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Kbt Wlaitta aiiu ^autbron WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1909. ?t Ute PoatonW at Burner. 8. CX. m Second Class Matter. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. O. K Haynaworth?Wanted. O'Donnell 4 Co.?The Big Store. J. W. McKlever?Hit the Nail on the Head. Chas, M. StiefT?Do You Want to Make lioo? The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.? Spring Sulta PERSONAL. Mr. U C. Molae left Tuesday for Spartanburg to attend the South Atlantic Music Festival. Mia* Sadie Davis, of Charlotte. N. C Is visiting her sister, Mrs. 8. H. Edmunde. Mrs, Walter Hastey. of Charleston. Is visiting her mother. Mrs. Rosa Loyns. Miss Ouasle Hirhy has returned to the city from a visit to her brother at Trenton, N. J. Mr. B. H. Norcum. representative of the Austin-Nichols Co.. New York. In In th? city. Mr. W. B. Upahur went to Spartanburg to attend the music fes? tival. Miss Virginia Harby, Mrs. Robert Sbelor, Mrs. Henry Harby and Mrs. W. R. Phillips went .<> Spartanburg Tuesday u wttend the music fes? tival Mr. Sydney Burgees Is at home from the Medical College at Charles? ton for a few days. Mr Ralph Loyns returned Tuevdav morning to Newman. Oa.. after a few days stay In th? city. Mrs. Ralph Loyns. of Newmsn. Oa.. la on a visit to her mother, Mrs, C. P. Schwerin. ? Mr. and Mra. Burns of Camden re? turned home en Tuesday, aftei *l few days visit to Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Burns on Hampton Avenue. Mr. T. L. JCahn. of Mayesvllle. was In t*e city Wednesday. Mr. LeRoy Harper and Miss Bes? sie. Salley, of Orangeburg, spent Tdssday In the city as the gueats of Mtes Mabel Welch. Mr. Wm. Andrews, of Mayesville, spent Wednesday In the city. Miss Movls McKlnney. of Mayes? vllle. Is visiting relatives In the city. Dr. I. C. Baker. President of the Slate Medical Association and Dr. Walter Cheyne. Secretary, went to Suminervtu? Monday afternoon u> at? tend the annual meeting of the A ?so? cial Ion. Drs. K. R. Wilson and Archie China left Wednesday for Summerville to attend the State MedlcM Association. Dr. K 8. Booth. Oeo. L. Rlcker. i*. A Lemmon. I. C. Strauss, J. H. Chan? dler and several others went to Charleston Wednesday to attend the meeting of Shrlners. Mr. R. P. Stackhouee. of Dillon, vi as in town Wednesday on bualneaa. Dr. BHa F. Morrell. of Chicago, and her mother. Mra. L. 8. Morrelt. are slatting Dr. A. B. Morrell at No. f] Broad street. Dr. Ella F. Morrell la Supreme Baamlner for the Order of "Royal Neighbors of America" and la making a tour of the South and will spend some time with Dr. A. B. Mor? rell her brother! Mrs. S. R. SmoAk has returned from a visit to relatives In Orangeburg. Mr Wm. F. Alexander and daugh? ter. Winifred, have gone to Philadel? phia on a visit. Mtese* Prloleau. of Charleaton. Vir? ginia Maunders, of Stateburg, and Ift? as Banders, pf Hagood, are the guesta of Mr. and Mra. J. C. Huger. THF. HUF WF.DNF.SPAY MUHT. Old Home of Mr < \V. Stnndll a ,o tal Iwma. t ,e dwell.ng houae on Haynaworth street, owned by Mr. C. W. Stanslll and occupied by him for many yeara burn* 1 Wednesday at 4 a. m. The house was unoccupied. Mr. Stanslll having removed to Salem Avenue a few we^ks ago. but stored In the houpe snd In a house In the yard was a con? siderable amount of furniture and other articles, all of which were de? st toy ed. The firs was certainly Um work of an incetllary. for there had I been no nre on the premises for sev? eral weeks. When the alarm waa given the Are was already far ad? vanced and It was impossible to save the house or any of the contents. The house which waa valued at $'j. 100 was Insured for $1.600. Some people are so Imbued with the Idea that It's never too late to mend that they never begin. Some people are ao busy planning for the future that they overlook tin* present. h seems as though only the weal? thy can afford to have no manners. cOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHED. tteens of Interest Gathered In ann Around the City. Mr. Oeo. D. De Medlcls has been appointed manager of the branch of? fice of the National Packing Co.. to succeed Mr. Edward Jordan. Mr. De Medlols waa employed aa bookkeeper for the firm only a ahort time ago and hla bualneaa abilities and Integrity haa won for him the reaponaible po? sition as manager. The Sumter Loan St Trust Co.. opened for bualneaa Tuesday. It appears to be all off with the State League and Sumter will have to be content this summer with an occasional game of amateur ball. If the prohibitionists make any? thing resembling an active campaign In Sumter County the dispensary will be voted out In August. There Is no organization, and no Individuals suf? ficiently Interested personally, to make a fight for the dispensary and all the campaigning will be done on the other aide, and the work will tell In the result. The new advertisement of Slbert's Drug atore contalna prlcea that will open the eyea of careful buyers. O'Donnell & Co.'s advertiaement contains special offerings of season I able gooda at remarkably attractive Iptlcea. Shoppers should look It over. The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co.. I haa a new advertisement today. Note I the prices quoted. Representatives of the contractors I who are building the concrete tre# I tte for the Atlantic Coast Line at St. I Stephens were here Wednesday hunt - I Ing laborers. A large number of I hands will be employed on this Job I for several months. Granting that It Is a certainty that I the dispensary will bo voted out at j she August election, it certainly be I hooves our city father* V> take, steps I at once to curtail the expenses of the I city government. If expenses are not I reduced, next year this time the city I of Sumter will be absolutely bankrupt. I The indications are that the dlspen I sarv will be voted out and the Income I from that source cut off. This will I reduce the Income of the city fully I $25.000 and there Is no sense In going I ahead spending money and contract I ing debts on the basis of an Income I that will cease after August. Now Is I the time to begin the curtailment o' I municipal expenses; and If the city I is to live wtthin its means the cur I tallment will have to be a radical and I aweeplng one. Mr. Lee, the representative of the j Chicago parties who have been ln I tereated |n the gas plant proposition I by Mr. J. L. Alnut, is in the city and I will spend several daya here making I a careful Inspection and investigation I and If he finds that conditions are sat I Isfactory he will talk bualneaa. The prohibitionists are organizing I for an active fight on the diapenaary j in Sumter County and no effort will be I spared to bring out the fullest poaalble I vote against It at the August election. I It is to be hvjped that the Sumter Ant i I Saloon League will be made a perma I ncnt organisation and that It will re I serve some of Its energy and enthu I 4lasm for the harder fight for the en I forcement of the law against the sale I of liquor after the dispenaary la abol I ished. It Is going to he a compara I lively easy matter to vote out the dis I pensary, but to suppress the blind tlg I SJM and social clubs will be a far I more difficult matter and a longer and I a harder light. It Is about time for the early clos I lag agreement to be signed up. Of I course, all the stores will close at 6 I o'clock p. m., on and after May 1st. I but It Is customary to circulate an I agreement for signature by the mer I chants. Mr. J. A. Bull, the Chick Spring j Water man. was in the city Thurs I day and closed a deal with A. A. Strauss Sc Co., to handle their wate:. M . Bull expreased himself as tickled I to death over SumtiT. He says J that "we have as good a town ns any I one wanted." but modesty forbid him j bragging about Greenville, w here Mr. I Dull has large interests. Mr. Bull I has entered orders for Chick Water I and a fresh supply will be on hand I shortly Mr. Bull compared Sumter to j Atlanta. of course, referring to j tht push, enterprise and energy of j tin |WG cities. He also remarked that Atlunta was the largest mineral water town In the United States, but that he thought thru Sumter was game enough to gSt into the raci. Mr. Bull was told of tbe good water that Sum? ter bad. ' Hlght there is where I con? gratulate Sumter." remarked Mr Hull. I am glad that Sumter has such a good water supply and that makes our water all the more in demand. Hut. "remarked Mr. Bull." we have a good many Sumter people at the s| rings every summer and find them V#ry progressive. That is one reason h p want to get Chick water started lit ?water. Mr, Ball returned to Catch Springs Thursday. Hi has great work going on fixing and repairing for the piHHent season's travel. Chick Springs and Chick Springs water is ? combination hard to beat, says Mr. Hull. THE GLEMSQN ROW. CAPT, MINUS FIHES ANOTHER SHOT AT DR. MELL. Contradictory Statements Respect I n;; Matters of Discipline at the College ?-Cupt. Minus Gives His Side of the Thornhill Oaae. To the Editor of The State: The following is attributed to Dr. Meli a* the facts in the Tliornhlll case: "When he (referring to Thorn hill) went home Christmas, he was taken ill and did not return to col? lege on the day for work to be re? sumed but came several days later. According to the by-laws governinr the college, the president has juris? diction in cases of this kind, and when Thornhill returned, he present? ed a physician's certificate which is in accordance with the rules. Presi? dent Meli excused him on this delay and allowed him to enter college to resume his studies. It now develops, so says Dr. Meli, that Thornhill had presented the certificate first to Capt. Minus, who had refused to accept it. Dr. Meli did not know that the matter had come up before Capt. Mi? nus, for there was , no notation In the certificate, and if there had been one made, it was not a matter in his ju? risdiction. Only the president has authority to act in such cas?a." Here is Capt. Minus' statement: "Cadet Thornhill went home for the Christmas holidays, December 22. 1908, to January 2, 1909. He return? ed to college 42 hours late and sub I mitted an explanation to the effect J that he was detained for dental work I and supported his statement by the I following certificate: "Charleston, S. C. Jan. 2. 1909. " 'This is to certify that Mr. E. J. I Thornhill has been detained by me to j have his teeth treated. (Signed) " *R. Mcl. Wilbur, D. D. S.' " I returned the explanation on the I grounds that the cadet was away I from college from December 22. I 190^, |fl January 2. 1909, by authority I and no reason was given why the I dental work was hot done during the j 10 or 11 days of leisure. My indoree I ment. returning the explanation, was I to the effect that the explanation was I unsatisfactory, in which event if the I cadet had more to offer in explaining j his offense, he had the opportuni I ty. It was during the time that the I paper was in the hands of the cadet I that it was taken to Dr. Meli. / I quote paragraph 204, regulations I for the government of the cadets of I Clemson Agricultural college: "Every cadet who overstays his I leave of absence must produce satis I factory testimony of his having been J prevented from returning by sick I nesss or some other unavoidable I cause." Certainly up to this point the tes I timcny was not satisfactory. Taking up Dr. Mell's statement by I piecemeal, "when he (referring to j Thornhill) went home Christmas, he I was taken ill." This Is the first claim j made that Thornhill was ill. Continuing, I quote from Dr. Mell's j statement: "According to the by I laws governing the college, the pres I ident asserts that he has jurisdiction I in such cases. " Here is the exact I Quotation from the by-laws: "In nil matters of discipline and I control of the cadet corps, except In I cases Involving suspension or expul f sion. the commandant shall be em I powered to act. and the board will I expect him to enforce good order and I good behavior and exercise all the j power necessary to that end. He I shall make such rules and regulations J as he may deem best, subject to the j supervision and paramount control of I the president." Further along in the president'. statement, tjjgs occurs: "Only the president has authority to act in such coses." A reference to the records of the commandant's office will show at least 50 cases of cadets overstaying l?*ave since the beginning of my ad? ministration in 1907, and I challenge thi president to show rne case in Which he has ever exercised the au? thority that he asserts is his alone. Every case of overstaying leave, ex I cepl the Thornhill case and Brown cr.se. have been handled by me with? out one word or comment from the president, indicating action In the easel. His Invariable rule, prior to January, 1909. has been to send tvj Ith? eommandant's office surgeon's cer? tificates and so on, and not a single one shows ? word by way of indorse? ment prior to the above cited cases The validity Of the excuse has here tofore been left entirely to the com? mandant h? re Is ths Indorsement on il Thornhill certificate: "President"* Office. January 8, 1909 I "Respectfully referred to the com? mandant. Cadet will be excused on this certificate. < Signed) "P. H. Meli. "Presldenr." Now summing up. Dr. Meli states that the cadet was 111, rend the ctM' Acate; that the president, and the president ahoi?-, has authority ro handle SUCh cast s; read the qUOtfttlor, from the by-laws and consider t'>" fact that for a year and a half pre? vious there was never a sin:ue.-iion that the handling of surgeon's crtifi cates In the case of cadets overstay? ing leave is a special and SXClUttV* function of the president. The com? mandant, and the commandant ?JonOi has always handled these certificates; that the grounds for the president's removal of the offense against the cadet are without warrant. If the regulations and the by-laws governing this instiution mean any thing, the president, by this action, in a ruthless, uncalled for and unau? thorized manner. Invaded the jurisdic? tion of the commandant, specifically set aside as his, by the board of trus? tees in the by-laws. Along this line, I quote from a let* ter of protest In the Brown caae, which Is of the same flagrant and In? vading nature as the Thornhlll case: "One of the great evil8 and one of the moat unbusiness-like elements con? nected with the administration of this college from a disciplinary standpoint Is the overstaying by the cadets of the stipulated and scheduled holidays granted by the authorltes and t*ie matter will never be remedied by the acceptance of any such excuse as is sat forth herein." "As president, you virtually discredit the order of my of ice, which, as I have stated, is based upon written Instructions from you I write this letter for the purpose of muking my protest a matter of rtc ord." The date of the above letter is Jan 4. 1909. The Thornhlll Indorsement Is of date Jan. 8, 1909. The president was under promise to the board of trustees to stay out of the comman dant's Jurisdiction, made Dec. 9, 1909. J. C. MINUS, Captain United States Army (retired.) TILLMAN ON TAFTS PLAN. Is Opposed to Breaking of the Solid South. New York. April 22.?Senator Ben 4amin R. Tillman talked on the Taft policy of breaking up the solid South tonight before a dinner of the South Carolinians at the Hotel Knicker? bocker. Senator Tillman does not approve of It and he said so without making much ado over it. "I'm not the sort," said he, "that likes to throw boquets at anybody. I'd rather throw rocks Instead." Then he got to it. 'There is one thing that is on my mind, and it stays there most of the time. It bolls up once in a while and when I'm called on to make a speech, why, It Just naturally comes to the surface. I mean the problem, the South's problem, the problem of the Sphinx. "Why is the South solid? WThy does it always vote the Democratic ticket? We are in the minority. Why should the other fellow be coming along now and try to bamboozle us and lead us off after false gods after all these years? Why the Democratic ticket? the Democratic ticket in this day and time? Why do I vote for the Democ? racy? Because I'm a White man. That's why. "Taft thinks seriously and earnest? ly that it would be good to have the South spilt up. It would be a great thing for this Republican grab game in Washington. He says the election laws that the Southern States have passed have made us free of this black peril, and that it would be well 3>r us to get some of the good that omes from being members of the dominant party? "You might think, if you only think on th.j surface, that there are bene? fits to be derived from what Mr. Taft urges." \ i i. 1 A Noble Parent. In writing a Rkelch of Washington a pupil ended her essay by saying. "Washington married a famous belle. Martha Custis. and In due time be? came the Father of His Country.*' Dellneator. Kind words are benedictions. They are not only Instruments of power, but of benevolence and courtesy, blessings both to the sneaker and bearer of them.?Frederick Saunders. A Word Breaker. "Flue looking old gentleman." "Yes, but he was never known to give a man his word that he did not break it." "Dishonest, eh?" "Nope; he stutters."?Houston Tost. Dignity and Ignorance. "So you have decided to call In an? other doctor?" "I have." was the reply. "The ab? surdity of the man prescribing linseed tea and mustard plasters for people of our position!" The Retort Courteous. A lady passing through the negr^ quarter In Mobile, Ala., heard an old woman chanting a dirgelike tune. "Auntie," she observed, "that is a mournful song you are singing." "Yassum," was the response, "I knows It's mo'nful, but by slngln' dat song an' 'tendln* to ray own business I spects to git to heaben." HI? Luck. "I have boon engaged to at least a dozen jrlrls," said a young man. "And always boon unlucky In love. r'.i?" Inquired n lady. "Oh, no? rather,ltuvJcy!" Wal the nn pwer. "I've nfWer nwrrl'd any of them!*' Rais.ng Corn a* Well as Cotton in the South. DEATH. Capt. Sebastian S. Sumter, of State burg, died last night at the Sumter Hospital, where he had been under treatment for the past three weeks. His death was the result of a general break down of the system due to the infirmities of extreme age. Mr. Sumter was in his eighty-ninth year, having been born in Brazil in September. 1820, his father then being resident in that country as the min? ister of the United States. His father was Col. Thomas Sumter, son of Gen. Thomas Sumter, the great partisan leader of the Revolutionary war and many years Senator from South Caro? lina, and his mother the Countess De Large. Mr. Sumter was a veteran of the Mexican war having nerved with the famous Palmetto Regiment and participated in the battles around the City of Mexico. The greater part of his long life was j the ten yeara ending wlth 190? spent at his ancestral home In the j production of corn was nearly 700, high hills of Santee, near StateburgqoO.000 bushels greater than in the Cotton is still King down South, and there is no reason to suppose that it will be dethroned in our time. The cotton that is exported repre? sents a sum large enough to pay our enormous balances U Europe, for the expense and purchases of tourists, for goods imported, for transporta? tion by sea and for interest on for? eign money invested in the United States. But down South King Cotton has occupied the field too exclusively. It has been too much the policy to devote the entire energies of the planters to that one crop and then have to j use the money received for cotton to buy things that ought to have been raised at home. The South is getting away from this unwise policy and is paying more attention to raising corn and other food. In and in his latter years he lived in comparative retirement, seldom leav? ing home. He is survived by three sons, Messrs, Thomas S. Sumter, John !rt. Sumter, and Wallace Sumter, one grandson. Mr. Thomas Sumter, qf Charleston, and three granddaughters, Mrs. H. L. Tisdale, Mrs. Herbert Haymiworth and Miss Beatrice Sumter. The funeral was held at Stateburg at 4 o'clock this afternoon, Rev. H. H. Covington of this city conducting. The interment was made in the Sumter family burying ground, where the re? mains of his distinguished ancestors are. FIRE Df THE COUNTRY. Mr. Mason I teams' House Burned Wednesday. The residence of Mr. Mascn Reames three and a half miles east of this city was burned Wednesday atfernoon between three and four o'clock. The house was a total loss and only a por? tion of the furniture and household effects were saved. The fire started from the stove flue and w;is beyond control before it was discovered. The ^.ouse was Insured for $500 but will not cover the loss by one half. previous decade. Trie corn crop of South Carolina alone increased by over a million bushels a year. In order to still further Increase the crop of that State the Legislature has offered a series of prizes to be award? ed to those who can raise the largest number of bushels on one or five acres. Ther are separate prizes for boys. This is a practical way to interest farmers in corn growing and to secure the use of the best seed and the best methods 01 fertilizing and cultivating. The contests held in former years, "have been of im? mense value to the State in dollars and cents, as has been demonstrated by their influence upon the remark? able advance made in the value of the corn crop in South Carolina in the last iwo years." The production of corn naturally suggests the produc? tion of bacon, and when that is done the people will have bread and meat, even if the boll weevil eats up the cotton crop.?Baltimore Sun. Miss Mary Crozer Page, of Phila? delphia, has been named as master of fox-hounds for a hunting cluh. She is the first woman in that section to have such a position. MMftftMMftftftftMftftMftftMftftftftftMftft* ft_ft ft :-1 ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft 5 ft ft ft .ft ft Spring Shirts SHEETS ??M^M?MS. f?i MST? N ftftft EAT lookings Shirts?designs that are different. Shirts made by Makers with a wide reputation for making choice Shirts. ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft I The new patterns are ready and there will ( never be a better time than right now to do your g( H choosing. ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft Cuffs Attached or Detached. The Making and Fit Perfect 50c to $1.00. ft ft ft ft ft ft ft ft For Shirts that are above the ordinary and out ? of the rut in style, we ask your attention. ? ft ft ft ft ft ft Phone 166. Sumter, S. C. ft ft ft ft ft tlllfllKHIEIIHlllllllllMIIIII Hit the Nail on the Ulead is what you do every time when you buy your sash, doors and blinds at The Sumter Door. Sash & Blind Fac t-.ty. Ton will always find the best quality and best workmanship on any? thing that you buy from our stock. Builders and contractors will find ev? erything they need in building ma? terials, and at bed rock prices at the Sumter Door. Sash & Blind F:\et.-v THE SUMTER DOOR, SfSH IUI BUM FIClOnY J. w. McKelver