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HHOIEN AWARDED MOTHER. ?PRK.MK OOtRT DECIDES AGAINST SENATOR T1LLM.\N. Unanimous Opinion Handed Down ".tu* Morning Setting Aside Deed of Voung Ben Till man and Restoring Itilldrm to Thru* Mother. Columbia. Feb. 16.?The State Su? preme Court's decision, which was render**! unanimously today, in the Tlllraan case, awards Senator Tll' aai.n's grand-children to young Mrs. TIM man. The court holds that the act under wtlch B. R. Tlllman' Jr.. deeded his Children to his parents Is In violation Of both State and Federal constitu? te na as It la a form of peonage against the children and In violation Of an established principle of law that the State will award the custody of children for their beat Interest. The bill changing the law under which Be oat or TlUman got the children will be presaed on to ratification, as the ohange la necessary in aplte of the court's decision. Attorney J. Wm. Thurmond for Senator TlUman. agreed with Attor aeya DePaas A DePsas for Mrs. Till sain, today not to wait on remlttltur to. be sent down, and promised to bring Mrs. Tinman's children to her tomorrow. Toung Mrs. Till man Is temporarily here with a kinswoman, Mrs. Dr. Frank Butler. Columbia. Feb. II.?Not only are Mrs. Lucy Tlllman and her relatives delighted with the Supreme Court'a decision awarding her the cuatody of aer children, but practically the whole State has been stirred in sympathy with her to auch an extent that It la practically certain that a violent dem? onstration against Senator Tlllman would have followed a decision against tier. Two well organised plots had been formed to be carried out In case she lost her children. One was to forci? bly take the children from Senator Tlllman and the other was to tear down Senator Tillman'a portrait that Is hanging over the Speaker's atand In the State Capitol and throw it Into tap street before the legislature ad? journed. rhat Do You Do With Your Mar? git?? You can not mad a man so well daring his busy hours aa by what he does after supper, or from the clos? ing hour of business to bedtime. You cam not gauge bin character so well by the money he spends for neces? saries or the living of his family, as by that little overplus of money which Is left afte:* the necessary ex penses are paid. *Wha' does he do with his spare money, that margin t over from business and from liv expenses? What he does with that margin will throw a wonderful Mght upon his character. The largest part of every active life aaust be devoted to getting a living, attending to one's affab... and this Is done by moat people in a routine aort way. You can not tell much about real man during these hours, tecs use he has a system, his regular a ally routine, and he does very much the same thing every day. But the moment he Is free, he la quite a diff r cat man. Then his res I propensities fomi out. People aro not natural antil they are free from restraint. Watch the boy and the girl when they are free from their regular du? ties and see how they sr. end their eve? nings, what society they keep, what companionships they form, what they do. This will be a pretty good test of their character.?Success Maga ItEHTOKED TO THEIR MOTHER. Columbia. Feb. 11.?Mrs. Tinman's children arrived from Trenton In charge of Mrs. B. R. Tlllman, Sr., ihis morning. There was a touching scene when they saw their mother at Pr. Butler's. Mrs. Tlllman, Sr., was not present at the meeting. Every Hit of Reform Counts. The effect upon the public mind of reform defeats following reform vic? tories constitutes a serious hindrance to the orderly and continuous prog? ress toward better political condi? tions, aaya k A. Van Valkenburg In Success Magaslne." Pendulum-like, there always Is a back awing to every reform movement forward. But, un? like the pendulum, It never swings backward so far as It has swung for? ward In this country every period Of seeming reaction Is in reality mere? ly the marking of a new starting point from which progress will make a greater gain than from any earlier When any reform movement Is re? garded In Its entirety, a gain always can be counted. If the millions of earnest eltlaens who every year give their support to good causes with seemingly scant results could bo made to understand this demonstra? ble fact, the forwarding of civic bet? terments would be encoursged and simplified. SOUTH BOOMING, SAYS MACKAY. Po*? I Telegraph President Thinks Country le Suffering from Buga? boos. New York, Feb. 15.?Clarence H. Mackay, president of the Postal Tele? graph and Commercial Cable Com? panies, neturned yesterday from hie regular inspection tour through the South. He expressed himself as thoroughly satisfied with both con? ditions and out'ook. "If the telegraph business is a barometer," he said, "the South has lost none of the impetus that began before and contlnuied in a modified degree through the panic. The people down there have become philoso? phical as well as prosperous, and do not easily get excited. We began to nuike plans for extensions, enlarge? ments, and general expansion of fa? cilities throughout the South more than a year ago, and the net outcome of my visit is that w-e shall go ahead as demands require in all directions. Pending decisions by the Supreme Court may be and not be enacted, but what of it? Properties Kre not going to smash. On the contrary, we h ve only to rid ourselves of silly ap? prehensions of wanton official assaults following upon legitimate business to enjoy the general prosperity which conditions warrant If we are all going to wait till capital censes to be timid, and labor demands less in? stead of more and statesmen stop seekmg popularity, we might as well shut up and go home. The only attacks we have now Is an attack of bugaboos. The Courts have not been suddenly deprived of knowledge of law, nor the Adminis? tration of patriotism, nor Congress of representative ablllity, nor the Am? erican people of common sense. It may, and doubtless will, take some time to adjust legislation to meet the requirements of changing conditions, but that Is no reason why business men should get scared and sit like bumps on a log till all questions are finally and definitely settled. If the heads of big concerns show the white feather the thousands of business men engaged in lesser affairs will be disheartened naturally, and a period of common apathy will set In without rhyme or reason. Such a policy is not only nonsensical but wrong. At least that is my opinion, and our com? panies are going to act accordingly. We are doing more business today than ever before, and the apparent requirements for the Immediate fu? ture are greater than ever before, and we are not going to be swerved from our original determination to provide the additional facilities that we fore? see are going to be required." AMERICA A THIRSTY NATION. Import? of Drinkables Keuch Amaz? ingly High Figure. Washington, Feb. 14.?Americans must be a thirsty nation judging from the imports of drinkables as set forth In a statement Just issued by the bureau of statistics of the depart? ment of commerce and labor. The United States drank the essence of more than a billion pounds of coffee In 1909. valued at $86,000,000. That was about a dollar's worth of coffee for every person In the United States. Tea Is not such a favorite. Only a little tnore than a hundred million pounds, valued at about $16,000,000, came in. But the spirits, wines and malt liquors the nation touched its highest record for Importation in 1909 and consumed foreign products of that kind to the value of more than $26. 000,000, more than twice as much as was Imported in 1899. South America supplied most of the coffee, Asia most of the tea and Europe most of the wines and .lijuor? The United States Is the world's largest coffee drinkers and Great Brltian is the world's greatest consumers of tea. Kvery person in the United States used on the average of 11 pounds of coffee during 1909, the use of tea remained about un? changed from the previous year. John G. Mobley Vindicated. Columbia, Feb. 14.?The charges against John G. Mobley were not taken very seriously, and the com mlttee Investigating the same has vindicated the president of the Fair Society. The committee's report is: "Having Investigated the charge* against Mr. Mobley by Ex-Secretary Love, we find that the allegations are not sustained." Mr. T. Scott DuBose got his dwell? ing burned last Sunday about I o'clock from a chimney between the shingles and the celling. He saved most of his furniture. It was insured fOT a small amount. The dwelling on the same site was burned about 3S years ago, being the residence of Dr. Thomas DuBose?Blshopvlllc Vindi? cator. DtVOtion is like the candle which Mlehael Angola used to tai<?> in hi* pasteboard cap, so as not to throw his shadow upon the work on which he was engaged.?Phillips Brooks. BAILEY SPEAKS AT COLUMBIA. TEXAS SENATOR ADDRESSES THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Large Audicnc<* Hears Mr. Bailey's Argument in Fuvor of a Federal In come Tax, and His Appeal for tho Adoption of the Constitutional Amcmdnhcnt Prepared by Him. Columbia, Feb. 14.?There was a great audience in the State House to? night to hear the Hon. Joseph W. Bailey, of H ocas. The floor and the galleries were crowded, and everyone was on the qui vive to hear the dis? tinguished Texan. By resolution of the General Assembly Senator Bailey had been invited to address the Leg? islature on tbei Income tax, because he has been a pronounced advocate of the income tax. Senator Bailey expressed his pleas? ure in being here, and his gratifica? tion at the invitation. He set right in to discuss the question and starting with the tariff explained that some- j thing had to be done to lift the bur? den of taxation from the poor man, and tho lnclme tax was the only way J the burden can be lifted. It is simply a question of lifting the burden from the poor, and making those able to pay to do so. The question is wheth? er the money needed should be raised by a protective tariff or by an income tax. He did not favor taxing all things aliki". If he could do so he would tax silk. He would exempt cal? ico, because those who use calico are not able to buy better than calico. He would tax gilk because those who use silk are better able to pay a tax. He would make the tax highest in those articles that indicate ability to spend abundantly. HVi addressed his auditors as his countrymen. He compared the mil? lionaire vho spends his money abroad and argued that such a millionaire did not spend a cent towards the Fed? eral government. The poor mechanic who buys a plug of tobacco contrib? utes more to the government than many of these millionaires who marry abroad and pay no taxes to the gov? ernment. ? ? > i He them pounded William Waldorf Astor, and said Astor's property is in New York. He left his money here to work for him, and he spends his earnings abroad. He would not take thh property, but he would ma!:c him pay taxes on his million dollar In? come for the government. The former pays the tax on nothing. He did not attack men because they disagreed with him. He does not believe in abusing brother Democrats who dif? fer with him. The first objection is that it in? creases the power of the Federal Gov? ernment. If that be truo> it would be serious. The Federal Government now possesses ampin power to tax in? comes. The Supreme Court simply decided that If Congress wanted an Income tax it must apportion It among tht several States in accord? ance with population. The Court has held that the income tax is valid, tut it must be upon a basis of population. The constitutional amendment seeks to cornet this disproportion. Under the new amendment every man would pay tre same upon the same Income wherever located. He wanted to know where there Is a South Carolina Democrat who would not be in favor of an equal tax rather than making this State pay fifteen times as much as New York, for Instance. Senator BailKy said he was a real old-time Democrat, who still quoted Jackson and Calhoun. He still be? lieved it is bcttTJr to be free than it is to be rich. It Is not true that such an amendment would abridge the rights of Stafca No change but one is proposed, and that is that the in? come tax should be levied upon wealth rather than population. The present Constitution permits an income tax based on population rather than Is proposed It shall be upon the basis of wfialth. Everything the State can do or tax now It can do and tax after this amendment Is adopted. All this am? endment proposes is to substitute the rulta of uniformity for the rule of population. He insisted that under present conditions there Is now ample authority to levy an Income tax. He could readily see how a man can favor a national Income tax and op? pose a State Income tax. He believed the income tax was the fairest tax ever yet devised. If we can keep up high priced cotton and bring the cotton mills down here this section will be the richest section in the. world. It is only a question if they do not grow too fat end quit the Democratic party and quit work. Mr. Bailey ex? plained Ids Income tax amendment Wlhoh exempted all under $5,000 and under. He exempted all undor $5,000 because the tariff reached others quite enough. His amendment proposed a 3 per cent, ?ax, and that was cut to 2 per cent. He did not l>?ileve the pros? perous men would commit perjury to save a few dollars. If they wanted to swear a lie he would let the devil settle with them. He belhv'd the rich men would willingly pay tho tax. All argued that taxes should fall on those best able to pay. The correct thing to do is to tax what m^n have and not what men want. Tho poor have no property to demand and protect. Senator Bailey went fully Into the comparative duty on the rich and the poor, and he said he was really sur? prised that the rich did not offer to pay thfs tax. He said he despised the demagogue, the demagogues never try to teach their children not to try to prosper. The only man worse than the demagogue was the tax dodger. He believed it and trusted the man who behaved hlms?lf whether rich or poor. He paid a hi^h tribute to the Texans who traced their linkage to the Palmetto State. Speaking to Democrats he said if South Carolina w<~re to reject this amendment It would be forever killed, I and the Democratic party would be held responsible. The Demorcrats will come to make a tariff and he said that was because the Democrats fell out among themselves. The country Is not Republican, but it Is simply afraid of Democrats. They know the Reupbllcans are rascals and think we are fools. When we come to make the tariff bill unless you have this income tax to raise a hundred mil? lion revenue you cannot make any substantlonal reduction In the tariff, and that Is waht the Democratls want to do. He made an extended argument to show that the tariff cannot be taken off without providing some other nvoans of revenue with which to run the Government. He favored an in? heritance tax. The main burden of Mr. Bailey's address was that if the burden of the tariff is to be lifted It can only be by an income tax. There is no hope of reducing exepnses materially and the income tax must come. If the tariff outrage is to be lifted it must be by the income tax. Mr. Bailey said whatever else happens to the amend? ment he hoped South Carolina would not be first to strike It a blow. Sena? tor spoke eloquently for an hour and three-quarters and upon the com? pletion of the address on motion of Mr. M. X* Smith the joint Assembly extended its cordial thanks to Sena? tor Bailey for his fine address. Alligator Has Become Chum of A Horse. (From the New York Press.) Bloomfield, N. J., Feb. 9.?This community Is excited by the strange attachment between a horse and a pet alligator belonging to James B. Smith of No. 554 Bloomfield avenue. The alligator will not sleep anywhere except on the warm and broad back of the horse, and when It Is removed the horse is disconsolate and whin? nies and refuses to eat until the rep? tile is replaced. Even when the horse is taken out of the stable for exercise the alligator remains on Its back and Hhe horse walks along gingerly seemingly fearing the alli? gator will fall off. The Smiths start? ed out for a drive today and the horse refused to move until the alligator had been placed In the carriage In a place where it could be seen whenever the horse turned Its head. The Smiths have had the alligator several months. It dlsaigeared dur? ing the cold spell on Sunday night. Mgent search was made, and no one could find It. "I guess It went to the creek at the back of the garden and burled Itself In the mud," Smith said. "If It did it is likely the filthy water from the Passalc river will kill It," a neighbor suggested. Smith went to the stable next mor? ning to look after the horse. It was lying down In the stall and refused to get up. Smith went closer, think? ing the animal 111. He was astound? ed to discover the alligator stretch? ed out on the horse's back and blink? ing as contentedly as though taking a sun bath on a mud fiat In the Ever? glades. When Smith attempted to remove the reptile It fought him, which was something entirely new. He overpowered the alligator, how? ever, took it Into the kitchen and put it In a box near the stove. The horse whinnied so furiously and per? sistently that finally, to pacify it. Smith took the reptile out to the stable again and placed it on the floor. The horse lay down and In a few seconds the reptile was stretch? ed out on its warm back once more and all were happy except Smith. Killed With Brick. Lexington. Feb. 14.?The fourth homicide to occur in Lexington coun? ty this year?in less than six weeks? occurred on the plantation of Albert R. Taylor, near Cayce, on Saturday night, when Ed Johnson, a negro boy 18 years of age, was struck In the head with a brick bat thrown through an open door by Elmore Koon, an? other negro. Johnson was rendered unconscious by the blow and lingered until yesterday at noon. Another theory, which we do not hesitate to advance, is that "Matt" Henson has gone upon a long journey to the State of Washington to dis? cover that Richard A. Ralltnger's escutcheon Is without a smudge.? Louisville Courier-Journal, AH that Is human must retrograde If it do not advance.?Edward Gib? bon, CHILD LIVED ONLY TWO HOCHS. - The Fattier Made a Millionaire by Its Life. Some men are just naturally the sons of fortune. Read this if you don't believe lt. Chales W. Mel>an. of Urockvllle. Ontario, has fallen heir to $3,000.000 as the result of pecu? liar circumstances attending the b.rth of his child and its death. Mrs. McLean died a week ago and her child survived her only two hours. Mrs. McLean's esbVe, accord? ing to the terms of her father's will, amounted to only $13,200. but if a child was born it was to inherit one third of the whole estate. The estate is now valued at. over $9,000,000, and the infant therefore was heir to $3,000,000 during its llf? time of two hours. The father will now inherit it. RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS WANTED The Government Pays Railway Mail Clerks $800 to $1.200, and Other Employe* Up to $2,500 Annually. Uncle Sam will hold spring exami? nations throughout the country for Railway Mall Clerks, Custom House Clerks, Stenographers, Bookkeepers* Departmental Clerks and other Gov? ernment Positions. Thousands of ap? pointments will be made. Any man or woman over 18, In City or Coun? try can get Instruction and free In? formation by writing at once to the Bureau of Instruction, IIS N. Hamlin Building, Rochester, N. Y. 1-7-ltaw. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF SUMTER. Court of Common Pleas. Willie Bultman, Plaintiff Against Paden Anthony and v.r|na Anthony, Defendants. COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint Served.) To the Defendants Above Named: You Are Hereby Summoned and required to answer the Complaint in this action, of which a -iopy is here? with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the Com? plaint on the subscribers at their of? fice, 120-122 North Main Street, in the City of Sumter, S. C, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service, and if you fail to answer the Com? plaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated January 21st, A. D. 1910. LEE & MOISE, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the Defendants Above Named, Take Notice: That the Summons and Complaint in this Action were filed in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on the 25th day of January, 1910. LEE & MOISE, Plaintiff's Attorneys. l-28-6t-ltaw. COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint Served.) State of South Carolina, County of Sumter?Court of Common Pleas. Llllle D. Knight, plaintiff, against Albert Armstrong Jacobs, Ella Stokes, Rhett Cantey, Moultrle Can tey, Matthls Cantey, William Cantey, Mark Cantey, Windham Cantey, Dol lie Cantey and an infant commonly known as "Sis Cantey", defendants. To the Defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and re? quired to answer the Complaint In this action, of which a copy is here? with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your Answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their office, 120-122 North Main Street, in the City of Sumter, S. C, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fall to answer the conj plalnt within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated December 21st, A. D., 1909. LEE St MOISE, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the Defendant, Matthls Can? tey, Take Notice. That the Summons and Complaint In this action were filed in the office of the Clerk of said Court, on the twenty-fourth day of December, A. D. 1909. LEE & MOISE, Plaintiff's Attorneys. l-6-?t-ltaw?W&S Tis Sad, Bat True. Many sorely afflicted people wait until they net one foot In the grave before they take the proper treatment for rheu? matism. Rheumacide cures rheuma? tism to stay cured. Rheumacide goes right to the seat of the disease, and removes its cause. It is put up in liquid form, also tablets. Sold in 25 cents and B0 cents bottles by druggie's generally. Tablets by mail. 25 cents Bobbitt chemical Co.. Baltimore, Md No. I. Miss Gertruds Bbect, formerly con? nected with the Salvation Army in Greenville, died in a hospital in Bal? timore. TEN WORDS IX HER "YKS." BstgTSdS Swain's Telegraphic Pro l>OHal Hrougm Enthusiastic Ans? wer. A clerk in Belgrade, flfUla. nam? ed Velidaw Simonoviteh on the strength of an increase of salary recently telegraphed to a young lady in L?osnitsa and asked her to sha'e his fortunes. The regulation tax allows ten wards for the minimum fee, and her answer ran: 'Yes, gladly, willingly, Joyfully, d Lightfully, gratefully, lov'ngly, yes, yes, yes." The South Can Compete With The World Growing Corn. We contend that corn, meats, fruitst legumes and many other crops which we might mention, can be grown by the Southern farmer cheaper than any other people on earth can grow them for him, and that, therefore, he should grow these crops for his own use and for sale. Even under present conditions it has been demonstrated, time and again, that the Southern farmer can produce hogs at 3 to 4 cents a pound, live weight, and make money on them. If this be so, and it is, then why should he not rejoice at the fact that live hogs are selling at 8 cents a pound, and by growing hogs as a money crop reap a rich harvest? We need diversification because it is necessary, or at least conducive to increasing soil fertility, and because we can produce many of these things cheaper than we can buy them. We do not need to grow everything we use, but we do need to grow those things of which we use large quanti? ties arid which we can produce cheap er than other people can produce for us. Of these crops we stand pat on corn, meats, and fruits. We can compete with the world in the growing of these crops, and as long as we buy them at from two to three times the cost at which we can produc them, we are not using good farming or business sense.?Raleigh (X. C.) 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