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HILL PASSED BY HOUSE TO FIND
OBSTACLES & SENATE.
At White House tl ere is Coiifldcm-e
< urceuey i .oxidation will be
Eitarted this session?President**
Vh-w of Kttei-t? of Tariff Is in Ac?
cordance with l:\pre.Hslons from
Kepretentatlw Underwood ami
Olrier Leaders?i Yee<lom of Credit
II***ritl*l to h?i Competition,
Thinks Mr. Wilson.
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Washington. Ott 6.?Political
Washington, relieved of the long
drawn out consideration of the tariff,
will focus its attention this week on
the second of the Dem ?cratlc* reform
measureH?banking and currency leg?
islation.
Though the administration currency
hi I easily passed th* house, its path?
way In the senate admittedly Is full Of
obstacles. At present the senate bank.
Injr committee has not yet begun con?
sideration of the bill. Predictions at
the capitol are genenl that the senate
< ommlttee will be at work for a month
on the measure.
While there was tnanlmity on tar?
iff revision, widely divergent views are
held by Democratic senators on
banking reform. A strong desire for
a single bank with branches, under
Government control, instead of a reg?
ional reserve system of banks, has
made its appearance in the informal
discussion. Other changes of a far
reaching character are being suggest?
ed and it is regarded generally as
doubtful if a hill satisfactory to the
senate banking committee can reach
the floor of the senate before the mid?
dle of November.
At the White House there is a con?
fidence that the bill will he passed
this new Ion or placed on the statute
books before the first of the year. The
president wants thorough considera?
tion of the currency bill and any im?
provement that the senate can make
upon the measure as passed by the
house will be welcomed. His dispo?
sition, however, Is to strongly oppose
any undue delay. President Wilson
be) loves a general decrease In the cost
of living that will be felt by the rank
and die of the country. Is not also
dependent on tariff revision, but up?
on prompt reform of the nation's
monetary system as well as careful
amendment of the sntl-trunt laws.
The president's view of the effect
the tariff is in accordance with ex
Pi essfonn from Hepresentatlve Under
V ?od and other Democratic leaders
that while reductions in some cases
- will be InvTiedlate, ttu> general bene
flta will not at once be apparent.
Kven ("hotifh the tariff laws might
bring man)' Imports Into this country
at low rates of free duty, the evils
of price filing, under-selling and oth?
er discriminations In restraint of trade
might, in the president's opinion, dc
eat the fruits of tariff reform.
Another essential to free competi?
tion, in th? president's view, is free
lom of credit. With the concentra?
tion of credit In what the president
described f.s "an Inner circle" even
the benefit:* of trust regulation and
tariff reduction can be withheld from
the consumer by the stifling of enter?
prise.
None of the odminiat.ration leaders
entsrtain tt ?? idea that the tariff will
have any adverse effect On the oth?
er hand they huva pointed out that
an elastic llnancial syatcm is now
necesrary more than ever. As soon
aa the Dei. ember session opens, the
administration will begin to centre
Its attention on the unti-trust pro?
gramme. There is no Intention at the
White House to draft the Administra?
tion measute. What D expected to
happen Is that the members of the
house Seen Ittee and tK " senate com?
mittee on nterstate commerce will
confer earl> with Pres dent Wilson
and distune the subject informally.
Thej president hopes that before the
anti-trust bill is launched there will
lie a common agreement on It in the
committees.
in nsii roMMiTTBire views.
Wanhlngton. Oct. 3.?An attempt
will be made tomorrow definitely t??
determine the exact position of the
senate banking and currency commit?
tee or, the adioiniMtrutl ?n curr. to y
MM .Heantora < ?wen, Pomereiie,
Shafroth and H"His. supporters of
the iidmimst rat ion on the commit
tee, * nit K, r ;l definite idea from
their il SSJuee a** to what the chief
obMtu<lei to 11 tnial agreement are
und t- Ida- e a limit ..n fhe hearings,
who ii asra tlure.it? ji to run for weeks.
A Hide vuri.in.f eptfStaSj Smoag
boih Democrats and lie publicans has
SfSfSea >d in tin course of the bear
in**. It appears certain that at pres?
ent tt would he dittb uit to secure mi
agreement among u majority of the
? ommlttee to any parth ular form of
eurrem y satisfactory to the admm
ist-ation.
It was a big day in Sumter last
Sunday 1 .r the M? thodiMs The first
was held in their n< w - horch.
which ?s soaaMered asje oi the moat
. nmmodlous und up-to-date In the
State.? PishopMlle Le .d. I and \ in li
cat or.
MEXICAN OFFICIALS SEE DEATH
Con?rmnutloii or Rebels Defeat
C?ttiK Fron? Military Governor or
Chihuahua state.
Mexico City. Oct. 5.?Government
officials regard the federal successes
during; the past week as "a death
blow" to the organized revolution in
the north. The defeat of the rebels
at Santa Rosalia appears to be con?
firmed. Advices from Gen. Samuel
E. Mercado, military governor of the
State of Chihuahua, describe the re
suit of a rout of the enemy. The
town was recaptured, according to
the governor, who added "the victory
is of great importance because the
trains by which the enemy expected
to reatreat have been captured as well
as large quantities of war. material.''
Several thousand men were said to
be engaged at Santa liosalia and
righting had been in progress since
Thursday.
This victory, together with the oc?
cupation by Gen. Maas of Sabinas,
has greatly encouraged war depart?
ment officials.
? Gen. Trucy Aubert, with 1,000 men
marching to the relief of Torreon,
has reached Maderu, about 100 miles
east of Torreon, but is making slow
headway, owing to the necessity of
repairing the railroad. It is reported
tbo rebels virtually have abandoned
the Torreon district.
Gen. Ah are?. is said to be i repar
lng an expedition to march on Du
rango, which for months has been in
possession of the rebels.
Tezultlan, in the State of Puebln,
still is besieged by Indians, but for?
eigners and noncombatants have been
able to leave the town. Raiding, pil?
laging and burning of ranches con?
tinue in sections of Puebla and More
los. The efforts of the rebels in San
Luis Potosi, Coahuila and Nuevo
Leon are contlned to the cutting of
railroads and raiding small towns.
Frederlco Gamboa, nominee of the
Catholic party for the presidency;
Mauel Calero, Liberal candidate, and
the followers of Gen. Felix Diaz are
Pushing the work of organization for
the elections on October 2?. The bill
for the postponement of the elections,
however, is due this week to come
before the chamber of deputies.
The question of the constitutional?
ity of the measure is said to have
created a division of the committee
to which recently it was referred
upon Its Introduction in the chamber.
In political circles the defeat of the
measure is regarded as likely.
KFJJGHHS CKNSL'S OF MAN?
NING.
Manning, Oct. 3;?Cnder the co?
operative direction of the Methodist,
Baptist and Presbyterian pastors of
Manning a canvass of the town has
Just been completed and a sort of
religious census made for the purpose
of ascertaining their religious status
of the town. Each church was asked
to furnish 15 or 20 people, men and
women for the canvass, and these
were formed into committees. The
town was divided into sections and
two or three workers were assigned to
e.ich section. Cards were given out
on which the following questions were
printed: Name? Faith or denomina?
tion? Membership where? If not a
member, which church preferred? Do
you attend Sabbath school? Ages of
all under 21?
. The prupoes of the canvass was to
bring the churches together in a
united effort to influence the winde
town and to give each pastor and
church the necessary information on
which to base future effort! in bring?
ing every man, woman and child
into a warm fellowship and ( lose
touch with the church and Sabbath
?onooi The spirit of unity which al?
ready exists among the members of
the various churches is thought to
have been consi lerably strengthened
and deepened by this united effort.
While the census was only made in
the town, if is hoped that at an early
date It will be extended throughout
Clarendon county*
As a result of this house to house
Canvam the following facti have been
\ ascertained: Members of Protestant
churches 47:5. pupils of the Sabbath
sehoois lit) preference expressed by
non?ssembers over 1- years o{ age
of the Protestant churchei IS; chit*
dren under 1- years nut yot members
of a church tee; member* with letters
unplaced jews, children and
adults, It; Catholics, children and
idults, It* TWS glVSS S grand t dal
of tfir?. which is practically tie whits
isiumi of the town of Henning?
Good farm land in Sumter county
is worth anywhere from lit to *i<?"
a n e< re S ben it is for sale, but it is
a different story when it Is returned
for taxation If all the land In Snin
tef 1 ount) e ere returned :?t half Ks
market value there would be no deficit
in the >? bool funds and all the ichoola
could be kept open 'due months ev?
ery year. Then would also be plenty
of money to build good roads,
<Ihe Schwartz Stores
?AT SUMTER, S. C. =
Twent;y-six years young?still making' rapid strides. Every department of two large stores
has prepared mountainous stocks?straight forward merchandising, concentrating upon value
?is the method that made and keep us growing. Search where you will, you cannot find the
"Schwartz Style" in Suits, Dresses, Cloaks, Wraps, now on exhibition. It costs nothing to
see them, and when you buy you never regret it. We want you to visit our enlarged stores.
Go through the new departments?Xhe infants' and children's wear, the underw ear, the car?
pet department, the Toilet Goods, the Shoe Store, the House Furnishings, the Millinery Par?
lor. \tye invite you to our rest room, where you can find comfort and pass time with read?
ing from all the leading periodicals and fashion magazines. We expect you. If it's anything
in Dry Goods it's so easy 10 be pleased at
The Schwartz Greater Stores,
Sumter, South Carolina..
OFFICERS' NARROW ESCAPE.
j. c. Redmon aihi mik 11 E. Hanc
Suffer Exciting Automobile Ac?
cident ut St. Matthews.
St. Matthews, Oct. 3.?-J. C. Red
nu>n, pfObatfJ judge, and Albert 10.
Hanc. chief of police, for St. Mat?
thews, thought last night that some?
body else might be holding sway in'
their respective sanctums today. |
While climbing a very steep hill which
is very close to the Congaree river,
and which is very rough and lull of
deep holes, Mr. Redmon's car buck?
ed with him and evidenced a desire
to go back down the hill. The oc?
cupants of the car preferred either
to stop or go forward. It wouldn't
go forward, so in order to have his
way Mr. Redmon made a hasty jerk
at his brake. Nothing seemed to
catch and in a moment they were
sailing down the steep and perilous
hill surrounded by the blackest dark?
ness at a most undesirable rate of
speed. Mr. Hane did not stop, look
nor listen for a landing, but leaped
straight into the darkness. He hit
dry land with his lower limbs slight?
ly bruised from contact with parts)
of the Hying car. Of its own mo?
tion the car swerved from the side j
of the road which was very near to |
a deep gully ami attacked a heavy
embankment on the opposite side, and
Mr. Redmon was thus saved from an I
involuntary backward plunge into the
Congaree.
SENATOR HAS eist FIGHT.
Washington, Oct. 8,?The enatc ju
dietary committee room, where the re?
cent lobby Investigation was held, to- i
day e/as ths scene of a personal en?
counter between Senator Reed of Mis-j
souri, member of the investigating
committee, and John Mclntyre, said
to be S former officer of the Nat?
ional TypOttietae, whose name figured
in the Mulhall correspondence.
It is said Senator Reed struck Me-:
lntyre in the face, accompanying his
action with an emphatic statement as
to the falsity of certain allegations
contained in an affidavit which Mc?
lntyre was supposed to have in his
possession und which is said to heat
on Senator Reed's action In not put
i ting on the witness stand one of the
men subpoenaed during the lobby in?
quiry.
Tonight Senator Heed declined to j
confirm or deny the story.
"You don't see any scratches on
me," he said.
Mr. Mclntyre tonight left for Phil?
adelphia. He is alleged to have
; borne evidence of his encounter.
Sl'MTER COTTON MARKET.
Corrected Rally Ry ErncM Field
Cotton Buyer.
Bumtor, Oct. <*?.
G.1 Middling 18 7-8,
St. Middling 13 8-4.
Middling 1;'. f.-S.
st. i?ow M iddllng l 8 3-8.
Low Middling 18 7-8.
New York Cotton Market.
New York, < >< t. ?;.
Open Close.
.Ian.13.13 18.41
Mar.18.47 13.46
May.18.6] 13.48
July.13.46 13. Hi
tad.13.TS 13.7S
Dec.18.69 13.04
The High School football team Is
rapldl) rounding Into shape under
the coaching of Mr Noble Dick and
although the material is light a fast
team will be put oul by the high
School this year. The first game of
the season is not far off noWi
ANOTHER SHOCK IN PANAMA.
_
Almost Equal in Intensity to Earth*
quake of October 1.
Panama, Oct. 4.?Another earth?
quake occurred on the Isthmus at
5.00 o'clock *his afternoon. It was al?
most equal in intensity to the shock
ol Wednesday night, its duration be?
ing from ten to iifteen seconds*.
Buildings were severely shaken,
but apparently ho damage was done
beyond the falling of plaster and the
opening of slight fissures in a few
structures.
Reports from the Canal Zone indi?
cate that neither the locks nor any
part of the Canal Buffered in any de?
gree*
Slight Shock at ( olon.
Colon, Oct. 4.?An earth shock last
ng four or live seconds \yas felt at
Colon a few minutes after 5 o'clock j
this afternoon. The disturbance WSS
not nearly as sharp as that on Wed- 1
nesday night. The Canal officials at
Gatun report no damage to the Ca?
nal. As in the previous case residents
were much ala. med over the tremors,
many of them seeking safety in the
streets.
Kurth Trembles at Naples.
Naples, Oct. 4.?A strong earth?
quake shock occurred here at 7.20 this
evening. It lasted thirty seconds and i
was followed by another shock at 7.Ii".
Hoth caused considerable panic,
though the damage was insignificant.
ANOTHER DELAY IN THAW CASK.
Time will Ik-! Grunted for Attorney
Qeneeal to Investigate.
Concord, N. H., Oct. 5.?The Ne w
York State authorities have asked
Governor Felker to postpone f<>r a|
time his decision in the matter of the
extradition from New Hampshire of
i
Harry K. Thaw. The governor tonight
?aid he probably would grant the re- j
QUOSt He asked that it be submitted i
in writing.
As the governor um erstands the
Situation, this move of the New York
authorities is taken in view of the in?
vestigation to be made into the cast'
by Attorney General Carmody.
Governor Felker said h?' had re- j
celved from William Travers Jerome
a certified copy of the indictment re?
turned against Thaw by the Dutchess
County grand jury, and subsequently 1
withdrawn; also an affidavit by Dls
I trict Attorney Conger, of Dutchess.
County, that no Indictment against
Thaw in that county now exists.
Harry Thaw quietly spent the day
at h s hotel, where In? was visited by
his Mster, Mrs. Geoffrey G. Whitney.
After her departure Thaw issued a
long statement, in which he aK:?in re?
viewed rumors as to new legal pro?
ceeding! in New York.
"As I am sane," the statement Bald,
"is i: not a fact that every person
concerned in an effort to take me
back to Matteawan is guilty of crim?
inal conspiracy to Imprison a sane
man in a hospital for the insane?"
Pioneer Hotel Chunges Hands.
Rlshopville Leader and Vindicator.
Mis. McLauchlin turned over the
Pioneer Hotel to Mrs. U ?5. .Ionian
yesterday and sb" b it on the after
noon train fur her new home in Co?
lumbia. Mrs. McLauchlin was vcr>
popular with lo r quests ami the Pio?
neer had a reputation as being one ??t
Hie best hotels in this par! "1' the
State, liei many friends hate to sec
her leave.
Mis. Jordan has had experience in
boarding house und with her Indomi?
table energy she will prove a worths
and acceptable successor at the Pio?
neer We wish them the best of BUC
I cess. I
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ciple involved, talk with people who have a Hani \ccounf, get
at the concrete facts in the c ase and then act?j :%ur account
will la' appreciated at the
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It's mure sensible, and should be more fashion?
able, to have a good bank account than to wear
fine clothes. Bank with, and you can bank on,
us.
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