Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?? Ik Ml a lib man an) Soulbron. PfjMlahrd WfduwnU j and Naturdaj. ?BT? QSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY ?UktTBR, & C. tl.lt per annum?In advance. Ad?ertlaetnenta. One Square first Insertion.$1.00 Wsrr euseeauent insert ion.10 Centra eta for three months, or >r will be made at reduced rates. All communications which sub re private interests v 111 be charged tsar as advertIsemcnts. Obituaries and trlbutee of respect will be charged for. The Sumter Watchman was found afl la lilt and the True Southron In ItOO. TTie Watchman and Southron has the combined circulation and laenoe cf both of the old papers. Is manifestly the beet advertising medium in Sumter. tSSassajsssassss^ Bat for Qov. Sulser's feud with Tammy Hell the Democrats would never have realised their great good luck In disregarding Mr. Sulser's pres? idential aspirations. see John Hull Is having his trouble with the t'ankhuisl militant suffragettes and I'ncle Sam is pestered by Mexico and the Huerta assassins. It Is dim cult to decide which is the greater plague and which the greater men? ace to good government and the safety of society see The Conference for the Common Oood was In fact, a great revival of foe' cltlsenshlp. The revivalists were all good cltlsens, without selfish ends to subserve and seeking nothing for themselves alone. see The farmers of several South Caro? lina counties are evincing a com? mendable Interest In the efforts of the Department of Agriculture to eradi? cate the cattle tick and hundreds of them are actively co-operating with the government agents in this good work. The tick eradicating campaign Is soon to be started in Sumter coun? ty, the work having already teen in? augurated In Kershaw. Lee, Darling? ton and Florence counties, our next neighbors, snd within two or three years Sumter county should be freed from ticks and the greatest obstacle to successful and profitable cattle rais? ing removed for all time. When the work t,< |las n earnest the city of Isataf, par' ularly those cltlsens whe are owners of extensive real es? tate holding' should extend hearty and substant il support, for the up? building of live stock Industry will In of more value to this section tban any other one thing that could be men? tioned The foundation of agricul? tural development and prosperity Is live stock, for It brings greater yields of all crops. Increasing from year to year as the lands are enriched and become more fertile and emancipates the farmers from the dependence up? on the manufacturers of fertilisers. This county can never be truly pros? perous until It quits paying out an? nually one-half or more of the pro? ceeds of the crops for fertilisers. KNKA(.KI) rossK KILLS 17. Fat to Death by Americans for Offering Indignities to Daughter of r Mexico City, Aug. i.?Seventeen Mexicans have paid with their Uvea for maltreating the daughter of Mat thew Gourd, an American farmer, near Tamplen, Monday. American farmers participated in the exaction of the penalty, according to Informa? tion regarded as reliable, received hsre today. The Americans Joined by Mexican landowners in the district of Ataseador. near Tamplco, organised N posse and rode into the hills In search of the hand of outlaws who tied flourd and robbed him and afterward?? offered Indignities to his two daugh? ters In sight of their helpless father. The 17 killed by the posse In?-lud? i those slain In the lighting and those put to death b> the villgantes after wards DYING WOMW CONFKSMUi l it \I'D. <iMHtBSM Womsn. Mk James K M<? fc?u<l. Worked Her gf1u.aH li Man) title* of the South. < 'hattanooKa. Tenn . Aug H.?A white woman d\m^ ir i local hospital \ confessed that she bad fre quentl\ obtained thousands of dollar4 In a score li southern t itles by pOSftnfl as the widow oi Hm lats Ooveraor Ahorn ?>f Miss?* ppl. The woman. v*.!o> hag boss detained here SSVet li davs on the oteafQt of wlu< h she coa? Sjaaas\ said that she was the ffldoSJ of the late James K McCtoad, of Charleston. S. C. \1 ,nt of her I sflfStloaa, Mr - \h flood said in h?v confession, had been made throiiah appeals to charity. Washington. Amt 1? -Switzerland has ?eeessMsJ In pri uipb- Secretary iir\?n? pears pswpesstli staking IM Z7th nation I at <u led NKW YORK (iOVKUXOH MAKES STATEMENT. Ho Declares That He Never Used Campaign Funds for Speculative Huri* we*. Albany. N. Y., Aug. 10.?After a long conference tonight with some of his close political advisers Oov. Sui? ter issued a ihiOfl statement denying ' absolutely that he ever used campaign funds for speculative purposes. He says he never heard of the atoek hrok erag. firms of Fuller & Gray and lb?yer ,v Griswold, alleged transactions with which llgured largely in the tes? timony before the Frawley legislative committee until these names were brought out before the committee. The governor admits he did apply certain campaign contributions to his I personal use, but says he made the j amount good. He also admits having transacted with the stock Arm of Har 1 ris & Fuller, but insists that his a count with this firm was not specula? tive. He denies he ever speculated in Wall street. The statement was given by Chester C. IMatt, the governor's secretary. Among those at the conference were Louis Marshall, John A. Hennessy, Louis A. Sarecky and Mr. IMatt. The statement follows: "In view of the fact that the Fraw? ley committee Is about to mike its re? port of the Investigation it has been making, I am advised that it would be unwise for me at this time to make any detailed statement In reply to the matters that had been brought to the attention of that committee but hav? ing promised that I would furnish the press a statement, In fulfillment of that promise I make the following brief reply to the matters that I am informed had been brought before such committee. "I deny that I used any campaign contributions for personal use. "I deny that I speculated In Wall street or used money contributed for < anspalaa purposes to buy stocks cith? er hi sny own name or otherwise. "I never had any account with Ful? ler & Gray or Boyer & Griswold. I never heard of these firms, I do not know the members, and know noth? ing about the transactions with these Arms testified to before the Frawley committee until recently threatened with exposure and the alleged trans? actions were brought to my attention by the Frawley committee. "The stock matter with Harris & ! Fuller was not a speculative account, or matter, but a loan mado upon stock as collateral, which stocks had been acquired and paid for years be? fore my nomination for the office of governor, and from other sources, than Harris & Fuller. "Certain checks given to me for campaign purposes were deposited to my personal account and thereafter I paid the amount of suld checks to my campaign committee. "In tiling my statement of receipts and disbursements with the secretary of state I relied upon information fur? nished me by the persons In immedi? ate charge of my campaign and in whom I had and have the most Im? plicit conlldence. and 1 believe the statement fu:nished by them to me to be accurate and true." LANCASTER HAS $75,000 FIRE. C. snd L Hallroud. C otton OH Co., and Hardware Co., Losers. Lancaster. Aug. 9.?I*ancastcr was visited this morning by one of the most disastrous fires in her history. TIN OhSCS building and the gigantiu SfOd hotiH? of the latneaster Cotton ? hi Company. the Lam aster and Chester Railway passenger and freight depot, with all contents, and a ware? house of the Lancaster Hardware company, tilled with furniture and hardware, were totally destroyed. The tire originated in the seed house of the Lanc aster Cotton <MI Company, and when the department arrived the building was ablaze from end to end. Th?- heat was so int? use that the lire neon could not approach c lose enough to do effective work. The loss Ii approximately $7."..Dot). The La neuster nnd Cheater Railway srera the benvleal loeera, na the de? pot was tilled with inbound and out? bound freight uccumuluted since the disastrous Wreck last wee k. The com I pany'i loss was 130,000, fully cover? ed by Ineuranee. The Hardware com* pain's Iosh is 18,000, full) covered. NO Till Til To REPORT. In view of the hici thai ? report was circulated about tin- City Monday momim, to the effect that Magistrate H. i. B, Welts had announced his in t? ntion t?> resign, he was ,i*k? i| run ? rntng the report Monda) aft< r - noeej and lenouiH ed the reporl ni wKtuMt any loundntlon in 'a'? * l hs\e riot resigned nnd I have no Intention of handing In m\ reslgs I to at any time, nor huve I made an) announcement lo Ihnl effect," said Judge Welle when asked if he had resigned, or if he had announced his intention of doing so. WILSON'S MEXICAN POLICY. PRESIDENT TELLS SENATE FOH E1UX RELATIONS COMMIT* TBE or LI MVS MIS? SION. Inltod States Wants Peace in Mexico ?Asks Huerta to Allow Election ami Fulfill Promises Made at Be* ginning <>f His Regime?Will Not necognlac Huerta Administration. Washington, August 9.?President Wilson took into his confidence to? night the entire senate foreign rela? tions committee, Republican! as well as Democrats, and outlined frankly the policy he believes the United States ought to pursue toward Mexi? co. While John Lind, personal represen? tative of the president paused over night at Vera Cruz, exchanging mes? sages by wireless with officials at Washington, the president discussed a ?th the senate committee for the first j time during his administration a matter of foreign policy. Though the president has been con? stantly In touch with Chairman Ba? con, veiled charges of partisan poli? tics and lack of information anionK the Republicans caused him to meet the entire committee, regardless of party, to canvass the situation, ad? mittedly the gravest that has come up during his administration. The president gave the committee all the information he has gathered on the Mexican situation; referred briefly to the incidents upon which he had formed his Judgment or what ought to he done by the United States, and ex? plained the general purpose of Kn voy Lind's mission. Secretary Bryan also was present at the conference, ! the announced purpose of which was < to bring the executive and legisla? tive departments of the government into close accord. From those who know the propos? als Llnd will communicate to the Huerta government through Nelson , O'Shaughnessev, charge d* affaires of the embassy at Mexico City, it was learned tonight that the United States merely calls upon Provisional Presi? dent Huerta to carry out the prom? ises he was officially reported to have made when he took possession of the government after the death of Mad ero. The American government then : l was informed that Huerta intended ( to call an election not later than July and did not intend to be a candidate. The proposal! which the United States will submit to the Huerta gov? ernment, duplicates of which will be transmitted to the foreign powers as an evidence of efforts to compose the situation In Mexico, will, it is under? stood, point out that the only interest the United States has in Latin-Ameri? ca Is that constitutional government may he maintained; that it must of necessity prefer those who set up gov? ernments by orderly processes rather than by arbitrary force, and, in effect, saya to Provisional President Huerta that It believes it his duty to obtain a suspension of hostilities while a free and constitutional election is held. The constitutionalist! declare they will not consent to an election where Huerta is in power, maintaining that they would have no guarantees that It WOUld be conducted fairly. They contend that only by the abdication of Huerta, in favor of a Provisional President, acceptable to them, would they consent to lay down their arms. These questions, It is believed, the American government leaves entirely to Provisional President Huerta, but its proposals are believed to point out the necessity for an early election to establish a constitutional govern i ment to which the United States could extend recognition. President Wilson took the senators into his confidence far enough to out I line the following: That John Lind, his special envoy tu Mexico City, does not bear any solu? tion of the present situation, but goes to continue this government*! effort to Induce Provisional President Huerta to redeem hi! promises for free and constitutional elections: That under no circumstances does the administration propose to recog? nise the Huerta government. That Mr. Lind hi'* gone to Mexico City to be the "eye! and ears" of the Washington administration on the ground, and to explain the attitude of this government when he has fully familiarised himself with the situa? tion. That by Withdrawing Ambassador Wilson and sending Mr Lind the pres? ident planned to have a man on the grounds who was In sympathy with the administration here and was in no sense a factor In the situation In Mexico City These policies and suggestions of the president and Secretary Bryan came out in general discussion, it was made clear thai the purpose <<f the conference was to establish more frank and intimate relations between the senate and the administration in the devcloptnct ol the Mexican pol? ley, and In the furtherance of peace ( ful settlement. Senator? who may have expected to he Informed of a definite plan or a Ties HIS is a subject that is most interesting to every South era Farmer. There are some things he may be able to get along without, but if he raises cotton he must have Bagging and Ties, and from present prospects a good deal will be needed to wrap the fleecy staple, as the outlook for the growing crop is very encouraging. We have bought quite freely, as is our custom, realizing from past experience that there is nothing to be gained by waiting, and it is our candied opinion that the Farmer who places his order now will save money by doing so. You may charge us with being too premature, and say you don't want to buy Bagging and Ties until you have a bet? ter idea what your crop is going to do, in that case you can place an order for a portion of your requirements and await results. We will accept your order now for shipment in August, so you will have your goods on hand when you need them, pay? able October 1st, subject to 7 per cent, per annum discount for anticipation. Our offerings consist of New 2 and 3 lb. Sugar Sack Bagging, and all grades of Jute. We handle only New A*row Ties. Place your orders early and save money. OTtonnell 6 Company. c LIND REACHES MEXICO CITY. PRESIDENTS' REPRESENTATIVE COMPLETE8 JO?RN EY. _ News of Messenger's Safe Arrival Conies After Several Hours of Sus? pense in Washington. Washington, Aug. 11.?John Lind, personal representative of President Wilson, to investigate the Mexican situation, arrived safely in Mexico City last night according to advices received at the stae department from Charge O'Shaughnnessy of the United States embassy, at an early hour this morning. Secretary Bryan remained at his desk until long after midnight to receive the news. News of the safe arrival of Mr. Lind with his wife and party in the Mexi? can capital followed several hours of suspense. The complete absence of any information of the progress of' the party from the time it left Vera. Cruz early yesterday morning added to the uneasiness which was height cd by vague rumors of attacks on Mr. Lind and his family and asso j elates. President Wilson had retired when I word of Mr. land's safe arrival was received, and he was not awakened. Secretary Bryan remained at his desk until 1.30 o'clock this morning, anxiously awaiting some report from ! the embassy at Mexico City. When it , finally came it proved to be merely a I terse announcement of the arrival of the special envoy, coupled With the I announcement that he and his party were safely quartered at the Hotel Lasen rain. Good Crops in Clarendon. Bishopville Leader and Vindicator. Rev, L. L. Legters returned Tues? day from New Harmony church In Clarendon county where he had been carrying on n protracted meeting. He said the meeting was a delightful one and while the membership is small he had good congregations and much in? terest was taken in the meeting. 11 ? ? was much phased with the people down there and that they had good crops, formal message Mr. land might he bearing to the Mexican government weir disappointed, The president lohl them that upon the arrival ol Mr Lind in Mexico City there Would he transmitted through tin- charge d' at faires at Mexico City, a^ well iih t-> the foreign governments generally, an explanation cd" Mr. Llnd'l mission. We Have sr; Bargains In Late Summer Goods at reduced prices making them especially at? tractive. It will be a pleasure to show the stock. Ladies' Outfitting Co., J. D. LEMMON, Mgr. Phone 240. MRS. L. ATKINSON, Milliner 4 Per Gent 11 Make Good I 5 Per I Cent LIFE HOLDS FOR YOU WHAT YOU 6IVE IT TO HOLD. There is always room at the top. Save your earnings, be energetic and prudent. Bank w ith the The Farmers' Bank & Trust Co. and be prepared to take advantage of business opportunities. 1905?$125,000.OU 1913?$750,000.00 Teeth and Diamonds The richness of Solomon in adornment would be lost if a smile showed a set of decayed and ill kept teeth. Sec Dr. Courtney and have him do what he can for your teeth. fl?t^ THE IMPROVEMENT WILL BE WONBERFUL Sumter Dental Parlors, DR. C. H. COURTNEY. PROP. OVER SHAW & McCOLLUM SUMTER. S. C. ttt.imiiimiin.i ??????