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LEUS THE GOUITIY. BY KS OF ALL AMI KU A ON Till <. \ Mt COCK CITY. Adoption <>f Ctty Manama Plan o( Icmnil^iun Government Marks . I ni in Municipal Government and impertinent Will lie Watehod With Interest Tlirougtaxit the C ountry. The following telegram was receiv? ed Thursday by the Chamber of Commerce: New York. N Y.. June 12, 1912. Mr. A. V". Snell. Secretary Chamber of Commerce. Sumter, S. C: Accept my congratulation on Tues? day's election. Sumter leads the country In the adoption of the short balb-t city manager plan which is destined to supersede existing forma Your experiment will be watched with Intense interest throughout the country. R. 8. Childs. Mr. Childs is the secretary of the Nation*! short Ballot Organisation, an association of the leading advocates of modern business methods In mu? nicipal government. by means of which city management is taken out of politics, business methods substi? tuted for "pull" and efficiency re? places waste. The officers of this organisation are. President?Woodrow Wilson, Tren? ton. N. J. Vic? Presidents?Winston Church? ill. Cornish, N. H; Horses E. Denting. New York. N. Y.; Ben B. Lindsey, Denver. Colo.; William S. U'Ren, Or? egon City. Ore.; William Allen White. Kmporla. Kan.; Clinton P.ogers Woodruff. Philadelphia, Pa. Advisory Board?Lawrence V. Ab? bott. Rlchsrd S. Childs, Henry Jones Ford, Norman Hapgood, Woodrow Wilson. Secretary and Tr-asurer?Utchurd a Childs. 3S3 Fourth Avenue. New York. St MTK.lt BOY WINS STAGE HON? ORS. Charhx Milliard Hurst to Join George Evans In Friars Frolic. "Chsrley Hurst." one of Sumtera contingent on the stage, has received % high honor for one who has been jngsged in his line of work for a comparatively short time. Tuesday. Mr. Hurst, who has been in the city for a number of weeks spending the summer with his parents, received a telegram from George Evans, the well known comedy actor, asking him to accept a position In a company known as the Friar's Club and com? posed only of star actors of national reputation. Mr. Hurst will leave this afternoon for New York to Join his company for rehearsals which are now going on. The company will start out on s summer tour on June 21st at Phil? adelphia, later going to Atlantic City and N? ? a \. ..rk. The honor is a sig? nal one and shows the high class of work done by "Charley" during past years, when he has toured th? coun? try with the "Homy Coy Minstrels" as s female Impersonator. and the sine he has made for himself In the stage world. QffTT RK\I?Y KOR Til AT RIG TRIP. Of Cour*?* Yon are Going. Kl?*e You Will he Mighty Sorry. 'All aboard for Chariest.>n." Is the cry of the wine and knowing ones? thoee wh.? know that the bl? $1.50 excursion tbut Thomas II. Knight will run via the fast and famous Atlantic Cons* Line, th. standard railroad of the South,"' on Thursday. June I'oth. Is worth many tlm- - that am mnt. Hundreds sre getlng read: for his big trip, and it behooves ymi to a t In line and be esjsjgjtad SmoSSJ the wise ones who know a good thing. Charb-mui g] the most delightful ?sjsnsnet pisjgssnrs cttg in the stats, and thousands H ?? k 'n. r. evers \. tr. wtv> a. i think of gOtfS] SlSSWhsm. At ntght. When the main avenaes arc brilliantly liarrtt* d ??>? SlectrleltJ and. oeemlncl v th. Mat! twinkle In the tre#. top?, drifting down Um newly paved and improved StrOStl means indeed a happ\ ml Isummer night s dream. The beautiful of Palms, the p?-opb s play ground. Will be open In the full staSS of Its gbirv. where \ou will tlml an especially In? vigorating , ntsnosphsi e, beautiful homes, hot.ds and sect ilnnly every? thing fh it b- it Could Wish fof dat? ing the period of , ? ipe from the heated Inland Ifang lr h the Land O'doors. If vour n? Ighb >r has be. n there, ask him. g)S Will Isll you the same The trip Is so renoirkubly cheap that you cannot afford to ml-s It. l?eing only |1?M from this point, and si.nly von will no? lei thai Btnnll amount stand In the WO] of yoOf SO? lovliiK the roo-t delightful outing of the season. The ti tin Will b 1VS Sm i ter at ?. M> A. M.. ?nd will h ave i'li .r Itston on the return P, M There will be separate eoa hes for white and soloTod passengers, P ?ensers taken on .tt all Statloni 1 I fween f urnter i r,.I ? b b>. LATEST WAIL FROM R008EVELT. Colonel DtSCSSMCS "Nuked IsMIS of Right and Wrong." New York, June io.?Theodor? Roosevelt discussed present conditions at Chicago in an article entitled "A Naked Issue of Right and Wrong."' made )?ul>)ic tonight, and to appear in the current is-uie of the Outlook. Mr. Raooovoll eayi in part-. The contest for the Republn kg nomination has now narrowed down to a naked issut of right and wrong; for the issue is .?imply whether or not we shall permit i system of naked traud, of naked iheft from the peo? ple, to triumph. *I have made this contest on two great principles. First, the right of the people to rule, and, therefoer, in the exercise of their deliberate Judg? ment to control their Government and their governmental agents; and, sec? ond, their duty so to rule as to bring about not only political but social and industrial Justice. "I have endeavored everywhere to appeal, not to the politicians, but to the people themselves, and to get their Judgment, stating scores of times that I would do my best to convert them to my ways of thinking, that I should adqulesce as a matter of course, in their Judgment if it wa3 ad? verse, but that If their judgment was favorable, I do not Intend tamely to submit to any effo::t by the politicians to throw aside the verdict of the peo? ple and substitute a fake verdict of their ..wn. This is precisely what Mr. Barnes, Mr. McKinley and their associates and representatives on the national committee at Chicago are now attempting." After discussing the primary re? sults by States, Mr. Roosevelt con? tinues: "To recapitulate then. In the Re? publican States, which have had di? rect primaries, nearly two and a half million Republicans have voted and of these nearly two-thirds have voted agjalnst Mr. Taft, in the other Re? publican States where the primaries have been such as to give the peo? ple, not an entire chance, but some small chance to express their will, the showing has been almost as heavily against Mt. Taft. "In the aggregate the vote was nearly two to one against him and in some States it went as high as five or six to one against him. The other states in the North, which sent Taft delegates, were States in which the Republican voters had no chance to vote. Ohio went by over 30,000 ma? jority against Mr. Taft at the primar? ies, but the Taft managers had re? fused to permit a vote to be taken at the primaries for the delegates at lar?e. and In the State Convention, by adroit political trickery, they Sent six Taft delegates to vote at Chicago for the man whom his own State had Just repudiated by thirty thousand majority. "1 fail myself to see how an honor? able man can protit by or take part In such a piece of trickery as thi* Ohio State Convention 'victory.' In the same way, 1 fall to gee how an honorable man can profit by of Con* nlve at or approve of the farcical fetJ York County primaries. Rut the ase was far worse In Washington, in Indiana and in Michigan. In many of these cases the Taft delegates r- pre? sent absolutely nothing hut fraud as vulgar, as brazen and as cynically open as any ever committed by the Tweed regime In New York forty odd years ago." "Mr. Taft cannot be nominated un? less he irets an overwhelming ma? jority of the rotten borough States. which never cast g Republican elec? toral vote, and in which the delega? Hons represent only the otllceholders. ?van if he gets practically all the delegates from these States; he can? not be nominated unless by deliberate fraudi in su< h ftatoe ai Indiana, Mich? igan knd Washington, not to mention others, Ihs Republicans er? defraud? ed of their rights to express their preference as t*? who is to get their Voten Its enn be nominated only by disregarding Ihs expressed will of ru overwhelming majority of two and i half millions of Republicans who. from Massachusetts ind Pennayl Vanls to lllin? Is and California, have voted ? 11 t ? their choice for President. lTnder such circumstances his nomi? nation would represent the overrid? ing of th.- expressed will of the peo? ple by Messrs Barnes, Penrase, ?;u?,r genhelm, Powell, Clayton ind the rest " Mr. Scale in Critical Condition. Mr. W. Hi Scale returned from Richmond, v.l.. Thursday mornlim where he wae taken ia Sunday for an examination by surgical expert-, cpoii the examination it was decid? ed Ihaf an operation was um.I? sarv as it would not help his COUdl it on. Mr Scale is now in a critical condition, bul ht Ii itronger than when no went to Richmond last Sue day. The sxcevatlon for the foundations of the imperial" has been eommcnc? sd kftd is progressing rapidly, QUAKE GENERALLY FELT. sUWliMKBVILLE M l Ms To HAVE BEEN CENTER. Eai thquake Was IVIt in Charleston Wednesday .Morning Bui No Until* au?' Dono. Shock Wae Hardest in Buaunervllle ami Heveral Chimneys Were Thrown i><?\\n. News and Courier. The earth tremor which is reported in the dispatches printed above was felt In Charleston at .'?.:;<) yesterday morning, hut no damage whatsoever Was done in the city, although many persons were awakened. The shock, though distinct, was too slight to be ?SrlOUSt Those who were awakened by it do not agree as to the direction from which it seemed to come, some saying that it came from the south and others from the east. The tremor was felt ?*ery generally over South Carolina. Telegrams re? ceived by The News and Courier re? port slight quakes at Columbia, Edge field, Johnston. Batssburgi New berry. Beaufort, Kean's Neck, Sumter, Or? angeburg, Aiken. Barnwslli Oranlts VtllS and iummsrvllls. Beyond the the shaking of beds and rattling of Windows no damage resulted except in Summerville. There several chim? neys were cracked and a few had their tops thrown down, plastering fell in several houses and pictures were thrown to the floor. In Sum mcrville the quake was preceded by a noise like thunder. AtlSjUStS, June 12.?At 5.30 o'clock this morning thousands of Augustans were awakened by three distinct earthquake shocks, Which came in rapid succession. The shocks were about fifteen seconds in duration each, and before the effect of one shock had died another came. On the Sand Hills, over three hundred feet above Augusta, and in a fashionable resi? dence section, the shocks were felt more distinctly than down-town. There was considerable alarm felt among the negroes, and many of them became prayerful, believing that the millennium was about to come. The shocks are said to have been the most distinct since the earthquake of 1886, which shook Charleston, S. C. so badly. Savannah, June 12.?Half a hun? dred Bavannahlans have reported to the local weather bureau that they felt a distinct earthquake shock at 5.30 o'clock this morning. The vi? brations were east and west. In some houses the pictures on the walls swayed slightly, but no damage was done. There is no earthquake re? cording Instrument at the local bu? reau, and. therefore, no official rec? ord of thS shock lias been made here. The Shock was felt at a time when many people were asleep, and was not sufficiently perceptible to cau.-e them to wake up. That there was an sarthqttaks shock of mild form seems certain. Brunswick, Qa? June 12,?Three distinct earthquake shocks were felt he].- at 4 o'clock this morning. Many people were awakened by the trem? ors and were greatly frightened. No damage was done. Columbia, June 12,?At 5.30 o'clock this morning many Columbians were Awakened from their sleep by the roc king houses and beds. Three dis? tinct hard shocks were felt, but SO far as known no damage to build inus was sustained. Some report the shocks were severe enough to move their beds several inches across the rooms, and in one instance the un? dulations Were sever,' enough to throw parlor statuary from is pedestal. A pec uliar featUTS of the shocks, ac? cording to reports, la that those who happened to be outside of their houses at the time of the shocks did not feel them. KILLED BY His OWN (.I N. Laurel Hoach, Colored. Suppose,! to Have Been shot Accidentally While I'lowing. Coroner 8, i\ Flowers was called l" Dalsell Wednesday to hold an in quest over the body of Laurel Hoac h. cdored, who was found chad in a Held where he hnd? been plowing. Ills gun w.is lying on the ground near hau and had been discharged, lead? ing the JUry tO believe tb.it be bad been killed when the gun was dis? charged by accldi nt, 1 ?r. H, A. Mood testified to the fact that cbath w.is elm- to the gun shot wound and thai it hid been instan? taneous a- the hear! ol the man hnd been shot oul and destroyed, Other witnesses testified to having seen the negro boy plowing In the Held with hi* mm on his pb?w stock. They tes? tified to hearing the gun lire and la? te i ? . iu^ the hoy lying on the ?round. W ien they reached the spot, which was it the ?aber end of the field from them, the boy w.is dead, The accl dent to..k place mar Dalsell, The Jury 1 el urno d a verdlcl thai deal b u m due to the ae< ab ntal discharge of the gun. Agreeing with the Above ?tat? ?! fa< ts . FIGHT GROWS BITTER. NO RECONCILIATION OF TAFT AM) ROOSEVELT FORCES. Tali Mm Control Committee uiul All Contests Decided in Tnft*i Favor? Opposing Loader*. Denounce Encli Otlier in Bitter Terms?Liar. Tblcf, Traitor, Briber on tlic Tongues of All. Chicago, Juih- 12.?Apparent Irre? concilability of differences between Taft and Roosevelt leaders in the Republican party, borne on a rising tide of charges of bribery, theft and other accusations, tonight threatened to precipitate decisive development.-: before the opening of the national convention next Tuesday. The charges of corruption were made in an open statement given to the press tonight by Director McKinley of the Taft bu? reau which directly accuses the Roosevelt managers of an effort to capture the convention by force. Prominent men on both sides to? night admitted the situation had been so acute that almost anything mi^ht happen in the next few days. Among possibilities discussed in conference room, hotel corridors and party headquarters were two that con? tinued to come out again and again. The first of these was the possibil? ity of a bolt by the Roosevelt forces and the organization of a "Progres? sive" party if President Taft is nomi? nated. The bolt tf.lk was ever present during the day and once in a meeting of Roosevelt leaders rose to a point where Wm. Flynn of Pittsburg, who was presiding, refused to let it go further. The second possibility, and this seemed to hold the centre of the stage tonight, was that of a compro? mise on a third candidate. A number of the leaders declared that now it was positively beyond question to ex? pect either Taft or Roosevelt people to abide by the nomination of the other candidate. The situation was crystalized to a great degree by the action of the national committee in the contest hearings, particularly the California case, during the day. Roosevelt rnen insisted that they could expect noth? ing for their eandiuate at the hands of the Taft majority in the national committee and criticised the work of lhat body with increasing bitterness. The question of whether or not Col. Roosevelt would come to Chicago and what effect his coming would have upon the tense situation came up at almost every turn. Nearly all agreed that the arrival of Col. Roose? velt would bring the situation to an immediate focus hut the outcome of such an event was disputed. Late tonight, after various confer? ences, the Roosevelt leaders an? nounced that the mass meeting set for Friday afternoon had been postponed to Monday night. No reason was given for this change In the date of holding the Roosevelt demonstration. There was considerable speculation as to just why the date had been chang? ed to the night la f >re the formal opening of the convention. The States that loomed large in the calculations of the Roosevelt lead? ers, in case of a 1 ><?11, wore California, Oregon, Kansas, Nebraska. Pennsyl? vania. New Jersey. West Virginia, South Dakota, Minnesota Wisconsin and North Dakota. Several other States were named also hut the form? er president's campaign chief! seemed to get greatest satisfaction out of their survey of those listed. The third candidate talk Includei Cummins and La Follette and then went on to the much debated "dark horse" possibility. A dozen names were mentioned in the latter connec? tion but there Is no unanimity of opinion. Early in the evening Director Mc? Kinley Issued a lengthy statement which, after claiming that Taft would be nominated on the ftrst ballot charg? ed that the Roosevelt forces were plan? ning "more desperate measures to prevent the inevitable." "The effort to corrupt Taft dele? gates to the convention." said the statement "has been under way for several weeks. It is common knowl? edge that seven weeks ago money was sent to two Tafl instructed delegates in n certain Southern state by tel? egraph by a well known Roosevelt louder now in Chicago. Within the last week two men sent from New York to a Southern SI ite have brazenly approached Taft delegates with offers of mone) in re turn I'"?* \ot. s for Roosevelt. Other agents on a similar mission have made their appearance in several states recently. ?That a Well defined effort is on loot to buy Hie presidential nomination for Theodore Roosevelt? Is beyond Ques t ion." The statement tin n charges that a plan i^ on foot to Influence the local polic e force v\ ith a view of packing th.nventlon hail with non-Taft supporters, ami to pursue a schein? of intimidation which might culmi? nate in full !l? dged riot. \ plain campaign i><-." was Mr Dlxon's retort to the McKinley state ment and he refused t<> diacuaa a fur? ther. Later In the evening the Roosevelt Ci mmlttee expreated its opinion ? t the national committee actions in to? day's contest in a lengthy statem mi*. The Michigan case was characterli i as "one of the most outrageous ti tempts at strong arm tactics perpe? trated by Taft forces in a campaign marked by ruthless disregard "f Jus? tice and fair dealing on their part. ' "The rape of California" was the key phrase of the Roosevelt state? ment on the committee's action in the Fourth California district contest. George W. Perkins declared this ac? tion of the national committee pre? saged a Roosevelt victory in the con? vention. "If they keep this up." he said, "the nomination of Col. Roosevelt will k* unanimous. They have stolen these two delegates from California as a man who steals a red hot stove steals." Today's session of the national com? mittee was marked by continued Taft victories, the president gaining sO delegates in all, these being the two from California's Fourth district, the six Arizona delegates, the entire Louis? iana delegation, the six delegates it large from Miehitfan and the six at large from Mississippi. The California case, the hardest fought of the day brought out a con? flict between California's State pri? mary law and the rules of the Re* I ublican party. After long argument over the point, the committee decided to seat the Taft delegates by a vote of 37 to 16. Previous to this the Arizona Taft delegates were seated by a viva voce vote, a roll call being refused. That done, the committee moved on to Louisiana contests, where the Taft forces made a clean sweep. The six "black and tan' delegates at large and those from the First, Second. Third, Sixth and Seventh districts and the "regular" delegates from the Fourth and Fifth districts were seat? ed all being for Taft. In this State there was a triple contest, three dele? gations seeking seats. They were the "black and tans," Instructed for Taft, ihe "lily whites," also instructed for Tatfi and Roosevelt delegates. With Louisiana cleared away, the Michigan contests were taken up and decided, the six delegates at large lrom that State being given to Taft. The committee then took up the Mississippi cases and awarded the six delegates at large to Taft. The com? mittee had not finished the Mississippi district case v hen time for adjourn? ment came. in all. Mr. Taft was the gainer by 40 votes, while Col. Roosevelt gained none. Want an Institute at Sardinia. Manning Times. The people of the Salem section are going to make an effort to induce the Clemson authorities to hold an institute ai. Sardinia, and we will say they can lind no beter section any? where for such a purpose. We be? lieve if it is determined to hold an institute at Sardinia it will be largely attended. Unless the players warm up some, this is apt to be a cold summer In the baseball league in Sumter. Tin: i LEM S() N A<IRIC D LIT RA L COLLEGE Enrollment Over 800 ? Value of property Over a .Million and a Quarter?Ninety-four Teachers ami Officers. Degree Courses: Agriculture. Agriculture and Chemistry. Agriculture and Ani? mal Industry. Chemistry. Mechanical and Electrical ' Engineering, Civil Engineering. Textile Engineering. Architectural Engineering;. Short Courses: One year course in Agriculture. Two year course in Textiles. Four we e ks Winter Course in Cotton cancel? ing. Pour weeks Winter Course for Farmers. Cost Cost per session of nine month including all fees. heat, light, water. board, laundry ami the necessary uniforms $133.50, Tuition $ la.au ad? ditional. SCHOLARSHIP AX II ENTRANCE EXAMINATION'S. The College maintains 167 four year Agricultural and Textile Schol? arships and r?i one-year Agricultural scholarships. Value of scholarships $100 per session and free tuition. (Students who have attended Clemson College or any other col? lege or university, are not eligible im the scholarships unless there arc- no other eligible applicants.) Scholarship and Entrance Exami? nations will be held at the County Court House on July 12th, u A. M. Next Scpeelon Opens SEPTEMBER ll Itl2. Write AT ONCE t.. W. M. Rlggl President, clemson College, s. c-. for catalog, scholarship blanks, etc If you delay, yen may >>, crowdei out. ROUGH RIPER BABES. WILD MAX PROM OVMTKR RAY VILLI FI Eti all who oppom: him. Talt Men Are Holier*. TWuiW ami l>CS4racUOWlS<S ? lYooiHH'ts Are Good For The Roughest Soil of Rough Hoase When Hie Republican (onu'iuion Meet*. Oyster B?y, x. v.. June 12.?"They are bolting from the Republican party at this moment," said Col. Roosevelt tonight of supporters of President Taft or. ttte Republican national com? mittee. The former president \va.< *rousei to a light in? mood by the news whicn reached him today over his private wires from Chicago. He denounced with all the emphasis he could com? mand the action of the national com? mittee in deciding the contests for seats in the national convention from Kentucky, Arizona and California. He declared that the 37 Taft support? ers on the committee "have shown their profound and abiding disloy? alty to the party which they repre? sent and which In practice they have betrayed." He said that of the 37 national commltteemen who have robbed the Republicans of California of two of their delegates and have presented the stolen goods to Mr. Taft, there is just one man who is entitled to speak for the Republicans in his State." The colonel expressed the opinion that the national convention would not ratify the seating of the delegates from California. "What do you think the 34 Roose? velt delegates already seated from Cal? ifornia will do if the convention de? clines to admit the others?" Col. Roosevelt wa* asked. "I am not going to try to say what they will do," he replied. "I am not making any prophecies." Col. Roosevelt declined to comment upon the statement of William Flynn of Pittsburg and other Roosevelt supporters that the members of the electoral college from several Repub? lican States which have been carried by Roosevelt at the primaries would cast their votes for him in case Presi? dent Taft is renominated. When he was asked if he had de? cided whether he would go to Chi? cago, Col. Roosevelt replied smilingly: "I'm not going in the next half hour any way. 1 can assure you that this is not a disguise," as he pointed to himself, "and that my real self is on the way to Chicago." Col. Roosevelt's *tateme:it in con? clusion says: 'Those men who are endeavoring to wreck the Republican party by try? ing to pack the national committee with men not elected to It as dele? gates arc men just repudiated by Re? publicans of their own States, whose official position in the Republican party conies to an end within one week. "These claim to be regular and to speak BS if opposition to them means bolting the party. "It is they who are now irregular. It is they who are now profoundly disloyal, both to the Republican party and to the cause of good eitizenslip. They are bolting from the Republican party at this moment. Every decent Republican must be loyal to the Re? publicans of California who by 77.000 majority elected their delegates and they can only be loyal to the Repub? lican party by repudiating the action of the 37 members of the national committee who by their Vi tes in the matter have shown their profound disloyalty to the party which in theory they represent and which in practice they have betrayed. "I do not fear for one moment that the convention will ratify this action by the national commlttei . for to do so would be to betray the cause of the people, to be false to the fundamen? tal principle of good citizenship and of American democracy and to wreck the Republican party." New York Cotton Market. New York. June 13. Open. Close. Jan.ll.?l 11-64 July.It.SS 11.3S < ?et.ll.lt 11.56 Dec.Il.il IMt Closed steady. Liverpool. June IS. 1.1Y ERP* M )L M V R K BT. Open. Oos.?. June July. . . ,iSf??St ISI% July?Aug. . . *;44?? 1 ?? ISI Aug Sept.13s?StH 63$ ^ Sejit?1 >, t ( . .SSS'Vb?IS 636 Met?NOV. 111% Futures.Mi ?TS llflt Closed hareh steady. Local Market. Itasis middling. 11 cents. Mr. L It. II. Pair has been placed on the police for... temporarily hi place of policeman T P. Ward who has been assigned to the oateklrts <>f the citv to watch for violator! of 'he city ordinances there.