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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.
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Capital $50,006
U W. Liberty St.
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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
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W. W. SmERT.
PHONE m. 8 S. MAIN ST