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WILL ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY. French Cabinet Approves a Measure Doing Away With Capital Punish? ment. Paris, Oct. 30.-The Cabinet held a meeting today and approved a meas? ure providing for the abolition of the death penalty. This means that Par? liament in its coming session will en? act a law to that effect-such action has been expected since the office of "Monsieur De Paris" or public execu? tor, was suppressed a few months ago by the exclusion of his salary from the budget At that time neither the Sarrien ministry nor the Chamber of Deputies took formal action declaring that capital punishment would no longer be inflicted in France, but M. Clemenceau, the new prime minister, has decided on taking a definite step to that end INDIANS GETTING VERY BOLD. _ I The Utes Declare That They Would Rather Die Than to Return to Utah-Fighting May Come. Sheridian, Wyo., Oct 30.-"We are going to visit Chief White Cow Bull, of the Cheyennes, at any cost, and will not be taken back to Utah to starve. We would rather die first," is the sub? stance of the answer of Chief Kannap to the. soldiers. The Indians are get? ting bolder and pay no attention to the soldiers. A fight was almost star? ted last night when an Indian en? countered a sentinel of the 10th caval? ry. The "Indian refused to turn out of the path and rudely bumped against the soldier. Only the inter? vention of some cavalrymen preven? ted a serious encounter, as other In? dians came up. As the Utes are con? tinually on the move in small bands, cowboys are hired by the soldiers as scouts to keep track of the Indians. The latest report from the front lo? cates the main Ute band in the vi? cinity cf the Moorehead, going rap? idly toward the Cheyenne reserva? tion. Two more troop trains are re? ported out of Fort Robinson following the first train unloaded at Arva da this morning. The ^Indians are becoming more bold. Dock Spear and E. H. Gottings, who encountered a band of thirty In? dians, were fired upon and one of their horses was killed. Thc Spear round up wagon was looted by an? other band of Utes, who left the camp cook bound and ga.sged, and carried off all supplies and bedding. Old set? tlers i.ear Moorehead, Montana, are sending the woni^n and children to places of safety and Lave turned the Spear blacksmith shop into a fort, banking the sides and boring loop? holes in the log walls. Col. Honsel; who was Government scout an 3 inter^r-. ter in tnt battle of Wounded Knee, says the Indians mean fight and gi'-es it as his opin on that they have sent messengers to seek the assistance ot th<?? wrar-like Cheyennes. The indians say they want Presi? dent Roosevelt to give che:n the Pow? der River Valley for a hunting ground and persist in their determi? nation not to be taken back to Utah. The settlers along che Powder River say that if the Indians are al? lowed to remain In that vicinity the settlers will organize and extermi? nate the red skins in spite o? the troops. Our Cotton Mills at Jamestown. Columbia, Oct 30.-The cotton mill interests of South Carolina will co? operate with the Jamestown Expo? sition commission to the fullest ex? tent in having a first-class cotton mill exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition. There was a conference here today be tewec-n Messrs. W. M. Hagood and Edwin Lucas, representing the Cot? ton Manufacturers' Association, and Mr. W. E. Gonzales, president, and August Kohn, secretary of the James? town Exposition. Mr. R. E. Graham, the Third member of the coton mill committee, was unable to attend the conference today. The cotton mill interests, through Messrs. Hagood and Lucas, indicated their desire to have a creditable show. The mil. indutry has made wonderful strides in South Carolina, and it is the desire and purpose of the Manu? facturers' Association to have the out? side world appreciate that South Carolina mills stand at the head of the list, and that this market oft"-. s practically all grades of cotton goods, from muslins up to bed-tick and heavy press cloth. The co m mi tte?* is keenly anxious to have the very best possible display. A conference will be held in Greenville next Saturday afternoon, which Mr. Paul V. Moore will attend, and then the form and size of the cotton mill exhibit will take shape. Mr. Moore will be in charge of the display and arrangement of the exhibit, and he will confer freely with the committee on the part of the mills. It is intc'nded to make the cotton mill exhibit one of the striking and im? portant features of the South Caro? lina display at the Jamestown Expo? sition.-News and Courier. An advertisement in the Daily Item is read in i<0 per cent of the homes in Sumter. JUDGE PRINCE TALKS PLAINLY. One Phase of the Race Question Handled Vigorously and With Gloves Off. Chester, Oct. 30.-The Court of General Sessions for this county opened yesterday morning, with Judge George E. Prince presiding. Judge Prince in addressing the grand jury reminded the jurors of the sacredness of their oath, declaring that the oath of no secret order is more important than that of the grand jury. He de? clared that a grand juror should be fearless, in the discharge of his duty, and also absolutely impartial. Judge Prince went on to speak about the importance of examining all of the county offices stringently and carefully. Most of the defalcations in county offices in recent years have been due primarily to poor bookkeep? ing, and should have been corrected by the grand jury. This would liave saved honor to the individual and loss to the county. The offices of super? visor and superintendent of education, although among the most important in the county, are the most poorly paid. Judge Prince advocated ad-, vance in salary for these two officials. He also touched on the public school situation, citing the fact that the ne? groes are in the schools and the white children are not cud declaring himself as almost ready to advocate a system of compulsion to insure better attendance on the part of the whites. However, the most significant fea? ture of his remarks was his allusion to the seriousness of the race situation, as brought about by the adulterous cohabiting of white men with negro women. This practice, he declared, is more responsible than anything else fpr the present status of affairs, and he urged the grand jury to present any and all persons known to be en? gaging in this form of adultery. Judge Prince's remarks were re? garded as a strong and profound pre? sentation of. facts, and his allusion to race conditions in particular made a decided impression upon his audience. CLEMSON COLLEGE REPORT. Income From Fertilizer Tag Tax Shown to Be Exactly $164,996.82. 1 Anderson, Oct. 29.-Judging from the newspaper editorials and the talks cf individuals, Clemson college will come in for a big share of the time of the next general assembly. Knowing that the annual report of j the board of trustees of Clemson col? lege was being prepared, your-cor? respondent called on Col. R. W. Simp? son, chairman of that board, at Pen? dleton yesterday. The finance com? mittee will meet next Friday night at Clemson college to put the annual re? port in writing, at which time the newspapers of the State will be fur? nished with a copy of the report. The report will show that Clemson college secured from the privilege tax on fertilizers and cotton seed meal be? tween July 1, 1905, and July 1, 1906, exactly $164,996.82. From this large amount must be deducted the amount of the unused tags which amount is ?6,642.79, so really $158,354.03 is j what the college secured. The report will show the following expenditures: Expenses of analysis and in? spection of fertilizers and cotton seed meal.$17,626.59 . Beneficiary scholarships.. . 11,615.79 Coast experiments. 1,642.'S3 . Entomological inspection.. 750.00 ! Veterinary inspection. 1,569.52 I Holding fprmers' institutes j in different sections of the State. 2,325.83 i Printing popular bulletins.. 790.67 j Total.$36.324.23 After deducting this amount from j the $15S,354.03, leaves Clemson col ? lege proper $122,030.SO with which ? lb operate the college. To this amount ! should be added the income from pay . cadets, which amounts to abor?: $20, 000 annually, which gives a grand to? tal of $142,030.S0. There are about 000 cad ris at the college this year and if this number is divided into the $14 2,030.8^, the cost of each cadet annually is $230.71. In making up these figures, it must not be forgotten that the college is always making some improvements. The equipments of the various depart? ments are always being renewed. The college being a textile and mechanical one. there are always some equip? ments to be added, and the cost of operating a college such as Clemson is much greater than the cost of an ordinary literary college. Therefore, the $236.71 is not the right amount to be used as the cost of each cadet. The experimental station is sup? ported by the United States govern? ment. The Hatch fund provides $15, 000 annually for the station. The Adams amendment, which passed the last congress, provides for $5.000 ad? ditional this year, and the amount is to be increased by $2,000 annually until the station income is $30,000. The experimental station is not only supported by the United States gov? ernment, bat it is operated by the government. The affairs of the sta? tion do not connect with the affairs of Clemson college-The State. NEGRO BOYCOTT CASE HEARD. Negroes Charged With Conspiring to Prevent thc Burial By Negroes of Will Spain, a Negro Who Was Lynched Near St. George, and With Preventing Other Negroes From Working For Mr. S. E. Kaiser. St. George. Oct. 2 J.-The trial of the State, with Mr. S. E. Kaiser as prosecuting witness, against a number of negroes, charged with conspiracy growing out 'of the lynching of Will Spain, was called before Magistrate J. W. Cummings promptly at 10 o'clock this morning and consumed the entire day. Judging from the large number of white citizens from far and near there was more interest manifested in the proceedings in this case than at any previous trial In Dorcehster coun? ty. The case has been unusually In? teresting, both on account of the principle involved and because of the infrequency of such trials. The preliminary today developed the fact that at the inquest of Will Spain, a negro who was lynched near here some time since, a crowd of ne? groes- was present, who, when the in? terment, was about to take place, held a caucus, the result of which was that they banded themselves together by electing a leader, as testified to by one of the co-conspirators, a captain. This band was formed for the purpose, as developed in the testimony, of pre? venting any negro from assisting in the burial pf Spain. Nothing was brought out at the preliminary which would indicate why this was done, but it is supposed that they took the position that, since Spain had been lynched by white people, he should be buried by white people. The conspirators went so far, it appears, to send one of their number to several negroes who had been en? gaged to bury Spain's body, warning them that if they did they would suf? fer bodily harm or be put where Spain was. It was also developed by infer? ential and circumstantial evidence that this same combination was in? strumental in bringing about injury to Mr. Kiser, to the extent of preven? ting any of the race from laboring for him. As a result of the proceedings had today four of the parties charged in the indictment were committed to jail to await trial at the next ensuing term of Court for Dorchester county. Their nairies are Henry Wyndham, Grant Wyndham, G jp Hodges and El? lie Freeman Much interest has been manifested in the case from its incipiency, due to the fact that the determination of the principle involved would mean- much to the community. Attention was first concentrated on the mandamus pro? ceedings which were had before Judge Ernest Gary at Chambers, the object of which was to force Magistrate Cummings to recede from his po? sition refusing to grant the motion for a change of venue. Judge Ga^ry sustained the magistrate, and the change of venue was denied.-News and Courier. James Douglass Blanding. When the moment comes here to record a fitting tribute to the life of this noble old South Carolinian, this unfaltering patriot and unfailing friend, there is realization of the inadequacy of the poor pen to portray the life and character of bim who has made personal impress on full two generations of his people. For eighty-six years he lived, and from boyhood to the time when the j last debt was paid, that life was full j of honor and usefuluei-s. He was an ! adornment to his profession ; the South I Carolina Bar is the richer because the . name ot Blanding is on its rolls. From . early manhood until at the age of j eighty he retired from active partici . pation in affairs, lie displayed a pro? gressive basicess spirit and had the ! keenest interest in all that promised j advancement for South Carolina. In ? the Mexican war and in the conflict i between the sections the part of a sol j d_ier-patri:,t was worthily performed. Then, when 78 years old,"he sent Ins : grandson to the Spanish-American i wa? with his blessing. Ever, in strife j and peace, in politics and business, the heart of Col.* Blanding throbbed for ! his State. i Yet, those characteristics and ac I complishments that gained him honor i and recognition as a valuable citizen j seem overshadowed by the gentleness, ! the truth, the sincerity that made his j friendship prized by tbosa so fortu : nate as to count it among their pos ! sessions. He, truly, knew bow to ;"hear his friends'" imfirraities, " and j was true as the steel of Damascus. I It seems to us that when this great j hearted gentleman ceased to breathe j rhaC the Sir Nigel Loring of our time ! passed from among us.-The State. j j There was an agreement among the j merchants last winter to close at 7 j o'clock p. m. every day except Satur ! day. At present a number of stores are not closing promptly at 7 o'clock. REMOVED b ?ea caj-s. Nadis\ola Thc Complexion ScantiSar" ia cn < >rssd Ly thousands . : ?ratera? ladies, and fi'-?.' ran. teed to remove ; il racial discolora? tions and restore the beauty cf youth. The ; worst cases in twenty cay.-.. 50c. and S 1.00 at all leading aru? f tc rcs, by mail Prepared hy NATIO.' '.. TO.'HT CO. ? Paris, Tena A MOVEMENT FOR PRACTICAL REFORM. We Have Had Our Exposures; the i .'People's Lobby" Will Now Get Down to Business. Writing of the People's Lobby, the bureau to be established at Washing? ton this winter to disseminate infor? mation regarding the good or vicious features of proposed congressional legislation. Samuel Merwin of the ed? itorial staff of Success Magazine, which is promoting the movement says of the men chosen to form the governing committee: "They represent a great many dif? ferent interests in life. They approach the question from many different di? rections. You will find on this com? mittee men of mature experience and men of youth and enthusiasm. Not a man has a panacea to stuff down our throats. They are clean, square men of today, men of ideas, men of moral and ethical standards. They know that right is right, and wrong wrong. They know that the congress? man who slides a joker into a bill is a liar and a sneak. They know that the senator or a speaker who trades in the necessities of his constituents, who uses the power of high office to make money, is'a pitiful rascal. "The work before these committee? men is simple and plain. It is not their office to play into the hands of this party or that. It is their office to see th%t Congres., comes out of its subterranean channels, its tortuous passages, its hidden closets, and work in the light, where every voter in this land can see what is going on, all the ,time. The committee will not take sides on debatable questions. It will throw its white light into the dark corners. It will assume that all measures which shrink from that light are bad measures, and will drag them, out for your inspection. The People's Lobby will not try to settle the tariff question, when, as it in? evitably must, that question comes up. But jt will very likely exhibit to the voters some strange wrigglings and crawlings in those dark corners we have been talking about. Hereafter t- e responsibility for every congres? sional action or inaction will be fixed on individuals. Senators ad congress? men will no longer be able to dodge the resposibility that is theirs. In language, again, they must stand for what they do. The experience will be novel, but we trust it will be salu? tary. They will no longer be able to fool their constituents, for those con? stituents will have at hand a cold, dispassionate, accurate statement of evf ry man's record. A post card will fetch such a statement. If the news? papers won't print it, the magazines will. "We have had our exposures, our sensations, our talk. Now the time has come to get down to business." The fact that it is not unlawful to shoot birds in Clarendon county be? tween November 1st and 15th is a fine excuse for Sumter county law breakers. They do all 'their hunting in Clarendon county-they say Comforting Words MaDy a Sumter Household Will Find Them So. To have the pains and 9ches of a bad back removed ; to be entirely free from annoying, dangerous urinary disorders is enough io make the kidney pufferer grate fal. To tel how this great change can be brought ab mat will prove comforting words to nr.::dreds of Sumter reader'. F. E. Hood, postmaster, of Blythewood, S. C.. says : "I am only too glad to recommend Dean's Kidney Pills Having suffered for two years wir,h kidney trouble, and feeling conscious that it was rapidly making serious inroads on my constitution and that 1 was speedily becoming unable to at!?M?O to my ordinary business. 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