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czar i? be wmm. DUMM HATs \M> H<ii:nts or hoi si-: i m i l in kk.sist DM r\ itw w Hpe<?k. r* . I ffort to l?rt?w T*vth of Antl-hosa Rule Brings About Anoth? er C oalition, ami Defeat for Would be Monarch. Washington. Jun. 16.?The stirring scenes of the laut session of congres, when tftff house overthrew Speaker Cannon and took the making of rules In lta own hands, was reenacted In part on the floor of the r.ouse today. Thereatened e?th what they believ? ed an effort to "draw the teeth" of one of the most important of the new rules. Democrats and insurgents Join? ed In the defeat of the speaker. By a vote of 146 to 116, the combined forces rallied to the support of Rep? resentative Fltagerald (Dem.) of New Tosh and sustained him In appeal from the speaker's ruling. The fight developed as the result of the second attempt to use the new rule which gives the house the power to discharge a committee from fur? ther consideration of a bill that has been referred to It. The Insurgents and the Democrats believed that this rule was Iron-clad; that as soon as the consideration of bills by unani? mous consent had been concluded, on every first and third Monday of the month, the house was bound by the nets rale to lake up the motions to discharge committees from the cus tady of speeded bills. Whan the moment arrive! today, however, Bpesker Cannon ga' e recog? nition to Representative Hull of Iowa, 'chairman of the military af? fairs committee. Mr. Hull moved that the bouse resolve Itself into a com? mittee of the whole and take up the consideration of the military appro* prlattvn bill, upon which It had been working last wesk. There was an Immediate rallying of forces and stiffening of necks among the insurgents and Democrats. Mr. Fltsgerald Instated upon the con? sideration of a motion to discharge a committee, which aas upjn the calends.. Speaker Cannon declined to give Mr. Fltagerald the preference, but said that he would be glad to consider a point of order. If Mr. Flts? gerald wanted to make one. The Democratic members declared that he did not have to pmke a point of order; that his was the right to recognition ander the new rule, with? out the raising of any point of order against the speaker's action. "You'll overrule me if I make a point of order." said Mr. Fltsgerald. Insurgents. Democrats and regulars Jumped In to the fight that followed. Upon the spea'.er's refusal to recog? nise Mr. Fltsgerald, the latter was Anally forced 'o make a point against the taking up of the army appro? priation bl'i. The speaker In bis ruling on the point held that the net* rule did not make it mandatory upon the house to take up the motions to discharge com? mittees; that it simply made such motions In order If the bouse desired to take them up. Upon this basis the speaker held that Mr. Hull and the army appro? priation bill had the right of way, and the motkm* provided for under the now rule could not be interposed. I appeal from the decision of the chair." cried Mr. Fltsgerald. "I move to lay that motion on the table," Interposed Representative Panye (N. Y.) Republican leader of the house. The Payne motion was the first test of the strength, and It was defeated by a vote of 166 to 124. Then fol? lowed an acrimonious debate upon the ruling. When the vote Anally was taken upon tho appeal from Speaker Can? non's decision, 23 insurgents and all but one of the Democrats present voted against the speaker. The re? sult was the defeat of hU ruling by a vote of 145 to 126. Fourteen mem? bers annw. r. I present, but did not vot.? ISSause -f palff \s\\h gbsent member*. Representative Maunder* (Va.) ? || the onlv Democrat voting against Hi Fltsgerald to the appeal front tin* chair's decision. The result Of the vote Is to settle definitely the status of the new rule. The rule that brought about the test of strength and the defeat of he regular foreen today |s the last ehamce that win made In tin- e^xie of rubs* of the house last session, lt was prepared by Champ Clark. th > minor? ity leader, and passed last Juno with but on* dissenting vote. Its purpose was to give a means for getting bills aaay from commit? tees when the Utter attempted to "smother * them. one thing about this severe winter weather?nobody nas a craving for strawberry t< ? You can't put yourself Into heaven by always laboring to keep -ther peo? ple out; you are never much better yourself than you think other plipts to be,?Kichange. ire mm mr. HOW THE CKRMAXS VIEW SITU? ATION. They Have Monopoly and Are l>oter mined to Qe6 Most Out of It. New York. Jan. 16.?Commenting j upon the patash dispute and the ef? forts of the United State govern? ment to secure relief from the dis? criminatory tax on American con? sumers, the Hamburg correspondent of the New York Journal of Com? merce says: The German potash Interests are watching developments at Washington In connection with the American con? tracts with close attention, but with no very great anxiety. The poatsh magnu'es are clearly determined to make no concessions whatever. The German government having come to their rescue with a potash tax law, they feel that the door is shut and the key is in their pocket. It is a striking fact that the ugly fee. ure of this legislation?namely, that it was clearly planned and de algned to ^neutralize the advantages which the American companies enjoy under legally blndlrg contracts?has attracted but little attention in Ger? many. The conception of the all powerful taste easily leads to abso? lutism and arbitrary courses in legis? lation. Germany feels that it has a monop? oly In potash and is determined to get the most out of It. There are no." aomo fifty mills In operation (of ?hlch Prussia and other German states own fourteen.) bnt as things look today the number will exceed a hundred In less than five years. It will then be a question whether the sales of potash can be so Increased as to absorb the output of so many pro? ducers. At present consumption Is Increasing, and it could undoubtedly be extended If prices were reduced to a reasonable basis. HUNTER'S CASE DISMISSED. Lmircts County Man Must Serve Eight Year* In Penitentiary for Killing of Eld mi Copland. Columbia, January 17.?George Washington Hunter of Laurens county must serve a sentence of eight years in the 8tate penitentiary for the murder of Eldred Copeland in Laurens county, the appeal having betn dismissed yesterday by the United States supreme court on the ground that the court had no Juris? diction in the case. The case has been affirmed by the South Carolina su? preme court. The case Was appealed to the United States supreme court on the ground that Hunter was denied the right of being tried in the county In which the alleged crime was com? mitted. Hunter was represented In the United States supreme court by O. L. Blease and F. H. Dominick, at? torneys of Newberry. The State was represented by J. Fr?ser Lyon, the attorney general. Several days ago Attorney General Lyon filed with the United States supreme court notice of motion to dismiss the case on ac? count of lack of Jurisdiction or to af? firm it Following the conviction of Wash? ington Hunter in Greenwood county, an appeal was taken to the South Carolina supreme court. The sen? tence of eight years was affirmed. Pending an appeal to the United States Supreme court, the remlttltur In the case was stayed. Appeal Dismissed. Washington, Jan. 16.?The appeal of O. Washington Hunter from the decision of the South Carolina su? preme court was today dismissed by the supreme court of the United States on the grounds that the court has no Jurisdiction In the case. This leaves the case where It was before the appeal was taken to the supreme court of the United Matei With Hunt? er convicted of manslaughter and un? der I sentence of eight years. The '-w.-r court In which the case was tried was affirmed b> the supreme court of South Carolina nr..' with the appeal dismiss* g that decision must stand. Hunter was tried In Green? wood comity on charge of mur? dering Bldred cop?iarid at Laurena in itat, In support of Its decision that it III . no Jurisdiction, the supreme court of the United States today cited the following cases: I "arreil against < > lilt n, I U. S., I"". Waters-Pierce (Ml Company against State of Texas. 21 It V. S., IIS] King against West Virginia, 216 l\ S.. 12; Griffin against Connecticut. Ill U. S., Ill, The population of Abbeville, as an? nounced by the census bureau. Is 4, 4.V.?. A s. rl. h of hollow conei In a line, I he small end of one entering the large end of the next, is being tried out as a stre. t car ventilator in England, the motion of the car carry? ing it providing draft en..ugh to draw foul air Into the oonei and ?>ut the rear of the car. LIQUOR CASES WOUND IIP. LAST OF OASES TIUBD MONDAY AITIIHNON BRING CONVICT IONS, QSOTgC I?. McKagen and It. S. Urlflin, Wtdtc, Pound Guilty by Jury.?No? ting Of Appeal.?Mr. Mol so Says City Ordinance 1? Unconstitutional. Monday morning when the case of George P. McKagen was called up for trial in the police court before Re? corder Lee, Mr. Harmon D. Moi.se, attorney for the defendant, asked that the case be dismissed on the ground that the ordinance under which the caBe was tried was uncon? stitutional. This point ./as overruled by the Recorder, who held that, while part of the ordinance might be un? sound or crude in its phraseology, the whole of It was not and the part brought to bear in this trial was sound. Mr. Moise then brought up other technical points which the Re? corder also overruled. Mr. Molso then asked that the case be postpon? ed, but as sufficient grounds were not advanced for this request it was not granted. The case was then called for the afternoon at 4 p. m. when It was re? commenced. The evidence put up showed that J. C. Dunning and G. L. Moaeley, the two detectives hired by the crty, had purchased whiskey from McKagen on the 16th and 20th of De? cember, 1910. The Jury, after being out for only a few minutes, brought in a verdict of guilty on both counts. Recorder Lee then sentenced McKagen to pay a lne of $100 or serve 30 days on each count. The court then took up the case against EL S. Griffin, also white, for selling whiskey to L. A. Welch on De? cember the 17th. Welch and H. G. McKagen were the witnesses put up by the city while Griffin took the stand In his own behalf. The de? fense plead by Griffin was that he had bought the whiskey for Welch only after urgent persuasion on the part of Welch, that he kept no whis? key In his own store, and that he bought It from one Mary Holmes, who has since that time left town. He stated at the time that ho was ar? rested that he had purchased the whiskey from Len West, but upon reconsideration of the matter he had remembered that he had on this oc? casion purchased It from Mary Holmes. He said he had been in the habit of buying it from Len West, who also was out of town, and on first thought he had said Len West, but he had remembered better after? wards. Short arguments were put up by the opposing counsel, Mr. Geo. D. Levy, for the defense, and Mr. John H. Clifton, for the city. Mr. Levy asked that Mr. Griffin be acquitted as the evidence showed that there had been no sale to Mr. Griffin, who had only bought the whiskey for Mr. Welch as an accommodation, while Mr. Clifton argued that Mr. Griffin was in collusion with the seller. After being out about five minutes the Jury brought In the usual verdict of guilty and the usual fine of $100 or 30 days on the chain gang was im? posed. Mr. Moise, the attorney for Mc? Kagen gave notice of an appeal and bond was arranged for while the ap? peal was pending. With the winding up of these two cases came the winding up of all of the cases caused by the recent whole? sale arrests of the blind tiger liquor sellers In the rlty. There were about twenty of them in all and not one of them was allow? ed to escape the wrath of the law and the city's ordinance. There was a conviction in every case. No small credit is due to Recorder Lee who tried the cases, to Mr. John H. Clif? ton, who prosecuted all of the cases for the city, to Chief Bradford and Policeman Hi G. McKagen, who made the Cgpture and conviction possible by their untiring work and energy displayed In tinding out the tigers and In working up cases against them. LONG 'UNS MI ST GO. ( rausade In New York City Against Long Hat Pins. New York, Jan. 17.-?New York city will join other cities in the crusade against tb< hat pin evil. An ordinance now before the board of aldermen provides a $8.60 fine for any woman whose hat pin, unless suitably guarded, protrudes "more than half an Inch from the crown or any oth? er portion of the hat." The exercise of tending a furnace is believed to be a soverign remedy for slothfulness, Ingrowing appetite Bnd general disability. Senator Blklns, of West Virginia, was the most fluent Spanish scholar In the Senat. . In his younger days he was a United States district attorney In New Mexico, and at that time Spanish wai the official language of the Courts. FOURTH QUARTERLY REPORT. Continued from page two. Oct. 1-31?To reed, from all sources, 2,066.07 Nov. 1-30?To reed, from all sources, 4,783.33 pec. 1-81?To reed, from all sources, 37,547.16 $60,973.09 Oct. 1?By abatement on Co. Ord. by Comp. General, % 11.16 Oct. 1?By abatement on 1 m. S. P. Loan, 4.16 Oct. 1-Dec. 31?By pd. act. H. and Bridges, 1,122.40 Oct. 1-Dct. 31?By pd. act. Fees and Salaries, 3.770J7 Oct. 1-Dec. 31?By pd. act. Alms House, 913.75 Oct. 1-Dec. 31?By pd. act. Chaingang, 1,010,33 Oct. 1-Dec. 31?By pd. act. Public Buildings, 406.95 Oct. 1-Dec. 31?By pd, act. Jail, 508.51 Oct. 1-Dec. 31?By pd. act. Contingent, 852.70 Oct. 1-Dec. 31?By pd. act. Ex-Con. Soldiers, 351.00 Oct. 1-Dec. 31?By pd. act. Court Expenses, 2,453.90 Dec. 31?By b%L Co. Ord. 43.604 22 Dec. ?By bal. 1 m. S. F., 5,960.84 660,973.09 P. M. PITTS, Attest: Supervisor. J. R. SUMTER, Clerk to Co. Comrs. SUMTER HOY A MINSTREL. Charles Hurst is in the Honey Boy Troupe. One of the "headliners" in the George Evans (Honey Boy) Minstrel company, which will be in Columbia next week, is Charles Hurst, a Sumter youth, who has made a decided hit as a female Impersonator. Mr. Hurst is the son of C. M. Hurst, a well known Sumter citizen.?The State. CONVICTS WHO MADE GOOD. As a Railroad Man Once Notorious Burglar Earns $12,000 a Year. (New York Herald.) Two interesting things are shown by the records on file with the pardon clerk at the State capltol. One is that there are many men In the great State of New York going through lifo with sinister past known neither to their wives nor children. The other Is that men sent to prison for penal offenses can live down their evil wavs and be? come useful and respected citizens. Most remarkable cases of this kind came to the {.Utntlon of the officials during the dosing days of the admin? istration of Governor White. Names are not made poblic. It has always been the custom to shield from pub? licity such persons as sought to have their citizenship restored, on the the? ory that publication might do them much harm by branding them as con Wets. Scores of applications for restora? tions were made to Governor White, and Quite a few of them were grant? ed. The most remarkable came from a man v. ho is now a prominent rail? way mr?.n in the employ of the Penn? sylvania railroad. He earns a salary of $12,000 a year and lives in tine style with his faml.y. Ills petition to be restored to the full rights of citi? zenship was endorsed by a lawyer of prominence, who declared that he and the petitioner himseli wei'S th~> o^ly living persons who knew that "the petitioner was at one time a bur? glar of considerable reputation." In the papers it was explained that the man served a term in prison for burglary, but that after getting out he resolved to "brace up and be a man. ' He went to a part of the country where he was not know and studied engineering. None of his associates and no member of his family knew anything concerning his dark past. Like practically all others who seek citizenship years after being deprived of it. this man grew tired of making excuses 10 his wife and children for not voting. Another case which attracted con? siderable attention was that of a Brooklyn business man who was sent to prison for robbery in 187 2. He reformed, married, and now has a family of grown-up children. His sons last fall expressed surprise that tin ir father did not vote, and his explana j tlon was a lame one. To the officials here he said that he had always fear? ed to swear in his \ote lest some one who remembered the 1872 case would challengo him and expose his dark secret, which has always been kept: from his wife and children. His ap? plication to be restored to the rlglits of an American citizen was granted, as was that id' the Pennsylvania rail? way man. Anderson is making a good begin? ning toward securing funds with Which to build a college. Anderson's city council wants a bond issue for sewer ext< naion. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always ?ougM Hears tho Signature of CA in i ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. similaiirigfhrFoodaalR^iita Inmms-Childrfn Promotes Digr^Orafiii ness ard r^MXonrjtesiKtta Opi,ni.MarpKi[w rwrMueraL Not Narcotic. Aperfect Remedy for Consflp*] tloo, Sour Stora It. Dlarrim TVonas jCoirvniswnsJpwtc^ mm ?iLoss of Snot. For Infants and Chiliren? The Kind Yea fee Always Bought Bears the Signature of TacSknfc Stunre NEW YOHK. ? in Use For Ovsr Thirty Years . mtb months oW 35 Doses y/JJCents T?ract Copy of Wrapper. CASTOR H TMB ORMTAWB ?OHPANT, NEW TORR CITY. YOUR BANK ACCOUNT; OUR DESIRE. Your Satisfaction; G;?r Pleasure Your Need; 1 Ours to Supply Lift Tilk It Over THE PEOPLE'S BANK, Capital $50,006 U W. Liberty St. Sumter, S. (1 Time and Tide Wait for no Man." But the Farmers' Bank & Trust Company is always waiting with the goods. Having the largest capital stock of any bank in the county, and a steadily increasing surplus, its prepared to take care of you{and wants your accouut. The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. THE bank of sumter SUMTER, S. C. Capital and Profits $140,000.00 Garden Seeds We have just received a large stock of Fresh Seeds for your garden, and would be pleased for you to come in and supply your needs. Now is the time for planting CABBAGE. LETTUCE, SPINACH. MUST \RD, AND GARDEN PEAS. PARSLEY, RADISH We also have a complete selection ot Onion Sets, Mail Orders Solicited. Sibert's Drug Store, W. W. SmERT. PHONE m. 8 S. MAIN ST