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OUR SUMMER LEARANCE ZA All $15.00 Suits Alluce2.00oSuits Reduced to $11.25 IS NOW GOING ON Reudto$.0 All Suits and Extra Trousers---except Wash z Goods---for Men, Boys and Children included in this sale. to I . Take your pencil, put down what you want educed to$13.50. to buy---take off 1-4 and note the saving. Nothing Reduced to $15.00. charged at cut prices. HE 0. J. CHANDLER CLOTHING CO. 'Phone 166, - - Sumter, S. C. JMT tor - Ce UY 29, 1914. EEY WEDNESDAY , atmosphere is cloudy, it is prtions never re at least. not cble ays when -.-B-dtler. Gary, Ker Moise, Shepard, 46mr called upon the %a wenofthis State to drive n ,Vwer the despoilers of ig land.. The response s fri&i the hovel, as well t~hy mav~son, the field and as the office, the -tr aaZgithe other walks of tl.42tere was no distinc n tieen white men, but all Ur 'and welcomed into o 14 d given their part the Vor of driving out .the .rde ocorrupt aliens and their Plcs, the native scalawag, that t -a birthright for the mess tu#pottage in'the shape of e These natives were, as a ttar o(Nt f more-troublesome a Mlien, nevertheless, the is entand gatriotic labors of .i-white men of 1876 suc :i in reclaiming the govern aad iedeeming the State. r thosg days and the days owing there was no such as conspiring against aee. we had our differ e 7 ien as now, but these we ted. to thecarbitrament of A aary, and the result ac ets L ttie voice of tho whole, a .t -.Ado we find today? A -- -a convention, in direct .ction of the principles i I> racy as constituted in ~o' Carolina, what for? To ! e some of the candidates arnor, because, forsooth, ed some of the candi -posed to the present ad tion will not get into the primary against one of idates who favors the administration. the folly we have ever -. is this, coming as it - m men who heretofore -arded wisc in their day [ eration. It does not ,h.wisdom to. see it is . .- - l for a convention to bind the friends of a candidate to support some one it will select. There are men in the race tor governor who will receive votes, but they cannoc transfer these votes, -practically all votes are non transferable. The candidate who consents to the scheme now proposed is a dead-one forever. and the candidate who accepts the endorsement of the conven tion camps outside of the consti tution of the Democratic party, and, if the Executive Committee is true to its trust, it will take a hand in the elimination business by eliminating such a candidate from the Democratic primary. Read the oath candidates are re quired to take, then point out how a man fit . to be governor can accept a nomination from the hands of political separators, and take the oath required. It is our opinion the move ment to eliminate candidates has method in its madness, we do not believe it is based on patri otism, but rather it is a. shrewd scheme, after a careful count,'. in the interest of one man, who, in all probability, will be eliminat ed in the customary way. at the customary time unless this sav ing salt is applied to him. Should the friends of Clink scales, Mendal Smith, and Chas. A. Smith consent to be led into the trap set for them, they will feel when it it all over, like the Rube who was buncoed at a cir cus. So far as we are concerned as long as our choice, Hon. Charles A. Smith of Timmons ville, does not consent to this shell game it is alright, the oth ers may join in. the Aiken scheme if they so desire, but if they are so unsophisticated as to go into the lottery business, or put their chances into a grab bag with the partisans of their opponents running the bag, let them go ahead, when it is all said and done, they will not think so well of the "Aiken Plan" and they will realize that they have been steered up against and into the "Machine Plan." The principles of the Demo cratic primary are to ascertain the will of the majority, if per chance, the politicians, and not the masses, are to designate the chv.ee of the majority, then in the naae of honesty why not do away with the primary, and op en up a candidate syndicate? We do not know the author of this scheme, but we note among the prominent callers the name of Leon J. Williams, formerly chairman of the Board of Direc tors of the State Dispensary, Mr. Williams has always been regard a shrewd proposition, when he was a member of the board he so managed as to se cure for himself the reputation as the honest man of the lot, but that board had a lot of liquor to buy and the members had a lot of friends, all of them wanted business, but few of them got it, we have wondered if the methods employed then in the purchase of liquor has not suggested the present scheme to Mr. Williams and his co-azitators? A convention to settle upon one man to take the field against another in a Democratic primary is so far from the ideas taught by the party leaders when others were in full control that it is be yond our conception how it can be regarded seriously, unless the promoters contemplate the organization of a new party in case their present scheme falls down; it would not surprise us in the least for an independent party to be in the coming gen eral election, and we think it is bound to come if the hopes of certain politicians are blasted in the primary. We therefore urge our readers to not be led astray. ROBBEPY NOT POLITICS. The assault upon Dr. J. H. McIntosh in Columbia is greatly to be deplored, but if the assail ant could be captured and pun ished, it would be very gratify ing indeed; it is our opinion to give matter a political turn, by attempting to place the blame for this miserable outrage upon Governor Blease, is not calcu lated to have the effect those who are-so doing hope. There is every indication, from the statement Dr. McIntosh is said to have given outthat his assail ant was not on an expedition to murder, but it was his purpose to rob, as many others had been in the city of Columbia before. The doctor says, when he was approached by his assailant, he was ordered to hold up his hands and the person was so close to him be was enabled to grab and grapple with him, and, in the struggle the pistol, he attempted to hold him up with, went off. It looks to us from this state ment. ad the doctor held up his hands as ordered, and per mitted his assailant to go through his pockets, he would have come away without any bodily injury, only minus his watch and money. When an assassin is seeking a victim, it is characteristic for him to hide, waylay, get in ambush and when his victim approaches, the dirty and cow ardly work is consumated with out giving the victim the slight est notice or show for his life, but in this case, the man who shot Dr. McIntosh evidently saw him approaching, and he hid behind a tree, when the doctor came within reach, out stepped the fiend with the usual order "Hands Up," altogether the custom and the habits of a thief, and totally different from the conduct of an assassin. Dr. McIntosh says, as the par ty jumped a nearby fence he heard him call back "you won't bother Colie tomorrow," this in our judgment amounts to noth ing, so far as establjshing the attempt to assassinate. 9 here is no telling why the scoundrel made such a remark. He may have done so to throw pursuers off his trail, or he may have done so having in mind the contro versy then being urged by cer tain newspapers with regard to the Richey case, but should the fiend ever be apprehended, it would not surprise as in the least, if he turns out to be a man who is well connected in Colum bia. We recall that a number of years ago there was a hold up in .Columbia resulting in a trag edy, it was ascertained that one of the men engaged in the hellish business of robbing peo ple, was a Columbia man and of very respectable family connec tions, therefore we say, it will not do to give political color to this deplorable incident, nor will it do to say it is due and must be attributed to the spirit of law lessness prevalent in the land. because, it is a fact. there were a number of holdups in Colum bia long before the present chief executive went into the office; all remember the several mys terious murders in that city which have never been unearth. ed, the holding up of a number of citizens, among them being the late Judge Ernest Gary who was robbed in a way similar to the attempt upon Dr. McIntosh, or the man may be a total stran ger without any interest in the political contest now being wag ed; whatever or whoever he may be, and regardless of his motives we hope he will be captured and handled as he deserves to be. SOMEBODY HAS MIS-STATED FACTS. The Blease-McIntosh incident regarding the certificate in the Richey case, purporting to have been signed by Drs. Knowlton and McIntosh, is being discussed from every angle, and, so far as we have been able to ascertain the concensus of opinion is against Dr. McIntosh. The affidavit of Hon. John J. Earle who is the brother-in-law of the late Dr. Knowlton 'identifying the signature of Dr. Knowlton and pronouncing it genuine, if one signature is genuine both must be. These two phy sicians made the examination of Richey together, they practiced together, both in the hospital and on the outside, therefore if they made this examination to gether, and one placed his name to the certificate-in question the other did so too. It is indeed unfortunate that Dr. McIntosh denies having signed this paper, unless he is absolutely certain, and if he is certain, then it follows, he has been imposed upon, not by the governor, but by the person who filed the certificate in the executive office, and lie should forthwith prosecute that person. It is said the certificate was filed with the governor by lawyer W. R. Richey of Laurens, this lawyer has the reputation of be ing in good standing, if he forg ed the signature of Dr. McIntosh he should be made to suffer the consequences, but we doubt that Dr. McIntosh will take this step, as the present campaign will be over before action can be taken, and the purposes of those who are endeavoring to use this inci dent as political capital wilL have been accomplished. Just the same, in the estimation of the public mind, we fear Dr. Mc Intosh has been hurt. Lawyer Richey makes affidavit that the signature of Dr. Mc ntosh to the certificate is gen uine, and that it was handed to him by Dr. Knowlton, and further these two doctors were mployed by him to examine the man in the penitentiary, and be holds the receipt for the fee thay charged him. The more this affair is investigated the more convincing is it that some body has lied. WILL THERE BE WARV The Austrian-Servian trouble may involve a general war in Europe. unless the greater powers succeed in their media tion. Servia appears to be de termined to go ahead, and Greece has signified its purpose to send 100.000 of her soldiers into the field to aid Servia. The Aus trianm. are eqully determined and each of these minor powers are closely allied with some of the greater ones. Should there be a general outbreak we fear it will be long and its effects will hamper the industrial interests of the United States. If war breaks out in Europe, there will be a slump in the price of cotton, and the other importing pro difcts of this country. Russia is so closely alied with Servia that it is thought it will lend its powerful aid, while the alliance composed of Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy will do all it can to discourage the imperding conflict. But should the worse come to the worse the triple alliance composed of Ger many, France and Italy will in all probability give its active aid with men and munitions of war to the Austrians, The world is in a state of un rest, there are wars and rumors of wars; lreland is in a condition of insurrection, France is having troubles, and all is not well in the industrial sections of Great Britian, in Paris, violent war demonstrations occured in the theatres and cafes, revolutionary songs were sung, and the police I were called upon to disperse the crowds. In the United States, there is constantly going on troubles among the laboring classes, and conflicts frequently occur, all going to show there is something not right with fhe entire world. Men like Wil liam Jennings Bryan preach peace, but there is no peace, Andrew Carnegie and Sir Ed ward Grey send forth to all the world the doctrine of peace, but it goes unheeded. Austria has declared~war with Servia. Consternation prevails in all of the capitols of Europe. The Servian king is in a defiant mood, Bulgarian troops invade Servia. The Austrians plan to seize Belgrade, and Servian ships. Germany rejects a pro posal for peace. The Paris stock exchange closed temporarily. The war news caused wheat to jump nine cents per bushel. All food products will advance in price, but we fear that cotton wilt go down.. England is doing her best to stop the conflict, but so far it is of no avail. The Devil has ",coke loose,. and it means a general war involving the greater part of the nations. It is the inalienable right of every citizen to vote as he sees fit, and it is the right of no man to question him.. The ballot is supposed to be secret, and un less a citizen voluntarily re moves that secrecy it is little short of impertinance to inter rogate him: The , people are becoming more discerning every day, they are better posted today than yesterday. Schemes which worked successfully yesterday will not work today. Inducing men to run for office-magis trates and the like will noo bring about the trading once in vogue. The people are more independ ent, and more determined to ex ercise their right of franchise than ever before. Secretary McAdoo has made public his readiness to place among the banks $34,000,000 of government funds to aid in the moving of the crop of 1914. There will be a great demand for money this fail, not only from the south for its cotton crop, but from the west to move the wheat and corn. It is said the crops are universally good, and its effect should be felt on the high cost of living. The report of this man chang ing his position and going over to the other side is being over worked, it is our opinion that there are very few changes one way or another in this Coun ty. Men usually make up their minds who they will vote for at the outset, and unless something happens they usually stick to their first choice therefore we say, the little trick of telling about this man or that man changing is a waste of time, this of course refers to the candidates for the United States Senate. those who were for Smith at the outset are for him nqW, those who were for Blease are equally determined, but when it comes to the candidates for gov ernor or other offices the masses are not bound by factional lines and will vote for the individuai choice regardless of factional alignment. $100 Reward, $100.. 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The first National Efficiency exposi tion and conference will be held In' the new Grand Central palace, New York city, from April 4 to 11 under the auspices of the Efficiency society, incorporated. The exhibits will show the Increasing application of scientific methods to modern conditions, and there will be assembled displays of appliances, methods and products In the fields of industrial, mechanical, governmental, educational and house hold efficiency. Special invitations to participate in the conferences to be held during the exposition will be is sued to scientific organizations, state and municipal officials and authorities on efficiency. Chicago Social Recreation. West park No. 2 in Chicago, known s Stanford park, recently celebrated the close of its third year o: play-a rery busy year of genuine social recre ition as Is shown by a perusal of the irector's brief page of statistics. There was a total attendance vf 759,116 per ois, 2,400 of whom organized into :lubs; 68,000 used the reading' room md 128,000 the swimming pooL These umbers can be, as Director Teller ad ises, interpreted only in terms of 'ustiee, neighborllness, democracy, rood citizenship and brotherhood."