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ACTS PART OF A PORTIA. Veswrabk? Mr??. Felton Makts Argti saent Before the t.oorgla Railroad OommtHsion Atlanta?. Oa.. Aug. 17.?Mrs. W. H. Felton. despite her 7 5 years and white hair, made a brilliant Portia today when she appoared before the State railroad commission to argue single handed in op posit Ion to the briefs mi 15 corporation attorneys. Mrs. Kel? ten is the widow or Congressman Fsrton and Is widely known in the South through her writings. Today she advocated the replacing of a switch which the I,ouslvlle & Nashville railroad had removed at Feltonia. Oa. With almost the ease of a malntenance-of-way man, she handled the Intricacies of siding rights, tapping ore lands and railroad claims. She declared that It was unfair for the railroad to remove the switch from the Felton estate after obtain? ing $1.000 worth of right of way. She cross-examined the attorney who made the closing argument for the railroad and who aruged that the switch had not paid for Its keep. When the case was finished Mrs. Felton exclaimed: "Well, think of a woman 75 years old going before a commission, against 15 lawyers of a railroad com? pany, and. I believe I've whipped them." The commission reserved decision. ORK.IN OF COTTON CASES? Montgomery Cotton Mill Man Throws Light on Prosecution. New York, Aug. 17.?The origin of the prosecution begun by the federal government three months ago against the leaders of the bull movement In cotton is purported to be revealed In an affidavit made by W. B. Tanner, secretary of the Montgomery Cotton mills of Montgomery. Alabama, copies of which were received in this city yesterday. It was the New York cot? ton exchange house of Cralg A Jen? kins which had close relations with the McFadden Intersts, the alleged leaders of the cotton bears opposing the bull campaign conducted by Hanye, Brown. Patten and others, that Is supposed to have acted, pos? sibly through a third party, in get? ting a copy of the Hayne-Brown con? tract with the Southern ootton spin? ners to the nti of tha govern? ment Mr. Tann*<* came to Mew York on April tt. about ten days after the federal grand jui> %a .<<-?<? ivsk u*d taken up the Investigation of the Hayns contract with the Southern mills. He had an Interview with W. R. Cralg. head of the firm of Cralg A Jenkins, when Mr. Cralg arranged to have his attorney present at a later conference in the afternoon. Held Cp a Club. The Tanner affidavit alleges that this attorney was Introduced to him as Mr. Baldwin, who explained that as counsel for Cralg A Jenkins and oth? er firms he had advised them to sub? mit all papers In their possession bearing on the contract to the grand Jury In response to the subpoena. Mr Tanner alleges that Mr. Baldwin ex? plain*.| that he had been an assistant Cnlted States district attorney and that he was In Intimate relations with the district attorney's office here and with Attorney General Wlcker sham. He dilated on th?? disgrace which would befall Mr. Tanner were he to l>e prosecuted for his part In tnV Hayne contract. Mr. Baldwin represented to Mr. Tanner, the latter aleges that he was authorised to promise immunity If Mr. Tanner would turn State's evidence He refused to do so, and announced to Baldwin and Craig that Instead he would relate the In'blent to Mr. Hayne. I \po?cd Contract. Mr. Cralg admitted, the affidavit al? leged, that he had shown th^ con? tra? t to M I'i I h n and also to David H Miller Where Mr. Miller got the copy of the contract which was the basts of the government's action against Hayne and his associates In the bull movement In cotton was one early stages of this cotton proseeti of the mysteries connected with the tlon. The assertion that W. It. Cralg showed the contract to McFadden. who was credited with leading the movement against the llayne-Brown Patton gronr. fits In with suggestions made by the cotton bulls hat It v. i? through concerns opposed to them In the market that Information was laid before the government upon which the cotton prosecutions were based, This belief was the basis of bitter feeling against the McFadden Inter? ests and others allied with them. The way to ?et out of self-love Is to lovs Ood.?Phillips Brooks. ?When the digestion Is all rltfht. the action of the bowels regular, there Is a natural craving nnd relish f r foorl. When this Is licking yOU may know that you nod a dose of Chamb*?rleln's Stomm h nnd 1.1 v?t Tablets. They strengthen the diges? tive oreans. Improve the appetite and regulate the bowels. Sold t ? W. W. Albert. Ii: VniKHSTOXE ANSWERS BRUN SON. ?'. 111 ? 11.1.111 - for (Jovcnu)r Denies Tliat Ho Han llSt Advocated Liquor IJiriMN, Either In His 1898 Cani imign for (Governor or in Later Year*?Conference Held by Pro? hibitionists. TO The MtlQff of The State: 1 ask that you bi kind enough to print the following in reply to the ? rd of Joel E. Brunson. which ap p its In today's State. I dislike exceedingly to he forced Into the public prints, but Mr. Brun son Is so absolutely mistaken In his facts as to make a reply necessary. Mr. Brunson makes the charge that In 1898 my views were "so closely akin to license as to win a large part of the liquor vote of Charleston." Now, Mr. Brunson knows, or ought to know, that in 1898 T made the fight for straight prohibition; that from every stump in South Carolina I made prohibition speeches (Charleston In? cluded.) Tlie Charleston Situation. He further knows,' or ought to know, that Charleston was violently opposed to Uov. Ellerbe's re-election; that In the first race I got almost no votes in Charleston but that, in the second race, on account of Charles? ton's dislike of Ellerbe, I got a ma? jority there. This Is all a matter which was fully understood by the public and may almost be said to be a mat? ter of record. I do not desire to be harsh, but I do desire to make the statement that any charge or insinuation to the effect that I was or have ever been, untrue to tho prohibition cause, or that I sought the license vote In Charleston is absolutely untrue. In this connection I also desire to remind the people of the fact that Mr. Brunson was chosen as our stand? ard bearer in 1898. I was not on the ticket to start with, the late L. D. Childs being chosen as our candidate for lieutenant governor. Mr. Childs declined to make the race and the executive committee substituted my name for his. At first, I too, declined to make the race, but Anally consent? ed to do so, at the urgent solicitation of Mr. Brunson. The first meeting was at Orangeburg. Mr. Branson's Retirement. On my way to the Orangeburg meet? ing (between Columbia and Orange burg) I saw a card In The State from Mr Brunson ds iminc to make the canvass. T at burg, not knov nf what i wa going to do. Af ler getting tv>. re and lonaulttaff with mends (A. C. Jones and others), It was decided that I should make the race for governor, or rather file my pledge, In order to meet the crisis that was then on us. This I did. on condition that Mr. Brunson should be notified that I would withdraw and let him come In and make the fight if he would do so. l'p?>n getting to Charleston, two days after, I wrote Mr. Brunson. urging him to come In and make the fight and telling him that I would withdraw and assist him In the up country. Later Events. This he refused to do, and, later on, when It b>oked as though I might win, BS sagst OVt and fought me. Such art the facts in reference to the 1S98 i mpalgn. Now, as to what occurred in 1S9T?: \ OOnfsrsnCS of prohibitionists was held at the Jerome hotel In Columbia, Ittsndsd by Joseph A. McCullough. Louis J. Bristow. S. M. Grist, Dr. Ceo. B. Cr >m?r, myself and others, whose n ine s I do not now recall. The object of the conference was to discuss the situation in general and to consider the advisability Of putting out a ticket in 1906. Mr. Brunson was not at that confer? ence. At that conference it was de < Idsd that it would not be wise to put out a ticket. Tt was also decided that we would attend the conference during fair week, which had been called, or Which we anticipated would be called by Mr. Brunson and cer? tain Others, and do what we could to keep them from putting out a ticket. Missed the Meeting?. I did attend the fair week confer? ence at which Mr. Brunson nrg.nl the putting out of a tb ket. 1 del oppose it and it was almost unanimously de i Idsd (as I recollect if. Mr. Brunson being the only one |o vote on his side of the question) got to put out i liehst So It seems that not only the Je , roms hotel conference. which Mr. Brunson did not attend, and the fair week conference, which he did attend, both decided thai it WOUld not be wise to put out a ticket In ISOt, Buch was mv VteWS and it was con? curred in bv both conferences. The Jerome ho|e| confe.'cfc e whl h I attended, and the only one which I attended, except Ins fair Week COnf< ren ? . decided Mot |0 put gUl B tb ket arel did r> .f decide to put out s tiea>< is claimed by Mr, Brunson. Such are the facts and I will be boras out by Or. C comer, Mr, I rl loW nnd others. if Mr. Brunson, or any one else, can make capital out of the fael that these conferences agreed with me and riot with Mr. Brunson, they are wel? come to it. I acted then, as I have always done, for what 1 thought was the best in? terest of the cruse of prohibition. Mr. Brunson's Race, V.r. Brunson paid no attention to the action of these conferences, but ran for governor and was defeated. Now, in the last place as to what oc? curred at the fair week conference, with reference to the Law and Order leagues. In Columbia there had been organ? ized a "Law and Order league," for the purpose of enforcing law and or? der generally, but more especially the anti-whiskey laws. The Anti-saloon league was not then In existence in this State. The Law and Order leagues re? ferred to were local organizations. I thought they were good organiza? tions and ought to be encouraged, and I offered a resolution indorsing them. I did not offer a resolution to the effect that "Hereafter all of the work of the prohibitionists be done through the Law and Order league." I could not have done this for the reason that the law and order leagues, to which I referred, were purely local organizations. My idea was simply to encourage such or? ganizations in each county, for the purpose of law enforcement. Not for License. The statement made, at the very 'atd by Mr. Brunson, that I had, a few weeks before joined in a meet? ing to put in the field a State ticket, j on a prohibition-license platform is absolutely without foundation. I have never taken part In any such conference, nor have I ever heard of such a conference. I do not now recall the names of all t? ?se who took part in the Hotel Jerome conference, nor In the fair week conference. But all those pres? ent at both conferences will recollect what transpired and I call upon them in the Interest of fair dealing to come out and tell about It. I also ask, Mr. Editor, that you give this as prominent a place as you did the Brunson article. No man in South Carolina can say truthfully that I have ever been un? true to the prohibition cause. I may have made mistakes, I doubt? less have, but my motives have al? ways been pure. C. C. Featherstone. Laurens, Aug. 15. GATNOR STILL IMPROVING. Symptoms Still Favorable?Surgeons Predict that Mayor Will Leave Hos? pital in Two Weeks?Patient Talk? ed Briefly on Incidents of Shooting. Never liOst Consciousness. New York. Aug. 15.?Mayor Gay nor's progress toward recovery was uninterrupted by any untoward symp? toms today. All official bulletins were of the same tenor as those heretofore issued. Surgeons in at? tendance predict that he will be able to lea%e the hospital for the Adlron dacks in two weeks, and be back at his desk in the City 'Hall, if he de? sires, within a month. Kufus Gaynor, his son, is even more optimistic; "We all expect my father to be able to leave St. Mary's Hospital in ten days," he said, " and it would not be surprising if the physicians were to release him in a week. Ills con? dition today is very encouraging, and we all look for rapid recovery." Father and son discussed briefly today the incident of the shooting, but the mayor carefully refrained from asking the name of his assail? ant or his motive. He explained the circumstancei of the affair as he hazily remembered them, and re? marked that at no time did he lose consciousness. Humor Unfounded. Detectives are carefully investigat? ing the rumor that Gallagher was the tool of others who sought to take the mayor's life, but so far not a shred of evidence to support this has been found. Gallagher reiterated that he acted entirely alone, because he thought he was the object of perse? cution by city officials. It was learned to.lay that the may? or was Inoculated with tetanus anti? toxin as a safeguard. No sign of blood poisoning In any form has de? veloped, and no announcement has been made when, if at all, un oper? ation for the removal of t^0 boiiet win be performed, Among the messages of I received today wns one fr Abernathy boys, Louise and dated Guthrie, Okla., reading "Just retained from ran learned that you had been si are sorry, Hope you will ? well." ?If your liver Is sluggish : of tone, and you feel dull, eonstlpated, ta ke s dose of C Iain's Stoui o h and Liver Ta' night before retiring and you ?ill right In tb? morning. Sol W, BIbert. How would it do to try th< m< nl of going to the erring w in^t. id of taw? Wouldn't it b< nearer to paradise" Rxchan KILLED IN MACHINERY. Caught in Machinery Every Rone in Man's Body Broken. Lancaster, Pa. Aug. 17.?Scott Hammaker, superintendent of the Pipe Mill of the Susquehanna Iron and Steel Company, met a horrible death in the mill at Columbia today. The protruding key of a knuckle on a belt caught the tail of his coat and he was drawn into the belt an 1 whirled around by the shaft, which was making 1,200 revodlutions a minute. Three feet away was an iron trough and with every revolution his leg struck it. His feet were later pick? ed up thirty feet away. Below was another shaft, against which his arm and thighs hit with every revolution. Every bone in his body was broken. Card from Mr. McLcod. To the Editor of The State: The editorial In The State of Aug? ust 13, "A word of Warring," puts certain questions to me which I have no hesitancy in answering. Inas? much as there is no campaign meet? ing for several days, I must take this method of replying. Please let me say I have, upon all occasion, upon the stump stated that I stood for, and would as governor, enforce all laws upon the statute books of this State, or such as may hereafter be placed thereon, to tht best of my ability, without regard to section or county I could not be a man of integrity and stand for any? thing else. I can not be a man of in? tegrity and a governor without it. I appreciate the support of The News and Courier. Did rot the editor re? gard me as possessing the qualifica? tions* named, and did not he believe I wculd impartially discharge my duty, I would not have received his very much appreciated indorsement and support. Thomas G. McLeod, A Little Kissing. A little kl. jing Now and then, Is why we have The married men. ?Birmingham Age-Herald. A little kissing Too, of course, Is why we have The quick divorce. ?Chicago Record-Herald. A little kissing's Lorts of fun, If you can kiss The proper one. ?Cleveland Leader. A little kissing's Not enough, A lot of kissing That's the stuff! ?Boston Herald. ? A little kissing On the sly, Is sweeter now, Than by and by. ?Yonkers, N. Y., Statesman. A little kissing May do for some, Buv. for us? Yum! yum! yum! ?Henderson, N. C, Gold Leaf. Of all the girls, The best to kiss, You bet your life Is a Raleigh miss. ?Raleigh, N. C, News & Observer. Surpassing all The above combined, MitcheH kisses Can't be defined. ?Mitchell, N. C, Kronlkle. For a kiss as sweet as honey, Dainty, crisp, and without money, Pinker up to a Charlotte queen? Anywhere from?'ty to?steen. ?Southern Publisher. Kiss a Sumter girl once? You'll do it twice, Smack your lips and say, "My how nice." Sum tor, 8. C, Item. My, me, If you only could see How much kissing is really done, Some kiss as a token of affection, Some on parting, others just for fun. ?Sumter Watchman and Southron. The Dolphin. The teacher was describing the dol lln and Its habits. "And, children," she said Impress ely, "a single dolphin will have two ousand offsprings." "Goodness!" gasped a little girl In o back row. "And how about mar d ones?" Everybody's. ?Dysentery Is a dangerous disease it can be cured. Chamberlain's die, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rented; i < been successfully used In nine ddeml< a of dysentery. It has never ?en known to fall. It Is equally iluable for children and adults, and hen reduced with water and sweet" ied it Is pleasant to take. Sold by . W. Blbert. MILES' NEPHEW A SWINDLER.? Ohio Man. Who Claims Gen. Miles As His Uncle, Pasees Worthless Check in Columbia. Columbia, Aug. 17.?Ben. B. Miles, a reporter, who came here in Jan nary from Ohio, and claims that the late Gen. Nelson A. Miles was his uncle, gave checks to a local hotel .nd a telegraph company when he was here August 3, as representative of several up-State newspapers with the State political campaign party, and these checks have been returned with the statement that Miles had no account with the hank in Greenville, on which they were drawn. A war? rant for his arrest has been issued. Miles was discharged by a Greenville paper when the campaign party reached Greenville. His present whereabouts are unknown. MAYOR GAYNOR'S "BEST DAY." Physicians Say Alarming Rumors Concerning Condition Unfounded. New York, Aug. 17.?Officially nothing but good news came from St. Mary's Hospital, Hoboken, today and tonight concerning the condition of Mayor Gaynor. According to his physicians this was his "best day" since being shot in the neck by James J. Gallagher last Tuesday. This state? ment was contained in a bulletin both positive and optimistic, issued at 9.15 o'clock tonight, instead of at 9:30, as heretofore. "There is no foundation for alarm? ing rumors, which have been In cir? culation. If conditions continue as satisfactory as they are now only two daily bulletins will be issued here. Signed "Arlitz, Brewer, Stewart, Dowd, Parish." Smite a fly on one cheek, and he returneth to the other. This is thirsty weather. Even the mercury is Ailing its glass higher these days. If you want a high time on your vacation hie to the mountains. Undoubtedly many of our sweet girl graduates will make good?fudge. A hook In the jaw Is apt to finish both the fish and the fiisher. Henry asks what is good for mos? quito bites. Human cuticle Is con? sidered very good, Henry. Adlvces received from Statesville, N. C, bring the tidings of what might have proven a very serious ac? cident to Mr. Joseph R. Poston, the popular night clerk at the Hotel Sumter, Mr. Poston is spending his vacation In the old North State vis? iting his aunt, Mrs. T. G. Wall at Lllesvllle, and he and Mr. Wall were returning from the same picnic at which Mr. James Richardson lost his life by drowning when their horse became unmanage? able, owing to the passing of an auto? mobile, and ran the buggy on a bank by the side of the road, turning over the vehicle and a wheel passing over the body of Mr. Poston, but provi? dentially only slightly injuring him. This is to prove that my statement was true when I said that the white people of Sumter would give the First Baptist church $1,000 from time to time if they say that our movement was to sell the property to the busi? ness gentlemen of the city. These are the names of those who *The Best Hour of Life is when you do some great deed or discover some wonderful fact. This hour came to J. R. Pitt, of Rocky Mt., N. C, when he was suffering in l tensely, as he says, "from the worst I cold I ever had, I then proved to my great satlsfatclon, what a wonderful Cold and Cough cure Dr. King's New Discovery is. For, after taking one bottle, I was entirely cured. * You can't say anything too good of a medicine like that." Its the surest and best remedy for diseased lungs, hemorrhages, lagrlppe, asthma, hay i f>ver?any throat or lung trouble, roc. $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaran I teed by Slberfs Drug Store. Seme people need only a little lode id* observation to take in all the im? portant scandals of the age.?Ex? change, Acute or Chronic?Which? ?No matter if your kidney trouble Is acute or chronic Foley's Kidney Remedy will reach your case. Mr. Claude Brown, Reynoldsvllle, III.? writes us that be suffered many months with kidney complaint which baffled all treatment. At last lie tried Foley'i Kidney Remedy and a few large bottles effected a complete eure. Me says, "it has been of Inestimable value to me." Slbert's Drug Store. Seasonable Notes. Take Notice. CARS CRASH BY RIVER, Trolley Cars Come Together Head-on Fpon Ledge by Niagara's Churning Waters, Niagara "^ails, N. Y Aug. 15.?In a head-on collision between two trolley ears on Gorge route at Swift Drift this evening, nine persons were in? jured, one seriously. The ledge upon which the tracks rest at this point is narrow and on the river side is a sheer drop of 20 feet into the churn? ing waters. Both cars were shattered by the collision but neither left the rails. Charles F. Vaughan of Niagara Falls, a conductor, was badly injured. ?To keep your health sound; to avoid the ills of advancing years; to conserve your physical forces for a ripe and healthful old age, guard your kidneys by taking Foley's Kid? ney Remedy. Sibert's Drug Store. HAPPY RESULTS. _ Have Made Many Sumter Residents Enthusiastic. No wonder scores of Sumter citizens grow enthusiastic. It is enough to make anyone happy to find relief after years of suffering. Public statements like the following are but truthful rep? resentations of the daily work dons in Sumter by Doan's Kidney Pills. William Burdell, 211 Church SL, Sumter, S. C, says: "I suffered from backache and sharp, shooting pains through my loins for some time. I could not rest well and in the morn? ing my back was very lame and stiff. I was also caused much annoyance by too frequent passages of the kidney secretion. Doan's Kidney Pills were finally recommended to me and I pro? cured a supply at China's Drug Store. I can truthfully say that they gave be great relief. I have since been free from backache, and my kidneys have been normal. 1 feel so much better in every way that I can highly recom? mend Doan's Kidney Pills to any per? son suffering from kidney complaints." For sale by all dealers. Price 60c. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's? take no other._No. 19. NOTICE. The following dates for the County Campaign meetings have been made: Privateer?Aug. 9th. , Shiloh?Aug. 16. Mayesville?Aug. 17. Dalzell?Aug. 26. 1 Sumter?Aug. 26 at night In the Court House. Sumter?Aug. 27 in the Court House. Day meetings will begin at 11 o'clock a. m. The assessments are as follows: Senate, 125.00. * House, $12.50. Auditor, $20.00. ? Treasurer, $20.00. 4 County Supt. Education, $10.00. Supervisor $20.00. Probate Judge, $10.00. Magistrates, Districts Nos. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, $2.50. District No. 3, $5.00. District, No. 5, $3.50. Pledges must be filed by 12 o'clock M. Aug. 8th, with County Chairman or L. I. Parrott, Clerk of Court. All Candidates are also required by an Act of the General Assembly tc file with the Clerk of the Court a pledge that an itemized, account un? der oath, of all campaign expenses and expenditures will be filed up to the day of election and a similar ac? count after the election. The Executive Commltteemen will please send to the County Chairman at once the names of the managers for tTieir respective Clubs. JOHN H. CLIFTON, County Chairman, Sumter County. 7-25-ltaw-4t. 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