Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Fhe Watchman and So?thron ?--;-? Sntered at the Postoffice at Snm *?? is: C, as Second Glass flatter. ? ? . ? PER SON Ali. Mr. J. L. Nunnamaker left Tuesday morning* for Georgetown o pitch ball for Lamar'-s team, & Mr. Rpbert Walker ?Svent to Marvin Tuesday morning on busi iess. Mr. William Baker left Tuesday horning for Atlanta on a business rip. ? Mr. W. L. Marshall of "Columbia ?et?rned jto his home Tuesday af er spending several days in the lity with relatives. Mr. David Owens went to Dal ?11. Tuesday morning to play ball. Mr. Steve Shore of Jacksonville, ?la., arrived in the city Tuesday norning to spend some time with us parents. Mrs. Joel I. Allen of Dillon is agiting relatives in the city. Miss Gladys McLeod has gone o Charleston to visit her parents. ?Misses Dorita Moise, Elizabeth "hisa, Lucia McLees of Green vood and M?dre? Counts of Lau ren's returned Monday afternoon rom Pawley's Island ,where they ipent several days. Miss Jeanette Yhite. who was with the party, vent to Savannah to spend about wo weeks. Miss McLees returned ???er 1101116 Tuesday morning. Counts will spend several days vita Miss Elizabeth China. :.Mr. Newton Timmons has gone! o Asheville to spend several days. I :*?r. O. Frank Hart of Columbia; lassed through the city Tuesday] nprning en route to Cheraw to at end the district Masonic meeting. Mr. A. S. Merrimon went to Co "?mbia Tuesday morning on busi ieXs. Mr. Julian Weinberg left for Co umbia Tuesday morning on a, easiness trip, i 5 Mr. Alfred Scarborough ?f j Sastover returned to his home j F?esday morning after spending | -ometime with his parents. Mr. and j Sirs. H. L. Scarborough. l|8jl Mesdaines F. K. Holman and | ?dell Pitts and Messrs. James Pitts and Clifton Hurst motored to Charleston" to. ' spend several days. Tne Horn K. P. Fulmer of Or-1 suageburg, candidate for re-elec-: Son. to congress, was in the city Sfonday. Messrs. John J. McMahan and j Artdrew J. Bethea of Columbia. | candidates for congress, were in j the City Monday. Mr. T. I. Rogers, Esq., of Ben nettsville. was in the city Monday. Senator W. P. Baskin of Lee county, was in the city Monday. f$m Mr. Joseph E. James of Sum merton was a visitor in Sumter Monday. Messrs. W. T. and W. J. Mc Leod of Lynchburg, were in the city Monday 'on .business. * Mr. W. J. Strickland of Bishop-* rille was in the city Monday on business. ? Kiss Myrtle Pace has returned after. a. two weeks' visit, .very : pleasantly spent with friends and j rel&tives. in the" Piedmont section.! Mr. A. D. Harby. who has af portion with the Federal Land j Back Inspectors' Association, went; to --Columbia Monday morning, where he will make his headquar :ers. Messrs. Oscar Kennedy and Jess Mims attended the Augusta-Colum bia ball game in Columbia Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Team and i feister, Miss Anette Peschell, of j East Orange, N. J., are visiting j Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sanders on Church street. Miss Lillian Bair left Monday for .Elloree and Orangeburg for a I two or. three weeks* visit. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kennedy j sp^it Monday in Elloree. Mr. Jno. T. Green, Jr.. who is j ? with the Mississippi Fire Insurance j Company, of * JacksOn. Miss., is at | home for a two weeks* holiday. Master Alfred Thames of Flor- ! nee is visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. W. ? Thames of Sumter. Miss Leilah Blanche Thames j has returned to her home after i spending some time with Mr. and j Mrs. A. W. Thames of Florence. ! Mr. and Mrs., Abe Ryttenberg j have returned from a trip to New; losk and Atlantic City. Mr. W. B. Levy has retuurned j from Atlantic City and Baltimore, j Mrs. S. H. Edmunds, accom- i panied by 'little son. Frederick, re-j turned Monday from Columbia.; where she has been visiting herj daughter. Mrs. James E. Hunter, j Mr. F. O. Lawson went to Ben- j nettsville Tuesday on business. Mr."James Purdy left for Colum- j bxa^ Tuesday morning on a business I trip." i Mrs. C. L. Stubbs has returned ? from her extended trip to London j ?nd other interesting places. Mr. W. H. Shelley went to Co- j ^ iurr.bia Tuesday morning on busi ce?>s. . Miss Thelma Bultma.n. who has j been visiting: her mother. Mrs. E. W. A. Bultman, has returned to ! Greensboro. N. C. .Miss Essie Bush has returned to! her home at Lenoir. N. C, after spending sometime in the city with j relatives. i'v. * Misses Pauline and Virginia ; Haynsworth are visiting friends j and relatives in Florence. Miss Hannah Montgomery of Bi8hopville has returned to her home after a visit to friends in the city. ' Mrs. William Pulley is visiting friends in Rocky Mount. N. C. Mr. Alston Brown of Atlanta was in the city Tuesday morning for a few hours. 3Irs. J. H. Holland and son. Reuben, have returned hbm^ after a visit of several days to relatives in* Eastover, Columbia and Lees vilfe. Mr. W. J. Blackwell returned Tuesday afternoon from Asheville, where he has been on business. . Mrs. W. T. Spann, Mrs. George Foxworth, Misses Reha Spann. An nie Laurie Booth. Marion Fox worth and Alva Spann left Wed ne?lay for Pawley's Island where they will spend several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John D. Harper and little daughter. Jessie, l^ft Tuesday fr?r New York t<> vi-it Mrs. ; I Harper's parents at Arvernue, L. I. [ After visiting points of interest en j route they will return in about three weeks. Mr. George Vaughn left for St. Augustine, Fla., Wednesday morn ing to visit friends and relatives for some time. Mr. J. P. Commander and daugh ter, Miss Helen, left Tuesday for j Washington, New York and other j points of interest to spend some i time. Miss Annie Mae Whitney of St. ! Augustine, Fla., returned to her j home Wednesday morning after j paying a visit to Miss Nannie J Vaughn. Messrs. John R. and Charles Haynsworth returned Wednesday morning from Sullivan's Island, where they enjoyed a stay of sev eral days. Mrs. R. C. Williams of Columbia and Mrs. H. M. Meadors of Sa j vannah, Ga., are visiting their pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shelley on Wright street. Miss Mildred Moore of Jackson ville. Fla., after spending several j I weeks with Miss Carrie Marshall, returned to her home Wednesday morning. Miss Geneveive Rodgers, of Charleston, S. C., is the guest of Miss Ruby Strange. Mrs. Abe Ryttenberg has gone to . Asheville on a visit. Mr. Hicks Shelley, who has been visiting for the past two weeks at Savannah and Tybee has returned home. Miss Miriam Calhoun has gone to Myrtle Beach to be a1 guest at a i house party. j Messrs. Clinton J. and Eugene j McGrew have * returned from Sul- ! livan's Island where they had an j enjoyable stay of several days. Miss Mary Alderman of Alcolu arrived in the city Thursday I morning to visit Miss Prrscilla; Shaw. j Mr. Marion Ard went to Hender- ' sonville.Thursday morning to spend two weeks. Mr. I?. T>. Jennings went to Co lumbia Thursday morning on busi ness. Mrs. George F. Epperson. Jr.. with child, left Thursday morning for St. Petersburg, Fla., to join her husband, where they will make their home. Miss Margurite Scaff e went to Lykes Thursday morning to visit her cousin, Miss Mary Scaffe, for several days. Rev. D. S. McDonald and Mr. C. W. Scholke left Wednesday by auto for Asheville and other points en route. Rev. McDonald will de liver the two sermons Sunday at the First Christian church in Co lumbia. Miss Dorothy Vaughan of Colum bia, who was the attractive guest of Miss Caroline Dick, has return ed to her home. Mr. Jack Forbes went to Colum bia Thursday morning on* business. Mr. W. C. Raggin, assistant gen eral freight agent of A. C. L. was in the city Wednesday on business. Mr. William Shaw, Jr., went to Charleston Thursday morning on business. [ Mr. C. P. Exum left for Colum bia Thursday morning on a busi ness trip. Messrs. Shake McFall and Marion Burkett went to Hendersonville ; Wednesday night to spend several j days. Mr. R. S. Fowler went to Kings tree Thursday morning on a busi ness trip. Miss Mildred Counts of Laurens who has been the attractive guest of Miss Elizabeth China for the j past several days, returned to her J home Thursday morning. i Mr. J. J. Brennan went to Co ; lumbia Thursday morning on busi | ness. j Mrs. L. F. Humphries of Miley left Wednesday morning for Con way to visit relatives for some time. Mr. C D. Humphries left Wed nesday night for Washington, Ga., after spending several days with his mother. Mrs. J. C. Humphries. m m m_ Scout News - Tuesday morning about 7:30 a party cf Scouts, under the charge of the acting scout master, left Sumter for an over-night hike to Pocalla. The boys carried shelter halves, blankets, provisions, and cooking utensils with v them. The scout master gave them some in struction in the art of out-door cookery. The boys report that the meals were very enjoyable, so much so that they all overate themselves. The scouts spent about an hour in the water in the morn ing, and again in the afternoon. After a g<-?od sle*?p. they woke up early on Wednesday morning, and had another short swim. After breakfast, they all gathered around the scout master for some talks on scout work, camp sanitation, and plans for the future. Although all wished to stay over another day and night the order *o break camp was given about 12 o'clock, after the boys had enjoyed another swim, and the scouts returned to town. All of the scouts who.went on the hike report that they are looking forward with pleasure to the next hike, which will be som< time next week. Plans for this hike, and for the scout camp will ; be discussed at the scout meet i ing. to be held at the Y. M. C. A. I on Friday night at S o'clock. The : members of the boys' work com I mittees of the Rocary and, Kiwanis ; club:-* will be present at that meet j ing. and will make short talks. Light Refreshments will be served, I and the meeting proper will take ; place afterwards. I TbJs meeting will, it is hoped. ! mark the resumption of scout ac , tivity in Sumter. and the begin ; ning of a larger and better scout 'organization. Ah scouts are urged to be present in uniform promptly iit 8 o'clock, and ;ill boys between the ages of 3- and 18, who are not scouts, but wish to join, are invit ed to attend. From now on the scouts are going ;?> be active: the keynote of the organization is go ing to be active work. Many hikes have been planned, and a summer camp at th:.- seashore will be conducted, provided enough scouts are to go. Albert C. Phelps, \ctins: Seoul Master Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Mar keting Association It now looks as though the Sumter tobacco market this sum mer, beginning August 1st is going j to be the most important inde pendent tobacco market in South Carolina because every big tobac co company in the United States has arranged to have its buyers on the Sumter market, while it is a question in the minds of many whether other ? tobacco markets which are just arranging at the last minute, almost, for "independ ent" warehouses to sell tobacco not signed up with the Tobacco Growers' Cooperative Marketing Association will be able to get buy ers for independent tobacco. Sum ter will also be one of the most important cooperative markets and the Tobacco Association has leas j ed and has fixed up quarters in the ! old Magneto factory building on Telephone street within a few hundred leet of the big tobacco stemmery. Every "independent" tobacco grower shouid try Sumter's ware houses to "try out" conditions. That there is going to be the biggest and strongest competition in South Carolina on the Sumter tobacco market is believed by many.. The China-American Tobacco and Trading Company, one of the largest tobacco exporting compa I nies in the world, with ? large ! capital and requiring millions of pounds of tobacco to operate its large Sumter stemmery and drying plant, employing hundreds of hands will be on the "independent" Sumter market bidding strongly I against all other companies for lo jcal tobacco and this simply means that the tobacco growers who sell on the independent warehouse floors will enjoy the benefits of 1 keen rivalry and competition in the I buying of all tobacco not pooled ! with the Cooperative Tobacco Mar j keting Association. I The Export, the Imperial, Lig igett & Myers, The American, the I China-American, R. J. Reynolds & ; company and other important j tobacco companies have arranged to have buyers at Sumter .this sum mer. The warehouse lessees of the two Sumter warehouses ? the Banner Warehouse, and the Farm | ers* Tobacco Warehouse, are going to be put to it as never before in competition with the cooperative association markets and both warehouse lessees are going to be on the job to see that the highest possible prices obtainable will be paid for "independent" tobacco. Sumter's big stemmery gives this market a most decided advantage I this summer over all other tobac co markets not blessed with a tobacco stemmery. Tobacco com panies can pay higher prices for i green tobacco in Sumter because ; they do not have to ship the "high" tobacco bought on the "indepehd ! ent" Sumter warehouses to dis j tant points to be redried and stem i med in order to keep the tobacco j from deteriorating, and the j amount thus saved in freight that j would be otherwise required in I'shipping to distant stemmeries will I be given the tobacco producers on ? the Sumter independent tobacco ! warehouse floors. j The Tobacco Growers' Coopera j tive Marketing Association has re ceived the heartiest support of the I Sumter business establishments j and Sumter bank:-, and the Asso j ciation is very friendly to Sumter i in consequence. But inasmuch as i there are hundreds of thousands of ! pounds of tobacco not signed up ' with the association and which (must have an outlet through "in j dependent" warehouses, why the j largest and most important tobac jco companies and manufacturers ; have centered on Sumter as a good j place to buy their "independent" I weed. The business establishments of j Sumter while believing in the co ! operative marketing of tobacco and j cotton are none the less interested j in the hundreds of "independent" i tobacco sellers having the best ! possible selling facilities, and our j business men will try their best to [see that the' independent ware ! houses of Sumter are "on the j job" taking care of prices on this i kind of tobacco this summer. ; The tobacco growers who sell i through the pooling or coopera ? tive plan on the Sumter market j will, of course, be well taken care ; of by the Tobacco Growers* Co I operative Marketing Association, j The big tobacco stemmery at Sum j ter also operates in favor of the ! Association tobacco brought to the ! Sumter market. ? ? ? # i ? Campers at Din kins' Mill. - (The State, July 19.) j A new set of campers left Co lumbia bright and early yesterday j morning in motor trucks for Camp j Laf-aLot. the Y. W. C. A. camp .near Hagood. The long ride in the I big bulky vehicles is no small fea ture <>f the outing and the follow jing happy youngsters started off in high spirits in the cool of early (yesterday: Frances and Xora Sparkman, Genevieve McCaw, Hel len Timberiake, Alice Erioleau, Bet j'ty and Caroline Conan. Margaret Lafaye, Dorothy Penland, Harriet ? Kolk, Lillian Darrow, Sarah Mere dith, Martha Killingworth. Ella Holland, Katherine Withers and I Mary Lee Graham. In addition to these four of last week's campers are remaining over?Elise and An igelica Simpson, Dolly Halsey and j Ernstine Lucas. Mrs. Patterson Wardlaw is hos tess for tliis week and Misses Thel ma Penland and Alice Cobb are the counsellors. Miss Emma Readdy, the camp director, has been called to her home in .Johnston on account of illness in h ;r family, and her place is being taken by Miss Bessie Meares, former girls' work secre tary of the Columbia V. YY. C. A., and very popular director of the camp. Slo> will remain at Laf-a Lot through August. Sultan of Turkey is broke. Ought to lei his wives Jake in washing. WORLD m New York, July 17?A series of explosions in a six story warehouse at No. 10 Jane street shattered windows for blocks around. Wo men and children fleeing from the tenements were hurled to the ground by the force of the blasts. Fire lieutenant Schroppemeyer was killed and three other firemen injured. Five fire alarms brought to the scene the greatest arr?y of; fire apparatus since the Equitable Building fire. Brunswick. Ga.. July 17?Three companies of Hundredth and Ses cond Georgia infantry boarded a special train here this morning for Waycross. where they were sent under orders from Governor Hard wick to take control of the strike Situation, following the disorders late yesterday. The men in com mand of Major Pope, of Dublin. . Moultrie. Ga., July 17?The first bale of Georgia's 1922 cotton crop was ginned here today. It weighed 490 pounds. It will be auctioned at Savannah. New York, July 18.?Working feverishly to check flames sweep- I ing a warehouse in the heart of I Greenwich Village firemen today j were unable to pierce the cloak of mysterious black smoke enshroud ing the' building, and were forced ] to rig powerful searchlights. The! fire started at 8 o'clock with ex-1 plosions, by noon the casualty list stood at two dead, three missing and thirty injured. London, July 18. ? Reginald | Dunn and Joseph O. Sullivan were sentenced to death today for the murder of Field Marshal Sir Henry j Wilson, who was shot in front .of! his home last month. The men were convicted after a trial in Old Bailey. ["?'?' ?' - - ... r- ?_ I - I i Paris, July 17.?A meeting of the ; allied premiers to discuss repara tions problems is expected within the next ten or fifteen days, prob-1 i ably in some Italian city. This was indicated today in official circles iwheie reparations issues are oc cupying the altention to the exclu I sion of all .else. . - I Washington, July 17?America's' I foreign trade for the fiscal year ended June 30th resulted in a fa I vorable trade balance of one bil i lion, one hundred and sixty two millions, which was a decline of nearly two billions from the favor I able balance of the previous year, according to reports of the com merce department. I I _ Washington. July 18.?Presi dent Harding will issue a commu nication today to governors of states outlining a federal policy in the coal and rail strike situation.'In ' the meantine no statement of the government's attitude will be made public, it was said at.the White House. Berlin. July 18.?Sergeant Fish er and Edwin Kern, who for many, days have been pursued by the j German police as the assassins of foreign Minister Rathenau, com mitted suicide today, according to j a dispatch from Halle. The men shot themselves, the dispatch said. \ as they were about to i>e captured ' in the turret of Saaleck Castle, ! near Bad-Koesen, whither they had i been traced by the police. Westfrankfort. III., July 1$.? j Coal operators *0 this country be I ing the largest producers in the ; state, today stated that there was I "absolutely no possibility of re j suming production under President j Harding's* plan." j Rome. July 19.?A ministerial crisis is considered 4n parliamen tary circles as inevitable, it is learn ed that Fosmer Premier Giolitti, who has been spending a short vacation in France, is returning to i Rome owing to the acute parlia I mentary situation. ? I Chicago, July 19.?A two cent reduction in the price of gasoline, and one cent in the price of. re fined oil is announced by the Standard Oil company, of Indiana, effective in eleven central western states. A similar cut in gasoline is announced by the Kansas City Re fining company, effective in five states. j Omaha. July 19.?The apparent I victory of R. B. Howell, for the j nomination as republican United j States senator, indicates a sweep : yesterday of the republican pri | maries by the progressives. Sena ! tor Hitchock won the democratic ; nomination. j Montgomery. Ala., July 19.?Two j youths identified as John West and JA. C. Haigler. aged about 17, were killed last night on the Western of [Alabama railroad near here, ap I parently by a train. Athens, Ala.. July 19.?A ver dict of not guilty was rendered to day in the case of Ofikley Ken nemer, charged with an attack on a Florence. Ala., girl during a re ligious convention here several weeks ago. "Washington. July 1;?.?Dates for postal conference conventions, to be held in every state during the year were announced today. The announcements included Rich mond, December ">th: Raleigh. Jan uary 16th: Charleston. January 19th: Atlanta, January 23rd. Atlanta. Ga., July 19.? Judge Benjamin Harvey Hill of the State Court of Appeals, died at his home here today. Wilmington. X. <*.. July He H. C. Southwell, an Atlantic Coast Line engineer, who was shot last night by H. L. Dallas, assistant yardmaster of the Coast Line here, died in ;i local hospital this morn ing. Dallas is held on murder charge. Leroy Fonville, yardmas ter, is held as an accessory. The shooting grew out of a conversa tion regarding the strike. Savannah. Ga.. July 17.?One man was killed and several other persons were injured when the Sea board Air Line train No. 3 from New York to Jacksonville, was de railed near Cox, Ga., 52 miles south of Savannah, at about 7 o'clock this morning. The wreck was caused by a twisted rail. Atlanta, July 20. ? National Guardsmen sent to Waycross, G?., in connection with disorders aris ing from the railroad strike will be kept on duty there "a day or two longer" it was arinounced to day at the office of Gov. Hardwick. Lansing. Mich., July 20?Gov. I Groesbeck, in a telegram for trans- j mission to the president today ask ed the sanction of the federal gov ernment to take over and operate the coal mines under state con trol, and whether the federal gov ernment would join the state in taking over the properties. Mouongahela. Pa., July 20?Two Pennsylvania railroad patrolmen, a car inspector and a constable were shot early today after their gaso line speedster had been wrecked near Bentleyville. Three of the. men are seriously, wounded. Cincinnati, July 20.?The strike of clerks and freight handlers on the Chesapeake & Ohio railway, ef fective today was one hundred per cent effective at many points, E. H. Fitzgerald, president of the Clerks' Brotherhood said in reports to headquarters here. Albany. July 20?Five passen gers were injured, one seriously, when five coaches of the Southland Limited, the Florida tourist train from Chicago, turned over at Ad ams station, near* Smithville, this morning. A broken rail is said to have been the cause of the acci dent. Dublin, July 20?A statement is sued today by the Irish provisional government on the military situ ation says that army forces are now supreme in the whole of the twelve counties. Washington, July 20?The retail cost bf food to the average fam ily in the United States increased one per cent in the month from May 15 to June 14. according to a report issued today by the bureau' of labor statistics. Increases were shown' in twenty-one out of forty three food articles computed in the average, TOBACCO ASSOCIATION CAMPAIGN , Florence, July 20.?Opposition to the Tobacco Growers' Coopera tve Association is withering throughout South Carolina as field workers from four States advance on the east side of the Pee Dee river under the leadership of W. E. Lea, field representative of?the as sociation for South Carolina, arid on the west side of the river with L. E. Rogers directing the attack. With a corriplete reaction in fa vor of cooperative marketing forty business men of Florence have set out today to divert every available pound of tobacco within reach of their market to the cooperative warehouses of the headquarters toWn. Timmonsville, Lake City, Parn plico and other markets have can vassed ste?dly to secure a portion of the half million dollars annual business which Florence claims as hers. The Florentines are now making ? record fight in their de termination to win this big stake of $500,000 a year. The Tobacco Growers' Coopera tive Association has strictly adher ed to their policy of giving the growers free choice of markets, but thousands of growers must ? make that choice within the next ten days and the competition between towns grows more intense as the opening day approaches. More than a hundred contracts were signed by association workers around Mullins last week, fifty reached headquarters from Marion and many from other tobacco centers. The large markets are so solidly surrounded by association tobacco that the campaign' work ers have adopted modern methods of attack and have deployed in a wide area in a mop up drive which has developed into a highly success ful campaign of contact between worker and grower. ?? ? ? Many Teachers Seeking Positions Columbia. July 20.?There are more men and women enrolled as applicants for positions as teach ers in the schools of the state than ever before, stated J. H. Shealy. registrar of the state teachers* bu reau in Columbia today. Mr. Shealy said that since the bureau was established several years ago, there have never been as many applications on file at one time. Mr. Shealy ascribed the situation to tow facts: the increased num ber of young people of teaching age and education. and the in creased demand for work. Many people, especially men. who dur ing the period of the war and just afterwards held positions in other lines of work, where remuneration was high, are now returning to the teaching profession. There is an increasing demand for the state registration bureau's services. Mr. Shealy stated. 666 quickly relieves Colds, Constipation, Biliousness and Headaches. A Fine Tonic. BIG FIRE AT FURMAN UNIVERSITY James C. Furman Science Hall a Total Loss Greenville, July 19.?The James C. Furman science hall at Furman university, constructed in 1911, at a cost of more than $50,000 was completely gutted by fire which was discovered about 5 o'clock this morning and which raged for several hour:-; before it could be gotten under control. At a meeting of the executive committee of the board of trus tees today, it was decided to re place the . building in exactly its former state, the work to begin at once, with the expectation of having, it in readiness about the time of the opening of the fall term at the university in September. On account of increased cost of build ing now as compared with .the time when the building was erected it is estimated that it will require about $50,000 to ?60.000 to rebuild it. Insurance to the amount of $32,000 was carried on the struc ture, and it is understood it is re garded by insurance men as vir tually a complete loss. The fire started in one of the up per floors of the three-story brick structure, the theory being that it originated in the chemical labora tory through spontaneous combus tion. The blaze had evidently been burning for some time before it was discovered. The alarm was turn ed in by a newspaper carrier boy who happened to see the glare through a window in the second floor of The News building. The fire department responded prompt ly but virtually the entire roof wa? blazing when they arrived. All available fife fighting appar atus in the city was put x>n the task, but through a lack of ^suffi cient water mains on Furman campus, the firemen were serious ly hampered in their efforts to get the flames under control. The main which was at first tapped, it der veloped today, is on a "dead" end of the water system and the water did not flow in sufficient quantity I to supply the pumpers. The re isult was that for a time only one [or two streams, of rather insuffi cient force, could be turned on the building. The flames worked rab idly downward from the top floors, completely gutting the structure from bottom to top. The walls are still standing apparently in tact, but whether or not they can be used without partially rebuilding had not been positively determinr ed today. It was 8 o'clock be fore the fire was completely under control. Several of the firemen suffered slight injuries as a result of parts j of the cornice falling upon them, f Virtually the entire equipment of the building was destroyed. A pri j vate library of Prof. J. Scott Mur j ray, consisting of many rare and : valuable volumes, on the third I floor of the ubilding was comple ly lost. I The building housed virtually all ! the class rooms in two science ? courses, together with chemical, physical, biological and other lab oratories and many other valuable properties of the university. ! Chief Donald of the city fire de ! partment tonight said he did not I believe the damage would run as j high s was first thought and es timated the damage between $30, ; 000 and $40,000. The club books close Tuesday, i July 25th. If you do not enroll you I cannot vote in the primary. ? ? m> <9> - j Ohio cow ate a pocketbook. The j man is out $1000; the cow is in j $1000. I ? ? ? Fortune never smiles at a man because he is a joke. Cures Malaria, Chills, Fever, Bilious Fever, Colds and ?LaGrippe. DOINGS OF THE DUFFS warm PU &UV THE CHEAPEST STRAW HAT THEV HAVE THI5 MAKES THE THIRD ONE I'VE HAP THIS SUMMER? - HANDSOME BRICK HOTEL Structure to Cost About $40, 000, It Is Said Manning. July 17.?A hand ! some brick hotel is soon to be f completed, in Manning. This hotel I has been under construction for ; several months but unavoidable i circumstances have delayed its I completion. LaBaye and LaBye. f of Columbia, architects will push : the work and furnish the town j with a modern hotel which has \ been in demand for several months. The contract has been let to G. P. Knowles, of Sumter. The loca tion is ideal for a hotel being sit uated on one of the principal business blocks of the town ad joining the court house square near the postoffice and express of fice. The property is owned by S. A. Nettles, and the work to complete the hotel will cost about $4t),000. The town is anxiously looking for ward for the completion of the ho tel. cigarettes They are GOOPt One day last - week no ayiators ? were killed. - % ? COTTON MARKET ; Jan_22.00 j Inarch ? 21.06 i May_..21.74 ; July - . 22.18 J Oct._22.30 Dec _ _ 22.20 ! Spots, 22.30. NEW NEW YORK COTTON Te-tdTt Omb High Low Clew CIom 22.2! 22.20 22.05 22.42 22.54 22.44 22.00 21.88 21.74 22.! 8 22.30 22.20 Nevada sentences two Chinese to death. This leaves 499,999,998. Candidates Cards ; li 22. !4 22. fO 2!.95 22.23 22.38 22.33 22.00 21.90 21.73 22.20 22.36 22.22 ? ?7 < ? ORLEANS COTTON Teatdyf Onea High Low Oos* Clou? J?n... _ .21.62 2J.79 21.80 21.68 21.58 I March _ _ 21.50 21.58 21.46 21.54 21.45 I May_ 21.32 21.23 I JUty _ .. ~ 22.20 22.2d ! Oct.. - - _2l.7r? 22.01 21.72 21.86 21.87 Dec_?21.59 21.88 21.59 21.78 21.71 h spots uncnanged, 22.25. Liverpool Cotton. January.-_._ 12.40 March .....? ...... ._" 12.30 way _ _ ? _'? ._ 12.18 Ja!y.. 13.19 October. . .. _ _ 12.65 December .... ~._ .? ._ 12.50 ueceiyts. l4.u00: Sales. 7.009; Middling, 13.35; Good Middling, 1S.90. FOR CONGRESS. j I- hereby /announce myseif a' candidate for Congress from' -th%.\-: Seventh Congressional District, sab- fj ject to the rules of the Democratic party. I also wish to take this jdpV-~ portunity to that if elected^ T shall endeavor to -faithfuUy h?**** charge the duties of the- ofl5ce.*5<?.?x to merit the^confidence an& "tup port of the peo^fe. ANDREW J. BETBtEA*'' ? * - Candidate for Congress., For House of Repreeentatrves. -'- - I hereby aaaounce that I am.* a : .. candidate for the House of Rejure- - : sentatives subject to the rules of %he ."" Democratic Paity. '^e.' w. dabbs/jr;-. ''? EVERETT TRUE BY ALLMAN HE MADE A SOOl> . TT JOB OF THAT, TLLSAV' \ 1 1 * ...-?? ..... ? i-v.^...?w >??ul 5 ? A STRAW HAT fiOMT MEAM ~* MUCH TO A STEAM ROLLER; r. f: & in t, ?4 , ???>. .i?-t kr? ft /f///\ 'to////-'/' I *//' i /,//// CA '" I'D LIKE TO SEE. \ TRY THIS OME SOMETHING CHEAP, ) ON - THE. IN A STRAW HAT.'/MIRPOR IS TD VOUR LEFT*