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Tie let? sinmiK a I have lone had a profound int? r Set In the question Involving cheap less not merely b- eau?c 1 want eh- a; lOO myself, but also because I know how aeeemsary It Is to a great r.umhoi Of our people who are poor, and wh< Will suffer much during the beatuu ?poll. If the? cannot purcha** lev ac a pesos pot beyond the limit of their lh ooonedjtlon with othsr gentlemen. *<hsd gl the request or a numler of the ttMhtoiMers, L assumed the burden ' Wmt jU>n me. and have been trying to hstesjUt the dtlacns of Sumpr in the ?hitler Wfore us. One trouble lies in that this question tomes up eosn to have forgotten Liar there "?111 ever be snot her burning sum Mr. ?ut. in obedience to the request $ *t the chairman of th* stockholders' sneettnc several of us demoted.the Hholo of >?*tcrday rooming to the Math of visiting our citisens. end aak ! }%w9 thosa to become subscribers to the ' Stock 01 the Mutual let Co. Out hi house pilgrimage brought many revelations We found a numter of men whom we to be be doing business bf\ thousand dollars, who are on the of bankruptcy, and w?te there? to subscribe at all. or. If so, only to thhe extent of five sjr ton dollars. Others turned away fiesa no la a tort of alee, saying they mmi once had stick, bot had odd It, ?hi wanted no m ?ie. Others mil had nothing to soy. ascent to render com? plaints about poor services on the pert Cf the delivery wagons last summer, ?lout Impndont driver* and unjust eJalihts in the ice sold to them. The result was that after tn honest esJen on the part of the committee, w?. came togxher. and discovered that wi had secured about 111 additional Shares, thirteen of which were paid tot In omh. The majority of f.eopi Sssssi* is be satisfied with having Cheap lee already, and Indulged th* hope that It would continue to be aheap without their assistance. The Initial mistake wan made when it was two yoars ago, that Ice should saht at IS and 91 cents to all per Whether they were stock ftkotd hjn or aot Having gotten It at this Jtttoe whJssut any expenditure of their psdsanal funds, the convletici ahtdos that they can coasinuc to do ns? and so no one really cares much ha mahe any spectal effort to meet tho ess srgessjf that has arise a Nun tare et persona who subscribed stock frhen the plant was set up, two years sjss*. have never paid what thty prom? ts**. The* work began la this crippled ?eaeftttoa, and has remained so unfii fhhi present tfma, fly this f'hie** to4! ShW that the money paid In was not ssv-ogh to inaugurate the plant: It saary to borrow three or thousand dollars, and this amount at ssorey remains unpaid to I his day Sjnd to due to one of the bank a Mr. Schwert a took the people hi good faith, and paid In the three thousand dkdlars ho promised, a plant costing thai) twelve thousand dollar* put In operation. . cheap ice been put on the market, and the pe??pie are satisfied. What Is tho outcome* If the entire anv-ont ?f stock U eSuhecrited and paid la. the plant eon bo maintained, ?an doctor* a divljond to the steea holders, and Ice can he furnished ct the price which prevailed last sum? mer la fact, If the citisens alll com t'nr to ..uike up a subscription of four ttmuMund uoiiurs additional, the T snt w.i| go on Ju*t as n??w. Thn means fbai ?r> eh-? uses 300 p ayuts ef Ice per week will save $3 per month, or $15 during the five heated sonmer months. With a debt rest? ing upon the concern. It has been pee - sJbU to declare to dicUre no divi? dend, nor has It been pos*thle for the directors to give to Mr Schwerin any? thing *J all for the use of the thirty two hundred dollars he put Into the bu?in***a T he i? oplo mhp? t Juntly ?xp?et to git ch*?ap Ice out ist the porket? ?f other folks. The outcome te soon to reveal Hm4&, The plant must changs hands: than* who have stork In It must lo*e th. it Imtstment end th ?*s who wl-h tc save then . ? mint tnUrgu their Investment. Thus the pH*d uill pas* out of tin; hands of the present >?lo< .-h Ider What the new owners \^|ll to remains to se*i? Wc ar* n. t to hope th y will rntef Int.. the bu<>ine?s of mak tng tot i.-r fun. tiny will m.iice he *,>r n . ey and we who at- now ?mtisfhd With the coolnem of things Will haw fx se> our mom y go In l.trgir quun I.it - I ?r Hinsller weights of lee I h. v? n I a wi?rd of cemure for the genttrmsn .vho put hi* more thai three th?u^and dollars mt ? the int< r ffoe ?nJ now want* to lecehe M rnv cnu? from it lie Is .hum what the kversgt mun ev? rywh? re WOttld do. If he were sTOTth a million or more, I should le find tc undrrtakek lo ?n lent age him In m.iking Ice grstttit'ttf ty, but I shall nil make the vent tie: under esMlng ccndtllons. Tbe?only hois I see before us i? that tbe>*s into whoee hands the plant Will fall Will bo humane and merciful enough to sell lee to the pec pie at such prices na will ensbls lh> mastos to buy II. aim* at trir eami tinv?, a i?r ?r>. r uu' et exorbitant revenue ah ill return t? htm. Let me m\f in conclusion, no ac o*4n looking towards foreclosure nr"*. tie of tin plant has yet been taken. ht way is still upon for^the pcorie to ;?n tin plant. A subscription H?l an be found at ihe Sumter Savings i *?nk, uii.I all whe will do so can alga h? ir names thereto, and pay 'he mo:t y to Mr. Rlrker "?r to Mr. Lemmoj?. vlth the understanding that the same Mttli be refunded to thorr ?n case nough I* n?<t ?ecured to make tip Ml*. Jeflciorcy in stock, it 19 n? t asked ? hat any one ?hall throw uway hi.-, ins ney. The money will be return ?d to it* owner If the total of 7f>0 shares is not obtained; tut '.t anything Is te I o done. It fhould be d Use forthwith a* the con lltior.s have become cru? cial and critical. Fifty persons who v 111 invest $75 each, or a hundred i??rsons who will invest $87.50 will snve the situation. This ?mall in \eetir.eat will both insure a dlvidtno on the morey an 1 Ice at the rates of Ufft summer. If each one of us says. "I will 'eavc It to the other fellow to intend t> ibis." we may boytn even now to la? ment the heat of the summer scistlcc. (!. C. Brown. The Heart of Utc Home. know a home where plenty is? A stately palace grand; Rich draperies and furnishing* From many a distant strand, \nd all that glittering gold can bur Selected with great care, \nd yet. 'tie not a paradise? No heart abideth there. So baby Angers press the cheek t Or thumb the window pane; Nfo childish laughs ring thiough the halls To break the sibsnt reign. So fullclosa elf, with dimpled hands, Strew* pHaythlngs everywhere, fhls place Is not qulto a home? There is no mother there. \ queenly woman, proud and cold, With matchlese form and face. Presides within theae castle walls With dignify and grace. The lord and master of the home Provide* the richtet fare, tnd yet It la a cheerless place? No love abideth there. So tenderneei. no sacred ties. No mutual Joys or pain. One strive* for social eminence. The other lives for gain. So golden threads tntwsne tie hearts Of those this grandeur share; No mutual yearnings of Ufa soul? No sympathy Is there. Oh, give &e but some- humble cot Where the patteiing baby feet And childish laugh and mother's amllee My comings ever greet. Where heart la f home and love la life? Though coarse and scant the fare So loveless, childless place can With such a cot compare. ? Rebecca W. Waltermlre. Who Makes the Laws Here? Prom the New York Times. Wensl Moeth and Michael Laden. of Newark, N. J., did not become Citi? zen? of the United States yesterday because they knew so much about the country that was not so. "Who makes the laws of this coun? try?" Moeth woe asked. "Roosefelty and Falrybanks," was the answer. Pressed further, he said that the stnnto helped when called upon to do #0. Laden declared Trenton was th* capital of the United States and that the country was directed by Ro< seven and Oov. "Stogie," evidently mean? ing Stokes. Asked if he belonged to any socletlee opposed to the United ?States government, Laden replied: "Not yet." ?To stop that pain in the hack that Htlffmtw of the Joints and muscles, take Pinnies. They are guaranteed Don't suffer from rheumatism, uack ache, kidney trouble, when you gel JO days* treatment for $1.00. A single dose at bed time proves their merit, ilet them toduy. Sold by Slbert Drug Co. 12-1-31.1 J. L. Friend, rallrond agent at Fort Motto, hu* disappeared. W. H. SeartM.rc ugh was elected mayor of Hl^hopvllle. _ _ | ?Pinewlve OathOtsMd nets like a poultice, draws cut Inflammation and l">' ??n. Antheptic hei*"ng. For chap pi d hands-, Iii *. cuts, burns. Hold by ?Hat 11 Druvf Co, 12- i-3m I The i:-ye;ir-?d i daughter ?f BHJah m. riitt. near Port Mill, was killed ai the result ut hn revideri'.'o Id. w?n? oi-wn dining thrt stOfsa on Bull lay night. ?It will be unnecessary la g> through ? painful, expensive opera* tlon for pll? *i If y ?u use ManZan. Put up In a collapsal le tube with nozzle, ready to upply. For any form of piles, price 50c. SI bei t Drug Co. 12 I . 1 1 SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS. ARB S;\J1> TO HK VBIIY BADLY DIVIDED. Dissatisfaction Caused by Adaiinistra lion s Method* of Distributing IM? to Willteil Only?Some Fa *tfc. Washington, Jan. 30.?The Po??t Ihls morning says: Can tne white and colored vote of ihe South te cmtroll?d by the admin strati m7 Was this vote favc.rablv disposed to remove for another term7 It has teen taken for granted by most political observers in forecasting Up) lesult at Chicago in Juu?. that with the immen3e patronage at its com mand the administration will be able to control the delegates frcm the Southern States This iK most emphatically denied b> several Southerr. republicans of prominence who have beon interview? ed. Of them, former Congressman Dudley Cole man, cf Louisiana, whose knowledge of politics in the Gulf Slates i* particularly thorough, makes the tianling statement that the rank and file "f the old Republicans, espe cially in the Unit States. boch white and colored, arc bitterly opposed to the at" min h trat ion. In support of this t^eerticn, this gentleman furnishes the PvAt the following statement re veallng a surprising stale of af aiis In some of the Southern -Hates. The Tost has taken pains te verify, by former United Statej Senator William Pilt Kellogg, of Lou? isiana, the substantial facts contained herein. It is u'deged that the adminstratlon ins ab?ndern d all pretense of recog dslng colored voters in the South: that the Lily White movement has ocn supported; certain Lilly White eaders have been enabled to conduct heir business operations with great uccesu en account cf the political ad? vantages granted to them by the ad olnisttatlon. One of the business en crpnsce that has flourished under the h rcfiinnn- is the lumber trust of Louisiana end Mississippi, which Is ~ow uiic'cr legal firu in the latter t?te. The myabrlous selection ol ?earl Wright, of Louisiana re com* misslr.iicr cf luternul revenue and hi* equally mysterious failure to taki the off ct. are discussed by the phov* mentioned congressmen. The acts ind preset^ attitude of tho ad minis tratlon has alienated tho schd old ?'putlican vote, white and colored, und there Is only a reman ant of the l?arty left In somo Mates, seid M r. Col eman. The Republican parly in the Gulf states especially Is demoralise*. With the exception of a few Moral officers holder*, there Is no special support of ths administration. The reason for this In that the administrat? ion has d.me everything it could, ap? parently, to break down the loyalty or Southern Republicans. If the admin? istrativ had been bent upon the .lea truction of the party it could not ha/c wrought greater havoc.' Has Double Artery. Prom the New York Tribune. Brooklyn physicians have had their attention called to a peculiar case. Following the transfusion of blood from an artery in the right wrist of Rev. Dr. John Lewis Clark, pastor of the Congregational church at Bush wick avenue and Cornelia street, into the body of a woman the doctors de? clare Dr. Clark has a divided artery. At the time of the transfusion the surgeons cut what they believed was Dr. Clark's main artery. When il came to tying It It was discovered the puLsc still was beating under the wound. An examination showed that Just above where the artery was sev? ered It divided into two parts, coming together again about half an inch rrom where the incinlon was made. The iVtiage business man hut such o ken business .jot fe thai when anybody do? s a two-cenr favor for him he gives him a olgar worth a quarter ??f a dollar. A woman who gossips is had enouph, but a man who listens to Busala Ii worse. 'i he nnin who give* his wHm ? bunch of violets on?e in a while is l better husband than if he supplies her with square m? als every day. The trouble with Hm opportunl'y that knock* at the door of everybody ij n oaflh is 'for* the iiverairo man i>. on < f bed la tbe morning. If J on suffer with Indigestion, con? stipation, feel mean and uro*?, no stn ngth or appetite, your system Is unhealthy Hollltter's Reeky Moun? tain TeS makes the system strong and healthy, iric. tea or pi biet*, si bert'i Drug Store, Mike M>oie. a Greenville county convict, dropped dead at the stock? ade in that county. He was serving three years for manslaughter, A handcuffed prisoner jumped from a train near Spartanburg and essnp.jd while It was moving at a rate of forty miles an hour. Entei tain mem at Plncwood. On Friday evening. Feb. 7th, ir K. of P. hall. beRinning at S.31 o'clock, Prof Thomas H. Linelsey, A M., B. O., the well known entertainer, in his latest impersonations', recita? tions and monologues, will give p.n entertainment under the auspices o* the local K. of P. Lodge, No. 124. For this occasion, the priee has boer reduced to general admission, 2Be, children under 10 years old, 10c. Prof. Lindsey by his thrilling sto? ries, humorous monologues and mo&t laughable Impersonations will make this the most er.jtfyablo entertain? ment of the season and at reduced prices. To hear him Is to enjoy a pleasant evening cf laughter and pa? thos. 33uster. Pinewood, A. C, Feb. 4, 1L08. Advice to a Young Man. ttemembcr, my son, you have to woik. Whi ther you handle a pick or a pen, a wheelbarrow or a set of books, dig ditches or edit n paper, ring an auction bell or write funny things, you must work. If you look around, yoj will see the men who are most able to live the rest of their days without work are the men who work hardest. Don't be afraid of killing yourself with overwork. It Is beyond your power to do that on the. unny side of 30. They die sometimes ?ut it is because they qu'to work at 6 p. m. and didn't get home until 2 a in. It's the interval that kills, my son. The work gives you an appetite for your meals; it lends solidity to your slumbers, it gives you a perfect and graceful appreciation of a holiday There are young men who do not vork, but the world is not proud of them. It does not know their names even; II simply speaks of them as"olo 'o-and-So's boys." Nobody likes them; the great, busy world dosn't know they are there. So find oul out what you want to be and dc, and take oft your coat and make a dust li the world. The busier you are the less harm you will apt to get Into, the sweeter will be your sleep, the bright? er and happier your holidays, and the better satisfied the world will be with you.?Bob Burdette. , The Greenwood police have arrest (da man who has been operating rr?Uy freely among th> cotton mill people, "doing" everybody he could m patent medicines. Ca pi T. T. Hyde was reelected pres? ident of the State National Guard as? sociation. Charleston's new police station has been accepted. A womfn always means what she meant to say if she doesn't sny tt. CASTOR IA lor Infuite and Children. U? Kind Yob Uavi Always Bought Boars the Signature of Tax Returns For 1908. fc OFFICE OF COUNTY AUDITOR, SUMTER CO. Sumter, S. C, Dec. 6, 1907. Notice Is hereby given that I will attend, in person or by deputy, at the following places on the days indicat? ed, respectively, for the purpose ol neeiv'ng returns of personal proj.oi i.) and poll taxes for the fiscal yeai ; ?mnvncing January 1st, l'JOS. Ttndall's Store, Thursday, Jan. 2d. Privateer, Jenkins' Score, Friday. Jan. 3d. Manchester, Lcvi's, Tuesday. Jan 7th. Wodjrefleld, Thursday, Jan. Otli. Statcburg. Friday, Jan. loth, liagood, Tuesday, Jan. 14tli. ltembcrts, Wednesday, Jan. 15th. Dal/ell, Thursday, Jan. Kith. Gordon's Mill, Friday, Jan. 17th. MayesvHle, Tuesday, Jan. 21st. shiioh, Wednesday, Ja?. -2d. Norwood's X Koatls, Thursday, .fan 23d. Oswcgo, Friday, Jan. 24th. The law requires that all persons wnlng property or in anywise having harge of such property, either a: gent, husband, guardian, trustee, xecutor, administrator, etc., return .he same under oath to the Auditor. Who reque sts all poison?: to be prompt III making their returns and save the '?0 per cent, penalty which Will lM tdded to the property valuation ol ill persons who fall to make returns within the time prescribed by law. Taxpayers return what thoy own on the first dt?y of January, 1908. Assessors and taxpayers will enter the first given n*une of the taxpayer in full, also make- a separate return for each t?wnship where the property Is located and alto each and cve.-y case the number of the school dlstrlol must be given. Every male citizen between tie. age of twenty-ono and sixty years on the first day of January, 1008, except those incapabale of earning a support from being maimed or from other causes, are deemed taxable polls, and except Confederate soldiers r>o yean Of a*e, on January 1st, 1!?08. All returns must be made on or be? fore the 20th day of February next. I cannot take returns after that date and all returns made after the 20th day of February, are subject to a penalty of 60 per cent. J. DIGGS WILDER, . Auditor Sumter Count \ i Dec. ll|Feb. 20, '08. AN UXSATISlACTORT POST. iCxpensc t nd Ingratitude Co.'?11 lion* of the Lord Lieutenancy *ti ire land li e Reminii-c* nc< s o? Lady Ran? dolph Churchill in January Centurv. Accompanying the new l<?rd lieu? tenant, wc took part in the state en? try into Dublin, wrrich was conducted with the usual military display and viceregal etiquette. The Duke In PlilfOffm rode with a glittering staff rb<?ut him. The rest of the family In eairlages with postilions and outrld ers, drove thrrMirh the crowded : trccts t? the blaek and grimy old castle, which for Centuries has wit? nessed 'here pi#cerelons come and go. tn view of the repeated attacks made in the last hundred yeai*3 on the Irish viceroyalty. It is ttrange that it still exists ani is apparently flourishing. But In the old days of slow travel and no telegraph, when it took a week to get to Dublin, things were vety Uf ferent, and one can understand the pomp and circumstance with ?vhich the representative of the sovereign necessarily surrounded him te!f. In India, the eastern mind has to be impr.-sed with the glamour of roy ahy. In the Jlstant colonies, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and others, government ho us 2 is a great feature, md the governors men of responsibili? ty. But what excuse can be offered Lor the Dublin court, which Is within p few hour* of London and in direct communication ty telegraph and tele? phone with Downing streetV The lord UfUtetlant, who is not in th' cabinet. I but a ilgurchead. a purveyor ef tmnecmenta for the Irish otfn iais and he Dublin trades people, on whom he is ahttged to lavish his hospitality and bla money, with no .*eturn and no? thanks. The wives of :he viceroys ta? bor in good works, each in turn vying with tne other in chariUbl* ardor. Eut those philanthropic works could be carr'ed on Ju.*t as well If lh?y dhl not emanate from the castle. The in gratitude of the 1 cople must be verg o.ishearti nlng to each successive vlce ioy. Howover popular tne lord lieu? tenant and his wife may oe. however successful their attempts to cajold? conciliate and entertain?though out of their privata means they may have> spent mency like water?in a week all is forgotten. The new reglnme If par? amount. Le roi est inort: vlve le roL If the lord leiuttnant carries out with t&it and fWOOM the policy of the govirnment, the cradit is taken by the minister. If, on the other hand* the policy is a failure he gits the blame, or, worse still is repudiated, publicly and told that the lord lieu? tenant is of no account. I have seen a good many viceregal courts, and it le> b marvel to me that any jne can ho found to accept sc ungrateful a post* Do not be so unreasonable as to ex? pect more from life in tho world than lifo in the world is capable of giving Snowdrift HOGLESS LARD The superlatively satis? factory Southern standard cooking-fat that has made the South famous. Pure cotton seed oil, super-re? fined by' our exclusive Wesson process. The acme of purity, whole someness, and economy. THE ? SOUTHERN ? COTTON -OIL* CO ' Mewlbrk,5avannahMtlavta JfewOrieavs-Chicago] Branson's Sanatorium For the Treatment of Stock. 1 Having erected commodious quarters on my premises, No 541 North Church St., I am well prepared to treat, scientifically and humanely, all diseases of Horses, Mules, Cows and other animals. Sick animals boarded at reasonable charge. Write or Phone me. DR. JOHN I. BRUNS0N, Veterinary Surgeon, Sumter, S. C. Office :?314 South Sumter Street :?: :?: :?: Oe; 28, '07?2m?Mo: day md Thursday. Phone:-No. 4* *mmt ?VN.**'-**' I NHMHHi THE ?4 ank of Sumter. X Capital, $75,000 -:- Surplus, $47,000 ft D - (> Does General Banking Business. Four Per Cert. Interest, payable Quarterly, on Deposits in Savings Department -:- -:- -:- -: BMPT l *? COURTEOUS TREATMENT GUARANTEED. ICFARD I. Mr RIM, MARION MOISE, W. F. RHAME. Prttfftit. Vice President. Cashior, CA ?BA?G AND BEET PLANTS. For the next tVw weeks I will fill all orders for eablMge und h et plants at the following prices: 10:*) tn 4 0<\ $1 15; 5000 to 9000, $1 00; 10.t>O, ?K)o. npeoinl prices on larger lots. Cash with order or C. ). I), if preferod, We. guarantee satisfaction and -afe delivery of plants. I have all of the leading varieties, Tl e Early .Terso> \>?k?. field, the most popular early variety & rbs CharleetOn *Vak? field, a few days later bat vrry eesirable tor garden placing iu the later kinda I have Successto l and The Late Klare Dutch, hofh pro? i itm .. ^nd??. Plauts now ready for shipment, u>y personal *.t Ijntiou given to all orders. W V. vi KR, Meg etts, S. C.