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hie intim m Mexico. i,(i\KK\MK\r iwm nraci TO SM I RK SONORA H> Rebels Repulsed by Federals in At im< u. ?Xo I>ett|mt4'hes Received rr<?m Monterey or Tuntplco, Where Amer 1. mit** Keslde, and Much Anxiety Is Mexlco t'uy, May 26.?The war de? partment expresses the belief that be? fore the end of the week the govern? ment will hi in possession of Hermo slllo. capital of the State of Sonora; lhat much will be accomplished to? ward* reopening the Mexican Central railway between Chihuahua and Tor reon and that fair progress will be made In the campaign now being made from Monterey. The attack on Morelia, capital of Mlchoacan. late Saturday was re? pulsed by the federals, Hebels are ntlll occupying position* near the town, but the forwarding of federal reinforcements makes their success improbable It is not considered likely that any State capitals now held by the government will fall into ti ? hand* of the rebels who seem con? tent to occupy the small towns in the rural districts. It is regarded as more likely they will continue their tactics of weakening the government by crip? pling the railroads and there Is reason t<? believe their plans include isolation of the Mexican capital itself by cut? ting the two trunk lines just to the north and the two lines to Vera Crux, one of which is owned by American capitalists. No dispatches were received today from Monterey or Tain pico. Much ??in ern Is felt regarding the situation at Tarn pico, which la the centre of a district quite thickly populated h> Ameri? an od driller? and farmers. It la realised that the garrison lit Tarn pico Is not able to do move than guard the city. Klght hundred troops were dispatched from here today to that district but they must penetrate a region alive with rebels. Reports from rebel districts say the rebel ranks are rapidly being filled. The government, however, Is also bringing up its force, many of the recruits being former prisoners, until there are now more men under arms In Mexico than ever before. The character of 'hese recruits and their lack of dlscllpllne makes operations with small bodies almost impossible. The rebels are moving In smull mo? bile bands, which for the past week have been active in the States of Jalisco and Hidalgo, where hereto, fore there has been little trouble. Th<t?y have also penertated the federal districts. A smull government fores was repulsed a few miles from the capital and rebels raided a ranch near San Angele, a suburb. No ATTF.MPTON MATAMORAS. Oter l.OOO Rebel* are Reported In striking Distance or 300 Federals. Brpwnsville. Texas, May 25.?I'p to a late hour tonight no ittempt had been made to take Matamora*. across the boundary from Brownsville, de? fended by 300 federals, although a thousand or more rebels are reported wtthm striking distance of the city. One band. 700 strong, Is encamped IS miles to the west, while smaller forces have taken up positions in oth? er dliection*. It is believed the in? surgents plan to hurras* the federals Into surrender, avoiding a general en? gagement, if possible Several Amerlcuns were detained by Mexican troops in Matamora* for a short time today. It is presumed they wer? suspe? ted of nelng rebel sympathisers. MILITANT RITLHNLI) TO JAIL. Mrs. h nimellne I'unkluiiHt \guin Put In Prison. listing Regained Her Health. London. May 26.?Mrs. Kmmellne Pankhurxt leader of the militant suf ragettss, was today returned to Hollo way Juli. Isnvtanj m the eptnien of the authorities recovered her health suf on'lv I., serve unothei period ot h??r Ihres yearn' sentence. M i g 1'ank hut ?t. e v ide n11\ HOI BtTOIIl *hen arraigned ut tVe How atmet poli? I court, declared vehemently that she would continue her hunger ??tike until she died M the gowi n merit gave women the votet When the ,-ates of Hollo*uy Jail opened to if i iw her. a score of mili? tant Miiffi ago nes triad to rush the prison and ihr ?aiders had difficultv In preventing |fc tag from entering with their leam r. our l.lrU I IsJne Isud. It may be a ma ter of gratification It the friend^ of .Iis* Pur rot I III this as ttasj and to those Interested in the work of the fo'tiatto . Pit. of the Slate. to know Htal the chllsj of South Carolina and tlx work Ihal i bey have done is considered bv |hs department the best that ha* be. n dims anvwher In the Halted States Miss 1'urroti H most highl\ eateewis I tu Wutfhii.ki' on I Ion i" l ine DRESS PARADE DIG SUCCESS. LARUK CROWD GATHER* AT MBB III BTRKKT PARK TO ?bb urrcibeb, Stephen shore. James I1<hhI ami Ansloy Vales Win Honor of Drilling at t'oMunoncemont?Suiiitor Hand PumUhes Mii-lc for Oii-aslon. The ceremony ol Atom parade and review of the Sumter High School battalion at the Liberty Street Park Monday afternoon was probably the most successful which has ever been held by the high school boys and they ami their commandant deserve much credit fOf the brilliant and faultless manner in which every movement was executed. The boys went through the oaramony with the preclelos of soldiers. t<? whom it is a part ??i their dally routine. A large crowd, probably the largest which has ever attendee! ar.y dress parade of the battalion, was on hand to witness tne ceremony and to cheer the young soldiers for their excellent work. The companies entered the park shortly alter six o'clock headed by the Sumter Hand. The battalion was formed by the adjutant and the various parts of tho ceremony car? ried out. winding up with the battalion passing in review bei ore Major Scott, uctirtK as reviewing ottlcer. The niu nie by the Sumter Hand wus a feature of tbe occasion and numerous com? plimentary remarks were made on all sides coneernlng it. Following the parade the boys who had been sei, . ted at a preliminary drill several days ago were formed in line and drilled in the manual of arms by ('apt. Scott ind captains of the sev? eral companies until all save three had been thrown out. This was not a vary easy task and It requited a great deal of drilling before the se? lection of tho three best drilled men was made. Finally all were thrown out ggcapt Stephen Shore, James Hood and Ansley Yates, who will drill at commencement for the gold medal annually awarded to the member of the OOrnpaalet best drilled in the man? ual of arms. The judges m the drill Were Major J. W? Bradford) Lieut. P. m. Brawn and Igt it. Cantey. GOOD CROPS AT WISACKY. Mr. It. M. Oagpgg Makes liig Yield of \ it a lia ami Oats and Vetch? Personal Matters. Wlsacky. May 2'.',.?We have had favorable weather to cultivate our crops, with a few exceptions the Mtamls are very k??<u1 and the crops are nicely worked out. ready for the deiightfel rains that are now tailing gently to the deliuht of us all. The oat crop is line and the rains will cause the oats to till out better. They will soon be ready to harvest. Mi. Robert Cooper has cut his al? falfa. He housed 20 tons from six acres and 9.7UO pounds from one acre of oats and vetch mixed, fan you beat that? Which goes to prove what can be done with the proper effort ami no doubt will stimulate others to do likewise. Mr. Cooper will prob ub|y win a premium. Miss Pearl DuBose entertained a number of her young friends at the home of Mr. W, W. DesChumps last night. Delightful refreshments were served and each 0X0 Beamed to have enjoyed him or herself to the fullest. Mr. Marion Scott and his mother were visitors in our town today. en Joying his rest day, and visiting sick friends. Mrs Bdgei DeeChampi had a num? ber of young people from your town ami other places to spend some days at her beautiful home and made it vet\ pleasant for them. She is a h inning hostess Lev. \v. L Herbert preached n most sxt silent sermon st Bt Lukes Church last Sunday afternoon, lie |g a Godly man ami beloved by all who know him Would that we had more like him, Mrs. McQInnls, nee Bessie Masaie, of Lamar, irletted her friends this week. At ihe same time sin- bad hsndsome hand stones placed at ths graves of her father, mother and sister, burled in st Lukes cemetery. How com? mendable to cherish the memory of her departed loved ones (.11 IMHIIOI'I'KKN <)N HOP. Potassa or foots Reported Jumping In Neu Mexico. Amariiio, Texas, May II Travel? ing sort heaat ward) a column of graaahoppera Ava miles wide ami 18 miles Itng is reported In northeaetern New Meal o loday, Reports that the millions of grasshoppers seem to spread SS they travel and ahn Ihe sppearance ol smnller bodes of gi isahoppers In sections ol ihe wesi Texas have reused fear ol u generul grasshopper pest m the southeast, especiall) in Texas, western oklu* home and New Mexico Government, Hinte und railroad i?x? petts have combined forces In New Mexe., to Hght |he Krusshoppers by ? isjio; p usoo. S. G. W. ROAD EXTENSION. WILL JOIS WITH \. AM) s. C. ROA1) AT P08TON. People <?t* Florence County Aboul t?? Realise a Longfell Went?Propo? rtion Made by President Bonsai lecepted by Cltlsens, Florence, May 25.?The extension of the South Carolina Western road from Florence to Poston, where it will join with the North A South Caro? lina road from Hamlet through Mill llni to Andrews, is practically assured. Some time ago tho proposition waif approved by the bond-holders of the road and ordered by the directors as soon as the rights of way had been , -a t-nniMl The people through Flor? ence < OUnty have wanted a road buih from Florence to the junction of Pee Dee and Lynches river for many yeara It has been the dream Of two generations. Several enterprises with this in view have fallen and now it looks as if it is to be accomplished. Everybody was not willing, how? ever, tO give the right Of way through i ? , j their lands and. as usual, some wanted fancy prices. The parties who were interested in the matter have been hammering at the proposition for a long time, and finally a meeting was held at PamplicOi the new town at the present terminus of the Dargan Lum? ber company road, half way down to Poston, yesterday, and Mr. Honsal, the president <?f the South Carolina Western, was there. About 7fi of the repr?sentative citisens of the com? munity were pre sent and they gave I Mr. Honsal a guarantee ot the rights of way. they to stand what expense of condemnation there might be. The matter was put so squarely up to those who were bidding out for a price that many of them gave the rights of way when they saw that it was their neighbors and not the rail? road company that would have the cost to pay. It Is very certain that the camps will be at once loc ated for the grader which has been working on the I*a mar ami TUniuonsvllle line to Herts ville, and that the force will be here soon to grade the read. There are surveyors now in thft Held from Andrews to Charleston for the extension that way. but nothing definite is settled yel about that end Of it. The people from Jefferson, the ter? minus of the Charlotte, Monroe & Columbia road, recently bought )>>? the South Carolina Western from Mcilee ' to Jefferson, have agreed to give ihe rights of way and a cash bonus for the extension of the load to Monroe, but that part of the work is through very broker, country and will be very heavy, and it has not been determined yel whether the proposition will be accepted or not. This, it is supposed, will make the short line from the coal Melds to Char? leston for the Seaboard. Mr. Bonsai went to Tlmmonsvllle from Florence yesterday to look into the interests ot bis road there. The road is complete Imt arrangements with the Atlantic Coast Line can not be made for a crossing. The depot I Is built and trains ready to run. but they can not get to the depot. The crossing of the extension'from Florence Will be overhead, above the transfer yards of the Atlantic Coast lane. It Will be a costly piece of work The extension will go in a di? rect line, no curves in it, from Flor? ence to Poston. The present road is a very straight line to HartSVllle, but turves considerably in the Chester Held hills before getting to Melhe. ? WOULD SEPARATE HACKS. senator E, I), smith Introduces Hill Requiring Pullmans lor White and Colored. Washington, May Senator smith of South Carolina today Intro? duced a "Jlmcrow" car law In the senate, which, If passed, will operate to keep negroes and whites from traveling m the same railway coaches beerafter, either ordinary day coaches or sleepers. It is pi o\ ided: ?'That within four months alter the passage ol this ae| each individual, firm, or corporation doing an Interstate trans? portation business and operating Pull? man or sleeping cars through one or mole states having laws requiring sep? arate coaches or compartments for the races, shall provide separate and distinct accommodations for the '-on veyance of white and negro passen geis in Hill 114 through said States. "Provided, That the cars or col i purtments for each race shall 1 e equal m ill respei is as to comf ?ri ami convenient e, "Thal ans Individual, llrm, or cor? poration d<>um mi Interstate trans? portation business ami operating Hull man or sleeping cars in violation ol t he pi o\ Islons of this act, sh;ill I" liable hi a penally ol $50t) for ouch and e\ e|> \ iolat ion t hereof." Murrlagc License Hcoord. \ marriage license has been Issuei to Frank Hrunson and Januetb Moot i, oi Sumter. WILL V<?1 K.W Ii VOLK ?OY? Editor Item. l Und the following clipping In my treasure box. it is yellow with age, and perhapa the hands that cut it from the paper have l<?nn ago been folded to rest. These lines simply draw back tin- curtair that hides the paat years In Sumter, and every other place where men paid a license to ?>pen their dens ot* Infamy and rob men. not only of their money, but mi reason, manhood and all that makes life worth living and of their Immortal souls also, and all clone simply for the money they could #et out of it. They have gone to their eternal re? ward and went to lace their final judge with the blood of some of the heal hearted men and hoys, who ever walked the streets of Sumter, drip? ping from their fingers. ? Men of Sumter county, hear me. You who are willing by your votes to put this open door to eternal ruin in our midst again. Stop and think and count the cost. You may make light of it now, but the day is com? ing when the righteous judge who hears the cry or" the widow and the orphan will demand that you ray the uttermost farthing. Are you willing to stand on a level with the bar keepers of yeara gone by? To do as they did while In this life? To destroy and blast many of these beautiful homes in Sumte!-, to wreck and ruin all that is good and noble In the youth of our land .* To wring the hearts of many of the lovely mothers of Sumter County, who With their fatherless children will be called to weep over the body of a drunken husband and father whose soul has gone to lace his maker, dripping with Sumter County liquor sold to him by your vote, and all be? cause you say this county needs the money? Then you can't hope to es? cape the curse, "His blood be on us and our children." It is said that over the gates of hell there is writ? ten in letters of lurid tiame, "They who enter here leave all hope be? hind," and the past years 1 have lived in Sumter and the sights 1 have seen, make me believe God's fore? finger has written these words across the path of every man who goes into the liquor traffic. For He says: "Be not deceived, God is no; mocked; for whatsoever a matt bo wet h, that shall he also reap. ' (By James A. Becker.) Where is your boy tonighl mother? Tossed on the stormy sea? Better be buried beneath its waves Than in the depths of infamy. Better to sleep where the mermaids dwell, Ere his heart was stained by sin, Than sink in the depths of an earth? ly hell, Whose glittering show entices him in. ' Mi, lighter far, is thy cup of woe, Though thy tears fall like the rain, That hers who waits till the morn? ing glow To list for a footstep, staggering slow And waits, alas, in vain. In vain! unanswered that night-long prayer, Which rose from a heart baptized in grief. In vain! and ye only stand and stare Nor lift a linger to give relief. Has Cod forgotten? Hath justice flown ? Is she left to battle with grief alone When age has silvered her hair with gray? Why did you rob her, monster say? And when will you give her back her own? Mark you the tears on that sunken face ? List to the accents! Hear her say Tis the same old story, a son's disgrace A mothers' love, and a demon s Bwa,y, over the hearts of a Beinah race, see Pound at last! you may take him home now; liveable object, 1 should say. Ami the demon Jeered with a mock? ing bow As they carried the living dead away. Bui the mother knelt o'er the pros? trate form, When they bore him back to his home to die; And she pressed him close to her bos,,in warm, And kissed him a last good-bye. And yet, the gates of u thousand hells Lie open before your boys tonight. And main a el*) of ungulsh tells How great Is the tempter's might. And Still the SoUlS <d' the people sleep; Nor list to the pleading cry Till a lallen loved one bids them Weep, And tiny reull'/e in their ungtlisli deep What "might have been" and sigh. Uo i/e into the street tonight; Would you save your boy from shame ? Then In the name of the God of ri^ht, Remove temptation from hie siKht ??r damn your child and take the blame. i>. Jamea Wlnn. AGREES TO TAKE $11,750. Moore Case, Against s. A. L., Com promJaed at Lexington* Lexington, May 24.?The case of Mrs. Mattie Moor*-, us administratrix ol tin- estate of her husband. Hal. C. i Moore, against the Seaboard Air Line Railway ami c.eorge l. Glenn, wh.eh was tried in the Court of Common Pleas for Lexington county at tin February term and a verdict rendet ed in. favor of the plaintiff for $25. 000, has been settled by compromise, the plaintiff agreeing to accqept the sum of |11,760. This is perhaps among the largest compromises ever effected in the courts of this county. The verdict of the jury was the larg est on record here, and the case has attracted unusual attention. In her petition Mrs. Moore sets out in part: "That your petitioner is ad? vised by her attorneys of record, af? ter due and deliberate consideration, that the exception made by the de? fendants upon the appeal to the Su? preme Court, as well as the grounds that the defendants Intend to urge for a new trial upon the ground of after discovered evidence, are well taken, and that it is very probable that the verdict and Judgment rendered as aforesaid, will be set aside and a new trial granted." Hal ('. Moore, the husband of the plaintiff, was a ear repairer of the Seaboard, and it was while reputing a car in the yards of the company at Cayce that he was run over and kill? ed. Suit was brought to recover dam ages, tin- amount asked for being $7.",,not?. PRANK CHARGED WITH MUR? DER, Indicted for the Killing of Pretty .Mary Pagan. Atlanta. Ca , May 24.-?The already Widespread interest in the murder of Mary Pagan, tin- pretty 11-year-old factory employee, whose body was found in the basement of the National Pencil Factory, April 21, was depeened today by several developments, Leo M. Frank, superintendent of the factory, today was indicted by the Pulton county grand jury of murder Ing the Phagan girl. Frank was held by the coroner's jury for Investiga? tion by the grand jury and has been , a prisoner in the tower since a few days after the tragedy was discover? ed. STRAINED RELATIONS CONTINUE. Greek Fleet is said to Have Been Fired on by Bulgarian Batteries, London, May 27,.?The strained re? lations between the Balkan allies show little improvement. A Times dispatch from Athens stys that the Greek Heel while passing Kavala was tired upon by Bulgarian shore batterlea This new incident, following the se? vere fighting at Saloniki, has created [a painful impression at Athens, and the Creek government Is makiuK urgent representations to Bulgaria The danger ??f a war between the allies detracts attention for the mo? ment from the peace negotiations with Turkey. A Constantinople dispatch to The Times says that Italy ami Germany are disposed no longer to oppose the cession of practically all the Aegean Islands to Greete. STEP TOWARD PEACE Allies Will Not A*k tor Further Mod? ification. London. May 2~>.?The allies In? formed Oaman Nisiam Pasha at' a Joint meeting of the Balkan ami Otto? man peace delegates today that they ' had no intention of asking for fur? ther modification of the peace terms already put forward. This is re? garded as an Important step in the direction of peace. Rl'NNKRS DEFEAT CREEPERS. Creepers Sustain Second Defeat in Howling Tourney. Foi- the second time In the howling tourney the Creepers were defeated. Victory was wrested from them Mon? day night by tiie Runners, who stand second in the percentage column. The Creepers have won all but these two games In tin- tourney ami have onlv one more match to play. Tie- fust game went to the Runners by 19 pms. tin- second by 15 pins and the third bj 7i pins, making a total of I pins. A search of premises Monday at er? noon, w her,- goods stolen from Shad's Stables ami Krasnoff's store Sunoa) night, were supposed to have been hidden, was frlutless. The c.Is had either never been there oi bad i.n removed before the. oltlcers arrived. GREEKS \M> IHKiAKs FIGHT. Bloody Eitgugnsenl Between Force of Quondam Allies Ended by \r rlvnl of Constantim?Situation i>< - RCrlbed "Estreaset) Grave"? Mutin) tmong Bulgarian*. London, May 24.?Severe ligthing has been resumed between the Greek end Bulgarien troops in the vicinity of Saloniki. The infantry and artilhiy of both forces are hotly engaged near that < ity according to dispatches re? ceived from Athens. The dispatches refer to the sit? uation as having become "extremely grave." When the last message was sent. King Constantine of Greece, who had just arrived at Saloniki with the gen? eral staff of the Greek arni;., was en? deavoring to arrange a neutral Zone between the two armies. Losses Heavy. Saloniki, May 24.?Losses of the Qreek troops during the fighting against the Bulgarians are given to? day as one captain killed and ISS men killed or wounded. Hostilities have been suspended. a mutiny has broken out among the Bulgarian troops St Serres, the men demanding to be disbanded. When their commanding officer found that he was unable to quell the disturb? ance he committed sun ide. WANT SI NTI NCLs REVIEWED. Attorneys for Gosnpers ami Harrison Apply to Supreme Court. Washington, May 24.?Attorneys for Samuel (iompers, John Mitthell and Prank Morrison applied to the Su? preme Court today for a review of their sentences for violating a court injunction in the Bucks Stove and Range case The court is in recess. Twelve grounds were urged upon the court for a review. That upon Which most Stress was laid was that the punishment was barred by the statute of limitations. "To permit the punishment of men for alleged contempt years after the time of the act supposed to have been committed," contended Jackson H Halston, the attorney whose name was signed to the application, "Is to lay the foundations for future injus? tice. If the position taken by the majority of tho Court of Appeals is correct, the courts in this country possess the unrestrained right at any distance of time after the commission of a supposed offence against their dignity to pursue the offender." The application will be brought to the attention of the court Monday, when probably it will be taken under consideration until the next session. WILL HAVE UNSETTLED WEATH? ER. Hur.au Makes Such a forecast for Week's Opening. Washington, May 25.?Unsettled weather will open the coming week throughout the country east of the Mississippi river, according to the weather bureau's weekly bulletin, "There will be showers Monday and Tuesday in the great central valleys and the Lake region*' the bulletin said, "and on Tuesday or Wednesday in the Middle Atlantic States and New England. Over the South, the Southwest and the extreme central West, present in? dications favor fair weather gener? ally. "In the Northwest about the middle of the week local showers are proba? ble. "It will be warmer in the South, but there are no immediate prospects of unseasonably warm weather over any portion of the country. There will be frost Monday morning in the interior of New England ami eastern New York, ami low temepratures will con? tinue for a day or to over the north? ern ami eastern portions of the coun? try, followed by warmer conditions by the middle of the week." Hearing Wus Not Hail. Will He Held WednesdU) in Columbia in T. H. Caughman Case. The hearing bet?re Chief Justice Eugene i>. Gary for the granting of bond in the T. H. Caughman case was ma bad Monday, but will probably be held Wednesday, at which time all at? torneys will be present tor this pur? pose. Caughman was taken to Co? lumbia Mon.lay i?> Deputy Sheriff Bp person, but was brought back Monday night. He will be taken t<" Columbia again \\ ednenday. The ride Caughman had Monda) morning from Sumter to Columbia was the first ride he had ever taken on a train Caughman also saw his tirst skyscru|H*i Monda) during hts \ isit to Columbia, or at least it was the Hrs| time be knew what a sk\ Hcarpci was, h*s ideas on the subject being rathei <) previous to that time Caughman, it seems, had never ridden in an automobile until the day ,.i his arrest, when he was brought lo run m one. \ rain> spill was due i<> catch Ihe UUl < I op in the Held