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S?MTER ROTARY MEETING Endorses Plans For Greater County Fair The meeting: of the Sumter Ro tary Club held Monday afternoon was interesting, as all of these meetings are. The regular routine of the meet ing was as usual. The feature of the meeting that was of general public interest was the unanimous endorsement by the club" of the proposed 'plans to have a County Fair Association organized that will give to Sumter county a far greater fair than.has ever been held in the county before. - The Sumter Rotary Club is be hind everything that means the real progress of our city, county, state, and - nation and it ?eemecl to the meeting Monday that it ' was certainly in the line of constructive progress to give endorsement to a movement that will give to Sumter county a fair that wli! be altogeth er worthy of the name. The committee on nomenclature will have charge of the program lor the next meeting, August 14. On August 21 there will be a gen eral, discussion of the topic: What is Rotary Doing for Jde? 4 ? ? e ? * ? The Tobacco Market High Prices Attracting Sellers From Long Distances Tobacco buyers representing the big tobacco companies on the ? Burnter independent market say that Sumter is the highest market in the state, and the prices that to bacco i3 Dringing at acution on the warehouse floors , bears out this as sertion. News of the high prices in this market has spread through - out the tobacco growing districts within a radius of fifty miles of Sumter and many "Non-Co-op." tobacco farmers who, heretofore 'have sold on other markets are bringing their tobacco to Sumter. Today there were big sales at botn warehouses and the price range was from $1 for scrap to $75 for wrappers. Only one pile sold for the top figure, but a good deal sold from $50 to $65. The general run of the tobacco on the floor ranged in price from $15 to $43, with the average price for all grades around $30. One outstand ing, fact in connection with tobac -ee offered for sale on the local market is the quality. The prices are high hut one reason for this is the better grade of tobacco that 3 Is offered in comparison with re cent years. / Tindal News Note. Tindal, S. C, Aug. 7.-?Miss Mary Stevens, who has been visiting Miss Mary Sue Tindal, at Tindal, S. C, " has returned home to Wadmalaw -X&and. Miss MaryN Sue Tindal and Miss Oliva Tindal have gone to Wadma law Island to visit relatives and to he at the annual regatta. The protracted meeting, will com mence at Bethel church next Sun day and continue for a week, ser vices morning and night. Rev. Mr. Gold,, of Clemson College, will as sist the pastor. Rev. Wm. Hayns 4 worth. The battle that has been joined between the Tobacco Farmers* Co operative Marketing Association and the independents who are -hacking the old system of auction sales, promises to be a hard fought and bitter contest. If the farmers who believe in the co-operative marketing plan expect to win they will have to stand together solid ly and prepare to make a long and 'hard fight. The fight will not be won in one year or two, unless the farmers are stampeded and sur render now before the co-opera tive plan has been given a fail .test. Tobacco is selling at high prices at present in the face of a prospective crop larger than any crop of recent years. This is due :in no small measure to the or ganization of the co-operative mar keting association and the effort to pool the crop. The fanner* both member and not members of ..the association are benefiting by ?the high prices, which are the di rect result of the efforts of "the co-oprs. If the co-oprs. are driven from the field conditions will quickly revert to those prevailing heretofore. The co-oprs. have forced higher prices and only the co-oprs. can keep prices up to a fair level. ? ? ? Monday afternoon around four o'clock the fire department was called to the home of Mr. A. B. Holland, at No. 26 West Calhoun street. The fire proved to be very small, trash burning back of the facing of the fire place, which was quickly extinguished. Ten minutes aiter the fire department had re turned to the station, the alarm was sounded aijain. The fire, this time was on the roof, which appar ently had climbed up from the tire-place. The fire was very small and not very much damage was caused by it. A small portion of the roof had to be torn off in or der to get to the fire. Bishop KJlgo Better. Charlotte. X. C., Aug. 8.?Bishop John C. Kilgo's condition tonight was better than at any time during the last 48 hours his, heart action and respiration especially showjng improvement, according to a statement by Dr. L.-G. Gage, spe cialist, attending the aged minis ter. . The asphalt is being laid on the May es vi He road, first starting a mile from Sumter and working in. th^n continuing mile by mi!f\ ?UNTY NEWS I COUNTY FAIR ENDORSED The Meeting Held Last Night Endorses the Plans For a Greater County Fair The meeting held Monday night in the interest of the county fair was not a large one; but it made up in determined purpose what it lacked in'^wze. There ?was no deadening pessimism; there was no over-copfident optimism; but there was a careful analysis' of >the sit uation that made those who were present definitely determine to work hard, to continue to work, and to work together ugfrif the pur pose of the meeting is accomplish ed. The meeting expressed the belief that now as never before "Sumter needs' the inspiration that will come from a first class county fair and it is determined to have one. There were two plans suggested: First. Subscriptions for capital stock in the Fair Association. Second. Donations for life mem berships in the Association. Plans will be worked" out I whereby men and women through out the county will be given an op portunity to subscribe to the stock snd to take out rife memberships in the Association. i The meeting was presided over by the president, Mr. W. T. Brown, and during the course of the even ing speeches were made by Messrs. L. D. Jennings, J. Frank Wilhams, George D. Shore, S. H. Edmunds, J. Lern King, Samuel O'Quinn, E. S. Booth, S. L. Roddey, Perry Par rott, George W. Dick. 'Before adjournment the meeting j unanimously endorsed the plans to have a greater fair in Sumter coun i ty than has ever been held before. ? ? ?-jr i Columbia, Aug. S.?The South j Carolina Railroad Commission is this week making an .inventory of [the supply of,coa! within the state. [Members of the commission have 'scattered over the state, with in | structions to report on the amount of coal in stock with the various j industries of the state. 1 Chairman Shealy, of the com ! mission. * stated Monday that the I situation is even more serious than it was last week. "Very little coal is being received," Mr. Shealy j stated, "and yet we are being ' flooded with orders." * The commission announces that about twenyt-five cars of coal were received Sunday; about sixty were received Saturday. Most of these were released for .the original con signees, though a few cars were re leased for other consumers. The members of the commission will investigate the coal stocks on hand with all industries and with ithe large dealers. Within a few I days the commission will 'have in formation as to the stock of fuel within the borders of the state. Every order for coal has to ber approved by the railroad commis sion before shipment into the state I is allowed. Orders approved by the commission are sent to the mines direct, and no coal cars are con ; signed to the railroads except for orders approved by the state com mission. All orders for coal are sent by the dealers or purchasers to the commission for approval. ' Chairman Shealy, pf the com mission, states1 that'his office is rushed with the fuel emergency work. He reports that not all purchasers of coal exercise the right spirit in regard to the situa tion. Many demand coal and are obstinate in their attitude regard ing the limited supply. However, no persons will be allowed to re ceive coal except for emergency needs for industry and for public institutions. Mr. Shealy states. The orders of the national fuel emer gency are very strict. Tux Commission and Packing Houses. (Spartanburg Herald). The South Carolina Tax Com mission has recently issued a pamphlet entitled, "Some of the Work of the Tax Commission and the Results Attained Thereby." There are a number pf items of in terest and importance in the fold er presenting facts the people of the state should have for their intelligent consideration of the cry to abolish the Tax Commission. What happened in connection with the packing houses rs worth reading: "In the case of four of the largest, packing houses in the United States, viz: Armour & Co., Swift & Co.. Wilson & Co.. and Morris <fc Co., which carry on business in the cities of Florence. Columbia. Charleston. Greenville, and Spar tanburg, each made its sworn re turn and statement to the com mission of its property values in the several above named cities. Based upon these returns the ag gregate assessment of the four packing houses in the several cities above mentioned was the sum of $$5,237.00. Upon investigation by \ the commission it was found that property actually owned by these concerns! should have been assessed at ?439,3t>0.;00. Tin's amount was fixed by the tax commission as the correct assessment! thereby add ing to the taxable values of the four packing houses in thi* state the sum of $414,123.00. The ac tual increase in taxes paid into the public treasuries, by reason of1 the commission requiring those foreign corporations to make a full disclosure of their property, calcu- j tated on the prevailing levies in the cities in this state in which they do business, for the year 1!)L'0. amounted to the sum of $3 1 .S7U.74,; or ?t;.L'33.74 more than the entire expenditures of the tax commission for the year." "Easy come easy ^o" doesn't ap ply to a wart. GEN. SUMTER MEMORIAL Annual Exercises Will Be Held at Stateburg August Utk The ladies and gentlemen of the General Sumter Memorial Associa tion and of' Stateburg Township have requested the Sumter Cham ber of Commerce to invite the people of. Sumter and vicinity to attend the exercises and picinc din ner inCidentkl to the eolebrstion of the anniversaryvot* the birth of General Thomas Sumter at the General Sumter Memorial School next Monday, August the 14th. In 'referring to these annual me morial exercises it might be well said that few communities in South Carolina ever put on such*- an un usual vocal and instrumental mu sical program as are rendered ev ery August 14th during the General Sumter Memorial exercises. State burg appears to be peculiarly and fortunately blessed With musical talent and singers of exceptional training and voice. A vocal pro gram of olden time Southern melo dies and other selections is ren dered each succeeding anniversary which it is well worth traveling many miles to listen :o. The hos pitable and patriotic men and wo men of Stateburg township spend many days in rehearsing these vo cal numbers by a large and select ed choir of male and female voices' ?and in their goodness of .heart j they charge the, public absolutely J nothing?and in . addition they j spread a bounteous picnic dinner for their guests. # The General Sumter Memorial association is a body of patriotic men and women representing the highest type of intelligent, cultured and loyal citizenship, and seeks to cultivate a county pride in the glo rious history of our county and in the military and literary achieve ments and statesmanship of many j noble South Carolina men and women of the past. AJ1 that this splendid associa tion asks is your presence. They do the rest. The exercises, the dinner, the oration of the. day by a selected and gifted speaker are all absolutely free to all who nttend. Sumter county is indebted to this splendid association of men and women for the good they have done and "are doing and our coun ity's historical and educational in [ terests. Stateburg hopes that Sum ter will be well represented on [August the 14th. Exercises begin ' jat 11.30 a. m. Dinner at-1 p. m. Young Men's Business League Meeting. The Young Men's Business League held its first birthday meet ing Tuesday at the -Claremont, the members eating lunch together as usual. The meeting was presided ov?* by the new president, Mr. P. M. Parrott. President Parrott read his ap pointments of committees, retain ing the tobacco industry committee and the luncheon committee as at present constituted, and placing 'publicity in charge of Mr. H. A. Moses. He read the list of his new group captains, and the members of each group. The president recommended that should any member absent himself' from three consecutive meetings without substantial written excuse that his name be dropped from the membership list. By motion this j was adopted. Details of the league's arrange- j ments for the Rembert booster trip were explained to the members by the various committeemen in charged It was announced that the Sum ter county surveys had arrived and 1,000 copies were on hand to be j sent out by members, i The Greater Sumter County Fair movement was adopted and the league members expressed a wil lingness to help push the enterprise j ! when called upon. j A vote of thanks was given the j j Northwestern Railroad .for its of I fer to give free transportation to i all Rembert boosters on the 9th. j A vote of thanks was also given! The Item for its cooperation with J the league in this work. Mr.. F. M. Moise made report of j the opening of the Co-operative I Tobacco market, which the league I considered most auspicious. Mr. 'W. A. Bryan and Mr. P. J. j Gallagher reported on the bring- j trade to Sumter movement that the league inaugurated at its last meet- j ing. ? Mr. F. M. Moise brought up the | matter of going after the textile j industries that were looking for: new sites. This was discussed at I some length, the consensus of opin- j ion being that Sumter should en- ? ter this held vigorously. It was | moved ana carried that a commit- i tee be appointed to take over this work, which committee the presi- j dent will appoint shortly. The committee on purging the i league of dead members reported j that it had written the sleepers I asking them to cither wake up and j become active or to retire in favor of those live ones who were knock-1 ing at the door. The members at the lunch re-1 hearsed some of the songs that] would be sung, at Rembert on the 9th. _. _ Jacksonville. N. C, Aug. io.? Shertn! Crurganus. of pnslow coun ty stated today that investigators from his office had fulled so far to confirm reports sent from New: Bern Saturday that Jim Black-j lege, the negro accused of in:sti- j gating th^ attack on Cy Jones, a! rural mail carrier had been lynch- j ^d. He said a crowd of men bad ? ordered BTiiCklege to leave the ; county, be being unheard from j since. Working yourself to death is I hard. Loafing yourself to death is j easier and much quicker. ? ? ? A nickel isn't as good as a dime, i but ii goes to church more often. I FINANCING THE DAIRY INDUSTRY I Mr. Krassnoff Offers to Do J His Part to Start Move j ment - j Editor Daily Item: At the meeting Monday niprht to I promote the Greater Sumter County Fair, it was brought out that those who are endeavoring to make the cow eat up the boll weevil, in Sumter county, have orders for four i cars of milk cows from farmers j who can not finance the purchase j I of same, and I have been impress- j ed with the importance, for Sumter j J county to increase its productivity j in other lines than cotton under boll weevil condition. There i's jno doubt that cur farm ing industry must depart from its sole dependence on coUon and di vert their energies to seme lines of j farming that will bring a fair re- I turn. The dairy industry, it seems j to me, is the mcst logical and easiest method by which we can emerge gradually'from, the present depressing condition and finally become ourselves again, and it seems to me that every one who i can, should try his utmost to re-! establish the : prosperity we have j so long enjoyed. This can be j done by those who arc able to as- j sist in financing those who are anx- | ious to work and build up remuner- J ative industries. Financial conditions are improv ing daily, money is not as hard to obtain now as it used to be a short time back; business is getting to be j near normal. Are there enough j clear sighted and patriotic citizens j in Sumter who are able to finance j or endorse the financing of a. few; carloads of milk cows? I will go my limit in this undertaking. I will either be one of a hundred or part of any number who will; undertake to -finance the purchasej of a hundred cows for the farmers who will take xrare of them and make them produce butter-fat. Or j I will finance one or two cows for j any needy farmer who wants to ! buy a cow in Sumter county, rec j ommended by J. Frank "Williams ! and endorsed by any banker in this j city, as worthy and reliable, to the j amount of $250 without interest for 12 months. The cow or cows to be secured by mortgage to The Peoples' Bank and held in trust for me. How many of you Sumterites will join me. Come on, speak up! Tours truly, S. L. Krasnoff. Bishopville News Xotes, I Bishopville, Aug. 8.?Up to the j last few days we have had lots of ! rain, too much for the crops. Cot ? ton is looking well, but shedding its ?fruit badly. The boll weevil con j tinues to do their .work, and will i claim their full share of the fruit., j Corn has improved very much, and j fair crops will be gathered if no j further disaster befalls it. . The ; crops Qf peavine hay is very prom ising; also potatoes, j The county candidates are very ; active, and the race will be very i close. The campaign meetings up jto this time have been very quiet j and peacable. j Quite a number of our folks have jgone to the mountains or other ! health or pleasure resorts, and ; others will soon follow.^ I The paving of our sidewalks is I progressing .well, ?und soon most of i ;our principal streets will be ren- j ! dered more comfortable for pedes- ' I trians. I The Baptists had an evangelist to i ! conduct a meeting in the Baptist! I church last week. Rev. Mr. Birch; 1 conducted the meeting. He is a j I fine preacher, something on the1 j order of Billy Sunday. I have not! [heard the results of the meeting. | j A revival meeting will begin in j the Methodist church- next Sun-! day, 13th. preparatory services to j begin with the Wednesday night; prayer meeting. Rev. Mr. Turnip-; seed of Spartanburg will do the : j preaching .and we are hoping and ; praying for a gracious revival, ! which we sorely need. The Presbyterians have given; their pastor. Dr. Mclver, a vacation [of one month, which he and his j family are spending in the moun tains of Georgia ^ It is again pouring down rain. ! The farmers had just got in touch condition to plough, and allow the farmers to finish up their crops. Mrs. Lizzie Mulloy of Cheraw and Miss Anna Beth Timmons of Lynchburg have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Scott at Wisacky. Mr. Clark of August/., Ga., has joined his family he?; and will probably make this place his home. Mrs. Clark was formerly Mrs. R. Z. McUeod of Bishopville. Mr. Rogers Scarborough has left us to take up his work in Colum- j bia. We will miss him, and it will | be difficult to fill his place in the j bank, and in the choir. Mrs. Dr. Jennings entertained a number of lady friends at a recep- ! tion jriven in compliment to her j sister. Mrs- Sturgeon of Kentucky, who was her guest. Everything j was beautifully arranged, and ev eryone had a dch'shtful time. m ? ? Washington. Aug. 1".? President Harding probably will receive next! Monday or Tuesday the formal an-j swer of the railway shop crafts federation to his proposal that i th<- seniority dispute be left to the ? railroad labor board for decision. J The executive heads of the shop men's unions again engaged today ] in conferences here preparatory to i drafting the reply. The discus- i sions yesterday strengthened the I impression that the president's new plan will be rejected by lie- men. ; -? ? ?? Birmingham, Aug !*.- Incom-j plete returns from yesterday's pri- j marv tonight indicated that Judge i i W. W. Brandon swept all conn- i ties in the state with the exception of Randolph where Col. B. R. Graves received a heavy vote ', Charles McDowell, for lieutenant i governor, practically duplicated the! Brandon vote, carrying every coun- j ty in tie state so far with the ex- j cept i< n of Pail ler. SMOOT CHARGE DENIED BY CRENSHAW Vice President of V-C Company Declares That Statement of Utah Senator is Without Founda tion ' Richmond. Va., Aug. 9.?Dabney Grenshaw, vice president of the Vir ginia-Carolina Chemical company; tonight denied that there is a semblance of a trust among Ameri can manufacturers of fertilizers dealing with foreign concerns to the exclusion of American produc ers, as charged In the United States senate last Tuesday by Senator Reed Smoot (Republican) of Utah, Because the American produc ers were unable to compete in price and quantity, Mr. Crenshaw said, 34 American manufacturers of fertilizers signed contracts with German and French concerns for their entire supplies of potash last fall, but the contracts fended last April and the manufacturers have since been at liberty, to deal wherever they desired. "There was no idea of res'-.raint of trade in making such contracts," said Mr. Crenshaw. "On the other band, we permitted the small man ufacturer to purchase potash in small quantities at the. same price we paid for it in great quantities. "The whole thing was done as much is the interests of the farm er as for the manufacturer. While I appeared in the senate Tuesday as a representative of the fertiliz er manufacturers I really repre sented the farmer. Potash had al ways been on the free list and I was there for the purpose of having it again placed there. Any duty on potash would have to be paid for by the farmer and that means that Tihe consumer would have to bear the cost in the end." Mr. Crenshaw said the American fertilizer manufacturers made the contracts with the German and French ^concerns because the American producers were unaMe to compete in price and supply. He said that Senator Smoot is one of the members of the senate fin ance committee who urged a tariff on potash, which would have in creased the price approximately 50 cents per unit or about $25 a ton for fertilizer. That would hav? meant, he* said, an increase in the price of fertilizer in this country of $54,000,000 in the' next ?vz years. And that increase, Mr Crenshaw said, would have to be paid- by the farmer and not by the manufacturer. ? * <m Strike Situation On Atlantic Coast Line Bulletin Issued at Wilming ton Shows Increase in ?Working Force of Shopmen Wilmington. N. C, Aug. 9.?The Atlantic Coast Line issues the fol lowing statement relative to the "shopmen strike situation: 1? Total number of shopmen now employed 3.2S2, compared with August 8th, 3.0S3. 2? Percentage of normal force 56.S per cent, compared with August Sth. 53.2 per cent. 3? Old men who retained posi tions 701, compared with August S, 701. 4? Old men who have come back since going out 46. 5? New men employed 2,535, compared with August Si 2,336. Item 1 includes all foremen. Item 5 includes all common la?bor. Items 1 and 3 include also all com mon labor. There is no accumulation of freight at any point on the line. This company Is in . a position to receive and promptly handle a much greater volume of freight traffic than is now being offered for transportation. FATAL SHOOTING NEAR WAGENER Tillman Williams Shoots Willie Rawls Aiken, Aug. 4.?Tillman Wil liams, prominent farmer of the Wagener section, mortally wound ed Willie Rawls about 2 o'clock this afternoon, when the two met in front of D. K. Gantt's store. Williams used a double barrel shot gun, both loads taking effect in the upper abdomen, which result ed in the de;ith of Rawls a few hours later. The exact cause of the shooting is not known though it appears to have been due to trouble of long standing. It is said that Williams moved from Lexington county to Wagener some time ago on account of ill feeling between the two. At the time of the shoot ing' he was running a five horse farm in the Wagener section. K;i\vls. who lives near tTie old home of Williams in Lexington county, came to Wagener twith a shotgun. The two men met in front of Gantt's store. It is alleged that Rawls upon seeing Williams attempted to raise the xun he car ried when llo- latter fired the fa ta*! sln?t. The gun was tired from a distance of about feet and both loads took effect. The wounded! man was rushed away to a hospi tal but ;i telegram arrived in Aiken about 1:30 to the effect that he died ! from tlw> wounds. Williams camel to Aiken immediately after the! shooting and uu^ himself up to! Jailer Veroon. Hrte has retained j Julian J-:. Salley and John F> Wil- j li.ims ns his attorneys. CLEVELAND CONFERENCE RESULTLESS No Agreement Reach ed by Operators and Leaders of Coal Miners' U n i o n? Conference Contin ues Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 9 (By the Associated Press).?For "a ?econd time, the joint interstate confer ence of coal miners and operators delayed action today to permit ,the holdout Illinois operators to decide whether they would participate in negotiations that may end the soft coal strike. Adjournment was taken until tomorrow though vir tual decision had been made by union leaders to negotiate a con tract with the operators already enrolled in the conference and who control only part of the coal pro duction of the central competitive field. As a forerunner to the confer ence session tomorrow afternoon the union's policy committee will meet in the morning to pass final ly on the question of a prospective settlement, which would affect most Ohio mines and scattered ones in Western Pennsylvania, Indiana and Illinois, these four states forming the central competitive field. The committee expects to con sider extension of the central field to other parts of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Sentiment favor ing a settlement with the operators here seemed predominant among the committee members and was regarded as forecasting approval for the union leaders' decision, which became known after Presi dent John L. Lewis of the miners had received assurance from oper ators in states outside the central ^competitive field of their willing ness to negotiate contracts on the basis made for that field. Only a short session marked the conference today, adjournment be ing followed with the announce-, ment that the delay was to permit certain independent operating in terests to decide whether they would join in the negotiations. Word had not been received at that time of the decision of the Illi nois Operators' association in re fusing to participate unless the union accede to arbitration. Mr. Lewis had informed the Illinois operators that he would not agree to their demand for arbitration. j Pittsburgh, Aug. 9.?The position of the Illinois' Coal Operators' as sociation in relation to the coal strike was outlined in^a telegram received today by the Pittsburgh Coal Producers' association from Dr. F. C. Honnold, secretary of the Illinois operators, which said: "Be assured that Illinois agrees with what apparently seems to be the almost unanimous sentiment of all operators producing coal in the unionized districts, viz: that no concession to the miners in the way of a continuation of the old wage scale is warrantable except on a basis of flat agreement by the miners to accept bona fide arbitra tion for the determination of any j subsequent scale." j The Pittsburgh association reiter- ; ! ated as its position that it is ready" and willing to meet its own men of the. Pittsburgh district, "any time, at any place for the forma tion of a working scale." ? ? Smith Sees Harding j About Navy Yard j Washington, Aug. S.?This after- j j noon Senator E. D. Smith called j at the White House and told Pres I ident Harding that in spite of. the letter which the senator had re ceived from the president last week, j saying that the status quo of the Charleston Navy Yard would be "more than maintained," until the j return of Secretary Denby, there j had been no change whatever in j the order of Acting Secretary j Roosevelt for the virtual closing i of the yard, and that it was being i "scrapped" as rapidly as pos ? sible. j The senator informed the pre3 j dent that he had satisfied himself of the situation by a personal visit I to the yard, and he told the chief j I executive that he looked to him to j \ make good his . promise that the j j status of the yard should be pre- ! i served pending Mr. Denby's arri- j ! val and a further investigation of j j matters involved. The senator went j j over the whole case and left im- | i portant data with the president, j After Senator Smith had return-j j ed to the senate chamber, President j j Harding called him by telephone' j from the White House and asked ! j him for certain information, say ling that he (the president)), was J [then in conference with Acting| I Secretary Roosevelt,* who would ( call the senator by 'phone at the j close of the conference. Shortly alter this Col. Roosevelt telephoned; senator Smith and asked for a conference with him Thursday. I saying that he (the acting secre tary), had to leave Washington to-i nifrht. and would be away tomor- j row. What the acting secretary | has to tell Senator Smith remains to he seen. Senator Smith has his fighting i clothes on, and will be satisfied .with nothing short of the main- j tenance of the Charleston estab lisbment, a real navy yard as loug j as the country has a naval system, j He does not take kindly to sii?: gestions of diverting the yard to commercial uses under existing conditions. Tariff makers have a high con vention of tariff duties. T? NOTICE Primary Election Tuesday, Aug ust 29, 1922. Notice is hereby given that a Democratic Primary Election will be held in the several clubs, es tablished by order of the Demo cratic Executive Committee for Sumter county, at the following places on Tuesday. August 29th, 1922, for nominating candidates for congressman, state and coun yt offices, pursuant to the consti tution and rules of the party and in accordance with the Acts of the General Assembly of the state, regulating primary elections; and the second primary, if one shall be necessary, will be held on Tues day, September 12th, 1922. The following named persons have been designated and appointed as managers and clerks of the pri mary elections to be held by the democratic party of Sumter county, August 29th and September 12*h, 1922: Ward 1?Edgar Skinner, W. J. Davis, L. E. White, A. E. Gregg, Clerk. Ward 2?A. J. Bynum, E. L. Du com, A. W. Moseley; Manning Brown, Clerk. Ward 3?G. R. Philiips, J.. A. j Calhoun, J. M. N. Wilder; M. W. Shelley, Clerk. Ward 4?S. M. Pringle, J. T. James, F. E. Nigels; T. E. Hinson, Clerk. Concord? C. W. Brunson, H- D. Brunson, L. W. Warren; Albert Brogdon, Clerk. Dalzell?H. C. Edens, S. F. Moore, R. J. Brogdon; A. C. Thompson, Clerk. DuBose t? Stanyarne Burrows, Marion Dorn. Edward Dick; J. T. Rivers, Clerk. Earle ? J- A. Cooper, Harry Hodge, R. H- Broadway; A. E. Elliott, Clerk. ^ ' Farmers?Robert Melierte, R^ C. Wactor, James Dinkins; R. B. Dinkins, Clerk Hagood?W. J. Sanders, H. H. Sanders, B. F. Myers; C. C. My ers, Clerk. . Manchester?E. R. Williams, J. W. Allsbrooks, M- A. Coulter; S. M. Coulter. Clerk. Mayesville?W.- B. Cooper, A. H. Mayes. B. C. Chandler. Oswego?F: W. Andrews, H. R. McLeod, J. F. Hopkins; M. M. Brown, Clerk. Pisgah ? J. E. DuPre, G. W. Elmore, J. T. Watson; Leon Stuckey, Clerk. Pinewood?R. A. Lawrence, H. ! L. Baxley, L. A. Graham, j Pleasant Grove?J. J. McEfveen, S. J. Wilson, J. W. Baker; J. R. Goodman, Clerk. Privateer?S- D. Cain, A. P. j Hinson, J. M. Jackson; M. R. Jack son, Clerk. Rafting Creek?T. J. Brown, J. A. Reames, J. C. Gillis; J. H. Mc Leod, Clerk. Rejd's?C. A. Johnson, J. D. Osteen, Geo. L. Brown; Robert Ardis, Jr., Clerk. Salem-H. D. Warren, L. D. Goodman, R. P. Skinner. Stateburg?J. G. Simmons, J. T. Frierson, M. B. Murray; Kinloch Bull, Clerk. Shiloh?S. B. McElveen, J. M. McElveen. W. W. Green, W- T. Green, Clerk. Taylor??J. H. Truluck, John Truluck. Napoleon McNeil; J. M. Truluck, Clerk. Trinity?T. Jeff Keels, T. R. Mims, J. A. Mims; Lee Mims, Clerk. Wedgefield?E. L. Burress, W. L. Dew, W. II. JRamsey; B. A. Wein berg, Clerk. Zoar?J. A. Blackwell, S. J., White, P. L. Jones; J. L. Brog don, Clerk. One of the managers' for each club will call on the undersigned for the boxes for his club, tickets, j etc., and will qualify on or before j August 28th, 1922. The secretar ies of the several clubs will call for j the original club book of enroll ment and deliver the same to the managers of the election. The polls will open at 8 o'clock a. m., and remain open until 4 o'clock p. m., August 29th, 1922, whereupon the managers will pro ceed to count the votes and after \ tabulating the result shall certi- j fy the same and forward the bal lot boxes containing the poll list ballots, returns and all other pa pers, except the club roll book, by' one of their number to the county chairman, within thirty-six | hours after the close of the polls, j The managers shall return the orig- j inal roll book to the secretary of j the club immediately after the dec- j laration of the result of the bal-! loting, or as soon thereafter as pos sible. The manager:? shall admin- ! ister to all perons offering to vote] the oath required by the party rules, and shall arrange a table, desk, or other place upon which! the ballot boxes shall be placed, so j as to enable each voter to deposit ? his or her ballot without inter-1 ference. hindrance, crowding or confusion. The^ballot boxes must j be marked in a suits ble manner so j so as to designate in which box the respective tickets are to be j placed. The County Democratic Execu tive Committee will meet at 12 ' o'clock noon, on Thursday. August \ 31st. 1922. to tabulate the re- j turns, declare the result of the pri mary and for such other business j as may come before the com- j mitteo. Candidates are again reminded ; that they must tile with the clerk ; of court of Sumter county at the j end of the campaign and before | the primary, ah itemized, verified statement of all campaign expenses, j The state law governing primary elections requires that all clubs I having an enrollment of fifty (">0) j or more shall vote according to the; provisions of the Australian ballot j law, and such clubs are required j to have a voting booth construct- ! ed of suitable material, according: to the specifications set forth in I the law and to be found in the rules of the partv. one booth to i be provided for each one hundred i or fractional part thereof of en rolled members. The following clubs fali under this provision of the law and are directed to pro vide the necessary booths: Sumter, Ward 1; Sumter, Ward/ 2: Sumter. Ward 3; Sumter, Ward 4; Concord, Dalzell, DuBose. Earie, Farmers, Hagood, Mayesville, Os wego, Pinewood, Pleasant Grove. Privateer, Rafting Creek, ShUoh, Stateburg, Taylors, Wedgefteld, Zoar. H. G. OSTEEX. County Chairman. John B. Duffie, Secretary.. Sumter, S. C... Aug. 10, 1922. TEXAS CROP NEEDS RAIN Drought in This Section of Country Intensified Washington, Aug. 9.?With rain, fallfng only in a few northern eecr tions of Texas and in northern and eastern parts of Oklahoma, the drought in the western division of 1 the cotton belt was intensified dorr~ ing the week ending, yesterday, ??.;."' cording to the weekly review of weather and crop conditions issued today by the department of agri-: culture. "Rainfall warf mostly light is. the central and eastern portions of ; the belt," the statement continued, "although it continued too wet in few localities. . "Temperatures 'were generally . somewhat above normal in the central and pastern cotton states, but were much above normal in Oklahoma and Texas. "Cotton made very good gpo- , gress in North Carolina and showed improvement in some eastern lo calities where it had been too wet. While there was too much rain in 1 some east-central and southern portions of South . Carolina, the weather was generally favorable for growth in that state but th$ plants were rather sappy and ranldg though fruiting welL. The crop . | made very good progress in Geois. I gia, except in a few Iocaliites | where considerable shedding was I reported; conditions have been un- , j favorable for a top-crop in the j southern portion, although the [ plants are fruiting well in the j northern section. j "Cotton 'made poor to only fair ! progress in Mississippi and Ala- ' ibama, but fairly good in Tennes ; see; rain was needed in much of i Alabama and Tennessee; heavy Ip jcal rains were unfavorable in come central? and western portions i of Arkansas, but the warm weath j er and gneeraJly light rainfall in that state were favorable. There was considerable rainfall in Lou isiana which favored weevil activ ity and considerable shedding was reported from the northwestern" portion of the state. "Under the influence of dry, hot weather, cotton made generally poor progress in both Texas and^ I Oklahoma, with deterioration in ! the extreme south western . portion i of the latter state. These condi i tions caused shedding, although ! they were'favorable for holding tha j weevil in check. "Cotton bolls were opening rap i idly, in T^xas and Georgia and I picking made good progress. Wet j vil continued active in most * tions and considerable damage ! was reported from army worms in Texas, Northern Louisiana, South western Arkansas, and some deita ? counties of Mississippi." HOMICIDE IN BEAUFORT Young Furniture Man Held I Pending Inquiry Beaufort, Aug. 9.?T. L. P.'Eet ; tison was killed this afternoon, ; while sitting in a chair in his liv ! ing room. The/coroner's jurv to I night gave as a verdiet that ne -was ! killed by Ralph E. Brown. Dr.^ Ryan testified that death wa3 caus->* ed -by a blow on the head with I some weapon. Brown had words j with Bettison in the morning and had then knocked him down. Bettln was ?n old man without relatives here, where he has lived | for many years as an ? artisan. Brown is a prominent young fur niture dealer. ? A brother of Betti son lives in Allendale and he is said to have another brother living in New Orleans. . Homicides are rare in this county and the community is greatly stir-" red. .- Solicitor Murdaugh has been wired , to be here in the morniog. ^ Brown is under arrest in the cu?-% tody of the sheriff. GIN NEW COTTON Bamberg. Aug. 2.?South Caro-" lina's first bale of 1922 cotton was turned out this morning from the Farmers* Gin company of this place. The bale weighed* 490 pounds; < and was produced by J. C. Hewitt, a farmer who lives two miles from Bamberg. The bale is being forwarded this afternoon to Charleston by express to be sold at auction. ~ Notwithstanding the presence in the county of the boll weevil, th? people have not forgot the art of producing the fleecy staple, and one' of the methods employed by Mr.4 Hewitt and other progressive farm ers is getting it in early. Early, maturing: of" boll is* considered; by Mr. Hewitt as a fine weevil beater. * Seven Bales at Fairfax. Fairfax. Aug. 9.?Seven bales of new cotton were ginned here today.* If the weather is favorable picking will become general next week. Wednesday night the fire depart-, ment was called to the home of Mr. T B. Suber, 340 W. Calhoun street. Mr. Suber's automobile and garage were completely destroyed* by fire. When Mr. Suber first dis- - covered the fire, his garage was ablaze and by the time the fire de partment arrived the dnmngo was* onrriplet*.