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MHF0U9 RESIGNS UNOER FIRE AiwsK.n l i in it vi, it ix.i ?KM KFSH?NATION TO TAFT. kit Vgreviuent, Investigation into \ll?Kt<i Ml<*ci>uduct of JurM Step* wlwn R ">lKnnilt'ii K Submitted ? Vet Ion l'n>| ><><?< il b> Counsel fur l>efeiH-c mi tonferciu-e with llou*** t "minllUH' Conducting Heal tilg Seattle. Wash.. July II,?t'nited State? MMrl? Judge Cornelius H. Handford, the first l-'ederal Judge ap? pointed v hen Washington was ad? mitted to stat?h?a.d twenty-three ,>tn a"to, sent his resignation today t i President Taft, while the last grit" o?eee* were waiting to testify before Ihe House Judiciary committee, v hich has been hearing evidence re? stive to charges of misconduct against Judge Hanford. At the ti ne set for the hearing this . lorning a series of conferences be ? veen the committeemen and Judge 1 anford's attorney was be^un. The roposal tti at the Judge resign and Msg hearings be discontinued was It mitt, d oy Judge H i n ford's at urneys and accepted by the commtt t ?e. \ Judge Hanford sent his resignation I .' telegraph to President Taft. At the *> ime time Chairman Oraham, of the h ib-commlt ee. sent a telegram to I halrman Clayton, of the House ju clary commltce, telling him of the aange In the situation and recom r ending th ? hearing be discontinued, iter a me?sak?e came directing that e bearings be discontinued. The ?mmlttee will leave tomorrow for Washington, taking a voluminous rec I d of the twenty days' Investigation, sud also the records of the lawsuit, "?n which most of the charges against T"idge Hanford were '?ased. It is the general understanding . at no further action of any K.nd w II be taken by tne House. I IKK Tl'KKDAY MOKNTNt.. N gro IIoiim' on salcui Avenue Rad ly Damaged by Fire. .* i mm* mm ? ? -*> K small negro house on Salem avc < ? was badly damaged by fire Tues? day nwrning lietween 1 and 2 o'clock. was prevented from burning to tbt? ground by the arrival of the hose v. gons which extinguished the fire m short oider. The Are caught inside and the wa? ns arrived soon after the blase ret out. The building belonged to Mark Reynolds and was occupied ? William Martin, colored. Most of U s furniture was rulred by the tire. HOSK WAGON SHIPPFD. t - Horse and Wagon Left In Cliarge of Mi^rn. Forbe* mid Blaiullng. The fire hofgg which Will take part snathe Interstate race at the Firemen's i ?urtiament at I-ay. u. v ille Thursday, i rry. left Tuesdn.v morning on a st freight in charge of Messrs. t ..ck Forbes and Ormsby Rlanding. Thg Wagon \as g|gg flipped at the ? me time. The wagon was crttcd Monday at moon and loaded ready for shlp ent and the horse was also taken ? iw n |S the train to gg I ',, h d. The her memb ts of the racing souad II leave Tiesd tv itf.-rn.oon. MANY ATT FA1? DA NC F.. ' a Weather Dm- not Deter YOSjgeg Folk- from spending Fnjoyable Fvcrdng. Im 4plte tbi i . y hot weather inday et Igllg th. i ? i i r. m, i]. than enty-flve i oupb s assembled f?or the n? ?' given In the Ai | Off Hall in nor of tht young I ole - \i-it'ng in . n. Resides the visiting young bi m there were a nun.lo r of visiting itlemen and man] of the local boys ? I young I ?die? at tin dance. be dan > < ommeno d about |l ock and continued gffttl 1. w hen ? orchestr ? which had rendered ?t delightful dam,* music, retired the dancing continued with mu % furnished on the piano fter the dance the young folks ? their ? htipenuic* rep ined t<? the - <'.if?*' where th. v were served I i a most fnjoyab|g supper. fone of the rtsltori for the darue I e Miss Bttggbotfc Rrown. Jessie o. Pauline J.im.i. \'i\ on MeCol? <b. of Darlington; Halite County, opolls; Agin* Mpt ihtS, and I'ran M.irshaii. Qroogillloi Thee Toom on; Agios Rlanding. Texas. CohSOi irieMton. and Meon Polmer, Tim? ggflllSJ Perkln?* Mi Keith in ng-t"ii imi .lame-* ot Darlington. Munter I.Irl?. I iiti rimiinl. ?flsses <'ora and Sue DufRs were gue*t* of h'?nor at Mi<s Root and 8am Garner's lawn party on sday evening Ixty guests greatly enjoyed this fining ee*| i-lon.?Darlington News Pr.n BACK AT BLEASE QlfjlfUlg Man DSOstsa HjiCcMOllt? Made by tiUfgfssQg from Mate House ggjtsjo iinti t,i\es Hi* Version of Conversation at the Governor's Mansion. Please all W me space in yOUf paper lo reply to the false Statements made by Cole U Blease In hli speech at Columbia last night concerning Mr. Watson and myself. The gJmple fa? ts will be sufficient fOf Riy friends and the public gen? erally t>. understand the situation. I din M. W.usnn and I went to Co? lumbia tu Mh for a respite of O? days for a nem o, stake Morris, condeui n.d to be electrocuted July 26, so that u largely signed petition fur commuta? tion t" life imprisonment could be presented later. We went to the mansion Sunday afternoon after din? ner after making an engagement by telephone with him and told Blease our mission. We were in thl bed loom and the door shut. lie said they had the sleuth and dictagraphs after him and he would not do anything. We showed him the petition signed by many citizens and the majority of Greenville county ??tlicers. He refused to look at it. I called his attention to the fact that if anything were d >ne it must be at once. I was so sur? prised at his decision that I said. "Af? ter ail l have done for you if you won't grant this little request I am done w ith you." BleaSS said angrily. "Get out of my inansi n.*' I replied as 1 pulled on nvy hat. "Damn >'?u and your man? sion, too." I This was in ordinary conversation and was heard by no one except those in the room. Mrs. I?lease met Mr. Watson and me as WS went down stairs- to the front door and talked to us ana t dd us goOd?byg in a friendly in inner. She did not know what had happened Mr. Watson was so surprised th.it he said to me that BlSUSS Certainly Could not have understood us or must be drunk or erazy. and after we got to the stre et, he went back against my advice. He did not stay long as Blease ordered him out in the same manner. I have been a supporter of Blease for several years and a personal j friend. I remember one incident sev- j eral years ago at Union, where he got so drunk he could not get on the train. I bought a ticket, put him in a seat and told the conductor in which pocket he would find his, ticket It looks like if 1 had been drunk Sun? day and he the friend he claimed to be, he would have taken care of me in bis house as I have done for him. but the difference was that I was not . drunk Sunday, but absolutely sober. He claims he sticks to his friends. Watson and 1 are both poor working men and we were interested in Stake Morris because we were sorry for hin?. . Perhaps if there had been a few nun- | dred dollars In it we might have been i received more cordially. BlsaSS mid from the State house steps last night that if Watson and I were gentlemen "God pity the hoboes." If he felt th s way about me why did he write the following letter 1 ist month: 'Columbia. S. C., June :.'?;. 1:mj. "Dear Sir? i forwarded you by ex preaa prepaid, on yesterday ? supply of my book ir. regard to pardons, ! parole-. , tc. i'aa-e dlStrlbtttg them to the best advantage possible; ami. should there be any expen.-e commuted with the distribution thereof) please semi ms ?"I. and I Will reimburse you for the outlay. "With kindest personal regards and best Wishes, "Very respectfully, . signed> -Cob- L Blease." ' Mr. Jam. - \. King, I Ireem llle, s. c." i have no favors to gag of Blease but have supported him without re? n ird oi icq.I reward because I be? lieved thai he was sincere ?ml true i know now that he is neither, ami a liar besides, When be k, t>; ready to h.i\e me turned out of the Bed Men i will be glad to have him come up ami try it. i am ti-o a w.im.in ami a Mason. and think that my record will com? pare with his any day he wants to make the t< -t. I hOpg 1 w or t ha\ e to make a nv furthei statement to the papers, if Blease will -tick to |hg truth one time i won't have |o, J \. King. ? lr< em llle, July 10, HtUIUI* ? n ImiuI fur Teacher*. \e\t Monday morning .it a o'clock it the Hampton s?bo.| building tin summer school f u teachers and for those win- expect |o teach neat year gill begm. Courses will be given In English, Primer? Methods, Arlthme tie. atal writing. This session of four Weeks Will give S favol ible op? portunity to those who expect to teach next year to t':t themselves to perf'tin their tasks with grt ter ef? lb sncy, MI N \l Mi:i> "TO GET*' REED. turtlinu Statcnicnt Made by spartan burg Newspaper After Committee Met, 'liia it least two men were armed nd prepared to attack Detective E. s. Reed siould he appear In Colum? bia is the statement of the Spartan burg Herald. The statement appeared In 'he latue Of Friday, the day fol j lowing tite Investigation and is as follows: ""That there were at least two na n n Columbia Thursday well "heeled" and ready to give Detective E. B. Reed his" it he should appear be? fore tin- legislative Investigating com? mittee, wai the story which came to The Herald yesterday--in round? about way. but with the names of ail those concerned mentioned. Accord in-: to the r..-'ort the two men nam? ed are red hot supporters of Oov. Cole L. Blease. and were so enraged by the testimony which Detective Heed had given at Augusta that they declared they would "get" him if he showed up before the committe, as he had been requested. The nun were not together, and the n portJ of their threats came from Separate sources. Each had a revolver, which wai seen, and each iwts heard :o say that it WOUld have gone hard with Reed if he had ap? peared. As Thomas B. Felder and the Burns der? , tive positively refuse to ii.?k their lives by coming into South Carolina, the committee will prob ably take tin- rest of their testimony ft some outside point near the State line. Washington has Keen suggest? ed by Colonel Felder, but the com? mittee will nd go so far from home. Ashevllle ami Hendersonville have al? so been mentioned. l>ut will hardly I considered for the reason that the committee's session might be criticis? ed as pleasure junket If held in mountain lummer resorts. Charlotte is beim; tlu ught of. Tin- next session ol the committee will be held within the next two weeks. An effort win be made to se? cure the attendance of more oi line Charleston men alleged to have col? lected graft from the "blind tigers" for Lou e tothart, chief constable for Governor Blease, "O'Neill laid he collected only 160 a month, but he is regarded as one of the little ccllectors. It is said that 350 "tigers" paid graft for protec? tion, the tidal amount of the bribes being between $3,000 and $5.000 *. month. 4 The committee probably will sum? mon Barnard Evans, candidate for attorney general, and quiz him in re? gard to statements Which he has made on the stump that the Murray winding-tip committee has failed to account for $ fa,nun of the funds in its care. The committee's exact plan of ac? tion has not been determined upon. The Spartanburg attorneys and others who attended the session on Thursday returned Thursday night and yesterday. GOOD FOB PROHIBITION. New Law Ma> Mop Liquor shipment in Dry State-. Washington, duly 22.?The anti saloon interests won a victory b? fore the senate judiciary report, when a favorable report was authorized on the bill, giving dr> Mates the p wer to Intercept liquor shipments from ??\\et" territory, it would revise the Wilson lav. .to meet the decision of the Supreme Court, and make liquor. In interstate commerce, subject to the laws of a single State upon the arrival within the boundaries and be? fore delivery to the consignee, Dysentery is always serious and of ten a dangerous disease, but it can I be cured. Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy ha? cured it ?Ven when malignant and epidemic For iale by all dealers. ll?gfse Bolti?Fence Damaged. Friday afternoon sometime after G o'clock Jeff, the fire horse which the Bumter racing squad contemplate takmg to Fayettevllle to the tire nuns tournament at that place, bolt? ed while pructlcinw on Washington street and did some damage to a fence at the Baptist parsonage, but otherwise did nothing more than frighten u feu persons, It Is not known what made the horse bolt, but him after the hydrant J win passed II turned from the street atd run Int? tin- fence, two panels jof which were Knock d down. The i wagon was sllghtl) damaged, but It w.is stilted that It world be rend> for practice again tin- afternoon, The jboi.o escaped with one slight bruise. I Wlnn tin w Igon Int l be t. n> <? the lilriver, t ?rmsbv Blauding, wan thrown nut and the b'U'se fell down but Mr, Blandina ?a- up anil b id the horse > b> the bits b fore t could rise. ] Buy it now. Chamberlain's Colic, l 'holers and I ban hoea Remodj iv i almost rertaln to be needed before , the summe- |h over, Buy it now ..id be prepared for such an emergency. Foi is by nil dealers I ll FARMERS' INSTITUTE Will Convene ill Baker School on Wednesday, July SI, ami Will La-t Three Da>?Anuinge'ntents Com? pleted, Mention has been made in the press ? C tin- Farmers' Institute that is \> be held at the Baker school house tie1 last ?iay of this na.nth ami the first two days of August. This Institute is rather unique in the history of farm ers' institutes i;i this Slate. ClemSOll has been having Institutes all over the State Cor seme years, sometimes well attended, sometimes otherwise. But here is a community of people wio. tg} to Clemson college, "we are going to have an institute thai the farmers will attend, Send your teach? ers and talkers down t-? us and let ua manage the thing and we will get you a crowd that Will be a caution. Seeing or hearing of what the Baker school people have been doing this summer. Mr. English and Mr. Williams and Mr. Baker decided that the proper thing t<> do was to accept this invitation, and S" the institute that was to have been held in Sumter the latter part of this month will be held at the Ba? ker school house instead. The managers of the affair say they do n i. want the thing advertised too mi vh lest there be such a crowd that the ladies cannot take care of it. Hut it is necessary to tell just how it is to i.e managed so that visitors may make their arrangements ac? cordingly. The institute will consist of talks up- ti the most vitally Inter? esting subjects at the day sessions. Then at night there will be addresses by so:; e of the best speakers that can be had. The theme of thes,' night addresses will be chiefly the social center rnovement which is now one of the most note-worthy things nb >ut countrj life. Ail over the world, at least, in the United States, the rural communities are coming into a new Inheritance, they are hnding out that the school house belongs t<> them and are beginning to use it tor their en? tertainment, their Improvement, their uplift. The "hi way of shutting up the school house at o o'clock and opening it up again at !? next morn? ing is an outworn custom in many communities. On the contrary the doors ate kept Wide open all the time and the house is made the place where the people meet for all sorts of purposes, religious, social, literary and amusement. The Baker school people seem to be the pioneers in this kind of thing in the county, and tinw? are going to have at this conference speakers from the Department of Education at Washington and else? where to speak to those present about the way to get the most out of the money invested in school houses. Col. Watson, our aide and genial Commis? sioner <'f Agriculture, will addresss the conference at one of the even? ing sessions up>n the same subject.. A f all program will b ' found else w here. When people hear of the Baker school they think of good things to eat ami will want to know about the ar? rangements made for the inner man. in the first place the managers want it understood that all who wish to | come prepared t> have a basket pic* nie >f their own on the grounds may1 d>. so, and the ladies will help them in every way to have a good time. For those who d>. not care to bring their own food, the committee of ar ! ngements will serve meai> on ute a: >unds, or rather In a nice new ) huildtng which the men are putting up for the purpose. This new build? ing Is ISxSU feet; is built in the rear of the school house and will here? after be used as a part of the school house wh.-n there is need of it. In tili- meantime there will be avoided Mo danger of drowning that threat I r.ed everybody at the last hot sup? per gl> en by the ladies. The menu at the institute will be tin- one upon which these people have made a reputation?barbecued pigs, chicken stew, ami probabl} fish stew, |;i the iish ?an be .aught. One farm? er ha.- ten shoatl up ami fattening "and there are others.'' So no one need fear that he will away hun j gry. I On Friday, the 2nd "t August, the Farmers' Fnlon of the count) will hold an ..pen meeting, at which the I public are ln\ Ited to be present. .Matter- of great iltefeSt to the people of the county Will he discussed, speeches will he made by the state President and ..th us, ami this meet? ing Will he "lie of the niOSt etljoy able of the s, ri? s. it Is - ontemplat i?d now to wind up the affair on Fri? da.*) night with a hot supper and good time generally, like those that have 'been enjoyed then before, only more I ho, The young people will have their inning then. ; ?in ot the lirst evening, Wednesday, th? re will be a short service at which the tow building will 1 ?? dedicated i i th? us. - . f tin w hole i . mmunlty ind at w hit h riev, J. P. Marlon ><( tin Presbyterlni church will officiate. \t all the services and meetings and hetween times there will be music, t : 'nishd by Sumter friends i f the I hoo|. VKEBED?\ BETTER SCHOOL SYSTEM?Nm. >. H> dor. \V. H. Hund, State Inspec? tor <?!' High Schools. Many of our people seem to be oblivious of the fact that until with? in tiie paat six years "i:r State school law dealt almost exclusively with ele? mentary school mattere, as if a school system were embraced within the narrow but (harmed limits of the three R'a. And hut one Act baa add? ed to the range or compass of the law ?the high school Act of L907. So State can lay claim to having a sys? tem of education until it embraces elementary, secondary, and higher Institutions; and no school law Is ade? quate until it provides for the es? tablishment, maintenance, and man? agement all three types. I Whenever a symmertical system of education shall have been wrought out ami given expression in a work aide school law. it must come directly or indirectly from the brains and .hands of educational experts, from educational statesmen. Those w ho are j to construct an efficient system of (education and interpret it in terms ?f a legal code must be familiar witli I educational systems in 'his and oth? er Countries, must understand the philosophy and functions of modern education, and must be aide to ad? just educational, economic, and social fortes. Jt is no reflection whatever upon an>< tie to say that the creative part of this work will never be wrought out on the floor of a popu? lar legislative assembly, any more than t . .-ay thai an efficient system of banking will never be wrought out Ion the floor of such an assembly. In jsuch a body there are too many crude and divergent notions ever to be fo? cused on a workable system, without the brains and hands of the expert. Almost any kind of school legislation proposed in a popular assembly 'law-makers calls forth all manner of crude, eccentric, ill-digested, ami whimsical notions and schemes. On SUCh occasions every conceivable shade of opinion from extreme radi? calism to ultra conservatism finds fiee * repression and stubborn sup? port. Since the enactment of the pres? ent school law. under the new consti? tution of l$yr>. it is doubtful if so much as one full day. at any one time has been devoted by both houses of the general assembly to any kind of state-wide constructive education? al legislation. Admittedly some ex? cellent legislation has been eanded. Among stich laws are the school building law. the school library law. the present imperfect high school law. the term extension law (known as the OarriS law), and the rural graded school law (known as the Nicholson law.) These cover most of the educational legislation of the past sixteen years, except purely local measures. I Hiring that same period it is sale to assert that not less than three solid months' time has been given to wrangling over dispensary ami anti-dispensary legislation?and the end is not yet. it Is confidently believed that the journals of the two houses during the period already mentioned would slmw that as much time and as much serious consider? ation had been given by the law? makers to dogs and safety matches as had been seriously given to construc? tive school legislation for the chil? dren of the State. Of course the time devoted to appropriations of i toney already provided for by stat i t?- does not count as c onstructive 1 -gislation. For Several years past there has been evidence that the general assem? bly itself felt a pressing need of a thorough revision of the school law of the State. ft was equally evident that its numbers were not prepared to meet the situation with anything detinlte. As a body of men they were not equal to the demands of the oc? casion, and the only thing they could do was to make feeble efforts at re? form through further amendments to an already overdone piece of patch? work. Some relief was imperative. Without a single dissenting vote. a ..eint resolution was passed by the two houses, in 1910, c reating a com? mission to revise and rewrite tin school law. This commission spe it Weeks in the actual work of studying and comparing the school laws of marly every state in tue Cnlon. At tin session of 1911 the commission made its report bj offering a revision of th?- law written out and the rea sons stated for practical!) ever) change from the- present law. After weeks of delay, without an) serious debate whatever, the general assem? bly Indefinitely postponed the whole matter. At the seslcn of 1912 pre c(sel) the same thing was repeated. Thin body ol law-makers appointed the commission to do this work; the) expected a report from the commls sau and were expected to be giving the winde mattet serious study dur? ing the' year?they were elected to do stub thinking for the people of the state, then they had th?- printed re? port tit their bauds a wind?- year for study. Yet. they came back to the 'capital In 1912 unprepared to adopt che report, umend it. kii: it, or offer b substitute. That body has gon? out Of existence; their untouched tdik rem ins i ehind. The question of the. m< rits or the demerits of the pro? posed law have absolutely nothing to do with my discussion. The question is solely wbj did not the genera, assembly take some action? The fact is. tliat body was not at all un? friendly to a revision, else it would n??t have appointed the commission. Tin- whole question was simply too big to be attacked by a set of men unacquainted with systems of edu? cation in either this or other coun? tries, it is not gratuitous or un? parliamentary language to say that law-makers must he Informed on a subject before they can he expected to legislate intelligently. Scarcely n half dozen of these men have either the time or the Inclination to if down for several months t.. work ?-ut a system of education for the Stale. Doutbloss there might he found a few who feel qualified to formulate a system over night, hut we are not anxious for their services. Again it should be said that these statements are in no sense intended as a reflection upon the general as? sembly. They are simply a statement of an axiomatic fact?that the COB* structlon of a system of education lor a State is a task for experts. More? over, a pgXi of the trouble lies back of the geneii.l assembly. The masses Of the people must heal their pro portionate part of the responsibility for this chaos. The masses talk much about the value of a school sys? tem, hut t<? most of them the whole question is an abstract <>ne. Candi? dates for public oihee from that ? f chief executive down make loud. i most of them entirely sincere, pr - testatlons about their devotlo ucatlon. But how many ct within the past fifteen ye; gone before the people with ; definite and feasible in the w, ? ^ constructive educational policy? On the ether hand, how many candidates who have offered anything definite and feasible have received any en? couragement to tight out their tat? tles? Article Number S will be devote?! to a discussion <?f school revenue, i To he continued July 27.) o II AVK WARM WEATHER Weather Bureau Make?? Announce? ment?Will be Unsettled ami Showery Monday. Tlum Pair, Washington. July 21.?In the South he weathi r will he moderately warm, this week, according to the weather SUlIetin tonight. It will be unsettled and showery during Monday over '.he districts east of the Rockies, generally fair weather during the remainder of the week, except the Northwest, where there will be a return to un? settled weather by Thursday or Fri? day. In the extreme Central West and in the South the week will he gen? erally fair except in the East Gulf and South Atlantic States, where showers are probable during the sec? ond half of the week. Voters Mu>t lb' Re"-'-"*-"1 It will be of interest Sumter who expect t primary next week, know that they will, in be obliged to have witn tnem their registration certificates and their poll tax receipts, the same as are required in any general election. Any person not provided with these will be con? sidered Ineligible for voting;. If you are a housewife you canm t reasonably hope to be healthy or beautiful by washing dishes, sweep? ing and doing housework all d.t> and crawling into bed dead tired ?t night. You must get out into the open air and sunlight. If you d"? this every day and keep your sto ? and bowels in good order by t Chamberlain's Tablets when eri. you should become both h? and beautiful. For sale by all ers. BB^BHgPPaRRP-vS1*** A man's appearance llUti more (<? do with hi> MSCce** I'HlU) than it ever bad. %ny tldug I lull contribute* lo hi* look Of Well-to-doiie? jil-litlod? yew. X I t KSSAIIY. I* there anything that yon know of ib.11 advertb*v*i ?*M*tv>? more than \ NU I RIM..' Certainly, nothing that a man wears i?. more In evidence. \ few dollar* -pent on a ring, an> gCMNl rillg. Will plo\e lit he an investment to mo*l men. I.ei 11? place our ring stock before you Mr. Mao. Iben n*k all the i|iie*tioiis you like. We replace ail stone* in rings we SO||, lice. e\eept diamond-. W. A. Thompson, JEWELER VM> OPTICIAN