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1.AHGF. AMOUNT INVOLVED. Difference In Cotton Tare Figure* Ap? proximate* $t,HOO,000. Columbia. May 12.?That $1,800, 000 In the amount hwhfgd In the test case that v\in be brought before the Supreme Court Monday on habeas corpus proceedings. In connection with the alleged violation of the Cot? ton Tan? A< t, makes this case assume tremendous proportions In South Car? olina. Heretofore the amount of tare al? lotted on cotton was 20 pounds to the bale. Rut under the enactment of II10 the 6 per cent, that would be allowed. If the Act Is declared consti? tutional, wo ltd mean 30 pounds to ?each 500-pouuu brie, a difference of 10 pounds to the bale. Who will pay this difference? Is the question that Is now agitating both farmers and buyers of cotton. There was a 1.100,000 crop In South Caro? tins last year, fly adding 10 pounds of tire to each bale the amount In? volved on a basis of 15 cents per pound Is fl.800,000. I >ther States do not have statutes providing for the amount of tare, but 20 pounds Is the trade custom, It Is srtated. The declaring of the 1910 Cot? ton Tare Act constitutional would put South Carolina out of line with other Southern States according to cotton men. The result of this would be that ?omeone. either the farmer or the cot? ton buyer, would have to pay for this additional 10 pounds of cotton tare. That the farmer would finally pay for U Is a reasonable deduction, because the possibility Is that the price of cot? ton In this State would be about one quarter ? ent lower per pound than In other St sbM m Igtet It mike up |0f the difference In the tare. It Is figured that Instead of six yards of tare there wofld be required about twelve yards to make up the addi? tional 10 pounds weight, this being based on the assumption that a farm? er selling his cotton Is going to put on the additional tare. This would mean It Is stated, that the men selling bag Sing would get the benefit of the addl ti mal tare used. It would not neces? sarily Increase the amount of ties used, only the bagging. The more than $1.000.000 Invloved under this Act would very probably go to the bagging manufacturers, and the far? mer and cotton buyers, and more than likely the farmer, would stand the ad? ditions! +xT??n*? It Is und?-stood that the te*i case Is brought bj i ?argn I, sj gfsg of cot? ton dealer*. M c. Heath & Co., and Mr \.\ t: M illtaa tu i 1 ? en gfftated en m >s an,mi sa rn out cnarging him with violating the Tare Act. as e.? wlth violating the Tare Act The case will come up Monday In the Supreme Court. W T .loMs I, FTS SHOUT HI.S PTTF. Jmbjc vimc stuv* I xrs utlon of Sen? tence*?Hearing Saturday. Union. May 12.?Attorneys for W. T. Jones, convicted of the murder of his wife and sentenced to life Impris? onment, yesterday went before Judge T. 8. Seaae and secured an order granting a stay of the execution of the sentence. The remlttltur from the State Su? preme Court, which had confirmed the verdl? t and sentence of the Court of General Sessions for tbU county, w is r??? ? I by Clerk of Court Peake yesterday morning. That officer pro? ceeded to make a certified copy of the verdict and sentence of the Circuit Court which would have been sent to the Penitentiary authorities today, ard an officer would have been sent fr-m the Penitentiary to convey Jones to that Institution. This Is the regular and orderly procedure In such cases. The order of Judge Sease stays this, however, until Saturday next, at least, at which time the attorneys will appear before the Judge for a b. ir Ing. The affidavits upon which the order Is based have not been filed and their nature or by whom they are made Is not known. The order re? cites, ho .w , r. that affidavits have been submitted to the effect that there was misconduct on the part of Jurors who tried the case, and further, that elatm Is made that there Is after dis? covered evidence, which may effect the merits of the case. It was understood yesterday that attorneys for Jones Intended making further efforts at prevent his going to the Penitentiary, but It was not konwn Just what was ?.??im? done until the nrd' r of Judge s ? . was filed this morning. Nothing Is dlfiVult; It Is only we who aro Inddent.?-Ha} don. The fellows that r< at up in a bal? loon to si the < ono t surely mii-l ha\c ?.n Mighty. CASTOR IA The Kind You Have Always Sought For fo&Btl and Children. VICTORIES OF DENVER FIGHT. Judge Lindsay Tells of Figlit to Save Hoys. The real glory of our struggle has not been Its saving of dollars and cents, but of tlesh and blood. When I first visited the Industrial School at Oolden, 1 flound armed guards in the reformatory buildings and some of the boys shackled with ball and chain on the grounds. I found the iron boot in use, the boys being flogged in the presence of their fellows, and many Of the usual prison brutalities prac? ticed on the miserable and rebellious children. Today there are no armed guards, no chains, no prison re? straints. Most of the boys come alone t?> the school, stay there of their own \\ ill. receive visits from their parents. ? ornpjiny tbem to the railroad sta? tion unwatched, and return them? selves t<> their duties; they learn use? ful trades and receive the seml-mlli t.irv training of a good boarding school with drill and a military band of their own. and officers promoted tor good behavior. The whole school, on a recent gala day In Denver, marched In parade and enjoyed the fTOOdOM of the city; and every last i-ov of the four hundred at the day's end was back In his dormitory. They are happy, they are learning to be honest, healthy, useful citizens, in? stead of brutalized and rebellious criminals. When I went on the county bench, the dive-keepers, gamblers, and sa? loon men who debauch boys and girls were not only protected by the police and other oflb ials. but by the technl I alltles of the law. It was Impossible to convict the saloon man or the gam I'ler unless we could prove the serv? ing of "liquor" to young people or their participation in the gambling gOJBOi and this was always difficult. Now on have "contributory delin? quency" laws that require the keeper of a saloon or any disreputable re? sort to forbid boys and girls frequent? ing It; and he can be punished if they are so much as seen there. We have obtained laws that will permit our probation officers to arrest him; an*', we can ourselves file a complaint against him If the district attorney re? fuses to act. The result Is that no man or woman In Denver?no, not the head of the system and king of the corporations' himself?has politi? cal "pull" enough to save him from the punishment of the law If he of fwnds n??fnst the poornot Slum phflft in Denver, No one can know hovv muoo that meoni to t ? community unless he OH POflty Ht>0f the horrible troffl ? in young virtiu that used to BM?M our siicfis anu alleys In the dive district the open roads to a phy? sical and moral hell. We have obtained an effective reg? istration law that prevents most of the ballot-box stuffing. We have obtain? ed a code of probate laws that Is con? ceded by lawyers to be one of the best In America. We have obtained amend? ments to the child-labor laws, afford? ing children better protection and adding a Jail penalty for violation In? stead of a light fine; amendments to the compulsory school law, requiring a complete school year for all child? ren, and providing for the relief of needy children; laws forbidding the prosecution of children for crime and requiring that they be treated, under the chancery Jurisdiction and the rules of equity, as wards of the State needing "aid, help, assistance and en? couragement," a provision In the city ( harter and the statutes of the State forbidding the placing of children un? der 14 years of age in Jail and estab? lishing a detention house school where they may be cared for; a set of laws - nforceable In both chancery and criminal courts, making parents re? sponsible for neglecting their children or setting them a bad example; a law for the special care of dependent chil? dren, providing for the Inspection of all homes and institutions, public or private for the care of dependent chil? dren, providing for tho inspection of all homes and Institutions, public or private for the care of dependent chil? dren; a law requiring parents, who ire able to pay, to support their chil? dren iti State institutions; a law guar? anteeing orphan children at least $2, .I from the totati of the parents be? fore I redlton are paid; a law giving the Judge the right to place orphan children with persons professing the samt religion as the parents; a law forbidding any court to take a child away from a parent ut'tll the parent's rights have be? n carefully guarded and adjudicated upon; probation laws for adults; and a <1o/en other minor inws and amendments of similar pur? ports and effort* We have helped to obtain nullit schools in Denver( ungraded schools for backward children public play* grounds, and public baths, \v? have failed t<> obtain trade Schools, but wc have not erased our efforts to obtain th? m. We hs ? established summer enmp* for i.r children In the moun? tains, obtained work for thorn In the lieet fteldi and fruit orchards, and found employment ond osslstan e for thousands ??f city children. Out Jh \enlle Improvement Association for the betterment and protection of the ? hlld has spread over tho whole coun? try, ftur woik for the children hns I - ?> ? >t-,.?i in? |,v pri.flil..t,i !?...> ..ci.1t in a message to congress, by John Hay, secretary of state, by Mr. Her? bert Gladstone in a recommendation to the British house of commons, by Prof. Frejurenthal, as a representa? tive of the German emperor, and by Official! from countries in all parts of the world. Of all the thousands of children whom we have dealt with not more than ten per cent have been re? turned for a second offense, and we estimate that ninety-five per cent have "made rood" in the end. No one can know what a saving of young citizens this means. Under the old methods of criminal prosecution and jail sen? tences, from 65 to 75 per cent, of the children were returned to the jail for I second term within five years; and every term in jail meant a term In a public school of crime that made the children worse instead of better. Tili: SHADOW OF UTK. An Overdose of Philosophy Sometimes Makes a Coward of a Man. It was midnight. The sunshine phil? osopher was seated in his study writ? ing a few notes for his lecture on "How to Be Happy Though Miser? able" when the resounding clang of his front door bell went echoing through the house. "Humph!" ho muttered. "Who on earth can this be at such an hour and on such a night, I wonder? Who's there?" he hallooed through the key? hole. "Your brother Jim. Hurry up!" "Why, Jim," cried the philosopher, opening the door, "what on earth arc you doing out such a night as this? Come in; come in!" In a moment the two were sitting before a crackling log fire in the phil? osopher's library. "I've come over to get a little ad? vice, Bill," said the visitor. "I am in all sorts of trouble." "Oh, nonsense, Jim!" said the oth? er. "There needn't be any trouble for anybody In this world. What if it is dark here? The sun is shining in the east"? "Now, hold on a minute, Bill," said the visitor. "I don't give a rap for the state of the weather out In Hono? lulu; I'm here and I'm worried to death. First place, I have a note coming due for $500 tomorrow morn? ing, and I haven't $7 left in the bank. Second place, Snipperton, the tailor, has served a writ on me for my bill that has been running since 1905, and if I don't pay I've got to go to court on supplementary proceedings and ex? plain why. Third, T got notice from headquarters this morning that after the first of next month"? "There's no use of your going on, Jim," said the sunshine philosopher. "You- might keep on giving me a list of your troubles from now until the crack of doom, but It wouldn't alter the situation one atom. The prin? ciple upon which I live is simply that trouble can't exist while the world Is full of sunshine. If It doesn't hap? pen to be visible it doesn't make the least difference. It Is there, genial, sweet, invigorating, just the same. That marvelous orb from time Im? memorial has been pouring out Its great stores of mellow light upon this earth Incessantly, unremittingly. Not once has it taken a day off from the beginning of recorded time." "Yes," said Jim, "and there have been clouds, too, since"? "They prove my points," said the philosopher. "You don't mean to say for an Instant, do you, that because there happens to be a sky full of clouds therefore the sun In all Its glowing majesty has ceased shining? Beally, Jim, you know better than that, and you know you know better. The clouds pass away. No day Is so dark and gloomy and dismal that sooner or later the sun does not pierce the clouds, dissipating them Into thin, filmy veils of footless mist. Get your mind in tune with this Idea, my boy, Does the night envelop you? Some? where the sun is shining. Are the heavens black with clouds? Beyond soars the orb of day. Let this be your philosophy, my boy, and all these afflictions of which you speak will pass away, or even if their on? ward passage is slow you can at least comfort yourself with the thought that (film follows in the wake of the storm and that on the trail of trouble there will inevitably follow the fructi? fying rays of"? "I>o you mean to tell me. Bill Wim pit ton," cried the visitor, "that there is sunshine enough In this world to handle such ? case as mine?mine, who must meet that note, who must pacify Shlpperton and whose job at the"? "All of that I mean to tell you an 1 more, .Mm," said the philosopher, 'ric re's enough to cover your troubles . raised to the nth power of infinity '? ".mi right Bill," said the visitor, rising and putting on his bat. "If I that's the case rii go home and rest : my mind, it's after midnight, and ! Judge that bed Is the place for tne, 1 nul before i go do me Jui t one little I favor, will you?" i "\nythlng i can do. Jim," said the philosopher kindly, "Co upstairs und ash your wife to lend me her parasol to go homi with, J will you?" he asked. "I don't want t.? be sunstruch on my way hack"*? i f .... ...v yffft WHERE ARK BIGHAM AND AVANT? Georgetown Court Officials Have Not Received Remlttitur. Georgetown. May 12.?The state? ment of The News and Courier, from Columbia, that the rimlttitur for Dr. G. C. Bigham and W. B. Avant had been sent down, was news to the court officials in Georgetown, in which coun? ty tho crime was committed for which these men are to servo time in the Penitentiary. Neither the clerk of court nor the sheriff has received any order for the arrest of either party. Bigham was last seen in the upper portion of the State, his present whereabouts being a mystery, appar? ently, to everybody. It is probable that he has fled the State, but it is almost certain that Avant is at his home near Harper's, about fifteen miles from this city. He was seen there only a day or so ago. It is said that efforts ?re being made on hi3 be? half to carry the case to the United States Supreme Court, and failing in that to have him serve time on the chaingang, instead of in the Peniten? tiary. Jeff Taylor, colored, is wanted in Laurlnburg, N. C, for some crime Chief Bradford was notified by the North Carolina sheriff that Jeff was wanted and the criminal was rounded up Friday. Sumter may need the service and combined wisdom of two boards of health and then some, before the Oakland Avenue sewerage problem is solved. A fine has little terror for the aver? age blind tigor, if he can pay it; ax an occasional fine is looked upon as license tax under another name, but a chain gang sentence is another prop? osition. It Is hoped that automobile races can be gotten up for the week of the firemen's touranment. Manchester, Eng., May 12.?One hundred and thirty-seven miners lost their lives today in an explosion in the Wellington coal mine at White haven. Rescue parties succeded In saving four men, but fire had broken out in the workings, leaving practical? ly no hope for those still entombed. The workings extend for five miles under ground. Do farmers eat the proper sort of food? The farmer of today buys a much larger proportion of the food that goes on the table than he did ten years ago. It's a good thing that this is so because he has a great variety to select from. He should, however, use great care in selecting for the best results in health and strength. The widespread tendency in the Ol/ to increase the amount of Quaker Oats eaten is due very largely to the recent demonstrations by scientific men that the Quaker Oats fed man is the man with greatest physical endurance and greatest mental vigor. Farmers should give this subject careful thought and should increase the quantity of Quaker Oats eaten by themselves, their children and the farmhands. ; < Packed in regular size packages, and in hermetically sealed tins for hot climates._57 _ Foley's Kidney Pills What They Will Do for You They will cure your backache, strengthen your kidneys, cor? rect urinary irregularities, build up the worn out tissues, and eliminate the excess uric acid that causes rheumatism. Pre? vent Bright's Disease and Dia bates, and restore health and strength. Refuse substitutes. SIEBERTS DRUG STORE. I o buy jewelry of ijuality is at our store. You will be surprised to learn the reasonableness of our prices. When you are in this neighborhood drop in. We are always pleased to see you wheth? er you you wish t< i I my < it not. W. A. Thompson, Jeweler and Optician. The (Omet's Schedule. The following is the schedule of the cornet after it passes into the western sky: May 19: Comet in evening sky, ap? pearing even higher in west, and mov? ing rapidly, 3 1-2 degrees north of Alderbaran. May 20: Comet sets 8:11 p. m.; enormous size. May 21: Comet just where it was among the stars October 1; today passes close to Gamma Germini. Sets at 8:12 p. m. May 22: Comet sets 9:57 p. m.; passes 7 1-2 degrees north of Pro cyon. May 23: Comet sets 10:28 p. m. May 24: Comet sets 10:34 p. m May 25: Comet sets 10:55 p. n.. May 26: Comet sets 11:06 p. m.; croses beneath earth's path, at a dis? tance therefore of about 6,000,000 miles, In retreating into space. May 27: Comet sets 11:17 p. m. May 28: Com t sets 11:22 p. m. May 29: Comet sets 11:23 p. m. May 30: Comet sets 11:27 p. m.; now gradually aprpoaches the sun again, as seen from the earth, and fades away as it retires into space. A child of Mr. George Nettles' die( at Privateer Thursday night. The in? fant was about two years old. The Standard Oil Co. Is to have competition here. The Texas Oil Co. have put in an agency here and will compete with them. Their wagons and horses have already arrived. Prohibition is having a fair trial in Sumter. With a strong public senti? ment in favor of the enforcement of the law it should succeed here if it can anywhere. Mayor Jennings, while not a prohibitionist, although a tee? totaler in practice, is using all the weight of the law and the machinery of hlfl office to suppress blind tiger ism, and if this town is not made dry in fact as well as in name, the advo? cates of statutory prohbltlon may as well admit that a prohibitory law can? not be made effective for the abolition of the liquor traffic and that those who want liquor will get it by hook or crook. Catarrh Can Quickly Be Cured. A bottle of Hyomei, a hard rubber pocket inhaler, that will last a life? time, and simple instructions for cur? ing catarrh make a Hyomei outfit. Into the inhaler you pour a fe\f drops of magical Hyomei (pronounce it High-o-me). This is absorbed by the antiseptic gauze within and now you are ready to breathe it over the germ Infested membrane where it will speedily be Sin its work of killing catarrh germs. Hyomei is made of Australian euca lyptol combined with other antiseptics and is very pleasant to breathe. It is guaranteed to cure catarrh, bronchitis, sore throat, croup, coughs and colds, or money back. It cleans out a ^tuffed up head in a few m'n utes. S</.d by druggists everywhere, and by Dei crme's Pharmacy. Complefe outfit SI.00. And remember that ex? tra bottles if afterwards needed cost only 5?) cents. Breathe it, that's all. To break up cold In head or chest in a few rniviutes, pour a teaspoonful of Hyomei into a bowl of boiling wa? ter. co\er head and bowl with towe and bieathe the vapor. 4-4-13?W. 5-18. Lexington, May 12.?Gov. M. F. An? sel has offered a reward of $100 for Thos. J. Craft, the convicted murder? er, who escaped from the Lexington jail on Thanksgiving n!ght last year. This runs the amount up to $200, Sheriff Corley having offered $100 re? ward soon after the escape. Greenville, May 12.?In less than one hour the jury in the case of J. G. Lindley, charged with the murder of Ben Allen, returned a verdict of guil? ty of murder without recommenda? tion. This means that Lindley will hang unless a new trial is granted, and this appears improbable. The Methodist Parsonage has been put in place on the lot on Liberty street. It Is being raised higher and j will soon be ready for occupancy. To I one not accustomed to such work ! the job appeared a hard one, but It did not seem to give the party doing I It much trouble. DR. N. G. OSTEEN, JR., DENTIST. 18 W. Liberty St. Phone No. 30. -OFFICE HOURS 8 TO I. .: 2 TO 6. Headquarters For Hay, Grain, Rice Flour, Ship Stuff, Mixed Cow Feed and Chicken Feed. We Sell 0 Lime, Cement, Shingles, Laths, Fire Brick, Acme Wall 6D Plaster, Drain Pipe, Etc X Our usual assortment of Horses and Mules. And X a full stock of Buggies, Wagons and Harness to select M from. * Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. Sumter, South Carolina. Birime's Drug Store, 5 W. Liberty St. Sumter, S. C. 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