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i v ? < i ri\ y <.i Ts i.i<? irr from OR.M f *\s TO \< < I K \t V or rHIFF*S MST. < harte ?ton Fxc< uilvc sMVs That lit' Raa Mated only Truth In UN letters to Manning? F.xplalns seeming Mis? leading statement^ in Kc|s?rt. t'harleaton Post. Mayor Orace has replied to a let', t written him Hatuniay by Governor Manning, concerning the liquor situa? tion hare. The governor says the statement Chiei* Cantwell sent him as to placee closed here. Is "erroo* and misleading." The governor men? tions two Instances that cause him to draw this conclusion. Mayor Orace has replied fully on the points raised by governor. The following Is the Mayors' letter to Qov. Vanning Honorable Hichard I. Manning, Gov? ernor. Columbia. C. Dear Sir. I am Just In receipt of your letter of May 14, and hasten to answer It. The chief of police Is In my office and hear* what 1 iwy; I having summoned Mm as noon i s I read youT letter. He empreaeen as much surprise aa 1 now express to you. that you shoald In the sllgh est question the good faith with which we are dealing with thla airuatlon within the lines 1 have In any manner led you to believe that we would deal with it I have been exceedingly careful. In mv negotiation with you in this mat? ter, never to over-state either what we actually Intended to do: and what I have especially sought to avoid is any semblance of hypocrlny or make-be? lieve. The report of the chief of police waa handed to you In person by me only be. a use. as you know. I was prac. tlcally summoned to Columbia sud? denly and unexpectedly. I had In? tended forwarding It to you with a let? ter of tranesalttal?not. however, aa a "report." bat ae a reply to your Inqui? ries. It had been on my desk for sev? eral days, aa I explained to you, un? attended to because of the absorbing business of our city convention which Intervened. It was called forth by letters and telegrams to me from you (which I In turn communicated to the chief of police), summa* Hy demanding a "report" on what I wan doing. I have put aside a great deal of techni? cal dignity which adhere* to my of? fice, under which I might have insist? ed that nothing requires me In law or courtesy, aa mayor of Charleston, to "report to you. ' In order to preserve at least an appearance of decorum on the record. I have adopted the word "reply." rather than your word * i ? - pott.*' aa you .will Mud in my telegram of April 22. <>f course. I have more or lees surrendered the dignity of my ' office for the sole purpose of avoiding the much greater Indignity and hu? miliation that otherwise was to be heaped upon our city by constabulary Invasion, which event I have feared waa Impending above and beyond ev? er? development In this matter. Tou are correct in assuming that 1 received this report In SJOWd faith, etc. I transmitted It to you In good faith and I am convinced that the chief of police submitted It to me in good faith. Of course. I am not per? sonally a spy an to whether or not li? quor is being sold In Charleston. Nalthsr is he. His office Is also one of some dignity, in view of which it has been the custom to act only through agents employed fgf ittaUtrt work in detective matters, unlesn where a case la of such criminal grav? ity as to demand hi* personal atten? tion. Frankly. I must tell you that I do not believe It was ever cont? -mplated that a chief of police should he held categorically responsible to such an extent as to Impute, on his part. >>;ul faith whenever he fulls to rb tlne with precision the status every man ac? cused of being In. or the exact time of hie going out of. the liquor business. He advises m?v hawtrtt, fb.it u|. the report of hi* olllcerM. and by a comparison with the tin.- lint, mi l up from tin- records, t he two partim you mentioned Indeed, went out at business only since the polic y Ol i n.I Ing began. They paid or were sched? uled to pay linen up to the time when our ralda begun. The fact that L Williams "died some months ago,*1 I ? you said, only proves the tenacity Wlttl which the Ibpior business persisted Ii. Charleston, fotf I ran tell von that On March S a Summons was issued call? ing him Into court for violating the li? quor law, although he had died on February 2. The plat a which he ran dld'nt die, which Is tin- point in issi u At this time the police force bad al? ready begun the poiu > el raiding, un? der which we abandoned the servic. of all summonses; the summons pol? icy, as you know, awtafl merely I ? condonment of law breaking." and. ??' Course, Incompatible with the new policy that voll base compelled us t adopt, and under which ho many thou? sands of dollars lot be Oil) in fines; but. under which. I am ati ?.nie blind tigers will still exist Wl raiding hegaa* the business o\\ led bj U Williams wa4s-.Ul going on with May 15, 1?15. tfqtior ?djtinet, und wai raided by the police und I'ciiscil to exist, not on ac? count Of Mr. Williams1 untimely tak tag off. but sfmprj been um ids Imme? diate successor decided thai for reasons of peaee he would no longer wear the (shroud of Willi uns ir? the liquor busi? ness. I ..m advise.1 that the place which Mr. Williams once kept, and w hlch Ih Htill Conducted hy his estate managed hy one of his immediate rel athes. h is. until very lately, and alter death, sold liquor, and sohl it until the "policy of raiding Segas, und thai H was glVOU up simply und Holely he cause of the policy of raiding; and not heoiuse Mr. Williams was dead. As to tho case ot Hackett. it ap peam from the records of the lire de? partment that his place caught fire on April 3, and from the records of the police court that it was ' paitially hurned " Hefore this, the police had persls ? atly raided It and he was so discouraged that he said "he was go? ing to give up business," which, so far as the liquor end of it was con earned, the police department has ev? ery reason to helleve had really hap? pened hefore the tire occurred. In a short while thereafter, the place took fire. You can draw your own conclusions whether or not the olOSS sequence of the lire had any relation to the persistent raids of the police force. Hut the fact remains that be? fore the tire, and because of the raids, i he did go out of the liquor business, I which Is as the chief of police has re ported. None of us mortals can know whether poor "I^ewle" Williams, who died In Greece on February 2, but w ho was up to that time running a liquor business, even from that great dis? tance, In Charleston, thereupon went to his eternal reward, or went to that place of "everlasting fire," which was only intended for very bad people, un? like us. Being very good people our? selves, we can, without presumption, assume that he must certainly have met with the latter fate. If so, then my only comment Is that, notwith? standing the eternal fire, Mr. Williams, through his heirs, still persisted in the liquor business until the police raids began. After the police raids began Mr. Ilackett's liquor business ceased to exist and In a few days his general business was completely demolished by fire. In neither case of the Hack? ett Are here nor the Williams fire hereafter, did the fire have anything to do with their going. Each went out of business because he was raided out. J stand upon the report of the chief. By the way, In the list of those furnished me as being in business some time ago by you. do you not re? call that, as I showed you#ln Colum? bia, there was the name of one man dead for three years? If because Wil? liams Is dead, you conclude he is no longer in business, why do you not ap? ply the same inference to your own list which you told me you had gotten from "reliable" sources? I hope I have covered these two cases to your satisfaction. Very truly yours, (Signed) John P. Grace. Mayor of Charleston. Winthrop oninnnw ootafUfcs* mknt. (losing ?Mpsjesa' of Girls Normal School to He Held May 30tli to June 1st. The closing exercises of Winthrop college will be held this year coin no ruing Sunday. May 30 and closing on Tuesday, June 1. There are seven Sumter girls to graduate In a class of one hundred and twenty-eight. They are Misses Anna Brown, Agnes Bryan. Margate! Cheyne, Susie Dick, Frances Mellette. Mary Mollette and Maggie May Seal.-. The program of exercis? es will he as follows: Sunday, May ..'?. 11 A. M.?Sermon be#OfS the Young Women's Christian Association. Dev. I). 11. Holston, D, U, Charlotte. X. (\ 8.30 P. M.?Baccalaureate Sermon. Rev, c. Dargaa, i>. i>.. Maeon, Ga. Monday. May 31, 10 a. m.?Inspec? tion of Buildings and Departments. ? P. m.?Class Day lOxercises. I.Si P, M.-Joint Celebration of I at. I a r y Societies. Tuesday. June 1. lO a. M.?Alum? nae Reunion, ?I P? M.?Daisy Chain Procession. H. !M p, M. ? Graduating ' Fxoreises. Address. Hon. a f. Lever, Congress? man from Seventh District, IIAHVIN PEFKATH TRINITY. Baseball Hsasr Saturday Result! ill Defeat of VtsMotS hy moum or 1? to H. Han In. M ty 11, The following Is the result if .he game of hasehall 09 tween Hai\in lust nine and the Trin? ity lirst nine on the grounds of the formet Saturday afternoon, six in? nings; Harvin Trinity B, Batteries Harvin, Meott, pitcher and 'rhinos, catcher; TVlntty, I'atterson. pitcher, ami Willie K ma nut I. catcher. roid Wave in North west, St. Caul, May 18.? Snow tell and freeslng tempera!uses were had nl many points In the northwest last night. SFFCTATORs watch as hun HHFHs or school chil? dren parade city sthffts. Saunter Hand Coaece lu life Again to I.cad 1'aradc and (o l'lny at DfflSJ Faradc of Hattalion from Hoys' High School?Drills Excite Interest ?Police Force Heads J*aradc, with Mayor and Members of School Hoard Participating. Tiie annual parade of the pupils of the city schools and the dress parade and competitive drill were held Mon? day afternoon and even more interest was shown than usual In this very in? teresting spectacle. The weather was beautiful and this no doubt encourag? ed the patrons and friends of the schools and school children to come out and witness the features of the exercises. The ceremonies were suc? cessful in ? very way and there was much applause from the hundreds of spectators. The parade was formed on the school green and left there just at B.30 o'clock. The police force mounted on horseback headed the long line. Af 'ter the police force came the Bumtcr band, with life renewed for the occa? sion and playing with the oldtime vim and excellence; Mayor Jennings, Councilman 1 lowland and A. D. I Harby, member of the school board, came next on horseback. Then came the long line of children, about seven hundred in all, girls and boys. The little folks of the primary grades headed the procession. There was a grade of girls and a grade of boys and then more girls and boys. After the primary department had passed all of the girls of the grammar and high school marched by in the parade, ev? ery one of them in white with a pur? ple sash, making quite an imposing spectacle, as well as a beautiful one. The high school battalion came next. There were four large companies, in, their blue coats and white trousers* under the command of Commandant Woods. Closing the procession was the company organized by and com? posed of the boys of the college, or fifth year, grade. These carried regu? lation army rifles and wore the reg? ulation khaki with leggings and cam? paign hats. The parade was an im? posing one and it was a beautiful one. There were- hundreds of people lining the streets from the school green all the way back to the school green, along Washington, Canal, Main and Liberty streets where the parade passed, and at frequent Intervals the spectators broke Into applause. At the school green the line was broken and the classes of girls were dismissed, while the rest of the lint again took up the march to the base? ball park, where the final ceremonies jof the afternoon were to be held. Here ( hundreds of men, women and children had assembled in the grandstand, in their vehicles and on the parade ground to see the annual dress pa j rade of the high school battalion. This beautiful ceremony was exe? cuted in excellent military style under the directions of Commandant Woods, whose company officers displayed a military training of a high order for high school students and one which did much credit to their Instructor. The music was furnished by the Sum , ter band, which has always been on hand on such occasions. After pass? ing the reviewing officer the compa? nies were lined up facing the grand stand and those who were to partici? pate in the drills dropped out and formed in lines facing the grandstand, where all could see them. There were two sets of drills. One for the regular battalion members, who had already been eliminated to eleven men by a previous drill and the members of the extra class of the high school who competed for a separate medal. The eleven men of the high school battalion who competed yesterday for the privilege of drilling for the med? al at commencement were English DesCham ps. Felder Smith, Walter Mims. Carlyle Btuokey, John Gallagh? er, Alwin Burns, Wiley I'ra/eal. Aub? rey Bradham, Archie Richardeon, Charles Curtis and Alva Solomons. Tsese were linally eliminated down to three men by the judges, Messrs. p, Iff, Brown, R, T, Brown and G. w. Hutchison, who will drill at com? mencement. The three are Knglish DeaChampa, Felder Smith and Walter Minis. Of the additional year s class four men were left. These were Kusaell Dick, Thomas Monaghan. Olfford Shaw and Ansley Yates. < >f these men one has been selected already ns the winner of the medal, but which one Of them is a secret which Will not be known until the Judges make their announcement at commencement. The judges of this contest Were Messrs. 15. I?. Cantey and J, W, Bradford, At the conclusion of the competi? tive drills the exercises were over for the afternoon and the battalion marched back to the Calhoun school to be dismissed, while the spectator:, dispersed. A fact Worthy of mention was tin performance of the Sumter liand at the ceremonies. While thiu orgunlza tiou bus not been together for nearly a year, with scarcely u practice it was im hand and furnished a high class ol music for tiic parade. 'J"lie fact shows that the members of the band are ful? ly in sympathy With the work of the schools and are obliging enough to do whatevei iney can to aid the schools. Till; WELLS SCHOOL CLOSES. Interesting Exercises Mark End of Successful Year's Work. After a most successful year, thi Wells school closed last Thursday evening. May 13th. The program for the closing exercises was carried out by the pupils of the school In a mosl excellent manner. This was expected by all Who had watched the way the school had been conducted during the year by Mrs. B. I). Owens, the eili cient teacher in charge. The Wells school is a one-teacher school only one year old, but, through the co-operation of the teacher, pu? pils, and, what is needed so much to make a successful school, of the pa? trons, the year's work has been ex? ceptionally satisfactory. The teacher, Mrs. Owens, has spared no effort to keep up the interest of the pupils, first of all in attendance, and then in all phases of the school work. Two pupils have a perfect attendance record; these are Miss Eva and Master Sammle Wells, others who made a splendid record of 97 1-2 arc Misses Sophie and Gladys and Master liich ard Wells. The medal for best schol? arship, offered by Mrs. Owens, was won by Miss Clara Wells, her average being 90 o-4. Master James Hat field of the Cth grade won the medal, also offered by Mrs. Owens, for best scholarship in 0th, 7th and Sth grades, his average being !)5 7-18. A close second was Miss Sophie Wells, who made an average Of i?.r?, only missing the medal by a small fraction. Miss Clara Wells, who made the best average in the school, was a third grade pupil, and in her grade, com? ing as a close second, was Miss J?l lian HatMcld, who also made a splen? did average. "As the teacher Is so will the school l)6'~is indeed a true saying, and in the case of the Wells school the teach? er has been a live wire, and in being so fehe has put life and energy into a schoolroom fu<! of children. One of the older boys who was never es? pecially in love with his books has becdme so enthused that he now has his heart set on going to college. Would that all who have the respon ? sibility of teaching the young, could catch as plain a vision of their duty as has Mrs. Owens and could so in spire'the young mind and heart to strive to reach only those things that are excellent. A word or two as to the closing ex? ercises. A large and enthusiastic aud? ience, seated in the open with only the starry heaven above, and fanned by the gentle breezes of a glorious spring evening, and feeling their best wit? nessed the children of the Wells school perform their parts of the program in a most creditable manner. The aud? ience was composed of the relatives and friends of the children and their teacher, and was delighted to see the children do so well. From the time the curtain was parted and the invo? cation was offered hy the Hew J. N. Tolar, the children ktM>t the audience most charmingly entertained. At near the conclusion of the exer? cises, the medals were awarded by Mr. E. C. Haynsworth, who performed this act most gracefully and with evi? dent feeling, being personally much interested in all the children of the Wells schood, and very much gratified with their successful work. After two more numbers, a song "Work and Win is our Motto," which by the way, was a motto never for? gotten by the teacher and children of the Wells school, and the valedictory by Miss Gladys Wells, the County Su? perintendent, Or. .\ H, Haynaworth, made a few remarks telling the aud? ience of the excellent work done in the school during the year, and ex? pressing the t)ope that the patrons, teachers and pupils would always pull together, as was the case during the year just closed. Because of this fact, he attributed the great success of the school. This closed a most pleasant evening, and a most successful year's work. The following is the program: Invocation?J, X. Tolar. Address of Welcome?Sammle Wells. Song?"Blue Tails of Scotland? School, DEATH toVERMIN RAT CORN bt'st rut und mice sxtermlnntormsde, Killsipilt'kl) NnflsltMOliftely wilh"Ulori<?r. Miiinwinex -tlttiH preventing rietoidihW lion, Hotter tlinn :ii 1 the iruprf i ii iho \\<m Id, Insist on tscmiln? i: \to >i:\. -' " ? We, ji ;ii tit .dcis ,,r l?y until, onsb pnld, BOTANICAL MFC. CO. m 4th J Rae* ft* . J'hiladtiphim, P* Heading?-'The uwl Critic"?Rich? ard Wells. Dialogue?"Aunty Puxxled" ? So? phie and Clara VVella^ Recitation ? "Books" ? Heyward Wills. Bong?"America"?School. Heading?"Little Clus Letter"? Blanche Hogers. Dialogue?"The Patient and Doc. tor"?Richard and Sammle Wells. Song?"Tenting on The Old Camp Ground"?School. Reading?"Song Of Marion's Men" ?Charley Josey. Play?"The Gossips"- -Mary and Marie White, Joste Hlnson and Lil? lian HatAeld. Dialogue?"Taking The Census"? W. and Noreen Hlnson, Recitation?"Writing to Grandma" ?Genf? White. Song?"Dixie Land"?School. Dialogue?"The Dead Bird*'?Eva ' Wellsand Edna Hinson. Recitation?"The Temperance Boy" ?H?nde Hogers. Song?"Oh Columbia The Gem of the Ocean"?School. Recitation?"The Little Patriot"? James Wrhite. Doll Song and Tableau?Several Little Girls. ? Play?"Practical Use for Peddlers? Sophie Wells, James Hatfield, Charley Josey and Archie Hinson. "Vacation Song"?Lillian Hatfield. Pantomime?"Nearer My God To Thee"?Marie White. Reading ? First Chapter of The Hook of Ruth?Archie Hlnson. "Conversation and Tableau of Naomi, Ruth and Orpho?Noreen Hinson, Gladys and Sophie Wells. Tableau?"Rock of Ages"?Mary White. Awarding of Medals. * Song?-"Work and Win is our Mut? ti?"?School. Valedictory ?Gladys Wells. Address Supt. J. H. Haynsworth. Stage Managers- Mr. A. T. Hayns worth and Mr. E. l> Owens MEETING AT IIAGOOD. 1*1 nicy Addresses Saunter Agrlcsdtawal Society. Hagood, May 1."?.?The regular monthly meeting of the Gen. Sum ter Agricultural society v ..s held here yesterday. The meeting was largely attended by Citisens from the sur? rounding country. The feature or the meeting was the interesting address delivered by Congressman D. E. Fin ley, who spoke for about one hour on the general topics of the day. After the meeting a picnic dinner was served. This society was reorganised some time ago and will hold monthly meetings at different points in this section of the county. The meeting I|n June will probably be held at Dal Bcll. The society is strictly agricul? tural and the main object is the im? provement of rural life and the gen? eral betterment of country conditions. HEARING FOB FRANK. Atlanta, Ga., May 17.?The Georgia prison commission today set Monday, May 31, as the date for beginning a hearing on Leo M. Frank's petition Baking that the sentence of death pro. nounced on him for the murder of Mary Phagan be commuted to life imprisonment. + ? ????????????????????h????m m??????????????>??i?I "Savings Banks" Have assisto<l tliousaiuls of people throughout tills country to bc cosne indcpciuh nt and wealthy and liave !x*on the means of saving thousands4 of others from becoming; objects of charity during times of sickness, reverse and old age. Start n SAVING ACCOUNT with this SAYINGS BANK. Regu? lar do|s?sits. elded by the 1 per cent, interest, which we compound quarterly, will soon huild the account up to a substantial propor? tion and stand between you and linancil cmharrcsmcnt. WHY NOT TO-DAY'? The Commercial & Savings Bank, jj !! GEO. D. SHORE, 1. K. CROSSWELL, R. A. BR?DHAM, jj + President. Vice-Pres. 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I . 1>. 1: .1. It. Kirk ley, Kcmhert, K. b\ i>. 5;.I. .1. Chewiiiog, Uswego, K. K. D. 1; W. I?. Hancock". Elliott; Ticdal & Cuttino Tindal; T. E. Hodge, Tindal; Willie Shaw Co., Sumter, U. F. I>. 6; .1. M. Jackson, Tourney; \V. 1> Fraser, Oswego, R. F. I>. 1; s. A. Harvin, Sumter, It. F. 1>. I\*iV Ilarvin, Sumter, R. F. 1>. 2; Gillctpie A- Hughes, Claremont; W. \l. Hirsch more, Sumter, \\ F. H. I: chas s. Fliorhe, Clare niont; O'I>onnell Jk Co., Sumter; William Lowery, Sumter; H. C. WaddeJI, Sumter; I. B. Taylor. Sumter; M. .1. Sonderao, Snmter; liradford Bros., Sum Itr; Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Sumter; (\ A. Kllerlie, Kesnbert; .1. II. Kolh A liro., Privateer: It. A. Hair, Statehurg; RolieU Witherspoon, Tindal; L M. Gibson, Horatio; Dalzcll Mercantile Co., Dalsell.