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IOW WOULD JESl S VOTE? Mr. E. F. Miller Explslns flu Views 1>? the Liquor Question. To the Kdttoi of The Dally Item: h your baue of March 3rd. you define your position on the question of dispensary or prohibition, and in? vite others to express their views through y<?ur columns. In taking ad? vantage of this Invitation, at this time. It le my purpose to call atten? tion to ? tew facts that ought to he borne In mind. Prohibition Is a moral as well as a political Issue snd it is th< duty of ev? ery tfood cltisen, as we s?e it, to oast his I allot against the sale of whiskey, give to ihs law his moral support, and then he Has no more to do with the consequences than he bait in the en? forcement of other lawa The Chris? tisn certs Inly cannot vote for whiskey undtr a* y circumstances, for In so doing he goes counter to the teach? ings of the Master. He should ask himself the question: How would Jesus Christ vote If he were alive upon the earth at this time ai.d a clti? sen of Sumter County? Ihere can be no question as to the answer. No prohibitionist bellevee that an "Ideal condition can be brought about by the enactment of a law forbidding he sale of liquor." They do believe, however, that such a law could be better enforced than the present dis? pensary Inw. and would be a vast Im? provement upon it. The present law la a "snare and a delusion" and the worst sort of a sham. The Sumter County dlspenearlea are no better than, sud In fact, are blind tigers, because 'he whiskey they sell Is not legally sold. The law requires the use of "request" blanks, but we all know that this wise provision Is open? ly and flagrantly violated. No pre? tense whstever Is made to enforce it Other blind tigers and social clubs also floumisU under the present sys? tem, and would be no wrose under prohibit ton. We do not believe that, with the dispensaries closed, there will be as much liquor sold here as there Is sow. And leaving sll other considera? tions out of the question, no man who has a boy can afford, by his vote, to establish a whiskey shop In our coun? ty to tempt him tc moral and physi? cal ruin. Oas more fact, please, and let me write It large: Were It not for the revenue produced by the sals of whis? key and beer In Sumter County no sane man could be found who would esst his vots for it Ars ws to sell ourselves to this monster In order that we may hear the Jingle In our pockets of the few dimes saved In taxes? We do not believe the man? hood of Sumter County will do this thing, bot will show to the world that they ar? Influenced by nobler senti? ments, and will repud'ate this scheme '??for revenue only." EDWIN F. MILLER. Sumtir, 8. C, March 8. 190?. gpartunburg. March 8.?As the re? sult of s fight about a woman Ua.v ) mood Caskett. colored, lies at his home. In Greenville, with his head spilt open, and Jim Klugh. also col? ored. Is In the county Jsil hors. he having struck the blow with an ax< The fight occured at McOee's camj. On the Carolina. CUnchfteld and Ohio t road, near Cowpens, Saturday. Tommy?Pop. what Is the differ? ence between a cook and a chef" Tommy s Pop?About 120 a week, my eon.?Philadelphia Record, p THY THE MONEY-HACK CURE bX>R INDIGESTION. Nine times In ten stomach derange? ments era responsible for sallow com? plexion, lull eyes and thin body. It Is the stomach that supplies nourishing blood to the muscles, the nerves, and akin. If the stomach 1s healthy, plenty of nutritious mutter will be absorbed by the blood. If it Is not healthy, the food will ferment, and ur.dlgested, will pass along through the bowels, furnishing, so little nutritious mstter that the blood become* impoverished, and the glow of health vanlehes. If you suffer from nervousness, sick headache, belching of gas. sour taste In the mouth, heaviness after eating, or any other it laerable stom? ach disturbance, you need Ml-o-na, snd the sooner you get It the quicker you will be healthier und hapler. It will relieve any distressed stom aeh condition almost Immediately. It will cure If used according to direc? tions. DeLorme s Pharmacy sells it ? for 10 cents a large box. and he thinks enough of It to guarantee It to cure Indigestion. CURES CATARRH, ASTHMA, Broa<hsha, Croey, Ccsts^ ?kJ Cc4ck ot money betg, Sold and guswantccd by DUDltMl S I'll AKJflAt V. I 1-1? * 11 ft W 1-10. Ml SHOULD NOT MIX DIL ELIOT GkYKS HIS VIEWS OX It \CIAL INTERMARRIAGE. Says Different Peoples Have Never Indulged to Their Profit?Irish Should Not Wed Anierctuu* of Eng? lish Descent. Montgomery. Ala., March 8.? "There should be no admixture of ra? cial stocks," declared retiring Presi? dent Eliot, of Harvard University to? night In an Interview. "I believe, for example, that the Irish should not In? termarry with the Americans of Eng? lish descent; that the Germans should not marry the Italians; that the Jews shofuld not marry the French. Each race should maintain its own Individ? uality. The experience of civilization shows that racial stocks are never mix? ed with profit, and that such unions do not bring forth the best and strongest children. There Is no rea? son, however, why the races cannot live together, side by side, In perfect peare and amity. "In the case of the negroes and the whites, the race should be kept apart In every respect. The South has a wise policy. I believe that Booker T. Washington has the right Ideals, and 'hat Dubola is Injuring the progress of his race with his views." President Eliot emphatically de? nies that he ever said that there was a suffrage problem in the North, ow? ing to the predominance of Catholics. "In the North we are affiliated In our civic life by having masses of vo? ters who know nothing of liberty. Take the Irish?they say themselves that at home they had no experience at self-government Our problem Is to show the newer arrivals that It Is to their Interest to have effeclent gov? ernment and not lavish expenditure." Dr. Eliot left for Birmingham to? night, and on Tuesday night will ad? dress the student body of the Univer? sity of Alabama, at Tuscaloosa. POST O MEETING. OuVers Elected for The Year. At the regular meeting of Post O., T. P. A., held on Saturday night the annual election of officers wss held with the following result: President?A. W. Crosswell; first vies president, W. Percy Smith; sec? ond vies president, P. O. Leak; secre? tary and treasurer, C. B. Yeadon; di? rectors. J. W. McKslver, J. F. Gleen, R. H. Wltherspoon, Trabue Barks dais, J. W. McCoy, W. R. Phillips, W. Percy Smith, P. O. Leak. Delegates to the annual State con veltlon to be held In Charleston, April 29 and SO were elected as fololws: J. W. McKelver, W. Percy Smith, P. O. Leak. L. B. Phillips, A. W. Cross well, J. W. McCoy, W. J. Benjamin, H. L. Scarborough, A. C. Ducker, C. B. Yeadon. The following resolutions were also unanimously adopted: Resolved. That Post G. goes on rec? ord as most emphatically condemning the treatment extended to Mr. R. I. Lane, a traveling man, representing The Sea Gull Specialty Co., who was so badly and maliciously assaulted by the Llndseyu (father and two sons) proprietors of Hotel Camden, on the 3rd day of March, 1909. And we feel that it Is a duty we owe to ourselves ss traveling men, to show our disap? proval. It was further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be Inscribed on the minutes, and a copy be given to the preis, and also to Mr. R. I. Lane. A. C. DUCKER, President. C. B. Yeadon, Secretary. Saving the Forest. To Indicate the actual possibilities of forest devolopments, the conditions in North Carolina may be taken as representative. Could a well-defined forest policy have been adopted in this State 26 years ago, not only might more timber have been cut than has been during the psat 25 years, but In place of a yearly de? creasing cut of 35,000,000 feet, which is now taking place, there would easi? ly have been secured by this time a yearly increase cut of more than 70,000.000 feet, with the prospects of producing In a few years more than twice the present annual cut from the existing forest area. Every year of delay, however. In adoption of such a policy means many years of loss for recuperation. It means the destruc? tion of active capital, represented In young trees, which no amount ?. f money can possibly replace, for only time and care can again establish them. The South today has an op? portunity to actually develop Its for? est assets without Interfering with their exploitation. Further exploit? ation, however, without development will take place by exacting an enor? mous discount from the future earn? ings of Its forests. Patience?Don't you think she'd make a pretty bride? Patrice?Well, I think she'd be willing to take chan? ces on It?Yonkers Statesman. MANNIN? LAND SALE - Big Tract Sold at Auction and Lots Bring High Prices?An Evidence of The Tow u s Growth. Manning, March 6.?This was sure? ly a gala day In the history of Man? ning, and its influence for the up? building of Manning will be felt in the future. The American Realty .fc Auction Company of Greensboro, N. C, sold with a blare of trumpets lit erallyk|for a brass band of ten pieces, under the direction of Prof. J. B. Lehman, discoursed music while the sale of 75 lots In the corporate limits of Manning, known as the A. L. Le se8ne tract, was disposed of by those princes of auctioneers, Messrs. J. C. Penny and D. A. Bodenhamer, at the rate of one a minute. The land sold aggregated thirteen (13) acres at about ore thousand dollars an acre, prices ranging from one hundred to four hundred dollars a lot. Eight or ten years ago this same properU could have been readily pur? chased at from $5 to $10 an acre and yet carplr? crltlcis cont end that Ma i nfnil is not growing. Five prizes were drawn of five dol? lars each in gold, and ten dollars In silver, was distributed in the crowd. There was an immense concourse of people assembled and the bidding was spirited. The officers of the company are G. T. Penny, president; J. C. Penny, vice president; J. R. Thomas, secretary. As this tract of land has been dis? tributed among 76 purchasers, small homes will be erected thereon at a rental of say $5 to $7.50 per month, and persdns of moderate means will be enabled to live comfortably and at a reasonable figure, and this will havo a tendency to draw within our gates from adjoining counties and States, industrious and law-abiding people and naturally an Increased popula? tion means Increased prosperity. In tho near future there will be other sales of lands and the develop? ment of Manning will continue as the county seat of grand and good old Clarendon. Manning will not only command but deserve success. Among the purchasers were: Dr. Charles B. Geiger, Clerk of Court A. I. Barron, D. Hirschman, .Rev. P. H. Shuler, ex-Senator J. H. Lesesne, C. R. Sprott. Among the out-of-town persons who were present at the sale were: Messrs. H. H. Bradham, of Greenville, W. M. O'Bryan, Heine mans, A. L. Lesesne, Sumter, J. H. Mahoney, Silver. Judge John S. Wilson, who has been holding court at Monck's Corn? er is home on a brief respite. As al? ways, his many friends are delighted to see this genial gentleman and jurist. Mrs. Beulah M. Dinklns has return? ed to Manning much to the genuine gratification of her many devoted friends. Mr. James H. Holmes, a very ener? getic business man of Charleston was here much to the pleasure of his many friends. Mr. Frank P. Burgess, cotton buy? er, for the great exporting house of Alex Sprunt & Sons of Wilmington, X. C, spent a few days ajt his old home, Stateburg. Sumter may well be proud of this sterling youn* Amer? ican. The Plumbers' Demands. To the Editor of The Dally Item: Please permit me a short space in your paper to make a few remarks In regard to this scale of pay that the plumbers of Sumter are trying to get. If I understand it correctly, they are demanding $3.50 for 8 hours work per day. I can't understand myself on what grounds they demand it. If it Is from skill I would like to know where it comes in at us you can take any man or boy that has any In? telligence whatever and teach him in a day's time how to solder or wipe a lead joint. Now they have served no time as a mechanic would, to mas? ter the trade. It takes a machinist four or five years to master the machinist's trade, with all the disadvantages he has to contend with, and it takes a good one to demand or get $3.50 for a day's work at 9 to 10 hours per day. And again, I say that it is not fair to charge this price in competlon with other trades that require more skill. And another thing, these plumbers are here today and gone tomorrow. And again how about the man who runs the plumbing shop, who will be compelled to hire the men at this price, and of which he is entitled to a certain per cent of the hired man's time, therefore forcing the price up to $7 or $8 per day for, I would like to know. I am a firm believer in the wage-earner selling his hire to the highest bidder, but let him first prove what work demands It. This Is an unreasonable price and 1 think the plumbers ought to come to some consideration before demand? ing stich prices and other stipulations In connection with their work. ONI WHO KNOWS. The Japanese war talk would be considered less dangerous If Hobson were doing more of it.?Philadelphia Press. CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. Extension ol* Water System Requested By Citizens of Southwestern Sec? tion?-Refusal to Reduce the Li? cense for Money Lenders?Invita? tion Accepted to Attend Booker Washington lecture?Final Report. Of Sewerage Commission Received, Showing Total C ost of 16 2-10 Miles $93,524.53?Petitions of Various Kinds Acted Upon or Referred. Council held a regular meeting at 8 o'clock last Tuesday night. Present: Mayor protem, J. R. Lig on, Aldermen H. D. Barnett, Wm. Bultman, P. P. Finn, R. F. Hayns? worth, H. C. Haynsworth and W. G. Stubbs. Absent: Mayor W. B. Boyle and Alderman R. L. Wright. Mr. G. W. Reardon requested per? mission to repair the Moor of a wood? en store within the fire limits. His request was referred to the Fire De? partment Committee with power to act. Mr. D. D. Moise on behalf of Mr. T. B. Jenkins asked that council would state definitely at what time their promise would be fulfilled, to pipe the drain across Mr. Jenkins' land or I divert the water from the land, as the open drain prevents improvement of the property and may be injurious to the public health. The mayor as? sured Mr. Moise that tt was the pur? pose of council to do this work as soon as it can be reached. I Mr. Moise on behalf of Mr. Jenkins and other property owners asked that the water system be extended in the j southwestern section of the city for j protection from fire of the many build I lngs recently erected In that section. I The matter was referred to the Com? missioners of Public Works. Mr. Moise for Messrs. J. H. Archer and Geo. M. Zeigler asked that their I license tax as money lenders be re I duced on the ground that the license I of $100 Is excessive and not reason I able as required by law. And out of I proportion to the license on other I lines of business. Council declined to I reduce the license. j W. T. Andrews Invited council to I attend a lecture on 18th instant by I Dr. Booker T. Washington and oc? cupy seats on the stage. The invita I tlon was accepted with thanks. Mr. W. B. Costin asked permission to build a fence at the rear of his store on Liberty street, within the fire limits. He was informed that the fire I limit ordinance does not forbid I fences. The following report from the Sew I erage Commission was read and I adopted. I To the Honorable, the City Council, I of Sumter: I Gentlemen:?The Sewerage Com I mission elected by you April 3rd, I 1907, have finished the work assigned I to them. Their term of office has j therefore expired and they now de I sire to be relieved from further duty I or responsibility. The magnitude of I the work accomplished has far ex I ceeded our expectations and the cost has been much greater than was an I ticipated. Notwithstanding these facts the city has profited by our method j of construction In three important J particulars. 1st. We have saved not less than $16,000 over the lowest con I tractors bid. ?2nd. We are assured J that the system is much superior to J those which are constructed by con? tractors. In this connection wo would say, that no necessary expense has J been spared to obtain the best results, though at the same time we have been careful not to spend a dollar that was not considered necessary. 3rd. By our method the city has boon enabled to make valuable Im? provement of streets, by using the clay and refilling the trenches with sand. How much this incidental im I provement i3 worth, we have no means of computing. In addition to I these benefits, all supplies in connec I tion with the system were purchased in Sumter, so far as they could be procured in the local market, and our merchants received the profits of the trade. That mistakes have been made, we do not deny, but we have been gov? erned at all times by a sense of duty, and have done the best we could to perform the arduous task imposed upon us. Whatever these mistakes may have been, we feel sure they have not been more numerous nor more serious than are commonly made In such undertakings. Unfor seen difficulties and obstacles have arisen all along through the work. These had to be overcome and entail? ed much labor and cost. Sixteen and two-tenths miles of sewers have been laid at an outlay of $87,377.23. In addition to that amount there is a balance of $6,14 7. 30 (not Including interest) due for pipe; making a total cost of $93,524. 53. We have a quantity of pipe, tools, pumps, etc., left over, which will be of use to the city, and which we ask you to take off our hands and give the Sewerage Commission credit for their value as shown by an inven? tory to be made. This credit will re? duce the cost of our sewerage system to about $92,0000. In conclusion we extend our thanks to council for the hearty manner in which they have cooperated with us in this most important and costly en te: prise ever undertaken by our city. Respectfully submitted, (Signed) R. F. Haynsworth, Chrmn., P. Moses, Jr., Hmh C. Hayns worth, Ceo. L. Ricker, J. P. Booth, H. D. B.irnett. In accepting this report council adopted a resolution of thanks to the retiring commission for the valuable service rendered by them The following claims approved by the Sewer age Commission were order? ed paid: City Water Works, $382.61; Brailsford & Co., $27.50; Durant Hardware Co., $5.25; Booth-Harby Live Stock Co., $92.89. Minutes of Feb. 23rd, were read and confirmed. The mayor pro tern stated that he had not signed the Ordinance to reg? ulate Driving Droves of Horses and Mules through the streets, but had re? served it until Mayor Boyle, who had suggested its provisions, should have an opportunity to see it. Mr. Barnett for the Finance Com? mittee, reported that the clerk and treasurer's report for February had been examined and found correct. And that all claims referred to them had been approved. The Committee of Public Works submitted report of superintendent of streets for two weeks. Amount spent in repairing streets, hauling garbage, etc., $310.15. Mr. Finn, chairman of the Fire De? partment Committee asked council to take some action in reference to fire equipment. Postponed to next meet? ing. Mr. Bultman for the Opera House Committee stated that the switch for lights as now proposed would cost $100 and was authorized to have It installed at that price. He also re? ported that his committee advised against payment of the First National Bank's claim of $104 for plumbing. The report was adopted. Mr. R. F. Haynsworth of the Fire Station Building Committee stated sickness and absence from the city had prevented him from calling the committee together and was granted further time. Mr. Ligon for the Police Committee presented report of lights not burning in February. And police report for February as follows: Arrests, 85; fines, $328.50; days la? bor, 360. Mr. Ligon suggested that some rule should be made as to the number of days vacation and sick time which are to be allowed to each officer annual? ly. And thought that the present al? lowance of ten days vacation should continue, with an additional ten days for sickness. And in case an officer should be absent and sick for more than twenty drys, he should not be paid for such additional time. This suggestion was adopted. The Police Committee was authorized to pur? chase summer jniforms. They are to decide upon the price. Request of Mrs. C. R. Gregg for permission to improve her residence within the fire limits, was referred to the Fire Departmnt Committee with power to act. A letter was received from Mr. D. J. Winn in reply to the inquiry of council on 24th of February, as to al? leged damage t5 property, by change in the grade of a sidewall;, and the question was referred to the Commit? tee of Public Works and City En? gineer, for consultation with Mr. Winn. Mr. J. H. Darr made written appli? cation for recommendation of coun? cil on his behalf as public cotton weigher. Actio i was deferred until the first council meeting in May. The committee on the law range sewer was granted further time. Report of Sewerage Commission, showing $846.6 5 expended in Feb? ruary, was received as information. Council then ftdjourned. Not Without Hope. A Richmond man, whose business frequently takes him to the wilds of West Virginia, tells an incident illust? rating an interesting phase of the mountaineer character in that sec? tion. It seems that the Richmond man was desirous of employing for work in the region referred to a certain Hank Waters, an 1 so had asked a number of mount tineers questions as to his character fitness for the work, etc. "He's pretty well and favorably known in thi? locality, isn't he?" ask ed the Richmond man of one old fel? low never out of the mountains in all his life. 'Well, mebbe he ain't so well known as lota of others," replied tin oh: chapi In an apologetic tone. "He ant killed nobody yit that l knows of; but," h? added gravely, 'Hank Waters >s mighty promlsln'." Harpers Week iy. "Doesn't she ever stop talking?' "Oh! yes; winn sho'l breaking in i fresh piece of gum."?Louisville Cou rier-Journal. HISS8UIMIITEJJWS HL FEDERAL JUDGE I IX LAKES THEM C \ < < >N SIT TUT i o M AL. The "Show ,Mc" State Sustains Severe Blow in Decision of Judge McPher son. Who Holds the Two-Cent Pan* ?enger Kate iAVH and the Maximum Freight Kate I>aw < ?.n!r <ator> In? ^tead of Compensatory. Kansas City. March 8.?Missouri's? two-cent passenger and maximum* freight laws were nullified* by a de? cision handed down today in the Un? ited States District Court by Judge Smith McPherson, of Rod Oak. Iowa. As a result, it is believed there will be a quick return in Missouii to three cent fares. Frank Hagerman, for the eighteen companies involved, as? serted today that the decision sound* ed like the death knell of the two cent rate in every State in the Union. Judge McPherson held that both the commodity and passenger lawn were confiscatory and unconstitution? al, and Mr. Hagerman declared that it is not conceivable that if the two cent rate is confiscatory in Missouri, it can be compensatory in other States. The State on the other hand declared emphatically that Missouri's fight for lower rates will continue* Elliott W. Major, Attorney General, was in court today when the decision) was read, said an appeal would be taken and the present Legislature would be asked to pass new rate laws that would stand the tests of the courts. Governor Hadley made a. similar statement. Fire Alarm Tuesday. A small blaze on the roof of a ser? vant's house in the yard of Mr. Claude Lesesne, West Calhoun street,, gave the hose wagons a good rum about 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. A high wind was blowing at the time and but for the prompt work of Sum ter's volunteer firemen the fire would no doubt have spread to the sur? rounding residences. However, tho blaze was confined to the outhouse, and very little damage was done. MURDER IN OCONKE. W. B. F. Corbet and Charles Corbet Killed at Home of J. B. Palmer? Details Meagre. Seneca, March 8.?Deputy Sheriff W. B. F. Corbet and his brother, Charles, were killed tonight at 10> o'clock at the home of J. B. Palmer, two miles south of Walhalla. It is reported that Corbet had a warrant for the arrest of one Palmer for shooting up the rural mail box? Palmer, his wife, daughter and son are all slightly wounded. Palmer and* two sons are in Jail. Particulars are lacking. HAD 20,000 POUNDS OF BONKS, Savannah Negro Had Obtained Them From Negro Graveyard. Savannah, March 8.?Just about to finish a contract for 20,000 pounds of bones, most of which he stated he had obtained from a negro graveyard here, Joe Marks, colored, was arrest? ed yesterday by a patrolman. He had some plates from coffins in his pock? ets. He will not be allowed to dis? inter any more bodies, but will be tried on the lunacy charge. The Kansas City man who, during", the high wind, was hit on the head by a falling sign announcing "strik? ing bargains," Is no great believer in< the eternal fitness of things.?Em poria Gazette. TAX NOTICE. The County Treasurer's office in Court House building, will be open foi itie 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, 6 1-2 mills. For County, ordinary, 2 3-4 mills. For Sinking Fund loan of 1907, I mill. For Sinking Fund loan of 1908, 1-4 mill. For Constitutional 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 noils. School District, No. 3. 2 mills. School District. No. 4, 2 mills. School District, No. 8, 1 mill. School District, No. 11, 2 mills. Sehood District, No. 12. 3 mills. School District, No. 13, 3 nulls. school District, No. 14, 3 mills. School District, No. 16, 2 mills. School District, No. 17, 3 mills. School 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 >t 5 per cent, until 15th day of March? ItOt, when the tax books will close for the collection of taxes for year, 1908. T. W. LEE, Co. Treas. for Sumter Co., S. 42. 10-7-mchl5,09