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AMKKICAN KLKPIIANT POACHFR SHOT DOW \ IN VKHU A. Hunte* I In.wi, by Hand of F.ngllsh SokliorH, who arc Instructed to Capture Him Head or Alive, James Ward Knarr? Ha? lila Career Ki nu if lit tn a \ ?olrnt F.nd, After Having l>etl<Hl All Authority for Year*?A MitfU Dramatic Tale of llrHUh Colonial Aun?K London. Auf. 19.?Hunted down by British soldiers In the depths of the Jungles of Central Africaa. where for years in defiance of all authority he had pursued the career of an elephant poacher and Illicit Ivory trader, James Ward Rogers, an American, is dead. He wa* ahot down by a little force \ f troops which had been sent Into the wlldernese in pursuit with orders not to return without the outlaw dead or alive. News of Royers' death came for? mally today to the British colonial office from Capt. C \. Fox, Inspector of Mongahall province. who com? manded the expedition. Although > told In an official report, the story re? vealed Is one of most dramatic In colonial annals. For years Rogers had carried on hla lawless trade, which popular opin? ion credited with netting him a for? tune. The remote regions along the Lado Enclave and Congo boundaries were the scenes of his operations. Time after time British officials of the Soudan had tried In vain to trap him. It was this defiance of years which determined the Government to crush the old man. Capt. Fox's report shows that in his long operations Rogers had done more than had been dreamed of by the colonial officers. He had estab? lished an organised administration over the wild trackless country and among the natives was a virtual, if uncrowned, king. The success of the outlaw In hand? ling his "subjects" anc in the pur? suit of his trade drew from Capt Fox. la hie report, the tribute that Rog? ers work was worthy of a better cause Not since the explorer, Henry I M. Stanley, pierced In the Jungles In * 1171 and found Dr. Livingstone, has such a tale of hardships, trials and dangers come out of Africa. Capt. Fox's report, in this respect, resem? bles most marly p?rhH*,s the tele of Oen. Kun?tr>n'j? dogged purmilt of ^ SgSlgsllIn In the '/he , i Ines. For ?he puri ?se of tracking the *?.i*'a-- :h. given a non-commissioned subordinate and six Soudanese soldiers. Body carriers and mules for the transpor? tation of supplies were part of his equipments. His instructions were plain?not to return until the outlaw was captured. With a soldier's disregard for red tape. Capt. Fox. in his report, falls to mention dates in describing the man? hunt. Apparently the denouement of the Jungle drama came three I months sgo. The pursuers then hud spent weeks plunging through the lungle that al? most defied passage. Rogers cunning? ly leading them through the densest of swamps, forests and across deep streams. Before the outlaw was over r taken he bad crossed the Nile into tin Belgian Congo. Creeping up the Uganda bank of the Nile the expedition pushed forward for fix wpeka before the quarry was located. Fox and bin men had then worn their clothes to tatters and their r, supplies were exhausted, jeaving them facing starvation In the wilderness. The last twelve hours ofthe pursuit was particularly trying. The chase led over a mountain with Rogers' men only a short distance in advance. As ey fled, the ape-like natives of the oJtlaw sent back taunts and Jeer at their pursuers. Dramatic In the extreme is Capt. Fox's description si the death of Rog? ers. In the Jungle into which they had descended from the mountain his party came suddenly upon a camp. A j native approached the Km; I lag OSS cer end said. 'The commander wants you t . come In He H ?nk IteSl SSdMMSl OOIRS out." Knt-rtmc the h it 'ut. FOX found himself In a room dirtily lighted ?? candle. A white man was lying on a couch snd beside him sat a compan? ion, also white. Fn?* a time there n\ i a dead silence. Capt. Fox believed In had been ltd into a trap. Then h naked . Which Is Mr lb.is.-r* "Mr UsSJSfl has BOSS shot." re? plied the outlaw'* eompan1 \. ? Yes," interrupted K"K*-r* and by SfSJf lie n ' "Come, stand right lore Ml I Oatl look at you.'* Rogers continued, hi r*yes w*r*? BSSJgtaf ?ml from SSSjSStH f a blanket h* dr? w i i^i-k-t and Pointed It at the ..ffi. er. "1 am a dying man. I goes ' ii I. I didn t think tin \ . .,u>d II Old Roger* bill Ihdg gag him tlm*. i "gtlll y??u at* n Belgian territory "; ; HOUSE UNCHANGED BN BILL. still it had y to pass HG ap? propriation Ml'as ihk. If Elder Statesmen Yield to President. Two Chambers Will Hgt/g to Ad? just Difference*. Washington. Aug. -?>.? President Taft's aceond veto of the legislatlve executi .e-Judiclul appropriation bill, which will he sen; in a niessage t ? congre.-s tomorrow , wil! tind the house prepared b? pass the bill again over his veto, according to house lead? ers.. Chairman Fitzgerald of the ap? propriations committee stated today that the house would undoubtedly re pass the measure. As tl e bill went to the president, it provided for the abolition of the commerce court, a procedure to which the p"esldent again refused to agree The other provisions Inserted by the house, cutting off appropriations for tlu? I ir:au of manufacturers and commeiclal agent:!, were objected to by the senate, and finally taken out ?>f the bill before it went to the White i louse. The senate's prospective action on the 2??cond veto of the bill was a mat? ter of doubt tonitfbt. it is believed, however, the meaaure can not be re passed over the v?ito in the senate. The two houses will confront the necessity, in that case, of adjusting I etween themselves the form of the bill as it will be sent to the White House for the third time. The delay over this bill makes the adjournment situation tense In both houses as leaders on each side are euger to get away by Saturday night. In the house as a climax to a day of exhibitions of temper, fight de? veloped over the Question of adjourn? ment of the session, with the result that l tedious rcdl call was forced In order to bring the truant mem? bers into the chamber. Scenery from the C. C. A O. Altapass. Aug. 18.?When one leaves Spartanburg on the C. C. & O. road he will be disappointed, If he ex? pects soon to see the mountains looming up before him. This Is one of the finest roads in all the country, the construction of which must have cost sn Immense amount of money. Between Spartanburg and Altapass there are eighteen tunnels, one of tier is a mllo b tig, a great ninny deep uts and tills ra? I gfty feel high Thi i ? d bed is ball | I .?at. length, and trains, running o\ . u do not. loo, jcifw, rlas etna tu.., as If on the creSt of billows, making the riding a real pleasure in itself. ' \ la well known this is a new ?*ond, as sinuous as can be found, necessi? tated by the grading. It being only one and one-half per cent. All along the route you can look out a few hun? dred yards away and see the road whlih must be reached by a circuit of several miles. At one point in par? ticular after you have gone sever il miles you gggg the road already tra f>r?ed not more than two hundred feet away. Mention Is made it th's tecause it seems strange to pople who have never seen It. As you pass up the road one can get rare views of scenery un>-ur>assed perhaps any where In the world. At one point In particular to the best of my memory It was against Mount Mitchell, is scen? ery on a scale perfectly grand, beg? garing all description. Nowhere on the road are there any towns, but almply stations with a store or two, At Altpass for Instance there are two stores, two hotels, a boarding house and several bungalows. "Hagood.' The work on the skye-raper s:IU holds Its Interest for the "See It All" club. you stand more chance for arrest than , I do." Fe.irlng that the revolver that tm n SCed him might be exploded at any time. Capt. Fog argued with the out? law to gain lima. Finally Rogers turned to his companion, whom he sddrssssd as Doctor, and said: "i want you to witness nn hat I say Doctor, Cap*, Fog, I am ? dying man would not il-- about ggythlng. '''' I 1 is my shog and all my work, am afraid 1 hOVS brought you int0 kronbio, Doctor, NWell, i b id my good times, si well ai bad, i ? an t si md religious peo? ple, If you havg religions just live Up to them." a noise In his throat Interrupted the old man's words. ? Say. did you heat lhat " he ? n claimed, "That's the death rattle I've hoard thai too many limes to make any mistake," This prediction proved correct, for Iheas nn ere hti last n\ ord ? Throughout his lall with rapt. Fost Roger* shielded hH white companion ami did got reieal i f Identity. ( ipl Fox's repori ahm Is singularly silent on tbis point, as he iin] s he did nol i.ni.nn the doctor, it is thought like* ly. however, that n - - dont Ic pro? tect I ha m i n. STAND FALLS Iii INDIANAPOLIS SEVERAL SERIOUSLY INJURED I AT NOTIFICATION CEREMONY. Grand stand Beating BOO, Including Fairbanks, Nixon, (iure. Inggnrt und Others, CoUapsCS?Five Taken to Hospital?Tnggnrt Quiets Excit? ed Crowd ? Governor Marshall Vice Presidential Nominee. Ro inniee Bpeecti of Accepts nee With? in Few Mintes of Accident. Indianapolis, bad., Aug. 20.?Five persons were injured seriously and forty bruised and cut in the collapse of a /grand stand seating U00 persons in University Place this afternoon, during the formal notification of Gov? ernor Thomas R. Marshall of his nomination as Democratic candidate for Vice President. Those injured were quickly carried into the Indiana Democratic ClttO nearby or taken to hospitals, and the notification ceremony proceeded. The grand stand had been set upon the asphalt pavement directly back of ihe speaker's platform. Alton B. Park? et, speaking for the notification com? mittee, was in the mld3t of his ad? dress when the stand collapsed. Thousands of persons massed about the front of the stand rushed to the collapsed structure when shrieks of injured men and women came from the tangled mass of timber and hu? manity. Thomas Taggart. national committeeman from Indiana, realiz? ing that more might be injured in a crush, jumped to the speaker's side and shouted that no one had been hurt seriously. This quieted the ex? cited crowd to some extent and gave rescuers a chance to remove the in? jured. Many men prominent in na? tional politics were in imminent dang? er of Injury. On the front row of the stand among others were former Vice President Fairbanks, Lewis Nix? on, of New York; United States Sen? ator Gore, of Oklahoma, and Thomas Taggart. They all escaped injury. Soon after Mr. Taggart had quieted the crowtf Mr. Parker resumed his speech and was followed by Governor Marshall in his address of accept? ance. After the outdoor ceremony guests of the Indiana Democratic Club were taken to Governor Marshall' l home, where the Governor and Mrs. Marsh? all held a reception. \!?m:i S o* \i CUV 1 VN? 1 I ?- I CaOt Marshall Ittacks Republican Pa im y In gpci 1?. Indianapolis. Ind., Aug. 20.- -Guv emor Thomas R. Marshall, of Indi? ana. In his formal speech of accept? ance of the Democratic Vice Presi? dential nomination, delivered to the notification committee here today, attacked the Republican party on the Krounds that it had fostered special privilege to the point of making men everywherde Socialistic in theory if not in conduct. In this connection he said: "It Is idle for a thoughtful man in America, whether millionaire or pau? per, to longer play the ostrich. Safety does not consist in hiding one's head in the sands of either sentiment or hope. It is foolish for the vastly rich to keep <m insisting that more and more shall be added to their riches through a specious system of special legislation ostensibly enacted to run the Government, in reality en? acted to loot the people. "It is worse than ignorance for them to smile at the large body of intelli? gent Americans who regard them? selves as fortunate if the debit and credit accounts of life balance at the end of the year; and to assume that the mighty many, who are becoming Convinced that that social system that we call Democracy is but a glittering generality, will long endure the indus? trial slavery being produced. "Whether voting the ticket or not, men everywhere looking upon the aw? ful Injustice of this economic system are becoming Socialistic in theory if not in conduct. "And shall any fair-minded man say that if it redounds to the Interests Of the people of this country that a hundred men shall control Its busi? ness to the good of everyone, that there is anything fallacious In the theory that Government instead of transferring business to 0 favored fear for the benefit of all should Itself discharge thai business for the benc llt Of all. "I do not hesitate to s.iy thai if It be Impossible to restore this Republic to its undent Ideals, width I do not believe, and 1 must make Ihe ultimate choice between Ihe paternalism of the few and the Socialism of Ihe many, count me nmi my house with the throb* ? otintmr und no house w 1th the throb bins heart of humanity, "The discontent in Republican ranks 1 ftainocr tie discontent, lion much ot 11 hi t eached I he point w hero I wearied with the bad workings of I good system, it is wlllltm lo topple that lysteni over end try something. I ne \. 1 cannot prophesy, 'Bui I em quite sure thai what ever badsei men may wear in Ameri? ca this year, whatever ballots they may vote anil whatever battle cries they may utter, there are but three grade! Of citizens. "The first grade is made up of the favored few, their hangers-on and their beneficiaries, who think the eagle is upon the dollar, not as an emblem of liberty but an an emblem of power and who look upon govern? ment as an annex to their business affairs; these are they who in the past years of Republican misrule have turned the temple of constitu? tional freedom into a money-changers mart and have made of the co-ordi? nate branches of the government obeisant lackeys of the jingling guinea. "The second grade consists of those whose outlook upon life has been en? larged by the civilization under which we live, who have been taught by the ?Ohod) and the college, by the press gnd the magazine, who appreciate the good things of life, whose horizon has been enlarged and whose capacity for joy and sorrow has been increased. "Conditions have become unbear Able to them. The. have reached the point where, in the struggle for that which they believe to be right, they ire willing to destroy the ideals of the Republic. How many of these there are I do not know, but I do know that special privilege in the Republic is breeding them day by day like rab? bits in a warren. "The third grade of citizens it pleases me to call old-fashioned con? stitutional Democrats. These are they who believe that the equality of mankind does not consist in an equal? ity of brain and brawn, but in an equality whereby every man, native and foreign born, has an ability in getting on in the world just so he real? izes that in getting on he owes it to himself, to his family and to the Re? public to see to it that he gets on honestly, and that he does not prevent iny other man froiri obtaining the re? ward of his honesty and enterprise. "These old-fashioned Democrats be? lieve In making money, but they be? lieve every dollar made should be so clean that an infant may cut its teeth upon it. And they hold that it is no part of government to boost one man I and boot another." ADVANTAGES OE SOUTHEAST. To Be Exhibited Throughout North Owvul ii .i * ntiudua i > .< ? >a, 1 . . ,, A \, ?. j la* dvantai :.:?.? opportu it <?. ch stern States offer to indus trious homeseekers will be strikingly displayed during the next few months at fairs and expositions in Iowa, Wis? consin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana. Ohio, and New York which last year had an aggregating attendance of over two million people and at the great annual Canadian Exposition at Toronto, running over two weeks with an average daily attendance above 100.00U, by exhibits which will be made by the Southern Railway System. Exhibits will be made at m< re than twenty-five fairs in the States named, each one of which has been selected with a view to its character, attend? ance, and probable interest in loca? tions in the Southeast on the part of the people attending. Four sets of exhibits have been prepared. Each set will be shown at from six to tiine different fairs covering a wide stretch of country. A special exhibit will be sent to the Toronto exposition. The exhibits will consist of fresh fruits, cotton, tobacco, potatoes and truck crops, and colored pictures show? ing farm and orchard scenes will be displayed. Representatives of the Land and Industrial Department of the Southern system will be with sac*l exhibit. Attractive literature giving full information about the Southeast has been prepared especially for these fairs and si' set of tine Southern views will be distributed as souv nirs. By 'these exhibits the Southern Railway Will reach a large number of farmers of just the t> pe that is want? ed In the Southeast and it Is going to the heavy expense involved In making the exhibits for the purpose of at? tracting such settlers to the country along Its lines. CLUB ROLLS t LOSE TOXKiHT. _ i Voters should Understand Today V* Last Chance. Spartanburg, Aug. 20.?John Qar> Hvnns, chairman of the State I??? ij? ocratlc executive committee, tonight mad) the following statement "Some question hai arisen as to when the c|nb rolls should be closed, Tim rules of the party require that i I hose rolls he closed live days he* ' r, u'c the day of elect Ion. this uu tin ' thai five whole days must Intervene 1 between the closing of the rolls and the day of election As the day of (flection Is <>n the 27th. rolls must close at midnight on the 21st, I el no misunderstanding be had on thbt MOLES and WARTS Removed with MOLESOFF, without pain <?r d-ngvr. no matter how large, or how iur raised above Uie tarflgc* of the skin. And they will never return, and no trace OT OOnr will Ik- left. MOLES OFF is applied dlrecJy to the MOLE or WART, which entirely disappcare in about >K day-, killing the germ and leaving the skin smooth and natural. MOLESOFF i> put up ?>nl> in One Dating hotItos Each bottle is neatly packed in a plain case, accompanied by full directions, and contains enough remedy to remove eight or ten ordinary MOLES or WARTS. We sell MOLESOFF under a positive GUARANTEE if it fails to remove your MOLE or WART. we will promptly refund the dollar. Florida Distributing Company Department. Pensacola. Fla. THoRoirtfir:: jg&ttm/yz.j TEETH AM) MONEY. Money spent on teeth is a good investment and one that gives you daily returns. Money the Medium of Exchange. . is only good so far as it gives us the things which contribute to our health, comfort and happiness. When Spent on the Teeth it brings Us all Three of the Above. The Sumter Dental Parlors are de? voting their life work to the care of the teeth, let them look your mojth over. Sumter Dental Parlors, DR. C. H. COURTNEY, Prop. OVER M?S. ATKINSON'S MILLINER* STORK. . Have You A Boy to Educate ? D O you want to place fMllttatry I v h 11 Dil hl ilth careful. look'd rjhrtstlan 11 it u t e will be .,ttrr, ris anu wnere he will be taught habits of obedience, punc? tuality, and industry? If so, send him to The South Caro? lina Co-Educatlonal Institu? te. Here each student is un? der close personal control and watchful care of the teachers, from the time they reach school until they leave for their homes. Faculty composed of fifteen successful and experienced teachers. For catalogue and full In? formation, address F. N K. BAILEY, President Edge field, :: :: South Carolina f LIME, CEMENT, JftJL^^ i_r0,. r'roin ftlee Floor, ftkip staff. Bran, lidy, Vjridlll, Mixed Cow and Chicken Pees Horses. Mules. g?;?T- ..T "* No Order Too Large Or Too small Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. SUMTER. SOU 111 CAROLINA. GEORGE H. HURST UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. Prompt attention given to day or i ight calls. Special line of Hardwood Shipping Cases, Slate and Steel Vaults. \ i Uli ? l.i? i I? ? ' \I?. STWI?, 2?S NORTH MMN STREET Day Phone 539. Night Phone Ml