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4.?>NZ\l.?s WsWI.lt lo DIN(.VN. \ Repl> to rhuricis Against Editor \ml Publisher. Under the heading. A Header of the State Auk* for Light and Light Is Freely Olven U> Him." the Colum? bia State Wednesday morning in a three-column, double-leaded article on the first page, published the fol? lowing statement In reference to the charges against that paper, its edi? tor and publisher, by John T. Dunean, of Columbia, candidate for Governor. The South Carolina political cam? paign la about half over. In most of tha counties visited. John T. Duncan, an entry for the Gubernatorial nomi? nation, has spoken, part of the bur? den of his speech being an attack on the State and "Oonsales." It appears the attempt is made, in more or less Incoherent utterances, to connect "Oonsales" with the Semlnole Company: to Induce the public to be? lieve that "Oonsales" advocated the resaoval of the Asylum from Colum? bia so that he and associates might buy the Asylum property, worth $2, ?tt.ttt. for 1600.000. and alleging wtth more or less directness that ??Oonsales" proposed or planned to . anil to South Carolina for the use of the Asylum, his farm In Rlchland Coenty for $100 an acre when land as good could be got by Duncan for fit. It Is alleged also that there were Boastings at night which were con? spiracies for robbing the people, In which "Oonsales" took conspicuous part. Neither the State nor "Oonsales" had anything to do with the disbar? ment of Duncan by the Supreme Court. Nor are they responsible for the rules of the party governing en? tries in the Democratic primary. Un isfstanding Duncan's condition, and assuming that It was known to the people of the State, these attacks caused neither concern nor bitterness. Seen In this day. one may be "arm'd so strong In honesty" that such alle? gations from such sources pass by "as the Idle wind." It was thought chat all respectable people would un? derstand. But one reader of the State, T. C. Covlngton, of Bennettsvllti, stands forth In all South Carolina, asking for proof of the State'?, Integrity; he thinks It due the State's readers to know whether those who asume to lead can be vindicated. As Mr. Cov t net on seem* c . | ru shall not he dank ?? tnd those assal. I * 1. Neither ths State !,..r "Onn Sale*'* had iti is. near or remot*. with the Seminole Company. 1. The State advocated the remov? al of the Asylum from the city limit* of Columbia, suggesting a bond issuo to pay for a new modern plant, and balding that the judicious sale of the Columbia property would furnish, money f<?r retiring thoso bonds. It was supposed by the State that this property would be placed In the hands of the slnklr? fund commission to be sold gradually to the best ad? vantage of the taxpayers. Neither "Oonsales" nor. so far as he Is In? formed, any of his "associates" has ?ver contemplated purchasing the property or any part of It. S. Neither the State nor "Oon alea" has any property In the vlcln ty of the Asylum to be benefited by te ramoval; on the contrary remov ng the Asylum from Columbia and ?penlng to Improvement and settle? ment several hundred acres of land /ithin and (mediately out of the city, s advocated by the State, would >nve retarded for years every other uburbsn development about Colum la. In several of these suburban tvelopments the ov> ners of the Stat re financially Interested. The remov 1 of the Asylum which was urged ?y the State for the sake?-as the ?tats saw It?of bettering the condl loo of the unfortunate Insane, and mprovlng a large section of the city, vould have caused direct financial oas to the State's owners, with no inanclal return. 4. if $600.000 or any other sum ras offered for th? Asvlum property a point on which they have no In ormatloni neither the State nor dhTSasales" bed the most rcnode con H* itectton with, or Interest In such of er I. Tl e "GonsHles" farm was not. directly or indirectly, offered to, or uggested by Its owner for. occupancy I y the Asylum. It has never been on ne market. i. As a member of the executive oanmlttee of the OslnSsbls ChSJUbef f Commerce the editor of the sn?e oted authority to the president of the ommerdal bodv to quietly obtain op. ?Ion* on lands suitable for the loqa on of th* Asylum plant, said Options > be held at cost by the Chamber of *esnmer< e f.,r the benefit of South 'arollna. and to protect the Stat -Cm exorbitant charges fgf land, hould the Legislature de< Ide to re | love the Asylum out of the city nd locate neir Columbia. If anvtblng rl? rogatory to the hon? st v. character and unselfishness of he State and "Oonx-ibs." alleged or sslnusted bv I?ir,.?n. Is true, Its ruth can be readily snbstantl it? I i Nfow If thH simple declaration fall to onvlnee. or tho Indisposition on the part of the State and "Gonzales" to ptvs. nr documentary proof he misin? terpreted, the following course of pro . .-.lure is suggested: If Mr. Covlngton or any other doubt? er will secure the appointment by anv Justice of the Supreme Court, bj in. Circuit Judge, or by any WhltS Mmi-tet lal Danton of any city In South Carolina, of a OOmOllttOt of five DOT MMM to in |Ulre Into the charges of Duncan, and If any one^)f these de? rogatory allegations agafnst the State and "C.onsales" Is substantiated, the State Company will pay live thousand dollars to whomsoever that commit? tee designates. A. E. Gonzales, Publisher. Wm. E. Gonzales, Edltor. MAGAZINE METHODS OF TODAY. How the Groat Monthlies of New York Plan end Safeguard Their Important Articles. At a women's club gathering in Mississippi, recently, Harris Dlckson told his audience* something about an article of his that had recently ap? peared in "Everybody's." He explain? ed that a manuscript written by an? other man had been sent him to put in shape. The facts were there, and the moral, but the treatment was technical. It lacked carrying power. Dlckson knew nothing of the other author, and so proceeded to get the subject at first hand. He took not one of the facts for granted. After three months he returned the revised manuscript to the magazine. It was sent back, with specific directions for rewriting. Tn due course he again remailed it to the editor, who con? gratulated him on his achievement? for that is what it was. Then the article, having attained a satisfactory form (it was gm Fraternal Insur? ance),, was sent round among the ex? perts. The first man woh read It was a high official of one of the old line insurance companies, but a hearty believer in the fraternal system. He returned It with approval and elab? orate criticism. Then it was submit? ted to the chief Insurance commis? sioner of a western State?the un? doubted political authority on the subject. The approval and criticisms of both men, with the manuscript, were again forwarded to Mr. Dlck? son. The necessary corrections hav? ing been incorporated, the manu? script was ready for the printer. To *h??ta assurance doubly "nre. t roofs - ? ft -it "it ? ? prominent ofllolalt ? i ng r :< r'l il org.i ? Ions, Ahi, returned tin m with m?^r com n ndnl try lottert \uii then and . .... ii appeal in the maga slne. Mr. Dlckson's audience, doubtless under the Impression that magazines are produced by editors out of the ?ntrlbutlons sent them by mall, ex? pressed surprise that so much time, effort, and money should be devoted to what seemed a comparatively un? important subject. Yet it involved a matter that concerned five million no?n and their families,, and a tre? mendous controversy. Its appear ' "? ?? Iii - made the controversy even keener, and of course the enemies of sanity and good order In fraternalism are now hurling bolts at us. How? ever, when we have done o'ir jarc and know we are right, we stay \ ut, Mr. Dlckson told part of what to OJ Is a familiar story. In this In? stance he knew nothing of the time and trouble the author and ourselves had taken just to get together the facts and place them In the right per? spective. We began on this particu? lar article In November, 1906, and during the Interval It was being worked at or over by one of some dozen men. The same is true of most , of our big series. "The Woman's In i taton" represented two and s half ^? .trs of work. Fifteen months elaps . d between the delivery of Judge Lindsay's drat manuscript and the beginning of publication In the maga? zine. Trained writers, the best men we know about nr.' out Investigating and gathering the facts tor ?ie ai tlolos we will print a year hence. This is the process of magazine making to? day, it is not peculiar to MBvory bodj s": It is the rule with "Collier's." ? Mi ''lure's." ins ''American,'1 and "Success."?Everybody's Magazine for A ugust. PROCEEDINGS OF COURT, Motions For New Trie I IMu-ni In Tw<? Caans, Win. R, Gardner, plaintiff vs. A. c. i,. Railroad) defendant, ordtr f<?r non-suit. Arthur I.owery. plaintiff vs. Chas. m Betts Co., defendant motion f<?r new trial refused. C. L m? I.I rind w. S. I'oole, ptulutMbi \s. f. m nwight; motion I for new trial refused. Kmma Jamison, plaintiff vs. S. It. Chandler, defendant; motion for new trial now being m ide, The wo k of .s. , ,| in :> . ||on I un? der ths Aet of ihe last General As? sembly has eommencod. Samples of seed offered f?>r sale in this State by ?SOd bOUSSS In South Carolina, and If other States hive been received by the department of agriculture and *cnt t?? Clcmson College. MOTH ER AND CHILD BURNED. I Woman Loses Life, Another is Fatally Injured In Attempting to Save and infant Ii Dying, Qrand Rapids, Mich., July 21.? j Trapped in bed with her week-old baby, Mrs. Qrace Wilson was burned i to d. ath this afternoon when lire de? stroyed the old Ledyard block at the corner South Division street and Fourth avenue, A nurse, Mrs. Amelia Keener, who tried to rescue mother and babe, re? ceived burns which proved fatal an hour later, and the babe Is now dying in the hospital. The tire originated supposedly from a gasoline explosion. COTTON DEALERS ARRESTED. Mcknight and Miller Charged With Sending Forged Rills of Lading. Birmingham, Ala., July 21.?J. McKnight was arrested in Birming? ham tonight by United States deputy marshals and later released on $15, 000 bond. At the same time John H. Miller was arrested in Decatur, and taken to Huntsville to make bond. Both men were members of the bank? rupt cotton firm of Steele-Miller Com? pany, Corinth, Miss., and they are charged with sending forged bills of lading through the mails. Warrants are also out for L. C. Steele and Gus? tave Laird, the other members of the firm. The Steele-Miller Company failed soon after the Knight, Yancey & Co. failure, the firms having had close business relations. The two arrests tonight are the first criminal notions taken in the cotton failures which caused such a sensation two months ago. The combined amount involved in the two failures was nearly $8,000, 000. It is alleged In the warrant against members of the Steele-Miller Com? pany that forged bills of lading or fradulent drafts were mailed to F. Van Griper & Co., of New York. They are formally charged with having "designed by fraud or artifice to de? fraud persons of their money and property in violation of Sections 4 and 215 of the crimibal code of the United States. PROHIBITION A FAILURE. Greenville County Calls Election to Vote Hack Dispensary. Greenville, July 21.?Supervisor Goodwin has finished the count of names on the petition asking for an ? lec tion on the dispensary in this OOUnty, and the election has been or? dered. The proposition will go into the regular August primary. MOSQUITO BITE NEARLY KILL. Operation Necessary to Save Young Doctor's Tilfe. Now York, July 21.?As the result of a mosquito bite received while he was performing an autopsy In the Newark v.ity Hospital, where he Is an interne, Dr. James S. Ford, a re? cent graduate from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Manhat? tan, came near losing his life. Sev? eral operations were necessary to save him. Dr. Ford, who is only 23, was dis? secting a cadaver In the hospital morgue when he crushed a mosquito that had bitten him, and thoughtless? ly scratched the bite. A few days later the doctor felt a pain in his arm and found that he was suffering from blood poisoning. He was put to bed in the hospital and his fellow doctors labored to prevent tho spread of the poison, but It was not until they had used the knife several times that they were success? ful. Right now a large number of pa? triotic m* u are expressing a willing? ness to serve the country In congress, i is well enough; but befrre you pledge yourself to any of these candi? date s. Mr. Farmer, do you not think it would be wisdom on your part to And OUl what Mr. Candidate proposes to do for you when he gets to con? gress? We do not mean what he proposes to do about getting public buildings or distrbuting garden seeds or Unding jobs for his supporters, but what he thinks about tho really Im? portant questions which his vote will help to decide. Ask him especially about the parcels post, a parcels post would add to the convenience of country life, snd to the profits of farming everywhere, it is a National disgrace that the United States should bs the last of the great civilised no? tions to establish such ? system; but until you convince your law-makers thai the farmers of this country are of as much Importance as the express com pan lea We are not going to get it. Put the matter up to every candidate for congress and Insist on n direct and unequivocal answer from him, There has been delay enough in this mat ter; it i< time now to get busy, Pro? gressive Farmer, The higtu t order that was cv? v In ?tituted on earth Ii the order of faith. ?Bescher, PROMINENT MAN ROBBED. Columbus Shepherd, of wnitfilngtojv Fall Among Thieve* at Speitoer, N. C.?Relieved of |200. Spencer, N. C, July 20.?Columbus Shepherd, a prominent young man of Washington, D. C, was set upon by two negro highwaymen a mile east of this plaee tonight, beaten into in? sensibility and robbed of $200 in cash. Shepherd was found an hour later in an unconscious condition by passing farmers and taken to the home of Lum Kester. Shepherd re? gained consciousness long enough to state that his assailants were negroes. Physicians state that his injuries may not prove fatal. When You Go to the Farmers' In? stitute. There are some men, we believe, who have gone to a farmers' institute and come away, according to their own reports, without having learned anything. These men evidently were very unfortunate in the institute they attended, or else they are men who do not learn things very readily. We do not say this with any desire to reflect upon them, either; because we recognize the fact that the spirit a man takes with him decides, to a great extent, whether or not he will profit by what he hears, at a farm? ers' institute or elsewhere. The man who goes to learn?to get new facts and new Ideas that will be helpfu'i to him In his work?is pretty sure to find out something of value; the man who goes to criticise the speakers, or to find out how much they do not know that he does, is likely to come away with his conviction that he knows more than all "them scientific fellers" very much strengthened. We do not believe, however, that many Progressive Farmer and Ga? zette readers belong to this class. We are pretty sure that our folks are go? ing to the institutes to learn things, to acquire knowledge that will enable them to do better work when they get home, and that they are then coming back home to put those things into practice. That's the kind of folks The Progressive Farmer and Gazette family is mostly made up of; and that's why we are so proud of them, and have such faith in what they are going to do in the next ten years or so. That's why, too, we try so hard to find out where they are not doing as well as they could, and then tell them about it. When they see that another way Is better than the one they've been going they are just as quick as anybody to get into the bet? ter way. ' Because they are such really pro? gressive farmers we scarcely think it | necessary to urge them to go to the farmers' institutes, or to take their wives and daughters if there is a wo? man's institute. Other folks may think they can afford to stay away from the institutes and go fishing or talk politics, but our folks know bet? ter. Why, women went five and ten and fifteen miles last year to hear Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. H?tt and Mrs. Hollowell talk in the North Carolina women's institutes. And they said it paid them, too. So, of course, our readers won't stay away?nor let their neighbors stay away, if they can be persuaded to go. But having gone, of course you want to get the most out of your day's attendance, and to do this, there are needed, in addition to an open mind, open ears and an "openable" mouth. When you go to the institute, if there is arry matter about which you specially wish information, ask the speakers about it. That's what they are there for, to tell you. If they can't tell you, don't conclude that they are ignoramuses?you don't know either, remember,?but ask them to find out for you, and if they are the right sort, they'll do it. One more thing: If any of the speakers?there are a few of that kind left yet?begin to make little set speeches r?'>oi/ something of no vital concern to you or your neigh? bors, take matters into your own hands a little, and by judicious ques? tioning draw them down to something practical. The best institute speak? ers are either men who have made a thorough and earnest Study of some one subject or good practical farmers, and either of these ( lasses w ill be only too glad to get right down with you and help you solve the problems that are bothering you. if you don't believe it. give them n trial and see.?Progressive Farmer. The latest type of silencer for use on military rifles is a combination st !. in er and bayonet, designed to meet and overcome the two serious objec? tions to the device brought out by Maxim. These objections were based on the added weight and the neces? sity of changing the silencer and the bayonet. The combination sii< ncer and bay.an t |g of the disk type, hav? ing a series of disks within a cone, curved bo as to retard the escaping gns and cause it to leave the dlencer with a circling motion. The tayonel Is made by extending the lower part ?.r the silencer and bringing it to a point. The bullet, In leaving the si? lencer, passes just above the top 0 the bayonet blade. IN SELF-DEFENSE, Mississippi Officer Kills Fire Negroes And Mortally Wounds Two Who Resist Arrest. Elliott, Miss., July 21.?Five ne? groes were killed and two others were mortally wounded today when the seven, taking issue with Deputy Sher? iff Bid Cauley, who was endeavoring to take them into custody on a mi? nor charge, advanced on the officer with farming implements as weapons and with the avowed intention of "cutting him down." Bearing a warrant charging the seven with assault, Cauley and two citizens, deputized to assist him, went to the home of Henry Beck, a colored farmer, near Elliott, this afternoon. As the posse approached the negroes ceased their work in the field and grabbing pitchforks and other farm? ing tools made for the deputy. Cau? ley, however, opened fire with two revolvers before the belligerents came within striking distance, and before the others of the posse had regained thir wits, five of the attacking party were dead the remainder wounded. The deputy surrendered but was re i leased to appear for formal hearing tomorrow. Several days ago an attempt was made to effect the capture of the ne groes, but the arresting officer with? drew when they employed similar tac? tics to those of today. REPORTED NEW ALLOY. Looks Like Silver, Acts Like Steel? Discovery of Ell wood Haynas. Some of the most eminent chemists of this country are attending the con? vention of the American Chemical So? ciety at the St. Francis Hotel. Ellwood Haynes, of Kokomo, Ind., who is on the programme for a paper relating to "alloys of nickel and co? balt with the metals of the chromium group," is the inventor of the auto? mobile, and lately he presented the first automobile made by him, in which he traveled 10,000 miles to Smithsonian Institute at Washington. Alloys have been occupying his atten? tion in recent years, and it is expect? ed that one of them, which he will mention in his paper, will be gen? erally used In industries, as It looks like silver, acts like platinum, does not tarnish or corrode, is insoluble in acids and can be empolyed in many ways instead of copper and brass for making article which are apt to tur nish.?San Francisco Chronicle. Cleveland Doesn't Think Much Of It. Cleveland men who are interested in the steel and Iron industry and who are regarded as experts In steel manufacture are not Inclined to re? gard as revolutionary in any way the reported discovery by Ellwood Haynes, of Kokomo, Ind., of a metal I which Is non-rusting and which will take on a keen edge, making it avail abel for cutlery and similar purposes. Not enough information has been given out about the alleged discovery as yet, say the Clevelanders, to Indi? cate its actual value. Until it is dem? onstrated that it is all that is claimed for it few steel manufacturers or others will place much credence in its existence. "While It Is not at all improbable that Mr. Haynes has made a valuable discovery, I do not think that steel men will be very much concerned over ic as affecting their business," said David T. Croxton, president of the Cleveland Furnace Company, last night. "Not enough information has been given out as yet to show to what ex? tent the new metal can be used. It seems unlikely, however, that it will be of much value beyond the manu? facture of small cutlery and simlar goods. Nothing is impossible and it Is likely that a metal which will not rust, but keep bright and untarnished like silver and still take the keen edge that steel will take, has really been discovered. It is not revolutionary, however, and will not affect the steel industry to any great extent. "It seems to be up to Mr. Haynes to prove the presence of the qualities he claims for the new alloy. Even then if it costs more to manufacture than steel It is not likely to prove a very formidable competitor, even in the making of cutlery." < me of the most peculiar sights of the northern territory of Australls are the swarms of llying-foxes that often 1111 the sky In every direction for hundred of yards. The thickly growing trees are often loaded with millions of the bat-like little animals, and w lu-n they leave the trees on ex? cursions for water the sky is darken? ed. Flying fox is the popular name given the "colugo," a peculiar East Indian mammal with a wing-like membrane similar to thai of tbe bat. The standpatters are wondering whal has become of the old-fashion? ed ox-Presidents who won! Into dense retirement. Kansas ?'it\ star. To most men, experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only the track it has passed.?Cole? ridge. Fought Catarrh For 20 Years. Here is a letter that we sincerely ask every reader of the Daily Item to read. If you suffer from catarrh or any nose, throat or lung ailment, read it over twice, and then consider if you can afford to ignore a prescrip? tion with the healing virtue of Hy omei (pronounce it High-o-me): Booth's Hyomel Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Gentlemen?"I suffered terribly with catarrh in the head for twenty years, and I tried many prescriptions, but never found relief. I have used Hyomei for two weeks and find It the best preparation J have ever used for catarrh. Every cold I would catch seemed to go to my throat, and I had to use gargles for days at a time. Now when I catch a cold in the throat I use the Hyomel inhaler and this soreness disappears over night. Hy? omei has put me on the good road to getting rid of my catarrh, and if you want to use this letter to publish in your advertising, do so. Perhaps it will help some other sufferer.?W. K. Engle, 703 Walnut St., Reading, Pa., Oct. 5, 1909. Complete outfit $1.00; extra bottle 50 cents at druggists everywhere and DeLorme's Pharmacy. 6-2-11-23?W. '{ Summer School For Snmter County. Beginning August 1st, there will be held in the Hampton School a four weeks summer school for teachers Much good work should be accom? plished during that time and it is very desirable that every teachei u. lowing is a list of the names of toe instructors with the subjects that they will teech: Miss E. W. McLean?Geography and History. Miss A. D. Richardson?Primary Manual Training and Primary Meth? ods. S. H. Edmunds?English and Mathematics. I trust that all of our teachers may make it convenient to attend this session of the Summer School. S. D. CAIN, County Supt. of Educatiot. 7-20-27-30.?W. & S. Two Hunters. Two Irishmen were out hunting, with one gun between them. The man with the gun saw a wild turkey, and took careful aim at it. "For the love of heaven, Mike!" shouted the other hunter, "don't shoot! The gun ain't loaded." "Ive got to," yelled Mike, "The bird won't wait!" BACK GIVES OFT. Plenty of Sumter Readers Have This Experience. You tax the kidneys?overwork them? They can't keep up the continual strain. The back gives out?it aches and pains; Urinary troubles set in. Don't wait longer?take Dear, s Kid? ney Pills. Sumter people tell you how they act. S. C. Brown, 110 Calhoun St., Sum? ter, S. C, says: "I used Doan's Kid? ney Pills and they did me more good than all the other remedies I had pre? viously tried. I suffered severely I from a lame back and some days was . not able to work. I hurt me to stoop or lift, I could not rest well and no position I assumed was comfortable. In the morning upon arising, my back , was so lame that I could hardly get j about. The kidney secretions also con. tained sediment and were too fre? quent in passage. I finally procured Doan's Kidney Pills at China's Drug Store and they cured me. I have not had a lame back since and the kid? ney secretions do not annoy me. I am in good health at present and give Doan's Kidney Pills the credit." For sale by all dealers. Price 60 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's and take no other._No. 28. Folei' Kidney Pills What They Will Do for Yon They will cure your backache* strengthen your kidneys, cor* rect urinary irregularities, build up the worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. 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