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UUUCH ACXJVrrTKD AFTER TRIAL
IN NEW YORK COURT.
Metdiot ami Lnndlsdy Swear
Trosbie Cwuerd by Alleged In.
?lealj Conduct on Part of Head of
Tnskegeo Institute, wlto Denies
Committing Acta Attrlbated to Him
and Refuse* to Comment on Out?
come?-Ulrich Charged with De
?tt ting Wife.
New York. Nov. 6.?Booker T.
Washington. ths negro educator,
failed to obtain satisfaction at law
today for ths besting hs received at
the hands of Henry A. Ulrich, a white
man, Sunday evening, March 19.
last. Ulrich was acquitted, in the
Court of Special Sessions this after?
noon, of ths charge of assault which
Washington had preferred against
him. I
After the fight which started In
ths vestibule of sn apartment house
where Ulrich lived, at No. 11 1-1 Bast
sSrd street. Washington was laid up
at ths hospital for ssvsrsl dsys with
his right ear torn, his scalp cut and
his fees badly bruised.
Provocations which ths dsfsnce at?
tempted to show todsy wsre based
mainly upon ths testimony of Ulrich,
who declared he found Washington
peeping into ths keyhole of his apart?
ment and also the one opposite, and
that Waahlngton struck ths first blow;
also on ths story of Mrs. Laura Alva
rss. with whom Ulrich boarded, who
swore that when she passed Wash?
ington he amid to hsr: "Hello, sweet -
Waatiingtoa'e tssilmony on ths stand
today was ths mms explanation he
offered at the time of the altercation.
He swore that hs was not peeping
hi to aay keyhole: thst he was only
search In c the tenants' directory In sn
effort to And a family, with which he
understood a friend wii etopplng,
and dsnled positively that hs had
spoken to Mrs. Alvares or any other
woman.
The acquittal of Ulrich was not
unanimous, Justice O'Keefe dissenting
from the opinion of Justices Mem and
Seller.
After Ulrich left the Court he was
arrested again, charged with being a
fugutivs from New Jersey, where an
tndletmsnt has been found charging
aim with deserting his wife, who lives
In Orange.
Dr. Washington, when asked If he
had any comment to make on the
outcome of his case, replied: "No.
not a word.1
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ItOTsA
Markets for Farm Produce To Be
Considered.
We are glad that The Item and
others havs shown their literest in
this mattsr. It certainly Is Import
? at and there should be some prac?
tical plan worked out to solve this
problem. There Is nothing thut will
anrieh our county and 8tate more
than the diversification of crops and
a long step will have been taken to?
ward thla end when we shall have
sntabllshed a market for other 'arm
produce than cotton alone.
President Baker of the Chamber of
Commerce has long been exceedingly
ansJeus that something be dono to
meet this need snd so stated In his
add re** before the Chamber of Com
merce last spring. In order that
something deflnlts be accomplished
hs appointed a committee on the
?nc >uragement of Home Supply.
Thai committee consists of Abe
Ryttenberg. Chairman, and E. S
Booth. J. M. Brogdon. Oeo. F. Ep?
person. W. A. Thompson and W. A.
Bowman This committee will meet
at the Chamber of Commerce on
Wedneday of this week at 8 p. m.
?very men her should attend and
nay others who may be Interested,
are Invited whether living In the city
or outside.
Inland Arises.
Port of Spain. Trinidad. Nov. ?.?
An laland has suddenly risen from
ths sea In the Serpent's Mouth strait,
between Trinidad and the Venezuelan
The phenomenon was preceded l >
an sxtraordlnsry commotion In the
sea. from which burst huge column*
of flames snd smorte.
Will It Smoke
Ws think the chief advantage)
about the mechanical cotton picker
a* that It won't go to hot suppers
and that It will stay tahaff on Satur?
day night? and Sund .tnd will show
np for work eg MMsaaj tornlngs.
Anderson .Mail.
Marriage License Record.
The only marrlege license Issued
Saturday went to Matthew Spain of
Mechanl? svllla and RgfJ Oysm 4
Oewego.
South Carolina tniy SOt l e the
promised land ' uf It certainly Is a
land 4 m*mm?News %nd OoaVtOf
EXAMINATION FOR WEST POINT.
A Good Chance for a Young Man to
Enter Military Service of the Vol.
ted State?.
I will oold a competitive examina?
tion on Saturday, December the 30th,
at Columbia, S, C, beginning at 10 a.
m. to fill a vacancy from the Seventh
Congressional District at the United
I States Military Academy at West
Point. . I
The examination will be conduct- |
ed by Pro. E. 8. Dreher of Columbia,
listed by Profs. W. E. Black and
S. H. Edmunds. Only actual rest
| dents of the district, between the ages
of 17 and 22 years, suffering from no
deformity, who have been vaccinated
within one year, who are of good mor?
al character and are unmarried, are
eligible to take the examination. The
mental examination will cover alge?
bra, plane geometry. English gram?
mar, English composition and English
literature, geography, history of the
I United States and ancient history.
Those who are Interested In this ex?
amination may get fuller particulars
by writing me at Lexington, 8. C.
Very truly.
A. F. Lever,
M. C. Seventh, S. C.
IN THE POLICE COURT.
Police Make Faid on Gamblers Sun?
day Nicht.
The police made a raid on the
gamblers plying their trade on East
Mary street Sunday night and caught
a number of them, who answered for
their offense Monday morning in the
Polios Court. The eaaee were post?
poned until Monday afternoon.
The persons arrested for gambling
were: Booser Dosler, Isaac Jack?
son, James Wilson, Tom Wilson, Mar?
cus Bossard, James Roes. Willie Bos
sard. Added to these offenses Marcus
Bossard was charged with resisting
arrest, as was James Wilson, and
Isaac Jackson was charged with car?
rying concealed weapons. Willie
Bossard was not preeent when his
case was called and he forfeited bond
of $20.
Other cases in the Recorder's court
Monday were:
J. A. Schwerin, Sr., disorderly con?
duct, discharged.
Jeremiah White, violation of hack
ordinance and cursing, $2.00 on the
first charge and $15 on the second
charge.
Paul Jackson, vagrancy, $15 or 20
days.
Bunyan Green, petit larceny and
resisting arrest. $10 or 20 days on
each charge.
Chamber of Commerce Notes.
The various committees appointed
for Bargain Day, November 23rd are
hard* at work arranging the program
and securing the funds necessary to
make that day the sue* ess it should
be. Today the comm'.tee on finance
have been out canvafslng the mer?
chants. Every merchant who sub
ecrlbes will receive his share of ad?
vertisement
Each merchant Is requested to lo">k
over his stock and select the goods
he Intends to place on sale at bar?
gain prlcee on that day and so far as
possible to make up a list of these
bargains for the purpose of adver?
tisement.
Thoso wh) Intend entering the bi?
cycle races should b*?ar in mind that
they are required le enter their
names with Mr. H. L. Tisdale as soon
as possible.
tog
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A recent phnmplet of the V. S. IV
partment of Agriculture makes the
f >l)ow!ng statement as to farm labor
In the South: "Ne>gro farm labor In
the South present* special problems
which Southern farmers fully under?
stand. The census of 1900 disclosed
the fact that negro labor was leav?
ing the farm and migrating to town
and city, to the railroad, to the log?
ging and lumber camp. The negro is
still a necessity t^ Southern agricul?
ture, but he is gradually yielding his
place to white labor. One of tha old
arguments in favor of slavery wji*
that a WhRe 'nan could not work In
a field under the Southern sun, and
It Is still a common belief In the
KOfth that Southern farm labor Is
performed almost exclusively by ne?
groes. This. however. Is not the fact,
More than half the cotton crop is
raised by white labor: In Texas three
fourths or more. In the sugar and
rice fbdds white labor Im comu on and
in some i> 1 11?''M all but ox< lu?-;vo."
? ? ?
Mr J. K. Crosswell has resigned
the chairmanship of the hotel coin
mlttoe as he has not the tlmo t > give
to the work of this committee and
has accepted the chairmanship of Ulf
committee on Railroad Freight Batet,
Mr. E. L. witberspoon. formerly
chairman of tho frolRht rate com?
mittee, has accepted the chairman
ship of the Hotel ('ommltte*
? ? e
Mr. w. (?. Mooes, of fJeo, i> Shore
? Ii r| Uro. |i;>.?? made tpplli itlon for
Membership in the Chamber of Com?
n>'.r?o and Mr, I* B, LeGrand hag
? ? " admitted in nv mbershlp in the
Retailers' Association,
THE INSURANCE REFUND.
TWENTY-EIG HT TOWNS NOW
SHAKE Cf DISTRIBUTION.
Money Goes to Local Fire De?
partment??Circular on Subject 1?
Issued.
Columbia. Nov. 6.?Calling atten?
tion to the Are insurance "refund"
act of the general assembly of 1910,
Commissioner F. H. McMaster is dis?
tributing to fire Insurance companies
throughout the State a circular ieiier
giving the names of the towns and
cities which will come in for a share
of this money next year.
The act allows any town or city In
the State, which has a regularly or?
ganized and paid fire department,
and which will pass a resolution ad?
opting the act, to receive, for the beu
flt of this fire department, one per
cent of all the fire insurance prem?
iums collected In that town or city.
The money is due to be paid by the
fire Insurance companies doing busi?
ness in those cities, during the oO
days following December 31st of each
year. At the conclusion of the 60
days, the respective amounts are paid
to the cities.
Twenty-eight cities in South Car?
olina adopted the ordinance yast year,
aeklng for this fund, and received the
benefit of the Insurance prem'ur.w
during March of the present year.
The total amount collected was
$10,768, distributed among the 28
cities
During the present year, the num?
ber of cities which adopted th? ordi?
nance, has increased to 37, and the
total amount will have proportionate?
ly Increased. Columbia's ahare of
last year's premiums was $1,771.52.
The names of the cities this Mar
eligible to receive the benefits of the
act, as given in this circular 'o'-cr,
are as follows:
Abbeville, Alken, Anderson, Bam?
berg, Belton, Beaufort, Bishopville,
Blackville, Camden, Charleston. Ches?
ter, Clinton, Columbia, Darlington,
Eaeley, Florence, Qafiney, George?
town, Greenville, Greenwood, Harts
vllle, Honea Path, Klngstree, Lancas?
ter, Laurens, Manning, Marion, New
berry. North Augusta, Orangebaor.
Rock HUI, Spartanburg, Sumter, Tim
monsvllle, Union, Walterboro, Yor<
vllle.
WOMEN PLEAD IN RICHESON'S
CASE.
Members of Immanuel Baptist Church
Lay on Table Resignation of \c
ciH'd Pastor.
Cambridge, Nov. 6.?While women
cried and pleaded that nothing should
be done to appear In anyway prejuui
clal to his interests, members of Im?
manuel Baptist church society tonight
voted not to accept at this time the
resignation of Rev. Clarence V. T.
klcheson, pastor of the church, now
in Jail on the charge of murdering
Avis Linnell. They decided to lay
the matter on the table until Novem?
ber 24.
The resignation was sent to thi
church officers by the pastor imme?
diately after his indictment last week
and a special meeting was called for
tonight to act upon the same.
When the matter of accepting tho
resignation was opened it became ap
parent that the society was divided
upon the subject. The women pre?
dominated in the attendance and for
the most part they supported the pas?
tor. Many were crying and some of
the male members of the society shed
tears as the controversy waxed warm.
When a ballot was taken after two
hours of discussion 30 voted against
acceptance and 15 for.
ANTI-BUCKET SHOP LAW VALID.
I>. of C. Court of Appeals Reverses
Justice Wright.
Washington, Nov. 6.?Holding the
recent enactment of Congress, re?
lating to bucketing and tho conduct
of bucket shops in the District of Co?
lumbia, to be constitutional, the Dis?
trict Court of Appeals today, in an
opinion by Justice Robb, reversed the
decision of Justice Wright, of the
District Supreme Court, and remand*
ed for trial the case of Louis and
Ahgelo Colla, of St. Louis; Samuel
W. Adler, of New York, and others,
charged with conspiring to conduct
a bucket shop In the District.
The ease grew out of a wholesile
raid on bucket shops in seven clti'-s
April I, 1910.
Grading Force at Work.
The grading force Of the railway
to be built by the s. c. \\\ u. r, Co.
from Hartevllle to Bumter began
work at a point about L' miles from
Hartevllle Tuesday morning. Mr. w.
M. S< hilt/., well known here and wh
built the line from McBee to Harts
vllle haa secured the contract, it is
expeeted thai trains win be running
over the new road by June !. next,
Hartsvllle Messenger,
The work on North Main street i
still going on, The street gang Is w<
Ing over all of North Main street as
far <oit as the 'dtv limits.
EXHIBIT FROM CLEM SON.
Corn Exposition Agents Wish Big
Agricultural College to be Repre?
sented.
Columbia, Nov. 6.?To make ar?
rangements for an exhibition from
Clemson college in the South At?
lantic States Corn exposition, to be
held here December 11 to 16, Mr.
George H. Stevenson and Mr. A. D.
Hudson have gone to Clemson and
are conferring with the heads of the
agricultural department and the ex?
periment station with relation to this
feature of the exposition. Mr. Steven
son is secretary and general man?
ager of the National Corn exposition,
to be held in Columbia in January,
1913, but has consented to take charge
of a portion of the arrangements for
tht exposition this year.
The exhibit from Clemson will be
along the same lines as the exhibit
from the North Carolina Agricultural
and Mechanical college at West Ral?
eigh, for which exhibit Mr. Steven?
son has only recently completed ar?
rangements. These exhibits will be
educational In purpose, and will
graphically Illustrate a number of the
important facts In corn growing and
other agricultural lines, learned by
the stations through years of experi?
mentation and observation.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Large Number of Real Estate Trans?
fers Made in the Past Week.
A number of deeds to real estate
were left at the office of the county
clerk of court on Saturday and Mon?
day morning to be recorded. Some of
the real estate deals are of consid?
erable importance as will be seen by
a persual of the following transfers:
Joseph C. McRae to Calvin Pol?
lard, 10 acres in county, $260.
Mrs. Mary M. McKinney to Q. A.
McKlnney, lot on Boundary street In
town of Mayesville, $6.00 and other
consideration.
Thomas M. Partin to E. W. A.
Bultman, lot on Bradford street,
$376.
Friday Kershaw to Prince Sim?
mons, 46 1-2 acres in Stateburg
township, $1,478.76.
J. W. McCoy to J. J. McLeod, three
lots in southwestern part of city,
$176.
Martha C Rembert to James Deas,
Jr., 31 1-2 acres, known as the
"Wolf Hill place, $622.50.
L. D. Jennings to B. W. Segars,
20 acres in county, $700.
Mattie S. Wells to H. L. B. Wells,
trustee, $5.00 and other consideration
for 3-4 acres In city.
R. D. Lee, et al, executors, to J. C.
Clark, lot In city, $350.
Realty Development Company to
Mary Washington, lot near city lim?
its, $125.
Elsie H. B. Lathrop, to William
Horn, 5 acres of Dew tract, $100.
J. L. McCallum to Martha J.
Wood, lot and buildings on Dingle
street, $1,100.
J. Ben Albert to Eugene Willis,
16-100 acres just outside city limits,
$15.
Mrs. Annie E. Randle to Charles
G. Rowland and Thomas Wilsen, lot
on Main street, $14,500.
The South as a Place for Investment.
"I would rather .nvest In the South?
ern part of our country than else?
where" la the striking statement In an
Interview published elsewhere in this
issue of the Manufacturers Record,
ni which Mr. Frank J. Gould of New
York, who has already pur some
millions of money into the S:uth, ex?
presses his opinion of the advantages
of this section. Mr. Gould's interview
will command wide attention. There
are several striking features to It. He
emphasizes the progress and pros?
perity of Richmond and Norfolk, the
two cities with whose growth he is
most intimately identified, as a type
of the growth of the Whole central
South.?Manuafcturers Record.
In Prohibition Marlboro.
Somebody broke Into the express
office at the Coast Line depot Fri?
day night and stole nine gallons of
liquor. It was found where they
opened some of It In a nearby cotton
tield. Supt. Crosswell was hero yes?
terday Investigating, and the ex
pess company will probably offer a
reward *for the thieves.?Pee Dee
Advocate, Bennottsville.
In the Police Court.
The following eases were tried in
the Police Court Tuesday;
[tadore Lewis, non-payment of
street taxes. $;{.(?() added t ? the
amount of the taxes, $1.60,
Joe Bprotl and .lohn Trescolt,
fighting. $1? and discharged, respect?
ively.
Jeff 15 ?blnson, public drunkenness.
I 1 0 or 20 da\ s.
it miuht be noted thai the Demo?
cratic party does not go back to any
man, but they always come bai k to
the Democratic party.?Wilmington
( N*. C.) Star
WORLD'S NEED OF COTTON.
ESTIMATED CONSUMPTION FOR
THE COMING YEAR, 20,000.000.
Consular Reports Show Foreign De?
mand About 12,000,000, With Sev?
eral Countries Left Out,
Washington, Nov. 6.?Estimates of
American consular officers abroad of
the amount of cotton required b> the
principal foreign countries for manu?
facturing purposes during the cotton
year ending September 1, 1912, place
the amount at 12,518,112 bales of 500
pounds each. These estimates were
called for by the department of state
upon request of the governor of Texas
who wanted the Information for the
conference of governors at New Or?
leans. The summary, however, Is in ?
complete as a number of countries
were not included for the reason that
estimates were not received.
The department's information
shows the total foreign demand is as
follows:
Country. 500-poundBales.
Australia. . 830,000
Belgium. 74,800
Canada. 135,000
China. 2,800,000
England.?2.854,512
France. 1,410,000
Germany. 1,756,800
Italy. ?525.000
Japan. . . 1,100,000
Mexico. 160,000
Netherlands. 110,000
Russia. 825,000
Spain... 392,000
Switzerland. 45,000
Total.12,518,112
?Estimates for England and Italy
refer to demands for American cot?
ton only.
Including the normal demands of
Greece, Portugal, Sweden, Denmark,
Norway, British-India and all other
countries, this amount would be In?
creased by almost 2,000,000 bales.
England and Italy reoMre about
750,000 bales more than estimated
above for their total consumption.
Wifh these additions the amount
would be approximately 15,268,112
bales. If the American consumption
were tv same as that In 1910, the
total a iunt of cotton needed during
this cotton year would be about 20,
000,000 bales, compared with 18,321,
000 bales consumed by mills through?
out the world in 1910.
It is pointed out, however, that the
state department's estimate of tho
needs of China (2,300,000 bales)
probably includes a large quantity of
cotton consumed by hand looms and
which is not taken into account in the
census bureau's reports of the world's
mill consumption, which shows a
consumption for China of only 315,
000 bales.
The consul general at Shanghai re?
ports that there Is a temporary de?
mand for American cotton due to the
fact that many domestic producers
are holding back their product and
about 50,000 bales have been pur?
chased from the United States. He
thinks the present disturbance in
China and the consequent money
stress may curtail the consumption.
It the present unrest in China con?
tinues, the American consul general
at London says, Lancashire's chief
market for cotton piece goods will be
seriously affected.
An element of uncertainty exists in
Italy, the consul general at Genoa
reports, owing to the war with Tur?
key as that country is a large import?
er of Italian cotton textiles, and pro?
longation of the war naturally would
result In closing that market to Ital?
ian mills. It is believed, however,
he adds, that the large American cot?
ton crop th's year will materially re?
duce the price of the raw material
and bring about an Increased home
demand in Italy which will be suffi?
cient to offset the loss of the trade
with Turkey.
To Increase Capital stock.
Following a petition granted re?
cently to amend Its charter, by chang?
ing its name from the Sumter Loan
and Trust company, Sumter, to the
Sumter Trust company, a petition was
granted by the secretary of State
Saturday, from that institution t I al?
low an increase of capital stock from
$25,000 to $50,000.?Columbia Record
Wouldn't it be more economical lor
the economical Taft administration
to cut out some of this expensive sa?
luting on battleships, In honor of
home officials, and just have the of?
ficials told to consider themselves sa?
luted >n occasions of formality? Gun?
powder and wear and tear on guns
cost a lot.?Charleston Tost.
In future the BranchVllle Journal
is excused from apologising for being
late. Its readers ail remember thai
f ?r many years it had an editress
and probably got the habit.?News
and Courier.
If The) Would Work.
Nearly everybody has a plan to
raise the price of cotton, and nearly
all Of them are good, effective plans
if they could only he made ( ? wor]
? Bennettsville Advocate.
WU TING FANG IN NEW ROLE.
'oreign Affairs Minister in Rebel
Cabinet at Shanghai.
Shanghai, Nov. 6.?The most inter?
acting development in Shanghai today
was the completion of the organiza?
tion of a local cabinet by the revolu?
tionaries. Wu Ting Fang, who for?
merly held the post of minister at
Washington, has been appointed head
of the ministry of foreign affairs;
Wang Yih Tir.g, trade and commerce;
Shen Wan Yung, finances; Li Ping
Hsu, civil administration; Lee Hal,
military administrator.
The appointments, however, are
not taken seriously, the appointees
denying knowledge of the action of
the revolutionaries, except in the case
of the civil administrator, who has
been acting in that capacity through?
out.
Wu Ting Fang, while declining to
acknowledge any position in the rebel
administration of Shanghai, openly
sympathizes with It, although criti?
cising some of the methods. He is
bitterly opposed to the Manchu clique
in Peking.
Dr. Wu says that If the revolution
hopes to win, it must scrupulously re?
gard the rights of foreign nations and
investments. This, as time progress?
es, will be found different becr.use of
the conflicting views held in different
provinces.
The Government at Peking has in?
structed the viceroy of Nanking not
to oppose the reformers. Nanking,
therefore, is expected to turn over to
the revolutionaries in a few days.
Perect order prevails at Shanghai.
Peking Fallen, Washington Hears.
Washington, Nov. 6.?Reports that
Peking, the Chinese Capital, had been
captured by the rebels and that the
dynasty and other high officials had
fled, gave great concern to State de- I
partment officials today. The depart
partment has not heard from Mr. Wil?
liams, the charge of the American le?
gation at Peking, since Saturday
night and this is believed to in?
dicate that wire communication
between Peking and Tien Tsln
and Shanghai, the cable ter?
minal, has been interrupted through
the activity of the revolutionists.
It is feared that a state of anarchy,
such as existed in Amoy, will follow
in Peking. The condition is being
watched closely, in case it should be- .
come necessary to call an internation?
al conference, like that which ad?
justed the claims growing out of the
Boxer uprising, with a view to agree?
ing on a common line of action in
China to insure the protection of for?
eign lives and property, and incident?
ally to prevent any individual na?
tion from taking any undue advantage
of the situation.
The American Red Cross Society
today cabled $1,000 to American Con?
sul General Green, In Hankow. This
action was taken upon the receipt of
an appeal from American Charge Wil?
liams, at Peking, which told of the
urgent need of funds to relieve the
j suffering.
Not Believed in Shanghai.
Shanghai, Nov. 6.?A Chinese re?
port that Peking has fallen and the
Emperor has fled has caused a wide
sensation, but a private telegram from
Peking, timed 2 o'clock this after?
noon, makes no mention of such an
occurrence. It is thought here the
report Is intended to assist the rebels*
cause locally.
Peking's Capture not Confirmed.
London, Nov. 6.?Lengthy dis?
patches sent from Peking and timed
early this morning fall to mention the
fall of the Capital or the flight of the
Court.
Liberty street needs another dres?
sing of road oil or something else to
abate the mud and dust nuisance.
Much building la g ring Ml In '.he
fitv at present. Tii^ latest building
going up is a buililll on Harvin
street, which will be divided up into
stores when OOmpletsd
A Little Money Buys Beautiful
Hand Painted China at This Store
While we pride ourselves on the
general quality and progressive
ness of our stock, we are particul?
arly proud of our Hand Pointed
China, We have here the beel
that Is painted. This china that
we offer for yo lr Inspection la
painted by artistic people; by poo
pie w h > know how and pret paid
for owing hov.\
'. This china COtfta no more than
I the ordinary Hand Painted Ol.in t.
The next time y ?n are near our
\ Store we would like to h.'\ - you
J pay us a visit.
1 I
W. A. THOMPSON,
Jeweler and Optician.
6 S. Main St. Sumter, S. C.