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PROBING WILL HE STAKTED IN A FEW I? \YS, HOWEVER. jU(U(> Kenosmw Mountain Laad)* Deel am that he Furnished In? formation Through Which the Prevent Proceeding* Were Begun? He Hne not Assumed that Any Federal Statute Ha? Been Vlo Chicago. III., Jan. 14.?Judge Ken ?saw M Landls. of the United States District Court. In hie charge to the Federal grand Jury assembled today to Investigate the methods of the so-called "Beef Trust." declared It was through I f< i matlon furniulisd by h.m that the present proceeding ws* started it was announced that tho action mm the "Beef Trust ' Investigation WO?ld be postponed for a few days until some docket caeee had been considered After Judge Landls had delivered his charge, the Jury proceeded to take up some cases of minor impor? tance. "Having In mind the duty of the district attorney." said Judge Landls. "I notified that officer on the 20th of the present month that on your assembling here today the court would direct your attention to the subject of the present Investigation. "It Is a source of profound regret that two days later there began wide* spread of matter purporting to come from Washington and expressing the Intention and determination of cer? tain governmental functionaries there as to this proceedings, and alleging In that connection their purpose with rasped to certain Individuals residing In this district. "Without assuming here officially that there le anything behind the psbPeattone except Journalastlc en? terprises. I caution you to pay no attention whatever to them, as It will be your duty conscientiously to re? frain from making any disclosures of matters transpiring In your Jury '?Various reperts of alleged circum? stances end cosdlttons In connection Wtth the fresh meat industry have ISSaI to me. While the repreeentaJtons "* eef'forth In t-ieso complaints. e\ n If true, do not ntres/ncily Imply viola Mi of Federal law, fkey *r* of euch cVtAract t dm to r-.^u1.:, Impose upon the Court the duty of directing you* attention to the matter *a the end that the subject n>tl>1B ? ' hands th* l..v*?etigatto^Hrc< n*i der? ation <t? ^^*s^|?Msj^Mr'M Ai\Mm^m\ rTh+ ' JI*y the restraint of ram<?ng tn? ISVnfa] ?lgn nations, Judge will observe that t<> rot Congress | .? prcscrib of fr? e competition lose engaged In Truer-?late "national trade sad com I desire to Impress upon pSS it It ts not in the competency of Congr**s. nor does th*? Act ^ttempt to deal with trad* or commerce which Is wholly Intra-State. vfter charging upon the fact th*t Uw:.areas cannot Interfere with com? merce within a State, the court con? tinued: "You will perceive that Intent Is of the essence of this offence?that Is to , there must be a conscious puf on the part of the accused to sappress competition by co-operation to that end. The law does'not con? sent itself with mere coincidence of conduct In the abeence of such in? tent" DOOS EAT INFANT. Columbia Coroner Has An Infanticide Mystery to Solve. Columbia. Jan. IS.?Laborers on tfctHr way to work early this morning found dogs eating the body of a day old ? hlte Infant which was lying on street, near Magistrate Robert's Ml * In the Waverly suburb. The net so fsr has been unable to ? he myotery. I v VSYLIM DILL OFFERED. 000 ll< mil I?mte Election Au? thorised by Measure. mbla, Jan. 24 ?An important mcernlng the Hospital for the ? v.as introduced tonlgl.t by i. W. C. Harrison and C.*o. W. i It Is t<> provide for issuing -'t ? bonds to the amount of one n dollars for the establishment lospltal or hospitals for the it and to provide for payment c st thereon and the principe ?lim due. The governor and th State treesurer shall he authorised t borrow on the credit of the State a amount not to exec-d one million do' ?are. represented by coupon bond said bonds to bear interest from th date of their Issue to the date of thel tturlty at the rate of 3 1-2 pe it. per annum, payable seml-an nually, on the 1st day of July and th 1st day of Janusry In each yertr a the Stale treasury, In the city of Co tumble. CITY FARM PROFITABLE. Statement Covering La?t Year's Farming Operations on Water Work* Land. The city farm at the water works plant made a clear proftt for the city during 1909 of $1.585.5* on twenty nine acres of land which up to two years ago was practically worthless as a revenue producer to the city government. Now feed for thirteen head of city stock Is grown every year. The products of the farm for 1909 were as follows: 1,005 bushels oats, 80c per bu.$804.0O Oat straw for bedding 25.00 ?.000 lbs. of fodder, $10 per thousand 60.00 350 bushels of corn at $1.00 per bushel 350.00 43 tons of hay at $20 per ton 860.00 Total value of farm products 2,099.00 Expenses for 1909: Commercial' fertilisers $1 /5.?0 Straw for bedding 8.50 Plows 5.50 Twine for binding 6.80 Threshing oats 38.00 Rent of binder 10.00 Baling hay 31.35 Baling twine 4.60 Seed peas?4 0 bushels 40.00 Labor 193.70 Total expenses $513.42 Farm products $2.099.00 Expenses 513.42 Nst profits $1,685.58 The lend has been fertilised main? ly by sweepings from the public lots of the city and from street sweep? ings. The, superintendent of streets furnishes a cart and driver for haul? ing ths manure from the public lots and the streets and open drains of ths city to the city farm. The city health officer has a laborer who in addition to acting as janitor at the city hall goes into the public lots at 10 o'clock each day and rakes up these lots piling paper and other re? fuse unfit for fertiliser to be hauled to the dumping grounds, and all droppings, snd the scrapings from behind restaurant windows snd doort t ore dish watsr, liquid garbage, and other d> imposing vegetable or ani? mal matter which can be hauled are, after disinfection, carted away to the city farm for oompostlng with other Manures for fertilisers thus putting feck Ii I he land, the necesaaiy v** tabl n. t*er. All wood ashes thrown out from restaurants and stores, wher wood stovee are used are tak? en and thrown arpund In unsani? tary cornea] by ths colorsd laborer and .if tor wards mixed with lot and street sweepings for fertiliser uses. There are a number of public hitch? ing stalls In the public lots In which thousands of.cart loads of leaves swept up from ths streets are plac? ed every year instead of hauling these leaves out to ths dump Slid many h>.nd:*ed miles hauling are saved for i ty mules thereby. In about sixty or ninety days these leases together with hundreds of cart loads of animal droppings are shov? eled fui oy the eame colored laborer and are carted off to the city farm. The public lots are thus kept In good sanitary condition, being cleaned from two to three times a week each, disinfected, end the city drains are made to furnish revenue also in the shape of alluvial fertilizers, which wash down Into therm. Superintendent of Streets L. E. White is a good farmer and takes great interest in his vork. The value of the city lands for farming purposes has increased over two hundred per cent, in two years, and in another year it will be unnec? essary to use any commercial fertili? zers at all. The twenty-nine acres of land would scarcely grow hay two years ago, and before that time the city purchased all of Its feed for the city stock. Had the seasons been auspic? ious last year the net profits would have been greater. Then again it must be remembered that Mr. White could give very little steady attention to his crops as he has to attc id to his numerous other duties in the city. In addltlln to dcmonst.rati.ig what a city can do In the shape of grow? ing feed for Its own muni .d pa 1 stock the results of the city farm dem? onstrate another thing and that is that cooperation between elty depart? ments such as we have between the public worki snd the oUy n . iith de? partments may result in b< tter saei tar> conditions' and Incidentally re? financially t<?<?. Joe" Cannon is quoted as at If he Is not the next >f the House of Represen > Republican will be. That ? a prediction that the next II 1 e Democratic. What do gomsry Advertiser and the on Post think about the now? They cackled some the landmark's expense predicted some months ago Republican party would not t grip on the House In the ?Hons.?Norfolk Landmark. 9.7 ?2,900 BALES GINNED, tVnstiM Report Up to Jan. 16 for This Sea.soniYs Crop. Washington. Jan. 24.?The census reports the number of bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1909 to January 16. 1?) 10 was 9.792,990 bales compared with 12.666 209 bales for the year 1908. The proportion of the last three cotton crops, ginned to January 16, is 96.8 per cent for the crc f 1908, 93.5 per cent, for 1907 and s*3.8 per cent, for 1906. The number of round bales included this year is 147,846, compared with 232,510 last year and 188.037 for the season of 1907.08. The number of Sea Island bales is 92,001 this season, 90,287 last year and 80,190 for the season of 1907-08. The distribution of the Sea Island cotton for 1910 by States is: Florida, 27,888; Georgia. 50,872; South Carolina, 13,241. The number of bales of cotton gin? ned from the growth of 1909 to Jan uray 16, 1910, as compared with last year Is as follows, counting round bales as half bales and excluding Un? ters: 1109. '908. Florida. 60.896 68,624 Georgia. 1,827,752 1.952,113 North Carolina . 615,533 661,669 South Carolina .1,114,806 1,192,723 The corrected total cotton ginned this season to January 1, 1910, Is 9, 647,327. Twenty Years Ago. From the Youth s Companion. The habit of reminiscence is a symptom of advancing age and com? mon to men and women of every time; but it is perhaps more fasci? nating to the elderly of today than to those of any previous generation. Such wonders as they have seen come to pans; The vlllalge life of 20 years ago has been revolutionised, at least for the women. In that day, when one wanted a friendly visit with a neigh? bor, the loan of a recipe, or advice about the baby's cough, one put on one's bonnet and shawl and went to her house. Now we take down a telephone receiver for our talk. Moreover, the bonnet and shawl has given place to hat and coat. In : 898. when one journed to the city for a day of shopping and pleas urelnc, It was a long anticipated and considered matter. Involving the fam? ily horse and phaeton'or a horse ear, then a slow railway train, connecting with tmother horse car. Now trolley, "electrified" railroad and automobile whirl us from village to city before our mothers would have made up their minds for the trip. Twenty years ago "getting dress? ed" was a simple matter, requiring no help beyond a friendly criticism from daughter or husband. Now the service of daughter or husband, or both, must be enlisted, and It Is currently reported that the village old maid who lives alone has to go to a neighbor to be "hooked up" ev? ery afternoon. We need not walk to the postoffice, s'nce our letters are dropped at our doors; nor to the market, since the telephone takes our order; nor even to church, for the sermon and the music may come to us over the wire. Yet we were never so busy with gad? ding and going. Will the advent of airships complicate still further the life of the twentieth century? Or shall we presently be able to retire at will Into the calm of the Fourth Di? mension, and take there the rest cure which Is becoming a necessary anti? dote even for village life? Unfortunately for the movement started in Cleveland among the worklngmen, who are pledging themselves not to eat meat for a month in order to bring its price down, meat is not the only dear thing that is dear. While they ab? stain from flesh will they eat bread? Flour is about as high In proportion as meat. Eggs are relatively even higher and so humble an article of food as beans shows a larger per? centage of advance in cost In ten years than almost anything else on the list. However, such a movement as that In Cleveland may not be without advantage. Just as the pros? perity of Florida Is said to date from the great frost that killed the orange groves and forced the farmers to raise early vegetables, so there may bo a real economic gain from high prices if they send consumers In search of substitutes for some of the more costly articles of food. The people of this country seem to know little about the economies In diet which aro practiced by European peoples. If the Cleveland working men abstain from meat for a month perhaps they will learn how to sub? stitute for It other foods which cost less than beef or mutton.?Durham Sub. ?Chamberlain's Cough Remedy never disappoints those who use It for obstinate coughs, colds and Ir? ritations of the throat and lungs. It stands unrivalled as a remedy for all throat and lung diseases. Sold by W. W. Slbert. A LOVER OF MEX. What a True Christian Accomplished For His Fellows. The French priest, Father Vin? cent, later canonized as Saint Vin? cent de Paul, has found a biographer in Monslgnor Bougaud, who writes interestingly and informingly of his beautiful life and particularly of his organization of the famous so? ciety, the Sisters of Charity. Great as the service rendered by these omen and their revered leader to e France of the seventeenth cen? tury, which was suffrlng from the evils of the civil war of the Fronde. For fifteen years the country people had been presecuted by the hired ercenarles who lived on the en? emy they were Invading. Harvests were destroyed and villages burned, until a great famine, followed by plague, swept over the land. To meet this extraordinary dis? tress, Father Vincent, at the age of sixty-eight, set himself to work. It has been computed that he distribut? ed in charity nearly five million dol ars, but he gives the praise to the givers. "O ladies, does not the recital of these things move you? Providence has designed to make use of some ladles in Paris to succor the deso? lated provinces. No country posses? ses a precedent for it. No; it was a heroism reserved to you." Queens and princesses had sent their jewels to his fund, and a paper was founded, called the Magazine of Charity, for Father Vincent realized how strangely people Imitate one an? other, and publicity won more re? cruits to his cause. He sent his Sisters of Charity by twos and three to battlefields and dangerous places, praising those who died "sword In hand." He insisted on four cardinal points, as practical and as full of common sense as if they had been formulated last year instead of nearly three hun? dred years ago: First, to rescue the starving. For this he started cheap soup dinners. As usual, he workd his plans out to the most minute details. One must remember that these were the first soup kitchens known to history. The second point was to bury the dead; for the towns, villages, high? ways and fields were strewn with de? caying bodies, dangerous to health. The third point was to buy up and collect seed for the land, which he ever thought was one of the best forms of charity. The fourth point was to attend to the welfare of souls. It was no ordi? nary ministration that was needed, for during the wars all worship had been interrupted, churches had been plundered, and the young had been exposed to great dangers. Neither age nor sex, neither beauty nor holi? ness had been respected by the ruf? fian mercenaries. Even the Sisters ?f Charity were not always secure In the midst of these social disorders. But Vincent encouraged them, say? ing nothing was more worthy than their work. "O Slaters," he said, "how you should humble yourselves, seeing that God deigns to make use of you for such great ends! Men go to war to kill one another, and you, Sisters, go to repair the evils which they have done; to visit the wounded, not only In France, but even in Poland. Ah where can we fli\d a parallel?" This good priest died In 1660, at four in the morning, the hour at which for forty years he had risen to pray. In practical matters he had no equal. He had a genius for organi? zation. His penetration was mar? velous. Nothing escaped him. When a new scheme was proposed to him, he saw at a glance its advantages and disadvantages, its helps and Its hindrances. To penetration was joined a great courage. He confront? ed the long delays of Rome and the prejudices of society, and compelled the great ones of the earth to recog? nize his divine mission. ?Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is a very valuable medicine for throat .and lung troubles, quickly relieves and cures painful breathing and a dangerously sounding cough which indicates congested lungs. Sold by W. W. Slbert. A colored farmer in Anderson County killed a hog weighing 768 pounds and sold the meat at 18 cents per pound. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always bought Bears the Signature of H. L. B. WELLS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Money to Loan on any Good Security. Noury Public With Seal. 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GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The KM You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. ?BMTAWS WANT A WINDOW? sash or blind, a door or a dozen, or a hundred of 'em? No better plaos to get them, for miles around than right here. We have the goods at saving pr.jes and can deliver them quickly and correctly. This is a de? pot for such building materials. Wo have a 'phone and we want yjur or? ders. The Sumter Deer, Sisk & Blind Factory J. W. McKelver. Proprietor Birnie's Drug Store, 6 W. Liberty St. Sumter, S. C. -Dealer In Pure Drugs and Medicines, CHOICE PERFUMES 'AND FINE TOILET ARTIC LES, COMBS AND BRUSHES, PATENT MEDICINES AND DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, A' FULL LINE OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO. :: :: :: :: :: OUR MOTTO: PURE AND RELIABLE ROODS. in Our stock is complete and we cheerfully solicit your patronage. :: :: :: No Man~ I Can place a limit on YOUR possi bilities, but a GROWING bank account with a GROWING ban!, will increase them We solicit your banking busi? ness. ^ Bank of Sumter Banking. The jrear ItOt brought us man.,- deetrahle new accounts, and a largely Increased volume of business. We commence 1910 stronger and batter prepared than evei be* fore to please our patrons. Wo solicit your account. The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co.