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* fU? M MTEIt WATCHMAN. K-rt*.HMK,l April. ?. .lu* ,nu hM^rtfc, .?4,. Thou Alms, ... b. to, Country's, m.v God'. a?,l Trnta's ? lii?. ^ C Uuiv. Sttfeejilll I HK TRLK SOUTIIROX, Published June, iMt Consolidated Auk. 3% 1881. oUMTER, S C, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1911. Vol. XXXII. No. 47. sH</l 111 M(.t;o f1fx.1? UAM), I Ml W. Island of Mct'lrlhimilh Mil) Iii id by Isaiah Ilr?wn and Pain fui)> Injured. i liarleston. Auk. 4.? Isaiah itrown, ? negrt Held hand, was brought lo Charleston this morning and lodged In Jtll. charged with shooting Horace W. Leland of M cClellanvllle on the Georgetown i,i vesterday afternoon. Mr. Leland. who la one of the town ?hip commissioners, was driving along the toad, which is now being worked, when he waa ahot from ambush. One \ ?hot waa tired, part of the load enter log the leg and neck of the horse on which Mr. Leland was tiding. Thai ?hell contained No. ft ahot. Mr. Le? land'? Injurie? are painful, but not ne~eseartlv serious Immediate! following the shoot? ing a poaee waa organised and Hrown wen arrested at his father's house, not far from the sc?n? of the ahootlng The gun with which the ahootlng was done was seised and Identified. Drown admitted the shooting. He was de? livered to Magistrat? Ward and com? mitted for trial. ? It appear* that on the Fourth of July Mr. Leland had some worda with the neuro, who then made threats against him. Nothing more seema to have been heard of the matter un? til the ahootlng took place yesterday. < ?rTTov spf.< t i.ition acttvi:. Went I p tJ * Bale ami Closvd Low New Orleans, Aug. 4.?Today a i on In the cotton market uas one of the wildest in recent years. Ex- j tremely wild bulges were followed b> ?lumps that left scoros of bewilder- ' ?d m ? latOfa nursing kSgSSg In their wake. In the ssrly sess'on the scalp- I Ing element counted Immediate pi >- | fits on the long side, but in the after- ( session these profits were re- , >ts>e??t i y losses. At the highest of da> the tra.l'nc month* were so J 4? poin's oesr yeaterdftr'n cloee. ? ? ?% i*? . ?s Ufr? lowoec ?>aJces> jfere 11 to IS points under yester? day's last quotations. From the highest to the lowoat there was i drop arof t? to ft* points. No auch fluctu ^ atlons have been s?-??n In months. Th? market closed at the lowest. According to the gossip of the mar- j ket. the wild price changes were en- ' tlrely due to the manipulative tactics of a new and powerful clque which I thought heavily In the early hours and kei?t shorts on the run to cover; when this ammunition was about exhausted a*hd the tings were buying heavily for a turn on the long aide, the clique suddenly commenced to sell i and so heavy were the offerings that ! fct prices crumbled away. In the morn- [ Ing the tone was firm, In the after? noon. It was weak. It la generally supposed that the \ fact that the Liverpool merket will I be ."dosed tomorrow and Mond?/ had much to do with the manlpul itlon 4 and In connection with thl? the re- ' ^ fnssl of the New York Cotton ex- ' . change on those days is now regard? ed as significant FIRST B\lf \fw cotton _ t.rown h? It. ||. |,urs of IWirnweM. Weighed S#0 Pounds. Itamwell. Aug. 1.?The first Im I* of n?w cotton grown In P'rnwel. county and what Is prohibit the first In toe state, was sold on the local markot today by It ML Lutx, who liv.n tbr?>? ' aalies from town. The bale weighed It* pounds. The price paid win 15 cents a pound, and II w n bought by J. A. Porter. The cotton was classed as fairly good mldllng and Mr. Por? ter s???.d that h< has n??v?T s. ? ig | w prettier first cotton sample. Tbls cotton wai not grown on a prise patch nor was Its maturity has tensd by the drought. The bnle was ?hipped by express to F. W. Wagen-i snd Co.. Charleston. This la 'he ajSjUast date that a new bale has been sold In this county bv * several daya for years. Mr. Lutx will probab y get another bale next week. t<-:; rfmovw. (.foiu.i \ < \PI TAI. Ilou? (nnuuittie \ppro\r* Bill lu vorshle to Msjiivn. Atlanta. Aug. 5.?Hy an almost hiasnlnu.us \ote the House committee bn constitutional im.ndments today approved t>i?? bill maklnir provision for the removal of the State Capital to Ms? on. Several members who voted favorably reserved the right to oppose the measure when it reach? ed the floor of the House. The object of the bill was lo have ? m'?re central steattog for the t'ipi tsl. CANADA ON RECIPROCITY. 1WJTII SI I ?KS liKTTIN?. Ri:.\l)V fr'OH lil A hltAL KLKCTION. < >f>|M>*Uloft Will Try to Keep It Out of ( "ampaJgu While UboraU Holy I'pou it* Strength. Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 6.?Keadjust IMil of the political plans and prep? aration fur the campaign throughout the Dominion Involving reciprocity with the United Stutts have charac? terized the past week since the l.uu rier government dazed moat of Its uwn followers and the opposition by sudden dissolution of parliament. Tons of printed matter have been put into the mails, the franking privilege having been extended one week. Little election machinery Is in run? ning order and neither party has enough convention-named candidates in the field to negin extensive cam? paigning at once, because the con? test has been precipitated a year be? fore the normal time. Conventions, however, are schedul? ed and the numing of candidates will be completed In a month. Both party leaders will be well started on their j speech-making tours by that time. It is the evident purpose of the opposition to reciprocity to ignore it | and to divert attention from it much as possible. The government and its supporters will insist thut at the elec? tion, six Weeks from now, every bal? lot for a candidate shall be morally no*. p'.Mtlcaly a decision whether ^ there shall be reciprocity with the l'nlted .Mute*. In so deciding the people will determine whether Mr Wilfrid Laurler shall continue to be prime minister Off whelher he shull be replaced by It. L. JJorden, the op? position leader. To end reciprocity the opposition will iave to return with 2*> more members than it has now. That would give a majority of five In the house. 1 l'r.tjM.-M Taft 1* Hlmuit us great a personality as Sir Wilfrid J.iurirr iu. the prun-mt carupa,Uj-* ajol It la snfe to say that his utterances on re? ciprocity will be more often quoted 1 throughout the province* theee com- i tng weeks than those of Sir Wilfrid. I The opposition will cover several u ffsjg of bill boards with them. The j views of Champ Clark and other American champions of reciprocity also will tlgure largely. \ The opposition will probably renew Its efforts to convince tho people that reciprocity really means a "parting of the ways," with that phrase variously Interpreted. Much Is mad** *n tho West of the fact that prairie provinces) will not DO fu'ly represented In parliament dur- ' Ing the next four years, because the ' government brought on the election i 1 rfore completion of the eeiuju? now being taken. In Quebec, which la largely French, opponents of the government are against bitterly attacking the unpopu- I lar naval policy of :he I^iurier re? gime. Th?? government alleges) that the CoHHfVlllfffg are relying for succoss on large financial eupport expected frorn rnanuafrtureix In Canada, tariff reformers tu bnulaAgt and anti-rod- ' pro. Ity Interests In the l'nlted Statos. j Henri Kourassl Is one of the no- j table figures In the ranks of those fighting the return of the government. I Ho Is not, howewr, o|?poHed to re? ciprocity. I Another opponent q| Ihg gOVOffll" meflt'S return Is Clifford Hltton. Ol s tlmo minister of Interior under l*r? inh-r IsTlMrtof. Hi Is against ro< i proi Ity on the ground that It Is nut - lirltKb. A < 'onserx atlve go\ ? rtinu nt Ii in poWef In ? ?ntarlo. but It has boon ad Battled that ils Premier Whitney hns th? support of many fiheffhtg be is not prepared to pet his ors^nlantlon against Premier I*aurhr. Liberal governments are In power In the pffOrlnCSj of Nova sVfotti, Pfftnes F.'dward Island, Quwhie, S is kat< hewan and Alberta. They will glee the government and reciprocity til p'tiftlhle aid. TO WORK ON Y. M C, X. Itlg l'or<r of ll.in.l- at Work on Miilhtlng \\bl<b Will lb Rapidly < <?mplct?il. 1 Mr. ?\ i'. ?parks ol Aehevllle ur rbed In the city on Monday and t?-..k i h.ukc. ..f the masonry ;iroi t.rt. k w ork on the Y. M. <'. a. build. Ing. Me will work under the fliper? fftSjlOi of Mr. W. !'. Carr. a Inffsjs force of hands .n.m to.t io work eg ihs Y. M. c. a. building that morning und from now on the work will poshed <t, lo mm speedy a completion as possible. will ham: reserve fleet. l orm dablc Army or Warcraft Will 1m- Kept at Philadelphia Read} for Action. Washington. Aug. C.?Next spring there will be concentrated at the Philadelphia navy yard a formidable fleet of hattlathlpa to be known as the Atlantic reserve fleet, which will be kept ready for action on 21 hours' notice. Already 11 battleships have been selected for this fleet. They are the Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kearsa rge, Kentucky, Maine, Massa? chusetts. Missouri, Ohio, and Wiscon? sin. (>n board of each battleship a skeleton crew of 180 men will be maintained to keep the vessels In such condition that on a day's no? tice they can replace any battleship In the Atlantic battleship fleet which may break dowp or be in need of re? pairs. ALLEGED BANDIT ARRESTED. Man Accused of Hold1 ? Vp Pansen jeers on Train Near Silt Lake City. Salt Lake City, Ctah, Aug. 6.? James Mayes, JT, years old, who claims to be an automobile repairer, recently from Portland, ore., Is under arrest h*?te charged with being the ban 'it who held up passengers on the Sii It Air railroad last night. The hold-up took place as the train was Hearing Salt I*ake City from the re? sort and three persons were shot and slightly wounded. The bandit e/ai Dually knocked from the run? ning board of the open car and al- [ though purauedi escaped in the dark- j noss. Later Mayes trag arrested in the j railroad yards a short distance from j the scene of the robbery. He denied ; the accusation, but today ho was iden- j tilled by four or five of the passen-f gsrs who hud boon hold-up. Including i the three who were wounded. In his pocket waa found a coin. , carried as a pockot piece by one of the victims. This ?oln bas been posi? tively identified. The three persons wounded by the bandit are all recovering. Mayes says j he was scuffling on the train and was pushed off. - j CONDUCTED His own cask. Winl? Howard. Alleged Sate Rob? ber, Tried ut S|uirtaiiburg. * Spartan burgi Aug. 4.?William Howard, albus Portland Ned, was tried in Criminal Court today on the charge i of breaking Into the Enoroe Man- j ufacturlng Company's safe on Novem l>er 12, 1?02, and. together with part? ners, taking over $8,000. He pleaded guilty in Federal Court in Charles? ton to robbing the postotllco, which was situated In the same building. Ho was aontenced to serve eight years In the Federal pris?n, in Atlanta. ? This waa completed on July 4, and he was then brought to thld city. 1 There wu.s a strong chain of cir? cumstantial evidence woven about the defendant by PoetofBoc inspector (Jrojrory and other witnesses. The plea of guilty was also Introduced. Howard acted oh hla own attorney and Questioned ??uch of the twenty- : two witnesses with great skill. He was well versed In the law of evl denoe and raised numerous objections which were sustained by Judge Watts. He cnsis-examlned Detective Greg" Ory with great care and his case was conducted with much ability. The defendant then made a plea in hla own behalf before the Jury, Which waa very touching. He re? viewed the evidence, pointed out the s/eek parts and asked for mercy. In part, he said: "The biggest mistake i aver made in my life was the Burning of the plea of guilty before Judge iirawley, in the Charleston Court I regret that more than any? thing else, and the poor advice of my attorney Ii what induced me lo do it. '1 meet you as man to man and ask that you turn me fre.-. I have served seven yeara In Jail. Qlva ma a ' bunco, tuen, and for the sake of my God do not semi me back to an? other living hell Ilka the Atlant: prison." The Jury returned a sealed verdict Clrenaon College HcholandUp. Columbia. Aug. 4. State Sup. tin lendenl of education Bwearlngon to day announced the names of the win nera of the Cletnaon College acholnr ?hlpa Those from Bumter. Cl?ren don and Lee < ountlea are: Bumter- Joe A. kfcClure, Virgil C Corbett <Clarendon?Julian i?reory? Lee?Rfford Hugging Pate. HEAVY HAINS AT CHARLOTTE. Situation in Stricken North Carolina City Is Relieved and Long Drought Broken. Charlotte. N. C. Aug. 3.?Heavy rains, which began early this morn? ing and have been general all over this stricken section today and to? night, have broken the long drought. As far east as Raleigh, west to Ashe vllle and to the border lines north and Bouth, the precipitation has been generous, with every prospect of con? tinuation, and farmers are jubilant. The Morning After. Editor of The Daily Item: It is always good policy to try to place ourselves in the position of the other fellow and to attempt to under- \ stand his point of view, if possible. I nfortunately there are always those People In this world who believe that there is but one side to every ques? tion and that their side is the right one. We have gone through a very active campaign to obtain the issue oi $150,000 in bonds In order to com? pote and improve our public roucis. I can not believe that there is a single man in this county who is op? posed to good roads for his county as an abstract issue but 1 can very well conceive that there arc many of our people who might honestly be op? posed to the manner proposed to se? cure thorn. As Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, 1 actively worked to secure the approval of this issue, not alone because 1 was Sec? retary of this organization, but be? cause I believed that we needed im? proved highways In this county and that such improvement would mean Increased prosperity for all. It Is as useless for any citizen to attempt to array city and country against ons another as It would be for any.man to array his left bund against hlSj right. In fact, there 1m not now. nor hus there been any such an issue and I sincerely hope that there never will be. We may agree now and then to ., bwt only as individual cit? izens, not as sections. The Chamber of Commerce was organized and Is working to build and to Improve this county as a whole. Tho vote on tho bond issue shows that there were tht>fie in this city who opposed It just as there were those in the coun? ty who opposed It. In fact a num? ber of the most substantial members of the Chamber voted and actively j worked against It. They honestly] disagreed with the position of a large majority of our members. The Issue of Improved highways for this county will not down be? cause it Is plain to every citizen that they are badly needed. Let us, there? fore, get together at once and study the best means of securing them, if the bond Issue Is the best way, let us tight It out along that line until It Is approved. If there Is a better meth Od of securing improved highways, then let us work together for that method. What is needed now la. con? certed a. :ion, not discussion as to what should have been done In the past. We propose to call a meeting) In the very near future, of tho repre? sentative citizens of this county ?o discuss this issue and to arrive, If possible, at some definite conclusion by which this much needed Improve? ment may be made. I desire to make the following suggestion, not as rep resentatlve of tho Chamber of Com? merce, but as an individual and In order that it may be discussed thor? oughly before this meeting. We now have $14,000 annually for road purposes. We have also $10,000 an nually for ftve years from th^ I ond Issue. This money la now being spent by the county board. We need a competent road engineer. Coul I not smh an engineer be employed at once by the county board/ This engineer would then survey every puldic road in the county arc. blue prints could be made thereof. He could make an accurate eatimate of the total cost of building sand-clay roads throughout the county, provide for the primer building of these roads, proper grading, ditching etc When this Issue again cam > before the people, as It Is sure to do, In some form or other. every eltls?*? would be Informed as to the actual coal of building and completing tb< entire public ro-id system of tin county. We would nol go <t it blind? ly but with accurate Information. Tin cosl of maintenance would la cab eulated and provided for. The Chamber of Commer ?? Invite discussion and desires to receive sug gestlons as to ? bis question fr >ni ever) part of this county. A. V. BNELI . Reoreary of the Chamber of Com meace, JAP. HERO PAYS TRIBUTE. IOGO POTS WREATH ON TOMB OF WASHINGTON. Hero fif Oriental Navy Much Inter? ested in Historic Mansion of Amerlci'0 First President. Washington, Aug. ?5.?Reverently and with a brief invocation in Jap? anese, Admiral Count Togo placed el wreath of roses on the tomb of Wash* ington at Mout Vernon today. A group of i lozen, among whom were the Japanese ambassador, Beekman j A\ inthro;}, acting secretary of the navy; live rear admirals of the Uni? ted Btatel navy and Chandler Hale, third assi ?tant secretary of State, 1 watched t le Oriental hero enter the masoleum and stand silently at salute. Hi spoke softly but audibly for a mot er.t and then set down the wreath. Emerging from the tomb, the sol- i emnity Of he occasion was broken by j the admin 1 himeelf, who smiled as ^ he saw confronting him a battery' of cameras. | '"That'e he only way we'll ever . shoot at you, 1 guess," remarked . Rear Admiral Weinwright amid laughter. Admiral Togo, being the guest of the nation the trip from the city to Mount Verton was made on the pres? ident's yac ? t, the Mayflower. As Ad? miral Togo and hla old, Lieut. Coin i tnander Ta dguchl and the Japanese i ambassador mounted the gangway, a company o marines on shore pre- , aented arm \, while every man on board the day flower stood at atten? tion, the buries blowing a salute. The marine ban 1 then played a few I strains and he ship weighed anchor. J Comfortal if seated on the quarter deek, the v sltor listened attentively I to the nava officers as they pointed OUt the eip itm along the Potomac. Ha dlsplAJTO? especial Interest In tlie blK 14-Inch <uns at the na\-y yard. At Moun . Vernon two electric launches COl vearsd the party ashore. After the ce emony at the tomb, the party streik i through the pictur? esque Washli gton estate to the man? sion in whlcl the nation's tirst presi? dent lived a id died. The ad mir I was led through the numerous an all rooms and up the Staircase, to the bed where Washington died. He b< ?red and saluted. He paused befor Washington's sword and carefully read the Inscription. One of th< party pointed out the wine and Hut or case which once fig? ured In the repltality of Mount Ver? non. i "Pretty g? uerous bottles, com? mented a nai y officer and the little Japanese smiled quickly in apprecia? tion. On tha Mount Vernon auto? graph book, t ie admiral wrote with a firm hand In English. I "Admiral Count Togo, August I, 1911." The Ji^aneso ambassador al? so signed his l ime. On the ret irn crutse to the city. Admiral Togo -ested In a big chair on the quarter deck, chatting for a while with I ear Admiral Harbor. Presently his a^ad dropped and he fell aaleep. Admiral Harber walked away softly an! Joined a group of officers on th* main deck. One of the latter wh< ? observed what had happened c< ngratulated Admiral Harber. "You've doit Something Rojeet vensky couldn1 do." he said, "You've put Admiral Togo to sleep." Tonight Admiral Togo was the guest of the j; panese ambassador at a banquet at v, hlch Vice President Sherman, p. C. Knor, secretary of State, Senator toot and a number of Offldala were proaent. No speeches were made. WOTHKR A NI CHILDREN K1LI IM-tivsslng \<<idont af SanUnt*? Aontht r if Union. Union, Aug. ?.??The railroads kill? ed four people In this OOUtl v today. This afternoon "Bud" Llpaey, whit., an operator in the Union Cotton Mills, was run i ver an.. Killed while walking on the trek of tin- Union and Olonn Bprl iga Railway, it is said that Mr. Llptiey was more or i?-*s deaf, and db not hear the gignala given by the en rin ler. lie leavaa a wife, but no eh Id ren. Another sad Bccidenl occurred at RantUC, Mrs. R. < . V.. Jeter wns cross? ing the Southern'a '.rack In n bugury and had four \ oinn children with her. An extra o lgl ie on the South? ern, southbound, atruck the buggy, killed Mrs. Jeter un! two of her chil? dren, otic a babe of 6 months Slid the other B yean ol age. ami Injur? ed the other tWC, The hor*> was killed and the burg?' demolished. HELD ON BIGAMT WARRANT Man Aff*?ted In Savannah Claims to l>e Relative of Covernor (.oneral of Canada. Savannah, Ga., Aug. 6.?Charged with having a wife and eon in Pitts burg, Pa., and a bride of three months here. Edgar Allen Hawkins, alias Charles Allen Grey, was arrested here today on a bigamy warrant sworn out by relatives of his Savannah wife. Hawkins was color sergeant in the Seventy-fourth artillery corps until May, when he was mustered out while the troops were In Texas. Haw? kins claims to be a relative of Lord Grey, governor general of Canada. His home was Mount Pleasant, Pa. WHAT WILL YARD AM AX DO? Much Simulation as to What Sort of Figure He Will Cut in the Sen? ate. Washington, Aug. 6.?The assur? ance that James K. Vardaman is coming to the senate of the United states as the colleague of John Sharp Williams of Mississippi has led to much speculation here regarding the kind of figure he will cut in congress. That the long-haired one will be in a class all to himself, unless compar? ison may be had with Jeff Davis of Arkansas, is admitted. Davis has never done anything since he came to the senate except to make himself the laughing stock of the body. Coarse and ill-grained he seems out of place with his sur? roundings, and it is doubtful if he ever will fit In. He was not made for the senate, no matter what may have been thought of him In the great State of Arkansas. Will Vardaman do any better? With prejudices so strong for the South as to be offensiv?, the outlook in that unless ho can be curbed he will strike a snag before he has been In the sen? ate ma.n>- weeks. Fortunately there Is Williams of Mississippi?tactful and diplomatic?who may, to a certain ex? tent, hold the rough and read}' Varda? man In check. It is not probable that he would otherwise be restrained from the traits of woollness which have heretofore characterized his public career. Vardaman and Jeff Davis. Was the like ever seen be? fore? WARSHIPS W AR AGAINST AERO PLANES. Rattle Practice for tutted Slate* Navy to t?e Held of Provlneo town. . . Washington, Aug. 6.?Battla prac? tice between aeroplanes and battle? ships, a node of era refers which the navies of the world have begun to Investigate, will have Its first trial In connection with the l'nlted StS S navy off ProvtncetOWn, Mass.. a week from tomorrow, when a series of tests between living machines and tho guns of tho groat Atlantic fleet battleships will take place. Heretofore the bat? tleships have had aome practice at aerial targets suspended from large box kites, but these trials did not approximate the actual conditions that would arise when an aeroplane In free tllght soars over a fleet. The aeroplanes will be fitted with pontoons enabling them to arise from and alight upon the water. The avia? tors will try to drop dummy bombe on the decks Of the thlps while the naval gunners will try to keep their machine guns sighted upon the planes long enough to enable them to claim a theoretical hit. At night the sean blights will try to pick up the aeroplanes, a task rea? lized to be vastly more difficult than the discovery of a boat on a flat sur? face. Then one of the swift scout cruisers Is to be sent out to sea and an aviator will endeavor to locate her and report her position by wireless to the fleet on the coaet. An attempt will also he made to UOS the planes to convey messages between the ships snd the shore. VII WS THE MAINE. Stlmaon Pleased With Progress o4 Work. Ifabana, Aug. 8.-?Henry L stim son, the American secretary of war. \ii^. Stlmson, Brig. Gen. Edwards and Col, E, H. I 'row der arrived here this morning from Santiago. Soon after hlf arrival Mr. Stlm Bon visited the wreck of the battle? ship Maine. Me expressed himself as highly pleased with the pi ogress of the work. The Bumter t. lephone Manufacture Ing Company has closed down for Its yearly holiday.