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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30

9Th District. giving US forty unconteste'
delegates, q clear majority TOT FreSiue"'
'rart in county convention, and nsGrlhs '"7
election of two Taft delegates from ''h
District to NATIONAL convention.
4 telegram from Jackson, Miss. reads;
can district and state conventions nave
boon held in this state. All Endorsed and
instructed for President Taft The con-
vcntions were organized by party orgai'1a-
tions and were regular. The contests are
not worthy Of serious consideration al"
the boilers are out just FOR sraft."
Saws South Is for Taft.
The South is for the denomination OF
President Taft Democrats and Repuah-
cans are working hand-n-hand to orlns
about instructed Taft delegations in all the
Southern states This was the statement
made at the White House to-day by
prominent Texas statesman, who declareu
that the demand Of the Southern people TOT
o. snuare deal for President Taft was gen
eral
II have never known Republican Pres
ident to be held in higher esteem by the
Southern people than Mr.. Taft ne saio'
adding:
I make the unqualified prediction t INA.
the President will get the deleSates liu.,s
TeXas in spite of the general oe!lel ,al
Cecil Lyon, the wealthy RooSeNth "E TG
there, is supposed to be lnNihcipie III ''''
party. -,---.;... ,,o.r.oor load.
ING Democrats and Republicans ~ lne
South that some people THINK ana tne
moral influence of a unanimous good opln-
ion of the President among Democrats i
3 more valuable asset to him in the CON
fest Tor delegates than most people 6eile\S'
\ democrat and a Republican thlhk mucIl
along the same lines when II comes 10
question Of a s1uaTe deal or fair treatment
FOR a man. and the influence OF one upon
another under these circumstances IS
uuickIy apparent The South mas pten
treated sdlIarely bv the President. lier
peopIe like him and they are oVerwheIm-
inglv Of the opinion that he has not had
square deal: that he has been hlsuhue'
stood and misrcpresented.
I venture the assertion that the SCUM
Was almost alone in its friendliness lor tne
President at a time, two years ago, ior IN
stance. when il seemed as If he had no
friends anywhere The Southern sense o.
couare deal for man struggling hard FOR
the right was for him then and mas con-
tinued for him.
do not mean to say that the PRESIDENT
will get any electoral votes from southern
states this wear. but If he is again elected
he will have no more 10y al supporters than
the Democrats of the South. Thousands ot
Southern Democrats in Northern states VIII
vote for him. though, and that may amount
to great deal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
DIVIDEND IN ENGLISH OIL.

The directors Of the Auelo-Americao OIL
COMPANY. Limited. have declared an al IN
term dividend Of 2s. share, payable AnrI
l5 This IS equivalent to 10 per cent On t.'
There is II 900. O0O of the stock outstanding
The Anglo-Amerlcan company markets
ali of the Standard oil products IN England
and also owns line Of tank steamers, IN.
not earnings Of the company IN i"@, ~"
ia,ost date for which data ot-esrnlncS AZ"
AVAILABLE, were $L262,55l, OF ahon, . per
ca,t ON its Cauital stock.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
ENAMEL slsTERHooD BENEFIT

Tho Ewauuel Sisterhood, or NO. 81 h'S'
sod -. ,,i give a benefit Performance
=, En-. Garden on April u. the piv'
coed. devoted 10 the poor Oh me 81.
terhood. ala the artists appearing az 20
Winter Garden during that Week VIZ u TIL TT
go, AZ The benefit and 3 special dancer
rs been engaged. number OF !9uns
iadies will sell flowers aud Candy ho Sy,1
The direction Of Mrs. Sidney {. b''- ""'
Niiss Marion Einstein.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
Advocates Cooperative System.

! Nr Roosevelt said he saw 40 reason why
| the Department Of Agriculture should not
stand al the head Of and foster the move
! ment for these great and farreaching ag-
Ir;cultural reforms lie advocated the
extension Of rural education and social or
, eanization. and closed his address as FOL
! lows.
Lastly. in advocating the cooperative
| system and still more TIC cooperative
! spirit among farmers ! nave III view te
! strengthening Of their political lhnuei!te.
! II is as true as II H. forgotten thal the
! influence at any interest upon lesl7lalloi,
and administration Is strictly proportional
TO the extent TO which the interest Is or
| ganizCd-not, mark yod; for p"Hu'Si q, Duo ,
! for business purposes. II !S To the ldlluI'
of the farmers 10 act together ~ Inc Dusi-
ness of their lives that / attribute thcIT
lack Of political influence say, too no
country can realize IT'S MISSION "htfe VIZ
opinion Of those who live and work upon
the land does not find adequate expression
through political action.
We ProGressiyes stand Tor the TWO I,"li,
cies Of conservation and the bettcrment or
country life We regard them hoth as
urgent and claimant for action. FOR INC
last three years there has been, as REGARDS
both Of them. hrst reaction, ana aecomn;
y hen under a ~'Um of public diSappioNiI
the policy Of open reaction was abandoned
weak and hdltng action without The force
fuI central leadership when can "HIN come
from deep ana ABIDING '"IiNl'uoi. W "
maud such leadership and We demand IN
inc leaders the deep conviction which alone
can give such leadership. for thus only
WIN there BE- response 10 the appeal which
comes direct from o." heart aud conscience
Of the pcopl" 30 th" mind and viii Of the
statesman.
At cedar Rapids Nintou, Waterloo, Cedar
Falls and Rockford. in Iowa, and At Owa-
,onna. Faribault and Mortified in Mime
-. ,.t,rxI D,Ds.y.It tp-uiglt smoke from
the train platform 81 Albert l"a. MINI.
.. L.r ni. train 90 1dr"-s au op'n-"W
..,..t., OF ..,I la. 'Ha' mnn' r"I suns
,,g,. .uaIic 10 got within carshot
4 d.lcratIon uom ~. Iaui and Mime
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
M'K|NLEY CLAIMS EASY
VICTORY FOR Mr.. TAFT
No More Striking Party lndoTse-
ment Ever Received by a PreSI-
dent, Says Campaign Director.
274DELEGATES ALREADY HIS
Evidence of Roosevelts Weak
ness Comes from ALI Parts OF
the Country-South
Against Him,
lrrom The Tribune bureau. J

Washington, March 29.--Director Mchln-
lev sums UP the Presidential situation 10
date as follows:
ION March %. 1905 William Howard Taft
had ls6 delegates to the Republican Ma
tionai Convention at Chicago instructed
for or pledged to his candidacy for Presl-
dent The combined opposition, including
all uninstructed delegates, most of whom
voted for him at Chicago. had 81 votes
and "a delegates were contested.
To-day Mr.. Taft has 274 delegates to the
Republican National Convention at Chi
csso. either Instructed for or pledged to his
candidacy for denomination for second
term. while the combined opposition IN
GLIDING all uninstructed delegates not
pledged, has only AZ votes. and there are
only 70 contested delegates"
The statement goes on:
No more striking Endorsement by his
marty has ever before been given an!
president than this. II indicates tnaI
President Taft is even stronger with Inc
rank and file Of the party to-day than ne
was four years ego. and that both AZ on,
earo and at the polls In November, ne WIZ
receive create a rctoyAs 6"% 20 III votes on
the first ballot in the Chicago convention
The indications now are that ne VIII
greatly exceed this number in June. In
November, 1908. when running against
William J. Bryan. the most popular Dem
ocratic candidate for the Frequency u,
more than generation. Nj tart received
$4,000 votes I'm the entire country,
which was 50.162 more than Mr.. Roosevelt
received in 1904 over Alton 3. Parker, not
withstanding the fact that Mr. bryan
vote in 1908 exceeded MIR. Parkers vote IN
! 904 by 1,s32,29S. The weakness OF Parker
contributed in nos small measure 10 lne
Roosevelt vote in'l9o4. but the strength
Of Taft broke the record in 1905 as II
will in 1912.
Proof Of Tafts Strength Piles Up
From the immense number Of letters and
kilograms received by Director Mckinley
to-day the following are culled as being OF
more than ordinary interest
W H. Cooke. OF Wichita, Kans., secretary
IF the I. {. T.. has been attempting
TO organize travelling mems Roosevelt
clubs" throughout Kansas. Cooke Is
Bryan Democrat, and in 1896 attempted to
organize travelling mems Bryan clubs
ana commercial mems Bryan clubs. HIS
present activities have raised a storm OF
protest among the Republican members OF
the I. {. r. Of Kansas. and letters de-
rouncing his activities and asserting that
NE IS wilfully disappearing the member
ship Of the order have come from all parts
or the state.
\ direct primary, the first in Kansas.
was held at Leavenworth Yesterday, and
10 delegates were elected for Mr.. Taft and
sixteen for Colonel Roosevelt
\ meeting Of the Dallas County RcpubD-
can Executive Committee, the first meeting
Of the kind 10 bo hold in Texas ny any
county, was held YESTERDAY and the vote
was ffteon Toy President TAFT to one for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
WOULD END COMMERCE COURT
Bill for It's Abolition Favorably Re
ported to House.

Washington March GA bill TO abolish
the United States Commerce Court was
favorably reported 10 the House to-day by
Representative Sims for the majority Of
the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Com
mttee. minority report, opposing the
contention that the Commerce Court is
useless and expensive, probably will he
submitted in a few days This. it is said,
will be signed by all the Republican men,
beers Of the committee and by one Demo
crat. Representative Broussard, OF Lou
isiana
SUNDAYS NETWORK TRIBUNE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30
Flow 10 Cities Must Stop.

The colonel deprecated the flow OF popu-
lation from country to city and expressed
tho opinion that this could not go on IN
definitely. If the country becomes depleted
he said. degenoracy will grow apace. MI
Roosevelt went on:
Revond question tire growing cost OF me
rrCessaries Of life Is IN no small measure
Gue 10 Two economic facts. Fhstly, lhe
farno lands of the United States do NOT
rToduce nearly as much food as they might
nroduce under conditions more iaVorapie
r. the farmer. Secondly, owing TO the
iack OF organization among farmers me
MARKETING OF their products is controlled
h,, made interests. which lower the price
,o thc producer and at Iuc same time IN
creese the cost to the consumer
Now this is a serious state or facts. II
rises out OF wrong attitude OF pubic
,uiuion toward the most Important pouE OF
wealthy producers "a the country ana
general tendency 20 subordinate the inter
cts Of the rural 10 those OF the urban
populations. This tendency was ilrst mani
tested in England. Il has since prevailed
throughout the English sptd King world. II
las TO rc corrected. and IT Is worth while
70 pause for a moment 20 tell YOU now
This fatal mistake arose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30

opolis met Colonel Roosevelt at Albert Lea
Mnn.. and escorted him to the twin ci'ies'
Colonel Rooseyelts private ear. wher "'S
train arrives In Chicago to-morro" from
St. Paul. will be switched to beit h"''
which will convey him around Chicago 10
the road over which he will travel To De-
tToit.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-30

UNIQUE GOOD ROADS BILL.
Twenty-eght members Of the House, who
have introduced good roads bills put
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-23
JURY WAS OUT But SHORT TIME
only 20 Minutes Required for Judi
cial Twelve to Reach Agreement.
Will Take Appeal.

New York, Nov. 19.-"Gyp the
| Blood" Lefty Louie" "Dago Frank"
and Whitley Lewis killed Herman
Rosenthal. the gambler ,at the insti-
cation OF Chas Becker, and must pay
the penalty Of death in the electric
chair. The jury which has been hear
ing the evidence against the four gum
men so declared today when it re-
turned verdict of murder in the first
degree after but 20 minutes of de-
liberation.
The gunmen heard the verdict pro-
nounced against them without show
of emotion. They stood at the bar
looking straight ahead as the foreman
of the jury made known the result Of
their deliberations and they contin-
ued to stare stolidly in front of them
| until the formalities Of the proceed
ings were concluded.
Remanded to their cells in the
Tombs until tomorrow, when Justice
Golf will fix the day for imposing sem
| tence, they turned and filed out Of
the court room with as firm steps as
when they had entered.
Whitley" Lewis was the most dra-
matte Of the four, as when he testified
I on the witness stand. AS they entered
the door leading over the Bridge Of
Signs "Gyp" said something to Lefty"
in sullen undertone which none
| could hear. Outside "Lefty's" doll
faced wife, "Lefty's Lillian" rs she is
called, wept on the shoulder OF her
husbands father, who vainly tried to
comfort her.
"Gyp's wife, known as "Gyp's Lii
| liam received the news in the house
OF detention. The two Other gunner
are unmarried.
Former Magistrate Charles G. +.
Wahle, counsel for the gunmcn. an
nounced that he would appeal from
| the verdict and as in the case Of
| Becker, moaths may olapse before
their ultimate fate is determined
Meanwhile they Will occupy cells
near that Of the former police lieu
| tenant in the death house at Sing Sing
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-23
CHAPTER xxxiv.
Somo Tlmo Later.

Sono limo Later.
Tho little Norman Isle. homo OF
Pierre Larocne. go wild and bleak
looking many months OF the year, re.
sembles Towering garden In the
spring; then. its lap full OF buds and
blossoms. smiling. rodolent, II lifts
itself from the broad bosom OF the
deep. And all the light embellish.
ments OF the golden time II sets forth
Gaintily: frlnging tho black cliffs with
clusters OF sea campion. white and
frothy as tho spray. trailing green ivy
from precipitous heights to tho verge
or the wooing waters. whose waves
seem to creep up timorously. peep into
tho many caves bright with sea-anem.
ones. and retreat quickly. as awed by
a sudden glimpse OF fairyland.
Near the entrance OF one OF these
magical chambers. abloom with
strange, scentless flowers, sat, a Ger.
tain afternoon I'm April, a man and a
woman. who. looking out over the blue
sea. conversed in desultory fashion.
From what your father tells me.
Mis;rcss Naucttc." tho man, an aged
prio :. vos speaking. "the Soigneur
Dc.2urac should be here today?"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-23

my father had letter from him a
Few days ago to that effect" answered
the young woman somewhat shortly.
Let me see," apparently the old
man did not notice the change In his
companions manner, che has been
away now about a year? 1t was in
July he brought the Governors daugh.
ter to the island one day and sailed
the next" Nanette made a move
ment. "How time flies!" he sighed.
Let us hope 1t assuages grief, as they
say! You think she is contented
here?"
"The Lady Elise? Why not? At
least, she seems SO; has with her,
her old nurse. my aunt, who fortu.
nately escaped from the Mount"
But the death Of her father? II
must have been a terrible blow-one
not easy to forget!"
"Of course" said Nanette slowly,
she has felt his loss"
The old man gazed down. "I have
sometimes wondered what she knows
about the causes Of the enmity that
existed between his Excellency and
the Black Seigneur?"
The others eyes lifted keenly.
When last did you see her, Father?"
She comes often to my cottage to
walk and"
TALK"
We'll, yes!" The fine, spiritual face
expressed twinge of uneasiness.
About the past?"
The priest shifted slightly. Some
times! An old man lives much In the
past and 1t Is natural to wander on
a bit aimlessly at times. and"
ITO BIZ CONTlN UMD)
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-23

vastly greater than the estimates.
During the last year nearly 16.5OO.-
600 cubic yards of earth were taken
out of this cut, leaving nearly 12.-
100000 to be displaced before the
canal can be operated The damage
caused by the slides may be appre-
ciated from the fact that nearly c.
100000 cubic yards Of early excava-
ted was so composed or nearly So
per cent of the total excavation.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-23
PANAMA CANAL OPENING.
Completion of Locks Likely to DELAY
the Opening-Tentativc Date. Jan
uary 4, 1915.

Some time next summer or fall, no
exact date being specified, a vessel
will pass what is now the Isthmus Of
Panama, which consequently must dis
appear from the worlds geography
and by the same human agency the
into two continents. The vessel will
not be the Oregon nor any other ia
nous ship, but will be one of the
many small water craft in daily use
by the canal builders; and probably
the only passenger will be Col. Geo.
". Goethals. who for the past eight
years has been carrying on the
greatest engineering work the world
has ever seen. 1t will be later than
that, anywhere from six months to a
Year perhaps, before the formal OPEN
ing Of the waterway will take place
and naval fleet headed by the ia
nous old Oregon will pass through
into the western ocean, and the canal
may be fairly said to be open to
trade.
These facts are not Of official rec.
ord as yet; the date of January J.
1915, still stands for the opening pre-
dicted by Colonel Gothals. But tina:
the opening will be anticipated to q
great extent has been promised by
the canal builders in unofficial state
ments, and now comes a clear inti-
nation Of their purpose to advance
the opening date, in the annual re-
port of the canal commission, just
published. 1t is disclosed while the
completion Of the great locks by Jan
uary l next will not be possible, ow-
inc to contract delays, within six
months thereafter the channel will
be finished, while to insure the safe
passage Of the locks, the contractor
has teen called upon to finish the
gates IN one flight first, so that il the
rest Of the work is in condition pas
sage Of ships can be permitted with
out waiting for the completion OF the
other flights. This statement will he
understood. when it is known that
the locks are being built in dupli-
cate side by side, not only to add to
the capacity Of the canal but to in
sure It's continuance in operation in
case of a serious accident to n ship
Ii one OF the locks.
The report shows a most satisfac-
tory state Of progress Of the whole
great work. though In view OF the
fact that il is dated September 10.
last, the figures regarding excava-
ton; placing Of concrete. erection OF
dams and locks and subsidiary works
are not as recent as those contained
| in the regular monthly reports. Nat
urally the most interesting feature
of the report relates to the operations
in the Great Culebra Cut. Here, great
landslidcs, many ranking with an
Alpine avalanche in magnitude. have
So increased the amount Of material
to be cXcaNatcd that were il not
found possible to steadily reduce the
cost a yard of dredging and steam
shovcling through the growing oX-
pcrtncsS of the employees and i'm
proved engineering methods the total
! cost OF excavation would have been
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-23
City Schools of Sumter.

The public schools of the City Of
Sumter were organized in 1888 with
Mr.. j. Il. Duffle as superintendent. He
served for six years and was succeed
ed by Mr.. S. III. Edmunds who is the
present superintendent.
The schools were opened in
building now occupied since its reno
vation by Mr.. Perry Moses. Since
then three new school buildings have
been erected for the use of the white
children of the community. In the
fall of 1895 the report for the first
month Of the white schols showed an
enrolment Of 2S2; on the first month
of 1912 there were over 500 pupils
in attendance. The schools Of sum-
ter have several unique features. One
is the segregation Of the sexes through
out the schools. After the pupils
reach the sixth year the girls go to
boys to the Calhoun school Another
feature is the military system in the
Calhoun school with a regularly en-
ploycd commandant. This feature has
proved very beneficial in every way.
Still another noticeable distinction is
the large number of pupils in the
high school. In the four years Of
the high school this year there are
23s students; 1l2 girls and 126 boys.
In the fourth year of the high school
there are q girls and 33 boys.
Another distinctive feature is the
large percentage OF students who,
after completing the course in the
high school, go to college.
A very gratifying feature is the at.
mosphere Of cordial cooperation that
pervades the schools an absence of
antogonism between pupils and teach
ers, and the presence of cooperative
relationship between teachers and
parents.
The following is the directory for
1912-1913:
Board OF Education.
r. l. Manning. j. A. Mood, Nell
O'Donnell, A. ID. Hardy, j. II. Chan
dler. c. NJ. Hurst, Secretary and
Treasurer
Superiut pudcut nf Spbnolc
$. ii. Edmunds
Principal of Boys High School and
Commandant.
w. NJ. Scott
Director of Music.
l.. G Noise.
Supervising Principal Washington
school.
Miss f. W. Mclean.
Director of Art.
Miss Marion Satterwhite.
Teachers.
Primary School, Washington Build
ing;
Miss 4. d. Richardson.
Miss A. NJ. Graham,
Miss Lillian Murray,
Miss S. ii. Nelson,
Miss NJ. c. Randle,
Miss l.. L.. Jennings.
Miss /. H. McNally,
Miss w. NJ. Wise,
Miss y. \. Hodges,
Miss Lydia Richardson.
Miss Mary Robinson
Grammar and High schools for
Girls. Hampton Building:
Miss Ruth Harrington.
Miss Kathleen Wright.
Miss NJ. H. Brunson.
Miss l.. G. McLaurin.
Miss Is. Moses.
Miss G. H. Welborn.
Grammar and High Schools for
Boys, Calhoun School Building:
Miss j. H. Mcleod,
Miss l.. l.. Robinson.
Hiss Elizabeth Hepburn.
Miss T.. A. Wilson,
w NJ. Scott
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-23

between Greenwood and Coronaca
He came here from Sumter county
about 10 years ago. He served in the
Confederate army, a member of the
second Louisiana regiment. He leav-
es wife and several children.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-11-23
TRUSTEES SALE.

am offering the b. B. Seymour
place in Concord Township consisting
Of $40 ga acres for sale under division
For particulars. apply to f. ID. Hodge.
Trustee, Alcolu, S. c.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-11
Pork Chops.

Required.-One pound and a
half of loin of pork, cut into
chpos, mashed potato, oil, pepper
and salt. Cut pork into neat
chops, brush over with oil, and
sprinkle with pepper and salt.
Broil or fry them till nice gol-
den color. Make a mound of
mashed potato in the center of a
dish, arrange the outlets round,
sprinkle a little minced parsley
over, and serve.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-11
BY Gibson Gardner.

BY GllSon 5Gard1er.
Roosevelt viii be nominated
no matter what the national Re
publican committee does in the
contests.
Iowa's delegates, which are for
Cummins, may swing into line on
she first vote taken, which will be
on organization.
North Dakota probably will
vote against Elihu Root, the Taft
choice for temporary chairman.
Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, has
been closeted with Dixon, Roose-
welt manager, many times in the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-06-11

last few days. They were 'fram.
ing up" for the fight.
y Roosevelt probably will come
to Chicago. This will be decided
as soon as the steam roller en-
gineers are through with their
job.
The Taft managers admit pri-
yately, very privately, that Taft