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POLITICS III WASHINGTON. B M I IM.I R I I N< ?IUI HOW STILL on Tafft-AMrleti-Cunnon Crowd Are on TW \??\lous Bench?Fearful off What Kotse>clt May l>o When He Comes Home. Washington. M^rch 26.?The poli? os Deal situation as vle\ved from the standpoint of the national capital, Is much more Interesting to both parties than legislation and executive matters Just now. The election of Mr. Fobs as a rat to Congress In Massachu? setts this week by a plurality of 6640 In ,i district which elected a Repub? lic. In 1908 by a plurality of 14.000. Is regarded here and throughout the country as a most significant indica? tion as to popular feeling. Of course, political figurers are hard at work and will show plausibly special reasons for this remarkable political change. But orediting the Republicans with all that they may claim as causes for this surprising result, it indicates that the trend of popular opinion has gone so far that nothing but a mira? cle or Roosevelt can save the house next fall to the party In power. Let It be said with whatever emphasis can be brought to bear, that the party in power Is not responsible for high prices or for unsatisfactory business conditions. Inasmuch as the party In power, Democratic or Republican, al? ways clalma credit for whatever good thing happens. It must face the re? sponsibility for some of the bad, even if It should be bad crops. So great has been the excitement over the rebuke of Cannon In the lower house of Congress that the Balllnger-Plnchot Investigation hss been to a great degree forgotten. Mr. Plnchot. since he has testified, has started to Europe and Is now well on his way thither. It Is reported that he Is going in answer to a cable? gram from ex-President Roosevelt. That one so near the ex-presldent as ex-Forester Plnchot should be the first to get the ear of Mr. Roosevelt, is subject of considerable anxiety to the other side, or at least to certain individuals of the other side. So far. Mr. Roosevelt has been as silent as the Sphinx which yesterday night be saw by moonlight. Another signifi? cant fact is that during Mr. Garfield's residence In the city two weeks ago he waa the guest of Mr. Plnchot, and he only yesterday made an address to the Tlppecanoe Club in Clevland, a very temperate address, but one In which It was plain to see that his sympathies were with the insurgents and that his advocacy was for a more enthusiastic support of the Roosevelt policies than It Is possible for Presi? dent Taft to accomplish, handicapped as he Is by those in the House and the Senate with whom he has elected to consort It Is a curious situation and hnpreeedented In our political history that a self-exiled ex-president la at this moment more potential In the political affairs of the country* than the genial gentleman in the White House. Wrhat he may say or do when or before he lands here in J ?ne Is a matter of keen solicitude to regulars, Insurgents. Democrats and to everyone Interested in current politics. Mr. Qarfleld. In his speech In Cleve? land, made a severe arraignment of those Republican leaders guilty of a policy which he thinks is certain to lead the party to defeat. He Insisted thst the average American realized that present conditions pointed to something radically wrong. Fe urged progressive action and pointed out that when a party falls to be progres? sive Its usefulness has begun to wane. It Is our duty," said Mr. Qarfleld, "to squarely face the situation and to stand up and be counted for the poli? cies that are In sympathy with the best progressive thought of our coun? try, and the people are Justly calling upon us for a fulllllment of that pol? icy. The- will not be satisfied with Ina. tIon and makeshift legislation" These words coming from "Jimmie." as Mr I: ? ? ? t was wont to call this member of his regular c.iUrc t and of bis tennl.i court or kitchen cabinet also, after ch?ae communion as a guest of Olfford Plnchot. than whom none was closer to Mr. Roosevelt, naturally raise the *?ucstlon as to who are the fgg#| atattvet of the Roose? velt pollcle?-. it la useless to deny that Mr. Tat? s . w m Mr Roose? velt's chosen successor and political heir Nothing like such a selection has ever befor?? nmirred In American history, and the fads and the ovent ere so recent that everybody known and realises them The situation can? not but hi embarrassing to the ex prealdent. Politician, statesman and historian as he Is. he cannot but ap? preciate the difficulties with which the president has had to -ontend and In contending. No president h.ts ev? r been more sincerely anxious to carry 'it the policies bequeathed to him by party platform than President Taft, and It Is no* mere fiction to pla? e the odium of failure, If failure Itm ust t*% on his wicked adv'sers. i i in \* grgM ' h 0 W i^hlngton feel WWf found he was used as a trade* msrli ? limning the Harrier* Retweon Jew And Gentile. Rabid Callsch doesn't live in At? lanta. This fact, negatively at least, may account for the sermon which he delivered to his charge in Rich? mond, Va.. last week on the subject <?f ??Prejudice," and which was in? spired by the presentation in Rich? mond of "The House Next Door." it was an eloquent protest against narrowness, especially In the appli? cation of Christian principles by the Gentile world to the Jew. It was also an earnest plea for brotherhood, based upon the essen? tials of revealed religion. The text was taken from Proverbs: "Hetter a near neighbor than a dis? tant brother." And the question which the learn? ed teacher of Isral raised was this: "Must Jew and Christian always con? tinue with a barrier between them?" Turning to his Christian friends who were present in the congrega? tion, he said: "My Christian friends and neigh? bors, I wish that you would all put this question to yourselves. When you Judge the Jewish people, Judge them by what you know, and by what has been your experience, and judge them as you would any other group of citizens. If you must discriminate, why not discriminate amongst them, instead of against them all as a Claas? "It is painful to us to be told chat we are not wanted in this or thai- ho? tel or apartment house, or social or? ganisation, or fraternity, or school, or public office, not because the in? dividual may be unworthy, but solely because he is a Jew." 8trikingly in contrast with the con? dition of affairs to which the fore? going criticism Is directed may be mentioned an incident which occur? red some two weeks ago in Atlanta. At the request of the Methodist ministers of this city, there appeared before this local body of divines, on February 28 last, the distinguished rabbi, Dr. David Marx, who address? ed them upon the cardinal doctrines of Israel's faith. Throughout the discourse he was heard with the most profound atten? tion, and at the close of the address he was greeted with the most cor? dial handshakes by his brethren of the Methodist fold. It was an object lesson In brother? hood of which Rabbi Calisch will doubtless be pleased to learn. Rut the breadth of gauge which characterizes the reciprocal relation? ship between Jew and Gentile in At? lanta may be still further illustrated. Dr. Marx belongs to the Unity club, an organization of the local clergy in which all shades of religious opin? ion are found; and from time to time the members of this club meet to dis (iuss the views which they hold in oommon upon religious topics and to emphasize "the tie that binds." When Dr. W. W. Landrum relln gulshed. several months ago, the pas? torate of the First Raptlst church of this city. Dr. Marx was among the number of his close and intimate friends who formally bade him adieu. It was an unaccustomed sight to witness a Jewish rabbi occupying a Christian pulpit and bidding a Chris? tian minister farewell. Rut It touched and thrilled the vast congregation. And the tender tones of the rabbi's valedictory message to his friend will linger in memory when most of the echoes of that rare and beautiful eve? ning are forgotten. Christians have no excuse for prej? udice. The creed which they profess commits them to the broadest cath? olicity of mind. The keynote of the evangelists?the pith of the golden rule?and the very essence of the great commission Is human broth? erhood. The follower of the meek and low? ly Nazarene exhibits little love for the Master and little regard for the !<>gic of consistency when he turns his back upon one of Israelltlsh blood and "??fuses to fellowship with him because, forsooth, he is a Jew. You need k'o no further back than the time of the Maccabees, but read tbe history Of this people?and if it be not accounted a thing of honor to com. of Abraham's stock it is cer t 'ini\ not a badge of odium, Anti-Seniitism has never Rourntah ed la Atlanta, and whatever may be the shortcomings of this city, an un? generous hostility toward the ? b?sen seed is not Included among the charges in the bill of Indictment? Atlanta Georgian. The mlnature mirage of Dr, It, w. Wood, of Johns Hopkins University, la produced with a sand covered sheet* Iron plate fifteen feet long, heated by gas anrnera The sun is reflected from a mirror upon ? sheet or white paper at one end. On becoming prop? el ly heated, the little desert shows a pool of water In front of some land pi lea reproducing perfectly the phan? tom lake thai tantalises thirsty travel ers. Colon?! Roosevelt has the time of his life ?Vary day of his life.?Descret Bvenlng News. AT HIS OLD TRICKS. ROOSEVELT CREATES DISTURB? ANCE IN CAIRO. Several Hundred From Egyptian Uni? versity March to Hotel and Demon* Strata Against Ex-President. Cairo, March 29.?Ex-President Roosevelt's speech before the Egyp? tian university has aroused the ex? treme Nationalists to a state of fury. Seven hundred students this even? ing marched to his hotel and dem? onstrated against him, shouting in Arabic: 'Down with autocracy!" "Give us a constitution!" The demonstrators were applauded by many spectators, and many gutsts left the hotel fearing violence. Col. Roosevelt was not in the hotel at the time, but drove up shortly afte. wards. He said he heard a noise which re? minded him of American college cries, but he had no idea that he was the cause of it. Another protest meeting was held this evening at which speeches less violent than at the first meeting were made. Efforts were put forth to in? duce Col. Roosevelt to attend, but he smilingly declined. BARRETT DENIES REPORT. Farmers' Union Not Contemplating Organization of New Party. Atlanta, Ga., March 28.?President Charles S. Barrett, of the National Farmers' Union, made emphatic de? nial tonight of the newspaper reports that at the National Conference of Farmers to be held in St. Louis, May 2-3. the Farmers* Union would join with the American Federation of La? bor in the formation of a new nation? al political party. In an article published in numerous papers under a Washington date it was announced that President Samuel Gompers, of the Federation, would deliver an address at the Conference of the Farmers' Union in St. Louis, at which he would outline his plan for the alliance of the two organizations in forming and furthering the pro? posed new party. "Whatever is done in St. Louis to? ward forming a new party," said Mr. Barrett, "the Farmers' Union will ha\e no part, parcel or direct or In? direct connection with it. The funda? mental law of the Farmers' Union explicitly prohibits that Order indul? ging in partisan politics. "Men of all shades of political be? lief, some of the most distinguished Americans, will participate in and be the guests of the Farmers' Union Conference. But I cannot reiterate too emphatically that we will not be party to the formation of a new par? ty, and that partisan politics will be eschewed scrupulously." President Barrett said that at the St. Louis Conference the "needs of the farmers, the status of the farmer and the wrongs of th? farmer" would be discussed, "but 1 e will not de? nounce or praise any political party. Nor will we countenance any such procedure on the part of the invited guests if we can help it." SALE OF LOTS IN MAYESVILLE. Many Were Sold at an Excellent Price. Mayesville, March 29.-The Co lumtda Realty and Auction Company sold a large number of choice resi? dential lots here today. The property Is situated on the western side of town and Is well adapted for resi? dences. The lota were sold for good prices and were actioned off within less than an hour. This goes to show ( \e value of real estate In Mayesville and no doubt j within a short time the property gold today will be built up or the owners will be realizing handsome profits from their investments today. THINGS WORTH KNOWING. There are about 26,800 worms to an acre of cultivated land. In th*? Swedish province of Smaland there is a hill 4 50 feet high, which consist! entirely of iron ore. The area ll figured to be l'.hoo.ooo square feet. In Ceylon the largest pearls are sold for never more than $:joo, but when they reach the great markets of the world they ere worth more than three times this price. The freight tunnels of Chicago will be used for a great telephone com? pany to enter the tit Id in competition with the present companies. The new company will start with 20.000 Instru? menta Dr, Lepage, the eminent Brussels surgeon, has sent In his bin for $i!o, ooo. his fee for the operation perform? ed on King Leopold a few days befor< the king's death, The operation U said tu have lasted only 10 minutes. it appears that New York has not paid for the key of the city presented to Dr. Cook. Possibly the money had tu t?c diverted to changing the lock of the city. Philadelphia Ledger. Excess <>f wealth Is cause of cove toUSneSS.?Marlowe. MAYESVILLE TOWN COUNCIL. citizens <>r Mayesville in Mass Meet? ing Express Confidence In Munici? pal Administration. Mayesville, March 29.?At the mars meeting of citizens held Friday night to nominate a town council for the ensuing year, the old council was unanimously nominated as follws: N. D. Womble, mayor; M. C. Mayes, R. J. Mayes. Jr., C. N. Bprott and F. J. Bass, aldermen. This action of the citizens is an appreciation of the work of these gentlemen as town officials and no doubt the town will take still greater strides forward in the future. The new board of health is as follows: Dr. E. M. Davis, chairman; S. C. Fox worth, A. J. Pringle, F. A. Sturkey and C. D. Cooper. It was the senti? ment of the meeting that the salaries of the mayor and clerk and treasurer be raised in the future. Mayor Womble has made a very efficient head of the town government and his renomination will be a cuase of general satisfaction among the citi? zens. The election will be held on Mon? day, April 4. STATE CAMPAIGN OPENS. Democratic Committee Holds a Meet? ing Next Month. Columbia, March 30.?Arrange? ments are being completed by State Chairman Wille Jones for the meet? ing of the State Democratic Execu? tive Committee on April 6. At this meeting the formal call for the State Democratic convention on May 18 will be issued and other matters will be discussed for the primary held In August. As this Is the year for the nomination and election of all State officers there will be considerable in? terest In the meeting, although the committee will have very little to do I until the convention has finished bus? iness, when dates for the campaign meetings and assessments will be ar? ranged. The various Democratic clubs in each county will meet on April 23 and elect delegates to the county con? vention to be held on May 2. At the county conventions the delegates will be elected to the State convention. One of the Most Objectionable Fea? tures of College Base Ball. In other ways, however, the imita? tion of professional base ball in the I college has been a loss, not a gain. Perhaps the most harmful feature of the professional game which the col? lege boys have adopted is the contin? ual chorus of cries on the part of the players as soon as the pitcher takes the ball in hand and gets ready to de? liver it to the batter. Every player on the nine gives tongue, and the spec? tators are treated to one continual shower of puerile and silly cries. The professionals do this partly with the idea of rattling their opponents, but chiefly with the purpose of covering up a complicated set of signals. Even in the professional games the prac? tice is wholly inexcusable and takes away from the pleasure and the fair? ness of the game, but when intro? duced into the college games, it is vulgar beyond expression. Such games as, for example, the1 last Har? vard-Princeton matches are enough to disgust the ordinary man with the whole game of base ball. Not only is the audience subjected to a contin? ual chorus of yells from the players, but the audience itself is encouraged to take a hand in the game by con? certed cheering and calls. The result is that the visiting nine not only has to play against the home nine, but it has to play also against the home au? dience. This whole process is abso? lutely unfair. It is vulgar in the last extreme and college men ought to stop it. The college games of the old day, when each man did his work without screaming, were infinitely su? perior to the games of today in that respect, and they offered just as good an opportunity for team-play as can be had by this indiscriminate yelp? ing. Most of the abuses and vulgarity of the college base ball of today have come from the importation during the last twenty years Into the college of the professional coach. Sometimes he is a professional from the outside; sometimes he is an alumnus, who is called by a stretc h of courtesy an am ateur; but ge nerally these two breeds of coach do not greatly differ.?April Scrlbner. The farmer should hustle around in early spring, order new tools and fix up old ones. In many localities the blcksmlth Is overburdened In repair? ing farming tools just at the time w hen the tools are needed for spring work. Not having implements ready for work ut the first opportunity means a loss of several da*yi In get? ting In 8 crop. Let us be on hand with the season, if we have been hi? bernating during the wiut?r like the frog, we had bett' r wake up and stir around some now. The contour of the country is going to have Its picture drawn by the mil? itia. SPECIAL SERVICES TO YOUNG MEN. Evening Services During April to Be Devoted to Problems of the Young Man. Rev. J. P. Marion, pastor of the Presbyterian church has announced that he will preach specially to the young men at the evening services during the month of April. He has had printed the attached invitation and had them passed out at his ser? vices Sunday: A cordial invitation is extended you to attend the evening services at the Presbyterian church during the month of April when the following problems of the Young Man will be the subjects: April 3?A Young Man's Choice of Work. April 10?A Younrr Man's Choice of Amusements. April 17?Does il pty a Young Man to be Good? April 24?A Young M^n's Choice of Life's Principles. Returns Will Be About the Same as Last Year. The township equalization boards are busy on the returns for this year. It is estimated that the returns for this year will be about the same as for last year. There may be a little increase due to the erection of new houses. The returns for last year showed that there were 373,559 acres of farm lands returned for $1,989,340, not in? cluding the buildings. The buildings on farms returned were 6.175, valued at $384,920, making the total value $2,374,260. The cities and towns re? turned 2,561 lots valued at $605,970; and 2,175 buildings valued at $1,004, 200, making a total for the cities and towns of $1,610,170, and a grand to? tal of $3,844,430. A Financial Puzzle. Here is an incident that a Chanute man tells as having occurred in a cer? tain Kansas town. He was in the ticket office and watched the proceed? ings, says the Kansas City Times. A man came up to the window and asked for a ticket to Kansas City, In? quiring the price. "Two-twenty-flve," said the agent. The man dug down into a well worn pocketbook and fished out a bill. It was a bank note for $2. It was also all the money he had. "How son does this train go?" he inquired. "In fiftten minutes," replied the agent. The man hurried away. Soon he was back with three silver dollars, with which he bought a ticket. "Pardon my curiosity," said the ticket seller, "but how did you get that monev? It isn't a loan for I see you have disposed of the $2 bill." "That's all right," said the man. "No I didn't borrow, I went to a pawnshop and soaked the bill for $1.50. Then as I started back here I met an old acquaintance to whom I sold the pawn ticket for $1.50. I then had $3, and he has the pawn ticket for which the $2 bill stands as security." Senator "Jeff" Davis is altogether too quiet. He should remember that Senator Tillman is absent cn sick leave, and it is up to him to do double duty as a star performer.?Omaha Bee. Statement of the Condition of The Bank of Sumter Located at Sumter, S. C, At the Close of Business Men, 24, 1910. RESOURCES. Loans aud Discounts, $4-44,505 60 Overdrafts, 6904.35 Bonds and Stock? owned by the bank, 16,500.00 Othtr Real Eitate owned, 17,650.00 Furniture and fixtures, 1,800.0 ) Due from Banko and Bankerp, 81,933.79 Currency, 0,863.0? Gold, 375.00 Silver ? nd other Minor Coin, 4,909.76 Checks und Cash Items, 1,422.61 O.her Resource^, viz: Cotton Checks, 20,461.0? Total, $601,515.1;) LIABILITIES. Capital Stock Paid in. $75,000.00 Surpln* Fund, 40,00 .00 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses aud Taxes paid, 27,640.18 Due to Bunks and Bankers 67.87 Individual Deposits subject to Cheek, 818,918.88 Savings Deposits, 108,888.22 Bills Payable, including Certificate* for Money Borrowed, 35,000.00 Other Liabilities, viz : Reserved for Dividends aud Taxes. 0.000.00 Total 1801,515.15 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, county of bumteb. Before me came \V. F. Rhaine, Cashier of the above named Hank, who being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of paid Bank, as shown by the books of said Bank. W. P. RHAME, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 29lh day of Meh. A. D., 1910. E. H. RHAME, [l. r.,1 Notary Public for 8. C. Correct Attest : RICHARD I MANNING. R. F. HAYNS WORTH. C. T. MASON. Directors. MISS MARY WILSON ENTERTAINS Is Giving House Party at Her Hornel On Broad Street. The beautiful home of Col. Thos. Wilson on Broad street is the scene of a delightful house party this week. The out-of-town guests in attendance are Misses Jaunita Hewitt, of Dar? lington, Lola Anderson, of Augusta, Jessie Scott, of Atlanta, Corrinne Bar field, of Manning, and Miss Elizabeth Gucinzius, of Wisconsin. The latter did not arrive until this afternoon. Miss Wilson entertained the Lambs Club last evening in honor of her guests. Progressive bridge was play? ed, there being six tables. The guests' prizes were won by Miss Juanlta Hewitt and Mr. James F. Glenn. Each was given a beautiful book. Punch and a salad course were served. Those present were Misses Corinne Barfield, Lola Anderson, Juanlta Hew? itt, Jesse Scott. Marguerite Cromer, Ethel Carson, Lula Cook Boykln, Mrs. Geo. L. Rlcker, and Miss O'Donnell, of Anderson, and Misses Mary, Mar? tha and Elizabeth Wilson and Messrs. O. H. Folley, E. S. Carson, J. T. Rob? inson, G. A. Lemmon, H. A. Moses, E. W. Ware, James F. Glenn, H. B. Richardson, G. E. Haynsworth, R. D. Graham, Geo. L. Ricker, James Graham and Dr. E. R. Wilson. Concert Party Tonight. A party will attend the Civic League concert tonight and after the concert go to the Elks' Club for sup? per. The party will be composed of the following: Miss Julia Allen of Florence, with Mr. O. H. Folley. Miss Belle Prloleau, of Charleston, with Dr. W. L. McCutchen. Miss Pauline Davis, of Rock Hill, with Mr. James F. Glenn. Miss Mary Wilson with Mr. E. W. Ware. 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