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ACTION TAKEN W WILLIAM S BVR? C \?K TWO I>AYs AGO. i of Ism U SlHmu?llid* Ae Not Submitted In Cosnpll Whh Section of the Corey CoUsmn Low. Colombia. May 14.?bor. Anssl he* removed from office J. L Bass ??d J. If. Parker, members of the Vllllamtburf county dispensary *?*J'd. The removal was the result of an Investigation mads In which It we* charged that ths board had pur chased certain brands of goods wlth asjt the legs! sadvertising and that those goods wsre purchased at a hlgh ?* price than those offered by other The particular firm /interested In thai investigation was Bluthsnthal A Robert, formerly of Atlanta, and aaw of Baltimore. It was charged by ahg clerk of the board, Mr. J. D. Oil Jaad. that the members had violated ?he law In this respect, snd that the ^oods famished were of a lower grade aad qaotsd at higher priese than oth or liquors supposed to bo 01 the same gaallty. j ? hearing was hsid some tlms sgo by Uov. Acusl. after sn Investigation tisf Dlspeasary Auditor West, and be fate leaving for Washington last Monday the governor decided on the vsl of ths two members. This wag not made public until yesterday morning, howsvsr. and the order of the governor lo the cess is .** lolls we: A rale was issued by ms directed to the above named wembers of the eesjnty dispensary board of Wllllams berg county to show cause why they ehe eld aot be rem? ved* from office for saJecondect neglect of duty and In ^apSLlti. A 1 return wee made by saLg saeewberg and a hearing given these, they having appeared through their ceases 1. and the case was fully by them and by ths assistant general. I have carefully the testimony and afflda w to mo. w "The grst ?hing that, I And la which they errod was that they gave to their clerk aetkortty to order out the goods foe which awards wsre made by them heat sad ef seeking thsee ordere them eehrsa I consider that It Is the duty aft the hoard to make all the orders Themselves or to have It doos under tgetfr gareogel supervision and direc escoad srror that was com ssitted. which Is a violation of section 1 of the dispensary act was In task stag/ orders for edstPionsl goods over las) above the awards that wsre The act requires that all de made shall be published whJeh eras done lathle case. This te done an order that the public may kaew exactly the amount purchased. rt If the awards made do not cover sufficient quantity to supply the demand, no eathotity Is given under the act to make orders for more than the awards. "Another wes the violation of sold section t In msklng sn award for goods when no bid was on file, * i ^required by the set and by ths ad? vertisement. A btd made under a previews advertisement cannot be con? sidered and no award can be made upon the sasas. Ths act Is very strict upon the question as to what Is nec . esssry to be done la ths advertise rment far bids snd ths awarding of the contra? ~? tad It Is Imperative that the previsions of ths set be strictly carried out.' There Is no ambiguity shout these provisions, snd aay ons who will read them care folly caa understand thtm. "Then again more was paid for hi liquors than the same could have been bought for from other bid? ders. While the nsme ef the liquors was not ths same, the quality, as shown by the evidence, was as good and possibly better, f 'The ft provides that In awarding contracts the bosrd must award to lowest responsible bidder, with the right to reject any bid. Now sfhsre two psrttes are bidding and each equally responsible and the one higher priced than the other, the act sgys the bosrd must swsrd to tb<* (lowest reprtonslble bidder. This pro vision of the act was not followed by this board (ths two members above named being the only ones present when ths awards *ere made ot the November IS, 1107. meeting). ^ an ! I can see no resson why It should got havs been followed. It was neglect of duty not to have done It. For theses reasons ss well as oth? ers that I might stste. I consider that the two memben of the board above* gamed were guilty of violating the provisions of section 7. etc.. snd were \ guilty of nsglect of duty In the management of ths trust plsced in their hands? thst Is to ssy. In the msnsgsment of the sffalrs of the county dispensary of Wllllsmsbura county snd the said J. L. Bass and J M. Parker are hereby removed \ from ths office of members of the county dlnpenwary board of said coun? ty of Wllllamsburg." Ths successor* will be named by the county delegstlon snd by the In pfsno*n tb- I ?I Waget* Lake City and Scranton. The re? maining member of the board la W. K Hnowden, who was in no way connected with this Investigation. COLUMBIA'S BOAT LINK IX SUS? PENSE. Its Future Will be Deckled on the loth. The future of Columbia's steam? boat line is yet in doubt. The meet? ing of the stockholders yesterday wss adjourned until the 25th. There are j two propositions. One plan is to go into liquidation and let a new compsny be organized to buy the assets. The other propo? sition is to release those stockhold? ers who wish to get out and let the remainder pay more money Into the capital stock. It Is entirely probable that liquidation may be decided upon, although soine of the stockholders most deeply Interested prefer the other plan. There were present at the meeting: Messrs. B. F. Taylor, A. E. Qonsales. O. A. Oulgnard, W. J. Murray, Wille Jones. O. Lb Harvey, F. C. Weathers. J. B. Nortis. John C. Seegers, E. A. Beall, Lee A. L?rick. F. H. Terry, Alex. King. C. Atkinson snd W. M. Otis, who represented either in person or by proxy a majority of the stock. As soon ss the meeting was called to order Mr. Otis offered a resolution thst ths host compsny go Into liqui? dation. His resolution was as fol? lows: "Resolved. That this corporation do go Into liquidation st once snd thst the directors as trustees under the statute do proceed to wind up Its af? fairs, sell all of Its property, collect sll of Its assets, pay Its debts, so fsr as possible, snd distribute Its surplus If any, among the stockholders." It was this proposition, ths fsct thst Columbia was now In danger of losing a valuable saeet to the city snd an enterprise thst means the saving of thousands of dollars ssch year which causes ths discusfon. Gen Jones thought thst ths step toward liquidation should be postponed for one week and the public notified of the condition of affairs.?Ths State, May If. THE tpARE OF THE VOICE. The Mediana Through Which Cul? ture and Character are Indien ted. From the Home Magasine. Culture and character are Indicated more clearly In the human roles than In the features or the bearing. The Ideas expressed naturally affect our Impression, but the pitch, intonation and strength of every utterance con? vey In a subtle way the Innate spirit? ual tone and depth of the spesker. Many children destroy the sweeter tones of their voices by screaming and shouting too much. It is per? fectly natural for a . child to wish to make Itself hesrd, snd to have it use Its lungs Is excellent But the voeal cords sre delicately adjusted, snd any straining Injures them seriously. Nothing improves a child's voice as much as singing easily, quietly and sweetly. An Imperfect ear can be trained by persistent effort, and even if the child's singing voice is not per? fect, the benefit of its trying to vocal? ise pleasantly will be felt in the ?peaking voice. Neither children nor adults should sing higher or lower than nature Intended them to. When a boy's or girl's voice Is changing In pitch they should be advised not to sing. ' The voice should be used sparing? ly when one is suffering from a cold In the head or weakness after Illness. In such cases muscular action has to make up for lack of lung power and energy. The result is a thickening of the vocal cords snd an added huski ness and harshness which may not I pass away. - A Life Contract. Senator Johnson, of Alabama, owns a beautiful home in Birmingham, and takes great delight In donning a pair of overallls and a split hickory hat and working In the garden. One day shortly after the enplratlon of his last term as governor, a fashionably dressed woman, who had resided In Birmingham only a short time, and had never seen Johnson, called on hl.?* wife. No one answered the bell, so she walked out ai.iong the flower sees where the ex-governor was hoe? ing some geraniums. He bowed and she asked him how long he had work? ed for the Johnsons. "A good many years, madam," he replied. "Do they pay well?" "About all I get out of It Is my clothes and keep." "Why. come and work for me," she said. "I II do that and pay you so much a month betides." "I thank you. madam," he reolled. bowing very low, "but I signed up with Mr... Jc -hnson for Ufr." "Why, no such contract is binding. That Is peonage." "Some may call It that, but I have alwuys called It marriage." Ths law of the wise Is g fountain of nr. - Proi erb* . i' The White House Snakes. From the Washington Post. A small boy and three snakes, when aided and abetted by the president of the United States, are capable of in? stilling life and agaility into the most sedate persons, as was illustrated at the White House on Thursday. Quen tin Roosevelt, the ten-year-old son of the president, having acquired tem? porary possession of a large king snake and two smaller reptiles, plac? ed them in a paper bag and hastened to 'his father, bent upon obtaining parental permission to keep them. His father at the moment happened to be engaged with Attorney General Bonaparte discussing the constitu? tion of Oklahoma. Although the ac? counts vary somewhat, it seems to be clearly established that when the lad opened the bag and permitted the snakes to emerge the Attorney Gen? eral hastily dropped the Oklahoma constitution and sought refuge on higer ground. His only comment upon the change of subjects, so far a* can be learned by dilligent inquiry was compressed into one syllable: "Wow!" Having obtained the opinion of the Attorney General, Quentin began ne? gotiations with his father for the per? manent retention of the snakes, when It was discovered that the big snake had partly swallowed a smaller one. The president, it Is said, instantly practiced his preachment of the square deal by forcing the big snake to disgorge?an object lesson to the Nemesis of the trusts, who by this time was perched upon the high back of a chair, with protruding eyes riv? eted upon the snakes. As soon as the little snake had been rescued the lad was sent Into an adjoining room, where Col. Pete Hepburn and two other statesmen were In waiting. Authorities differ as to the sequence of events following the Introduction of Quentin to Col. Pete Hepburn. Whether Col. Pete reached the chandelier at the first bound or only after repeated trials Is not exactly clear. Maj. John F. Lacey, of Iowa, became vivacious, also, as soon as Quentin handed him a snake. Not caring to deprive the boy of his pet, Maj. Lacey promptly returned It. with grotesque gestures, Intended, no doubt to amuse the lad. The large snake having crawled up Quentln's sleeve, and Quentin appealing to Col. Hep? burn for assistance, the veteran turn? ed from his polly trick of chinning himself on the chandelier and kindly helped the lad to remove his coat. The third member of Congress busied himself meanwhile In /imping from chair to chair, in imitation of a moun? tain, goat doing his best to amuse and divert the boy. It was a pleasing Incident, showing how one touch of nature, when it is not faked, makes the whole world kin. The sight of the little boy and his pets quickened the pulses of his eld? ers and caused them to forget their years and dignity, while he heartily enjoyed their unpremeditated antics. Such episodes as this serve to main? tain the level of a pure democracy and show the world that Jeffersonian simplicity has not departed from the White House. TERRIBLE DISASTER IN CHINA. Ten Thousand Lives Lost by a Bore in the YangMte Klang. x Seattle, Wash., May 13.?News of one of the greatest disasters that Chi? na has ever known, a sudden bore in the Tangtse Kiang, which involved the loss of nearly 10,000 lives at Han? kow, was brought by the steamer Titan, which arrived last night. A/ bore 26 feet in height flooded without warning down the river, overturning thonsandsof junks, sampans and small boats and wrecking some large river steamers. Some 3.000 Chinese were sleeping in sampans and small craft and mat aheds and huts by the river at Han? kow, and they were enveloped by the great wave, which swept broken junks, splintered sampans and a het? erogeneous mass with swarms of drowned Chinese mixed with the wreckage. The scenes for many days after the disaster were horrible," the river being strewn with dead and debris of wrecked craft for many miles. Letter to H. J. McLaurln, Jr., .. Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir: We reiterate: Every job painted Devoe takes less gallons than of any other paint. Here's the proof: Paint half your job Devoe; paint the other half whatever you like. If Devoe doesn't take less gallons and cost less money, no pay. T ?urs truly I 71! FW DEVOE & CO P. S. Durant Hardware Co., sells our paint. Llk<* crystals fair of morning dew, Your complexion can now l>e, If you take this good advice: 'Drink Holllltsr'l Rocky Mountain Tea. ?Slbert's Drug Store. An ounce of forethought ll worth a pound of regret.?Philadelphia Rec? ord AUTOMOBILES RUINING ROADS EXPERIMENTS PROVE THEM TO BE VERY DESTRUCTIVE TO HIGHWAYS. Proposition to Subject Horseless Ma? chines to Tax for Repair to Roads ?Interesting Tests by the Govern? ment. The office of Public Roads of the United States Department of Agricul? ture has recently been conducting a series of very interesting experiments to learn the amount of damage done to the rock surface thoroughfares by automobiles. The results prove that the modern fast moving motor car is the greatest menace to macadam roads that has ever made its appear? ance. On some stretches of thoroughfare, especially In New England, where many broad and smooth roads have been constructed, the retrogression is not less than 40 per cent, and it has been forced upon the Director of the Office of Public Roads and upon many highway engineers that if some plan Is not speedily devised for overcoming the bad effects of men's latest and most sensational mode of land trans? portation, the monetary loss will be stupendous and-the good work of many years will go for naught. It is not only In America that this condition prevails. The men of Eng? land, France, Germany, Holland, Belgium and other countries of the old world where hard surface high? ways are appreciated have also learn? ed that the big soft rubber tires of the automobile are doing an almost Incredible amount of harm. France has officially taken cognizance of the condition and has called an Interna? tional Congress to meet at Paris on October 11 to discuss plans for sav? ing the roads, while in no way inter? fering with the development of the automobile, for no scientist will con? demn one worthy civilizing influence because it temporarily conflicts with another. He will merely admit that a new condition has arisen and then set on foot an investigation with the idea of mastering it To many it may seem beyond a be? lief that a pneumatic rubber tire can work any injury to a road composed of bits of crushed flint rock, but it becomes plain when the theory of such roads is explained. The maca? dam road, named after John Louden Macadam of Ayr, Scotland, who was for many years highway surveyor of Bristol, was first laid down by the eminent French road engineer Tre sauget of Limoges, who wisely figured that slowly moving iron tired wagons would crush dust particles from the stones of the road's surface; that those particles would be constantly sifted between the interstices of the large stones; that every passing wa? gon would crush them firmer into all ruts and inequalities; that rains would aid and the ultimate result would be a smooth surface, water-shedding highway. Tresauget planned wisely: Mac Adam came two decades later and made a slight change In the laying of the road foundation and gave to such thoroughfares * his name. For a century and a qnarter the wisdom of the road engineers of Limoges and Ayr was justified. Then arose a con? dition they had never figured on; a fast moving vehicle running on broad soft tires. The roads began to suffer at once for the following reasons: The rubber tire, being soft, creates no rock dust itself as does the Iron tire of a wagon, and the very life of these roads demands a constant supply of that material. It is the surface bind? er that keeps the road smooth; cracks filled in; that maintains the evenness and binds the rubble stones into one Impervious mass. Every Iron tired wheel does Its own small quota of good by acting as a rock dust maker and a miniature road roller. The auto whirring along at dizzy speed simply flatten Its tires against the ground as it sped and the tractive force so exerted hurled the precious rock dust into the air and from where It was swept to the adjacent farms and lawns In blinding clouds. So pro? nounced was the mere dust nuisance, created in many portions of the coun? try that real estate decreased in value to an appreciable extent and farmers complained that the ever-in? creasing dust on their fields, vines and trees made It Impossible for them to sell their harvests at as good prices as formerly. When these conditions had been es? tablished by scientltically gathered lata the Director of the Office of Pub lfc Roads set on foot numerous in? vestigations and ordered many ex? periments; the results of which It Is believed Will ultimately prove the au? tomobile to be a great benefactor, for in the struggle to overcome the conditions created highway engineers must do one of two things; find road surfacing material which makes no dust and needs no dust to main? tain Its Integrity, or discover a method i ?? controlling the dust on the roads already laid. When that is done one of the greatest problems of the cen? turies will have been solved and hu? manity will have ga ? ' ,?ne >f th< greatest blessings imaginable. Abso? lutely dust-proof thoroughfares would add Immeasurably to the comforts of the human race; multiply the beauty of vast stretches of country; add countless millions of wealth to sub? urban and country property and do much to retard disease, for dirt means disease and the 2,150,000 miles of highways in the United States make not less than 90 per cent, of the dust which a long-suffering people take into their lungs each year. To the time of present writing no dust-proof road surface material cheap enough for use in country dis? tricts has been found, and the ex? periments now proceeding are there? fore along the second line; the con? trolling of the dust by various meth? ods of spraying and by the use of binder materials. In some sections, especially through the great fruit belt of California, splendid success in dust suppression has been attain? ed by spraying the dirt roads with oils possessing asphaltic bases. In other portions of the country the wise ad? ministering of coal tar preparations has aided to a great extent, and drenched with calcium chloride has shown that the dust can be kept at a minimum. Those methods, however, are not perfect solutions of the vast problem of road maintenance and dust suppression. They are merely palliatives, and while they are being advocated in such sections of the country as will be Immediately bene? fited, the bigger problem) of discover? ing an absolute antidote for the ac? tion of the automobile is occupying the attention of scientists on both sides of the Atlantic. The solution of that problem may be given at the big Congress at Paris in the fall, or it may be discovered before; possibly on this side of the western ocean; possibly in the lands where good roads were known when America was in its swaddling clothes. ANOTHER BLOW FOR CANTEEN. Prohibition Movement Discussed In the House. Washington, May 6.?The subject of the re-establishment of canteens at national soldiers' homes was brought up in the House to-day when Mr. Tirrell, of Massachusetts, r ered an amendment to the sundry civil ap priatlon bill making the appropria? tion inapplicable to those institu? tions which maintain a bar, canteen or other place where beer, wine or other intoxicating liquors arc dis? pensed. Mr. Bartholdt, of Missouri, made a point of order against the amendment advancing the argument that it was new legislation to an appropriation bill contrary to the rules. He de? clared the amendment was but a sub? terfuge for the limitation of an ap? propriation. The Chair overruled the point. Mr. Tirrlll strongly advocated the amendement and a parliamentary tangle arose over the admissibillty of a further amendment by Mr. Parsons, of New York, adding that liquors shall not be sold "without the sanc? tion of the inmates of such homes.' Mr. Littleneld, of Maine, opposed the Parsons amendment, explaining that it delegated to the inmates leg? islative power. The chair held the amendment to be In order. The prohibition movement was dis? cussed by Mr. Kellher, of Massachu setsh, who favored the restriction of the canteen. '?Prohibitionists," he de? clared, "did not distinguish between youth and old age. Liquor is liquor to them," he said. "The same rule applies whether it is to take away temptation from the path of youth or the infirm period of old age. It makes no difference to them." Mr. Tawney strenuously opposed the Tirrell amendment. He said that the facts before the committee on ap? propriations disclosed that the amend? ment was in the interests of intem? perance and not in the interest of temperance. "We are not dealing with a question that Involves the con? duct of young men," he declared. "We are not dealing with the habits of men generally," he added. "but we are dealing with a select few whose average Is almost 70 years, who, by reason of their circum stances, are obliged to accept the hospitality of the government In their declining years." Others who opposed the amend? ment were Messrs. Goldfolgle, Goul den, Parsons and Fassett, of New York; Slayden, of Texas, and Parker, of New Jersey. Those favoring prohibition were Messrs. Keifer. of Ohio; Kimball. of Kentucky; Grionne, of South Dako? ta; Miller. Scott and Campbell, of Kansas; Bowers, of Mississippi; Pen nett, of New York; Davis, of Tennes? see; Gardner, of Michigan, and Lan dis. of Indiana. The Parsons amendment was de? feated??2 to 16. Oh the Tirrell amendment the votes were: Yeas 16 7. nays 46. ami accordingly it was adopt* ed. Every inks he can win i Jnst as everv von- Ides be FAVORS FOREST RESERVE. SENATE PASHM RILL PROVIDING FOR ACQUISITION OF LANDS. Senator Teller Oppose* Measure?He ?ays the Government Has No Au? thority to Purchase Forest?? Tbc Inland Waterways Commission. Washington, May 16.?The bill pro? viding for acquiring national foregta in the Southern Appalachian and White mountains was passed by the senate today. Senator Teller made an extended speech against the meas? ure. He said he did not object to the States preserving the forests, but there is, in his Judgment, no authori? ty under the constitution for the Uni? ted States government acquiring;. lands for forest reserves under such, conditions as the pending bill pro- ? vides. In speaking in favor of the bill Mr. Newlands referred to the inland wa? terways commission and Mr. Hale in? terrupted to ask by what authority - this commission was apoplnted. Mr. Newlands replied that the president had appointed the commission under his constitutl nal right to recommend legislation to congress* Mr. Hale suggested that he always understoo-.l that a commission meant a legally, constituted body. As to the membership of the body Mr. Newlands said he had not been commissioned, but had been asked by the president to serve. He said he had hesitated to accept j the duty* he being a member of the legislative branch of the government and the commission being an executive body., "I came to the conclusion," he said, "that under the power granted to the president to make recommendations he could ask for the aid of any one with a view of facilitating his labors and that it would be entirely ap? propriate for me to act upon the com mislon." Mr. Beveridge suggested that the commission to settle the coal strike had been appointed in the same way the inland waterways commission had been appointed. Inquiry was made by Mr. Aldrich as to whether there had been a definite statement of the functions of thks commission. Mr. Newlands replied that a statement had been made In the president's message a>king for the continuance of the commission. He added that he had never received a dollar either for services or for ex? penses in connection with the com? mission, but he had said there were other members who he thought should receive compensation. Mr. Daniel of Virginia spoke in favor of the forest reserve. Without a division the bill was passed. FAILED TO PAY TAXES. Attorney General After the New York Life. \ Columbia, May 15.?Attorney Gen? eral Lyon has written a letter to Col. Henry T. Thompson, agent In this State for the New York Life Insur e ance Company, stating that the comp? troller general has directed attention to the fact that the New York Life Company has failed and refused to pay the taxes assessed against the company under section 1,809 of the code of 1902. and asking If this Is an oversight and whether the company intends to pay the taxes. Mr. Lyon stated in his letter that he does not care to commence proceedings against the company for the purpose of hav? ing its license revoked and to imposes other penalties prescribed by law if it is the intention of the company to comply with the laws of the State. Col. Thompson will doubtless take up this matter with tlu head officials of the company and ascertain what is the Intention of the management. DISPENSARY HEARING MAY 26. Chief .lustIce Fuller to Sit at Rich? mond and Review the Case. Columbia, May 15.?Attorney Gen? eral Lyon this afternoon received from the clerk of the federal court of appeals, of Richmond,, a telegram, stating that Chief Justice Fuller has tixed Tuesday, May 26, to hear the dispensary case. This is the case in which the State has appealed from the orders of Judge Pritchard In re? gard to the State dispensary funds and the whole question of Judge Pritchard's course will be brought up at this hearing, and the status of the dispensary funds fully argued be? fore the court of appeals. From that court the case will doubtless be taken to the supreme court of the United States. District Conference. The Sumter district conference will convene in the Littleton Street Meth? odist church. Camden. Wednesday. May 20th, the first service to be held at S.30 p. m. It Is expected that there he 50 or 60 clerical and lay delegates in attendance. Cumden extends a most cordial welcome.