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4. hi i N \ 11.1.1 M \\ \V\ \ITS 1 III \l. on touoi i ? h iRG] Form?-r hu|m'rtiiicmlciit ol xmiiIi Cnrollnu Odd IVIkmV oiplumuue \ri.-".l ul IggTMS/l station?Ar rU.d hi (?rventlllc on southbound Trmin. IH?np|m'Hrcd mul luilw Onci Ulken h> l??*|iut> Sheriff In Vulo mohile NiiM- MII.h. North of City? .??|t.|e.|> IlllKH? ihv. Oreensllle. May i!.?T U V.uuhn, former superintend* ik f On- South Carolina (MM Fellows' orphan..g-- ? ? whoso arreft the bond of trustees yesterday swore out a warrant, charg? ing him with committing an un? mentionable offence on one of the lit? tle orphan flrls under his care, to gttght occupied a cell in the county jail He was arrested this after? noon by a deputy near Ta\l>r< -ti tlon. about nine miles north of Green? ville, and secretly hurried to jail. The accused came to Greenville thla morning on southbound Southern vestibule train No. 37. When about to alight at the station he was met by hia brother, who. It Is said, informed him of what bad occ urred and advis? ed him to get out of town. Vaughn la said to have gotten back on the train, dismounted on the opposite .aide from the station and fled north. A telephone message to the sher? iff's office stated that Vaughn had gotten back on the train and proceed? ed toward Atlanta. A telephone mes? sage was sent to Seneca, the next shopping point of the vestibule, for the officers to search the train, when a reply was later received to the ef? fect that Vaughn had alighted at Oreenvllls and gone north afoot. A deputy was then dispatched in the direction of Taylor's Station, in an automobile, and overtook the man be? yond that point. Vaughn protests his innocence and asks the public to suspend Judgment until the facts have been fully devel? oped. mayesv1lle NEWS. ?fans Alice Cooper Enterte Iiin the Book Club? Amateurs Calve Sea? ceesfnl Play. liayesvtlle. Msy 31.?Mies Alice Cooper waa hostesa to the Book Club at Its usual weekly meeting. Her home was beautifully decorated with sweet peas. Dainty hand-painted cards were given the guests In order to secure partners for the contest, which consisted in questions with girl*' namea for answer*. The prise, a hand-emhrotdered belt, wax won by Mrs. R. W. Mayes and Miss Mary Pan- Arebu ,.n. I'elK'lous fruit frappe and cake was sero d. The afternoon's entertainment was very much enjoy? ed. The nest meeting will be held with Mrs. C. D. Cooper on June nth. An amateur company from Oswego gave a very successful play In the school auditorium on Friday night, the 31st inst. Th.- i;. \ Mr. and Mr*. Tenny from Ttxas are visiting relative* lure on their way home from the me. ting o| the general assembly. Mri. Parrott. g| gSashogVllls, with her little ggg Willi.,m. Im xMtlng Miss Minnie ('hau.II. r. Ml** Marvin, of Suu f. i. ;s spending S few ggJSJ With Mrs. C. I?. Cooper. Miss Carrie Mgfgg ggg returned hom?- from an extended visit to her sinter in QggggjMk Mr* Teny Is the ku, s, ?f her sis? ter. Mr-. C F Itass Till > ni KD \ M \n \t.Elt. Co?l|, i oilv or Maintaining ?gffH pgggg of llsgjpgss Wim Maes \,, Ovgfgggfy Kd-tor The If. BJ Have you Sggg so f ?rtunat ? or rather Mj unfortunate. ., Sfatck the manipulations . f the -t'..t kfrni; ot thla ni'irn- palltv ' BurHy. to i?ne even Inexperienced In the >?rt of street building "i work? ing th? riothods of thi-< gang ntttSl seem farrleal. As an Igggggre. Ot Oakland USSggg one t.f the widest and ?-est kept StTSStS Ig the eity. they were to be seen thla mornii g eaovelins pitcht-s -f arass fiom around the trees, and \s h< n not dmng this, digging up the eSCsllegf road? way and transplanting it to BOSflS oth? er part of town, ail of which Ishes inoncv ami it kSVI BOSS s?ul more tkan ggS I Ml it I Ml clly ot Sumt? r ha? no nioroy to thi e\ is if, a( ISSSl not at present. If th?*r?* Is no gftg for a street gang. do .rv . -a Oh it. and ? . . ? that mu< Ii money. And from gfOffS I ha II OttS dtls?*n. the writer has In aid |t|C opinion i im.i th it it Is 111 - som?? in the ggfrsmi to \n.it. h itropg able-bodi. d men piddling" < If there la toi? h a gfgSSj] BlSgg at a Job that csn do in- ir.I. This Is bid enough. but add the . ?*t In money of keeping up thin gang, and It Is worse. ' Sumterite." TRAIN FOR DELEGATES. im.w ran nuF to national l?l m( k It \ ITC c?>\\ i.m ion. Committee tu Meet Tuo-du \ Xlglll lO Prepare Itinerary tor >iate Cam* palpi i Columbia, June ???Tha louthain railway will run ? apoctal train Baltlmora on Monday, June 24, to accommodate delegates and other- ??? the national DomOOmtlC convention. t?i. ipecla] tram will leave Colum? bia ut j o'clock in the afternoon, making fnal run to Charlotte, where a stet? will be made fof supper. lhilti more will ba reached the following morning at S OClOCk in time for breakfast. The train will ba mad.' up of day coaches and Pullman sleepers and will maintain a sched? ule 2 1-2 hours faster than the regu? lar trains. The rates for the trip will be low. and. In accord wdth the rat - agreed upon by the other roads. The sub-committee of the State ex? ecutive committee of the Democratic party has been called to meet In CO" lumbia next Tuesday nisht, when the Itinerary for the county to county campaign will he planned. The mem? bers of the commltte are John Gary Evans, State chairman, and Richard I. Manning of Sumter and \V. Stevenson of Cheraw. The campaign Is expected to open about the middle of June All of the 44 county gagtl will be visited. The first meeting dur? ing the campaign in 1910 was held at Sumter. There will not be a sepa? rate itinerary mapped out for the candidates for the Cnited States sen? ate. TKAM MARKS <;OOI> RECORD. .Members of Team Returned to City Thursday Night After Pleasant Trip. The members of the rifle team which went from this place to Char? leston to the annual State Rifle Prac? tice returned home Thursday night after having spent a pleasant and profitable ten days at the range. The Sumter team made a good record for themselves, coming out second of the compntes in the Stute and having one member to get in with the experts and three others as qualified marks? men. Capt. Warren in speaking of the work of the men thi3 morning stat-d that he was well pleased with the record made and the Interest shown by the men in their work. He re? ceived a certificate from the ram?e officer, Major T. T. Hyde, as an ex? pert marksman, and a gold medal as the best shol at the 300 yard target. This latter was donated by the State and was accompanied by a check for $10. He will later receive his bars of an expert m irksman. The scores made by the men were-: Name 500 200 300 Per yds. yds. yds. Cant, Capt. Warren 48 39 44 111 Pvt. Folsom, 40 39 37 116 SRt. Bradford, 41 30 37 111 Corp] Owen. I 40 37 1 1 2 These scores were made out of a possible l.'O. l?S beina necessary to qualify as a marksman. To qualify for the sharpshooters rangS 120 was necessary, Capt. Warren being the only man in the eompiny and only one of two in the regiment to bee; in on the lharpallOOterS ran^e, and the Only man to qualify. On this test he m.oie 47 on the ?'.<oi yard range, 78 on the skirmish and II on rapid Hie. To continue as an expert marksman III points were aoceeeary and as ha had made more than this number, he went on to the experts' rnngS and qualified as an expert making '"i out of .i poaslbls 110, 111 being nec? essar\ to ipialify as an eXpert, ; >n this list rantfe the SeorOS were: tj at \ ardi a nd ?i at Log! yards, (??m?i i los <>r COTTON 7?.0, Crom llrpnrt* Made to Neu York Journal of Commerce. New York. June 2.- The condition of the cotton '?n an average date of .\i.t\ 13-24, iccording to 1,171 replies >f special correapondenta of ihe Journal of Commerce and Commer? cial Bulletin, was 7?;.f? per cant, com? pared with v..* per ceni a year ago it this time; lt.] in 1110; ^2.1 in lift; 7'? in ItOI, and ?;:? in 1107, This is ?;.?! points be Ion last year, which was the highest condition for June in b n v eai i, hut 7.:? point - better than in 1907? When similar conditions ex? isted as now. only in exaggerated form? Owing to the exceptional lateness of planting, it hai been Impossible to secure lallsfactory returns on acre? ages with this report, I mr Unit I eatl* mat" on o reage la, tin refore, de ferred until Ihe middle of the month. M. asr*. W. I ?. i 'arson and W. II. Anderson of Summerton spent Friday In Sumter. COLORED SCHOOL CLOSED. TllllVn >l\l.n?LARGEST i LAsa in in-nim school, phi:. HENTEI) DIPLOMAS, Conte*l for Declamation Hold 1,11 Wednesday Night <niil < losing I \? i. einen and Pl*H?a?lltatloil of Diploma took Place Friday Sight?Lurgc Audience Present?School Hu? Had Prosperou* Vciir. The closing exercises, ol the Lincoln Graded school were held at tin- school auditorium Friday night In the prees encs of b large ami Interested and? iene?' who saw thirty-seven gi tuatei presented diplomas for having com? pleted the course of study offered by the BChO d. This is the largest c lass which h is ever graduated from the School B Til shows well the fact that the school Is doing good work among the colored people of Bumter. The exsrdsei marked the (lose of a prosperous year in which'the work had been covered a broader held than heretofore and more work had been done by the school. The class hon? ors went to Elizabeth Watts who won the prize offered by Knight Broi for the tirst honor graduate of the school. Charles Douglas was the winner of the prize offered by the faculty 10 the student of the grad? uating daai making the highest av? erage in mathematics for the year. These prizes were presented at the exercises whl< h w ere held Wednsday night. The event of interest on this occas? ion was the declamation contest for prizes offered by the school. Eunice Roberts was the winner of the first prize in declamation and the second priez went to Willie T. Andrews. Jr.. both of the junior class. Friday night the program was given over to the ( losing exercises. These were carried through most success? fully and without a single halt. There were more than twenty white persons in the audience which attended. Diplomas were presented by Prof. Edmunds to the graduates. He then made a very Interesting talk on edu? cation. The graduates were: Anna C. Boyd, Francis Roland Haker, Anna Vermel Capers, Valentine Pitts Conyers, Amelia Louise Davis, Nettie G. Davis. Ruth Lucile DeLorme. Haitis Louise Dingle, James Danltl Diggs, Chhs. Sumner Douglas, Mattle Mae Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Grantham, Emma Gertrude Hanna. Sadie Elrena HlUon. Julia Elvinia Johnsen, Amos P. Jenkins, Bloutse Barton Levan, Eulale Lovell Moye, Aristotle Paris Mlddleton, Isabella Hanna McKoy, Carrie Vermol McLaln, Lannlt Nelson, Nettie Edna Parson, lolg Elizabeth Peterson, Mamie Victorig Pinkney, Mark Antlsony Richardson, Naomi Frances Singleton, Edith Mae Louise Stewart. Pinkney Benj, Franklin Thompson. Bllatboth Lillian Watts, Mamie Berths White, Eliza Ellen White, Sadie Belle Whltfleld, Edith Melissa Wilson, Bvalyn Clemmle Wilson. Marion Thos, Withers. ?Mass Honor ? Elisabeth Lillian Watts. Class motto-??"Vtvimui Vlclnoi NoStrOS i UYal e." The following was the program which was rendered: March Class 1912, Opening Chorus ? Lincoln Choir. Scripture Reading?Aristotle Mld? dleton, Invocation Rev. .1. a. Plnson, i>. D, i 'horus. Bnlutntory, "Obedience"?Chas 8. l muglaa. Recitation, "The Quadroon Girl."? Ruth DeLorme, Sob., me Bweetly Solemn Thought Mattb Mae Eltsgerald. Oration. "Stick to the South"- Jus, i?. i dggn. Recitation. Selected?Sudle Hilton. Piano Duet, Selected?Evalyn Wil? son and Isabelle McKoy, Reolti tlon, "The < irgan Builder"? a no lia Davis. Class 111st or) Rotund Baker. Solo, ^elected - Elotilse Levan. ib eit. tlon Kdlth W Ison, ? 'horus, i oath n, "There Is I dgnlty In La? bor M: rk A. i:l< hnrdson. Solo, Selected Kdlt h Stou 111. Class Critic Ann;, Royd.j Bo|o, Selected James Bro> Jon, Class l!?l :. Prophet v. a i ?e< ode Hence K\ alyn Wilson. i 'horus, Valedictory) The Nobility of Ser STRENGTH IN MINMX)i A GREUTH I II W I \ MH TED, Olliclul Table Slam? lim* lie lia> i?.:'. Iiisti'iii'tcd Delegant From < ounllcs, St. Paul, Minn. May 30,?Oiflcial returns from CJ counties received by F. !'?. Lynch, nationul Democratic Icommitteeman, Indicate that Wilson's 'strength In the Duiuth convention I June fl will be greater than was ?hown by the first returns. A tabu c< mpiled by Mr, Lynch shows the fol? lowing thus far Instructed: For Wilson, 165; for Clark, 6; for Bryan 33; unlnstructed, 110. Mr. Lynch was Indorsed for na? tional committeeman in it counties. INSTRUCTED FOR WILSON. Another North Carolina District in Governor's Camp. Elizabeth City. X. C, May CO.? Democrats of the First North Caro? lina congressional distrivt In session elected delegates today to the Balti? more convention instructed for Wood row Wilson; renominated Representa? tive John H. Small and elected the following delegates, each with one half vote, to the Baltimore conven? tion: B. F. Aydlett of Pasquotank county, Wilson G. Lamb of Martin, F. O. Harding of Pitt, and L. L. Smith of Gates. CROP REPORT MEASURE. Smith-Lever Rill Providing) for State? ment of Cotton Area Under Cultivation. Washington. May 31.?President Taft has signed the Lever-Smith bill authorizing the Secretary of agricul? ture to cause the bureau of statis? tics to issue a report on or about the first Monday in July each year, show? ing by States and in total the num? ber of acres of cotton then in cultiva? tion in the Cnited States. This will obviate the necessity of taking into consideration the number of acres which have previously been counted as abandoned. ARMORY IS NEARLY READY Preparation of Convention Hall in Baltimore Practically Completed. Baltimore. Md.. May 31.?The Fifth regiment armory practically is read> for the Democratic national conven? tion. Xearly all of the work required tr make this big building ready has beer, completed and it Is expected every* thing will be finished by the end of next w?-t*k. But a few days will be required for the decorations. The national committee's subcom? mittee on arrangements will assem? ble here about June 10 and the full committee probably will be on the ground at bast a week before the meeting of the convention <>n June 25. CLARK GETS RHODE ISLAND. Speaker i> Ahead in Prmlgrles In Smallest State. Providence, R, [., May 80.?The Democratic voters of Rhode island a*, the presidential preference primary today, favored Champ Clark by a large majority over Woodrow Wilson and Judson Harmon, the other two names oh the ballot. With the town of Exeter and four wards in the city ..f Providence missing the returns give .'lark 5,016, Wilson, 1.442, Har? mon 4 S3, Although the contest was very close, the returns Indicated that Qeo. W. Green bad hern re-elected nation? al committeeman, defeating Con* gressman George F. O'Shaughneesy. Speaker Clark's supporters made the only active campaign In the State, the work done In the interest of Gov. Wilson being confined to placing ad? vertisements in the papers yesterday. The vote was light, SCORPIONS STILL LEADERS. Score Ks Scorpions 15, Llsard* "?. Turtle* in. litigator* IS. The usual couple of indoor games ,u basebull wer,- played at the v. M. C, A. Friday night, As a result of their victory the Scorpions are still ahead with the Alligators close he hind in second place. The game* wore very good, but did not attra< t as large a crowd a^ u*ual. The next game will be played next Tin sd iy. vi e"?Ell izb< 'h Lillian Watts, i 'horn*. Pres? ntatloti of diplomas, Pi of. P. H. Edmunds, Supt. Cit> School*; dis? tribution "i pi zes, announcements et?. * '\ iss Song, lienedi* lion Ke\. W M. Hanna I . L. W IT If I: ks ihm )\ ELECTED l?ltl SlDEN I \m) If, l . \\ ITH. i:u>i?oo\ vice-presi. 1>ext. Madiim-iw Will Ik- Installed and Work Commenced b> June l~>11?? liourd of Dlrectora Selected mid Officer* for Now ? oiiccrn Elected? Will Have Eighteen Men on the Road. At a meeting of tin- stockholders of th?* shoe factory at noon Monday in tiie Chamber of Commerce Hall a board of directors a/ere elected who afterward chose officers for the new enterprise as follows: President. E. L. Wltherspoon; vice president. IT. L. Wltherspoon; secre? tary and treasurer. J. S. Hodges. Mr. E. F. Leach of Lynn, Mass.. has l?een chosen as superintendent for the new concern and will enter upon his du? ties at once. The following directors were elect? ed by the subscribers to the capital stock of the company. E. L. Wither spoon, H. L. Witherspoon, J. S. Hodg? es. R. I. Manning. Neill O'Donnell, P. D. Moise, H. J. Harby, W. Bultman, C. G. Rowland. The commission for the enterprise has been applied for and is expected here today. The charter will he se? cured immediately. The work of in? stalling the machinery will begin at once and it is expected that all the necessary machinery, some of which Is already here, will be on hand and installed and the work of making shoes In Sumter will have com? menced by June 15th. All machin? ery will be of modern design and will be of the best material and make. The shoe factory will have its quarters in the building now used for the furniture store of Wither? spoon Bros. The Witherspoon store having already sold out its sup? ply of furniture, will be discontinued and the capital stock of the concern will for the most part be put into the shoe manufacturing business. Tihe factory will be the only shoe factory in South Carolina, although not the first one to be established in the State, as others have been in business in the State before this time. It will employ a force of from 30 to 50 op? eratives to begin with, and this force will be Increased as needs of the en? terprise demand. Fifteen men will be engaged on the road for the new shoe factory at first and this number will be increased in time, if it is found necessary to do so. The output of the factory will be sold generally to small dealers, so that the goods will become known all over this State and all other south? ern States, the efforts along this line being to spread the sales as much as possible. The capital of the company is $3r).ooo, all of wl ich has been sub? scribed by local business men. UNCLE SAM'S MONEY MATTERS. Receipt- During May Reduce De? ficit by Nearly Half. Washington. June 1.?Large cus? toms and internal revenue re< etptfl cut the deficit of the Federal Govern? ment nearly in half during May. The deficit for the fiscal year is now only $6,462,000, as compared with $12, 580,000 a month ago. This is the lowest deficit tor several months. A year ago the deficit amounted to $6, 876,000. The deficit, it is expected, will be entirely wiped out during June by the payments of the corpor? ation tax anil the treasury given B surplus of several million dollars. The total receipts for May were $58,370,.while the disburse? ments ware $52,252,000, an excess of receipts over expenditures of 118,000. Customs brought In $26, ."7V.?"'<?. ami internal revenue S08,000. The vaults of the treasury hold $1, 034,806,000 in gold coin and bullion for tin- redemption of notes and cer? tificates. The cash drawer of the Government?the working balance of the treasury?contains $6 1,305,000, the total balance In the general fund is $126,988,000 and the total cash in the treasury today is $1,916,995,000. The total circulation of national bank notes aggregate $719,861,.'. This is pledged by 7.28^ banks. Marriage Mcciikc Record. i' illlus I >.ank and Marj ! >ow <-f Stateburg. ? olori d, secured a marriage li< ense Sal at day. The Wlthersi.n house for nerly situated on Harvln street is now ,.n its way from that place to a suit* ab;.- site of Sumter street This tin second house to be moved over on Sumter street by Mr. .1 K. Cross well, ?Mi Main street where ttu houses formerly were situated Mr Crosswell will erect business house: In the near future. MARINES UND IN CUBA. GOMEZ \\ i!-i. PERMIT AMLKI < I <) <.l ARB PROPERTY. LettVC* Troop- 1 Yee to C ollceiilrat?* Their Eftorts tor l>eei-i\o Attack I pon Negro l*ohe|?. liabana, May 31.?Preeident dornen tonight telegraphed Gen. alonlea* guedo. the commander-ln-chlef of the Cuban army, who Ii at the acene of boatI'.tttei in the province of Oriente, stating that the general might permit American marines to land on Cuban soil to guard foreign property. The dlapatch added that the Cuban forces th? n might retire from guard? ing such places and devote themselves to pursuing the insurgents. Interest in Habana today centered ? a the question whether the Cnited States gunboat Paducah would land marines at Daiquiri to protect the property of the Spanish-American iron company, it overshadowed com? pletely all the reported occurrences from the theatre of hostilities. The American legation today re? ceived advices from Daiquiri tha: the plant of the iron company had been attacked but that its assailants we/e held in check by 40 guards, who later were reinforced by 100 other men. This combined force drove off th<? ;.n surgents and on the arrival of the Paducah the fighting was over and apparently there was no necessity for the aid of the American marine:?. Later in the day Col. Marti, chief of staff of the Cuban army, and Lieut. Col. Consuegra sailed from Santiago on the gunboat Hatuey for Daiquiri to explain to the commander of the Paducah the situation on shore and to inform him that there was no ne? cessity for landing American forces. It is understood here, however, that the Paducah will remain on watch off Daiquiri. There was great excitement this evening in Habana when several of *he newspapers issued extra editions announcing that a battle had taken place not far from Santiago in which many rebels had been killed by the fire of the Cuban artillery. The gov? ernment tonight said there had been no battle but that a collision had occurred between national and rebel forces in which the former's artillery was brought into play, apparently with good effect. The extent of the casualties, it was announced, was un? known. Gen. Monteaguedo. commander in chief of the army, still is busy in Oriente province disposing of his forces for a decisive movement against the enemy. This la expected to take place tomorrow. Skirmishing continues between fed? erals and insurgents, but without im? portant results. Quiet is reported in all the provinces except Oriente. The government continues to re? ceive many offers to raise \olunteei corps, but difficulty is being experi? enced in finding arms for them. A regiment of 700 volunteers under Col. Piedra is ready to leave Habana Sun? day to reinforce Gen. Monteaguedo s army. I A rumor was current in Habana tonight that the negroes in the capital intended to revolt. but apparently there was no basis for it. MORE REPORTS OP TROUBLE Marauding Bands of VcglOCH Con? tinue Their Lawless Operational in Eastern End of Cuba. Washington. May 31.?The contin? ued marauding of small bands of negroes in the eastern end of Cuba and the absence of anything like a decisive engagement between the reb? el forces and the government la the substance of all the reports that have come to the state department today from the American consuls In tha troubled district. The arrival of the gunboat Paducah at Daiquiri, about 1") miles from Santiago this morning, i, Is believed., will insure the Ameri can property In that neighborhood against further molestation. The gun? boat Nashville i-- now in Xipe bay on the north coast, where there are also large American interests. State department officials believe that the general situation In Cuba has so Improved that the great battle ships of the second squadron are like? ly to continue to swing Idle at anchor ?t Ke> West for a go.id while. Library Eund off i it> Set toot*. The commencement recclpte thi-^ year amount to 1180. After all ex? penses have been paid this will leave to the credit of the library fund a ?i ng litt1., -um. Everyone who at? tend* d commencement simply mid* an Investment t" the amount af his admission lee for the pleasure and pi.'it that the children will derive from next year's reading. Mi*s Nan. > McKay has returned home from the College for Women at i 'olumbta