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Entered at the Postoffiee a^-^uni ter, S. CM as Second Class Maker. PERSONAL. - &M Miss Florfe Rowland ofv,Ashe Tille, has aeeepted - a i>oj*tion and is teaching at Bethel.school? { Mr. S. K. Rowland leases Sun day night on a business trip to Chicago, Detroit and other ^points in Michigan' " Mr. E. L. Cashion is in (Columbia on business today. 5 - v - ? ' Mr. and Mrs. R. E. WhSeler of Yemassee, S. C. are visiting Mrs. ; Ada Wheeler of this city.^ Mr. Perry Moses *?%ft last night fortan extended trip jthrough the west. , * *^ ^ Mr. L. B. Woodson of^ofumbia visited friends in Sumter; yesterday. Miss Helena Bultman is spend ing the week end at her home in the city. Miss Mary Busbee of Greenville is visiting her sister, Mrs.. A. D. Rodgers on Winn St. , Mr. P. W. Sessions, Sr., who has been on. an extended visit to his brother, Mr^ L. T- Sessions of Cam den, is nowthe- yisitor of his daugh ter, Mrs. Dwyer* From i Sumter, Mr. Sessions will join Mr.^ancLMrs. - Daniel Oliver . in Florence and from that point "wiH begin ?a, motor trip to SaCety .Harbor, Fla., the home of Mr. Sessions. . The distance to be covered b^ automobile is ap proximately: -860 mijes. Mr. Ses sions, who is in his 7?th year, is yet haie and heartyWnd is. looking upon his trip with pleasant antici pation. . Mrs.-&.R..Chandler has been a recent visitor-of . Mrs. Ed. Fewell in Rock Hill. ' T Among- the >? recent visitors . in Sumter from Manning are" Miss XJrace. Nimmer, Mr7and: Mrs. D. Hirschman and Miss. Pearl Hirsch 0 man, Mr. Harry . Riff and "Harry Steinhardt^ Mr. W. D. English and Miss Hattie Boatu>}d, are visiting Mr. 'and Mrs. B., S. Owens in North Car clina. Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Strauss have returned from Maine where they ? spent the summer. : . Messrs. J. W. Brunson,^erman Myers, Brice Waters asrd Mr.j Moore, Spent Sunday in Columbia. Mr. H. R. Love left for"Atlanta j Sunday night where he will spend several days. Mr. S. T. Burch. of-Florence was in the city today. T" ? Mr. J. C. Gainey, whq has been j at High Point on business for the past week returned to Summer yes- j 1 - terday. ? . , ; ? Mr. Harry Benbow returned Sun day-from-Georgetown where be has been visiting relatives. Messrs. Leon King and T. B. Ed wards motored , to Hartsville yes* terday. Mr. Shope, editor of the Manning Times was in Sumter Saturday. Mr. Hasel H. Dick, who has represented the linitedn jStates in consular service i? Japan and Je rusalem prior to the world war;, Basle and Geneva, Switzerland dur ing the war and since his return , to this co-fxtry served in the de partment of state in Washington, arrived in Sumter a few days ago. on a visit to his parents, Dr. and ; : Mrs. fieo. W. Dick on Broad street. Mr. Dick has had the misfortune of having one of the bones in his ? foot fractured while trying to avoid an automobile on one of the traf-, fie-filW streets of Washington. This unavoidable accident necessitates his being inconvenienced by having to endure a plaster cast and to be temporarily on crutches; Mr. Dick while at Washington, in the per formance of his duties, has served under a "number of secretaries of state including Secretaries Knox, Bryan. Lansing, Colby and Hughes. Mr. Dick has had quitt-a number of interesting experiences in foreign lands, especially during the war. His graphic accounts of the various customs in Honolulu, Yokohoma, Cairo, Egypt, Jaffa, Pericho, differ ent parts of Arabia, Constantinople and numerous Austrian towns are .most instructive and entirely pleas ing, and entertaining. %h? -friends of Mr. Dick wish foi- him a most pleasant visit and hope that he will soon have1 the use again of his in jured foo.t. Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Cooper of Charleston, spent a dayin Sum ter while returning home from the Cooper-MacEachern wedding at WIsacky. Both are formerly of Sumter, Mrs. Cooper having been born here. She is a daughter of the late Mr. Curtis of Charleston, who at' one time conducted a business here on Main street next to the store now occupied by Mr. Motte Green and who introduced the first delivery business in the_t*>wn. Mr. Cooper is the youngest son of the late Mr. F. P. Cooper, widely known as a newspaper" man of Charleston. They both expressed themselves most favorably as to the general appearance of the town, its streets, business houses, resi dcnces.and its geier.U business-like aspect. . Mrs. J. Doby Jennings is spend ing a few days in Bennettsvilie. . Mrs. Selma A. Daniel of Charles ton joined Mrs. H. G. McKagen in Sumter and together they left this morning for Bishopville where they have gone to attend the funeral ser vices of Mr. Maxie Stuckey who died yesterday. Miss Mamie J. Chandler, secre tary to President Guiles of Colum bia College, Columbia, is spending the week-end with her family on Harby Ave. Mr. E. T. Broad well left Saturday on a motor trip to Aiken. Mrs. John Davis left today to visit relatives at St. Matthews. Mrs. Ryan W%iie and little son are spending several days with rel atives at Chester, S. C> Miss Hannah Kristianson.v ac companied by Miss Thelma Eult man, left yesterday morning pn a motor trip to Charlotte. They will return the middle of the week. -: ? ? ? Marriage Licenses* ! Colored: Caesar Mack and Agnes Brown of Sumter. Victory For High in First Football Game Bishopvilie Held Scoreless While Locals Pile Up a 36 ?oint Score The Sumter High school opened its football season Friday after noon when its team met the Bish opville High squad on the local grid and easily won from them the cov eted victory by the shut out score of 36 to ?. Sumter made a creditable showing in its initial game, both from the standpoint of individual work and consistent team work. The Bishopvilie team worked hard and at times wholeheartedly got into the fight with some .splendid tackles, however, at no time was Sumter's goal seriously threatened. This game was an important ope in that it gave the greater majority of the players on the field their first real taste of genuine football scrimmage and also gave them the unparalleled opportunity of seeing what improvements their play needed. The Game. Referees* whistle at -4:35. Sumter kicks, off to Bishopvilie. Sumter gets into the game from the start with some good tackling. Bishop vilie held for three downs. Kicks out. Wx^ght for Sumter receives the oall.and makes good gain. By U series of steady line plunges, Blanding, Wheeler, and Wright -car rying the ball the ten yard line is ganied. Wheeler gets through and makes the first touchdown for Sumrer turn the first eight minutes of play. Sumter fails to kick goal. Sumter kicks to Bishopvilie. Stuckey for Bishopvilie receives the ball and makes a short gain. BislK opville held for .three downs, fum bles ball in an attempt to kick but recovers it. First quarter ends with ball in center of field. Score: Sumter 6-0. . Wright's 63 Yard Sprint. . Sumter gains possession of ball in early part of quarter. Wheeler makes ,a 2.5 yard. gain, following this up with a similar end run which again gets Sumter across the goal line. Sumter failed in the goal kick. Sumter kicks to Bishopvilie. Bishopvilie held through third- down, kicks out. Wright received ball on 65 yard line and evading successfully Bish opville's squadron runs the entire distance up field. He is tackled but lands safely across the goal line. Sumter kicks no goal. Coach Dargan revises Sumter's squad, leaving only Wheeler and Kirvin, C. of the original first team in the game. Sumter kicks to Bishopvilie. Opponents held and thrown for losses. Bishopvilie kicks out. Ball to Sumter. Wheeler is slightly hurt. . Dwyer is substituted for him. Kirven taken from line and put in back field. Kirvin makes good gains. Half ends "with ball in Sumter's possession and near the center of the field. Score 18 for Sumter. . Snake Dance by Students. High school students manifest their pleasure and approval of the good work being done by the Sumter team by a snake dance to the tune of a bass drum executed by the boys while the girls amassed on the side lines valiently cheer. Referee's whistle again brings the warriors on field. Sumter kicks to Bishopvilie. Rivers gets by with a good tackle. Bishopvilie fumbles. They kick out. Sumter on 25 yard line. Bishopvilie ^pen alized for ?ft-side. Wheeler gets through and gets over the goal line but score does not count as the um pire had declared Sumter off side. Su nter back to starting point. Ball to Bishopvilie. Bishopvilie kicks out. Ball received 'by Wheeler who brings it up f5 yards. Blanding breaks through line and lands safely across the line for touch down. Fails on toe work. Sumter lacks to Bishopvilie. End of third quarter. Two More Tonchdowiis. - Sumter takes ball in early part of first quarter. By consistent line plunging Wheeler is again given the .credit of another touchdown. Sumter cannot get the ball through the top bars on the kick. Sumter to Bishopvilie. Bishopvilie at tempts a forward pass which is in tercepted. They try this method of attack again. The ball is re ceived by Richard Wright for Sum ter on the 56 yard line, and he again covers the length of the field not pausing until he has safely scored another touchdown for ye old Gamecocks. Ball to Bishop vilie. The game terminates after a few more attempts at line plung ing. Score totals Sumter 36; Bish opvilie, 0. Lineup: Bishopvilie Sumter McLeod _. _ "__F_.. Cato Stuckey, J. D. _.R. H... .Blanding Scarborough _.L. H. ,.Wright Montgomery __ L. E. .._Rivers Ruf us __ L. T. .. _.-WK*?er Brown _L. G. ..Brunson, F. Jennings .. .. C.Kirvin, M. Hoyt?.R. G._Dick Stewart.R. T.Rape Weatheriy _.R.: E. .. Kirvin, C. Substitutes: Bishopvilie, DuBose, Krasnoff, Free, Herron and Fox worth: Sumter, Crombie, Shaw, Hodge, J., Dwyer, Brunson, A., Dix on, Pitts, Witherspoon, J., and Flake. . Officials: Referee, John B. Duf fie, Davidson, Umpire. G. Shaw, Wake Forest: Head Linesman, I Henry Spann, Davidson. _m m m Married. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Cooper announce the marriage of their sis ; ter. Miss Xetta Shaw Cooper to Mr. I.John MaeEaehern. Thursday, Oc I tober 6th, at their home. Millwood, j Wisacky, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Mc ! Bachern will be at home after Jan i uary 1st at Ktmsan, Korea. The bride is the youngest daugh ! ter of the late Col. Robert M. Coop | er and is well known in this city where she has been a frequent visi I tor and where she has numerous j relatives and many friends. Mr. I McEachern is a missionary, whose I field of service is Korea. Fire at Stateburg Dwelling House, Barn and Stables of L A. Jenkins De stroyed Sunday Night i Stateburg, Oct. 10.?The two i story dwelling and the barn, sta ! bless and wagon shed of I. A. Jen kins, colored, were burned about 8 o'clock Sunday night. A part of the furniture and household goods were saved from the dwelling, and the wagon and two mules were gqt i ten out of the stable, but practical ly everything else in the house and outbuildinggs was destroyed. The fire started in the roof of the dwell j ing and when discovered had made ! considerable headway. Efforts to extinguish the flames and save the contents of the building were made by neighbors who gathered as quickly as possible when the alarm was given, but very little was ac complished. The property was in? j sured for a small amount, but the j loss greatly exceeds the insurance, j The dwelling was situated on the j old State road, almost opposite the Hillcrest. the old Anderson place, and is said to have been one of the oldest buildings at the Boro. Cotton Crop Condition Report oil Crop in South Car olina by Counties Saluda, Oct. 4.?According to re port of B. B. Hare, agricultural sta tistician in South Carolina for the Bureau of Markets and Crop Esti mates, United States department of agriculture, condition of cotton in the state on September 25 was 40 per cent of normal, against 50 per cent on August 25 and 62 per cent July 25, the indicated production being 644,000 bales. The total pro duction for the state last year ap proximated 1,6-iO.OOO bales, while in 1919 it was 1,422,000 bales and 1,570.000 bales in 3 918. -Ten per cent deterioration in South Carolina during September and 7.2 per cent in cotton belt. Condition for the entire United States on September 25 was 42.2 I per cent of normal, against 49.3 j per cent August 25 and 64.7 on July J 25. The forecast of production for ! the entire United States Is 6,537, I 000 bales, the production tor 1920 being 13.365,000 bales. Condition August 25 and Sep tember 25 is shown in table below, by counties: County Condition Condition ?ug. 25 Sept. 25 Abbeville . 58 4? Aiken .._. 38 28 . Allendale. 30 IS Anderson . GO ?l Bamberg . -34 17 Barnwell . 38 22 Beaufort . 26 13 Berkeley . 32 20 Calhoun . 35 2"? ?Charleston . 20 17 Cherokee . 70 65 Chester. 57 47 Chesterfield . 53 4 5 Clarendon . .'{(> 27 Colletun . 23 13 Darlington. 50 46 Dillon .57 50 Dorchester. 3? 16 Edgefleld . 40 30 Fairfield . 52 40 | Florence. 46 41 Ceorgetown. 22 15 (Jreenville ._ 65 ?J0 (.Yeenwood . 50 38 Hampton ..... 25 15 Horry . 50 40 Jasper._ 15 15 Kershaw . 49 40 Lancaster . 50 45 Laurens . iiO 51 Lee. 52 41 Lexington . 3ft 32 McCormick . 41 29 Marion . 50 43 Marlboro . 59 7.2 Newberry . 4? 38 Oconee .*. 6G 59 Orangeburg . 33 , 25 Pickens . 67 59 Kichland . 40 30 Saluda . 40 29 Spartanburg . 66 37 Sumter . 45 33 Union ..:. 56 50 Williamsburg . 23 18 York . 62 50 Rev. R. S. Truesdale to Lecture to Sunday School Workers. The Rev. Robt. S. Truesdale, j formerly pastor of Trinity Meth j odist church, Sumter. and now of Main Street Methodist Church, Co lumbia, has been secured for the Sumter School of Methods for Sun day school workers which is to be held at the First Presbyterian church on October 28, 29, 30. This announcement was made today by I the local committee of arrange ments, who expressed much grati fication at the promise of Dr. Truesdale's participation on the program. Dr. Truesdale is said to be one ? of the most beloved pastors that ! have ever been in Sumter, and his j many friends here will look for j ward to hearing him again. In ad ; dition to his own church work in ?j Columbia. Dr. Truesdale is a mem : ber of the executive, committee of the South Carolina Sunday School Association and an active supporter of the work of the association. He ! is also secretary of the Committee on Evangelism of the Sunday School Association, of which com mittee Dr. Wm. L. Ball, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Spar ta nburg, is chairman. The sessions of the School of Methods will be held at the Pres byterian church with Dr. S. H*. Ed munds as dean and Mr. Bartow Walsh and Mr. C. M. Hurst as as sociate deans. Rev. D. S. Mac Donald is chairman cf the ar rangements committee. I A phone eall from Columbia Fri j day informed the sheriff's of ! fice that James Williams, colored, alias James Phillips has been ar : rested there and is being held for I Sumter officers who will go to Co lumbia today to bring him back. He j is wanted for housebreaking and ! stealing household goods from the j home of Gilbert DuBose at Remini of the night of October 4th. ?????? Car owners should watch out for I their cars as there seems to he ; some one about who has the habit j of borrowing them. Last Saturday ' night Mr. (\. C. Cooper reported to the polier that someone had taken : his ear from his garage late at < nigh! usir.K if and returning it in -?? i A diving girl act always makes a good showing. City Council Meeting Decision Rendered on Gas Petition?Vote Stood 2 to 1 At a special meeting of Council held in ihe office of the Clerk and Treasurer, October 8th, there were present the Mayor and both Coun men. The meeting was called for the purpose of making a final decision as to whether or not the increase in the gas rate would be allowed af ter reviewing the signed petition which was presented to Council for it's consideration. Mayor Jennings stated: "As far as I am concerned it appears from the record furnished City Council, out of the 9?l gas subscribers. 75 per cent of these wouid be 721, and it appears after checking the peti tion with the gas books that there are only 359 actual subscribers on the petition and therefore not 75 per cent, and I voted to continue the franchise rate the same as or dered by Council heretofore." Mr. McCallum stated: I stand by my former vote to hold the gas company to the franchise rate." Mr. Raffield stated: "My posi tion is as formerly stated, that a public utilities should be allowed to earn G per cent on their in vestment plus a reasonable rate of depreciation which, in the gas company's ease, is fixed at 5 per cent, which I consider reasonable. The franchise rate, in my opinion will not allow them to earn C per cent, therefore I am not in favor of forcing them to operate under $1.50 net rate until such time as their earnings will justify a fur ther reduction. Council very wise ly recj iires the gas company to file wilh them a monthly statement of their operations and I am in favor of this being continued in order that we may see just what this util ity is earning, and if their rate ex ceeds that allowed by the franchise, that it can be reduced, such earn ings warrant the reduction. Not being bound in any way by the resolution passed at the mass meet ing I am personally not concerned with the result of the petition which has been presented to Coun cil which petition carries a total of 741 names, 359 of which are wives of the subscribers as shown by the gas company'^ books." Mayor Jennings further stated: "As a condition upon which coun cil allowed the gas company here tofore to increase its rates above the franchise rates, it required the gas company to furnish a monthly statement of its operations in order that council might know when it would be wise to reduce the rates, and council now having reduced the rates back to the franchise rates, it is not required that this monthly statement be filed with council by the gas company, but as ?a member of council I certainly have r.o objection to the continu ance of the filing of this report. As to the checking of the petition, there were 706 individual names, some individuate having several meters, and adding the meters to gether, I understand it will make the 741 names, but there were only 359 of these gas subscribersVs ap peared from the books." Councli authorized a cooking rate of 4 cents per kw. for all electric cooking ranges to be used on a sep arate meter. Council further agreed in reduc tion of 10 per cent in salaries be ginning November 1st, effecting all employees whose salaries have not heretofore been reduced, other than the force at the electric light plant, whose salaries have been re duced, except the superintendent who was employed until January 1st at his present salary. Council then adjourned. -? m m Death. "Word was received in the city Friday of the death of Mrs. Lily Lee Harby in New York city last night. Mrs. Harby has been ill for some months and was taken north Tuesday afternoon in the hope that the change would be of benefit. She was at the home of her brother, Mr. M. E. Harby in New York city when the end came. Mrs. Harby was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Harby, late of Charleston. A large part of Mrs. Harby's girlhood was spent in Sumter. she having attended St. Joseph's Academy and having lived here at times with her relatives. About two years ago she moved to Sumter, and made her home here with her aunt, Mrs. A. DeL. Moses I at 11 S. Washington street. Be sides numerous friends who will mourn her loss, Mrs. Harby is sur vived by her sons, Mr. Arthur S. Harby of Sumter, and Mr. Cyril A. Isaacs, formerly of Sumter, now of Freeport, Illinois: Mr. M. E. Harby of New York City is a sur viving brother. The funeral services were held from the residence of Mr. A. S. Harby, Purdy street, at 10:30 o'clock Sunday morning. ? ? j Death at Tindal. ! Tindal, Oct. G.- -On last Saturday afternoon, October 1st, Mrs. Mary Teresa Ann Hodge, wife of Magis j tr?te J. A. Hodge, passed away. She was buried Sunday afternoon i at Providence church. She was the i oldest daughter of Mr. Elias Hodge, by his second wife, who was Miss I Harriet Brunson, and was one of a i family of fifteen children. I Mrs. Hodge was in the seventieth ; year of her age, and is survived by j her husband and five children, Mr. [ J. Furman Hojdge, Mrs. Mary Davis. Mrs. Arthur F. Stafford, Mr. J. Wil lie Hodge, and Mrs. Hester Hodge, ; and thirty grandchildren. Mr. Ceo. Dewey Sims, who was killed in France, was a grandson of Mrs. Hodge. Mrs. Hodge united with Provi } deuce church when she was a girl and remained a member there all ; her life. Her funeral was attended ! by the largest crowd that any one j can recall ever seeing at Provi dence. The funeral sermon was \ preached by her pastor, Rev. Sid I ney .1. Cobb, and the grave was covered by the most beautiful floral I tributes. Meeting Held of Cem etery Association I . ; Plans Being Formalized To j Pave Drives in Cemetery ; At the annual meeting of the ! Sumter Cemetery Association which | was held at the office of the Walsh I Insurance agency on September i 30th, the matters of making ar ! rangements to install water connec : tions in the cemetery and to pave ' the driveways of same were discuss i ed at length. The meeting thought I that the paving of the driveways ? was of more importance than the i water question and the committee j on improvements was authorized to j pave the drives with concrete, as phalt, gravel or sand-clay as it ! might determine was the more ! feasible, using for this purpose a ' sum not exceeding $2.0u0 of the j association's funds now in hand j and supplementing this by solicit j ing subscriptions from lot owners for the balance needed. The senti ment of the meeting was tha': this was a favorable time for doing this work and that it should be started now. Bank is Not Bullish I Thinks People Should Sell Enough Cotton to Pay Debts A prominent South Carolina bank has sent the following letter to other banks: That there is a great scarcity of cotton is generally admitted, to the extent that the new supply from the crop now being harvested, will j be of proportions, unprecedentedly j small for a period of more than j a generation. The extent of the actual scarcity, I which will be reflected by an in- j crease in market prices, will be af fected not only by the large carry ! over from the last crop, but, per haps, quite as much by the uncer tainty as to what demand may be expected for cotton goods made j out of cotton at increased prices j by mills, whose operatives are re j ceiving wages from 50 per cent, to j 100 per cent over those paid prior 1 to 19] 5. The mills cannot run full time, j and at the same time cut down ! wages, and they cannot pay wages j but little below the war pe'ak. and j pay a good price for cotton and -still sell cheap cloth, or indeed, cloth in line in price with present day psychology. Accordingly, the situation is clouded and full of uncertainty, a-d i owners of cotton can only antici j pate victory in the contest between ! seller and buyer if they place them J selves in a strong position, and j they can do this only by paying j \ their debts, or most of their debts, | i and they can pay these debts, only j ! by selling a substantial amount of J I cotton. It would seem as if the j j right thing to do would be to sell | :' cotton freely for the present, and j after debts have been cleared up, I view the situation and study how to continue the . struggle to the j best advantages.?Camden Chrot.1- ; cle. Hunting De troit Bandits Rifled Mali Sacks Found in j Alley in Foreign Quarter j Detroit. Mich.. Oct. 10?The po ' lice have instituted a vigorous ! search of the foreign quarters for ; four bandits wanted in connection ! with mail robbery Friday, after j finding a truck with the rifled sacks i in an alley. ? ? o COTTON MARKET NEW YORK COTTON. Ystdys ! Open High Low Close Close ! January ...19.49 19.50 18.93 19.05 19.40 I ; March .19.25 19.28 18.77 18.86 19.23] : May .19.09 19.00 18.44 18.u4 18.88 J July 18.48 18.50 18.01 18 37 18.40 j j October 19.90 19.90 19.20 19.25 19.60 , December .19.85 19.85 19.23 19.38 19.70 j Spots 30 down-; middling 19.80. 1 - NEW ORLEANS COTTON. Ystdys Open High Low Close Close ! January ...19.26 19.26 18.60 (8.69 19.19 < March .19.00 19.00 18.45 18.50 18.98 May .18.59 18.59 18.00 18.05 18.50 July .?7.94 17.94 17.61 17.61 18.02 October l. 19.00 19.00 18.60 18.57 19.17 December .19.50 19.50 18.71 18.82 19.36 Spots down; middling 19.u?. LIVEPOOL COTTON. January . 13.10 March .? > :2.75 May . ,.? 12.47 j July . 12.18 ! j October. 13.61 ! i December . . 13.33 Sales 10.000. .Middling 14.10. Good mid I dling 15.05. - COTTON LETTER. (Furnished by MaeDowell & Co). i Xew Orleans, Oct. 10.?The tendency of j j market remained downward with opening ; ; of the week. Cables were better than due ! ! and Lierpool advices were encouraging, re- \ j porting that the British board of trade re- ! i port fur September was the best since last : i April, that there was a more hopeful feeling ! [ and that the south was not offering freely. \ Sentiment in America, however, appears : to be bearish for the time being owing to j j the continuance of favorable weather in j I the interior, smaller spot sales in the south I and less activity in the textile jobbing dis- I i trict.s because of t'.e higher prices asked j for dry goods. j The continuance of favorable weather I inland can hardp add to me size.oi" the j crop as there is ??iid t? be little of a mid dle crop and practically uo? top crop pros pects at all. Accounting for the small spot sales in the south, the interior advise; to effect that farmers are not willing to sell at the de cline determined to hold tips year's very small production for a hu he- pri?*??. While the recent extensive buying in the ; goods markets has !e,t up :o some extent j because of the higher pre; s asked, the ; trade will have to become ;k -'m nm.d to j i the higher prices, which are warranted by I prospects of a scarcity of raw cotton ulti , niatelly especially of desirable grades. In an effort to depress values, refe. -n c is constantly being made to the unfavorable : . foreign financial situation as reflected in ! the rates of exchange but demand sterling bulged sharply today, advancing t; l-'j, cents i while francs aud marks ruled comparative- ; ly steady. There are Indications of climatic c?-n j dltions in the interior becoming less f.\\ >?:- j able in the immediate future probably rain j and colder for the southwest. While market has declined there is no ' change in the fundamental situation ol I cotton and the outlook is that conditions . will become stronger as on.- bullish develop ! meat after another unfolds itself in the near and distant future. 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And their added cost must go onto the price or come out of the quality. One thing, and only one, is responsible for Camels great and growing popularity ?that is CAMEL QUALITY. B.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO?, Winston-Salem, N. C Denies Story Of His Death Man Reported Killed Sends His Mother Message Wilmington, N. C, Oct. 7.?Leon E. Smith, a young man of this city. , whose dead body was reported to j have been found beside a railroad | track near Mullins, S. C, last Wed- | nesday, and buried Saturday night . eight miles from Sanford, X. C, in ' the family burying grounds, ap- ; peared here today in the flesh, hav- ' ing just learned of his reported death and burial. Wednesday a body badly mutilat- ' ed, supposedly by a train, was 1 found near Mullins and positively identified by those who knew him, as Smith's body. It is said that letters were found addressed to "Leon A. Smith" relatives were no- I tified and arrangements were made j to bury the remains near Sanford. ! It had-,been planned, to hold the } funeral last Sunday but due to the condition of the body, a hur- J ried burial was held by lantern j light Saturday night. Relatives at- j tending from this city returned | here today, only to learn that Smith was here, alive. The identity of the dead man remains a badly mutilated, but there is some idea that the mystery may be unraveled. On his arrival here, Smith was par ticularly perturbed over the reports because of his mother, Mrs. D. A. Smith, 336 Fifteenth street. Wash ington, D. C, and he immediately wired her. He had been working at Bolton, near here, and only learned of his "death" Thursday when a friend found him and told him of it. Whereupon he imme diately left for this city, arriving early this morning. ? ? ? Hearing in Wallace Case. A hearing was granted J. C. Wallace Saturday at 10 o'clock at chambers before Associate .Jus tice T. B. Fraser of the Supreme Court. Wallace is charged with at tempted criminal assault on a young girl under the age of 12 years. He was arrested and placed in the county jajil several weeks ago on a warrant issued by Mag istrate J. A. Hodge. Some days ago Mr. Wallace came In-fore Mag istrate M. A. Wilder in a prelim inary hearing relative to the deter mination of granting and fixing a bond. Magistrate Wilder ruled at that time that the case was not bailable. Death. Dalzell, Oct. 0.?T. Wilder James j died at his homo near Hagood. j Sumter county, last Friday. He j was in his 7^rd year. He was a man of sterling qualities und was held in great respect by all who i knew him. He is survived by one! brother, one sister and a niece. I with whom sin- made his home j many years. Mr. John McDaniels' store at Tiiidal was broken into the other night and robbed of several hun dred dollars worth of merchandise. Entrance was gained through a back window. As yet no clue has been found as to who committed I the robbery. Large School Unemployment Con Enrollment j f erence Convenes Columbia, Oct. 7.?The schools i Washington, Oct. 10.?The stib of the entire state are fuller than I committees have reconvened prep ever, according ro a statement is- j aratory to a meeting of the full sued by the department of educa- unemployment conference tomor tion today. Reports from every row. The committees are prepar county indicate record-breaking j ed to consider the -recommenda enrollments. ! tions for a program of permanent ? ? * j measures to combat unempioy Due to the prompt and efficient i ment and hasten the return, of work of the fire company, a fire | normal conditions in industry and which starred Saturday afternoon} commerce, in the building occupied by the j * ? ? . Sumter Printing Company and the A house belonging to Cora Franklin Pressing Club on Main ! Brown, colored, on Broad street, street was extinguished before it j Just outside of the city, was burned had gained much of any headway.1 completely down on Thursday The fire caught at the rear on the | night, about 9 o'clock. The drigin roof, probably from a flue, and was ; of the lire is not^known. burning rapidlv when the firemen ' ~ ? <t? ? arrived. Little damage was done! Congressmen dornt spend ae as only a portion of the roof was much time delivering their speeches burned. As this is an old wooden j asjnail men do. building it would not have taken I the fire lon.^ to have got under FOR SALE?About two thousand such headway that it would have; stalks of ribbon cane for seed-at been impossible to save it. 3c a stalk. Parties wishing to ?? ? buy must come for it before The end of a perfect day is when! killing frost. J. B. Warren, supper burns. ! Mayesville, S. C. ? '" a, //ffy/'#ffp^ /ho Qno&iq South CarolinaBair*^ GREATEST LIVE STOCK SHOW g??j in %e history of the Fair Association. Come and see how others are isaet? ir.g the boll weevil menace. AUTOMOBILE RACES Fast track, well known driver.*, speedy cars. Purses amount to ?S,0GC? Auto races on* Friday. 2Sth. HOSSS BACING On Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Pacing and Trotting races for purses of ?3u0 each event, with added money. Running Races for purses of $130. each event, with added mom v. AUTO POLO?SOMETHING NEW Stripped automobiles in exciting; i o!o grames. First time ever seen in th| South. One exhibit each day between races Tuesday, Wednesday and Thun* day; also once each evening during fireworks. BIG FIREWORKS EVERY NIGHT On the "Midway, the famous C. A. Worthan Shows, featuring 30 attraction^ many new and novel. POULTRY EXHIBIT under the auspices ot ;he South Carolina Poultry Breeders' Association. Held In conjunction \\ ith the S;:at^ Fair. 1>. K. Adams, President, Charleston, S* C? AGRICULTURAL PEODUCTS from every section of the .^t.i*.\ including work ci Boys' Corn and Pig Clubs? CAROLINA-CLEMSON FOOTBALL CLASSIC . The one bi?- football game of the season. Reserved seats provided tot i.000 spectators. Football Da v. Tharsunv, 27th. REDUCED BATES ON ALL RAILROADS Admissions: Adult*. 7 ."><?; children under 1'2 y<-::rs 35c. Further redneedj ru:o> for school children** tickets witen bought in advance in bulk. Th? tickets not >;?l?| ?{ iuiv tn.i??ls, tin: mUMl be secured in advance from th# treanurcr and uili he redeemed at full value If not used. Priee? 20? asal 80c each. For premium li-.l or information, write D. F. EFIRB, Secretary, Columbia, S. u. ? HEBSBKSS'fl?