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WEDNtSOAY, JUNE 15. 1910. BfcHlii i il Mt the Postottlec at Huntter, S. ( u?* x'i ond Class Matter. ? PERSONAL. Dr. Walter Cheyne has returned from St. Louis. Mo.. wl\? iv he went to attend the American Medical Asso la tlon. Mrs w. U Saundera of Statehcrg la visiting Mrs. I. C. Spann. Mr*. K. W. Cannon and Miss Mary Montgomery, of liartsville are visit? ing In the city. Mrs. Janette and Miss Jennie Coop? er, of Wllllamshurg are guests of Mrs. Ji. Cooper, on Salem Avenue. Mr. I. IV lielser. i graduate of the is 10 ilass of the University, Is In the city. Mr. and Mrs. N. O. Osten. Sr.. \l -i M >neta ami Elizabeth Dsteen. Miss Louis.? Murray and Miss Kiln.i Hughs.?n left Saturday for Glenn Springs to attend the State Press Association. They will accom? pany the press party t<> Johnston City. Tenn.. in the heart of the Hlue Kldge. going over the new C. C. & O. rail? road from Spattani urg. M ? I \ .aw s 'ii M< I ..od. M. l??ck. and 11. C. Kelvey. of Manning, are In the city. Mr. 0. T. St. Amand. of Florence. Is In Sumter. Mr. B. C. Page, of the State, was In Sumter Friday. Mr. E. D. Sallenger. of the News and Courier, was In the city Friday. ? Mr. Bud McFaddln. a progressive planter of Sardinia and son, were In Sumter Saturday. Hon. A. K. Sanders, who is promi? nently mentioned as a candiadte for the State senate, was in town Satur? day. Mr. W. L. Saunders, of Stateburg, was in the city Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Dickey, left Saturday for North Carolina, where they will visit the latter s parents. ? Alfred Grler, who graduated at < lemson College with the degree of B. 8.. Is at home for a few weeks, when he leaves for Plttsburg, Pa., where he has accepted a position with the Westlnghouse Electrical Mfg. Co. Rev. James McDowell is visiting his ?sjphsw Mr DgvM v tmoV UitW? Miss Sue Mi v Allison, ot Y ?rkvlit?\ U flatting her aunt. Mrs, W? at Wlltlford st .v Iff ( huf str. Miss Flossie Jenkins, of Si. fUslfUt Was shopping In the city Saturday. Mr. Alfred DeLorme IS home from Georg? Tech fgf the summer. Mr. Julian Schwartx. of Washington and Lee, at Lexington. Vs.. Is at home for the vacation. ? Mr. Clarence Klnard, a rising sen? ior at Nswberry College, Is at home for the summer. Mrs. Julia A. Klbler. of Orange burg. Is visiting her daughter. Mrs. W. A. Klnard. on West Liberty street. Mr M .1. Ml< hannj and I night, r. Miss Maria are visiting Mr. W. F. Mlcheaux and family at Cordella, (Ja. Mis* Melt Rice, who has been visa? ing relatives and frb n N here, return? ed to her home In Charleston this weck. %a " \ ? Mrs*. Neal Smith, ut How land. N. C. Is visiting her aunt. >lr*. Boon Jen? kins, on Oakland avenue. Mr. Luclan Strauss, who n'.v% been t?n a business trip to Michigan nd \. SJ York, has returned to the city. Misses Carrita and Luclle Handle are attending the Winthrop com men t m- nt this SfQQSl Miss Anna Jennings spent tan-da? with friends at Cartersvllle. Mrs. Harry Hood and children ha\e returned from a visit to Darlington. Mrs. T. V. Uutledge, and little T an. of Charleston, are vMtlng the form? er's mother. Mrs. K. F. ParrofA, itaskell street. lfr. M. B. Handle and Miss Grace, are ut Gb nn Springs for a ?ve< k or so. Mr. H. lb Itclser h.ts gone to Min neapolls. to attend the convention ? f real ggsntS dealers. He will gtSO 1 Ntt Chicago while away, ills prime ob J*ct In going Is to stuily the best meth? ods s4 making and ma: ntaining |.I road-. 'Mr Irving PstSSr Is In tin of flee durlog bis broth* Fs ubscne Miss C U.i Guiles', of llah Igtl, N C. Is \lsltlna b*r si aer. Mr 11 M Crow son. on liar v sW Ma Miss Hadle Nettles spent Sunday In the country with h. r broth, r. Mr. A. A. Strauss ??*?< Sunday In |U.;h.p Hie. Mr. L w. D* ^. na*lv< ol ?ural t. j *ho has a SStsd the >up. rint? inb u. y , ,,f law Hartawills schonte, hi la in* I. guy. ._ M. ?*rs. WIN .p ami lb??vl >ml h m ,he contra, t for building I? I glSjffSg on mm Liberty *tn . t. T* Mores wall b. The plans were drn*?? ? > J- * J"hnsof,? of *umt? r MARRIED. ?>n Wednesday, June Ith, at the reeldence ol Col. and Mrs. i>. r. Dun ran, In Columbia, s. C, their daugh lor, Katharine Richardeon Duncan to Mr. Marry Neleon Baton, ol Baton, \. v.. Rav. Jamal McDowell Officiat? ing. Death of mi>s Lottie DeeChampe. Miss L.dtie I >? s? lhamps, second daughter of Mr. \v. w. DeaChampa ol Wtaacky, died in a hospital in Rt< htnond. Ya.. Saturday afternoon. Tite l>ody was brought to the home and buried at St. Luke's church on Sunday afternoon hi the presence of 4 large concourse <.f relatives and friend* Miss DeeChampi was about ronfl of age and beloved by all whQ knew her. Mrs. English Des Ch rnps and Mr. Clarence DesChampa and Messrs. A. A. and I. C. Strauss Ol Sumter, attended the funeral. IIXUTSVILF. WANTS TOURNA Ml NT. Their rire < ompan> is Practicing Hard for Contents. A large number of enthusiastic members of the Hartsvillc Kile De? partim nt are practicing daily for the State Tournament, which will be held it lumter June 21-23. chief Boyd is desirous of having the tournament held here next year.?Hartsville Mes? senger. * insroitv 01 THE kiss. No Time When Practice Was Not Popular Among White Nations. (Carl Holllday In the Smart Set.)' The further away we journey from the days of Eve the more assiduously the world seems to have cultivated ihe habit of kissing; in other words, kissing is a mark and a test ot civili? zation. Before the coming of the white man it apparently was totally unknown among the Indians of America and the savages of Africa and Australia; but who shall trace its beginning among the peoples of Eu? rope and Asia? As far as we may go among these ancient white nations we shall find no age when this high? ly unhygienic practice was not popu? lar. Indeed, Darwin attempts to trace it back to the habit our be talled ancestors had of grasping prey with their teeth! This business of osculating became no popular among the Greeks mat It I 1 art orl a ... died tc ...it garII ? R noat ef feetjvi ptavaniitai 1.? - )ul)t The ttoman* attempted Id ba more cold-Muc.4ed and dignified. They were at least nWre systematic, for they di? vided all kisses' into three kinds?the osculum, the kiss Of friendship; the bastum, the kiss of eereftt?rry, and the1 suavlum, the kiss of love. All of which simply implies that the Ro? mans had three chances to our one. The ancients, however, were not In favor of a public display of the busi? ness; spooning was decidedly bad form. Plutarch says that Cato ex? pelled the Senator Manlius for kiss? ing hla wife in the daytime and in the r. sence of his daughter. This *ame Plutarch is our authori? se for the statement that Itome found ?d the now antiquated custom of . es saluatlng their husbands With .1 kiss. The women, after sailing nany seas and reaching this place, refused to follow their husbands far? ther, and under the leadership of Ko ma a "new woman"?burned the ship. Then, says the historian, Koma tntad this pleasant method of ap? peasing the wrath of tho husbands; gad the remedy has been used with considerable etfl-acy until compara? tively recent years. 4 OITON CROP CONDITION. New Orleans Timm irimirrnl Reports Pair Conditions fOff Sooth's Great ?tnnle. New Or tonne, La., June 12.?In snmmarlalng its initial reports ol the 1 ?tton 1 rop oi lino. The Tlmen-pem (rat Will say tomorrow: "The reports Indicate a favorable, though somewhat late start, through? out lha major portion of the belt. Mu. h replanting was found necessary. Weather extremes form the basis of most ol the conti Itttnta ?\\n appreciable Increase in arra? nge is reported from the RtatCS S/est of the Mississippi river. MAs a rule the fields are clean ami weii worked, ? Roll Weevils h.tVe appeared ill the ioctloni Infested I.ist year, where crop diversification has been reaorted to more rii.in aver before. Thus far the plant seems to be free nf other lllS. rl I?OSt! . I ??'rite labor suppl) Is ample in most sections, but nomplalnts ??f scarcity in thii respect come front others." I The Sumter Elrlok Works booked order- hurt Weak for more than a mil [ lion brick. Mr. Ryttenberg says he '. Is ?urnlng down order-- now, that all he can make for the next sixty days . 1 re sold. The Prohibition Question. The good people'of South Carolina, who have so long been lighting t <? trlct the sah? and consumption 01 toxi? atlng liquors are going to make very serious mistake, it they as lume that their laoots are at an end. si many of them teem Inclined to do. it is a common thing to hear men say that prohibition Is now a settled Issue. and that people should give their attention to other mattars of more important e. 'I'his suggestion appeals strongly to people who do not think; but to those who take a correct and comprehnsive view of conditions nol as they would like to have them, but as they are. it ap? pears only as the deceit of the ene? my. The liquor question is not dead, and what is more, the probability is that it never will die. It is true that the sale of UqUOr has been outlawed In many counties of South Carolina, and it looks as if there Is no proba? bility of its revival; but this is a very de leptlve appearance. The appetite for whiskey is as strong as ever, and so is the greed for the gold that is to be made by satisfying that appetite. That the whole thing will be bobbing to the fore again when those who would forbid least suspect, is as sure 'is the coming of the seasons. There is no business under the sun that appeals more strongly to the cu? pidity and the appetites of men than does the liquor business, and herein is the secret of the tremendous strength of the enemy to be fought. In communities where liquor has flowed freely until largr* numbers are besodden, it Is easy to arouse the public conscience to put down the evil; but so soon as the evil begins to hide its head, the public conscience subsides, and the process starts over again. Only a few years ago, Greenville county arose against the liquor busi? ness and voted the evil out. Every? body rejoiced for the time being. The good work, however, was not followed up by enforcement of the law. Ti? gers thrived here and there, and most of the appetites that already existed were supplied along while new ones were being created, until now there is enough appetite to demand free and easy access to more abundant sup? plies. There Is a movement for an? other election and the outlook is that the county is going back to the liq? uor business like a dog returning to its vomit. Some time ago there was a sugges? tion in the hearing of the writer, al? leged to have come from a prominent politician, outlining what a great scheme it would be to vote the dis? pensary back Into York county so as to permit the establishment of a liq? uor shop in Rock Hill that could ca? ter to all dry territory in North and South Carolina. The maker of the suggestion painted art Alluring picture of the) big revenue that could be de? rived, sufficient to pay the expenses of the city arid county; but said not a word of the Increased debauchery of the people and the certain corrup? tion that would grott ?>ut of the "en? terprise." If Greenville county goes back to her liquor selling, people may well look for a rapid spread of the move? ment to the other counties. The spread Of the re-establishment of the dispen? saries, we fear will be swifter than was the movement to vate them out This will certainly be true, if thev is any relaxation ol vigilance on the part of the people who have fought ?quor out of the State doWn to the few strongholds it Is now occupying. Our reference to the "few strong? holds." is to the counties In w hich liq? uor is being legally sold. It Is more than absurd not to recognize the fact that the evil still has a footing in ev? ery county. Men cannot get rid of facts merely by refusing to see them. In spite of what is being .lone In York county, liquor Is still being sold In large quantities and the illicit sale Is gaining rather than losing ground. If those who have fought the good light so far would prevail In the end. they must continue to exercise vigi? lance. They must exercise their in fluence for the enforcement of the law; they must incur risk and irovlble. otherwise they may look to see the liquor business restored in all of Its debauchery and with all of its hor? rors.?Yorkvtlle Enquirer. It appears that the work on the new j tire house is progressing very slowly. It would he a pity for the Tourna? ment to be pulled off before the house is completed, The contractor possibly Knows what he is doing, and knows how long it will take to complete tic work. II?' Will confer a favor upon the city by pushing it up, for all Would feel it. 1! he should tlot get it ? ompleted, Th. Valvelcss r-Tui h Tank Co, have made arrangements ? th a large New Jersey Heweruw bply Co. to manu? facture and : ? I! til putf 111 oll t lie royalty basis. i At a meeting <?! ihe Hummer Dance ciub Friday o I lorn* >on Mei ?rs, Perry Brown, Claremonl Moses and Prank 11 ii I were appointed an exc? I cutlve committee with full authority. FIREMEN'S "PENSION? HELD UP. Insurance Commissioner Enjoined by Court from Enforcing Act. Columbia, .June 11,?An order sign? ed by tin- Supreme Court today, en? joins tha Insurance commissioner from putting into effect the "Firemen's Pension Act," which was passed at the last session of the Legislature. The commissioner is al30 restrained from revoking any license or enforcing any penalty. The action was brought by the Aetna Fire Insurance Company, Fire Association of Philadelphia, the Shaw nee Fire Insurance Company, Royal Insurance Company, Limited; Penn? sylvania Fire Insurance Company, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Union Insurance Company, of Phila? delphia, and The Queen Insurance Company of America. The action was brought against F, H. M -Master, the insurance commissioner. insurance Commissioner McMaster has placed the case in the hands of Attorney General Lyon. The insurance commissioner is or? dered to show cause why he should not be enjoined from enforcing the Act, on the first day of the next en? suing term of the Supreme Court. The order was signed by Chief Justice Jones. The Firemen's Pension Act" was passed at the bist session of the eGn eral Assembly. It requires a tax of 1 per cent, on all premiums collected by the lire insurance companies doing* business in towns having a lire-fight? ing equipment worth over $1,000. A recent ruling by the Attorney Gen? eral was to the effect that the Act went Into effect this year. Attorneys for the insurance companies appear? ed before Governor Ansel before he approved the Act, and made arrange? ments to the effect that the Act was unconstitutional. In the petition field with the Su? preme Court, asking that the insur? ance commissioner be restrained from enforcing the Act, it is stated that the eompaines are all chartered in other States than South Carolina. It is also AN OPPORTUNITY?in J inuary af? ter the last horse show in ?umter I purchased the handsome horse Which was awarded the blue rib? bon (first prize) by the judges, they having decided that he was the best single harness horse on exhibi? tion. He is without blemish, kind and sensible and the kind of horse that is not often on the market. Having determined not to keep a horse, I am offering him for sale. C. P. Osteen, M. D., Sumter, S. C. WANTED?To buy hardwood logs, Poplar, Cypress, Ash and White Oak logs for our mill at Sumter. Write or call on us. Thomas Lum? ber Co. Calhoun & A. C. L. Ry. Sum? ter, S. C. 5-21-8tW. Stated that tho petition Is for all other corporations engaged in like business in this State. The general contention of the com? panies, as set forth in the petition for an order of injunction, is that the Act of the last General Assembly i.s unconstitutional. Messrs. James. Bryan and Bentley Gibson are getting up two subscrip? ts n dances for Tournament week. One on Tuesday night and the other on Thursday night. Mr. M. H. Beck is having his dam at Pocalla Springs repaired. He has also had another well put down and workmen are busy on a fourth well. He will be prepared for the swim? mers before the summer is over. Those members of the Sumter Light Infantry, who go on the encampment at Chickamauga will have an oppor? tunity of seeing a demonstration of the flying machine in war. A number of machines will be in the demon? stration. O'Donnell 6 Co. Red Raven (Hosiery Guaranteed 25C"PehT~pai fu=25c WE ARE EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR RED RA VEX HOSIERY : : WE believe you should know better than us how long* your i hosiery should last. When yoii buy our celebrated Red Raven Hosiery and they do not give you the wear that you think they should, just return them to us and get new hose for them. No red tape, no expense of postage in return? ing them to some distant city, no chance of losing them in the mail, no delay to you whatsoever?just bring them^to us and we will give you new ones out of stock. The price just the same asjthose which are not guaran? teed, 25c a pair. Buy] one pair or a dozen pair, we are not dictating how many you should buy. O'Donnell & Co. SI ? SI B ? s s a a. s s B m B ? B B B B X B ? B B B B B ? B B B B B B B B B B m B T5he Doctrine of Two Summer Suits! IN SUMMER your suit is constantly in your own and your associates' sight.* One suit gets tiresome?and tired ; needs a rest, cleaning and pressing. The logical solution is two suits? One a Blue Serge : : : T HEN you are right and ready for any emergency. One suit always pressed and fresh. Frequent changes will do both yourself and the suits good. WE'VE right serges for you?closely twilled from fine spun pure worsteds, some fancy blues, some plain?a plenty of both. $12.50, $15, $18, $20.00 to $27.50. The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co. PHONE NO. 166. SUMTER. S. C.