Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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small igg at mm. CAMmDATES TALK AFTER FINE STEAMBOAT TRIP. Spee*he* Along ???,? Same Line* a? Heretofore Rcfiorted? Evans Take* Mew Teck and Charge? Newspaper* And TliHr Rcpreecutativea With Being Subeidl?<d. Beaufort. July 14.?Turning his batterbs from his opponent today. Barnev Kvans consigned much of hsj time In a severe arraignment of the newspaper men who are follow? ing the campaign, and the news? papers of the State. In fact, he got really ugly In his charges, declaring that the papera were grafters them selvea. therefore did not wlah to pub? lish hi* statements about the graft eases In the State and about the at? torney general In hla failure to prop? erly conduct them. He even aald the reporters present were subsidized, or that they were a bunch of cowards. Mr. Evans deplored the fact that he had to repeat on every stump hla charges agalnat Mr. Lyon, and that the time was ao limited aa to hinder a proper exposure, all because the newspapers would not give him the space necessary for the facts and fig? ures he is presenting. In speaking along this line, Mr. Rvans said: "These subsidised news? paper men refuse to publish the ar? ray of facts as I give them from the etand. and In ten minutes It Is impos? sible to go fully Into details. These men are either subsidised or the newspapera themselves are aubaidiz cd. and If the latter is true, then they are unworthy the calling of newspa? per men and are cowards to be forced to submit to theae dictations." Then the speaker went on to say that he believed the cause of it all was that the newspapera themselves were in the graft business, and that thieves do not like to expose each other In his attack upon the attor? ney general, the speaker said that when he got to Charleston and Or? angeburg he Intended to show up Mr. Lyon tor what he la, designating these two places as localities where certain persons, charged with graft are, according to Evans' atatement, working for the election of Mr. Ly? on. It appeared that Mr. Evans' Lhlnka the alleged grafters are sup? porting Lyon, In fact, he saya he will t>riner fhls out clearly at Charleston and Orasgeburg. Criticising the pa? pers for publishing certain affidavits la support of Mr. Lyon, his opponent said thai the facta aa stated In Dr. Murray's affidavit were not in con? formity with those In the published record of the winding up commis sion'a report. The State campaign meeting at Beaufort today about "fizzled out." the crowd being very small In the be? ginning, and gradually dwindling down to about twenty-five persona. It was railed to order In the court house at 1 o'clock, after the candidates had returned from a pleaaant trip on the 'Sunnier Otff to Hilton's Head, about twenty-rive miles from Beau? fort The hour was set for 1 la or? der that the people of the Bluffton section might arrive. The attend? ance was about one hundred during the greater part of the day. although at first there were possibly fifty ladles in addition to this number. County Chairman Oeo. W. Beckett presided and et? Rev. Edward Wells, of the Baptist church/ led In prayer. The I rowd appeared Interested and ac? corded the speakers ? lose attention, and awarded their favorites with strong applause. le tb" matter of applause the fav? orite* seemed to be Mahon, Moore and 1 >u \ a 11, and among the candl o.it'? f r c?overm>r. Richards, Feath erau.ne md McLeod ran a neck and neck race. From the applause and . tH+r-t an outsider woul I be led to bcaeve that It was a prohibition 4rov.il, f..r the utterances of both l i rds and Featherstone on this I i ? i iSSanid to strike home. M?-vxr?. Hyatt and Lyon were the ?4??a? n'ees today. While Congressman patten n was preaent, be did not speak, owing to his physical weak? ness I ''.lowing an attach of malaria. A letter from him Wtt pad by the ? hatrman ?Tb" world's gfjost ? i ? ?? s < t u 1 nodi cine t ?r i.owei sosa plaints is Chans? Remedy. It has relieved more pain and jyffsiiwgj, and saved more Uvea than I hi other RsOdtctaa In use. In? valuable for children and adults. Sold by W. W. gaben. WIM eng te!| off band what it was that mad" Ja< k London famous* - Osnahn Bee Mass] lie thate Baagttciasv ?K duey and bladder ailments are ?t rioiis m their consequences, and if uachacked so often fatal that any renody off. ted for their cure must ha above gaaatolon, Foley Kidney Pills - >ntuin no harmful durgs, and ha * i saufulty stood a long gnd th'ro.igh test. MbOTt*S Drug Store. lb ' ogni/.lng the value of ? oinblua t i-. u |g tho oil business, John D. i. naturally In favor of consolidation o all religious sects of the Christian world ?Philadelphia Record. PEACH CROP LOST. Sixty Thousand Crate* of Fruit Rot? ting In Fort Valley, Ga.?No Re? lief in Sight. Macon, Ga.. July 14.?Sixty thou? sand crates of peaches, constituting a large portion of the Elherta crop, arc rotting in Fort Valley on account of the failure of the refrigerator car companies to supply iced cars for yesterday's and today's harvest. The loss will run into thousands of dol? lars, according to advices received from there. The freight officials of the Central of Georgia are all on the scene tonight vainly attempting to secure the precious iced cars from Armour & Co.. who have the contract fof delivery there tonight and last night. No relief, It is said, is in sight for 24 hours. J. F. Cutler of the O. S. & F., announced tonight that the situation is somewhat relieved in the Thomaston and Woodhury districts on the Macon & Birmingham. NATURAL GAS IN VIRGINIA. Discovery Is Made By P?rty Pros? pecting For Coal. Richmond, Va., July 15.?While prospecting for coal about four miles north of this place a party of work? men struck gas in large quantities today and the result was a sudden and terrific explosion which shook the earth for some distance around. The drilling machinery was almost completely wrecked by the blast, and the flames shot into the air to the height of about 100 fet. Two of the men working over the opening were badly burned. The gas was struck at a depth of 600 feet and was entirely unexpected The loss from wrecked machinery la estimated at about $24,000, and th - gas is still burning at a height of over 60 feet. PRIVATE MURRAY SENTENCED. Must Serve Five Years for Killing Comrade. Charleston, July 15.?Private Mur? ray, of the coast artillery corps, has been convicted of manslaughter in the killing of Private Frye, p* Fort Moultrie some weks ago, and has been sentenced to serve five years at the military Prison at Fort Leaver worth, Kan. It will be recalled that Murray and Frye engaged in a 11st fight and that the latter died after he had been struck in the stomach r.nd knocked down upon a stone curbing. Murray was tried before a couit martial at Fort Mou trie, and the finding of the court transmitted to the war department. The sentence has been received and Murray will be taken to Kansas in the near future GO TO GREEN VIIXE NEXT YEAR. The State Association of Fire Insur? ance Agents Adjourn.' Special to The Daily Item. Columbia, July 15.?After selecting Greenville as the place for the next annual convention the State Associa? tion Fire Insurance Agents today elected Q. Frank Johnson, of Ander? son, president; L. Schofleld, of Ma? rlon, vice president; Sam M. Grist, of Yorkville, secretary-treasurer. The executive committee: D. A. Spivey, of Conway; C. Q. Edwards, of Chester; Perry Mosos, Jr., of Sumter; J. H. Frasler, of Georgetown; C. B. Sim? mons, of Columbia; John B. Reeves, of Charleston; James Cotleld, of Spar? tanburg. Mr. Cotleld, the retiring president, got a rising vote of thanks. Resolutions were passed asking the legislature to pass State building code and give Insurance Commissioner power to enforce it. ROOSEVELT WILL CAMPAIGN. lie Will Make Two Speaking Tours, Oyster Bay. July 14.?Theodore ] Roosevelt gave out today the itiner arles of the two speaking tours he is ion to wake, one int i the West, late in the summer, the idle r through the Bouthi early in the tail. The two tours will resemble ? campaign trip by a presidential candidate! for Col, Roosevelt will make not only as many sot speeches as his traveling ? srd permits, but he probably will do liver talks from I he rear end of bis private car. For the hrst trip a car has been already chartered, The Western trip Is to l?egln on Augusl 18 and will md on Septem? her II, Tlo Southern trip will ex? tend from l N t<?!" r to ?October I 3. ?When the stomach fails t<> per? form Its functions, the bowels be* < ome derange.!, rle- liver and the kidneys congested causing numerous diseases. The stomach and liver must be restored to s healths condition and Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets can be depended upon to do it. Easy to take and most ? ff. < the. Sohl by W. w. SIIn rt. Short Weighing of potatoes in Ww York city causes consumers \<, pay ? very day for 11,600 bushels they do not reiche. Hen Is one significant Sldf light on the high COSl of living. - Philadelphia Pres?, GOAL LANDS WITHDHAWN. TAFT SETS ASIDE SEVERAL MIL LION OF ACRES. 141 tort Order Practically Completes President's Work in Interest of Conservation?Bringt Total to 71, 518,588. Reverly, Mass,, July 14.?Presi? dent Taft withdrew more millions of acres of coal lands In different States of the West, bringing the total of coal lands withdrawn made by him up to the enormous total of 71,518, 588 acres. Something like half of this amount is new withdrawals. The work is now complete and is epitomized in the following letter from Secretary of the Interior Hallin ger: "My Dear Mr. President? "The orders for the withdrawal of coal lands which are transmitted herewith will complete the scries which have been prepared in accord? ance with your instructions. These orders confirm and continue all exist? ing coal lands withdrawals and add materially thereto. The areas cover? ed are as follows: "Arizona, 161,280; Colorado 6,191 161; Montana, 20.20S.865; New Mex? ico, 2,944,278; North Dakota, 17,828, 182; Oregon, 192,561, South Dakota, 2.670.287; Utah, 5,814,287; Washing? ton, 2,207;967; Wyoming, 13,099,718 acres. "The total of commercial lands now withdrawn in the United States is. therefore, 71,518,588 acres. "All the land, however, is open to agricultural entry, with a limited sur? face patent, under the terms of the order of withdrawal and in accord? ance with the recent enactment pro? viding for agricultural surface entries on withdrawn or classified coal lands. "Already 10,210.082 acres of coal lands, in part included in the earlier withdrawals, have been classified and appraised by the geological survey prior to July 1, 1910, and restored ti appropriate entry. "The total appraised valuation of these coal lands is $449,876,208 as compared with $170,063,766, which would be the minimum price that formerly obtained in the disposal of government coal lands. "The order for withdrawal for Alaska, approved by you on July 2 is of necessity in general terms on ac? count of the lack of land surveys. In the explored portion of Alaksa, which comprises about 20 per cent, of the district, the supposed areas of coal fields aggregate approximately 12,000 square miles. In these coal fields the areas believed to be underlaid by workable beds of coal are about 1, 200 square miles in more than three fourths of which area only the lower grade coals occur. Thus, the known coal lands of Alaska which are be? lieved to be affected by your order of withdrawal aggregate some 170,000 acres. "Very respectfully, "R. A. Ballinger, "Secretary." PRISONER TREATED BRUTALLY. American Found Unfed in Filthy Cell In Nicaragua Prison. Washington, July 14.?Confined In a filthy cell, unfed save by charitable strangers, Wihlam Pittman, an Amer? ican captured by the Madriz govern? ment forces, near Blueflelds was found in an over-crowded local prison at Managua, Nicaragua, by Consul Olivares yesterday. The consul, who is stationed atta-t point, telegraphed the State depart? ment today that he visited Pittman, discovered the revolting conditions and , through protests, forced Dr. Madriz to furnish the adventurer bet? ter prison accommodations. Pittman, whose relatives live at Cambridge, Mass., told Consul Oll vares that he left Qreytown, July |; that since then his captors have fail? ed to provide him with fond, having him altogether dependent for subsist ? n< e upon charlt)'. Pittman was I ta i'\ lng, Ollvarei Immediately protested, re? minding Madrls of his promise to treat Pittman with consideration. Madrls finally agred to transfer Pitt? man to a larger and cleaner cell and to allow consul to supply him with a sleeping couch and food. The consul reported thai no definite action re gardlng Pittman had been detcrmln ? i on by the de facto authorities am that he (Olivares) would exeri ev ery effort to secure humane treat monl for Pittman, When the United States originell; l .lined of iMttman's arrest, Dr. Mad rls assured Ollvares thai the prison er would b| treated fairly and consid irately. * Mrs. Mollle M> Ban* y, I'r. nth m i s., writ, a that she had a sever case ot kidney and bladder troubb n nd that tour bottb s of Poley's Kid ney Remedy cured her sound an< Well. She e| ..^e.-; her I e t t, f |?y ..i\iu;i ' l heurtlly recommned Pole 'a Kid ney Remedy to any sufferer of kid ney disease, h payed nr- Iii"." i j t s I >rug tSo| e. The foolish and the dead abuu nc^ er change their opinion.'?Lowell, CHAINGANG BOSS AKKUSTE1). W. H. Woodward Charged With Murder of Prisoner Who Was on His Gang. Aiken, July 14.?This afternoin W. H. Woodward, superintendent of gang No. 2 of the county chaingang. was brought to Alken and lodged in jail, charged with the murder of James Mitchell, a convict who died at the camp severe weeks ago. The warrant, on which V/oodward was arrested, was sworn out by Anderson Hightower, father-in-law of James Mitchell. At the tinv: of Mitchell'! death the jury of Inquest rendered a verdict to the effect that Mitchell came to bis death from being compelled to work while sick. The inquest was not en llrdy satisfactory to all parties con ?M\?ed, and Coroner Johnson reopen ed the inquest, and re-empannelled the jury, which rendered the same verdict a second time. Mitchell was sent to the gang for a short term. After working a few hours he is alleged to have been wh'pped. After striking him a few timer It Is said, Mitchell told Mr. Woodward that he was sick. This was the firfst time Mr. Woodward knew of his being sick, be states, and he Immediately sent him to the camp. He remained too sick to to work that day, and the night of the following day Dr. W. S. Burbanks was sent for to administer to him. That was Sat? urday night, and he died about 3 o'clock Sunday morning. Mr. Woodward is now in jail. He Will be given a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Marchant in the morning at Langley. ATTEMPTED ROBBERY. R. B. Phillips Caught Negro Intruder In His Resturant Last Night. Last night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, R. B. Phillips, a ne? gro, who keeps a restaurant opposite the depot, unlocked his shop, entered and lit a lamp, when he saw stand? ing behind the dcor a negro boy, who was evidently thee for the purpose of robbery. Phillips caught hold of the negro, and carried him as far as Mr. G. A. Brown's house in order to phone for a policeman, the boy having told Phillips meanwhile that another ne? gro, George Rivers, had entered the restaurant with him. When Officer Owens arrived. Phil? lips turned his prisoner over to him, and went on back to his restaurant, but was unable to locate the other alleged intruder. The negro boy says that his name is Alex iVnson, and that hia home is at Manning. He stated further that George Rivers, whose home is at Ferguson, induced him to help rob the restaurant, and that Rivers was the one who did the breaking in. At the preliminary given him in the Recorder's court this morning, he gave a very flowing description of the mysterious Rivers, but stated thai Rivers evidently escaped, while Phil? lips was carrying him away from the restaurant. ? Vinson is confined in jail, and Riv? ers, if there is such a man, has not yet been captured. WANT LARGE COMMISSIONS. Fire Insurance Agents Will Demand More Than Fifteen Per Cent. Columbia, July 15.?The South Carolina Association of Fire Insur? ance Agents today decided to meet next year in Greenville, and unani? mously adopted the recomemndation ol President James Cofleld, of Spar tanburg, that members hereafter re? fuse to sign agreements limiting agents' commissions to a fifteen per cent maximum. Agents will refuse to make new contracts at this figure and will ask companies to release them from existing obligations at that rate. *Mr. J. s. Harten, Edwardsville, Ind., writes: "A few months ago my kidneys become congested. I had aevere backache and pain across the kidneys and hips. Fob y Kidney Pills promptly cured my backache and corrected the action of my kid? neys. This was brought about after my using them for only a few short weeks and l can cheerfully recom? mend them." Blbert'a Drug Store. Henry Mars, an Abbeville negro, serving a lief sentence in the peniten? tiary for wife murder, fell from a third story piazza to the paved court below at 6:06 o'clock Thursday morning, and fractured hla skull, i ?. ith follow. d that afternoon. ?Those Pies of Boyhood. How delicious were the plea of boy? hood. No pies now ev??r taste s ' i.I, What's changed? the pies? No. you. Vou've lost the strong, healthy stomach, the vigorous liver, the active kidneys, the regular bowels ..i boyhood. ^ our dlg< Btion i poor und you blame the food. What's needed? A complete toning up by Electric Bltti rs of all organs of di? gestion Stomach, Liver Kidneys, Bowels?Try them. They'll restore your boyhood appetite and apprecia? tion of rood and fairly saturate your body with new health, strength and vigor. 60c. at Slbert's Drug Store - TIIE FAMILY CARRIAGE mufit above all be safe. No matter how protty It looks it is worthless if it he not strongly constructed. We believe we can show you an Heal car? riage for family use. We know all about its construction and can guar? antee Its safety. We don't say any? thing about its beauty. That you can easily see for yourself. The price is marvelously low. TIIE S. M. PIERSON CO. DEPOSIT With First National Bank THAT'S ALL. The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. Established 1905. Capital Stock paid in. $120,000.00 Stockholders Guarantee to Depositors.. 120,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits. 46.00000 Deposits. 295,000.00 You Gan open an AggouiU with Us with One Dollar or more. We guarantee careful attention, courteous treatment, and we want your business. *M Bank of Sumter Sumter, S. C. Capital Stock, - Surplus and Undivided Profits, : $75,000.00 $70,695.00 Over Fifteen Hundred Depositors. MILL SUPPLIES Roofing Galvanized and Painted Corrugated, Galvanized, Crimp, Rubber and Paper. Belts Leather, Rubber and Gandy. Try Revere Rubber Co's. Giant Stitched aud Shawmut Belt. Every Foot Guaranteed. Packings Sheet and Piston. All Kjgds and Grades. Circular Saws in Stock Simonds, Hoes, Ohlens and Disstons. Shafting, Wood and Iron Pulleys, Wire Ropes and Manilla Ropes, Rubber Hose, Pumps, Babbitt Metal, Lace Leather, Bar Iron, Pipe, Pipe Fittings, Valves, Etc, Saw Mills, Shingle and Lath Machines. If needing anything in the SUPPLY Line, write or call on us. Prompt shipments a specialty. Sumter Railway & Mill Supply Co. Phone 368. Sumter, S, C. BiRNic s Drug Store, ? W. Liberty St. Sumter, S. C. -Dealer In Pure Drugs and Medicines, CHOICE PERFUMES AND FINE TOILET ARTICLES, COMBS AND BRUSHES, PATENT MEDICINES AND DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, A FULL LINE OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO. :: :: :: :: :: 11 !0: PURE AND RELIABLE GOODS. Our stock is complete and we cheerfully solicit your patronage. :: :: ::