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COAJNT UNK CHANOKS PLANNED. City May Allow < Toning off Ha**s*r Bias si? Provided other streets are Opened V - , At a conference between officials of the Atlantic Coaat Line Railroad Com? pany? the railroad committee of the Chamber of Commerce and City Coun? cil thla morning. It was decided by Council to allow the Atlantic Coaat Line railroad to close llauaer atreet, provided that the Atlantic Coaat Line Would] lay concrete pavement through eut the station yard, placing proper tgein sheds In the vard, open up a ?tteea foot street between Telephone street and Magnolia atreets and open tgp a street south of the railroad tracks hatween Harvln and H?user street, provided right of way for the street eoutd be secured from persons who ?rwn property alongside the rail? road track here, this last atreet not to ha lass than thirty-five o forty feet wide. The matter was discussed at length El the railroad officials showed their ns in full. The matter, aa stated rve, was agreed upon tentatively, an condition that the parties who Stoned ths land would consent to tnt lsnd for ths street between rvta and Ilauser strsets. ??URO KILL? 1? AT BROODONY Raaaee Perry, colored, was ahot snd killed last night, or early this morn the et his home near Brogdon and this morning his son, Ilamse, Jr., and t\\\m wife, Ellen Perry, were srreated sad charged with the murder. They were brought to town and lodged In Jail about noon today, after the In sweat had been held. From the testimony at the inquest, Where the wife, son and other chil? dren were ths principal witnesses, It seems that after Ransee Perry came home from the lodge Sunday night hs sgM his wlfs sat up for several hours talking. She then wsnt In the house te bed. leaving him In the plassa. Oth? er children were asleep In the rear of tils house. Later In the night, accord? ing to the story told by Ransee Perry, Jr., he came homo and asked his brother If the mule his father had been driving had been taken out and was told that hie father had himself unhitched the mule on his return home. He went to bed and some tUna later was awakened by the sound of a shot. He said he ran and aroused his mother and they found Ransee Perry on the plassa shot In the head arid bleeding profusely. Ransee, Jr., at once ran to Mr. J. C. Stukes' and told him that his father had been shot snd a number of negroes and white people in the community acre aroused. The svldence of Ellen Perry and other members of the family was that Ransee Peary had never had a ahot gun. but had borrowed one from hie brother William whenever he wanted to uae one. William Perry, howeser. aald that Ransee Peary did have a ahot gun and he and his broth? er had exchanged guns some days ago. when Ransee was going In the swamp, ss hie was In better repair than Raaaee*s. A piece of gun wan found In the yard near the dead man, which was Identified by William Perry as a port of hla gun. which he had loaned to Ransee. The coroner's Jury returned a ver? dict that Ransee Perry camo to hla death from gunshot wounda received at the her Ja of Ransee Peary, Jr.. snd thst Ellen Peary was en accessory to the killing I'pon this verdict these twa wsre srreated and brought to laii. A license tut marry ban b m ,? grant ed to Charlies Fell and Luc'.e Dick*. c< lorsd. of Suinter. FAMILY l>K< 11)11?. ThU Uweatfion Should He Answered fussily by Nu eater People. Which Is wiser?to have confidence in the opinions of your fellow-cttlsene* of people you know, or depend on ststemsnts msde by utter strangers residing In fsr-awsy plat es? Read the following: X. W. Vogel. 401 Hampton Ave., flusnter, S C, seys: "For several years I suffered from pains through the small of my back and whenever I stooped, I wss in misery. My back became very weak and several times I hsd to give up work. A physician treated me but his medicine brought no relief, snd I then tried several well-known kidney remedies, but was not helped. One day I read a state msnt in ths local paper given by e party who had used DeSJgfa Kidney Pllla snd the remedy had acted so beneficially that I got a supply at China's Drug Store. AfftSf using ons bog, the Ifjp . and pains left n.c. HI* hoses completely eure?! me. I take pleasure In confirming my former en? dorsement of l>oanas Kidnev Pills." Pries 60c, st all dealers. Don't simply ssk for a kidney remedy get Doan s Kidney Pills?the sam* that Mr. Vogsl had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. 47 JUSTICE LURTOH DEAD. mem hi :n of si phemi; court passes away. Wife and Son Are l*resent lit End and Other Members Hurry to Atlantic City. Atlantic City, N. J.. July 12?As? sociate Justice Horace Harmon Lur? ing of the United States supreme court died suddenly at a hotel here today frorn heart failure, superinduc? ed by cardiac asthma. He was 70 years of age. Tbe justice, who came here July 1, was in his usual health before retiring last night, and had taken bis cus? tomary evening outing on the board walk. Shortly after midnight he com? plained of feeling ill and, although his ! physician, Dr. Ruffin, who arrived yes? terday from Washington, was sum? moned Immediately, Justice Lurton died at 6 o'clock this morning. His wife and son, Horace H. Lurton, Jr.|. of Nashville, Tenn., were at the bed? side. Mrs. Horace Van Deventer, a daughter, and her husband, arrived here tonight from Knoxville, Tenn. Other members of the family are ex? pected tomorrow. The body will be taken to Clark ville. Tenn., for interment, tbe funeral party leaving here at 12 o'clock to? morrow afternoon. It was at that city that Justice Eurton began the practice of law and lived for 20 , years. Funeral services will be held there Wednesday. Chief Justice White and several as? sociate justices of the supreme court, j as well as many friends from differ? ent parts oftbe country are expected to be present. There was some speculation in offi? cial circles tonight of a choice of a successor to Justice Lurton. When It was reported last 'winter that Jus tlco Lurton was about tb resign, many persons suggested that Former Presi? dent Taft might be offered the place. It was said at the White House, how? ever, that Mr. Taft's name had not been mentioned there. Among those mentioned tonight were Secretary Lane of the Interior department; Secretary Garrison and Frederick W. Lehmann of St. Louis, former solicitor general, who was one of the American delegates to the Niagara Falls peace conference. Some officials said, however, that President Wilson very probably would not appoint a member of his cabinet, as It is known he is particularly anx? ious to go through his term without a change of his official family. SL'MMF.RTON .NEWS NOTES. Little Celebration for July 4th? Crop* In Good Condition?Personal News. Summerton, July 4.?The "glorious fourth" has passed very quietly here. Judging from appearances the glory of the anntversar} has been forgotten In the stress of business affairs, the fourth falling on Saturday. The only celebration your correspondent has heard of was among the durktown population in the form of a big pic? nic just out of town. The planters In this section report a better outlook for an abundant bar vent this year than for many years past. Tbe fruit and watermelon crops are also plentiful. Mr. J. M. Plowdcn spent Wednes? day In Sunder on business. Misses Wanetta and Willie Gordon left yesterday for Kentucky, where they will visit relatives. Miss Sallie Anderson is in Colum? bia, attending summer school. Mrs. Thos. H. Wilson has returned to her home in Tennessee, after spending some time with her lather, Rev. W. W. Gordon. Mrs. O. C. Scarborough, Mrs. E. K. I fowl am| Misses Sophia Purgess and Amor>ntha Keels attended the Y. W. C. A. rally in Manning Friday. Dr. 1* C. Stukcs spent Tuesday In Charleston on business. Mr. K. E. Hradham of Manning was a pleasant visitor to our town one day this week. The friends of Mr. Grady Walker will he glad to know that be is doing nicely since bis accident last week. His motorcycle skidded with him In a sand-bed, falling on him and break? ing his leg Just above the ankle. cap mangles HOY'S head. Dynamite Detonators Mistaken for Blank PNtol Cartridges. Jackson Herbert. the El-year-ohl son of the Rev. Thomas G. Herbert, pastor of the Columbia Methodist church, met with a painful accident Tuesdav which will probably result In the Ion? of two lingers ami a part of the thumb on the left hand. Mistaking some dynamite caps which were given him by a child of the neUhUn hood, for blank pistol cartridge*, he and several Utile com? panlons proceeded lu rub them to make them shiny " One of the caps exploded. mangling Jackson Herbert's left hand badly. He was taken Immediately to h hospital, where an operation was performed In urdei to save a part ut the baud. PK DER A LS EVACUATE CiCAYMAS. Hebels limited lately Enter Town, Which They Have Besieged for Sev? eral Weeks. Juarez, July 10.?Constitutionalist officials today announced the receipt of a dispatch statinK that Guaymafl had been evacuated by federals, and immediately afterwards occupied by the revolutionists. The town hus been besieged for several weeks. NEWS NOTES FROM DALZELL. Peas not let Planted lu All of Oat Lund. Dnlzell, July 9.?The dry weather is still on, .nit while corn is needing ruin, cotton is doing well. Some of our farmera have not been able yet to get all of their stubble lund plant? ed in peas, owing to the extra amount of work brought about in saving and thrashing the oat crop. The showers have produced a lot of grass which had everybody busy and now the dry weather is on and the land is rather hard and thirsty to under? take pea planting. Indications point to rain, but you know all signs fail in dry weather. Politics are causing some Interest among our people, but I have not heard of ar.ybody losing his head yet. It looks ua if the mediation confer? ence has been called off to take a fresh hold. If Hnerta gets away with all of that mnoey he is reputed to be sending to France, he need not care whether fhcre Is a reconciliation or not, he veill be heeled. It is to be hoped that Villa and Carranza will settle their differences and get together, otherwise there will be another revolution,, notwithstanding Huerta's abdication. We want to see Uncle Sam out of it, if he can come out honorably. To undertuke to bring law and order out of the conditions that now exist in Mexico, does seem to the writer, would involve thia country in a protracted warfare that would cost a great number ol fives and a lot of money. Should we get Into a war with those people, It matters not how great a force we put 1 there, it will be a hard problem tc meet them in their system of guerilla 1 warfare and reduce them to submis 1 slon. Spain had some experience ol that kind with Cuba and should the I United States have been neutral and 1 other nations too, it is very question i cbis whether Spain would have sue ' eeded in putting down the rebellion ?by this time or not. The average Mexican of this day is a pretty bad combination. A cross of Spaniard and Indian, of negro und Spaniard and but a small per cent ol 1 white people and a ruther small pet 1 cent of pure Indian. When we take into consideration a mixture of that kind we find wc have a mongrel amalgamation, in which there is not much law and order. Well, green peas end watermelons will soon be on and then we will be a happy and independent people for awhile. We are now emergig fnrom an enthraldom of hard labor, sweat and toil, brought on in the way of making a crop and keeping the grass out of it, but we now see the days of rest and a good time for awhile at least, dawning, when wc can stand I buck on our own security. VILLA OPPOSED TO PEACE. Rebel Leader Voted Against Parleys With Huerta's Peace Delegates. Wushington, July 9.?Gen. Villa has voted against informal confer? ences between constitutionalist and Huerta reprcsentaives, as proposed by the South American mediators. His attitude wus revealed in a telegram sent to (Jen. Carranza, copies of which have reached here. This infor? mation, with the \nowledgo that Gen. Gonzales, chief of the division of the east of the constitutionalist army, op? poses the conferences has upset the hopes of constitutionalists here. Gen. Alvaro obregon, commanding the northeast division, is the only one of three chiefs commanding the main columns of the constitutionalist army who has not been heard from, but it is believed he will not agree to the parleys at this time. Rafatl Kuba ran and Luis Cabrera. Carransa'S representatives here, to? night declined to comment on the sit? uation. From constitutionalists who WOtlld take it was learned there is a misconception among the constitution? alist generals of the things to be dis? cussed at the proposed conferences. Big Cock Fight. The biggest cock ll?ht which bus ever been pulled off in this section of I he country occurred Saturday In mid? st ream of the Mavannah river near AugUSta, when approximately $30,000 changed handi in bets. Ths Missis? sippi Louisiana combination cleaned up for the North and South Carolina crowd, the North Carolina birds, th? "North Carotins Blues," being clearly outclassed by the "Alien Roundheads." The former combination won onl\ four out of the I '.\ ll^ht* pulled off. Anderson Mail. THE STATE CANDIDATES. BROWNING ATTACKS RECORD OF M. L. SMITH. Largest Crowd of Campaign Attends speaking in Saluda?Candidates for Lieutenant Governor Have Tilt. Saluda, July 10.?Lowndes J. Browning today charged Mendel L. Smith, one of his opponents for gov? ernor, with being inconsistent on the liquor question. Mr. Browning said that Speaker Smith had been successively a defend? er of the rotten State dispensary sys? tem and an advocate of State-wide prohibition in the house of represen? tatives. Mr. Browning averred that Speaker Smith was now advocating local op? tion on tfie liquor question. Andrew Jackson Bethea, William M. Hamer and B. Frank Kelly, three of the four candidates for licuteanant governor, locked horns today on va? rious questions. J. A. Hunter, the re? maining cundidate for licutenunt gov? ernor, stayed out of the tight. None of the other candidates mentioned him. The candidates today addressed the largest audience they have faced since the present campaign began. Women were present in proportion? ately large numbers. hTc crowd despite its size was or? derly and very attentive. In his speech today, William C. Irby, Jr., of Laurens branded his op' ponent for governor, John G. Rich? ards, as "too new" in his conversion to Blcaseism. C. J. Ramage, county ehairman, presided. Referring to B. Frank Kelley's charge at Lexington that the code of 1912 was a "code of errors," Andrew J. Bethea, commissioner and candi? date for lieutenant governor, declared today that the code had been in? dorsed by the legislature and by mem? bers of the bench and bar. Mr. Bethea said that "Mr. Kelley's monu? mental failure on the Blease winding up commission should hold him for all time." He repeated his charge that another of his opponents, Wil? liam M. Hamer, had failed to vote as trustee of the university to retain Dr. S. C. Mitchell nspresident. William M. Hamer ridiculed the idea that A. J. Bethea's work s Gov. Ansel's private secretary ntted him in any way to become lieuten? ant governor. Mr. Hamer told the audience that i some politicians were trying to make the people believe that the last State convention passed enrollment rules 1 which would disfranchise citizens. He denied that this was the ease. ?' J. A. Hunter defended the action of the last State convention. "Shame on the white people who are falling to educate their children while the negroes are flocking to school," exclaimed Mr. Hunter. The speaker told of his record in the house as representative from Bamberg. B. Frank Kelley, the last of the candidates for lieutenant governor to speak, said that he was against com? pulsory education and wanted to see all the able-bodied convicts in the pemtentiary put back on the county chaingangs. Mr. Kelley said that as secretary of the Blease dispensary winding-up commission he had sworn out a war? rant for T. B. Felder of Atlanta. John G. Richards, the first of the candidates for governor to speak, told the crowd that he was feeling quite unwell as a result of being badly shaken up in an automobile accident yesterday afternoon between Lexing? ton and Saluda. Mr. Richards said that he had been lighting for an extension of the "Jim Crow" law to Pullman cars. He told of his opposition to compulsory edu? cation. He was cheered when he said that he was for Blease for the I'nitcd States senate. Charles Carroll Shunts said that the papers were ridiculing and condemn? ing him because he was supporting Bleuse and had been his friend for years. He said that under a decision he had secured from the Unite States courts, farmers could not be put in bankruptcy by fertilizer companies or anybody else. "Compulsory education is simply a scheme to raise a great fund by taxa? tion to be squandered by those wht have the spending of it," declared Mr. Shunts, in telling of his opposL tlon to it. Mr. Simms condemned a proposi? tion to appoint a Statt- board of tax assessors which he said was advanced by The State. Mr. Shunts said he saw in the board a scheme to ?on tls? ate lands by raising taxes higher as Gov. Scott did in Itadtcal day.i in an effort t?? redeem :h<; Republican party's promise of III acres and a nude to negroes. At 12.48 o'clock Chairman Ramage announced s recess. B. W. Crouch, assistant Ptlltod States district attor? ney, entertained the candidates for rttste offices and'representatives of the ."newspaper Oligarchy" at ? barbecue, diniau during the Interim* Charles A. Smith, who spoke first after dinner, briefly outlined his plat? form and devoted the rest of his speech to setting forth his views on education. "The school district is the unit of our educational system," averred Men? del L. Smith in telling of his advo? cacy of a law which would allow each school district to vote on the question of putting a system of compulsory school attendance into effect. Speaker Smith said that his plan of local option compulsory education was in? dorsed by Dr. Edward S. Joynes of the University of South Carolina, "one of the most distinguished edu? cators the State has ever known." Speaker Smith told of the inequali? ties in various school districts in wealth and, consequently, in school equipment, insisting that it would be gross injustice to force a State wide system of compulsion on school dis? tricts not prepared for It. Speaker Smith's declaration that he would see that the verdicts of juries were carried out, except where mercy would be justice, was applauded and cheered. Lowndes J. Browing charged that Mendel L.. Smith "had been one of the most effective defenders in the house of representatives of the State dispen? sary after it had been proved a rotten institution and the people of the State were trying to get rid of it." Mr. Browning declared that M. L?. Smith had aftc* wards ably aided in the light for State-wide prohibition in the house. "1 am glad now to welcome Mendel L. Smith into the folds of local op? tion where 1 have been all the time," said Mr. Browning, who averred that there were other candidates in the race besides Speaker Smith "who had stood on all three sidea of the liquor question and would have stood on more sides had there been any more." John G. Clinkscales averred that to the avarice or selfishness of parents was due the fact that 40,000 white children were not attending school. He said that Mr. Carson, superintend? ent of education of Saluda county, had told him that in this county there was room in the schools for all thi white children who were not attend? ing rtow. He asked his opponents A'ho Bay State-wide compulsory edu? cation would bankrupt the State whether if elected governor they would veto a State-wide compulsory education law. Mr. Clinkscales said that both W. H. Hand ajid W. K. T?te, two men closely in touch with the State's educational system, both advocated compulsory education. He cited two county superintendents of education-, J. Walter Doar and Elbert 1 H. Aull, both appointed by Gov. Blea8e, who had been converted to the cause of compulsory education since they took offices which put them in touch with educational conditions. Answering Mr. Manning's question what he meant by State-wide com? pulsory attendance Mr. Clinkscales said he wanted a law which would compel all children between the ages of seven and 1U to attend school for a minimum term of three months. "South Carolina can never become a great State until the law of the land is a shield of protection for every man," declared Robert A. Cooper. "Mistaken mercy is the grossest In? justice," said Mr. Cooper, who said that if he were governor the verdicts of juries wou'd stand until he were convinced that they were wrong. Mr. Cooper was applauded vigor? ously. John T. Duncan made the crowd laugh by poking fun at his opponents. Referring to their "little platforms." he said he had built one and invited all of them to get on and those that d|dn't he would put them under. He again iscussed what he calls the "system." W. C. Irby, Jr., said there were men in Columbia two years ago who asked Mr. Richards where he stood and he j spoke faster to keep from answering. I "My friend Richards reminds me of a young mule which has just gotten into harness and can not stand. When his hide gets tougher he will stand the twitting," said Mr. Irby. Ho asked the farmers whether there was any "newspaper oligarchy,?? saying the pa? pers were writing complimentary things about Richards, lie referred to Mr. Richards' ':recent" conversion to Bleaselsm and to his effort "to tie himself upon Blease's coattails," and said ho had asked Richards where he stood years ago, but he had failed to a newer, Richard 1. Manning decried bitter? ness and factionalism and said his ambition was to go into the governor's oflice with a reunited people behind him and be governor of all the peo? ple. He promised to enforce the laws and to use the pardoning power spar? ingly, drawing some applause. He promised a business administration. Mr. Manning devoted considerable time to education and urged the up? building of the schools. lt. M. Mlxon, candidate for con? gress, announced that the candidates for congress would speak August B at Saluda. Miss lOUen Meehan, of Asheville, is the gueat of Miss Lucile DeLorme, Candidates9 Cards. Announcements of candidates will be printed in this COt'imn until the close of the campaign for $5. No cards accepted on credit. - i ? For Congress. I hereby announce m>self as a can? didate for the nomination as Con? gressman from the 7th Congressional District and pledge myself to ahida the result of the Democratic pri? mary. A. F. LEVER. The Senate. I am a candidate for re-election to the State senate from Sumter Coun? ty in accordance with, and subject to the rules of the Democratic party. JOHN 11. CLIFTON. I hereby announce that I am a can. didate for election to toe State Sen? ate from Sumter Com ty, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. R, D. EPPS. House of Representatives. I hereby announce I tyself a can? didate for the House of Representa? tives, subject to the rul i of the Dem? ocratic party. D. D. MOISE. Believing that my fcur years ex? perience and my study of the State's affairs have put me in a position for effective service, I am a candidate for re-election to the Hr*>?se of Repre? sentatives, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary. R. B. BELSER. I am a candidate for the House of Representatives from Sumter County, subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. A. K. SANDERS. For Supervisor. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for the office of County Super? visor subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. W. S. THOMPSON. I am a candidate for re-election to the office of County Supervisor, sub? ject to the rules of the Democratic party. P. M. PITTS, Supervisor^ I hereby announce myself a can? didate for the office of Supervisor for Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. L. E. WHITE. County Superintendent of Education. I hereby announce myself a can? didate for re-election to the office of County Superintendent of Education of Sumter County and pledge myself to abide by the rules of the Demo? cratic primary. J. H. HAYNS WORTH. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for the office of County Super? intendent of Education for Sumter County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. ?. D. CAIN. For Coroner. i hereby announce myself a candi? date for Coroner of ? unter county, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. S. W. KAFFIELD. I hereby announce i?.yself a candi? date for the office of Coroner of Sunder County subject to the rules governing the Democratic primary. WILLIAM J. SEALE For Magistrate. I hereby announce myself a candi? date for reelection to the magistrate's olllee, 4th district, Sumter county. J. A. HODOB. MRS. 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