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m hi mi . AT . CAMP MOORE 5? ft* SIGNS OF . ORDER, _ Yor aniikie tune BfRiiM Hotly of lb Moor?, Styx, July 26.?There fneSng ftmenf the ouV*r? high in ty Ol Onmp Moore that Im or ?will tome front Washington at an ante for the removal of the two te the Mentenn border, ref ehe *e prwetet any d ?motte e hern in eemp are naturally lent to be on the go. yet they he aatlafied If the war depart ?mejhl merely fit an npproxl tn fee moving, Cok H. B. ef the Second regh.ieut says i*Jglatent to fit and ready. L M. Birth* ef the First regl hhmp tnenmaneer, hae an? te* personnel ef the military board fer nte regiment. A v bourd will ha appointed to %e Cdl Spilssjs. The boards will the general fltnees of communion* and will rhnnmateedatloaa to the regl erannnndera. The examlna be parti*/ oral and i*rtly Mare are several second to be filled In the First I Afterward tret lie j ten be tiled, me hae officer* appointed uswntng board by Lieut, Get. P. K. ? Me? at. O. ven Treason, I3a.pt. Cnpt O. Heyward Ma Lfeut. *. C. Chand? ern? one have been a% tJahenrtPe, Spartan burg and One wm coon be opened ttOtembhv. Over Use men are to hit up the companies, it to In camp that an erdet for to the border Wwnld I sued Oof. Btythe eis health of she men. The life Is Meal and every precau tnhen by the two corn It'officers to Insure the health inen. ShtifJUd by the State Demo re committee to allow tJoard to participate in eleetkene failed to pre ehe Chnrtsston Light \%% Snw>?ehb heentml and the 'ewmfatny. Taeee are tinte sew?nbn\tfene, Tlie rules ?srcsU that a registrar!,?? book be fur laeh company commander for) ifMhent Of men fron? m..* < onnty ctiv c? mp.ntv Kor ?h* tnon ItOxnon stst dents of the n>un leWlilal headquarters was wads isjniftj. The commHtee overlooked that thare urn unHs at Htyx ing to enher regiment. No 0 solution hae been found and M at nr< nable that the smarter will be to the Stats Democratic *x mmmjttee. More than 200 are a#si.ii*l and unless some pro It made they can not participate th fJes iihjctfen neat month. tat ms I ere of the machine gun com yenty at the Second regiment vere tm seme old rifle? which/*/*re yesterday. A big hews item In camp was the Of an alligator, seven feet long, creek near the pumping The members of the Second machine gun company have using a bathing pool near by. . Ttlsfji am? received In camp would andient? that the South Carolina troop* ere' to he sent to El Paso. All compentes In camp are drilling dotty They are taking hikes and arc gradually mastering the military prob ?nacusaed the chance of (or for the South Carolina tree pa. it wee pointed out that laea this State might be sent over e* relieve the regular* already lee to com* horn*. First Li*at. Jam** A. Hayne, ?e< ro? tary ef th* State board of health and temporarily attached to the med Ina I staff at Camp Moor*, ha* been Off? rod a ntac* in the medical corps of the United State* army in the foreign ser? vice, ft* ha* received several tele? gram* urging that he a crept tbe com? mission, but has refused, ff* has seen servtee In the West and in the canal none. SeOetM Lie At. James T. Moore, ma? chine g?n company. Second'regtoncnt. hen left for Washington, having se? cured a leave of absence. He will at? tend a rPllttary training school and on August II will take an examination fer second lieutenant In the United State* army. He was graduated from the Cttatel last Jane. H* I* a son of W. W. Moore, adjutant general. Men of the Second regiment Monday night serenaded Col. H. B. Springs with a "bottls band" under the lead erahip of Jo* Doyle r5 Msmbsrs of the* Ineer company wer* hU<y today a**gtng ditches for tk*> setter drainage of the ?ihm?. ? A banking system ban been cstab geht it by Cel. Spring* f<?r th. men or the f4*c?>nd regiment. The company commander* have *???en designated an banker* to handle the funds of the BRITISH ACTION DECLARED TO BJC UNWARRANTED INTER? FERENCE WITH DOMES? TIC AFFAIRS. Protest W?m totted to Ambassador Page Lost Night S?d Was Delivered to Foreign OS** Today. Washington, July 37.?The Ameri? can protest against the British black? list is now in the hands of the Brit? ish foreign office. Acting Secretary of State Polk announces that the pro tost was approved by President Wil? son last night and was immediately seht to Ambassador Page in London lor presentation. The protest will be made public Monday morning. It in? sists that the blacklist by the British government is in opposition to the trade treaties between the two gov? ernments and Is called an unwar? ranted Interference with domestic af? faire of America. Officials say that the general employment ofthe boycott Is declared In effect to be an un? friendly act. ?? * NO PARALYSIS 111 CITY. Health OS*** Watching Incoming Train* to Prevent Disease Comtng In. ?.%?????? From The Daily Item, July 26. Health Officer W. J. McKagen stated this morning that there waa. no infantile paralysis in' the city as far as he knew, at least pone had been reported to him by any of the physi? cians of the city. Thla statement win, no doubt relieve the minds of some of the parents in the city In view of the repeated rumors that- the disease was In the clty? In fact Mr. McKagen has-been keep? ing a strict, watch on,all . of the In? coming through trains, which have been passing here for the past tew days because their other und regular avenues of traffic were blocked. While not observing a quarantine on the trains,: he hag seen tp it that there were no sick people who got off here and that the station closets were used, by the train passengers during their stay in the city.; -j-1-rrn Washington, July 37.?The majority Hader, Senator Kern, has Received, a hood of telegrams from South Caro ^^^^?^^Aed^^^Hy^p^^^^^* ^^H^nJc^ke^ j^fy^ ^^^^^^ J^?^^'^^a^a* ^^wev* , men. The hrst pky day- of, the Second; Pediment will be celebrated in royal style within the ncxl severe! days sari tho^bankmn system wee entab-?' n*h*'< fur the convergence of tho.men. . The last WtUuuun. F.iist regiment, Major R. F. Watson commanding, gave a dress parade Tuesday after? noon. Many of the companies are participating in a rifle practice each afternoon. Colntlnuous baseball, seven days a week, is one of the pleasures Of life at Camp Moore. No effort la made to keep an accurate' score and the um? pire invariably gees "armed to the teeth." His deessioes , arc supreme gnd never Questioned, i Leapfrog Is a favorite pastime in the late afternoon. The Y. M. C A. tent Is proving a great convenience to the moiu It Is here that the boys write letters back home. Life at Camp Moore is moving along imoothry and the men are hoping (or the day when the border order ar? rives. I ..>.<? i Cent.. W. M. Manning of the Char? leston Light Dragoons has returned to Camp Moore, after being sick in Co? lumbia lor several days. The first major operation by the. Camp Moore surgeons since they, were mustered into federal service was per? formed at the Baptist hospital. yester? day. Perry *\ Wilson, a private pf Company M, Second< regiment, .being the patient. He had nppendtcltla. Pri? vate Wilson Is .resting well and his chances for a speedy recovery are good. He is the son of . ;Mre A. L. Wilson, of Neesen.. It Lieut. J. A. Hollingsworth, of Com? pany I, First regl meat.: from. Union,, Was taken to tho Baptist hospital Monday and is resting well. Lieut. Holl Inga worth i ia from , Union. ,-. tt;--t "No person .under IK yen*., of age: shall be enlisted, either with or. with? out the consent of parents or guard? ians," an order from the Department of the East says. Minors over 18 may be enlisted with the consent of pur ents or guardians. ".Pappouno sucks," the soldiers de? risively call the new gripping packs, which take the place of the > familiar blunket roll for servlco afield. The canvas container holds toilet urtlcles, mess kit, poncho and spare cloth? ing. Attachments (Tarry the blanket* and the buyonet, also an entrenching tool, either a shovel or a pick-mat lock. When a charge la ordered a Strap may lw? pulled and the blanket dropped to tho ground. The contain? er tilled weighs attout ;tO pounds. . Odd of the llrHt tasks of the Cnro Hna h< Adle es ??n reaching the border prn\tded they ever do that?-will be to make adobe brlek* of clay with a straw binde;*, \vhcrewith to floor their tents. H1BKRNIAN HALL WELL BILLED FOR MEETING. Crowd Contents Itself With Cheering Its la vorl to?Sixteen SikhxIks Made. , Charleston, July 25.?An audience that Ailed the Hibernian hall to ca? pacity this afternoon heard the 16 candidates for State offices. Go v. Man? ning and Former Gov. Blease being given several ovations each. Mr. Coop? er was also cheered and applauded to a lesser degree. The meeting was or? derly. When Gov. Manning closed some one a.deed how he stood in the matter of labor organisations and a large portion -of the audience gathered around the platform while he told in an informal way about his record per? taining to matters that concern the laboring classes. Mr. Blease said he favored no > law that the people don't want and scored what he called the useless boards of taxation, charities and corrections, and conciliation. He also scored the local administration and said that the present State government was the most lawless the State had ever known. Liquor hasn't been run out of Charleston yet, he said. Mr. Cooper was next. He said he was running for governor under the wing of no political faction; that he w uld not appeal to prejudice nor at? tempt to tear down the character of any man to get Into office. He would bo governor of every man, woman and child frOnVthe sea to the mountains. He confined himself largely to the sub? ject of education and touched upon i the insurance situation, advocating an Insurance board with power to hear iand adjust complaints. He said he be? lieved in organised labor, i Mr. DesChamps talked about lira boyhood in Charleston and the his? tory Of /this grand old City by the Sea0' he told a number of anecdotes. Me attacked factionalism. John Y. Duncan told of "the sys \ GOv. Manning on rising to speak > was ' gftien an ovation mingled with h Isafs. He said he was not here to stir faction all sm or attack character. I He lauded' the supremacy of the law land 'declared that .he still stood for iunqualUie'd enforcement of the laws of the State and was runlng for gov? ernor on the same platform as' before. He was applauded frequently.t. Hp wanted law abiding to become a habit with tire people and thought that it v.;,.s beoontlns i i heret declaring that neither hfe noi mn "Ou ajmesstor could bars driven out blind tigers from Ci.aiicbUon and secured a con? viction of their operators In the local court unless there was a growing sen? timent here for law enforcement. He told about the State asylum transac? tion end his picture of the conditions he found there held his hearers spell? bound, i The first speaker among the, can? didates for railroad commissioner was Albort S. Fant, followed by Messrs. Hampton,. Kelly, Thrower and .Cans? tein ? . . , E. C. L. Adams and A. J. Bethoa presented their claims for lieutenant governor. j .., .., , W. Bunks Dove and . George W. Wightman explained their qualifica? tions for secretary of State. S. T. Carter, candidate for reelection to the position of State treasurer, spoke, followed by his opponent, D. W. Molnurin. | SOUTHERN OPERATING TRAINS. I The Southern Railway. Uds. morn? ing resumed operation of its trains over its Columbia-King vi lie-Lancas? ter road and Is running on its regular schedule between Sumter and Colum? bia, Sunater and l^ancaster and Sumn tor and other points south. It was also learned - at the Southern office ?that Atlantic Coast Line trains be? tween BumaOl and Columbia would be? gin operation between the two points over the Southern track this after? noon. It was stated at the Coast Line ticket offlee that no.orders to thl* ef? fect had been received, but that they were operating trains by way of Den? mark, as formerly. Tho Southern track between Char? leston and Columbia is again. In soiv vice, tho damages between Sumter and Kingville at the Wateree have been repaired and the first train.over that line was operated yesterday af? ternoon, and this morning the regular schedules were resumed, giving Sum? ter a very much more direct outlet to Columbia und the northwestern, sec? tion of the State and giving Columbia a more direct eonuection with the northeastern and Pee Dee sections of the State. Train service between Co lumbla and Spartanburg over the Southern will be resumed the latter part of this week or early next week it Is thought. Several hundred negroes imssed through her?' yesterday on A. C. [p, trains on their way to Pennsylvania, where they have been seoUfod for rail? road Oetieiruction won,. They wore fathered up In South Georgia and Florida, It was learned. AFFECTS ALL CLERKS AND AGEtfCY FORCE OF THE SYSTEM. live Per Cent. Iimtcumc Was Effec? tive on July 1st?The TnTWI to be Made Within the Past Six Years? About 2,000 Men Included. Wilmington, N< C? July 26.?A vol? untary average increase of five per cent. In the salaries of all clerks and agency forces,, who have been em? ployed by the. road for 12 months or more, effective July 1st, has been made by the Atlantic Coast Line Rail? road Company, it , was learned yester? day from the general offices of the system in Wilmington. The raise will affect approximately 2,000 employees [of the road, it was estimated yester !day, and will rcpresnt a considerable outlay of money. No official announcement of the raise has been made and it Is under? stood that none will be made further than that the individual employes will be notified through the heads of the different departments. It is under? stood that the increase was* decided upon seme time ago, being in line with the policy of the company to re? ward its employes as conditions may warrant. This la the third increase in salaries for its clerical and agency forces to be made by the Coast Line within the past six years. Needless to say the raise In salaries will be welcomed by the employes, a large number of whom reside in Wil mlngton. The raise effects all the members of the clerical force in the general offices here, representing a very substantial increase In the pay roll for this city. -The increase, ap? plies to all the agency forces through? out tho system which runs through practically all the southeastern States Including North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama as well as Virginia. .. ? . Rumors have been current for sev? eral days that the Coast Line was go? ing to make an increase in salaries for its clerical forces but these reports could' not be confirmed. However, it was teamed upon the highest author? ity yesterday that such was the oase aid in 'fact in some of the depart? ments the employes.have.already been notified of the increase. Notifications win be sent to all others before the end'of the month, it Is understood. ? As stated the increase is entirely voluntary, being made without any Request on the pant of the employee. MAJORITY NINETY-NINE VOTKs. '? ? IXTt* i' . .. ? ?iwral Election for City Ofliccrs ? to lie iicld August ?Ua. i ? i i> . ;, *? ? From The Daily Item, July 26. . The. general election to fin the of? fices of Mayor and Councilman of the city of Sumter will be held on August 8th, at which time the Action of the primary, of Tuesday wUt be confirmee gnd Mayor* Jennings And Councilmar J. P. Booth will be officially elected to serve for another term of four years each.. > ...\, ... In the democratic, primary yester? day. Councilman J. P. Booth defeated his opponent, Geo. D. Levy, by a ma? jority of ninety-nine votes out of a to? tal vote vast of 535. Mayor Jennings received 522 votes. He was unop- < posed. The vote by .wards was: . Ward 1, Booth 47, Levy 14, Jennings 60; Ward Z, Booth 166, Levy lie, Jen- | nings 272; Ward 3, Booth 70, Levy 62-, Jennings 126; Ward 4, Booth 34, Levy 32, Jennings 64. Total vote cast .535. i The result of the .election, accord? ing to tho post election prophets, seems to have come out as il was gen? erally thought that It. would, in Coun? cilman Booth's re-nomination, but there seems toyhave been considerable surprise that his majority was as large as it was. . MARRIAGE DECTjARED. VOI& ' ? ? . ?i.'*>. jr. ?I, ,i ? . Judge Memmiiiger'Seifs Aside ^Nettles TripiieVt Ceremony as illegal. Judge R. W. MemmVnger at the last terin of the circuit court passed an important decree; one which is rather unusual. The decree was ren? dered In thp case of Ltoggan O. Trip pelt vs. Jpne E. Nottles,, alias June E. ? Trlppett. The complaint in.the case, alleges that en or about the 21st day of June, 191f>, Boggan C. Trlppett and June K. .Nettles wont through the per? formance of a marriage ceremony. Th,c complaint further alleges that the contract was void, for want of con-1 sent on the pajrt of the said Trippett. I It further alleges that he was feteed jto go through the performance of said marriage ceremony, and asked that the court declare the said mar? riage contract void.i The decree shows that his honor sustained the allegations of the com? plaint, and held thut the said marriage contract had ever existed Between Boggan C. Trlppett and June E. Net? tles, and tl?at Bofgan C.-Trlppett wns never married, but that the same status exists now, as It did before the performance of the mnrrlaftc cere? mony. r??r-???-rj?T?T3-jm? iE m m HW OTHERWISE SOUTH CAROLINA WILL GET NONE OE UNCLE SAM'S GOOD ROADS MONEY. KngTnxrcr Scales in fntcVvfcw at Lex? ington Throws Light on Situation as It Regard** State. Lexington, July 25.-?If South Caro? lina, Georgia and Texas are to keep pace with the other States in the mat? ter of good roads, and if they are to share in the distribution of the eighty tive million dollars to be expended by the federal department on the roads of the country during the next live years, under the provisions of the act of congress, which was signed by the president a week ago, these States will have to get busy?and get busy at once?in the opinion of George C. Scales, government good roads en? gineer in charge of the Washington Atlanta highway between Columbia and Atlanta, who was in Lexington yesterday conferring with Chas. E. Corley, supervisor of Le\ipgton coun? ty. South Carolina, Georgia and Texas are the only three States that have not established a State highway commis? sion or the office of highway commis? sioner, said Mr. Scales; and under the provisions of the federal law a State must have one or both of these offices before the government will turn loose Its money on the roads of these States. . "Georgia now has three oils up in its legislature," said .Mr, Scales, "and, In my opinion. South Carolina will either create a State highway com? mission or provide for a State high Way commissioner at its next sitting of the legislature, under either of which the State can share in the money to be expended on the high? ways by the federal government," he sold. "In the event that a highway commission be established the comr mission will have to be empowered to employ a highway engineer through whom the government can act. This engineer would have to make plans and specifications for roads, all of which would have to be agreeable to the federal government. Among other things, the engineer would have to lay out hi ? roads from county seat t. count) it ; ? and his suggestior ?viould, ourse, have to be acted up I w ? ? authorities at Washington :.:?'<; *d: vales... "Ujndei his new law I expect to s the t improvement in the roa of the country that has ever be* ? as;, and it will not take five ye* < ir the tional government to fl it t4 it should have long since b< idlng some of its aid In building up .he highways of the country,' said tfcalek . i- .? it "l'h ne Is rapidly coming w lern States will have to away wirb the present convict sys if the roads and turn thei : vee labor and the cont ysl lid Engineer Scales, "If', hibitlon mtinues to have such a ihg effect upon crime. In some of the counties In Georgia through which my duties carry me there are not convicts enough to make up a decent chain gang. In Clarke county, for an exam? ple, a year ago, even six months ago, there were more than 100 convicts on the chain, gang; there are now less khan 60, and,the number is daily grow? ing less. In the North and East high? ways are worked almost entirely under the contract system, public bids are asked for, and the work is done at tho cheapest possible cost, always taking Into consideration, of course, the reliabllty of the bidder. But at the same time, all road work is under,the direct supervision of an expert?under the supervision of an engineer, and Ln spectors go over the roads." . The statement of Mr. Scales with reference to the extreme scarcity . o?f convict labor in Georgia since the pro? hibition law became effective, brought a most interesting and important statement . from Supervisor Corley With reference, to .the local, sit? uation here. "I am experiencing the same trouble right now," broke in Supervisor Corley. "A year .*gq , 1 had eighty-one convicts on my two chain gangs, and now I hav;c only , 4 3, hardly enough to operate one chain gang; and unless more convict*** come my way I Will be forced to,put all of the convicts together. At present 1 am operating two gangs?one a short-term gang, the othec for the. long-term men; but the cost of keep? ing guards-1*.toe groat fur.me to keep it up unless there be a change and 1 will be forced to work all the men un? der the same guards." he said, i Engineer Scales said that it had al? ways been a matter of surprise to him why the government spent millions of dollars for its rivers and harbors and not r?-eeht on its highways. "Why there is at least a thousand |>er><on* traveling the highways to one the rivers and harbors* and it can readily be seen that the roads should come in for liheral consideration. In my opin? ion the government will now turn its attention to the roads with the hap? py result that in a few more years every travel roadway'in the country will be the same ns Mntn street of Lexington/' concluded the engineer, eis he got, in his car bound for Aug? usta and Atlanta. Engineer 'Scales took occasion to praise the splendid efforts of Com? missioner Watson, who, Tie said, ha9 done more for the State than any other man, so far as putting, enthusiasm into road-building goes. Col. Watson's work in marking out the public highways. This, in the opinion of the government engineer, will do much toward In? creasing the automobile travel in the South. .... In regard to this State putting itself in position to receive a portion of the government's money on the r oadp, Mr. Scales suggested that the legislature, at its next session might empower the commissioner of agriculture to take up the work instead of creating anoth? er new office or by creating a highway commission. "Certainly no better, man could be found to handle the proposi? tion than the present commissioner of agriculture. Col. E. J. Watson," said Mr. Scale?. f Mr. Scaics said that the rains in Georgia fcr the past fortnight have greatly handicapped road construc? tion. While en route to Columbia this week, Mr. Scales found it necessary to hire a pair of mules to . pull his ma? chine out of the mud on two occa? sions in Georgia* he, ?a}d. - r. BIUDGE WASHED AWAY* tfc Supervisor Pitts was informed yes? terday afternoon that the bridge over the Big Branch crossing .between Mr. S. J. White, and J. J. Britton's places on the Manning road was washed out and to^ay he has had a force.Qf meu there, endeavoring to replace f^t. jThje piles and props .to the bridge were washed away and; the bridge ^drQPfc p?d?into ,the stream. .v / j Mr. Pitts stated that there had beeq restore that there was a waahout at Pocalla. There was no damge .there that he had heard of and the road was open to traffic, j In fact the.Ppn calla road, part of which .had been gravelled, was in better condition than most of the other roads. Those which have been wprked' recently, where the clay was still soft, are in the worst condition fropn the rains. . The bridge and causeway over First Mill -was repaired yesterday apd is a;;ain in use.. As additional pipe was ? 1 "cross, the causeway, and the repaired .by packing, dirtg to u] ?e washout. ? ..? also reported here today. t*h< bridge over the stream Just >n tins side of Alcolu in Clarendon County aas beep washed away* ? [;. ts that Second Mill dam had, bi b ashed away which .wece cir-i 1 In the city yesterday. :are foundation. No harm has been one to the dam, Mr. Bradford. ha> in? raised the flood gates sufficient - low the'rt water juqt easy?? and 1 outlet. S lie n l.1 Cud W^iir&t, ?? UMeileetr Hi ?iUtoer. fto?* <n9^ i lq -mM *e? ! $ ? SrlXSr ROUND TRIP FARES Froni StiThter I * t > ts H r< - . ' ???? SUNDAY Excursion Fan ? 11.75 to Charleston. Tickets on sale for forenoon tratrs on each Sunday from June 11 to Sep? tember 11, inclusive, limited return? ing on train No. 178 *che'4ul^^o^jkye Charleston 8:fc5 p. m., on ?untiay day of sale. 1*1* WEEK END ' Excursion* Fart* $ 4.60 to Wilmington. !*1.U. $3.30 to Isle of Palms. $3.30 'to Sullivan's Island. . $4.60 to Myrtle Beach. ^ Tickets on sale Tot all trains ol* each Saturday and for f?reio?n trains oh each Sunday from May ft to September 11, inclusive, limited re? turning to reach original starring point prior to midnight of Tuesday next following date of sale. .11,-? * ?}* .**? * ? 1 yf ?? h SUMMIER 1 ?xc?ro\o? Fares ; $7.10 to Wrlghtsvllle Begeh. $4.65 to Isle of Balms. $4.66 to Sullivan's Island. $6.76 to Myrtle Beach. $18.70 to Norfolk. , , 1 Tickets on sale from May 16 to Oc? tober 16, inclusive, limited returning until October 31. Liberal stop-over privileges. . . * Schedules and further particulars cheerfully furnished up n application to O. V; PLAlfBR, Ticket Agent, Butntei>?. C. ATLANTIC COA8T ldM?^,.? fho Standard Ballroad, et the South,