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PUm LAH6UI6E. president m'kaks bluntly OP roiiONr.i/s i:i (Tok \l cax DIOAtn, \ddr< ^-anu Maryland ItcpiihlW an Bdjfh ton?, Knsiitlvc .Mukes IMoa lor Party RlgjSjggfgij In Coming ton. IM Washington. Aug. 1H.?President Taft today made his first political speech since he was notified of his fffjaom I nation by tin- Republican party. Addressing members of the Maryland Republican MttOftal asso? ciation In the Whit. House he declar? ed bluntly that presidential electors were "dishonest men" If they I* t their names ,i|pear on the Republican bal? lot and intended to vote- for the can? didate of another party. He asserted that those who were not fur the Re public in party were against it and should get out of the way. AH we ask Is a fair right. A man can not be In the Republican party and In a third party at the same time, and Should be compelled to make his se? lection." said the president. "Regularity, the feeling of regular? ity and respect for the Republican party are going |o bring over in o the Republican party many a man who has been doubtful and it is going to Increase that number, In my judg ment, as we approach the election. ! It Is therefore essential that we make the cleavage as clear as can be made so that those who are Republicans shall be Republicans and those who are with the bolters shall bear their name and title. "We ought to have electors in each SUte bearing the emblem of the Re? publican party, bearing the names of the candidates of that party :? t the head of the tUkct. covering the elect? ors who are g)lng to vote for those names. If there arc ?.oy men on that )lal w1\0 are not going to vote for the men at the head of that ticket, I don't hesitate to say that they are dishonest men, in that they are holding out to the people who ate to vote for them In an implied promise that they will vote for the names on the ticket when thev, in fact, Intend to vote for some one else." Seme of the editors told the presi? dent that either the electors chosen for the Rep .; llcan ticket In Mary? land would declare their Intention to support hlwt or a m w ^t?t* v on < ::r!on Would make t ew selections. R!? a~, Should bo Ifc'atcu. I We heard of one man who says he knows of no reason why Blease should be beaten in his race for Gov? ernor. We can giv > a thousand rea? sons why. In our judgment, Blease should be beaten In his race. We^ give a few of them, all of which re? late to his public acts as an offlrUl of the State. Under Blease's admin? istration a new industry has sprung up In the State by which certain fav? ored lawyers have made money out of poor people who had friends in prison and wanted to get them out. If convict* deserve pardon they should be pardoned without any law? yer being paid a big fee to get the par<b Th.s system might prevent a poor, deserving convict from being pardon? ed fei bu k of mom > to pay some law>... while well-to-do convicts can pu> their way out whether they drsciw i pardon or not. Sometime ago the Qsjsjejffggf pardoned Glenn, of Lexington, who ?bot Rhoden with his hands up. I:lease didn't allow him to serve a da>, ami Rembert. Rlea.-? > houf, leader. Kot $:ioo for the Job. The ?han.es .re that Glenn would be In the penitentiary now If he had been unable to i , the $ouo for Kembcrt. Tin t* are other cases of the same kind. I ?n ggothef occasion Governor Blease pardoned three bad SOgTOi who had been sent to the penltentiar> for beating and robbing a poor white in? n and b iivlrig him tied to a tree. Tbes? in-gro.'- should not have been pardoned a aii riu Governor also pard'-ied some aogroet who burned the barn of a farmer. No man is lit to ;?? ' b ?, > in 11 win. will turn such criminals as these negroes lose on the people ot the State. Such a< ts of clemency ??n the part of the Governor Is calculated t?? Increase crime annum the negroc.-. Governor Bttggg pardoned a man named I lasts who killed two un? armed men at a Gaff my hotel be cause they n Sag tad an Insult off |fed two voting women und? i their chargi by llwstv,. He gSSS pardoned pick gejehegi fyoaa the North who were caught robbing visitors at tl.' Btutt fair. None <.r Ihnes gtgg should have been pardon. .1 lb- also pardon* d |WU spectacle peddlers, who had been < onv n led Sd v lotatlgg a law gfl.I for tin- grsdeetlog of Ihs elttgagg ,,f the Sfate S/ge b. e to us, glgggSS. He also pardoned G WaSb H?ntel wlio had been convicted Of HUM slaughter in the courts afte* beim defended in the courts by tin ernot hhnaaht. Hunter killed an ga? in.I man fsegf I gggssj of cuds Th?ie MIH im excuse whatever for the pardon ??f Hunter except that he was a client of Governor Bleass The tact that Hunt? r w as convict? ed tWlOe shows that the juries that tried him thought h?- i ught to be punished. Hunter was a rich man ami Si h> to pay lug fsef Governor Bleaee voted for a bill to elOSS the public school! to the ehil dren whose parents were too poor to pay the poll tax. He also vetoed a Mil to psy for dlptherls antitoxin for the poor children who wer?- not sble |0 buy it. II?' also VOtSd against the Income lax, which It paid entirely by the rich people of the State. These acts show that h?- has no regard for the Poor man. notwithstanding he ( poses fcs the special friend of the I.r man While poslni as sn economical j Governor please expressed himself as being in favor of Increasing the taxes i on th?- people to add S $900,000 wing to the state House and at the same time he Sgyi hs is the poor mans friend. The Governor was on th*. b??ard of trustees of the negro college in this eity When the steam j plant w is Installed and lima wont over th?> ItntS i ussing the legislature for d >ing the sume thing. These gOtl show what the Governor would do if he bad i legislature that would do his bidding. The Governor has refused to dis? charge Stothart when it was proven ! that he took graft and he himself went upon the stand and would not answer, claiming that it would in? criminate him. The Governor par? doned the only dispensary grafter ever convicted, and ha3 allowed the blind tigers In Charleston and else? where to do as they please to the de? triment of the welfare of the State and her people. These acts show that the re-election of Governor Blease means a reign of lawlessness and cor? ruption worse than was ever known in this State since the days of Scott and Mosea. Very recently the -Governor has said that If he was defeated he would make the "gang" who defeat? ed him "sweat blood." Just what he meant by this we do not know, but it is a threat that disqualifies him for the position he now holds. He has accused Governor Wilson of be? ing a tool of the corporations, and said he would vote for Taft If Wil? son was nominated. It Is a notorious fact that Governor Blease favored the nomination of Harmon, who was thr> oandldats of the corporations In i ?pnonttion t \> Igor j These grc .*on.'. ?t the reasons why i, i ws cannot yots foi Gnvsrnor Blesse , In the coming primary There are i great many others, but the above are . sufficient. We have brought nothing l against him but his public acts. So | are concerned we have not a word ti? j far us his private character and acts , say. Our objections are not captious, either. They are such in our judg- , ment, as would disqualify any man f??r the hii?h office to .which QoV, I'desae asks a re-election. Every man I Is responsible to bis own conscience for his vote, and he should be v? ry careful how he discharges his re- j sponsible duty of citizenship.?I >r angeburg Times and Dem ?erat. _ Y. M. C. A. BOW! iNo LEAGUE, j four Teams Chosen in league Which Will Begin Series Soon. The bow ling league which has been talked for some time was at length or? ganized Friday evening and Saturday morning with four teams in the league. A series of matches Will be formulated at some time In the near future am. the teams will g<: t dow n to , work, each one striving to ??ut-do the I others. An effort will !??? made to get the Florenct bowling team to come to gumter some time next week, so that a return game ''an be gotten up for I Labor I ?ay at Florence. The officers and members of the va? , rloui teams are: B, C, Lord. President B, a Theea gecretary-treasurer, ' a mi official sooror< I Don \\'hit?\ Captain ol the "Roll ? ?IS." k. it. Creech, Captain of the "Twirl ] ers " li d Harby, Captain of the "Game ? 'neks." Fr?ser Dick, Captain of the j "< 'hamps." "Rollers"; Don White, Captain; ES. c, Lord Darby White, William Kin ird; Johnnie IfcKnlght; B. A, Thees. "Twiners": r. r.. Creech, captain; Turner White, Bcott Rumph, W, R. Andrews, \ a. Howell, Walter Carr. "Game Cocks": Hal Harby, Cnp taln; Graham Moses, Jim Calk, l.??ui. Bryan, R?gen? forahee, Jim Ard, "Champs": froser Dick, Captain; Willie Cuttlno, Clinton Walsh, John Haynaworth, Jamei Graham, Put Gal laghi t The General Humter Memorial ex? ercises it Htaleburg Wednesduj weri attended b) a verj small numbei from this clly, although ther< wuf a good ci ov d pi esenl from tin I round!ni ftountt y WILSON TO MEET EDITORS. Hopes to si:i: mi:\ who man AUE PRESS, Josepiiu* i*?nU*i^ Plans to Have Guid? ing Hands of Papers Vbdt Nominee Noxl Month. Sea Girt, x. J., Aug. 18?Demo? cratic editors throughout the United Stat.s may be Invited to gather at Sea Girt for a conference with Gov, Woodron Wilson. Joaephui Daniela, national com mlttteeman from North Carolina and chairman of the committee on pub? licity, broached the plan for a meet-' ing of editors of Democratic and In? dependent papers, the time to coin? cide With the annual meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers'1 As? sociation In New York netX month. "1 like the idea very much," said the Democratic presidential nominee tonight. In Commenting >n Mr. Dan? iel's scheme. With Mr. Daniels tonight came Wil? liam McAdoo, vice chairman of the campaign committee. They told the governor that Chairman McCombs, who is 111, would oe able to be at work again in about two weeks. The two visitors brought the gov? ernor a report made by George II. Palmer, Democratic State chairman in New York, after a visit "to every' senatorial district in New York." de? claring that the Wilson forces "held the State safe." The governor also received a report made by Fred B. Lynch national COmmltteeman in Minnesota, sating that while the Roosevelt movement WSJ strong, "The Wilson forces would carry the State." The governor announced he had accepted an invitation to speak Au- j gust 10 before the Plattdeutscher ? Volkafest Verein at Hoboken, N, J., j and also would make an address at j the New York State fair at Syracuse September Tomorrow will be New Jersey day at Sea Girt. Special trains have been arranged to carry delegations from various parts of the State. Gov. Wil? son will speak at noon. WELL KNOWN CITIZEN ARRKST KD. K. U. Gaslcln of Lake City Held Fend bag Result of His Brother s Injur? ies. Florence, Aus Io\ "E. B Gaskins I 9t I ' - City a v ll-to-do and promi- | ntnt man ot thai town, waa brought to Floren? e ; ?night ami lodged 'n , jail to await the result >f Injuries said to have been indicted by him on his brother, A. W. Gaskins, at Lake City this morning, it is said that A W. Gaskins was drinking and his brother attempted to take him home. An altercation arose between them on the way, and E. B. Gaskins struck his brother, knocking him to the pave? ment, where he struck his head. He walked about some time after this but later in the day developed alarm? ing symptoms and Is now considered in a most critical condition. Whether .he sidewalk or some other blow In? flicted the injury from which he is likely to die is the problem to be solved. There was m? hard feeling be? tween the brothera. E, B. Gaskins Is one of the trustees of that school dis? trict and in every way a Worthy citi? zen. ORANGI.BI RGS FIRST BALK. I Marketed in City ami Then Shipped I to Charleston* Orangeburg, Aug. 16.-?Orangeburg county's first bale of cotton was mar? keted itt this city this afternoon. The bale was shipped to Jennings & Smoak by the Cops Supply company Of Cope. Jennings ft Smoak sold the bale at public auction and there was lively bidding by ths local cotton buyers. The bale was purchased by J. N. Weeks of the local general merchan? dise Arm of Falrey ft Weeks. The bale was Sold for 11 1-1 cents and weigh? ed 444 pounds, The hale of cotton was expressed by Falrey & Weeks t<> F W. Wagoner Co. of Charleston. killkd HERSELF. Young \Y<?innn Despondent Because she Suffered from Pellagra. Spartunhurg, Aim. 15.?Despondent because of continued suffering with pellagra, Mrs, Minnie Cooper, aged ::?>, committed suicide last night by drowning in a |" ml m ar Saxon's Mills where her body was found this morning, She made an unsuccessful attempt to hang herself hist week and has repeatedly declared her Inten? tions of ending her life, she attend j i d . hur< h sen Ices last night, >maic-i Huh) Weigh- jT Ounces. Philadelphia, Aug. 13, Kussel 1 : Dally, smallest baby ever born lu te, is : making rapid strides at tin hospital l .it d is now nearly two weeks old 11< I has att uned the Weight of n pound i md eleven ounces and n length "f si\ and ihree-quurter Inches The doctor* saj his digestive apparatus Is 1 norm >i und thai he should I rive, bar i ?11 ^ unforeseen circumstances, i FARMERS BLAMED. Secretary Wilson Holds Them Re? sponsible for Present High Cowl of Beef. New York Sun With the price of beef higher than ever before and no prospect tor any long-continued relief, the nun in Washington who make the laws are giving serious consideration to the problem. The Secretary of Agricul? ture has for months been sounding an alarm to the American public against waste and has been urging tin- American farmer to conserve his resources. Secretary Wilson, like the experts of the so-called Beef Trust, has b< en predicting there would be no relief from the ; Utage of beef exeept through Improved methods adopted by the farmers themselves. Leader I'nderwood of the House is confident that some help might be obtained through putting beef and other meats on the tree list. "I am not willing to assert." said .Mr. Underwood to the Sun corre? spondent today, "that the placing ot food producta on the free list would in all cases materially affect the prices. it. would, however, prevent monopoly, if the so-called farmers' free list bill which we sent to the President at the last session had been Signed it would have allowed free Competition between the meats of Argentina and those sold by the Beef Trust, "There is no question that to? day the price of meat affects the price of cattle and the price of cattle is tix. ed by the great combinations which Control the meat products of the country. These combinations fix the price of meat according to the de? mands of the market and the neces? sities of the case. "The free list bill would have se? cured competition in meat products. It would have exposed the market, es? pecially along the Eastern seaboard, to competition in meat products from Argentina. I believe this would, have reduced the cost of meat products and hence the cost of living." The farmers' free list bill to which Mr. I'nderwood referred sought to ad? mit farm Implements free as a com? pensation to the farmer for the re? moval of duties from food products. The President vetoed the bill because he said it was loosely drawn and. be ciiu5" ).?? assarted U W< lid 'ting r"! relief to the American consumer n\ w? opened ou; markets to the Ca-1 nadlan packers and millers without! having free access ti the Canadian] market itself. No attempts have been made by the Democrats to reiutroduce the farm? ers' free list bill at this session. Now that beef is mounting higher and higher talk has been revived of intro? ducing a bill to put meats on the free list. There is no likelihood, however, that the Democratic leaders will take this measure up at present because, for political reasons, they would be obliged to give the farmer something in lower duties to placate him for free beef. The Democratic leaders say they have not attempted to pass the free list bill again because the Presi? dent Ne.oed it once and would surely send It back if it was laid before him \ agaiu. Even some of the protectionists in Congress acknowledged that the put? ting of meats "n the free list might bring about a reduction in prices. "The removal < f the duty on meat," said Representative McCall. of Massa? chusetts, "would probably have a ten? dency to reduce the price However, one u ight easily overestimate the probable amount ol reduction ill view of tin increase of price that in some instances followed the removal of ma? terial reduction of duties in the Payne law, and one might much more easily overestimate the' reduction that would "get by" tin- various mid dlemen and reach the ultimate con? sumers." ? | believe," said Representative Lever, of south Carolina, the rank? ing Democratic member of the House Committee on Agriculture, "that the removal ?t the duty on meat would stimulute importation. This would result in sharper competition in our markets and tend naturally to de? press prices. .lust how such a it - crease in the price of meats would follow the r< moval of the duty is. however, a matter of conjecture." Congressman Anderson, ol Minne? sota, a Progressive Republican, who has given a good deal of study to this question, said: "As a general thing the meats soil in ibis country are high-priced meat*, ?hu cattle are raised on high-priced land, and nurtured on high-priced l, . d. We raise the lines! moat in the woi id, it l*- hc> > ud tin- reach of man) i.r people in our country. The cattle oi Vrgentlmi and Mexico do not ' tun pa I ? W it h our* in ou lilt) . Tie \ do not pi odiice meal "I I he quality raised in this country. ? It i- possible thai the free aiimis sion of meal would reduce n>" price for a production thai i^ Hot sold to tiny large extenl in ihis country, h would prohablj open up a -our e I of supply of meal of a cheaper oual? SENATE SUSTAINS VETOES. UPHOLDS TAFT*8 OBJECTIONS TO WOOL AMI METAL BILLS. Neither Measure AM? t?? Command Anything Like Two-Thirds Rr> qulred for Passage. Washington, Aug. 16,?The senate today voted to sustain the vet >es of | the president on the wool and metal tariff revision lulls. On the metal lull the motion to override the presi? dent did not obtain a majority. nn neither ineaaure did the vote ap? proach the necessary two-thirds. Senator Simmons called up the metal bill, which was first disposed of. Without debate a roll call vote was taken. Thirty-eight voted against the passage. Xo Republican voted to pass the bill. Senator La Foliette made the mo tio4l to repass-the wool bill. He as? serted the bill was a protective tariff measure and wa,t framed according to the tariff board's report. He analysed the report of the board and compared it with the bill. Senate ? l*n Follette asserted! thut the failure of the president to accept the "judg- ' ment of congress anas usurpa t ion of | power." Senator lleyburn answered Mr. La j Follette and denounced, the bill as a | Democratic measure. When the vote j finally was taken 39 senators voted in favor of passing the bill and 36 against it. The following Republicans voted | with the Democrats to override the :: wool veto: Senators Bfltstow, Clapp, Crawford. LaFollette, Poindexaw and Works. I Notice of Elenetioni Notice is hereby given, of a a el'ee tton in Providence School. District Xo. | 19. on Thursday. August 2.9th. at the j Fr?ser school house hetweea the I hours of 10 o'clock A. M. and * P. M., for the purpose of voting on a tvso mill extra levy for school purposes. By order of the Board, of Educa? tion. W. R. F. DnBose, Chairman. Board at Trustees. I The new electr:^ chair may be a J very fine one, but we have no desirv to sit there and. we doubt if it will prove any more populatr than the rough bench ol the dock It * ia.ona good quality* howevan; il seta a bad man out ol the wag qatckly before the governo! and hia ?rtend? son got Itogethei v',fh the. wherewithal and j release him on the public.?Florence i Times. Ity, what is generally known as chuck' meat, that, ifr now sold in com paratlvely small <tuan.titiea in this^ country. If this- theory is correct then the free admission of meat would tend to reduce the cost of liv? ing. NOTICE. Kotfce is hereby given thu4 ajn elec? tion will be held at Dalsell, on Tues day, August -7th. Itl2, between the hours of s a. yt. end I P. m., for the purpose <?f deciding e/hether an *-x tra levy of 4 mills for school pur? pose? shall he levied in School Dis? trict Xo. i.. By order of th?- County Board <?f Education* J. < !. Id mal. 1'.. W. skoal-. Trust"".-. Mr. R. T. Qlllespie, of Rock Hill, ?pent Friday e/lth his 'is'er. Mr<. Rose Jenkins. >>n Warren Street. DECIDE YOURS FL F. The* Opportunity |g Here Backed by Slimier Testimony. Don't take our word for it* Don't depend on a stranger's state? ment. Read S ;inter endorsement. Read the statement of Bumter citi lens; And decide for yourself. Here is- one case of. it: P. G. Copleston. 8 E. Bartlette street. Sumter, S. C, sayw: "I have taken Down's Kidney Pills and have f'-und them to be a remedy of mer? it. Backache aad paans across my Leios annoyed me and I knew that my kidjneys were at. fault. Doan's K.i.lney Ptlts. which. I got at China's Drug Store. brougJit me prompt re? lief and in return I give them my heartiest endorsement." Far sale by all dealers, Price 50 cen.t*> Foster-Mil burn Co? Buffalo, Xew York, sole ageats for the United States. Remember the- name?Doan's? and take no other No. 18 DR. ( VIEL B. EPPS. Physician: ami Surgeon. Office over Deliorme's Drug Store. Residence 307 X. Main Street. Of? fice hours 11 AL M. to 2 P. M Of> flc?r phone 41'J; residence, 3 71. ILUNG DISEASE| I -Ac -r font la ssie f. roil] has* i&iI of consugsptiofi 1 arai takt 3 vnb I a frighttiu cough and lung trouoic, || but my Ufe was saved anal gained I 8? pounds through using: I dr. king's I new I disco very! W. Ti. Patterson, Wellington, Tex. I PfflgE BOc ?od t LOO AT MX. DRUGGISTS. I MOLES and WARTS Removed with. MPLEgQFF, without pain or dang*?*, no gegttgg how large, or how far raised above the surface of tie* >kin. .Vad they will never return, and no irace or soar will he left. MOLV> OFF is applied directly to the MOLK or WART, which entire! \ diaappeam in about fix day*, killing the germ and leaving the skin smooth aud natural. MOLESOFF is poji up Olli) In One Dollar bottle* Bach bottle is neatly packed in a plain case, accompanied by full directions, and contains enough remedy to remove eight or ten ordinary MOLES .r WARTS. We sell afOLEHOFF under a positiv.. GUARANTEE it it fails t-? remove your IfQLB or WART, are will promptly refund the doltar. Florida l>i>trU>utii?g Coespany Dcpunmrfu nmmnalsi Fie. r LIME. CEMENT, ACME PLASTER. -HlNlil.Es LATUS. EIBE BRirw DRAIN IMPE. ETC T-Tox/ riroin Wc* Piaar, tflup Staff. Brau, nay , vjieuii, Mixed ivo? and Chicken Feed Horses, Mules, g^Ui**' "Aa""p ^ No Order Too Largo Or loo Small. Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA. V. GEORGE H. HURST UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. Prompt attention given to davor night calls. Special line of Hardwood Shipping Cases, Slate and Steel Vaults. Day Phone M9. Night Phono 201.