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ClHcsgo, Oct. 27.?In a speech here tonight, which was regarded as hav Iftg direct bearing upon the Govern* ssent's latest anti-trust prosecution, agnin at the I nlted States Steel Cor ? poration, Pr?sident Taft denied In vigorous language tha' the Admin? istration was being Influenced by pol? itical SKttlves. **1 weald rather cut off my right hand." he exclaimed, than to 1 > any? thing to disturb the business of the country especially with a motive of esltirating political success." The President ssld be wanted It to be understood for all time that he Intended to enforce the anti-trust law to the letter. Statements as to what I might be responsible for in bringing about easiness troubles, however regretful St may be that It Is so, cannct turn nee from the duty that lies straight "ore me." said Mr. Taft. He ?pol f ts an Immense throng, in she first ic ,-imental armory hill, and Sis anti-trust declarations called out a storm of applause snd cheering. There was no doubt ss to w'iat was bs the President's mind when he said-. "I come to the subject of trusts at at time when the matter Is bolT'ng.** Tk.e president had dtclar^d he be He7ed the eatiros '* of the emtatry had SgssjgSjg themselves within the >*w snd were ssssslle&tl aely trying to keep within It I hop* that st some not far dis? tant Mme the same thing can be said of .he great Industrial combinations," is said: "Merely bigness of plant, aaerwfy bigness of company or cor? poration does not constitute a viola? tion of the law. It Is purpose to re? tain trade, to suppress competition snd control prices that transgresses tho statute and the Supreme Court has decreed that these practices must ? ??Throughout any career," he said. "T have always conducted myself with the Idea of promoting business and promoting prosperity. If ther? is snythlng that arouses disgust In me, tt Is the calamity howler?the man who attacks business and seeks to arouse prejudice against It. Prosper? ity we all need. We are all In the east* boat." ft was- here that the president de? clared he would rather cut off his right hand than disturb business for political motives. "nut."* he added, "we haxe a con? dition ?>f lawlessness to deal with. We have had It f >r twenty years. We has - fon?* on organising combinations In violation of the anti-trust law. on the theory that it elthe- could or would not be enforced. "The Supreme Court has held that this lawlessness muat be stamped out. There is n > discretion in the ex? ecutive branch to su*pend a single statute. It Is his duty to enforce the law and to direct the prosecution of the** who violate It. "There Is a vast difference between unit ng plants to reduce the coat of production and uniting to suppress oompetitt ?n. to restrsln trade and control prices A Jury could find that difference in two minutes It la a question of evidence of fact. 1 am Just now in the remarkable position e| being charged with an at? tempt to destroy busir ?ss b\ 11f? ? r? m* tb- ggj 'rust ?t.itute tad "f having sst u?t> the Supreme Court to emns eulste thst statute In th ? Interest of the truela. **I am hopeful this period of strain soon will end. that business soon will sqaure Itself with the law. I BSjggyPI s majority of business already Is square with the law. "There Is only way that I kn iw of to cure the corporations that are suf? fering fr<?m contagion and disease, and that Is to eradicate the disease. The law will be enforced to the let tar. Now I hope that Is understood " With 'he srrlval g| President Taft, for e staj "f three days. Chicago rs? senibbd ??omewhat the <'apttg| gl Issd seuntrv. Resides the Preside) t, t in cago is host to Secretary of the In? terior Fisher and Secretary of the Navy Myer. A number of senators also are h-rc because of the Loriiner inquiry. Mr. Fisher tonight addressed the American Mining Congress. Mr. Taffs address tonight was made to a mass meeting, held under the direction of the Hamilton Club. Every faction of the Republican party In Illinois was formerly represented on the committee in charge. Mayor Carter Harrison, a Democrat, joined with Lieutenant Governor Ogleshy In welcoming the President. BERNARD MANNING LEAVES FOR GENOA. Will Stop at Washington, London and Paris Before Assuming His Con? sular Duties. Yr. Bernard Manning, the son of Mr. H. I. Manning, who was appoint? ed vice-consul general at Genoa by the United States government, left here Friday afternoon for Washing? ton from which place he will go to New York, where he will sail on No? vember 1st for Liverpool, stopping for one week in London and spend? ing several days in Paris before re? porting at Genoa for service. Mr. Msnning stood the examination for the consular service at Washing? ton last fall and was later appointed to the service. He left here last spring for Washington where he spent several months preparing him? self for the position In the consular service which he was appointed to All. He was first appoined to Buenos Ayres. but later the appointment was changed to Genoa, which was mors acceptable to Mr. Manning. He came horns from Washington several weeks ago to see his family before leaving for Genoa. Friday he left for Washington, where he will obtain further Information as to his position. He will leave New York on the Muretanla. one of the largest ocean liners in existence, on Novem? ber 1st. At London he will stay one week taking in the sights of the big city, whan he will go to Paris for another stay of a few days. From Paris he will go on to Genoa, where he will report for service at consular headquarters. Mr. Manning will be second in command In the district to which he has been assigned. Mr. Manning is a graduate of the Sumter high school and of the Uni ._,?... pntrth Carolin! H*> is well known in His centTSj pert ol tf\t St its and b.-\* many friends' ertto wteh hlfYI prall la I i aaa nrork. LONG STAPLE toi io.N MIkETING, Will he Held Thursday at State Hou-e ?Farmers Interested art* Invited to be Present. Columbia, Oct. 31.?A conference of those interested in the growth of long staple cotton in South Carolina will be held in the office of Ira W. Williams, at the State house on Thurs? day. The conference has been called 1 y Mr. Williams and Le*vis W. Park? er, who is one of the best known cot? ton mill men In the South. According to reports that have been received at the State department of agriculture seversl thousand hales of long staple cotton were produced In the State Usl y%?ar. An attempt will be made to secure a greater produc? tion for next year. Mr. Parker has opened a market and is paying from 14 to 20 cents a pound for the cotton The mills of this State consume about 900.000 pounds of c >tton a year. About one-half of this is brought in from other States. At ?the conference Thursday the cotton exposition to be held later in the fall will PS discussed. The sum.of $1.800 in cash will be given for the I est cotton shown. This exposition will be given to encourage the farm? ers of the State. AFFECTING COTTON MILLS. Trouble In China Ma> Seriously In? jure Industry. Anderson. Oct. 29.?The Chinese Pen dUttOfl i* having a serious effect 01 the cotton mill industry of the Southern States, according to James D Hammett, president of several of the largest mills in 8outh Carolina and a member of the executive com? mittee of the American Manufactur? ers' Association. In a statement Is I by Mr. Ham met t today, he p .-r hat many m'lls manufactur ge als solely for export to China core! of orders lir ndy have ?.n c.n elled because of the Chinese war. He SOttmateS that fully thirty mills in South Caro? lina alone are dcpt ndent on the Chi? nese trade. "Fnless a speedy settlement of the revelation is reached." said Mr. Ham mOttt "serious consequences are fear? ed for both Hie s ?tlthem manufac? turers, who supply the trade, and the cotton producers of the South. This fail Indication! wart for a large trade from China, but as I result of the rev dution tiie demand for rloth hai been ahnest entli.lv Cut ?-ff. with R disposition In evidence to cancel con ' - that ire now On tb ? I.ks of the mills" LAND SLIDE ON A. C. L. Discovered Before any Trains Came Along?Columbia Train Delayed. Atlantic Coaat Dine train No. 54 waa delayed for an hour Saturday morning between Camden junction and Wedgetleld on account of a land slide, which left the rails without any support under them, the dirt being washed away from under the ties. The land slide was discovered early Saturday morning by the section mas? ter, who at onc> ordered out his force of hands to begin work on replacing the dirt which had been washed away. This work was in progress when the morning train from Colum? bia came along, the train being stop? ped by the section master before It reached the place of the land slide. The train was delayed for about an hour before the trouble was repaired and the train enabled to pass. DR. MITCHELL'S ADDRESS. County Teachers Meet but Postpone Reorganization Until Next Meeting. The Sumter County Teachers' As? sociation met at noon Saturday in the Hampton school building and heard a most enjoyable lecture delivered by Dr. S. C. Mitchell of the University of South Carolina. As the day was so very bad and there were so few of the county teachers present It was deemed best to delay the election of officers of the association for the coming scholastic year until the next meetlny, when it was hoped there would be a larger at? tendance of the county teachers. The main feature of the meeting was Dr. Mitchell's lecture. Dr. Mitch ell stated that be had not had time to prepare his lecture as he should like to have done, but he had jotted down an outline which he would folow in making his address to the teachers. His lecture, which was a "Practical Program of Success," was listened to with attention and much enjoyed by the teachers and others present. Dr. Mitchell's points on his pro? gram of progress in the order that he took them up were good roads, improved farming, public health and sanitation, drainage, better schools public libraries, more rigid obser? vance and enforcement of laws, co? operation for community life, great? er Independence of thought and toler? ation of opinion and more applied Christianity In the churches. Each ton ' was taken up an j nlsirged ipon. The speaker show ? k its place in a PO| H for the teacher in t?is ui hSI oeijUay life. He show? ed the changes which had been brought about since he was a boy and how they all tended to bring about greater progress In the succeeding generation than in the one preceding it. He dwelt strongly on the enforce? ment of laws, saying that more good? would come from the enforcement of laws In the next ten years than from anything else which could be done for South Carolina. The lynch law was one of the greatest menaces of the present day. The lecture lasted nearly an hour,, but was Interesting throughout. Hasides Dr. Mitchell s lecture there was Instrumental music furnished by Miss Chandler and songs by Mips Purdy. which added much to make the program successful. Dr. Mitchell distributed phampleta ->n which were printed a speech made In the United States senate on the universal peace tribunal. Dr. J. H, Haynsworth also distributed man? uals for high school work prepared by Prof. W? H. Hand and of primary grade work by Pro, W. K .T?te. The chairman stated that owing to the small attendance of county teachers the election of officers for the association would be postponed until the next meeting which would take place on the first Saturday in December. The two negroes, We I don and 1 Rurroughs, under death sentence forj the murder of Mr. Move near here; Several months ago, will not hang on the third of next month, their attor nays having given notice of another appeal to the supreme court, thus staving the death sentence for the present. At the last term of court In Florence a new trial was denied them and they were resentenced to be hanged on Friday of next week.? Florence Times it is in some sense humorous to those In position to know better to read the silly vaporlngf of those who are trying t ? make a mountain out of the so-called Tlllman-Itichards Jonei combination, There was no meetings of these three, there is no combination between them, ami no possible likelihood of there being any The Whole think was born In someb ?dy s Imagination and is grow? ing in like soil, This is no guesswork; \N" know what we are talking about. i' i mden News. T i s were 2,517 bales of cotton sold on the local markei during the p ist s\? ?'k. Mine bal ? were sold s"-t urday. NEW SURVEY TO BE MADE. Messrs. It. I. Manning and W. R. Bonsai Go Over Proposed New Ronfce. Mr. W. R. Bonsai, president of the South Carolina Western Railroad was in the city Friday and with Mr. R. I. Manning went over the route pro? posed by a number of landholders some distance west of the line which was alreday surveyed and accepted as the route of the road between Bishopville and Sumter. Despite the heavy rain Mr. Man? ning and Mr. Bonsai spent almost the entire day on their trip and Mr. Bonsai was so much impressed with the advantage of the proposed route thai he consented to have a survey made of it, and it is possible this may be the route which the road will finally take. The line is some dis? tance west of the ro"te already sur? veyed and west of Ute Bishopville Sumter read. It follows practically the old route which was surveyed several years ago by MaJ. W. L. Lee. The old route provided that the road j enter the western part of the city and it is possible that if the new line pro? posed is accepted that the road will come through the western instead of the eastern part of town, as the pro? posed line does now. The survey will be run in the next few days and the route to be taken by .he road will be decided upon defi? nitely after it is completed. Mr. Bon sal was Friday given a profile of the western route and considered the line a good one. The proposed route passed through the Aman and Col clough places and by Rose Hill. The Markets New York Cottos Market. New York, Oct. 30. Opened High Low Close. Jan 3 05 3 99 & &7 8 90-bid Ifeu Vich u in s\l! ? 'j; 9 ov-Ol April May 9 2) 9 23 9 10 9 \Z 14 June July 9 32 9 33 9 19 9 21-24 Ang 9 io-19 Sep 9 IB 14 oct 9 00 9 Ul $ 02 8 95-99 Nov 8 9n-a9 Uec 9 15 i> 47 9 09 9 U-ll Warehouse Stock, 51,914. Certificated, 51,024. Spots, 9.35?10 off. Sales, none. Opened steady. Closed steady. Port reecipts today, 82,S>9 vs. 97, 013 last year. Liverpool Market. open Closed Liverpool, Oct. 30. .'a - Pen 491 490 Fei>?.\t oh 494 492 v.cti? April 494 Apt il? May *v>9 i'^o May?June ji.0*2 IW June?.July 503 49? I July-Auw , 5?*)4 500 Anv??S? pt 5 \\2 501 S.-pi? Out ? 2 499 0< t?No* 4M 495 INov?De< 490 49SH Dec?lan 4:t 48S>8 Receipts, 20,300. American, all. Sales, S.00U. Spots, B.aO?<6 off. Opened steady. Closed quiet and steady. Real Estate Transfers. The following are some of the real estate transfers which were re? corded in the county clwrk's office during the past week: William M. Graham to Thomas Wilson, lot facing ^n Hampton ave? nue, $7,500. David C. Shaw and John W. Shaw to W. B. Wilson, lot on Church street, $2.300. Martha T. Joye. Mary L. Joye, and Carrie E. Joye to B. W. A. Bultman. strip on Hampton atenue, $210. R. E. Rembert to C. C. Beck, one halt interest to lot at Rimbert. $115. Bigger Than Ever, The Sale of Suits. At this store. Our manufacturers are surely treating uts right too. Every week they send us new ones to till the gaps. Large lot In today, come look! Schwartz Bros. 10-30-It The county supervisor reports that the recent heavy rains have not done as much damage to the roads as could have been expected. Several small washouts have been reported and ths bridge at Lightwood Knot Swamp is reported to have been damaged. The roads where the wash? outs occurred were repaired Monday morning and Supervisor Pitts left shortly after noon for the point where the bridge had been damaged at Lightwood Knot Swamp to see the extent of Injuries to the bridge and to have repairs made. We Begin This Wovk Mighty Strong Again on coat suits. Today's ex? press i.i ought us Quite a bunch of them. Some beauties in navy blue, in fact they are all good looking. Sc If you don't think so. Come look. Schwartz Bros. 10-30-It -_^-^^vjrr^^^ Royal ha^ no substitute for making delicious home-baked *ood? t\0YAl Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar The Main street contractors were busy Monday putting In the foot blocks at the various places the pav? ing ends and commences. The blocks are of granite and prevent the bricks from loosening. At present it seems that Sumter will be well represented at the State Fair this year, for many of the peo? ple of Sumter have stated that it Is their intention to visit the capital city during the week. A false alarm was sen in from fire box 34, at the foot of Sumter street Saturday night. ??SHSREMHMBBMSSMa^^e^B^ WANTED?To buy at once several^ carloads 4-foot pine oak and slabs. Apply Commander's W jod Yard, Sumter, S. C. 10-24-tf. SFJED OATS?For sale. 1*00 bushels home raised, genuine Appier seed ^ oats. C. P. Osteen Co., Sumter, S. C. 10-7-tf. How is This? 1 Maxwell Cars Win Glidden Tour Trophy New York, N. Y.. Oct. Hi, 1911. J. D. Shirer and Co. Smmter, S. C. Maxwell Team, with only perfect Score, wins* GF.rDDFJN Toar and is awarded Trophy at Jacks*?nville. rla., today. aft* r 1,451 mile journey. Gov. Smith's Maxwell als?? twrwt. Clean SWEEi*. UNITED STATE MOTOR VO When Ready to Purchase a Car that WHI Take You Through, See Shirer & CO Excursion Rates -Via Southern Railway Account Orangeburg County Fair, Southern Railway* announces greatly reduced rates to Orangeburg, S C. and return. Tickets will be on sale November 14th, 1 ;th r6th and 17th, and for trains scheduled to arrive Orang?*burg be? fore noon of November 18th, limited to reach ori<: ;ial start? ing point not latar than midnight of November 19t \ 1911. For tickets, etc. apply to ticket agents or adcress J L MEEK. A. 6. P. A ., W. E. McGEE, 0. P. A., Atlanta, Ga Charleston.S. C. Orangeburg County Fair Orangeburg, S. C, November 14 to 16 FOR THIS ANNUAL EVENT THE ATLANTIC COAST LINE WILL SELL TICKETS AT THE LOW ROUND TRIP RATE OF $1.70 FROM SUMTER To Orangeburg and return, and correspondingly low rates from Sumter, Pregnalls and all intermediate points. Tickets will be on sale for all trains from November 14th to 18th, inclusive, limited, returning, to reach original start? ing point not later than midnight of November 19. 191t. Children, five years ot age and under twelve, half fare. For tickets, schedules and further particulars call on O V. Flayer, Ticket Agent, Sumter, S. C. W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE, Passenger Traffic Mgr. General l*ass. Agent. WILMINGTON, N. C.