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rtUC MTOTKR WATCHMAN, EtUkbU Consolidated Aug. 8,188 &br o?laltbnwtt anb Stonttirim. Published Wednesday and Saturday ?BT? 03TEEM PUBLISHING COMPANY JUafTBR. & C Tenna: |M0 p.?r annum?In advance. Advertisement*: One Square first Insertion.$).00 Every subsequent Insertion.50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made at reduced rate*. All communications which sub* asrve private Interests will be charged for as advertisement*. Obituaries aud tributes of respects ?rill be charged for. hahr ha Mj in manning. S*uumorton ami Manning Amateurs I Full Off Spectacular Exhibition. Manning. April 84.?The first game of aaaa ball for this aeason at Man n\nx was called yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, Summerton vu. Manning. Team* played to a atand still on tie local fields, the. score being 1 to 1, end of the seventh ending. The battery for Summerton was Plowden and Wells. for Manning Juke Iteman and Thompson. There hi is been no more spectacular game played here In many seasons than was thla game. The sensational fielding ojf Davis at first for the vlaitors and the pitching of Iseman for the locals were the feature*. Iseman the local slab artist swoop? ed down on ten of the visiting swat? ters and vanquished them in 1-1-3 older. Had It not been for the surberb control of Plowden for the visitors. Manning would have suored a shut? out against them. McKlnnSy playing centre field for the home team dem? onstrated his ability as a fast fielder and will doubtleas be signed by Man? ager Thames. Grandstand and bleachers were packed. Beautiful young ladle* cheered the local team to victory, and It looked at the end of the seventh that Manning would sj PoPopsv<i take notice. Manning propose* play? ing ban. Wonderful Hloquertoe. V _ Here fc a masterpiece of pulpit elo? quence % Billy Sunday, formerly fa? mous a* a baaebatl player, who la now d> in* service as an evangelist: twenty-two years ago, with the Holy Spirit a* my guide, I entered this wonderful temple, called Christianity. I entered at the portico of Genesis, walked down throcgh the Old Testa? ment art gallery where the pictures of Noah. Abraham. Moses, Joseph, laaao. Jacob, Daniel hang on the wall. I passed into the muato room of Psalms, wtiore the spirit swept the keyboard if nature and brought forth the dirge like wall of the weeping prophet Jeremiah to the grand im? passioned atraln of Isaiah, until It seemed that every reed and pipe In Ood's great organ of nature respond? ed to the tuneful harp of David, the sweet singer of Israel. I entered the ohapel of Eccleslastes where the voice of the preacher was heard and unto the conservatory of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley's sweet scented apices filled and perfumed my life. I entered the business office of Pro? verb*, then Into the obaervatory room of the prpphet* where I saw tele? scopes of various altes, some pointing If far-off events; but all concentrat? ed upon the bright and morning star, which was to rise above the moonlit hilla of Judah for our Salvation. I en? tered the audience room of the King of King*, and caught a vision of His glory from th? standpoint of Mat? thew. Mark. Luke and John; pas??d Irto the Act* <?f th.? Apostles, where the Holy Spirit win doing his office work In the formation of the Infant church. HieS Into the correspond? ence room where eat Matthew, Mark. Luke. John Paul. Ivt.r. .lames and Jude, penning their eplatl?*?. I ped into the thron?' room ?f llcvda tlee), where all towered Ir to glitt' p Ina peak*, und I got a Hates of the King alttlntc upon Hla throne In all Hi* glory, and I cried: ?All hail the power of JcauV name Let angelt? prostrate fall Bring forth the royal diadem. And crown Him Lord of %11!" Because of complaints from resi? dent* of Chicago, of tho quality of the gas sold for Illuminating purposes, the Oity council ha* appropriated 110,300 for the enforcement of the new ordi? nance PeSSlrlnf dally teat* of the quality and pressure of gua supplied |a consumers. This sum Includes an annual salary of i2.R00 for one chief pas tester end salaries of $1,200 for two assistant see testers. ?ted April, ISM. 4Be Just a l. 8U1 HUM jjjjjjW WELL TRUSTEE SAYS PRESIDENT OF CLEM SON EVADES 1SSCE. Supports Allegations Made by Capt. Minus and Suggests Resignation of Several Clemaon Officials. Capt. Minus In Monday's State makes charges against Dr. Meli, pres? ident of Clemson college, for lnterfer- , Ing with the discipline of the lnstltu i tion, which caused him to resign his position as commandant of the mili? tary department of (Memsen college. Now, are these charges true or false? Dr. Meli In his reply doe;i not deny the allegations, and why not? He rays, "I decline to enter Into a news? paper controversy with the retiring commandant on the administration of alTairs at Clemson college, for the fallowing reasons: First, the Issues he raises belong entirely to the board of trustees. This body has recently considered these affairs and have an? nounced their declaion." I do not think Dr. Meli can prove this state? ment. The board considered Capt. Minus's resignation and not the charges, aa Dr. Meli would have the public believe. And we accepted It with the understanding that on ac? count of the continued interference of Dr. Meli with the discipline of the college. Capt. Minus could and would not submit to such treatment longer by Dr. Meli. This was not the first time Capt. Minus has complained to the board of trustees. As many as three times Capt Minus had stated that Dr. Meli was Interfering with the discipline of the college and if he did not stop meddling where he had no business he would have to resign through self respect. Dr. Meli promised twice to quit meddling with Capt- Minus' de? partment, ami if he had kept his promise we would have had none of this trouble and unpleasantness which Is now threatening to tear up the col? lege. Capt. Minus has made the same charges all the time?Interfer? ence with the military department of irtv college Is DrT MelrY forte. Aa I remember the interview with Dr. Moll In regard to his meddling with the military post, of the college he did not deny any of Capt Minus' charges, but simply tried to justify his course in meddling with Capt. Minus' department on the ground that he was head of the institution; that la to say. there was no appeal from his action or decision; he was supreme and that no man could act contrary to his notion of things with? out his changing the order, although the commandant had made It Dr. Meli la very much mlstakn if he declines to answer Capt. Minus' charges, and tries to dodge the issue by trying to lay it on the board of trustees. This is simply begging the question. Doctor, say they are false or true? If false, will not be satis fled with any such quibbling as this. forv I say again with emphasis the board has not investigated Capt. Min? us' charges. As Dr. Meli Is trying to make it appear to the general public, I for one will resent it, and say Dr. Mell's explanation does not explain. I be? lieve In fairness, equal rights to all men and special privilege to none. Some of us wanted an Investiga? tion, but from what I could see when the charges were made, Dr. Meli did not want an Investigation, and in my Judgment he is not anxious for it to? day. No man who is innocent Is afraid of an investigation. Had X been in Di Mell's place all the board could n< t have prevented lt. I would have demanded It on the conditions If It was ont granted they would have to accept my resignation, and not try to dodge the Issue by laying the blame on the board of trustees by saying they had Investigated the ad? ministration, when they havo not, and no one knows this better than Dr. Meli did. < 'apt. Minus has done the only thlr.g a gentleman could do under the existing condltlone* 1 ask Iba public to he.'.r what Com? mandants Simpson and Tiny have will), or have to say, on this point. Did they not hare the samo charges, and make them, on Dr. Meli, and wait not this interference on Dr. Mell's part tho cause of both of them leavito: Clemson college? What further evi d< nee will the public demand? We have the combined evidence of three men from the war department, all testifying on one point. Are they not auffielen! to convince the most in? credulous? Now, as I see It, the best thing for l>r. Meli to do is to resign as president of Clemson College, for the criticism and charges that are against him will be too much for the president of any great Institution to oarry. In my Judgment Dr. Meli is overloaded and can not measure up ud Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Ah kiTER. S. 0.. WEDN1 CENSUS DIRECTOR TO RESIGN. MB, NORTH AND SECRETARY NA? GLE SAID TO HAVE CLASHED. Friction Between Heart of Depart? ment of Commerce and Labor and Head of Census Bureau May Lead to Wholesale Investigation of Charges of Favoritism tn Employ? ment of Clerks. Washington, April 24.?The almost certain resignation of Director S. N. D. North, of the census bureau, dur? ing the next few days Is the result of difficulties between himself and Secre? tary Nagel, of the department of com? merce and labor, Is Just the beginning. It Is believed, of one of the most through departmental investigations that has ever been undertaken. For a long tlmo there have been mutterlngs that In many of the de? partments the most open frauds were allowed to be perpetrated by placing on the Government rolls the names of many members of the same family when this was forbidden, and carry? ing on the rolls names of persons who performed scarcely any work worth mentioning. Only last week Senators Bailey, McCumber, and others instanced on the floor of the Senate cases of this kind and declar? ed that a fraud was being worked on the Government, both in the placing of the names of these people on the roolp and In keeping them there to the exclusion of others to whom the places rightfully belonged. The disclosures in the North case will, It is believed, be only the open? ing wedge to an Investigation that will lead into every department in Washington. From time to tlmo Senators and Representatives have asked for In formation St different kinds and have also introduced resolutions with but ii. different results. There Is to be? apparently?a show-down as to whether the Government departments are being operated for the chiefs and heads of the bureaus for political rea? sons or In the Interest of the people and In a fair and uuupreJuJiced *\ ;>. It Is believed that the Senate will take up the matter when it meets Monday, though it Is impossible at this time to say with certainty who will take the Initiative or along what lines it will be directed outside of the census and civil service bureaus. TWO KILLED NEAR MTJLLINS. Train of Flats on Lumber Road Racks Into Hand Car. Mulllns, April 24.?Two persons were killed and three others hurt last night In a colllson on the railway of the Mulllns Lumber Company, near here. The logging crew, six in num? ber, was returning to the town on a hand car, and the engine, with a train of flat cars, was backing out to the logging camp. It was dark and men did not perceive the approach of tht- train until too late. The dead are: James Carmlchael, white, and David Lewis, colored. The injured are: A. C. Smith, white, leg broken and Internally Injured: Delaware Murray, colored, side and arm bruised; Walter James, colored, leg broken. ASYLUM INVESTIGATING COM? MITTEE. Inquiry Into Conditions at the Insttu tlon Excites General Interest. Columbia, April 25.?During the week beginning Monday there will b* .some Interesting meetings and hap Dtnlngl In the State which are ofgen erul Interest. Tomorrow the asylum Investigating committee Is .scheduled to meet here for tho first session, at Which testimony will bo taken, and theft Is considerable Interest In what the Inquiry win develop. Although there are not expected any sensation al revelations, still the public general? ly Is curious to know what the Inves? tigation will bring forth. Under the r? ( tat Act of the Legislature, the rornmltee Is empowered to summon witnesses and to ascertain everything possible as to the situation at the State Hospital for tho Insane. The committee has been subdivided Into iM nimlttees In order that the various parts of the work may be better ac? complished. When a maiden lady sets her cap for a man she is seldom captious. to the responsibility which has been laid on him. And I am not quite sure if one or two of the faculty ought not to do the same thing, for the sake of peace and prosperity In Clemson college. COKE D. MANN. West Union, April 23, 1909. 3 t us't at be thy Country's, Thy God's ani SSDAY. APRIL 28, U FINANCIAL OUTLOOK BRIGHT. BREAKING UP OF WHEAT CORN? ER HAS GOOD EFFECT. Demand for Securities |g Renewed And the Price Movement Turns Upward Again, Despite Technical Disadvantages In the Stock Murkct. New York, April 25.?Develop? ments In the outlook last week were regarded as favorable from a financial standpoint. The effect was to stimu? late renewed demand for securities sufficient to outweigh the disadvan? tages in the technical disposition In the stock market, and t'o turn the price movement upwards again. The disadvantage in the technical position lay In the extent to which the rise In prices had been carried, the large In? crease In the long account, and the disposition to close It out at the prof Its accrued. This caused a wavering of prices during part of the week. The most potent factor In bringing specu? lative sentiment out of this state of hesitation was the improved grain crop advices and practical breaking down of the short-lived corner In wheat. , Moreover news from the wheat fields was so encouraging as to dissi? pate the incipient crop scare, which hung over Uie financial markets the week before. Evidences multiplied of the expan? sion of business In the iron and steel trade. Chairman Gray informed the United States Steel stockholders that their business had been restored to about the volume of the December sale. Reports fromthe copper trade also indicated a rate of increase in the demand for refined copper, in? cluding a large export. Reports of the growth of the general merchan? dise movement and of the Increase of railroad traffic were more conserva? tive. In the coal trade, the feature was the further conferences for a set? tlement of the anthaclte mining wages and the growing confidence that an greeement was in sight. The money market gave evidence i that the period* of plethoric condi? tions was coming to an end. Rates for call loans were higher and the tone of the time loan branch ? was firmer In accordance with this sys? tem. Cash Is coming to New York still from the Interior, but the outgo of gold has been on scale sufficient to keep the net gain down. The loan account of the banks continued to ex? pand with the underwriting of new railroad bond Issues. The bond mar? ket enjoyed a sudden revival, after a subsidence of activity early in the week, which brought the volume of sales on Thursday to a par value of upwards of $10,000,000, a market sel? dom exceeded In breadth and activity. The march of events In Turkey was watched with placid Indifference In all the great securities markets. MANNING NEWS NOTES. Aba Williams, the Murderer Captured In Sunit er. Manning, April 23.? The cor? respondent of the News and Cour? ier, under date, Alcolu, April 19th. stated that Abe Williame, a negro who killed a negro woman had been ap? prehended, he was In error, as the ?Sid Abe Williams was captured yes? terday at Sumter through the vigi? lance of Chief of Police Bradford of Sumter, who phoned Mr. Huggini of the Manning police department that the alleged murderer was safely con lined In jail there. Sheriff Gamble was notified and will leave on the morning train for Sumter. A large number of representatives for school building supplies from va? rious sections of the United States were in consultation with the court house building commission. Messrs D. W. Alderman. W. Boott Harvtn. C. M. Davis. W. C. Davis, Charlton DuRant Only contract awarded was for metal (lttlngl from the Art Metal Co., James? town, x. y., t. B. W. Ridge, repre? sentative, Bids were received for lighting and wood furniture, majority of bids rejected, a few were taken un? der advisement. Misses uosa Lesesne and Llaelo Wells spent Sunday In Summorton With relatives. Mrs. W. C. Davis and Miss RltS Huggins spent several days In Sum? ter very pleasantly. Mrs. J. W. MeLeod, who Iuls been i visiting In Florence at the home of Mrs. Jerome P. Chase for the past week Is at home again. V.r. J. Wi MeLeod, a captain of in? dustry, has been very Blck for the past few days, but Is now much Im? proved. The charming Miss Julia Sprott spent Sunday with her parents at out I) I Truth's." THE TRI )09. Sew 8e MASSACRE IN ASIA MINOR. THOUSANDS OF ARMENIANS SLAIN IN NEIGHBORHOOD OF ADANA. Inhabitants of Many Villages, Sur? rounded by Fiendish Kurds and Circassians, In Pitiful Straits. Beirut, /prll 25.?The situation in Asiatic Turkey is one of extreme gravity. How many thousands have been massacred can not be estimated, the disturbance having been so wide? spread. Latest estimates place the number of killed in Adana at approxi? mately 25,000 and thousands have been done to death in the towns of other districts. The state of seige which several of the pla.ces are un? dergoing has brought the inhabitants to the verge of starvation. Several warships are In these wa? ters, but the disorders are so far reaching that the efforts of the pow? ers to restore normal conditions have as yet hardly been felt. The French cruiser Jules Ferry arrived here to? day, and left for Balkia, where swarms of refugees are pouring in. British, French and German warships are at oth?r ports, and marines have been landed to quell disorders as far as possible at the more Important points. One of the missionaries at Alexftn dretta, Mr. Kennedy, with 4 50 Tur? kish troops, has gone to the relief of Deurtyul, an Armenian village on the coast where 10,000 people are beselg ed by Immense bands of Kurds and Circassians. Orly two days ago a Biitish warship returned from that p'ace,( the governor having refused the Commander permission to land a re? lief party. The water supply has been cut off from the town. Children drink out of animal tracks after a shower. There was Incessant firing on Greek subjects sent out under es? cort yesterday. Confirmation has been received of the burning of the Armenian village of Kessab. All the men and many women and children have been slain. The American property thee was de? stroyed. , Miss Chambers, an Ameri? can missionary, is safe. All the property cf the Christians at DJebel Bereket has been destroyed. The loss, will be enormous. Reports ?taie that Hadjin hi the vilayet of Adana, is on fire. Five American wo? men are there, including Miss Law bee, who has been sending out ap? peals or help; Miss Virginia A. Bill? ings and Miss Bowman. The authori? ties have refused permission to Messrs. Lawson and Chambers, also American missionaries, to go to their relief. Frantic appeals for protection and food are coming from all sec? tion.-. Beirut is quiei. Jordan. Mrs. Mike Heller, of Klngstree, is the guest of her 3ister, Mrs. R. B. Lyons. Mr. Stewart Coffcy, of Lenoir, N. C, is the ^uest of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McLeod, at their surburban home. J. M. Woods, Esq., spent Sunday at home with his partents at Sardina. Ex-Senator C. M. Davis, of Sum? mt rton, was greeted by his many friends on Tuesday. Mrs. F. E. Harrison, of Abbeville, the former lovely and popular Miss Olivia Ingram. Is a guest of her fath? er, Mr. S. E. Ingram. Mr. NT. B. Clarkson, special agent of the Fidelity Lifo Insurance Co., of Columbia, EL C, was here on Tu^ day. Messrs. 8. M. Riddle and A. C. Duck er of Sumter, two popular travel? ing men was here on Tuesday. Mr. D ,W. Alderman, the lumber king of Alcolu, was here on business Tuesday. Mr. LeRoy Lee, a prominent citizen of Klngstree was in our midst on the 80th. Miss Lueile Iseman, a fair daughter of Manning, will attend the daneo at the Hotel Jackson at Sumter. April ;h. also J. MeSwolr Woods, Esq. Misses Rosa Iseman and Lizzie Wells, two very accomplished young women Of Manning, will spend Sun? day In Bummerton with Mr. an 1 Mrs. n. a. Tlsdale. Mrs. A. II Breden, a CharlestOntaU o. Charlestonlans will spend May fes? tival week In that city. A fish fry was tendered to Mr. Ter? ry Moses, of Sumter, at Martin's I*ike by Mr. B. P. Fulton on Tuesday. The following'guests were present: Messrs. A. Weinberg. Julian Weinberg, S. O. O'Bryan, C. J. Lassans, J. w. Rigby. T. F. Coffcy. D. Levi, I. I. Appelt. These disciples of Izack Walton obtained a splendid catch and with a bountiful supply of edibles, and good fellowship, a most delightful [lay was passed and all those present were loud in the praise of the gener? ous hospitality Bhown by their host. xmu IE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, 181 ries?Yol. XXIX. No 19 THE TURKISH BEYOIOTION. VILDIZ KIOSH IV HANDS OF? YOUNG TURKS. Committee of Notable Men to Sit hi Judgment on Abdul Hamid?Mar? tial Law in Constantinople. Constantinople, April 25.?The YIl diz garrison surrendered today to tha constitutional forces. The command? ers of these battalions began sending in their submission to Mahmoad Schefket Pasha last night and the whole of the troops protecting tho palace gave their formal and uncon? ditional surrender shortly after dawn. Niazi Bey, called the hero of the July revolution, is now in command of tho garrison. Sultan Abdul Hamid has been per? mitted to remain within the walls of the Yildiz Kiosk, where, in company with the ministers, he waited for the outcome of the struggle betweeen h^a loyal troops and the army of invest? ment, each hour bringing to him word of a fresh disaster. It has been stated that the sultan gave orders to> his men not to resist. Whether or not this is true, it can be safely said of the troops within the capital that they put up a stubborn resistance at all points and the losses; on both sides are heavy for the length of time the engagement was in prog? ress. A representative of the command er-in-chief of the constitutionalist forces is authority for saying that there will be an adequate Inquiry into the sovereign's alleged complicity in the recent mutiny. The ministry hast not yet been dissolved, but Constan? tinople and a number of other places; have been declared In a state of seige. Martial law prevails. The last gar? rison to surrender was the Sellmlch artillery. Four thousand ? men sta? tioned there with 100 guns threatened to blow the city Into ruins, bqt Gen. Schefket today ordered up 60 big guns and several batteries of machine guns to positions which comaranded the barracks, and the cruiser Med! Jleh steamed out of *-each of the Seiet pieces and prepared for action. The commander of the barracks there? upon submitted. Following yesterday's terrific light? ing the city took on an aspect of strange quiet towards evening. There \ was some fear that there would* be further fighting during the night, aar the forces of Gen. Schefket were strongly posted close to the palace. The Investing troops were rein? forced in the fear that the Yildis gar? rison would remain loyal to the sul? tan and continue the struggle to the end. Fortunately the officers saw the hopelessness of resistance. ^ TAFT MAY CATCH MKASLESI Shook nantls With Boy Who Was Taken 111 Next Bay. Dayton, Ohio, April 25.?According: to advices from Washington, James F. Cox, Jr., the six-year-oM son of Rep? resentative J. M. Cox of the 3rd Ohio district, met and shook hands with President Taft recently. Later the boy was taken ill and the physician, diagnosed the ease ej mea.-des. The president was wiih the lad long' enough to be exposed to the disease and it Is said he has never undergone a seige of measles. The Woman's Melival School at Shanghai awarded diploma* to "six graduates lately. The school was: founded a little more than three years ago by funds furnished by Lt Ping Shu, p;esident of the Chinese Town Council. The principal of the school Is a Chinese woman who took an advanced educational course in both Canton and Hon^-Kong. Dur? ing the last year there were thirty students. Each of the six graduate* read an essay, two of them in Eng? lish. Accept a favor from the average? man and he won't let you forget it for the rest of your natural life. fgfmmmmmmm 1. ? 1 11,111 ? Mr. a. J. Bradford, of Suaster, has secured a position as bookkeeper with; Mr. J. it. Rtgby. Summerton and Manning will cross* bats today at the Manning baseball* park. Watch this old reliable town play ball. We have a record to keei> up. Mr. Herman H. Pradham, a promi? nent traveling man. ui " \nown andt highly esteemed, is visiting at ?Vir hOO&e of his parents. Hon. and Mrs* D. St Bradham. Merss. Leo WOllhOUSe, Messrs. W* C Clalrborne, W. C. Ooopoff. andi R.. G. Gourdln, large purchasers of tim? ber lands are In Manning, stopping at the Central Hotel. I. M 1?