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fluC MTMTFlc WATCHMAN. Katmh Consolidated Aur. 2, 1 GRESHIM, BACK DOWN. 1KTIUI KM ? l\ l l> HtOM Mil. ?. <.KK.MI\M STATE? THAT IT Is NOW IMI'OHSIHI.K TO Hl M I? Mo I M Hotel lYuposition 1-eft uii Ha mo llu*U a* It Was Brforr <>ee?hn*n Turned Vp ami Mr. I 1>. Jennings Think, Hotel tatn br Built by Local Sub? scription*. From The Dally Item June IS. Mr. L. D. Jennings this morning received a latter from Mr. C. Greah am from lit. Airy. Oa.. ttatlng that circumstance* over whtc.i he had no control had rendered it m possible for Mm to build the hotel in Sum* \ tar *s ha had Intended doing vhen he visited this place about two weeks ago. The Isttsr Is aa folowa: Mt. Airy, Oa.. Junt to. U D. Jennings. shunter, si C Dear Sir: I am writing this on receipt of a letter that came not 10 mlnutea ago so as not to delay the matter with yon. Circumstance* over which I had - no control has happened since our visit to your city that has upset our plans and I now And It will not be possible for me to build a hotel, and my son, E. B. Oresham. baa entirely op;lapsed and is physically unable to take part in it or to do anything abcut it ^ 1 am real sorry but this Is the way Wit Is. I hope I have not deferred the proposition T 1th you. Tours very respectfully. C. Oresham. A letter from Mr. T. A. Oreen. wh ? his Interested in hotels with Mr. Oresham. to Mr. C. Oresham waa en cloned In the letter received by Mr. Jennings, and is aa follows: Sparten burg, 8. C, June t. Mr. C Oreaham. | Mount Airy. Oa fc My dear air: 1 And that I cannot get my affairs In such shape a* would warrant m proceeding with the Surater project. While I consider the proposition a good one and appreciate your confi? dence in me. have decided it would for me not to assume the ro llity snd necessary work th it Would folo**r such an undertaking. Sorry that T could not make up my mind to say this some veeks ago. hut really I wanted to do the Job, hut a combination of clrcumatsnces makes I It impossible with me Just at thla time. Trusting my action will not incon? venience you t<> any gr?at extent. Yours truly, T. A. Green. Mr. Jennings, as chlrman of the I hotel committee, stated this morning that because the Greehsm's had fall- ' en down on the proposition made and taken up hy them w;is n > r.iaon ie Sumter people to think that they would not have the new hotel. The pi in that had been outlined hy the * Chamber of Commerce was still In hand and would he pushed through to completion. Already $30,000 baa been gnjbsrrlhed for the new hot. ' by prominent citizens of Sumter and $1S.000 more has heen promised and can be secured at any time for the l> botet. Thia leaves a balance which can be borrowed on the hotel build? ing as It ia erected It la true that the Oresham prop? osition has delayed thN etnas plan for more than a month, hut that will be the only u'.fortunate result of ^he negotiations with the Greshams. There is no doubt whatever, thru the people will have the notel. although It Is prohaMe that III completion will he delayed a little longer than the hotel promised hy thf Gre/ham?. till? I ? ? Mil I - \\ Hot It \t ililm Make? ?.?.atM njjasgd Id < - oi.l or I he \\ , i 1*1 Pari?. Juno p ?l/Atite snlligl that Vedrln*. flu r inn' r >f the Paris ?o-Madrld rme. w h< >?..? proper name ? Jules v.drine*. attained tne pro? digious speed i f 1".."? mli < an b??ur on -^Tuc'day. covering the 77 1-J miles separating IMl<u md Sain Laurent hs-Ms',,n In mlnut..*. Vedrlnc* suffered '?nly through the strain of bis eyssn I m 11 h >\ \. . > |.i~ I'h ill< in r of Paul I'm im?, l^.ndon. June 10. ? l'aul Pnfgnna 9 vears old. f Memphl ? Tenn.. has had his boxing challenge to any Kn gllwh hoy of bis age accepted by J^T<x?tlea r*orrl. son of the National Sporting t'luh ref?-re?>. It pounds heavier than Paul. 'lie Just MADERQ IN CONTROL. ______ uil HAVS ki:vi:s and dk L4 iia HA in His CABINET. it. si - offers hi* Support mm Abjure* Design* on Presldeocj and h'oniiso to Accept Portfolio of War. Mexico City, June 10.?"If I should be elected president, Senor de la Bar re will be minister of foreign relations and Oen. Heyes will be minister ol war In my cabinet" Thus spoke Francisco I. Madero to an Associated Press representative to? day at his hume here following a visit I to the presidential residence at Cha j pultepec castle, where he talked with ^ both President de Ui Barra and Qen. Reyes. "Both men have consented to ac? cept these portfolios and their decis? ions was announced In an official bul? letin at the national palace tonight." The meeting between the three men was accidental. Madero had been conferring with President de la Barra about the polit? ical situation and was about to step ! Into the elevator to descend to his automobile below when Qen. Reyes entered. At the mutual instance of j both Oen. Reyes and President de la Barra. Madero was asked to remain. A frank discussion of the situation ensued. Madero's eyes sparkled as he later told of the successful outcome of the conference. "Our meetlrg," he _*Ud, "was very cordial. We have a definite under? standing and ire going to work hard to harmonize all elements." \ Oen. Reyes was seen at his homo this afternoon. "It Is true." said he. as he stroked his long beard, "that I am going to be minister of war, if Senor Madero Is elected. I am not going to be a candidate for the presidency or par? ticipate In the elections." "Just before you came,' he said to the interviewer, "a committee call? ed on me to ask me to be a candl jftsjf^for the presidency, but I* have ;<>lil them that I will be a member of Senor MnderVs cabinet If he Is el ?et cd." Madero has In mind the more or Isssj unsettled condition In which the army is at present, but an indication of what his policy will be was given In a speech which he made today to the cadets of the national military ? demy whom ho reviewed: I "In the reorganization of the I army." he said, as he stood In front of the line of cadets, "there will bo no Interference with the officers of the line. The discipline and training I the military school are most val i ?.able and preference should be given ti? those who have been given the inrtt of its training." <'<?neluding his address he said: "I have nothing but praise for the valor . f the men who fought on both sub x In the revolution that has just ended. I do not wish you to cherish :my ill feeling toward those who have triumphed. f??r WS fought not against tbe army but ajralr.n the dictatorship 4 the last P.O yeai^. "It was a revolution for principles, m l I wish always that if you light you should fight far principles. I be? lieve any army, with all Its discipline, should Utfht for a cause which it rows and understands. The army hould def-nd the con.-?tutlon and the laws of the republic, as well as 1 national honor." Th?? eablne! appointment! proposed be Mader ? in the event of his elec? tion tO the presidency and the sub? stance of the conference between Qen. Heye* President de la Harra and himself today ware made the subject "f an official bulletin, it was In v'\rt is follows: "Qen, Reyes declared his purpose .f supporting and a-king his principal friends to support the candidacy of Madero In the oomlnsj presidential election, la the event ol triumph ? ?f hli candidacy Madero has offered ih?> portfolio of foretell relations and sx.tr and marine, reepectvely, to J ranctsco de lat Harra and Qen, Der? nard ? Reyes, who accepted them tak? ir.ir Into consideration above all, the ? i 'nt- r< ti of their country." i i in um. < ost hum *n? Two Ptilhvlelplila Yotma Men \? ' Ud and I ined. Philadelphia, June It William P. Preston snd Charles J, Lee, younpj men. giving ns their address tttl Chestnut street, demonstrator! i >r ? North Broad ?tree! automobile com* peay( srere saeh lined 110 und costs yesterday in tho ritv Hall Police OatsTt for flirting with girls nt Thir? teenth and Market street^ on Tues I ty night. 11*1 tori .Vpril, 1850. L881. and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Ali SI MTER, S. C, WEIdV HO IMMEDIATE CMMS. \ STATEMENT <>F GOVERNOR As TO . BOARD OF EDUCATION, I Chief Executive Says there Mill be r no Change In Personnel Prior to ? June 17, when Hoard Meets to Award Text Book Contracts for Next Five Year*?Give* his Views L j as to Proper Hooks for Public I Schools. Columbia, June 11.?Gov. Blease i j 9tated today that "there will be no change in the personnel of the State ' board of education plor to the 17th Instant" ! In connection with this first definite , statement that he would not, at least i for the present, remove any member of the State board of education, Gov. j Blease explained his position with re gard to the adoption of books written by Southern authors. He picks Dr. Henry Alexander White's History of this State as the best to be used in, the schools und says that he will do his utmost to have it adopted for the ' schools of ..his State. Gov. Blease also finds in Dr. White's History a definite statement I that Sherman burned Columbia. The burning of Columbia by Sherman was the casus belli with respect to the objection of Gov. Blease to the work by Col. Waddy Thompson, with j whom he had an interview several ? weeks ago, the result of which was the statement that Gov. Blease had I under consideration the removal of the appointive members of the State hoard of education. At that time Gov. Bleaae merely remarked, as ex ' plained in this correspondence, that he was undecided whether he would remove any member of the board or not. Today's interview with the Gov. clears up the situation, temporarily, at least. Gov. Blease said: "Since my en . trance into politics I have been ad? vocating Southern books by Southern authors for Southern children and to be taught by Southern teachers. That is still my platform and I propose, 1 wherever I can consistently, to vote and request the adoption of books by Southern authors, and, for this rea? son, so far as I have been able to ( make an examination, I propose to request the present State board of education to stand by South Carolin? ians where they have books that are equally as good as other authors. So far as my own investigation has gone, [Dr. White's History of South Caro? lina comes nearer bel?g what I want 1 than any history I can find, and I propose to do what I can to have it [ adopted for our children. In the list I find other South Corollna authors? l>r. Klnard, of Winthrop; Dr. Setzler, of Newberry, and Dr. Wallace, of Wofford. I propose, in their hooks, to stand by my platform. "There will be no change made In the personnel of the State board of education prior to the 17th Instant. "In my opinion, books are too ex? pensive and the parents of this coun? try are suffering from having to buy so many books. \ am in favor of having the schools of the State adopt s general system that will allow the children to hand their books down from one to the other?that is, if a man has several children, one in the eighth grade, one in the seventh and o, e in the sixth, etc, that when the child in the sixth or ffth advances to tiv seventh or sixth, that it be allow? ed t ? study the same books that its brother <>r sister studied in the up? per grade, *To allow this would save the parents much money in the pur? chase of books for their various chil? dren.?News and Courier. Very little Importance Is attached t" the subject of health in Sumter if the attendance at the lecture at the court house Sunday afternoon was B full representation of all those Inter? ested in the subject. \ large number of contractors were In the city in Monday for the open Ins of the l ids for the Main street paving contract. The street com? mittee opened the bids al twelve o'clock and was still In session over them ;it two. This committee will make :i rep ?ri to tb<- city council T i< May night at its meeting, as to Which bid in their opinion |g most ac? ceptable to the city. 11 was learni d In lh< city Mon? day thai the story of the supposed murder i?t Privateer, as published In the item Saturday, i- more i nagln atlon than ans thing else. The gen? tleman who sw ? i?? out the warrant had been very much misinformed on tin- subject it waJ reported thai the man who was supposed to be missing was stii in she neighbor? hood* ms t at 1h? thy Country's, Thy God'i a ESDAY. JUKE 14, 1911 SAVED BY DEATH. HUB EVANS INDICTMENT NOI PROSSED AT \EWBERRY. The Death of G. h. Charles Most Im? portant Witness Against Hut Evans Renders State Unable to Proceed With Trial and Case Thrown Out. Columbia, June 12?The case against H. H. Evans, former dispen? sary' director who is charged with re? ceiving rebate was nol proseed at Newberry this morning. The State ?/as unable to go to trial owing to the death of G. H. Charles, material wit? ness. GOOD LECTURES DELIVERED. Drs. Ward and Eggleston and Mr. Coker Deliver Interesting Address? ee. There was only a small attendance present Sunday afternoon at the court house to hear the addresses given by Drs. J. LaBruce Ward. C. J. Eggle ston, and Mr. Davic! Coker on sanita? tion the preventable diseases and how to get rid of them. The meeting was opened by prayer led by Dr. C. C. Brown. Rev. H. H. Covington, then stated that Dr. Adam Hayne had been prevented from com? ing but that Dr. J. LaBruce Ward of Georgetown, another member of the State board of health, would deliver a talk in his place. Dr. Ward made a short talk which was very interesting to his audience. He told about all of the preventable diseases, such as fever, measles, small pox, mumps etc. ,ar.d went on to tell how it was possible to keep from I having any of these sicknesses these ' days as it was known how they were distributed and how to kill the germs that caused them. His talk v.-as along general lines and covered a very wide area of diseases and things per? taining to them and their prevention. Dr. Egg'eston read his paper on "Board of Health Methods" and it was a pity that more of the members of the local board of health and mem? bers of city council were not present to hear his address which was very instructive. He told how tiles, mosquitoes and other germ carrying Insects might be eradicated, and how this section of the State below Columbia was re? garded as unhealthy by the people of the upper section of the State, when in fact, by a little work of prevention, it would be made as healthy as any place on the globe. Ills paper which he read, was listened to with deepest attention by his audience. Mr. Coker told what the town coun? cil and hoard of health had done in Hartsville. He said that the malaria carrying mosquito had not reached Hartsville until about 1S97. In 1901 a health campaign was begun which has been carried on ever since. He said that a case of milaria was a very! rare thing in Hartsville now because the mosquitoes which spread ma? laria had all been killed out. 11c told how the mosquitoes were carried from place to place on trains, but that they rarely of their own accord ranged more than one hun? dred yards from their birthplace, so it was generally in a person's own yard that the mosquitoes which both? ered him were bred. Keeping all water from stagnating and pourii*'{ oil on water left standing were th* heal ways of preventing the breeding oi the mosquitoes. The lectures were all >od and Instructive und the fact that there was such a pooj- attendance present to hear them was a disappointment t > tin committee which had secured tie consent "J the gentlemen to come liefe. It also showed that not as mich interest was taken in the movement for better health in Sumtcr as should have been taken. in tlio Police Court. 'Tie- folowlng cases v < re heard in tin poll< e c ourt b> the lb corder: ? ;. A, Brown, violation of had-: and vehicle ordinance, $2.00 or I days, sentence suspended during good be? havior, Jesse Vaughn, failure to pay dr:ty lie, nso, $5.00 or 10 days <'. \. Broadway, disorderly conduct, $ i o or 20 ys. Ltirlte Samuels and Minnie S'ngli - ton. lighting, cursing, and creating i disturbance, |10 or 20 days each on e;l< b COUnt. It, B, Phillips, failure to pay license on two restaurants, 112.50 or 25 da)?. The Shan Motor Companj has just Hold Mr. A, U Jackson s Case auto? mobile, one of the newest and best machines in the city. Big Vole Off? 50,000 Votes to 25,000 Votes Will be Given t< the Most Subscriptions 20th, 15,000 to the Second Large! 10,000 to Now that the "Bonus offer" h over, the race to acquire the piano parlor suite and gold watch will grow more excltng. Some of the yor ladies are beginning to learn h put their ffriends to work? * a united efforts tell. Candidates should make the most of their time during next week and when they get a subscription bring or send it to the office. A complete record will be kept at the office of all subscriptions turned in and will be accounted for at the end of the inducement Candidates should not be afraid of WOMAN'S BODY DISINTERRED. Further Investigation into Death of Mrs. Moses C. Crafts. Newberrv. June 11.?Coroner Felk er, of Newberry, ard Coroner Battson, of Greenville, exhumed this morning the body of Mrs. Moses C. Crafts, who died recently In Greenville and was buried at her former home here. Governor Blease several days ago -or? dered a reinvestigation of her death, writing a letter in which he stated that reports had reached him of the cruelty of the woman's husband to her and of certain actions of the hus? band in connection with the finding of the woman dead In bed. Among other things, the Governor said he had heard that "Crafts bought a bot? tle of coca cola the night before and gave it" to his wife; that she drank it and went to sleep and did not wake again." It was reported from Greenville that this it-investigation was made, and It was determined that death v as fnm natural causes. The fath? er and sisters of the dead woman, however, were far from satisfied and it was at their urgent request that the body was exhumed this morning. The stomach was removed by Dr. Ihinn and forwarded for examination to State Chemist Coward, in Colum? bia. Crafts was a policeman here during several months of last year. Latterly he has been living In the Carolina Mill village, In Greenville, Where his wife's sudden death oc? curred. I WEATHER THE .MAIN FACTOR. I Without General Rains cotton Paces Critical Period. New Orleans, June 11.?The weath? er will still be the main factor in the cotton market this week. Unless rain falls quite generally over the belt in the early part of it, will be a critical period for the crop. Advices from the belt are t ? the effect that the plant Is backward and has -top? ped growing in a great many local? ities. More dry weather and high temperatures on top of this will mean damage, and it will be impossible to hold prices down with such conditions prevailing. If rain should fall prices will break. The market is beginning to get loaded up with an extensive long line In the new crop months and shorts may be put r>n the run. ? ox] ralna will result In general liqui? dation. !; u in t; ke developments out of the ordinary to stir up fresh Interest in the old crops Tin y have uppar tntl3 fallen into the hands of a few professional traders of greal capital, and the gossip of the markel In con? nection with them will be chiefly In relation to the amount of tenders thai the bulls will have t i take. The report of the first bale of tht n w erop last w< ek ? aus. .! hope to run high among the bears; some tircu |Mr writers* on the week-end made in i, h of feat ure and predh ted ?> fr< o m ?venu at ol n< \\ ? otton I > me end of ,lul> An; thing \< tiding to verify this . lalm a II naturally weaken the old crops. Kverythlitft teems to point to noth? ing bul -i v ? ather markel in 11 ? near future, and In such market he who guesses tho weather guesses the . nurse of prb es, \ fellow-feeling makes us won? drous kind.?Oarrick. roii ?E SOUTHRON, Established June, 11 Vol. XXXII. No. 33. er This Week be Given Away o the Contestant Bringing in Between June 13th and One Bringing in the st Number an** the Third. j asking Thr I for a subscription. ,*>*" othing humiliating in do Everyone takes the papers .y*' you may aa well get the bene.'it 9 their votes. No one who is ab e to will refuse to give you a subscrip? tion, if it is only for 3 or 6 months. It will never do for you to sit down until somebody offers you their help; go after them yourself and people will admire you for your pluck. This week, the candidates who are a little behind, have a good opportunty of getting in the lead. Don't forget the closing date of the offer, June 20th, at 9 p. m. VETOES LIQUOR MEASURES. Florida Governor Disapproves Anti Screen and Early Closing Bills. Tallahassee, Flo.., June 10.?Go v. Gllchrlst today vetoed three drastic liquor bills recently passed by the Florida Legislature, and at the same time approved two bills providing for better prosecution of blind tigers by making Federal revenue license prima facie evidence. The other bill approved waa concerning local op? tion elections. The anti-screen bill, which provid? ed that saloons shall be divested of all furniture so as to be plainly v!s ' Ible from the street was vetoed on ac I count of the flaws in the constru? I tion of the bill. The 9 o'clock clos? ing lay was also vetoed, as was the ( bill prohibiting the solicitation for (liquor houses in dry counties, the Governor holding in the latter ca?c that newspapers carrying liquor "ads" ' would be barred In dry counties. i Rut one liquor resolution remains, ' and that applies to the revenue of the State. FIRST BALE AUCTIONED TODAY. (ireat Excitement Expected on Hous? ton Cotton Exchange. Houston, June 11.?The Houston Cotton Exchange will be opened to all business men tomorrow morning, regardless of whether or not they are members of the Exchange, when the first bale of cotton produced this year will be auctioned at 10 o'clock. The bale was grown at San Benito, Cameron County, by Earnest Matz, on a 100-aere farm, leased from Alfonso I Hicks. It was rushed into San Beni ! to Saturday by automobile, ginned land rushed to this city on a special j train. In order to get the bale to H?V*> j ton before all other bales reported to have been ready to ship on the regu? lar train from the valley, the special train, comprising a private ear und a passenger coach, was chartered at i price <'f $5tS.7S, or at the rat*1 of PL50 a mile. It is freely predicted that iM-5 price will be covered by that paid tomorrow by the highest bidder, making the price greater than ever paid in his? tory for a iirM bale. The freight ef the bale Is 490 pounds in spite of the fact that sne large sack ol seed was threshed from the bale. The "first bale" reported ginned at Rivera has n ?t arrived here yet. Elopers Lived on Two Crackers \ Day. Mount Holls ( N. J.) Dispatch to Phil? adelphia Press, An eloping couple were found In an old barn on lie farm of Arthur Prlckett, on the road from Crossroad's \ \ i Kostertown. wh re thoj had sub? sisted on six vi ?'<?:? for three days. The elopers were brought to the eoiintv lall today. They were Wesley I Weils, sen of Samuel Wells, s farmer, who \* 21 years old, and Emma J. Wilkins, 11 years old. Bmnta was ae { companlod bj her parents and with I them she a ui permitted to go h ?m^. The first cotton bloom brought to the Item office this year came In on Monday. Green Washing! ?n a ne? gro living on Mrs. Jar. Carson's place brought In the blossom end stated that the (leid was full of blooms. The cotton was planted on the fourth of March. ?,