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[MAY, JUNE 3, 1908.
THH HOMK-ffTAYINQ DOG.
w%r Mvtrti days we have been
pTey anticipating the receipt of a
tunlration from Dr. Brown, the
dsstii champion and defender of
?JU the stray dogs In Sumter and elee
Wa felt certain that Just as
sr. anything In advocacy of
che strest? of dogs was pub
Dr. Brown would rush Into
In defense of "man's best friend."
wittily sarcastically and learned
By snake tain that alt dogs have the
right to roam ths streecs dsy and
sjgjfst. at ail sea ?ens, and that tax
children and ether insignificant
aril creatures ehould and must
the right of way to thsm. When
Sr. Brown did not rush Into print as
?y as anticipated a feeling of
and disappointment pervad
tne saoctum. but there were still
and another unkind and un?
ter Mag In the direction of the
dogs was made. Still the Doctor
i*t rush In. and ths fact was com?
es In lbs Inner circles, but
net abandoned and we all
fee a witty and sarcastic de?
af the dogs' Inalienable rights
ifore some more anti-dog flings,
tence wss rewarded, and our
were rejoiced this morning
sail brought ths subjoined
>mlcal defense of the dog and
of hte ignorant defamers. It
witty end sarcastic and well worth
but at the same time cleverly
tnueus snd calculated to cloud
the Issue and throw dust In the eyei
of the multitude
Neither the Item nor any other
person, so far as we are Informed, has
vigorously recommended "the mus
of all the dogs." This assertion,
party amplified and manipulated, is
enlculated to work wonders In the
Way of manufacturing sympathy for
peer, dee* doggie. Ths Item has never
annd rt and does ant mean to say It
What was said and what will be said
dfanhx In that dog owners should' be
to keep their dogs at home,
them, if they persist In
them loose on the public. It
mid not be a hardship to the dog
to keep his dog confined to his
ewn premises, nor cruelty to the dog
be be compelled to associate entirely
with bis loving master. Keep the dogs
at home, where they belong during
Peg Days and ali other days, and no
cme wlht ever whisper the cruel and
brutal word, musaje. Dr. Brown can
feet succeed In creating a lachrymose
awnipathy for poor doggie by crying
gdaod against the cruel. Inhuman
wretches who would mussle his dear
Utile mouth and deny him the pleas
awn of biting fleas and children. Keep
the dog at home unmuasled and free
Us bate the flees and his master's tarn
fgy and the public will be callously In
?ffsfisl Ths public, however, does
wet enjoy herns; bitten by othsr
dogs, even though hydropho
n somewhat rare disease in this
ef Bosnter Ws do not recall
any ens wss ever bitten on the
by a asad dog. but such a de
ibls event te liable to occur any
We de recall cases of hydro
occurring In the Immediate
JfB ef Bumter snd more then
Casnfty assume the loss of a mem
Whs feel'a victim to a dog and
Jn her i ibis agony.
Dr. Brown'*- defense ef the dog is
and readable, as are all the ar?
that fee pens, but It Is wlds of
nark and should convince no one
dog snaers should not be re?
jig keep their dogs at home, or
them, it they are te be turned
ip mem the streets.
? thaa time each yssr. Mr. Edi?
tor, the DeBjr Item has its spell of
ennh>bobts. and proceeds vigorously
te recommend the mussllng of all
Bat there are two sides to all
tlsns. and there are two sides to
k It aas been clssrty shown that
i majority of our cltiaens do not
ten to havs the dogs musaled. and
law can come to proper enforce
nt which hss not the support of
i people. That there Is Increased
by of rentes during dogdaya Is
purely a superstition, based upon Ig
?ee. and the wise men who know
havs a right to be our teechers,
ns thst rabies In dogs Is not con?
tingent upes the season of the yesr.
Dewing ths torrid parts of July and
Angus*. Hl r I us. known as the dogstar,
Is In ths ssoendency. It rises with
the sun and is the brightest star In
the heavens. For s long time, these
were known ar the Dogstar
; but gradually, In their haste,
i drepped the word "ater" from
expression, snd then came the
Ion "Dogdayn." Thereupon
an evtl day for the poor dogs,
men began to believe that they
la greater danger then than at
times from the bite of the mad
des* It Is all based upon an Illusion
If dog* go msd at all. they can d ? mo
at any time of the year. The disease
tf said to be caused by a germ, and
gdtflvf tittl? creature Is not de
up<in season* or change* In
the weathsr. If we are to protect
dees from the mad dog. the mu?
sie must be used all the year. But It
Is the refinement of cruelty to muzzle
a dog at the very season of the year
when he Is most tormented with fleas,
especially when we know that there
Is no more need for a muzzle In July
than there Is In January.
Tou and 1, Mr. Editor, have beer
living in Sumter a good long time
and neither one of us has ever heard
of a person being bitten by a mad dog
on these streets. True, there have
been rumors of mad dogs being kill?
ed on the streets; but we have had
but very little positive proof that the>
were mad when killed. A dog is
subject to brain troubles just as a
man Is?provided the man has brains
?and I know of no better way of
bringing on some abnormal madnes
than to mussle the poor beasts, and
subject them to the torture Incident
thereto.
J am aware of the ancient state?
ment, "Better to kill a thousand dogs
than for one man to died of rabies."
If I might be allowed to pick the
man that la to be disposed of. I
should deny the wisdom of this prop?
osition. Sometimes a man Is the
worst enemy of a whole community,
while we all all know that a dog is a
man's truest and most faithful friend
?the one friend that clings to him
after all others have forsaken him.
The dislike of, or the love for dogs is
born with us. The Item seems to have
been born on the negative side of the
question, while others of us were
brought forth differently. I am quite
sure it would be possible for me to
And a goodly number of our citizens
who will gladly appear before our
honorable board of aldermen to de?
bate the quest!m with them as to the
wise course to pursue with the dogs.
Respectfully,
C. C. Brown.
NO TRAVELING BY AIRSHIP.
Wilbur Wright Discourages Some
Ideas About Future Flight.
New York, May 19.?Tanned to a
deep brown by the North Carolina
suns, under which he end his broth?
er Orvtlle have been experimenting
with their airship, Wilbur Wright, the
elder of the brothers, arrived in New
York this monlng.
"Business," was the answer when
asked If his coming to New York had
to do with the furtherance of his air?
ship plans.
"My brother probably will return
to Ohio with the machine we used at
Manteo," he said when questioned
further. "It is likely that we will
make some preliminary flight aUFort
Myer before the officials of the war
department step in."
"Is the machine you will turn over
to the government built?"
"We have several machines. There
will be no difficulty about getting
ready. There will be no delay as far
as we are concerned."
"From the results of your flights In
North Carolina recently have you
drewn any new conclusions as to the
future of the airship?"
"No. Three years ago we knew the
airship had arrived as a practical
device for certain special usee. I heve
never believed It would supplant
transportation methods now In prac?
tice, and see no reason now to change
my mind. The airship will be of
great value h. military operations. It
will be the medium of establishing a
most Interesting sport and It will
serve ether purposes of e special na?
ture.
"So fer as we heve been able to dis?
cover the form we have used Is the
best the superimposed, rectangular
aeroplanes. I believe this Is the
form the airship will hold when It
has reached a state much more close?
ly approximating perfection than at
present.
"There eeems to be nothing better."
?Baltimore Sun.
The railroad commission has is?
sued an order that commencing July
1st all passenger coaches must be
equipped with cinder deflectors like
those used in the windows of the
Pullman care.
A. P. Slstare, a well known farm?
er of Lancaster, ate fish and then
ate ice cream. He was taken sick
suddenly and died within a short
time.
Almost all the virtues may be
forced to flourish in another's char?
acter by tedious treatment?probity,
modesty, studlousness, love of
church?but as forced fruit never
has a delicious flavor, so the made
to-order character loses much charm.
?Leslie's Weekly.
If you have no keen miseries, by
what comparison will you feel keen
joys?
"What's In a name." when Ifnele
Sam's newest collier la called the
Vestal??New York World.
V\ a have on hand Singer. New
Home, Domestic and Wheeler & Wil
"*>n sewing machines. I will sell at
reduced |>ri<?? s M. It. Handle. 5-20-tf
A lot of gossip ho* a pink tea fla?
vor.
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE HOME.
A Lecture by Rev. J. Klein.
The foundation of thi social struc?
ture is the home, the family.
Recorded history shows conclusive?
ly that at all times the home was a |
fortification of safety against the on?
slaughts of wild and untamed human
passions, a factor making for the
conservation of man's higher and
nobler instincts.
But for the stability of the home,
neither society nor state could have
withstood successfully the effects of
the mighty upheavals that mark the
path of man through the halls of
time.
This explains the glorification of
the home In song, in proverb and
prophecy.
Its influence for order and safety,
for goodness and moral cleanliness,
runs like a golden thread through
every upward movement mankind has
taken.
Like the springs of a river, the
home branches out. and with its
large and small tributaries covers
all human activities.
It throws its life-giving beams upon
common industry and upon the!
political planet and upon charc
ter and happiness.
The fireside's warmth stimulates
growth and shapes the meaning of
the lives of untold millions.
All those who toil for the better?
ment of man and who aim to muke
this vale a summer abode for man to
dwell in know full well that in every
reformatory movement but llttfe will
be accomplished without the aid
and co-operation of the home.
When public morality is losing in
virility, so that the eternal distinc?
tion between "thou shalt" and "thou
shalt not," is becoming obscured by
arguments solely based upon self-in?
terest, when reverence for the high
ideals of life is no longer considered
essential to human happiness and de?
cent living then look well to the
home for the cause of such moral
destruction.
As the life man leads Is but a rev?
elation of his inner self, so is th?
larger world, with its hopes and trials,
Its victories and defeats, its virtues
and vices, but a reflex of the culture
of the homes.
The paramount influence of the
home upon the affairs of men makes
it a duty incumbent upon all to pro?
mote domestic peace and well being.
The conscientious fulfillment of
that duty on the part of everyone
would usher in an era of universal
peace and good will, the dream and
goal of all moral and religious preach?
ment.
The members of the family are
bound together by an organic ttt;
their relations are not mechanica.l
but moral. Parents and children,
husband and wife, brothers and sis?
ters, are, by the higher moral law,
under mutual obligations to each
other.
He who violates that human obli?
gation undermines human society In
Its efforts toward higher culture.
The chief responsibility ftl the spir?
it that Is to dominate the home must
rest upon the parents, who are the
builders.
. It will largely depend upon them
whether the home ahall be sweet and
pure, an abiding influence for the
clean and good lives of those who go
Forth from under the root tree.
"Children are the gifts of God. a
heritage received from His hands."
Like all heavenly gifts, they must
!>e dealt with under the sense of re
iponsiblllty to the Giver!
This makes it obligatory upon the
parents to train and discipline the
shlld, that he may walk in "the ways
3f righteousness" when he grows
>lder. He must prepare the child to
live a worthy and progressive life,
:o carry forward the best traditions of
the human race.
The dutiful parent will watch
jealously the unfolding of the child
nature and subject the child to a
continuous well reasoned-out system
>f mental and moral discipline.
To the careful observer there
leems to be a lack of something vital
In the training children generally re?
ceive in their homes, when one can
point to the great number of men
ind women about whom their friends
had prophesied great things, arid yet
s/ho go through lfe rising but seldom
ibove the level of the common-place.
From the higher point of view their
lives must be accounted as distinct
failures, though now and then some
[>f them may have had success In
their chosen field of labor.
The fact that they have done noth?
ing is not, necessarily, the result of
lack of ability or of industry.
They must be possessed of both to
an eminent degree.
The cause of their failure is a
wrong conception of the spirit of true
living.
The Initial tntstake is traceable to
the home.
Parents are most anxious to equip
their Children with e sound body and
well-stored mind, bellevng that by
doing so they win be able to cops with
ill downward conditions by which
they may be confronted,
The development of the child's
spiritual nature is only too often left
to chance.
It is considered of little importance
and, therefore, d^a.t with in a care?
less, heedless and indifferent way;
and yet It is this very moral and re?
ligious nature of the child that is to
supply him wiih the motive and the
regulative power, being, in fact, the
governor and legitimate master of the
whole machine.
A man may be as brilliant, as clev?
er, as strong, as broad as you please,
and with all this, if he is not good,
his life will have been lived In vain.
On the great Journey of life one
thing is needful. Money Is not need?
ful, power and liberty are not needful,
but what is needful is character?a
thoroughly cultivated will.
The foundation of all the nobler
morality is moral inspiration, from
within, and the feeder of this foun?
tain is God.
The Bible does, therefore, bid the
parent to teach his child the knowl?
edge of God.
"Thou shalt teach them (Divine
commands) diligently unto thy chil?
dren, and shalt speak of them when
thou slttest in thy house, when thou
walkest by the way."
In another passage we read: "If
the children are taught of the Lord,
then great will be the peace of the
children."
Parents are so dazzled by the
splendor of wealth, that to accumu?
late wealth all energy must be bent.
To be successful In doing so they
opine that their children need a
maximum df mentality and a mini?
mum of morality.
Let us confess that the hunger for
j riches is one of the most injurious ap?
petites that gnaws at the modern
heartstrings.
The grave in which we are buried
is not larger than the cradle In
which we are rocked, unless under
the grace of God our natures are en?
larged and we live more for others
than for self.
No one will deny that worldly ad?
vancement Is a legitimate aim, but
it cannot be too often accentuated
that the sole test of success in life
is character?character as It is trans?
lated Into good jind unselfish action.
The foundation of the character in
the child must keep pace with the
child's intellectual awakening.
Since character can only be secure?
ly rooted in a feeling of dependence
upon a God of holiness, morality must
draw* its life blood from the constant
and perpetual fount of rellwion.
The child, endowed with an immor?
tal soul, has a right to a religious
training.
It is the parent's sacred duty to
satisfy the cravings of the child's re?
ligious nature and lead him into paths
of safety.
Our sages say: "He who denies his
child religious knowledge robs him of
his inheritance."
Experience, the best and costliest
teacher, has taught us that precept,
however good and wise, must be sup?
plemented by the living example.
And nowhere does this And better
application than in the religious
training of children.
The old prophet's proverb, "The
father's have eaten sour grapes and
the children's teeth are set on edege,"
holds still good in these our days. The
actions of all men are, more or less,
interrelated.
The more complex human society
the closer that relationship. The
nearer the one man stands to the
other the greater is the Influence he
has upon him.
None stand nearer to one another
than parent and child. Here you
have physical and moral relations,
bound up in a subtle unity.
The atmosphere of the home leaves
its impress upon the growing con?
sciousness of the child for good or ill.
God's law of responsibility is grim
and stern; woe to him who does not
pay heed to it!
The home must remain the most
effective agency in molding charac?
ter.
Nothing can possibly take the
place ot home 'afluence and training,
ing.
No school can ever attempt to do
the work that belongs primarily to
the home; all It can do Is to supple?
ment the precept and example set
before the children in the home by
systematic trainng.
Now. more than ever, the solemn
responsibility rests upon the parents
to make the home an abode of all
that makes life worth living.
Whether our children are to be?
come men and women whose lives the
love of God ami the realization of His
presence are to fashion and to con?
trol, or whether indifference, materi?
alism, WOrldllneas are to be their
masters and their gods, will partly
depend upon the home from which
they go forth to engage In the great
battle of life.
One solid ear load of the best or?
gans in the world Just received at
M. B. R?ndle's. Sold on easy terms.
B-20-tf.
FOR BALE?Winter cabbage plants,
heading variety. 2.r? cents per 100.
IOC orders not less than 1,000.
Leave orders at Item office. tf
THE COMING TELEGRAPHY.
_
America Soon to Enjoy Quick, Cheap
and Accurate Service.
North American Review.
That America is soon to enjoy the
quickest, cheapest and most acurate
telegraphic service in the world there
is no longer any doubt. Patrick Ii.
Delaney, whose past achievements in
the field of telegraphic inventions are
known here and abroad, has perfect?
ed his automatic rapid system of tel?
egraphy, has subjected it to all kinds
of the severest tests during a year's
continuous operation, regardless 'of
weather conditions has now organiz?
ed a company which will soon con?
nect all the principal cities of the
United States.
The following statement made by
the new telegraph company gives an
idea of the revolutionary charcter
of the service now being established:
"The Telepost gives the most rapid
service, tran:- nitting 1,000 words per
minute over a single wire. (Western
Union average is 15 words.)
"The Telepost gives the most trust?
worthy service; being a machine it
never becomes tired or listless, but
transmits and records with absolute
accuracy.
"The Telepost uan send a full-page
newspaper article from New York to
Chicago in ten minutes, over a single
wire, and at a small fraction of the
Western Union's press rates. In an
hour it can send a full-page article
from Boston to San Francisco, and
leave a perfectly recorded 'drop copy'
at every station along the route.
"The Telepost will use, in part, the
wires leased from the independent
telephone companies, without inter?
ference with simultaneous conversa?
tions.
"The Telepost is now constructing
its lines and will cover the entire
United States in a surprisingly short
period; it requires only four wires on
its main trunk lines to handle as
much business as the old companies
can do on 68 wires quadruplex, or
on 136 wires worked duplex?their
most efficient method.
"The Telepost gives the cheapest
service: 25-word telegrams, or 50
word 'teleposts,' or 100-word 'tele
tapes' for 25 cents between any two
points in the United States, (the
Western Union charges from 25 cents
to $1 for only 10 words); yet the
Telepost with its low rates will make
an average profit, per message, four
times that of the Western Union at
its high rates."
The original holder of 100 shares
of Western Union stock was at the
end of twelve years receiving g^n an?
nual dividend income of $16,821, and
could have sold his holdings for
$420,525 in the open market. Yet
the Western Union had to build up
its success in a community where
men had to be educated to the idea
of telegraphic communication. The
Telepost Company starts with the
advantage of having the whole coun?
try accustomed to using telegrams.
Hence the Telepost Company finds
its field already made. Assuredly the
people will not be slow to take ad?
vantage of the low rates offered. The
telegrams are merely a freight prop?
osition in words. As the railroad
giving the lowest rate consistent with
good service is bound to secure the
bulk of traffic in freight, so the Tele?
post Company, as a carrier of mes?
sages, will, by reason of its sweep?
ing reduction In rates, win the lion's
share of the traffic in telegrams.
The sagacity of Mr. Delaney and
his business associates is shown by
the way which they have safeguarded
their new enterprise against being
"swallowed" by the present telegraph
monopoly. The board of voting trus?
tees insures the perpetual independ?
ence of the Telepost.
SINCERE THANKS.
If You Have Catarrh, Asthma or
Bronchitis, Read What Thankful
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Mrs. M. A. Drake, Utica, N. Y.,
writes: "I could not speak above a
whisper, I inhaled Hyomei. and it
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cure catarrh and Bronchitis if used
as directed."
Lodwlck Edwards, 1323 Madison
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bronchitis all right. I feel very
thankful to you for your valuable
medicine."
Mrs. Bertha Weekly, Pleasantville,
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used you:- Hyomei for hay fever with
good results, having suffered with it
for many years, and this is the first
thing I ever found that ever gave me
any relief."
Hyomei will cure catarrh , bron?
chitis, hay fever, asthma, coughs or
colds, and J. F. wf. DeLorme will
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It Is a pleasant remedy, and gives
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Bee M. B. Handle and get the best
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CANDIDATES.
FOR (ll.ltK of court.
I hereby announce that I am a can?
didate for re-election to the office of
Clerk of Court of Sumter county, sub?
ject to the rules of the Democratic
party. L. I. Parrott.
FOR TREASURER.
I hereby announce myself as a can?
didate for Treasurer of Sumter Coun
subject to the rules of the Demo?
cratic party, and solicit your support.
B. C. Wallace.
I hereby announce that I am a can?
didate for Magistrate from the Sixth
Judicial District of Sumter County,
subject to the action of the Demo?
cratic primary. W. R. DuBose.
I hereby announce myself a candi?
date, subject to the result of the pri?
mary, for the office of Magistrate of
the Sixth Judicial District; of Sumter
County (Rafting Creek and Provi?
dence townships).
J. L. Jackson.
FOR CO. SUPT. OF EDUCATION.
I hereby announce myself a can?
didate for County Superintendent of
Educaton for Sumter County, subject
to the rules of the Democratic party,
nd solicit the support of my fellow
itizens. H. W. Cuttino.
FOR SHERIFF.
The friends of MaJ. Wm. H. Seaie
hereby announce him a candidate for
the office of Sheriff of Sumter county,
subject to the result of the Democrat?
ic primary. Major Seale has served^
Sumter county for years as Supervisor
to the great satisfaction of the entire
county, and in bringing him forward
as a candidate for Sheriff we feel as
ured that his conduct of that office
will be equally satisfactory.
Many Voters.
I hereby announce that I am a
candidate for re-election to the office
of Sheriff of Sumter County, subject
to the rules of the Democratic party.
W. H. Epperson.
FOR SUPERVISOR.
I hereby declare my self a candi?
date for the office of County Super?
visor, subject to the rules of the
Democratic party. If elected, I will
honestly and impartially discharge
the duties of that office.
P. M. Pitts.
Winthrop College
Scholarship and Entrance
Examination.
The examination for the award of vacant
Scholarships In Wlnthrope College and for
the admission of new students will be held at
the County Court House on Friday. July X at
9 a. in. Applicants must be not less than
fifteen years of age. When scholarships are
vacant after July 3 they will be awarded to
those making the highest average at this
examtnation, provided they meet the con?
ditions governing the award. Applicants for
Scholarships should write to President John?
son before the examination for Scholarship
examination blanks.
Scholarships are worth $100 and free
tuition. The next session will open Septem?
ber in. 1908. For further Information and
catalogue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson.
Bock Hill. 8. C.
Birnie's Drug
CD Store H
A full line of Drugs, Chemi?
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GIVE US A CALL.
We have recently installed a
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5 W. Liberty St.
NOTICE.
On account of the advanced prices
on all feed and labor we are forced to
advance our price on feeding and
hitching. On and after June 1, 1908,
Hitch 15c, and Feed 30c.
CHAS. W. ST ANSI LL.
S. M. PIERSON.
BOOTH LIVE STOCK CO.
A. D. HARBY.
W. B. BOYLE.
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geo. F. EPPERSON.
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5-2S-4t ? w-2t
REWARD.
Wedgefleld. S. C, May 26. 1908.
The citizens of Wedgelield have, by
their signatures, authorized me to of?
fer a reward of one hundred and
twenty-five dollars ($125.00) for
proof to convict the party, or parties,
who set fire to. and thereby caused
to be burned, the blacksmith shop
of Samuel Hatten, at Wedgefleld, on
the night of the ISth of May. 1908.
WM. J. REES,
.'-27 ? 21 i&w Magistrate.