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BUG HOUSE SPELLING.
President Roosevelt Has Ordered
That the Carnegie Spelling Reform
JU Be Tried in Government Depart
\ . men ts.
Oyster Bay, August 24.-Presi?
dent Roosevelt authorized the state?
ment today that the reform in spell?
ing recommended hy the committee
which Andrew Carnegie created will
hereafter be adopted in all depart?
mental correspondence and official
documents. To put it briefly, Uncle
Sam is "Thru" with through and the
spelling of all other words which give
the lie direct to the pronunciation.
I From now on literature sent out hy
? the government in all departments
will look to the unitiated like little
Willie's first composition, a page from
the works of Uncle Josh Billings.
CUFFIE NOT WANTED.
Congress Will Be Asked to Repeal the
Law Authorizing Enlisting c* Negro
Regiments.
Washington, August 24.-As a re?
sult of the incidents that led up to the
shooting of two Brownsville, Texas,
j, citizens by negro United States sol?
diers of the 25th Infantry it is proba?
ble Congress will be asked hereafter
to either designate the posts at which
t?ese troops shall be stationed or else
repeal the law authorizing the enlist- j
ment of negro regiments.
THINK IT WILL BE ROOSEVELT.
London Papers Believe He Will Have
to Be the Candidate in 1908.
London, August 23.-The impres
.sion continues to prevail in this
country that in spite of President
Roosevelt's declaration that he would
not suffer himself to be a candidate
for president in 1908, he is probably
the man who will contend against Mr.
Bryan in the next campaign.
The Times says the Democrats
should not bank on Mr. Roosevelt's
pledge, for such pledges are /by no
means irrevocable. "Mr. Roosevelt,"
remarks The Times, "doubtless does
not intend to stand, but has it ever
been known, at any rate in recent j
. tars, that the nominee of a party
convention has rejected the nomina- \
tion?" 1
The Westminster Gazette says: If
the Republican party had no other
candidate than Mr. Roosevelt who
was likely to succeed, and the nomi?
nation were' offered to him unani?
mously, he must accept it with an ap?
pearance of Weing overborne.
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SHOOTING AT KINGSTREE.
White Man Fatally Shot By Negro in
Drunken Quarrel.
Kingstree, Aug. 23.-A fatal shoot?
ing affray occurred three miles be?
low Kingsiree last night, in which W.
O. Jones lost his life at the hands of
Primus Salters, colored. It appears
that Jones, Lee Wise and Salters had
been drinking during the day at
Wise's house house and towards even?
ing, the whiskey giving out, they sent
to the dispensary at Kingstree for a
fresh supply. When this came the
drinking -.vas renewed and all hands
became drunk. It was not long be?
fore th* three became involve! in a
free fight and Jones was shot in the
stomach hy Salters at close range
with small shot. The wound is a hor?
rible one and the doctors say he can?
not live through the night. Wise and
Jones are white men and Salters is a
negro. -Sheriff Gorman lodged them
both in jail this morning.
Mrs. Mary Foster, aged 103 years,
died at the home of her son, W. T?.
Foster, in Spartanburg Tuesday night
after an illness*bf a few days. Her
husband was a veteran of the Mexican
war. Mrs. Foster was the mother o?
ten children and she is survived by
all btu two sons and a daughter. Her
mother was Miss Green, of North
Carolina, who Kved to he S7 years of
age.
ANOTHER NEGRO KILLED.
WILLIE SPAIN* TAKEN FROM
DORCHESTER SHERIFF AND
SHOT TO DEATH.
Charge Against Him Seems to Be
That He Attempted to Enter the
Residence of Mr. S. L. Connor, at
Badham. Being Frightened Away
By the Screams of Mr. Connor's
Small Daughter, Who Was Alone in
the House.
St. George. August 23.-Willie
Spain, a negro, was lynched near Bad?
ham, two miles west of this place, this
ofternoon. The negro "was charged
with having attempted to enter the
residence of Mr. S. L. Connor, being
frightened away/ by the screams of
Mr. Connor's little daughter. He had
been captured by a searching ? party,
turned over to Sheriff Limehcuse, and
placed in the,jail at this place, being
subsequently retaken by a party of
men who came to St. George on a
handcar. They took the negro from
the jail and he was carried back to
Badham and there hanged to an oak
sapling and his body shot to pieces.
The story in detail is as follows:
Today at about 12 o'clock, at the
town of Badham, two miles west of
this place, Mr. S. L. Connor, who is
the manager of the Dorchester Lum?
ber Company's stores, was notified by
a negro who came into the store, that
he had seen a negro run away from
the residence of''Mr. Connor, which is
about 150 yards away from the main
store of the Dorchester Lumber Com?
pany. The view from the store to the
house is obstructed to a considerable
extent by a large field of sugar cane,
which is growing between th?m, and
the negro, upon running away from
the residence of Mr. Connor, was seen
by the negro who informed Mr. Con
nor, dodging into the sugar cane, en?
deavoring to control himself.
Mr. Connor, knowing that there
was no one at the house at the time
except his 11-year-old daughter, went
towards the house. He went through
the sugar cane field, and came upon
the negro hiding among the sugar
cane, getting within three feet of the
negro before he saw him, whereupon
.he laid hands upon the negro, but the
clothing of the negro was rotten and
his hold was broken. The negro im?
mediately offered to give battle to Mr.
Connor, whereupon Mr. Connor
struck him on the head with his fist,
breaking several bones in his hand,
without visibly wounding the negro.
When Mr. Connor hit him the negro
rolled about in the sugar cane and
ran out of the field into the adjoining
woods, and was soon lost to sight.
Mr. Connor was very severely
wounded on his hand, and folks in the
vicinity where this affair happened
immediately formed a posse, who
went in search of the negro. They
also telephoned to this town, and a
posse left here on horseback for the
seene of the trouble. After scouring
the country in the vicinity of Badham
for about two hours, they located the
negro, w^ose name was Willie Spain,
2nd brought him through the town of i
Badharr on to this town under guard.
The - _ was delivered into the cus?
tody Sheriff Limehouse. who placed
him in jail.
The negro had not been in jail
rnor than 30 minutes when without
warning, a lever car on the Southern
Railway, which runs within 150 feet
of the county jail, was stopped, and
a crowd of men wer4" iito the jail and
took the prisoner out, placed him up?
on the hand car and sped away. It is
not known how many of the persons
were present when the prisoner was
rescued from the sheriff or whether
any of them or not participated in the
lynching.
The negro did not protest his inno?
cence, but admitted that he had gone
to the residence of Mr. Connor and
intended to enter the house, but was
frightened way by the screams of
Mr. Connor's little daughter, who
saw him approaching through the
window, and by a buggy passing along
the road, which is quite near the resi?
dence. The admission upon the part
of the prisoner evidently satisfied
those who had him in custody that
he was the guilty party, but out of
abundance of caution your corres?
pondent was informed that he was
taken by the parties who rescued him
from the sheriff back to the house
and was positively identified by the
little girl.
After this nothing is known of the
affair until a volley of perhaps 500
shots rang out just west of the town
. .tv Badham, and when your corres?
pondent arrived upon the scene the
lynching party hud all departed and
il ere remained nothing to tell the
talc but the lifeless body of Willie
Spain., hanging noon a limb of a small
. .ak tree, sh >t beyond recognition: ir:
fact, were it not for thc hair unon hiv
FARMER KILLED BY NEIGHBOR.
Fatal Shooting at Leesville Resulting
From an Old Quarrel.
Columbia, August 2G.-A special
to the State from Leesville says: Hen?
ry" Monts, a farmer was shot and kill?
ed today by J. Godfrey Taj-lor, his
neighbor Both men were about 40
years old and have families. The
killing resulted from an old quarrel
of the boundary line between their
lands. About one year ago Monts
shot Taylor. Six months ago Monts's
house was burned Taylor was
charged with the crime, but
was acquitted. Taylor went at
once to the home the coun?
ty supervisor and surrendered. Both
men were among the most respecta?
ble of the community.
GIXXERS' ASSOCHTIOX.
The Officers Elected and Resolutions
Adopted.
Mayesville, August 25.-Pursuant
to a call of a previous meeting held
by some ginners, on August 8, a
meeting was held in the academy of
music at Sumter Aug. 22, and a per- ?
manent organization was perfected.
This organizaton to be known as
the Sumter County Cotton Ginners*
Association, has for its object mutual
protection and advancement, and to
became a part of the Xational Gin?
ners' Association. At this meeting
there were ginners from neighboring
counties.
It was decided that although the
organization be known as the Sumter
County Ginners' Association, that gin?
ners of neighboring eomnties be in-;
vited to join us.
The following officers were elected:
P. M. Pitts of Sumter, president; J. I.
Brogdon of Brogden, vice president;
M. A. Strauss of Mayesville, secretary
and treasurer.
The following resolutions were
adopted: (1) That the price of $1.25
be charged for ginning and packing
every bale of cotton up to 525 pounds
(including tare) and that one-half
cent per pound be charged for all
excess of weight over the minimum
weight of 525 pounds.
(2) That all ginners and oil mills
be invited to affiliate with us and that
a persona! letter be mailed each gin
ner and oil mill asking their coopera?
tion. *
(3) A committee of five be appoint?
ed by the president to draft a con?
stitution and by-laws, the president
and vice president to be two of this
committee.
The meeting adjourned subject to
the call of the president.
scalp and the tattered clothes upon
his form it would take somewhat
close investigation to statisfy one
that a human being had there died.
Immediately upon losing his pris?
oner at the hands of the crowd, Sher?
iff Limehouse called up Governor
Hey ward over the long distance tele?
phone and told him of the occurrence
and the governor told the sheriff to
do all in his power to prevent the
lynching, but evidently at that time
the lynching party had finished its
work. Sheriff Limehose pressed in a
few deputies and went In pursuit of
the lynching party, only to find the
body of Spain as above described, and
the parties who killed him not to be
found.
Spain was a stranger in this locality
and had worked for the Dorchester
Lumber Company at Badham, a short
while at intervals. He claimed to be
from Xorth Carolina. He was about
21 years of age and was said to be a
sullen, worthless negro.
What the purpose of the negro was
in his endeavor tc/ enter the residence
of Mr. Connor must be left to the
imagination. He was loafing arcfund
the .town of Badham and evidently
knew that' there was no one at Mr.
Connor's house fxcept his little
daughter. The mother of the little
girl and the other children of the
family are spending a while at Ken
dersonville, X. C.
Mr. Connor had his hand dressed
by a physician, and while the wound
causes him considerable pain he is
doing as well as could be expected.
Your correspondent, in erder to get
as accurate report, of the affair as
possible, went t<> the scene of the
lynehiiig after he had fbeen informed
where the body was.
Immediately after the lynching
Governor Heyward telephoned Sheriff
Limehouse as to what he has done
in the matter; Thc sheriff t? . 1 *l him
that the lynchers had eluded him,
and when he got track of th.-JU the
negro had already been lynched. The
governor told thc sheriff that Solicitor
Hildebrand would be here tomorrow
tn trike steps to brina1 thc; ?niii'v nar
WHAT 010 WYLIE SAY?
DENIES MAKING STATEMENT
THAT DISPENSARY BOARD IS
CORRUPT.
He Repudiates Articles in Certain Pa
; pers Purporting to Give Substance
of Conversation With York County
Candidate.
Did Major Wylie, of the board of
directors of the state dispensary, say
that the other members of the board
are corrupt; that he is only one man
against two, and cannot help himself,
but was able recently to compel the
others, by threats, to return goods
purchased over his protest?
In a long "distance telephone con?
versation this morning with a Record
man, whom he called up, Major Wylie
denied the allegation that he had
made such statements, and authorized
the newspaper man to quote him as
strongly in denial as his command of
the language would permit.
Major Wylie's statement to The
Record was by way of reply to the
following article, which appeared this
morning in the Columbia State:
"Mr. Wylie of the State board of
dispensary directors, was on the C. !
& N.t W. train yesterday morning, go
iing toward Gastonia; and between
Yorkville and Clover he said in the j
presence of Dr. J. E. Massey and Mr.
F. P. _ McCain, who were going to
Clover with the county campaign
party, that the State dispensary has
always been corrupt, and is as cor?
rupt as it has ever been. He said that
the state board is corrupt; but he is
only one man against two and cannot
help himself. He cited that recently,
over his protest, the other two mem?
bers of the board had purchased two
thousand cases of so-called case whis?
key. Upon the arrival of the wihskey
he, Wylie, insisted on having. it an?
alyzed. The analaysis showed .2 1-2
per cent, of alcohol and the balance
was various kinds of chemicals. As a
result of the analysis, and Mr. Wy?
lie's threatening to make a fuss, the
liquor was sent back. Dr. Massey and
Mr. McCain both repeated Mr. Wylie's
statement to them in their speeches
at Clover.-Yorkville Enquirer.
"The above statement is confirmed
by a special to the State from York?
ville, which gives the same report of
Director Wylie's conversation with
Messrs. Massey and McCain.
"The State endeavored yesterday to
obtain statements concerning the
matter from/Mr. Wylie and Messrs.
Massey and McCain.
j "It was found that Mr. Wylie, whose
home is in Richburg, Chester county,
is at Cleveland Springs, N. C. A tele?
gram was sent to him there asking
him for a statement by telegraph. No
reply was received, it being possible
that Mr. Wylie was unable to reply
last night.
"Messrs. Massey and McCain were
both away from home "yesterday in
attendance upon the York county
campaign meeting at some point in
the county and neither of them could
be reached yesterday."
In reply Mr. Wylie said: "I was on
the train on the day mentioned and in
company with Dr. Massey and Mr.
McCain, but the geneleman quoted by
the Enquirer possibly misunderstood
me or did not catch my exact words.
"In discussing the dispensary, Dr.
Massey said that he wanted too keep
it clean and with that idea he had
voted for me in the legislature.
"I told him that I thought as long
as the whiskey houses kept putting
off mean liquor on us, it would be im?
possible to keep down talk, and that
in my opinion county dispensaries
would be no better. I went on to say,
further, that my attention had been
called to the quality of some goods
we had bought, and got some sam?
ples and carried them to Columbia
myself, intending to have them an?
alyzed; but when I got to Columbia I
found that Commissioner Tatum had
already given samples of these goods
to thc- chemist to be analyzed; that
the chemist had reported unfavorably
upon them, saying that the goods
were of low grade in alcohol percent?
age and every other way, and that the
dispensary force had been instructed
by the commissioner to return them.
'Mr. McCain then asked me how
much we were going" to return. I re?
plied, 'Something like 2,000 gallons in
cases and barrels.' The barrel goods
were some of the old board's pur
chaser.
"I never have said that the other
members of the board were corrupt;
nor have I dreamed of saying that I
lad to make threats to induce the
?onimissioner to return the liquor.
>n tile other hand, as I have just
-tated. wh< n I suspected the qu ility
i-f the liqu ?r and started to Columbia
o have it analyzed. I found th at the
:ommh?sioner had already asccrt lined
TEDDY C AN T DO IT.
Leading English Newspapers Ridicule
His Attempts to Change System ot'
Spelling.
London. August 2T,.-The Standard,
in an editorial on President Roose
I veVs phonetic spelling order says:
j He overrates his power. He may
j act as peacemaker between Russia
i and Japan, may flout the United
! State Senate and stamp on trusts,
may sit down at table with a colored
citizen, may get a third term, after
having-sworn he would not be a can?
didate. All these and many other
wonderful things he may accomplish
but he will not reform the spelling
of the English language.
The Tribune says: Why not adopt
the drastic Pitman methods at once.
After all it could not be said of one
who spelled as Sir Isaac wished that
h-> did not know any better, and this
might be the first impression of the
recipient of a letter written in the
style which has received the presi?
dent's approval.
CUBANS DISTRUST PALMA.
insurrection in Cuba Has Many Sym?
pathizers in Provinces.
Havana, August 24.-Reports from
the country districts say that the peo?
ple generally have been influenced by
the Liberal leaders and are inclined to
be distrustful of the motives of Presi?
dent Palma's government. Therefore
they readily sympathize with the
cause of the insurgents. In the cities
there is much more approach to gen?
uine patriotism, but the government's
offer of $2 a day for all recruits does
not meet with more than slow re?
sponse. Many men are interested in
the crisis, as onlookers, but a genuine
general desire to fight for the govern?
ment is lacking.
Six hundred troops started this af?
ternoon by train from Pinar del Ric
for San Juan de Martinez.
A letter received here from a relia?
ble correspondent who visted Pino
Guerra, and at San Juan de Martinez,
says that Guerra has not sufficient
ammunition either to take Pinar del
Rio or sustain a prolonged fight. The
people have plenty of arms, but little
ammunition, and they have no chance
of procuring it. This is believed to be
a correct view of the situation.
Jo^e Miguel Gomez, who was a can?
didate for the presidency last fall and
who was arrested August 22 at his
residence near Sancti Spiritus, prov?
ince of Santa Clara, arrived here
from Batabano on a special train ear?
ly this morning and had been escort?
ed to the city jail before his arrival in
the city became known.
Gomez, in an interview with the
Press in the city jail, later in the day
declared that he never had any
knowledge of this unfortunate con?
flict and that if it had conspired
against President Palma's administra?
tion I have more than sufficient pride
to boldly admit it now. You may as?
sure the people of the United States
that I have ' not conspired to disturb
the peace and prosperity of the coun?
try.
Campos Marquetti, colored, Radical,
liberal member of congress for Ar?
tenisa, Province of Pinar del Rio, has
joined the insurrection.
Premium lists for the thirty-eighth
annual fair of the State Agricultural
and Mechanical Society have just
been issued by Secretary A. W. Love.
The premiums were never more val?
uable nor wider in their range. The
fair will be held, beginning Monday
October 22nd, and ending Friday
evening, October 26th. Copies or the
premium list may be had of Mr. A.
W Love, secretary. Columbia, S. C.
that it was unfit for use and ordered
it returned.
"I told the gentlemen that ever
since I had been on the board I had
been in favor of better whiskey, and
that the board had put into effect a
resolution to buy good, pure whiskies
from bond- and blend and bottle them
t the dispensary, thus making sure
>f their purity.
"Somebody started a discussion of
prohibition. I stated that I had al?
ways been a prohibitionist, on princ?
le, and that whenever I should be
ome Convinced that we can have
.hibition, I will be heartily in favoi
>f ;.'.: but if it is simply a question oi
..at" dispensaries or ? ounty a is pen
ages, I will take tho former every
line.
-You cannot too strongly quote me
n denving the false statement ! am
redited with having made regarding
he other members et' the board. 1
xii >r .? [ogg know how the En
could have received such a dis
; aid w holly incorrect version of
ay conversation with Dr. Massey and
fr. Mc< ain.-Columbia Record.
FIGHTING 1N GOBA,
THE REBEL LEADER
PLANS A BOLD CAMPAIGN'
Proposes to Capture Pinar (foi R?r?
and Will Then March on Havana^
President Raima's Government Get?
ting Ready to Fight.
Havana, August 24.-This city t<y
day anxiously awaits news from Pirar
del Rio. Word was brought here Jase-;
night by a correspondent who- Isa?:
been with the forces of Pino G:aG5rr3v
that the insurgent leader intc-n-deci
to march on Pinar del Rio today.
Guerra declared that he would cap-,
ture that city and then begin hrs*
march on Havana Saturday.
Reports reached here eariy this
morning that fighting has actually
begun near Pinar del Rio' wfc?c?fc
would indicate that Guerra has begua
to carry out his proposed campaign*.
These reports have not been Terified??.
however.
Another battle is reported irs prog-*
ress at Gui?es. Col. l?stramps, isthCh
left Havana W?dnesday with a gcse
ernment force is said to have met tfc^
insurgents there. It is probable tbal?
from this time on reliable n~ws ?" re?
gard to the movements of" the insur?
gents will be scarce. The govermaezr?i
has prepared to establish a censor?-? /
ship over the newspapers.
Intervention Discussed.
Washington, August 24.-Despite
the efforts of the State Department io
poo-hoo the present Cuban troubles
the situation is considtred exceeding-?
ly grave by high government officiate
and the probability of iuterventiou by
this country sibeing discussed; a$
length today. Up to aa ?arly hour no
request had been received by ih?5>
State Departmtnt for assistance. Ii
was reported in diplomatic circles
here last night that President Palma
had sent a hurry message te. Wash?
ington asking that a couple of batte*^
ries of artillery, manned by regulars
be dispatched at once to Havana? hui
this was denied this morning.
AMNESTY OFFERED..
Cuban Government Promises Immu?
nity From Punishment to all Revo?
lut ionist s Who Lay Down Arms at
Once.
Havana, August 27.-The Secretary
of the Interior issued a bulletin ha
which he offers amnesty to all insane
gents who go to their homes and giro
up the revolution against the govern*^
ment. ... ... ^fi j
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FORMER DISPENSER SHOT?. V
Lu an Altercation ai Camden Mi.
John Hough is Wounded by Mr. 3\.
D. Hilton.
Camden, August 25.-An alterca?
tion took place at the beer dispensary
in Camden this morning between ih\
P. B. Hilton, the dispenser and Mr..
John Hough formerly county dis
pjenser. After a. rough and tumble
fight on the street Mr. Hilton went
back into the dispensary and Mr*.
Hough followed him. Mr. Hilton
turned on him and shot him twice*
one" ball striking him in the hand ancj
the other in the leg, inflicting a flesh*
wound. The combatants were ar?
rested and were discharged upon gjLT?.
ing bond.
SCHOOL BOOK TRUST.
Superintendent of Cleveland, Ohio-,
Schools Begins Fight for Low? *
Prices.
Cleveland, Ohio, August 24.
H. Elson, superintendent of the?
schools of this city, has been do?
ing some trust busting of special in?
terest to school boards as weil .as
.parents and school children all over
this country. The subject of his effort
is the price of text books for the
schools of all larger cities. Ke ob?
tained the price paid for books by
each and found many were less thara
Cleveland had been paying, especially
?nany Western cities, where prices are
as much as 25 cen?? .less than here,
He figured that even young pupils
would call ?this discrimination, fie so
; old th* book company representa?
tives rbis week, whek asking for hid?
for the book supply. Mr. Elson gave*
rio- companies some straight informa?
tion which was that they now se?^
books to San Francisco, New Orleans*?
Chicago. Bost< and other cities for*
so many cents and said to them:*" Im
the pasi you havt ebarged this city
more than this price ia some ?nstance-s
Do not make your price this year
a boVv the lbw price quoted. Tho
result is being watched by school
suptrintendents ot' many cities.