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tuKiit: %%\\ hi: new refehen DIM PltOPOSKR IN SENATE. To let "Wet" Count los Vote? I lec? tion Woukl be Meld hi August and Counties May Vote to Retain or Vboltftll l>l*|mmi?;iriC4. The State, ?eb. J3. The whiskey situation Ir. tho sonate ha* within Use pnst few days taker. Into Its fold a referendum that Is etmewhst In the nature of a "middle ?round" proposition. Although It Is generally admitted that the local op i nlsts have a majority In the sup? per branch of the legislature, the pro (??eed amendment to the prohibition raeaiure comes from the local optlon ist* of the senate. There has, however, been no mu? cus but merely an understanding on both sides that the mattter would be acceptable to a majority of the Sen? ator?. There has not even been a real caucus among the local optlon fsts. but the matter has been discuss? ed by several of them and the pro? posed plan seems to meet with gen oral favor. Tl ? amendment which will be pro? pose I Is to the following effect: Pias the piotlbltlon bill for State? wide rrohlbltlon to ta'ie effect Jul\ 1. Iff!. Then on August 1. 1909. let the county dispensary be nosed. If the re unties, or any one of the coun? ties, should vote prohibition, then let the county dispensary be closed. If the counties, or any -ue or more of lhiu>, shouid tots fo?- wh.shy. then let the county dispensaries remain as they now are, or in as many of the c -ur ties now "wet" v? may vote to r 'twin them. Tbl? would give State-wide prohi? bition, practically, from July 1 to An? gus*. 1, being somewhat of the nature if the hiatus which existed between the State dispensary and the county dispensary system when the latter was put Into force* A peculiar circumstance would arise In the svent of the passage of this bill with ths amendment as pro poaed. ' Some think that this would practically do away with the Carey Colt ran act In sueh a case there would have to be some provision made for enforcement of the law. With this end In view. Senator Christensen, after having conferred with local option rren and those In teretted, w'll offer an amendment which will practically be the same as the 'provisions n >w In the Carey-Coth ran act provides that the county offi? cers shall look after this part of the whhkey traffic with appeal to the gov?rnor In certain matters. Whether the referendum referred to above would result In several coun golng dry, or would result In all the counties now "wet" retaining the county dispensaries, this amendment aa to enforcement would be neces? sary Senator Christensen has looked Into the matt*r and will offer the proper amendment when the bill comes up for consideration. It will be recalled that at the be? ginning of the sessi >n It was stated that there would be four prohibition bills, as follows: To provide for State-wide prohibition: to provide for the clos? ing of the ' ui lous county dispen? saries: to Mofjsjgg liquor drummers; to provide for the enforcement of the law. The last measure mentioned has never been presented as a sepa? rat? bill. The license for liquor drummers pas ?1 the senate with the amendment msklng It unlawful for Hejaor drummers to do business hsre at sll. There Is not much douht that tli? proposition ss contemplated by the loral option men. .vt ? h hai also me w th some favor by both prohibition tits and ' mlddlj ground" men, Ai l sr> through the senate when present? ee. The local option men wish, to throw every safeguard around <h< enforcement of Ihe law. whethu there are dlspenrnrles or prohibition. si NTE-WIRF. him, cannot PASS THF SEN \1 E. i ? >lumbla, Feb. 14.?It Is fully dc etdod now that nothing but referon duri can pass on the liquor Issue. Th? prohibitionists now admit this. Th< re will be a < onference this after no < n between the two sides to de-, efde as to what kind of referendum bill ?hall i>a*a. There I* the possi? bility of the vote tonight settling the wh de llq-jor business so that a final adjournment is p->.-slbb t. norow. On to Washington?Make Re^crwi tlnns Promptly. Ii order to secure proper sleeping car aaaasjM ns. parties Intend? ing to aval? themselves of the low rates to Washington on account of the Inauguaratlon of President-ele"t Taft. March Rh. are requested to communicate promptly with the t u dents ned. as spsce Is going rapidly. 2-1S-1-1 J. T I HINA. Agent. The present tariff < >u t lo? >k give-* tin* Impression that Washington Isn't going to gst Its ususl amount of peaceful sleep this summer.?Indian? apolis News. SENATE HEFISED TO TAKE UP BILL LAST XIGI1T. Effort Ma4le by Mr. Ott* to Bring Up the Hill Was Defeated?Amend? ment* Offered by Otis and Chrls tensen Were Ordered to be Printed In Brackets In the Bill. Columbia. Feb. 23.?Just before the senate adjourned tonight, an ef? fort was made by Senator Otts to bring up the prohibition measure, but the senate voted to adjourn upon a >ea and nay vote of 18 to 12, and the bill was not made a special order. Upon this whole matter, there arose quite a discussion, and for a few min? utes it looked as if there were going to be something close on to a filibus? ter. Earlier in the evening Senator Otts had made an effort to have the bill considered, and an agreement had been reached by which the amendments offered by Senators Otts and Christensen were ordered to be printed in brackets in the prohibition bill, and the bill to be laid on the senators' (leaks for their information. When the effort Just before the ad? journment waa taken was mde by Senator Otts to have the bill made a special oder, there arose a storm of objection on the ground that It was understood that no auch motion was to be offered; that the bill was merely to be tagged with the amendments and retain its place upon the calen? dar. Senator Otts contended that he did agree at the time when he first tried to have the bill considered to merely have the amendments ordered printed, but held also that this was not binding upon him after the busi? ness of the evening was disposed of; , that he had agreed not to make a motion to make the bill a special or? der earlier in the evening in order to allow the senate to dispose of other matters and not take up the whole evening with a discussion of the pro? hibition bills; that, the business of the evening being through, he felt that he was not breaking any agree? ment to call up his bill. Senator -Clifton and others argued that the understanding was that no such motion was to be made, other? wise they would not have agreed to the proposition of printing the amendments. After much discussion, a motion to adjourn, made by Senator Otts, prevailed. I The most important amendment proposed to the prohibition bill to? night was to the following effect: "Pass the prohibition bill for State? wide prohibition to take effect July 1, 190s. Then on August 1, 1909, let the counties now 'wet' hold special elections for or against whiskey. If the counties or any of the counties should vote prohibition, then let the county dispensary be closed. If the counties, or any one or more of thorn, should vote for whlakey, then let the county dispensaries remain as they are now, or in as many of the coun? ties now wet, as may vote to retain them. "Thin would give State-wide prohi? bition, practicaly, from July 1, to Au? gust 1. being somewhat of the nature of the hiatus which existed between the State dispensary and the county dispensary system when the latter was put Into force." This amendment was proposed both by Senators Otts and Christensen, repreaentlng prohibition men and lo? cal option supporters. There is a proviso also that the provisions of the prohibition bill and the limitations Incorporated therein by amendments shall remain of full force and effect In the counties. If nator Christensen has offered an amendment to the prohibition bill to the effect that it shall be the duty of the sheriffs and their deputies to en? force the provisions of the prohibi? tion bill, as amended, and failure to do so would bring forfeiture of office. This amendment practically places the burden upon the county officers, Just as the Carey-Cothran Act now does. Senator Christensen has also offered an amendment to be Incorp? orated In the bill providing for the bringing up of Injunction proceedings si gainst the liquor traiflc. This sec tlon of the bill would make more stringent the law now In force as to Injunction proceedings in whiskey cases. Senator Otts has proposed an amendment which dtchires the sale of liquor, etc., a common nuisam ??. id.- pr..\ is,..ns <>f which ar?- practical? ly the same as his bill on this sub? ject. The title of the prohibition bill Is I made to conform to the seversil I amendments by adding "except III (certain counties." The supply bill to? night was given Its second reading mi 1 v. a - rna<b' a *!-<?( lal order. The s. natu meets at 10:30 tomorrow. Lancaster. Feb. 21.?The handsome and reinforced com reto bridge built by if ?unty, across Cane Creek three mile* west of town, was com? pleted this week and Is now being used by the public. It Is said to be the only bridge of tbo kind In the State, and during Its construction re? presentatives of other counties came ''fie to examine It. RAID IN THE DARK CORNER. Revenue Oleen Make Big Haul in Greenville county?Quantity of Spirits Destroyed. Greenville, Feb. 23.?Probably the largest blockade still ever erected in v'livenville County was destroyed early yesterday morning in the Table Hock cove near Caesar's Head. The raiding party consisted of Rev? enue Inspector McGaaha and Messrs. McCravy and Hendrlcks of Greenville and J. C. Alexander of Plckens. The party journeyed Sunday night to the cove and early Monday morning lo? cated the booze plant, which covered with all its appurtenances nearly a quarter of an acre. The raiders de? stroyed 4,000 gallons of beer, 21 fer? menters and a 40-gallon wood doub ler. It took the men an hour to de? stroy the layout, working like beav? ers all the time. When the beer was dumped one of the raiders says the whole party was knee-deep in soft liquor for several minutes, and even young saplings were almost floated by the deluge. There was no clue discovered as to the ownership of the plant, which was snugly placed along the waters of Mather's creek. PENSION FOR MRS. FITZHUGII LEE. Widow of Confederate Leader to Re? eelve Government Aid. Washington, Feb. 23.?On motion of Senator Daniel of Virginia, the omnibus pension bill, passed by the senate today, was amended to provide a pension of $50 a month to Ellen B. Lee, widow of the late Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, U. S. A. DETAILS OF MANNING KILLING. Shooting of Mr. G. B. Minis by Ne? gro \?ined Rethune, Due to Al? leged Theft of Buggy by Latter. Manning, Feb. 22.?Coroner J. E. Hodge empanelled a jury last night and viewed the body of Mr. G. B. Mims, who had died from the effects of a pistol shot wound Inflicted by William Bethune, colored. The In? quest was then adjourned until 4 o'clock this afternoon, when testi? mony was taken. It appears that a horse attached to a buggy belonging to Mr. Mims had run away from him yesterday, and that the negro, William Bethune, had caught the horse and proceeded to appropriate the conveyance to his own use. Mr. Mims got young Mr. Alfred I. McFadden to go with him In search of the negro and convey ance getting- a horse and buggy from a livery stable here in town, with which to make the trip. About four miles above town, they came upon Bethune with two negro girts in the buggy with him. Mr. Mims got out of the buggy' that he was riding in and. with a pistol in his hand, order? ed the girls out of the other buggy. Then, getting in the buggy with Be? thune, he started back towards Man? ning, telling McFaddln to come on behind. McFaddin had to tun around and in doing so found the two girls between his horse and the other buggy: and just as he got them out of his line of vision, he saw Mr. Mims in the act of falling out of the buggy and then saw Bethune shoot at Mr Mims. When Mims fell to the ground, Be thune got out and stood near him McFaddln then stopped his horse am drew a magazine pistol that Minis had given him when they parted out He says then Bethune attempted to shoot at him, but the pistol failed to fire, and he dodged behind his horse and commenced to fire at Bethune He emptied his pistol, and ^Bethun went away. McFaddln went up t Mr. Mims and found him uncon ?OlOUg, with a wound In his temple He got the wounded man into th bu ggy and brought him to town t get surgical assistance, but Mr. Mims died shortly after reaching Manning without regaining consciousness. Bethunt made his way to the farm of Major W. T. Lcsesne, where he was employed, and Sheriff Gamble, being notified of the fact, went after him and lodged him In jail. Trust Company Organized. The stockholders of the Sumter Trust and Mortgage Company met In the otllce of Lee & Molse Monday afternoon and completed the organi? sation of the corporation by the elec? tion of the following board of direc tI?m: It. 1. Manning, M. Molse, W. W. Blbert, i. C, strauss. h. j. McLaurln, Jr.. l). D. Molse, J. K. Crosswell, C. I?. Schwartz, P. Moses, Jr. A meeting Of the board Of directors will be held within ? day or two for the purpose of sleeting ths officers, and the company will then be ready for DUStnSSS, It will do a strictly trust business and will not hundh any commercial accounts or engag? In the banking business. Possum may not be in the Bible but he's good enough to say gract over.?Atlanta Constitution. hit IP roosevelt had year MORE HB MIGHT fear it. Senate Committee Divided Over Strength of Kittredge Report, Grave Bnongb for Such Action. Washington, Feb. 22 A-Considera tlon of the report to be made by the senate judiciary committee on the merger of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company with the United States Steel Corporation during the panic of 1907 has gone over until Wednesday afternoon. The committee is divided in senti? ment betweeen those who favor the adoption of the Kittredge report which the sub-committee adopted on Saturday, and those who are inclined to believe that the report is too strong. If the Kittredge report is adopted, the legal advisers of the sen? ate?members of the judiciary com? mittee?will be on record as holding that the president was without au? thority of law and that he violated the Sherman law when he sanctioned the merger. The gravity of this charge is ap? preciated by every member of the committee. The president is sworn to uphold the laws as well as the constitution of the United States, and as his action in the merger case was deliberate any-decision on the part of the senate that what he did was Il? legal would be sufficient, In the minds of many, to warrant the Institution of impeachment proceedings. Friends of the administration are laboring hard to have the full committee?if It takes the same view as the sub? committee in the Kittredge report? tone down the report which is to be made to the senate by the full com? mittee. They do not want the senate to go on record as declaring that the presi? dent violated so important a law, and If it does go on record they wish to have the fact stated in milder lang? uage. For this reason leaders in the committee belonging to the Repub? lican party thought it wise to allow the matter to gover until Wednesday. As the matter stands now, half of the committee Is understood to be in favor of the adoption of the Kittredge report, which administers rebuke of the most stinging character to the president. Whether the report will be adopted without change will de? pend upon the extent to which other members of the committee feel on Wednesday that they should give ad? herence to the sentiments expressed in the doucement. The situation has not been improv? ed by the attack which the president has Just made on Senator Hemenway, of Indiana. The latter Is one of the most highly regarded members of the senate, although he does not stand quite so high In the estimation of the president and will step out of the senate on March 4. The attack upon Mr. Hemenway is accepted by mem- j bers of the appropriations committee of the senate as an attack upon the [ whole membership of that commit? tee, for the reason that the report which Mr. Hemenway wrote on the secret service matter was prepared with the approval of and was adopt? ed oy the memDers of that commit? tee. Therefore, in striking at Mr. Hem? enway with the big stick members of that committee feel that the presi? dent has reached over the shoulders I of Mr. Hemenway and hit the mem? bers of the committee. The members of the committee have decided how? ever, that they will not reply to Mr. Roosevelt's attack until after he leaves office and his successor is inau? gurated. For the present the retort of the president will be ignored. The report which was made by Mr. Hemenway, and which has aroused the president, was only of a prelimi? nary character. The final report is yet to be made by the members of the appropriation committee, who have not yet completed their investi? gation of the methods of the secret service and of other secret agenceis of the government. Among Republican leaders of the senate there is strong feeling of re? sentment against the president. But they have not been desirous of antag? onizing him on account of the near approach of the end of his term. They all feel gratified that within 10 days his administration will have drawn to a close, and they have not been anxi? ous to precipitate another contro? versy after seven years of trouble with the retiring executive. There is an impression among cer? tain Republican leaden that the president is trying to force an issue with them as a parting shot from his ebbing administration. They have been told that the president has "something up his ?leeve" and led to believe that he is desirous of do? ing something specacular before 1. ax ? ing thS White House. They have hoped that there is no foundation for these reports, but they continue to reach the senate from men who claimed to have their information from administration sources, and the way In which the president has at? tacked the whole committee on ap propriations over the head of Senator Hemenway has created I fear that there may be some foundation for the statement that the president is desir? ous of throwing a bomb into the sen? ate. The majority of the lawyers of the judiciary committee believe that the president had no authority of law for till sanctioning of the merger. It is practically the unanimous belief of the committee. There are, however, other members of the committee who, as Republicans, do not relish the idea of officially declaring in so important a report that a Republican president has violated the law. Regard for the welfare of the party and a disinclin? ation to rebuke the president are their principal reasons for not want? ing to make the report as strong as they would if it were not for this so? licitude. If they were to state their real views of the ca.se and express in the language which it merits their real sentiments concerning the presi? dent's attitude toward the merger the rebuke would not be less strong than that contained in the Kittredge re? port. If the president were not ap? proaching the end of his term and had another year of service in the White House it is believed that the present situation would lead to an impeachment. There are lawyers of the senate who believe that what the president has done is sufficient to warrant impeachment proceedings being instituted, but if this were done it would stretch over into the admin? istration of Mr. Taft and into an? other congress. The chief conflict in the committee is over the division of opinion be? tween those who believe the commit? tee should express its real sentiments and those who, for political exped? iency, believe it would be wiser to let well enough alone.?Baltimore Sun. SHIP SUBSIDY MAY PASS. House Leaders Will Make Effort to Enact Senate Measure. Washington, Feb. 23.?A ship sub? sidy or ocean mall law will be pass? ed by the Sixty-first congress, if new plans of house leaders are success? ful. Tomorrow the ocean mail bill, which passed the senate March 20, 1908, will be reported out of the house committee on postofflces and post roads. A canvass of the cori mittee today indicated that the vote on this measure will be 10 to 8. Of the 12 Republicans, Representatives Stafford of Wisconsin and Murdock >f Kansas will vote with the six Dem >crats against the bill. Why Make a Change. To the Editor of The Daily Item: We understand there are several parties in Sumter who are trying to .ret on th*? dispensary board. Now what anybody wants to get on this board for just as they are going out of business is a mystery to us. Besides our County stands at the head in dispensary matters, showing that the present board have managed the business well; and they are cer? tainly in better position to wind up ?.natters, if it has to be done, than any set of green men just put in would be. Our board has borrowed no money to run this business, and we under? stand that almost every other county board has. This we think Is pretty good business in itself. So why make a change just at this stage of the .a me. We are satisfied our representatives will look into this matter carefully before making a move. We. of course, are not sure that the dispen W i v will have to wind up. but it looks a little that way now. And if 't does, we think the present men are the ones to close it up ami make the best showing they can. TAXPAYER. Sumter, S. C, Feb. 22. 1909. DISPENSARY REARING. Supreme Court of United States to Make its Review. Washington, Feb. St.?Somewhat like BanqUO and the much discussed ffhOSt, tiie BOUth Carolina dispensary ease will rot down. It is scheduled to come before the Supreme Court of the United states for ? hearing to? morrow. Attorneys repns. nting the States and the various liquor inter ? ftfl that have been clamoring for their money are expected to arrive in Washington tonight, to be on he nd. Stripping the case of technicalities, the Court will be asked to say whet, in its opinion, ought to be done to settle the several suits that live been brought, and to determine what court really has Jurisdiction of the $s^,*,,. 000 fund now tied up. The Wilson Distilling Company ami the other whiskey houses will make a hard tight to have some of the legal tangles in the eommisssion's affairs straightened out. Doubtless- Senator New land's pro Ject for a white man's country will have the sincere support of Senator Tillman.?Indianapolis News. GENERAL RICHARDSON'S RING. Owned by Citizen of Lumherton? Money Ruried in u Swamp. j Lumberton Rohosonlail Mr. H. E. Carver, of Lumberton, has in his possess on a ring which is prized very highly as an heirloom, It '? belonged to his great-grandfather, Gen. Nathaniel Ri,-hardson, a general in the Revolutionary war, and that I the ring is now in poasssaftOB of the family is due to an old colored wo? man. General Richardson lived near Charleston, S. C, and was a man of large possessions. He was killed dur? ing the fifth year of the war by Tories as he was leaving his home with a large sum of money to pay off his regiment. He was shot from his horse .r'st as he was leaving his gate and when he fell an old colored wo? man ran from the rear of the house and secured from his person the ring, that she was able to do this being due to the fact that the Tories who shot General Richardson waited a consid? erable time before coming from un? der cover. General Richardson was the grand? father of Mrs. R. M. Carter, of Max ton. He was reputed to be worth $200,000 or $300,000, and steps are "being taken to recover some of the land he owned in Sumter County, S. C. At the time of his death he had a considerable sum of money?about $50,000, it is supposed?buried in a swamp near his home, but he died before he was able to tell where the money was. All the information it was possible to obtain f/as that the money was buried under a drooping tree in a swamp, and the money has never been found. New Hope Methodist Church, two miles south of Jonesville, was burned down Sunday just after the morning service. 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Write or come to us at ?13 Ninth Street, opp. United State* Patent Office. | WASHINGTON, D. C. GASNOW! TAX NOTICE. The County Treasurer's olflce in Court House building, will be open for :he collection of taxes without penal? ty, from the 15th day of October to the 31st day of December, 190S. Ths levy la as follows: For State, 5 1-2 mills. For County, ordinary, 2 3-4 mills. For Sinking Fund loan of 1907, 1 mill. For Sinking Fund loan of 1908, 1-4 mill. For C-uistitutioaal School. 3 mills. Polls, $1.00. Capitation Dog tax, 50 cents. Also Special School tax as follows* School District, No. 1. 2 mills. School District, No. 2. 2 mills. School District, No. 3. I mills. School District, No. 4. 2 mills. School District. No. S, 1 n.ill. School District, Ko. n. 2 rail* SchOOd District, No. 12. 3 mills. School District, No. 13. 3 mills. School District. No. 14. 3 mills. School District. No. 16. 2 mills. School Distric t. No. 17. 3 mills. School District, No. IS, 2 mills. A penalty Of 1 per cent, added for month of January, 1909. Additional penalty Of 1 per cent, for month of February, IfOt. Additional penalty of 5 per cent, until 1Mb day of March, 1909. winn the tax books will closs for the Collection of taxes for fiscal year, 1908. t. w. um Co. Treas. for Sumter Co., S. C. 10-7-mchl5,09