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THF. MV Mi \\ W\R SIT! VlioV. Feiler?! t . Ulli Fvscuutc Juan /, M?u?t Important Town 011 Hordel*, and will ?.?liier at Chihuahua, El Paso, Texan. April .10.?Federa? istcs* are to evacuate Juarei, the most important port of entry on the border snd terminus >f the Mexican Central railway. Orders to baa-' ten to chihuahua City, the State' eapltsl. were received late today by Coi. Juan X. Vasquex, the Juarez larriNon commander. The projected movement is In keep? ing wtdh the general order Issued Home dsys ago that all federal forces in th*. State mobilise at Chihuahua City, threatened by attack from the south. Already constitutionalist* are pressing close to Juares from the territory along the Rio Grande to the east. The movement to the State capital will be hastened by today's desertions from the Juares garrison to the in? surgent* Kmpty military t ains ar aal today at Juares from Chihuahua Cttj to convey the border town's gar? rison of 100 men to the State capital. The federuls at Parral. the Ameri? can mining ? entre southwest of Chi? huahua City, also Were ordered to move to the State capital, but have been unable to do so, owing to the sieges* iomplete destruction of the railway* NO h \ I I OIVMI Ms IN HILKANS. Montenegro snd Austria \re Ms king Prearaiimis for Wsr. i.ond.s. April 30?The Halkan question showed no development here today. The Austrian ambassador had a prolonged conference with Sir Ed? ward Grey, secretary for foreign af? fairs, who was also consulted by the Russian ambassador. A Constantinople dispatch says that th? porte has ordered Kssad i'asha to disarm and disband his native troops and send the regulars to Hierut. Both Austria and Montenegro, ac? cording to Vienna advices, are con? tinuing their military preparations. Montenegro has dispatched 0,000 ?ope drawn from Scutari toward the Austrian frontier and has mount ed heavy guns above Cattaro. (treat ministerial and diplomatic activilty prevails in Vienna, where a council of war wag heiu at the foreign office this evening. - Seems Chance. Rome. April 30.?It is consld? red here that the last hope of avoiding tho gravest complications in tr.e Hal? kan situation lies In the meeting of ambassadors In London tomorrow, when the question of united action by the powers is expected to be decided. The general fear 'n Home is that Great Prltsln, Frsnce snd Russis. not because they desire discord, but be? cause they do not wish to back Aus ttra In immediate action ugainst Montenegro, may procrastinate, thus forcing the Isolation of Austria. In such csse. Italy, for the protec? tion of her own interests, will almost certainly Intervene to Insure order In Albania and enforce there the de? cisions of Europe. WILL RKINKTATL CORK. National lomiiiUslon Will Welcome Htm Hack to Fold. Chics* >. April 30.? The belief that Ty Cobb would be reinstated with only a nominal fine was expressed tonight b\ those who had Interviewed num? bers of the national baseball commis? sion which met here today. The com? mission trtok ui> only routine matters st today's session und adjourned un? til tomorrow morn ng. when Cobles ease probably will be considered. TOe commission abo is expe-ted to tske up the proposed congressional Investigation of charges that profes? sional base* ill < .institutes a trust. I I HI it I I.OSIS \ \t'< IN'XK. l?r. Frtedmanti hIsjiih I p for I >l?qn bi? llon Through Institute*. SI Y..rk.. Aprd fg, It was an? nounced tonight at th?* apartments of pg Pvasdrfteh i . I*i Isdmssa that ha had Signed a contract for the disposi? tion of Ms tuberculbsis vaccine b\ a company through Institutes to be es tabllshed In ever> State The on traet. It Is said, provides for the free treatment of the poor In all localities M M I I It i on ON M \RKI T. Corrected Dally II) F.rneM M. Held, i otton Huyer. humter. May 1. Good Middling 11 3 4. Htrbt Middling 11 s-l. Middlimt II 1-2. St. Low Middling II II. l.ow Mi.idling Ii 1-2 Staple i otton nominal. WKW YORK CtrTTON MMtKIT New York Muv I ? ipened < 'lose Jsn.?1 or. 11 03 If arch. II 11 May.11 4* 11 11 July.II f?o I1.g| o. *.11.07 I I M Dec.110? 11 OS why BHOITLO WK nu\ JAPAN \<;\1nst is; In ii 111? 11 . ? 11 Holt Shown How We nr.' strulnlng a Historic Friendship. I U to the end ol the Uusso-Japan war the Japanese regarded ns with .1 feeling almost akin to rever? ence. There existed in Japan a very strong sentiment?a sentiment en ItPtt] separate fn.m commerce?con Mi ted with the name of America, Il\en today the Japanese, next to the Pf nUfVUon of the Anglo-Japane.se alliance, desire nur commerce ami friendHhip. They will du anything \\ ask of them, provided the) can do it with dignity. The evidence is overwhelming to anyone seeking the truth. TWO yaari ago, far instante, when Japan learned that we were preparing to negotiate an unlimited arbitration treaty with Grant Brit* ain, she voluntarily consented to a nuadlnantlaw af the Aaglo-Japanese i alii ?.in c, so that In case Jauan and the rnited States were at war Eng? land would not have t?? choose be? tween breaking her alliance wltn Ja p n or her peace treaty with us. Surely Japan would never have re? nounced the right to call on England tor aid if she hud reason to expect any further trouble with us. It must be remembered, however, that there are forces in Jaan that are working against his historic friend? ship, just as there are In this coun? try, Without attempting to put them in the order of their Importance they w..uld include: First, the ignorance and incompetence and anti-Japanese bias of many of the officials we send to the faf Bnati second, the exceed? ing Jealousy of nations like England and Germany over our increasing trade in Japan. The best Informed student of Japan I met abroad told me that "nine-tenths of the false ru? mors that have tended to damage the standing of American traders in the Fat East can be traced directly to rivals In trade;" third, the Journals and foreign correspondent in Japan and China who assume for one reason or another an anti-American atti? tude. All foreign papers published in English in Japan, with the exception of The Times of Tokio, seem to be disinclined to print matter which might tend to Increase the good re? lations between Japan and America; fourth, the agents of ordnance manu? facturers and shipbuilders. I am told ! that these agents are many tin num fber and plentifully supplied with "expense" money and "entertainment funds;" it Is a significant fact that none of thces agents preach anything but the antagonism of America to Ja? pan; fifth, the lack of manners of Americans who live and travel In Ja? pan. But these and similar causes that promote dissension would have had little effect In Japan except for two things?American Interference in Asi? atic politics and the brutal discrimi? nation against the Japanese in Cali? fornia. These the Japanese cannot explain on any grounds that are not dis? creditable to the disinterestedness and high moral professions of our peo? ple. In regard to the Immigration ques? tion Japun does not object to having California pass anti-alien bills, pro? vided they apply equally to all na? tions and do not discriminate against Itor, What she cannot understand, and what she will not tolerate with? out intense resentment, Is to have In r highly intelligent, adaptable, indus? trious, cleanly, sober, peaceful and el fielen! cltleom excluded simply be ?ause they have yellow skins, while the illiterate, quarrelsome and un? washed emigrants from Europe are Welcomed with open arms. Japun cannot understand how a mere :?0,000 of her citizens, who have the highest standard of literacy of any si leas on tho Pacific Mope, and who own tmt 17,ana a< res of land, and arboae number! are decreasing every year, can be i menace lo a popula? tion or S,3?7,aei souls living on over lno.ana.ono acres of territory . Now. of course it here will be no war between Japan and the United states. Buch a contingency is well nigh unthinkable. Bui if California persists in excluding lhe Japanese from our shores, all out foreign mer? chants and missionaries in Japan might Just us well pack up and come home There will be nothing for them lo do hereafter In I he Land of ihe It Ising Sun. is it right, therefore, that we should lose the friendship of to.tae, boe, long forbearing, frlendl) but proud ami sensitive people just Because a selfish and sinisp r element of the meai si ne oi California has for Ihe moment got in the saddle ami pre poses to thwart the will of ihe entire liner* sn i.pie lo gratlfj its films) whim ot a reek lean raei prejudice. The ojuestlon is m>i primarily polltl <al but moral. It I? tin- Golden Itule. wii it is really needed Im a muffler 'oi ih?' neigbhoi s Ittwnmower. 1 h md Rapide Press it:w whiten are eligible. Not Many Have Stood tile Civil Ser? vice Test. _ Washington, April no.?Senator Tlllman has just discovered that there are h<? few white men from south Car? olins taking the civil service examina? tions for various places in the govern* jnent gervlCC at Washington that there Mrs practically no whites on the eligible list There arc many negroes to bo found on the list and as the places have to, be filled they are Riven to the negroes Hi Is he'pless, under the law, to prevent t'ieir appointment and sur gSStl to nis fellow citizens who want government places iti Washington that they should take the civil service eggmlnstloni and get their names on the eligible list as the negroes have been doing. That is the only way a government place can be secured, unless the civil egrvlcs law is changed. "l believe/1 Senator TUlman said today, "that under a Democratic ad I ministration fairness will be used in selecting men for clerkships ami WhltS people from the South will be given a fair chance at least, which has not been the ease heretofore." ah letters applying for Information, blanks and permission to stand the ex aminations should be addressed to the civil service commission, Wash? ington. 1 MR. Hit AN I) LEAVES HOSPITAL. Coast T.lno Superintendent GoCS to Darlington to Recuperate. I Florence, April 8.?Mr. J. N. Brandt superintendent of the At? lantic Coast Line Railroad, who has soon at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, for medical treatment, has so far re-' covered as to be able to go to the home of his sister, Mrs. C. W. Hewitt, I at Darlington, 8 C. Ho passed Um uuh the city yester- i I day in his private car en route from Haltlmore to Darlington where he will spend ton days recuperating .af? ter which he will return to Savan? nah ami resume his duties. PENSIONS FOR OLD AGE Kelly Introduces Hill to Provide for All those Over 0.1. Washington. April 28?The Pro? gressive old age pension bill, to provide $1 do $4 a week for all those more than 65 years old whose Incomes are under $10 g week, was introduced today by Representative Kelly. His plan would pension those whose Incomes are less thin $1 at |4 a week incomes of troi.i $?; to $7, at $3; between $7 and $8, $2 a wek, and from $8 to %V, $1 a week. The bill would disqualify all crim? inals, lunatics and inmates of alms houses and all men over 05 years old who for any extended period have failed to earn according to their abil? ity. THEY TELL BIG YARNS. The Old Soldiers Are Not Afraid To Spread a Little. iTopeka Capital. ' Some times," says a man who served a good while in the army dur? in? the Civil War. "one of the old Comrades gets In the habit Of telling army stories until he really believes them. Occasionally he forgets to make his statements correspond with sach other, and there is where he falls down. "Not long ago an old soldier, who really has a line military record, but whose imagination gets away with 'l him at times, was telling a crowd of an army adventure. 'There was a neat Of rebs on one side of a river,' he s;ild, 'and We was on the other. "We had to dislodge 'em. There wan't but one way to do it. and that was to swim the river and ?et at 'em. So we stripped off our clothes, laid 'em on the bank, ami jumped into the ragln' torrent. It was a bard swim, but WS made it. Just as I Was climb in' up the bank on the other side I saw a Johnny Heb jump out of the brush. Quicker than thought 1 pull? ed my revolver oui of my hip pocket ami covered him and told him to sur? render Or die.' "'look here, Uncle Bill,' said a by? stander, 'a minute ngo you said that you stripped all your clothes off and Isid 'em on the haul; and swam the1 stream What I want to know is, it yoil hadn't any clothes on when Voll climbed up that bank, how could you pull that revolver oui of your hip pocket." "Rill eyed him solemnly for a mo* im nl ami Iben said: That may sec 111 like a natural l|Uestlon lor a \oum; cub who never saw no war to ask, but I want t*> tell you that a soldier learn ed tu carr) his hip pocket with him llo matter whether he h id any cloth* es on or not.' " What chance would ?iPaul Jones have ' t.i with n Naval Acad flit) examluini board Waahlngton Post, BICYCLE THIEF CAPTURED. Negro Brought to Town on Motor ( vole by Mr. H. L. Tlsdale. What With motorcycles. nutomo- ' biles, telephones and other modern time and distance annihilators the bicycle thief of today has a hard time to get off with his stolen goods. ; Thursday morning Isaac Cabbage* stalk, colored, was caught between Heriot's Cross Roadl and Dalsell on, a wheel which he had itolen from J. D, Harper at Sumter about noon Wednesday and by noon Thursday he was resting in the county jail await? ing a preliminary trial. Cabbageetalk took the wheel from Sumter to Heriot's where he offered it for sale. A telephone message from there to the sheriff, who gained information mi the subject, confirm? ed the opinion of persons at Heriot's that the wheel had been stolen. It was found that the man had left Heriot's and gone toward Dal/ell. This Information was telephoned to Rural Policeman A. ftf. Bateman at Dalsell, who went to meet the negro, whom he came across between th two places. Bateman at once made the arrest and took the negro and wheel bach to Dalsell, where Mr. H. L. Tlsdale had gone on a motorcycle to identify the Wheel. This was done and the wheel was left there and Mr. Tlsdale brought the darkey on to town on his motor? cycle where he was lodged in jail. It seems that the police are hot , after the bicycle thieves, of whom a great many have developed recently, and are making things hot for them. This is the third bicycle thief who has been arrested within a week and a J number of bicycles have been recover? ed. Thursday morning Rural Po? liceman Newman brought in a wheel belonging to Mr. M. w. Beabrook Which was stolen some time ago and is on the lookout for 'he thief. FIRE THURSDAY. Building Owned by Col. H. D. I ce De? stroyed by Fire. A building on North Main street, corner of Pine, was burned about j noon Thursday by a tire w hich caught from the tine of the kitchen chim? ney. The building was owned by Col. , ; R. 1). Leo and occupied by a colored j woman, Charlotte Roe. The blaze had a big start on the firemen who found it impossible to save anything much of the building I ; except the flooring. Part of the household effects were saved before the hose wagons arrived. News ami Views of Pisgah. Plsgah, April 28.?It is winter to? day sure. Yesterday this section ex? perienced quite a wind storm. The dust was fearful; the wind played I havoc w ith the cotton which is trying ? to live through the coldest April the } writer ever experienced. No doubt but what we have had as cold i weather, but not so continuous as it has been all the .gh the month. Nothing but ury weather has saved the crops from being seriously in? jured or killed by frost. Oats that started off so fine are no i good. The crop will be almost a failure. On some places they are a complete failure. This is a loss to the farmers who largely depend on this crop. Field day In Sumter was a fine suc? cess, and Dr. Haynsworth and others deserve credit for making it BO. The cutting out of the public dinner was wise. The exhibits of the children was creditable to them. I have heard many expression on the boys oratorio! contest as to who made the best speech and the concensus of opinion of all those who expressed themselves to the writer said that Allan Creigh ton made the best speech, and 1 think so too. Heiser is right about the distribu? tion of the county commissioners. Sumter city and township are- entitled to and should have one of the com? missioners, both on account of popu lation and wealth. S. C, \V. Trains in Tlminonsvlllo. Tlmmonsvllle Enterprise. The track of the South Carolina Western was completed Into town last Friday and since then the V track o?i the south side of the Coast Line has been laid and everything Is in readiness for putting in the crossing over the A. C. L. tracks. A meeting of the railroad commissioners and 'officials of the two roads will be held here on the Nth to determine the mat? ter of the crossing, it will nol be hut a shott time before tin* depot will l>e in shape for business and regular schedules arranged. Spartanhurg in Had Shape. Speaking of the blind tiger business, the Spartanhurg .lout rial Bays: "The condition is such here In spar tanhurg that a man might drive Ins wagon on Ihe public square, tie up the wagon cover in the rear and retail a ban el of whiskey publicly, as w as doge many yearn ago. it attested he woittd get counsel, give bond and then retail another barrel the next drt'. to p*y out t i'< pvn in 1 THE OREGON IN DAXOER. Story of Spanish-American War I*. Tola for tin* First Time. (From Master, Mate and Pilot.) "Lieut. B. i'?. McG." tells how the United States supply ship Resolut?, commanded by the late Rear-Admiral Joseph G. Eaton and loaded with ex? plosives, narrowly missed ramming and blowing up the battleship Oregon at the time of the Spanish-American War. The account says, in part: "The recent death of Kear-Admiral J.seph G. Eaton, U. & N. (retired), unseals the lips of those of us who' served under him when he was com? mander of the United States ship Res? olute, during the Spanish-American War, and permits the relating of one of the most extraordinary incidents in which a ship ever figured. "It was on June f., only a few days after the Oregon anchored off San? tiago and her memorable voyage had become history, that the Resolute, carrying mail for the fleet, hove in sight. In our forepeak and against the fore bulkhead were piled 4" mines, each containing 600 pounds of guncotton. Twenty charges for the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius, containing lojnio pounds ?>f guncotton, were on the deck below. "Just aft of this was :'.00 pounds of gunpowder for the great guns of the fleet. Still further aft were thous? ands of rounds of rapid-tire .ammu? nition for six-pounders and four and ; six inch guns, while on the tipper deck, In one of the cabins, was .0( pounds of dry guncotton and detona? tors for the war heads of torpedoes? the full complement of 25 battleships. "We steamed down the line of blockading ships and delivered orders and mall^ to the vessels of the squad? ron. Arriving at the western end of the line we came about and steamed hack to the eastward toward Guanta namo, which was our station. The Oregon at this time was near the cen? tre of the line, about opposite the har? bor entrance, lying with her bow to? ward the shore and rolling heavily in the swell raised by a monsoon. We steamed full speed toward her, point? ing for her about amidships, j "I was off duty and chanced to be standing aft, near the engine room hatch. Near me Passed Assistant En? gineer Lotus L. Rern'cr was leaning against the rail gazing ahead of the Oregon. It looked as if we would pass her very close If we sheered off at once, but wo held straight on our course, heading right at her. "Lieutenant Bernler bad been chief engineer of the Resolute?she was for? merly the Yorktown?for many years, so he knew to an Inch whet she could and would do under any condition. "I saw him look hard ahead, then jump for the engine-room hatch and disappear. Rut a moment or two elapsed; we were rapily nearlng the Oregon and still we held straight to? ward her. Then suddenly the whole ship trembled convulsively as the en? gines reversed at full power. "An Instant later from the bridge came the signal 'Full speed astern.' With helm hard over we swung past the stern of the Oregon so close that j I could have tossed a biscuit aboard j the battleship, which looked like a I vast tide rock awash in the waves. "The men who lined the rail on the Oregon apparently thought nothing of the closeness of our passage, as if they deemed no unarmored craft could do her any harm, but the white-faced of? ficers on our bridge heaved one great sigh of relief. They had faced anni? hilation, utte;-, absolute. "Fntti now this remarkable story has never been made public. Com? mander Eaton may have reported the Incident to the War Department, but if be did so his officers were not so informed. Naturally, we were care? ful to 'forget' all about it." Not Included. Washington Star. Mr. Smith Is. a respectable gentle? man, who, though he has been mar i n d several years, has not yet lost his admiration for a pretty girl. Having occasion to remove from his present abode he was recently looking for a suitable house, and discovered one to let in a quiet street. Upon ringing the bell a very piquant and lovely Irish girl came to the door, looking quite charming In her black dreas and mob cap. "Is this house to let'."' asked Mr. Smith. " Yes.'? "Are you t<> be let w ith it 7" he said, w it h a bland smile. "No sir," answered the maid. vcr\ demurely, "I am to be let alone'" Generous. r.\ er\ body's Magaslne, A farmer boy ami his Itesl girl were seated in a buggy one evening in town watching the people pas- Near by was a popcorn vendor's stand. Present!) the lady remarked: "My, thai popcorn semi Is good!" "That's right," said the gallant, "i ll drive up a little i loser so you can Mm ii it bettor/' VAU i oi AUTOR < IM \T|?,{ j|| Xofed Victim nf Titanic Dlaaatar Left Property Worth |S&,340,911 \>t. According to Expert Ipprnlstrs. New York, April 12.?Cot. John J; I ob Astor. who perished in the sink irg of Ina Titanic, on April 15, 1912, left a gross estate of $87,27?j,tS91 and a net estate of $85,:j4 0,917, according to official appraisers, on which the state tax appraiser will base his report. They showed an increase of nearly 116,000,90t on any other previous detailed account of Col. Astor's wealth. The appraiser makes several inter? esting revelations as to the nature and extent of Cat. Aster's holdings. The Schedules show also for the first time the amounts of CoL Astor's ante? nuptial settlements upon his first wife, Mrs. Ava Willing Astor. and his sec? ond wile. Mr." Madeline Force Astor. These Settlements were for lit*** and on the death <>t the oeneficiaries they Will go into his residuary estate. The property turned over to the support of Mrs. Ava Willing Astor by ante? nuptial settlement has been appraised at $787,197. Mrs. Madeline Force Astor by ante? nuptial settlement was made the bene llciary of two trust funds, one ap? praised at $1,314,416 and the other *t $311,334. j At the time of his death Col. Astor owned absolutely property appraised at $61,363,368. Under the will of his fathr, Wil? liam Astor, he held for life with the power of disposal by will, trust funds, the property contained in which was appraised at $31.238.981. j The estimated expense of adminis? tering Col. Astor's estate has been , fixed at $540,000. THfc ISLE Ol1 PATMOS Spot Memorable In C hristian History Loses Interest Pat mos is one of the group of is? lands called the Sporadoes. It is now called Patino, and lies twenty-four j miles distant from the coast of Asia Minor, a little south of Ephesus. It is a tiny little Islet, compared with some of its larger neighbors, and has an I area of only sixteen square miles, and at pres *nt a population of 4,000 souls, j In John's Untie there were^stlll fewer ! inhabitants, yet before the days of re } corded time the islands were inhabit? ed for Cyclopean remains are found \ there , which show its prehistoric an? tiquity. j There are not many things of great interest in Patmos except as the mem I ory and spirit of St John suffuses ev? ery landscape with his gentle spirit of love. There is, however.the cave of tells us the apostle saw the vision which he has recorded in the last book of the New Testmaent. There is also the Monastery of St. Job**., founded 800 years ago, which contain? ed an important and valuable library. ' now removed to Bodleian library at Oxford. In this library was found one ] of the most valuable of the ancient manuscripts of the gospels. It is not what St. John saw in Patmos that in? terests us, but what he saw far away as he looked out from his island pris? on. Looking to the north and east he could, from the heights of Patmos. doubtless see the great mountains of ' Aiia Minor to the north, among which lay the seven churches. The scenery and situation of Pat inoa give us a key to much of the im? agery of the Book of Revelation. Pat? mos was one of the islands of an ar? chipelago. High mountainous head? lands could be seen on every side, and 'around all. shutting him in from coun try and plain and fellow disciples, was the impassable sea, his real prison wall,mysterious and dangerous.As we think of this situation of the aged seer we can more fully understand his imagery when he tells us that every "mouptaln and isiami were moved oat of their places," ttiat every "Island tied away and the mountains were not found." Everywhere through Revela? tion we read of the sea; the "things that aie in the heaven and in the earth and. in the sea;'' "themnuntains which shall lie east into the sea;" "the angel that stood with his right foot upon ths sea;" "the sound of man)' waters," and at last, toward the end, the revelation that must have seemed so joyous to this sea-imprisoned saint ?the revelation of the time when there shall be "no more sea."'?Lon? don Chronicle* Wh> He Was Siisptelou*. Cardiff Western Mall. Two friends, a Welshman and a Scotchm.SU, happened to be lunch? ing together recently In a restaurant The latter kept turning round to see that his hat and Coal remained still on the peg Whore he had left them "You me a suspicious chap." said his friend at last "Who do yon think 1^ going to Wajg in here and steal our coats?" ' can t say,** replied s< ntuy, "hat I II fake good csre nobodv gets min?; ymns wsnt ten minuits **w.