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HI M i l It WATCIDIAX, Established April, 18&0. ijmfrtt mu) row. ?Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends )'hou AiuuW at he ? thy Country's, Thy God's and Troth a' THE TRUE KOI'I'll RON, Established June, 1IMM. Consolidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C , WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1913. _< ? ? _ ? Htm- ' Vol. XXXVI. No. 61. TIIK IlirivU IUI? sl liKR AM> UKIT. UOV. (.LYNN HOLDING ?.lvim Will Today Make 1 ?eins ml of r\>rtnrr KxecutHc for Governor'* I'tuunber?Tent of Strength MM* Albanv. N. Y.^ Aug. 14 ? LleUt. Gov. Glynn will make a formal demand upon Uov. Sutler tomorrow for pos? session of the executive chamber at the capltol and thus bring to m Issue the question as to who Is governor m the State of Now York. This was an? nounced tonight by friends of the lieutenant governor. Qov. Sulser, it is said, will refuse to relinquish possession of the chamber and in anticipation of such a demand Is understood already to have pre pared a letter flatly declining to ac? cede to it. What further action will then be taken by Mr. Olynn was not indicated tonight, but the general expectation was that the rival claimants to the governor s chair would resort to the courts for a test case under an agreed statement of facts. Word came from Saratoga tonight that the secretary of State would re? fuse to recognise Mr. Sulser as gov? ernor unless Attorney General Car mody should render an opinion to the contrary. The question of who Is chief execu? tive still was unsettled when the lights Went out In the capltol tonight. Both the impeached governor and the lieu? tenant governor claimed to be direct? ing the machinery of government and both spent a busy day In their respec? tive offices with counsel and friends formulating plans to maintain their authority. Meanwhile, the governor's wife, who is expected to be* the star witness at hi* trial, lies in a critical condition in the executive mansion.' Her ner? vous; collapse yesterday, which was accompanied by hlysterla. grew mo se? rious this morning that the governor sent to New York for'twor more spe cialists. Mrs. Sulser had a high tem KHQIfiiro and rapid pulse during most Of the dav but her condition was re pttrYeu BJ somewhat improved tonight. The whole machinery of State gov? ernment was demoralised today as a reeult of the untgue contest between the rival ' lalmnnts for the executive ^hVe and already the double exercise dsV authority has precipitated com? plications with two other States?New Jersey and West Virginia. The tmpeactocd governor signed requisition papers today for the gov? ernors of each of these State? for extradition of prisoners in the Htate ?erf New York. The prospects tonight were that the Contest between the rival claimants to the governor's ( hair might he de? rided In the courts by the presentation bf an agreed statement of facts arriv? ed at after consultation between their respective counsel. Such a consulta? tion has not yet taken place but 1>. Cady llerrbk, chief counsel for Sul? ser. indicated that such procedure was Itkrly to be followed. With the situation thus complicated various departments of the State gov? ernment mark*d time today and with one exception made no open an? nouncement iff their attitude toward either claimant. Lieut. Col. Kdwurd B Howard ef the staff of Adjt. Gen. Hamilton, called on the lieutenant governor today and formally recog? nised the authority of Mr. Olynn by asking if there were any orders he cared to transmit to the adjutant gen tfgjf who was about to leave town. Mr. Olynn had none. ALLAN IHvVS DF.AI?. f'asssteii Men SuccuiiiIm While Vis? iting Daughter in Atlanta. Atlanta. Os.j Aug. 13.?Allan iVas. ? I, of Camden, S C, dropped dead her. at h i lock tonight He and bin wife were visiting their daughter. Mrs I*. W. Watson. Appoplexy \n.is said to ha\?i hevn the cause of death. The body will be taken to Canitlen to ge "row. Mr 1?cuh whs ? member v*f Kennedy's brigade in the Confederate army and ggfgag throughout ihe W.-?r Between ihe leetlesm His uncle Is John M ' '? ? n !??y und bis hrother. J |l l*?**. Ih u membei of the board of director* of ib?> go tit h Carolina pen* Hennar? AiMtriu not only sells Umber but timber products from Um fofeet hinds and disposes of ah.,ut i ,mi . mil way lies a year. There Is no pro vision in the I'nltsd Siatei by wbc h tb" national fieesls chii dt?p*w?e ot manufactured lumber. though the policy of sellftiK HtandiliK timber Is well established. | MRS. GEORGE s. XANCE SLAIN IX HAMLET. I'aper Indicates Probability of Her Being a Resident of South Carolina CUy. Harn let. X. C, Au*;. 15.?Guests of ? hotel here rushed into a room from which they saw smoke issuing, today and found stretched on the floor the dead body of a woman who had given the name of Mrs. QeorgS S. Nance of Macon. Oa. Her skull was fractured In several places, her clothing had burned off, and besides the body lay an empty beer bottle. Her husband, who came to the hotel with her this morning, was arrested in a room three doors from that of the woman, and told the police of a sensational story of killing hifl wife after they nad en? gaged In a struggle. According to the report given by the police, Nance said that his wdfe bad told him she knew she wan crazy, and that ho was also insane "and would stop at nothing." They strug? gled, and he seised the beer bottle i and fractured her skull, then he pour? ed kerosene over her clothing and the furniture and set file to the room. After a coroner's Jury had returned a verdict that Mrs. Nance had been killed by her husband, George S. Nam e, he was hurried to jail at Rook inghum, where he was charged with murder and arson. In Mrs. Xance'H handbag was* a re? ceipted bill from S. H. George .& Co, Greenville, S. C, addressed to Mrs. George S. Xance, 312 I^aurens street, Greenville. Her shoes bear the mark of a Know die. Tenn., firm. Xance appears to be about 4 0 years old. He had more than $500 in his pocket, together with a government bond for $1,000 and a deposit slip showing $1,000 deposited in a Mrtcon, Oa.. bank.. < (? ? fEfforts, to find relatives of Nance or of his. wife had not .succeeded late t ? night... The woman's body was placed in charge of an undertaker to be held subject to instructions. a C. W. ROAR FOR TIM M?NS. VILLE. . Atlantic <ou?d Lino Tracks are Cross? ed and Schedule Will begin Wed? nesday. - 1 Tlmmonsvllle, Aug. 15.?Much to the delight of the citizens of the Own the South Curolina Western railway crossed the Atlantic Coast Line tracK here today and a regular passenger schedule will go into effect Wednes. day. It will be remembered that there has. been considerable trouble about this crosHing on account of the Atlantic Coast Line not allowing ihe South Carolina Western to cross at the point il had planned but whe.i the railroad commission Rave the ;*oulh Carolina WeHtern permiMslon to ?foai nearer up in town between the t?vo Atlantic Coast Line depots then the Atlantic Coast Line readily agreed to let it croHM at the point first picked out by the South Carolina Western FLLORFF. CHl'ItCH DESTROYED, Trinity Lutheran Is Struck by Lightning; and Soon Reduced to Ashes. Klloree, Aug. 14.?Lightning struck the Trinity Lutheran church here yes terday afternoon about 4 o'clock and the building ? as reduced to ashes in a short while. The building Was ignited during a heavy downpour of rain and the flames had gained con? siderable headway before discovert d, and Wel?" beyond COfJtrol before the tire department reached the scene. The building was the llrst of the three churches ere* ted here, and being made of tin- best timber it was in good repair.' The property was valued at about $ 1.794 aiol there w;im no in? surance on it. it is very llkoly that steps wil h* taken at once to ereel a brick edltii on the sight of the burned building. FAN AM A IN LINE. Fourth Nutloii to Aovepf Secretary Bryan** Pence Plan? Washington. Aug l t. Panama i^ the fourth nation to accept in detail Secretary tlryan'i international pence plan it was announced j11 ihe state department today that ihe documents necesaarj for Ihf preparation of a treaty were now on Ihe way to Wall* notion from Panama. Uantasnnl* and Costa Klon have agr?-ed to enter Into trentie* under tin ginn Sim Ii .i < oii\entton with Ssl vador Is awaiting mtllleation by the United states sennte. MAK1 S DASH FOR CONNECTICUT LINE IX M</AUTOMOBILE. Stole From Gute as Attendant Open* Poof for Milkman to Knter and Sprints by to Waiting Automobile. Matteaw.in, X. Y., Aug. 17.?Harry K. Thaw, the slayer of Stanford White, escaped from the hospita? for the criminal insane heVe at 7.4b! o'clock this morning. A dart far liberty through an open gate, a leap into the open door of a powerful automhile that stood qtfivorlng out? side and a flight like a rocket for the Connecticut State line, 30 miles, ac? complished his escape. Tonight he was still at large and j the hospital authorities felt certntn he I was outside the State. Once beyond j its boundaries Thaw is free. Only moaths, perhaps years, of litigation can bring him back to Mattenv an and I then only in one event?that he be , adjudged insane in the State to which j he has fled. Five confederates manned the car in which Thaw escaped and a big black limousine which trailed it past * - the asylum gate. The police have the descriptions of Thaw's confed? erates and the names under which they registered at a local hotel Friday .tight, and are seeking them. The hospital authorities believed that Thaw had fled to the shore of I.mik', Island sound and boarded s yacht waiting with steam uP to rush to "Europe. A reward of $500 for Thaw s ap prehension has been offered by Dr. It. F. C. Kieb, 'superintendent ot the asylurh. Howard H. Parnum, the at? tendant at the gate past whom Thnw flashed in his break for freedom, it= under arrest, and other arrests are i ??? tt_i\ expected to follow in the rigid investi? gation begun by Dr. Kieb. S ? ? ?*1 ? .. ? ' ? ? 2 - re* m I k, . - .. WIFE (H FEARFUL OF HUSBAND. Frightened Woman Declare* That Fu? gitive Huh Made Threat* Against Her Life. * New York, Aug. 17,.?tTntnroimed? I police" s*tood guard ti night at every entrance to the hotel where Rvelyri Nesblt Thaw is staying. Always fear ful of 'her husbnnd, she showed her terror to a marked degree on learning that he was at large. Her moiher, Mrs. Charles J? liolman, was frightened even more than she, and urged Mrs. Thaw to go into seculsion until Thaw Is found/ 1 "Harry has threatened to kill me," , Mrs. Thaw said, "and I believe my presence in New York prompted him ! to escape. Four years ago he told me, 1 suppose I'll have to kill you next." Many men will have cause for fear now that he is free. He con? siders Dr. Austin Flint his worst j enemy and undoubtedly will try tu muke trouble for him. "The State of New York has a great deal to answer for in this case. What Harry Thaw has been allowed to do at Matteawan is an outrage to think of?bribery connived at and keepers bullied'by all the power of his money. And now In* is allowed to escape. I .suppose $20,1)00 or $30,000 looks , pretty good to son<e people. SULZER AXD GLYNN INACTIVE. Meeting of Trustees of Co Idle Buildings Is Scheduled?Will Result In Test. Albany, N. Y.. Aug. 17.?Both Gov. Sulzer and Lieut. Oov. Martin H. Glynn, who claims to be acting gOV ?ernor, spent a quiet Sabbath. Mr. Sulzer did not go to church as usual, but spent most of the day at the bed? side of ids stricken wife and was much encouraged at the favorable re? port of her nurses, A few friends and advisers culled during the day and he enjoyed a short automobile Mr. Sulzer was informed of the escape of Harry K. Thaw from the Mallewnn State Hospital for the Criminal Insane but did not discuss the matter. Sir. Qlynej'e day was spent quietly at Cddar hill, his summer home. He expressed Interest in the news of Thaw's escape and Inquired eagerly for details, hut offered ho comment. He. however sent telegrams to supt Kieb of Mattew&n and to supt Rlley of the state prison department re? questing detailed information of the escape, Miss Ceclle McKagen entertained on Tuesday evening al her home on Culhoun street, a number of young friends l'< inn present and finding the occasion a very pleasant one. Conver nation wns the chlvl feature of ttie evening, a delic.htfu ice course being served after this bad lasted foi some time. MISS INA SINGLETON ?AS THRIL? LING EXPERIENCE ON POTOMAC. Party of Four in Small Host Driven out in Ray by the Fury of Storm, Come Near to Reuth Hefore They Are Rescued by VCSSOL Annapolis, Md., Aug-. 11.?Caught in the severe wind and rain storm that passed over Annapolis between 5 and ! t> o'clock yesterday afternoon and fearful lest any minute their little, powerboat would turn turtle, Miss ' Nancy Dashiell, daughter of Mrs. Rob- j ert B. Dashiell, and a party of friends , had a thrilling experience in the! I Chespeake Hay. They were rescued by a schooner bound for Baltimore and later brought to Annapolis in a steam launch uis I patched from the Naval Academy. 'They had been buffeted about in the \ choppy seas and blown four miles out i in the bay and were watersoaked and i thoroughly frightened. In the boat, besides Miss Dashiell, were Miss Ina Singleton; Charles I Steele, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nevett Steele, of Murray Hill, Annapolis, and i another young man. The boat was the "Nancy IV a 25-foot gasoline launch owned by Mrs. Dashiell. Seeking relief from the intens? heat, the party left Ahnapolia In the early afternoon for a run on the river ; and bay. Despite the fact that the storm, which broke shortly after 5 o'clock, had been foyning over in the I west for two or three hours, they ven. , tured out in the vicinity of the light bouse. It was there that the heavy gale of wind and the drenching rain caught them. The storm, traveling with re? markable velocity, overtook, them be? fore they could bring the launch Into the ?afe harbor of Brack Cree.Ki on the other side of Eastport. And for more than an bohr thiy drifted about help? lessly in the bay.' ? ( Realising the predicament of the young people,'pertons living, at' East Port telephoned to tne Naval Academy ?u^htwmes to send a .boat to their 1 rescue. No time was lost In getting^a launch away from the acudemy, and, While*It was comparatively early in the after? noon, ;the heavy black clouds threw 1 everything Into almost tola! darkness for a time. The blinding ran fur Dished an added difficulty to, the res? cue party, a Tossed* about in the heavy; sens, the little gnaoline boat drifted toward the lighthouse, and that it was not swamped was remarkable. Spying the helpless party, the keeper of the light threw a rope to them, but the occu? pants of the craft failed to catch it. Finally young Steele, grasping an almost hopeless situation, took the bowline of the launch and managed to swim with it to the light tower, believing that he would be aide to muke the boat fast. He reached the light, but was pow? erless to hold the drifting boat again ?t the big waves. So on the boat drifted. The keeper of the light hauled young Steele to safety, and It was I with difficulty, it is said, that Steele was restrained from launching the I small boat at the light and going after his companions. Meantime the light keeper tolled his bell as u warning signal and shortly afterward the launch from the Naval Academy came along and the occu? pants were told the direction in Which the disabled gasoline craft was drift* ing. Full power was put on by the steam launch to continue the search. Finally about four miles out in the bay, as the storm began to lift the craft was sighted. All hands wer? safe. in the nick of time u schooner, the name of which was not ascertained, had come to anchor to ride out the storm, got a rope to the launch, and In that manner drew the power boat and Its occupants alongside. The academy launch brought the young people to thei: homes in this ccty, The above is from a Baltimore pa? per. The Miss Singleton alluded to Is Miss Ina Singleton of Washington. D. C, who \isited Miss Susie Dick In the early part of this summer, and win* has a great many friends in and around Sumter, all of whom feel grateful to Know thai she and her friends were saved and thai none were injured. Miss Dashiell is also a friend of Miss Susie Rick, who <>n a visit t<? her sometime ago. enjoyed delightful outings in the boat mentioned, the "Nancy IV The Kitst Bapttsl Church will be dosed from now nntd the middle ol September. PETER WILLIAMS, COLORED, SHOT TO DEATH I1Y J. H. BEALE AT RFMHFRT. - I Shooting Took Place Saturday Night aiut Negro Died Sunday Morning? 1lc|m>rtcil Tliat Negro Resisted Ar? rest and Attacked Officer When I>atter Arrested Hini?Coroaer's Inqaest Held. Rural Policeman Julian H, Seale of this city shot and killed a negro, Peter Williams, at Rembert Satur? day night, when the negro is said to have attacked him, after being arrest? ed. The inquest was held Sunday afternoon and returned the verdict that the deceased came to his death i by gunshot wounds at the hands of Rural Policeman Julian H. Scale, who was acting in the discharge of his duty in self defense. The shooting seems to have oc? curred after the negro had made threats against the policeman. Wil ; Hams is said to be a peaceable neg except when under the Indue V of whiskey, which he is to have been drinking Saturd/ *t seems that Williams was acting i a i disorderly manner and was told by Policeman Seal to leave the placv. \ Two negro women were endeaviring J to persuade him to go home With j them and had taken him some dis? tance down the road when he again became disorderly, and .'.is said to I have made threats tfj the effect that he had served ten clears in jail lor killing one man and that he would ; do it again! Upon hearing this Mi. Seal went up to Williams and put him under arrest. Williams refused ! to go with him and is said to have Attempted to strike the officer, where upon Mr. Seal drew his pistol and tlr , ed two shots, one taking ei*eet in the leg and the other*'penetraVn? ?**c i arm , and . passing through * both lungs. ; - Williams was takt?n te a'neighbor j ing house and was attended h: two doctors. He lived until ,?anday morn. I ing. Sheriff Bradford and Deputy Sheriff Kpperson went to the inquest Wim h was held Tby. Magistrate Gill is, the verdict being as stated above. , While the fight was going on be I tween Policeman Seal and Williams, ! ore of the negro women tried to as I < slst the negro, but was- held off by Mr. Philip Gaillard, who was with Mr. Seal and who is said to be the ? only white witness of the shooting. CAR S1'PFF,RS MISHAP. Train Strikes Automobile Driven by J. F. Patterson and Family of Ttm inoiisvllle. Tituiiu?n?\iu?.. Ask. V6.?Mr and Mrs. J. B. Patterson ajratwPchildren, who have been visiting- Relatives in j Greensboro, N. C, when returning to j their home here yesterday in an au? tomobile had a narrow escape when the automobile in widch they were riding was struck by a passenger train. They were hearing Pleasant Garden, where there la a deep rail? road cut and Mr, Paitorson did not hear the approaching train nor see it until he was in a few feet of the crossing, when the train came into view, a short distance away, Mr. Pat i terson wheeled to the right to keep ffohi crossing the track but the front of the engine struck the left front corner of the car, demolishing the left wheel, tearing away the fender and otherwise damaging it. Instead of the machine turning - over it was brushed aside hy the fast speeding train and the occupants escaped in? jury. Mrs. Patterson und the chil? dren were taken abord the train and taken t?> Greensboro, while Mr. Pat? terson remained until help arrived to take the demolished automohile to a garage. NEW COTTON ON MARKFT. Bale Is Sold at Lutta hy T. M. Moody. T.atta. Aug. lf>.?The first bale of new cotton was aold here August 13 by T. M. Moody of the spring Branch section. Mr. Moody frequently mar? kets the first bale In the Pee Dee section. The Hanker of I.atta paid 15 cents a pound for the hale. ' MARION S FIRST BALK. S. Mellon Lane Brings Cotton to Mar? ket. Marion, Aug. 18 The first bale of new cotton was marketed here > es lerday hy s Melton Lane <?f thil county The cotton was handled by L. M Gasqtie and was immediately shipped to l\ \\ . Wagner a. Co , ?d Charleston Thjs is the tirst bale f,,r this counts NO RELIEF COMES AFTER ELEVEN DAYS. Dry in Kansas City and Distress it Reported Among People and Ll*e stock in Tan em stau s. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 14.?Kansas. Missouri and Oklahoma today swel? tered under the 11th day of a heat wave that has paralyzed late crops, brought water famine and l?een re? sponsible for extreme suffering among the people and the live stock of tno three States. Local showers in Kansas today fail? ed to affect the general temperature which again reached an average max? imum of t than 100 degrees. In many p' ? 4he mrecury climbed to 108 an ? stations reported temper? ature jar er than 100. s| V stained heat the present hot si as broken all Kansas records ^ nis summer has been the driest ne history of the State. Since the ought began early in May, when the .hermometer rose to 100 degrees hot waves have followed with such brief cool periods intervening that the ex? ceptional heat has been almost con? tinuous. Later crops virtually lia\e been destroyed in parts of the State Some farmers are cutting their corn ! in the hopes of utilizing it for fodder, I but in some instances the blades are so dry that it will not even make *ood fodder. Notwithstanding the warning of Kansas State officials that the farm? ers should not rush their cattle to marl et, 12,000 cattle were brought to the local market today. Stockmen on the western ranges of Kansas lind it almost impossible to obtain feed and water for their stock. Creeks, wells and cisterns are dry and the Kansas river and other larger streams are lower than they have been in >20 ryeafrs.1 \ V ? Pastures are burned so dry that the greatest precautions are 'necessary *a? avert, prairie fires.* ?" ?? ' This, city has been without rain since July 25. Shortage of water has rWtenV the big lea n-tanuf i 1iiiiejsW plants'to reduce their' output. This curtailment "at a time when the de? mand is unusual has caused consider? able suffering. Thousands of men, women ana children slept in the parks, in yards and on the sidewalks of this city to? night. Probably 2,000 persons slept in Swamp park. Further reports of distress in Mis souri, Kansas and Oklahoma come. Rainfall in the last 24 hours has been negligible and prospects for more in the next 24 hours are of the poorest. Wells from which the wgter supply of Lawrence, Kansas, a city or 15,000 inhabitants was- obtained were dry today and water from the Kansas river, now very low*, was forced into the mains. The cisterns of Lawrence are dry. In the corn growing dis? tricts about Wichita many Melds have been so scorched by the sun that the blinding sands have blown the blades from the corn stalks and corn scarcely produces even fodder. The last heavy rain in the Wichita section was April Y. In the district about Hutchison, Kansas, although there has been no good rain for weeks and the heat has been intense, crops and live stock have suffered little because v*f the sani strata underflow of water. Many or? chards, market gardens and alfalfa fields in the district are being irri? gated from this underflow. St. Joseph, Mo., reported today two deaths from heat prostration in the last 24 hours. In the corn-raising district about St. Jo-eph, farmers have abandoned hope of saving the grain and are cutting the stalks for fodder. PRINCESS PATRICIA WINS. Camdcn's Prize Show Horse Is First at Ashc\ille~>-Mr. Little Hklcs. Asheville, N. C. Aug. 14.?Princess Patricia, owned by Oeo. T. Little of Canvden, S. C , won the blue in lh<s ??tutest for model horses shown in hand at the AeheVllte horse show, which opened here today. In the gen? tleman's saddle clasa Mr Little on Willmore succeeded In winning the red. A number ?>t South Carolina hoteoe are entered hi the show. How to Shake HaiuK Few people seem to know how t?> shake hands. We defeat the flabby fishy shake or touch. We like the Strong and earnest hand-shake. It rarrtep with it charactera purpose and good will. Try to shake hands ??ui slhly, b) all means.?Clinton Chron U?la- illlltmilll? an >? Inane