he vPotchmnn anD ottthrott. IMF MM Till W\rtir>l.\N, 1-iahlKlml April, 1850. 'Be Just and Fear not?Lie* all tho onjs Thon Alms't at ho thy Country's, Thy Gods and Truths." TUE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jane, Vol. XXXV. No. 18. WILSON IS LEADING. NFW YORK HKR\U>S IH ILL SHOWS TIIK DKMIHRAT A wnnaaL Tmlx i* Making Moans Hlg (.alns? Roosevelt 11 Jim Re&vtMHl flood Tide ?lawlng a IJtMo. ? i Niw York. Met 22?The New York Herald, which has for several weeks been taking a straw vote of the country, prints the following In connection with the coming election: 1 Governor Wilson still in the lead. | Mr. Roosevelt second and gaining some votes as a result of the attack upon him in Milwaukee, but appar? ently not enough to endanger Mr. Wllsou's present lead. President Taft third, but making steady gains In many parts of the country. These are the relative positions tu 1 Conditions in the great presiden? tial race, as Indicated by the Her? ald's canvass of the nation, and with election only fifteen days off. Each of the three principal rivals for the great office Is gaining In some soctlona All are losing In some. President Taft baa made marked ad? vances In some sections of the Far > West. He has made further gains in Pennsylvania. The Republicans in several sates have replaced Indiffer? ence with activity and are making a real campaign for their nominee. This sudden reversal of form on the part of organisation managers has greatly stiffened up the Tsft men and given them new hope. Mr. Roosevelt baa made gains In Illinois, where be leads and where he haa developed much strength. He Is holding bis own in practically all the states where he led last week. Gov? ernor Wilson has gained also, but on the whole, baa Ju?t about held hia own. This is accounted for by the theory tbst be had a "flying start" and could not be expected to Increase his lead. In a nutshell, the situation, as re? vealed by the Herald's JQ0.000 and . uiorv last ballots and reports from Scores of correspondents, is as fol? lows Governor Wllsor has touched his high mark. Mr. Roosevelt haa reach? ed the flood tide and is slightly ebb? ing. President Taft is making slight but steady gains. From what can be learned, the at? tempted assassination of Mr. Roose? velt will not greatly strengthen him. Indications are that there will be an additional sympathetic or sentimental vote for bim in many ??ectlona. but not sufficient t.? affect the electofgj vote, one result, however, which is highly Important from the Roosevelt point of view, is trial the attack upon him has braced up wavering "Hull Mooeere." as they term themselves, and they are backing the nominee, .Mr. Roosevelt, with new enthusiasm. Ju?t how extensive the sympathetic eggjl will be it i:? impossible to tell This feature ecomes the leading mystery ofihe campaign Just now, and every one is striving to solve it. The managers of the Roosevt It cam? paign do not believe It will greatly help them. A politician of years' experience and of sound pulitn ,il Judgment esti? mated, afte* a thorough Investigation IB Connecticut, that Mr. Roosevelt would receive !. \..i?m in the Nut? meg State as a result of the attu? k upon bim. Mi the fight entering its tin.l stage*. point* .1 have now !>?? gun to ssk one another If the undcr ? urrent whl? h, while not ?.f great legge, haa witboiit doubt) gal In for }' ? lent Tiff, will be of uutTh i< n strength t.. sweep him Into second place and attend ?'f Mr Reo* Veil They ar? gggjlaalai la gast "no an? other ilno if all the Htritw votes and all the person d eplaloaa. which agree Ii man> Instanee?, ,m- ?.. r.e upset by a me elem? nt whl? b hi* not yet eoms Into the campaign. nt ?.Ii Los?. <.ii wri.i? It Ml Alken. ??? t 22.?Representative elect Hugh L> ? i o <\ with tie murder of PI heat N Gunter, at Wagener, in thin county, on gaturdai afternoon about Sftll weeks ago. has been granted ball In the sum el $?". 000 with n >t leal Ihaa two or more than five securities, and as soon as Mr. i?ong's aeasdasaea u ny In the State. SUMTER WILL GELEBRATE. COMING OF SEABOARD TO HL \\ l l.< (?MI h BY DAY OF AMI SEMiONTS. New U ad to Hun S|Hate? Foot ha II Game. Street Race>, Olli Pasldoned Ii amlieap Races, Kto., to Be Arranged. At a WMtlfj of the board of direc? tors and chairmen of committees, the committee on excursions, together with the committees on entertainment and city fairs, were Instructed to ar? range a special day of entertainment to celebrate the coming of the Sea? board to Sumter, especially having in view the entertainment of those living along this new line. These committees met Wednesday night and laid out tentative plans for this special day. The members of these commitees are as follows: Ex? cursions, Bartow Walsh, chairman, C. U Cuttlno, M. B. B?ndle. L. I. Par? rott, C. H. Wilson. H. C, Parrott, Ju ! llus Westcoat, John Clack, John Mc j Knight, E. S. Booth, W. B. Upshur. j Entertainment, L. I. Parrott, chair? man. H. L. Birchard, J. G. DeLorme, O. H. Policy. M. H. Beck, L. E. White, W. W. M-Kagen. E. I. Keardon. City Fairs, Julius Westcoat, chairman, H. JTisdale, C. C. Beck, John T. Green, J. H. Qrady, P. M. Parrott, James Cuttlno. B. A. Theese. The businews men will be asked to subscribe liberally toward the special fund that will! be raised for this pur? pose. This fund will be used for prices for the rac es, advertising and special j features. A small folder will be pub Ilished. which will give a list of the business houses of Sumter which have contributed to this fund. These fold | era will be distributed along the line j of the new road and banded out to ' the business men in the towns along I the line together with a special invi? tation by a representative of i.he Sumter Chamber of Commerce, who Will be sent out for this purpose. Cir? culars and hand bills will also be dis? tributed. On Monday next the city will be canvasaed by committees as fol? lows: Bartow Waleh. L. I. Parrott, business houses off of the main business streets; H. C. Parrott, E. S. Booth, west aide Main street; Julius Weseoat, J. G. DeLorme, east side Main street; J. H. Qrady, C. H. Wil? son. John McKnlght, Liberty Street. Following committees have been appointed on programme: Music, Ju ! llus Weseoat, K. K. Wilder; Foot j Haees. H. L. Birchard. B. A. Thees; ? Foot Ball. S H. Edmunds, W. B. | Fpshur, E P. PuKant; Bicycle and! Motor cycle Races. H. I* Tisdale, James Cuttino; Handicap Races and ^ General Amusements, J. H. Grady, E. L Reardon, E. S. Booth. The committee has offered a prize of || cash for the best name submit? ted for the day. Anyone may try for this prize. They v* Oft at a loss what to call the day in advertising it to the public and in order to secure a good name and to advertise it as widely as possible this method was hit upon. Proposed names must be submitted to the Chamber of Commerce on or before November 1st. It may be by letter or in person. The to w Seaboard will open a new and large trade territory for Sumter and the object of this day to have as nianv people come to Sumter as pos? sible and net acquainted. A special train will be run over the new line ? ml arrangements are now being made for this train which will prob? ably .start from either Darlington or Florence. Announcements concerning this train will no made later. A big 6ny is promised. All sorts of amuse BJiegjtg are planned for The street races a il be made special features). Among these will be a relay race, po t.tto race, wheelbarrow race, motor cyc|,- and bi. v la rsoea Two greased poles Will b-> erected with $5 bills Ballt I to the tops of the poles, greas? ed pigs wil be s. t at liberty to be caught and given to the one catching ?ante; '.eh money will be burled In different parts of the city to become the property of the under and hand circulars will be distributed on the morning of the day giving Clues to the points of burial Many other special featurea will be announced later. The local Civic service board held a ? lerk-carrier's examination Wed asadaj In IhS pOStOfllcc There Wete only tWO applicants. It BeeiM strange lhal the young man Of the town who ar. not In bUSlneSS) Would ill idly by and |. I git 11 nUl lids Of the City take the examinations and get good gOV? tmmenl fobs, whan by a little effort they oonld secure places which in a few '.eats would be good paying po sitlons GUY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS COUNCIL TAKES ACTION on NUM? BER OF MATTERS OP INTER- I EST To CITY. I Quartern Leased to First Nutionui Hank for* Five Year IVriod?Women of Red Light District Must Lea\e Town In Ten paTI?Violations of ! sumiay Laws Riem seed?Special Water Ratea Made y. m. c. a. ami <'him he*? Must Not Sell Goods on Street?Other Matter*. I City Coum-ll reconvened Wednes? day night the adjourned session of the night before and acted on a number of matters of interest to the city, most of them, however, being of mi? nor importance. When council was called to order Geo. D. Levy, Esq., present to repre? sent certain women of the city, was heard on a subject which he had previously taken up with council and on whi' h he had asked to be heard before a full meeting of that body, j He spoke very impressively, arguing entirely from a sanitary standpoint, on the evils which would result if these women of the underworld were driven from the city. He stat? ed that he knew, from a moral stand? point the practise of having such houses as these women kept, was wrong, but he thought that if they were kept under proper police protec? tion and tlwjj occupants made to ob eerve certain sanitary regulatins, the evils would not be as great as would be the ease when the women were driven out and conditions were changed so that there could be no regulation on the part of the police and no sanitary inspections. He stated that theoretically it was best to drive out the wo? men, when past practise had shown that it was not. Dr. C. C. Hrown, Rev. K. W. Hum? phries, and Mr. H. I* Hire-hard were present to present the other side of the case. Dr. Hrown, at the request of Mr. Levy, made a few remarks on the city. He did "not think that the city officials should counten? ance violations of the law. Mr. Humphries and Mr. G. A. Hrown also had a few words to say on the sub? ject. Council after hearing all that those present had to say on motion of Mr. Rowland voted ununlmously to have the police enforce the present ordi? nance against allowing bawdy houses in the city, and the women were giv? en ten days in which to leave. Mr. Hurst requested instructions as to how he should proceed in collect? ing licensee of a part of a year. It had always been the custom up to last year to allow the license to ex? tend over for ? full year when the party paid his license for the second year, a full license being required for any part of a year, when the newcom? ers stay was transient. Mr. Hurst stated that he thought this custom, Which had been departed from last y?-ar, was best to follow and it was decided to allow tne refund on li? censes, taken on parts of a year, when the license was paid for the second year. Action on the matter of installier, a tire hydrant near the gas plant vas postponed until Information as to cost could I??' secured. It was decided to pay the expenses of witnesses who had come to the city from Shiloh to attend a whiskey case in the recorder's court A bill from the Sumter Railway & Mill Supply Company, for a boiler (?impound, which was considered by Mr. Rowland to be extremely high mtas referred to him with power to act. Mr. Geo. 1). Levy having In his re? marks before council made the state? ment that the Sunday laws were be? im,' violated Council discussed the matter and it was decided to give the police instructions that they must be more stringent in their ef fortS to enforce these laws. Mr. B, l. Reardon, city health oin cer. v.us elected custodian of the city ball so thai he could see that proper sanitary rules were enforced in the building, The matter of granting free water rents to churches and the Y. m. ('- A. w,i^ discussed fully, Mr. Jennings was opposed to granting the free ws ti?r to churches, but he thought thai it ought to I"- given free to the Y. M C. a. Mr Rowland thought thai all ought to pay for the water thai they used. The matter was Anally decided by granting special rates < repre? sent the city mi any cases which might come up in forcing certain money lenders f years ag?>. The clerk was instructed t> write the company Informing them that the tanki re? ferred to In the rccenl letter from Council were nol the ones which the CAMPAIGN PROBE NEAR CLOSE. SENATE COMMITTEE EXPECTS FINISH INVESTIGATION. Source of Grand Voting Man's sinew's of War to bo Bought?Adjournment Then. Washington, Oct. 2 2.?With the examination of witnesses summoned for a single session tomorrow the sen? ate campaign funds committee ex- ' pects to finish the investigation, as so far planned, and to adjourn until after election. The sinews of war furnished to Albert J. Beveridge for his 1904 cam? paign in Indiana will be the prin? cipal feature of tomorrow's inquiry. Senator Beveridge himself, as well as the men associated with him in that campaign, have been summoned to appear. I ^berp of the committe did not expect to go into the mat at this time, having planned to con? clude the present series of hearings today. However, Senator Pomerene 1 had obtained information relating to the Beveridge matter and requested that it be cleared up at once. Senator Pomerene in his examina? tion of George W. Perkin*, yesterday became involved in a heated con? troversy with the witness, who denied having furnished between $50,000 and $60,000 for the campaign for the Indianan in 1904. Mr. Perkins said i he remembered sending only $10,000 to Mr. Beveridge, which the latter re? turned. This he remembered because j he "almost dropped dead" when the ! money came back. Senator Pomerene t declared his information was that I $50,000 or $60,000 had been sent into I Indiana by Mr. Perkins after the na i tional committee had failed to furnish i ' a $100,000 fund which had been I promised to that State. I Senator Beveridge himself is busy j with the Progressive campaign in In 1 diana. where he is running for gov j ernor, and may not be able to come 1 to Washington uutll after election. I Other witnesses who were associated with him in the 1904 campaign, how i ever, hive promi-ed to be on hand j for tomorrow's session which will I begin at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. I - SAUZA CASK UNDER INQUIRY. 1 Cuban Vice Consul Will Make an In? vestigation. _ i Washington. Oct. 2:1.?Investigation t of the case of Joseph J. Zarza, an al ' taehc of the Cuban consulate at Now port News, Va., who has been sent to jail for three months and lined $500 ! on the eharue of having attacked Mrs. Chas. Brown, wife of a draftsman at the Newport News shipyards, is to j be made by Senor A. Barranco, Cu? ban vice consul here, who left to? night for Newport News. _ State Body to Meet. Columbia, Oct. 22.?A, W. Mc ' Kcand, acting president of the South j Carolina Chamber of Commerce, has issued a call to the members of tho organization to attend the annual meeting here on November Cth, when it is expected that permanent officers Will be gamed. The meeting will con? tinue through til*- day when many matters of Importance will be dis? cussed. The campaign to raise $15, 000 n year for three years for the Columbia Chamber "f Commerce will be dlSCUSeed on th ) same date. ?X I1? I?Kill MUTIII. ? I. ??. ? ,ii . wUOK ? city engineer had pi evented them from Inspecting. Mr. Booth stated that four new carts and a street scraper were need" ed by the city and was given author? ity to proceed in the matter and pur? chase the vehicles by competitive bid. Tin- matter of securing an incinera? tor for the city was discussed) but no action was taken. The next matter disposed "f was the extension of the base of the First Na? tional Bank for ten years, for which application had been made. The proposition was fully discussed by all members. Mayor Jennings tiled a written statement of his position, lie was ..pposcd to the granting of a lease on tie- grounds that the city needed the space for its own offices and because of needed changes in the Academy of Music, which could not he made if the quarters were leased, Mr Etowland was in favor of leas lug the building for the ten year p< rlod. Mr. Booth also was in favor of leasing the property. The matter was finally settle J for the time being by granting a lease of the propert) for an extension of live years, in? stead of ten as requested at a rental of $ 1,000 per annum. Messrs. Booth ami How land favored, the motion while the mayor opposed it. WILSON MAY RESUME FIGHT. TELEGRAMS A XII LETTERS URGE RIM TO CARRY ON CAMPAIGN. Writes Final Appeal to People to be Delivered by Campaign Orators No vein her 2. Princeton, N. J., Oct. 22.?By let? ter and telegram pressure is being brought to bear upon Gov. Wilson from many parts of the United States to resume his spe -g campaign. The demand for sp' the Democratic presidential r - said tonight, has increased ir ist few days and his campaign ^ gers are being bom? barded requests. Go' .on said tonight he had no ,e of plans to announce as y ? nominee read interestedly the .rom Oyster Bay about the con *^ n of Col. Roosevelt. The govern has previously said that he would make no further speeches until CoL Rooeeveit has recovered, j The governcr spent the day at the State house at Trenton, dealing with the routine of New Jersey business. He made a brief call at bis own po? litical headquarters and then walked to the railroad station. The Federal, the pri\ate car he used in his campaign trips, was stand? ing there, but the occupant this time was Gov. Hiram Johnson of Califor? nia. The New Jersey governor had only a few minutes to get aboard his train and missed greeting the Cali? fornia governor, j The governor had one diversion from his day of routine. It was a J phonograph reproduction of some of his speeches humorusly jumbled and distorted. One of the youthful stenog ' raphers at the governor's political headquarters had dictated in a deep I voice some excerpts from the govern ; or's speech, twisted into mook form, and the governor laughed heartily while he listened. Parodies on the governor's manner of expression and vocal pronunciatioa ran through the record. The nominee wrote tonight the raee? sage which.will be read by campaign j orators throughout the country oa ?Wilson day," November 2. It proh . ably will be his last declaration be I fore election day. - 1 NEITHER SIDE WILL GPVE IN. Effort to Settle Columbia Strike Fails?No Cars Moving. , jt ' Columbia, Oct. 23.?This morning Chamber of Commerce undertook to get the street railway strike ended. ! The efforts failed. The letter of the I Chamber hoping to get a settlement reads as follows: There was a three-hour session of the entire membership of the execu? tive committee of the Chamber of Commerce and three representatives of the employees and the manage? ment of the railway company. Every possibb- phase of the situation was discussed. The repress ntatives of the employees and of the management w.iv left to confer for a long while, but no result followed. Just before a recess it loked like some basis of agreement would be reached, and the committee from the employeca was asked t<> get full authority to act and to consider propositions looking to a settlement. Tonight a final conference was hela, at which the committee of the em? ployees stated that the executive com? mittee had full authority to act, but that they would not consider -any change in the contract that had been submitted as to the points on which, in the afternoon, it looked as il" a com? promise might be effected. When the employees stated that they insisted upon every point on which it had been hoped there might be some latitude for a compromise, there was nothing further to be d < ne, as the street rail? way company stated that they could not and would ?? i sign the proposed Contract Submit! d by the Amalga? mate* . organls i; n Nine Stich - in His Heart. Philadelphia. i >? tober 11.?John Thompson, a negro, has just left the Ponnslyvania lies I s well and M mi one as before be was wounded. Mr. it, F Oribben of Charleston, asslstnt rector of Grace Church at that place, preached at the Church of the Holy Comforter Sunday in place of the pastor, Rev. 11. U. Covington, who I? till confined from his injury re celved some weeks ago.