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ri ST Til f. pakcf.ls POST. P<mU>mo> Committee Pimm to Try system in Very I.Imlti'il Form For ihr Present. Washington. Feb. 1.?The house committee <n postal affairs today adopted as an amendment to the post office appropriation bill a at OVtolOS by which a test may bt made of the parcels post *v stem on rural routes. According t ? the bill as it is now. the postmaster general Is authorised to designate certain rural routes on wh ch the parcels post system geaj be tested. Under his direction rural carrier!" on the fates designated are author? ised to '?arry parcels not exceeding 11 pounds \n weight to points eg their own rouus or gfj routes enter? ing the same postoffice from which th. ir rutes . rigtnatc. It Is tho In? tention of tho*e back of the amend? ment that If the system proves sue ceasful It Is to be extended to prac? tically all rural routes. limit* i> to <>\i roMMi ri k.i: Deanorrats Take \notlier Step to Pre? vent Power Concentration. Washington. Feb. i ?Another rad? ical step to prevent the concentration of power In a few hands In the House waa taken tonight b\ the newly desig? nated Democrats of the ways and means committee of the next Con? gress. It was determined that in the make-up of the committees of the new House the chairman of all com? mittees that have the power to pre? pare appropriation hills, and tho chairman of the Judiciary, Inter? state and foreign commerce and Dis? trict of Columbia committees, shall not be members of any other com? mittees than those over which they preside. This will add eleven to the num? ber of members who are to be ex? pressly limited to service on a single eoinmltiee. The Democratls caucus, which chose the 14 members of the ways and means committee, restrict? ed them to service upon that commit? tee and gave them the power to se? lect the other committees of the House. After a long session tonight . these members of the new ways and Queans committee determined to fol Bow the policy of making the chair nan of the more Important commit r.ees. and particularly those that have control over the appropriation bills. Ineligible for service on the other eom mitt ? n. The announcement was given out by Chairman Cnderwood, as "the Settled policy of this committee." Whlb the committee has not the pow? er, as had the I>emocratic caucus. t > prohibit a nv mlMT from serving ?n another eommlttee. Chairman I'mb-r wood made It clear that the commit? tees Will adb. e to the rule laid down tonight. The rule will affect the chair.nan Sf the following important commit? tees: appropriations, agruclture. for? eign affairs. Indian affairs. military affairs, naval affairs, pensions and pootofnees and postroada, In addition to the three specifically named by the commltt**- Jud'clary, Inter-Stiite and foreign commerce, and District ?f Columbia. Chairman Cnderwood stated at the con n of the meet? ing that the new rules committee will net be selected until after March 4. \ \< i.i \M? Ml < i MUtltY. No Tra<*c of i b>|>er?*?\ct Felony In Mississippi. Meridian. Miss. Jan. 31.?Jesse Seals and MIsn Taasle Seals, both of | ?"ampbell. Alst ama. were married' hare last week b^Justlco of the Peace I K?in It developed that Seals h;ol eloped with his brother's daughter and the Justice had married uncle and niece. The m irrlage In the State of Mississippi is illegal and a felony. Hott? Seal* and the young woman ate from a prominent Alabama family. Miss Seals, it is said, left her home w.thout the knowledge of her |?ar ents. Suylng i ticket for Oklahoma. The whereabouts of the couple Is un? known at present. The parents of the girl have Instituted a vigorous search f r the Hop. i .. iriirr a nil itching ?rain % k*M to IMs ii< atsnent. Why experiment trying to drive tip. dandruff term from underneath the skin with gr- | If lotions or CaiM \ hall dren-'tig wh?n 1?. l.- rme s Charm.i< '. will gnernelee Memo and Seme snap to etttsrerj rai the sealp oi the germ life that eanses ll* trouble, Z?m?i and /.-too cm b* ob? tained In any city or town In Agaerr ? und are r?'? "grn/'-d tie b-si and im? t economical Ifentsaeal f??r all aff e tb.io? < f the skin ,,r -?aii? whether on Infant or gma-n p. ? ?in One shnu poo w ith Zern?? so . p n!d application ,.f /emo will -itoi. itching and cleanse the scalp of dandruff and scurf. We Invite you |g try Zemo and Seeno soap end f not entire ly statis? tic d sjej will refund your money. t SENATE FAVORS "MILEAGE" BILL ClfMl Measure to Third Heading by Vote 2? to 12. Columbia, Fib, I.?Tht "mileage" bill pass. .1 the S.-nate late tonight, after the moat strenuous tight of the session. The hill goes to third read? ing only, bill the VOte Indicates itn 1 tinai paaaage. The vote Bonding the hill to third rending was || to 12, al? though the actual sentiment was '-'*> ! to It, gi lenator Mauldin, of Green vilie. who is against the measure, vot? ed with the preva ling side In order to , be able to make a motion to recon- j Bid t The motion to roeonshler was lost by a vote of 2? to 13. The mo tl >n to adjourn debate on the bill was |gg| by a VOte of 21 to 18. The lasl straw of the opponents of the in -is i.re was grasped on the motion to i - eonshh r except that on third rending the tight will be resutrnd. I'nless there Is a change In the minds of some Senators, the bill Is deutln*) 1 t ? pass and be ordered sent to il.e House, as the \ote tonight shows. The "pulling'" of mileage coupons I I the trains of the road selling the mileage book is the object of the 1*111 introduced In the Senato by Senator t'ariisie, of sp M ianbnrg. it was a pretty parliament tight, lasting mor than two hours. Several eloqm-nt ??chos were made, both for and against the bill. Such convincing ar ? guments were heard as that of th I ' Senator from Georgetown, Mr. La? i grand Walker ami Senator William L .Mauldin, of Greenville, both against Um bin. ' t the roads regulate their "own business affairs, unless they oppress the people," was the argument of Sen? ator Mauldin. The Inter-State pr p osltlon Involved was fully discussed. Senator Clifton, of Sumter, ugain spoke tonight. He opposed the pa age of the bill and held the floor for about three-quarters of an hour, lie disavowed any intention of filibuster? ing. Past 10 o'c lock efforts were made to adjourn debate on the bill. This motion was killed and then a direct .ote was reached by the calling of the yeas and nays. The vote resulted 26 to 12, Senator Mauldin then mov? ing to reconsider. In the Senate there Is no parliamentary clincher, and a motion to reconsider reopens a ques? tion if carried. The motion was lost, however, by a vote of 25 to 13. The direct vote on the passage of the bill to third reading resulted: Teas?Ackerman, Bates, Black, Carlisle, Dennis, Karle, Epps, Glnn, Green, Hough, Johnson, Jhonstone, I?aney, Lawson, Lide, Mars, W. L. Mauldin, T. J. Mauldin, Muekenfuss, Katnsford, Slnkler, Strait, Stuckey, Sullivan, Summers, Wharton?26. Nays?Appelt, Crosson, Forreat, Hall, Hardin, Montgomery, Splvey, Stewart, Walk? r. Waller, Weston, To mg It Senator Clifton was pa red. Senator Mauldin in reality WOUld have VOtad ag .mst the bill BXCSpt that he wished to make a motion to rafionaldar] therefore his sentiment is : e tfdnd in the latter vote. The bill Of Senator Carlisle, with the se( tlon providing a penalty for violation atftaken out, aa amended In the committee room, Is: "That any railroad company Is hereby re? quired to receive coupons from mil* cage books sold by said railroad com? pany on its trains for transportation within the State, and to check bag? gage f >r passengers upon presenta? tion \)f said mileage. PRESS ENDORSES MESSAGE NO, 7. Thinks That There Should lie no Vol? untary Violation oT State < onstl llinilna Columbia, Fan, I.??Ifeaaags No, 7, thai suggesting an inquiry as to oth? er State positions held by legislators, ha I received endorsement from most of the press of the State. It is a violation of the constitution for a leg? islator to hold two commissions, whether these pay money or not, and the various Institutions will lose some of their tmateea The general opinion that Mr. Bloaaa was certainly right in the matter, and he is receiving un atlnted commendntlon for bis action. rnlt] of Intercut Protects lite Cutuo les. Tie piosp. rity of the ? ?man Caht oll church Is Inrgely due lo Us put? ting ail the ej gi In one baaket and tie n watching that baaket, lays ? i ai les Samuel Tator In an article In Mugaslne" entitled "Th< Mad Rae? for Boula," The Roman? Ists have largi r congregations in the r churches, n?-t because there are m >re of Ihem, but because Ihey are logeth* ar, i 'or all th< I *r? ? t. tanl bodies In tie i fiit. d Statt combined, the av? erage membership per organization Is ini. ami the average s ating capacity per organization \m :',I7, ffof the R ? man Catholics, the average member? ship p? r organlaatlon i lit, which is two and ana-fourth times the aver? age stating capacity of the Roman enureht CREEDS IN THE DISCARD. Kansas Town Trying An Experiment in Religion? (Manhattan Kan. Dispatch, Kansas Cl y Star.) "A Commission Form of Govern? ment in Rural Church Life" was an interesting feature of the address by Rev, A. B, Holt, Congregationalism of Manhattan, In the Conference of Village and Rural Church and Coun tr\ Ufc in the old chapel at the Ag? ricultural College today, Dr. Holt had no theory to expound. His address was not founded upon something he believed, but upon a situation created, tried out and found Successful at Deep Creek, Ililey coun? ty, about 10 miles from Manhattan. I ii- story is best told, perhaps, in Dr. Holt's own words; "Deep Creek has the usual 57 va? rieties of religion types," he said, "but not l nough of any one to constitute a voting or working majority. lake a good many cities, Deep Crock had no lack of party snthusfasm, but very little actual etilen m y. People were voting on religious issues that were alive 100 years ago but had very little bearing en local questions. Af? ter trying several experiments, the following plan was adopted: "Tin pi >ple of the community met1 and appointed ? commission that has barge of the rellgl-OUS affairs of the community. It provides for the Sun? day school, gets speakers for the ser? vices, funds for the payment of the speakers and other expenses of the Organisation. The people of the com? munity hold their membership in loma of the Manhattan churches, thus sup? plying the denominational affiliation. The speakers generally are from the Manhattan churches and uro well paid for their services. So far as the lo? cal sfficlenoy is concerned, the peo? ple are unified. 1 asked far a vote of those present as to how many would prefer a local union church with a pastor and not a hand went up. 1 naked how many would prefer a lo? cal denominational church connect? ed with some great denomination, and none preferred it. They had tried It. I asked how many preferred the pres? ent plan to any they had ever tried, and every hand in the audience went up. "It is no new txpenment. Tt has ?worked eight years and Deep Creek Is satisfied. I see no reason why this should, not be carried out In many similar communities. It is practcally the plan carried out by the Young Men's Christian Association in all Its meetings. I see no reason why the local communities should not em? ploy a secretary to do for them what a Young Men's Christian Association set rotary does for his organization. As an immediate expedient to deal with local conditions that are in every community the plan has much to commend it. It haves the people with denominational affiliations and it promote-- local sfficlenoy." Dr. 11 dt had another plan for ru? ral Communities?to have one strong church connected with a large de? nomination, with the other denomina? tions pledged to keep out s> long as this denomination could do the work. "I am in favor of this," he said, "because it will bring the local church in touch With the great national work Of the church and give it a share In this work. It will give the local church tin- supervisory help of a great organisation. The visit of a presiding eider or district superintend? ent, if he does not make too big a demand on the exchequer, will be of real Inspiration to the local commu? nity. It phoes at the disposal of every community the resources of a great and powerful organisation." Seminaries, D. Holt said, should train specialists for rural churches. "I see no reason," he said, "?why semi nales should not co-operate with the agricultural colleges In this matter. A few months spent at an agricul? tural college would give any man a new Insight Into the practical life of the people with whom he has to deal. And 1 believe it would be worth while for every denomination to establish, n connection with the agricultural college "f the country, Stong denominational churches. I mean that tin- denominational lead? ers should see that the dum b of their denomination In the town with the agricultural college is little short of a model church, I MM OK sM.I'.s COMPARKD. Plsp 'nswrit ?' lluslness Half Million (2renter In 191(1 than I90U. < 'nlumbl i. ib. 1. The sales of th< dispensaries In six counties of tin Rtnto were over $500,000 greatei In I s 10 t ban In 1009. The sab i of th< dlspi nsarles for lasl year amounted t< 12,297,808.12. The sabs in 1909 wer< I; 787,808.92, The gain In profit wai $ I 80,897.8 '?'>. The n< i pr ?fit. from this sale of srhlskc) by the dts pensarles lasl yew amounted to Jf'o'ij. I IS.M?. These statistics are given In the an nual report of J. M, Daniels, the dls pensary auditor, which was sent t thS General Assembly today. MANY WANT MILLER'S JOB. White and Colored People Interested in Result of Contest?Miller Will Not Hun for Congress. Columbia, Feb. 4.?Petitions en-1 doraing one or more of the appll- , cants for the position of president of the Slat- college are being circulated in Columbia today, and the colored people are taking a deep int? rest in the successor to President Thos. B, Miller. It was stated today that Co? lumbia was standing back of X. J. Frederick, principal of the Howard Graded school in this city, and that the people of orangeburg are work? ing for X. C. Xix, a member of the faculty of the college. Both races are interested in the outcome. j other candidates for the place are'; receiving attention, but it is not known here how their friends are succeeding in the matter of Indorsemeents Rev. Richard Carroll has stated positively that he is not an applicant. Tlu oth- 1 era are: Prof. J. E. Wallace, Claflln, Unlvcratty, M. C. Mance and Prof. Wilkinson. In the matter of President Miller's statement that he did not say that he would retire to his farm in Beaufort county and run for congress if he were deposed at Orangeburg. Rev. I. E. Lowery, a well known col? ored minister and writer, is authority for the statement. Rev. Lowery says .Miller told him of such intention some time ago, before Governor Bleaso had asked him to resign his position. A Literary Horn?1. I A month or so after Xat Wills' re i cent marriage, Mrs. "Wills, nee La Hell" Tltcomb, the bareback rider, was in the kitchen overseeing the breakfast preparations. "Nat" she called to her husband. Xo answer. "Nat!" she repeated. Again no ans? wer. Five times, five no-answers. Entering the dining-room, Mrs. Wills saw her husband at table, absorbedly readin? a copy of the New York j Journal. ' "My Gawd!" she sighed. "To think that I married a bookworm "?Suc? cess Magazine. We are forced to admire Johnny J. Jones, the Branchville lawyer who has begun on the service of his sen? tence in the penitentiary. His only ambition now is to be a model pris? oner. He killed a man and is paying the penalty for it. He realizes that ho is not above the law and would set the example of decent submission to it, now that it has overtaken him. He killed his man and does not resist the payment of the debt he owes to so? ciety. If every man who felt called I to kill his fellow man would w*ugh the cost first and if he decided that the call was so Imperative that he would I be willing to pay the penalty, we would have fewer killings by a long sight and a heap latter country.? Florence Times. FIGURE IT OUT. Experience has undoubtedly shown you cannot get something for noth? ing if you want cheap furniture you will find that the furniture will look cheap, will not give you one-tenth the satisfac tion thai a slightly higher priced article would nor one-halt' the service. Good furniture is always a good In? vestment?our stocks : how >ou only the best makes aid combined with our showing we know you will tool prices unequalled for true econ my. \\ ITIIERSPI>o\ R|? >s. Ft'UNITE RE COMPANY. Piano Tuning, Mr. Edmund R. Murray offers till services to thos- who need an expert and experienced Piano and Organ tumr and repairer. References fur ni died and work guaranteed, Address EDMUND R, MURRAY, Sumter, S. C. 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