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TURKISH ARMIES ROUTE!. CilU I K> \M? 111 1.4. \?l WS U\ J B TllliOU MUSI.I Mn Two Important Positions (a poured him) Srrxbx ami Mdiiwui^m Are Mk'lMiiu !H<?p*?-utcly fit tupuire .Scutari ?ml Kama no* *?Plan* of title- Hetng < ni t led Out. I. -tidon < >. t. Buljpirlan fctul Greek armies haa <? iu<ct ?*?.(ally oper? ated theit part of tin rirat stage >f the war ugalnst Turkey bf the cap? ture of Kirk-Klllaseh and the TV ktett base Jn the U>?n of Sesvia. The r allies. Montenegro ami Strvia. ir? bow working desperately i* do their share by ovcrcommg the Turkish ha?te at fir-atari and Kumantcva. Details of the terrific bijtle be? tween the Bulgarian* and *.he Turks as Krrk-Klllsseh sre still lacking. It la said the Bulgarians expected the fortrvas to hold on lons/i. and Its fall wtthin a wsek of the v?t??' i I Ins vf hos? tilities is coi^ldered by them % great achievement. The victors are now confident of their ability to cat the ?asmuntcatIons between Adrhuaople and Ooastanttmrple and to take the former city. Thai. howsv*?r, In the opinion of military experts, will he a dim u.t task, as the forts of Adrian opU are thoroughly modern and are connected by an underground motor railway tins. Eves after the fortresa was over? come by th* fire ?f tho Bulgarian ar? tillery, fterre fighting took place la the ?treeOJ of the town. The action of the Balkan stales is baaed on a formal written alliance ac? cording to a dispatch from Vienna. When this Is made public, it Is said, it w lil reveal the territorial alms of the Balkan natioas. The alliance of the Balkan king* far exceeds the status of a military combination for the immediate object In view, according to a dispatch to | The Outlook, which claims to have special Information that it is a per manent federation Intended to ex elude all external authority from the Balkan peninsula. The king of Greece, according to The Outlook, mill become president of the alliance on the romlnatton of Nicholas of Montenegro. The relig? ious rivalry of Balkan Christians will be ended by uniting the Orthodox churches of Greece. Bulgaria. Servla and Montenegro, as in ancient times, under the patriarch of Constanti? nople, who Is head of the Greek church. The churches will retain their national rituals and languages. The extension of Servla through Bos? nia to the Adriatic sea will form a part of the scheme, which Austria Is expected strongly to resist, says The Outlook The powers are negotiating actively In all the Kuropcan capitals concerning what patteg to pursue when the time for the settlement of the war or for Intervention gffll'tg. They are much mor< n e.-ned to Insure peace among themselves than to arrange the ggMM if *tak. in the Nssr East, which look srnill when Compared With a general Kuropcan. war. The outlook says the Balkan diplo? mats in London .Mare their object Is Ralrfan territory for the Bal kan peaptag and In case of victory the demand will be Included In a note to Turkey which will be their mini? mum requirements. They will not sit In the lUf fOOBl while the pOWSTl allot the spoils, nor will they ac? cept any temporal v disposition Of Near Kastern prohlems. After a four davn" heavy battle Um Bulgarians are resting. There w. no reports of fighting today in the Turkish-Bulkan w ir gJoSg the line from Klrk-Kiliss, h to Adrian-.ple. The Bulgarians have not yet decided Wh-Mher the> will attempt t,, rapture Adrian. I.y assault or to -1 i r \ ? ? out It* Turkish garrison by siege The full gajlagg ?'f the Turkish jlgggggf at KirkKillsseh Is still unknown but It Is almost ee-tnln that the bulk of the garrison then* agfa ted a retreat b. - fore th?? town fell Into the hands of the Bulgarians. I I RKIHH \lt\n l\ TROl Bl.l lonr of .?.?ooo Mna.ni, Near Servla PlHWi \llernatl\e of Surretidi r or h|m lighter !.. ndofj. im. 2.">--A Turkish army of 2-J. torn men fa-is the alternative of unconditional raffend? r or slaugh? ter n? ar the tow n of S. i \ n. accord Ing to a special dl*pat< h from Ath? ens. The Turkish Ufaoai art hedged In on the east by high < liffs and on the west by the torrents of the river Aliakmen. the fords of which are held hy Greek?. On the south and southwest, too. tm re Is a Greek at my flush? d with victory. After their defeat Wednesday the Turks threw away their rifles, greif roats and gVOfJftMtgg likely to Im? pede their flight. Their surrender, the dlspab'h add-?. t I n only be a mit ter of a few h"tirs I \n Hfl ?OWBM l? mo\ 1 Berlin. Oct. 2". ?The foreign office sxpect.i that Intervention hy the pow ?Ts will follow the first derisive bat? tle in the Balkans, Qennany is fully prepared t?? oooperat! with tha othei payWefl with this end in view. Si el ie\. s Auatlia also will Join , in the movement for intervention and I has hop SI that Russia will do like mi i, arguing that Ruaala'a interests] are ngalnst having Turkey too badly araaannad The fail of aTIrk atlllaath j is n<>t regarded as a decisive battle nc < oicMng to the view of the government othc.ials. f - Trouble in Crete. London? 0>ct, If.?Raporta are cur? rent here <?t' taftOUl IrOUbli in Crete. The Greek government has an? nounced the appointment of For? mer Premier Stephen l>ragoumls as governor general of the island in de? fiance of the arrangement of the Eu? ropean powers. Dr. Agoumis is said Ig have arrived in Crete to take up his appointment. WONT RECEIVE 1ULL MOvXSF. FW Plainly Tells Them Why He Will Not Fall S|*xdal Session of Legis? lature. Hoaton, Oct. 24.?Gov. Foss will not receive the Progressive party followers who plan to march on Beacon Hill tomorrow and demand that he call a special seasion of the legisla? ture to provide for a popular prefer? ence vote for United States senator to succeed Sena^r Crane. In a letter to the party secretary tonight, the gov? ernor says tho legislature has four times failed to consider his demand for the same legislation and adds: "You give mo credit for more credulity than I possess if you now expect me at this date to call together this same legislature in the vain hope that they will now consider any such legislation." < ha mi bet of Com men v Notes. The coming of the Seaboard will open up a fine new territory for Bum ter trade and it is up to the business men to go but after this trade. This is the object of the special day of osle bration in November. m at g It has been suggested that the Sea? board celebration be held on the llth of November or the day after Thanks giving when the schools will be closed It is possible that a toot ball gaum can be arranged with Darlington for that day. Let u? hear your opinion as to this date. g ? g Remember that n prize of |2 cash is offered for the best name suggested for this day and that these auggse tions must be submitted on or before November 1st, see Two gentlemen visited the Chamber of Commerce Friday who are interest? ed in 1 oaning money on Sumter busi? ness property. They had been here two years ago. They were amazed at Sumter's growth and Itated that Sum? ter showed more evidence of real pr. ?petity than any city in the State, g g a it would do some of our grumbleri good to take a look around. Visit the Rowland Buggy Factory, it will in? terest you. Do you know that tie Bumtet Telephone Manufacturing Company has in its new building, re ntly equipped, one of the hesi an 1 m? st modern machinery shop of its size in the country? Have you been down to the Sumter Gas work! to look over that new plant? i>o you know that the larg?- ggg holder will hold a> ordinary house * Have you aeon the big new power generator! and improved plant of the Sumter Lightini Company? Have you seen tie- new sin?, factory which li loon lo be opened with all modern ahoe machinery? Have you aeen any of the shoes made by this concern now ????mir manufactured In the old Bult? man factory? Have you vlaJted ihe new depot of the Seaboard on Baet Hampton avenue? Have you ever been through the Bumter Machlner) Company plant? Have you been over the new hotel building. Do you know that three big stores are being bulll bach of the postoflHce for the nev wholesale dry a.is house, the South? ern Rxpresi Company and for the Jenkins Auto Rupply House? Have you aeen the new telephone building on Harvln at root? This is not all, Many more mlghl be mentioned, hm \t you ire Inclined to knock or hi ve a sp?I| of the blues take a little tine ..it arei visit these places, it will do you food? Mrs, Baltic Mouaon, Manning, Ocl II Mrs, Gallic Mouaon widow <-f the late Mayor J' D Mouson, de,i suddenly yesterday afternoon at her home In 'his place, In the Tfth year of her age. Mrs. Mouaon was afisi Drallsford before h- r marriage and had long been ;? hlglil) esteemed resldenl of Manning, sio- leave! two sons, T. M< Mouaon, teib r of ihs Dank of Manning, and P, D, Mouaoni who Miccceded ids fath ef in bustnesi aa t rstall grocer. The mmalna of Ihe deceased were Inter? red by the aide of her lata husband in the ? ity cemetery this afternoon. TRIAL AT GREENVILLE COMES TO DRAMATIC CLOSE WHEN ACCUSED MAN CONFESS? ES CRIME, Aroused, in Effort t<> Escape Death Penalty, Admits Guilt in State mm to Jury, which Returns Ver? dict in Four Minutes ? Taken at Once i<> Penitentiary, Where He In >-?4*nt<'ii?-*'ti to be Electrocuted De? cember 20.?Confession a Surprise. Qreenvllle, Oct. 26.?-T. U. Vaugh an, on trial for alleged Immorality during Iiis term as superintendent of the Odd Fellows' Home here, was put On tin stand by his lawyers today and made a clean confession of hla awful crime. The trial was brought to a sensa? tional close when Vaughan broke down and confessed all. He named two other victims in addition to those Included in the indictment. The jury was out but four minutes and made no recommendation for mercy, the verdict carrying the death penalty. Tears Btreamed down the face of Judge Purdy, named by Governor Blosse as special Judge for this trial. Many jurors, court official! and spec? tators alike made no pretence of hid? ing their tears as Vaughan. pale and broken, acknowledged his crime. Some jurors wept aloud. In the afternoon Judge Purdy, be? fore sentencing Vaughan, overruled a motlfJQ for a new trial, which was ar? gued by one of Vaughan's lawyers, after his (dient made his confession. Judge Purdy, in sentencing Vaughan to death in the electric chair, set De? cember 20 as the date for nil execu? tion. When court opened there was no in? timation that the accused Would make a confession. His attorney had fought stubbornly since the beginning of the case to break down the strong evl dence developed by the prosecution's little gitl witness. Immediately after court opened to? day attorney! for both ildei consulted, resulting in an agreement to let Vaughan confess in an effort to save his own life, and that the case would go to the jury without argument. "I have acted devilishly, I have ac? ted shamelessly," began Vaughan. "The devil tempted me and 1 have fal? len." He pleaded eloquently but vain? ly with the jury to save his life. Vaughan begged the Jury to spare his life, not so much for his sak? as for hla wife and little daughter. Neither Mrs. Vaughan nor her daughter were in court today, though they had been with the accused since the trial opened. He was formerly asalstsnl superintendent of the First Baptlat Church Sunday school, one of the largest and most fashionable in this idly. He was a ministerial BtU dent and frequently occupied pulpits Of churchei in and around Greenville. He owns Considerable property. Fat Ing the jury, Vaughan made his confession. In all. his statement makes three thousand words. Briefly summarised it Is as follows: ?'(.b nt lernen, it is useless to say that in this instance 1 am greatly humili? ated, and for months and months 1 have had agonizing hours over the whole matter. 1 wish to say this in the outset, that I have never wished to oonceal one w hit of the truth when the time came to make a clear state? ment. I have been s,? cautious in these particulars that some have inferred that 1 had denied my guilt. I know that some have had that impression, but 1 km w that 1 was guilty and would teil ii at the proper time. For that reason 1 have made impressions that were unfavorable to me. "I want to say here and now that 1 am going to assume full responsibil? ity. I want to til.' it off of that girl. 1 want to say that I ha\e loved the girl always, but that love has been misdirected and misused. I don't think the Kitl will deny today the reality of my love in many respects, yet my conduct towards her would make her take (he position towards nie which .-he now takes and justly takes. ? \ , superintendent of the orphan? age, i had entire control of her, i realise that now. 1 did not at the time realize just what I was doing. 1 do now. 1 did it under circumstances about Which 1 would not care to go into detail! here. At the very point i thought myself the strongest, I found myself the weakest. 1 found that tin Devil had attacked me with a more subtle and powerful temptation in the very place l thought l could not be tempted. I cannot now go into the detail of the circumstance! surround? ing m. when 1 I' ll, und I now assume full responsibility and ask God to save that girl. Now as to the treatment of the children out there; of coins., i whip? ped them, but i never did wish t<> !>.? I i n. I I did let ahuSC t hem, and h oi ii.. desire to do so. But as hellish as this weight of sin hai been, and de? spite the suffering of my body and SOUl, it has brought an entirely now viewpoint of life, I am not speaking of this for sympathy; i am simply statine it to make my position dear, ind l want to say this, that if it took all of this to save, to bring me to where 1 stand, and in spite of all this prosecution, of all this shame and suffering, if it has taken all of this to redeem my soul and save me from ib-u, l am thankful for it today. ?'l now have a better conception tf 'i"<l and of man. With that fact in view, realising the cheapness of life, l can be ?-i better service to (Jod and to man. 1 tool that if you will give me another opportunity, after plead? ing guilty to this charge, and let me have another chance, 1 can bo of more service to God than over before. I fool that 1 ran live a lifo of sublime service and consecration to God. Al dark as it may seem, as disgusting i.s it may seem to you, as hellish as it appears, I fee] that in the depths of my heart 1 can go forward in better service, and I make this plea to you. "What is life? It is a very small thing. It is a very short time here and I do not regard it as much, Bo far as my suffering it would soon be over and 1 would be (b ad. Then it is a matter of eternity. But my present plea is that I have sinned, that I have suffered the tortures of the damned, that if I am given another opportu? nity, that the hold 1 now have on God, with the strength of the new faith I have in Him from out of this awful sin, 1 believe that I can go out into the dives of sin in this State and be of service to my State and my God in reclaiming the evil-doers, in saving the State great expense and in re? deeming them of their crimes and sins, "I believe truly that I can be of great service to my God and my fel? low' man. I love my life, it is true, but I simply feel that in view of this new conception, life js a very small mat? ter. Life is not eternal; it is a mere temporary existence. That which comes from God, to God must return. So far as death is concerned It Is very small; it is the greater something which comes after." In closing his confession Vaughan made a plea that he be allowed to live In order to prove to his wife that he could reform and be a good man. Vaughan Taken to Columbia. Greenville, Oct. 26.?Immediately on leaving the court house tonight of- I Ib ers in custody of T. l\ Vaughan boarded an automobile going to Spar tanburg, where they caught a train for Columbia, where the condemned jnan will bo put in the Penitentiary f<>r safekeeping. This was done as a precautionary measure it was said at the sheriff s office tonight. Arrive! at Penitentiary. Columbiat OCt, 2?>.?Sheriff Poole reached Columbia after midnight with T. V. Vaughan and landed him safe? ly behind the walls of the State Peni? tentiary. The trip from Greenville to Columbia was made without Incident and Vaughan is now safe within the Penitentiary, Blouse Orders Removal. Columbia, Oct, 26.?Oov, Blease onight instructed the sheriff of Green? ville county to bring T. U, Vaughan to the Penitentiary as soon as sentence is pronounced on him. His telegram to Sheriff Pools reads as follows: "Bring Vaughan to Penitentiary on first train after sentence has been passed on him. Allow no delay. See Acts, 19X2, page 702." BULL MOOSE IN CHARLESTON. Ehrang and Dunn Address Political Meeting. Charleston, Oct. 25.?About 1"" nu n and women attended the meet? ing at the Qerman artillery hall to? night under the auspices of the Char? leston organisation of the Bull Moose party with W. Boyd Evans and B. Sherwood Dunn as the principal speakers, The meeting was declared to ho of more heart to heart talk than anything else by Kvans, who de? voted most of his speech to the al? leged need of another white man's part in South <Carolina, Ho denied that the Roosevelt or? ganisation was contributing money to tin- propaganda ami declared that he and Dunn are paying their own ex? panses. Roosevelt is the greatest man that ever lived, he said. He Bald that the state had at first wel? comed tin- Progressive party hut had more recently urged the Democrats to ho consist' nt and support the na? tional ticket ;<s well as the State. lie took issue with The state declar? ing that participating in the Demo? cratic primary carried no obligation io vote the national ticket. Dunn discussed the Bull Moose platform. KKLIG'S SL V^ I B SANK. "Bed Phil" Davidson Examined >?> Three Exports, New Vork, i let. 25. ??Bed PhlPM Davidson, confessed slayer of "Bjm: .lack"' Zellg, was declared sane today by three experts. The Investigation was ordered by District Attorney Whitman, prompted by varied state? ments of the man's mental condition. The experts say he is Buttering from hysteria. His trial will be begun Wed need ly next. WARANTS SWORN Ot'T POR OP PICKRS I) TO HAVE ISSISTKIJ vxn.uw IN ESCAPE. Bx-Slicriff Gilreatli, Ex-Jailor Phil? lips and Constable Gosnell VrreMcd on Serious Charge?XII IVell Known Greenville Men. Greenville, Oct. 27.?-Upon an al? leged statement of Thuraton U. Vaughan, sentenced to die f<>r crimi? nal assault, ind at the instigation of Qov. Blease, ex-sheriff Jeff D. Qll rcath, inspector of police; ex-jailer A. A. Phillips, of the city police, and j Reuben Gosnell, a magistrate's con? stable, were arrested tonight on war? rants charging them with assisting Vaughan to escape from the county jail last June. The three men were hauled through the streets of Green? ville to the jail where they were in? carcerated for an hour or more. Five substantial business men, com? manding more than $1,000,000 cash, later rushed to the jail from their re-1 spective churches together with hun? dreds of other citizens who crowded about the prison and clamored as to who should be the first to sign bonds of * 1.000 for each of the parties. Feeling is intense tonight and ex? citement is running higher than it has at any time during the past few days of sensational happenings in Green? ville. Humor spread like wildfire on the streets about noon that arrests were to be made in connection with the es? cape of Vaughan from Greenville's jail some time ago. Warrants were drawn up late in the afternoon and just before night were signed hy Mag? istrate Samuel Stradley and placed in the hands of sheriff elect, Hendrix Rector, for service. The deputy sit out to apprehend his men and locat? ed Policeman Philips lirst at Green avenue and Pendleton streets as the officer was going from his home to the police station. He was arrested and conveyed to the jail and locked in a cell. Rector then set about to locate Mr. Gilreath, Unding him at the point near the grand opera house. Both got in a hack and started toward the jail. As the two came through Main street a tremendous throng gathered and raced behind the vehicle shouting and mak? ing the night ring with their cries. Mr. Gilreath was placed in a cell with the common prisoners after which the deputy set about to lind his third man. In the meantime news of the ar? rests spread through several of the churches of Greenville and many of j the most prominent men of the city , left their pews and rushed for the j jail. They insisted on Magistrate Stradley being sent for BO that he j could make bond for the prisoners. A messenger went to a church after the magistrate and brought him to the prison. By the time lie arrived the deputy bad returned with Reuben [ Gosnell, his third prisoner. Bonds were drawn up and signed by Avery Patton, Henry p. McQee, J. M. Greer, I A, Fester Furman, C. O. Allen. The prisoners were released and left the jail at once, while the crowd that jammed the street in front of the prison dispersed. 'Hm intense feeling in the case is caused by the sharp lines between the law and order fac tion of which Gil? reath is a member, and the blind tiger eb-ment of Greenville. Gilreath was recently elected police inspector and has been making war on the law? breakers with a vengeance ever since thereby incurring the enmity of the lawless The men who signed the bonds were representatives <'f Green? ville's best citizenship. Tonight, at the county jail, in tin presence of the prisoners and a score or more of prominent citi/ens of the city, sheriff J, Perry Poole gave oul a statement In regard to the alleged confession of Vaughan. He stated that as he, Deputy sheriff Hunelnger, Sheriff-elect Rector and J. B. Wae son were carrying Vaughan from the Courthouse to the train late Satur? day afternoon for the purpose of tak? ing him to Columbia the prisoner made an open confession to how he escaped from the jail last June. Sheriff Poole said in part as fol? lows: "We were going along Hudson street when Vaughan made his con? fession, lb- said that his brother gave Jailer Phillips $10 to transfer T. F. Vaughan from the main cells to a cell used for women which has a hatred window opening on the .ail yard. The night before he escaped Vaughan said, Reuben Gosnell came to the jail window for the purpose of sawing the bars, hut that conditions w? r?' unfavorable for the job and he went away The following night hs said Mi. Gilreath came to the win? dow ami did the actual sawmg of the bars, handing the saw through the window to the prisoner Just before the last bar was severed. Vanuhan said he finished the i??h. Vaughan further said that he would sit in the electric chair its* if and make the same confession as to who helped him ?ii . seape The confection made by Vaughan must ha\<- rescued the snn of Gor? Blesse, for the officers stnted that the < hi?f executive telephoned here today and ordered tin; warrants sworn out at once and served. it was re peatedly stated at the jail tonight by th?- arresting oificers the prosecu? tor and othera interested in the ease that Blease hsd ordered the arrests I to be made ih.tt day. The three war : rants were sworn out by I>r. \V. L. Mauldin, and each one charges the respective defendants with "aiding a ' prisoner to escape." The specific charges in tie- war j rants against Ooenell and Phillips are I that they assisted r. l\ Vaughan to escape from the Greenville county jail. The warrant against Mr. Gil reach charges that the defendant "did convey into the Greenville coun? ty jail tools adapted or useful to aid a prisoner to make his escape with Intent to facilitate the escape of a I prisoner." The witnesses in each i case are J. Perry Poole, Hendlix Rec j tor, John S. Hunsinner and T. U. Vaughan. MARION' HIGH SCHOOL WIN'S. - Defeats sumter Boys by Boote of if to 0 in Game in Marion. in a game of football at Marlon Friday afternoon the Sumter boys were defeated by the Marion team by the score of 31 to 0. The Sumter boys seemed to lose heart after the Ma? rion team made their first touchdown and did not prove up the equals of their adversaries, although they put up a gritty game. The team returned to the city Fri? day night none the worse and in good spirits despite their defeat and they will be ready to buck up against the next team which comes along with renewed vigor. The following account of the game Is given in the Marion correspondence to the State: Marion high school this afternoon overwhelmed the Sumter high school in football by a score of 31 to 0. The Marion team outplayed the visitors. Sumter's vaunted forward pass was blocked every time except twice out of many trials. The Marion backs gained at will. The features of the game were a 90-yard run by Porter for a touchdown. The line plunging of the Marion backs and general all round good work of Marion. Willcox played well at quarter. Porter and Monroe starred in the backfield. Marion last Friday defeated Florence 13 to 0. Funeral of Mr. L. L. IT rants The funeral services over the re? mains < f Mr. Lucius L. Reams, who died Saturday at the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. E. s. 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