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Mr Editor:
This scrll>e In his ramblings has
been impressed with the fact that
our country Is now facing a great
crisis. This generation Is confronted
with problems which were only seen
in hasy visions, if ever at all by the
generations of the past. We now
have the whiskey problem, which
?asms very hard to solve, the race
problen . the economic problem, the
corporation problem, the trust prob?
lem ?nd a great many others. A
great many people are almost fright?
ened out <>f their wits by the signs of
the times; but the best thing for all
to od Is to face the future like true
patriots, and unselflcshly guard the
Interests of our fair land.
Bone of life's problems can be solv?
ed at the ballot box. others at the
farm, and other places of business,
and still others In our public assem?
blies. After all we can look toward
the East, and see the grey streaks
of the dawn appearing which makes
the heart rejoi.v In the coming day.
<>ur portion of the county seems to be
In a prosperous condition, every
where Is to be seen the bright coun?
tenance, of the farmer as he turns
the soil and prepares for another har?
vest. Around the fireside of this
cneerful vlsaged person* can be seen
the happiest moments known to man;
there all wound* arr h md all
problems and difficulties forgotten In
famll', fellowship.
The farmers In this community are
getting f?dy to plant corn; though
very little has been planted yet.
The Graham graded gjajMOl Is pro?
gressing nicely under the supervision
of Misses Louise Jones and Copelnnd
Smith.
Hi v Mr Tolar, from SumiHtrtOsV
preached an edifying sermon at Gra?
ham ehup h. on Sunday 13th Inst..
having exchanged pulpits with the
pastor. Kev. J. It. Funderburk. The
IV Y. P. C at Graham is a very in?
teresting <b ;> trtment of the church
work. It Is stimulating, to an older
person, to see those young people tak?
ing hold of the church work, as they
do at Graham. The pastor stated
some time ago. that It would be hard
to find a band of young people, any
where, whl? h would take charge of
the Sunday morning services, as they
do here. They have conducted the
Sjsrvi< t s h? p- on several Sunday
morning*. when some of the young
men. would pad the Scripture lesson,
have pr.i\? r. and then a number of
the young people would read, strong
and h?dpful paper* on different sub?
ject*
Mi** Sudle Stukes has Im en the effi?
cient president for the past six
month*, who with Mr. Ratal Crunson.
vice president. iTIngle P.runson, sec?
retary, and Harry Ihivls, treasurer,
have acquitted themselves nobly, and
shown to tl , . .immunity what a band
of con*e. rat -1 young people can do.
This scribe huM been Informed that
the wedding bells will soon ring In
our c.immunity, and one ..t our bright
young ladles will go far hence. We
hope It will n.-t be a case like one In
the Northwest, where the young man
wss so charmed with the beauty of
his bride, that Just as the minister
repeated the words, "man ;md wil. ,"
the young man fell dead from heart
failure.
This scrl?.e will dose for this time;
thinking at MNJM future time to gi\e
V?ur p? ider* an at count of his ram?
bles. AOHICOLA
I i ./ Ion. S. C, March 11?. 191?.
Xltcnllon \ricriiiis!
The BgaiWffl Sjf i'iinip h' k \nder
non nr- requested to ?*11?-ri11 the an?
nual meftlnr of the i"irn|i on Satur?
day April 2nd at the ?Miel of J, 1?
Wilder. County Auditor. It Is earn?
estly desired that we hire a full nt
tendarx . .
Hy ..r b r of SJfJfj R | |J< ?SKS.
('? unni.-i nder.
W. F. Ithame. Adjutant.
shed April, 1850.
4lie Just hi
1. SUM'
CANDIDATES HOLD FORTH.
LARGK CROWD \tti:m>s m.\^
MKHTTXG 13 COURT HOUSE.
Candidates lor Mayor ami Alderman
S|H*ak to almo-t as LftffJC Crowd as
Attended the Famous I Wind Tigep
The muss meeting in the eourt
house Friday night for the purpose of
hearing the views of the candidates j
for municipal office was almost as
large as the crowd that attended *he
famous blind tiger cases. Quite a
number could not get seats.
The crowd w^is a good natured
<Towd and applauded all the candi?
dates. They every one came in f ?r
a shar> of applause.
Most of the candidates for alder?
man came in the "cooter" class?
they poked their heads up and pull?
ed them back again. Five minutes
each was allowed to them, but a'l
got through with their say in about
a half hour.
The first speaker was Mr. J. P,
Booth. If elected to the office he will
use all his ability and business e<
perlence and judgment in the Interest
of the city. He said, "if you ire
willing to try me, alright, I will ap?
preciate it."
Mr. Willie Bultman could not
bi present owing to the Illness of h's
child.
Mr. D. W. Cuttino was called for
next. He was not in and Mr. P. V.
Finn spoke. He thanked his friends
for their past support, and promised
to make it his endeavor to do us
well in the future as he has in hi
past.
Mr. Cuttino came in while Mr.
Finn was speaking. He took th^
floor next. He is a candidate because
he had been called upon by a number
of citizens to serve. He thinks thai
no man should shrink a public duty
when called upon to give his services
"It is left for you to say whether
you honor me or not," he said. If
elected I will do my best to make
good. I believe in public improve?
ments and think Sumter should keep
abreast of the times."
Stf\ James f. cT^en'n spoke n*?xt
He believes in permanent public im?
provements, but not in patching. II*;
believes in them right now. Main
street should be paved. He promised
that In any matter coming before
> onncil, if elected, would have his
wry I.est attention, that he would put
the same business judgment in the
city's affairs that he put in his own
peraonal affairs, will give the best
that is in him.
Mr. John W. McKeiver next spoke.
He is a candidate because of the im?
portunities of his friends. He thinks
it Is the duty of every good citizen |<i
respond when called upon. His on!"
promise is to do as well by the cUy
as he would do by his own business
only a little bit better. In the city s
affairs it is a matter of trust, and If
there Is a loss the loss falls upon the
citizenship; in his own affairs, how?
ever. If theiv is bad judgment he
alone Is the one to lose. If elected
will do his very best.
Mr. h. j. MoLaurln was out "f
the city.
If elected Mr. E. 11. Moses will do
his best. He is in favor of public
improvements.
Mr \:. II. Khame said that when
he earns baton the people four years
ago that it was claimed that he wad
mknown. Hopes they will know him
*ttef this time. He cannot make
any promises till he sees the financial
condition of the city. He believes
in oonverantlanii but trill do the best
that oan be done with the means at
hand.
Mr. YV. T. Row land r. ad his ad?
dress. He favors permanent public
Improvements. Main and Liberty
streets should be paved, bttultthlc
seems to bo the sentiment. He fav?
ors drainage of Turkey Creek, physi?
cian for the poor and school Inspec?
tion; he stands for a greater Sumter;
he knows very little about the com?
mission f?rm of government, but
thinks it Is the best. If elected he
goes into OfYoe without a single
promise. In conclusion he sugK<st>d
that there he a more equitable tax
return.
Mr. Irving A. Uyttenburg next
spoke. He is a candidate from ?
sense of duty, F.very good citizen
should take a hand In the progress
of Sumter. Our town has a name fof
going ahead, but he is sorry to s;iv
it. but the city Is at a stand-still. He
compared neighboring towns with
ours. It Is his opinion that Main
street Is a disgrace to the name of
Sumter. If elected will do nil In his
power to see that the laws are en
for cad. He referred to the neglect
of property OWMffl In firo limits to
put In sewerage by required time. He
i;i vors sewerage and drainage, and
id Fear not?-*Let all tlie ends Thou Aln
TER. S. C, WEDNE
thinks Turkey creek should he drain?
ed. He believes in better equipment
for the tire department. 11' elected
will give the same attention to the
c ity's affairs as he gives to his own
bualn< ss. His watchword for Sum
ter Ii ' Progress."
Mr. J. I). Shirar very wittily refer?
red to the fact that he had no back
record to refer to. His back record
is not so good. Two years ago he was
a candidate, but made a "home-run."
Two years ago he proved not to be
a good runner. He hopes to do hei?
ter this time. If elected he has but
one premise, he will cast his vote at
all times where he thinks it will be
for the best interest of the city.
Mr. U. K. Wilder said that this
was his third time to appear before
an aundience asking for their suffrage,
and it appeared that he couid say
"the pleasure is all yours." It was
the duty of the voters to select the
best man. Questions will come up
that are least expected at this time,
and men of good business judgment
are needed to meet the issues. He
is not familiar enough with the city's
finances to say what he would do. He
believes in public improvements?
permanent. Thinks Main street should
be paved, but If possible it should
be done without bond issue. He does
not believe in piling up debts upon
the town.
Mr. R. L. Wright is a candidate on
his past record. If that was good, he
wanted the votes of the people, if not,
of course he did not want them.
This closed the speaking for the
aldermen. They consumed just one
half hour.
Big Gum Fire.
After the candidates for aldermen
had spoken the chairman introduced
as the first big gun Mayor Boyle. He
claims not to be a public speaker, and
?aid that if any speaking was don*
that his opponent would have it to
do. He is a candidate for the third
time for the highest office in the gift
of the people; it is a hard place to
fill, but he hopes he has filled it ac?
ceptably. It the voters see fit to send
him back he will appreciate it.
He says that council has done the
best it could under the circumstances.
The sewerage cost 3,000, ^:^,\0 of
WhlOh is bonded indebtedness while the
other $43,000 was paid out of the
ordinary income. Interest on the
sewerage bonds was saved for two
years, bonds were not issued till the
dispensary was voted out. If the
dispensary had been retained the
sewerage could ha\e been put In with?
out a bond Issue. He voted to put
the dispensary out and would do so
again.
He argues that sewerage and paving
i ould not be put down at the same time
Now the sewerage is down and we will
go to work and put down the paving.
Twenty cars of rock have been or?
dered for macadam on Sumter street,
and top dressing for Main Street.
At this juncture a voice from the
rear of the auditorium said, "Tell us
something about that $855 fee." To
this Mr. Boyle said, "Mr. Eigon can
answer that better than I can. He
was authorized to employ detectives
to run down the blind tigers, but I
do not remember whether anything
was said about employing a lawyer
or not. Some said the fee was too
much."
Just then Mr. Elgon, who was in
the audience, arose and said that he
bad authority in his pocket and read
the following statement from the city
clerk:
Sumter, S. C, Jan. 7, 11J10.
To Whom It May Concern:
This is to certify that the City
Council of Sumter has authorized Mr.
.las. R. Llgon (Alderman) to take
such steps as he may deem proper
for the suppression of illicit liquor
trade in the city, and the expendi?
ture of such amount of money as
may be needed for the purpose.
Witness my hand and seal of the
City, C. M. Hurst.
I Merk and Treasurer.
Mr. Rnyle continued by saying that
ihe discussion had go* him completely
off his subject. Present council has
let the contract for about 7,000 yards
of sidewalks, which will cost $0,500.
Sonic <laim that Sumter is beaten
by some of our sister cities, He said,
? i think Sumter Is ahead <>l any town
of the else In the state."
ii" stands for public Improvements,
lie has been on Council for twelve
years.
He stated that in addition to the
$43.000 paid out of the ordnary tax?
es, that $'.?.000 of bondl had been
retired; $.r,,0<??> paid for a school lot;
"no paid out on fire station; $C,
HOO on paving; $ 1,900 on tire engine;
cash on hand $25,000.
He gave the bonded Indebtedness
as follows: Waterworks bonds.
$110,000; sewerage, $60,000; city
hall, $30,000; debt, $1,000.
Sumter, he thinks, has more good
and !
tis't at be thy Country's, Thy God's an
SDAY. MARCH 23. 1
streets outside of the business section
than any other town in the State.
"If you think I am the proper one,"
he said, "and capable for another
term, 1 will appreciate it; if not,
j 1 will bow to your will and thank j
j my friends for their loyal support. If
i elected I will do all in my power for
I the upbuilding of Sumter. Will do
; all for the betterment of the streets
irr an economical way. Give me a
good council and we will be able to
do something."
The Last Big Gun.
Mr. L. D. Jennings prefaced his re?
marks by saying that this was the
first time he had ever appeared in
the court house to ask for votes. The
last time he spoke In this building he
was behind the blind tigers and
their sympathizers trying to drive
them out of the town. Send the ti?
gers out and their customers will go
too. He said, "If anyone does not
want to vote for me because of my
fight on the tigers, I do not want
their vote." He stated that he was a
candidate for Mayor when he took
tlvse cases, and it would have been
an easy matter for him to have acted
the part of a politician and refused
to take them. If ha had wanted to
cover up anything he could have sup- I
pressed his account till after the I
election. He is ashamed of nothing!
ho has done, and will do the same
thing again. He says there has been
no criticism of his action except
from the blind tigers and their sym?
pathizers. He was there ready to
answer any and all questions. He did
not represent the city from a stand?
point of charity, but of business. If
his work had been charity he would
have presented no bill at all. Sum?
ter needs no charity to put down
illicit sale of whiskey. If elected, will
use all the power at his command to
put down the illicit traffic, and make
the law a fact and not a farce.
He favors, not next year, nor some
other year, but now, if the means will
permit, of draining the city. Public
health is first consideration. If
means will not permit he believes in
providing a way to get the means.
He believes In paving our streets,
Our principal thoroughfare should
not be an eyesore, but one riding on
it should do so with some degree of
pleasure. Main street should be fixed
now If it took a bond issue to do it.
If elected he would manage the af?
fairs of the city economically, but
not foolishly economically, but with
conservatism.
He believes In improving all the
streets in the limits of the city.
He believes in a good police de?
partment. The police should be paid
enough to support their families
upon, and they should be expected to
give their very best service. The po?
lice should be treated as we would
like to be treated If we were in the'r
place.
They should drive out the loafing
vpgrant crap shooters who live out
of our kitchens.
He thinks our fire department
should have the support needed t.^
make it the be-?t In the State
He will try not to spend anv more
of tne people's money than they want
spent. He does not believe In wash?
ing money, but money put In perma?
nent Improvements Is not lost, but is
an investment.
When some of the close-fisted peo?
ple who oppose public improvements
see the good work done on our
streets, watch them say. "look what
we arc doing!"
He thinks the military boys should
be encouraged.
Ii the capital cannot be had here
he believes it our duty to induce some
one t ri on the outside to come and
build us a decent hotel.
In taxation he believes in a more
equitable assessment of the property.
He referred to a case that was
brought before the Chamber of Com?
merce. There is a lot in town where
two-thirds of the lot was sold for
$12,000 while the whole lot was re?
turned for taxation at only $800.
11 given a council that will do noth?
ing, if elected, he will resign, but
thinks that any council elected from
the candidates In the field will bo up
; nd doing.
When he closed, Mr. Boyle took i
w minutes in reply.
Mr. It. J. Bland presided over the
nieel Ing.
Main street has some pretty Easter
windows. The I?. J, Chandler Cloth?
ing Company have a very pre tty de?
sign. Tin work is really artistic and
reflects credit on the one who ar?
ranged it. Parrott'8 Book Store also
has a pretty and tasty design.
Raster Hilles, the Cross and bibles arc
all suggestive of the season. Levy ?!<.
Mos.s have a window displaying
Sw it & Co's goods. The bunnies and
E!i ster Eggs Set it off. All these
windows are creditable to the firms
that put them in.
d Truth's."
910. S ; Ser
REPUBLICANS ARE J -lY.
.(ANNOX DENOUNCE INSUR?
GENTS MOST BITTERLY.
Members] Who Aided Democrats in
Fight on Speaker Are Head Out of
Party?Washington Looks for u
Continuation of the Fight and Per?
haps the Disruption of Republican
Machine.
Washington, March 20.?The Titan?
ic straggle over the Speakership of
the House of Representatives, which
reached its climax late >esterday in
the destruction of the Speaker's pow?
er in the committee on rules . d the
determination by the House to recon?
struct that committee, yet, leaving
Mr. Cannon the Speakership itself,
may have marked not so much the
ending of the three days' battle as
the bginning of a great political war.
The recognition by all factions of this
possibility was the principal feature
today of the political situation in
Washington.
Hardly anybody here thinks the
condition of affairs after the momen?
tous battle represents any Satisfactory
conclusion. The Speaker and his
friends appear to interpret the refusal
of the House to depose him as justi?
fying them in claiming to have wrest?
ed victory from defeat, endorsement
from repudiation. Not a few of the
insurgents who voted for Mr. Can?
non's retention are wondering today
if they made a political blunder;
whether their Anti-Cannon constltu
tents will not, indeed, hold their re?
taining him in the Speakership to
have nullified their vote to eliminate
him from the rules committee.
The Republican regulars compla?
cently claim that the insurgents who
voted for the Speaker have returned
to the party fold. Nobody seems en?
tirely happy about the outcome. Even
in the senate the regulars are appre?
hensive lest the insurgent conflagra?
tion may be about to spread to that
house; the "insurgent" Senators are
wondering whether they have made
the most of their opportuaities.
Speaker Cannon's defiant speech
last night before the Illinois Repub?
lican Association, in which he con?
temptuously denounced the insurgent
members of the House who stood by
him in the final test as "cowardly
members of Congress, without the
courage of their convictions" has cut
to the quick those men who respond?
ed with their votes to what they say
they believed to be their duty to the
party and to the country, and saved
him from utter humiliation.
I Today the feeling among those in
| surgents was one of bitterest resent
ment over the attitude assumed to?
wards them.
"If this to be the manner of our
treatment for saving the Republican
party," said one of them today, who
refused to allow his name to be used,
"this battle just ended will be follow?
ed by another beside which the first
one would be but a skirmish.
"I can speak for no one but myself
but if this is to be our reception, I am
done. We were not cowards. We, of
I the insurgents, who cast our votes
yesterday against unseating Cannon,
were the bravest men in that House,
j it took consummate courage, and it
will probably cost me my seat in Con?
gress. But if we are to be met with
oalumny because we sacrificed our?
selves to save the House of Represen?
tatives from chaos and disorder and
to prevent the ruin of the Republican
party, then 1 am in favor of carrying
this war to the finish."
This member said he bad talked
with one or two others of the insur
| gent leaders who voted to save Can?
non, and they were In a similar
frame of mind.
"When I read In the papers this
morning the speech which Speaker
Cannon delivered before the Illinois
Association last night my blood boil?
ed with indignation," said this insur?
gent.
The portion of the Speaker's speech
which has thus enraged the insur?
gents who saved him the Speakership
is as follows:
"There was a new majority made
today, it consisted of the Democrats]
and a 1"? per cent, slough from the
Republican party. They destroyed
the committee on rules. Then what
did they do? A resolution was pre?
sented declaring the ofilee of Speaker
vacant. What did these men, who
have been denouncing my personality,
these simon-pure followers of Cum?
mins and La Toilette, do then? Only
eight of thom had the courage of
their convictions. The result was
that, while I was elected speaker by
a majority of 2r. last March, they re?
fused to turn me out bj a majority of
30.
"This combination abolijhed the
convnittee on rules, which has, after
all, tImply the power to reptrt to the
K SOUTHRON, Established June, ISM
ies-Vol. XXXI. 3o. 8.
GANNON STILL SPEAKER.
INSURGENTS WON A
VICTORY.
PARTIAL
Boss of House Deprived of His Arbi?
trary Power But When Attempt
Was Made to Kleot a New Speaker
Insurgent Republicans Weakened.
Washington, March 19.?Joseph
Guerney Cannon, of Danville, 111., is
still Speaker of the House of Repre?
sentatives, but he lost today the an?
cient prestige and weapon of the of?
fice when the allied Republican insur?
gents and Democrats took from him
not only the chairmanship of, but
even membership in, the all-powerful
committee on rules, the chief asset
in his stock of power.
Amid scenes of wildest disorder,
for the like of which one must go
back to the exciting days just prior
to the civil war?perhaps even those
times might not duplicate it?the vet?
eran Speaker, almost 74 years old,
stood erect and defiant, his head
"blooded but unbowed," And at the
end, when a big Texan Democrat ac?
cepted the Spearker's daring challenge
and introduced a resolution to fling
him out of the Speakership, the Re?
publicans, regulars and insurgents,
with few exceptions, rallied with al?
most unbroken front, and gave him a
vote which almost offset the "repudia?
tion of Cannonism."
This is what happened:
By a vote of 191 to 155, the Repub?
lican insurgents voting solidly with
the Democrats, the House adopted
the resolution of Representative Nor
ris, (Republican, of Nebraska,) re?
quiring a reorganization of the rules
committee, increasing its membership
from five to ten, and declaring the
speaker ineligible to membership
therein.
By the curiously identical vote of
191 to 155?but with a decidedly dif?
ferent personnel of alignment?the
House defeated a resolution of Rep?
resentative Burieson, of Texas, de?
claring the Speakership vacant and
ordering an immediate election of a
successor to Mr. Canncn.
Here is the Norris resolution, which
was adopted:
"There shall be a committee on
rules, elected by the House (hitherto
the committee of five, like all other
House committees, has been appoint?
ed by the Speaker,) consisiting of ten
members, six of whom shall be mem?
bers of the majority party and foui of
whom shall be members of the min?
ority party. The Speaker shall net
be a member of the committee, a.id
the committee shall elect its own
shairman from -ts own members.
"Resolved further, That within ten
days after the adoption of this reso?
lution there shall be an election of
this committee, and immediately up?
on its election the present committee
on rules shall be dissolved."
Here is the resolution of Repre?
sentative Burieson, which was de?
feated:
"Resolved, That the office of Speak?
er of the House of Representatives] Is
hereby declared to be vacant and the
House of Representatives shall at
once proceed to the election of a
Speaker."
House, aUhoogh some seem to think
that it is like the Biblical example of
'Let there be light, and there was
light.' You in Washington know dif?
ferently. But the people in the coun?
try apparently believe the uplift mag?
azines and the cowdarly members of
Congress who wrought such ha^oc to?
day. They said the Speaker should
not be a member of the committee on
rules, which they made over Into a
committee of ten. Much depends up?
on the make-up of that committee.
"May God bless and keep these
men. for. so far as I am concerned,
He only can bless them. Many so
called Republicans arc, in fact, Pop?
ulists and are trying to out do l'ryan
ism."
The next conflict will come, if It
comes, on the selection of the new
rules committee provided for in the
Norris resolution.
rCho committee is to be elected by
the House instead of being appointed
by the Speaker, as hitherto.
Representative Tawney, on? of the
leaders of the Republican side, said
to?*a> *hat no conference hit been
held to date on the subject, but ur?
doubtedly one would be held within
ten days, for that is the time limit fix?
ed by the Norris resolution for the
election of the new committee.
On this committee the Republicans
will choose six members and the
Democrats four. Whether the Insur?
ants will he given representation
among the six Republican members is
now unknown. They say they have
not asked and do not care for mem?
bership on the new committee.