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lUiE UEMNK emilEE two ssm or campaigmkrs AHB KECOMKKDKD. Columbia* May 10 ?The first meet *?* of the now Btata Democratic ex anntli? eoeamtttee, held last night, very short but one or two mat of tmpoicaacs were pa ess d upon. The commute* disc a wed the coming earn pa ken and other matters that will probably ha brought before the con? es the roll was called and check** ap Col. T. B, Ore we took th> ?mir and Senator Blears mored the t Omv, wins Jona? be elooted chairman a? the Stats exeeutlre ooawnttte*. This ems adoCad nnaalmousfy. Mr. J. TX Bali was tisotad secretary and H I >r Blease reported that the of the committee had been and were toond In satiefao tar aondttlon. The report was adopt brooght opt that Charhe a change In the ooastltu String the county the right to candidates for } solicitors and in In that county. This win be brought up today In ths State eaareatlon. It was decided that the asnssssnewts on ell? candidates for State oflees should be the same i decided to appoint a sob wlth Chairman Wills Jones as aw onVtfo member to arrange ths dabs far the campaign. Ths other mi ras irs of this committee are : C. X* B lease. A. W. Jonas and D. O. Griffith. There was considerable debate on JIM Man advanced by Seaator Bleaa that ths State committee ts to change the constitu? tion, peweftdtng for two campaign par ties tftda gammer. Blease stated that ha wosid at the State convention of two jart# advocate a change to the roewtttnllan along ths tines mention el The pro posed change was finally by a division' rote. It Is as follows: -Be W referred. 'That the constitu? tion of the Democratic party of South Carolina ha amended, as follows. "Asnsad artielss li by earthing oat all at said article down) ts the word In' oa Una ? sued .iusarttnf In lieu thereof ton,JpMejaJaju ? ???Before the stootlon la 1 tot and each *wt$ou thoreafter. exospt as the State Democratic shall appoint and arrange hnmpalgn meetings in each to bo hold not leas than twa apart oas of which meetings he addressed oaly by candidates far State emcee and the other oaly by swadl sates tor United States ssaa Uaited States house of repress* and circuit solicitor: Provided. That ht hi any election year there shall ha hot ana eandldats tor the office of United States senator or no opposition for Stats offices, ths said committee may. in Its discretion, arrange or ap point onty one meeting in each conn ty/" / After the committee adjourned the met and decided to the campaign on June 17. A arm ha held oa May U to the pieces of meeting. _L_ PVBUC EfCILDLNQ BILL. Tvjkeg to Gat Washington .May It. Oary has proposed an amendment to the public building bill In the Senats providing for an additional $10,000 each for Sumter and Anderson and flt.oet for Abbeville. This, with other Senats amend men ts, brings the total at the bill up to about $10,000.* Seaator Oary Is not at all certain that hs can hold the amendments In the bill when It goes In conference, bat said today that he would hold out as long as possible In the hope of .securing the Increase. The report of tha Senate and House eonferees will be submitted In a day or two and thd Mil signed by the President before the end of ths week. Optlmistk to the End. Some time ago there was a flood In western Pennsylvania. An old fellow who hsd lost nearly everything he possessed wa? sitting on the roof of ' the hoass ss It floated 'long when a boat appeared. "Hello. John," "Hello. Dave." "Are your fowls all washed away. John? ?/Tea, but the ducks can swim," re? plied the old man. "Apple trees gone?" "Well, they said the crop would be a fallui i. anyhow." "I see the flood's away above your window." "That's all right. Dave. Them win? ders needed washln'. anyhow."?Phil? adelphia Ledger. REGISTRATION FOR PRIMARY. Correspondent Urge* that Tlda Would Raloe Standard of Candidate*. To the tedltor of the State. In the Democratic convention of Cheater county a resolution wm unanimously passed setting forth the fact that It was the firm and deliber? ate convention of the Democratic par? ty of Cheater county that ths same qualifications required for voters at our general elections should be re? quired by voters In our primary elec? tions. Our delegates to the 8tato con? vention were Instructed to bring this question to the attention of the State convention and d\?k for the adoption of the rule requiring that only quail' fled electors be allowed to vote In our nominating primaries. This 1* ? mat? ter of vital Importance to the citizen? ship of the people of South Carolina, whoa we remember that the nomina? tion of our officers is really the elec? tion to the office. Recently we circulated petitions In Cheater county asking for a vote upon the dispensary question and at a .certain large cotton mill in a rural portion of the county It wai ascer? tained that there was not a qualified elector among that large' mill popu? lation from the president all the way down. Of the 2,000 voters among tie cotton mill operatives In Ches? ter, York and Lancaster counties I doubt If there are a hundred quali? fied electors. The same condition, I presume, obtains In Union, Spartan-' burg. Greenville and Rlchland coun? ties. ' How does this sound to the men of the counties In the State In which there are no cotton mills? This vote Is very large and Is the balance of power In the elctlon of our State and county officers. While this Is true of our cotton mill population It Is also true of scores and hundreds of our citizens all over the State who are sot1 In our cotton mlllr. They can rote In the primaries aryl that Is all they dare for, as they regard that.the real election and so it Is. Under this ilack, short-sighted venal rule not tialf of the cltlsens of South Carolina Ire qualified electors. The reason so few votes arc cast at our general elec lons la because the personnel of the >fflcers has been settled at the pri? mary and more than, half of the rotere at the primary could not vote it the general election If they so leelred. This condition Is a shame ind a disgrace to the Intelligence of lie State and It will exist in a large neaaure so long as our present prl narj rules are continued. Adopt/ the *ule that only qualified electors can rote In our primary elections and the days of the demagogue and po? litical shyster will be almost ended i|l South Carolina. W. H. Edwards. Chester. 8. C? May 11, 1908. /I A Good -7? \ "I have a clerk." a New York wholesale merchant remarked the other day, "and ha sometimes man sgee to hand back a rather good one. though, as a rule, he Is little short of stupid apparently. As /a matter of mot, I supopes he Is One of those dreamy sort of chape and you never can tell about that kind. " "I was sorry after I said It." he continued, "but recently he had made a most unnecessary blunder, sad I lost my temper. " *I say Jones.' ' I sneered, 'you'd make a pretty good clerk, maybe, If you had a little more sense!' "He looked at me for a minute, with a sort of half smUe. 'Didn't It ever occur to you, Mr. Brown,' he said, that If I had a little more sense I wouldn't be a clerk at all?' *??N. Y. Tribune. HAMPTOX MAN AMBUSHED. C. I. Cummlngs, of Til ton, Shot Near Ills Home Monday Evening. Hampton. May it.-?News reached Hampton about 9.30 last night of the shooting from ambush of Mr. C. I. Cummlngs near Tilton, this county. Mr. Cummlngs, In company with his oldest son. Eugene, was on his way home from his mill, which Is located about four hnudred yards from his residence, when the shot was fired Ths shot was fired from a gun loaded with buckshot, seven of which took effect, two entering the body and one penetrating his left lung. The others took effect In his left arm. Immedi? ately after the shotting' assistance reached him and he was taken to his residence and medical aid summoned. Dog Killing In Greenville. Oreenvllle, May 19.?Up to last night midnight over 50 dogs had been killed, and the work has been con? tinued today In various parts of the cltyx Two roundsmen, Capps and Rector, killed 87 canines yesterday afternoon. Several dogs on the streets are In? sufficiently muzzled. Chief Alton says all dogs must be muzzled prop? erly, that Is they must be muzzled so they can't bite.?Greenville Pied? mont. WANTED PUTT'S LETTERS?" NAMES OF LOEB AND WYNNE ' DRAWN INTO WOOD CASE. Court Kefuses to Dismiss the Divorce Suit and Statement is Introduced Alleging That Conspiracy Was Formed by High Officials to Obtain Letters Platt is Said to Have Writ? ten to Miss Wood. New York, May 19.?High govern? ment officials at Washington are al? leged to have conspired to obtain possession of love letters said to have been written by United States Sena? tor Thos. Platt to Miss Mae C. Wood In a signed statement Introduced as evidence during today's hearing in Miss Wood's suit for divorce against the senator. . The statement which was Introduc? ed after the court had denied a mo? tion by counsel for Senator Platt to dismiss the complaint, bears what purports to be the signature of J. Martin Miller, and Miss Wood said that Miller was asked "by government ture affixed she was assured by Mil? ler that it was genuine. The state? ment was prepared by Miller at her request, she testified. It declared that Miller wasasked "by government officials in Washington and New York to get possession of Senator Platt's love letters," that the papers to be obtained were not to be given to Sen? ator Paltf, hut were to be turned over to "Mr, Loeb In Washington." And that to further the plan to get posses? sion of the original papers a scandal was begun in the newspapers to force Miss Wood to come to terms. Wynne, first assistant postmaster general, started the ball rolling by getting in a New York newspaper the article as It first appears, says the statement, which concludes: "I was gotten into the conspiracy by powerful officials whom I dare not to displease from a newspaper or from a political stand? point. 1 consulted Mr. Howe, Sena? tor Platt's secretary! frequently, and acted at all times under the direction of Loeb and Platt" Former Postmaster General Robert Wynne, is the present American con-\ sul to London. J. Martin Miller Is a prominent newspaper man, recently was consul at Rheims, France. A* ROYAL ROMANCE. Young King Manuel Will be True to I His First Love. Lisbon, May 18.?The Mundo prints a romantic story about King Manuel's lady-in-waiting to Queen Amelia, which threatens to disrupt the matri? monial plans*which are being laid for him. King Carlos and Queen Amelia were fuly aware of the fondness of Manuel, when a prince, for the girl, who is connected wKh the highest Portuguese nobility, but they con? sidered It simply a childish fancy. Since Prince Manuel's unexpected accession to the throne, a suitable al? liance with a European royal house is regarded as a necessity of rtate. Queen Amelle and the Duke of Opor? to have been casting about to And an available princess, both favoring one of British extraction because of the close relations between the house*. A few days ago they Were openly can? vassing the matter In the king's presence, when to their great sur? prise he suddenly announced us his unalterable choice his early love and expressed Ms determination either to marry her or nobody. Remonstraoces on the grounl of reasons of state were without effect, and as a consequence the lady-ln waltlng and her daughter will be asked to go abroad in the hope that a long separation will cure the king of his boyhood lore. Two Scholarships. * Available for use Sept. 1, 1908, are offered by the South Carolina divis? ion,' Daughters of the Confederacy, to be given by competitive examination: One at Winthrop College, Rock HUI. S. Oh with board and tuition, worth $104. Applicant must be 16 years of age and unable to pay her own tuition. The second scholarship at Teach? ers,' College, Columbia University, New York city, worth free tuition and $350. Applicant, either man or woman, must be 20 years of age. Applicant or either of these must be a lineal descendant of a Confederate veteran. Applications must be filed before June 15 with State committee. For particulars and further infor? mation apply promptly to Mrs. S. C. Baker, Sumter, S. C. During the voyage to the Califor? nia coast the fleet burned 133,000 tons of coal, costing about $989,000. As the distance from San Francisco to New York is about equal to that from Hampton Roads to San Fran? cisco, It is estimated that the ships will burn about the same amount of fuel on the return trip?thnt Is to suy, the tour of the world will result In the consumption of at least 250, 000 tons of coal, at a cost of $2, , 000,000. BLOW TB FOREST RESERVE BILL HOUSE COMMITTEE WANTS THE SUBJECT INVESTIGATED. Resolution Creating Commission to Study Forest Reserve Question to be Offered as Substitute for All Bills Relating to Appalachian and White Mountain Forest Reserves. Washington, May 18.?As a sub? stitute for all the Appalachian and White mountains forest reservation bills that have been introduced at this session the House committee on agri? culture agreed to report favorably a resolution creating a commission of investigation, i The committee is to consist of five members of the House and five members of the Senate, and,| is authorized to inquire during the summer recess into the project of fed? eral acquisition of some millions of acres of timbered and cut-over lands in the Appalachian and White Moun? tain chains for the preservation and improvement of the navigability of the streams having their sources therein. For the expenses of this in? quiry the bill appropriates $200,000. The bill also contains Section 8 of the last Lever-Currier bill, which provides in brief Uhat owners of such lands may enter into an agree? ment with the department of agricul? ture whereby the latter shall guard the lands of the former frqm fire, and the owners shall yield to the department the right to say how and how much timber of these lands shall be cut. One hundred | thousand dol? lars is carried in the bill to make this clause effective. The commission of inquiry \s to report to the president by January 1, 1909, and the presi? dent is to report promptly to con? gress; the purpose being to carry into action, the recommendations of the commission1 and the president at the next session. The friends of the project declared today their belief that the new bill, which would be reported, will be enacted at this * session. AN UNDESIRABLE CITIZEN. I \ Hey wood Curses Courts, Judges, In? junctions and Oil ?er Things. _ \ Chicago. May 17.?"To h- witn the courts. TJo h-' with the in? junctions, and to h?11 with the Judges who grant them." "In this manner William D. Hey wood, latfely on trial for I his life, charged with being one of the con? spirators who blew former Governor Stunenberg to pieces with a dynamite contrivance, expressed his opinion of the judiciary of the United States last night at Orchestra Hall. The occasion was the ratification by the Socialist-Democratic party of the nomination of Debbs and Han-1? ford as presidential nominees. "I consider a politician a pimpl*) on society and a boll on the body poll tic." said Heywood. "Detectives are even worse. Injunctions that are granted to, demonstrate how tyran? nical a judge can be should be tram? pled under foot and ground to pieces. Likewise the judges who make them and who have sweetbreads Instead of brains. I know a little about them. "It was while my Wo comrades | and myself were pent up in cells, our hands shackled behind us. that this Idol of yours In the White House wrote a letter denouncing us as 'undesirable citizens.' That was not ths work of a great man. It was the work, of a coward." Heywood roundly denounced the leaders of the trades-union move? ment. Samuel Gompers and , John Mitchell came In for their full share of criticism. "Even at this minute, comrades, soldiers have been sent to Alaska with murderous weapons to shoot submission'into the miners?members of the Western Federation of Labor ?because they will not do the bid? ding of their masters. And In all probability the soldiers will do it," said the speaker. "In spite of all of these things we must behold the spectacle of a leader of these same miners seating himself tonight in the White House and din Ing with the man who sent those murderous soldiers out to Alaska to slay. Tou can't make me believe that John Mitchell Is the true friend of labor." The convention adjourned with this meeting. The plank on religion as finally adopted read: "The social? ist movement Is primarily an econom? ic and political movement. It is not in any way concerned with religious beliefs."?Baltimore Sun. ManZan Pile Remedy comes ready to use, In a collapsible tube, with noz? zle. One application soothes and heals, reduces inflammation and re? lieves soreness and Itching. Price 50c. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store. As the years come and go Indus trios of our country will prosper and decline, fortunes will be m le and it - even government m Iff form, but so long as stands, agriculture will be tlon of the national wer ' parity.?Aaron Jones. HOT TIMES AT HARPERS. Bitter Wrangle Over Proposed Booze' Shop. A bitter wrangle exists at Harper's, on the Georgetown and Western Rail? road, partly in Williamsburg and partly in Georgetown counties, over the question-of establishing a dispen? sary at that place. At a meeting of the interested parties to the contro? versy on Tuesday afternoon the strongest language was hurled back and forth between the opposing fac? tions. Crimination, re-crimination, innuendoes and threats were indulged in and a general scrimmage was im? minent. The Williameburgers want a dispensary, the citizens of George? town side do not. Charges were made that the stores and shops at Harper's are virtually blind tigers, which were answered with the He and counter charge Of corruption and im? morality. The intendenV of Harper's, Mr. W. S. Camlin, and the Rev. Mr. Thrower, of the Methodist church engaged in a heated argument, which came near ending in blows. The meeting adjourned without settling the question to met again at a later day. The people of the nearby town of Rosemary, In Georgetown county, threatened to open a dispensary at that place should one be established at Harper's. Rosemary is a thriving and growing village, where the big railroad shops of the Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation are located, and as most of the dispensary patronage would naturally come from there, this threat on the part of the Rose? mary people may put a quietus on the aspirations of the people of Har? pers.?Georgetown Outlook. The Turn of the Business Tide. The turn of the tide seems to have set in and there are now real signs af genuine business revival. The out? look for crops is good and for profit? able prices for wheat and corn. The Fergusoh-McKlnney Dry Goods Com? pany, of St. Louis, has sent out no? tices to re-engage 1,000 of its dis? charged or suspended employes and Dther large St. Louis houses find It necessary to enlarge their working force and equipment. Mr. E. H. Har rlman, the great railroad magnate, who is in close touch with the busi? ness pulse of the country* /spoke In Washington on Saturday of the busi? ness situation in the most hopeful manner. "The country is all right," he said, "everything is normal and there Is no reason why we should not have prosperity in plenty. The basis >f prosperity in every country is the product of the soil, and crops here could hardly be better." Reports from all the great winter wheat States prpmise an ^abundant harvest. The mild winter has been >f advantage to the growing crop and the growth is greater than usual. This condition of the growing wheat crop promises well for the prosperity of the, country. A bountiful wheat har? dest means a large surplus for ex? port, and the exported wheat will bring to the United States a great volume of gold. Foreign demand at this time Is active and the constant tendency of the market is upward. As soon as the factories resume, the working people will resume the purchase of cotton fabrics, and that will bring prosperity to the cotton planters and the cotton mills. In fact, things begin to look more cheer? ful and hopeful all round, and the prospect Is that our old friend, Gen? eral Prosperity, will soon be with us ?gain.?Baltimore Sun. GOVERNOR FILLS VACANCY. I. E. Branson, of Lake City, Appoint? ed on the Wlllamsbnrg Dispensary Board. / Columbia, May 19.?Mr. J. E. Brun son, of Lake City, has been appoint? ed by Gov. Ansel a member of the Williarnsburg county dispensary board to succeed Mr. J. M. Parker, redently removed by the governor. Mr. Brunson is recommended by the intendants of the towns which have dispensaries, to-wlt: J. H. Black well, of Lake City; R. B. Cannon, of Scranton, and L. W. Gilland, of Kings tree. In the letter transmitting the re? commendation to the governor* it is stated that Mr. Brunson has signified his willingness to accept the appoint? ment. The Judge Qualified. In a Baltimore court one woman was suing another for slander. When the plaintiff was put on the witness *tand her attorney said to h^r, "Now, madam. Just tell the court what the tlefendant said abou you." "Oh, I cannot," she hesitatingly re? plied. "But, madam, you must." the at? torney Insisted. "The whole case hangs upon your testimony." "But it Isn't fit for any decent per? son to hear." replied the witness. "Ah, in that case." answered the Attorney, "Just step up to the Judge and whisper it in his ear."?Judge. DEMOCRATS AI COLUMBIA. "WHO WILL GO TO DENVER?"UP-. PERMOST QUESTION LAST NIGHT Senator Tlllman WiU Probably be Elected a Delegate at Large Out of Courtesy ? Charleston .DeJegaiiom Meets and Decides to Support Mr. T. R. Wearing as Delegate fi First District. Columbia, May 19.?The delegate* to the State Democratic Convention have been arriving on every train this afternoon and tonight the lobbies of the hotels have been crowded with, politicians discussing the prospects for tomorrow's meeting. Wright's Hotel is always political headquarters and there the delegates have chiefly - gathered tonight. The meeting of the State executive uommittee tonight also brought a number of prominent men to the city. The principal talk among the dele? gates tonight has been in regard to the Denver Convention, and the posi? tions seems to be very much in de? mand, especially the position of dele? gate at large. An effort has been made, it Is said, to form a slate con? taining the names of Senator Tlllman*. Capt John G. Rilhards, Gen. Wiliev Jones and Senator Gary, but Capt Richards announced that he would not stand for delegate at large, and It is not known that the others men? tioned gave any approval to the ides* advanced by their friends,. It can be said, however, that Senator Tin? man's friends have decided to put his name before the Convention for dele? gate at large as a compliment, and there will not be any opposition to his elertion, though, of1 bourse, he cannot attend the Convention. Gen. Willie Jones, State chairman and act? ing national committeeman, will also be elected without any opposition, ac? cording to the talk in the lobbies to? night. Trie contest for the other two , places lies between Senator Gary, Capt. William E. Gonzales, of Colum? bia; the Hon. H. H. Wat kins, of An? derson ; Mr. John P. Grace, of Charleston, and Col. T. E. Moore, of Spartanburg, though Mr. Grace has also been mentioned as district dele? gate. The Charleston delegation me^t to? night at Wright's Hotel and decided to suport Mr. Thomas R. Waring for delegate from the first district. Mr. Grace will receive four or five vote* out of the delegation, either for dis? trict delegate or delegate at large* but the majority o! the delegation will not suport him. Capt. Richards will be a candidate for district delegate from the 6th dis? trict. \ The following are understood to be> the candidates for district delegates. First District, T. R. Waring, of Charlestbn; Dr. S. J Carroll, of Sum? mer vi lie; Char 1 ton Du rant, 6f Clar? endon. Second District, N. Christensen, Jr.. m of Beaufort, and J. E. Harley, of Barnwell, with a possibility of Ex Governor McSweeney, of Hampton. Third District, Kenneth Baker, of Greenwood, and W. J. Strlbllng. of Pendleton. Fourth District, Senator B. F. Townsend. of Union; Dr. W. C. Black? of Greenville, and Clarence Cunnin? gham, of Laurens. Fifth district, John G. Richards, of Kenshaw; J. M. Cherry, of Rock HUL and W. F, Stenvenson, of Cheraw. Sixth district, J. H. Manning, of Lattsi, and D. H. Traxler, of Tis* fonsvllle. Seventh district, T. F. Brantley, of Orangeburg; J. H. Clifton, of Sum ter. anfl J. 8. Wannamaker of SC Matthews. There may be other entriee tomor? row. r 11 THE STATE LEAGUE BATTERS. Leading Swatters With the Tenons Dingte of Su inter Heads the list. The following is the official list of the leading batters in the South Car? olina State league for the first week, one batter being given for each club. It will be noted that Dingle of Sum ter is the leading batter of the StAto league. The averages take In the first six games of* the season: AB. H. P. C. / Sumter. Dingle.18 7 M Orangeburg. Prim.... i.19 * US Chester. Fischman.23 8 St* Rock HUL James.24 8 SSS Paint Your Buggy for 75c. To $1 with Devoe's Gloss Carriage* Paint. It weighs 3 to 8 ozs. mere to the pint than othors, wears longer and gives a gloss equal to new work. Sold by Durant Hardware Co. m2-17-3m Colds That Hang On. ?Colds thet hang on in the spring deplete the system, exhaust the nerve* and open the way for serious Illness. Take Foley's Honey and Tar. It quickly stops the cough and expels the cold. It Is safe and certain In re? sults. Slberfs Drug Store.