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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
GROWS MORE WARL|KE.
SEVERE FIGHTING AT TRIPOIL
TUESDAY.
Turks Apparently Do Not Intend to
Abandon City Without Still Furth.
er Resistance.

London, Oct. 10.-A dispatch to
London news agency from Pera says
that the Turkish torpedo boats To-
kat, Hamid Abed, Alpagut and An
talia, while returning from the lon
ian sea, were surprised by an Italian
squadron near Mytilene, October 8.
"A smart engagement followed and
three Of the torpedo boats were se-
verely damaged and sank. The fourth
escaped by hosting a foreign flag.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
BATTLE FOUGHT AT TRIPOLI.
Turks Advance on City, But Are Re-
pulsed After Brisk lighthouses
May be Heavy.


pulsed After Brisk lighthouses
May be Heavy.
Tripoli, Oct. 10-The Turks ap-
parently do not intend to abandon
Tripoli to the Italians without a fur
ther determined resistance. For sew
eral days bands Of horsemen have
been accommodating in the vicinity Of
the Italian posts.
At l o'clock this morning a force
of about 5000 Turks with field guns
was discovered advancing in two
columns with the evident intention
Of recapturing this town. A large
body Of natives marched with the
troops and presented a formidable
array. The Italian commander, how
ever. had an intimation that such an
attempt would probably be made and
the Turks were met with a heavy
artillery, and rifle fire, to which they
replied with equal energy. 1t was
moonlight. and the fleet turned the
search lights on the contending
forces. When the engagement was
at its height the battleships and
cruisers Joined in with their smaller
batteries. directing the shells to cover
the Italian front and flank. For
more than an hour the firing on
shore was continued but about 2
o'clock it slackened and finally ceas-
ed. The Turks retired in good order
although it is reported they suffered
heavy loss.
The Italian casualties were slight.
The fleet pursued the retreating
Turks with a heavy shell fire until
6 o'clock.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

Mr.. B. a. Wharton, deputy insur-
ance commissioner, who was in the city
Tuesday. says that he finds con-
siderable Improvement in conditions
since he made his last inspection. but
there Is still much room for further
Improvement in the way Of Keeping
stores. offices and back lots clean OF
trash, waste paper and other de-
bris that increase the fire risk.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
Assistant Prof. Of Agronomy

j. W. Copeland. Of Dayton, Ohio,
purchased a bottle Of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy for his boy who had
cold, and before the bottle was all
used the boys cold was gone. Is
that not better than to pay a five
dollar doctors bill? For sale by all
dealers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

when you have n bad cold Won
want the best medicine obtainabIo CO
as TO cure 1t with as little delay as
possible. Here is a druggists opin-
ION; have sold ChamberIain's
cough Remedy for fifteen years g"
says Enos Lollar of Saratoga. Ind
and consider ii the best on the mar
ket'' For sale by all dealers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

The Baltimore Utilities COMPANY
having deposited $1,000 with the CITY
treasurer as euarantY to carry
out the gas franchise contract, there
is ground for belief that Sumter will
have a gas plant in the not distant
future.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

III you have young children YOU
nave perhaps noticed that disorders
or the stomach are their most com
mon ailment. To correct this YOU
Will find Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets excellent They are
easy and pleasant to take, and mild
and gentle In effect. For sale by all
dealers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

n drain pipe is being put i'm at the
corner or Liberty and IIarvin streets
and will be extended from there ON
up Liberty street to connect with the
pipe which was recently put In on
the corner OF Main and Liberty
streets
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

Here Is woman who speaks from
personal knowledge and long ex-
perience, viz, Mrs. p. II. Brogan, Of
Wilson, Pa, who says "I know from
experience that Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy Is far superior to any 9TH
er. For Group there is nothing that
eXcels it." For sale by all dealers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

Hon. w. Jasper Talbert says that
he asks only fair play i'm his raca
for the senate. 1t is likely that Mr..
Talbcrt viii get more fair play than
votes.-Spartanburg Journal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

Night work often causes a
strain on the eyes. If your
eyes are not perfect and able
to stand this strain, see us
and we will prescribe for
you. I h e prop
glasses guaranteed. Gradu-
ate optician in charge of our
optical parlor.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

DICK headache is caused by q dis
ordered stomach. Take Chamber
lain's Tablets and correct that and
the headaches will disappear. For
sale by all dealers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

Sugar interests are now as busv
with the price mark as they used to
be with the scales.-Washingto Star.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14

NO one knows whether Tripon ia
Nors war or not. Tripoli has never
been conSulted.-Omaha Bee.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-10-14
Marriage License Record.

On Tuesday a marriage license
was granted to Davis S. Porter, Of
Andrews. and Miss Martha X. Hogan.
Of Ridgeway.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-27
ONLY THE SOUTH
AFFECTED 50 FAR


Chicago. Sept. 27.--All members of
the clerks union employed by the Illi-
nois Central railroad are ordered to
strike by an order issued by j. j. Car
rigan, president or the union.
While many union clerks In South
ern cities have struck. officers of the
railroad said that they did not fear
general strike of employees. although
the recent threatened strike OF federal
ed shop employees might be revived
by way OF sympathy.
President Markham OF the Illinois
Central said the strike OF clerks thus
far was of little consequence.
Il guess this is just an aftermath oi
the federated shop employee contro
versy," said Mr.. Markham. "A few
clerks walked out without warning al
New Orleans, Memphis and Jackson
and at Memphis a few shopmen
struck In sympathy. That is the only
place where shopmen struck. None
OF the employees in Chicago quit and
those In the South issued no warning. :
T. J. Foley. general manager Of the
road. said the clerks struck because
the road refused to recognize a clerks
union recently organized In New Or
leans. He says the trouble had no di
rect connection with the demands o
the federated shop employees.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-27
MAY have Been
RESULT OF PLOT
French Suspicious About De-
struction Of Warship.
BLAZE ON THE La PATRIE

Another BattIeship m TouIon Harbor
Narrowly Escapes the Same Fate as
the liberte - Recent Mysterious
Fires in the Naval Arsenal and Acct.
dents to Ships In Drydock Recalled.
Toulon, Sept 27.-That the destruc-
tion of the magnificent French battle
ship Liberte may have been the result
of deliberate plot to destroy the en-
tire navy is suspicion that Is rapidly
gaining ground among naval officers
The many mysterious fires In the
naval arsenal here, the accidents to
ships in drydock, and, finally, the fact
that fire has been discovered In the
hold of the battleship La Patrie,
which required a. desperate battle to
extinguish, has caused the port OFF,
cials to intimate that the most rigid
Investigation is necessary.
1t is understood that the French &C.
cret service has been ordered to take
charge of the matter.
The fire on La Patrie was near the
powder magazines. They were i'm.
mediately flooded and the fire finally
extinguished.
The number of dead on the Liberte
IL now placed at 435. but these figures
will be revised when roll calls are
completed on the ships and the mum
ber of men on leave located.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-27

Mlnnseotan Takes 70 Woods Aftel
ehootlna Three.

willow River, Mimi. Sept. H.
Blcodhounds have been ordered, from
Superior. Wis, to track Ernest Eden.
twenty-five years old, Who - at large
In. the woods short distance. from
this place. armed with repeating
rife and two boxes Of cartridges, after
moytally wonnding City Marshal l. 8.
Mottle. shooting Vernon Penaberton. q
mall carrier. through the shoulder.
and later shooting his father through
t3he elbow.
70 eUeeeed Senator erys.
Portland. Me-. Sept. IS. -OovernoI
.platsted has appointed Obediah Gard
- 81 Rockland United 9tatos seIla
~ to succeed TIE late Senator WIN
IAN Il. Frye. Gardner was the defsak
- psmocratic candidate bof oovern0l
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-27
PRESIDENT TOUCHES
LIGHTLY ON POLITICS
Executive Makes Speech al
! Kansas State Fair.

Hutchinson, Kan. Sept 27.-There
was no political atmosphere about
President Taft's speech at the Kan
sas state fair here
A dissertation on the history of
Kansas and brief appreciation of
Representative K. III. Madison, whose
death last week seriously depressed
the president, was the substance of
his message to the insurgency of Kan
sas in the biggest speech he was
scheduled to deliver during his visit
here.
None of the big issues of the day
were mentioned and an academic dis
cussion of the troubles of bleeding
Kansas" in the turbulent times of the
slavery struggle took practically all
Of the presidents address.
The president proceeded to a
lengthy discussion of the circumstan
ces under which Kansas entered the
Union. the bloody guerrilla warfare
that racked her just prior to the Civil
war, and her economic history up to
the present time. He then made de-
tailed statistical review of the ad.
vance of the states prosperity.
"The trials through which the state
has come have undoubtedly given a
character to its inhabitants" he de-
clared They are bold and original
In thought, courageous in execution.
One may differ from them on their
conclusions either upon politics or
upon other issues, but he must respect
the sincerity and their energy. indie
pendence and courage with which they
support their conclusions and carry
them to their logical results"
This was the nearest the president
came to mentioning the insurgency OF
| Kansas.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-27
BRYAN ANSWERS
TAFT CHALLENGE
Calls Executives Attention ID
narian's Decision.

Knoxville, Tenn. Sept. 27.--Answer.
ing the challenge Of President Taft
made in Cherryvale, Kan, that he
produce an example OF restraint of
trade which would not come within
the purview Of the supreme court, w.
J. Bryan said here. before his depar.
ture for Cincinnati:
IF President Taft would take time
to read the dissenting opinion OF Jus.
tice Harlan in the oil case and re-
port of the judiciary committee OF the
senate. filed by Senator Nelson when
the committee refused to recommend
the amendment which the supreme
court injected into the law, he will
understand my view OF the subject.
Il believe with Justice Harlan and
the Nelson report that the supreme
court practically has nullified the Grim
inal clause Of the antitrust law and
will wait until the president succeeds
IN putting = trust magnat< In the
penitentiary before gfye any weigh,
to the presidents defense Of the de
cision Of the supreme court"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-27
nies, the fast freight and the
friporafor ears


uicS, tuc lust hSA5ht auu INC -
frigerator cars.
Clubs for the Country.
Women had an important part In
the program. Plans for the organiza.
ton of community clubs and to i'm
prove the educational and religious IA
cilities In the country districts were
put forward by leaders in the move
ment to check the tendency of coun
try boys and girls to leave their farm
homes and go to the large cities. II
is planned to make rural life so pleas
ant that the young people will be at
tracted by it.
That the future of the United States
as an agricultural country depends up
on a closer relation between the farm
er and the railroads was the gist OF
an address by Herbert Quick of Madi
son, Wis, editor of farm journal
Mr.. Quick said, while the relations be
tween the farmers and the railroads
are not always amicable, II was the
farmers who really built the railroads
and were then neatly beaten out ol
their interests"
Discussing the subject, "The Coop
erative Movement" w. A. Beard o
Sacramento, Cal, said that co-opera
tion is means Of conserving thai
most valuable of all our resources, hu
man energy, and the most dear of al
our rights and privileges, that Of equa
opportunity.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-27
REScuERS CONTINUE WORK
Desperate Efforts to Reach Men In
Wreckaue Of the Liberte.

Toulon, Sept 27.-While the dry
docks are being hastily put in shape
TO receive the Verite, Republique and
Democratic. all badly damaged as a
result of the fire and explosion that
destroyed the Liberte, detachments
from every ship in the harbor are
working on the wreckage of the LII
berte, trying to rescue members OF the
crew known to be alive in the debris.
A repair ship is anchored alongside
the mass of wreckage, only a small
portion of which is still above water.
The chrome steel plates are being
burned through with acetylene jets,
but the work is necessarily very slow
because of the danger Of dislodging
some of the plates and crushing the
victims In their prison below the sur
face of the waters in the roadstead.
There is a disposition to blame the
higher officials of the Liberte for be.
ing absent. The fact that the captain
and the next two In command We're
away and that the warship was In
command OF the senior lieutenant in
jured discipline, 1t is claimed. 1t is
also intimated that the best means
were not employed in fighting the fire,
Had experienced officials been on
duty, It Is intimated, bunkers and
magazines would have been flooded
simultaneously with the fire alarm
and an explosion would have been i'm.
possible. A court OF inquiry to deter.
mine the responsibility for the disas
ter will be named at once.
The city OF Toulon has been formed
into vast hospital and morgue. Many
OF the victims are so badly mang!ed
that recognition is almost impossible
In the temporary hospitals. hastily
established. terribly burned seanler
are being cared for.
OF fifty injured sailors In the chiel
marine hospital, twenty-five have al
ready died and few Of the others car
recover
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-27
FARMLAND lNHERITs TITLE
okIahoman Heir o. Earl Myers ol
Scotland.

Lawton, Okla, Sept. 27.--W. Joseph
Eldridge, who is working as farm
hand near here, has received word
that he is heir to the title and fortune
OF the late Earl Myers OF Craig castle,
near Glasgow, Scotland.
Eldridge saw service In the Boef
war, In Egypt and the Boxer uprising
as lieutenant in the Eighteenth Hus-
sars. He came to the United Statea
and enlisted In the American army,
where he rose to the rank OF . non
commissioned omcer. He was sta
toned at Fort Sill. Okla. Later he left
the army to study farming.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-27
EXPRESS MESSENGER JAlLEr
Had His Car Uttered With Torr
500 and $50 Bills.

Waycross, Ga, Sept. 27.-for tearing
up 500 and $50 bills like waste paper
and throwing silver dollars promiscu
ously about his car, G. F. Radford. ex'
press messenger on an Atlantic Coast
Line train, is in jail here. Radford
only did this after he had stuffed
every pocket full of coin and bills
amounting to between $4,000 and $40,
900.
Radford says he protested on being
sent out on the run because Of his
condition.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-27
CHICAGO POLICE SCANDAL
Stampede Of Alleged crafters 10 Take
Immunity Bath.

Chicago. Sept PA stampede Of
police grafters to take the immunity
bath before William w. Wheelock,
special counsel OF the city civil serv-
Ice commission,, IL expected to lead to
one Of the greatest police scandals the
West has ever, known.
Already Wheelock has in his pos
session the confession Of = lieutenant
of police. known as CRATER In the
vice district. which Is said to impii-
cate three OF the, highest police ON.
cials In Chicago. In addition to mum
ber of "smaller fry"
The confession OF the lieutenant Is
said to be q complete account Of the
methods used in collecting police graft
and protection money In the vice dis
trtct.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-27
AFTER cULL0M's SITUATION
James Hamilton Lewis Seeks Illinois
Senatorship.

Chicago, Sept. 27-Considerable In.
terest is being manifested in the forth
coming platform on which Colonel
James Hamilton Lewis will be the
Democratic candidate for the United
States senatorship to succeed Senator
Cullom. Lewis declares he will take
the stump in January and speak until
the April primaries.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-27
WAR cLoUD DlsTvRss ITALY

SOCIALISM, ano Cthor RodlcaIe Oppose
Appeal 60 Arms.
Rome. Sept. 27.-Italy Is torn by dis
sension concerning the threatened
clash With Turkey over an Italian
Erab Of the Turkish province Of
Tripou.
6ocialists and other extreme radi-
Gals throughout the country are hold
irg mass meetings to ,prOtsst against
war.
Other classes of the population are
IN favor Of : patriotic sathusiasm and
urging the governmeat - maintain 9
arm seAnd.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-27
ConservatiOnists Hope to
Avoid Controversy.
MANY SPEECHES ARE MADE
Problems Confronting the Country
Discussed by Delegates to Third An.
nuaI Congress-PIans for Organiza.
tion OF Clubs and Amusements for
Farmers Wives Outlined by Wo.
men Speakers.

men Speakers.
Kansas City. Sept. Ell. b. White
of Kansas City, wealthy lumberman,
now chairman of the executive COM
mittee, is thus far the only candidate
for president OF the National Con-
servation congress for the next year.
The resolutions will deal, it is ex-
pected, with the solution OF conserva-
tion problems along scientific lines
Politics and policies in serious con-
troversy are under tight lid.
DR.. Drinker. president Of the Le-
high university of Pennsylvania. drew
the limitation of conservation still
more narrowly in an address on min
eral resources.
1t is to stop with finding way for
preserving natural resources. The
ownership of these resources, whether
by individuals or great corporations,
he regards as political question.
To mix the trust question with con-
servatlon leads only to demagogy. In
this he was probably mouthpiece of
the convention.
Delegates do not expect W. j. Bryan
to respect these limitations when he
comes. The announcement of his COM
ing, read from telegram, brought
out vigorous cheers. He Is down for
an address,
More Corn, Less Theology.
p. G. Holden departed somewhat
from orthodox lines In telling how to
better social conditions on the farm.
He recommended more corn and less
theology in the rural schools and
churches Churches and schools must
talk in terms of life work.
r. A. Long. millionaire lumberman
OF Kansas City, was injected into the
program to advocate the promotion ol
the men and religion movement He
added a word about forest preserva.
tion
w. A. Beard, tilted the, lid on politi
cal discussion at the end, ,of his speech
on cooperation. It was of great i'm
portance, he SAID, that thesresources ol
Aloka be conserved. butt every yeaI
wealth many times greater In value
than the resources OF Alaska 10 taken
In undue profits by the combinations
which control business. fThe remedy
is cooperation, he says. Minnesota
with its 600 cooperative creameries
is one OF the states In tine van.
That express companiss are para
sites which have stolen the functions
Of the Dost0ffice department was tht
statement Of Herbert Quick OF Madi
son. Wis. He spoke Of the railwa,
and the farmer. Express companies
Ne Maid. were responsible <for much o
ths high cost OF living~ Railway
shQuld e,.~.:r-tc the- sxprees cosnpn
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-09-27
HASTILY LEAVING TReoLl
Foreigners Fear Arab Revolt IN
Exodus Results.

Tripoli. Sept 27.-Foreigners are
alarmed 1t the situation growing out
OF the reported intention Of Italy y
occupy Tripoli In defiance Of the Turk
ish government
An Arab revolt II feared.
All foreigners Who can arc neeine
hastily. Every available boat 1eaviuo
horo = cRnsvaed wtth nnrneeaaa
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1911-05-25

prove. when operating through the
a sufficient check upon
such radical innovations or violent
changes as might possibly be attempt
ed by popular representative body;
be Il
Resolved by the Senate and House
OF Representatives OF the United
States OF America In Congress Assem-.
bled (two-thirds OF each House con-
curing therin). That the following
article is proposed as an amendment
to the constitution OF the Unitde
States. which. when ratified by the
Legislatures of the three-fourths OF
the several States. shall be valid 20
all intents and purposes as a part u
the Constinltion: ~
ARTICLE XVIII.
Section 1. All legislative powers
shall be vested in the House of Repre-
sentatives. Its enactmens, subject "a
referendum hereinafter provided for
shall be the supreme law. anu the
President SHALL have no power to
veto them, nor shall any court have
the power to invalidate them.
Section 2. All provisions ip the
Constitution relating to the Senate
are hereby annulled, and the d1ties
rights. and privileges heretofore vest.
ed in the Senate shall. to the degres
and extent determined by the Hous'
OF Representatives be Vested in tn.
said House OF Representatives; and
the House of Representatives shal
have the power to enact all necessar,
measures TO vest these duties, rights
and privileges in itself
Section 3. Upon petition by fiv'
per cent. Of the qualified voters fol
members of the lower houses OF tn,
State legislatures in each OF three
fourths of the States. filed within
ninety days after the passage OF Z
law by the House Of Representatives
such law shall be submitted to a gen
erai refereendum; and IL such Law
receives a majority Of ALI votes cas-
at such referendum 1t shall be In ef
feet. but II 1t fails of majority 1
shall be null and void.'
Characterizing the United State
constitution as antiquated and obsolet
Berger has introduced a resolution u
the House proposing an amendmen
to the constitution which IL adopte,
would give Congress power TO call
constitutional convention. The amen,
constitutional convention. The amend
ment reads:
Article XVIII. The Congress shaI