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THE SOFTER. WATCHMAN, Est2 CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2,1 YANKEES WIN THE FIFTH GAME The Sensational Fea ture of the Game Was Bunt by Home Run Ruth New York, Oct. 10 (By the Asso ciated Press).?A bunt in a base ball game doesn't hold a candle to a home run as. a spectacular feat, but a little bunt which "Babe" R?th laid down on the grass at the Polo Grounds today showed how much importance sometimes attaches to the less sensational per formance. The "Babe's** home run in the ninth inning of Sunday's game was for the Yankees as a team just one more run and nothing more. His bunt-in the fourth inning of today's* game, the fifth in the 1!>21 world series, proved the turning point of the contest which was won by the American leaguers by the score of 3 to 1 over "their National league opponents. The victory again gave the Yan kees the edge in tnc series, which i now stands: Won Lost New York Americans_3 2 New York Nationals ..2 3 Waite\Hoyt, the boy wonder from the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, pitched the Yankees to their third victory in the series, his poignant right arm being aided by some great defensive work on the part . *of his teammates in holding the Giants' scoring proclivities t(\ a minimum. He had been scored ?|>on in the finr.. inning, an etfror by McNally paving the way to the Giants' only tally, hut the Yankees tied the score in the third when Mike Mc Nally -was passed by Art Nehf, the Giants* Crack left hander, w^nt to third on Wally Schang's double and came home on Elmer. Miller's sac rifice fly. Then to sta.*t the fourth for the Yankees, Ruth, who had struck out his first time - up, did the unexpected and laid down ?. bunt. The Giant infield was taken completely by surprise and Rr?.h landed safely on first. The way had been opened for a tally, and Ruth scored it a moment later on "Bob" Meusel's hot double to left ?which his brother Emil, of the Giants seemed somewhat slow in handling-. This ultimately proved to. be the winning run for the Yankees, but another was speedily added when Meusei scored on Aaron Ward's sacrifice fly. That ended the scoring for the ? day. Hoyt. who had seemed a bit unsteady in the early innings, set tled down behind his two run lead and * pitched a heady game which had the big guns in the Giant line up guessing when s safe blows were necessary to put runs across. The youthful Yankee twirler was hit more freely than in his shutout game of last Thursday, but then he would have had another score less game to his credit with a little better luck in the first inning, J which witnessed the Yankees' only : fielding bobble, a mess made by Mc Nally of George Burns' hard bound er. As it was, the Flatbush boy won the honor of being the first boxman to win two games in the. present series and of holding the heavy hitting men of the McOraw clan ^o one solitary run in 18 in nings. Both on the offensive and defen sive sides of the Yankees' play, the work of "Bob" Meusei stood out conspicuously. The lanky right fielder of the Hugginsmen batted 500 for the day with a single and a double in four times up, his double, as related, scoring Ruth with the run needed to win the game, and his own crossing of the plate di rectly afterward making the Yan kees two up on their opponents. It was Meusel's powerful right arm. however, which proved the most telling argument of the gamo outside of the box work of Hoyt. His quick throw to first of Ban croft's single in the second, trap ping the Giant shortstop on the line towards second, started a run up on Bancroft, during whvh George Burns, who had started from first on the hit and run. tried to score, but was caught at the plate as Peckinpaugh shifted the play to Burns and threw to Schang. This play saved one tally, but at a still more critical point in the game Meusel's deadly aim proved the factor which broke rp a Giant rally and possibly saved the contest for the Yai.kees. It was George Kelly who took chances with Meu sei's arm after singling to right in the eighth with Young on first and one man out. Kelly made a gallant dash for second, but Meu sel's throw was there first. One more Giant then had to be attend ed to before the side was out and rloyt forced Emil Meusei to scud up a high foul which Scharia got cloose to the box after a Ions run. The crowd of ?3.000 which the fine weather and the great interest in the close series had brought out. besides getting a succession of thrills from the ten?e moments of the game, witnessed with mixed emotions the surprising feat of "Babe" Ruth in striking out three times in four times up. making his total eight strike outs for the five games. Babe, however, has been play ing under a great handicap. He in jured his elbow stealing second in Thursday's game, infection set in and a minor operation was per formed. Every time he swung his tblished April. 1850. .881. Imixl-" VESIIGATION House Rules Commit tee Hears Resolu tions Which Call For a Congressional In vestigation, j - i Washington, Oct. 12. ? Before calling William .1. Simmons, im perial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, the house rules committee heard representatives, of a negro organ izatino in support of resolutions providing for a congressional inves tigation of the drder. William Trotter, of Boston, declared it to be an "organization which inter feres with the personal liberties of the people." Shot into Home of Lady of Klan Man Calls Up Newspaper and Says Tha? Col. Simmons, Imperial Wizard, Will Be Next Target Atlanta. Oct. 11.?Five shots were fired he*re tonight at Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler, a member of the propagation department of the Ku Klux Klan, according to reports to police. The bullets smashed her bedroom window but she was un harmed. Police and a number of members of the klan rushed to the home, which is situated on Howell Mill road, some distance from the center of the city. A few minutes aftrtr police received notice of the shooting a man called the Atlanta Constitution on the tele phone and said: "I just want to say that we got j Mrs. Tyler tonight and we will get Simmons tomorrow." Efforts to learn the man's name were fruitless as he mumbled i something and said "good-night." The shooting was not generally! known at the time of the call. Mrs. Tyler, who lives with her grown daughter, had been enter taining several women friends ear lier in the evening, and was said to have just gone to her bedroom When the firing started. After the shooting stopped Mrs. Tyler man aged to can the police and mem bers of the order for help. An investigation was begun but it was j reported there was nothiing to in- j dicate who did the shooting. - Grand Jury Takes a Haxidi Investigation Being Made of! Night Fight at Lorena Waco. Texas, Oct. 12.?The grand jury today began the inves tigation of the clash at Lorena on October 1st between Sheriff Buch anan and Ku XI jx Klan paraders in which ten men were wounded, one fatally. bat today his face reflected the extreme pain caused by the injury. In addition he had been troubled with a bad leg. the result of an old pulled tendon. The Giant fieiders gave a sood performance of the defense, giving Nehf fine support. Only one error, a dropped throw by Frisch, marred their record. Nehf held the slug ging Yankees to six hits. The Giants' inability to hit Hoyt effec tively was iheir fatal handicap. George Kelly leu his team at bat j with three hits. The American leaguers did not get a man on base in the first in ning but the Nationals came through with one run. Burns hit to McNally, who fumbled the ball and the runner was safe. Ban croft forced Burns at second. Peckingpausrh to Ward. Hoyt tried to g^t Frisch's hard hit ball but it rolled over toward short and Bancroft drew up at second. Young was given a base, on bails and the bags were full. Kelly raised a Texas leaguer to renter and Kan croft scored. "Irish" Meusel struck j out and Rawlings ended the inning j by forcing Kelly, Peekinpaugh to I Ward. j In the seeond inning Pol? Meu sel for the Yankees singled to; right and advanced to second on ! Pipp's saerifice. As Ward struck out Meusel tried to steal third. ! Frisch dropped Smith's good throw and Meusel made a break for the plate but was nipped as he slipped. Frisch t?> Smith. Frisch was given an error. The Yankees lied the scr *e in the third. McNally drew a base on balls and went to third on Schang's two base drive to left. The run ners were held on the base as Hoyt was thrown out at first by Bancroft. Miller sent a long sac rifice fly to Meusel and McNally xenyt'd. Schang taking third. Peck went our at first on an unassisted play by Kelly. In the fourth the Giant outfield ers movd toward the fence and the in fielders stepped back a few paces when Ruth came to the bat. Ho fooled them, however, kiying down a bunt and beating Nehf's [throw to first, the Giants kicking I at the umpire's decision in calling* him safe. The crowd cheered Ruth's strategy. lie scored a few I minutes later on Bbb Meusel's j drive to left. Meusel moved up U j third on Pipp's out at first and scored the last run of the game on 1 Ward's sacrifice fly to Burns. "Be Just and Fear BREACHES OF TRUCE INJRELAND British and Irish Del egates at Confer- j ence in London Are Confronted by Dif ficulty London, Oct. 12.?British and Irish delegates are considering the alleged breaches of the truce in Ireland. This is first difficulty con fronting the conferees. The as sumption by the Dial Eireann of government functions in Ireland is causing much irritation. Rebel Against Regulation Butchers and City Council of Columbia Go jnto Courts Over Abattoir Columbia. Ort. 12.?Columbia's city council is having a warm legal battle over the question of slaugh tering meat. The city erected an abattoir several months ago and j all meat sold in Columbia must, un ? er city ordinance, be slain at this j place. The abattoir is modern in every respect and is located outside the city limits. Five butchers have co-operated in the erection of an independent slaughter pen in an other direction from the city and there they have been killing their meat. Cases were brought against them in the city court and each butcher of the independent five was fined $10 0 or sentenced to serve thirty days on the gang. The butchers have given notice of ap peal to the higher courts, and they have good le"gal representation. The state board of health has examined the independent butchering place and State Health Officer Hayne de clares it to be in good condition, from the sanitary standpoint. ? ? ?? Republican Leader Dies Senator Philander Knox Stricken With Paralysis and Expires in Few Min utes Washington. Oct. 12.?Philan der Chase Knox. senator from Pennsylvania and secretary of state under President Taft, died sudden ly at 6:30 o'clock this evening at his home here. He was stricken with paralysis after descending the stairway on his way to the dining room for dinner and passed away 15 minutes later without regaining consciousness. Mrs. Knox and the senator's sec retary. \V. F. Martin, were near the senator and hurried to his aid. Dr. Samuel Admas was summoned immediately, but he found Mr. Knox beyond medical aid. Senator Knox returned to Wash ington only last Monday night from a trip to Kurope with Mrs. Knox and he attended the sessions of the senate yesterday and today. Leaving the chamber about '< o'clock this afternoon the senator took an automobile ride through Potomac, park and stopped on his way home to purchase' tickets for a theatrical performance tonight. Reaching home, the senator went to his library where he remained until summoned'to dinner. President Harding. Chief Justice Taft, Senator Lodge of Massachu setts, the Republican leader; Sen ator Penrose of Pennsylvania and other friends and close associates of Mr. Knox were soon notified of the senator's death. The news came as a shock to all official Washingto7i, for the senator, through his services first as attorn ey general under Presidents McKin ley and Roosevelt, and later as at torney general under President Taft, had a wide circle of friends in all walks of public life, con gressional, diplomatic and legal. Arrangements for the funeral will be made after the arrival iu I Washington of Senator Knox's sons. I Field Knox of Valley Forge. I'm.. and Hugh S. Knox of Straf ford. Pa., and daughter. Mrs. James Ft. Tindall of Valley Foige. A third son. Philander Chase Knox. Jr., resides in Washington. The senate will meet tomorrow and adjourn out. of respect to the late senator and with the house will j name a committee to attend the ! funeral. Senator Knox was a resident of j Pittsburgh and he also had ;t sufn j mer home at Valley Forge. The j place of interment has not yet been announced. Senator Knox was <;x years old and was serving in the senate for I a second time, having first been ; appointed in I 904 to succeed the I laf<? Senator Mathew Stanley Quay, lb- was elected to succeed himself in i;?0.ri, hut resigned four years I later to become secretarv of state -_ j Jury in McArdle Case Fail to Agree Cleveland. Oct. 12.?The jury that is trying .Marian McArdle for alleged complicity in tin- murder of Daniel Kaber, her stepfather, resumed delil tion this morning after spending the night, in a hotel, after failing to agree. Not?Let all the ends Thou Aims'l Sumter, S. C, Saturd GIANTS WIN THE SERIES Eighth Game and Last Game Won by New York Nationals Score 1 to 0 ? By the Associated Press. New York. Oct. 13.?The world's series may end with a victory for the Giants in the eighth game if htey can break themselves of the habit of Petting whipped by Waite Hoyt, twi<-e their conqueror. Artie Nchf. left bander, is expected to pitch for the Giants against Hoyt for the third time. The Yanks to.* wear the crown must win two in row. Clear, chilly weather early in thp day indicated that the game must bo pjayed under ideal foot ball conditions. Giants Win Game In the game between the Giants and Yanks today the Giants got one run in the first inning through I an error. Hoyt pitching for the I Yanks walked the first three men up. Young hit to Peckenpolc who errored and Burns scored. Score by innings: R. H. B. i Giants_100 000 000?1 fi 0 jYanks_000 000 nnO?0 4 1 The one error made in the first t inning cost the Yanks the game. Batteries: Giants?Nehf and Sny der. Yankees?Hoyt and Schang. The Snappiest Game Of the Series Giants Defeated Yankees in Nip and Tuck Contest by Score of 2 to 1 New York. Oct. 12' (By Asoociat ! ed Press).?Frank Snyder. the j Giants' bulky catcher poled one of Carl Mays' underhand twisters into left center field for a two base hit in the seventh inning at the Polo grounds and thereby sent home the tally that won the seventh game of j the world series for the New York j Nationals. j The Giants, by winning this con j tset from the Yankees, two runs I to one. went for the first time into I the lead in tho world championship [ race, making the count stand: j Won. Lost j New York Nationals_4 3 j New York Americans _V-_3 4 The McGrawmen need but one more victory to give them the se ries and the big end of the money. If Yn.nkeos should win tomorrow and a ninth game is necessary the Giants will be the homo team, the Yankees batting first. This was de cided in the club house at the Polo grounds late this afternoon. Com missioner Landis tossed a coin and President Stoneham of the Giants called the turn. Today's game, probably the best played and certainly the snappiest and tensest in tho series, was one worthy of the two pennant winning clubs. It was witnessed by a holi j day crowd of 3^.5'):! persons, a j croud which was by all odds the j most demonstrative of all tho great gatherings that have assem bled for the series. It seemed al most that the roar that greeted I "Chick" Fewster. the Yankee lead I man. again substituting for the dis t abled "Pabe" Ruth, when he step j ped to the plate in the first inning, J was continued without pause until j Phil Douglas of the Giants tossed out Wally Schang for the last, out I in the ninth. One sido or the oth j er of the partisanly divided throng either found an over present occa I sion to cheer or took the occasion j regardless. Once more, and for the third time, it was a case of Douglas against Mays and for the second time the verdict wont to Douglas. "Shufflin* " Phil pitched masterful ball, settling down after a some what uncertain time of it after the first two innings, in the second of which the Yankees scored their only tally, and either turned the j American leaguers back in order I or skillfully foiled their vain at i fonij.tr, to hit safely. He was aided i by wonderful support of his team j mates, not ;i fielding rnisplay being ; made on the Nationals' side. On the other hand, Carl Mays, while I the loser, has to be given credit for an equally notable if less successful ' performance on the mound. The ! blond Missourian was steadier than j Douglas, not issuing ;i pass and ! allowing but six hits to eight for j his opponents, and but for a slip ! most unfortunate for .Mays and his I Yankee teammates on the part of I Aaron Ward in the seventh inning. the game might easily have gone I into the extra innings with the j score i ied. I to 1. j The Yankee second baseman's or i ror proved the real "break" of the game, putting on base the runner 1 who scored the winning tally. The usually reliable Ward. who has been notably busy around second base all through the series, this time let a grounder by Rawlings j get away from him after two Giants had been retired in the sev I erith inning. Aaron recovered the , ball .'in<l made n quick throw to j Pipp but was just too late. The play on Rawlings, cleanly made of course, would have re tired the side. But Ward's bobble proved an opening of which the Giants were quick to take ad van it be thy Country's. Thy God's and ay, October 15,1921 FRICTION IN International Presi d e n t L e w i s Suspends District and Removes All Officials Pitsburgh. Kan.. Oct. 13.?The Kansas district of the* United Mine Workers has been suspended by John Lewis, international presi dent. Alexander Howat and all other district officers have been re moved. George Perk. who has been appointed acting president of the provisional district, declared that the miners must resume work. -^ ^? <. Jewelry Merchant Robbed in Hotel P'ound Bound and Gagged in Room, Claims $60,000 in Jewelry Was Taken From Him St. Louis. Oct. 12.?Sol Kaufman, a traveling jewelry merchant of Xew Vorw. was found bound and gagged in a hotel room here today. He told the police he had been robbed of sixty thousand dollars worth of jewelry. ? ? Woman Acquitted By Georgia Jury Verdict of Not Guiltv for V Mrs. Benny Hudson Albany. Ga.. Oct. 12.?Mrs. Penny Hudson was acquitted by a jury here today of the murder of her two children. Mrs. Hudson was indicted jointly with her husband, Glenn Moore Hudson, and he was convicted of the crime last week and sentenced to be hanged November l.S. Hear ing on his appeal for a new trial ! has been set for November 11. tage. Frank Snyder lumbered con fidently up to the plate and banged [away without an instant's hesita tion, jamming the first ball pitched into the outfield for two bases. Rawiings winged his way around the bases as Miller and Fewster scrambler! for the ball, but before it could be relayed in Rawiings I was across the plate with \\ hat ' proved to be the winning taliy. I The game was from the very start a nip-and-tuck affair. The second man up on each team. ' Peckinpaugh for the Yankees and Bancroft for the Giants, hit for two bases in the first inning, but both I were left. Then in the second the j Yankees broke the ice and sent a run across. Pipp, the first man up, slashed a double to left. Ward then stepped in and with a neat ' sacrifice .advanced the lank., first baseman to third. Mil." McNally, next up. proved the right man for the pinch. With the infield drawn in he singled sharply to right and Pipp tallied. Wally Schang forced McNally at I second, but Mays, a. powerful hit ter, met one of Douglas' offerings squarely and sent it shooting on a line in the direction of right field. Rawiings, however, gat heed him self together, leaped high in the air and hauled down the sphere with one hand, his great catch re tiring the side. Neither side scored in the third, but in the tooth the Giants tied it up. With one out Young got an infield hit off Ward's glove and stole second as Kelly fanned. "Irish" Meusei then lined a neat single to center which brought Young home with the tieing run. The count reinaincd in its tight ly knotted state until the seventh with its fatal break for the Yankees and the Giants' winning tally. McNally. whose bit brought in the Yankees' only run. injured his right shoulder in sliding for second when lie was forced there in the second inning. When the Yankees took theii- place in the field in the third Frank Baker, the veteran third sacker, took up the duty of guarding the far corner. Baker, with little to rlo in the field, got info the limelight twice on the of fensive. The Yankees had been able to do nothing effective with Douglas after the second, but threatened .seriously with two men out in the seventh. Faker con tributing a hit. while Schaag fol lowed with another. Both men were left, however, when Mays grounded out. lu the final inning with the Yankees needing one run ??> tie. the first two men we_rc easy outs. The last chance lay with Baker. Frank, as he stepped to the place, glanced over at the right field stand where in former years home run hits had badly damaged or ruined Giant chances for a world championship, and he see.ni?*d to l>e gauging the distance. And then he bit tin- ball. I' was a hard Mow. but not <>i" the home run variety. It shot through Kelly .-it first for a .-ingle. Hope, though faint, sprang anew in the Yankees breast. Al Dcvorm I er. fleet of feet, w;is put in to run lor the veteran. It was up to Wally .Schang. but the plucky back stop, though he tried hard, didn't have the necessary hit in his sys tem. He fouled one and then hit to Douglas and the game was over. Truth's." PRESENTMENT OF THE GRAND JURY i I Special Committee In spects Schools of County? Whipping of Convicts Investi gated ! Hon. T. J. Mauldin. Presiding j Judge. Fall Term: We have considered all bills of j indictment handed us by the so i licitor and return them to the j court, our findings endorsed there ! on, and we beg to submit herewith j our final report. We hand you herewith reports of I the committees on rural schools, j public buildings and public works. These special reports becoming a i part of our general presentment for j the year. I We commend the committee on j rural schools for the very eili i- lit j investigation marie and believe same will result in much good to the schools of the county. Wo desire to call the attention of, your honor to the ref< rence of th^ committee *"*n public works t.? the i chain gang prisoner known as ! Jam05: Brown. The entire grand : jury have examined this prisoner i and find a wound said to be caused I by a whipping administered by Mr. I John Holland under the direction i of the county engineer. Mr. Jef j fords. From aii accounts this is a very insubordinate prisoner, and ! punishment of some kind seems to I be absolutely necessary* but at the j same time the grand jury does not approve of a punishment as severe as this seems to have been. "We I ha" been informed that this pris oner nas aggravated this wound j by continually scratching same. We j recommend that this mode of pun ; ishment be abolished nad that the i proper authorities take steps im j mediately to see that this recom , mendation be carried out. ! The grand jury desires to thank ; your honor and other oIfic"rs of i the court fer their valuable ad I vice and assistance. Respectfully submitted. S. O'Quinn. Foreman. Sumter, S. C, Oct. 12. 1921. 1 Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the j Grand Jury. Sumter County: J We. the committee on public works, appointed by the grand jury at the spring term of court of gen eral sessions, beg to ray that we have visited the county gangs and i find them in good sanitary condi tion and find that the prisoners are j well fed and taken care of in the best manner possible and find that there is sufficient clothing, bedding. I etc.. for their needs during the I coming winter. j We have also inspected the main highways of the county - and find that they are in as good shape as possible to expect under present ; working conditions. j It has been called to our atten i tion that severe corporeal punish j ment has been inflicted on certain prisoners of the county chain gang and after thorough investigation wo find one negro. James Brown, who has been punished severely on account of insurbordination and i wo hereby recommend that this j mode of punishment be abolished and ask that the proper authori ! ties take steps immediately to ren - { edy this condition. In conclusion we wish to com ? mend Count> Engineer Jeffords for the excellent condition in which we find general conditions and equipment. Respectfully submit ted. C. M. Emanuel. Chairman, I. D. Klmore. T. J. Keels. Committee on Public Works. j Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the Grand Jury. Sumter County. As a committee on rural schools appointed by the grand jury at the spring term of court of general ses sions, we have visited practically every white school in t h" county and wish to report as follows: We find that the schools as a whole are in a fair physical condi tion and are doing good work, but we want to commend especially the trustees and teachers of the follow ing schools for the splendid condi tion in which we found both the buildings and grounds: Mayeo ville. Pinewood, Pisgah. Jackson, fiencral Sumter Memorial. State burg No. <i, Dalzell. Salem. Shiloh. Raker. Providence, Graham. Winti and OsWcgO. The following schools are also in : fairly good condition but in need of a small amount of repairs, in some instances the appearance ' cuild be materially improved by 1 cleaning np the grounds and put j ting them in prop.;- shape; in oth 1 its. .'i coat or two of paint would j help no liub> in preserving the j building and beautifying the place: Rem bort. Hagood. Argyle. Wedge field. Jordan. Ardis, Frasor. Lee (."Hi Rose. Concord, Bethol, Pleasant frrove. ?and Oreen Swamp. We found the following schools in had shape and unless the neees sary repairs arc made before < "\<i weather we do not sec how either teacher or pupils are going to pur sue their work and keep comfort able: Lone <);ik. The steps are down, piazza is falling away from the house, stove and flue in bad shape, pan.es out of windows and seems to have been used during summer as a store room for tobacco. Norwood Cross Roads. Badly in Tili; TRITE SOU Packing House Work ers Who Voted Yes terday Show Majori ty Are in Favor of Strike. Fifty Thou sand Votes Cast Chicago, Oct. 12.?With fifteen thousand votes tabulated, eighty five per cent of the packing house workers who voted on the author izing the Amalgamated Meat Cut ters and Butcher Workmen of North America to call a strike if ' deemed necessary, favor a walk I out. Fifty thousand votes are said 1 to have been cast. -o *> ? IWinston-Salem I Bank Robbed - I Assis tant Cashier Held Up by Lone Bandit Who Got $8,000 Winston-Salem. Oct. 13.?W. R. Snow, assistant cashier of the Southside branch of the Farmers" Bank and Trust Company, was held up by a lone highwayman who rob : bed the bank of eight thousand dol ' lars in cash. -? ? ^ FRANKLIN K. LANE MEMORIAL Washington, Oct. 13.?The de rision to open the Franklin ' K. Lane memorial fund to the pub lie was today announced by the I committee. need of repairs and if done prompt j ly will add nnt only to the comfort i of teacher and pupils but will pre l serve the building from further de ! cay. They are also badly in need j of furniture. There were forty ; eight pupils in school and only j eight desks to accommodate them, j others were seated on board benches with no backs. Something should be d< ne and done immediately to i relieve this situation, j Weeds Mill. Stoves and flues in ! bad condition, panes of glass out i of windows. steps falling down. I fairly well furnished, but no at I tent ion paid to grounds, j Trinity. Badly in need of re j pairs but we were informed by the ; trustees that the reason ..his work I had :iot I^oji done they were ; planning to erect a new modern I building and as soon as the bonds j could be sold at a fair price, which ' had already been voted for this ; purp< se. . Wilder. In fair condition but ! badly crowded: children have prac J tically no play ground. Brunson School. Jn very bad ! condition, only a few panes of glass i left in windows. Flue in bad shape, I floor broken through, and in a di { lapidated condition generally, but ! we were told thnr plans for a new i building were on foot and they I hoped to have it sometime in the i near future. We suggest that our superintend I ent of education suggest a date in j the m ar future and r-.-i.ucst the ? trustees of each school in the coun j ty to meet at their respective I .school houses and observe the con j ditions as they exist and to make J the necessary adjustments as far as j possible before the winter season. ! in order thar both teachers and pu pils may be made comfortable while ? in school. i We wish to commend thrt work i of our superintendents. Mr. Hayns j worth and Mr. Hutchinson, the as I sistant superintendent and truant j officer, for the good work they are j doing under the existing conditions, j We find that Mr. Hutchinson has greatly increased the attendance in the various rural schools oi the county, and at this time we under stand that there are very few j pupils of school age who are not in J school though the compusory law j does not g<> into effect until the first J pa rt of November. We found that several school ? Hstrtcts had been consolidated and , r ?me ate under the process of con : solidation. and we wish to com J mend those districts- for this step : and suggest that other districts do ' the same thing where practical. E. M. St a ley. .\. .'. Bynum. A. G. Bennett. i Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the I j Grand Jury: j We your committee on public ; buildings, beg to report: j We hnd that the court house is : in need of some repairs in that I tlie roof?leaks, cement trimmings around the doors and windows are : broken and some of them liable to j fall at any tin:", especially that I over the southern entrance door: j also plastering is in bad conditio?. We find thai the glass in the door I to the solicitor's office is broken out j and we recommend t1i.it this glass i be replaced -it once, i The po..?- farm is im need of some i repairs, such as Chimneys need ; fixing before cold weather. Some ( of tin- piers have fallen down, glass ; in the w indows broken, new floor i in tin- kitchen and the fence around i the lo? needs repairing. We find the .tail well kept and in as good Condition as COUld be ex pert, >d with the presen 1 building. We wish to commend Jailer Owens for the good condition of the build ing and grounds. W. F. Carr. i.. F. Du Rant. THRON, Established June 1. 1S66. VOL. LIU. NO. 18 IRISH PEAC CONFERENC NEAR BREaa Sinn Fein Delegates Left After Short Session?One Stated He Would Not Come Back By the Associated Press. London. Oct. 13.?The British cabinet and Sinn Fein representa tives adjourned today after con ferring ninety minutes. . Michael Collins. Sinn Fein fin ance minister and commander of tho republican army, said, "We are not coming back." Arthur Griffith, Sinn F^in for eign minister and head of the dele gation said. "We are coming back at 11 o'clock tomorrow." I Slayer of Engineer Makes Confession The Truth About Murders and Train Wrecking in Georgia Fitzgerald. Ga.. Oct. 12.?Soli citor General A. B. Wall was au thority tonight for the statement that O. C. Fairfieid. one of the strik ing employees of the Atlanta. Bir mingham & Atlantic railroad, had confessed to his part in the shoot ing on the night of July 5. when Engineer W. T. Reed received wounds from which he died. Fairheld, according to the solici tor, confesses that he fired the first shot. General shooting followed and from the same source^ names of others who took part are said to have been obtained. Fairfieid went before the Ben Hill county grand jury today and according to reports unfolded .his story of the trouble in connection with the shooting of Engineer Reed. W. M. Martin, general chair man of the strking shopmen, is a member of the grand jury. Eleven new indictments were re turned by the grand jury on charges of murder in connection with the death of Engineer Reed. Those indicted today are Q. L. Lee, Jim. Mead, John L. Leslie. J. L. Malcolm, Fred Stubbs, Ji^a Smith, A. W. Rosar, Carl Ellison, Crobar Cates, Ed Brown and P. F. Harris. Following' the apoearance of Fairfieid before the grand jury three arrests were made. Preston Ware and W. C. Rus sell were placed under avrefrt cn warrants charging them with dyna miting a freight train on the At lanta. Birmingham & Atlantic rail road near Ambrose on July 25. Th* two men \v\*re taken to Douglas. Coffee county, in which county the alleged dynamiting occurred. Fair- - field also was taken there tonight I to appear before the grand jury in ? that county. j J. R. Thomas was arrested to night on a warrant charging dyna miting of an Atlanta. Birmingham & Atlantic train at Musciewhite in August in which more than 70 head of live stock were killed. He i3 held in jail here. Producing Cotton Under BoJl Weev il Conditions Lee County Using Successful Methods J Clemson College. Oct. 12.?The farmers in Leo county have put I up i he bravest fight this year for making cotton under boll weevil j conditions that I have ever wit- j nessed in any county during the J first two or three 3 ars of weevil invasion, says X. E. Winters, ex tension agronomist. Ail the farm ers of Lee county who followed County Agent Quinerly's advice in gathering the first weevils and in daily pit-king up the punctured squares previous to August have made a good cotton crop this year, varying from one-half to one bale por acre. All of these who did u<-t fight the weevil in this way ire m.iking very little cotton. Ar rangements pre now being made in Lee and in Darlington counties for a systematic rutting up and ! plowing under of cotton stalks as early as possible tho destruction of nil dry weeds and grass along the ditch banks and terraces in the cotton holds, and the destruction the dr> weeds and glrass out as far as 200 feet around the < otton fields, where tho boll weevil may ; go into hibernation, j The increased use of green Vin ter rover crops?rye and vetch, < ats and vetch, or crimson clover (the one to use will depend on the location) alo?.:: with the destruc tion of the boll weevil's winter ho tels, will be tho best means to use 5 tiiis fall and winter to reduce r<- a minimum 'lie number of wee 3 that survive next spring. If the. farmers of Lee county show the [same fighting spirit this fall in de stroying these winter hotel of the ! boll weevil and in the use ??:" these winter cover crops that they have shown t!ie past season in pickiiig up squares, thev will assure them oslves of a gond start for cotton production next year. "Caddy Loses Eye."?Headline. Probably had it on the ball.