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TII.I.M \\ HI.AMES ULEASE.
Mays Ills Attitude Lost Encampment
to Charleston.
Washington. Apr. 22.?Senator Till
man gave out the following inter?
view tonight with regard to tho en?
campment question.
"I have received numerous tole
grams from friends In Charleston and
other places In South Carolina beg?
ging me to use my inthu n< | with the
war department to get the secretary
of war to select the Isl. ..f Palms fot
the military encampment .dill, In?
stead of carrying It to some other
i am Informed the money
spent already by the owners of the
Island In SgNgpeiing for this purpose
and the loss that will OOSM t<> boat*
ness men. men hants, trin k garden
err, etc., will I ? eery great.
"I was in South Carolina attending
the meeting of Clemson College board
of trustees when this dispute arose
and only returned Sunda'.. Mr. Wha
ley and 1 had the matter all arrang?
ed, as wo thought, und I left Clemson.
But for the governor's unfortunate at?
titude ai d letters to the wi r depart
there w "iild has e la-rn no trou
vhatewr. If Gov. IMease had
d until the orders were issued
the thing settled so far as the
Jepartment v.. - concerned. there1
. have been no hitch at all. The
riors of North Carolina, Georgia
Florida would undoul-tedly ha\?
en asking his permission as gov
r for their troops to come into
Mute of South Carolina. That is
rulo throughout the United'
?s, 1 helicve. but his egotism
ipted him to advertise himself
m ?xnify his own importance, and
lesion and the wh.de State will
jfferers thereby.
talked with Mr. Garrison, the
?tary of War. thi-* morning far
tl r-?* time on tt?S Mfcjaet, and
d his mind m. d| up. Tho ar
<*ment for the en imminent to go
ie Isle of Palms was made
uth the adjutant general's olllce.
se< Pat Iff of war then had noth
whatever to do with It. Qen.
K?aM had made the Inspection and
reported In favor of that place, and
I so notified Mr. Sottilo. After the
governors' letter the secretary of war
took a hand for the first time.
Mr. Garrison emphatically ga\.
in ? to understand that under no cir?
cumstances would his decision be
altered. The governor had | ado him
mad by his insulting letters, and he
feels that he cannot afford now to
havo the encampment ko to South
Carolina at all. and to my regret, I
found 1 had no mthunce with him
whate\er In regard to this matter.
"1 am sorry the State will lose the
encampment. ? < i' would have
givea tho people an opportunity to
see the militia of other States, and
Charleston will lose much trade an I
advertisement of the sort she wants.
It in now advertised throughout the
Cnlted Slat ?? that South Carolina has
lost tho ?nejimpment on amount of
Its governor's arrogant attitude to i
wards the secretary of war. I th'.nk
p? rhaps. the threatened war in Mex?
ico will prevent ?ny encampment be?
ing held a* all, but of course I do not
know this."
t'ity Managet w. r ttobertaeti und
Secretary Kcardon. of the Chamber of
Commerce/will urge every business
man, and every other cltlann of Sum?
ter ctt\ and county to turn out on
April nth to gUre the Charleston bus?
iness men s booster crowd a most cor?
dial weh ..me |e the Gumccoi k City of
Somter. The ('hnrleston business men
w ill arris e in Sumter at 1?.25 in the
morning, traveling In their special
Pullman ti.nn They will have Mcts's
Hne military h?.n.l hlestg. and the
|,m- nes.s no n v% i 11 s' a?t? r souvenirs of
the busin? est di hments and other
matter advertising tharuston. They
will spend tw*> h.oirs in Sumter ami
thev want to no ? t ? \. t body and talk
to v*?e Suint.-r e.omt\ no n. women,
and children.
W ork tins bees ?osnsnosx eel on
Liberty street towards tavlnv the wa
|er muiix hefett llM street is paved.
HOW THE BATTLE WAS WON
MEraiT OF Tin: OCCUPATION of
VERA CRV1 HY MARINES.
Marine* Made a Clean Sweep of City
Driving Out Mexicans Who Fought
From Ambush.
Vera Cruz, April 22.?Bear Ad-'
miral Krank F. Fletcher has taken up
headquarters at tho Terminal Hotel,
llr is in command of the land opera?
tions. While Rear Admiral Badger,
eommander-in-chlef on the Atlantic
Meet, has brought his flag into the
ktATbof on the Minnesota.
After the general advance began
this morning Mexican sharpshooters
on the roofs put up a stubborn re-1
sistance.
The paymaster of the British cruis?
er Fssox, Albert W. Kimbcr. was
wounded on board his ship by a
"sniper" shore.
The British bluejackets crowded to
the bows and vociferously cheered the
American marines as they proceeded
UVahore for the landing.
The flags on tho Ksscx and Fortress
^an Juan de t'llua wcro half-masted
when the dead were carried to tho
I'MiltS.
Bear Admiral Badger has not de?
rided to proceed to Tampico, and it is
believed his departure will be delay?
ed. An indication of this is found in
the fact that his llugehip has enter?
ed the harbor.
Major Smedley D. Butler, with ma?
rines from the Prairie, made a sortie
up the railway for a considerable dis?
tance late today.
Roar Admiral Fletcher at 8.30
o'clock this morning ordered a gen?
eral movement for tho occupation of
all the town. Bluejacket columns ad?
vanced and passed the uncompleted
market plac e and Naval College. When
they had reached the walls of the
Collage a terrific rille tire was poured
in all directions from the roof and
Windows. The bluejackets, helpless to
return the Ore against tho stone
walls, scattered.
The Prairie, Chester and San Fran
cisa o opened with their five and six
inch guns and shattered the walls.
The bluejackets lormed again and
iidvanccd against the lire, which had (
i iminished. By 10 o'clock there was
enly desultory firing from the inshore
sMc of the tower. Battailous; of
bluejackets had made their way along
the water front to the southern end
of the town and cleared several
streets, but the sniping from houses
i ontinoed at intervals.
The scout cruiser Chester pound
Od buildings OH the outskirts With
six-inch shells, bring over tho heads
of the men ashore and showing al?
most perfect marksmanship.
The general movement from all the
positions taken yesterday began in
the direction of the main plaza. Ma?
rines under Lieut. Col. Wendell C. I
Neville moved to the southward
along parallel streets toward the cen?
tre, whilo marines commanded by
Lieut. Commander Buchanan, of the
Florida, and Lieut. Commander Arth?
ur B. Keating, of the Arkansas, were
ord< red from their positions east of
the centre towards the plaza.
The two foroee swung forward with
a rush for a distance of Ihres 'docks.
The machine gun and rifle tire was
supplemented by shell fire from the
small, r gUUI <?f the Prairie and ChOB?
It r. The ship's ?uns supported the
movement of clearing the roots to the
south and oast, occasionally dropping
a shell a few hundred yards In ad?
vance.
Bucht nan's men. under direct com?
mand ol Lout. Guy Wi O. Castle,)
moved forward to ? position one
blocs' directly sail of the plasa Other
detachments occupied positions to the
north and west. Loth marines and
bluejackets dragged light held pieces,
but there was little work for them.
There was no organized resistance,
but from tho beginning of the ad?
vance a smart lire came from defend?
ers on house lops, which Invariably
drew a merciless Urs from the ad?
vancing parUen The mahclne guns
sounded their "tan, tap," In all Quar?
ters, and American sharpshooters,
posted at street corners ami other
points of vantage, picked off at will
an) man who appeared to them set*
Ing suspiciously.
Reduced Rates for Chautanqua,
Secretary L. I? Reardon of Ihe
chamber of Commerce, who is om
?f those an th< srrangement oommlt
I H e for the Chautauqua, has com*
munlcated with the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad authorities and has s<
curcd reduced rate! on all of the
Atlantic Coast Line branches entering
Si.inter for a radius of filly imbs. It
is eSpasted thai the other railroads
will hum civs reduced rates to visitors
tO HumtCr, Who dCStre lO attend tin
< 'hautauqua.
VoMrj Ball (lame,
Tim first exhibition same of voi?
les ball of tin- season \\;'S played at
the v. Hi ? ? t. Tuesday night between
White's snd Chandler's teams, Three
! i a and interesting same* were play
? it, Chandler's team winning the vie
I torj In the fust snd last of thorn.
PARADE TO MEET BOOSTERS
1 HAHLESTON MEN ARRIVE HERB
ON NEXT TUESDAY MORN*
ING FOR BRIEF VISIT.
Parade will Be Headed by Bumtcr
Band an<i nigh School Battalion,
Fire noimrtmont. Police Force,
Mayor and Councilmcii, Chamber
of commerce, Bnalneae Men's As?
sociation and Other Cltl/cns.
In behalf of the city government
of Sumter, the Sumter Chamber of
Commerce and the Retail Merchants'
Association, City Manager W. F.
Robertson, and Secretary Reardon,
the special committee In charge,
have requested Superintendent of City
Schools. S. H. Edmunds, to have the
city school military battalion turn
out on Tuesday morning, April 28th,
to greet the Charleston boosters upon
their arrival in Sumter.
Superintendent Edmunds said that
the military battalion would be on
hand provided that the young solJiers
can get their uniforms ready between
now and Tuesday morning. Of
course that means the young "Game?
cocks" will be out for full dress pa?
rade, because who ever heard of a
Sumter boy or man who couldn't get
his clothes ready in a week. If it de
pended upon the girls or the ladies (
having to get their special clothes
ready In that time, of course there
might be an element of doubt about
it.
The committee has invited the
Sumter band to lead the parade to j
and from the depot. With between
one hundred and fifty and two hun?
dred uniformed soldiers headed by
the famous Sumter band, and accom?
panied by Bumter'i unexcelled Are
department and handsome firemen,
and the gallant and good looking
Sumter police force, and hundreds of,
pretty Sumter women and hand
si.me men in automobiles the Sumter
part of the procession will be some?
thing worth going miles to see.
City Manager Robertson says that,
ho sincerely hopes that the Sumter
men and women will turn out in}
nutnhen next Tuesday, In automo?
biles and on foot.
If ana ging Secretary A. V. Sncll, of
the Charleston Chamber of Com-j
rr r'v is losing sleep and working
<?? rtlme trying to get up a bunch of
Charleston business men, and arrang?
ing to have tho Charleston crowd
from being overshadowed in tho pa?
rade at Sumter.
The city officials and Officers of
the COmmeriCal organizations, tho
Sumter Business Men's club, and
the members of those bodies are ex?
pected to line up at Chamber of
Commerce at I o'clock in the morning
and march to the Atlantic Coast Line
depot.
Sumter ran turn out several hun?
dred automobiles with ease and this
?hould be done by all means.
URGED TO LEAVE MEXICO,
l.etcher Notifies Americans to Make
Their Escape.
Chihuahua. Mexico. April 20, Via
El Paeo, Texan, April 21,?Consul
Letcher, on Inetructloni from Wash?
ington, is notifying Americans here
and in other towns of the State to
leave the eo intry as a precaution
against poaotble unfortunate even?
tualities' growing out of tin- decision
of the Washington government to
selae Tamptoa end Vera erur..
They will bo sent OUl in small
groups if time permits, as a gene ?i
sxodue, it Is feared, might precipitate
trouble. *
The t< nnla court has been rolled and
completed for playing and it is prob?
aide that the playin? at the Y. M. C. ;
a. will begin at once.
Nearly 4,000 acres were reforested
in Montana and northern Idaho dur?
ing 1913, at an average cost of $7.r>o
an acre.
DUNT KEEP TINKERING
WITH YOUR WHEEL.
Dring it lore if there is anything
wrong and we'll make it liuht in one
({imrter the time you would spend on
it and then make a po<>r Job of it ;.t
tcr nil, We repair bicycles In the
"know how" way. Sc.- wha's wrong
at Once and go about the right way
of fixing it. We are right In our
. harges too.
H. L. T1SDALE,
45 S. Main St. Phone 482
BLEASE INDICTS EDITOR.
J. If. MOORE, OF COLUMBIA REC?
ORD ARRESTED FOR CRIM?
INAL LIBEL.
Two Warrants Were Sworn out by w.
s. Blackburn, stenographer for tho
Governor?Editor dives Bund in
the Sum of $5,000.
Columbia, April 23.?Two warrants,
charging Jan.es H. Moore, editor of
the Columbia Record, with criminal
libel, were today sworn out before
Magistrate Bueiche] by W. F. Black?
burn, stenographer for the governor.
The warrants allege that Governor
Blease was libelled by certain editor?
ial publications in The Record. Mr.
Moore promptly furnished bond in
the sum of $5,000.
Miss Cuttlno Entertains Embroiders
Club.
Miss Hattie Cuttlno entertained the
1 G. E. C." girls at the home of her
grandmother, Mrs. Carson on N. Main
Street last Saturday at 5 o'clock.
The first part of the afternoon was
?pent in "talking," then Miss Cuttino
placed three tables for the guests to
be entertained at the putting of puz?
zles together. Miss Virginia Thema?
was presented the prize, a picture.
Later a delightful salad course with
coffee was served by the hostess.
The next meeting will be enter?
tained by Miss DeLorme In two
weeks' time.
Miss Julia DuBosc of Oswego was
an honorary guest at M'ss Cuttino's
club meeting.
"The Correspondent."
YOUNG STRAIN?Single Comb White
Leghorns. From several hundred
raised past season selected 25 for
breeders. Cock birds same strain
unrelated. Free range, eggs $1.50
per 15; $8 per 100. Pecania Poul?
try Farm, Davis Station, S. C.
60f) BUSHELS?Good home raised
. white corn, 20 tons No. 1 baled pea
vine hay well mixed with crab
grass; also small farm mule wo will
sell cheap. Apply to Andrews Bros.
Oswego, S. C.
BEESWAX WANTED?Cash paid for
good Cleai? a-x. X. G. Osteen.
PLANTS FOR SALE?Lettuce and
pansy plants, also sweet olive cut?
tings well rooted. The pansy plants
are fine and well grown and "Vill
be sold at reasonable price. 310
W. Hampton Ave.
And Ycu Improve
Your Health
The approval and con?
tinued recommendations
of Gossard Corsets, by
the greatest designers and
fashion authorities, is in?
teresting.
Tb have, doctora and
trained nurses advo
calc than in the carr.j
breath with Fashion
creators iv a wender?
fid tiibute to a gar?
jrncnt which has dona
much tc*4unagc wom?
en.."
Loo!: at tho illustrations
above. Both drawn from
life. The improvement
she wn in th'.se average
figures is not an * ideal,"
but a reality, which you
may achieve through a cor
recdy fitted GossardCorset.
Multitudes or women are
healthier today than they
formerly were, and the
improvement in their htf
ures is none the less marked.
Go3sard Corsets are made
in many Styles at. $2.00,
$3. SO, $5.00 and up, A
fitti v at this' tore doc*:, not
obligate you tu buy, Be
fitttd now.
Miss Jacobs
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Our courses are thorough s.rid our Co.lc^a Is the most highly recommended. Our graduates are
alway? preferred because of the thorough training they receive here.
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COLUMBIA, **
?OUTH CAROLINA.
ATTENTION
TOBACCO GROWERS!
Do you Know that the 8BCCCPS of making tobacco lies
princlpall) In the fertilizer son one? Uturieae you got
the right kind, you can't make drat class tobacco. We
have on hand several torn of sulphate of potash, which is
the most essential fertiliser food i'or tobacco. Call on us
and we will explain why you must buy this fertilizer.
W. B. BOYLE COMPANY
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this week they go at
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Also big Assortment
of Mattings. Rugs
and Art Squares,
both Jap and China.
Rugs 25c up.
Squares 1.50, 3.50
and 4.00.
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WOOD and COAL
We lisve the Goods st Uight Prices.
NoOrdertoo Large or too Small.
SUMTER RETAIL
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Phone 56 A. k. Howe!! Mgr.
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Your Check Book?
\o harm could be done a? >>>u emdd cnsllji ~4'< auotlicr <>n<?
Itui suppose you did not bcllwo in bunking youi money, and hap
|mmu*?I to lose your purn?chances urv yon would never see
o again.
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Established 1889