The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 21, 1912, Image 8
KV ANS WIUTK?. 1<> TILLMAN
etsAe Chairman Caution* the Senator
Not to Beettino t mlul> \lnruicd a>
to tours,? of ( oinmlili .
Spartanburg. Sept. 17.?John Gary
Evans, chairman of the State execu
HfS committee, today gave out the
following letter to Sen itor Tillman
>p.u ? mi urg, <- \>\. 1 t. l'.U .'.
"Hon It. it. Tillman. Trenton. 8. C.
"My Dear Senator: I hu\ e your
letter of September 12. concerning the
political situation. As 1 wrote you
before* I am satisfied that every mem?
ber of the subcommittee appointed by
me t > Investigate the charges of fraud
In the late primary election Is an
honest man. anxious and willing to do
what Is right and to save the pri?
mary. It Is very unfortunate that
Chairman Stevenson could not meet
with the committee on the day it was
called. He wrote me that It was im?
possible for the reason that his wife
was quite III and It was necessary to
place her In a hospital In the North,
where I learn he has (one. I am in?
formed that he expects to return to
the State within a week's time, but In
order not to delay the committee he
called Mr. Hutler and W. B. Wilson to
meet him In Charlotte that he might
give them his views as to the method
of procedure. I had presumed that
the committee had been Informed of
the situation. I have stated my po?
sition clearly to both sides of the com?
mittee as there appears to be two
?Idea. 1 am sure that none of them
desire to delsy a matter so important
to our people one moment, but the
committee n>uld not be expected to
nake undue ssfjgg to the neglect of its
duty. I think you are unduly alarmed
and trust that you will do all In your
power to prevent any undue excite?
ment to our people, as both candi?
dates for governor have expressed a
desire that tola investigation be had
and we wish to give the nominee a
clean title so th it our people may go
to the polls united. They will not do
so under the crargei of fraud. The
great thing now to be accomplished
it the preservation of our white man's
primary and I am sure this is the feel
Ins; of every member of the executive
committee. You may rest assured
that this committee U Incapable of
courting out anyaody and they feel
the gravity of the situation as much
as you do. Do not get excited and
lose confidence In men who have been
selected to direct the affairs of the
party until you have direct evidence
of wrong doing. If the subcommittee
does not report within a reasonable
time I shall take the necessary steps
to preserve the rights of all parties
concerned. With beet regards.
Tru!v ggajfgj
John Gary llvaiis."
EXPERIMENTAL FTtFF DTLIVFRY
Second am! Third 11a?s Poslogh-es to
be Benefit tod.
Washington. Sagt, 17.?Postma?er
O'neril Hitchroik is preparing
fstahlbth i Hunted free delivery s? r
Slce at postofflcee of tin s. < ond and
third class. Th- ? <.;?? rim.-nt will ef?
fect deliveries to nearly iM.OUO.OUO
people now obliged to call at the local
poiivonVe for th. tr mall.
An appropriation pg $ HumvjO was
made |g Congress for experiment ?!
fre* delivery In small communities,
the amount t<? hi SggsWdsd at any one
esace not to saissd li.xoo a year.
Delivery carrier it ? onllm d now |g
cities having a population Of l#,Ogg
or more. <?r annual postal receipts of
St least $10,000.
TO INsf RK Ft I.L ItITt HNS.
Vurle Sam Want* all Cor|m>ralloii
Thus lie t an tief.
Washington. Sept. OS.- To insure
the Federal Qovernim nt receiving its
Just Income from the corporation tax
law thin \? ir. Ro>al K. Cabell, com?
missioner of internal revenue, left
Washington today Og a trip from
eoast to sonst ngfsrssssi with
Sfj||sSJtsjff| f federal revenue. The
sjeansnasstoaei will coaghlsi Iraprgve?
gSgggl In RSOthoda Me is aecosapnn?
led by Luther ftf, Sp. . r l hl.f of the
cor por litag t ix division.
i< ?^lt BIT III* toNt.FF.
Anderson. Sept. 17.?Hon. J. W.
Asbh > g*as ni the , \. sterday.
Wb?-n naked about his rocsat stroke of
paralysis. Mr. Ashley said:
That vv.is all a mistake about me
having a stroke of puraly-ds. I'll tell
you how It was One night I got to
dreaming. irel dreamed I was In i
fight. I fsaehsg around to bits the
other fellow and imide I grub f..t
him. with Bay te.th, and then I
Woke up agd foind I had hitten my
tongue."
i wo itia HalMlssjs,
Columbia. Sept. Is The ??!<'scrap?
er ra< ?? ha* ?t ?rted in Columbia. Tie
ex< trgtlagg for tin fourteen and
twelve stor. buHdlogs to bs sfseted
at tbo correr of Mvm i n d OsrVUlS
and Washington ?rel Ms \ etrs* If
bav. aggg sosaplated tad all prepare*
?l< ? rn ore heing lags fof the Itesl
franse work. The hulNHngs will <- t
gerefal hundted thousand dollars.
II\\ Wood ASKS FOR TRIAL.
Through i ouit?***l. lie Says He Wtshia
to Pace Court After Kttor-t.io
\anuhtl Case Knds.
l*a w re nee, Mass, Sept. 17.?Counsel
for William D, I lay wood, general or?
ganizer of the industrial Workers of
the World, said today llaywood desir?
ed to be tried right away after Jo?
seph J. BttfJf and Aturo Glovanniui.
accused of complicity in the death of
Anna Dcopizzo. llaywood is charged
with conspiring to prevent textile op?
eratives from working during last
winter's strike.
llaywood, under bond, left Law?
rence today.
?T?TE BOARD OF EDUCATION,
What Hum Been Accomplished at
Columbia, Sept. 16.?State Su
Superlntendent of Education J. E,
Swearingen Saturday afternoon an?
nounced the results of the meeting of
the State board of education, which
was held Friday afternoon and Fri?
day night in the orllce of the Gov?
ernor. The two new members of the
boarrt, Superintendent D. T. Kinard,
of Dillon, and Superintendent Lueco
Gunter, of Rock Hill, were present
and all of the members were in at?
tendance except Prof. Daniel, of Clem
son College. The announcement of
the results of the meeting as given
out by Superintendent Swearingen,
the secretary of the board, show
many matters of importance trans?
acted.
'The State board of eduction met
In the Governor's office at 5 p. m. yes?
terday. All the members were pres?
ent except Prof. Daniel, who was de?
tained at Clem8on.
"Superintendent D. T. Kinard, of
Dillon, representing the 6th Con?
gressional district, and Superintendent
Lueco Gunter, of Rock Hill, repre?
senting the 5th Congressional district,
the two new members of the board.
? re in attendance.
"The committee to examine the
curriculum, standing, facult>. and
? ?uuipment, of Coker College recom?
mended that this Institution be placed
on the list of accredited schools whose
graduates are entitled to teachers'
certificates upon the presentation of
their diplomas. In their visit to
iiartsville, the committee found Cok?
er College to be in admirable con?
dition and doing excellent work. The
report was unanimously adopted and
this institution now takes rank with
the accredited schools of higher
learning for girls.
"No other change In the list of ac?
eri QltSd achools was made at this
time, but the board will announce
a revised list both of white and of
negro colleges In 1913. All accredit?
ed Institutions will be expected to re?
quire a full and accurate knowiedg ?
of Bueh er's grammar from all appli?
cants. The president of each institu?
tion will be asked to furnish a com?
plete list of new students showing
the school each applicant attended
and the grade completed In ti>
school.
"The new rending circle com. f r
teachers was adopted) and will i<
ready for distribution in a few week
"The gnts of the n.-xt regular
teachers' sxa initiation was get for
Friday, October I. The board hope
to svsid the necessity of ordering sn
sxtrs teadors examination in Jan?
u.it >, as was done last year, All
teachers without certificates, ami all
prospective teachers weir requested
to confer with tlo several county su?
perintendents In order to Inform
themselves fully respecting the date
end scope ot this examination,
?The state supervisor of elemenl irj
rural schools reported the appoint?
ment of Pea body supervisors of nor?
mil methods In Dorchester, Marl?
boro, Laurena, Alken, Calhoun, Col
leton, Oconee and prohably In two
Other (..unties. The Southern educa?
tion board, through the South Caro?
lina sducntlonal committee, has con?
tributed the salary of this SUpsrvisoi
In Lexington county. The ploneei
work of this kind was begun it
York County in 191??, and Is now
maintained by the state through the
sgency of Winthrop college, The
county superintendent and the coun
ty supervisor of Dorchestsr have slg-4
nallsed their year s work by gecurlng
- local SChOOl tax of I mills or less in
ever) district ??f ths oounty, This
irhlevemenl makes Dorchester the
Hire r COUnty ??f the State in special
taxation for schools, although ? dos?
? n othen polled mors school revenue!
from this source than from the con?
?tltUtloitnl tax of 3 mills.
"The report of the high school In?
spector showed gratifying progr< In
the Held. Home Important nmend?
menti to tie- high school regulations
were adopted, and will be sent ;it
on !?> high school principals and
t r us tees."
Professor Arthur Holmes, psychole
gut of the University of Pennsyl
ranln, says ' Long flaring ? ;ors ;ire
ore- of the Indlcatloni of mental deft
riene) ' There are exceptions, The
I nioera t le anilnuh- has in like that
but he Im long headed and iure footed
Wilmington star.
Recent Meeting.
M W RUM N U BY COURT.
I ??-<?-1 -i< >11 Ulven That an InsultiUg
i
imposition Doos Not Constitute
i rime of Criminal Assault,
Columbia, Bept, 15, -The Supreme
Court has held In a decision that an
Inaulting proposition does not conati- i
tuts the crime of criminal assault, i
Th ? conclusion has been reached In !
th. case of the State against John
Henry Sanders, who was convicted in
Hampton county upon an Indictment
charging him with criminal assault
The opinion is by Associate Justice
Wood a a dlssentlni opinion was
tiled by Assocate Justice l'ra.-er which
w < concurred in by Chief Justice
Gary, The verdict of the Hampton
court was reversed.
"If a. goes to the house of 13." says
the supreme court, "with the Inten?
tion to heat hint and on arrival ex?
presses that Intention to U. but makes
no effort to execute his purpose, but
on tho contrary runs away when B.
makes a ihostile demonstration, it
would not he contended for a mo?
ment that a. was guilty of an assault.
So in this case, whatever may have
been the purpose of the defendant, he
mads no effort to carry it out. but
took to his heels at the prospect of
resistance. To hold that the acts of
the accused in this case constituted
a i assault with intent to ravish would
he to give a new meaning to the crime
o assault and thus, by Judicial legisla?
tion, create a new crime?and that
too when the punishment may be
death. If there be need for such a
Changs in the law, it is the concern
of the general assembly."
CASK NOT SETTLED.
Nolan's Kate Lies With Assistant Sec?
retary Wilson.
Washington, Sept. 18.?Harry E.
Nolan, recently appointed secretary
( f the American legation at Panama,
is now in Washington to answer to
i notice from the State department to
appear and receive it course of in
StrUCtlon in diplomatic duties before
departing for his post.
Whether the difficulty in which
young Nolan became Involved in New
York in connection with tne scotch
girl, Marion MoVickar, will affect his
entry into the diplomatic service will
depend upon the decision of Acting
Secretary Huntington Wison, who is
expected to gi\e his attention to the
matter immediately upon his return
to Washington from New York.
PROGRESS TOWARD PEACE,
Tureo-ltallan Negotiations Proceed?
ing Ka vor ably.
Ouohy, Bwitserland, sept. 18.?
Ptetro Bertollni, former minister of
public works and one of the dele?
gates representing Italy at the Turco
ltallan peace negotiation! in Switzer?
land, described briefly today possibil?
ity of a settlement satisfactory to
both Italy and Turkey being reached.
"The negotiations," said Blgnor Ber
tollnl, "are proceeding favorably, and
1 hop,' they soon will bo Successfully
ended, i can not, however, discuss
the proposed terms. The Italian del
Lei have full power to conclude
p. ace h.-re in Switzerland. The long
delay in the negotiations has been the
result of having in the earlier stag' s
to refer the more Important Questions
to headquarters."
Blgnor Bertollni, who has been in
Koine laying before the premier and
foreign minister the latest phases of
tho negotiations, rejoined his fellow
delegates here, today, lie declared the
alleged basis of peace as published in
the Paris Temps was a mere fantasy.
He declined, nevertheless, to specify
wherein it was faulty.
The question of sovereignty over
Tripoli and Cyrenecla seems to be tne
chlel stumbling block.
TO LEARN OK COUNTY PAIR.
Sub-Commit toe of Chamber of Com?
merce Visits Orangebufg
A sub-committee of the Sumter
chamber of Commerce to look Into
the feasibility of holding a county fair
here went to Orangeburg Wednesday
evening to Investigate the workings
of the county fair at that place and
to obtain information which will be
Of us. in case it is determined to
have a county fail- in Sumter coun?
ty,
The committee consisted of:
Messrs \v. B. Boyle J, M. Brogdon
and Secretary A. V. Snell. These
gentlemen after making their obser?
vations in Orangehurg ami obtaining
what information tiny can, will re?
port to a full committee meetlna
here which will determine to hold
or riot to huh! a count J fair.
a man In New York who nt >od on a
street corner and distributed his sav?
ings of f ?00 to an eager mob was ar
i. ted on suspicion of Buffering from
I mental weakness, That he is nutty
will admit of no sueeessful contradic?
tion.- Charleston Posi
The woman in the rose is nlway
the principal figure, Wilmington
Star.
M\i VI \H II AVI NCi TROUBLE
Finds it Difficult tu Decide Wliat Ar
llcleM t'oiiu Within Panama Proc
LlM Provisions,
Washington, Sept, iT. secretary
MaceVagh i.s wrestling with the i|iics
tion of whether to admit free of duty
food for use on board American ships
under the amendment t<> the Pana
man canal act abolishing duty on all
ship building material and equipment
imported into the United States.
is food equipment That is what
bothers the treasury department.
There are other articles in doubt and
Secretary McVeagh is drafting regu?
lations which will define the scope "1*
the free list in this connection.
It i.. conceded by treasury officials
that a'l furniture for ships and even
the American flag to be flown by them
are entitled to free entry under the
new law.
A Practical Way to Check Kxtrava- j
gance,
Government expenses will not bo
materially reduced until there is a
check on appropriations. Congress
holds the money bag. The President
cannot disburse a. dollar without its
authority. Though the Senate usi -
ally manages to pile on a few millions,
money bills must originate in the
House, and it is to the lower branch
of Congress we must look for reform.
Governor Wilson favors a business?
like system to replace present chaotic
conditions. Twenty-flve years ago lie
urged the adoption of the budget plan.
The necessity is much more urge it
today.
Appropriations are made in a hap?
hazard way. The Committee on Ap?
propriations has lost its supreme
authority over expenditures. Army,
Navy, River and Harbor. Agriculture
and other committees each makes
up in its own way the budget for that
particular branch. A struggle follows,
in Which each committee gets all it
can. Especially in regard to rivers
and harbors and public buildings Is
legislation affected by local inter?
ests?the result of numerous deals
and dickering. ' Log-rolling" has led
to the waste *>f many millions on wa?
terways that carry no commerce, as
Senator Burton pointed out. Distri?
bution of public buildings as favors
lias become a scandal.
The Democrats propose to lo away
with all this by making up a clear
statement of the absolute needs of the
Government, estimating the probable
ic olptS and not allowing appropria?
tions outside this budget except for
emergencies. The idea is, ?tst, to
compel tho Government to live with?
in its income; second, to consider the
needs of all branches of the sei vice,
r.t t favoring one at the ?xpeus: of
another; third, to cut down expenses
and relieve the taxpayers of out of
the heavy burden tiny bear.
Perhaps this sensible plan was not
adopted thirty years age because .t
was too businesslike t<> suit the poli?
tician* whose favorite cry was: 'Hur?
rah for the old flag and big appropria?
te r? Baltimore sun.
Hie First Iiis-.
"it Is related that a pretty girl,
who does newspaper work, wrote ibis:
"The greatest surprise to a girl who
gets kissed for the first time Is that
there is no taste to it." How she
found that out is not related, and it
may be in bad form to Inquire. How?
ever, an old bachelor who has read
her unsupported statement, roars
back in this fashion'
"No ta^t.' to it'.' By the great ben
feather In Cupid's dart, that girl
must be color blind in the palate!
They t- ii us, those who have tried it
we have not- thai it tastes like
double distilled essence of honey
spread "n pumpkin pie. Away back
in the dim and joyful years long ago,
before we b?st our teeth and our cinch
on the beautiful prize, the prettiest
girl in all the world told us that it
felt like a covery of frightened quail
flying out of each ear and ended up
with a sensation similar to that
which might bo produced by a dock
of angles pourng a golden stream
of molasses dow n ones back.
"No taste to S first kiss. Great
Scott! it would make a wooden In?
dian's hair curl."
And they fain would tell us also
that the taste thereof is like unto the
strained quintessence of the dlvlnest
nectar that was ever served up by the
youthful Hebe for the delectation of
th<- immortals on old Olympus' brow,
combining the fresh, dewy sweetness
"f the new-blown rose, and half open?
ed Illy, the modest violet, the blush?
ing peach, etc and so on ad-lnflnltum,
We refer the above description to
our married brethren for approval
and correction and suggest to our
friends who have not forsaken the
ranks of eelibaey, th;ii If the above
sensations a'*e in any respect true,
then tho experiment might i> well
worth the trying. Greensboro, I N.
<'. i Dally News,
The beautiful h lined glass windows
of Temple Sinai have arrived and
ure being pla< ed In posit Ion
Love's young dream Is all tight in
its place but It's oni> .1 dream
JUDGE'S RULING SUSTAINED.
Refusal to Pa) Wlib*kej Detective
Appointed by tiowriior Ha* Been
Sustained.
Columbia, Sept. 18.*?The Supreme
Cuort i? a decision yesterday by As?
sociate Justice Woods affirmed the*
verdict of the I3dg< field county court
in the case of Matthew Banks, detec?
tive, against W. G. Wells, county su
pervisor; J. i?. tiertn and N. I*. Broad
water, of the county commissioners,
and James T. Minis, treasurer of
ESdgefield county-.
Banks was appointed by the gov?
ernor several months ago as a whis?
key detective to work in Edgetleld
county. His claim for salary was re?
fused and Judge DeVore signed an or?
der requiring the above-named offi?
cials to appear and show cause why
they should not be made to pay the
.salary.! Upon the return of the offi?
cer Judge DeVore dissolved his pre?
vious older and turned down the pe?
tition of Hanks. An appeal was taken
to the Supreme Court and Judge De?
Vore was sustained.
TO BE BIGGEST FLEET.
Taft to Review Largest Collection of
Warship-. Ever in United States Wu?
ter.
Washington, Sept. 17.?Admiral
Andrews, acting secretary of the navy,
today made public the revised list of
the vessels which will comprise the
great fleet to he reviewed by Presi?
dent Taft October 15 in New York
harbor. This will he by far the largest
naval force ever gathered in Amer?
ican waters, not only in numbers but
in point of size.
The 127 ships in the reviewing line
will have a total tonnage of 741,590.
There will he 32 battleships, aggre?
gating 491,508 tons; four armored
cruisers, 58,000 tons; four protected
cruisers, 156,663 tons; 21 special type
ships. 61,993 tons; six naval militia
vessels. 4,581 tons; eight fuel ships.
88,385 tons; 26 destroyers, 18,431
tons; 16 torpedo boats, 3,029 tons, and
ten submarines, the latter having no
rated displacement.
What Tariff Revision Means.
Augusta Chronicle.
It has been carefully and accu?
rately estir lated that a just revision
of the tariff downward would save
the consumers in this country not
less than $2,000,000,000 the year,
which would be more than $22 for
every mar. woman and child in the
counti y.
Commenting on this Col. J. C.
Eieihphlll says: "It is one of the
monstrous results of the present tar?
iff that it cuts the people both ways?
'a comin' an gwlne,1 as they say in
Qeorgia?the 'rusts, which have been
built up by the tariff for the protec?
tion of American industry, sticking
the domestic consumers for a!! the
business will stand and selling t'. vir
'surplus products' to foreign custo?
mers at lower prices than their regu?
lar output is ^old for in our own
beautiful home market.' It his been
said hat American-made goods can
be bought in foreign markets, re
shipped to the United States, paying
freight both ways, and delivered to
buyers here for less than the same
iriMuls can be purchased at home in
the first instance. It is claimed by
The System that this can be done be?
cause only tile surplus is disposed of
in foreign markets, which claim was
somewhat disfigured by Oovernor
.Marshall when he offered the sugges?
tion that the direct product be mar?
keted abroad ami the surplus be kept
at home. i ?f course, it will be pro?
tested by the beneficiaries of the pres?
ent method of handling the surplus
iHat this is trifling with a very sacred
subject, but this is the plan many of
the plain people of the fields have
followed for years in disposing of
their crops. It often happens, as a
ClOUd of Witnesses Would testify, that
the family has to gel along with 'the
leavings,' which is only another name
for 'surplus,* while the main crops
aia* sold to on.side buyers.''
Senator Tillman.
Honest Ben Tillman came out in
the South Carolina primaries cvith i
tremendous majority. The heat of
the gubernatorial race was not enough
to make the \.pie of St.nth Carolins
forgel their obligation to lighting Bell,
ami while his physical condition i.
SUCh that he will probably never again
be able to us, his pitchfork with tt ?
old-time dynamic force, still his fel?
low citi/ens want him to die a: hit
post. Charlotte News.
Senator Tillman has mad- the
State a valuable senat >r and he is
highly esteemed as a senator through
out the country. Columbia Record.
A Chicago girl, suinu a fellow for
failure t.. marr> her acording to
agreement, has asked h courl for
damages, sin- demands $450 'or 90
visits, which i*- $5 a v i-it. 'nit that Is
only bei- estimate of what it is worth
to bank in h??r presence. There ate
real spruce and vain girls who
wouldn't think of charging less than
|1,000 a visit. Wilmington star.
KIIIF ARKANSAS IN < < >M MlsMON.
Another it Battleship Placed in
service oi llir f ?overitnieni III Phil?
adelphia >. srd.
Philadelphia, Sept. IT.?-Anothei
great *rarship was put into the wr
vice of the government at the Phil?
adelphia navy yard here lodaj when
the batleshtp Arkansas w.is placed in
commission aith tin- usu.ii simple
ceremony.
Tin* oflb en and men sasigued to
tii" ship were drawn up <?n dci k white
the order of the navy department
placing Capt, b. C Smith In com?
mand were read.
TRAIN ROBBERS STILL FREE.
Tw<? Men Who Hold up llrinejMni
SiHM'ial at Large?Postal IssgjSBC**
tors Busy.
Chattanooga, Tenn.. Sept. 17. ?The
two white men who early this morn?
ing held up and robbed Hie Memphis
Special on the Southern railway near
Stevenson, Ala., still are at large to?
night, it is understood postal in?
spectors from Memphis and Chatta?
nooga Will meet in this city tomor?
row to take action toward the appre?
hension of the robbers. They have a
complete description of the men and
it is expected they will be in custody"
within the next 2i hours.
It is stated tonight that the robbers
so ured less than $100 from ths regis?
tered mail, and overlooked the fact
that the four clerks whom they left
tied on the Moor had in their pockets,
over |400.
SNEED KILLS AL ROYCE, JR.
Terrible Aftermath in Famou* Fort
Worth Murder Case.
AI Royce. Jr. the young cattle man
whose el >pment last October from
Fort Werth with the wife of John Beal
was shot to death last week. A
few moments later, Sneed. clad in
overalls, and hardly recognisable be?
cause of a hairy growth of beard,
surrendered at the coroner's jury,
and was formally charged with the
killing. Preliminary examination
was waived by the banker, and he
was ordered held to await the action
Sneed, Amarillo banker, was follow?
ed by the detention of the couple in
Canada, the return of the woman to
j Fort Worth and later the killing of
the young mans father by Sneed,
of the grand jury, which will convene
in regular session Monday.
Boyce, Who recently returned from
Canada, was walking along one the
principal streets of Amarillo, when
Sneed advanced to the middle of the
street and opened fire "with an auto?
matic shotgun, tiring three charges.
Boyce fell In the doorway of ? church
and die l In B few minutes from the
effects of thirty buckshot, which
struck him in the right side. Boyce's
aged mother and his two brothers
were on the seen.- in a few minutes.
In the meantime Sneed voluntarily
made his way to prison and submit?
ted to arrest. Besides the weapon
with which Boyce was killed. Sneed
was armed with two revolvers. He
announced to the newspaper nun that
he had no statement to make.
The disappearance of Mrs. Sneed
from a Fort Worth sanitarium last
fall w.is later followed by her deten?
tion with Boyce in Winnipeg. Mani?
toba. Mutual friends brought about
a reconciliation between the banker
and his wife, and Boyce was released
from custody after the couple had re?
turned to Fort Worth.
Boyce, Sr. was shot and killed in a
lobby of a Fort Worth hotel on Jan?
uary 13 last, because of remarks he
is alleged to hevt made derogatory to
Mrs. Sneed. Sneed was tried for the
killing, but the jury WSS unable to
agree, and pending a second trial*
which is set for November 12. he was
I released under bond.
MANNING SCHOOLS OPEN.
Bsuctlj s.iine Fir* Da> FnrolUnem
as Leaf Year,
Manning, Bept. 17.- The Manning
graded and high school opened aus?
piciously yesterday m anting. The
new superintendent, Prof. Ralph
L. Newton, seemed t<? take hold very
happily and ail the faculty were pres?
ent end in good Spirits. There was
a good attendance of patrons and
friends at the opening exercises be
side- a good QUOtS of pupils. The
exercises a*ere opened with the read?
ing of a scripture lesson and invoca?
tion by the Rev. P. H. Bhuler, jfter
which there were impromptu ad?
dresses appropriate to the >>ccasion by
ih? Rev. a. K. Woodson, the Rev. F.
If. shuler, Capt t>. I. Brailham, B. J.
Brown, county superintendent of edu?
cation, and the new superintendent.
Prof. Newton The enrollment uns
1". exactl) the number that enrolled
on the tust da) last year.
The Ice man has had his own way*"
dming the past several monts, but
no* the coal snd WOOd ".can i* gel?
ling reads to I ike up th? h mseholder's
nttentton snd to put a quietus on the