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IT, MARCH II, lt?8. ? VW sMsaea? Wm*ehw*a* was founded im ftS ?Ad mm Tru* 9v*lkr<m in 186?. TW? SoulAnm mom hm the oom aed in Sahnt? of both of 0*4 Ii maai i Uly th? boat in wasaler. supply of Gary's having been ie other South Carolina viand a chance for po k oss?re. 0 0 0 , To an an looker the senatorial eJoetlsa aa conducted by Oha General Assembly appsnrs to have been very seech of a farce, and the three day* mi bails ting (at a coat of upwards of ?taaa a dart .a aseloas extravagance. Mr. Oary was.stated for the place tram th* day Senator La timer died Shod the wares were all laid then to free hien the short terra. The mock that was palled off ry the may have seemed joe the participants to have been rath .out that rt was a po? le seventeen acts was dlscenaiblo at every stage of a, a a #o are carte as to see what attitude Xtlssasa will assume toward who la pledged not to he a op oxidate Sot the long term. Wm\ he braaV Mr Oary as one pla aa aa incompetent and unfit teeth Carolina In tho it, \ .. ? ? ? ?\ What was he the effect of the else* mm%? hVr. Frank B. Oary fcr the apea the candidacy Mr. Josse Oary Brans for the long Whs the , people confirm the peer ate wedded tu the o< cesetftag a. Oary at every op or. wllf they hold It against that his ceusin won ?t. ? surprised wee nomine t tor !t Is hecominff a la aems mm* Cot trotted oat we He at adsnituidty aa O* that, hat If thiee alia really wanted Mr. Oery they so Itaely to OaL A. C. have eased about aa sf Jurisdiction hm\ la the matter of the mo clatm of 1 lau or the Stole dispensary, mtaal sessmra cf stto.eoo. ta -Uf* assnds of the dle *sttah*k>aers?. has created so .snasasntouf and com *J? that one, who has no train im the saatlstias of the law and aa pretkattens to a wide g#!l know led re of tho Intrusts of State*' rights, hesitates t< to repress a positive opinion heaco to the technical legality f the preceeeTrng. ha a aatehail. however, the question dees tn af^nt acting for and in of the State uad-r authority o! act of the legislature, enjoy th* easrvi ccststituUenal imr.unity from This stawpll*1 pr >positfon has been dovldsd and sub divided by the heir ktwven. who have sought for their clients under tho Df Judra, Ftltcbard until it Is Inail si "iiihmbte. No om knows how, ear when, the tangle will be unraveled - ? that It a congenial sad profitable Jot for the Uwyer*. Vwr tha plain, common peorle? Shoe* who are unlearned tn law and tm nothing of Injunctions, rules to anawar*, demurrers und ?he thonsnifd and oae other d*vic?* that asaee the saw practice as con? es h, la run horsome?these fine is sag nice distinctions nave no ?at they of all olt Isens cf sseath Carslhaa ar>? most inn nsc1> In? to a practical, common-sense of the matter Prom a lawyer'* it mi view It is not *o much a eg tha theo ration 1 or legal af a federal Judge to Interfere the aaaltsr. aa K Is a question of the ihy ead Justice, la the elrcura **t IntaTference, swan though Msjai right to So so was undtsptit est Afses a careful eat.vawi of all the ?acts emnectsl wtth the case a#| ersteh we all have knowledge we find a siesrtc ctrcuaaHaav* that fas? ti mo score of naceeltv en I laeitrs Judge PrI Sard's action. wiaC-up commuask.n nad noil a dbfbw .>f the dltpensary we act of the co mm Um ton f?r? te aa Ops grcund for belief that tee purpose to mlw.pproprtate we westafulty dlsaipata the fund, the weamtd*ak>a had never refused to pay | eatg aeaest claim against the diapaa gsjre ead 0*ere^a*aa no reason to be J| live that a single just and honest claim would be refused payment. To the contrary. the commission had said to each and every claimant. "Come before us, present your claim, prove it to be just, honest and untainted with fraud or graft and we wtll pay It." The commission had got*? even further tlmn this in its ef? fort to do justice to both the State, whose agent it wax, and the claimants. It declared Its Int ptlon to pay each claimant every dollar to whloh he was honestly entitled, even though the claim should be proven to be tainted with graft and reeking with fraud. All the commission purposed doing was to separate the honest from the fraudulent claim* an.I to prune the graft infected claims int) a seinolance of honesty. The claimants who rought shelter in Judgo Prltchard's court did not fear the non-payment of the lust and hon? est ;?art of their claim-*, but shrank from an exposure of their fraudulent^ arid corrupt practices, and they feared the pruning knife of honesty, merci? lessly wielded by the commission. No wrong was done these claimants, un? less It was wrong for the commission to lay bare their fraudulent practices while performing the duty it owed the State to expose fraud, and how Judge Piitchard can jubtlfy his action in seeking, arbitrarily, to stop this good! work we fall to understand. If none oa* the claimants were be? ing oppressed or deprived of their lawful dues Judge Prltchard's Inter? ference was not necessary. And the very fact that he asked the members of the commission to accept iho re? ceivership under him shows thst he had a certain degree of confidence lu their honesty of purpose and Integri? ty, and goes far toward disproving any claim that hs might set up that he sought to protect honest claim* ants against dishonest snd oppressive commissioners. ^ | Another tact that also showa that there was no necessity for Judge Prltchard's Interference was his own approval of the decision of the com? mission In the matter of the claims which had been ordered paid after having deductions mads for over? charges, unlawful Commissions and otlxcr forms of graft If Judgs Fritch ard could so promptly and cheerfully approve .the work of the commission In respect to the claimants that com-' piled with the rules laid down by the commission where was the necessity for his Interference in behalf of other claimants who were assured of the earns treatment T finally, it Is clearly evident thai Judge Prltchard's Interference was not nsot saury even though he had the right to Interfere. If. as a matter rf law. he had not the right to fellow the course he has, his action was out* Mr. B* F. Arthur, of Union, owes the people of South Carolina an ex? planation of bis neglect of duty as a member of the ooyi mission to wind .tp the Stete dtepenehry in that he failed, or refused, to attend the meet? ings of the commission for the past several mouths and that he did not I resign. This explanation Is especial? ly incumbent upon him since he ac? cepted, with an appearar.ee of haste and eagerness thst was scarcely be? coming, the appointment as receiver of the dispensary funds. If Mr. Arthur was unable or unwill? ing to discharge the duty he volun? tarily assumed when hs sssumcd the appointment ss a member of the rvlndlng-ytp commission, It Is a re? markable proceeJl*\" \ to ray the iea-?t that he Is new able and willing to taks up. at the request of a f?deral Judge, a burden that he had mid down. Only Mr. Arthui himself Is able to explain his contradictory conduct, snd if he persists In maintaining a policy of sllonce, he Invites the public to pu* tho worst construction on the pro? ceeding. The accept* nee of Judge Prltch? ard's appolrtment by Mr. C. K. Hen? derson, of Alken, Is likewise open to criticism, and we do not aee upon what ground his action can be 'iiMtlflcd. As a member of or. afhclal of the State, in vest'd with extraordinary powers and large reeponsibillty. In accept ihm wind-up commission he was Ing 0)v. Ansel's appointment to per? form a specific duty under the act of the legislature creating the corn mission he obligated himself to carry that work to a successful conclusion. When he accepted appointment ut the hands of Judge Prltchord he aban? doned the work he was engaged in at the moct critical stage and puts the 8tate In the embarrassing position of hating to seek another to take up a complicated and unfamiliar task. It seerne to us that the nr>t and highest duty of the members of the eominlmssion was to the Mate, and that they should have remained at their post of duty fighting to the end to defend and malntUn the right of the State to administer on the estate left bv the dispensary. The Corporation of the City of Lon? don will confer the freedom of the city on Florence Nightingale, who la I now in her Ifth year. DUSTER OF JUDGES CHANGED. -1 MADE NECESSARY BY CREATION OF TWO NEW CIRCUITS. Beginning the First Day of May Next Fach Circuit Judge Will <io to His Circuit for the Summer Session? Another Order Announces the Time* at Width Courts Will be Held on Certain of the Circuits. Columbia, March 5.?On account of the creation ofj two new circuit* the re-arrangements of the roster of judges has been necessary and tho supreme court has male the follow? ing orders: Judge* at Summer Session. Pursuant to the act approved 19th of February, 1908 the following has this day been prepared: Beginning on the first day of May next. Roster of all circuit judges for the remainder of the year 1908: The second or cummer session of the respective circuits will be held by the circuit judges as follows: The 1st circuit, composed of the counties of Berkeley, Dorchester, Or? angeburg and Calhoun, by the judge of the 1st circuit, to wit. Tudgc Dantzler. Tho 2d circuit, composed of the counties of Alken, Bamberg, Barn woll and Hampton, by the judge of the 2d cirouit, to wit, Judge Aldrich. Tho 3d circuit, composed of the counties of Clarendon, Lee, Sumter and WilMamsburg. by the judge of the 3rd circuit, to wit, Judge Wilson. The 4th circuit, composed of the counties of Chesterfield, Darlington and Marlboro, by tho Judge of the 4th circuit, to wit, Judge Watts. . The 5th circuit composed of the counties of Kershaw and R.'chland, by the Judge of the 6th circuit, to wit, Judge Oaiy. The Ith circuit, composed of the counties of York, Chester, Lancaster and If airfield, by tho Judge of the 6th circuit, to wit, Judge Gage. The 7th circuit, composed of the counties <*L Cherokee, Spartanburg and Union, by the Judge of the 7th circuit, to wit. Judge Hydrick. Tho 8th circuit, composed of tho count!? of Abbeville, Xewberry, Lau rons and Greenwood, by the judge of tho 8 th circuit, to wit. Judge Klugn. The tin circuit composed of the covnttes of Charleston. Celle ton and Beaufort, by the Judgo of the 9th cir? cuit, t* wit,' Judge Memmlnger. 1 The 10th circuit, composed of the counties of Anderson, Greenville' Picken? and Oconee, by tho Judge of thp 10th circuit, to wrt, Judjfe Prince. The 11th circuit, composed of 'iehe counties., of Lexington, Saluda and Edge field, by the judge of the 11th circuit, to wit. Judge Devore. The 12th circuit, composed of 'the counties of Florence, Georgetown, Horry and Marlon, by the judge of the 12th circuit, to wit. Judge Shi pp. Pursuant to an act approved 19th February, 1908, the following has this day been prepared. Beginning on the first day of May next. An order to provide the time for holding courts on the several cir? cuit*. rhe Third Judicial Circuit. 1. The court of general stations at Manning, for the county of Claren? don, on the flrtt Monday in June and the third Monday in September, and the court of common pleas at th? same place on the Wednesdays first succeeding the? Mondays named for holding the court of general ces? sions at said place. 2. The court of general sessions at Blfrhcpville, for the county of Lee, on the second Monday in Juno and tho second Monday in September, and th* court of oommm pleas at same I place on the Wednesday first succeed I Ui the second Monday in June and the fourth Monday after the second Mon? day \in September. 3. The court o? general sessions at Kmgstrec, for the county of Williams burg, on the third Monday in Juno and the third Monday after the sec? ond Monday in September, and the court of common picas at the same place on the Wednesday first suc? ceeding the third Monday In June and the ninth Monday after the sec? ond M Mid ay in September. 4. The court of general sessions at Sumter, for the county of Sumter, on the fourth Monday In June and the fifth Monday aftci the Eicond Mon? day In September, and the court of common pleas at the same place on the Thursday first succeeding the Monday.*. herein named for thtt holding of the court of genetal ces? sions at said place. A new safeguard for collieries 1% of? fered by the discovery of Profs. Fil? ter and Geitel that fire-damp contains six or seven times aa much radium emanation us the ordinary air of coal n.tnes. \n aluminum foil electroscope quickly shows the difference of elec? trical conduct'vlty due to the emana? tion, and thl? simple apparatus be? comes an cffectl\e und important me ins of detecting danger. Double blessings are all right If they do not come In the guise of twins. SCHOOL BOARD 10 MEET. GOVERNOR ANSEL CALIiS MEET? ING FOR MARCH 20. Changes in School Laws Made by Legislature to -be Brought to Board's Attention for Considera? tion aid Appropriate Action. Columbia, March 5.?The State board of education will meet on Friday, March 20, a* 4 p. m. The meeting has been called by the chairman, Gover? nor Ansel, to consider matters made necessary by reason of recent legis? lation. Superintendent Martin has smt to county superintendents a letter calling attention to changes in the school laws made at the present session and he has also sent his letter to members of the State board along with notice of the board meeting as follows: "Members of the State Board of Education.?Dear Sirs: By authority of Governor Ansel the State board of education is called to meet in this office oil Friday, March 20, at 4 p. m. "Inclosed you will find a copy of a letter which I am sending to the county superintendents of education. I am inclosing also copy of recent legislation. These papers will give you an idea of some of the business to be transacted at the meeting. I am sending them to you so that you will have an opportunity to consider them in advance of the meting. "Sincerely yours, "O. B. "Martin, "State Superlrtendent of Euducatlcn." The letter to county superintend? ents Is as follows: Marrch 5, 1308. "To County Superintendents of Ed? ucation.?Dear Sirs: Under separate cover I am mailing yon printed copies of some important school legislation, which applies to the whole State. ? ????\ These acts were pascd at the recent session of the legislature and have been approved by the governor. I wish to call your special attention to some of their provisions. ?'The high sc hoi act has be?n so simplified and modified that I be? lieve that we shall be able to estab? lish several high schools in every coun? ty* State aid, under this act, is con? fined to rural districts and to districts which do not contain a town or city with more than 2,500 population A high school may be established in a single district or in an aggregation of districts'. If the high school is lo? cated in a country district it will re? ceive aid. provided there are as many as 15 pupils in the hi?:h schol de? partment. This provision will enable a great many schools to come In which could not qualify last year. You will notice also that the act has been very much Improved in regard to the provisions for appointment of trustees. When a high school in any one county receives aid tuition will be free to all pupils in that county v/ho are qualified to enter the high school. "Section 7, of the library act, has been amended. Under this amend? ment any unexpended funds in the library appropriation can be used by the State board of education to offer prises to the r?ra! schools which will make the most material improvement In building, equipment and grounds. An appropriation for the sar i pur? pose has been made by the Peabody board to the School Improvement as? sociation, so that I feel safe in say? ing that at least 30 prizes, of $50 and $100 each, will be offered. Please let every country school in youi county know about these prizes. The com? petition wlli be open until Dec. 1. Li? braries may be established in any dls ?trrct and money is now available. "A very important act was passed requiring the teaching of physiology and hygiene in tho schools. If the HAUS II WORDS FOR PR ITC II ARD. Attorney Felkler Says Judge Has Naught to Do With Case. Columbia, Mar:h 4.?There was a sharp tilt before the dispensary com? mission today between Leading Coun? sel T. B. Felder and Commissioners Henderson and McSwcen over the question of going into the trial of the case of tho Wilson Distilling com? pany. These commissioners said they preferred to go slow in this case, as these people were before Judge Pritchard and it wrould not be wise to irritate him. "I will take the responsibility la that." said Mr. Felder. "Judge Pritchard has no more to do with this than he has with the Russian duma getting drunk on the streets I have no confidence in Judge Pritchard's honor and no r;spect for his ability'. Attorney General ?-,yon and Attorney B. L. Abney have agreed with me that v.e should proceed regardless of Pritchard " Mr. Henderson retorted sharply thai ho held a different view, and Mr. Felder promptly offered to get out of the case. The matter was finally smoothed over, however, a majority of the com mission agreeing to proceed. It was entered on the minutes that the claim be discotmtsd 20 per cent.?Charles? ton Post. teachers make proper use of the text books on this subject I think that the provisions of this act will be complied with. "An act was passed to exempt from taxation all bonds issued by school districts for the erection of school buildings, for equipment, for main? taining public schols, or fox paying indebtedness of such school district. "Sincerely yours, "O. B. Martin, "State Superintendent of Education." Sibert's Drug Store. CANDY. We have just received a big shipment of ?PINE FRESH CANDY? in all size Fancy Boxes?1, 2, 3 and 5 pounds. GIBSON TABLETS. Fresh shipment of Gibson Fruit Tablets. Twenty flavors to select from. BLUE BELL NUT CREAMS. BLUE BELL MELLOW CREAMS. The irost popular 5 cent, goods on the market Special price in quantity. Come and \ see THE CANDY. a. Sibert's Drug Store, No. 8 South Main Street. W. W. SIBERT. Telephone 283 EES LAXATIVE COUGH SY?P CONTAINS HONEY AND TAR. CONFORMS TO NATIONAL PURE FOOD AND DRUGS LAW. An improvement over many Cough, Lung and Bronchial Remedies, because it rids the system of a cold by acting es a cathartic on the bowels. No opiates. Guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded. Prepared by PINEULE MEDICINE CO.. CHICAGO. U. S. A THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST COMPANY. CAPITAL PAID IN.Si20,coo SURPLUS. 25,000 STOCKHOLDERS LIABILITY.... I20,oco PROTECTION TO DEPOSITORS, $265,000 teral will find it to their interest tr . all oo us. C. O. ROWLAND. President. R F. HAYNS WORTH, Vlce-Pres. Does a general hanking business; safe aad conservative. Special care and attention given to trust funds ia oor savings department, where we allow 4 per cent interest, compounded quarterly. No accounts too large or too small to be accepted In this department Partiee having funds seeking absolutely safe 8 per cent investments and those wanting money on first class real estate colls r o. purdy, r r j. bland, f Attorneys. R. L. EDMUNDS, Cashier. THOMPSON FOIND NOT GUILTY. Eclgefleld Man Charged With the <Murder of Rlc'iard Holserihach Is \cqultted. /Sdgefleld, March 6.?George Thompson, who has been on trial for the killing of Richard Holsenbach, wai today acquitted, the Jury remain? ing out only a few minutes. The kill? ing was done about a year ago. Improved Cotton Seed Has your Cotton Seed ran out? Are they nearly all black seed? Do you want seed that will add 10 to 20 per. cent to your yield another year? Then write (or circulars of Phillips, Improved seed. J. L. PHILLIPS,;Oraugeborg, S. C. l-8-3m_ DR. JOHN H. MORSE. VETERINARY SURGEON. OFFICE?111 1-2 W. Liberty Street Office 'Phone 471. ? RESIDENCE?214 N. Main Street Residence 'Phone 78. 9-15-9hi i THE Bank of Sumter. Capital, $75,000 -:- Surplus,!$47,000 O-? Does General Banking Business. Four Per Cent. Interest, p yable Quarterly, on Deposits in Savings Department -:- -> .: PROMPT AND COURTEOUS TREATMENT GUARANTEED. RICHARD I. MANNING, MARION MOISE, W. F. RHAME, President. vice President. Cashier. WANTED TO RENT?One good farm mule for personal use. S. W. Raf feld, Maycsvllle, S. C. 3-62t&w The tariff of tho Indian railways is lowest of any in the world. Nature makes some wise provis? ions?we might be envious of others' happiness If in nine cases out of ten we did not deapise it?Homo Notes,