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DI. sjn HIT. RESIGNS COJLLKCTtlKSHIP OF PORT TO TAJIK EFFECT MARCH I Say* III? Adlon Wut Due to a Desire To Hove Prroklrnl-elect Prom In F.inberra#mncnt. Charleston. S. C, March 1.?With tho resignation of William D. Crum aa collector of cuatonu at this port, the resignation to take effect March 4, a situation which threatened to cause President-elect Taft consider? able embarrassment Is avoided. No appointment made by President Roosevelt during either of his ad? ministrations haa given rise to aa much discussion as that of Crum, whose appointment as collector at Charleston was vigorously opposed be? cause of the fact that hs Is a negro. A long and hard fight against his confirms Ion was msde by Senator Tlllman tnd others when he was first named I or the position by President Roosevelt In If OS end within the last few weeks, following his resppolnt ment. Senator Tlllman conducted a aucceeaf il filibuster against his con? firmation by the senate. Crum says that no pressure has been brought to bear upon him now to cause him to resign, but that he does so )n part because he wishes to save Mr, Taft, for whom he enter* tains grau respect, from any possible embarrassment as to his reap point ment. end chiefly because he feels that he has been especially Identified with President Roosevelt's adminis? tration atd he wishes to rttlrt with hta chief, In his letter to President Roosevelt, after thanking the presi? dent for appointing him six years ago and for renomlnatlng him recently for a second term, he says: "Since assuming the duties of this position I hsve striven diligently to justify the confidence Imposed In me. During all these years, so fsr ss I know, net s single charge has been brought agslns my moral character a? a single adverse criticism made In regard to tie performance of my of? ficial duties. I wish further to sdd that those employed In this office un? der me, con iposed of both races, have been at all times courteous, kind and Interested. , ind we have all worked together to make the office work suc cesafttl and satisfactory. "When I became collector of the part the annual receipts of the office ware scarcely $10,000. I sm glad to say that ther hare shown a flattering I Increase each year, the tctal for the fiscal year 1S08 being almost $71.000. and for the first eight months of the present fiscal year are more than $?0.000. I do not claim credit for this Increase la business; much of It would have been brought about through the natural growth of the f? port, but cite these fscts to show that 1 have striven In every way possible to Increase the usefulness of the office sad the position which I hold. "Before closing I feel that I should add that during all theen years I have been treated with kindness and cour? tesy by all those who have had of? ficial bustnete with th? office, and have not had unpleasam contact with any one in the city. "la conclusion permit me to thank you again fcr the trust Imposed, and to wfah you. as you end your official career, a hearty godspsed and long 9 life " PROHIBTIOV IN HPARTANBl It(i. Countable and Alleged Illing Tiger Fight. Spartanburg. March 1.?John Mill? er, a special whiskey constable and Rowland Parrls. an allged blind tiger operator, engaged In a fierce fight on Broad street. There hns heea an old trudge betw ?en the two for som ? time. They met and Parrls called Sillier a liar They came together and fought urlously. Miller beating Parrls up severely with his firsts. The police made >-asea against the men. J. P. Westhervbee. a well known eitlsen of Allen, is dead at his home. . 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Hugging the vampire delusion, the southern plantation owner has seen vast areas abandoned to broomsedge and gullies, In spite of the fact that Intelligent handling would have kept them productive a thousand years. Preaching this fatal doctrine, the merchant has sold western meat and scooters and tobacco, when with pros? perous patrons he might have quad? rupled his profits by selling sulky plows and harvesters and carriages and pianos. Deluded by this fallacy, the states? man has struggled against fate, only to die and be forgotten by people too p.oorly educated to read his bio? graphy, and too poor in property to build a monument to his memory, while smaller and meaner men In sections unshackled by these ancienl errors, are famed In song and story. Writing editorials In support of the aristocratic Instead of the democratic theory of Industry, the editor has seen his patent-outside weekly fall of sup? port, when a properly trained and educated people would have brought him wealth as the head of a pros? perous dally. Fighting public taxation for better schools and other methods of train? ing and enriching the average man, your manufacturer has struggled along with a small business when a prosperous average man would have given us great Industries like those In the North and West. Still arguing that education and training would spoil the working man, and that "cheap labor" Is what we need, your banker has complained that the South offers no opportuni? ties for the great financier, forgetting that cheap, unprosperous labor means small, unprosperous banks. Opposing taxation for better schools, the railroad, hauling cotton In the fall and low-grade fertilisers in the spring, have fought passenger rate reduction as a life and death matter when a well-trained people would supply the various traffic and the heavy dividends of the other sec? tions. Tour lawyer, doctor, preacher, teacher?each falling In line with the ancient heresy, has paid the penalty 1st diminished fees, dlmlnshed sal? aries, diminished influence. Victims of the vicious teaching I am pointing out, your men of talent ?artist, sculptorfl poet, orator?have too often fled to other sections, or gift have died with vision unfuitlllen among a people untrained to at pre? date their genius?when but for dMM things you might see statues of Southern leaders in every Southern city, the woik cf Southern artist In the world's greatest galleries, the thought of the Southern poet the common heritage of mankind. It Is not that we have had no mighty dreamers; it Is that they sleep in neglected graves trampled under foot by war, and waste, and error. Now, war and waste, thank Qod, are behind us. Let us also put error behind us.?From an address by Clarence H. Poe, editor of the Pro? gressive Farmer and; the Southern Farm Oaxette. before the Southern Commercial Congress, Washington, D. C. To Preserve the Buffalo. It Is possible. If success attends,the efforts of the American Bison Society to preserve the buffalo, that the range which the government has set aside for the society's use may also be used to preserve tWe elk, the antelope and ?ss/gfgj Mpecles of deer. If by any chance the American people fall to respond to the society's appeal for funds th?? whole plan for the preser? vation of bison, und with It the plan for the saving of the other game ani? mals, may fall. The range that has been set aside for a buffalo preserve, is an ldeul country on the west side of the moun? tains In Montana. The Flathead In? dians, a few of whom had taken up holdings on the preserve, 'readily agreed to move and to sell their land when they heard of the use to which It was to be put. It Is said that tin re ?ras rajotatsisj among the Indiana whan thfj) sMfgjad that an effort was P. !>?> m,!<l?> to save the buffalo from extinc? tion The sentiment among Ameri? can/? of w ?iit.- ?klns ought to be that of their red-skinned brothers The government has given the land ?md the money to fence It, and has left the rest to the people. In order SI <?ny a sufficient number of animals to stock the range properly and to In? sure the nuturul Increase of the bison $10.000 is necessary. Of this amount $1.300 has already been pledged and several persons have given bison.? Chicago Evening Post. The United States recruiting office at Spartanburg has been closed. FOREST RESERVE BILL. A SUBSTITUTE MEASURE PASSED BY HOUSE. Representative Lever Took Leading Part In lYninlng Substitute Rill \\ lileh Provides for a Commission With IiUrgc Powers. Washington, March 1.?The so called Appalachian and White moun? tain forest reserve bill, amended so as to apply Its provisions to all States, was passed in the house today by a. majority of 10. By the terms of the bill the na? tional forest reservation commission Is created to acquire by purchase or condemnation the lands needed to promote or to protect the navigability of streams along whichever water? shed they lie. The house bill, a sub? stitute for that of the senate, will now go to conference. Originally the bill was designed to cover the Appalachian and White mountain ranges, but the house sub? stitute makes its provisions applic? able to all States. Mr. Weeks (Mass.,) who, in con Junction with Mr. Lever (S. C.) re? ported the measure,?explained in de? tail its purposes and called attention to what he said was the paramount importance of enacting such legisla? tion. He Jvaa plied from all sides with questions regarding the methods of acquiring the lands and said that It would be done by purchase and condemnation. In opposing the bill Mr. Smith (Cal.) declared that it not only look? ed to appropriations truly appalling in magnitude, "but attempts to change the policy of the government In very important particulars." "It is one of the most vicious meas? ures ever presented to this house," asserted Mr. Madden (111.) He said it provided for an expenditure of money for a purpose not needed and at a time when the treasury was bankrupt. Should the bill become law, he declared, the future campaign issue would be based on how much land the candidate for congress could sell to the United States at a high price. Sooner or later, he predicted, a great scandal would grow out of the legislation. Representative Thomas (N. C.) de? clared the establishment of forest re? serves meant progress and salvation for the industrial South. A charge by Mr. Beall (Texas) that Massachusetts and South Carolina had Joined hands in a raid on the treas? ury brought to his feet Mr. Lever, who made a vigorous reply. He de? clared in supporting the bill that Massachusetts and South Carolina had joined and would join hands in any great progressive movement. "We have had our quarrels," he said, "and we fought them out like men, and when who have submitted them to the arbitration of the sword and that has spoken we have recon? ciled our differences, and, having turned our faces to the future, are marching on along the lines of pro | gress and Industrial and material de? velopment." On the vote being taken the bill was passed 157 to 147. ADMIRAL SPERRY RELIEVED. Succeeded as Chief of Great Armada By Rear Admiral Schroeder?-Other Changes. Washington, March 2.?Rear Ad? miral Charles S. Sperry today made formal application to be relieved from duty as commander-in-chief of the Atlantic battleship fleet and Rear Ad? miral Seatton Schroeder has been ap? pointed in his place. Admiral Sperry was tendered the presidency of the naval war college, but declined the position, indicating his preference for other duties. Rear Admiral Richard Wainwrlght will remain In command of the sec? ond division of the fleet, Rear Admi? ral William OhjkPotter is transferred from commander of the fourth divi? sion, to command the third division, formerly in charge of Rear Admiral Schroeder, and Hear Admiral Edward B. Barry, who has been supervisor of nuval auxiliaries at New York, has been appointed commander of the fourth division. "Who are the 10 greatest^ living Americans?'' asks the Baltimore Sun. If Thf Sur? does not know who he Is it is not likely that another statement from the White House would convince it. Louisville Courier-Journal. Six?Anything that is Worth win? ning is worth working for He?Yes, but tin* question ?s, will your father thaw out. or will I have to keep on working for you after I've won you?? Philadelphia Enquirer. Mayor Floyd of Spartanburg Is us? ing secret service men to snare the blind tigers, but it does not require great skill to catch them. They be? come so bold that they come out of their hiding places and are easily picked up. The fines Monday amount? ed to $1,300. It will not all be paid In cash, as some of them will take the thirty days. SHERIFF COLEMAN GOT BACK TO COLUMBIA YESTERDAY. The Defendants Have Given Bond for Their Appearance at Court in Co? lumbia in May. Columbiu, March 3.?John Y. Gar lington, M. G. Jeanes and J. Stobo Young were arrested by Sheriff W. H. Coleman on the latter's arrival in the city yesterday afternoon from Chatta? nooga. They were later released un? der bond, $10,000 for Garlington's ap pearnce for trial at the court of gen? eral sessions in Columbia the fourth Monday in May, and $5,000 each for Young and Jeanes. The bonds were signed by the defendants and by P. A. Simpson, \V. H. Washington and G. F Young of Laurens. Sheriff W. H. Cojeman was very much vexed, and when he arrived from Chattanooga lost no time in ar? resting the three defendants. They were taken to the sheriff's office and thence to the office of Magistrate Fowle8, where the bonds were duly signed. The warrants on which the arrests were made were sworn out by Dr. T. J. Crymes, of Greenwood, one of the Seminole stockholders. The warrants allege obtaining money under false pretense on the part of Garlington and conspiracy to defraud on the part of John Y. Garlington, J. Stobo Young and M. G. Jeanes. The allegation is that in selling 7,500 shares of stock to the Seminole stockholders they de? frauded the stockholders out of $75, 000. Sheriff Coleman was very angry on his return yesterday afternoon at 2:30 and expressed in Very p'ain lan? guage his opinion of the sheriff of Hamilton County, of which Chatte nooga Is the county seat. In speaking of the affair last night Sheriff Coleman said: "The warrants for the arrest were sent to Sheriff Conner of Chattanooga by me last Wednesday to be executed and I heard nothing more from them until Thursday night when I recived a tele? gram from Mr Dunn, the Seminole at? torney, asking if it would be satis? factory for Garlington to be in Co? lumbia by Monday at 3 o'clock. Thinking there was something wrong I- telegraphed Sheriff Conner to find out if he had executed the warrants. I got a reply Friday evening saying he had arrested Garlington and ask? ing what to do with him. I then tele? graphed him to hold him until I got there, although I had written him fully when I sent the warrants. Not being able to get the papers before Saturday night, I could not leave until Sunday morning. I arived In Nash? ville at 7 o'clock Monday morning, got the requisition papers honored and went immediately to Chattanooga On arriving there I found they had left there and upon investigation found that Garlington had never been arrested and that Young and Jeanes had come there of their own volition. They had consulted the sheriff but he had failed to arrest them, which proves that the sheriff absolutely fail? ed to do his duty and ought to be tried for criminal negligence. "I returned today at 2:30 and placed Garlington, Young and Jeanes immediately under arrest and held them at my office until the bond was fixed up and signed. The bond for Garlington was fixed at $10,000 and for Young and Jeanes at $5,000 each. "I state this to explain the situa? tion and hope all sheriffs who read this and have any dealings with the sheriff of Hamilton County, Tennes? see, will understand what manner of man they have to deal with. I Intend to lay the matter before Gov. Patter eon of Tennessee." One of TWO Survivors. Mr. John Wilkinson, an honored survivor of the Mexican war, was in town last Monday, looking hale and hearty. He is now as far as we are informed, one of only two of the sur? vivors In this State of the old Palmet? to regiment which placed the first American Hag on the walls of the City of Mexico. Frederick W. Bel leck, who now sleeps in Upper lion;; Cane cemetery, was the bearer of that Hag. After coming home he sick? ened and died in 1852. Mr. Wilkinson was one of twenty-nine out of 100 that went in the company from Abbe? ville to Mexico and eame back, a few were killed in battle, but a great? er number died Of disease Incident to camp life, bad water and malaria. Mr. Wilkinson, we bellve, is the old? est man hereabout, being now ei^hty two. His health is good, his appetite is good, and he sleeps as soundly as a babe. Long may lie live to give an example of cheerfulness and to teach us the art of perssrving our lives.?Abbeville Tress and Banner. "Why don't you put your spare time In the box?'' "My dear old chap, its the only thing that'll hold the wife's hat!"?The Bystander. Frank Haney, the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. fl. F. Haney, was run over by a loaded wagon in Bennetts vllle and crushed to death. GARLINGTON IX COLUMBIA. Comes With Chattunooga Constable. Without Wailing for Hichland Sheriff with Requisition Papers. Columbia, March 1.?There ap? pears on a hotel register here today the following n. mes: M. Gregg Jeans, John Y. Garlington, J. S. Young and A. J. Ware, Chattanooga. Mr. Garlington, who became prom? inent in connection with the Seminole affair and for whom the arrest war? rant was issued, insists that there was no need for requisition papers, and that he would have willingly come and arranged to stand his trial on the criminal charges that have been preferred against him by the Green? wood stockholders. Mr. Garlington says that, as soon as he understood that the arrest warrant, was issued for him, he came here. A. J. Ware appears to be a Chat? tanooga constable, and Garlington siys that he is paying Ware's expen? ses and brought him on here with him, so as not to wait for the sheriff of Rlchland County, who has the re? quisition papers, and who is on his way to Chattanc oga, having first gone to the State ca jitol to have the re? quisition papers countersigned. Gar? lington says that he will be here for several days. He had not reported at the sheriff's office up to the time the sheriff's office closed tonight, and Gen. G. Duncan Bellinger, who is Garlington's counsel, had not seen his client this afternoon, and arrange? ments had not be<;n made as to wheth? er he would simply give bond for his appearance at the regular term of the criminal court, or whether he would insist upon a preliminary hearing at this time. THE SIX jOF THE CITIES. It Is Manifested In the Prevalence of The White Plague. At the free clinics of all the other city hospitals yo 1 may see daily wait? ing lines of hundreds of sick, and if you listen for the word that falls of tenest from the lips of the doctors as they diagnose, you will hear, over a,nd over again?tuberculosis. It is the sin o.'. the cities. There is an interesting new theory that all dis? eases are, in the final analysis, the manifestation of pin. This one sure? ly is. It is undeniably the result of wrorq? living conditions. There was held recently at Washington and New York an international tuberculosis exhibit to show the causes of this scourge and how we may be rid of it. Of course the cause of causes back of thla sin of the cities is poverty. And if we could only be rid of that at one fell swoop, we should be rid of its ef? fects, more hydra-headed than we usually dream. If, for Instance, peo? ple only had the oportunity to earn wages enough to pay for light living rooms and beautiful surroundings, with air enough to breathe, we shouldn't have to drive them to these conditions by legislation, and we shouldn't have to build hospitals and endow outdoor camps to help the hurt that civilization itself has given. But for the present, at least, there scents little prospect of being able to deal with the cause. A great many people don't ever know that It exists ?this insuperable condtion, and they otill think that, as in the good old days of a less ccmplex Industrial or? ganization, nobody need be poor who is wiling to work/ And there are a great many other people still piously professing that you can t help it any? way, tor it is Witten that the poor shall be always with us. But if society as a whole can not yet see the primary cause, it Met the effects quite clearly. So many people have tuberculosis that it cries out for a cure. And the community as a whole is now pretty generally touched with compassion in the matter. It may Well be! For this sin of the cities, which civilization is visiting on the poor man, doesn't stay there. It germinates in the slums where crowded humanity affords the mos* favorable culture conditions for it. Then the infection passes on. for the germ once started In activity is no respector Of persons. From the sweat? shop workers it may travel to the multimillionaire, and none of us is immune from the danger that stalks among us all.?The Delineator. Florence. March L\ -\Wsi >n stixon, a young white man working with lb*' Atlantic Coast Line at a carpenter, fell from ;* moving train near Kings tree Sunday mor ilng and had both legs to bady crushed thai it was nec? essary to amputate them. Washington, Feb. 2 i, Bernard h. Rawl of Lexington, B. C, was today appointed chief of the dairy division of the department of agriculture ;<t $3,500, per annum He is a graduate of Clemton college of south Carolina. The ginnery of ('apt. W. F. West, formerly county supervisor of Spar tanburg, was destroyed by fire at his home about four miles from Spartan burg. The loss is estimated at $2.200 with partial insurance. The origin of the fire Is a mystery. GRAFT MEASI/RE REJECTED BY VOTE OF 172 TO nr.. Bill Bitterly Denounced as an ?'Infor nal Fraud" and n Sieh erne to Plun? der People for Ship Own in* Bene? fit. Washington, March 2.?The ship ui sidy bill was rejected by the house of representatives today by a vote of : 72 to 175. The principal feature of the bill is the provision that American *nail steamships of 16 knots or over and of not less than 5,000 gross tons shall be paid $4.60 per nautical mile outward bound on routes of 4,000 miles or up? ward to South America, Philippines, Ante and Australia. Mr. Landis (Ind.) made an earnest plea for the passage of the bill. Mr. Moon (Tenn.) led the opposi? tion to the measure. "It is an infer? nal fraud designed to plunder the treasury," he declared. Speaking of the provision for training of Ameri? can boys and answering the plea of patriotism advanced by Mr. Landis, be said that it was but a blind to hide the giving of the people's money to corporations of ship owners. The climax came when Minority leader Clark declared that a lobby 1 ad been carried on "right on the floor of the house" in favor of the passage of the bill. "It is an out? rage to a civilized country," #e de? clared, "this thing of coaxing men, or button-holing men, and I undertake to say that when Mr. Moon of Ten? nessee denounced this bill as an In? fernal fraud he used language he was justified in using." The debate against the bill was closed by Mr. Cockran of New York. He denounced the subsidy "as an out? rageous concession of the enslaving of a people through the agency of a government." GREENVILLE CANCEIjS FRAN? CHISE. Holds That Permits of Traction, Gas. Light, Water and Power Companies Are Involved. Greenville, March 2.?At a meeting of city council tonight a resolution was passed declaring the franchises of the Grenville Traction Company, Greenville Gas, Electric Light and Power Company and t he Paris Moun? tain Water Company to be invalid and authorizing the clerk to so noti? fy the companies. The resolution was passed on account of a decision by the city attorney to the effect that the franchises were invalid. There has been considerable complaint against the companies for some time, ^nd It is expected that matters will now reach a crisis. The chairman of the light committee was requested to communicate with the officials of the Southern Power Company and see what terms that company would make for lighting the city. Litiga? tion probably will result from the ac? tion of the council tonight. PATENTS f rocUred and DCFEN9ED.Send model, drawing or photo, for ei port waren and free report. Free adrice, how to obtain patent?, trado marka, copyrighta. etc, (n all countries Business direct with Washington saves time, money and often the patent. Patent and Infringement Practlct delusively. Write or come to in at . 0x3 Minth Street, opp TXaiUd Statt? Patent Office, Washington, d. a_ GASNQWI. TAX NOTICE. The County Treasurer's office ie Court House building, will be open for the collection of taxes without penal? ty, from the 15th day of October to the 31st day of December, 1908. The levy is 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 Cinstitutional 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. I, I mills. BQhOOl District, No. 4. 2 mills. School District, NO. I, 1 mill. School District. No. 11. | mills. SchOOd District, No. 12. 3 mills. School District. No. 13. 3 mills. School District, No. 14. 3 mills. School District. No. 16. 2 mills. SohOOl District. No. 17. 3 mills. BehOOl District. No. 18. 2 mills. A penalty of 1 per cent, added for month of January, 1909. Additional penalty of 1 per cent, for month of February, 1909. Additional penalty of 5 per cent, until 15th day of March, 1909, when the tax books will close for the collection of taxes for nsoal year, 1908. T. W. LEB, Co. Treas. for Sumter Co.. S. C 10-7-mchl5,09