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6M0IDATES11GHESTERFILD. MATTER OF MONEY FOR EDUCA? TION BROUGHT TO FRONT. Otakscalca, Answering Questions, In far* There ? Plenty of Funds Avail Chesterfield. July 2.?The matter of financing systems of compulsory edu? cation was given attention by some of the candidates for governor In their speeches today before the Chester? field audience. Lowndes J. Brown? ing wanted to know how any sys? tem was to* be financed, while Rich? ard I. Manning Inquired of John O. Cttnkecales how he proposed to get the money to meet the expenses of schools and put up enough addition? al buildings to make Statewide com? pulsory education effective. Mr. Cltakscalea Inferred In his reply that If the State could afford to spend thousands of dollars for higher edu? cation It could find seme way of sup frying sufficient accommodations for the children unable to get in at pres? ent A. O. Brtr candidate for attor? ney general, asked his opponent. Thomas H. Peeplea. why he declined to appear before the supreme court for the State in the disbarment pro? ceedings against C. P. Sims of Spar? tan burg. "Mr. Peeplea was required to ap? pear la this case to represent the State under the statutes." aald Mr. Brlce. "When he did not do so the supreme court eent for him, and he politely de? clined to serve the State in the case." Mr. Peoples declared that Mr. Brlce had run for Judge, getting only 19 rates out of 122, and had introduced a hill In the house to amend the Mate constitution, but made no refer? ence to the Sims case. John T. Duncan, the first candidate for governor to speak, made an ad draee on his usual lines. W. C. Irby, Jr., told of his opposi? te n to the sale of the asylum proper? ty and to Immigration. Ho developed hie plan for rural credits. Mr Cllnkscales' plan of State? wide compulsory education is an im? practicable theory Incapable of being put Into execution." declared Rich? ard I. Manning, who was warmly greeted by the audience. "I ask Mr. CUnkacales to answer In his speech today where the money is coming from to *run the schools and pay the teachers If State-wide com? pulsory education is put into effect" la Chesterfield county, Mr. Manning said that a third of the boys were not la the schools and quoted the county superintendent of education as the authority for the statement that It wou'd take a levy of 15 mills to pay the salaries of the teachers and tha running expenses of the schools, exclusive of erecting new buildings, should all the children be forced Into tho schools now. "If you adopt Mr. Cllnkscales* plan you will give a backset to education because you will not have the money to make State-wide compulsion effec? tive," urged Mr. Manning after he presented his plan for local' option school attendance. J. B. A. Mullaly spoke next. John O. Richards condemned the action of the State convention and compulsory school attendance. "The fertiliser companies are de? frauding you by short weights in ship? ments." asserted Charles Carroll 8lmms. who said that he knew a man who wanted to bring action against the companies on the $10 pen? alty but Clemson college refused to let him do so. "A liquor prohibition law will only affect poor men." averred Mr. Slmnis, who pictured rich mor. II their clubs, drinking tbelr whiskey and discussing how they were going to carry elec? tions. He told the audience tbut when the poor men formed their clubs and bought a little "first X" tho mayor of Columbia raided them. "I glory In the spunk tho governor showed when he ordered raided the. Columbia club?that nest of politi? cians^?the Metropolitan club and other rich men's clubs," declared Mr. Hlirmi Ths speaker said that Mr. Drown? ing and be were the only human be? ings In the raco foi governor. "All the other candidates arc sanc? tified and ouabt to be in heaven." be Insisted smld laughter. Charles A. Smith recalled his race for lieutenant governor against K Walker Duvall of Cberaw. paying his opponent a high tribute. He then developed his arguments In favor of submitting the question of Stato-wldc prohibition to the people. "One of the candidates has shied badly on this question," said I.teut. Oov. Smith, referring to Mr. Cllnk ?cales. "Does Mr Cllnkscales stand for rompulior, education among tho ne groos?" aaked Lieut, (lov. Smith fur? ther on in bis speech. "It Is an insult to the poor man to put him In a class by himself and to infer that he is not as good as anybody else." declared Mendel I*. Smith In the course of a speech In which he advocated Iteal option com I MESSAGE FROM WILSON. SILL1MAN GOING TO SALTILLO TO SKE CA KRANZ A. Virtually Wilson's Personal Agent lu showing Mexican Advantages uf Settlement. Washington, July 2.?Fully in Instructed as to the Washington gov? ernment's attitude towards every phase of the Mexican prohlem, John It. SUUman will leave tomorrow for Saltillo to represent the United States at the temporary capital of Gen. Car ranza, first chief of tho constitutional? ists. It Is understood Mr. SUUman goes virtually as President Wilson's per? sonal agent to talk with the consti? tutionalist leader, to lend a hand if occasion offers In healing the Car ranza-VUla breach and particularly further to impress on the constitu? tionalists the urgent necessity of early peace In Mexico through a provisional government as proposed at Niagara Falls. Mr. SUUman, who was a classmate of President Wilson at Princeton, Is tho regularly accredited vice and deputy consul at Saltillo. He returns to his post, now Gen. Carranza's head? quarters, under permission rccontly given by Gen. Huerta. A few weeks ago he was a prisoner there, charged by Huerta officials with aiding their enemies, and his release was granted only on condition that he leave Mex? ico not to return. While tho administration was ar? ranging for the vice consuls' depar? ture, constitutionalist agents still were seeking to learn by telegraph what was going on at Saltillo. Late tonight It waa said no definite information had come. It Is said differences of opinion prevail among constitutional? ists at Washington as to whether the'r first chief ever will consent to deal with Huerta except on the batle field. Reports camo today from Torreon that Gen. Villa was in conference there with Gen. Vlllarcal, Gen. Ba-i tofccoy and several other Caranza commissioners and that the outlook was favorable for a settlement of dif? ferences between Carranza and Cilia. SOUTH CAROLINA IN COM l? TAX. Total In Corporations ami Individual Amounts to More Than $121,000. Washington, July 3.?Receipts from corporations and Individuals under the Income tax law for the fiscal year ended June 30, made public today by Commissioner Osborn, show that $102,126.32 was collected In South Carolina for corporation excise and tax and $26,816.08 from Individual Incomes. LOUISIANA WANTS PRIZE FIGHTS Gov. Hall Has Signed Bill Legalizing Twenty Round Bouts. Baton Rouge, July 3.?Gov. Hall to? day signed the bill legalizing 20 round boxing bouts In Louisiniana. pulsory education. His condemna? tion of Indiscriminate pardons aroused tho audience to applause. "I asked Mr. CUnkscales, Mr. Man? ning and Mr. Smith where they were going to get the money to run the schools if any one of the systems of compulsion they ^advocate are put Into effect, and they have not an? swered yet," said Lowndes J. Brown? ing. II? held that the constitutional State tux of 3 mils for school pur? poses should be abolished In order to effect other tax reforms. "If you uro going to leave the 3 mill tax In the constitution, then mtiko it u State tax and divide it umong tho counties e<iuully," urged Mr. Urownlng. Ho suid that tho same principle should ho applied to tho ed? ucation of children that now applied to tho pensioning of veterans. "There arc 39,700 whito children out of school while tho schools arc running." asserted John G. Clink scales. "South Carolina gives Clomson $300,000 a year to educate a few hun? dred hoys, thousands of dollars to Winthrop and this year $30,ooo to eradicate, tho cattle tick, placing th<? tick ahovo tho children" said Mr. CUnkscalcH in taking up his opj o nent M query about how compulsory school attendance was to be financed. "Is this fair to the thousands of chil? dren who are out of school'.'" "I contend further that many thousands of children out of schools can be put into them now without Increasing the tax levy one tent," in? sisted Mr. Clinkscnlcs. "You don't have to force the ne? groes Into the schools," declared Mr. CUnkscales after he ridiculed Mr. Rlchurds' declaration that he would never agree to spending an uddtlor.al dollar for negro education until all white children were given equal e I ucattonal advantages. Itobert A. CoofJSjf, the last candi? date for governor to speak, contented himself with announcing his candi? dacy and briefly outlining his plat* form. The amPcncc applauded him with vigor. BLEASE SUPPORTERS 111 EC KI JENNINGS DURING SPEECH. I urge Crowd of York County Voters Hear Senatorial Aspirants?Attacks on Governor Continued?Smith is Hoarse?Blease Attacks Smith. Yorkvillc, July 2.?Approximately 800 York county voters braved the threatening weather this morning to hear the United States senatorial can? didates here today. There was little demonstration. When L. D. Jennings, who spoke first, was slashing the governor for the part he had in the trial of Dr. Eleanora li. Maunders, three men, said by York ville citizens to have been mill opera? tives, persistently heckled the speaker. During the last ten minutes of his speech, Mr. Jennings sought to dis? credit Senator Smith's efforts to raise the price of cotton and said that the claims the senator set up would be believod only "by people In the In 8.1 ??e asylum." Tho lusty lunged trio relished the Sumter mayor's criti? cism of "Cotton" Smith and cheered Mr. Jennings with as much enthu? siasm as they had heckled him during the first part of his speech. Mr. Pollock followed Mr. Jennings and the second speaker too rodo bold? ly into the governor for participation in the Saunders trial. Tho three commenced to answer the Cheraw man's statements. The Cheraw can? didate promptly Invited the disturbers to come to the stand. "I want the people here to see you," he said, point? ing to an open space in front of him. Within the next few seconds, the three disappeared, and did not again make themselves conspicuous. Senator Smith was suffering today from the first attack of hoarseness since the campaign opened, and made himself heard by all with much diffi? culty. However, he made the same militant speech in defense of his work In Washington, illustrating each phrase with an appropriate and hum? orous joke, paid the samo tribute to his mother, which here as in other places brought tears to the eves of many who heard him, and received tho only flowers presented today. Tho governor was the last speaker. This, York county, is the home of Dr. Saunders, but the governor did not make any reference to the trial of the woman physician. In answer to the attacks that arc being made upon him, he said: "I don't admit that I've done any wrong. I may have made mistakes, but my friends don't ask me to ex plain and my enemies can't make me." The name of Gus Richey came up frequently in the meeting here today Richey was convicted of assault upon a little girl who was in hi3 home, and was later paroled by the gov? ernor. When Mr. Jennings was discussing the asylum episode today, he asked: "What would you think of a judge or a magistrate who went to a trial with the decision written out ii: ad? vance, before he had heard the evi? dence? In the trial of Dr. Saunders, a resolution condemning her was written before the trial was held, and offered afterward? Do you Indorse that?" the speaker asked. This brought a volley of cheers for Jennings, and some one shouted at the speaker: "He (the governor) is going to the senate anyway." Another on the opposite side of the stand fired back: "Will he take Gus ,Richey with him?" Also while the governor was speak? ing, some one asked: "What did you do for Gus Richey?" "I paroled him just as I'll do for you when you steal something," the governor replied. When Mr. Jennings was attempting to prove the governor unfit for the national position and asked what con? structive act of the governor could be pointed out, one of the three men who had mado much noise answered: "Upheld labor." "If there's a single act, point It out. Yet tho governor says he got the mill vote in his vest pocket," Mr. Jen? nings replied. Mr. Jennings also said that he was not running Cor the salary attached to the senate position, and defended his assertion by reminding the audi enee that he had made a success of law in Sumter county. 'How many petitions for pardons have you drawn up?" he was asked. "Not a single one, nor have 1 ever Isigned one, l was alwaya lucky I enough to keep my clients out. 1 I was not a friend of the governor's, land l knew that 1 could not get them a pardon," was tho answer. Tough on Papers. i Should Cole Hlcase be returned to that "livery stable" and peace declar? ed in Mexico the newspapers would be hard put for front page stories. Camdon Chronicle. Marriage laVcii.se Record. A license to marry has been grant? ed to Wesley Holiday and Rosa Brown, colored, of Silver. PARTY BENT OUT BY FEDERAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT LO? CATING MOSQUITOES. What They Wish to Accomplish In Their Investigations Around City? Something of Their Work and Con corning the Malarial Mosquito. Dr. H. It. Carter, senior surgeon, Drs. Robert C. Derivaux, D. M. Mul loy, H. A. Taylor and Mr. M. Le rince, the party of health experts sent out by the surgeon general of the nited States Public Health Depart? ment Thursday began actively upon their investigation of conditions in and about Sumter insofar as these conditions wero responsible for the breeding of the anopheles or malar il mosquito Needless to say, they I found plenty of the mosquitoes and n many instances they decided upon recommendations which will be made later of ways in which the breeding places may be eradicated. The party will continue their work ntil they have made a complete investigation throughout the city and its surroundings and have made rec? ommendations to the city board of health of ways and means in which the mosquitoes may to a certain ex? tent be eradicated. Their work does not comprise the killing of mosquitoes n Itself, but an investigation of their breeding places, followed by their recommendations, as already stated, of what steps the city health depart? ment should take to prevent malaria. Dr. Carter, when seen at the Clarc mont Hotel Thursday, gave a full statement of their work and why It was so important and the necessity of eradicating mosquitoes. The party is sent out by the United States Health Bureau and have taken up their work in four different places In the State, the work at these places being recom? mended by the South Carolina State Health ofllcer, Dr. J. A. Hayne, be? cause of the progressive spirit known to exist in the places, which he rec? ommended, and the probability that they would carry out to a successful completion tho recommendations of tho Investigations. The places rec? ommended were Eau Claire and Rldgewood, suburbs of Columbia, Greenville, Hartsville and Sumter, so Sumter may consider Itself fortu? nate to have been selected as one of these places. The places selected are of two types, the hilly places, having naturally a well drained surface, and tho lowlands, which do not have a natural, easy drainage, but are provid? ed with artilicial drainage. Eau Claire and Rldgewood and Greenville come in the first class and Hartsville and Sumter come within the second class. Before beginning active investi? gations Dr. Carter and hia party of experts were taken over the city and the territory immediately contiguous to it and pointed out by the city health officer and the cty manager the places whero it was thought that ma? larial mosquitoes were breeding. This of course will to some extent lessen their work, as they know what places to investigate, without having to hunt for them. The hcalih officer is going with the investigating party and learn? ing from them many things about the mosquito and its habits. The first day was devoted to an in? vestigation of conditions in Turkey Creek, the Turkey Creek bottoms, ditches throughout the land adjacent to Turkey Creek and the holes at the brick yard. It was found in the low? er part of Turkey Creek there were lew, if tiny, mosquitoes breeding. Be? low the point at which the waste wa? ter from the gas plant was emptied into the creek there were no mos? quitoes at all, as the tar in the water kept the mosquitoes away. In the holes at the brick yard there were few mosquitoes and very little breeding being done for the reason that there were lish in all tho holes and some of ther were muddy and the anopheles mosquito will not breed in muddy or ill smelling water. In this connection an incident related by Dr. Carter will bo of interest. At one place he found a number of anopheles mosquitoes on the edge of th so holes, but he trampled down the grass In catching some of them, affording an entrance from the deep? er water outside of the grass. A short time later upon returning to this same spot there were no mosquitoes, but there were a great many little min? nows in the water where he had trampled the grass down. Investi? gation a few feet further on Dr. Car? ter found mosquitoes In the grass, which he had not trampled down and where the little fish could not come. f>r. Carter reported that there were in ire ditches In this vicinity than he had ever seen anywhere else In his life. In most of these ditches the water was running and where the wa? ter was running the anopheles mos? quitoes were breeding. The wet places surrounding the numerous ur teslan*wells and the drains from these wells were nil breeding places for the mosquitoes. These ditches and wells were the chief breeding plaices found in their first day's work, which was cut short by the donwfall of rain In REBEL PEACE CONFERENCE. REPRESENTATIVES OF VILLA AND CARRANZA MEET AT TORREON. Effort Is Being Made to Patch up Differences of Constitutionalists Leaders?Villa Demands That Eaeli Rebel Soldier be Guaranteed a Small F irm When Rebel Cause Trimuplis. Special to The Daily Item. Torreon, July 4.?An important peace conference to heal the breach between President Carranza and Gen. Villa bgan today In the director's room of the Banca Coahuila. At an informal meeting last night plans were made for the conference. Among the representatives of Car? ranza is Gen. Hay, his new chief of staff. Gen. Hay is a personal friend of Villa, fighting side by side with him in the Madero revolution. It Is reported that Gen. Villa is de? manding a guarantee that each rebel soldier shall be given a small farm when the central government of Mex? ico is captured. Gen. Villa is also op? posed to Carranza's relations with cer? tain American capitalists. i THOSE HAPPY ROOSEVELT DAYS. And Yet He Voices Criticism of The "Wilson Policies!" Johnstown Democrat. More than 2,000 men march to City Hall at Detroit and demand work.? j January 28, 1908. Chicago Federation of Labor esti? mates the total number of unemploy? ed men in Chicago at 100,000 and is? sues a warning to all craftsmen to keep away from the city.?February j 11, 1908. New York city government urged by Central Federated Labor Union to let subway contracts to furnish work for 500,000 unemployed men.?March 15, 1908. One hundred thousand men march through the streets of New York sing? ing the "Marseillaise," speakers preach revolution and demand work; a bomb thrown at police by anarchists. ?March 23, 1908. More than 200 Bulgarians petition Governor of Colorado for employment or for aid to return to Bulgaria.? March 20, 1908. Ono thousand foreigners march to? ward Philadelphia City Hall, demand? ing work; a riot, three policemen shot; 14 marchers arrested; hundreds beaten by mounted police.?'February 20, 1908. Labor unions report 50,000 idle men in the Kensington, Pa., district.?Feb? ruary 10, 1908. Unemployed in San Francisco form a league and demand issue of $23, 000,000 In bonds to aid unemployed. ?March 23, 1908. One thousand Hungarians march through the rain to receive a loaf of bread each at Toledo.?March 23, 1908. At Camden, N. J., a riot follows ap plication of 1,500 men for 300 jobs ad? vertised by the Joseph Campbell Com ? pany.?August 10, 1908. Loan of $9,000,000 to provide funds for public work asked by city of Philadelphia for unemployed; race riot followed demonstration of unem? ployed; Italians attacked by other na? tionalities.?March 15, 1908. Yes; those were happy Roosevelt days! Have you forgotten them? The foregoing news items give only a faint impression of tho breadth and the depth of the depression of the busi? ness and the industries of the country during the last Roosevelt year. Don't Snce/.e at Radium. A Denver, Col., dentist sneezed while working over a receptacle con? taining a solution of $25,000 worth of radium. After the sneeze the ra? dium was gone. Which shows that j raidum is not to be sneezed at.? Greenville Piedmont. the afternoon. It was suggested b*' Dr. Carter that stop cocks or some un? derground outlet be provided for the artesian wells and that the ditches be tiled or covered, as this would prevent the anopheles mosquito from breed' ing. He considered on open ditch very much more unsanitary than no ditch at all, as It was only in clean water, generally where grass was growing, that the anopheles mosquito laid its cgfcs and its young were hatched. The party Thursday continues its in? vestigations up Turkey Creek and ill Grler Hundred and the bottoms hack of the Lorlng place, finding more or less mosquitoes nearly everywhere they searched. In their search the members of the party, who are well supplied with maps of the city mark on their maps just where the mos? quitoes are breeding, whether it is a ditch, well or what not. When they complete their observations these maps will be turned over to the hoard />f health with their recommendations. At the shmo'tfmc* tflarhCwill be made* for a mass meeting of citizens at which the investigators will tell them of their work, what they have found' and how they may aid the city in keeping out the mosquitoes. MEXICO CITY IS OX THE VERGE OC A PANIC. Bandit Chief Reported to Have Cut Off City's Water Supply and People are Terrified at Prospect of Water Famine and Assault on City by Bandit Horde. Washington, July 4.?The bandit Zapata has cut the water mains and electric light and power cables sup? plying Mexico City, according to a dispatch received today. The dis? patch states that the people of Mexico City are on the verge of a panic in the face of the threatened water famine and an attack by Zapata's army which is probable. The only water avail? able is from an old well within tho federal lines. Unofficial a ? ! vices state that Mexico City is on the verge of a reign of terror and both Mexicans and foreign? ers are panto-stricken at the possi? bility of fai.'ing into the hands of Zapata. It is believed that Zapata will at? tack the capital soon. The plight of the (foreigners in Mexico City will probably necessitate the advance of the United .States troops from Vera Cruz. NEGRO CAPTURED BY POSSE. Charged With Murder and Criminal Assault. _ Greenville, July 3.?A man hunt that began at Pickens Monday night came to an end near Frankville, N. C, yesterday morning when Sheriff Roark of Pickens and tho chief of police of the place captured the negro charged with the murder of James Hendrix, a white farmer of Pickens, and a criminal assault upon a white woman who lives in .he same neigh? borhood. The negro was rushed to Columbia in order to avert a lynching, it hav? ing been learned that people of Easley and Pickens were highly excited. The negro was chased over moun? tains and through swamps and during that time the posse only slept five hours and ate three meals from the time they left on Monday until last night. A reward of $300 was off ere i by tho governor for the negro's capture ?nd Sheriff Roark offered $50 morr Few particulars of the murder aro known. It was learned through tho sheriff that Hendrix was killed with a club behind his barn and the whi'.o woman was assaulted shortly after? wards. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Georgia Fariecr Kills Wife, Mother In-Caw and Himself. Atlanta, Ju>y 3.?The bodies of S. F. Bennett, wife and mother-in-law were found I] mg beneath a bluff on the Kicklighter property, a mile west of East Point this morning. The skulls of the women were crushed with a club and a great hole waa blown in Bennett's chest with a shot gun. The bodies of the two women lay sid? by side, covered with leaves, under a bush. The shot gun with a string tied to the trigger told the story of how Bennct beat his mother-in law to death an 'hen committed sui? cide. The couple ad been separated for sometime. Indications are that Bennett plannet the crime several days ahead. Pennet was a farmer, living in the vicinity. COMMlTTEl S ON COTTON BILL. Senate and House Select Conferees on Two AntH?Gambling Measures. Washington, July 1.?Representa? tives Cover, South Carolina; I^ee. Georgia, and Haugen, Iowa, today were designated by Speaker Clark to act with a senato committee in adjust? ing differences between the two houses over legislation to eliminate gambling In cotton futures. The sen? ate conferees arc Senators Smith, Georgia, Shcppard, Texas, and Brady, Idaho. The conference committee is ex? pected to begin sessions immediately A measure Introduced by Represen? tative Lever and passed the house would regulate futuro dealing through a tax. while the senate bill, drawn by Sen-tor Smith of South Carolina, proposes barring from in? terstate transmission all information having to do with gambling transac? tions. TURKS ATTACK GREEKS. Warship Bombards Two Vessels Load? ed With Greek Refugee*. Athen-!. July 4.?A dispatch today says a Turkish torpedo bo d destroy? er bombarded two ships idled with frfefk refugees and also bombarded a Creek fort on one of the islands. This may result In war is the rela? tions between the tao countries are already strained to the breaking point.