Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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iikh;m?s coli? sroRVt.i:. .1 mm V. Oyster sa>* it Makes The Prhvs Htm IMNm Washington M.nvh IT.?Defending cold storage methods, James F. < >ys ter. a Washington dealer In dairy product*, tcsti'i.d MM! the Senate Cost of Living Committee today that cold storage kept the prices more uni? form the year round. He said had tt not been for cold storage eggs might have sold as high as 75 cents and $1 a dosen last fall. In 188 2. hefore the cold storage came Into use. he said, butter sold for 40 and ? nts a pound. He denied the ex? istence of a I 1 l storage trust." Stating that the price of beef had Increased each year for the last 10 "ears. Charles H. Kastleberg. a whole tale and retail bub her of Richmond, V*.. testified today that the people veiv Utter able to pay their bills and hat tlmea and conditions were grow ng I -n- r He said cattle on the hoof tad Im reased 2 t ents a pound In the ast five years, but. he explained there ras a decrease In the supply. Ques loned by Senator ( raw lord as to the ncreased cost of labor, he wild wager tad trebled In the last 10 years, fen whom he paid $6 a week 10 ? ears ago were now receiving from lt> to $18 a week for the same work, e aald. Although he testified that all live? stock had Increased in price J. Sam? uel Hrauser. a wholesale and retail butcher of Richmond. Va., said he thought there wai no ground for ?oenplalnt <>n the prices of meat of any kind. He said cattle were one cent a pound higher now than five years ago. J. F. Kiibank. a Richmond grocer and meat dealer, estimated that his clerks' wages had increased 25 pel cent. In five years. He said there had been a reduction in the consumption of articles since prices had gone up. The wltneaa estimated that a family of rive could live on from $35 to $40 monthly. R. H. Wawks, also a retail grocer ae? meat lealer of Richmond, v~ , testified at the afternoon session. ( ihn! -i ( o\?.RKSS in 1915. Inee Regent Says Constitutional ?oxerument Will Then Regln. Washington. March 17.?The Prince gent of China, according to the clal advices from Perking, has led an edict reiterating the strong terms the former declaration that constitutional government and a rllament shall be Instituted In IM M the ? nd of ?he nln> -\ U la t of pr paralion ffcM I b ' tin > Waaprcjs i*owjLr**r. This adlet la answer to a memorlii prssuated to! ? Thr* j.e by certstfi delegates fr.-m! provincial assemblies asking for ? opening of the imperial Parlla n before 1915, the time fixed In original program. Iquor celling Must Re Stopped. 'he past week was a rough one for violators of the liquor laws, sever were bound over and will have to wer before the sessions court. )? town com ell also tried a num . and lined them to the extent of power. These cases 'were worked ? . two detectives, one white and oth< ?? i ne-T .. thev came here ie time ajo In the employ of prl e clttscn* and they have succeeded haling MffQfl the c ourts some of offenders; how many more there we do n. t know, but it is the gen I belief that the illicit sale of skey Is going on all over the coun and not so much In the Incorpor I town, as It Is where there Is no ce to Interfere. he >. lolators of the law must know ?n they embark In the illicit sale * ilskey they will some day run Insi the law. ther. for when they punished tt Is that which they Jght upon themselves, and are not tied to any sympathy. The vlo ?n of the liquor law 1? a terrible i?" In the estimation of a large iUt of people and. they will go ny extreme to punish the man or nan who runs counter to their /a; we l*?lleve there arc more heln offenses than selling liquor, at same time. It Is against the law ell liquor, and the person, be he k or white, who defies the law Is n??t a citlaen worth> of sympathy; when he Is punished It Is the purchase price he paid for h'.s c vn folly. The law must be enforced, and If It Is found that the law works oppression and ? neonrages persecution, It will be either repealed or modified, hut while It stands upon our statutes It must he respected and enforce ! Manning Times. Oetesl \c\?m Spreads. ?"i am 70 years old and travel most of the time." writes B. F. Tol aon, of Ktlsabethtown, Kv. "Every? where i go i recommend Electric Bit? ters, because i owe my excellent health and vitality to them. They ef? fect a cure every time." They never fall to tons tne stomach, regulate the kidneys and bowels, stimulate the liver, Invigorate the nerves and purify the hloood. They work wonders for weak, run-down men and women. re Storing strength, vigor and health that's a dally Joy. Try them. Only 60c. Satisfaction Is positively guar anteed by Slbert's Drug Store. FANNIE CARSON (.<)i:s HOMK. Woman Pardoned After Fifteen K rai's in the Penitent tlary. Columbia, Unroll is.?Tolling nil of the ofncers end guards of the pen* Itentlnry good-bye, Pnnnle Carson left the Stats penitentiary yesterday for Spartan burg where she will reside with her father. The pardon was othYially presented to her yesterday She was accompanied to the union station by one of the guards. Mr;. Carson was neatly dressed in a Maek silk dress. Tor the past 15 years she has 1 ten at the penitentiary on the charg.? of killing her husband. Crohlblitivui und The Hare for (iov crnor. We think Uev. Louis BliStOW is exactly right when he says. Hon. C. C. Featherstone Is the logical candi? date of the prohibitionists for gover? nor this year. Mr. Featherstone has been advocating state prohibition for a long time. He has been advocating It for so long that nobody can say that he Is a prohibitionist for the sake of the otflee. Aside from his views as to prohibition he is a strong, able man and is well fitted In every way for the office to which he aspires. We believe the majority of the voters of the state are In favor of state-wide prohibition, and at the same time we do not think that vot? ing for candidates who espouse or oppose the cause is an altogether fair way of settling the question. For, Instance there are many vot? ers who are In favor of local option who will vote for Mr. Featherstone for governor because they admire htm as a man, and believe that if elected he will give the state a good administration and will honestly try to enforce the law, whatever It may he. And on the other hand, if Hon. R. I. Manning, who is a local optionist, enters the race there are many pro? hibitionists who will vote for him because they know him to be one of the finest men in the state and they know that he will make the state a good governor. Mr. Featherstone and Mr. Man? ning are both able, (dean men, and both are widely known and popular throughout the state. A contest be? tween these two men for the posi? tion of governor would be as much a test of personal popularity as a test of prohibition sentiment. We have thought It might be a for the state democrat committee to order a x to be placed at each the first primary, In .it toe voters could express their views as to state prohibition. Or the question might be placed on the same ticket with the names of the candidates for state olficers, and each voter be required to express his choice or have his whole ticket thrown out. We want the question of state prohibition to be settled this year, but we want it settled so there will he no doubts as to the will of the people, and W4 do not think that a race for governor with prohibition as the issue will he an altogether 'air or accurate expression of th? will of the people.?Anderson Mail. \ strange Custom Of Alaska. Perhaps the most interesting arche ological discovery tn oh ?.n the north 1 ' .t of Alaska has a relation to th< present methods of personal decor Stton now used by the natives of Alas? ka, the most signiticane tVature Q which is the wearing of lip buttons, <?r lal.rets. by the men. The present CUStOm is that when a boy Is 14 or l?". years Of age holes are pit r? ed in his lower lip, one below ea. h corner of the mouth. A small S.ten plug Is at first onsertcd to S< ep the hole from growing together, and month by month a bigger and bigger plug is used, till finally the openings are halt' an inch in diame? ter At this point the young man begins p. wear stone or ivory plugs. Theas ornaments are put in from the Inside ordinarily, as one might insert a button into a shirt front Usu? ally the two buttons worn are each of a different sort, while sometimes only one of the holes is idled, ?nd in sum in- r nun are occasionally met with who wear no buttons at ail. When a visitor la seen approaching, however, the ornaments are always inserted for one does not feel dressed without them. In preparation for sleep they ar. usually removed. Saved a Soldier's Life. 'Facing death from shot and shell in the eiv i war was more agreeable to J. A. Stone, of Kemp, Tex., than facing it from what doctors said was consumption, "i contracted a stub* born eoldM he writes, "that developed a OOUgh, that stuck to me In spite of all remedies for years. My weight t I n dOS tit.. 1 II pounds, Then 1 Le? gan to use l>r. King's New Dlscovsry, Which competely cured me. | now Weigh |7| pounds." For coughs colds Isgrlppe, asthma, hemorrhsge, hoarseness, croup, whooping cough and lung trouble, It's supreme. r.uc *! "(?. Trial bottle free. Cuarantecl by Slbert's l>rug Store, 04 >MMITTE1 :s APIH ?INTEO. President of Chamber of Commerce Names Committees To Arrange for Firemen** Tournament. President Jennings has npnptntod the following committee of arrange incuts to have full ehurge of the en tertatnment of the state Ftroinsns' Association and th?> ilremans' tournn ment June 21, 22 and 23rd. 11>- vir ture of the resolution adopted a( the smoker Messrs L. i>. Jennings and it. s. Hood arc exotflclo members of the committee as president and lire ehlof respectively, Finance committee to collect and disburse funds: I, C, Strauss, Netll O'Donnell, R, l. Manning, \v. It. Boyle. Entertainment committee: I. O. ?Staruss, Neill O'Donnell, R. 1. Man? ning, J. w. McKelver and a, a. Lem mon Other committees will he appoint? ed from time to time as the necessity presents itself. The committee earnestly urges all Sumter citizens that they manifest as much interest as possible and all pull together to make the meeting a pleasant and creditable success. Which Is Which?" That James A. Patten has been mobbed on the Manchester Exchange will startle nobod> who happens to be in close touch with the trade; for the Chicago operator personifies dear raw material in the eyes of the aver? age merchant and artisan whose live? lihood depends upon the margin be? tween cotton and goods. Not only so, but most people in Lancashire are persuaded that the dearness and scar? city of raw material, are due to the speculative tactics of the clique of which Mr. Patten is thought to be the head. There is no special reason why this victim of British "fair play" should be saddened by the rough treatment of the mob; for he has, after all, been handled after the pre? cise fashion which Mr. Lloyd-George and other politicians, Liberal and Conservative, know so well. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was hustled about, till the police had to be called in to save his life. The moral is that you must not bull cot? ton, or propose a "Socialistic" bud? get, If you desire to enjoy the free? dom of the city by the canal. Philosophers may lay stress upon the fact that the great rise in cotton must be ascribed to influences which the mightiest speculator could neither create, nor resist. What had Mr Patten to do with the destructive march of the boll weevil, or the lack of rainfall in Texas? Did he have the slightest part in the discovery and development of the Rand mines which, by constantly pouring forth a Hood of gold, help to lift the price level of all commodities? Mas he had anything to do with the drift of popu? lation toward the cities and the con? sequent deficit in the produce of the ?Oil? Such questions answer them? selves in the negative. Mr. Patten was simply more alert than the mass of his fellows and, reading aright the signs of the time, bought cotton and wheat when the shortsighted mlllmen were deeply engaged in selling goods and Hour. The re is. we think, no rank? er form of hypocrisy than that of the spinner who denounces gambling when he himself is quic k to stake all on the turn of the card. Down to the year 1900, speculative spinners amas? sed fortunes by selling goods before they bought the raw material; but, from 1900 onwards, this game has been deadly and these bears have to pay the price of their folly, as all bears must in a period of dearth. "Hence these tears." But let US not forget that, while Mr. Fatten is being mobbed for his friendliness to cotton, Mr. Rurleson J and other friends of the Southern far? mer feel sure that prices would be much higher, if speculators of the Fatten type COUld be put in a strait jacket. And accordingly, Mr. Rurle? son would close the American "Rings" and permit the consumer to deal with cotton and wheat, as the Manchester mob has dealt with the great Chicago "bull." ir Mr. Burleson Is right, Mr. Patten is a martyr; if the Manchester mob is right, then Mr. Rurleson should withdraw his bill and forever hold his peace. "When doctors dis? agree, who shall dec ide?" The more layman, noting the- hopeless dlffer enees of diagnosis, must gaze Idly on and ask "Which Is Which?" ?Medicines that aid nature are al? ways most successful, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy acts on this plan. It loosens the cough, relieves the lungs, open! the secretions and aids nature In restoring the system to a healthy condition. Sold by W. W, Slbert, It's often what the wife wants that the husband says he can t afford. COUG'IS Til XT HANG ON. ?Coughs that st*rt In the fall and hang on until spring are sure trouble breeders unless checked and cured. Bronchitis, pneumonia and consump? tion are the direct result. Poley's Honey and Tar cures the cough, stops the hard breathing and heals and soothes the Inflamed air passages. Re? fuse substitutes Blbert's Drug store. FAMILY SAVED BY CAT. Hoof ?f Hurtling House Collapses .hist as People Hurry Out. drittln, Ca.. March 17. -A small i>Lii it eat proved t<? i?e a omen of good luek when it saved Mrs. W. J. Ilogan ami her two children from aj imiTii'i?' death In their burning home lure afro. Ilogau and the children were asleep, unaware that their home was | a mass of Haines ?ben the eat .sprang upon the bed ami by repeatedly Kernten I ng its mistress <?n the face, succeeded In awakening her just in time to aelxe the children In her arms 1 ami escape from the house before the roof fell in. A New Way to Make Fertiliser. Among many other wise tilings Dr. Barrow told the farmers was this r? - celpe for making fertilizer. In the fall of the year scatter over the stalls In use, ground phosphate rock. Prom time to time as manure accumulate add alternate layers of ground phosphate. This is the way the acids in the manure attact the insoluble phos? phate and render it soluble and avail? able for plant food. The advantage lies in so cheaply rendering the phosphate soluble. It costs nothing to do this in the manner mentioned while is costs five times the worth of the ground phosphate to accomplish this result with the aid of sulphuric acid. If a farmer is able to cut his ferti? lizer bill down four fifths it is a mat? ter worth while. If he can cut it down three-fifths it is still a matter worth his while. If he can cut it down two-fifths would it not pay him to investigate? If he can cut it down even one-fifth why should he not do so and save that much??Abbeville Press and Banner. We Are Breeding a Dangerous Type. Every year the cost of the police department, of the courts, of the re? formatories and penitentiaries mounts upon us. Last spring it was my for? tune to sit on the bench with several police magistrates and judges of the higher criminal courts, says Charles Edward Russell in Success Magazine. I watched the long lines of arrested persons coming up for examination the other lines of convicted person? coming up for sentence. T had no need of the assurance of the magis? trates and the judges that eighty_flve per cent, of the cases came from the slums ai.d from slum conditions ; no need because the fact was apparent in the faces before me. To him who is at all familiar with the tenement house and its products, there comes to be a certain mark or brand by which the products can always be recogni? zed; the brand of pasty face and livid skin, lusterless eyes and sullen brows narrow chests and shambling gait, things that come of life abnormally led in bad air, dark rooms and evil surroundings. On all of these occa? sions it seemed to me clear whenever my work took me into the slums, that we are producing here in enormous numbers, a peculiar and alarming type I of the human creature, ill-fed, scant? ily blooded, ill-developed in mind a? in body, deprived of the birthright of air. sunlight, joy and sufficiency, and with stange twists and turns in its stunted brain. I noticed on all these occasions, as I had <?ften noticed before, that the Voices (sure index of the mental state) of these young men were strange and hardly human; that they had a language of their own, made up of animal-like sounds; that their fa. clal angles and ears very often show? ed the indices of degeneracy. As a rule there appeared among them only a rudimentary sense of right and wrong; very often they were cruel manifesting a kind of pleasure in giv? ing or viewing pain; if they laughed it was in a brief evil guffaw at some? thing either brutal or filthy. Even the youngest showed a savage hatred of authority; the policeman on the beat was his mortal foe. NIGHT ALARM. ?Worse than an alarm of fire at night is the metallic cough of croup bringing dread to the household. Careful mothers keep Foley's Honey and Tar in the house and give it at the first sign of danger. Foley's Hon? ey and Tar has saved many little lives and is the only safe preparation for children as it contains no opiates. Si hert's Drug Store. K. A. Thompson of Walhalla has been appointed a member of the Con? federate home commission, to take the place of J. W. Reed of Chester, who resigned several days ago. The appointment was made by Gov. Ansel. The legislature at the last session gave * 11,000 to the home. WORTH A DOLLAR > DROP. ?Fred Patchens, Manilas. N. Y., writes: ? "For a long time I was af fected with kidney trouble which caused an almost constant pain in mv hack and inflammation in my bladder. Other remedies did not even relieve me, but two fifty cent bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy completely cured nie ami 1 have not had any symptoms of kidney trouble for over two years." Sibert's Drug Store. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been La use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per Jtyf--rfL'. sonal supervision since its infancy* -Cc^CcA^/li Allow no one to deceive you in this* All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good" are but Experiments that triile with and endanger the health of Infants and Children?Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare* goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups, It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium* Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee* It destroys Worms and aHays Feverishness* It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep* The Children's Panacea?The Mother's Friend* CENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. TMS CINTtUN COM PA MY, TT MUHRAY ?THKCT. NEW VOHK CITY. YOU REACH TIIE RIGHT SPOT for superior building materials, when you call at McKiever's. We can fill the bill every time. WThether it be sash, doors, blinds, rough or dressed lumber, we can give you estimates that for quality and prices can't be beaten by anyone. The Sumter Door, Sash & Blind Factor), J. W. McKeiver. Proprietor B IRMIFS URl'G STORE, 5 W. Liberty St. Sumter, S. 0. Dealer In Pure Drugs and Medicines. CHOICE PERFUMES AND FINE TOILET ARTICLES, COMBS AND BRUSHES, PATENT MEDICINES AND DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, A FULL LINE OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO. :: :: :: :: :: OUR MOTTO: PURE AND RELIABLE in Our stock is complete and we cheerfully solicit your patronage. :: :: :: Don't Forget That One Dollar in the Bank does more work than five in your pocket. It is our aim to see that money deposited with us keeps working. *M Bank of Sumter. Banking. Large, strong, safe and progressive. We offer unex? celled banking facilities and want your business. The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. Sumter, South Carolina.