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tie ma m. RCME (DI HT HVLKS ON IM POJtTANT CASK FHOM MAN ROM. of Ice and Meat Held to be Violations of Old Common Law? >fwdge Prtm-e tn 8attained. Columbia. Sept. 1.?The supreme smart ban decided that the aale of ice meat on Sunday Is not a work of Ity and la therefore in violation %C section 900. 501. and &02 of the which says: Itlon 600. No tradesman, artl \ workman, laborer or other per? whatsoever, shall do or exercise m*XT Worldly labor, business or work ox their ordinary callings upon the Lord's day (commonly called the Sabbath) or any part thereof (work %t aeceaalty or charity only execpt *ai), and every person being of thn sage of II years or upwards, offending let the premises, shall, for every such forfeit the sum of $1.1 ??1. No person or persons Tsrastsoever shall publicly cry. show or expose to sals any wares. mm, fruit, herbs, goods or lees whatsoever upon the Lord ? or any part thereof, upon pain it every person so offending ehall Use same goods so cried or sjeVwed forth, or exposed to eale. Hi No public sports or pas? ha bear-baiting, bull-baltlng. >*H playing, horse racing. Inter or common plays, or ? other sports or pastimes, aa hunting, shooting, ohaatng or fasaiag. shall be used on the fjord's day by aay person or persons ; and every person or par? ser sadiag la aay of the premises upon conviction bo deemed f a misdemeanor, and be sub to fine not to axoeed $10 or Im aot to exceed 10 days." act referred to Is probabely the cm tlie ?tatute books and la In a ropy of the colonial proclama la Mil. paased by the n council of this colony In 1T11 aad afterwards embodied in the ss when South Carolina be a State case was that of the State William James of Manning esad both sides appealed, the State on Use ground that the magistrate before whom the case was tried, erred In al tuwlag Use three warrants issued to ha consolidated Into one charge, and Has defendant oa the ground that Users was no oaee against James and that be had not violated the law. was heard In the circuit before Judge Prince, who de ejMeeV that the magistrate was correct fen am laeei as station of the law and ha lead not erred In consolidating mee aad on the evidence had not d la fining him $1. / Wmlam James sold ice and meat %t Manning and according to his meet delivered both to customers ay morning, although he tes? tasa he had not violated the law. la that the goods were paid for on Saturday aad that they were not sold on physician's prescription. A t was sworn out for his arrest v?a August 4. 1107. there being three ejemaa. The defendant said that he had Wen delivering goode of this charac? ter for the past nine years. Judge s^stsjee. after reviewing all of this, up Isolds the magistrate, stating that ths ?delivery of lee or meat was a viola rtlon of the section referred to, unless It be shown that It was an act of acce tatty or mercy. Thle was not asmea la' the testimony. In conclu i Judge Prince eays: court la earnestly urged to judicial notice of certaia natural such as that Ice melts and fresh spoils quickly In hot weather. Is true, no doubt, but how do natural laws help defendant'* There Is no svldence that by of poverty or misfortune any -ar ail of defendant's customers were 10 to furnish themselves with re ore of such capacity ss would ve both ice end beef from Sat over Sunday. Nor does ths evl at all show that there was a customer who could not. by the of but ordinary prudence and %aurmmic foresight, have prepared ml rose If, St vsry moderate cost, for talking care of a sufficient qusntlty of both k*e and fresh mest from Satur? day over Sunday. If this had been eaboarvt it would not have availed. It to bo conceded In argument of 1 that In the town of Manning, defendant does business, he Is wuthnrhted by ordinance to deliver Ice and beef In summer tftne on Sundsy, ess fore I o'clock a. m.. and this ordl gsance it urged as a shield for defen? dant. Such ordinance can not avail ealrr.. No municipal ordlnsnce can emlly authorise whst a statute for "In concultlon. we may concede that, in modern life both Ice end fresh Is, however they may have been irdV'd ia former dsys, are now Msearlws. but that will not justify ?their delivery on Sunday any more tu>- conceded fact that flour, it potatoes, rice, bacon, and butter Bjeceesartes will Justify a grocer In his store and delivering such articles on Sunday. "Such bclni; my views, I must over? rule a I of th ? defendant's grounds of appeal, despite the very able and ex? haustive argument of his counsel, which has very much Impressed, but has failed to convince me. I can not hold that running a delivery wagon and delivering Ice and fresh meat at the houses of the people on the Lord's day Is work morally fit and proper to be done that day." Supreme Court Division. The supreme court sustains the de? cree of Judge Prince on every point. The court holds, In the decision writ? ten by Justice Woods, that the selling or delivering of Ice or meat on Sun? day could not be termed an act of necessity. True, what might have been considered a luxury In one gen? eration Is a necessity in the next and there are many things that could be done on Sundiiy now that would have violated the law 60 years ago. The object In the statute was evidently to set aside one day of the week for rest and the contemplation of the higher things of life and only works of necessity or mercy should be done. The court holds that it should be care? ful In defining what are works of nec? essity and mercy; that by a slight stretching of the terms of the statute almost anything might be deemed necessary or merciful. Therefore so ong as the statute stands as it is, it is best to consider the decision of the circuit court correct and It Is affirmed. Just what eiTect thle decision will have In brtnjdng other cases is not yet known, but It le very probable that others will be brought In some of the counties PROPHET LEFT $15,000. Relatives and Holy Rollers Go to Law Ores* His Estate. Washington, Aug. 2*9.?When "Prophet" William 8. Crowdy, of the "Holy Rollere" and "Feet Washers." lay down to what his followers term? ed "sleep" In Newark. N. J., on Aug. 4 he left something like $25.000 worth of assets, which the "Church of Ood and the 8alnta of Christ" declare did not belong to Crowdy, their bishop, but Is the property of the church. Accordingly, with many references to the "Church of Ood and the Saints of Christ Hotel." the "Church of Qod and the Saints of Christ Grocery Store" and the fine furniture to be found In the prophet's former home, 1111 U street, Joeeph W. Crowdy and the trustees of the church today filed suit against Lovey J. Crowdy, the "alleged wife of the late prophet," and Isaac S. and August M. Crowdy, the heirs, and the National Metropoli? tan Bank of ths District, wherein re? poses, they declare, about $1,000 in the name of the prophet They aek that a receiver be appoint? ed to take charge of the prophet's es? tate, and that an Injunction be Issued restraining the bank from paying out the money and the alleged heirs frum disposing of an/ of Crowdy's proper? ty. , When Crowds lay down to "sleep" Ms "widow" endeavored to awaken him by prayers and incantations, but failed. Accordingly, she did the next bvst thing, and applied for letters of administration, Crowdy having died Intestate. The trustees of his church now de? clare that Lovey Crowdy Is not the legal widow of the prophet she hav? ing been divorced from him In San Francisco about 10 years ago. They declare that Hallle L. Booker Crowdy, whom Prophet William le eald to have married fo'lowlng his divorce. Is wid? ow No. 1. The church has land In Virginia for which was paid $5.000. its trustees say; property at 1113 U street north? west In this city, valued at $4.500; at Eighth and N e.reets northwest $0, 000. and moneys In the safe at the U street house and In the National Met? ropolitan Bank. A Sure-enough Knocker. ?J. C. Goodwin, of Reldsvllle, N. C./ says: "Bucklen'n Arnica Salve le a sure-enough knocker for ulcers. A bad one came on my leg last summer, *>ut that wonderful salve knocked It out in a few rounds. Not even a scar re? mained." Guaranteed for piles, sores, burns, etc. 25c. at Slbert's Drug Store. Stiffening of the brain, a rare dis? ease, was given at the Inquest as one of the causes of death of a boy 17 months old. on whom an operation was performed at St. Thomas' hospit? al, London. ?Woods Liver Medicine In liquid form for malurls, chills and fever, reg u'ates the liver, kidneys and bladder, brings quick relief to biliousness, sick headache, constipation. Pleasant to take. The $1 bottles contain 2 1-2 times quantity of the 60c. slse. First dos? brings*relief. Sold by Slbert's Drug Store. 9-l-3m Present consecration Is the best corrective of crookedness. ?To those uffllcted with kidney and I bladder trouble, backache, rheuma? tism. Plneules for the Kidneys brings relief In the first done. Hundreds of people todsy testify to their remarka? ble healing and tonic properties. 30 days' trial $1. They purify the blood. Sold by Slbert's Drug Store. 9-l-3m BRYAN AT LINCOLN. DKLIYKUS TWO NON-POLITICAL ADDKESSF.S DI KING Tilt: ?DAY. Talks to the Farmers?Says Agrlcul tartsts Have Not limi Their Share of Representation In Matter? of Government. Lincoln. Neb.. Sept. 4.?William J. tryan, Democratic candidate for the presidency, today made two avowedly non-political speeches to his home folk. The first was at the State fair grounds, where he participated in the j dedication of the new auditorium and the second was at the Tabatha home, j near Fairvlew, where a new building was dedicated as a hospital for the aged. In his fair grounds speech he was introduced by Gov. Sheldon who has just been renomlnated by the Re? publicans for governor and who was a captain in Mr. Bryan's regiment in the Spanish-American war. Mr. Bry? an referred somewhat humorously to his own experiences as a soldier and said that among the candidates for president this year he was the on'y man with a war record. He said that underlying partisan feelings in this country was patriotism deeper and stronger than all else, as idlcated by the ready response to the call for vol? unteers In the Spanish-American war. His personal experience typified this. And less than two years after his de? feat by Mr. McKinley he had volun? teered his services at Washington for I the war. This offer, however, was not I accepted and he turned to his own I State which gave him a* commission I and he raised a regiment of Ne I braskans. Most of the officers In the I regiment, like Gov. Sheldon, he said, I were Republicans, though the major? ity of the enlisted men were Demo I crats. Addressing himself to the farmers the said: "My friends, we are more stingy in I making the appropriations for the I farmer than for any other classes of I our people. Why, It was a century af Iter our government was organized or I sbout that before we succeeded in I getting a department of agriculture I established. We are the greatest ag I ricultural country in the yorld anr ag I rloulture Is the greatest Industry In lour country and yet almost 100 years I elapsed before the farmer got a seat I sround the president's council cham I ber. How backward we have been I In recognising the farmers' place In lour government and among our lnsti I tutlons. In the time that has e'apsed I since the creation of this department I of agriculture a great deal has been I done and yet that department Is in I Its infancy. Wnat will you think when II tell you that for every dollar we I spend on that department we spend I more than $25 on the army and navy. I We spend 25 times more In getting I ready for war we ought never to I have than we spend on agriculture. I The agricultural school is developing; I it) advancement is one of the great I marked characteristics of this gen? eration. I think I am safe in saying I that in no other department of learn I ing has thsre been so much progress las in that department which re'ates I to agriculture. I am glad to encour I age the agricultural college. Why, I for years it has been deemed a part of I the duty of the State to train lawyers I through law schools established by I ths government. And we have train I ed doctors through schools connected I with our State Institutions, but, my I friends, we are Just beginning to learn lth.it the training of the farmer is Just las important as the training of the I doctor or the lawyer. I expect great I things from our agricultural colleges. II believed those colleges will lift the average of general Intelligence of the farmer; I expect those colleges to I equip an Ihcresalng number of I young men for public life. We will I rend the roll of the United States I senators and we will find but two far I mcrs among them. Run down the I list of congressmen and you will find but very few farmers at ong them. I Considering the people engaged in farming, the farmer has very Inade? quate representation in the national congress. The result Is that the farm I er has been neg'ected more than any I other man and his Interest disregard I ed more than the interest of any other Iclass and with this larger training of J our farmer boys and farmer girls, I I expect to see the farmer associate jhlmse'f more and gain a larger repre I sentatlon in the making of our laws land the shaping of the nation's poli I'cies. "The discrimination that has been going on against the farmer has tend? ed to drive the people from the farms to the town and I believe that that J symptom Is dangerous. I am not go? ing to dwell at length upon this dis? crimination; 1 am going simply to point out two or three ways In which It manifest? Itself. Our federal taxa? tion Is almost all collected through methods that bear upon consumption and when we tax consumption Instead of possession we make the poor man pay more than his share and the rich man less than his share, and there has heretofore been a constant drain of the farms In the matter of collect lng taxes, and when the taxes are ap? propriated and expended the money is nearly all spent In the cities and very little of it upon the farms. The farm? er therefore has not only suffered in paying more than his share to the collector, but he has been the least benefitted directly by the expenditure ? if the m >ney that I* raised. Head the amounts spent on ships and then fig? ure, if you can. what portion of that gets to the farmer. "Take up the other large appropria? tions and with the exception of pen? sions I do not know of any large ap? propriation in which the farmer has anything like his share in proportion to his number. These have been some of the methods of discrimination. I believe that with more farmers in the councils of the nation, more farmers prepared to exert an influence upon public thought through the pen and pencil and by the tongue, that we shal\ have a change aad that that change will he'p to retard, if not to stop, the tendency now from the farm to the town. "Put what, my friends, is the dan? ger of the concentration of our popu? lation in the great cities? I do not mean to say that the causes that I have given are the only ones that have tended to build up the cities. Nearly everything has contributed, but thete influences have all, when you trace them back to the cause, been operating, and the fact that the far? mers' Influence in legislation has not been what it ought to have been is one of these influences. "Take the rebates that have built up great centres and destroyed the small town. Why have they been given? Because the farmer has not had a voice in the regulation of the railroads. "I believe the farm is the great training school and I know that the people from the farm have strength? ened every branch of business but, my friends, I believe as we get away from the country, as we get farther from the soil, we are less and less impressed by those great laws of nature that ought to have a controlling Influence in our lives. Man as he lives close to the soil lives close to Ood. It is easy to Inspire regard for the Creator In one who sees every day the handi? work of Almighty and labors con? stantly amid the mysteries of natural life. And on these farms we have been rearing men and women whose influences have helped to keep this country great and to promote the movements which have for their ob? jects the welfare of the world. "But there Is another reason why I am axious that the farmer shall have a great influence. As I have been studying the causes of evil, as I have been studying the abuses that need to be remedied, I have found that the fundamental trouble Is a mistaken un? derstanding of the law of rewards. The farmer, more than any one else, Is brought into close touch with the divine law of rewards. "The farmer knows that God haa given him a faithful earth, the show? ers that are necessary and the warmth of the sun and the farmer knows that If he is to convert raw material into wealth. It must be by diligence and by lntelMgence; and the farmer Is Im? pressed day by day, year by year, with the idea that his reward is to be in proportion to his merit." Letter to W. H. Scale, Sumter, S. C. Dear Sir: The facts boiled down are these: Every Job painted Devoe takes less gallons than of any other paint. And the paint that takes least gal? lons wears longest; Always. We can't help It. Yours truly 78 P. W. DEVOE & CO P. S.?Durant Hardware Co. sei our paint. What has become of 'Tainted Money?" For a Sprained Ankle. ?A sprained ankle may be cured In about one-third the time usually re? quired, by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm freely, and giving it abso? lute rest. For sale by a'l druggists. Give the average man as opportuni? ty to talk about himself and he will deliver the goods. ?If you are a sufferer from pl'es, ManZan Pile Remedy will bring re? lief with the first application. Guar? anteed. Price 50c Sold by Slbert's Drug Store. 9-l-3m They who fear the Lord do not need to fear. ?Don't be afraid to give Chamber? lain's Cough Remedy to your children. It contains no oilum or other harm? ful drug. It alvays cures. For sale by all druggists. Dorothy Swan Wilktns, a 3-year old of Pittsburg, will be entered in swimming races in Lake Elizabeth next Saturday. Quick Kellif for Asthma Sufferers. ?Folcy's Honey and Tar affords lm mediate roief to asthma sufferers In the worst stages and If taken in time will effect a cure. W. W. Slbert. Englaid loses 60.000 persons every year by emigration. YOU TRY We Know -BLOODINE Will Help You ( To Regain Your Strength and EntftTgjfc Report of tho Hoa,d Physician In a Loading New York HoaplteU - on the Curo of Cate.rrh. 1 "A few years ago we considered that we were doing well if we cured ten per cent, of the cases of catarrh brought to us, but since the introduction of '?Bloodine" into our hospital we cure more than 90 per cent, of all the cases of Catarrh in its various forms brought - to us. Catarrh of the Head, Catarrh k of the Eves, Catarrh of the Bladder w and Uretna, Catarrh of the large in? testines, Catarrh of the Larynx, Pelvic Catarrh, Catarrh of the Throat,, and Catarrh of the Stomach are quickly cured with "Bloodine." It builds new tissues, elves new energy, new life, new blood and strength to any part of the body attacked by the CatarrbaJ germs." Bloodine Is a powerful tonic, nour? ishing food medicine, composed of valuable tonic stimulants obtained] from vegetable drugs. "Bloodine" contains no narcotics or other danger? ous drugs which merely deaden pain temporarily, but give no permanent relief or cure the cause of your disease. ^ "Bloodine is a powerful body builder and blood make r; it is the beet remedy known to the medical profession to ?nrich thin, watery blood and tmpply new, rich red blood to the whole body. FREE . To prove the wonderful merits of BLOODINE we will mail t> large simple bottle for 10 cents in sir M Ter or stamps for postage. i Sibert's Drug Store, Special Agents. ATLANTIC COAST LINE Time Table No. 7-Effective Aug. 3,1908. Schedules of Trains Arriving and Leaving Sumter? Tr?u (Subject to Change Without Notice.) 35?Passenger ?Florence to Augusta, leaves Sucater 54? " 57? " 52? 44 46- " 68? " 331?Mixed ?Colombia to Wilmington, ?eaves Sumter ?Gibson to Sumter, arrives Sumter ?Charleston to Greenville, leaves Sumter ?Orangebarg to Charleston, leaves " ?Sumter to Gioson, leaves 44 Bobbins, a 79?Passenger?Fayetteville to Columbia, ?Gibson to Somter, arrives -Columbia to Fayetteville, leaves ?Greenville to Charleston, 4 * ?Aucutta to Florence ?4 * ?Sumter to Gibson, u * ?Charleston to Orangeburg 1 * ?Robbine to Snmter, arm es 44 * ?Wilmington o Colombia, 44 * - Ca a den to Snmter, arrives 44 ?Sumter toGamdeo, leaves " ?Wilson Mill to Sumter, arrives * ?Somter to Wilson's Mill, leaves * ?Camden to Snmter, arrives * ** 69?Passenger?Somter to Camden, leavee ? Note?All trains marked * daily. Others daily except Sunday. 44 ?No. 32, Augusta to Florence, is through train ; Snmter to not stop at loo 1 stations. Note?Nos. 56 and 51 daily except Snnday. ** ?Noe. 24 and 25 does not carry passengers. 69? 44 78? u 53? 44 . 2? 44 56? 4 ? 44 830?Mixed 55? 71? 44 71? Mixed 72? 4 73? 44 68? 44 5 50 7 80 9 25 9 40 985 9 45 10 00 10 55 605 6 10 6 40 650 5 50 8 15 6 20 9 85 9 00 9 40 12 80 830 545 630 am am am am am am am am pm \m per pm pm pm pm pm am am pm pm pm pm 1 Florence and will J. A. PARISH, Ticket Agent, A. C. L. The Volume of Business Developed by 15he Farmers Bank and ? Trust Co. : During the past three years speaks well forthat Institution. It's large capital, steadily increasing surplus and absolutely conservative management is a guarantee to its patrons. It is now prepared to assist its farmer friends in hand? ling their cottcn crop, and has ample means to take care of desirable business at all times. Give them your account, either Savings or General, and you will be pleased with the result. Profitable Farming. Much farming is not profitable to the farmer. Sometimes the fault is in the land, but usually it is in the man. Good manage? ment and proper fertilization will make a profit far the farmer on pratically any land in Sumter County. Hutthe profit is made with greater ease and there is more of it when the land is fertile and well drained. I am offering in a tract of 190 acres, 120 cleared, seven miles from Sumter and one mile from Oswego, a farm which comes up to the requirements to make the greatest profit with the greatest ease. It has a nice seven room dwelling, ample out buildings, several tenant houses, and other things that make the farmer and his laborers comfortable while the soil is doing its part of the work. School and railroad facilities are within a mile, buch property is not often offered on the market, and if you are looking for a nice farm this is your chance. City and Country ?fat f\ V>% m mT\ mr*\ W+x " >?u *???? mpne> Property Handled. %Jf K K If I ^ M \Km? l"?est m or loan or, Real E,,.?e loan,. Rt Da DE*la*OE*atVa ?* "* Real Estate Broker. SUMTER, :-: S, 0.