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mm tiiwmi CAROLINA TWKNTY-SEV SVfH 0f OOOAJMN. of United Hintes at ?0,000,000. Columbia, June S3.?8outh Caro otends^lfte In military strength the cotntnn of States with an or NaOposl Guard of 1,641, ac td statistic* collected previous ute*tbieut to recruit all com hV th and above minimum tall "Weelt. New York leads m organised military strength of and* Pennsylvania second with f Utt** other States register enlisted men; Illinois 5. Maasaufcuaatts 1,4?3, Ohio r?,i(66. Is no organised mlllta im Utah stands at the foot in Spates with 454 enlist Vmm total organised mihtla etreft to enlarge the enl st ?recaajly was 133.203. Including >aed officers. The total un tallttary strength of t ho consisting of males be? tas a?es of U and 44 years, lea, according to the 1910 census ft. iS.Yll.34T. Of this number Cajfeflna would provide 276, |?. ThjefMajuml*er Includes both .^attaa aad negroes. aTNDEAVOR MEETING. Gathering at Sardinia, Legten the Speaker. 3k River, June 33.?The ivor Societies of Clar coun$a, Sa Ism and Concord spleaaUd meeting at Sardinia Saturday? and Sunday evenings. m\ M. lwBlvesn of New Harmony air. Phtgfer of Sardinia were the Saturday and Sunday, respoc Rov'?L. L Legtsrs, pastor of Bishop vfilc Prosbyterlan church " prij|elpal speaker both even [eaajjg Plowden. Harrington. thjHfcs, Jr.. Witherspoon and from the local societies made talks on what the Chrls avor had done for their and outlined the Ideal of to'mankind, training for the and closer communion with i Jesus which Is the aim of kverers. Jr.. HaturdAy and Mrs, r.. Sandiar tvenmy sang I etna* T*?i -tttuaV: was One f im. The Sardinia people ha\v> Jwiiu. '-cWIpimlA8. Of war ability Mr. Lagters Is a forcible and hl? homely lllustra ere driven home with telling Toward the close of the Sun evening service, when Mr. ire was directing the singing a Methodist sister said she thought saa In a Methollst church, "but ' ehe said, "the Methodists do not tat any more,'1 POUND CJL'ILTY OP ASSAULT. Oaavlcted on Charge of Deut? ing? ap School Teacher. ase of the State against Ellis 14, Susanna Gilbert. Lawton Gil Roton Gilbert. Kstelle Gilbert, Gilbert and Albert Shirley on the h of assault and battery of a und aggravated nature, the of 'having been committed upon the Ii ef Mlsa Emily Broadway of te. a teacher In the Liberty Hill In Lee county, was tried In the County circuit court at Bishop Cite week and sll of the defend vere found guilty except Albert rler. who was acquitted. Motion given for a new trial and sen wee deferred. It will be remembered, quite a sensation at the time It aaeurred. The Gilbert* were charged With meeting Mies Broadway In the and maltreating her because she dismissed Ruby Gilbert from iL Mim. Ethel Logan of Edge the assistant teacher In the ?l. waa the chief wltnctts for the beat des Mlsa Broadwuy. They told of the assault which had been made on them by the Gilberts In sigh* af the hmise of one of the trustees, gdeo a Gilbert, te?timony which was denteil by the defendants, who claim? ed that Miss Broadwuy had attacked Saaaana Gilbert when she ueaaued Miss Broadway of not telling the truth. This case. Did Not Return With ( ompony. Mayer Jennings In his remarks at the iuo?ttng In the court houso on laut Ida;/' night stated that till or the ibers of the Sumter company, who interred and went from hero for war with Spain returned. Inad Itly he was In error In this teui?nt Dwlght Dick, who was tble to be mustered In here be i?f Illness, followed the com iv t4 ( hlckamauga. whore ho wns irt-d In. He wus sick at the lime shortly afterwards succumbed to typhoid epidemic a hr-h ruged In ear* p for several months. Dwlght vps a Sumter boy and Is well ilered by the members of the tier company. SMH-MBU HtSHWAY THORN W ELL M'MASTEH TELLS OF EASY PLAN TO BUILD FERRY. Point? Out How Ferry With Good Roods Will CaiiKc Development of ProapeHty Along the Wateree?-Says CM will be Mttlo. Editor Sumter Daily Item: Allow mo to thank you for your editorial and reports on tie Colum Ida-Sumtor Highway and to give some views as to your errors in the articles. 'One of you state as to crossing the Wateree River, "To make a weather proof road through tho swamps (Wa? teree) on Sumter side would require more money than total appropriations for roads in Richland county." You are badly mistaken. There Is only three miles of popular misnamed swamp road at Wateree river and it Is only and altogether on the Sumter side of the Wateree river. On Rich land side we have eliminated work up to the river banks. The river is only 250 feet wide and fifty cubic yards of gravel built on the Richland side we will give, and will make a hard ap? proach of both aides' at crossing fer? ry. Say wo are going east after cross? ing this ferry. We follow the bend up the river, this for three-fourths of a .mile, which is higher than- the main swamp andT I? ne*fer covered with wa? ter.: except / in extremojy hS*?vy fres* - ,ets. Mow*yeii travel a cottrme almost east a*nd this Is onry'badsV oad, about one-fourth of a mile, that will need a good ditch on both sides and gravel top about 6 inohes to 12 inches, for a width of 12 feet. Then you come to the River Out that you cross on a round timber bridge.. The balance of tho road, which is only two miles, I don't call swamp road. It Is abso? lutely hard Clay formation. If you looked north you would have seen that you skirted a river gut all the Way until you get to Beach Creek, which is at the hill of the Sumter side. This gut connects into Reach Creek, which runs north and south. This gut keeps this road thoroughly drained, and If you carry the water eff a clay road either In the mountain:; by gravity or underground, you can't call It swamp or boggy road. Any timber man or teamster WUT toll you that he would rather haul a heavy load with four*1" mTSI^fc 'over? threw- fourths of this road every day In th? yeaV frfr the last 25 year-* than to ha ?1 the ?am? load for the ?ntne Uuu\ fnr the same distance along the sandy level plain of the streets of the city of tfumter before Sumter started to clay and modernise its streets, about 15 years ago. There is a good gravel bed at bluff of both Richland and Sumter side. It Is the easiest and the best crossing on the river arid na? ture has done all or most of your work by furnishing you immense riv? er guts or ditches to take eare of all rain and freshet water that falls. Cut the trees off for 60 or 100 feet from this right of way and place sand and gravel over the top for 12 feet width, the worst part, and you have as good a road as you have In the Blue Ridge mountains and a cheaper to build and keep tip than you have In tho level sandy plains in Eastern South Caro? lina. You do not have to cut ditches for miles to get your road drained. You have no boggy road in earner's Ferry crossing. Tf the timber Is cut off right away sunshine will do the balance of your work. The Bcuch Creek bridue on Garner's Ferry road can be renewed ott of hewed eypress timber, using -ftalf r ?i?mt timber for floor, by the way, tlie old timber bents are now as good a< new so you have everything imme? diately at your hand In lavish abund? ance supplied?gravel hills, sand liars in river, and a wealth of tim? ber for building Reach Creek and Out bridges; at tho river on ellher bank are trees to hang your ferry cable to work ferry boat. Now. If SumtCr county commission? ers will give this throe miles of Sum? ter county's public road, only Its pro rata work, that it Is justly and equi? tably entitled of work and moiu y, thai it gives to any three miles of mad In its entire county, we would have had this road opened ~.r> yours ago. They have grossly neglected und made this ptejpogttloi a bugaboo, greatly t<> the detriment of Sumter county and tho whole State. It is true that the legislature will pass the State road bill and this crossing will be taken cere of properly, but the people In Sumter eounty ought to make those commissioners do something right now. We have *b\u n tho directors of the State penitentiary a uiagnliiccnt high? way to the DeSaussurc State planta? tion and we want to tako a committee fr >m the legislature on this same tr p. We must show capitalists and fii >ncy Investors these river places and dt xcd lands and by automobile. Thev d? u t like to wait on slow and km: 0 about railroads and long wails at Kingsvllle. etc. Private parties by private fUbSorlp* in n in Klrblaml and Sumter a few years ago spent about tl.ttt on rhis crossing. Most of this money was PLANS FOR BIG PARADE. ORGANIZE ON MAIN STREET, COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN AS? SIGNING PLACES FOR CLASSES. 11 iirvest Jubilee Bund of Columbia Will be on Hand on Fourth of July ito Render Musio?Sumter Mer elianta Asked to Decorate Their Store Fronts?Big Banners to Be Posted. The committee on parade, S. B. Mitchell, chairman, has arranged the following order of march for the mammoth Fourth of July Wesley Bible Class Federation parade in Sumter. The parade, Including men, women, and decorated automobiles will as? semble at foot of South Main street, corner of Dingle, forming on right hand side of Main street, facing north. The marshalls and committee in charge will assign the places of differ? ent Bible classes and cars. The parade will start at 4 o'clock, sharp, proceeding up Main to Warren street, thence to Church utrcet, down Church to West Liberty street, and thence to the Academy Green -corner Washington and West Liberty streets. Here the parade will be disbanded, and the committee on judging best decorated car will award the cash prise of $5.00 offered by the comrade?. 1 It nasT.betn decided that not more thirty decorated cars will be al? lowed in this parade owing to the large number of Bible classes expected to participate. , In order to give every automobile, owner the equal oppor? tunity to enter it bus been decided to have entrance cards distributed from Mitchell's Pharmacy beginning Monday, June 2Gth, numbered con? secutively from one to thirty. The first thirty applicants will be given these.cards of admission to the pa? rade. The committee on hospitality is anxiously* awaiting the names of those >'ho will furnish lodging and meals, or cither for the hundreds of delegates who, will be here for three or four days. Remember that the delegates pay for the'r accommoda? tions. Business Houses Should be Decorated For July Ith. Mesf?rVW A. Thompson, chairman, II. L. McCoy and &. t. iteardon, u<m tfffttee on decorations for July 1 and 5, arc urging the business esta'> nenments to deodrate their fronts on those days. Cash prizes of S25,00, 215,00 and $10.00, first, second, and third prizes, are being offered for the three ben docorated establishments, and a cash prize of $5.00 for the best decorated automobile in the big parade on July the 4 th. Red, white and blue are the official colors of the South Carolina Wesley Bible Class Federation. So the na? tional flag will be In order all the way through. ? Sumter should present a holiday appearance on July 3, 4 and 5 as thousands of visitors, of the most de? sirable kind will bo In pur city from all over South Carolina, and a num? ber of prominent ministers and bus? iness men from other Southern States.. For further information phone W. A. Thompson, Phone .133 or Chamber of Commerce, Phone 200. But "get busy" is the slogan of this commit? tee. rpent on renewing bridges and the county commissioners of Sumter would not cooperate with Richland county and take the ferry over as public property. We bought a splen? did boat and they appointed no ferry? man and a little swell in the river took the boat and cable off. Richland county has built a mag? nificent road from Columbia to the Wateree river, 25 miles sand-clayed at l asc of the sand hills. See w hat you | lose, 8(1 miles further to travel from Columbia to Sumter, 10 to lilshop villc. 10 to State DeSaussurc farms, :i3 Clarendon, Kingstrcc, Georgetown, Florence and other points. Make the Sumter commissioners do something' before the election this summer or place4 tome live men on the commis? sion and we will have a good passable road in six weeks. The State board of directors cer? tainly needs a good dlH road to the State's properly ami Ibere BT0 cer? tainly live wires on tbat board who will see that we get help. They are easily Inside the statute law as to help on public roads, as this helps the State farms. Besides, the late Capt. Thos. Sanders of Sumter and Thomas An? derson of ''"airfield only wanted to get the State of South Carolina through the directors of the penitentiary to lake hold of DeSaussurc plantation not primarily to make money for South Carolina, which they have done, but to demonstrate to the State that a rlvef place COUld be dammed or dyked und made a gold mine. People, there ere thousands of these places to be developed yet In South Carolina. Thornwell McMaster, Engineer Contractor. STATEMENT BT GOVERNOR OF IMPROVEMENTS HE HAS MADE AT ASYLUM. Patients Have Been Made More Com? fortable, He Says in One of His Campaign Speeches? Place Has Been Made in Truth a Hospital and Not a Prison. Columbia, June 25.?If any be in doubt about the immense improve? ments in the conditions at the State Hospital they should visit it and see for themselves. The people who have kindred or friends in the institution know. Ask them. The following is a brief statement of the case from one of Gov. Man? ning's addresses: Lawlessness and factionalism and ignoble politics go always hand In hand. A cruel proof of this stared me in the face when I assumed the of? fice of governor. An Institution, de? signed in Christian charity to care for the most helpless, the most hope? less, the most pitiable of our people, had been made year in and year out, the football of politics. I refer to the State Hospital for the Insane. This perversion of a mighty mercy had reacted on every one of the 1,800 patients. These patients come from every county In the State and there are few of us who have not friends or rela-' tives In this institution. The physical condition of the asy? lum was appalling. The mfn's wards were filthy and unhealthfnl; extravagance, waste and neglect repealed absolutely the failure to give inmates the treatment due to patients. -Their care and treatment were wors.o'.than those given to pris? oners and. convicts. The women's ward was the institu? tion's best, but that ward bore silent witness of needless misery .heaped upon a hopeless tragedy. In rows around .the, walls hung straps for the violent fnsbne and In this ward alone were 91T liopeless women patients. At night they were confined in their cells In a 'buftding without a working hydrant or hre hose and with only two nurses to care for them or rescue them4in case of fire. What would have been the horror and disaster had fire bvoke.i out 1 need not and can not ?U seiibt;. ?. ?**.?'* i <me'*\Hsu to the asylum convinced thO legislature that something nr. I i be~<lo?e at once, it was done gener? ously and handsomely, according to the information then available as to its needs. But when 1 came to ap? ply the reforms authorized by the leg? islature I found one serious defect. I was fortunate in securing a board of regents of the highest patriotism and humanity, but the superlntendency of the asylum Is likewise a work of pa? triotism, skill and humanity. It re? quires a man skilled In medicine and yet skilled too In business administra? tion. Such a man I could not find for the cash salary of $3,000 per year, but it was incredible that so great a work should stop for so little a cause, that so many suffer because oi an obstacle that could not be remov? ed. My decision was prompt. I could not change the salary, but I could make up the difference in salary for the first year; and that I did on my own personal note, which I hold in my hand, paid in full by my person? al check. I feel that I was justified in making this contribution. No act of my political life has given me so great gratification. I have never ask? ed reimbursement, have never been repaid one cent and will never accept one cent of this amount from any source. The results speak for themselves. The legislature, on seeing them, by an overwhelming vote sustained my judgment and fixed the superintend? ent's future salary permanently at $0,000 per year, the figure I had been happy to make possible temporarily. Now the Straps In that horrible ward for women are gone. Most of the patlen.s instead of sitting idly through endless days are happily em? ployed in such light tasks as they are fitted to perform. This emnloyment is not compulsory, but is strictly vol? untary on the part of the patients themselves, In the lirrd place it is incorrect to state that the superintendent's salary was increased from $3,000 to $G, 000. For this increase the superin? tendent gave up his claim to the use of a house with lights, water, fuel, servants, vegetables supplied by the State, carriage and pair of horses, a driver and an automobile?per? quisites or extras conservatively val? ued at $1,300 per year and not In? cluding the cost of upkeep for the au? tomobile. Under the new system l.r> neuro women scrubbers have been dispens? ed with, saving approximately $3,000 per year, the amount of cash increase in salary. On the farm nearly $4,500 were saved last year as compared to the yeai previous, this amounting to one ami one-hnlf times the caMh in? crease in salary. Another item of SUNDAY AT SM. MANNING'S VISIT AND RELIG? IOUS SERVICES FEATURE DAY. Number of Sohller?, Among Them Col. Springs, Slightly Shocked by Lightn? ing Stroke "Which Hips up Pines and Kills Hone?Hard Drilling to Begin Soon. Brigade Headquarters, Camp Moore, Styx, June 25.?The 2,500 members of the National Guard of South Carolina spent their first Sunday in camp today. Religious services were held this morning at 9 o'clock. A horse was killed and Col. H. B. Springs, commanding the Second in? fantry, and several privates were fti jurcd, none seriously, when a bolt of lightning ripped up several pine trees at the edge of the Styx camp this morning during a thunder storm. The men were not seriosuly injured. All were given Immediate attention by the hospital corps. Gov. Manning came to the camp this afternoon and after thorough in? spection announced that he was high? ly pleased with the progress of the mobilization of the troops. He con? ferred with the statt officers regarding the health and comfort of the men. Tonight the governor held a con? ference with Col. E. M. Blythe, com? manding officer, and Col H. B. Springs, when it was decided to issue a call for 1,000 recruits to place the two regiments on a war footing. Gov. Manning announced that he will re? turn to the camp tomorrow and spend the entire day with the men. A new company from Anderson has been accepted for service by W. W. Moore, adjutant general. The new company, 100 strong, will arrive to? morrow night from the Electric City. Regard being had to the purpose of their mobolization, which is to pre? pare them so soon as may be for actual service, the drill of perhaps greatest appreciable value to the men in Camp Moore is the setting up ex? ercise, taken early each morning. The object is to improve the hearing of the soldier and develop his strength, agility and endurance. "No one item in our work here is going to be of more importance than the proper fitting to the men of the service shoes," said Capt. Graham yesterday. "An army is not better than Its feet." The government footweai will be ready for Issue within a few da vs. Saturday night a heavy ram storm With hijjh wind drove ail b&ndi to shelter and in some cases upset neat arrangements for soldiery housekeep? ing. The wind hit brigade headquar? ters row hard, blowing down several tents, among them those of Capt. Warren and the correspondent of The State. Each of the dispossessed found asylum nearby overnight, removing baggage to safety and leaving the reraising of their tents to Sunday morning. Some of the tents in the Second regiment also collapsed, their occupants seeking shelter among more fortunate comrades. Tent pegs hold but feebly against wind strain when the sandy soil is thoroughly wet. Recruits are being received in Co? lumbia by Maj. A. Moultrie Brails? ford for the field hospital company No. 1. saving has been in the laundry. Pre? vious to the administration of the present superintendent the laundry of that institution was done by paid nc grb women. Now it is done by negro patients, giving them something to oc? cupy their time and saving to the in? stitution approximately $5,700 per year, nearly twice the cash increase in salary. The total saving in administration expenses was more than $3 4,000 the first year, a reduction of more than 11 times the cash increase in the su? perintendent's salary without regard? ing the perquisites, if the perquisites are considered the saving In adminis? tration expenses will be more than 20 times. Parenthetically, I might say to the physicians and prohibitionists that previously whiskey was used in the in? stitution by the barrel. Now less than a quart a month is used. These economics have not brought lesr. attention, care or comfort to thcSc unfortunates, for Where there were employed under the previous administration three physicians for tin whole lime and three physicians iVi part of the time, they now em? ploy nine physicians and three inturns for all of the time and have added 22 additional nurses whose time is devot? ed to the* care and the alleviation of th'< suffering of those patients. The inmates are given better food, served hot and palatable and in an Inviting way, instead of being served cold and unappetising. The proof of the improved treat? ment is shown by the reduction in the death rate among the patients; but l etter tjhafl all this, these poor people are jjtven cheerful occupation :.nd diversion and are treated now as patients in a hospital, rather than as criminals in a prison. RATHKH LIVELY SCENES AT THE GATHERING. Crowd of About 3,(M?0 People Assemble to Hear S|iceclies?( olloquy Be? tween Candidates. Anderson, June 24.?The meeting at Anderson today was the largest yet met with on the campaign, over 3,000 people turning out to hear the can? didates. The meeting appeared to be favorable to Blease with Coooer a second favorite. All the candidates were given a respectful hearing. R. A. Cooper began his speech un? der difficulties for about one-third of the crowd left when Mr. Blease fin? ished. However, the Laurens man 1 made a vigorous speech, calling on the people to do away with factional Ism and adopt a progressive policy and he won much applause. The meeting ;.as held in Buena Vista park, C. E. Tolly, county chair? man, presiding. The patriotic spirit of Anderson was strongly in evidence today. The stand from which the speakers ad? dressed the people was decorated in red, white and blue. A note of fervent loyalty ran through the praye/ of the Rev. W. H. Frazler, who delivered the invocation. John E. Swearingen, unopposed for reelection as State superintendent of education, started the speaking^ W. T. Thrower, James Cansler, Al? bert S. Fant, W. H. Kelly and G. Mc Duffie Hampton presented their claims for railroad commissioner. It was shortly after 12 o'clock when the candidates for governor began 'to. speak, Gov Richard I. Mailing lead? ing off. The governor began by refer? ring to the imminence of war with Mexico and said he knew South Car? olina would do lier part as she h?d in the past, lie congratulated An derson on leading the counties of the State in responding to the call for troops, more than 300 men from An? derson having mobilized for service. The governor told of his law enforce? ment policy and reviewed legislation passed during his administration fa? vorable to farmers afid cotton mill employes. The governor reviewed the reorganization and remodeling of the State Hospital for the Insane. The governor was asked abo?t appointing lifegroes as ftotartes1 poWfe He re? plied that there are hone in office now, that be naroeJd notaries r/ublfc in South Carolina of) re<^Oii.:rendittior. r>f the legislators, and some T'sroes got in, but he found they ?eic V.crr dbnducting themselves well and he has revoked all of their commissions and refused to commission any more. The governor was presented with a basket of flowers. Former Gov. Blease said when the campaign begun there Were negroes holding office and by his campaign he had driven them out. Mr. Blease as? sailed thfe new offices which have been created during the present adminis? tration, denouncing among others the board of conciliation and the tax com? mission. He also assailed the legisla? ture. He 'charged the governor with turning all the Blcaseltes out of office and said sarcasticaly, "And yet he says he is governor of all the people." In comparing his administration with that of Gov. Manning Mr. Blease said, "The difference between Mr. Man rtlng's administration and mine Is that I said I would not appoint anybody but Bleascftes and did it. and Mr. .Manning sa id he would not regard factions and didn't do It." The crowd was yelling and cheering Mr. Blease. Gov. Manning arose and walked Up to the speaker, but whkt passed be? tween them was not audible to the press stand because of the uproar among the crowd. Chairman Tolly finally quieted the audience. The gov? ernor returned to his seat and Mr. Blease resumed his speech. The for? mer governor said he was going to be elected on the first ballot. He was presented with two baskets of flowers. "We have had enough of factional? ism In South Carolina, have yod thought of it" R. A. Cooper asked the audience of Anderson voters to? day, and they answered with cheers. Mr. Cooper urged that the neighbor? hood school he built up. John Madison DesChamps, fourth tipeakei* for the office of governor, de? livered one of the most unusual ad? dressed heard in a political campaign I in this State in some time. He depart? ed from his business address to de? nounce factionalism. John T. Duncan also spoke. The candidates for the other State offices made their usual speeches. The next meeting will be at Greenwood on Tuesday. " Now that the movement of the I troops has been practically completed the work of placing the camp in order will be pushed rapidly to completion. The hard drilling will begin this week and the staff officers hope to halve flic men roady lor war service at the earliest possll..? moment. A fine spirit prevails among the men and tliey are standing up well under the rales of camp life.