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MFXICAN MIT ATMS BO KS WOT WORRY WASHINGTON. Cot|vtnc*4l That There I* No Pno Mhilllv of A lift-American Demon stratum ?1 the Capital, i g I Washington. Sept. 15.?State de? partment ofncinU were restln* here tonight in the belief that tomorrow's celebration of the anniversary of Mexican Independence though it might be mark? (I by Interest lug devel? opments would not Jeopardize the safety of Americans in Mexico. They are confident that in the capital, whore the federal authorities are in full control, there is no possibility of ? n entl-Amerlciin demonstration that would Involve risk of personal injury, whlie In the outlying States the offi? cials are under the strictest injunc? tion from Gen. Huerta to extend full projection to A uerlcans. In the country dominated by the constitutionalist* the various local leaders are treitlng Americans cour? teously, and. on the whole, the only element of dancer is believed to lie with the Irresponsible Irigand hand* that are particularly active in the ?outhern section. Secretary Bryan said late today he was confident of the safety of the llttt? band of American refugees which has been slowly and painfully making its way from Torreon to Sal tlllo. However, he has sent the cus? tomary mstruc tons to American consular ofUcerf to Interest them? selves In behalf of the party and mes? sage* also have gone to the American consuls at Chtahuahua and Tepic in? quiring; as to the truth of the report that Morris P. Root, a nephew of Sen? ator Root, had been shot at the lat? ter place. in this connection Mr. Bryan is acting upon newspaper reports. The embankment of American refugees on the west coast of Mexico continues and the American consular officer at Los Mochis reported that six American adultu. eight children and ona Oerman were leaving the district for the I'nlted States on the cruiser Yorktcwn today. Seventy Americans are st Lo8 Mochis and there are 50 more In the district mostly north of Ban Bias. It Is expected that 15 will leave on the transport Buford. TIPTON STILL HKLB. ? Devetopmenfa Slow In Parr Shoals Case. Columbia, Sept 16.?Barring ru? mors concerning other parties under survefllance and conjectures as to what evidence led to the arrest of J. Benjamin Tlpton, there were no de? velopments In the Parr Shoals rob? bery caae yesterday. Other arrest* which had been expected did not take^ place. Tlpton has been removed to the county lall, and efforts yesterday to ?et a statement from him for pub? lication were fruitless, as the detec Ov# In charge of the case had given orders that no visitors were to be ad? mitted. From the railroad records It wa.< learned yesterday that Tlpton was in < harge of freight train No, S7, which left Columbia at 2 A. M . September 4. The "roost" or train register at the Jrloystcr yards shows that he reg? istered on the return trip with train No. 172 at the office there at 12.55 i m.. ?>n S' ptember 5, the day the ".t.btry occurred. It was also learned that Tlpton got a pass to Green? ill* over the Spartanbtirg di? vision about ine time he returned, at leaat l>efor?. the clerk went to lunch that day. The claim Is made that the paasj was never used. Train No. 1.1. on which the money was carried to Farr Shoals. Ipm vp ? Columbia at 1.20 p. m,. each day. ami on September 6 it was In charge of Conductor It. A. Booger. Mr. Boozer went out of Co? lombia early yesterday morning on passenger train No. y, to Ashevlllo, and will not return until 11.40 o'c lock I ' ight. Tlpton was arrested In Greenville Frtdav ??v detective J. W. Richardson of ih?? C dumbia police department and W. It. Adams of Atlanta, Hit operative of the Burns agency. He waa hn ught to C.dumHa Sunday night by Detective J. K. Kord of the Columbia polhe department. Will Live at IMnewoOs* Caroden 1 'hn.nl. k Mr. Wilbur Hollings was married to tttas Jessie R, OW*M Thursday morning. September II. hy the Roi H R. Brown The marriage took place at the kjsjsjM ..f tin aftdsj'l fa? ther. Mr. Helton Mvveti.i. sis links below Cam den. The happy SQSjpIs left Immediately after u,,. , irOHMMHy on the 10 o'clock SoiiIIk rn ti.no and will make Iheir home |g |>m, w<d. s. <'. whe-e the groom is > n. gaged In Initmi'^i v-ih his tuber. The c. s. consul nt Aberdeen W -tland. thinks that Amern aSJ Man? ufa?'tiirers may have a chance to compote In furnishing st.i\e* r??r llsh barrels. There, has been a re. tan rlSO In the pre e of spi o? e nod lir staves from Bwtdfp and s. otlund. HELP VOU NTEEHlll?. Mayor Jennings' Call for Assistance In Enforcing the Law Will Have Prompt Itcs-iamse. Editor Pally Item: I have read with Kreut pleasure the article hy Muyor Jennings in your Issue of 15th, and the only fault I Und Ih, that he should have taken this stand when he was elected mayor hy ? majority of those citizens, who are opposed to liquor drinking and liquor selling and who had a right ti ex? pect him to take this stand when ho accepted office at their hands. Every? body knows that the city of Sumter has always voted against liquor, and, knowing the people of this i ounty and city as I do. I don't hesltau to say, he can get all the help he nteds to put down this evil that has sprung up in our midst. Since the bar rooms were voted out of the ground floor and have now taken refuge in the upper rooms with locked doors and only those having the countersign can enter, I would say to Mayor Jen? nings: Go to the officers of these clubs and say to them that he nor any other good citizen has any objec? tion to their club rooms being used for social purposes, but respectfully ask them for the good name of our city and for the future usefulness and happiness of the young men who may Join these clubs to forbid any liquor of any kind being kept or drunk on these premises. The men of standing in these clubs owe it to themselves to purge them of this stench that is go? ing all over the State and county when the name of club is mentioned. How does It work? Mr. A and Mr. B have their liquor taken up to the club rooms in the skyscraper which I am Informed has been already done. Is It for their personal use? See how it works. Mr. A opens his locker, takes out his bottle and a glass, pours out hia liquor and with a smile on the other members of the club, drinks it down. They all look at him and say: "Well that fellow Ih a hog, to drink his liquor and offer none to his fel? low members." i)oes this ever hap? pen? No, it don't. One of the great? est faults with drinking men is that they want and will do all they can to get everybody else to drink. One of the greatest evils when the bar rooms were voted out was the habit of leading young men to drink by treat? ing each other. I am sure from many signs 1 see that the people of this county are in no mood to be trilled with. That they are not going to stand by and see men who can't ever go to a club without having a Jug of liquor tied to their coat tails, and use its contents to lead their boys astray under the pretense of a social club, when if reliable reports are true it is simply a bar room up stairs and hidden from the public eye. JLet the clubs open their doors and nhow to the people of Sumter county that it is a safe place for the young man Ab aaiom and not a place to lead him to ruin. To my mind It is a sorry sight to see men of standing going into a club room in the broad day light when the women and children are on streets, banks and stores all open, no sign of robbers or anything to make afraid and yet they must take out their key and going In lock the door behind them, und w? let them answer. In conclusion I tell Mayor Jen? nings if after using soft words, he fails to rid our city of this stench and wants men to back him to any extent, all he has to do Is to say so. Make his call and I will guar? antee the men are ready to answer. 1). James Winn. UUCHllY WHITE IS PRAISED. Judge (.age Presiding at Court Trying Spart a ii hit rg Nefro for Assault. Spartanburg, Sept. 15.?The special term of court called by Governor <'<.!?? L I Mease for the trial of Will Fair, the negro accused of assaulting a white woman near White Stone, Opened this morning. Judge George W. i Jage is presiding. The court room was filled to overflowing with ?leg eager to see the negro. Tiny were disappointed, l air was not pro? duced. Hi was taken to the State penitentiary for safe keeping after a mob, bent on lynching him, h'id blown down the outer wall of the Jail with dyamite and Sheriff VV. J. White refused today to .say if the negro had yet been brought ba< k. The alleged vietlm of the nemo was in court, how ex er. to testify before the grand jury. Judge Cage's charge was one ol the most einquellt and foreeful e\er delivered to a S| artanburg County .rand jury. He told them to do their Intjf in the negro's cuse, whether Uews an to the guilt or Innocence ol ' air i oin< ided with the views of the ? ublic or not. Judge Gage spoke of i be attempted lynching and praised Sheriff While for upholding the ina lesty of the law and refusing to sur emler to the ntob, Miss fcHolse Jenkins, ol Ht. Chsrles, Spent the day in the city on her re? im n home 11 "in Florence, where she i;i been for severs! days. MARSH AD is now ONE OF FUGITIVE custodian's. Man Who Itcvently Arrested Je? rome hi Canada rares Charge hi I'nlted States. Colabrook, N. 11., Sept. 16.?The judicial branch of the United States government assumed Joint guardian? ship of Harry K. Thaw tonight, By I virtue of a writ of hibeas corpus is succ at Concord Saturday, United States Marshal B. I*. Nute became one of the Matteawan fugitive's custodians and tomorrow morning Thaw will be taken to Littleton, N? H., and pro duced before Judge Edgar Aldrich In the, United States district court. The writ was obtained by Thaw's lawyers as a weapon against William Travel* Jerome in case Jerome should essay forcibly to get Thaw across the New York border. Before the federal court tomorrow they will seek to have the writ continued to safeguard their client, should Gov. Felker find against Thaw in the extradition hear? ing to be held at Concord probably on Wednesday. Jerome will oppose the continuance of the writ and insist on an imme? diate hearing even though there is a possibility that Thaw may be re? leased from custody. Jerome believes Thaw's counsel would make no attempt to get their client out of the State under the cir? cumstances and that Thaw would Immediately be arrested and brought before the governor as arranged. FOOT BALL AT HIGH SCHOOL. Phil Booth to Be Captain?Managers Seelctod and Coach Will Is? An? nounced Later. With the opening of the Sumter High School for boys Monday, the boys there have already begun active work towards the putting out of a strong foot ball team this year. There is plenty of good material at the rfchool, consisting of five of the stu? dents of last year and plenty of new students in the higher grades and the outlook is bright. At a meeting of the foot ball squad Monday Phil Booth, one of the star backs of the school for last season, was elected captain. A. E. Merrl mon, commandant of the high school battalion, was elected manager and E. C. Lord, physical director at the Y. M. C. A., assistant manager. Several men have been discussed as possible coaches, but ,it is not yet known who will conch the team. The boys will begin practice in a few days and hope to have some good games this season. COLLEGE PKESIDENT INDICTED. ltev. Elijah I la n ley. who Whipped HI Father, Charged with Assault. ~ Terra Haute, Ind., Sept. 15.?The Rev. Elijah M. 11 an ley, president of Franklin College, late Unlay was in dieted by the VigO County grand jury on a charge of assault and battery growing out of his attack on his fath? er, Calvin Hanley, last Thursday. President Hanley is said to be at Eranklln, Ind., and the Rev. C. M. Parker, v. member of the board of trustees of the Institute, told court of? ficials he would appear when wanted. The alleged assault on Calvin Han? ley took place at his home near Mid dletown, Ind., when it was charged that the minister attacked his father because of remarks made to his daughter-in-law and on account of treatment accorded Mrs. Calvin Han? ley, to which the son objected. The lather told neighbors that he had been beaten with a club and kicked by Or. Hanley. President Hanley in a statement is? sued at Indianapolis Sat irday declar? ed he had not beaten his father, but had ' switched and spanked* his par ?fit for 111 treatment of his mother and other member. ?f his family. In this statement he recited at length what he termed abuse of his mother by hi<? father ami asserted he should have taken a hand in the matter before. Before returning to Terre Haute Saturday highl the Rev. Mr, Hanley went to his father's farm, where ! reconciliation is said to have taken place, Then, it was said, the father hogged forgiveness for his ac? tions and the son, kneeling Before his parent, asked his blessings, and both pledged themselves to forget the in? cident and work together for the hap? piness of Mrs. Calvin Hanley. stolen Articles I ouiid. A saddle, bridle and parts of a set of harness were recovered Monday by Rural Policeman Bam Newman at the house of a negro, Robert Witherspoon, and are being held by him. until the OWner OlalmS same. The bridle was found I" be the p|opelt\ of Mr. Moses Moore Bnd the saddle and harness are still held by the otltc ers. The articles were sold t?? Withefspon by Will Unwell, a negro who was arrested several days ago on the charge of larceny ami put on the ( bain gang for thirty days. Wilson s PARTS j>l ;.\ i>i:ksh 11%( Whole Country Owes Ulm a Debt, so the Paper* Think, Pot Achieving Low Tariff. From the New York Evening Poet. For the clean-cut way in which the result has been accomplished) for the holding together of the forces in the face of many causes of dissen? sion?and this without any debilitat? ing compromise?the chief credit must be assigned to the President. That he was able to achieve this In spite of its entailing the protraction of the extra session throughout the trials of a Washington summer would of itself be signal evidence of rare powers of leadership; but the achieve? ment was made the more extraordin? ary by th? circumstances that, al? most from the Start, Mr. Wilson made it plain that he would not flinch from his purpose' of insisting to the utmost of his powers on the pasage at the extra session of a banking and currency bill in additioh to the Tariff bill. His complete success in the first undertaking cannot fall to in? crease greatly the strength of his position in regard to the second, and if he shall achieve both he will have made a record of constructive leader? ship rarely matched in the annals of parties. How great is his indebted? ness, and that of the nation, to the ability and. steadfastness of Mr. Underwood, the whole nation recogni? zes, and the tribute he pays also to the faithful and efficient work of Sen? ator Simmons Is likewise deserved. While the first place in distribution of credit belongs to the President, a large share la due to the whole par? ty as represented in Congress, and' especially to the leaders in the two houses. Wilson And The Democracy Vindi? cated. From the Springfield Republican. The passage of the Democratic Tariff measure in the Senate yester? day constituted a historic spectacle. The progress of this first great measure of legislation establishes the adequacy of President Wilson's lead? ership. That which was promised by the outcome of the Baltimore Con? vention has been so far accomplished, and to tin8 extent the hope of the people has been achieved and not denied. It has brought the Democratic par? ty to its first great milestone in the discharge of the responsibility which the people have committed to It. (I That will give hope and confidence to its members that the rest of the Wil? son program is possible of attain? ment, and so to be expected. Without threat or bluster, steadily and surely, the President has been working with and leading his party in Congress. The critics have been active, but the march has not faltered or wavered. Qualities of mastership fyhat were successful in New Jersey have not proven inadequate in the envolronpicjtt of Washington. Much more there! is to be done, but the prospects of achieving it are en? hanced by the spectacle which the country was afforded yesterday. The Pr?sident*! Victory. From the Philadelphia Bulletin. The Democratic support of the Tariff bill in the Senate yesterday, sol? id with the exception of the two :uig ar Senators from Louisiana, whose place were taken by Senators Poindex ter and La Folletie, was a notable victory lor President Wilson and an attestation of the power which he wields over his party In Congress. The schoolmaster has been main? taining strict discipline an'' holding his class to the stint he has set for them. However much of an ama? teur in polities he may be in point of experience, or seem to be in methods employed, lie has kept a united par* ty at Washlngton( despite much grumbling and no little disappoint? ment on the part of the otficcseekers, and from tuch signs us the Malm* bye-cleetion it is to be inferred thai the party at latge is us loyally stand ing behind him. The final passage Of the Tariff bill Will go a long way towards confirming his prestige, but there are still many difficult tests ahead of him before be submits to the general verdict of the nation In the mid-term Congressional elections, Wattcrson Calls It Workmanlike. Prom the Louisville <'ourier-Journal. Of course, ths new law will not make tenderloin steak sell at the price of brisket or reduce the price of a loaf to the former price of half a loaf. It will not make poor men rich or rich men poor. It will, in short, io?t work miracles. The best that may be hoped for, and the best that was planned, is the elimination, or material reduction, Of special pri? vilege for the favored few at the ex? pense of the productive Many. if the Democrats remain in power they will assuredly profit by experlnece and where the law seems subject to improvement it will be improved. The work has been done in a business? like manner, and the law will doubt? less prove In operation a workman DEI/TO AND HKNKY HOGf) SHOT TO DEATH IK AFFRAY. Jim Hogg, ii Cousin, who is Supi>oscd to lluve Dono Use Shooting, Also Wounded?ChMo of Trouble Un? known. Barnwcll, Sept. IS.?A shooting af? fray a? Kline tonight resulted in the death of l)elto and Henry Hogg, ??rothers, and the wounding of Jim Hogg, a cousin of the dead brothers. The two men are i-upposed to have been shot and killed by Jim Hogg and he is said tonight to be on his way to Harnwell to surrender to the sher? iff. Jim Hogg's injuries are serious but are not expected to prove fatal. He was shot In the back of the neck and head with a shotgun. No cause has been assigned for the affair but it is said that the brothers and cousin quarreled some time ago. The shooting occurred at the Kline depot a few steps from a store oper? ated by the Hoggs brothers. Shots were fired about 9 o'clock and shortly afterward Delto and Henry Hogg staggered through the door of their store and fell dead on the floor. No eye witnesses to the affair have been found. One man says he heard one of the men say that if another went to get his horse he would *hoot him. All three are said to have been armed with shotguns. Sheriff Morris was notified and hur? ried to Kline, 10 miles from the cDun ty seat. The coroner left later in the evening. The inquest will probably be held early tomorrow morning. The officers found no excitement on theh arrival at Kline. Delto Hogg was married and his wife 'vas prostrated by the news of his death and that of his brother. A physician hurried from Allendalo t.<i attend her. Henry and James Hogg were un? married. All three were young men probably between -5 and 30 years of age. The two brothers were farmers and operated a store at Kline. James Hogg is a farmer. Cotton picking time is here. It be? hooves every farmer to keep as close? ly up with his cotton picking as ht posalbly can. Cotton is too valuable a crop to allow to go to waste as is too often the case on many of out large cotton farms. It is foolish tc pay out good money to make a crop and then neglect to give it proper at? tention at housing time.?T. B. 1 ar ker, in The Progressive Farmer. like act of legislation. A Notable Achievement. From the Philadelphia Recorc. The passage of the Tariff bill through the Senate by a majority ol seven is a notable achievement. The party's majority In the Senate it small, and local interests arrayed several Democratic Senators in op? position during the consideration ol the bill. On the final vote, however, only the Louisiana Senators were in the opposition, and they were offset by one Republican and one Progres? sive, If we count the volatile Mr. La Follette as a Republican; he may be a Progressive and he may become a Democrat. There was one Demo? cratic vacancy and one Republican was absent unpaired. Now For Business. From the New York Telegram. Stock up the shelves and get ready for a rush of customers. The Underwood-Simmons Tariff bill passed the Senate by a vote of 44 lo 37?not so deep as a well nor .so wide as a church door but 'twill ser e ?and in a few days will become a law. It may as well be understood fro n the beginning that no tariff measure yet dreamed of gave universal satis? faction, and this one is no exception. President Wilson says the light for the people and free business has been won, while the Republicans see nothing from this out sir e ruin and soup houses. The man outside, the onlooke", desn't entirely indorse either view. He is Inclined to praise the admin? istration for its speeds handling < f the matter and redemption of its plat? form pledge, and, while scoffing at the Idea of widespread mercantile disas? ter, does not believe there will b> any perceptible decrease in the cost of living. Hut merchants can now tell whet ? they stand and business will no long? er be held up. Redeems Party Promise. From the Chicago Record-Herald The tariff bill, in its essentials, re? deems the promises Of the party ii power, it is soon to undergo the test <?f practice. The people are in p mood to Judge it fairly and soberly They are going t<? consul! facts, not prejudices and theories. They hav< genuine revision downward?-the thiiiK demanded for years. The fu? ture of tariff policy will largely de pen " on the winking of the new measure. Session Begins v.ith Good Attendance of OM ami N<ew Students?A Fine Freslunan Class?Annual Reception to Freshmen?Foot Ball Practice. College opened Thursday morning, . September 14th, with almost all of the old men bac t and about one hun? dred twenty neu mens. It is hard to tell the exact size of the student body so soon, as there are daily arrivals of both old and new men. The formal opening was Thursday morning, when the opening address was given by President Martin, wel? coming the old students back and giving a word of advice to the n6W ones. The freshman class this year seems to be an extraordinarily strong one in point of numbers, as well as in athletics. They succeeded in shut? ting out the sophomores in the an? nual fresh-soph baseball game on Monday by the score of 5 to 0. . The annual fresh reception waa held on the lawn directly in front of the library on Monday night, giving the old students a chance to greet each other after the absence of the summer months and the new men to become acquainted with the town folk. Delightful refreschments were served by the Y. M. C. A. In response to Coach Cook's call for foot ball practice about 60 or 70 men are out working hard for the eleven. Although most of the ma? terial Is light, Coach Cooks hopes with the aid of the old material to develop i a winning team. "Tim" Piiarr, an old Davidson star, is back for a tew I days helping with the coaching. ' At a recent meeting of the Junior class, Mr. Earle Rowland was elected i president for the present session. Mr. Rowland succeeds Mr. L. A. Anderson of Anderson, S. C. i ? *r j RECORD IN AIR. French Aviator Cover? 118 Miles In 50 Minutes. I Paris, Sept 16.?A remarkable ? flight, establishing a new <toss coun? try record, was made tcday by the French aviator, Ernest Gulllaux. With - a passenger he covered 118 miles from ? his home at Savigny-Sur-Braye to 5 Paris in 60 minutes. This was at the J rate of nearly 142 miles an hour. I Guillaux recently was awarded the * single day record of 869 miles. > An Important Opinion. Columbia, Sept. 15.?An Interesting and highly important opinion of the * Supreme Court was handed down to? day by Mr. Associate Justice Hydrick in the case of the Varnville Furniture Company against the C. and W. C Railway Company. In this opinion I the court reviews the recent decisions r of the United States Supreme Court > under the Carmack amendment to ; the Interstate Rate Act and holds that 1 notwithstanding the Carmack amend ? ment the consignee may recover $50 ! penalty provided by the laws of South , Carolina for failure of a railway com i pany to pay a claim for damages to an interstate shipment while in pos? session of such railway, or overcharg? es on same within forty days after the ! Illing thereof with the agent of the company. Judge Watts dissents. The other Justices concurring wth Justice Hy? drick. Leave for College. Quite a ^rge number of boys and girls left here Tuesday for various colleges throughout the StaK*. Among those leaving were: For Greenville Female College, Misses Florence Shaw and Bessie Walsh; for Win? throp College, Misses Carrie and Min? nie Jones, ( orinne and Margaret De Lorme, Mattie Hill, Frances Bland ing, all new students and recent graduates of! the Girls' High School of this city, and Anna Brown; for the Presbyterian College of South Caro? lina at Clinton. Messrs. Norman Chan? dler and W E. Dick of HerioL Lightning's Peculiar Freak. j Camden Chronicle. Mr. J. A. Grigsby, of near Bla ney, was In Camden Monday, and was telling of a peculiar freak of lightning In his neighborhood Sat? urday afternoon. It happened while Mr. Grigsby's son and daughter. Mr. Frank Grigsby and Mrs. Lillle Amos, were returning from a visit to their brother's home. A storm was brew inn and a Hash of lightning caused their horse to fall to the ground as if dead, ami considerably shocked them. The animal laid in the shafts for some time before .hey could get him up, and is yet considerably lame from the effects of the bolt. The queer part of the occ irrenca was the fact that neither of .he o?-cupants of the vehicle could SvC where th? lightning struck, as it was in a clear, open Held with not a tree or house in sight and away from the telephone wins. They say that it seemed to ex? plode iust above their heads without hitting anything, Fortunately neith er of the young people were hurt.