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HOPE 10 PACIFY INDIANS. WAR DEPARTMENT AtTHORI TIES MO\ E WITH I ARE. Kniroy of Amity Sent m \a\ajo-, Ac cosajaiuled by Troop of Cavalry. Washington. Nov. 18.?In the hope that the excited Na.ajo Indians who are defying the government authori? ties at Beautiful tnountain. N. M., may be Induced to surrender the eight renegades sought, the war department today ordered Hen. Hugh L. Scott, commanding the Second cr. alr\ bri? gade at Fort Bliss, Texas, to proceed to haste to the Na\ajo agency to confer with the Indian chiefs (den. Siutt is slnKul.itK influential with the Nevajos. whose Isnguage he speaks. He has always hecn regarded by them as their best friend, and it Is be? lieved that he will be able to placate them. To Uael. ins mission with a ?how of force, orders were 'also sent to Fort Robertxon. Neb., to entrain and dispatch to tin- Navaio agency a full squadron of the Twelfth cavalry to serve as Gen. Scott's escort. FOREST POR ONV-flFTH AREA. Forest Conunitte?' Heeommonds That r?oin Onc-flfth to one-third of Country Be In EoreM. "Washington. Nov. 17.?To properly regulate stream-flow and to protect the soil from washing, not less than irom one-fifth t<? <?r..'-third of the to? tal area of DM < "itntry rhould be in forest. This is the recommendation made today by the forestry commit? tee at the fifth national conservation congress. Forests must be protected, the com? mittee adds, not so much in localities which already suffer from lack of moisture as In regions which lie in the path of prevailing winds and are still abundantly supplied both with ground water and precipitation. In the At? lantic plain therefore, and in the southern Appalachians, the gateways for the prevailing winds from the Qulf of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean, for? ests must be especially conserved if the humidity of the great central basin of the country, the granary of the continent, is o be maintained. Where the clearing of the forest in the Atlsntic and Qulf coast states is a necesnlty. It should be done only un? der the condition that the cleared land Is to be devoted to Intense cultiva? tion, as, after forests, crops contribute most to the moisture of the air. For? ests themselves, according to the scientists, e.aporate into the air sev? eral times more moisture than is giv? en off by water surfaces of equal area and these southeastern forests set as a moisture reservoir for the water which falls upon them and Is In turn taken up and passed on again. Ry safeguarding the humidity In the regions which lie in the path of the prevailing winds the farm lands furtber inland ought to get more rain. Cleared land which becomes waste, M poor pasture, or grows up to weak vegetation means so much evaporation lost to the passing air currents. In dry regio..- rows of trees Of windbreaks surrounding fields and or? chards, by pr.-w riting the drifting of the snow and ln< leasing the activity of the wind, will be more likely to uct ss conservers of moisture in the soil than solid bodies of timber. LI vi R UNI i.in E DECISION. Congressman BgfSBI ted to Tell His Plans as to Entering Senatorial Race. Greenville, Nov. 18.?Congressman A F. Lever made an address before the sectional banker's meeting this afternoon In the Chamber of Com? merce roo.ns, and tonight was a guest of the chamber at a banquet. Tomor? row Mr. Lever will address the farm? ers on possibilities of live stock gt >u tog in this section. Some time Wed nesday he I* expe- t.d to announce his decision ss to his entering the race for the senate. TO OPEN DISPENSARIES. Orangeburg Will IW- Ready for Holi? day Trade. Otesagfcgsjfg Near, it.?The Or angeburg SSSHtj hoard of . ontnd for the gesjaty g^spssasmfi nsld t letting Iste Saturday afternoon in this ? My, Henry S. Holmun wax named < hah man. The oth?r memh.-r* of the board ?re Abrain S. Imk.s and Edgar L Culler. The board has advertised for supplies and lb.' UiMp.-rn<ai u-s will g*J opened Just before ihrMmas Cnpt J. II. Claffy wns named t.v the board as manager of the county dispensary and also as temporary ? brk . I tqi OR <,| \ I I p IK i >d H Nssh\ ? d?\ Tenn.. Nov. 17. -A?tnm undrr Instructions from Criminal Judge a. M. Neill. one hundred and twenty |.,< ,,i raloonlsts today sur? rendered tb? n f ederal liquor tteensm Practically all have pleaded guilty to violation of |nn prohibition laws and sre under suspended work house sen? tences. BKH.WDS IN CHINA. Robber Bands Assnmo Proportions of Small Armlos?Pollog ami Ai*my Impotent?Piracy Along Rivers ami C'unuls??Missionaries Plot From P?keln ami uro C nable to Return. Poking, China, Nov. it;.?Brigand" age in China has spread until some robber bands have assumed the dig? nity of small armies. They muster! both foot and cavalry and are as j large as two American regiments. I No province is free from bandits. From Manchuria. where the Hung hutzes ply their trade, to Kwantung, infested by pirates, and from Klang? en to Turkestan, come reports of hfsebooteri who defy the authorities, There is no local police to cope with the etttlaWS and the army is not I at present a dependable branch Ol , the administration. China is never free from brigandage, but it is only at periods of transition, when the authority of the Kovernment is shak? en by political disorders like the re? cent rebellion, that the bands attain ?OCh large proportions. The American missionaries who Had fron, their homes in the interior of Fukcin province are still at Foo ehow, 0nable to return because no protection can be assured them by the government. The American consu? late at Foochow and the legation at Peking have been trying In vain for Bj veral months to get the Chinese government to take vigorous action against Hwang Liang, the outlaw who proclaimed himself Sixteenth Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. A consular report from Shensi says that province is practically ad? ministered by outlaws, who work solely in their own interest. The governor adheres to the central gov? ernment only because there is no in I I terference from Peking and because j it is good policy for him to describe himself as loyal. The governor, or tutu, as he is called, was a poor and unscrupulous official but now he has amassed a large fortune and a nu? merous harem. Tho consul gives an account of how the commanding general like ! wise obtained wealth and authority. ' Being appointed commissioner for the suppression of opium in the pro? vince, says the report, he started on a tour with a body of troops. He took the precaution always to send word ahead announcing his ap? proach, a policy which, as Is custom? ary, brought forth munificent pres? ents from the people. If the pres? ents were ample no opium was dis? covered. He confiscated only the prepared drug, that being most easily portable and of the highest value, and brought it back to the Important centers and sold it. A member of the American consu? lar sendee who came recently to Pe? king from Canton says that piracy along the rivers and canals is more ??xtenslve than ever before. The au? thorities are endeavoring to extermi j nate it by giving the chiefs govern? ment offices and incorporating the ordinary pirates and brigands in the navy and army. It Is evident that this time-honored practice; has not passed away with the Ml nchu dy , nasty. The French legation has received news of the burning of a Roman I atholic mission church during the plundering und burning of a town I in southern Honan. not far from Tsaoyang. Where IhS American and Norwegian missionaries were made prlsonen In September, The gov? ernment bus sent troops in large ? numbers to light against 'White Wolf," the brigand chief who is ter? rorizing that section of the country, but according to the report of an? other American consul, the soldiers, though sufficiently numerous, are not making serious efforts. They have tu en trying, ostensibly, for several months to round up the brigands, ret w illed towns gre Still being be? sieged, captured and looted by them. A missionary in a Honan city de? scribes how a band two thousand Stroni impressed villagers to carry fuel up to the Kate of a town barred against them, in order to burn down the ^tte so that they might enter and loot the place. The vlllsgeri ? were literally between two tires, for when they approached the Kite the) srere shot ;it from the walls by the soldiers garrisoning the town, and if they refused to advance the brig? ands laid them low. Within hearing of the walls of Peking village blunderbusses ean bs heard nightly, By firing at Intervals their old-time guns, sometimes so large thai two ot more nu n ore re? quired to ? -Ms them, the villagers ? in to scare ofl the robbers, This summer a village within n few min? utes w;?ik of a group of temples oc? upted by some American and ? ti it - ish families In I he Western Mills out? side Peking, was plundered by ? hand ot mounted men, and one or I two villagers were shot. Muck more valuable loot and even ransom money mighl have been obtained by an At? tach on the temples, but though the' i guns w# r,. heard nightly by the foi sign women and children, they spent i he summst In the hills with llttls. fear of attack, Their confidence was due to the fact that the people, in? cluding brlgande, of thli province have a niviii respect for the ability of the foreigners to shoqt. The temples whieh the foreigners occupy In the summer were head? quarters of the Boxers In FJOn, and several encounters with the Boxers, signally disastrous for the latter, took place in the neigborhood. Fur? thermore, a detachment of troops from one or more of the legation guards generally goes Into camp in one Of this BJTOUP of temples. Gen? erally each of the American compan? ies takes a month out there at dif? ferent takes during the summer. JACKSON'S BIRTHPLACE. Old Mill Where C onfederate Leader Was Horn Given to V. D. C. Fairmont, W. Va., Xov. 17.?Jack? son's Mill, on the West Fork river, near here, where Gen. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, was born and grew to manhood, has been donated to the West Virginia Daughters of the Confederacy by wealthy citizens of Fairmont The mill and old Southern house were erected more than 100 years ago by Col. Edward Jackson, a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and grand? father of the Confederate leader. NEW LAW HELD VOID. Trenton, X. J., Xov. 18.?The su? preme court of Xew Jersey today set aside as unconstitutional the act of 1911 providing for the sterilization of epileptics, the feeble minded, crim? inals and other defectives. A test case was instituted in the court be? fore the law was carried into effect. Chamber of Commerce Notes. At the weekly meeting of the Board of Directors held Monday evening, the following gentlemen were selected as a special committee to take up with the Atlantic Coast Line railroad com? pany the matter of construction of the Sumter, Olanta and Lake City rail? way mentioned in this paper Monday: R. 1. Manning, Thomas Wrilson, D. D. Moise, R. B. Belser, Xeil O'Donnell, D. R. McCallum, G. A. Lemmon, I. C. Strauss, J. K. Crosswell, E. L. With erspoon, C. G. Rowland. The Chamber of Commerce of Sum? ter will do its full share of the work, such as assisting in securing rights of way from the land owners along the route of the proposed railway, and will co-operate with the people of Lake City, Turbeville, Olanta, Shiloh, and other sections of Sumter, Claren? don, Florence and Williamsburg coun? ties in trying to induce either the At? lantic Coast Line or Col. Thomas Wil? son to build a branch of that system from Sumter to Lake City. While the proposed new railway is only problematical as yet, neverthe? less united action and persistent effort may accomplish the much desiied cul? mination of the hopes of the towns and rural sections that have been longing for this transportation line for years. Every community along the line of the proposed railway should organ? ize committees to see about rights of way and work in conjunction with the Sumter Chamber of Commerce and its I special committee named above. , Messrs J. z. Hearon, w. \v. Mc ! Ksgen and the secretary are a com? mittee appointed to arrange for a get-together meeting and lunch Of the chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants' Association some t;me in 1 >ecember. A number of the business establish tnents will be decorated on Thanks? giving Day In extraordinary style, competing for the three prizes ottered by the local Shriners. Every store and other business establishment in the business districts should bo dec orated to a greater or less extent. Real Estae Transfers. Ella P. McFadden to Marcus v. Plowden. 124 acres on Brew ngton road, $2,0uo. s. Dewey Tomllnson to R, Cal Tomllnson, 40 acres In Shiloh town? ship, $."> and other consideration. R, Cal Tomllnson to s. j. White, 40 seres In Shiloh township, $1,700. J. L. McCallum to Robert T. Brown, lot on corner of Church and Pear streets, $1,100. B, Murr Hall to J, L. .McCallum lot on corner of Salem Avenue and 1 >lngl? street. $1,200, Henry J. Davis to Ben Singleton, lot "ii Green swamp public road, $125. Bynum Pitts to Willie Walter, 6 acres in county, $260. W. J, Shaw to B. II. Spann. 44.7 a? res in < ounty, $7*>0. Henry Weinberg to J, w. sp? ncer, lot in town <?! Mayesvllle, $300? Marlon w. Seebrook to Ereklel i.ane, I 1 2 acres on Btateburg public road, $.r.a. Julis Patterson to Johnnie Bi tter son, tracts <?l I2| 6.66 and 16 o res in county, $1 ami other considerstlon. F 11. Richardson to ESsra Hodge, :::: acre trat t. $ 110. Johnnie Patterson to Julia Patter sun is acres, $1 und order to parti? tion tract. FREIGHT WRECKED' Cars, Including Tramp's Side Door Bleepur, Piled High Above Plat? form. ?? Kingstree, Nov. IS.?Train No. 212, a northbound through freight, was derailed exactly opposite the passen? ger and freight depot here this morn? ing at 4 o'clock. The train was run? ning about 20 miles per hour, and the momentum was so great that ears were piled up three deep and towered above the depot. The wreck was caused by the arch bar on the rear truck of the third car from the en? gine breaking, falling down and catching up a board on the railway crossing just south of the station, and before the derailei. car left the track and the train could be stopped, 13 cars were derailed and piled up across the track and cotton platform. About 75 feet of the covering oil the cotton platform was knocked down, and the car doing this damage was piled up on top of the wreckage. Five cars| were completely demolished, and the eonteilte, consisting of lumber, phos- j phate rock, shingles, building mate-1 ! rial and kaolin, was scattered prom? iscuously along the track for a dis- i tance of 100 yards. No estimate can J be made just now as to damage to the freight, but the damage to' rolling stock approximates $11,000. There was no loss of life and not a single injury, the crew being back in the cab. The most thrilling experience in the whole wreck was related by a tramp, who was riding in a car that was piled upon two others. "When he! awoke and crawded out he could sur very the whole town from his vantage point. Sedately picking a few splin? ters from his wool hat, he climbed down and called down dire fates upon a railroad system that would allow I a gentleman's rest to be thus dis turned. Wrecking crews worked all day and ' I the track was sufficiently cleared at' 6 p. m. to permit the passing of trains. All traffic during the day was blocked and trains were detoured by Lanes and Sumter. This wreck occurred exactly in the same spot as did the last big wreck here ten years ago. Practically all business was sus? pended in Kingstree today and hun? dreds of people, including many from miles around, viewed the wrecking forces at work. OPPOSES ADJOURNMENT NOW. Representative From Fourth South Carolina District Talks of Duty to Country. "Washington, Nov. 18.?Representa? tive J. T. Johnson of South Carolina Is unalterably opposed to congress ad? journing at the present time, and to? day expressed himself very forcibly regarding the matter. Mr. Johnson is a strong administration man. Since President Wilson came into the White House Mr. Johnson has never failed to uphold him whenever opportunity afforded in national affairs. Mr. Johnson believes that congress should not adjourn at the present time for the reason, he thinks, that it would be bad for congress to interfere with the plans of the President for continuous and constructive legislation; in other words, that inasmuch as the president has insisted that congress remain in session until the currency bill is out of the way, it would be unwise at the present time to adjourn even though the new session will begin In about two weeks. It would injure the pres? ident's prestige, he believes. i In addition to this, he is opposed to the payment of mileage for members for such a purpose. "1 am a member of the house com? mittee on appropriations," Mr. John? son said, "and I shall do my utmost to prevent the consideration of any such plan should it be brought up.M FUTURE DEALINGS INVALID. Wisconsin Court Holds Hoard of Trade Transactions Are Gambling and Therefore Void. Madison. Wis., Nov. 18.?Roard of trade dealing in futures constitute gambling and are void, the State su? preme court held here today, in a csae Involving a Milwaukee commis? sion firm and a. customer, The com? mission house sought to recover money claimed t?? have been invested for its customer by it in the sale of wheat and corn on the Milwaukee board of trade. The defendants set up that the transaction was a gambling operation. <oast LINE MEETING. i>ir? s Declare Dividends nnd Re-elect Officers. Richmond, Va.. Nov. is.?Atlantic ?'niest lane directors, after the an? mini meeting of the stockholders here today, declared n dividend of ;{ 1-2 per cent on the common stock, payable January i <?. 1911. % M. Emerson. Wilmington. N. C, president; h. Walters, New York, Chairman Of the board, and other o'li I ? ei s were I e-elec ted. possi; shoots ne<;ro. Negro Chased bj Hounds to Cane Brake on River?Armed With Pis tol and Shotgun. Columbia, Nov. 19.?Edward WTin bu.sh, the negro who shot at Sheriff J. C. McCain.of Hichland county last' Monday night, was killed by a posse yesterday about 2 o'clock in a cane brake on Broad river near Frost, a station on the Southern railway. Win bush is said to have been in the act of shooting a member of the posse when he was cut down. His body was pierced by 17 bullets. The negro was about 2years old and is re? ported to have borne a bad reputa? tion. Winbush was armed with a pis? tol at the time he was killed and had shotgun shells in his pocket. Last Monday night Sheriff McCain was riding on a Colonial Heights car when Winbush llr-xl a pistol into the air. The sheriff ordered him to give up his gun and intended to place him under arrest. The negro, however, got off the car and fired through a window at Mr. McCain. The sheriff chased Winbush, but he made his es? cape after the shooting Monday night. Early Tuesday morning W. T. Marsh and J. X. Helms, rural police? men, went to Winbush's house at 2114 Bumter street to arrest him. The negro ran out of the back door. It is said that he threatened to shoot Mr. McKinnon, who is employed at the Confederate infirmary. Sheriff McCain telephoned to the penitentiary for bloodhounds, which were put on the negro's trail. 11^ summoned a number of deputies and gnve chase. The negro was finally cornered about 4 00 yards from Frost station on the Southern railway, in a cane brake on the bank of Broad river after he had been trailed for several hours. It is thought that he failed in an effort to get a bateau to toke him across the river. Members of the posse say that the negro started shooting as soon as he saw that he was surrounded. - I KILLED WITH PARLOR RIFLE. Little Thomas E. Fischer, Jr., Victim of Fatal Bullet. Charleston, Nov. 18.?A sad acci? dent occurred yesterday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock in the yard of No. 83 Washington street, where several school boys were shooting at a target. Little 12-year-old Thomas E. Fischer, Jr., was instantly killed by being struck by a bullet from a parlor rifle in the hands of Jewell Bremer, 14 years old. The shooting was purely accidental, and Coroner Mansfield, who investigated the tragedy, said that no inquest was necessary, as the facts proved beyond doubt that the shooting was unintentional. The body of the lad is in charge of the J. Henry Stuhr undertaking establishment. The funeral services will be held tomor? row. THREE DESTROYERS DROPPED. Stricken From Navy List and Left in Yard at Charleston for Sale. Charleston, Nov. 18.?Three tor? pedo boat destroyers, the Craven, Steckten and Wilkes, have been placed out of commission at the Charleston navy yard and today were stricken fronr. the navy register. The vessels were lately on duty with the Atlantic reserve fleet. Of these craft, which have survived their usefulness and are destined to be sold, the oldest is the Craven, whose keel was laid Decem? ber 6, 1897, and whose commission dates from June 9, 1900. She is 176 feet long and 16 feet 4 1-2 inches beam. The keels of the Wilkes and Stockton were laid in ttye spring of 1899 and the vessels were commis? sioned in 1902. Each is about 175 feet long with 17 1-2 foot beam. On the Craven's last trip a boiler accident caused the death of four of her crew. After lying in Charleston harbor for several days, en route from Newport to Pensacola, where she goes for win? ter target practice, the destroyer Cum? in lugs went out this morning at 9 o'clock. Her next stopping place will be Key West. TEA SET FOR WIUTE HOUSE RRIDE. Senators Invest $1,000 in Wedding Gift. Washington. Nov. 18.--A solid silver tea set, costing a thousand dollars was Selected today by (he ommittee, com? posed of Senators Mat tine. Overman arid Bacon, as the wedding present from the Senate to Miss Jessie W''son. Tr GIVE < P INDUSTRY. Beet sugar Growers Soon Will Quit, Chi. ago, Nov. IT. -There will be only one more crop "t b<***' sugar be? cause it will bo unable to compete with lie?> i?.ilie sugar ifter iSlS, it was said today at the annual meet? ing of beet sugar manufacturers. One hundred million dollars Invest? ed |n beel sugar factories, according to one delegate, will be forced to And employment Within a )'?un ENTOMOLOGISTS AT WORK. Two English Travelers Visit Station Where Red Spider Investigation ig Going On. Batesburg, Nov. 18.?Mr. Mae Gregor and Mr. Mason, two Carnegie scholarship students, visited the Batesburg station where the red spider investigations are being con ducted. Those two men from Eng? land are touring the United States in an effort to visit all the principal labo? ratories where entomological projects are under way. They reached Amer? ica in early July, and .since that time have traversed the width and breadth of the country. The Carnegie scholarships are held from the imperial bureau of en? tomology, which in England cor? respcnds to the United States bureau of entomology. The winning of these scholarships is an honor conferred for good work in the university studic? and quite naturally goes to men with high entomological promise. Aft^r visiting stations from Maine to California and from Texas to Ten? nessee, Mr. MacGregor and Mr. Ma? son say that they are much impress? ed with the advances that have been made in economic entomology in this country. They declare that the or? ganization of the American bureau is much more elaborate and more com? prehensive than that of the imperial bureau. Naturally they hope to get ideas, then, from this country and from what could be learned from their discussion their journey has not been in vain. Upon returning to England, these men will report to the imperial bu? reau whereupon they will be assign? ed to work In some portion of the British domain. Some go to Egypt, I some to Africa and some to India. NEGRO BASEBALL LEAGUE. New National League Organized In Chicago with All Negro Prayers. ChleagOi Nov. 18.?Plans for a new Naional baseball league modeled after the National and American Leagues were disclosed today. Tho players will all be negroes. The or? ganization will be ready to open its first season in 1914, under the name ! of the "National Coloied Baseball League." It is incorporated by Pierce with a capital stock of fifty thousand i dollars. It is financed by five wealthy I Chicagoans. SULZER TO LECTURE. Will Carry War on Tammany Into West. New York, Nov. 17.?William Sut zer, deposed governor of New York and member-elect of the next leglsla i ture, has arranged to spend the next six weeks on a tour of Western cities to spread further his denunciation of Tammany Hall, which he has repeat? edly charged with a plot to remove him from office. His topic will be "The Treason of Tammany" and his tour will take him as far west as Pacific coast cities. FOOLED THE DOCTORS. Broken Necked Man Died of Stomach Trouble, New Rochelle, N. Y., Nov. 17.? While In a fair way to make good his promise to "fool the surgeons," made more than two years ago when his neck was broken as the result of div? ing into shallow water, Waldorf Mil? ler, 19 years old, today died from stomach trouble. Three weeks ago he was permitted to walk a few st^ps. Several years ago a brother of Mil? ler received a broken neck by divin?. He lived ten days after the accident. ENTOMBED IN MINE. Nine Bodies Taken From Alabama Pit. Acton, Ala., Nov. 19.?Nine mineis are known to have been killed, and at least a dozen others were still missing at a alte hour tonight, as a result of an explosion this afternoon in the Ala? bama Fuel and Iron company's mine No. 2 near here. The exact number still entombed is uncertain, as mine officials are un? able to say how many men were at work In the mine when the explosion occurred. Estimates of miners em? ployed near the scene of the disaster plai? the total number who entered the mine today at from 25 to 40. Birmingham? Ala., Nov. It.?As a result of the Windy Shot explosion in the 1? ft entry of the Acton mines late ycaterday, twenty-four miners are dead. Thirty were in the mine when the explosion occurred. Heaths were Instantaneous in most cases. Twenty of the bodies were badly mangled. Two men died of the after-damp. Six men were rescued safety. Sixteen of the dead are White, eight are HP' groeSt All Of the bodies were taken out by eleven o'clock this morning* Ventilating fans cleared the sir that the rescuers had little trouble* In penetrating the mine. The Acton Coal Company are the owners of the mine*