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CONGRESS HOPES TO ADJOl RN TOMORROW. Confrrrm^ Committees Readied Agreement Thursday on Sundry Civil, Indian, Army and PoetoflAoe Appropriation Measures ?- Quick Work Yeaierday in Senate on Sev? ern! Bilk? ? House May Employ afore Dilatory Steps ? Difference, Howwit, not Regarded as I'nrev onciahle. Washington. Au.f. 21.?Congress to? day rushed toward completion four great supply bills and tonight looks forward confidently to adjournment Saturday. Agreements on the sundry civil. Indian, army and postoffice ap? propriation measures were reached by conference committees today. The legislative. Indian and sundry civil measures were parsed hy the Senate and the general deficiency bill, the last of the big supply measures to be taken up. was reported In the Sen? ate and the ways irreased for its con? sideration. The House took no action on appro? priation legislation further than to or? der all conference reports printed In the Record so that prompt action cculd be had tomorrow. Cnllke the Senators' quick work by which the three l>Ula wero rushed through In less than ten minutes, the House Is expected to develop sharp clashes on both the sundry civil and the Indian bills. Leaders on both tildes, however, did aot regard these differences tonight sa being unreconcliable, and before ad? journment tomorrow night it is be? lieved the legislative decks will be comparatively clear. A fight developed in the Senate on the army bill, over the proposed sev? en-year term of enlistment. The army measure and the postofh. e ap? propriation finally were carried ovtr until tomorrow's session. Radical changes n the postal ser? vice wers provided for by the House and Senate conferees on the pjst officc bill. The Bourne parcel post system 'v is adopted, including the Oregon Sena tor's Ideas as to sonos, distances v.\ rates. The Postmaster General, ho* - aver, wss empowered, with the con? sent of th? Inter State commerce commission, to change the rates, tonvs und articles ad ltt< 1 to. t%S poet ^t Any tune. A joint corn tee of six was authorised to st| dy I ? working of the system. Th? Simmons go *d r.. ?ds provision area adopted. This appropriates $500. 000 for experimental road construc? tion with a Joint commltee to study the proposition. The Senate provision requiring newspapers to publish semi-annual.> a list of stockholders wa adopted and another provision gddgfl to iv gjggfj ery dally m u , . p i o? print a Hetvment of its ,?\era<t daily cal? culation. Th? iloUMt tlg.u-hour labor provis? ion wim agreed to together with Cm Clause for the payment tor overtime Work In cash. The Senate amendment to allow employees to Join Associa? tion* V. an adopt Th.< provision authorizing transfer of employees from one service to an? other was stricken ?'ut. As aggggg to the bill contains no ?? to the "blue tag" system of transporting second-cluss mall except a clause prohibiting the extension of the system <?ad ?gOtjggf authorizing I iolnt committee to Investigate tin-sub? ject in ? te.ii w ith i tudy of compemiation to railways for carrying the mall. A maximum salary of $1. 100 Wgg fixed for rural curriers. Among gSowlstogg Ig ibe Indian bib is one grunting lag s< hoots of * klaho saa llOg.beo and abolishing district ggejsjgssg] The ptspea d appfopf l s i of Hi.uuo for the Klekspoo eommu nltv ir; New Me, ? ? was cut to $17. ggg .r.d jr. \i?l n* mob- for gfgteot? ins tht, lndt. os against uaaertiploui Whi es. A reduction al o was made U ? :?? to II per I ? al In ?? ss P i d sclleetofs of Indian revenuea Tins provision gfag ggfjggjed *p ? Scallj le niuiit<? ( oil. i '. d on land r in tnd the r?r.t of tribal bullding-?. 11, , hat , < i. nnot r.? i wed by lec^i appib ittogs, as they nnol Teach I' ? di- as* d pot 'i ti >f . ar There hi only one g i| to cut dei neas, ind that U b> constitutional fgsjgjgsllea. Deafness Is caused by Inflamed eondltkra of th< m I.- l ' - in* of the ?getachtari rube, IVnei this f'lbc Im Inflam? d >?-. h ? gl umb pi i ind ?r lap rfec hearlgg, and a hag H i esttll >) ? lc sd I N 'fn< ts the rggtlN J'tot UglSSS th? Infi g? i ii ..mi i I Inkei ou a ad this tuhe ?est.o.d to l?* gOfOI I COndl too. hear lag win be destroyed r??r ? . . nine sjsjggg C it of t? n gfC CS I ed ?. t.n rh. w siek i I gothlgg Pol gg mfkssnsd ooMltlofl ol tie- im < ?u Cm es We will give one Hundred Dollars f,tr f . :? of Daafnees (caused by catarrh ? Ik ?? l ahnOt bfl Cgrcd by tfall's Cat urs fl "? fol ??? cuiars. frss. r .r * fhctk \ i ??. To! do, ohl< ggld t'V eeuggrhrt* lit Tak?^ M ill*! C.irnlK IMI* fot I ' gallon. THRF.F 1IVRT IN AVTO WRECK. Ford Vur Driven by D. R, Compton Turned over ttiul Wrecked when Tin* Bur>*t. Thursday morning about 10 o'clock Mr. J. C? Compton, a traveling sales? man for Crosswell anil Company, and two other traveling men, Messrs. Adair of Clinton and Colclough of Columbia were badly bruised and otherwise Injured when one of the tires of their car, which was being driven by Mr. Compton, burst and the car turned over. The accident oc? curred about three miles from town on the Moses road. Mr. Compton was said to have been running about 25 miles an hour at the time, when, without warning, the tire burst and the air went out, tilting the car over and throwing it to one side so that it turned on on er. The car itself was completely wrecked. The steering gear was dam? aged, the lights and windshield were smashed, and the top and front seat of the car were broken and bent. Mr. Compton was more seriously In? jured than any of the others. He and sir. Adalr were riding on the front eeat of the car and were said to have been pinned down under it. Mr. colclough was on the back seat and was thrown several feet through the a r when the car came to Its abrupt stop. He had his knees and other parts of his body very badly bruised and scratched. Mr. Compton had his collar bone broken and his hack was bruised. Mr. Adair had one of the small bones In his right hand brok? en and his hip was bruised where the car fell over on him. The car was a three seated Ford and the gentlemen were going in the direction of Oswego when the tire burst on them. It happened that one of Mr. H. T. Edens' sons was pass? ing that way in his car and he at once took them up and brought them on Into towr>. Mr. Compton was taken to the hospital where his col? lar bone was set and Mr. Adair and Mr. Colclough both were given med? ical attention. The car was so completely smashed, or at least the top and front part of it. that it is thought to have been a wonder that the gentlemen in it were not killed when the ca.' turned over on them. Many persons expressed this opinion Thursday and Friday when they saw the car which was *>fr>o??M iptu Shirk's garage for re? pair*. it Wat learned toga) that Mr. Cosgpton was & honn getting on very grell, but sfi eery sore frotn hi* bruises received in tile Wffeek* air. Adalr went on home last night, say? ing that he would probably lay up a WSeh frotn the eff eels of the accident. Does K'Jtinj Mutter? (By Polly Paget) We are told that ' kissing goes b) fas oi l" And it should. We ought to regard a kiss as a very special favor. I am sure; something got to be received lightly at any rate: nor should it be stole!*-?Unless the one who permits it to he taken Is "more than half will? ing:" No one can complain of having re? ceived too much red affection and genuine h.ve in this world of OUTS! but there is, on the other hand, far toO n ii'h el a sentiment that is pretense and sham, ami this unreal sentiment makes a monkery of things that ought to be hold as BSCI? d. The continued nee of Lhe terra "done" end "darttssj" has the effect of making the words almost mean ou, v-.s when on. really waits lo use them with s feeling of true; emotion; ,ost so, kisses are exchanged by girls ami woran who do not even like >ns another nd would nol think of love In connection nob the people whom the) ur? < i in this seemingly affection able m.inn? r. And the girl who allows a yotin^ loan to kiss h?r. whether there ll . iutii l f- ? 'imr of reg nd bets. < them or nol?she place? herself n ptsjttton th.it may later cotinl again* the chances of making w real le match when "Mr. Right" onid ? do .-? Tbi re b ny ha 1 ,., n go harm h lhe kiss at the lime ;t was taken, bu the m in v. ho thus Infrlni ? up n th< rli lit; thul gl] woven hiv. of grant i this llbert) to only those who d< S' rve i?, may use h. ? I nowlodge n her Indiscrimination ;.i a Inter llm< n<i In .i way that will be decided! i ? hei 'I - o|\ intnge H i rr in I F MflSSl v. a I .a la i county Inmate oi the Confederate ? ? Home in Columbus i Stute h si Ittttlon w a- suependi ii from the 11 ItutUtn lot thll I) days b) the i I i n ill h, boni d, bei aus? he d itt d I lalli for md <i. - la red hlmi If in fn vor ,.f his fellow eltlsi n, Jud ?? Im I Jones, when the chairman of Hi board was trying to Influcm < the li mate for Hie us w h ii do the v ? 'onfeder ite Vcternns ihlnl oi Hi i Ind of polltli ii HUMAN SPEAKS 01)1. BLEA8E IS UTTERLY UNFIT TO BE GOVERNOR!'1 Make*. Public the Letter Written to Spnrtariburg Supi>orter of Blease u Week Ago?-Forcible and Fnequi vocal Condemnation of QSjv, Bloax* ?HLs Record as Governor Proves His Untttness?Patriotic Citizens of South Carolina Advised to Vote for Jones. Washington. Aug. 23.?Senator Tillman tonight issued the following statement concerning the Ferguson letter which has been much discussed in South Carolina during the last few days: "1 have said repeatedly that I was hands off in the race for governor in South Carolina, and have tried faith? fully to remain neutral to the end, but circumstances and conditions have compelled me to change my purpose. After the Sims letter was published 1 was deluged with tele? grams and letters both of protest and importunity from my old friends ori men who claimed to be such. Some of them touched me deeply because of their pathos. Most of them demand? ed that 1 should say as much for Blease as I had said for Jones. Oth? ers threatened me with retirement on account of interference in the gov? ernor's race. About ten days ago I wrote to one of the latter in Anderson county and asked him specifically not to let any one see it. y "Three or four days ago I received a copy of the letter from Go . ernor Blease. with the inquiry whether I had written It or not. On the 19th I received a letter from Harrison Fer? guson of Spartanburg, asking wheth? er I thought Blease was not also eminently qualified for governor, to which I answered In the affirmative, with some restrictions and explana? tions, ard marked it also 'Private and Confidential,' and again the code that obtains among gentlemen was violat? ed by Mr. Ferguson, and that part of the letter shown which said Governor Please was 'eminently qualified.' If Mr. Ferguson has shown all of the letter he has only done it to such friends Si he could trust, those of the same type with himself. 1 am tint., made tu indorse Blease as emi? nently Qualified, while explanations and restriction! are kept from the pub i sot unwilling In this crisis] ,.f i.. itate'g hlstorj to become a supporter Of Hoi . tor Rico e for re? oIcciUm, or appear to do mx * knos mag) ?? my warmest friends are] strong believers in Mease, and I have known this from the beginning. A less number of Tillmanites of old. but as good friends us any of them, are supporting Judge Jones. I do not want to appear andil am uncom? fortable in the role as a fence-strad dler. Therefore 1 have decided to give the letter In question publicity so that all the people may under? stand exactly what nag ideas and feeling! an. 1 have no doubt Gov. Please has read the winde letter and BUCh <>f bis lieutenants as he chose to give it to are already in possession of it. lie is acquainted with my at? titude and will naturally?and I WOUld do the same, and I do not blame him at all?USO to my disad? vantage. Without considering wheth? er there will be any countervailing advantage to me in making the let tor public, I will at ltast have the satisfaction of know?ng that l am no long* ;? considered too cowardly to come out in t'ie Open and la; K>e known my opinion, In this grave erlsjs In the State's history 1 can bot? ler afford to retire to pre. ate life i. neorsxary. than to be considered, even by Indirection, its indorsing Governor Blca^c. i v. ?l at least maintain my own self*re ipect, an l as my confident ?? has been betrayed l will give th w bole letter to the public A* ll v haul, i as pi ogrt - m d I lr.t\. been more .ad more , I need of Blease** unfit ? - to lie governor, and rather lhan feel, as I sould be compelled to d". that I was In i irt responsible f< v it, i;' I remained silent, i writ* this stab menl and will take the con sequence s, ?The state has been disgraced it the e\ R of the winde World and h good name m ida a byword and a h Ing an i i.ody can cleanse II r*nd rede? m it < scepl its ov a people, "I Implore iho people to take cure of the Ktate'i good I ime next TUi I . ., Th. letter i" Ferguson i ;'s follow* ? My l '? if sir. "Yo? r.i of Vn? list 14th recolvi d. I am im?i in the Ii oil i f o\ tidlti2 till ? ' I an with tii illr< i ? 1111 diom from m> I fi |t mi, . .. i o ill Bay to vo t. this: a; i.op. |i ill >!? tlcietil in pel.-merit, w i dum and catholicity of . | Ivl 1 ani tin i ?? i so h?h h moke about hi corruption that I am bound to bell ? there must I o Bono III e. For In I a Hi '', w hy d d In- n -t ? Ml Lien Stot hart's head off when Stotharl refu <? t. ? iiwoar tindt r oji i h that he h tl no been hiihid under the pretext lluil h? wuulu "Incriminate himself' Why has it been his habit to refer most of ! those who wanted to get pardoni to some friend like oum Nichols? Why j did he not do the pardoning business himself on his own judgment, rather than turn it over to a shifty lawyer to charge a fee unless lie was getting; I some of the money? Why is it that he is so intimate with Ben Abney, the leading counsel for the Southern railway as to take him into his own house, when he knows Ben Abney is the greatest lobbyist we have ever had in South Carolina, a manipula? tor of legislatures and railroad com? missioners. If I had been running for governor like Jones is, what do you suppose I would have said to Bleas? when he charged me with having 'Son Charlie' megaphone up to Pa on the supreme bench? I would %ave re? torted: 'Gov. Blease, Ben Abney does not have to use a megaphone or tele? phone to reach you and tell you what the Southern railroad wants. He can talk to you three times a day across the table,, and if he does not finish by supper, he can go to bed with you and talk it over and get everything* fixed.' Every Intelligent man in the State knows Ben Abney's pernicious activity in Columbia* Through the lawyers in the. legislature in the employ of the railroad he has prevented any relief to the people about the mileage book situation and ail other railroad mat? ters. "Because Goaiaies and all the other State papers aw. supporting Jones is no reason why Jones is unfit to be governor, or tha-f. he will be controlled by them if he is elected. My friends who have been so outraged because I said Jones was '^jr/inently Qualified to be governor, and have demanded that I should say the same for Blease had better take heed, le~*t in their passion and prejudice and. madness they get a worse governor tHan Jones can pos? sibly make. I undertake to guaran? tee that Jones, if elected governor, will be governor of all the people and not of ids 'friends* alone. Because all the newspapers which, have howled at me?and some of them are still howl? ing?are now howling against Blease and for Jones Is na manner of proof i that Blease Is the beat man of the two i or will make the better governor. Blease has had hi.4- chance. Has he made good? ?n your honor, do you think he has made good as governor? No man can be i good governor un? less he realizes that it is a high office and that ???? ought to do ing to | bring it under Busp;eiGa. Trt< I oner >f mdn, at.d ought to be dear r ?? erj i i Carolinian 1 h ?? tcied - y .. ? \. ? * ? f 'stay out of thin light, but my friends are trying in every way possible, it ! seems, to drag mo into it. having no thought of the consequences to me. but Intent only en. electing Blease or J?rns. I COVld not say Blease was a* well quail fled as Jones without lying, except as I have e.xplaiiu-d In this let? ter. Ii I could siH?ak to every South Carollnlgn In the State who Is a Till- 1 nianitc. between i*ow arui the primary, this is what I wouioS say: 'I am the same man that I have always been, und I have not changed one particle. I stni believe the poos people and the ; fenners ought to have as many rights and privilegps go anybody else in the country, but they only play into the hands of their enemie* and fight against their own Interests when they j VOtg for an unworthy num. I did not win their eonlufeiice ami love by lying i to them, and f do not purpose to re* j tain it by lylisj to them, l do not he ; Hove Blease would make as good, a governor as Junes, but a very nu-vli worst* one than we lia\o ever bad I since the riuilcul days, ami he weuld I bring us liifr-tfvaer it elccte*1 again. I I neu imicy of my friend- regard Blease* n * rnother Tillman. He can w o the nitdil irk us well or perlutjw better in I cun now, but l never dipped tile pkchl'ork In liltll, Vnd tJtal h what he has done. And 1 liopc for (he i redil of the state b t will he iHSiteti, .a id r !. w Idotlc and fool* Ish i: is to against .? good man because Gonstales will rote for him and supports him In his newspaper, if he ihould happei iccldentaVly to :i- ;. \ ( r. i mine llnxe, that would be ~i. . ?. nt to d. n n me fore>i r In the ?\. <?i gome ii en Judging I > their actions .ii this time. Su h feeling i*: nothing hut madness and Is unworthy o( the brave Car dlniahs v bo have al? ways been the I aokbone <-i ihe reform movement, V rj i Incerelj . ours, i Signed I "t; Tillman \ol lei* Thursd ? >. Srph nil er P?t It, b< ?w ? < n I !>? houi f * a. tu. au i ! P? '?'> tm elec SUMTER Took FAST GAME. 1> ii rant and Sumter IVrformers tt? Diamond Contest Before Small Awl lence. I Before a crowd so small that i. rlosi not deserve the name of crowd the Sumter basehall team defeated ?V e team from Durant on the local grounds Thursday afternoon by the score of 6 to 4. The feature of the game was the pitching of Montgomery and Chandler and the heavy slugging of some of the players, j The game was a very good exhibi- ! I tion of baseball, and deserved a much j larger audience. There were a num? ber of errors on both sides, but af? ter the men got warmed up the game was a very interesting one. Only sev? en Innings were played when the ?torm came up and the game was call? ed. Brunson and Reaves for Durant. and- Haynsworth and Tupper for Sum? ter, secured two base hits. The batteries were: Sumter, Chan? dler and Barrett; Durant, Montgom? ery and Reaves. Umpires. Wilder and ! Durant. I i Miss Grace Haltiwanger. of Bates burg, is visiting her friend. Miss Win? nie Inabinet. DETkXTIVE BIRNs ILL. saff. ;ing EVon Pt<?inainc Poisoning. ?I is Mm Id, Though Some Suspect Plot. Chiemgo, Aug. 22.?William J. Horns, the detective, is sick at a lo? cal hotel, suffering, it is said, 'from ptomaine poisoning. No one is al? lowed to see him, except his physi? cians and nurse. A report gained circulation here that Hums had been the victim of a poison plot, but little credence is placed in the rumor. How will some of the now strong Bleaseites, who at one time support? ed Haskel against Tillman, act when they read that Blease classes them with Southern Republicans. Or, in other words, he classes them with the nigger.?Bishopville Vindicator. DR. CARL B. JKFPS. Physician and Surgeon. Office over DeLorme's Drug Store. Residence 3u7 X. Main Street. Of? fice hours 11 A. M. to 2 P. M. Of? fice phone 419, residence, 371. Wouldn't it be Pleasant If, when you are five years older, you could walk into this bank and have the teller hand you out green backs countable only in Cour Agares. YOU .CAN" 1><> IT by saving a small amount weekly from yosr earning**, and it grows faster than you can imagine for We pay interest on savings deposits from day deposit is made, If yon are skeptical, try it now. 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