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Kp ARE NEEDED KINES ARE LANDED TO PROMl TECT OUR PEOPLE WO MAY LIVE IN CUBA Jul Be Used to Guard Plantation* ^Hllln the Eastern Part of the Island, j Owners Fearing Death and De11 straction of Property at Hands of I Frank confession of President 'fcoinez that ho was unable to meet jjjthe demands of the large plantation ItawnerB in Eastern Cuba for adequate guards against the marauders and Insurrectos, was the factor that prompted Capt. Kline, commanding the United States naval station at Guantanamo, to dispatch nearly half of his available force of marines Into the interior of Cuba. His action gave the signal for the departuro from Key West to Guantanamo of half of the second squadron of the Atlantic Fleet, which had been lying at anchor at Key West for the last week. The facts, as disclosed at the State department, are that several of the large American, British, French and Spanish companies operating plantations and mines in Eilitern Cuba, telegraphed the Cuban Government, through tho Alcade, of Guananamo, a demand for 100 regular troops for each of their mills and fifty for each of their cane fields. In reply President Gomez pointed out that a compliance would require the use of 1,250 of his best troops and he could not spare them. Meanwhile, complaints multiplied, the situation in Guantanamo was becoming more alarming and the Guantanamo Sugar Company had definite information that the rebels intended to destroy one or more of the foreign estate there. The manager of the Spanish-American Iron Company, near Cuero, was threatened with the destruction of all property between that place and Juragua. To add to all this, the owners and representatives of several of the largo American properties near Guantanamo, having failed in their application to the Cuban Government, appealed directly to Capt. Kline. Capt. Kline, judging that the gravity of the situation demanded the use of American guards, sent 450 of his marines from tho naval station by boat up Guantanamo Bay to a landing place near Caimanora, tho terminus of the railway running up to the city of Guantanamo, fifteen miles inland. The gunboat Paducah, about the same time, reported the situation at Santiago so critical, which determined Capt. Kline to call upon the navy department for more marines. Accordingly, Admiral Osterhaus promptly dispatched from Key West to Guantanamo tho fourth division of the Atlantic fieet, comprising the battleships Ohio, Missouri, Mississippi, and Minnesota. They are under command of Rear Admiral Usher, who, by virtue of his superior rank, will assume command at Guantanamo, when ho arrived there yesterday morning. Admiral Usher can easily land 1,200 marines and blue jackets, which force, with tho marines and sailors available for landing parties, would make a formidable little army of about 2,000 men. If this force is not sufficient, Admiral Osterliaus's remaining four vessels may be called upon for further levies. For tho present it is the policy of tho ftfate department to maintain the third division of tho fleet at Key West to guard against any uprising in Havana. In one way the distribution of tho American marines as plantation guards will servo to test the real purpose of tho Cuban Government. It is calculated that Gen. Monteagudo's troops, being relieved in large part from the onerous duty of guarding plantations, will no longer have excuse for failing to move immediately and rcleutlessly upon tho insurgent negroes. Thero is grave Intimation In recent tragedies that this may becomo an International, duty if tho Cuban Government longer delays action, j llannnrn t<nnnrfnf1 n n.ifir* nf lit! IIIISII I I I v I UJIUl vvu I, horrible atrocity which occurred near Saviga, in Oi lento, which Is believed to bo only one of many similar cases. IIla information, derived directly from the Cuban secretary of State, was to tho effect that a band of negroes entered tbo houso of a former whito official of prominence, tied him and Ills son and outraged his wife and two young daughters before bis eyes. Tho son was killed In cold blood whllo endeavoring to break his bonds and reocuo his mother and sisters. fiheriflf Saved Fiend. SlierifT Tull, of Somerset County, having in his custody, Wesley Miles, a negro, aged forty-five, who it la alleged twice attempted to aosault the fourteen-year old daughter of William J. Phillips, of Princess Anne, Maryland, eludod a mob which pursued the prisoner with the avowed < purpose of lynching him* j / I ABOUT GOOD MABS~ SUPERVISOR FEliDKR HAKES TALK TO THE CARRIERS. He Telle Them Something of the History of Good Road Building In Orangeburg County* Supervisor F. J. D .Felder made a practical and most Interesting talk to the Rural Mall Carriers at their picnic at Etheridge's Mill Pond on Friday on the subject of good roads. This is a subject that Is very near the hearts of the mail men, and all other good citizens, and Mr. Felder was given close attention. He said: "In my opinion, the history of road building began in earnest in the year 1895, when the County Board passed a resolution authorizing the employment of the convictB on our public roads. Up to that time we had done a certain class of work on the roads, it is true, but it was done by summoning the citizens of a community out on the road, from one to two days, each year, and when assembled, they were put under the supervision of overseers whose only aim was to fill up the large holes and do such other work as was urgently needed, and thus render the roads available for much use. It was not Intended that the work done In this way should be of a permanent character. But when the county board passed the resolution referred to abovo, and under its authority, the chain gangs were put to work on our county public roads. The idea rapidly developed that tho work so done on roads should be of a permanent, rather than a temporary character. "The first work under this resolution was done on tho Bull Swamp public road. "Tho result of this small experiment was that from working five miles of road around the Court House, the work of the chain gang now reaches Into every township In the county, going even to the boundary line, and from a few convicts we now have about 45 and can find use for all we can get. "In the meantime a law had been passed by the Legislature authorizing a special tax levy for road improvement. Under the provisions of this law, the citizens of Zion township, under the lead of some of Its active spirits, got up a petition containing the names of two-thirds of tho citizens of that township and filed Lhe petition with the County Board asking the Board to call a meeting in that township in order to determine If the people would be willing to put on an extra levy of 1 mill In that township for road Improvement. In response to that petition the County Board called tho meeting asked for and tho citizens of Zion township voted tho extra levy and authorized the Auditor and Treasurer to collect it. With this start, tho County Board tt (in t alinnrl on ti hull* f Via a.. ?/l i v %?*? vi?v4 uuu ?/ u n i buu in at oauu | and clay road Just beyond the river swamp on tbe Ninety-six road, thruogh that heavy sand bed that was once so dreaded by travelers who used the road, but which now lives In their memories only. "This small beginning of the sand and clay road was such a success and po satisfactory to the people who traveled there sprang up a great demand that clay be put 011 every sand bed In the county. The various supervisors tried as hard as they could to meet this demand with the result we have to-day about 700 miles of sand and clay road and moro than any other county In the State. Not only that, but our sand and clay roads have brought to our county national recognition Thft envornninTit r?fTl/?ln1a In charge of tho road improvement train, which stopped In Orangeburg sorno time ago, there spoke in the highest praise of the roads in our county, and only a few weeks ago Leslie's Weekly published in New York, contained a commendation of the roads to bo found in our county. "The most perplexing problem with which 1 have to deal as Supervisor, is to find 80D10 way to satisfy the appeals that are constantly pouring in upon me from all parts of tho county by citizens who want immediate work done upon tho roads which they travel ~WJ i t h mv iivnaon f fnrnn If 1u aim ply Impossible to respond to all these appeals. Under the present law, the only force I can use for road work Is the chain gang and the best I can do with that Is to give a fair proportion of Its time to each of tlio townships endeavoring to work the main lines of road and leaving the township commissioners who have complete control of the townships' road fund, to take care of the neighborhood lines. We have In this county about J 450 miles of public road and tho chain gang can build only about 80 to 100 miloa of public road In a year, and in the course of every two or three years it has to start back again over those already built and keep them in good condition, so you will soo how it Is that there are t Ore calls than I can answer. "To decrease the pressuro upon me I wrote a letter to the Legislative delegation during tho last session of the Legislature asking them to provide some way whereby I might get funds enough to enable me to org&n' ize at least two more forces to be kept constantly at work on the roads. My idea was to have more gangs of [free labor consisting of about 25 BRYAN NOT IN RACE SAYS SO IN LETTER READ TO DULUTH CONVENTION ? MINNESOTA FOR WILSON Statement from Bryan Stops Effort to Stampede Minnesota Democrats to Commoner?-Wilson Adherents Dominate State Convention, which Instructs Delegation for Wilson. Minnesota Democrats in State convention at Duluth Thursday voted to send a full delegation of 24 delegates to the Baltimore convention with instructions to vote for Woodrow Wilson. It Is agreed, however, that whenever, in the opinion of two thirds of the delegation, Wilson's nomination is impossible, the vote may be thrown to another candidate. Victory came for the Wilson forces only after followers of the Champ Clark and William J. Bryan had made an attemnt to have the dele gates either instructed for Bryan or not instructed at all. As a result of the attempt to stampede the convention for Bryan, tho 'hall was an uproar for more than an hour. During all that time, however, the name of Clark was not mentioned, even by those who contended for an uninstructed delegation. Several delegates who are said to favor Clurk are not 011 the list but they are under instructions to vote for Wilson. Tho Clark manager, H. S. Williams, said after the convention that he would carry his fight to the national convention at Baltimore. Tho Wilson men selected Fred B. Lynch of St. Paul for national committeeman. It became evident early in tho convention that the opposition to Wilson was hopelessly in tho minority, John M. Freeman, a Wilson man, was named temporary chairman wl.hout opposition. C. M. Tiff of Minneapolis, was made permanent chairman on the same manner. Several laudatory speeches were mado In favor of the Kebraskan and h Ll r> t m a o ? 1 r**?/l 1 if nV. ^ ^1 aid n ao iuuuj; CUUt'lCUi The clamor for Bryan ended when Guy Thomas of Minneapolis read a | letter from Mr. Bryan saying he was not a candidate for president and John W. Freeman made an address urging that as the mojorlty of Minnesota voters had named Wilson as their choice, the convention should stand by him. ? ? TAFT DELEGATES IN OHIO. lie Was Indorsed While Roosevelt Was Voted Down. Ohio's Republican State Convention awarded President Taft the six delegates-at-large to the natiohal convention by a vote of 390 1-2 to 362 1.-2. The state ticket will be chosen at the adjourned session, which was called for July 2. IIo was also victor when the convention adopted the majority report, of the resolutions committee, as fnl lows: "Wo do heartily endorse the administration of President Wra. Howard Taft." Warren G. Harding, former candidate for governor, who addressed the convention for President Taft, was hissed by Roosevelt supporters when ho declared that in supporting the former president "they were driving their Titanic full speed ahead into tho ice." Puro political .brigandage," said Colonel Roosevelt, at Oyster Day Wednesday night of the capture of Ohio's six delegates-at-largo to the Republican National Convention by supporters of President Taft. hands in each, working under the direction of an overseer who would take his orders from mo and have caca or uiese gangs equipped witn road machinery bucIi as is now used by the chain gang. With two extra gangs I could get twice the work I am now able to get with the chain gang and it would be a permanent character, and it seems to me a wise expenditure of money to organize and maintain it. The Legislature, however, did n<^t see fit to carry out my suggestion along these lines and in consequence we will have to struggle along as bost we can with tho chain gang. ''I wish to say right here to-day, that the only way in the world that I know of to get more and better roads and to got. t.hero worked, is to have our Legislature furnish means with which to got moro force to work the roads. You have got to have money to build roads. There is no use for me to try to deceive you about this important matter, and I wo?ld not do ao if I could." ? Flvo Burn to Death. Five negroes wero burned to death when Are destroyed Morris Turner's home near Lynchburg, Wednesday. Turner's three children and two grandchildren are dead. ACT DF A GRAZY MAT CUTS THK THROAT OF HIS TWOYEAR-OLD SON. I'ritoner Lodged In Jail to Awnit Ac* tlon of Authorities to Determine His Mental Condition. News reached Washington, D. C., on Thursday morning of one of the most brutal cold-blooded and atroicub murders ever committed In that county, when John R. Glbbs, a white man residing In Bath about twenty miles from Washington, killed his two-year-old son, by cutting his throat from ear to ear, with a razor. The facts, as nearly as can be ascertained, are that Glbbs who was a widower, and resided with his mother and child, Wednesday afternoon came home and found his son playing on the floor with another child. Ho called the child to him saying: "come here, honey, daddy want you," and took tho child In an adjoining room. His sister happened to pass the door a few minutes later, and hearing a gurgling noise, thought the father was putting his son to sleep. She opened the door and was horrified to find the child lying on the bed with his throat slashed from ear to ear and nearly severed from its body. She immediately screamed, and the rest of tho family rushed into the room, the father In the meantime leisurely walked out on the porch, and sat down as if nothing had happened. When questioned, he said he had a motive in killing the child, but would not divulge it. The murderer was arrested, and brought to Washington and placed in jail. Feeling is strong against the prisoner in the town of Bath, and much indignation has been expressed over tho affair. A coroner's inquest was held over the child's body and verdict rendered that child came to its death at the hand of John It. Gibbs. Onitiion is divided as to prisoner's sanity. Some think he was crazed by dope or whiskey. His mental condition will bo inquired into by the authorities. SOUTH DAKOTA FOIt WILSOX. Xew Jersey's Governor Gets All of the Ten Delegates. Governor Wilson gained a signal victory in South Dakota, winning in the direct primaries a solidly instructed delegation that will cast 10 votes of that State in tho Baltimore convention. This victory is especially important in view of tho fact that South Dakota is the home of ex-Senator Pettigrew, one of tho chief supporters of Speaker Clark. Nineteen Wilson delegates elected by the people in Ohio wero bound by unit rule in instruction to vote for Governor Harmon by the Ohio State convention, although many of Governor Harmon's friends opposed such action. The New Jersey delegation, which stands 24 for Wilson and four for Jim Smith, had a meeting in Trenton Wednesday. The 24 Wilson delegates decided that as tho voters of tho two Essex county districts had elected anti-Wilson delegates, it would not be proper under the direct primary system to adopt tho unit rule. The South Dakota primary and not tho Ohio convention is indicative of the prevailing opinion of the Democratic masses that Woodrow Wilson is the only Democrat who can hope to defeat the nominee of the Chicago convention, both in the cast and in the West. Wilson as the Democratic nominee will not he a sestional candidate, even as ho has not been sectional candidate in the preconvention campaign. Kiv More for Clark. West Virginia's six delegates at largo wcro instructed to vote for Champ Clark, at Baltimore, as long as there was any hope of his nomination, hv the St aite Democratic Convention here to-day. At district conventions earlier in the week Clark received six Instructed delegates, two unlnstructed were favorable to him and 'two more unlnstructed were said to favor Governor Harmon, of Ohio. Instructed for Clark By a voto of 33 4 to 2 42, tho Arkansas State Democratic Convention refused to embody in Its platform an Indorsement of tho so-called "grandfather clause" as a qualification for suffrage. Eight delegates at large with half a vote each, as well as the district delegates, were inutrutod for Speaker Champ Clark. ? ? ? Spoony Girl TjOHt Diamonds. Mls3 Nellie Burns, of Unlontown, N. Y., has complained to tho police that aftor a stroll In th9 moonlight with a young man at Yonkers, whom sho permitted to hold her hand, she missed her diamond ring. ? ? Lad Drowned at Savannah. Tho surf at Savannah claimed Its first victim of the bathing season Tuesday when Joseph McNally, a*ed 10, was swept beyond his depth and was drowned before ho could bo given assistance. SAYS HE CAN'T WIN FRIENDS OF TAFT WILL DESERT | HIM FOR HUGHES. MARKED FOR SLAUIiHTER The President's Most Intimate Political Friends Are Afraid of His Weakness Before the People and Believe That He Would Be Defeated in the General Election. The Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Journal says a wellthought-out plan to deprive both William H. Taft and Theodore Roosevelt of the Republican presidential nomination has been devised by leaders of what is known as the regular faction of tho party. The men who entertain designs hostile to Taft and Roosevelt, are the men who forced the nomination of James S. Sherman, of New York, for the vicepresidency four years ago, in opposition to the wishes of Messrs. Taft and Roosevelt. On the surface, these leaders favor the re-nomination of President Taft. They have come to the conclusion that Mr. Taft would be certain of defeat if nominated, and that there would be no more hope of success in naming him than there would be in the attempted burglary of an empty safe. xt i ^ ~ j a n i ? v icts-i'i euiuKii t ii ur in mi, r^nnu Root, Joseph G. Cannon, William 13. McKinley, Senators Smoot, Crane, Penrose and Galllnger are the memI hers of the Old Guard who, outwardly supporting President Taft, are secretly devoting their time and talents to j the introduction of a third man in the race. They wil lgo to Chicago, prepared at the proper time, to present the name of Charles E. Hughes, of New York, associate justice of the United ; StatesStates supreme court, for discussion as the presidential candidate. The members of the Old Guard mentioned have practically given up hope of nominating President Taft and they will go to any extreme to defeat Colonel Roosevelt. They are far from convinced that they will be able to attain their ends, but they are in a desperate situation and intend to play the game to the limit. It is safe to say that practically every regular Republican leader of prominence is firmly convinced that he will pass from public life, if Col onel Roosevelt is again elected to the Presidency. It is a fight for survival and therefore a fight to the finish. Although the Roosovelt-Taft forces were in control of the Republican convention of 1 908, the Old Guard was successful in its efforts to nominate Mr. Sherman as the vice-presidential candidate. The scheme to put Sherman on the ticket with Taft was hatched long before the convention was held. It was conceived and promoted in secrecy. During the closing days of the fight on Mr. Taft, who was O. Iv.'d by Mr. RooseVelt, the Old Guard sought to get some glory out of the contest. They went to work in behalf of Mr. Sherman, and the name of the Now Yorker was sprung upon the convention with a sudvlenness that swept the Roosevelt-Taft leaders off their feet. It became known that some weeks ago President Taft was strongly urged by certain regulars to give countenance to a movement for a third man. Tho president, so the story goos, agreed that his nomination probably meant party defeat. However, his reply to the suggestion that he should consent to be sidetracked was couched in language so expressive that it was never repeated. The regulars above named are going to Chicago in an effort to push aside the president and predecessor and place the standard in the hands of Associate Justice Hughes. They are not sanguine of success, hut. the stakes are so large that, they intend to play the game as indicated. ? EASY THING, SAYS MACK. Democrats Won't Have Any Difficulty in Winning This Year. "The Democratic party has several candidates for the Presidential nomination and any one of them is strong enough to defeat either Taft or Roosevelt," remarked Norman M, Mack, chairman of tho Democratic Committee at New York, while oti a visit. "If half what Roosevelt and Taft are saying about the Republican party la true, then that party ought to he indicted by the grand jury," continued Mr. Mack. "Tho American people have made up their minds to kick tho Republican parly out of power and it doesn't mako any difference whether they nominate TaftFtoosovelt, or a dark or brown horse." Tires Out of Pnpor. Pneumatic tires of chemically treated and compressed paper have been brought to notice in Franco ard Germany. Tho material is said to be as strong as steel and as olasttc an rubber, yielding tires that are noiseless, waterproof and cheap. STOLE WILSON VOTES DELEGATES ELECTED FOR HIM GIV EN TO HARMON. The Washington Times Comments la Severe Terms on Adoption of Unit Rule bjr Ohio Convention. How Gov. Wilson was euchred out of a large block of votes in the Ohio State convention is told as follows in the Washington Times today: "Nineteen Wilson delegates, representing nearly one-half of Ohio's vote in the Democratic national convention, were disfranchised by the Ohio Democratic State convention , Tuesday. "In the Ohio primaries Gov. Wilson captured 19 out of 21 district delegates to the Democratic national convention despite the fact that Gov. Harmon was making much the same sort of a 'do-it-to-please-me' campaign that Taft was making ou the Republican side. "It was a great victory for Wilson nnd the progressive element of Democracy. But by the same sort of private ofllce manipulation of the State delegates that distinguished the Republican State convention, Gov Harmon's forces secured control of tho Democratic State convention and put In force the unit rule on Ohio's Baltimore delegation. This disfranchises tho 19 Wilson delegates as well as the great body of Ohio Democrates who elected these delegates. "Thus by arts known to politicians we witness one presidential candidate robbed of 19 delegatee elected to vote for him and wanting to vote for him and another candidate|against whom thousands of his party registered an overwhelming protest is given the right to vote these 19 opponents to his own advantage. If ho does not want them he can, through the enforcement of the unit rule, deliver them to some one else equally as undesirable to them and ;hcir constitutents as he is." The New Jersey delegation, which stands 2 4 to 4 for Wilson, at a meeting on Wednesday refused to adopt the unit rule, which they had a right to do, holding that the people having refused to instruct the four delegates that were not instructed, they would not do so. Tills Is the right view to take of the matter. Tn Ohio the people instructed nineteen, and yet the State Convention reverses the people and instructs Wilson's nineteen delegates to vote for Harmon. That is the kind of ring rule that brought about the present revolution. ADVERTISING AS A GUARANTEE ? It Proves Tat a MerchaRt Believes in Ills Goods. When a business concern invests a In riTA mim nf mnrmv In u lionilcnina q w w %? vf vyj A * M UMUUUUUJiV 8toro and equipment for retail merchandising, the public feels a certain degree of confidence that the concern has goods worth examining. People argue that unless they had established a reputation for fair dealing and unless they had goods that they know filled a need, they would not dare spend so much money. Advertising, likewise, acts as a, guarantee of substantial business character. When a firm spends money freely on this necessary form of salesmanship, the public conclude? that it must have goods back of it that have demonstrated their worth* or tho firm would not have set apart this sum of money for selling them through tho newspapers. A concern that does not advertise impresses the public as merely an experiment. Tho fact that it may have been in existence for many years does not help it so very much. Tho public may even look at mere existence for a long term of years as a disqualification, indicating preference for old nmo memoes. it takes advertising to prove that you liavo confidence in your goods. ? WILL VOTE FOR HARMON. ? Thoy Become ho by the Adoption of the Unit Rule. Covornor Judson Ilarmon Wednesday won his fight in the Ohio Homoera tic State Convention for application of the unit rule by a voto of 51)7 to 1155 and will have tho undivided support of tho State's 4 8 delegates in his candidacy for President at the Baltimore Convention. Tho Anti-Harmon forces, led by Mavor Nnwtnn IV RnUnr land, made a. determined fight on tho unit rule proposition and declared they would file their protest at tho National Democratic Convention. Nineteen of the forty-eight delegates to tho Convention are Wilson adherents elected at a direct primary, but under tho unit rule will be obliged to cast their ballots for Ilarmon at Baltimore. ? + Cuban Town Bnrued. Estosez, tbo real leader of the no- , j gro Insurgents, has captured and j burned the town of Lamaya, on tho branch Mno of tl.e Cuba Railroad* J thirty miles from Santiago. The gov* I eminent gave out thia Information 1 Monday night 1