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MAtted Am. ?. 188 f^WaUbniiu nift Autbron. l^iKM \Ved?*?<)ar ?ml Saturday bmCI PUBLISHING Cf MPANY t fUMTBR. 8. a I Let f*r annum?in ad .ance. M^erttoeanwiu Basan ftrat Insertion.11.00 subsequent tnsertlos.10 isjlioeta for throe months, or will ho made at reduced ratee. eemmsnleatW>ns which sub nrtvate latereets will be oharged ot? si f laeasents, lee aad tiihutee of respeet* for. m 11 DI8PF.XSAKY PROF? ITS. Than Ever Before In Its His Uqaor. Jan. 7.?The Florence dispensary board completed qoartgrty statement today, show pro be. Dry larger ealee and greater than tver before In the his <rt the dlepensery. The net Its.?42.?2. Of this, the win get tl 1.177. the City $1, |Hf. ?SM school fund $5.788 and Tim 14 Oil. large ealee In the opinion of us of the hoard wsre due conditions, the general pros la this section and the fact so many of the other dlspen favre been recently cloeed. vary few of the better grades nave boon handled, the having boon very much deplet of good*. The board to provide better for the future and to ro? of the Inferior grades. WfcURO CONFERENCE. la Ef Nhatli aad Tenth. who are coming to |h!*h m moat par* toter than Monday trier to got reduced ratee ?rejlroada. The tickets will bei ft fatal u horn* ae late as Jaa-I ^aaaR ' I Conference will be both In? tal profitable. Tuesday will 's Day. Wednesday Go v. I win apeak, air Ira Wllliarael United States Agricultural De-1 Judge AJdrlch. Col. J. A.I Editor of the Evening Record. . C. C. Brown of Numter. and other proamtnent men. white and colored, wm as oak. Thursday and Friday LwtO bo devoted to the Interest of thel RaSal schools Dr. James H. Dlllard.l as oratory ef the Jeaoe'e fund, will bei a tan eg the speakers. All meetings I will be held In the opera house. l.ttt packages of seed sent by the Palled States government will be die-1 trgbsted free of charge, among the [ffatlaera and gardeners. It Is hopedl that 'very negro farmer and every other colored man will be present. All colored people who come to the otty aad do not know where to stop, call st 1014 Lady St. RICHARD CARROLL. Columbia. H. C. Jan. 7. 1910. CALLA PROHIBITION' A FAILURE. Wow Fork Praacber flare It Has Negroes, Bat Not Whites. . New York. Jan. ?.?Preaching to* I night on "The Failure of Prohibi? tion." the Rev. oscar Haywood gave his Impressions of prohibition In the South. "I saw no signs on a recent tour." sa'd Dr. Hsywood. "that drunken? ness Is diminishing, except among the negroes I did not see a drunk en negro and but little evidence of| drinking smong them. I should say that, under Southern prohibition, drink*" Is the white mans vice. "The Isw Is doing what it was In? tended to do?protecting the negro, Ibat It le administered bv those who lelalm the right to violate It." Dr. Haywood paid tribute to the| kmottvee behind the prohibition mov ment In the South. It looked to so? cial reformation, he said, und was Igaarked by many (Instance of noble voluntary renunciation. -, suhlt?- In Groenvllle. Oroonvtlle Jsn. 7.?Despondent ov? er her continual 111 health, Mrs. C. P. Culclseure. wife of the proprietor of the Oreenvlll?? Jewelry Company, committed suicide tonight at her home on the corner of Main and "oilege streets by drinking en ounce M a half of carbolic acid. X > ?n Is given for her rash act other isn ehe had been brooding over ker sick ne*s ?hod ApetL lane). 'Be Just am l. STJMT BI6 REPUBLICAN ROW. THE TAFT-PIXCHOT Fl'Fl) ' REACHES CHI HIS. I?re*ldent DUmkMs Chief Forester For Persisting in Making Cliar*;e-? of Corruption Against lialllugi*r? Speaker Cannon's Autocratic Hulc ' In Houho Broken. Washington, Jan. 7.?Glfford Pln chot. chief forester and Intimate friend of Theodore Roosevelt, tonight was dismissed from the service of the United States by President Taft for Insurbordination. Associate Fores ter Overton YV. Rice and Assistant Law Officer Alexander C. Shaw, Pin chot's immediate assistants in the Forestry Bureau, followed their chief out of government employ, j Thoroughly Indignant over the ac-1 tlon of Mr. Pinchot in Inducing Sen? ator Dolllver to read a letter from I him in th*? senate yesterday, Pres!-1 dent Taft today would listen to no I advice that the forester's violation of executive orders be overlooked pend- I Ing the Inquiry soon to be undertak- I en by congress. Ho declared the dig-1 titty of the office he has been chosen! by the people to All was being attack- I ed and he would be unfaithful to his trust If he submitted longer. Mr. Taft undoubtedly realises ful- I ly what the dismissal of Foreeter Pin- I chot means In a poltical way. He has I been convinced for some time that I the so-called "insurgents" and other critics of his admlnstratlon had en-| listed the service of Mr. Pinchot and practically were defying him to sep arate Mr. Pinchot from his offlc?. The latter's letter of yesterday, few j here doubt, wae written with the dl-1 reel purpose of "putting It squarely! up to the President." I The President sought to avoid the I threatened war as long aa he could I but declared today that patience had I ceaeed to be a virtue. He pioked up I the gage of battle thrown down by I Mr. Pinchot by the hand of Senator! Dolllver In the senate, a^nd with the I administration supporter*, le ready] ??fat" Hie fray which la certain \o en-1 sue. I Political observer* In Washington! declare that the Situation created by! today'a development* Is the most! tense of many years. What the out-1 come will be no one Is willing tol prophecy. I In the House of Representatives I today Speaker Cannon loet hie first I fight to the "Insurgents," who, com-1 blnlng with the Democrats, caused tol be adopted an amendment to the J Balllnger-Plnchot Inquiry resolution so as to take from the speaker the power to appoint the House members of the Joint special committee of In-1 vestigation. The margin of victory W9* a narrow one of three votes, but the insurgents and Democrats alike are Jubilant tonight. The dismissal of Pinchot has lent fuel to the flames of their celebration and they are ven? turing all manner of predictions as to what Is to happen In the future. Three Republicans, not classed as Insurgents, but who profess their friendship for Pinchot, voted with the insurgents and Democrats for the amendment which calls for the ?election of the House investigators by election from the floor. These two Incident*, at capitol and White House, kept Washington In a political ferment all day. The cabinet was In special session during practically the entire after? noon following the regular session of the morning. Secretary Balllnger, congnlzant of the action that was about to be taken, remained away from the afternoon sitting. It was at the end of this special session to? night that the President gave out the letter he had written to Mr. Pinchot notifying him that his usefulness as a public servant under the present administration was at an end. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Pinchot's Immediate superior, It ap? pears, was one of the forester's chief accusers. He told President Taft that he had advised Mr. Pinchot not to send the letter to Senator Dolllver; that Mr. Pinchot had told him he had such a letter In mind and "could Induce Senator Dolllver" to r.ead It on the very day that President Taft's special message transmitting the At? torney General's exoneration of Sec? retary Rallinger was to be presented to the senate. It was this story of Plnchots ap? parently calculated insubordination that aroused the President to keenest resentment. Mr. Taft accused Pinchot of hav? ing taken his stand against Secretary Hulllnger wholly upon the evidence adduced by L R- Olavls and without regard for the evidence on the other side on file in the Interior depart? ment. The letter directing Secretary Wilson to dismiss the forester forth? with was carefully framed during the il Fear not?Let all the ends Thon Ala ER. S. 0., WEDNES afternoon sitting of the cabinet. Secretary Wilson was swift In carrying out the decision of the pres? ident. He addressed to Glfford Pln chot. forester; Overton W. Price, as" soclate forester, and Albert C. Shaw, assistant law officer, forestry bureau, letters substantially identical. That to Mr. Pinchot reads: "Sir: By direction of the Presi? dent, you are hereby removed from your office as forester. You will de? liver possession of your office affairs belonging to the government to Mr. Albert F. Potter, assistant forester. "Respectfully, "James AVilson, 'Secretary of Agriculture." The President in bis letter to For? ester Pinchot informing him of his dismissal, refers to Mr. PInchot's let? ter to Senator Dolliver of Iowa which was read in the senate yesterday and says In part: "The plain intimation In your let? ter are, first, that I had reached a wrong conclusion as to the good faith of Secretary Balllnger and the officers of the land office, although you and your subordinates had only seen the evidence of Glavis, the accuser, and had never seen or read the evidence of those accused or the records that they disclosed which were submitted to me, and, second, that under these circumstances, without the exploita? tion of Messrs. Shaw and Price in the daily, weekly and monthly press of the charges of Glavis, the admlnstra tion, including the President and the officers of the interior department and land office would have allowed certain fraudulent claims to be pa? tented on coal lands In Alaska, al? though the matter had been specifi? cally brought to the attention of the President by the Glavis charges. Tou j solicited the opportunity to make such a declaration in Congress for I the purpose of offsetting, if possible, in the public mind, the President*? decision In the Glavis case, supported by the opinion of the Attorney Gen? eral after a full examination by both of the evidence adduced by the accu? ser, and the evidence on behalf of the excused, whkdv lalUr. wWene? you and your subordinates had never seen. "Tou did this against the advice of the Secretary of Agriculture, without notifying him that you Intended to do so, and without conferring with me at all. Tour letter was In effect an Improper appeal to Congress and the public tc excuse in advance the guilt of your subordinates before I could act and against my decision in the Glavis case before the whole evi? dence on which that was based could be considered. "I should be glad to regard what has happened only as a personal re? flection, so that I could pass it over and take no official cogr.tzance of It. But other and higher considerations must govern me. When the people of the United States elected me presi? dent they placed *ne in an office of the highest dignity and charged me with the duty of maintaining that dignity and proper respect for the office on the part of my subordinates. Moreover, if I were to pass over this matter In silence, it would be most demoralizing to the discipline of the executive branch of the government. "By your own account you have destroyed your usefulness as a help? ful subordinate of the government, and it therefore now becomes my duty to direct the Secretary of Agri? culture to remove you from your of? fice as the forester." Mr. Pinchot received tonight the letter of the President and Secretary Wilson's peremptory note of dismis? sal: but nothing about his demeanor indicated that he was surprised or distressed by either. Asked If he would say anything for publication, he replied: "It will suit me Just as well if you will make for me Just that simple statement: *1 have nothing to say.' " Mr. Pinchot added that he prob? ably would say something tomorrow. Speaker Cannon received his "jolt" today In the House of Representa? tives In the vote on the amendment offered by Representative Norrls of Nebraska, the insurgent leader, and the vote was <<> to 146, five "vot? ing" present. So unexpectedly was the victory accomplished that the Insurgents and their Democratic allies could scarce? ly believe their ears. For an instant almost complete silsnce reigned, then the storm broke and for almost a full minute the noise In the chamber was deafening. After that the Democrat! Jubilant that they bad helped to pierce the hitherto Impervious armor Of the Speaker, seemed willing to abandon their fight against the reso? lution itself which all the afternoon had appeared too broad to suit them, and all of them voted for it on a viva voce vote, though the organization leaders made no attempt to conceal their confusion. It developed that uft At be thy Country's, Thy God's anr DAY. JANUARY 12. P1NGH0T NOT WHIPPED CHIEF FORESTER STILL IX THE ANTI-B\LLLNGER FIGHT. I Speech Made by Dismissed Govern- I ment Official to His Subordinates, Upon Relinquishing His Position. Indicates That He Regards Him? self as a Guardian of "the Interests of the People"?Declines to Dis? cuss Ills Removal. Washington, Jan. 8.?Gifford Pin? chot, who was removed yesterday by President Taft from his position as I <hief forester, made it clear today in addresses to the officers of the for? est service and the clerks of that or ganization that his battle with Secre? tary of the Interior Ballinger and the I Administration was not ended. While I smilingly declining to express any I personal opinion about his removal I from office he also refused to discuss I his plans for the future. I Mr. Pinchot arrived at his office I early in order to arrange his affairs I and withdraw as quickly as possible. I A meeting of the officials who had I been under him had already been ar I ranged for 10:15 o'clock, and three I quarters of an hour later the clerical I force of the forest service arrived in I his office to say goodbye. I In addressing the men with whom 1 he had been most Intimately asso I elated, Mr. Pinchot declared he I wanted them to remember first that I they must never forget that "the I fight In which you are engaged for I the safe and decent handling of our I timber lands is Infinitely larger than I any man's personal presence or per I sonal fortunes. Continuing he said: I "This fight must go .on, and you I are the men who must carry it on. I Stay by the work; hold fast to the 1 standards we have set together. Nev I er allow yourselves to forget that you I are serving a much greater master I than the Department, of Agriculture, I or even the Administration." I In addressing the clerks Mr. Pin I chot* do*mmanded them to maint?fn I service at the same standard and to I press along the same lines, and nev ] er to forget they were the servants I of the people of the United States, I responsible to them and to them I alone. j j "I do not want you to get the idea j ?and this is my personal end of It" j J ?he said, "that because I am going I out of the service I am in any way j losing my Interest in it or my touch ] with it or you. Conservation is my ] life work In the government service J or out of It. And this Is the most I Important piece of conservation work I there is. Therefore, I propose to I know about it, to follow the work you I are all doing, to keep my Interest In I It and, so far that is in any way pos I sible, to keep in touch with It and I my knowledge of it." None of the officials would discuss I the real and hidden meaning of Mr I Plnchot's declarations. It was gen I erally conceded, however, that they I breathed defiance, and were in the I nature of an announcement that the I former chief forester regarded him I self still as a guardian of what, in I the recent controevrsy, had been I called "the Interests of the people." the three regulars who voted for the amendment were all staunch friends of Chief Forester Pinchot and that they had favored the election of members of the committee by the House to insure an impartial jury to try what is popularly known as the Plnchot-Balllnger case. They were Representatives Ames of Massachu? setts and Fish and Parsons of New York. The Insurgent ranks had but one deserter, Steenerson of Minnesota. Strangely enough, Fitzgerald of New York was the only Democrat to cast his vote with the Republican regu? lars, although he led the minority fight on the joint resolution. Republican leaders attributed their defeat to the large number of absen? tees but the tide of battle was really turned by Mr. Pinchot's three friends. Practically the entire day was de? voted by the House to the consider? ation of the joint resolution which Was taken up after the reading of the President's Interstate commerce and anti-trust message bad been condud" ed. The Democrats made their fight on an attempt to narrow the pro? posed Investigation to the general land office, contending that as no such charges as bad been made against Secretary Ballinger bad been preferred against Forester Pinchot there was no reason for dragning the latter into the inquiry. The resolution as it goes to the senate provides for an investigating committee of 12 members, six to be appointed by the President of the senate and six to be elected by the house. outb I Truth**." RO; 1910. JJew^er CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NOTES Roll of Membership Shows Many New Names?Reardon and the Lazy Germ. Secretary Reardon reports that the farmers and country merchants are beginning to take an interest in til Chamber of Commerce and are be? coming members. Among the prominent and well known public spirited citizens of *he "Gamecock County" who have en? rolled their names are Messrs. E. R. Rembert. of Remberts, J. W. Allen, of New Sumter, W. S. Reams, R. F. D. No. 5, F. E. Thomas, Wedgefleld, S. D. Cain, County superintendent of education, J. M. Brogdon, E. W. Dabbs, Salem, A. K. Sanders, Ha good, S. A. Harvin, Tuomey's Station. W. D. McLeod, Oswego, Peter M. Pitts, County supervisor, E. T. Mims, Shiloh. Among the new members from the city of Sumter who have enrolled ay members since the night of organi? zation are Train Master C. M. Brand, Rev. C. C. Brown, D. D., Rev. Fath? er Charles Dubois Wood, Mr. T. H. Clark, of the Sumter Dry Goods Co., Mr. Henry G. McKagen, Mr. S. W. Rumph, manager the Western Union Tel. Co., George D. Shore & Bro., Col. Thos. Wilson, John R. Sumter, Clerk of the Board of County Com? missioners. The secretary, who is also health officer, and who is somewhat of a student of communicable diseases says that it is now an accepted fact in Chamber of Commerce circles, and while not officially ruled on by the Board of Health, that no Sumter man who is a member of the Chamber "?f Commerce is suffering from Hook? worm disease. A thorough investigation of the membership roll shows that there la not an individual in the commercial organization suffering from "Uncln ariasis Anchalostlnar or the "lazy germ," and the secretary is willing to stake his professional and com? mercial reputation, on vthey aaser ton that one of the infalliable indications of Hookworm disease is the absence of a Sumter man's name on the Chamber of Commerce membership roll. Those who mail their checks foi one year's dues or $5.00 to the secre? tary will be given free immunizing doses of "Gamecock blood virus," which so thoroughly innoculates them with the "Sumter spirit" thai a Hookworm would drop dead witt heart diseases immediately upon en? tering the circulation of an Individ? ual who has been so innoculated. The secretary who has been ap? pointed by Governor Ansel as a dele? gate to the big National Hookworm Conference In Atlanta on January 18th-19th. expects to read a paper before the conference showing how to combine therapeutics, commercial Ism and hygiene and avoid hook? worm disease. Mr. Reardon says also that he knows of no Sumter man suffering from hookworm who subscribes to and advertises in his home papers and patronizes Sumter's mercantile and industrial establishments and talks up Sumter and Sumter county. YEGGMEN GOT $500. Robbers of Hartsvllle Postoffiee Made Nice Little Haul. Hartsvllle, Jan. 6.?'The safe crack? ers who rifled the safe at the post office Tuesday night, got away with about $500 in cash. They left three tools, which were taken from a black? smith shop, near the safe and must have used an abundance of explosives from the manner in which the safe was torn up. Postmaster Heustess wired the postofflce authorities, and is congratulating himself that it did not happen the night before, when there was a much larger sum of money in the safe. MONEY AND WHISKEY STOLEN. Southern Railway Office at Edge?ehl Entered by Robbers. Edgefield, Jan. 8.?The office of the Southern Railway Com| V at this place was broken Into last uight and about fifty dollar! and a quantity of whiskey that had come by express stolen. Entrance was effected by prizing '?pen the door that led Into the office. An effort was made to break op m the iron safe, but without avail, the door of the same being heavily Indented. The money was secured from the drawer In which the ticket and freight money is deposited. The Taft Administration seeems to have started no a new method of downing the Democratic party??flll* ing the offices with Democrats.?Bos? ton Herald. B SOUTHRON, Established June, 1MI les?Vol. XXX. No. 40. TUFFS SPECIAL MESSAGE. MEMBERS GIVE COMMUNICA? TION' CAREFUL ATTEXTIOX. Representative Townsend of Michi? gan Soon Will Introduce Adminis? tration's Xew Commerce Bill. Washington, Jan. 7.?President Taft's special message to Congress recommending amendments to the Interstate commerce and anti-trust laws, was laid before the House of Representatives today almost imme? diately after that body convened. The reading of the document was begun without delay and members i upon both the Republican and the Democratic sides followed the clerk closely. Copies of the message were laid upon the desk of each Represen? tative and the interest attracted was ? Indicated by the fact that unusual si? lence prevailed for the three-quarters of an hour required for the reading, silence which was broken only by the voice of the reading clerk. Representative Townsend of Mich? igan, who was among the most atten? tive listeners, was understood to have in his possession the administration bill amending the interstate com merce law in accordance with the recommendations of the President contained in his special message. The measure will be introduced on Mon? day next. When the reading of the Presi? dent's message was concluded it was referred by the Speaker to the appro? priate committees. PARDOXS RECOMMENDED. Gov. Ansel Will Give Liberty to Mrs. Fannie Carson Who Killed Her Husband. Columbia, Jan. 8.?The pardon board's report reached Gov. Ansel to? day, recommending a full pardon for 1 Mrs. Fannie Carson. In the other two cases considered a parole, I after one year, was recommended for Wilkle *SWiflin?, from Greenville, and the full pardon of the Orangeburg negro, Robert Green. Gov. Ansel will probably adopt the report and issue the pardons Monday. WILL ASK FOR DISPENSARY. I Petition Calling For Election to be Circulated In Greenville. Columbia. January 7.?One county I on the eve of the session of the Legis I lature is to have a petition circu ? lated for the establishment of the I county dispensary system, j The Piedmont, of Greenville, the I county In question, says: I "Within the next few days there I will be petitions circulated in Greer I vllle by Mr. C. E. Cook requesting I the Legislature to order an election I for the establishment of a county I dispensary in Greenville. "This subject has been spoken of I by advocates of the dispensary system I in preference to the present plan for I some time and it is alleged that there I Is a strong sentiment in favor of the I old plan. "The argument that is being used I in favor of the dispensary, is the fact I that a certain amount of liquors are j being bought by citizens of Greenville I from outside of the State and that I the money spent for this purpose is I absolutely of no benefit to the city, or I county of Greenville, whereas, it is I claimed that the establishment of the I dispensary would bring in a certain I amount of revenue for the support I of the schools, etc. j "On next Monday or Tuesday it is j understood, the petition will be clr I culated among the people. It is nec I essary that two-thirds of the citizens j of Greenville affix their signatures to I the petition In order to hold an elee I tion. j "One of the more Important mat I ters, which will demand the attention j of the Legislature at its next session I will be' the State-wide prohibition bill. If this bill is enacted into law a petition would not be of use, even if signed, to the advocates of the dis? pensary. "It Is known that any effort to have the old dispensary opened ir. Greenville will meet with strons: op? position and that powerful influence will be brought to benr against it." SELLERS POUND GUILTY. C olumbia's "King of Rlind Tigers" Convicted of Selling Whiskey. Columbia, Jan. 8.?Going upon the stand for the first time in his career and pleading not guilty to a charge of violation of the whiskey law, Wade Hampton Sellerr, ItO ,wn local? ly as the "King of Blind Tigers," was today in the Court of General Sessions found guilty of selling whis? key. Sentence was suspended by Judge Prince until Monday.