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CIN COWiCIL MEETING. INI MIM ION VsKI l> 1 OK MANl FACTO It I F.? BIT KFFl SF.D 11V lOlMIl. Work on t han Ii .street to Piocccil?I ( oil mil Think* t onimKslon Form i \ Government V Gomi Thing for Namtrr?>la>or Glbbvs of Colum? bia In ho \skrd Her?-. The city lathers met Tuesday night In regular session at 8 o'clock with all members of council present except Alderman Khame, to discuss many matters of Interest to the people of the city. sir. K. U Wltherepoon and Mr. D. D. Molse appeared on behalf of the manufactories of the city, to ask that council remove the license tax placed upon them, especially for those man? ufactories which did most of their' business outside of the city as did the Wttherspoon Coffin factory and the Sumter Smoothing Iron company, which they represented. Mr. Me Kelver stated at this point that he had been to the City Clerk a few days before for the purpose of paying h's lie* nue ai.d found that he was not in? cluded In the list for license tax. He said that he made this statement so that those present would know that the mistake had been made and that it was not through any fault of g#j that It was left off. He said that at the time that the license schedule for 1911 was passed he was pertain it was on the list and that it must have been left off through some error In getting the schedule printed. The matter of license fees for the manufactories was taken up in the regular order of business and after some discussion It was deemed ex? pedient to allow the license to remain as it was. Mr. Koeenbloom. a traveling ped? dler, then asked that the license for him ba lowered to its former amount, $1.00, as he had commenced business here last year and he had now a great many outstanding debts whl h he would have to pay the license to collect, or if he continued to do bus? iness In the town. His request was taken up later during the evening and it was decided not to lower the license. Mr. J. R. Singleton asked that council do something towards alleviat- i tug the ?t"m :i which hed formerly arisen from :h^ seamg? where it J Ojaaptb-d int? Green swamp, i <uod | thst he lived very ueir the swamp j auid that u ihw ???**e was allowed to empty so near him he would be Obliged to move away as would his brother and Mr. Hoffman, his next door neighbor. Mr. Singleton stated further that his cow refused to stay in the swamp and eat the grass when the sewage emptied into the siamp J and stUA? besides, he was deprived of , the fish which he had formerly caught ' In the* aiream. He suggested. In an- | swer to a question from a member of j council ps to the b'st solution of tin proposition, that the city pay him and his brother for the land so that they j would be enabled to move away. He said that he owned two acres of land ( n? the sAvmp and seven more acres farther aw?\ for which h< considered $500 a fulr price. He said timt his brother would take a like attv unt for his land. i ? .. < I. after som? djstussion of the rn itter decided that it was best $? refer it If the I'ollc - and Soniiury . Committees for investigation tc re-1 port back to council g| lt? next meeting. | Mr. 1* C. I>ove appeared In behalf of the Huckeye t Ml company St ask' that he be given a rebate on the 11- | cense which he hud paid to the city j when he began business for th? Buck- , eye oil company In September. He said that he would be out of business pract.csllv until next fall and h would like to know whut action Colin- . ell would take In the matt? r. This mat!- r was inadvertently omitted Inter In the evening. Frank Robinson SSUed that Rurdy , svrnue be extended across the rail-' road so that those living on Hudson street might have more OOWVOaiOttt op. 'tug t.. ?In- < it v. lb si d that the people in that j,ar( ,,t the city had ne\er asked for anything except this, but thnt he bad ask. d for thif. street sometime ago and came before Council t ? ask it again us u. action had teen tttk-n. He said that Hud? son strict was nothing nn-re than a railroad t'lnlnn imoit and a railway right-of-way, ?ut that it had beer? In nee up to the present time by the people or that part of tlo> elty. Rt cently a double track bus heog put ther?? and It Sjosjld not be used longer by the pegfJi of that part of the elty. He said that about tlitre years ago he had seen the property owners along the Htr M and that they had Ogpanteercd to give tin- bind to the city for a right ..f w?> for the street If the ettj would build up the street there Me Stated further that the sewerage line would come along tie r? at some time soon, and us It was nec? essary to have somewhere to put I* when th?? time came, hi Ihought It s good time to have tin- ?*tr?t i.p a I up now so as to pros id- a pi l< f. t II The matter was referred to th ? Com? mittee on Public Works to l>e looked Into und report od book to Council at the next meeting. Mr. Jennings then brought up the matter Of the taking of a new census for Sumter. lie said that the com? mittee appointed to arrange the mat ter bail lirst started out to get hired enumerators, bill had afterward! de Oldad to ask for volunteer enumera? tor.., several persons having offered th* If services to do the work for the city. He said that at the same time that the volunteer enumerators were called for in tow.' the matter was taken up with Congressman Lever who, after some difficulty, had man? aged to get permission to see the ori? ginal returns as taken In Sumter. Mr. LoVOf stated that if Sumter chose to do so It could send a representative citizen to look over the returns and If in his judgment it was beat he could have a copy made of the original returns with an idea of correcting any I iTOtl which could he found in them. Mr. Jennings said that a prominent citizen was going to Washington this week and had volunteered to do this work* while he was in the capital, provided the city would pay for the copy of the original returns. It was then moved and passed that the Mayor appoint a representative citi? zen to look over the original returns and SO have a copy made at the city's expense if he thought necessary. Mr. Jennings then made a report of the result of the whiskey cases as held recently In the city. He said that there had been 31 warrants sworn out and 2ti arrests made. Son. ? of these warrants had been for the same person on different cases. Gave the total expenses of the prosecutions and hiring of detectives as $841.i>5 and the total receipts, if the convict? ed ones who had appealed paid up, as 11.350. Besides this three had been sent to the gang and two had been sent to Jail to serve out their sentence. Mr. Jennings then spoke of the services rendered the city by the hired detectives commending them highly far their services. At the same time he speke of the excellent w orl: done by Policeman McKagen ?n rounding up the blind tigers and working for their conviction. Mr. Booth reported for his com? mittee that he had stopped the work of the Charleston Engineering ac l Contracting Com pan j on Church street as ho did not think that th< ? SSJS anjf con,, act v ith th?m for in's n rk and *i* did no; want th< m !?? proceeu um*?? ln<?i _..... tract drawn up. Mr. McKelver and Mr. .Mei.aurin both took Issue with Mr. Booth on this question, stating the work had been given to them with the understanding that they do It at the same price that they hid done the Hampton avenue paving and on the same terms. Mr. Jen? nings said that he did not remember nny restitution to such effect being passed, but that he wanted to hav ? the work done as he thought it was beat for the city. It was llnally brought to a head by the reading of the min? utes of the former meeting where It had been derided that the worl: would be given to the Charleston En gln< I Contracting company and that tin- olty would guarantee its half of the payment while the con? tractors would have to collect the other half from the prop rty owners it was mentioned In the del ate thaf Competitive bid- should be calbd for beton the w ?rk was done hut Mr. \b Lj ii ? stated that they had al? ready been called for and that the bid of i i company had been accepted and be g|d not think It right to call for competitive tads again now thvt this company had gone to work an 1 ' ? matei Inl on the ground. Mr. Beaty, who did the lormer work for the Charleston Bnglneertng tnd Contracting company stated thai Mr licCormacli had told him not to do nny more work for them In this hm, ;Uid that he and his brother were nonj doing this work for them Selves Me said that they had secur? ed the , onsent of an of the property owiots except two or three ami that he thought that hS Would secure the consent of them In a day or so. It n ih finall) decided to let the work go on ami the Mayor was Instructed to draw up a contract with Mr. Beaty on behalf of the city, guaranteeing ? nly half ^>f the amount of the con? tract price which was the same as that at Which the Hampton street paving bad been done, $1.00 per square yard. A b tter from Mr. I. A. Kattenberg was then rend stating that his coal wagons had been stopped ami the driver ?ompclb'd to go back an 1 pick up coal that had been dropped Out of them oi the street and th it nothing; had < ? . n done about the rock w b ? b b id Im en dropped on Church str< et, It was d < Ided to noti? fy the poll* ? that tlo v must in tic future look out for this dropping ot rock on the street tnd warn the drivers about it and Iben, If they were not more careful about it. to ar i- t I hem Mr. Wright then reported for the Light Committee, He stated that there w< re II street lights now in op- 1 oration In the city and that it wai found upon looking up the matter in ' th< contract with the Sumter ice Light ami Power company that '.he price for each light over 100 lights would be $'!?'>.per year, while the J present price was $70 each for oiu year. He stated that three more lights were needed by the city and he thought it beat to have these lights put In at once. Mr. McKelver thought it last to have small lights put In in place of the large ones, so that they could be placed nearer together and by so doing he thought the bill would be reduced and the city would be bet? ter lighted. It was decided to ap? point a committee to investigate and I see if this idea was a good one and j Mayor Jennings appointed on this committee Mr. McKelver, Mr. Glenn and Mr. Cuttino. Mr. Glenn as chairman of the fire department, began his report by stating that the fire department was iii a very bad shape. He lirst proposed that Mr. Wild? er be elected chief of the tire de? partment which was done. He said that he wanted at least 10 imagin? ary tili' boxes installed at once. These imaginary boxes to be situated at places where there were no boxes at present and to connect from the tele? phone exchange to the department headquarters. These imaginary boxes would con? sist of OOnnetclons put in at the tele? phone exchange which central would ring when she received a phone mes? sage of lire at the place, designated by the box. This would notify the ure department of the location of the? re and such a thing as happened a few nights, ago could not happen again, when the hose teams were at one place looking for the tire while the lire was being put out two blocks away. It was objected to this plan that all of the work would devolve on the telephone system, but Mr. Glenn stated In answer to this criti? cism that over two-thirds of the fire alarms now were sent in by tele? phone. Mr. McKelver moved that these boxes be put in at once and as many more as were deemed necessary. This motion was carried. Mr. Glenn then asked that steps be taken to have a volunteer fire depart? ment organized among the negroes across the railroad. He said that this would be much easier on the city fire department. No action was taken in '.h'v matter. A lettei id front theBartlet -, Hayward company stating why theyl had not begun the work <?r laying1 ''' j atn mains In <b city. This a i& re-1 ceived as Information. Here another matter was brought up that seemed to be of great Inter? est to many members of council, as it seemed to give them a chance of re? lieving their shoulders of the burden of city debts and troubles. This was the matter of a commission form of city government for Sumter. It was discussed for some tints, the clerk be? ing Instructed to communicate with the Countv Legislative delegation, asking them to place towns of the 8.000 class In the bill now before the legislature so that Sumter could come among the towns provided for In the bill. The clerk was also asked to write to Mayor Qlbb i of Columbia to come to Sum: r and make an address In-re on the commission form of government it was m< ntloned that Mr. Birchard, the v. m. C. a. secretary, had gont to Charlotte t<? the meeting ot v. M. C. a s of the Carolina's there and he had asked thntj the city council ex tend an invitation to the v. m. & A. delegation Which he expected tO ask to meet in Sumter at its next meet? ing. This was done. Council having then oompleted Its Herculean labors for the evening, it adjourned with the clock pointing to th ? half hour of midnight. A Correction, Prom the l>a'.Iy Item, Jan. 26, in yesterday'i article on council meeting it was stated that Mr. J. K. Singb ton had offered to sell his land to council for $600 and his brother for a like amount. Mr. Blngleton wishes it understood that neither he nor his brother would sell any land at all, but that each Of them would take |500 as a fair consideration for the damages done them by dumping the sewage in their swamp. ?heath in Boaring I ire may not result from the work of flr< loigs. but often severe burns are caused that make a quick need for Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the quickest, surest cure for burns, wounds, bruises, boils, .sores. It subdues Inflam motion, it kills pain, it soothes and heals. Drives off skin eruptions, ulcers or pibs. Only 2;.c at Sibert's Drug Store. A school of aviation has been t s tahllshed in Augusta by the Wright Brothers, Already several pupils have applied for places In the school, * I ?o you know that fully nine out of every ten cases of rheumatism are simply rheumatism of tbe muscles due to cold or damp, or chronic rhou* mutism, and require no internal treat? ment whatever? Apply chamberlain's Liniment freely and see how qulokly It glVSI relief. Por sale by all deal? er^. WATER PERFECTLY PURE Inalysis by Richmond Chemist Con* Iii ms Dr. Parker's. if there Is any lingering suspicion in the minds <?f any citizen of Sumter that the city water supply is impure and unfit to drink, it should he era? dicated, und the fears should be en? tirely allayed by the subjoined report of Dr. William 1J. Taylor, of Rich? mond, Va., who was for more than thirty years State Chemist of Virginia, and is recognized as one of the ablest and most learned chemists in th?a country. 1 ?r. Taylor made an analysis of samples of the water at the instance of Mr. 8, W. Btubbs, foreman of tha Grand Jury, who interested himself in the matter at the request of a number Of citizens, who were not satisfied with the several analyses and reports made on the water by Dr. E. F. Parker, Jr., of Charleston, chem? ist of the State Hoard of Health. The analysis by Dr. Taylor gives results almost identical with those obtained by Dr. Parker and his opinion as to the purity am". health!*ulness of the water coincide with that of Dr. Park sr. Thus there should remain no doubt of the purity of our water sup? ply. The fact is the water of Sumter is purer and better than that of ninety per cent of the other towns and cities of the United States tind the state? ments made years ago by Dr. Ravenel, the famous chemist and bacter'ologist, that the Sumter water was among the purest and best he had ever ex? amined, still holds good. The water is all right and nervous people who have been boiling their drinking water and worrying themselves half to death over the imaginary impurity of the water have put themselves to a lot of trouble unnecessarily. 1 >r. Taylor's letter and analysis fol? lows: Laboratory of Dr. Wm. H. Taylor, 610 Grace Street. Richmond, Va.. Jan. 24, 1911. The following are the results of my sanitary analysis of a sample of water received January 19, 1911. from S. W. Stubbs, Esq., of Sumter, S. C. They are stated both in parts per million and grains per gallon of 231 cubic inches: Parts Grains per million per gallon. Organic and volatile matter. 1 0 Ofl Mineral matter, 28 ' j Total solids, S6 52 !*'vo h tnnv nls non< ! albuminoid an tnonia o.' I 0.0056] Chlorine, 3.08 0.18 Nitrogen in nitrates, 1.32 0.08 Nitrogen in nitrites, none These results indicate that this sam? ple is an excellent drinking water. WM, H, TAYLOR, M. D. Richmond, Va., Jan. 24, 1911. S. W. Stubbs, Esq. Dear Sir: I send herewith the result of my sanitary examination of the water received from you, and 1 think you have reason to be pleased with them. The most significant item in the analysis is the ammonia. There is no free ammonia and comparatively little albuminoid. There are no ni? trites, and the amount of chlorine is quite trivial. All these results are highly favorable to the purity of the water. Tin amount of mineral mat? ter is unusually small?about one and a half grains per gallon though this is not of great Importance from a sanitary point of t lew. Of course these results represent only the sample of water sent to me, The best of waters are liable to un? favorable changes, and require to be carefully guarded to obviate acci? dental contaminations. Very truly yours, WM. H. TAtiYOR. For LaC?rippe Coughs and Stuffy Colds. Take Foley' Honey and Tar. It gives quick relief and expels the cold from your system. It contains no opiates, is safe and sure. W. W. Blbert. FIGURE IT OUT. Experience has undoubtedly shown you cannot get sonn thing for noth? ing If you want ture you will tind that tin S/lll look ?heap, will not ? me-tenth th< satisfaction M y higher priced article \ one-half the sej \ jee. Good furniture good in? vestment?our st< only t be best makes ed with our showing we a 111 And prices unequalled 11 *niy. WITHE RRos. FUR NU PAN! . 6IVEN FINK SLIP, r of state negro : AT orangeburg :i> by governor. Activity in Politics" Given ?f ( ailing for Resignation t Successor. Jan. 28.?Gov. Blease emanded the resignation j E. Miller, the president! i negro college, which is ; < ?rangelmrg. He asked sign within l'4 hours. This taken without a resolu t part of the hoard of trus t ,vas in session at the time I of the chief executive. 1 le action by Gov. Blease, t ' trustees passed a resolu? that Miller resign im l nd the negro resigned. ise, when asked on what ! had asked the resigna 1 dl ler, said, "Pernicious ac itics." the activities have heen 'hat lines w< re not stated, stated that complaints had to him by negroes in the he conduct of Miller at the utsUtultoti. He would make no other statement. The resignation of Miller will take effect <<n June of the present year. This datt was named In ? der that he might have time t;> wind up the affairs of the Institution before turning the work ov< . to his succes? sor. The hoard of truiM ?s which met yesterday at noon in the ofhco of Gov. Blease decided to hold another meeting just after the adjournment of the present general assembly when the successor to Miller will he chosen. Miller has heen president of the in VfWMHHMMiaaraaBMMIIIIIBlliHDHai ?tltutlon for several years anj draws a salary <?k $2,000 a year. It is expected that a negro, X. F. Nix, will be nam?d by the board of trustees to succeed Miller. A HEARING GIVEN GADSDEN CASE. < hartes of Fraud Attaint 1*. H. C.ad sden Being Investigated by the) Sn premo Court Whlctl Reserven I>o rtslon. Columbia, Jan. 27.?Phillip Gad sden, President of the Charleston Trol ley system and Charleston Commer? cial club, lawyer and capitalist, Chair? man of the State board of equalization, had today before the Supreme Court his opportunity of vindicating himself from charges brought by a decree of Judge Aldrieh, imputing to him fraud in the securing from aged Miss Mary Lawrence a release of her share in the estate of her deceased half broth? er, Dr. Joseph I^awrence in favor of l>r. Lawrence's widow. Mrs. Law? rence recently compromised the case for $95,000 over the protest* ot Gad sden. Attorney W. C. Miller, appeared for < ladsden. He relied for his evidence in the printed record and Hied a brief on the facts prepared for him by at? torney Kennedy Bryan. Attorney General Lyon, for thr other side filed a brief prepared for by him Attorney Holman. Miller and Lyon both made oral arguments. Holman, the only witness, said that if Gadsden was right in contending that the consolidated stock was worth nothing at the time of its release, other assets were worth $11,000. If the case recently abandoned had suc? ceeded instead of being compromised at $95,000, the plaintiff would have received $192,000. The court will most likely reserve its decision. BANK OF SUMTER SUMTER, S. C. Capital and Profits $140,000.00 DON'T WAIT Wait for next Spring and higher prices - buy now and reap the pro? fit yourself. Seme of the Choice Properties Listed With Us now at Quick Sale Prices: No. 51 South Main Street. No. 331 West Hampton Avenue. No. 212 West Hampton Avenue. No. 24 Haskell Street. SUMTER REAL ESTATE 8 INSURANCE CO., Farmers' Bank & Trust Co. Bldg. Sumter, S. C When in need of Lumber or Builders Supplies Call us up. or better still come and look over our stock. Our idea is to give you high grades and prompt service at a reasonable cost. Central Lumber Co. Foot of K. Calhoun St. Sumter, S. C. rm >\ i o:it.