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GRIFT IN PHILIPPICS. MARTIN sy>s SfGAR TIll'ST IS Ol RDM Uli All PROPERTY. < barged That Wm- Department I* Withholding Information That Would Prove Ills Contention? \-ks Vn Imiulry. I - Washington. April 1"?.?Ktpgmf> tatlve Martin of Colorado, a Demo? crat, who for weeks hau been waging a fight In the house in an effort t > Hhow that the Friar lands of the Philippine Inlands are being seized by the "sugar trust" with the acqulsc ence of Attorney General Wlcker ^sham .s>nd the war department, to r nTfht gave to the press an In ten I m In which he reviews his -?ffortr. SS? Mils the government officials alleged to be Involved, charges that informa? tion which would prove his conten? tion is being withheld *>y the war k\ department and demands a full con? gressional inquiry into the matter. Mr. Martin characterises the action of the Republican majority of the house yesterday in defeating his res? olution, calling upon the war de? partment for information regarding kthe sales of the Friar lands, a blan? keting move." He points out a num? ber of alleged discrepancies In the reports sent by the war department to the house committee on Insular affairs concerning the Frisur land transaction and accuses the govern | ment officials of duplicity and deceit. He charges the administrate with having begun a "polio/ of ex? ploitation in the Philippines." and declares that "if It has been falsely accused let it take off the lid " Mr. Martin announced that he vas pre I paring a new resolution df iaqulry ' into the Friar land deal, which he said he would Introduce In the house as soon as he had finish*! drafting It "If there was ever any loobt about the necessity for an Investigation of I Philippine affairs." said Mr Martin ' "It is removed by the disclosures made by the war department in re sponse to my resoitulon of Inquiry "I could point out many other things." continued Mr. Martin, "but the proper time and place n point them out will be in a congressional ?Investigation. The admlnstratlon must Investigate this matter or stick its head in the sand like an ostrich to blind Its eyes to the storm that Is oomlng." War department officials t o Ight declared that the statement mads by "Representative Martin Is not worth,* of serious consideration, as he had taken the facts in the case and "gar? bled them to make It appear us if the government had been a party to wrong dealings." Jt was satd th it I the records furnished to the Insular } committee by the war department would prove that the department b id scted In the matter with perfect propriety. Does your clock keep accurate time? If not. send it to C. M. Joye, Tat Savoy. 4-15-1 w. I>ei*4ertlon I rom the Army. The point of gratest Interest in the report of the adjutant general of the army Is the question of dersertlon. [ This Is a matter of particular Impor? tance to *he public at large Inasmu? f as the sdjutant general attributes the ?Treat number of desertions .o th fiell.igs ff the public regarding de? sertion In general. He Is perfectly right In thin conclusion. The aver? age American cltlaen does not regard seriously the deserter's violation of hla oath of service, and will often aid him In escaping from Justice. Near? ly 6.000 men deserted last yea.r. In the great Continental armies of cer scrlptlon desertions are very rar\ Man\ causes ha\e been given for desertion from the American arm>. The abolition of the canteen Iff, M doubt, a prim* cause, and one th: t acts Indirectly as well as directly. It la Impossible to calculate the amount || evil to the army resulting Tr >m I the spparently simple clause, an 1 K can not be fully appreciated by any one r>ut an oflb-er In command ol troops, nor Is it readily made sjeej to i?ny one connected with armv 11V. because Its workings are so Intricate. Another cause M the monotony oi garrison life, hut this cause Itself I affected by the absence of the -an teen. The . nnteen. properly onduri ed. was a ' I i>> f'-r the enlisted op* where they ed.talnod nothing stronger than beer, end only a limited quan? tity of that mild bew ray and afhef the men assembled and cn| ?..???! themselves quietly and comfortabl /. thus counteracting |e a great taten! the monotony of a soldier's life. The profit' of the canteen were used t? Improve H? Moldlcra' fare and ihm varied the nwnotonv ot the army !?? tlon. Moreowr. some of the proits SjrgSjM utilised for other benelPs to the men. su< h as amusements of \? - rlnus kinds. whl< h also tended to re? lieve the monotony of dally routine. ?New York Sun. Prompt work a specialty. C. M. Joye. Watchmaker and Joweler, at Savoy. 4-15-lw. SVMTER \VAll-orill) FLOR^NCK. sumter iiiuh School Defeated the Vhm ei the rVnkfttflMi High School In <i?M?<l (iiiim>?Score i to 2 at Wind-up. In a frame replete with all kinds of . usatlonal plays, both In the field and at the bat. the boys of the Sum? ter high school walloped the base ball team of the Presbyterian high s- hool. of Florence, In a good fash? ion by a score of 4 to 2. The locals started out in the open? ing Inning by pushing two men across the rubber, and repeated the stunt In the third, but from that time on were unablo to score, although they had ample opportunities. With the l?.;ul thus obtained, they hail the game on ice, and they kept It good and safe until the end. The visitors managed to score two runs, one com? ing in the second and the other In the sixth Innnlng. A base on balls fol? lowed by a stolen base and then a hit resulted In a run in each of the two Innings. Chandler pitched a magnificant game for the home boys, yielding only three hits in as many innings, and he further helped to win the game by lining out a single and a three base hit. Marshall's catching, and the stick work of Dick, who got three hits out of five times up helped very materially in landing the vic? tory. The particularly brilliant feature of the game was the work of Howel, the visitors little pitcher, who held the locals without a run In two In? nings when all the sacks were cover? ed, and there was only one down. However, the Sumter boys touched him up for ten brlndles. The score: R. H. E. Sumter 202 000 OOx 4 10 I Florence 010 0C1 000 2 3 4 Batteries?Chandler and Marshall; Howell and Kilgo. Umpire?Phelps; Scorer?Levy. STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY. Annual C onvention In Laurens, April 19-20. Laurens, April 14.?The sixty-sec? ond annual meeting of the South Carolina Medical Society will be held in Laurens next week, the prelimin? aries of the session opening Monday evening with a session of the board of councillors at Gray's Hotel. On Tuesday a meeting of the county secretaries will be held In the fore? noon and the house of delegates will hold sessions In the afternoon and evening, By Tuesday it Is expected that all the delegates, numbering pro? bably 200, will have arrived for the Convention. Wednesday morning, April 20, the sessions of the Convention proper will he formally opened In the Masonic T- rnple, Enterprise Bank building, with President John W. Dawson, of Charleston, In the chair. The exer OtOSi will open with Divine invocation by the Rev. William E. Thayer, pas? tor of the First Baptist church. Thon will follow the addresses of welcome by Dr. W. D. Ferguson, Dr. Hugh K. Alken, president of the Laurens Chamber of Commerce, and Dr. W. H. Dial, president of the Lauren* County Medical Society. The annual address of the State president will be delivered at the conclusion of these exercises, after which the schedule work of the Association will be pro ? coded with. BOVSral distinguished visiting doc? tors ar-' expected for the convention, Including Dr. George B. Johnson, of Rh hmond; Dr. J. H, Musser, of Phil > b lohia. and Dr. Charles Hunter 1 Minn, of Boston, who, It is announc? ed, will address the Association on special subjects. Fof the entertainment of the vis? itors the local committee, consisting of Drs. It F.. Hughes, W. H. Dial. 1. Bchayof and T. L. W. Bailey, has ar? ranged for the delivery of a lectrue ;<t the fit ic i SQhOOl auditorium Wed? nesday night by Joseph G. Camp, whose subject Will be ' Truth and Shams." and on Thursday evening a buffetsupper will be given at the armory. The othVers of the State Associa? tion, elected last year at Suminervllle, are: Dr. John L. DaWSOn, of Char? leston, president; Dr. F. 11. McLeod. of Florence, first vice president; Dr. <\ |f( Bees, of Charleston, second Vice president; Dp, a. ir. Heyden, <-r Bum* mervllle. third Vice president; Dr. Walter Cheynei of Sumter, secretary; Dr. C. I*. Aimer, ef Charleston, treas? urer. \\<>r\i>i:i? BY i nknown < u\v \RD, I x aofoi l Co?nty Mau KIMM Bow o I nun Behind anil HcrtOUftly Hurt, ft iufort, April II,?Paul Rauch \\:is shot in his hack by an unknown pert) thortly after I o'clock tonight j.s he was standing In his store on the port i oyai ferry road n? iir Qray's Hill, eight rnlh s out of P.eaufort. It is tod now though I that the wound trill he fatal. Thirty small shot were extracted from his right side and arm, No arrest has yet been made thOOgjh the vhtlm has strong sus pl don against a negro whom the sheriff expects to get In the morning. RAINS HIT PRICES. HAVE SOMEWHAT DAMPENED COTTON HI LLS' ENTHUSIASM, Spinnen1 Takings Light?Mill Men Continue Polit y or Hand to Mouth Baying?Longs Bending Cotton to Lit eepoot. New York, April 16.?Rains In Texas have been something of a damper on cotton speculation during the week and prices have declined. The Texas acreage too, Is said to have been increased something over 5 per cent, and according to some reports the present outlook In that State was never better. Spinners stick to their policy of hand to mouth buying and spot markets have therefore been on the whole quiet. Fall River sales have been light. Prices are said to have broken wide open at Alexandria, Egypt. Liverpool bull operators have sold on what they regard as the more favorable outlook In this country and prices on the Egyptian markets. The local stock of certificated cot? ton is steadily increasing and the May tenders which are due on the 28th inst., are expected to be 100,000 bales or more. Speculation is hamp? ered by the May deal. The fight over the May option is a battle of the giants. This makes small traders timid. Some of the present bulls car? ried through a very successful deal in 1903 and they have the help this year, it is understood, of Jas. A. Pat? ten. The big spot interests are said to be opposed to the deal. Spot peo? ple have been buying May and July and whenever the market shows any? thing like pronounced weakness bulls *iave bid for or bought blocks of 5, 000 or 10,000 bales of May or July. At Shanghai, China, trade is said to be better and Philadelphia has had a larger trade in yarns. Rains In Texas are said to be delaying plant? ing. Bulls have been shipping cotton to Liverpool and it is understood they will make larger shipments before long not only to Europe but also to mills in different parts of the coun? try, notably the South. Liverpool has bought new crop months apparently against sales of old crops months in Its own market. At times, however, there have been signs of liquidation both by Southern and Western in? terests through Wall street houses and room traders have seized the op? portunity to hammer the market. They cover quickly, however, and there is no general disposition to sell short. Meantime, however, general speculation is quiet, owing to the un? settling effect of the May deal. Bears maintain that there will be plenty of cotton to last this season and that there is every likelihood of a big crop during the coming season. Bulls di? late on what they consider the strength of the statistical position. Watch, Clock and Jewelry repair? ing, also engraving, promptly and ac? curately done. Charges reasonable. C. M. Joye. A| Savoy. 4-15-lw. TRY ROBIN COOPER IN MAY. Bond of Senator earmark's Slayer Reduced to $ 10,000. Nashville, Tenn., Apil 14.?The bond for the appearance of Robin J. Cooper at the next term of the Crim? inal Court, to answer to an indictment charging the murder of former Uni? ted State Senator E. W. Carmack, was t??day fixed at $10,000 by the State Supreme Court, following the action of that tribunal yesterday reversing the verdict of the lower court, which had sentenced the young man and his father to twenty years in the pen? itentiary for the murder of Mr. Car mack. Pending the action of the Supreme Court yesterday on the ap? peal. Col. Cooper and his son were at liberty on bonds of ?2r>,000 each. The bond for tne son's appearance is thus reduced to $10.000. By virtue of yes? terday's action the judgment of the lower court was wiped out, the pre? sumption of Innocence is again re? stored to the young defendant, and he stands indicted only, not convict? ed. According to Attorney General McCarn, the case will be placed on the docket of the Davidson County court and will come up at the nest term In May. Governor Patterson, whose pardon of the ei.b r Coopei almost Imme? diately alter the Supreme Court had nfflrmed the sentence of twenty yean In the penitentiary, caused conald erahle of a sensation, made no com? ment on bis action today, except to thai the pardon spoke for itself. The Governor has received about 160 telegrams from bis friends, endorsing tbe pardon. While the events of yesterday were still the chief topic of conversation today, there was no gathering ??f groups anywhere to discuss the mat? ter, and there is no ground whatever for several sensational rumors that have gained currency. if your Watch is out of fix or needs attentlon( take it to C, M. Joye, the watch repairer, at The Savoy. Accu? rate work promptly done. Satisfac? tion guaranteed. 4-15-lw. WARNING TO AUTORISTS. Clilof of Police Bradford Will En? force Law Against Speeding, Chief of Police Bradford stated to a*y in a conservation with a reporter that the city ordinances regulating the speed of automobiles on the streets will hereafter be strictly en? forced and it will be well for the owners and drivers of all machines to inform themselves as to these regu? lations without delay. The police have received instructions to see that all automobilists comply with the regulations and to arrest each and every person who violates the speed limits. A plea of ignorance will not be accepted by the arresting officer or by the Recorder. It is the duty of every driver of an auto to ac? quaint himself or herself with the speed regulations and to obey them. There are now so many autos In constant use, and fast and reckless driving has become so common that the laws against exceeding the speed limit has become essential to public safety. If the law is not enforced serious accidents are inevitable. That some of our people bave not been killed or wounded for life by reck? less and careless autorlsts is attribut? able to good luck and their activity, not to the care of those who race through the streets and whizz around corners. Loafing Acres. We have for a good many years been calling the attention of farmers to the fact that many of them, and in some sections most of them, have loafing acres. By this we mean acres that add nothing to the income of the farmer and yet are chargeable with interest or rent, taxes and fences. Frequently, and in many sections generally, it is land that needs drain? age, land that would work if it could get warm, but which can not get warm enough to produce anything as long as the heat of the sun must be employed in evaporating the water. If the water could run off, the sun would have some effect on it; but if it can not run off, then the sun must spend its energy in changing that water into vapor, necessarily cooling off the surface and the air, just as you cool your porch on a hot summer day by throwing a bucket of water over it and letting it evaporate. These lands needs drainage. You say you have no time to drain? Well take time. You say you have no money and can not afford it? You can not afford not to do it. You had better lend the field $20 an acre in order to ge the water off than to spend the force of the sun's heat, which is yours by the gift of an over? ruling providence, in evaporting the water instead of growing grain. Wet acres are always loafing acres much of the time, and when not loafing, like all loafers, they are doing bad things instead of good, growing rush? es, cattails, Muhlenberg smartweed, or some other weeds that will pollute the farm. Then there are gravelly points which produce little or nothing, which probably ought not to be plowed. Well, don't plow them, but cover them with manure, BOW grass seed, and use for pasture. In time with proper management you will develop Roll even on these gravelly points and change them from unsightly hogs and unprofitable acres to a fairly profitable part of the farm. Again, you may have a few acres cut off by a slough or a river or creek which it is not convenient to farm, and you have let them grow up in weeds, forcing them to l)ecome loafers. Why not plant these in trees, oatalpa, if you can't get seed or plants of the genuine speciosa? Or if you prefer something else black or yellow locust, where the borer will not affect them; black walnut, ash, or if nothing better, willow. With the recent improved methods of preserving wood you can make a fairly good post out of the Willow. Make these loafing acres do som ?thlng. The most unsightly loafing acre on most farms is the feed lot allowed to grow up with mustard or jimson, that disreputable member of the disrepu? table tobacco family, with velvet weed or button weed, and with dog fennel, until it proclaim! to all passersby: This is a shiftless farmer. You can grow .something there; if nothing else, then rape or sorghum, something that will keep down the woods and will furnish feed throughout the winter. This abandoned corral or rattle yard is the richest part of your farm, and you know it. We have known nun to grow enough pumpkins >ui q ,acant corral! or feed ? lot during the summer t<? add very materially to the contents of the pork barrel before Christmas. <;, t rid of these loafing acres, it Is ; not the fault <>i the acres that they loaf, but your fault. They are doing the best they e.itl. the best Voll give them a chance to do. Don't complain that you have to pay taxes or interest or relit on these acres. But them to work; they are far more willing to work than you are to make them.? Wallaces' Farmer. Hide Your Head, Senator Heyburn. Undoubtedly the meanest Hing whi< i any man in public life has ever mad? at the character of ihe South's peerless chieftain in battle was made before the Union League of Wash? ington, D. C, the other evening by an individual of whom we have had occasion to speak heretofore?Sena? tor Heyburn, of Idaho. The system of the man must be fairly diseased with venom who, at the expense of one of the whitest and purest spirits this world has ever looked upon, could indulge in vitu? peration the like of which has come from this man's lips. He says that he has himself exam? ined the records of the government j and har found that when Robert E. j Lee resigned from the United States army it was after Lincoln had pro? moted him to a full colonelcy and that he drew his pay as such three days after he had accepted a com? mission from the Confederacy. "That," said he, "is the man whom we are asked to accept as a hero and a soldier." If the speaker's language is to be construed according to the rules of English syntax, it simply means that the government was three days be? hind in paying to General Lee the sum to which he was properly entitl? ed, but what this mutilator of his mother tongue intended to say was that General Lee drew pay for three days' service as colonel when he possessed no right to such compen? sation. Is this the only flaw which after the lapse of nearly half a century can be found upon the character of Lee? If so, then clean, indeed, must be the record upon which his traducers by every sort of device, from chemi? cal analysis to sheer fabrication, have sought in vein to find a blem? ish, and the ridiculous extremity to which this man has resorted is in ferentially a tribute of the most as? tounding character to Lee's unsul? lied fame. General Lee was a man of means. At the time of his resignation from the United States army his home was at Arlington, one of the lordliest estates in Virginia, overlooking the Potomac river just opposite the city of Washington. Yet he deliberately connived to de? fraud the government out of three days' pay! In the name of Simple Simon, when did an intelligent man eevr seek by such an absurd argument to blacken virtue or to besmirch honor! It only shows into what straits of folly we are sometimes betrayed when we nurse malice and hatred. Instead of harming General Lee, the author of such an attack only makes himself ridiculous. At the close of the war General Lee was stript of his fortune. He was then dependent upon his hard earn? ings. But we And the old soldier de? clining more than once a salary of $50,000 a year. To accept what? The presidency of an unpretentious college in the valley of Virginia. Yet the noble old Roman who in days of adversity could decline the overtures of wealth was not above the temptation in days of affluence to defraud the government of three days' pay! Senator Heyburn. if you are not wholly lost to shame, go hide your head. You are not the first vulture who has envied an eagle; but you can no more sully the good name of this prince among men than you can sul? ly the snows on the Rocky moun? tains! Nature made but one such man and broke the die In molding Lee. Men like Senator Heyburn are great only in their own littleness and wise only in their own conceit. When the world forgets that he This contractor got results. Some years ago a contractor build? ing a railroad in a warm climate was troubled a great deal by sickness among the laborers. He turned his attention at once to their food and found that they were getting full rations of meat and were drinking water from a stream nearby. He issued orders to cut down the amount of meat and to increase greatly the quantity of Quaker Oats fed to the men. He also boiled Quaker Oats and mixed the thin oatmeal water with their drinking water. Almost instantly all signs of stomach disorders passed and his men showed a decided improve? ment in strength and spirits. This con? tractor had experience that taught him the great value of good oatmeal. 53 Packed in regular size packages, and in hermetically sealed tins (or hot climates. KH.LTHB&3UGH [ and ftu RETHEMS NGSJ 3..... Vrt\tm R'^aAaijft4 ?PiJ?MGa I f mat semi rat ' [AHO AU 11W0AT AMP ?M TROUBLES TC UA JtAMi'Et'D XAT/SFACTORY OA? MONEV ever existed, it will still be chanting the praises of the great Virginiain. There are some men whose souls are so shriveled and whose minds are so smnken that either would rattle in a mustard seed. Senator Heyburn may not belong to this catergory, but he is endeavoring to make the world believe that he does.?Atlanta Geor? gian. NEGROES' BOASTS PROVE FATAD Killed For Talking of Criminal As? sault?Five Prominent Whin- Ac? cused of Lynching. Ashhurn, Ga., April 15.?Quite a sensation was created here this morning when the news of the kill? ing of two negro men near Amboy, a little place about four miles north of here, reached this place. Later on In the day warrants were sworn out by two negro women charging five prominent white men in that sectioa of the county with lynching. The ne? groes who were killed were Albert Royall and Charley Jackson. The verdict of the coroner's jury was de? livered sealed, and nothing is known about their action. The trouble Is said to have started over an affair which took place near here about two weeks ago. Charley Jackson, one of the negroes, was ar? rested a t that time, having been charged with criminal assault on a white woman, but was released on bail. The other negro, Albert Roy all, is said to have gone on the bond for the accused man. After having kept silent about the matter for the time intervening, the two negroes be? gan openly to boast of the brutal deed, and spoke of It with pride to their fellows. They kept up their in? sulting talk until the matter was brought to the ears of several white men in that community. The two men were chased down and captured, and then the killing is said to have resulted. The local population is greatly ex? cited over the matter. It is not known whether the white men im? plicated in the affair were exonerat? ed by the coroner's jury or not. OLA NT A GETS NO LIQUOR. Florence County Dispensary Board Refuses Petition From Citizens. Florence, April 15.?The Florence county dispensary board has refused to grant the petition from a majority of the qualified voters of Olanta ask? ing for the establishment of a dis? pensary at that point. The grounds for refusing the petition was the fact that Olanta, which Is a very small town in the southern part of the county, was tcD conveniently near other dry counties and that such an act would be unfair to voters in theso counties, who had opposed the dis? pensary. CAROLINA COTTON SCHOOL, 17 WEST TRADE ST. Charlotte, - N. C. Wanted men to increase their earnings by let riling iIms cotton bnatneaa in our sample io ?n.s. under an expert cotton grader. \\v lesen grading, averaging, stopping, baying and st-liug coiun, American and Liverpool i*luM?ittca?ioit. Great demand through the Cotton belt formen who under ttautt ihe cotton k?u?u <>>. \\e guarantee to learn any one *titi i.rdit.ary eyesight in 50 days. N? \v i? the time t. enter and make g< h>u co..t ra ??? Uic M?n in^ season. Write lor terms ana en or.-emeiuN <?f former students. Are You Looking for a Position? We can offer you good Paying Employment that you will enjoy and at home. Write to-day The Batteiick Publishing Co. 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