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fHr. *l HTK.lt WATCHMAN, I at* hi onooiidated Aug. 2. 188 I (jt $?attN;m anb $outj)r<m. Publt?t>e-d Wednesday and Saturday ?BY? ?STEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY -l MTKR. 8. C. Terra?: II 10 per annum?In advene*. %d>ertl*oraenta: One ftqusr* flrat Insertion.Il.oo tWr subsequent Insertion.It Contracts for three months, or leaver will be med? et reduced rate?. All communications which sub eetiu privat? Interests will be charged fee a* advertisements Obituaries and tributes of reaped* will t* charged for. m:n?m its from bins. Farther Regulation Issued by De? partment of Agriculture. ^'Columbia. July 19.?An amenda? tory regulatlor regarding the sale of oornmercfkl foodstuffs from bins has been leeoed by the department sericulture The regulation Is of Im? portance to groeeryraen In all sec tleej* of the 9ut*. The following Is the regulation and the section of the Commercial Food? stuff Act r*1attng to the same. Whenever any concentrated com? mercial feeding stuff, as denned In Section t ot the Act. Is kept for sale In bulk, stored in bins or otherwise, and sold In small quantities to con? sumers by deelers. th* manufacturer, dealer. Jobber or Importer keeping and offering th* same for sale shall k*ep on hand cards of proper size, upon which the statement of ti e guaranteed analysis, the name of the manufacturer and the onstituent In gredtenU of the commercial feed? stuff* eo off? red for sale must be plainly printed; and if the feeding stuff hi sold at retail In bulk, or If It hi put up in packages belonging to the purchaser, the manufacturer, dealer. Jobber or Importer shall fur ntsh th* retailer sufficient tax stamps to cover th* same. The dealer upon ??1 ling the content* of the bin or op? en peonage shall cut eel with a cross mark In blsck Ink ssch of the stamps furnished him to So cover the con? tents of said bin or receptacle, and failure to do so, upon detection, will Immediately followed by criminal rosecutlon. as provided in Sections and 16 of the Commercial Feei uffs Act. All Inspectors will be ln ructed to csrefully watch for such olatlona of the law and to Institute ?rosecutlon In case of detection. The trade will be governed ace >rl Ingly. For the Information of all manu? facturers. Importers. Jobbet*, deal? ers or retailers the following provis? ions of Sections 13 and 15. referred to. ere given: oBctton 13.?Any manufacturers. im port*rer. Jobber, agent or dealer who shall sell, offer or expose for sale, or distribute In this State any cone. trated commercial feeding stuff, with? out having attached thereto or fur? nished therewith such tax stamps, as required by the provisions of this Act. or who shall use the required tax stamps a second time to avoid the payment of the tonnsge tax. of any manufacturer. Importer, Jobber, agent or dealer who shall counterfeit or uee a counterfeit of such tax stamp**, shall be gulltv <>f a violation of the provisions o' this Act. Section 15.?Any manufacturer. Importer. Jol.t?er, agent or dealer who shall violate any of the provisions of this Act. or the regulations adopt- I by the commissioner of agriculture commerce and Industries, upon con? viction thereof shall hi fined not ex? ceeding 150 for the first offene? nor morn than $200 for each subsequent offenen, snd the proceds from such fine* shall be covered Into the State tressury for uee of the departm-nt esecutlng the provisions of thl* Act. in <.<?> 11 km i? OVCrt Young IjmIIc?. Thrown Out But I cs|m> Injury. From The Dally Item. July 21 Teeterdsy morning Mr Phil Booth's two-seated trep. containing four young ladle?. Misses Booth. Fli r Bennett and Dlckson. turned over on Hslem avenue, spilling out the young ladles, but luckily not Injuring them. The trap was standing in 'rout of Mr. Booth's residence, and the young ladies had Just started out for a drh.???. when In turning too short, the buggy wss overturned, throwing them to the ground. % The horse ran Into a corn field nearbv dragging the emptv buggy af? ter him. but the lines becoming tang? led In the wheel, soon en used him to stop. The trsp was not Injured, except? ing that the umbrella was torn Of Mwd April, IS50. 1. 'Be Just ai SUl SWINDLER BROUGHT BACK. PROFESSOR J. A. GOODWIN IS HE* HIM) HA HS IN THIS CITY. Fighting Requisition to Xo Avail Swindler la Brought Hack to Face Trial?Bail Fixed at $3,000. From The Dally Item. July 21. Professur J. A. Ooodwln, the clever ??.windler, who succeeded In "hoodoo? ing" a young man, of this city, out of nearly $800, was brought back to Sumter last night by Deputy Sheriff J. 8. Sykes, Chlet Mahon, of the police force of Belalre, Ohio, where Ooodwin was apprehended, ac? companying the deputy and his pris? oner. The case is familiar to the people of Sumter. and several times it was thought that Goodwin had been ap? prehended, but until he was caught at Belalre, Ohio, the roal thief had always managed to elude the long arm of the law. Chief Mahon, of Belalre, 3., who brought about Goodwin's apprchen alon. was seon by an Item reporter this morning, and aaked to explain the facts of Goodwin's capture. What he aald follows: j ''I got the circular relating to the successful swindle practiced on a citizen of your city, by Professor Goodwin, about two weeka ago. "In Belalre there is a boarding houae which cetera solely to clair? voyants, and I had heard, the day I had received the circular, that a fortune teller had arrived there the day before, but when I lnveatlgated I found that he had already gone. "Later on In the afternoon, how? ever, I learned that another one had come In, who answered the descrip? tion of Prof. Goodwin, so took an of? ficer with me, and we arrested him. and notified the authorities at Sum? ter. of our arreat. "The man whom we arreated, and who proved to be the man known in your city, as Prof. Goodwin, was go? ing here under the name of Prof. Johnson. He had already paid a i week's board when we arrested him, but as yet he had not had time to be? gin his operations. In fact, he was hardly In Belalre an hour, before be? ing captured." When Deputy Sheriff Sykes left Sumter for Belaire, he went by Co? lumbia and got requisition papers for Goodwin, but, as was expected, the .windier made a strenuous effort to avoid being brought bacK here. He offered to pay all expenses, which he had cost the authorities, and tried to make a compromise with the State's witness, Mr. Ra' h Hill, who was the victim of the slick swindler's schemes, and who swore oat the warrant for Goodwin's ar? rest. Goodwin employed two attorneys to defend him. Deputy Sheriff Sykes employing one, also, to represent the State of South Carolina. Habeas corpus papers were taken out and the i-.' ? earrir.J l.efore Judge Pauhv. In the court of common pleas, the udge deciding in favor of the State I s .utb Carolina. The Governor of Ohio refused to pay the attorney's fee, for represent? ing this State, the fee amounting to *2t), and before Mr. Sykes could leave 1 ith his prisoner, he had to deposit with the authorities in Ohio, ten cents pet Hille for Goodwin's transporta? tion, amounting to $77. This will be refunded to the authorities here If OoodWlH Is convb ted. but In the of hi-t acquittal, It Will be for felted t > the nhio authorities. Mr. Sykes Stated that he was aided In every way possible i?y ail of the of ftoera in Ohio, Qoodwln was carried before Mag* Istrate Harby this morning, and his bond fixed at $3.000, which he has tailed to put up as yet. He is confined in Jail. WOMEN DON'T Stir. <.o\eriHunnt Departments Prefer Men ^tenogrupher* as Mote Amenable to Discipline. Washington, July 20.?Women sten? 'i iphers apparently are no longer M itited in the departmental service. Tins announcement was today made at the civil commission in order to put 1 stop to a steadily Increasing Rood of letters from women througn out the OOUntrj Who seek information about an examination for stenograph* an to be held on next Tuesday In all tie- Mates This examination la f"i the purpose of recr tiling only men stenographers the demand for whom the etvll commission has been unable 10 meet, am the v arious departments of the government are seeking to re? place women stenographers with men on the ground that the latter are more amenable to discipline. id Fear no t-^ Let all the ends Thou A In d"TER. S. O., SAT?R FOREST FIRFS DESTROY TOWN. Haines in Manftoba Sweet) Away Three Communities and Threaten Oihwra, Winnipeg, Man.. July 20.?The town of Three Forks has been com? pletely wiped out and the towns of Jaffeiy and Hains Lake are reported to have been destroyed by forest fires in the Sloan district. Candon, in the same district, is said to be doomed. Fires are also raging over 250 square miles In the Kootenay dis? trict. At Kasto the fire is traveling rap Idly and back-firing is being done to stop the spread. At Moyie the fire is still causing anxiety, but at present the town is safe. The heaviest losses have been suf? fered by the Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. at Moyie. Refreshment booths, dancing pavilions and other buildings at Aldrldge park have been reduced to ashes. Around Salmon Arm a dangerous fire is Mazing and the whole district is surrounded by smoke. A serious lire is raging on Starkson Bros.' tim? ber limit ;, south of Hall, and the fire is rapidly spreading toward Nelson. A large gang is fighting the blaze. At Arrow Park the fire has overtaxed the efforts of the fire fighters and re? inforcements of 100 Doukhobors from Brilliant have been despatched to the scene. KANSAS TOWN BARS OUTLOOK. Come* Under Ban Because of Roose? velt Prize-Fight Article. Hutchinson. Kan., July 20.?Be? cause of an article by Theodore Roosevelt in the Outlook, the last is? sue of the magazine has been barred from sale in Hutchinson. The maga? zine comes under the ban of a re? cent ordinance which prohibits the exhibition of prize-fight picture; and the sale of newspapers or magazines printing such pictures or printing stories of prize fights. Of course !t was never intended that the ordinance should rdace the Outlook in the same class as fistic publications, but under a strict inter? pretation of the ordinance any maga? zine which prints matter relating to prize fighting can be barred. The last Issue of the Outlook contained a com? ment by Mr. Roosevelt on the Jeff? ries- Johnson fight so It came under the provisions of the ordinance, even if the article did condemn prize-fight? ing. No particular attention was paid to the matter until yesterday, when Mr. Oswald, a city commissioner, v ent to a book store to buy a copy of the Outlook. "Can't sell it," the bookdealer said. "It has an article on prize-fighting by Theodore Roosevelt, and I would be breaking the new ordinance." Mayor F. L. Martin also wai> a vic? tim of this ordinance. MAY LYNCH WHITE M IK. Mis*?i*Hippi Citizens Surround Member Of Prominent Family Who I* Ac? cused of Criminal Assault. Blloxl, Miss., July 20.?Charged with criminal assault on a 12 year old fcirl. Paul Combell, a white man of prominent family, is surrounded in the pine woods near this place by a posse of citizens of Bay St. !?nu!s, wbo ere bent on Combell's capture and may lynch him if their sesrch Is successful. Darius c'ombeii, brother of the hunted man. promised to de? liver Combell to the posse If they would egree to protect him from vio? lence, Leaders of the posse agreed, but late this atfernoon Combell bad not been delivered. Tin crime which Combell Is alleg? ed to have committed occurred a month ago, but not until yesfrdav did the child inform her foster moth? er ot what ll alleged to have oc< ur r? d. Hearing of her confession, Com Ik 11, it Is said, fled to tin* forests. At ii o'clock tonight it was re ported that tbe posse bad returned t" VYaveland without capturing Com i ll, but the pursuit will not be re* taxed. Combell has a wife and see. ? ?. 1 children. Pntten to Draw Out. New York, July 20.?.lames A. Pat? ten ot Chicago arrived in New York toda) to < lose out his remaining hold? ings in cotton. His commitments have been greatly reduced and it is under? stood that he intends to liquidate tbe r< s1 of liif) spot cotton by the end or the month The 1 Itlsens of Aiken will vote on the Issuance of bonds to the amount of $78,ooo for purchasing the city waterworks system. le't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an DAY. JULY 23. 1^10 ORANGEB?RG MEETING GOOD. STATE CAMPAIGNERS SPEAK TO AUDIENCE OF 700. Attorney General Lyon Vigorously Denounces Charges Made by Ev? ans, Referring to Opponent as "that Thing"?McLeod Gets Warm Ap? plause and a Bouquet?Mahon and Cansler?Lever Given Ovation? Best Attendance of Entire Cam? paign?St. Matthews Today. I Orangeburg, July 20.?Inspired by *a perhaps the largest gathering which has greeted them since the opening of the State campaign, practically all of the candidates made excellent speeches here today. All were listen? ed to attentively and treated with due consideration by the 700 people, who j comfortably filled the court house, the plan of having the meeting in the open air having been abandoned on \ account of the threatening condition ( f the weather. There were no prominent new fea? tures of the meeting, the most inter? esting portion of which was the reply of Attorney General Lyon to his op? ponent's speech, in which were re? peated the various charges against Lyon's administration of his office. The promise made at Beaufort by Mr. Evans, in reference to showing up cer? tain matters in connection with Ly? on's alleged support by alleged graf? ters in the present race, was not kept, judging from the manner in which the audience received a very slight bit of "information" along this line. Lyon carried off the honors in the matter of applause, by at least 99 per cent, maybe 100. All of the candidates were present today, except Messrs. Jennings, Jones and Swearingen, unopposed, and Hampton, candidate for railroad com? missioner. Notes of regret were read from the absentees. At 10:30 o'clock this morning the meeting was called to order by Coun? ty Chairman Robert Llde, who is also State Senator from Orangeburg country. After the Invocation, by the Rev. D. D. Dantzler, the candidates were introduced by Chairman Llde, those for railroad commissioner com? ing first. G. H. Mahon. who aid his first work on the farm ^ his uncle, near this city, was the first speaker. He de? nied saying that the T. P. A. had en? dorsed his candidacy as an organiza? tion, as charged by Cansler, hut said that practically every member of th? organization in South Carolina had pledged his support to him. Mr. Ma? hon then went through his figures as to rates, etc., as heretofore. O. C. Scarborough says that it is a mistake to think that the office of railroad commissioner is a joke, as so many seem to think. His agricul-1 tural and legislative experience qual? ifies him eminently for the position, he says. Cansler, the "Tirzahrite," express? ed gratitude (as he has already done on several previous occasions) for the votes given him in Orangeburg in his previous races. He again made ref? erence to the Mahon-T. P. A. and Scarborough-House arrest matters. Of the candidates for Lieutenant Governor, it would be difficult to say who Is In the lead here. Both Messrs. Smith and Duvall made splendid ad? dresses and received a considerable amount of applause, about evenly di? vided. B, B. Evans, for Attorney General, again gave utterance to the alleged charges against Attorney General Ly? on. The speech of Mr. Evans con? tained nothing new, and the seed sown from several stumps failed to tall on fertile soil in Orangeburg. Mr. Lyon made vigorous reply to his opponent, whom he several times characterised as "that thing." at the same time shaking bis finger at Ev? ans and denouncing as "infamously false" certain of the hitter's state? ments. While Lyon was looking up a certain portion of the record re? ferred to by Evans, the latter was heard to say, "figures don't He." As quick as a Hash, Lyon turned toward his opponent and looking him straight in the face replied, "no, but some folks who read them do." This "brought down the house." After dis? posing to the apparent satisfaction of the crowd, of each and every charge made by his opponent, Mr. Lyon clos? ed by saying that he was "not afraid of grafters or this thing down here." pointing to Evans. Prolonged ap? plause, Httlc short of an ovation fol? lowed the conclusion of Mr. Lyon's Speech. For Adjutant General Major Char? les Newnham led off and recited his fitness for the place of his long mili? tary experience. Col. w. W. Moore followed and also told of the things military that he had done and knew Cap? J. M. Richardson's principal d Truth's." THE TR?J >i<jw Ser claim to the office, was In the fact that he is now in the active service of National Guard. Col. Moore^>'"^ ' ly had it on his opponents i matter of applause. _ F. H. Hyatt led off for the candi? dates for Governor. He again told about his business man's platform and thought the whiskey question should be side-tracked, but proceed? ed to offer his solution of the' perplex? ing problem. Good roads, education, cotton, taxes, each came in for its accustomed share of discussion by Mr. Hyatt, who was well received by the audience and was granted liberal apptkuse. Thomas G. McLeod had appeared several times already before Orange burg audiences. He devoted much of his time to the tax question, saying the matter would not be satisfactorily settled until all the tax-dodgers were put on the books and made to assume their share of the burden. He be? lieves it possible to reduce taxes somewhat without crippling the State's educational institutions. Mr. McLeod's local option platform took well here, as 'tis whispered that some citizens of this county rue the day that the dispensary was voted out. Mr. McLeod received great applause I ?and a bouquet. v John G. Richards, as stated before, says he is "absolutely the only farm? er in the race for Governor." Mr. j Richards covered about the same I ground as In former speeches. He I discussed the principal questions of I interest and altogether made an ex? cellent speech, receiving warm ap? plause at the colse. Cole L. Blease, always a good speaker, seemed to be at his best to? day. He gave his views on the lead? ing topics, repeating his charges of extravagance in the management of the State's affairs. He referred to his local option platform, and stated that he had never been anywhere in the State yet but what he saw liquor, still the prohibitionists say we have 36 "dry" counties. Mr. Blease's refer? ence to being the largest contributor to the woman's monument fund brought forth much applause. He was well received and it was evident that he had many friends in the au? dience. John T. Duncan's speech was prac? tically the same as heretofore report? ed. He again paid his respects to the Columbia "bunch of thieves" and de? tailed the alleged proposed Asylum deal. He received some applause. C. C. Featherstone was the last speaker for Governor. He pleads guilty to injecting the liquor question into the campaign. He realized years ago that reforms move slowly, there? fore the best, safest and sanest way to get prohibition was to vote it out county by county until the matter reached such shape that it was pos? sible to enforce the law. He was in favor of State-wide prohibition when sentiment was such that the law could be enforced and stands there now. Is in favor of a law provided with nec? essary machinery for its enforcement. If elected he wll enforce it, even in Charleston, or exhaust the power of the Executive in the attempt. Says he told the people of Charleston to their teeth that it was an outrage the way they were winking at violations of the law. Mr. Featherstone was warmly applauded. The candidates for congress from the 7th district then addressed the crowd, a few of whom had left, after remaining for five hours without in? termission. Dr. W. W. Ray repeated his charges aaginst Lever's record, particularly his vote for a duty on lumber. The crowd, however, didn't seem to care how Lever voted on the lumber proposition, for the cheers were all his and they practically amounted to an ovation. ACCUSED OF RAPE. White Man Narrowly Escapes Lynch? ing in Now berry Count}*. Columbia. July 21.?The lynching of a white man, Thomas Yarborough, was prevented in the Silver Street section of Newberry county early to? day only by the disagreement among tin* crowd as to the manner of death, and probably the lack of a leader. Last night, through a letter. Yar? borough wrote to the mother ot a 7 year old child, there came to light the ( barge that on July 2 Yarborough at? tempted to assault the girl. While the crowd that gathered be? fore dawn quarreled as to the means of execution, Magistrate Hendrix communicated with Sheriff Buford, who, with Deputy Pope Buford. suc? ceeded in getting Yarborough to jail. At the suggestion of the Governor's office, Yarborough is being brought to tbe penitentiary here for safe keeping. Yarborough claims the charges is the result of spite work on the part of Mrs. Yarborough, who is his third wife. K SOUTHRON, Established June, 1?M ies?Vol. XXX. So. 43. i X&FRXiMijL SUICIDE. J m c *y - Li?. ? v m0mt^*^ RAILROAD KILLS --T" " HIMSELF. President of Monon Route Was Con? nected With Irregularities in Re? pair Department. Chicago, July 20.?Ira G. Rawn. . president of the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville railroad (The Monon route), died of a bullet wound at his summer residence in Winnekega, 15 miles north of Chicago early today, j The members of Mr. Rawn's family say he was killed by a burglar. The police are working on a theory that Mr. Rawn killed himself. As a basis for their suicide theory, the police point to the fact that Mr. Rawn was operating vice president Of Illinois Central at the time fraudulent car re? pair contracts were put through and that recently he has been drawn Into the Illinois Central graft investiga? tion as a chief witness. The action of Mr. Rawn's relatives in refusing to aid the detective de? partment to search for the alleged murderer is considered suspicious. They declare that there exists a lack of convincing evidence that an intruder had actually been in the Rawn residence. Mrs. Rawn, wife of the dead man; B. C. Coburn, his son-in-law; Mrs. Coburn and two children and three maids were in the house when the tragedy occurred. Mrs. Rawn says that her husband was aroused from sleep at 1:30 o'clock In the morning by a noise on the first floor of the residence. She says Mr. Rawn nicked up a revolver in his room on the second loor and started down -stairs and was shot at a landing half way down. Both Mrs. Rawn and Coburn say that two shots were fired. A minute search of the front hall and adjoining rooms of the residence, however, show but one bul? let, that fired from Mr. Rawn's re? volver, which apparently has passed through Mr. Rawn's body Just below^ the heart. Coroner Peter Hoffman took per? sonal charge of investigation into the death. He refused tonight to spy whether he thought the case was one of murder or suicide. He states, however, that powder marks had been found on Rawn's night gown in? dicated that the bullet which killed Mr. Rawn was fired at close range. Friends and business associates of the dead man say that he had been looking badly for several weeks. Some attributed Mr. Rawn's worried ex? pression to the investigation of the conspiracy by which the Illinois Cen? tral claims it was mulcted of hun? dreds of thousands of dollars. On two successive days Mr. Rawn begged for and succeeded in getting a postponement of the hearing of his testimony. Mr. Rawn left the Illinois Central railroad in November, 1909, and be? came president of the Monon. Early this spring the Illinois Central fraud came to light. Though the investi? gation is not in such shape that any criminal responsibility for the fraud is fixed, it is declared that the rep? utation of some persons involved would be ruined and their future practically destroyed. Mr. Rawn's sons-in-law, G. Coburn and R. C. Briniky, assumed command of the investigation from the start. A number of detectives from a pri? vate agency were summoned hurried? ly to Winneteka early today. A num? ber of these were stationed at various points in the house and grounds. They were ordered to give no infor? mation to newspaper men or any oth? er persons making inquiries. This situation further was com? plicated tonight when a squad of em? ployes of a second private detective agency arrived in Winneteka. These men stated they had been ordered to make a full inquiry into the death. When they went to the Rawn resi? lience, however, they wert ordered off the grounds by detectives from the first agency. A brief altercation en? sued and members of the Rawn fam? ily were called to settle the dispute. Mr. Coburn and Hriniky told the sec? ond squad they were not wanted at the residence ami had not been or? dered. It is not known who is responsible for placing the second detective agen? cy at work on the case. Several neighbors in the vicinity ol the Rawn residence state thev heard a single shot close to 10 o'clock on Tuesday. None heard any shots on Wednes? day. Prepare for your vacation by at? tending Bultman's Cost Sale. 7-20-tf The cornerstone of the new Chero? kee Avenue Baptist church of Gaffney has been laid.