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^FBDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1897. \ LIVE QUESTIONS. A Series of Articles Contributed by _Advanced Thinkers, A .VU N D?IV?^?TALT PROBLEM-A SuM MARY AND CONCLUSION. By Frederick M. Crxtnden, Public libra? rian, St. X-ouis. VI. Let me summarize in these sentences: First-The fiscal statement: Land raines are created by the community and therefore belong to tho community. Hence, until all this fund is exhausted, tile state should not deprive the indi? vidual of any part of his earnings. Second.-The economic proposition: Any impediment to the conjunction of the two essential factors of all produc? tion, land and labor, necessarily lessens production, and if that impediment con? sists of the monopoly of natural re? sources by favored individuals, renders distribution unequal and inequitable. Third-The sociological considera? tion: Great inequality in the condition cf its members is contrary to the inter? ests of society, and any law or custom that tends to promote such inequality is contra bonum publicum. Private own? ership of land has such effect in a high therefore, for the welfare of so? oty present and future, private own? ership of land should be abolished Fourth.-The ethical view: Every in? dividual owns himself and "may claim the fullest liberty to exercise^ his facul? ties compatible with the possession of like liberty by every other man. " Pri? vate ownership of land denies this funda? mental right; therefore it is wrong. "The earth is the Lord's and the full? ness thereof." He gave it to alibis children as their common heritage. Would he have ?been a God of justice if he had allotted the soil of England to William the Conqueror and his murder? ous knights, to them and their heirs, to the>exclnsion of all ether men? To the question why so self evident a proposition embodied in the code of the greatest lawgiver in history presented to the modern world 100 years ago,' ad? vanced by so distinguished a philosopher as Herbert Spencer and advocated by a ; book that ranks among the five that - have had the widest circulation through? out the civilized world-why such an idea,.has not met with general accept? ance;-to this question several answers may be given. Here is one: ?. For the same reason that the project : of Columbus was declared ridiculous ! and Galilei's contention that the sun was fixed and the earth rotated was ; pronounced. by the holy office "absurd in philosophy and formally heretical. " For the ?ame reason that Stephenson's ' prophecies regarding his locomotives were laughed at and the memory of Copernicus was anathema for three cen? turies-viz, the inability cf people to escape from the intellectual thraldom cf their environment and think their own thoughts-because, as M. Tarde says, "What the individual hypnetizer is to his sleeping and abnormally plastic subject, such almost precisely is society to tho waking and, normally plastic man." There is another reason that applies with special force to this particular question, which I give in the words of Kitti, the Italian economist: "Had the propositions of Euclid af? fected economic interests, they would still appear a doubtful? hypothesis cf arduous solution." Or, as some one else has expressed it, "If the theory cf grav? itation .had conflicted with any vested . interest, it would still be a subject of controversy." There is also this reason for the fail? ure of the single tax to gain practical acceptance-ic is not yet understood. There are so many things claiming our attention, including numerous schemes for political reform and social ameliora? tion, that this simple and comprehen? sive truth, this philosopher's stone of * economics has not yet won general recognition; but it is gaining ground more rapidly than you of the prosperous class imagine. Go among the more in? telligent of the workingmen, and. you will find it is known and received with favor. Glance thiough English publica-, tiens on economics -and sociology, and yon will see that it is no longer ignored and seldom ridiculed. It has enlisted the enthusiastic support A Thomas G. Shearman and Father McGlynn of New York, Father Malone of "Denver, Judge McGuire of San Francisco, Tom Lu Johnson, the Cleveland millionaire; Edward Everett Hale* of the world at large and cf Eliza Stowe Twitchell and William Lloyd Garrison cf Massachu? setts, who see in it a continuance of the great emancipation movement that has made the names they bear famous throughout the world. The most significant incident, per i ' haps, that has yet occurred is the recent acceptance of the fundamental principle of the single tax by the British house of commons. On March 8 Andrew D. Provand, Lib? eral, representing a division of Glas? gow, introduced the following resolu? tion: "That no system cf taxation can be equitable unless it include the direct assessment of such enhanced value of land as is due to an increase of popula? tion, wealth and growth of towns." The resolution was indorsed by a member of the government and was passed without a division. What is the condition of the world today? Read it in Bramwell Booth's re? cent report on the "Darkest England'* movement. .The, richest city in tho world contains 100,000 paupers, 30,000 abandoned women, 33,000 homeless adults and 35,000 slum children; 10,000 new criminals are added yearly. Mis? directed charity does much to keep sp the army of loafers. The report suv-, "The most utterly hopeless specimen of man yet discovered or evolved is the constant hearer of goody good addresses and the habitual recipient of hot vict? uals for which he does nothing but lie. ' ' If London is too far oft7 to concern you. read Stead's books on Chicago. If you think these the work of a sensational rhetorician, read the official report; of thc Illinois factory inspector. Bead Ol? ive Schreiner's allegory, "The Wine Press," which presents a. -vivid picture of civilization past and present. Eead the daily papers of your city . Learn the opinion of a keeper of an immoral re? sort as to the cause that ?cruits the ranks of her class. Hear another ex? clamation: "I can't give bond. ?ly Ged, give me a trial and let me go. I've got a sick baby at home. " Consider the enormous aggregation cf poverty and want in the world and the crime that springs "fioin it and then jndge whether it can be eradicated hy any of the means now employed. To re? ly wholly on individual treatment is like attempting to core smallpox by poulticing the pustules. Society is an organism, and it must be treated as such. Kow much may be done in a short time by wise legislation is shown by the Eng? lish factory acts. How long do you think it would have taken to bri;ig about that reform by preaching temper? ance and virtue to the white slaves and justice and kindness to their masters? Can you hope to lift these thousands of women from the deepest depths of our social inferno while twice as many thousands are working 16 hours a day for less than a decent living? Can you hope to lift the millions to any conception of a spiritual life while they are suffering from want of the barest necessities of physical life? What remedies are offered? Economy? That is good, but it sounds absurd to the man who has no income whatever. Temperance? That is excellent. But drunkenness is as much effect as cause. In fact, Charles Booth (whose "London Poor" is the most careful study of the problem ever made) says that ont of 5,000 poor in a given district only 13. per cent owed their poverty directly to drink/ And Frances Willard said not long ago: * 'We have been for a long time trying to make people prosperous by making them temperate. It is time to make them temperate by making them prosperous." In reply to a ques? tion submitted to her by the Chicagp Single Tax club she wrote, "I am free to say that I believe the present eco-: nomic condition of the country, the miseries of millions cf our people, the vast numbers of the--unemployed, call for reforms which, if they could be j brought about, would vastly diminish J the tendency to drink, and that one of these reforms, with farreaching and unspeakable beneficence, is the single tax as set forth by its great apostle, Henry George. " Not to particularize further, to one who has grasped the philosophy of the single tax, all measure* for social amelioration (except education which potentially comprehends land tenure and all other reforms) seem partial and merely palliative, as if during slavery times the good women of the land had formed societies for providing the slaves with good masters or foreseeing that families were not separated or for pro? viding ointment for lacerated backs or for pleading with the masters not to give more than 40 lashes at one whip? ping. How would that have sounded to William Lloyd Garrison? Just so appear to Henry George and those who think with him the tenement house and other reforms that merely ' 'skim and film the ulcerous place while rank: corruption, mining all within, infects unseen." I trust I have made plain what I call "the fundamental question.j' It is the right of every child born into the world to an equal share in the land which God created as the common heritage and for the common sustenance of all his children. It is the equal right of ev? ery, individual to life and liberty. ' It is not, except incidentally, a fiscal question. It is a sociological question. It is whether conditions shall continue to exist which have always caused and now cause* and must of necessity cause those enormous inequalities in the hu? man lot that destroy the peace and or? der of society and threaten- its over- j throw. It is a moral question. It is whether some men shall be allowed under sanc? tion of law to exact from other men u portion of their earnings. It is a religious question. It is the ac? knowledgment or the rejection of the. brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God. -Deliberate continuance of pres? ent conditions is a practical denial of both. The fundamental question is, Is there a Father Almighty and are we all his children? . ?... Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER TONIC. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY. OFFICE OF I SUPERVISOR OF REGISTRATION, SUMTER COUNTY. SUMTER, S. C., May 1, 1837. Notice is hereov giv*n that ia accordance with an Act ot the General Assembly, tbe books for ibe registration of all lega.ly quali? fied voters, and for the issuing of transfers, j &c , will be open ?t the court house, between the boars of 9 o'clock a. m., sr.d 3 o'clock p m.. on tte first Monday of each month, and for three successive days, until thirtv I days before the nes' general election. I Mioors who shall become of age during that period of thirty days, shall be entitled to j registration before tbe books are c'osed, if otherwise Qualified. W. S.J AM ES, E. F B?RR?WS, J. M. KNIGHT. May 12. Supervisors of Registration. Land Surveying. MR, H. D. MOISE, will give prompt at- ; tention to calls for surveying and platting land Can be found at l/is office, next door j to office of Lee and Moise, Sumter, S. C. Nov. 18. PROG UM ATI STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. Whereas, a petition signed bj the qualified electors of certain parts ot* Darlington, Ker? shaw and Sumter counties havins been gled with me, and from said petition accompany? ing papers it appears that one-third of the .qualified electors residing within the area of each section of each of the old counties pro? posed to be cut off for a sew county have signed said petition, acd, Wherea3, the boundaries of the propo3ed name, the ona ber of inhabitants, the taxa? ble property ss shown br the last tax returns, the area, and that the proposed lines of the new county do not ran nearer than eight miles of aoy court bouse now established, are set forth in said petition : Now, therefore, I, W. H. Ellerbe, Governor of the ?State of South Carolina, in compliance with 'the requirements of an Act of the General Assembly, entitled "An Act to pro? vide for the formation of new coun? ties, etc ," approved March 9th, A. D. 1896, do hereby oroer an election in the territory to be cut off for the new couoty on the 20th day of July, A. D 1897, to be held in ac? cordance with the requirements of said Act ; at which the electors shall vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question of creating a new county and upon the name and county seat of the proposed new couoty. Io testimony whereof, I have here? unto set my'banu and caused, the Great Seal of the State to be affixed at Columbia this 24th dav of Mav, SEAL A D lg97) aod in the 0Q? bUDd,.;Q and twenty first year of the Inde? pendence of the United States of America. W. H. ELLERBE. By t'r e Governor : D. H. TOMPKINS, Secretary of State. June 23. c NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR LEE COUNTY. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SUMTER COUNTY Whereas, the Governor of Sooth Carolina having issued and served on us a copy of bis Proclamation requiring the Commissioners of* Election to provide for and hold ao election in the portion of Sumter county proposed tc be cut off to form part of the proposed new Lee county : Now, therefore, notice is hereby given of soch election, to be holden on the 20th day of July, 1837, at the following precincts of Sumter county : Lynchburg, St. Charles.Reid's Mill, Bi*b opville, Carter's Crossing, Bossard, and Smithville. The Commissioners of Election will meet at the court house in the city of Sumter at ll o'clock a. m. on Monday, the 5tb day of July, next, to appoint Managers and attend to such other busioe-s as may properly come before them. EDWIN WILSON, A. G. WARREN, Cnatrcian. Clerk. - 'ene 23. J ELECTION NOTICE. ! SUMTER, S. C., July 5, 1837. j rpHE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS S I of Election met at the Court ; House this date and appointed the j following persons to serve" as Mana? gers of Election on the New (Lee) County question, to be had and held on July 20:b, .131 : Lyttchburg Precinct-S C Kilpatrick, JD Clarke, Wm Tallon St. Charles Precinct-W E Greno, R B Wilson, R E Wilson. - Carter's Crossing Precinct-H G Shaw, J F Matthews, N Barnett Reid's Mill Precinct-R M Plowden, A A Brearley, J C Bullock. Spring Hill Precinct-A Moseley, J C Wactor, J M Belrin. Bisbopville Precinct-R O Dixon, JG Gib? son, T. Ed Ba8kioe. A copy of the paper io which tkis adver? tisement is published wiii be mailed to each of the appointees, which they will accept as sufEciecit notice thereof. The managers here? by appointed are requesting to meet prior to July 17th, and organize by electing a chair? man, and appoint one of their r.nmher to meet the Commissioners at Sumter on Satur- | dav, July 17th to qualify and get thr boxes, i Ac. ??t"The law requires that not more than two members of each board of maoag&rs shall be io favor of tbe new County They will organize in accordance with this, by drop? ping one of their number, if any case the appointments are not io compliance with that provision of law, and appointing another who shall be so qualified and a qualified voter of that precinct. Notice is given to voter3 in Swimming Pens Township that the books of registration for said township wili he placed at Carter's Cross og Precinct ao that they may have-the privilege of voting at that precinct EDWIN WILSON, Chairman. A. G. WARREN, Clerk. Sumter, July 5, If 97. HARB Y # CO., WHOLESALE BROKERS, -AND Cotton Storage Warehouse PROPRIETORS., N UP-TOWN OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE, 1,000 Tons High Grade Am- j moniated Fertilizer, 1,000 Tons Acid with Potasn. 500 Tons Dissolved Bone. 500 Tons German Kainit, 400 Tons C. S. Meal, For Sale. We are prepared to meet i any and all prices for STAND? ARD GOODS. Get our prices before purchasing. Respectfully, HARBY & CO. Dec. !6. THE BANK OF SUMTER; SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depostor y Transacts a general Banking business, a'ro ba3 A Savings Bank Department Deposits of Si and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rn te cf 4 por cent, per annurc. Payable quarterly, on fiist cavs of Januarv, April, July and October. W. F. E. HAYNSWORTH, W F. EHAMS. Cashier. President. Jan 13. Atlantic Coast Line. Manchester k Augusta Railroad CONDENSED SCHEDULE In effect January 19, 189b TRAINS GOING SOUTH No. Lv Darlington. Lv Elliott, Ar Sumter, Lv Sumter, Ar Crestou, Lv Creston, Ar Pregnalls. Ar Orangeburg, Ar Denmark, P. M. *35. A. V. 4 30 r. co 5 47 6 20 A. k. A. M 7 53 8 40 9 25 5 45 9 15 A X TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. T56 A. K. No Lv Denmark, Lv Orangeourg, Lv Pregnails, Ar Creston. L? Creston, Ar Sumter, Lv Sumter, ? Ar Elliott, Ar Darlington 10 00 3 50 6 55 7 40 8 30 ? ?f. 32 4 55 5 25 Z 4" t 40 .Da??v. t Dai ly except Sa nd ay. Trains 50 and 51 carrv throueh Pullman Palnce% Bulfet Sleeping Cars between NJ? York aid Atlanta via Augusta. T. M. LM.Eh.SON, H. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager Ass t Gen. Pa3S. A?r: J. R. KEN LY. Gen*; Mander Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM SEO. f. STEFFENS & SON, holesale Agents, Charleston, S C -AgeDts for MOTT'S CIDER RED SEAL CIS ABS, AND DOVE HAMS rion E. B In effect January 15tb, 1896. TRAINS GOING NORTH. No. 72.* Leave Wileons Mill " Jordon, ,: D&Tii, *' Summerton, " Millard, " Silver, Packavi??. u Tindal, W. & S. Sumter, Jone. 9 10 am 9 35 a m 9 45 a m 10 10a m 10 45 a m 11 10 a rn 11 30 p m 11 55 p m 12 27 p m 12 30 p m TRAINS GOING SOUTH Lewe ?umter, " W.&S.Jnoc, " Tindal, " Pacl!3ville, 11 Si iver, " Millard, " Summerton, *'. Davis, ,{ Jordon, Ar, Wilson Mill, No. 73.* 2 30 p m 2 33 p a 2 50 p m 3 10 p m 3 35 p m 3 45 p m 4 40 p m 5 20 p rn 5 50 p m 6 30 p m Trains between Millard and St. Paul leave Millard 10 15 a m and 3 45 p m., arriving St. Paul 10 25 a m and 3 55 p m. Returning leave St. Paul 10 35 a m and 4 10 pm, and arrive Millard 10 45 a m and 4 20 p m. Dai? ly except Sunday. ?Dailv except Sunday. TRJMAS WILSON Predpient Atlantic Coast Line. North-Eastern B. R, of S. C. TRAINS GOING SOUTH. Dated Mar ?NO.35'NO.23?NO.53 16, 1896. * ? * ! * Le. Florence " Kiogstree Ar. Lanes Le. Lanes Ar. Chari't'n M. I P 351 7 A. M. 8 50 9 15 9 15 10 50 p. M. \ P. u. 7 52 9 25 P. M. TRAINS GOING NORTH. Le. Chari't'n Ar. Lanes Le. Lanes " Kingstree Ar. Florence NO. 78 M. 30 05 05 ! 23 ! 8 25 A.M. 1 NO. 32 * M. 20 45 45 7 55 P. M. NO.52 A. M 7 00 8 26 P. M ?Daily, f Daily except Sunday. Ne. 52 runs through to Columbia via Cen tral R. R. of S. C. Trains Nos. 7S end 32 run via V.Ti?3cn and Fayetteville-Snort Line-arid make clot-e connection for ?til points North. Trains on C. b D. R R. leave Florence 8 55 a m, arrive Darlington 9 2S s ra, Che raw 10 40 a rn. Wadesbore 2 25 p in. Le?ve Florence, dn?h eic.pt Sunday, S 10 p m, ar? rive Darlington 8 -50 p ni, Hurtsville 9 3'> p m, B?r?ne?isvil?e S 36 p ra, Gibson 10 00 p m Leave Florene?-, Sunday onlj 5 Ou p ra, ar? rive Darlington 9 27 a ra, H:irtav;;le 10 iU a rn. i Leave Git son d;-iilv except Sunday 6 15 a Ben?:ettsville 6 41 :> to. ttrrivf Diiriin^ton 7 40 a m. L*ave Hurtsville daily except Sur> JHV 6 30 ato, :ir::vp Darlington 7 15 an:, leave Darli seto: 45 H *;., -!rri v?> F terence 8 15am Leave V.'adesboro, d?iiy except Suncav .'!(''; pm . Chfrav. 5 15 p io, Dar? lington 27 p G , Fion I;CP 6 .V3 p tsi Leave Hurtsville, Sunday only 7 00 a ni , Darling? ton 7 45 :i m , M r r iv?: Florence 8 IO a m. J R. KENLY, JNO. F. DIVINE Gen;l Maneger, Gen 1 Scp't T ? EMERSON. Traffic Manaster THE F [. For Sales 1,000 Tons Prime Cotton Seed Meal of our own manufacture. -ALSO 500 Tons "Standard" or "Royal" Brand Am moniated Guano. 500 Tons Genuine G-erman Zainit. 500 Tons Acid with. Potash. 300 Tons Dissolved Bone. You will save money by giving us a chance to sell you. Up-Town Office : Main Street, next to Court House Square. Mill at A. C. L. Depot. P. MOSES, President A. C. PHEEPS, Sec. & Treas. Machinery SEE THE LATEST DEERING BAU BEARING MOWING MACHINE /> /1 fi ' V*? ? fe ';" : Buy none but the Deering ; it is the best up-to-date Mower. MACHINERY OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. H. B? Bloom* _Sumter, S. C, WON'T HATCH OUT A CHICKEN! Neither will proclamations on dead walls revive languishing trade. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING i Is the great IHK-UBATOR FOR HATCHING OUT BUSINESS. SHEPH UPPLY House furnishiog Goods, Heaters. 232 Meeting Street, Charleston, S. C. STATE AGENTS FOR SALE CF Tin P!at= Sheet Iron, Tinners' Supplies. and Pipe. Over 200 different styles of Cocking and Heating Stcver. Also Oil Cookejs and Heaters. We want the leadiDg merchant ia every tovco in the State to seil our lines o? Stove?. We guarantee full protection in his territory to each sgent vse sppoiot if oor sold in your town send direc; to us fir cuts zxni prices. Oct 27, -BM H "'1J mil III Ul Hf mm 9 ftS$? . . . .. hu ilCttlui i"*i< Xovvu. wi OpjH*'t* Potent Office. Waskincton. I) 0. i mm i m, Fire Insurance Agency ESTABLISHED 1S66. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON ? GLOBE. NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,000. Feb. 28 ?