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WASHINGTON POLIIiG?L KM rk.jm iu.k ans sk.k iiandwiut i\<. on m WALL. Ihitplr \rc Turning \galnst l*urt> of <.raft and S|mh'1hI Pri\liege* and Many Predict Democratic land? slide In N'exi Lies t Ion. Washington. April 26.?The past week has furnish..1 nothing startling from a legislative or an executive point of view at the capital of th? T ntted States. Hut there is not the slightest abatement of interest l:i the political situation which is sei lously discussed * lo r. ?f no n of Inform itlon and pr mlnenoe in political affairs some together. The election of Hav? ens. Democrat In New York, to suc eeed Perkins. Republican, deceased, snd this election reversing a 10,000 Republic,in majority by a 5,000 Dem? ocratic majority, practically changing 15.000 votes. Is regarded as extreme? ly sljrnlti. int of general dissatisfac? tion with the national political situa? tion and programme. As far as can he discerned, the dissatisfaction lr snalnly with the tariff bill of the spe? cial sesslv a and the President's per? sistent approval of It. It seems to be In vain that Senator Aldrlch and Representative Psvne and the Presi? dent point to the fact that the reve? nues of the government are increas? ing and that there Is fair prosperity ander the present tariff. The elec? tion In New York coming so quickly upon the heels of Foss* victory In Massachusetts. Is regarded as Indica? tive of a nation-wide movement which some say only Roosevelt can stem. Others ask. "Will Roosevelt be able to stem It? Will he not rath? er Join It?" Time alone can tell. Tt la certain that the country is follow? ing the triumphant procession of Roosevelt In Europe more closely than the standpat attitude of tho President In Washington. During the week the episode of the visit of the editor of the New York American. William Randolph Hearst to Washington, his long interview with the President and his subse? quent eulogy of President Tait given eut to the press, has been much com? mented on. He was received at the capltol by members and senators with It appears almost as much enthusi? asm as was Rryan a few days before. There are those who say that Mr. Hearst is playing for the presidential nomination In 1912. Much interest and significance Is sttached to the announcement hj rs Aldrlch and Hale that their senatorial terms will by their own vo? lition end on the 4th of March next "'hcse senators are the head of the httle cot ?rie In the senate that has xery completely rule 1 in that highest I. Kislath* body :V- a long ter.^? of .'.ears. Mr. Hale, i helleve. Is sev? enty-four years old and Mr. Aldrlch sixty-eight. They belong rather to a past political era than that of the present. They are both In a degree provincial, "down East" statesmen snd are not In accord with the broad? er, more modern and more progres? sive sentiment I I the nation. The oncoming younger class of statesmen as repres? ntod by Cummins. Bever Idge. I I'ollctte and Dollver. more ?early represent the feeling of the j nation with ref? rencc to domestic and foreign policies. There continues to be considerable Interest in the question of an inter? national exposition to celebrate the completion of the interoceanlc canal st Panama. New Orleans, San Diego, flan Francisco. Loa Angeles and Washington are all reaching out for the expostlon. Considerable rivalry la already appirMl and these five eitles are look! ig toward Congress for mone .? Cour?'? has had much ex? perience with expostlons at Philadel? phia. Chicago, st. Louis, Buffalo, New Orleans snd Seattle All these were In a sense provincial expostlons. It Is time and meet that we shoi'ld haee a dl? tin -tlvely national exposition. The ( ity of Washington has reached that degree of expansion and proml aenee that even if It were not tho eapltal of the country, it would be entitled to celebrate an event so em? phatically national. It Is time that the European and Asiatic world, and I may say the American world also, should learn that there is a capital of the Fnlted States. The govern? ment at the capital should celebrate the mo?t stupendous accomplishment in tho sesnnlottos el the greatest work ever undertaken by man. There Is but one logical |da. e for such a cel? ebration it eaa be be Id at Washing? ton at one-half the c\p.-nsc, not only to tho nation, but to the hundreds of thousand, that will visit It, as com? pared exhibits of art ami mannt e lures to the as position i an de it more effectively and seoaonstoally by land? ing them at Wo hing, ui thin by sending them across the continent to San Francis??, or Lag Angeles, or by the Gulf to New Orleans. Pr .mpt work a Bp* laity, O. M Jo\.. \\ .tchmaker and Jeweler, a flaeoy, 4-1:.- iw Prompt relief In all eased el throat and lung trouble If you use Chamber Iain's Cough Remedy. Pleasant to take, soothing and healing in effect Sold by W. W. Slbert. TU.HKS TIKNKI) LOOSE. owned ip to liringing Whiskey in, Hut <.<>t Their stuff Be oh and Were let (.o. The two noKmes, Sam Richardson ?kr<d OabOTTM l'o.t/r. who were up be fore the Recorder Monday for. br nging twelve gallons and thrc? pints of whiskey in on the Southern train, and who were arrested by OfTl- j Oer McKagen. were discharged. The following entry was made on the Re? corder's docket: Mam Kichardson, receiving liquor for unlawful p lrposes, pleads not aridity but acknowledges bringing six gallons of liquor from Columbia. Tes? timony showed that defendant had received money from witnesses for the purpose of buying liquor for them. He was their agent without pay. No probable case. Dismissed. The witnesses were Lucius Jefferson, Marlon Rrown. Ellen Jones, William Chatman, Henry Rrown, Henry Nel? son. Osborne Porter, receiving liquors for purposes of selling. It was clear? ly shown that defendant went to Co? lumbia to buy whiskey for the wit? nesses and himself with money fur? nished by them In advance. He was dismissed. The witnesses were Wilder Davis, Willie Richardson, William Richardson, Ida Jones, Louisa Mair ray, Madison Nelson, Anarchy Davis, Alex Zewell. The act of the legislature passed in 1909 says: "It shall be unlawful for any per? son, firm, corporation, or association within this State to manufacture, sell, barter, exchange, receive, accept, give away to induce trade, deliver, store, keep In possession In this State, furnish at public places or otherwise dispose of any spirituous, malt, vin? ous, fermented, brewed or other li? quors, beverages, or any compounds or mixtures thereof which contain alcohol and Is used as a beverage, and which if drunk to excess will prodice intoxication." The Act of 1909 specifically states that It does not repeal the Cary Cothran Act, and that act prohibits transporting liquors. HUGHES ASSOCIATE JUSTICE. New Yorker Apimlntcd to Federal Supreme Ilench. Washington, April 2.".?President Taft late today received from Gover? nor Charles E. Hughes, of New York, a letter accepting a tendered appoint? ment as Associate Justice of the Su? preme Court of the United States. Five minutes after the letter was handed to the President the nomina? tion of Governor Hughes was on its way to the senate. That body had adjourned for the day, however, and so the senate will not hear officially of the designation of Gov. Hughes to succeed the late Justice David J. Hrewer until tomorrow. While It Is expected that Governor Hughes will be confirmed with little or no delay. It Is understood here that he will remain as the Chief Exe? cutive of the State of New York un? til next October, and will not take the oath of office until the fall term of the Supreme Court opens on the second Monday In that month. YOVXG MAX ForXI) READ. Body of Arthur S|XMirs Discovered by The Roadside. Darlington. April 25.?Mr. Arthur Spears, a young white man, was found dead in the public road near his home, in the Lydia section of this county, this morning. Mr. Spears and a companion separated after vis? iting near McLaughlin's Crossroads, in the same section, last night, it is ?eld, after both had imbibed freely of strong drink. That later In the night some one passing and finding that Spears was unable to walk, lift? ed him to the side of the road and left him. This morning, when others found him. he was dead. An inquest WSJ held and the above facts were es? tablished. Dr. Power at Methodist Church. The pastor being Indisposed *he Lev w c Power, i>. |)., preached at the First Methodist chuich on Sunday morning at 11 Oclock, His teal was selected from John "Y( must be born again." from Which he preached ? strong clear, forceful ser n ? n OH regent ration. II;-? semi ?n m ... .1 clearly the neoesaitj of n new I Irth in order to enter the kingdom ? I" our Lord and share In lie s >r\l< nnd glories of the same. The sermon us much enjoyed and appreciated by tic large congregation, Mr. Charleton DuRant, of Man nlng, representing the Laymen's Momovcnt, made an address at St, ' Luke's Methodist chun h near St. Charles Sunday. Diarrhoea should be cured without lose of time and by a medicine which i iiko Chamberlain's Colic, cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy not only cures promptly but produces no Uttpl asant after effects it never falls and Is pleasant and s.ile to take. Sold by W. w. Blbert. COTTON SEVERELY INJURED. REPORTS FROM FROZEN DIS? TRICTS CONFIRM ESTIMATES OF LOSS. Seed May be Very Scare?Hut Many Mills Huve Offered to Supply Far? mers With All They Have, But It May 1h* Insufficient. Atlanta, Ga.P April 26.?That last night's reports of the damage done the young cotton crop by the cold wave which overspread the entire South Sunday night and Monday were not exaggerated is shown by re? ports from all sections of the cotton belt, which indicate that at least 50 per cent, of the young cotton was de? stroyed. Further damage in some sections was added by the frost of this morning in parts of Georgia, north Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina. Ice was reported this morn? ing as far south as Thomasville on the southern boundary of Georgia. Cottonseed oil mills in this and other States have signified their wil? lingness to supply farmers with seed, to the extent of their supplies, but it Is thought these will not be sufficient for replanting the vast area affected by the cold. The prevailing price for seed Is $1 per bushel, or about double the price which the farmers obtained from the mills. In some instances the cotton fields will be plowed up and planted in corn. Cotton Seed Scarce. Montgomery, Ala., April 26.? There is a conflict of opinion among cotton men as to the scarcity of seed with which to replant the crop de? stroyed by the freeze that has just swept the South. Montgomery deal? ers declare there is plenty of seed at normal prices. From other parts of the State reports come that no seed is to be had and prices have advanc? ed sharply. Today the Montgomery office of the Southern Cotton Oil Company in? structed every seed crushing mill un? der its control to suspend operation and to buy all seed offered. It is de? clared that the seed will be sold to planters at normal prices. Reports have been received from nearly every county in the State. These reports show that all cotton plants above ground have been kill? ed. I North Carolina Crop Damaged. Charlotte, N. C, April 26.?Reports from this immediate section are to the effect that the cold snap has been disastrous to the cotton crop. Large planters are practically a unit in the declaration that all of the seed plant ed has been ruined, and this repre? sents, it is estimated, 90 per cent, of tho new crop. The most serious situation that con? fronts the planters is the shortage of seed. Because of unusually high prices the past season a majority of the farmers sold their seed supply too short and the seed supply houses are unable to supply the demand. But for this famine the situation would not be serious beyond certainty of a late crop, for there is ample time for replanting, but unfortunately there is no seed to replant with. That the next crop in this State will be meagre is a foregone conclusion. Fruits and truck were not serious? ly injured though late crops wll be the result of the unprecedented cold weather. Birthday Party. Little Miss Buena Delgar entertain? ed her little friends on Thursday eve? ning from four to six o'clock. The occasion being her sixth birthday. Many of the little folks enjoyed the evening, playing games on the lawn in front of the house with their little hostess. Shortly after five o'clock they were coupled off and marched into the dining room, where tables were spread with strawberries and ice cream, cake and confectionaries. When all had finished their refresh? ments they left the dining room for the piazza, where the poor old don? key Stood waiting to see who would come nearest to pinning his tail in the right place. Little Miss Carmel Mc Klever was the most successful one ?winning a box of line chocolate candy. Among those present Were Misses Daisy and Helen China, Winnifred Alexander. Elisabeth Crowson, Car? mel McKlever, and Lib in Delgar; Masters Delgar and Clifton Dorn. Eu? gene Epperson, Evans Bruner, Henrj Llgon, Eugene and Douglas Moses, Dupree Ithame, George McKicver and Karl Wltherspoon. If your Watch Is out of tlx or need attention, take it to < \ M. Joye, th watch repairer, at The Savoy, Accu rate work promptly done. Satlsfac t i? ?n c uars nt ed i ? i 5-1 w ToUr tongUe Is coated. "S our breath Is foul, l b adaehe come :< nd go. Tb? se symptoms show thai your stomach is the trouble. To remove the cms.- is the first thing, and Chamberlain's stomach and Liver Tablets will do that. Eaay to take and most effective. Sold by W. W Slbert. NEGRO km,mm. IN EDGEFIELiD. Henry Moeeley shot at Church By Sam Wash. Edgefield, April 25.?Yesterday at ' Cockran colored Baptist church, ten j miles west of here, Sam Wash shot and killed Henry Moeeley. The weap? on used was a pistol. Two shots were fired by Wash, one taking effect in the right arm of the deceased, shat? tering the same, the other penertrat ing the left breast, near the heart, causing instant death. Engraving of all kinds. C. M Joye, at Savoy. 4-15-1 w CANDIDATE BJjEA8E*8 PLAT? FORM. Issues Upon Which Newberry Man Will Make Race for Governor. Newberry, April 2 4.?Mayor Cole f.. Blesse, of Newberry, in announc? ing the platform upon which he will make the race for Governor this summer states, that the principal Is? sue he will discuss is the financial condition of the State, which he says is of greatest importance, and to which he devoted himself chiefly in his previous campaign. He declares himself in favor of biennial sessions of the General Assembly; liberal ap? propriations for the Confederate Vet? erans; liberal but not extravagant appropriations for the State institu? tions of learning; building up of the common schools of the State and bet? ter salaries for the teachers. "I am absolutely opposed to com? pulsory education," says Mr. Blease "as my record in house and senate in the past will show." Mr. Blease is opposed to higher ed? ucation for the negro and in favor of taxes paid by the white people be? ing used for the education of white children; favors strict enforcement of \agranoy law; advocates law requir? ing marriage certificates and regis? tration of all marriages contracted; favors flat rate of two and one-half cents per mile on railroads, but op? poses the present mileage book sys? tem and the charge of fifteen cents excess; favors good roads; opposes law restricting the rights of Demo? crats to vote in the primary elec? tions; believes in running the gov? ernment on a liberal but not extrava? gant basis (which he charges is now icing done;) favors reducing expen? ses, as taxes are now too high. As to the whiskey question, Mr. Blease says: "I am satisfied that the people of the State are tired of the agitation along this line. I favor local option, and in order to be strictly Democrat? ic and allow local self-government and home rule, I favor extending the present law so as to allow a county to have license If the majority of her white citizens wish to, just as other counties have dispensary or prohibi? tion. However, if license is voted I favor the most vigorous enforcement of the laws In the sale in this manner, prohibiting under any circumstances any whiskey being sold in less quan? tities than one-half pint, or between sunset and sun-up and prohibiting It from being drunk on the premises, or being sold under any circum? stances to minors or inebriates, or behind closed doors or screens, pro? hibiting any obscene pictures on the premises or any billiard or pool rooms connected therewith, and pro? viding that any person holding a li? cense who shall violate any provision of the law shall immediately upon conviction forfeit his license and be forever thereafter barred from being licensed, and in addition be impris? oned at hard labor in the State Pen? itentiary without the alternative of a fine. I am absolutely opposed to the old bar room system and would un? der no circumstances sign a bill to reinstate that system." Does your clock keep accurate time? If not, send It to C. M. Joye, at Savoy. 4-15-lw. In the said straits into which the Republican party has fallen the only hope of rescue appears to be in the African hunter.?Philadlephia Rec? ord. Watch, Clock and Jewelry repair Ing, also engraving, promptly and ac curately done. Charges reasonable C. M. Joye. At Savoy. 4-15-lw Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets assist nature in driving all Impurities out of the system, insuring :?. free and regular condition and re? storing the organs of the body to health and strength. Sold by W. W. Sibert. SVatch, Clock and Jewelry repair Ing by <'. M. Joye, .it Savoy. 4-15-lw Rvery family and especially those ? bo reside in the country should be er >. |rt< ! at all times with a bottle of i ii imbei I In' I Inlment. Tie re is mo telling when it may be canted in cases of an accident or , mergency. !t is most excellent in all < ases of rheumatism, Bpralns and bruises. Sold by W. W. Blbert. Spectacle and Eye-glass lense mat* bed and frames repaired. C. M. Joye, at Savoy. 1-21 tf. Proved His Theory, but Died. The acme of realism was reached, though by accident, in a criminal trial a number of years ago at Lebanon. O. Two men had n personal encounter. One of them after vainly trying to draw his pistol from his hip pocket turned to flee. A moment later lie fell, shot In the small of the bark. One chamber of his pistol was found to have been tired. His assailant was tried for murder. The defense con? tended that the man bad shot himself while trying to draw his pistol, which had become entangled In the lining of the pocket, and that the prisoner's shot had not taken effect. The prosecution contended that such a wound could not have been self Inflicted. The ('elend ant's counsel, Clement L. Vallandtg ham, undertook to demonstrate to the Jury just how the dead man's pistol had hung In the pocket and just how possible it was to inflict such a wound. Suddenly there was a loud report, and the lawyer sank to the floor. The ball had entered the back almost in the Identical spot where the dead man had been shot. The defendant was acquit? ted. Mr. Vallandlgbam died. ? Ex? change. Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner. Turning from King Henry's chapel, with Its wealth of fancy's ' fairy frost work," to the poets* comer in West? minster abbey, we are attracted by a spSll mightier than that of carven stones in the presence of those "serene creators of immortal things" who have enriched our literature with gifts be? yond all price. This "glorious company of paupers." as they have been termed, says a writer in Great Thoughts, have won a fame in the glow of which that of statesmen and warriors wanes and perishes, "touched to death by diviner eyes." Drawn together, as It were, by the spell of Chaucer, "our first war? bler," what Spenser calls "black ob? livion's rust" has failed to tarnish their golden record. We move entranced amid the memorials of Drayton, Ben Jonson, Spenser, Shakespeare, Beau? mont, Milton, Gray, Addison and many more, including the impassioned peas? ant singer, Robert Burns, and the great Victorians. Robert Browning and Al? fred Tennyson.?London Standard. Encouragement. "1 have a splitting headache." sighs the beautiful young thing. "Have you ever tried magnetic heal? ing''" asks the obliging young man. "No. What Is it?" "You rest your head, thus, on my shoulder, and I pass my arm about your waist in this manner. Now be perfectly calm and see if this does not relieve you." The position is maintained for five or ten minutes, and then the obliging young man asks: "Does your bead ache any more?" "Ye-ees." "Well, I'm sorry I don't seem able to relieve you." He is about to remove his l r she looks up at him chkMrcMy and says: "It seems to me that If yoT! are *nj confidence in your method yon won'.d be willing to keep on trying."?Chicago News. Why She Shut Down. "A charming gentleman about four years old used to pass my house every day on his way to kindergarten,' said a lady, "and In course of time 1 made his acquaintance and gave a penny to him each morning when we parted. "Eventually his mother requested me not to give any more money to him. The next morning I did not present the usual penny. He did not seem to notice the omission. The succeeding day when the penny was not given to him he said nothing. But on the morn? ing of the third day when the penny was not forthcoming he sidled up to me and whispered: 'What's the mat? ter? Ain't your husband working? " Uncertainty of Lion Hunting. A lion is a fearful animal. Do not run away with the Idea that be is not dangerous. You may have luck to kill twenty, but No. 21 will likely get you. However careful and good a shot you may be, there is the greatest danger in tackling a lion. I remember Colonel H., who had lived in Africa for nine years and during that time had never seen a lion, and the first lion he saw he wounded and got badly mauled, saying to me: "Here, man; you have been here only sixteen months and have killed five lions. Chuck it, man, while you are in luck. They are bound to get you if you go on hunting them" ?Forest and Stream. Couldn't Quite Qualify. "Mebbe you'd like to put a piece about nie in yer paper," quavered the old man, hobbling up to the city edi? tor's desk. "What have you done?" demanded the arbiter of publicity's destiny. "Notbin' much, but I was a hundred year old yesterday." "A hundred, eh7 But car you walk without a stick and read fiDe print without glasses?" "N-no." "You are an impostor!" The old man broke down and con? fessed that be was only ninety-seven --Cleveland Leader. Just Tolerable. Concerning a certain lime serving Washington clergyman of whom a vis? itor was one day expressing a hnrsl? estimate President Lincoln Bald: I think you arc rather hard on Mr. -. He reminds tue of a man In Illinois who Was arrested for passing a counterfeit bill, lie admitted that he had taken it to a bank < ishier to know if it was a good bill. "Well v h it was the reply of the cashier?" asked his lawyer. "Why," evasively answered the prisoner, "he Faid It was a pretty tolerable, respectable port of a hill." Mr. Lincoln though! tin' clergyman "a pretty tolerable, respectable sort of a clergyman." William Lindsay, one of Chester's oldest citizens, Is dead. HON. O. C. SC ARBOROUGH. He Is a Candidate For Railroad Com? missioner and Should Be Klected. Hon. O. C. Scarborough, of Sum rnerton, was in the city Tuesday. Mr. Scarborough is a frequent visitor to this city, but this time his visit had more of politics in it than busi? ness, as he is looking over the field t-> see how things are moving along in his race for Railroad Commission? er. He had every reason to be satis lit 1 with his prospects here, for he is too well and favorably known In Sumter for many votes to stray awa; from him on election day. If he could I ^et the same percentage of votes else? where as he will receive in Sumter : there would be no second primary in i the race for Railroad Commissioner j Mr. Scarborough is home folks, hav . ing been born and raised in Sumter county, did as much as any other one man to establish I,ee county and then for the past few years has made his home in Clarendon county, which he has represented in the legislature for two terms. Mr. Scarborough is so strong in Sumter, Lee and Clarendon counties because he is beter ir.aov.-n in this section than elsewhere, but he i.-; streng, also, for the further and better reason that those who know him best believe that he is especially fitted for the position, and that the rights and interests of both the pub? lic and of the railroads would be safe in his hands. He would do the right as he sees it, and being a practical business man of sound judgment and much common sense, he would be apt to see the right thing nine times out of ten. In fact, he is believed to be the man for the office, and on that ground his friends encouraged him to enter the race. METHODIST DISTRICT CONFER? ENCE. Convnnetl Here 'Wednesday?Will Continue Balance of WTeek. The Sumter District Conference met in annual session in the First Methodist church in this city Wed? nesday, the opening sermon being preached by Rev. F. H. Shuler, of Manning. After the service the Con? ference was called to order by Rev. Waddy T. Duncan, presiding elder, of the district, who requested the secretary of the last District Con? ference to call the roll of clerical and lay delegates responded to roll call. J. W. Hamell, of Kershaw, was elect? ed secretary of the conference. ; The hours of meeting were fixed Uows: Horning session meets ar :30; preaching at 11:86, and ad jo rnment after the service. After? noon session meets at 4 o'clock and adjourn at will. Service at 8:30 p. m. The Clerk of Court is still busy paying off the pensioners. Several can be found waiting almost any time ones goes to the court house. The Sumter jail Is empty and has been for a week or more, with the exception of a city prisoner, who was put there until he could be taken to the gang. Governor Ansel has offered a re? ward for the arrest of John Rober son, colored, for the murder of Hen? rietta Evans. He is described as a tall, raw boned mulatto, six feev tall, very sparely made, humped shoulders, goes with head hanging down, sickly looking, about 25 years old, and is a barber. Affairs of the dispensaries, where they have been voted out, are being wound up by the dispensary commis? sion. Mr. Bryan announces that "he is not a candidate." "Blessings on thee, barefoot boy!" Whatever the tomb of Napoleon thought it kept to itself. Like the Sphinx.?New York World. You can't expect the senate to get excited over the railroad bill when there is a baseball game going on in the same town. The charity that thinketh no evil trusts in men and trusts In God.? Timothy Titcomb. It is of little traits that the great? est human character is composed.? William Winter. It is expeeted that a large number of immigrants will arrive in this State as a result of the purchase by Geo. W. Aldrich of Vermont, of a large tract of land in the lower sec? tion of the State. Mr. Ge >rge Otis Smith will find five .?r si\ million other plotters in the conspiracy to driv e Bellinger from the Cabinet. It looks now as though the Maine in uirgcnts bad the old senator beat* en, and thai he Knew it. Such In? gratitude for bis late tariff services on behalf of the wood, pulp monopoly is beyond comprehension.?Spring* 1 Held Republican.