under the Transportation Act, one-half of the excess would un? der the terms of that act be placed in the reserve funds of the roads and the other half turned over to the In? terstate Commerce Commission to es? tablish a revolving fund to be used for making loans to the carriers Or* for purchasing equipment to be leased to them. The estimated net inco'me to be re i Steed by the three groups of roads is figed, at 6 per cent of the valuation placed on those groups by the com? mission. On a valuation of $8,800,000, 000 the Eastern roads would receive i;528,000.000. They asked for a re? turn of $559,400.000 and are receiv? ing a standard return from the gov? ernment of $354.700,000. or approxi? mately $200,000.000 less than they sought The valuation of the Western roads Including those In the new mountain Pacific territory set up by the com? mission for the purpose of the rate decision. Is placed ttt $8.100,000.000. The Western roads thus would re gelee gn estimated net operating In -ome of $486.000,000. or about $56. .i n.ooo less than the $537.800.000 which they sought. The standard re? turn they are now receiving is $401,* 000.000. Southern roads were valued by the commission at $2.000.000.000 so that their net operating would he $120. 000.000. This is $16.000.000 less than the standard return of $138,000,000, The commission explained that the M iirinelal condition Of the. Southern Barriers as a whole was more favor? able than that of the roads in the other groups. Columbia. August 1 Dr. K. C. L. Adams has announced his withdrawal from the"race for the house of repre? sentatives. This leaves 12 contestants. Llms't at be thy Country's, Thv God's a BDAY, AUGUST 4, 192< LABOR CONDI | TION IMPROVES Littte Idle Machinery in ?extile Plants . ? MANY MILLS ARE OVERSTOCKED ^ages and Housing Conditions W?re Never Better Officials , Declare $ 5 ? Columbia, August 2?Labor condi? tions In thf cotton mill* of the state show mirk?fcd Improvement in nefcent months according to reports reaching the state department of agriculture from the textile plants of the state, j There Is v?ry little idle machinery in j the cotton mills, State mill inspectors for the department. At the siime time, the mill inspect? ors state taat they are told by many of the mill officials, especially those of mills that /manufacture sheeting. And the likes that at the present time many of the mills are overstocked on goods and some are expecting to have to shut down temporarily in order for sales to ci.bc,h up with production. During the early part of the year there was a great deal of idle ma? chinery in the mills. Labor was hard i to get. The mill inspectors state that this is not the condition now; that la? bor Is mere pelntlful with th#? cotton ! manufacturing plants, and the trend is towards a lowering of prices. .The increase in the supply of mill labor is ascribed by mill officials'as! being du?? to several things. Many | of the mill operatives have worked on the farma and now that crops are laid by they are back at their looms, j Building operations of the country have slackened to an extent, releas? ing a number of employes. Living conditions among mill oper? atives were never better. Wages and housing conditions are good, and much Is being done by the mill au? thorities in the nr ture of welfare work. Diamond Merchant's Death Pretty Young Woman Who Was Only Witness Tells Police a Story That They Do Not Believe Chicago, July 31.?Miss May Woods, a pretty hotel cashier, wgs alone With Samuel Lo ft in, the head of the diamond lirm of Loft is Bros, when he died suddenly in his apartment last night. -Iihe told the police today that Mr. Lome crumpled to the floor dead after they had engaged In a "friendly struggle." The police believe that Loftis 'lied, as a result of concussion j of the brain, probably caused by a fall. Poles Confer With Bolsheviki Many Expect Terms on Poles Will Be Hard Warsaw, August 1J.?Diplomats be? lieve that the. Bolsheviki will Insist on armistice terms too severe for the Poles and doubt Is expressed whether any agreement will come from the conference. Paris, August 2.?The Polish plenl ! po ten Harles have arrived at Barano vitch tor the. armistice conference with the Bolsheviki, according to Warsaw advices. Soviet Presented With Ultimatum Vienna, August 2.?Rumania has given an ultimatum to Soviet Russia of three days to withdraw her troops from the Rumanian territory, says a Belgrade dispatch. Strike in Manila Linotype Operators Quit Work Because Newspapers Say Fili? pinos Not Fit for Independ? ence Manila, August 3?Linotype opera? tors are striking because three Amer? ican newspapers here assert that the Filipinos gre not ready for independ? ence. The Filipino members of the editorial staff are als?) quitting; Em? ploy teg of other Industries have an? nounced their intention of joining a sympathetic strike. Cox Ready For Notification Program of Notification Cere? monies Completed Today Dayton, AugUSl 2 ? (lovcrnor Cov. set nsldo today to confer With the notl neat Ion committee preparatory to Sat? urday's ceremonies, Ths parade <>r visitfh| delegations is ths principal; event scheduled to precede the SOtl bca< ion address by Senator Kobln ?on, oC Arkansas. mil Truth's.* THK WIK M ). DENMARK FARM ERWANTED In North Carolina On Kidnap? ping Charge ? SAID TO HAVE TAKEN NEGROES FROM ANSON Extradition Papers Taken Out and Governor Cooper W 11 Consider Case v Columbia, August 1?W. D. May field, a prominent planter of Den? mark, and two business associates, Janes Breedin and Henry B. San li for, are wanted in Anson county, North Caiolina, on a charge of kid? napping. An extradition warrant from* Governor Bickett of the Tar Heel State has been served on Governor Cooper in Columbia for the return of , the men tipr Anson county. They are charged with having kidnapped vwo jiegro farm hands, Jessie Jone? and Jfcugene Stroman. who left the em? ployment of the Denmark men some weeks agD. A few weeks ago Governor Ccop er, at the investigation of Mr. May field issued a requisition on Govern? or Bickett, for the two negro laborers to this siate on a charge of having disposed 3f goods under lien. This extradition Governor Bickett efuaed to grant and the next devel? opment In the case was the appear? ance at Governor Cooper's office last Saturday of W. S. Brasswell, Sheriff of Anson county, armed with Gov? ernor Bicketfs extradition warrant having c*>me to arrest the South Car? olina planters. However, the She *if fs papers were not complete and he was sent home for a further affidavit. Governor Cooper returned to his office Monday from a stay at. Glenn Springs and he took the extradition under ad? visement. Nova Scotia May Challenge Yacht Clubs May Unit?* in Building Boat to Go After America's Cup fSydney, Nova Scotia, July 31.?The yacht clul>fi of Nova Scotia are being jrged ta combine to build a yacht and challenge for the races next year t'oi the America's cup. Sir Thomas Upton has said that he would not challenge before 11*22 in order to give Others a Ohanoa next year. Seminary Expects Great Year Presbyterian Institution. Will Be Crowded at Opening Columbia, August 2?Presbytsrlan ? of Sout a Carolina wil be intt rested in the announcement made today by |*liev. Thornton Whaling, D. D., presi? dent of the Columbia Theological Sem'ina-y, to the effect that the in? stitution of which he is head expect :o have the biggest enrollment in its history during the session beginning this fall. Applications already m hand Indicate this. The greatest year the Hvosbyterian theological se ninary :;rhool ever had showed an enrollment 0f sixty-four, and the president ex? pects this to be equalled If not ex? ceeded this coming' school year. Dr. Whaling announces three new features of the ^Seminary course this year. One is .1 direetor of religftflNU work. Dr. Hugh R. Murchison will have charge? of this department, the nature of which will be to /put the Students into active religions work tarouhout the state. Another depart? ment will be headed by Dr. W. H. Mills, of Clem son Colege, and will be devote! to mill and rural work. Dr. Mills Is one of the leading authorities of the country on rural life condi? tions. He has been sought by the government for special work Still another new department of the semi? nary's work will be headed by liev. Melton Clark, D. D., the newly elected professor of Bible, who moves to Co? lumbia from Charleston this tall. In addition to bis professorship. Dr. ?Mark will head Up a department that will send the ministerial students into various parts of the state <.o hear ether preachers, ami to return and re- ; port on what they heard. The pirv pose of this is to have the embryo ministers get lirst band instruction: from abservatlon, The Seminary -experts to lo taxed 1o the limit to aceomodate its stu- I (N'lltS. Lieutenant Steals Army Funds Finance Director Disappears From Chicago Leaving Short? age Chicago, August 2?Lieut. James Nolan, director of finances of the cen? tral department of* the army, is miss? ing; and auditors have found a short i,Te of four thousand dollars. The f?deral authorities say the shortage may ; mount to many thousands of Julian more. >UTlIRON, EetaMi NEWSFROM CAPITAL Important Cases Taker the Federal Court in ville COLUMBIA CANAL FIGHT REN] Logan Has No Opposition Congress in the Charit District?Grace F action the Saddle Columbia. July 31? Francb Weston. IT. s. district attorney, to Asheville, N. C... Sa.iurday, pear for the government in tbi povtant eases, two against 87 Drafts, Jr.. and Henry D. brand, of Lexington, convicted In uary, 1919, of making false affh in connection with the famous Ruff, bankruptcy case, and the \i case being that brought for corpus by 8. M. and K. M- R< and O. B. Wells, who are seeking freedom from the Atlanta penttei on the ground, that their ?ent< lone year, imposed by Judge is not legal. They hold to tho,; against federal penitentiary sent< of a year or less. New School for the Blind A, T. Stratum, former Y. M. G. secretary at Colombia, has becot executive secretary of the new tional school for the blind, to toolished in Columbia, and to *j| ported by the state association blind. An experienced instruct* the blind from Chicago is on his to Columbia to assume charge of school. A building is now l>ektg"! nought. There are about l.oOO blind I people in South Carolina whom the 'school wilt benefit. Turner " lx>gan *L hfltj?t. 5*"^ That VV. Turner lx>gan, of Cbnrli ton. candidate for the neat in Con? gress made vacant by the recent wUb/v drawal of Congressman W ha ley, wl have no opposition is the opinion I leading Grace politicians of Chgi ton. Daniel A. Sinkler. mayor pro tern of Charleston and a leading sup? porter of* Mayor .Grace, stated in lumbia today that he did not *X| anyone to oppose Mr. Logan, prominent Charlestonians have quoted as saying the .seme thing. How? ever, opponents of Mayor Grace are expected by many to bring out a can? didate. The entries cic.se at noon next Tuesday. Demurrer in Canal Case. Demurrer to the suit brought against the State of South Carolina by the Columbia, Railway, Gas & Elec? tric Company for recovery of money spent by the company In improving the canal property, which the court recently declared must revert back to the state, was filed with the circuit court here today. The demurrer is TO the ground that the suit against th? state was not properly authorised, a special act of the legislature always being necessary to authorize a suit against the state. The suit was brought under the "betterment act", but the attorney general holds, in his demurrer, that tl.is does not apply to property of such oharcater as the ca- ' nal, The amount involved In the suit Is about a half million dollars. Allendale Slayer Turned Down Both the sta'e hospital for the In? sane and the state penitentiary re? fused yesterday afternoon to accept Dick Youmans, Aslendale slayer of his brother irtlgw, John Dunbar. because the man was "^trrmiglitto Columbia "without a court orderT^S^ circuit* judge could be found in Allc^TTaleV and Sheriff Bennett brought the man to Columbia, thinking to appear be? fore Judge Townsend here. However, the judge was a^way, and Youmans had to lie taken back to Allendale. Youmans killed his brother In law a month ago. About a week ago he be? gan to act in a peculiar way. and he now appears to be crazy. He sang and danced all over the state capital, while waiting t?r the attorney gen? eral to pass on the case and send bins back home. He is harmless, but the opinion of laymen is that he will need mental treatment. However, the state hospital could not accept him without court order. Send Out Ballots Soon. Secretary Edmunds of the state Democratic executive committee hasi ivriten to the county secretaries ask? ing them to send him enrollments so hat he can immediately forward the Australian ballots for the coming prt nary. Coal Mines Open Wreck Kills and Injuries Six Persons Indianapolis, August 2.?The coai nines closed laM week by strik.a in [lllnots and Indiana were being ope Mted today. -?-! I America Recognizes New Government Washington. August 2 -The United dates today recognized the Costa Rl i government S