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IStte tDatchtnmi onft UMtl It WAlillMW, Established April, 18*0. "Be Just and Fear not?Let all the ends Thou Aims't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's," solidated Aur. 3,1881. SUMTER, S. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1913. THE TRUE KOTTHRON, Vol. XXXVII. HB POLITICAL LINES. ?K \WAL OF M'LACRIX tATKS SOMETHING OF SF.NSATIOX. tlon Lining up II. hind Carroll Stroms Who is tin* ly?il In the Wool lllcascltc the Itaec*?Manning Has Friend* an llcsult of Mouse's ion of War to the Knife. WL Oct. 31.?The withdraw? al McLaurin leaves Mr. rroll Simnis, of Uarnwell, out-and-out Mease man in or Governor. His stork ong the Mease men to g his speech at the jgrence last night, and with Withdrawal of McLaurin. n thought to be bidding pport, the tendency of ration followers to rally Barnwell man became ltroughout the day. ng of war on the candi rd I. Manning hy Gov Sent the Sumter man'? Dg the nntl-MeuHo peo eape and hounds and a cy to solidify the antl around Mr. Manning D be the drift of some kilt teal observers. Po here tonight were they declared to b* towards drawing the last Hummer with Mr. 111 ease candidate and ^|he anti-lllea.se candi t? other candidates re SlgggeHtii'ti ami expressed pleased with the turn * ben, tee Senator K. I>. Smith attending the t.iir and his ,in conference with hint aj\(| tonight one Htroiu'. lad when asked whut V Ho dee' \red that he nator Smith would JtUe. and with the itant anti-Mea*o fpS*ove victorious in i*\ Is here, anu ?? . , (Set While he has not given out any state ment, there is a strong feeling that he Will not enter the senatorial race. He promises a definite statement soon on the matter, but opinion in political etrcles Is that Mr.. Lever will not be In the senatorial fight and that it will be left to Governor Mease and Senator Smith. Governor Mease and his friends are %ell pleused with tho result of hut night's conferem ?>. No Pill t I Dl Ms. 4 SjSjfl Never r.elorr Culled on to DtM'hle. Washington. Oct. 30.?There are Bjg pi ? sASSita for the supreme court reviewing imp. a.hment SjCOSSSdlngl as such. The injunction proceeding - fded In New York today io the cas< of William Sulxer might come to the highest court for review on the con tentl- a thit federal constitutional rights had been denied to >ul/.er. Kol that there 1m legal provision for a su? preme r?urt review. Should the eii.se l>e forwarded from the lower court. It undoubtedly Mould be expedited, otherwise a dsclstog would not be reached In regulai course much und? r three years TICK I Ts mit MII I AC.i: nooks. Penndyvunlu Plan-, a New Con? venience f??r Passengers. DsjItlsaefSi ? lei ?'. i. ?tommenclns tomorrow the lviinniy\ani i Railroad inaugurate a new prw lies, im< nd fd to sMmlnnte the laeonvenlenoe ol PSHSengers In surrenderim; their mil eage books to Pullman conductors overnight. Anyone intending to ride on I Pennsylvania RnllfOnd tram overnight and who ows ,\ I.k of mileage OOtl gSSM good on the BJrStem ? an. if dt sired, take the mileage book to a tick? et sales and txchangs ins rsoulrsd number of miles tor a regular ticket, in this I pos.nger will get the benefit of the low mileage r.tte, he Will have his glllsngl eoupons eanoel ed In his gfSSSan and will rSOStVS I regular ticket for his transportation on the railroad. v. The new rule will ?t grsf ? put Into effert only at Pennsl\ v iria S' . tion. Pittsburgh, and at Last label t v Station, In New York. || |( sfOVC H iomenieme and is lound to bt aatl fa< tor to the pntfons of the railroad, ( onsiderat ion will he fgiv?*n to ex tending it to other Stations from which there |S h? ?\y sight travel. Mis* Aimee Moors, of gtatsbnrg, wax one of the attractive Siiml? r eotinty girls it tin- Stan ball Th?r*: day ihmIii XKW YORK PRINTER BRINGS SI TT IX) TFST IMPEACH* lfENT, Homurkahlc Petition ( liar?cs a Cor Utin Group of Men with Having Obtained Control of Statt;?Attor? ney for Petitioner Says it is Not u Political MOHI?Sulzer Made Hc femlaiit in Order that He May Join In Pruyer of Petition. New York, Oct. oO.?The convic? tion of William Sulzer by the high Court of Impeachment and his re? moval from office as Governor of New York was thrown into the Federal Courts for review today by William H. Moore, a printer of this city. In a remarkable petition Moore al? leges that the control of the Govern ment of the State of New York ha passed from the people to a small kroup of citizens and that consequent? ly New York is no longer enjoying a republican form of government as guaranteed by the Federal Constitu tion. Moore seeks to have the Court en Join Martin H. Glynn from having any of the functions of governor, prays lor the restoration of the office to Sulzer, attacks the assembly for arrogating to itself the power to con? vene in extra session und pass ar? ticles of impeachment and concludes his petition with u prayer for nn ex? amination of the State's hooks. Members of the Court of Impeach? ment, Governor Glynn, Attorney Gen eral Carmody, Secretary of State May and Sulzer himself are named as de? fendants. Shorn of Its veribage, the petition charges a certain group of men, con? sisting partly of the defendants and partly of men unnamed, with having obtained control of the S'ate, its many offices and vast funds, lor their sole use and benefit It will be recalled that Sulzer him self raised the contention that since ho had convened the legislature in ex? traordinary session it had no right to take up the question of impeach? ment under the ci?eo instances. Attorney Leury, for Win. H. Moore, tonight said he would next week ap? ply for a preliminary examination in the i is,, returnable in a week or ten days. Leary explained that Sulzer ban been made a defendant in the case in order to give him an opportunity to Join in the prayer of thv complaint and on the ground that the com? plainant was entitled to relief against BulBOf for abandoning the duties of his otllce. "The tiling of this action at this time," said Mr. Leary, "has no con? nection with the fact that election is imminent. It is not a political move. We waited as long as we did in OfdOl to give Governor Sulzer an oppor? tunity to take such action on his own initiative." CORN CLUBS TO SHOW. County i:\liihits Will He Held at M?mling November 15. Mannhaft Oat ::<?.?The definite an? nouneement is made that the county exhibits of the boys' coin cliibs will take place in Manning on Saturday. November 15. Several prizes will be awarded for merltorloua exhlblte, such as first and second greatest yield, first and second best 10 ears. etc. A gold medal will be awarded for the best written history, ami there will also be a priat for the best repot? on the gov ? rnment form. It is expected that about II contestants will make ex? hibits. MEXICANS PACING FINANCIAL CRISIS, Goveeimeafl Eaecmntera some nifii ciilty in Meeting Pay HolK Mexico city. Oct 81, The govern? ment lodaj encountt red some difficul? ty in meeting its pay rolls for the hist i<? daya In some ol the departments only pain.ii payment was made with the promise to the men that the bal? ance would be forthcoming tomorrow. in other departments payment had to be ,ntitei\ deferred, Later how? ever, the government secured funds am] tonight began giving the m< n in all department! then money. The paymasters had Instructions to con? tinue at work all through the nicht if necessary. There is a distinctly Inch tension Of expectancy here and on all sides the belief is freely expreaaed thai the ad? ministration la fating a financial ri it is said I he banks and busl ' I < hoUl es have been reluctant te P 11 up for shin es in the 1,000,000 pi lOS loan |o Whl< h they recently sub aerlbed, Mans persons ore alleged lo h i\ ? I ii. i i ihed to the loan under press ui ??. A BIG TOBACCO YIELD. ! - I MANY MILLIONS OP DOLLARS COME IX PROM GROWTH OP WEED. Normal Production of Flue-Cured To? bacco Amounts to 115,000,000 Pounds?its Um General? Washington, Oct. 30.?The normal annual production of Hue-cured to? bacco on a farm-weight basis is esti? mated to be about 215,000,000 pounds, according to experts in the depart? ment of agriculture. This type of to? bacco is the oidy American grown va? riety that has shown a tendency to ex? pand our exports. About 4 0 per cent or around 90,000,000 pounds, is ex? ported and the remainder is used in I domestic consumption. "All things considered, this flue j cured type of tobacco la unsurpassed in universal popularity," state the ex? perts, "and it is adapted to a variety of uses, including granulated and cuv smoking tobacco, both paper and all I tobacco cigarettes, and plug filler and wrapper; in fact, it is adapted to all j the regular forms in which tobacco in used except standard cigars and snuff. In color and general appearance it is very attractive, while its low nicotine content, mildness, aromatic sweetness, ! fragrance and good keeping qualities render it very satisfying to the user." The use of flues in curing tobacco became popular after the close of the War Between the Sections and by the j middle '80s the demand had increased so that about 20 counties in Virginia fand North Carolina had been planted I to this variety. There are a number ! of varieties of flue-cured tobacco, prominently among which are the j Warne, Yellow Oronoco, White-stem i Oronoco, Dig Oronoco, Adcock, Adkin, Willow-Leaf, Gooch, Tilley and lies ter. The Warne is the standard wrap I per type and perhaps the most pepu* lar. The Adcock Is a great favorite ) in the noted wrapper-producing sec? tion of Granville county, North Caro? lina, while the Adkin is popular as an j early maturing variety, j Apart from the natural character I of the soil Itself, there is no more irf> i portant matter for the tobacco grower 1 to consider than the management of his fields. Indeed the character of the tobacco produced will depend ah much on how the fields have been handled In rotation between the successive tO bacco crops as upon the fertilizer ' *ad or the cultivation given directly to the tobacco crop itself. Tobacco lan should ho so handled as to be kept in good life. A liberal supply of vege? table matter in tin advanced stage of decay is highly desirable, but it should be of the kind not excessively rich in j ammonia. < It is well known that the organic matter of freshly cleared or broom sedge Aeldl is of a kind well suited to tobacco. It consists principally of dead leaves, twigs, roots, pine tags, broom sedge and roots. Such vegeta? ble matter while poor in ammonia, by its ample volume makes the still very mellow and friable and of good water holding capacity, There is probably no better humus crop for rotation than herd's grass or red top. ? Specking, or "diseasing," as it is generally called, is the most common disease injury to which tobacco in the I Hue-cured district is subject. It is be? lieved to be a fungus disease, dissem? inated by spores. The only practical method of reducing the injury to the , Clop caused by the disease is by using potash more liberally in the fertilizer, Which seems to increase the resistance of the plant to the disease. WILL APPEAL TO LAWMAKERS. Probable That Legislature Will Be Asked to Make Laws Covering Mile? age Pulling. _ Columbia, Nov. l.?Regarding the decision of the Interstate commerce commission upon the South Carolina mileage book issue, the opinion was expressed in Columbia iast night by persons Interested that no appeal from the com mission'a ruling would be taken, but that a tWO-Cent passeng? er rate bill would he Introduced in the general assembly at the next ses? sion and that Senator Tlllman would Introduce a measure in congress re quiring railroads to honor South Car? olina mileage out of the state. .1. Fr?ser Lyon, former attorney general, who represented the interests of the Travelers' Protective associa? tion m the Hghl before the interstate commerce commission, said last nicht that lach of lands hail math a proper presentation of the case Impracticable ami that Interruptions unpreventable by tin* attorney! had occurred, Mr, I.yon argued the ease in Washington Upon request from the T. '. A. and the South Carolina railroad com mis i Ion - SCORES THIRTY-TWO POINTS TO CAROLINA'S ZERO. i I _ Three Sumter Boys Play in Part of Game ami Do Good Work?Inter? ference and speed of clemson and I Costly rumbles by Carolina Win j (.a inc. In their annual game at the South ! Carolina State Fair (Temson College I put it all over the University of South ' Carolina football team Thursday al j ternoon, winning the game by a score l of o2 to 0. The speed of the Clemson ends and i back field men, Clemson's beautiful in? terference at all points in the game j and costly fumbles by the Carolina I backs were the chief causes to con? tribute toward Carolina's overwhelm* I ing defeat. Five of Clemson's six touchdowns were directly or indirect ; ly due to fumbles by Carolina back. ! Four times the ball was dropped by ! the hacks and picked up by the fast ' Clemson ends or hacks and carried over Carolina's goal line. Another time Hey ward muffed a kick, and a Clemaon man recovered the hall with? in striking distance of Carolina's goal. Throughout the game Clemson was speedier than their opponents and their interference was as line a fea? ture of football play as has ever been seert on the Fair ground at any game. In Una plunging Carolina had the best of it, the backs going through Clem? son's line repeatedly for good gains, while Carolina's line held like a stone wall against the Clemson plunges, and repeatedly the Clemson backs were spilled at losses, when they tried the line. Clemson gained repeatedly on end runs, made possible by good interference. The game, however, was one of kicking all the way through. Caro? lina was on the defensive all the while and throughout the first half onlv ! once tried line plunging. Clemson j got the advantage in the exchange of I kicks, for the Clemson men rarely j failed to down the Carolina hacks in Itheir truck . when they received the Tbu.ll, while the Clemson backs rarefy i failed to bring the ball forward for a good gain, because of the assistance i rendered the runner by his teams In j terference, Several times Clemson I recovered the ball on kicks. I For Carolina, Hay ward and Hill ; were the stars on defense, althou gh the men in the line did beautiful work. Webb and Logan for Clemson were stars on offense. Clemson's lin? also held well after it got on to Car? olina's plunges and the ends were im? pregnable. Three Sumter, or near Sumter boys were in part of the game on the i Clemson team and all of them did well. Reeves played at half, for a good part of the game, Handle played for more than a Quarter at guard and DuRant played for nearly half of the game at full back. Dultant and Reeves live at Dultant, Clarendon county, and Handle lives in this city. All three have played on the local hiyh school team, where they got their initiation in the great college sport. lleevea especially made some beautiful runs with the ball. TO BETTER POSTAL SERVICE. Burleaon Will Make Attempt to Standardize Service to Increase Fdli cioncy. Washington, Oct. :i0.?Postmaster General Burleaon has decided to i i standardize the postal service If possible, with a view to greater efli clency. To this end the department will operate a number of model of? fices, "dynamos from which to charge, the entiie chain of offices throughout tl e country." These offices will be used It) discover the best practicable way of adminis? tering the postal facilities and to test out devices and methods which may prove of value. in organising the field service for this work the country has been divid? ed into three groups, the Atlantic states, the Middle West ami the Pa? cific coast, it is proposed to imme? diately send two postal experts from Washington to each of these divisions, Where they will coop, late With pOSt office Inspectors In a study of condi? tions, svlth o view to reorganisation of the clerical forces if found advisa? ble. Tho investigations will cover every phase of the serving, including handling of mail, methods of handling in postofflce and on trains ami final delivery. "in this way," fhc postmaster today said, "postmasters Of all classes will be given the benefit of the discovery ;it the more important offices ami a malt rial betterment of the postal ser vice throughout the country must re suit." . _ . - i . BROWNING FOR GOVERNOR. UNION MAX ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY. ? Ills PlAtform Would Require Regis-; nation for Voting in Primary?Tax and School Reforms. Columbia, Oct. 31.?Lowndes J. Browning of Sedalia, in Union county, announced yesterday that he would he a candidate for governor of South Carolina in the Democratic pri mary next summer. Mr, Drowning has been in public life in South Carolina for a number of years, having served three terms in the house of representatives. He was chairman of the ways and means committee dining the session of 1911 '12. He was not a candidate for re? election to the house in 1913. Mr. Drowning has been a farmer all his life and is at present president of the was president of the Union County was president of the Uinon County Fair association for two years, declin? ing re-election. Mr. Drowning issued yesterday thf following outline of his platform: "I will be a candidate for goverr in 1914 in the Democratic primary. Summarized brielly, my platform Is as follows: "First. Every white Democrat should be allowed to vote, provided ho will qualify himself to maintain the action of the Democratic primary in the general election. No man should be allowed to participate in the nam? ing of a State and county ticket as a Democrat and then support some other party in the general election for president and vice president, as was I done in 1912 by certain alleged mem? bers of the Progressive party. "Second. 1 believe in the thorough reform of our financial system. If properly r< gulated, the personal prop? erty tax can and should be eliminated. Under our present system, a citizen can not hide his household and ! kitchen furniture, his live stock if a farmer, his stock in- goods if a mer i crTant, but ?te can anfl very frequently does hide his personal property if it is principally invested in mortgages, stocks, bonds and the like. This tax should be a tax on income and thus you will reach those most able to pay and those who receive the greatest protection from government. "Third. I shall advocate a thor ' ough reform of our school system. The constitulonal school tax should be made a State fund instead of a county ; fund. Thus the richer counties would aid the poorer counties, and all the j children of our State would receive equal benefit. Each school district should, as at present, be allowed to supplement this State fund by local I levies for their individual benefit. The : State, however, should guarantee that each school should run a certain pe 1 riod and if the present constitutional school tax does not raise sufficient rev? enue for this purpose, the State levy should be increased. "Fourth. I believe in a thorough i reform and simplification of our judi? cial procedure* whereby justice may be obtained in a reasonable length of time. 1 am sure that the present con? gestion of our dockets could be re? lieved, were there a commission of three, whose decisions would be final 1 as regards all damage suits. Thi. WOUld be hard on a few lawyers, but it would benefit greatly the poor em? ployes who bring such suits against I corporations, provided the decisions of this commission be final. "Fifth. 1 shall advocate the en? forcement of all laws on the statute books. It they are good, the State will reap the benefit If they are bad, the necessity for their repeal will be more quickly realized. "sixth. Some candidates profess to ignore the fact that two political fac tions do exist within the Democratic party of this State. With equal jus? tice they could deny that the sun is the luminary of the day. l belong to that wing of the Democratic party of this state which believes In a repre? sentative form of government found? ed on the principles of our state and notional constitutions, and am op? posed to 'boas rule' as cxempllShd by Huerta in Mexico and various "bosses' in this and other States. 1 am the candidate of no 'boss' nor any new: paper, but m asking for the office of governor on my record. I beliexe that the executive, legislative and judicial departments id our government are supreme in their respective spheres. The authority of one should not bo encroached upon bs that of another "There are numerous minor reforms that 1 might mention, but this in brief outlines the principles upon which 1 shall ask the support of my party as a candidate tor governor in the Demo cratic primary in l!? it." EX-SENATOR WILL GOVERNORS Assorting That No Field Exists:Kritf^ for "Man of Really Cei Views."' Columbia, Oct. 31.?John 1+ L^urin of Bennettsville, w?o aU liic conference of administration porters in Stale politics, held WjB?Bea-* dav night at the Jefferson. ahftoftt*?d last night that he would not be^i; can? didate for governor. "Am out of Jg>f*i tics once and forever." he said. v The ex-senator's statement w?aV ?^ follows: "I will, not be a candidate for, ernor. ' e is no field for a , oZ real1 nservative views. I factior * .n has gone too far and I satis!4 & hat the people are 'ttoJ ing pj e permitted to get tog? by ^ leaders on either side, viej? I expressed at the cojifer?! la^ ight do not suit either exlresnS. ; i long ago made up my miad^ . r to advocate anything w,alchs ^ inner consciousness teaches ma is ?ong. 1 stand just where I did in 830, for the people. That movement gave the first real liberty that the masses in South Carolina ever Enjoy? ed, and I find myself out of sympathy with the views expressed by tf%e, oth? er speakers at that conference." i "I do not think that "Bleaselsm'JJ higher and nobler than Tillmanlsgfl| The spirit that animated Tillrnanlsrn in 1890 was higher and finer than ths sentiments I heard expressed last night. It is the irony of fate that t, who suffered most injustice from Tili man personally, should now be the j only defender of Tillmanism. While j some of the men who are inciting j class hate and prejudice may f;et In? to office, 1 know that power gained by such methods Is ephemeral and that the State will suffer. I went there like a man; said what I had to say; I don't suit them; they don't suit So I might just as well be a mi that is better than being a go) "Am out of poetics once aid ever, and feel like a load is 11/ted off me. Instead f a conference of bit? ter partisans there should be a con? ference of men from both factions w ho are not office seekers and a fight made to control tho next convention. Then go on and elect a man governor, w ho will know no faction and neither friend nor foe in the administration of public affairs. If we <\> not call a halt we will make a little Mexico of South Carolina, and what for? Mcre i ly to put this man or that into of , lice? That is a prostitution of that great uprising of the people in 1890, which if I cannot prevent I at least will refuse to assist." WAN IN FORMATION. Administration Officials to Regln Scientific Investigation of the sit - ation. Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 31.?The American Hardware Manufacturers* association and tho American Hard? ware Jobbers' association today elect? ed officers at their closing sessions and listened to an address by Joseph 13. Dsvlea, commissioner of corporations. Mr. DavtSS announced the beginning of a row scientific investigation of the industrial situation under the direc? tion of President Wilson which, he said, would contribute to the admin? istration's trust legislation programme at the session of congress beginning December l. DIAZ COMING TO UNITED STATES. Joint Ltml ami Admiral Fletcher Ar? range Passage. GaJveeton, Texas, Oct. 30.?Presi? dent Wilson's personal representative in Mexico. ? >hn Lind, and Rear Ad? miral F .eher. commanding the Amerle n fleet in Mexican waters, have undertaken negotiations with a steamship company for the safe pas? sage of Gen. Felix Dins and his two companions to the United States and the steamahtp Alabama has been put at their service. This was the authoritative state? ment here tonight of R. T. Rurge. president of the Qoulf Coast Fruit and Steamship Company, charterers of thai ship. RIFLES HIDDEN BY STRIKERS. Colorado National Guard Take Over Only Fourteen buns. Trinida?!. Col Nov. 1.?Fourteen riflea was the nel result of an armed expedition, consisting of two regi? ments oi infantry, two troops of cav alry ind a platoon of artillery, com? prising the Colorado National Guard, which early today left here to occupy the Ludlow district and seize the .ii ins of the Ludlow tent colony.