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CO! \TN Si MMKR SCHOOLS,
i ettci ^ ul Out b> State Su|HTlntend
rnt off Education Swcarlugcn on
I he Subject.
W Columbia. April 2.?It Is possible
?^that summer schools fhf teachers will
bm held In several of th counties of
the State during the coming summer.
The available income from the per?
manent school fund will be $6.851.30
or $13$ for each county. This amount
PN? not enough to defray the expenses
"f a summer school, yet it has been
the custom in the past for the coun?
ts, i.e ir-Is of edio tith.n |a pay part of
the instructor's salary*
State Superintendent of Education
Swearlngen yesterday addre&sod the
tafollowlng letter of instructions to the
eounty Superintendents of the State:
"This year the available income
from the permanent school fund will
amount to $5.851.30. This amount
has been apportioned among the 43
counties for the maintenance of sum
^tner school* f,.r teachers.
"The apportionment of $136 to
?ach county will not defray the neces?
sary expense, but neither the State
superintendent of education nor the
State board of education has the right
to authorise or require that it be sup
j^^lemented from county funds. In
former years it was the practice,
among county boards of education,
to pay some part of the instructor's
salary. In 1909 several counties con?
ducted summer schools independent
of State support, and the policy was
SVnot questioned.
This practice seems to me the
means of making county sum?
mer schools efficient, and each county
superintendent and county board
must determine the expediency of
such a supplementary expenditure.
mm- "Summer I thOOl instructors will be
appointed and their compensation
flaed by the OOUnfJ sup. rintendent
with the approval of the State s ip. r
Intendent. It is moat earnestly rec
ommended that the session continue
four weeks, if possible.
\Vhere\.r district schools are de?
sired \>\ MafhbochaS counties, the su?
perintendents should arrange all pre?
liminaries at once, and report these
to the State department.
"Rule 18, page 60, school law. 190').
states clearly the conditions govern?
ing the Ten? Aal of first and second
^*grade eertiti. at- s. Please write me at
your earliest opportunity. giving
plans as to place, date of opening nnd
cloning, names of all Instructors, sal?
aries and subjects to nt? offered. The
following is the resolution of the
State board authorizing this course:
, "*Resol\ed. That the Income from
the permanent school fund l>e Slvld+d
among the i ountles, with the request
that each hold a summer school in
dhlduallv or in conne? tion with some
other counts, and the t.uinty super?
intendent of tb?n be requested
Vyto report to the State superintendent
of education on blanks furnished by
him.' "
TO KN|> 4'OTTt )N rt Tt HI S.
Hut House Hill Prohn hi > Will Not
^ \|?pl> to (.rnln Exchanges.
Washington. Man h :'. I.?A new
cotton anti-option bill, to be known
as the Scott bill, prohlhting transac?
tions In future* in commercial mar?
kets. Is likely to be reported to the
House.
It is practically settled, so far as
the Sub-Committee on Agriculture Is
concerned, that the grain exchanges
will not be affected by the proposed
legislation, the member* taking the
ponitlon that there Is no sentiment
In the West for such elimination of
| the sraln futures, ns In the case off
the cotton exchanges, and tb.it the
grain exchange representatives who
testified before the committee made
a much better showing than the cot?
ton ex- hange officials presented.
Thers was no final a< tlon at this
afternoons session of the Sub-Com?
mittee, but It I* probale that by Sat
urday morning a bill will be ready
for submission designed to stop effect?
ually future dealings on the cotton
inges. The full committee will
meet the middle of next week.
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CIVIC LKAgvi: mass MJUffTlMG A
srcc i:ss.
Farm* Congregation Hoard the PlUSl?
Hont of ||M University at First Bap?
tist Church Last Night <?n Crttt
PigMlfMMH and Sunitation.
Tbc muH? meeting; in the First Bap
Ui church last night in the interest
of the Civic League was largely at?
tended, and those present were given
a treat In the address of Dr. S. C.
Mitchell, president of the South Caro?
lina University. Dr. Mitchell's sub
jeet was "Civic Righteousness and
Sanitation." He spoke of the great
good being accomplished by the or- ?
ganization and pointed out that the
Sumter organization is a pioneer,
whose example will be followed by
the rest of the State. He comemnded
In highest terms the excellent work
for humanity.
Dr. Mitchell is a speaker who ap?
peals to his hearers not from flowery
diction but from hard and irrefutable
facts and argument. He handles cold
truth like a Damascus blade, which
botb shines and cuts.
At the meeting Rev. H. H. Coving
ton read a report of the work that
has been done during the past year,
which Is as follows:
From Jan. 1. 1909. to Jan. 1, 1910,
the city nurse visited 222 patients,
making 2,S6."> visits. 16 patients died;
of these 11 were consumptives; 2
whites, 9 negroes. The nurse only
visited negroes in consumption, not as
some suppose in general sickness, giv?
ing directions and instructions and
aid In old clothing, nourishment, etc
They were with only one exception
most humble, rsspsctful and grate?
ful. Two tents have been used in
the tuberculosis work and the pa?
tients occupying them greatly bene?
fited. $123.00 was raised to send a
patient to Philadelphia for treatment
where through the kindness of Dr.
Sinkler he was kept eight months and
returned much improved.
Four operations were given patients
free at the Sumter Hospital. All
proved very beneficial. $35.98 was
given to be used among the poor at
the direction of the nurse by the
Washington Street Baptist church
Woman's Missionary Union and a
number of friends.
Th? nurse was allowed to take np
about $70.00 worth of medical sup?
plies at the various drug stores, all of
which made liberal reductions. A lib?
eral supply of old clothing, milk, eggs
bread and vegetables have been dis?
tributed through the office and aid
given in various ways.
$19.50 was paid for services of
nurse ley those who fell able to pay.
Jle a'lso read a report for one month
?July, 1909, which was as follows:
Xum?Sudle Furman.
Patients.
Tubereulosis Patients.15
Total No. Visits.288 '
Visits to Tuberculosis Patients 68 1
S. nt to hospitals.
Died.3 1
Dismissed.18 i
Remaining under treatment. .1 i>
RsSJiarlH The nursing has been]
heavy this month and the calls forj
help numerous. We have been able
to meei thSM satisfactorily. The sup?
ply of milk has fallen below what Is
needed. The young men's prayer
meeting of the Washington St. Bap?
tist church gave $6.03 to be disposed
of as the nurHe sees fit. From the
and previous gifts we still have in
hand )S.lt< A doctor from the Orth?
opaedic Hospital, Philadelphia, re?
ports that Mr. V. O. Grovers restora?
tion to health will be complete and
h.> will return in September."
A collection was taken, both In
cash and in subscriptions to be paid
during the year to maintain the work.
A ?OOd sum was realized, but not suf?
ficient f<T the work. Those who were
not present and consequently were not
given an Opportunity of contributing
t<> the cause may do so by calling at
the nurse headquarters at 216 N.
Main street, or railing up phone No.
111
i.odgi d in .1 Ml. s ITVRDAY.
Neuro Charged With Obtaining floods
I nder I'iiIm- Preten?.?*.
Arthur Har\ in, colored, is in
trouble. He was lodged in jail Satur?
day ? harged with Obtaining goods un?
der false pj*0tonSS, The warrant was
sworn .<ut by Mr. R, II. Blgham, Ar?
thur s/anted some money and warded
it so badlj th.it he mortgaged a mule
I hat was Already mortgaged, repre?
senting the animal to be free from In
i umhrarice. Hi was carried before
Magistrate Harby. who bound him
over to court, and not being able to
gl\e bond, was lodged In Jail.
d Fear not-~-Let all the ends Thou Aim
IT ER. S. 0., WEDJNJ]
mm NEGRO MURDERED.
CALLED TO DOOR AM) HEAD
SPLIT WITH AXE.
Dosia Rogers, Whose Mother Lives on
Divine Street Murdered in Her Own
Door In Manning?Her Child
Tracking In It! Mother's Hlood.
Last Saturday, Annie Rogers, a ne?
gro woman living at No. 6 Divine
street was called to Manning by wire
telling her of the murder the night
before of her daughter, Dosia, in
Manning.
Dosia Rogers was a negro woman
ml out thirty years of age. She had
been living in Clarendon county. In
the country for several years, but last
Tuesday moved to Manning and was
Occupying a tenant house to the rear
of Probate Judge Windam's house.
She was found about 8 o'clock Satur?
day morning just inside her door with
her head split open as if with an
axe. She had probably been called to
door during the night, and when she
opened it, the murderer got in his
deadly work.
The neighbor! heard no unusual
disturbance during the night, but
Judge Windham states that he noted
that his bird dog acted In a very ex?
cited mannear near onto midnight.
The worn- n was a native of Man?
ning, but for some years her people
have been living here. Dosia has
been living in the country, but the
entire family had decided to go to
Manning. Minnie, her mother was
expecting to move in with her daugh?
ter, and gave her thirty dollars, her
lUrplUI money, to get things in read?
iness for the family to move from
bore there this week. It is very like?
ly that the murder was committed for
the purpose of robbery, as none of
the money turned over to her by her
mother could be found.
Dosia leaves a little girl four or five
years of ago, and there are bloody
tracks on the floor where the child
had stepped in her own mother's
blood and tracked it over the floor.
Xo clue to the guilty party has yet
been found, though the coroner's jury
is still at work on the case. A young
negro named Ben Miller, who was
seen about the place the afternoon be?
fore the tragedyi has been arrested,
but he denies any knowledge of the
affair. It may be that the woman
was followed from the country by one
who committed the crime. So far the
whole thing is a mystery.
_
Another Account.
Manning, April 2.?A negro woman
named Annie Rodgera, about thirty
years old, was killed last night in a
tenant bouse, near Probate Judge
Wlndham'i residence. She was found
about 8 o'clock this morning lying
in the partly opened door, with her
head crushed as if with an axe. ap?
parently she had been called to the
door during the night and struck
down by some unknown party. No
disturbance was beard by near neigh?
bors, but Judge Windham noticed that
his bird dog was acting in a very ox
cited manner about 10 or 11' o'clock,
I The woman Is said to have come from
Sumter, and had lived out in the
country until last Tuesday, when she
?moved into the house in town, in
which she was killed.
It was at first thought that some
one who had known her elsewhere
had followed her here and committed
the deed, but inter it was reported
that her mother had given her thirty
dollars with which to go back to
Sumter and, as no money has been
found about the house, it is pooeible
that the killing wjs done for the pur?
pose of robbery. The women leaves
a little girl four or five years old,
whose tracks were plainly shown in
her mother's blood on the floor.
Coroner Raggett instituted an in?
quest, but sufficient evidence has not
yet been had to warrant finding a
verdict. A young negro named lien
Miller was arrested on suspicion, he
having been seen about the premises
yesterday evening, but when question?
ed about it he denied having been
there.
HOY CHARGED WITH ASSAULT.
Clarence Turner Lodged in Jail on
Serious Charge,
Florence, April 1.?Clarence Turn?
er, the 16-year-old son of Mr. K. vv.
L, Turner, of the Bfflngham section,
was arrested yesterday and brought
to Florence and placed In jail on the
charge of bavins committed a hein?
ous ( rime, or rather made so by stat?
utory law. upon a l I-year-old girl,
living in the same section,
Application will be made at once
for bond.
The negro Masonic lodge hall was
burned at Rock Hill Sunday; loss $3,
000.
s't at be thy Country'*, Thy God's am
ESDAY. APRIL 6, 19
BUCKET SHOPS RAIDED.
FEDERAL OFFICERS INDICT 29
MEN.
Charge? of Conspiracy Made Against
WeH Known Firms and Their
Agents.
Washington, April 2.?The govern- J
ment of the United States today made
It! first vigorous onslaught on stock
gambling, which, in scope, practically
covers the country from the Missouri
river to the Atlantic Coast.
Brokers* offices in New York. Phila?
delphia, Jersey City, Baltimore, Cin?
cinnati and St. Louis were raided sim?
ultaneously at 11 o'clock (Eastern
time) today by special agents of the
department of justice, who were arm?
ed with bench warrants issued by the
Supreme Court of the District of Co?
lumbia.
Conspiracy indictments, in which
29 persons are named?five of them
said to be millionaires and all inter?
ested in brokers' offices in large cities
of the United States?were returned
late yesterday by the Federal grand
jury of the District of Columbia upon
evidence which agents of the depart?
ment of justice had been gathering
for more than a year.
The indictments were withheld yes?
terday on the request of Attorney
General Wickersham, so that the de?
partment of justice detectives might
make the raids simultaneously uopn
the places suspected of being bucket
shops."
The men indicted are said to be
those financially interested in the cor?
porations known as E. S. Boggs & Co.,
which lias offices in New York and
Philadelphia; Price & Co., which has
offices In Baltimore and New York,
end the Standard Stock and Grain
Dealers, which has offices in Jersey
City, Philadelphia, Cincinnati and St.
Louis.
The three firms indicted maintain
more than 250 offices and branch
offices loaded from New England to
Oklahoma.
With the aid of United States At?
torney Baker of the District of Co?
lumbia, Special Assistant Attorney
General A. Gruce ^ielaskl and Chief
T^lnch of Attorney General Wicker
sham's bureau of investigation have
been presenting the evidence to the
grand jury for several days.
The theory of the conspiracy indi?
cates that every man was connected
with the operation of the three firms
Which did business in the district had
entered into a conspiracy to relieve!
people of their money. The govern?
ment maintains that eevry alleged;
bucketing transaction of! the local)
brokers named was the act of each:
and every person charged in the in-j
dictment.
in a prepared statement issued to?
day Attorney General Wickersham
expressed the Kolief that the return
of these Indictments and the prose-;
cution of the defendants therein will
do a gt>>at deal toward destroying the
operations of buciketshops throughout
the country. t
VOWS VKNGF.ANri; ON COLLIER'S
Secretary Balllngcr to Hold Weekly
Responsible for Attacks.
Washington, April 2.?Secretary of
Oie Interior Ballinger announced this
afternoon that in dr*v> time he would
institute proceedings in law against
Collier's Weekly as the result of the
publications concerning him which
are appearing in that -paper.
In connection with the article in
the current issue, headed, "Ballinger
Bhyster,' in which Mr. Ballinger is ac?
cused of "an unpardonable breach of
professional honor" In connection
with a bankruptcy proceedings In the
United States court at Seattle in 1904,
the Secretary said
"For the malicious, villainous and
untruthful attacks, of which this is
?Imply another chapter, I propose to
bring them to justice."
While Mr. Ballinger would not Indi?
cate when or In what manner the
matte r would be brought into court,
he said that If he lived long enough
"they will suffer all the penalties the
law wil warrant."
"Tiny have deliberately sent their
agents and e. 'ssaries throughout the
country to traduce me by a campaign
of vlllification that Is no! warranted
by any facts whatsoever, if they think
tiny can attack me with impunity
they are mistaken.
"Every suggestion they make has
been thoroughly covered by testimony
and orders of the United States Dis?
trict Courl for the District of Wash?
ington, Northern division, exonerat?
ing me from the slightest suspicion
of any Irregularity and Impropriety."
A. J. Yellowly, of Louisiana, ha.
been appointed revenue agent to sue
peed E. W. Screven, deceased.
1 Truth's." THE TRUI
10. Sew Serb
THE COTTON MARKET.
PRICES HAVE DECLINED OWING
TO RAINS IN TEXAS.
American Spinners and Liveri>ool
Shorts Still Trying to Cut Down |
Level of Values.
New York, April 1 ?Prices have
given way, notably on the new crop
months, owing to heavy rains in Tex?
as. They are still so high that it is
believed a very large acreage will ' ,
planted in spite of the rages in ^x
cent years by the boll weevil. f v
can spinners are still fighting
dealers and Liverpool sh' N> is
said, will ship 30,000 b Nt
York in the near future. ? local
stock of certificated cotton has lately
increased about 6,500 bales. Recent?
ly it was decreasing, an important
item every day. The tendency is now
the other way. Dry goods reports
are more or less gloomy. The outside
public holds aloof from the specula?
tion. The weakness in the stock
market from time to time has cer?
tainly not helped matters.
Farm w ork at the South is making
rapid progress. The copious rains in
Texas, it is believed, will do an im?
mense amount of good. Receipts at
some Southern points of late have
been liberal. Rumors have been per?
sistent, too, that the bull leaders were
quietly selling the May option and
going into July and October. The
idea of some is that the bulls have
no hankering to face big shipments
from Liverpool for delivery on May
contracts. Dulls in their turn deny
that they have been selling and they
predict higher prices later on through
the operation of the law of supply
and demand. They predict that sup?
plies will be down to a very low
point by September 1 and that unless
an enormous crop is raised this year
the visible supply of American cotton
will again be very low on September
1, 1911.
Liverpool's spot and call sales have
lately been large. Bull leaders and
large spot people here and in Phila?
delphia have at times been good buy- I
ers. The Egyptian crop outlook is
said to be less favorable. Prices at
Alexandria have advanced sharply re?
cently on certain days. A better in?
quiry for yarns is reported at Boston.
Spot markets at the South have been
pretty generally linn. If American
spinners are pessimistic, European
spinners are optimistic. It is said
too, that in most continental countries
cotton mills have only about six
weeks' supply of the raw material.
Manchester's reports are cheering as
to increasing trade and the tone of
she market.
In fact, roughly speaking, it may
be said that while America is bearish,
Europe is bullish on cotton.
STIR AMONG "BLIND TIGERS."
Independent Detectives Do Some
Good Work in Cheater.
Chester,. April 1.?Messrs. A. T.
Bridges and R. K. Gentry, formerly
with the Gunnison Detective Agency,
of Vicksburg, Miss., but now working
independently, created a little stir
among the "blind tigers" this week;
but their work was not as effective as
it has been elsewhere. They have
been here for three weeks, and du
ring that period worked up twelve
cases, which were reported to the
grand jury. Of the twelve cases
seven true bills were found, and five
were thrown out.
Messrs. Bridges and Gentry were
employed by Mr. L. D. Childs, and
have been here for three weeks. Both
men have splendid testimonials re?
specting character, ability, etc., and
when proof along these lines was
demanded were able to produce citi?
zens of Chester to swear to their good
character. They have been criticised
for tactics employed in certain cases
that they endeavored to work up;
but were doubtless only following up
their business and trying to work up
cases in the proper way.
COMMANDER PEARY STOPS.
Alleged Discoverer of North Pole Has
Enough.
Chicago, April 1.?Commander
Robert ES. Poary, who arrived in Chi?
cago today, declared in an Interview
that for all time he was positively
through with polar exploration.
"1 am absolutely at the end of my
career as an explorer," he said. "Re?
ports that 1 am to lead an expedition
into the Antarctic regions are not
true, and I certainly do not contem?
plate another trip to the North Pole.'
Smallpox has broken out In Ander
son and the Board of Health has or
dered general vaccination.
: SOUTHRON, Established June, MM
ss-Vol. XXXI. No. 12.
SPLIT OH RAILROAD BILL
TWO VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THOSE OPPOSING MEASURE.
Bill Arraingod as Having Been Dic?
tated and Manipulated by President
And Drafted by His Attorney Gen?
eral * Democratic Members
R' Sign Minority ReiK>rt?
^ .native Mann Sponsor.
/
,nington, April 1.?Widely dl
ing views on regulative control
common carriers, including a spilt
minority presentation, are expressed
in reports which accompanied the
submission of the Administration
railroad bill to the House by the In?
ter-State commerce committee today.
That measure, drafted by Attorney
General Wickersham at the instance
of President Taft, introduced by Rep?
resentative Townsend, of Michigan,
and transformed by radical changes
by a House committee into a substi?
tute measure, already is being de?
bated in the Senate, and the House
probably will follow the naval appro?
priation bill.
Chairman Mann, who will act as
sponsor for the bill, though opposed
to the Commerce Court and others of
its provisions, will seek to fix a date
on Monday.
The majority report stamps the
proposed legislation as even more Im?
portant than any preceding Acts for
the control of Inter-State and foreign
railroads, imposing no undue burdens
nor interference with railway man?
agement, and conferring large bene?
fits upon the shippers and public at
large.
The minority report, striking at the
Commercce Court, declares "no un?
tried, experimental legislation of a
doubtful character should be entered
upon by Congress at this time, when
neither shippers, consumers nor rail?
roads ask for such legislation."
The minority members, while
earnest advocates of Federal regula?
tion or supervision of Inter-State rail?
roads, attack the bill as paternalis
j tic.
The minority also arraigned the
bill as having been dictated and man?
ipulated at the instance of the Pres?
ident and drafted by his Attorney
General. "The preparation and man?
ipulation of the measure," says the
minority, "is a mortifying and di.*
couraging commentary upon the
people's representatives and they
claim that the bill so dictated by the
Administration transfers the vital
work of the Inter-State commerce
commission to the department of jus?
tice."
Still another .cet of views is pre
rented by Messrs. Sims, of Tennessee,
and Russell, of Texas, Democratic
members of the committee, who re?
fuse to sign the minority report,
though in favor of some of its fea?
tures.
Mr. Richardson, of Alabama, who
signed the minority report, believes
the bill leads to Government owner?
ship of railroads and will offer an
amendment prescribing physical val?
uation, instead of fluctuating value of
capital stock, as a basis for ascer?
taining a fair and reasonable rate.
ASYLUM COMMISSION APPOINT?
ED.
Gov. Ansel Names Men to Buy Land
And Erect Buildings.
Columbia, April 2.?The commis?
sion to purchase lands for the State
Hospital for the Insane and to erect
certain buildings was appointed yes?
terday by Gov. Ansel for a term of
one year. The members of the com?
mission are: Dr. J. W. Babeoek, su?
perintendent of the State Hospital for
the Insane; Dr. Robert Wilson, Jr.,
chairman of the State Board of
Health, of Charleston; Judge R. O.
Purdy, of Sumter; Dr. Geo. B. Crom
er, of Newberry, and Leroy Springs,
of Lancaster. The appointment was
made under a joint resolution passed
at the last session of the last general
assembly, after the condition of the
State hospital had been fully discuss?
ed In both the hottse and senate.
The appointment of Dr. Babeoek
and Dr. Wilson was provided for by
the resolution. Under the resolution
the commission is authorized to bor?
row the sum of $100,000 on the credit
ot the State from the sinking fund
or from any other source, if the same
can not be secured from the sinking
fund. Not over 5 per cent, per an?
num is to be paid on the money. The
funds will be used for purchasing ad?
ditional lands and the erection of cer?
tain buildings.
Some of the Albany legislators ap?
pear to have been hold-up men first
and law-makers merely on the side.?
Chicago News.