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IT HOUSE For County Offices naeat Claims C ftOWD OUT fO HEAR ADDRESSES Makes Statement A3 Finances of South ?dldatcs for the county et e tu Dalsen Friday morning on to Humtrr and spoko at *oUee that night. There was crowd presnt. At the meeting g about 7 5 people were out different candidates at 13 the absence of Chairman r. F. A. afcliood presided eettng and after a few pro-1 remarks, introduces) Mr. ixI , candidate for the office of I Ittor. Mr Wilder was with fton, and apoke on y a fOwl enpreselng his appreciation 'so of the cltisens in pantl promising to excuto the of ??j futum to the bst of hla . A tesjram from Mr. It. L. vuNrh, candidate for clerk of WiUiout opposition, was read thet he was in Baltimore with fK>, who hi s'ck. and he could prtssnt. 31. J. Moore, candidate tor tri aaurer. wis the next sp<ak gald that tlie present treturnr W allere. had been In nfhW for and it was now tl no to ie gave a brief account of sssd assured the audience of ?I of any votes enst for L C. Wallace wss the next Mid gar* an account of lila tfUon of he office of treus i%t! agklng to be Judged solely record. were four candidates for the sheriff. Mr. C. M. Hurst, the it. spoke only a few minutes, ?hat those interested should lay one who had been In his of wc ^aa capable of do'.ng the it, *?ed to tie given time to hs th to the county, having ibpc id only two years ago bj ^tftwor. Newman was the next r. saying he would appreciate geUdpor* of his friends. John R. Sumter spoke of the IF and moral conditions of the ?and promised the voters that elected he would take steps the preant conditions. K Jack For hem was the last cm for ?herirr He gave a brtef Of his record In the army und I OeBae as deputy sheriff In \ c ?? . years, apd promised that if he tgsaoted he s-ould not be ?im ply an bst would go over the had personally attend to his Were four candidates for the of magistrate. Mr. H I,. It. was absent. Mr. ft. ft. o riffln ? had glvea satisfaction as con SB previous years and thought record Justified his.elction. Is. M. A. Wilder and 8heppard btfcth took the position that a should be chosen for this posl i4 baaed thir claims* on this fact promised to All the oifice Justness and fairness if elected only one candidate for fslature present. Mr. R. It. Del ? jBs confined hirneelf mainly to WTdoet of taxation, fie said that had been some criticism of the Mores of th* state running up M.ooo.eno He gave an ec if this money and said that the )?.t departments Of the State gov rt received aboat $1,400,000. colleges tr.ooo.00f>, the state 11 11.000.0? o. the Confederate ka took $?00.000 and the state cid fand around $i.ooo.oon Stile highway department and let crssary, expenditur e took up reisender of the money end he that none of It had been wavt ?etser ststed that the reason he ot attended the other meetings the ^tunty was net because of lack | appreciation hot simply because s too busy tojjp. HIm farm and tbSSSWiassaanrerestS did not allow time necessary to tour He said he appreciated ef tx tmf allowed to re pre ?fSBJter county and tr.nt he al 'tried to serve the bent Interests people. Hose Quiets Riot tfSnOre. Aug 10?Streams from fire hose quieted a rt ?t In a dor of the Maryland Penitentiary Hunger strikers who refused tie"-* unless given a greater varle food tore out the electric lights started a demonstration lasting tte*> hoifrs. S'obody was hurt. mere completely wrecked the iHory and almost succeeded In esc I log the prison yard. They ?owe red the police end firemen rfcti mlsles until they saw future re Ifta nee was useless. Death of Mr. Strother Mr Oeorge A. fttrother died in ushevllle on Wednesday and his body ssf arrived in Humter for burial. The ?moral services will tie hi Id buoor Ow at Ihs residence at 237 W. Cal Lsg Street. The body will be hm M immediately after the services a tembert Church Mr Stmhei wn> ftrjsgafo old and Is survived by his ?flgprr and one sister. Miss Anna ItfJther He was s nsrmber of th* t /ames I u'heran Church Big BargMns hs Small Rimes, Shtgeptssnal values are l>eing offer shoe departinent of the Humter Uoods Co. Ml chl dren's a:id mmm-r shoes are being closed g. cost Advt. House to Meet Again Today to Reconsider Action SPEAKER WALKER WILL FIGHT FOR CHANGE New Developments in Tennes? see Show that Women May Have Celebrated to Soon Nashville, Aug. 20.?The galleries were packed, an hour before the house convened today, expecting a move by Speaker Walker who announced that he had enough votes pledged to ob? tain a reconsideration of Tennessee's action in ratifying wopaan suffrage. Nashville. August 19?Tho Tennes? see house tomorrow will resend ita action of yesterday in ratifying the federal amendment, Speaker Walker leader of tho opposition, declared to? night at a mass meeting of Nashville citizens opposed to suffrage. Mr. Walkor declared 47 members of the house already had signed a pledge to reconsider, that three more would sign tonight and that several others ware expected to Join them before the house meets tomorrow. Another event which electrified the andiene, of more than 4.000 persons wum the readng of a hitherto unpub? lished letter from Governor Cox. the Democratic nominee, under date of AttguM 10, t% Giles L. Evans of Fay ettevllle. Tenn.. president of the Ten - nessee association, in which the nom? inee d Isenssed Sect on 32, article 2 of the constitution. l pon the clause is based the con? tention of suffrage opponents tha* the legislature Wd no legal right to pass upon the amendment. Mr. fjvans had written Governor Cox. explaining tho provision and asking for an opinion. "I know enough of the South, or at least think that I do. to appreciate your foeling with reference to your own Internal affairs," the nomirree replied. "Our platform has made a ve-v positive declaration on tie 19th amendment and, as you will at on?e recognize, the policy of that document : eeomes my own aa well. 'I have no hesitation In saying that Socion 12. Article 2. of the Tennessee constitution is a ver> wise plan, it ought to be adopted n ull states. Whether it Is In conflict with the fed? eral constitution as recently Inter? preted Im another matter. Most law? yers with whom I have talked believe that it is not. However, it is not wi bin my province to make this dec laiation." At the close of the meeting resolu? tion* were adopted requesting mem; .bers of .he haus? to support the mo? tion of Speaker Walker to reconsider ?.ho ratification measure. Failure of anti-suffrago leaders to? day to attempt to force the lower house f the legislature to reconsider Its action yesterday in ratifying the woman suffrage amendment was over? shadowed in interest by the launch? ing of a county grand Jury Investiga? tion into charges aa. improper intlu ences had been brought to bear on members of the legislature in their consideration of the measure. Publication by the Nashville Ten? nesscan and the Nashville Banner of two articles attributed to C. C. Wal? lace, Judge of the city court of Lewis burg. Tenn., general agent for the fed? eral land bank of Louisville, Ky., al? leging that an attempt had been made by a suffrage leader to bribe Repre? sentative H. T. Burns, Republican, of McMinn county, was also a feature of the day's developments. Nashville. Aug. 10?The Tennessee House adjourned today until ten o'clock tomorrow without an attempt of the anti ratification!*!* to force a reconsideration of the womjen suf? frage amendment. Tho motion to adjqurn was offered by suffrage load? ers and earned overwhelming. Speaker Walker movo to adjourn was considered by' suffragists to in? dicate he had not sufficient strength tig- carry his point. Poles Take Town Brest Litovitch is Captured Af? ter Fierce Fighting Purls. Aug. Military succe for Pole* continued yesterday ac? cording to a report from French foreign oPIcora. The poles are fighting under plans elaborated by the French Gen VVeygand and a staff of six hundred French Officers London. August 20--A .second sit? ting of the* EtUSgQ Polish peace con and Russia's terms, substantially the sarneasthse published In London were communicated to the Pole? says Mos? cow official statement. Warsaw. August 20- Tho extreme right wing of the Polish army id marchin n Brest Lttovsk. gays a Polish official announcement. Tho right wing bean visiting relatives in North Car? um t ement says. Paris. Aug. 20.~*The Tapips say* Um Pol|sh tr< ps have occupied Biet, en west of Prcst-Utovisk. The American Commissioner at Berlin i?i?"rts the receipt of advices from Posen reporting tho capture of Best-Litevsk by the Poles. Woman Awakens After Sleeping in Asylum Two Weeks Uaukesha. Wis.. Aug. 2<> Mn ' 'I '' ? Yoi i-ren ..ii has regained eon - *ciousne>s Safte r sleeping more Mian tu,, yeurs in a county asvlum. A six year old boy visitor is htdhved to have? await ? ? d memoi I ? i sir Vi O ?... V V TRUNK MURDER JJP AGAIN New York Mystery Extends From Canada to Alabama BIG REWARD OUT FOR CAPTURE OF LEROY Reported To Be in Many Sec # tions of the CountryBut Still at Large New York. August 16?The "trunk murder" mystery in connection With which Fugene Leroy is being sought by detectives ull over the country and in Canada and Mexico, has ramifica? tions which extend from New York to .Michigan, Mississippi and Alabama. A few minutes after an employee of the American Railway Express Com? pany here had discovered the nude and mutilated body of a young wo? man in a trunk stored in the unclaim? ed baggage warehouse,, police of New fOfk and Detroit began following the train of evidence which led to the vic? tim's identification as Mrs. Kathorine, Lou Jackson of Sturgis, Miss., and the locaeion of A. A. Tatum. whose name and a Detroit address was found marked On the trunk which concealed the crime for more than a month. At 146 Harper street, Detroit, Ta? tum was unknown but. someone told detectives that a young couple known as Mt;. and Mrs. IJ. Leroy had disap? peared frpoj tl\it address about June 10, the date on which the trunk was shipped to New York. j v The publicity given these two names of L?rny and Tat tun. brought forward Andre w J, Dranic. a New York ex nressnriu who said he knew Leroy \in h- ? the name of Fernandez. He told tho police ho had handled a trunk for Kenan lez or Leroy, who, he said, al ?0 used the name of ?. J. Woods. 1c produced a letter from l^eroy, en? closing a cheek for the trunk In which the body wag later found, asking that it be removed from the exprets< ware? house and stored by Branic until Le? roy should call for U. A Detroit policeman. Leo Trumbull, then came to tho front, declaring that he and his wife, know tho young wo? man who lived with Ix?roy as his wife at tho Harper Avenue address. When the'body of the murdered woman ar? rived in D^lrolt, Trumbull and his wife Identified it as "Mrs. Leroy." Then from tho south came positive word that "Mrs. Leroy" was realiy Mrs. Jackson, wife of Kid McCoy Jackson of Sturgis, If lag, j "The town was too small for Kitty Lou and she went away," Jackson said, when asked to tell what he knew of bis wife's wanderings. Next Tatum, the man whoso name appeared on the mysterious trunk, walked into police headquarters at Birmingham. Alabama, and explained his connection with the case. Ho told the authorities that he had known Mrs. Jackson in Birmingham, where he works as a linotype operator. At her invitation he visited her in Detroit, where she told him f-he had married Leroy and that bo was terri bry jealous." ? Shortly afterward. Ta? tum said, he returned to Birming? ham., He declared that the next he heard of the woman was when he read of tho discovery of her body. Reports have poured In from every quarter of the continent indicating tt at Leroy had been seen in this or that place. A $5.000 reward offered by the police of Detroit .Simulated the i-eareh and he was reported variously m- escaping to Canada,, hiding in Mex? ico, nnd sailing for Brazil and tho Ba? hamas and under arrest in Chicago. Pisgah News The rains have gone and left the cotton in a very delicate state. The wet land and hot Slip will make the plant shed its forms very much. They have .'darted to drop off now. Old corn (s Safe* nnd a lino crop it is. Cotton will not make over two thirds for reason stated above. In some places rust nnd wilt will force premature opening and it has commenced in spots. The speculators no dOUbt will try* to force the price down as usual with them, but they will have men to deal with who have- passed the point of taking their hats off to money lend ers. If the: world Wants cotton it can pay for It at its value or there will be some trouble in getting tt. Ifra, Ida Robertson of ISastoveis Rlehland county, is visiting her moth er. Mrs. C. S. Baker. Her many fiiemls are glad to se her. The meeting advertised to he held at Reinheit OH tl last was neit held, only one man from the country came and the candidates el hi ne>t care to speak to each other. Accompanying them were Judge Richardson, and IIr. L. K. Jennings. W'o were glad to see our friends. This proves the Interest in politics, hut think Reinheit and MayeavlUe won the prizes for non at? tendance, Possibly n few will ge>t out I ection day - we hope so. In the north tin- people go e>ut and vote to i niiin. The y value their fran? chise, Mr. Harding will have- a. hard time in breaking the Solid south. Tho memory e>f th<V wrongs done us from M6S to 187?> arc too fresh to so soon b5 forgotten. * "The scalawags and foreigner load? ers of the black horde will never op? press South Carolina again." So said General k. w. Hoiss In 1x77. when ad j itant and inspoethr general "I told Lend Douglas that the men of the south would ne ver be govern? ed by the? bayonet," so satd Col. J. P. Thomas In llflli when the state was full of Yankee soldiers. 1 Ponzi Before Court Boston, An-, L'O ? Tho broken for ! Iftas of Charles Ponzi and thousands of Inventors iri his get rich quick were placed in the hands of re>reive?\* by the> court $aday, BIG MEETING I IN COLUMBIA Governors of Southern States; To Attend SPECIAL COACH"BRINGS YORK COUNTY MEN Meeting on Wednesday Will Be the Largest Ever Held in the State . v Columbia, August 20. ?Telegrams | have been sent to all governors of cot- i ton growing states by Gov. Cooper j asking their presence at the big rally meeting of the i?uth Carolina division of the American Cotton association to be held in Columbia next Wednesday at noon in Craven hall. Invitations have also been sent the governors by J. cSkpttowe Wannamaker. president of the American Cotton Association, hnd ft. C. Homer, president of South Carolina division. It is hoped that many of the governors wfl be able to attend. In addition to the governor's invi? tations have been sent to the presi? dents of all state divisiors of the Am? erican Cotton assoeiation and to many prominent men. All of the state's ^?eiMcsentatives in congress and all af ticials of the American Cotton Asso? ciation have been invited. The meeting on next Wednesday is expected to be one of the" largest over held In the state. One rumdrod dele? gates' have been appointed from each ty and hundreds ot them have written that they will be present. It is declared by Officials, of the cot? ton assoeiation that tic conference her: on Wednesday will ho one of the mo.st important that faau been held in mnliy years. Several matters of very great importance will come up at the meeting. Dr. J. B. Johnson, chairman of the York county branch, wrote yesterday that a special COach would he neces? sary to bring the delegation from York county. The chairmen from! nraetieally nil counties have written that the attendance from their re? spective counties will be very large. Mannix Must Moderate Rceives Instructions From Rome Regarding Conduct London. Aug. 2<>?Th<> -consistory it Rome has directed a strong hortatton to archbishop Mannix urg? ing moderation In his treatment of British political questions according to a British official message from Rome. George Bell Killed Columbia Boy Run Down By Truck Today Columbia, Augted 20.?'George Bell. Jr., a fifteen year old white boy, was run over by a motor truck here today and killed. The lad was picked up by the truck driver and rushed to a hos? pital where he died w,ithin fifteen min? utes. Negroes Fight Over Girl Jack Rose and Richard Bring',, were arrested late last night by offi? cer W. M. Strange on the charge Of fighting in the lot back of the Sum ter Motor Company. R is said that (tbe scrap started over a girl and things were going at a lively pace when the police arrived. Neither one was seriously injured as both seem? ed to have observed the rules laid down by-tho late Marquis Of Queens bury. They were both lodged in, jail but Rose gras released later on bond. England Wins Antwerp, Atig. 20 - I0iu;land won first place in fhe three thousand me tre steeple chase race at the Olytn? pic games today when Hodge i * *?I the field. Tint ' Americana were among the first six to finish. Nuremi of Finland won the teg thousand metre run. Allen Wood ring of Philadelphia .won the two hundred metre dash. TEXAS STOCKMEN ARE WORRIED Cannot Get Funds to Build Up New Herds MANY PASTURES ARE UN STOCK ED Financial Stringency And No Market Effects Sheep Raisers and Others Forth Worth, Tex., Aim. 20?Tex*i3 cattlemen are facing a very serious situation, which has its bearing on the country's beef supply, due to their inability to get loans, accord? ing to A. C. Williams, assistant sec? retary of the Cattle Raisers Associa? tion of Texas. He said that' the I money stringency was bringing about the depletion of existing herds and preventing the building up of new ones. "More good pasturage is going to waste in ihe cattle- country than for many years", Mr. Williams said. "Range conditions in Texas and else, where have been ide;il lor the past year, vml prices, though unsatifac tory. have not in general meant ac? tual loss to the stockmen. The rel? atively low prices prevailing have been in goodly measure a result of the in? ability to obtain credits. "The present flnanot ii situation, however, following on th<i heels of severe drouths itl both Ihe South? west and Norf invest, i.s bringing about a reduction of the cattle pop? ulation which must in the end mean mounting beef prices and nation? wide economic loss. "On a recent trip through west Texas nnd Mexico. I had oc<;i_ sion to Observe that many pasture.1 were unstocked, or thinly slocked, and Inquiry developed the fact that owners were anxious to stock and had plenty of security hat could not obtain loans. "Many cattlemen whose rauche? were stO( ked were bc.ng compelled to liquidate, and thousands of cattle wjiieh should normally be used foi breeding, or at least lor develop? ment into finished bed', were being sold for slaughter. "The sheep-raiSlng interests of tin San Angelo country are, even mor' seriously threatened than the cattle interests. Thin is due in part to the flngnlcal stringency, and is having its bearing on the cattle situation. "The principal factor in the sheet men's problem howt ver, appears tc be the virtual withdrawal of the wool buyers from the market. Tin wool crop this year in the San Ang? elo territory is estimated at between 8.000.000 and O.OOO.Oea pounds, an Increase of about 3,000,000 pounds over former years. ''Comparatively little of that has been marketed because the buyers, having comfortable stocks on hand are not offering anything like a fail price. The growers are endeavoring to hold, and have Several million pounds stored at San Angelo and neighboring points." Negroes Arrested Mac T,ce Toney and Dick Striven were arrested yesterday by officer B. R. DuRartt on the charge *t steal? ing harness from the Planter** Mule Company. Toney was employed at the' stables and seemed to be the eader in the stealing being assisted by Scriven in disposing of the goods They were released on bond and will have to appear lor trial at the next term of court. Express Rate Hearings Washington, Aug. 80. The Inter slate commerce commission set Aug. 27th for the hearing of the nplfctatioa of the American Railway Express C>. for furl her Increases in rates. Washouts in Virginia Lynchburg, Aug. 20.?Continuous rainfall caused three washouts on the main line of the Southern railway be? tween Lynchb?rg and Charlottesvtlle ports the tobacco crop was seriously damaged. Four inches fell In the Danville seed ion. They Do Not Believe There is a Car Shortage FREIGHT CARS BEING HELD UP UNNECESSARILY Most of the Talk About Short? age i3 Proven to be Camou* flage in Illinois Chicago, August 19?The first sur? vey of freight cars ever taken by the farmers of a state has just been com? pleted through the Illinois Agricultur? al Assoc iation, Secretary D. O. Thomp? son announced today. On the basis of' this < ( nsus he said Illinois farmers did not believe there was a car shortage. The troubic with transportation is characterized ;^s "immobility" and h* declared the farmers meant to find out whose fault it. was. Secretary Thompson said the asso? ciation undertook its census after . - ceiving reports from farmers over us state that they saw many cars stand? ing idle on country tracks. "Members of the association make, daily records of fhc car initials and numbers of all cars at 494 stations located in 46 different countes for seven consecutive days," the state farm bureau executive said. OA Umso l!>4 stations, 146 or 29.5 per cent reported some of the same cars on tracks the last day of the count its were on the tracks the first day of tho count. 'At all stations, 9.294 cars were listed the first clay and of these cars, 938 out of 9.291 cars had not been moved from the country point for sev? en consecutive days. This is just a lit tle over 10 per cent of the cars at such points. "No count was made in CrilcftSO. In several other large yards ihr ac? tuation enumerators were e .tented from the y /ds by railroad ofilcialli. "Mine operators say th?y ' De ? forced to idleness many days each week leading; to the strike of the min? ers which recently tied up the mines Just when the farmers were needing coal for thrashing. At this same time before the. strike in Christian coun Ilty, at Clarkfsdale and at Witlcys. t?er> trains of coal cars totaling 553 cars j were reported empty at both first and last days of the count. "If we may take the total number ' of freight cars of the country On De? cember 31, 191?: as a basts for com ' I putation and consider that the per? centage of immobility of cars is as groat in Chicago, -Toledo and New York as 'in country points like Clarks dalc, Fidelity &nd Lew Point, it is very moderate when we say that the total number ot new carp which the rr.ilroads say they need to most .the transportation requirements of "the? ' I present moment, is not a patch to the total of immobile oars now idling by ' the weeks and months in terminal yards and on side tracks at country ' points. "This survey shows pretty clearly to the farmers of Illinois the excuse of 'car shortage' is largely camouflage, [given to cover up some real, deeper reason for the present transportation inefficiency. And to search for that reason wdll be the next Job of tin farmers' business organization." - Harding Stays at Home No Chance Will Be Made in Nominee's Plan Marion, August 20?Harding's cam? paign will continue as previously plan? ne d regardless of the strategy adopted by tho Democrats It was said today by Harry M. Daughterty, member of the Republican executive committeo after a conference with the nominee. Thre is no intention of abandoning tho front porch policy, though somo speeches will be made in other cities. Douth of Mr. Jenkins. Mr. lohn S. Tonkins died today at St. Elizabeth's Lospital in Richmond. Va.f Mr .Jenkns was a resident of the White's Mill section of Sumter county and hod goneeto Richmond to have nn operation performed somo wteks ago. Rethel church, Oswego, tomorrow af? ternoon. L U M B E Rj I? LUMBER || BUILDING ;?.. HARDWARE Mouldings, S<i m m, 111 A I RR I AI Hn* Br'fcHc, PAlnii\ Frasutng Immboff, ttaiohets, lllfl 1 JUllliiJu Hre <lay, lllllll? Red Coder sii ingles, Hummers, Soiree pi|m*. /\I? C Pinogad C#|iicm stingteg, Door niggus, stove riue, llEI \ Metal and Composition Shingles, Carix'titcr's Tools, Terra 'Vuta Tlifmbles UUuO Doors, Susi? and HIimis. Taint Rrushcs, Mortar Color* and St nins Poivli Columns and Rallastcrs, Paints and Oils, Water Proofing Mineral Reaver Uoard, Inside Decorations, Corrugated Metal Roofing, Valley Tin ami Kldgc Roll, Calsoniinos and told Water Painta>AsbetOg and Composition Roofing. WIRK IMNCINO, IRON AND WOOD POSTS EVERYTHING FOR THE HOUSE Booth & McLeod, Inc. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA