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? Irish Delegates in London New Conference on. Irish Question Convenes To morrow I^ndoh, Oct. 9 (By the Associat ed- jPress).?The Irish delegates spent a quiet Sunday in London, ?he delegates and the secretaries dividing their time between the va rious churches. A''third secretary has been added to" the delegation. He is John Chartress and his appointment has ^ provoked much speculation. His name is unknown in Irish politics and he is tlhe only one connected with the delegation who is not a member ^of the Dail Eireann and any other representative body. Ris accession to the Irish delega tion is taken as indicating that the Sinn Fein is engaging all ex . pert advice possible. * The chief risk to a settlement is now. beji^ed to be in Ireland rath er thin in the conference chamber. Both sides allege that breaches of the -truce have recently multiplied. J:j.&ul>Iin Castle claims to have a list of S?O such breaches , while Sinn Fein liaison officers have issued a list ota number of instances of al leged aggressions by police, auxil iaries and soldiers. c "TJois, question of breach of the truce-possibly will be the first sub ject taken up by the conference which meets at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at the prime minister's of ficial residence in Downing street. Another- danger some anticipate is that- if the interned Irishmen are released there will be celebrations throughout the country which might cause clashes between the people aad- the crown forces. . H is understood, however, that there is no immediate intention of i^Ieasrag the prisoners. Those con '-tfctei-by recognized courts for po litical Off eases, it is said, would have, to - await amnesty, which would follow the final settlemenL ? - '-\ . ? O 9 Supreme Court : Now in Session Begins With Ail Judges of " State En Banc : Columbia, Oct. 10?The South Carolina suprehie court convened "today, for its fall term, sitting for tftfc Opening case with all the cir c^t. Judges of the state, en banc, to hear the arguments in the case ;o*3?*# state against Carlos Corbeit. appealed-by' the state from the de *<*$sfoaiVof- the lower court in sus taining the plea of former jeopardy entered by the defense. Cbrbett was acquitted of the charge of murdering Bryan Sailey. Thorn he killed in March 1920. He was brought to trial for the mur der"of;-Julian Cooper, another of t&eftfcree men he killed, and it was > then lie entered the former jeop ardy plea/.\ The court took the case under advisement. It is under stood aji opinion, prepared by As sociate, Justice Cothran. sustains the contention of the* state, and overrules the plea of Corbett, hold ing that killing of'the three men I 'constitutedthree separate acts. It |: is also understood that a number I of the circuit judges have agreed with Justice Cothran. concurring in ins opinion. This being the case, it would appear likely that the final decision of the court would g sustain the state's contention. On Tuesday the regular docket of the first circuit, Berkeley, Cal houn, Dorchester and Orangeburg counties, will be called,, and one of ttte cases ?. on this docket is that of ftie'state against E. N. Mittle, who ? was tried for the killing of Civil Engineer Patterson, and sentenced to serve nine years. Mittle is out on Tbohd., pending decision of his apAal v Two other prominent cases to be tried during this term of court are the Sandel cases. J. O'Neal Sandel, ?f Calh?un county, sued the state for 5100.000, alleging damages to this extent because of the death of his two young daughters, whom he ?claimed died, as a result of the use of typhoid serum, furnished by the state board of health. He sued for $50,000 for each death. In one case he got a verdict of $25,250, and the state appealed. In the oth er,- the first .of the two, the decision was hi .favor of the state and San dal-appealed. Both cases are to be argued during this term of court. -The case of the state against the Palmetto National Bank, in which the state is suing for the amount of ! checks charged against the state as ; tfee^ result, of a Greenwood bank! fc^tr"?,'is also-set for trial during this term. Whether the appeal of' Jesse Gappins. charged with the j murder of -"William Brazell, wiU I get to the court docket or not, is i not,, known... Suicide in Columbia Mr3. G. D. Buchanan Stuck! Head in Oven of Gas Stove Columbia, Oct. 11.?Mrs. G. D. j Buchanan, of Columbia, formerly j Mlss^May Gentry, of Spartanburjr. committed suicide here this morn-j ing by sticking her head in the ! oven of a gas stove and inhaling j the gas.* Home worries are said ? to have been the motive. She had j a misunderstanding with her hus- j band-last night, it is said, and her 1 twelve year old son found the body . in the kitchen this morning early, j Mr. Buchanan is special agent for j the American Railway Express; Company. The body of Mrs. Buchanan was shipped to Greenwood this after- i noon . Three children, besides the i husband, ? survive. Washington, Oct. 13.?The war j finance corporation has approved a_one hundred thousand dollar loan j to a South Carolin.? hank for ag ricultural loans. Start Wrangle Over Klan Spoils Atlanta Lawyer Enters Suit Against Ku Klux Klan For $100,000 Atlanta, Oct. 10.?Suit for $100, 000 was filed against the Ku Klux Klan here today by W. H. Terrell, attorney and member of the city board of education to recover com pensation fcr services rendered as I general counsel to the klan. Mr. Terrell relinquished the post on November 1. 1920, after serving Srom 1915 when he requested that his name be dropped from the rolls of the organization. Attached to the formal petition was a notice that the klar, would be called upon to produce in court its constitution and amendments together with all records showing financial - receipts and disburse ments. "A man named Jonathan B. Frost attempted to organize an or der similar to the Ku Klux Klan." Mr. Terrell said in connection with the filing of his suit. "And I was named general counsel to conduct the fight against it. ? I was suc cessful in deating this organiza tion and made it possible for the klan to reap millions. I have filed suit in a small amount compared to the huge sums the klan has been able to gather in because of niy services." Officials of the klan refused to comment on Mr. Terrell's suit to day. ? Washington, Oct. 10.?Evidence obtained by the department of jus i tice bearing on the activities of the j KU Klux Klan was presented today ! by Attorney General Daugherty to Chairman Campbell of the house rules committee which will begin : hearings tomorrow on resolutions j calling for an investigation of the j organization. William J. Simmons of Atlanta, imperial wizard of the Ku Klux, j will appear before the committee ! tomorrow. Proponents of five sep arate house resolutions, calling for an inquiry in one form or another, also will be heard. One of the res olutions introduced today would authorize the appointment of a committee to find out whether any senators or representatives are members of the klan. Repreresentative Upshaw (Dem ocrat) of Georgia issued a state ment today denying reports that he would appear before the house rules committee tomorrow in de fense of the Ku Klux. "If there is anything wrong with the Ku Klux I want to know it and I want the public to know it," Mr. Upshaw said. "This is my honest, unrelenting position and all the hysteria and antagonism will not budge me one inch from kno*-, c duty." Austin, Tex., Oct. 10.?An opin ion as to the legal status of the Knights of the Ku" Klux Klan in Texas and activity of the organiza tion and the members was request ed today of the attorney general's department by the Travis county grand jury, which asked five ques tions. In the request the grand jury pointed out that "because of the methods and possibly the scope of our investigation, we feel it is nec essary to ask for instructions." The query then set out: "1. Under the laws of the state, is it lawful to be a member of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan? And if not "2. Is it unlawful for a member of said organization to be present at a meeting in which a threaten ing notice is sent or posted? "3. Is it unlawful to remain a member of said organization after knowledge that -Violence has been administered by or through said organization ? "4. Is it unlawful to remain a member of said organization after said member has knowledge thai an illegal notice has been sent a per son in the name of or by such or ganization? ".">. Is it unlawful for two or more persons to conceal their iden tity by masks, robes or other de vices and parade on a public street with the avowed purpose of ad vertising the existence and strength of said organization in that par ticular community but with no ex- ' pressed or implied intent to do vio- ! lence and where no overt act is committed ?" Irish Conference in London i London, Oct. 11.?The conference of representatives of the British government and the Sinn Fein met from eleven to one o'clock in the cabinet room of the prime minis ter's official residence. The Sinn Fein delegates refuse | to answer questions. One of Pre mier Lloyd George's secretaries said you cannot expect any news for weeks yet. Trial of Uli i nois Governor Springfield.nl., Oct. 11.?Lake county has been selected for the trial of Oorernor Len Small, who is charged with embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud the state while state treasurer. Clinchfield Borrows From Government Washington. Oct. 11.?A loan of one million dollars from the treas- j ury to the Carolina. Clinchfield and Ohio railroad has been authorized by the interstate commerce com- j mission. -?~o~. GEN. PERSHING GOES TO LONDON j London. Oct. 11.?General Per-! shing comes to London October i 2<?th to lay a medal on the tomb <>f an unknown British soldier. Giants Outbatted The Yankees Sixth Game of the World Series Won by Giants Mak ing Contest a Tie New York, Oct. 11 (By the Asso ciated Press).?Forcing the issue with the Yankees by powerful work with the stick, the Giants evened the world series count today, taking the sixth prame by the score of 8 to 5. Each club - now has won three games, and if the course of the struggle so far is anything to judge by the battle bids fair to go ihe limit of nine encounters with a great contest on the last day for the final honors. Today's game at the Polo grounds, played in mild autumn weather to a crowd of some 34. 000 spectators, took on for a couple of innings the aspect of a battle of home run hitters. Meanwhile up in the stands his damaged arm in t a sling unable to play sat "Babe" Ruth, the king of all the home run ners, a pathetic picture of baffled determination. watching no less' than three other men clout the ball ; for circuit drives before the game was two innings old. Two of these men were of the opposing clan.* The other was "Babe" Ruth's own substitute, the slim and snappy "Chick" Fewster. Substitute Fewster lifted the ball into the left field bleachers with a bu n aboard in the Yankees' sec ond inning, putting his club on the happy side of a two run margin af ter the home runs of the Giant sluggers, Emil Meuscl and Frank Snyder. had cancelled a three run advantage which the American leaguers had acquired in the first inning. There was nothing of jeal ousy in Ruth's demeanor as he watched all this and the one happy smile observed on his face during the afternoon appeared when "Chick" inserted* his four base blow. The game ultimately went to the Giants through a thunderous des- I cent upon Pitcher "Bob" Shawkey j in the fourth inning which netted . four runs and gave "Jess" Barnes! a commanding margin upon which to pitch a game of consummate skill for the remaining innings he occupied the mound. Barnes was Manager McC raw's second choice. "Jess' didn't start the game. Fred Toncy did that. Three runs and gone across the plate on a bit of snappy consecutive hitting by the Yankees when he was removed. Barnes prevented further scoring in that Inning but In the second a single followed by Fewster's homer added two runs to the Yankees' total. The Yankees' scoring stopped ' right there, however, Barnes was their master all the rest of the j way. He had the American bats- i men constantly guessing, and usual- j ly guessing wrong, striking out no less than ten of them. Every reg ular on the Yankee team was fan ncd by Barnes at least once, and Aaron Ward struck out twice. It was Barnes' second victory of the; series. Manager Huggins also was fore- j ed to a second choice of boxmen early in the game. Huggins' first selection. Harry Harper, the Yan kees' only offside twirler, lasted a little longer than Toney but noth ing to boast about. Harper got by the first inning creditably but col lapsed in the second, giving away a three run lead with which his teammates had supplied him. Rath-j er, it might be said, the hard hit ting Giants took the lead away by i main force with the circuit drives of Meusel and Snyder. Meusd's came with one man or base, and j Snyder's followed with but an out ! intervening. Shawkey went in af ter another National league bats man. Barnes, had tapped Harper for a single, and worked through until Frank Baker was put in to bat1 for him' in the eighth. Shawkey took up the pitching! burden with the score a tic, and af- ! ter he had retired the Giants, was speedily given a two run lead by ! virtue of his own single and Few- j ster's homer. Bike Harper, how ever, he was unable to hold the I Yankee advantage. After balking ' the Giants in tin- third, he was1 found for four hits and four runs in the fourth, while two Juts and J a pass in the sixth netted the Giants' an additional tally. This was plenty for the National leaguers to win with, given such . work in the box as Barnes was: supplying." Cheered on by the throngs of Giant rooters in the stands and bleachers, from which exultant shouts for the Yankees in the game's early stages were speedily drowned out, they breezed along j triumphantly to the.end. Fewster's work for the Yankees in Ruth's place was such that no Yankee fan was heard making the "Babe's" absence excuse for defeat. The spry Baltimorean covered lots! of ground in the field, pulling off j for one thin^r. a rattling: catch of ;i foul fly close to the bleachers, be ?des inserting his homer into the! proceedings. ? m ? .. Four Hurt in Wreck Anderson. Oct. 11. ?In an auto-' mobile collision last night on the' Greenville road between a machine! driven by Norville Picklesimer of! Greenville and another belonging t<> Harry Mc Bray er of this city, which happened seven miles of Greenville at 7 o'clock, Mr, McBrayer was; thrown out and his leg broken. He. with three others who wen- in the machines. Allen Find ley of this city and Richard Picklesimer. and Paul Chandler of Greenville are in the Greenville hospital. Cordon iSzeMe. also of this eity, was bruised and had a Kash ci'1 above his eye. Inir was able to be i rought to h!.- home last night. Allen Find ley was badly bruised about the shoulders, and had a deep eut on his head which required several siitcha s. Tin- driver of Mr. McBrayer's en-. Wade Watson, was ;ilso injured. Both cars were enion!-?-#-lv ih-mol Birmingham Cotton Convention President Wannamaker An nounced Reduced Rail road Rales St. Matthews. Oct. 1 ?.?.T. Skot towe Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton Association, announced today that the rali roads operating east and west of the Mississippi River have author ized reduced passenger rates of one faro and a half for the round trip, certificate plan, for delegates at tending the annual convention at Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 2<i-2:i. This makes effective reduced rates from all sections of the country. Tick ets go on sah- Oct. 22-2") going and g?od until Nov. 3 returning. '?president Warren G. Harding will arrive in Birmingham on the morning of Oct. 2G and deliver an address before the convention del egates, civic bodies and citizens of Birmingham" said President Wan namaker today. "The most important construc tive measures for discussion during the Convention relate to regulation of cotton production, food and feed crops for 1922; the marketing of cotton, and organization of Cooper ative Marketing Associations in all the cotton states. "Premier Lloyd George has been asked to appoint delegates to the Convention from among leading P.ritish spinners who will he ex pected to attend. New England and Southern cotton manufacturers will be present and large delega tions from each of the fourteen cot ton states, including farmers, mer chants and bankers, have been ap pointed and will attend. Practical ly every interest identified with the American cotton industry will be represented at. this notable confer ence to participate in its proceed ings. "The Association has called upon the Director of tin- Census Bureau and urged that a supplemental re port be issued at the time of dis suing the .ginners* report October j 18. showing an estimate of the pro portionate part of the F>21 cotton crop ginned to that time. If the winnings, for the past months are large, due to open weather and rapid picking, if an estimate is not made on the porprotionate part of the crop ginned, a bearish I situaiton would doubltess be creat jed.adverse to the price of cotton. This is regarded especially import ant in the face of the extremely short crop and the very low yield j estimated by the Crop Reporting Bureau on October 3. Petition For Fox ._ Governor is Asked to Respite Him Until Appeal of Gap pins is Acted Upon Columbia. Oct. 11.?A petition, [signed by 900 residents of the Pa ; cific Mills community here, was presented to Governor Cooper on Monday afternoon, asking that he ' reprieve the death sentence of C. I O. Fox. until the supreme court can | pass on the case of Jesse Gappins, who has appealed. The petition | does not ask for lit" for Fox. but merely that he be given as much life as Gappins. Fox. alontr with S. J. Kirby. is to die on the 2lst for the murder of William Brazell, Columbia taxi driver. The petition takes no considera tion of Kirby. At the time the pe tition was put into circulation. Kirby's lawyer had given notice of appeal, and this would have auto matically postponed Iiis execution. The plan to appeal, however, has been abandoned, and Kirby will die on (he 21st, too. The petition was presented to the governor by Charles Briggs and c. M. Galloway, two employes of the Pacific Mills. Governor Cooper is not expected to grunt the petition. ? j> * Georgia Railroad Murders Six More Warrants Issued For Killing of Engineer Fitzgerald, Oct. Six additional arrests were made here tonight in collection .with the death of Engi neer W. T. Peed of the Atlanta. Birmingham & Atlantic railroad, who was shot in his engine cab some time ago. The arrests were made on warrants. I; is learned that 17 warrants are in the hands of county officers and all wlil ho served, it is stated, befrtre the grand jury reconvenes tomorrow. The warrants wer?- obtained by Mrs. W. T. Peed, widow of 111 * - eng ineer, on information said to have been collected by a corps of de tectives who have been =<t work on the case. The information will be placed before the grand jury to morrow, count:- officials stated to night. Those afrrested early tonight are: Q. L. Lee. John T. 1 iles, .1. M. Smith. .1. L. Malcolm; S. A. Morris and M. E. Bishop. All are said to be former employees of the At lanta railroad, now on strike. if^ Cotton Crop Report On October 18th Washington, Oct. 12.?The di rector of the census bureau inform ed Senator Harris of Oeorgia. that an estimate of the condition of the cotton crop will he issued with the ginners' report on October ISth. -?? ? AMERICAN DELEGATES OUTLINE POLICIES Washington. Oct. 12.? The for mulation of the policies to be pur sued by the American delegation to the armament and Par Eastern conference was begun at the first meeting of tin- lour delegates se it . led h\ I "resident Warding. Tax Revision in the Senate Republicans Get Together and Begin Pushing Compromise Plan Washington. Oct. 11.?The Re publican compromise tax revision program was started on its way through the senate today with the adoption without a dissenting or record voU- of an amendment pro posing repeal on next January i of! the transportation taxes on j freight, passengers, Pullman ac- j commodations, express packages I and oil by pipe line. There were increasing evidences, however, both on the floor of the j senate and behind the scenes that j some of the other compromise pro- j posals would not find so easy sail- | inir Senators in Iii?1 so-called man- j ufactures' ??bloc," supported by j house leaders, wore all set to launch j their lisrht against the 50 per cent) maximum income' surtax rate t amendment, after its introduction, j j House leaders were understood to j have made it plain that they would j ? not recede from the original house | j maximum rate of -'?2 per cent, but j I some senators were of the opinion j J the reduction -likely to be made by 'the conference would not be quite j I as great as 18 per cent. Before adopting the transporta- j \ tion tax repeal amendment the. sen- j ate voted down. 38 to 30, an ; amendment by Senator Trammell (Democrat) of Florida proposing! ! that the repeal be effective ten days j ! after the passage of the bill. Dis- j I posal of these two amendments! i constituted practically all progress j ! made today on the bill itself. Much of the day was given over to a pre- j I pared address by Senator Smoot I I (Republican) of. Utah, explaining! j his proposal for a manufacturers' ! j sales tax and to a political row over the tax bill between Senators liar- j rison (Democrat) of Mississippi! and Watson I Republican) of In- ! diana. Twitting the Republicans on the I finance committee for accepting the ' compromise program. Senator liar- i rison said he had never known the "old guard" in the senate to "be put to such utter rout and surrend \ er without giving battle." ho add- j I ed that it was singularly strange j I that Senator Bodge of Massachu-j I setts, the Republican leader, at-1 j tended the meeting of the agricul- j i tural "bloc" and assisted in "sub- j manning the finance committee." j Charging that "certain promises" j were made to the "Wall street in- ! terests" by the Republicans in the I last campaign, the Mississippi sen ator declared, that those interests: j came to Washington last May to I [have the "promises" fulfilled, re-j ! ferring to the White House dinner j of May 2Ti attended by prominent j I Eastern bankers. ? 1 j Senator Watson in reply said in the compromise plan the senate Re j publicans had gone back practically j to the house bill; that the Demo crats on the finance committee i i had made no proposals for im- j proving the measure while it was! ; before the committee and that j i there was evidence of a filibuster by the Democrats against this and other measures in an effort to force the tariff bill over into next year as close to election time as possible, j In considering tax revision Sen- i ator Watson said the Republicans j j had kept always in mind, "the one I great tiling we promised in the ! j last election?repeal of the excess j profits tax." "This is one tax we intend to re- j peal at all hazards and all costs." ' I be added, "and it was for that I i thins: that wc made some conces sion, some promises as is always; 1 done in legislation of this charac-I : tcr." I j World Series Gate Receipts i More Money Paid to See Base ball Thun Ever Before Xcw York. Oct. 11.?With at least two more grames fo be played i new financial records are certain to ; be made in the present world's series struggle between the Yan j kees and the Giants. Today 34. i 2S.1 spectators paid $112,231. This gives a total attendance of 208, 1 063 for six games for receipts of I $085.807 which is within $37.607 of (the record total for the full eight game series between Cincinnati and (Chicago in 1 91 !?. Xow that the players have ceas ed to share in the profits of the se ries the club owners' dividends are mounting rapidly, the aggregate share for six games being $240.413. 72. The club owners' share today was $05,398.00 and that of the ad visory hoard $16.835.10, making a grand total to date of $108,871.05 I for the latter. Foreign Trade Falls Off in Septemberj Washington. Oct. u.?The values of imports and exports of mer chandise fell 'Hiring September the j department : commerce announc-j ed. The imports were $180.000.-1 000, the lowest for any month this: year. The exports were $325.000.- j 000. five millions above the lowest j month. -? ? ? Takes Carbolic Acid i Spartan burg. Oct. II?-Y. Carl-I son took his lift- at Woodruff Satur day afternoon l>y drinking carbolic acid. He went to the undertaking' establishment of H. D. Lanfrtrd & Co.. ;hm1 there took the poison. He left :i note and gave as the cause) of his r.ish act ill health. Mr. Carl- I son was until October 1 one of the guard at the county home. Cleveland. Oct. 12.- .Marian Mc- j Ardle w;is found not guilty by the I jury after nineteen hours delibera tion. The three women jurors j were solid for aequitral throughout 1 the eight ballots, i News From Bishopville Two Deaths in One Week??I Protracted Meeting in i Methodist Church Bishopville, Oct. 11.?This cool weather is very refreshing, after passing through such a siege of hot. \ dry weather. The farmers have ? made good use of it. gathering their ; crops. Cotton has all been picked j out of fields, and ginned, and lots; of it has been sohl to the cotton j buyers. Corn is being gathered, j and the yield is fine. Owing to the excessive dry weather, peas and po tatoes have not done well. The. hay crop will be short. There will be lots of hogs killed this fall. 1 believe the government report has been greatly overestimated of the cotton crop, yet the prices have gone down. Death has vi: ited our town twice in the last week. First, Mr. John Muldrow was taken very sudenly last .Saturday. His remains were buried at the Presbyterian cemetery Sunday afternoon. Services con ducted by the Methodist pastor. On Sunday morning Mr. Maxcy Stuckey after a long spell of illness; in which he suffered intense pain, was relieved of his suffering and taken to rest. He was funcralized at his home, and his body laid to rest in the Methodist cemetery Monday afternoon. Services con ducted by his pastor, Rev. W. V. Dibble. Mr. Gene Skinner still suffers. The protracted meeting at the Methodist church began Sunday. Rev. Harmon of the Darlington charge is assisting the pastor. He preaches line sermons, and is very earnest. After a week of daily prayer, followed by a week of such earnest preaching, surely we may look for great good being done. Pro. Dibble is the only minister in our town. Business, though somewhat im proved, is still dull for the season of the year. There has been a good deal of changing around among the merchants. Mr. Carol DesChamps and Miss Virginia Grey of (?aureus were married last Saturday at her home. May they have a long and happy, married life. ? ? '? Land Bank Busy Making Loans Farm Board Tells Byrnes of Work Now Being Done Washington, Oct. 11.?Represen tative James F. Byrnes, of Aiken, recently informed the Farm Loan Board that he ?vas receiving nu merous complaints from farm loan associations in his section of delay in obtaining loans from the Fed eral Land Bank at Columbia. The board replies as follows: "We im mediately called your letter to at tention of the Federal Land Bank at Columbia. This bank is closing loans about as fast as physically possible with safety. In August they closed about $1,500.000 and last month in excess of $2,000,000, breaking in September all previous records. As we have repeatedly pointed out in congressional hear ings it would be physically impos sible to take over all the mortgage business of the country in a year if funds could be made available. We have made extra funds available for the third land bank district in ex cess of a fair pro rata share and will do everything possible to mini mize delay." Loan to Finance Cotton. Washington. Oct. 11.?Approval of a loan of $400.000 to South Car olina banks for financing cotton loans was given today by the war finance corporation. Extension Forces Endorse Co-Ope rathe Marketing of Cotton Clemson Coilege, Oct. S.?"Co operative marketing of cotton must be one of our main goals this fall and next spring", declared W. \V. Long, director of the Extension Service, in closing the annual meet ing of the extension forcsc lu<re on Friday night, after the body had endorsed by unanimous vote the principals of co-operative market ing of farm products and pledged the active support of the entire Ex tension Service forces in the cam paign now being put on in this state to organize the farmers for co-operative marketing of cotton. "We want the farmers of the state to realize that we know that the movement is one of the best and most important movements ever begun by and for our farmers". Mr. Long stated in making public the resolution passed by the Ex tension Service. In this connection, if should be stated that a large place on the program of the annual meeting was given to the subject of co-operative marketing?. Some of the discus sions bearing on this subject were the following: Tin- Marketin?: of Truck Crops, by Lloyd S. Tenny. Assistant Chief. Bureau of Markets. V. S. D. A. The Co-operative Marketing of Sweet Potatoes and Tobacco. 1". T. Bcnton Young. President of the S. C. Sweet Potato Association, and Secretary of the S. <'. Tobacco ('rowers' Association. Tin- Co-operative -Marketing of Cotton, by 1). W. Watkins. Assist ant Director of the Extension Ser vice. Preparation and Marketing of Products of Diversified Farm-in sr. by Roland Turner. Southern Pail way Agricultural Department. Fort Worth ' Bandit Killed Fort Worth. Texas. Oct. It.? David Bunn. the confessed negro bandit who robbed a camping party at Lakeworth last week, was shot to death while attempting to escape from deputies who were bringing him from Dallas tor trial. Me was saved from three mobs last week. Arrested For Big Robbery i A. P. Truluck of Olanta Con fesses That He and J. II. Truluck Stole Iron Safe Containing $85,000 From Sam Young on August IGth I The unusual and mysterious rob- I bery on August 15th or 16th of the j home of Mr. Sam Young, a farm er, wlio lives in Florence county i between Olanta and Lake City lias ; ! been cleared up by the arrest I Thursday morning in this city of ; \ A. P. and M. a. Truluck. of Olan- j ! ta. A. P. Truluck when question- : I cd by L. P. Whitfield of the Burns! i Agency, made a full confession, i ! admitting his own guilt and irn- | j plicating his cousin. J. IL Truluck, J assistant cashier of the Bank of j I Olanta. These two young men j j stob- an iron safe from the home ?of Mr. Young while he was ab sent and made away with the eon- j tents of the safe consisting of more j than $85.000 worth of Liberty j bonds and other securities. The. ? arrest followed the attempt to sell j > the Liberty bonds, through two j Atlanta banks. I This morning a full confession j j was made by A. P. Truluck. one of the brothers hold in the guard j i house here since yesterday morn- , ling, to L. P. Whitfield of the] ; Burns Detective agency, that he, A. P. Truluck and J. H. Truluck. j assistant cashier of the Bank of; Olanta, did the entire robbery by I themselves, and that J. II. Truluck j ! furnished the name of Jacob S. I I Schr?ders, for the renting of a : I box in the local postoffice. A. P.! ! Truluck stated to the detective \ I that there was about $10,000 of! ' the money in Florence. Detective j Whitfield is now on his way to j ; olanta to make the arrest of J. H. j j Truluck. A. P. and M. A. Tru-' j luck were transferred this morning: j to the Florence jail, j The arrest of A. P. and Ii. A. I Truluck early yesterday morningj i was the result of efforts on the | j part of all those who in any way \ ! were connected with the working ! of th^ case. ' The home of Mr. Sam Young, j was entered in bis absence on or j ; about the 10th day of August last j I and a small iron safe containing | (about $85.000 worth of valuable: ; property carried away intact. Mr. ; i Voung states that the safe contain - 1 i ed about $35,000 worth of Liberty J bonds and between $2,000 and $3, ! 000 in War Savings Stamps. Mr. i Voung has from time to time pur ! chased Liberty bonds of small de j nomination, considering them a] , good investment, and had kept ) I them in the safe. There were j ! among the bonds two $5,000 Vic- | ; tory bonds which were registered, i The other valuable papers , in the I safe were made up of bonds. ! ? mortgages, real estate deeds, bank i ; stock, etc. ; The empty safe was found in | ! Lynches river, several miles from j I Mr. Young's house near Olanta, j j about two weeks after the robbery, j i by some small boys who were in i ! the river swimming, i The Burns Detective agency was j 'given the case and early began their work on it. Certain of the ': bonds were identified and held up : by the agents in Atlanta. These I bonds were traced as being sent j j by registered mail from the Sum- j i ter postoffice by a man named Ja- j ' cob S. Schroder. It was also dis- j covered that about September 27 I !a box was taken in the Sumtcrj j postoffice in the name of Jacob S. } Schr?ders. A man bearing this ! name is known to have been rob- i j bed and killed in Charleston some- I I time during last summer. But no j i one of that name could be found in I '?? Sumter. The postoffice box was carefully watched at all times by I a representative of the Burns! i Agency until a few days ago when ; Mr. Whitfield was called away! ; from Sumter. Full instructions were left for' the carrying on of the work here j in his absence. A registered par- j eel reached the Sumter postoffice I addressed to Jacob S. Sehroder. ' I Notice of the parcel was placed in i in the box taken out in Schroder's ! i name. A party came into the post ' office Tuesday night and was seen r j to open the box and get out the j ! slip, lie asked some of the post-j j office officials if he might not be ! I given the registered parcel then.: I but was informed that he wo'?d ; i have to come back after the ? ost-j I office opened the next morni. : at | i 8 o'clock. The trap was very c re- ; i cully laid, and all plans made At I about 1' o'clock Wednesday r ?rn- j jing the party again calle and i presented the registered m i no- ! ; lice slip. A signal was gi i to the officer waiting in iv an- j \ tomobile on ("aidwell sti ?? . by ' the taking down of a of j ? white paper from the p >?icc j ! window by the \ ?toffice ei ? iyee. ; George H.at< hell, who ha i een : especially ui>i>vintccl. can nto til" postolficc and made t. ar rest of ,\. i'. Truluck. At tin .no- ' meat that the officers" hand was! I laid upon he arm of young Tru- j I luck he said "My name's not ' i Schr?ders." IL- then told who he, was and stated that a man had ? I asked him to get the registered j mail for him. He stated that he, ! had been talking with this man something about the trading of au tomobiles. He was asked for a description of the man with whom In- had been talking, and gave such an adeuuate one that the of ficers were able to arrest a man on the street filling this description, j When He- officers brought the man to A. P. Truluck lie exclaimed : that it war not Schr?ders but his ' brother. The two young men were ! placed in the guard house and: I most carefully and clos< ly watch. j ed. Chief Harwick tried to get a ? confession from them but was un able to do so. Detective Whitfield ; , was wired fur ami arrived this morning. He obtained the con-j fession from A. P. Truluck after \ he had showed young Truluck where he had the goods on him. j A. P. Truluck tried in the confes sion to exonerate his brother. M. A. Truluck and has implicated his cousin. J. H. Truluck. who is the assistant cashier of the Bank of Ola nta. ? ? ? Ready For Boll Weevil Florence Business Men and Farmers Preparing to Diversify Florence, Oct. 11.?The dairy poultry plant in Florence for this section of South Carolina was as sured this afternoon when the building corporation let contracts for the building and machinery for a plant, and exchanged bonds with M. W. Cartwright. operator, for the faithful performance of the ob ligations of each party. Actual building operations will be com menced tomorrow morning by Haynsworth & Bawton, building engineers, who were the successful bidders for the job. Equipment contracts will be let as soon as bids can be obtained and awarded. Construction will be rushed to completion with the expectation of the plant being ready for opera tion the middle of December. The initial investment will be approxi mately $35,000 with the buijding designed for $150.000 expansion as quickly as possible. Specifications of the plant pro vide for 5.000 pounds butter churn ing capacity daily, feeding capacity of 6.000 chickens per day, with cold storage and refrigeration for butter, eggs, cheese and poultry. Foundations will be laid for four stories, one of which will be erect ed now. An immediate develop ment will be undertaken to bring at least 1,000 milking dairy cows into the Pee Dee section, to insure milk and butter supply for this plant. Also a poultry develop ment will be undertaken. This will involve ah expenditure of approxi mately $150.000 which has been underwritten by the Florence banks. ? ? 9 Clemson Cadets Will Miss Fair i _ President Riggs Says Parents Object to Old Program Anderson. Oct. 11.?Refusing a request that the Clemson College stue'ent body be allowed to come to Anderson for this county's first agricultural fair, Dr. W. M. Riggs. president of the institution, this morning made announcement that he will not permit the student body to attend the state fair in Colum bia this year, although that ha3 been the custom for years. Dr. Riggs stated his action is due to complaint voiced last year by some parents over the students missing classes while at the fair. He agreed to permit the Clemson students te come here for Friday afternoon and Saturday of fair week. Dangers of Prohibition Bathers on Boston Beaches Often Need First Aid Boston. Oct. 12.?Cuts sustained by bathers are the latest woes to be blamed on prohibition. In an official Statement by the city park commission upon the work of its lifesavers at Boston beaches this season is this paragraph: "Ever since prohibition came in the* most frequent calls for first aid assistance have come from the numerous bathers who are cut by broken bottles. Alcoholic addicts are prone to go to the shore for clandestine indulgence. They hurl their empty bottles on the beach and seem to take delight in smash ing them. "The beneficial milk bottle is a < lesser but still serious source of trouble. Many women who picnic along the shore are apt to abandon their empties with such vehemence as to leave them shattered." The statement adds that not a life has been lost this season at any of the beaches in charge of the park department. Gold Mines Re-opened Scenes of Forty-Nine Re peated Sacramento. Oct.. 12.?A pro nounced revival of activity in the sold mining fields of northern Cali fornia and Nevada, where the 49ers once operated is being manifested, according to reports reaching this city, and most of it. it is believed, is due tothe declining cost of ma terials use din gold mining opera tions. Reduced c st of labor also, is a factor in the renewal of ac tivity. W ithin the last two weeks much work has been l>ogun in the Moth er lode district in Amador and Calaver?s counties of California as well as in the (irass Valley district of this state. Nevada gold and silver mines botTi are showing signs of awakened interest. Tobacco Very Cheap Lowest Price Since 1915 Paid in September Columbia, Oct. 13.?The lowest price paid for tobacco since 1915 is reported for September by the state department of agriculture. The average price during that month was 7.73 cents per pound. I.asi year the September price aver aged 17.4G cents. Year before last the average was 18.51. In 1918 the September price averaged 17.90. For 1917 it was 21.23 and for 1916 the average was 14.18. In 1915 the. September price averaged 7.09. During September just gone the tobacco crop of the state brought to the producers $151.573. it to taled 1.059,779 pounds. ?