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<f bf ftHatcbman anb ?outbroit. Published \N i'i11i?'>i| i > Mini SjiturtMjr? ?BT? OSTEEN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8CMTKR. S. C I crin* 11.60 per annum?in advance. Advertisement*: i >ii.? s.|-iar?> lirst insertion . . . . $ 1.???? Every subsequent Insertion.f?U Contracts for three months, or longer will in ol? it reduced tat? s. All communications which sub ggfVC prn.it.- Iggggfggg will bf i li.ir.ad for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of paggmgl will be charged for. rha Sumter Watchman was round? el In 18S0 and the True Southron In 1SSC. The Watchman and Southron ?so* ha* the combined circulation and ? nee cf both of the old papers, ggsf is manifestly the best advertising Medium In Sumter. There la a new political, executive, Judicial and legislative alignment in South Carolina, according to Go\?-r nor Blease. On one side are Blcase's frlepds. on the other, Bleaae'a ene? mies, is it not possible that Gover? nor Bleaae is suffering from an ex? aggerated ego? ? ? ? The people of South Carolina are beginning to appreciate the fable of King Log and King Stork. ? I s Vice President Sherman is a man who sticks to his friends. The ship subsidy plunderbund had a friend at court when they most needed one and Sunny Jim came up to the scratch like a little man. sec The hunters license bill Is dead for thl? session and Mr. James Henry Rice will ba\?- |g conduct his mission? ary work a few years tOOrfWf, ? ? ? gawataa? Blcase's friend. Mr. J. F. J. ('aldwpll, of \- \oi . rry, having been appoint* d a special Judge with? out the recommendation of the su? preme court, expressly and explicitly required by the law, the question of the legality and regularity of any court over which he may preside Is pertinent at this Juncture. TAXING M Wir U l i RKRS. Leiter* iJoit show How Other Towns and Cities Trent Manufacturing En terpi I- ?*. -r Item. 8umter. S. C Deai oir. 1 note with *ye? lal interest the tw ? gd yrlals In .'our pap.-r, one of Tues? day. Janua'y 31st and one of Febru? ary 1st, relative to taxing the factories, whl< h is along th?> line of my views In th I matt? r, and which shows that any ?xtra burden put on a factory is Iniml al to thi town. In fact, placing a llcei.tc on manufacturing by the City Co.well was so far from being anythln r llk?? equity, as 1 viewed lt. I wr,.ie a letter t?? eighteen of my com? parers outlining m> posirloft and the p . n of the town towarus factories. copy of which I encl. se, Just to Und I out what my competitors were doing, and >>'? wrote fifteen other towns in in .-' ? <' i o| na :>ra< tieally the same lett? r . d t<? m surprise a lew more towns were doing .kewlse. But the replb * were all very 1 ourteo.is, and to my mind would make interesting reading I encb?* ? four, which partially rep? resent both sides, which I will ap pr? i? 11? ? ? -ur < <>| ying. and having tw> i.t> *? ven man i wnuW be glad to have voi? publish tin m as you have sp:o e. Yours v? ry truly, K. L. Wither, poon. !?? tt?-r writs n to ? ighte.n cmptti tuts and arisen South Carollaa towns: Hear Sir: I writ. t?? gat a f i vor "f you which I da ant Ihtni yna win salad grantlag, and UUSU s you that l stand nady nt any time ?-. reciprocals, ?>ur meeni SjSJSmetl of the ?'it\ of Sum', r has s.-. n nt t?? BStl II in.Moif.o tur ? on the gggne basis as met haata claiming th t tie y get the same benefit nnd should nay in nddltlon to their taxes the r? g tlar license which Is paid by th. gtofehann l peraonally f ? i it i.- qult?- tin bijusth-e t.? th - etty from m\ point >.f view, ,ir>d ihlnh it is so aooofj . i by th.- iu nufacturers g.-n eraliy. I maintain that i mum f turt t de ine an Intercalate bnnlnesa, selling r?btatg nag ih-nt of |ia product outsld< of th.rp??rate limits of the town wh?r?? it la situated Ii due no taxes gthafc ret only In Ihn county. the gnats and ?i.? Ptdsral Oovernment, it nit ih?- town securing ?itch a factory nhasjM not anly be willing to exempl It fr.? rn .11 t |X< | tml h. . gga, but win-re tgtsff ir-' an natural advantages such a* w.it? r power, coal nnd chonp raw mat* rot. .i inwa shnuld be willing t put up <i gOOl ?.onus, leaking It a free gift t?. i- nnte tm h a ru tory, if yon gn not mind pit aas i-1 no know the nttltnde of your ? Ity t?? warris such < nf? rprla? *. I.s it r \ trnpt sm h enterprises from Igggn, nnd for a period of h?>w many years, does it exempt manufacturers from a busi? ness license or not, or dots it pay bi Uli It Is my intention to put up a fight with the town council, and your answer will help me. l oneloes stamped envelope for re? ply, and will appreciate your nnener Ing promptly, and wltli beat wishes I nin, ToUfl very truly, D, L Wltherspoon, Letter Won Cheraw, Mr. K. L. Wltherspoon, iumtsi s. C, I NJfjff Sir: Taut lettet of Jen, 27th received und noted. In reply will say that we are very much surprised indeed to know that your Couneil is wishing to colled laset and lleenae for ;i manu* raeturer <?f your olaaa, The Council Ol Cb< raw il??es not require us to pay ? itiur taxes or lleenae, They figure that the employees we have her?' Would nol have been here had we not established this factory, and that they are more benefit to the town than our Itcense and taxes would he. As we Bl 11 rstand it the majority of tin towns in the State of South Carolina exempt all manufacturing establish? ments from paying taxes and do not think there is another town in the State that asks for license except Sumter. We hop.- you Will get the matter straight and think It very un? fair for you to have to p:\y taxes and licenses when your competitors that you should be on a* even basis with do not 'have to pay either. Ho] buslneas is good with you, and WOUld be very glad indeed to have you come to see me some time. With best wishes we are, Yours very truly, Cheraw Coffin & Casket Co., Per E. G. Ingram, Pres. Letter from fjQCSJlfflli. Mr. K. L. Withcrspoon, Sumter, S. C. Dear sir: In reply to yours of the 2 7th, in regard to town taxes and license, will nay our town makes us pay both. We have been working to try and get this taken off, but have not been able to do anything with them. Would be glad If you do make a tight In your city, you would let us know how you come out, IYours truly, bOOi?HIS Coffin & Casket Co. Lseaay from llon-nce, Ala. Mr. E. L. Wltherspoon, * Sumter, S. c. I N ar sir: I have yours of the ~7th. and will say "Gee whiz" what is your ty trying to do to tin nianula? ture.-.s. it looks very much like they are tr> - ing to charge y< | | h ar out of busi Baae, Just lo re let sat "whisper in your ear," Florence. Ala., is looking for manufacturers. VW want them, and I when it COBSQS to taxes and license 'just leave this to the business league of Um city ('ounell, i happen to be Preetdent of ?>ur city Council, and ;un connected with tin- business league, hence my statement is "No Gi ess" and again i say ws will take cars ??f you* City Taxes and as t<> Special License, that SOUndS like a joke to mo? i Don't forget that Florence is lock? ing for manufacturers! and if your : city makes it too hot for you drop me ?i cord, till me what yoy want and i n do the rest. Yours very truly, N. p, Morrison. Letter from Charlotte, i Mr. R, Li Wltherspoon, Sinnt? r, B, ?\ 1 Deaf Sir: ? We are In receipt of yours of Jan. ? Tili, and note contents of sann-, ml althouwh we cannot do you much ! good, when it COmes to talking about i w? bike pleaaure in replying to your b tti r. ?>ur State ami county taxes are nlnety-elx cents per hundred, ?.>ur elty las Ui $1.10 per hundred, We pay a city las of $499.16, When we . ret came t<? Charlotte we located outside th.- city limits, and had only Stats and county taxes tu pay, but Charlotte got ambltloui and wanted to be a largo town and extended IIa limits and loos us In, As above tated we paid $499.16 last year for the privilege of Im>lng within Ihe < ii\ limits, tut we have not sm yel got* '?Ii nnything In the way of public Im? provemeni thai we did not have when v\ ? w< re outside of the city, in It01 we paid Ihe city s $16.00 license <>r privilege lax, but the man? iifaeturers raised such a howl the rliy government discontinued this and ws paid it only one year. W egree with yoy i hat ;? manufni - turing ? tanllshmenl who sells Its prodtM t outs . of ihe city end oul ?Ids of tb. st. ? . sio.uid be let down easy, as they ere Ihe people who fur? nish Ihe pay r..n :) n. i i<?-< p the bal ence of Ihe town alive, bul it seems to us tint everybody else r-'ts off lighter. No free site* up here; noth Ing frc?\ Tours very truly, lt. L. Hardage. COURT MAB FINE PROGRESS. CHARGE GIVEN BY JUDGE l>F t'ORE <>\i: <>i THE FINEST EVER DELIVERER !\ court house, Man> Points Brought cm in Charge to Grand Jurj?Chungex of Jurors.? Appealed Cases Dismissed. Judge W, DeVore op< u? (i the spring term of court here yesterday morning with one of tin- ilnest charges to the Grand Jury thai lias ever been delivered in tin* city, nfter which he got down to work ami excellent prog? ress was m.nie during the balance of th ? morning, several of the appeals of the blind tiger caaes from the Re? corder's court being heard and dis? missed. judge DeVore opened his charge to the Grand jury by staling that it was tic Ural time that hi' had ever held court in the city and he lin n went on to the main feature of his charge. He started out by saying that almost all of the heinoUS crimes wa re committed bj Vagrants and he thought that the attention of the officers of the law- and the public ought to he brought to this tact and that they ought?the officers of the law?to he very strict in their enforcement <-f the vagrancy law. lie went on to read the law, comment? ing en it in many particulars ami say ing that there were comparatively few persons who know who vagrants were, He said that one of the worst objections to a town of this sixe and to its poliee protection was that in al? most all cases the police force was stationed on the coiners of the prin? cipal street and in the business sec? tions of the town, where If anyone got in trouble in- could cull a friend to help him, while in th ? residence ectlons of the city where policemen were needed to protect women and children they could not be found. II brought out a gre.it many points along this line that were both interesting and well taken. He stat- u that in Lexington s vagrant was a thing sei ?b m seen, because of the fact that the officers wen accustomed to en? force the law against them so very Strictly. The State law as to who a vagrant la read by judge DeVore, Is to be found in Sec. |9&, criminal Code of State laws ami is a follows: ?'Ail pcraons wandering from place to place, without any known residence, ( r residing in any city, county or t ?wn, 'w ho have no visible or known means of gaining a fair, honeat and reputable livelihood; all suspicious persons going about the country swapping or bartering horses, (with? out producing a certificate of his or their good character, signed by a Magistrate of th county from which said person last came); likewise all persons who acquire a livelihood by gambling or Inns.- racing, without any other Visible means of gaining a live? lihood] ail keepers of gambling tables, faro banks, or other hanks whatsoev* r used for gaming known under BUJ other dei mlnatlon; also, all persons who had idle and uis?id rly lives; all w ho knowingly bar1'' r horae thieves ami felona and thos ? who at e known t ? he ? f that diurat t. r and de 'acrlptlon; llk< ?Iso ull persons not fol? lowing som ? handicraft, trade or profession, or not having some known or visible means of livelihood, who shall he able to work, and oceupylng or being In poaaeaalon of some piece of land shall not cultivate smh a quantlt) thereof as Bhall be deem d by the magistrate t<> be nec? essary for the maintenance of hini? st If and his family; also, all persons representing publicly or for gain or reward, without being fully licensed, any play, comedy, tragedy, Interlude or farce, or other enterluinm nt of the stag-- or any part thereof; ail forum? tellers for fee or reward, and all sturdy beggars, are ami shall be, deemed vagrants, nnd upon con Ict lofl tin t ? of before a court of magis? trate shall l ?? hm d in a Bum 'e t ex? ceeding one hundred dollars or thirty dags inprlsonment. Tin- following jurors wet' excused .'or cause; R, VV, Green, .1. ES. Ken? nt d>. w. 8. Thompson, iI >u Rant and to take their place to mi the panel tin- following juries a'ere ? lawn: (J. W, Hutcheson, Neil ??*i >onnt Ii. ii.. May, 11. .J- Wlnburn, W. J. Beule, L. K, White, C. W. King man and J. M. I lat hy. G. < I. Tweed and B. I. Real d< n \ I? Incapacitated from sitting upon t. grund Jury and H, L. vYlth? rspoon and T. \'. Walsh were substitute <1 In t h<ir pla< e. The roster ?-f caaes on tht docket was then taken up and the follow? ing disposed of: Htate against I ? W, and R. M. K1 li??it for ih.ft ?.i ? i. et in- current, con? tinue d. .-'tiie against Thomas Dinklns for g i posing of proper!) muh i' mort? gage; referred bnck lo magistrate's < "in t for t it*i. Stiit. i,. a Welch, for disposing of propert) und< i mortgage, noi pro ?d. Htate v s. i:d w i rd J. Keith, for ac? cepting and storing alcoholic liquors, nol prossed. Slate vs. David Thames, for for r< ry. Plead guilty and sentenced to serve IS months and to pay a fine ti? 11 The liquor case* which w< re ap? pealed from the Recorder's court a<ere then taken up and disposed of as fol-. lows: City of Bumter vs. c. c. Moore, ap j.< aled from tin* Recorder's < ourt, Storing alcoholic liquor.-, dismissed. The City "f Bumter vs. Calhoun Qardner, appealed from Recorder's court, Sale of alcoholic liquors, dis? missed. The City of Bumter vs. A. W. Led Ingham, appealed from tin- Recorder's court, sale of alcoholic liqu??rs, dis? missed. city of Bumter vs. Bells Howard, appeal* d from ihr Recorder's court, Bale of alcoholic liquors, dismissed. City of Bumter vs. R. B, (IrlfHn, ap p< iied from Recorder's eourt, sah- <?f alcoholic liquors, dismissed. The ease of the city vs. George 1*. McKagen, appealed from the Re? corder's eourt, sale of alcoholic liquors was the ease on docket to he taken up next. A MONUMENT To GARY. Gov. Blcase sends Special Message to General Assembly, Making a Ree? ommedatlon. Columbl i, Feb. 2.?The following ! special message, No. 9, was sent to ' the general assembly last night from the g< vernor's ofRc , and in the house .tin- message ens referred to a special committee consisting of Jas. E. Davis I of Barnwell, Co n. W. E. James of Darlington, Jno. R. Harrison of i Greenville, Geo. B. Mower of Newber ry and j. s. Gihert of Abbeville: "Gentlemen: Political preferment has often been given to men as a re? ward for their faithfulness to duty and for their service to the State, and monuments and statues have been ? rected to commemorate the deeds , and service of s.>m<' of our dlsfln i guished men. "There was one, whose services in the Confederate army was so distin? guished, and he was so gallant a BOl dier, that none would question thai he was entitled to any office within i ! the province of his people, in the dark days of South Carolina, between the ( ( lose of the Civil war and its redemption from the negro and scalawag government, the services of , this distinguished citlsen were so ; mark* d that he was know n through 1 out the entire State as the originator of the 'Red shirt Democracy,1 which I redeemed South Carolina. His ser? vices were second to no nu n's; his devotion and love for Bouth Carolin i j was equal, it not superior, to that of >me of those who have 1 en re i warded, either by public office or otherwise. j 'God, in His all-wis ? providence, saw I fit to remove this distinguished son of Carolins from his earthly labors before Iiis fellow citizens had fully ! come into their own ami had been i given an opportunity t ? toward him j with some of their highest positions, l I to which he would have done credit, j and have written his name upon the I bright* st pages ? f her history for his I loyalty. ! '?Since you can not reward him in j erson, it seems to me that it would i bo but right to erect a suitable mon j ument or statin- on your capltol , grounds, so that those who read our ? history, and particularly the history of his services, when they see the I * statue, will know that the people of j South Carolina appreciate the service lot Gen, Marlin Wltherspoon Gary 'i* ; Edavefleld." j in the senate the message was re 1 ferred to tin- finance eommltb o. INTEREST l\ IPPOtXTMEXT or JUDGE. Major Caldwell Will Not Act if not Vgrccablo to Itlcliland Lawyers? So One Knows <>the<> Action. I _ 1 i Columbia, Feb. i. Interest contin? ues unabated today in tin- Governor Uleasc-Supreme Court controversy, or father Mr. Blease's statement that he wv ttld not "appoint my enemies to office on th<- recommendation of any? body," ovi r tin- appointm? nl of a special judge to preside over Rlch ? l ind court nexl week. The Richland liar has Indicated thai it is stahdtng i put, Major Caldwell. Mr. Blease'i ap? pointee, says thai he would not ac? cept the honor it' not agreeable to the Richland bar and nil parties say the recommending or appointing was done without any knowledge of the action of the others. a singular thing In this connection Is the fact that the supreme court's recommend? ation to the governor u'as dated Wed? nesday, Feb. 1. the sann day on which Major Caldwell was called up by Governor Mease and h iked it he would like iin- appointment. Will Major ('aldwiell d icllne th< commission? is the question asked. If he should, it r? mains t.> be seen whether Mr. lllea ?? will appoint Mr. Ray, the choice of the Richland bar and recommended by the lupfotno court. Undoubtedly this Is one of the most Interesting questions thai h;i> oci upled the public In a long time* THOUSANDS KALL VICTIMS OF PJ.A I I ?IIOIHI - M UXKI), Dread Scourge Itages in t?asfl nnd i ear and Superstition Go I laud in Hund Wim Plague. Harbin Manchuria, Feb. ?5,?Al? ready nearly 6,000 bodies of victims of th*- plague have been burned <i buried in the outskirts of Harbin. Forty-eight hundred of these came from the Chinese town and 1,000 from the Russian quarter. Yesterday 1<J stack of coffins and seven pita filled with bodiea and oiled logs biased out? side the town. The mortality among the physicians and the hospital attendants is high, considering the means taken for their protection, and doctors, nurses and orderlies arc succumbing to the dis? ease. The sanitary authorities hope soon to test serum of their own manufac? ture from the Manchurian bacciih as the foreign importations have proved ; Ineffective. The bapp< nings In Europe in the ; 17th century when the "Black Death" swept through the country are being' j repented here. Fears bordering on I panic ha\e gripped the Chinese. At lirst Liicy d Hit I Lhe medical officers, j and ' ? yl their sick and dead hidden i for the purpose carrying out the; ancient funeral rites. I Now it is brot'.icr a ;ainst brother' and father against ??? u. The stricken I ones are forced into tha streets to starve or freeze ? . U f1II perishing from the swift and deadly atta <? of the plague. Passers- y avoid thorn,! )>ut sometimes those engaged in sani tary work, ' masked and bandaged. reach them before they die and cart1 I them to the pest house, or if they are dead, to the funeral pyres. >'ot in- I frequently an outcast is seen to be kn? eling and making his obeisance j before the grave of an ancestor, In' sight of a pile of bodies in which he Is soon to become one. i _! I i Better Farm Methods. -. I ? I "Even in the wheat belt of the Canadian northwest the farmers have J gone grain-mad in an effort to cul- | tivate their farms to wheat," says the I Chicago Daily Farmers' and Drovers' Journal. "They are neglecting the j dairy and poultry industry and de- . pend on a single crop to pay all ob- j llgations and provide the household supplies. "To imagine Canada and some of; the western States buying butter, i eggs and poultry indicates prodigality j in land cultivation. "In a com,try whose agricultural production has reached an approxi? mate value of ^'.?.OOO.uOO.ooo an-j nually fanners arc too apt to be satisfied with present methods of soil ? cultivation. Vet when crops are mar-, keted, th banks paid tin ir loans and the year'a profit aac< rtalned, it will b? found that the farmer could have in-i creased Iiis gains by a more scien? tific system ot agriculture, ''Husbandry, like other vocations, depends for large success on indi\i dual endeavor. Should farmers be satisfied aith the present yield per ju re of wheat, corn, oats and other field crops? When contrasted with ! the acreage production of Europe it will tie discovered that only one-half of th,- soil possibilities have been de? veloped. "The wide ar a of agricultural land in tii - United Statis. when compared' iVittl the population, has made farm? ers prodigal and indifferent to the natural resources of tin- soil. The average yield of potatoes is only bushels per acre, and if the farmer obtains 300 or 500 bushels per acre it is considered a sensational yield. In England and Germany the yield runs up to 1,000 bushels per acre, and in congested Belgium, where the i population averages &00 to the square mile, pot;^toe production reached l, [ 600 bushels per acre. In the United States the average wheat yield is 15 bushels per acre, while in England it j I is ::?> bushels per acre. Oats, barely, ami other agricultural crops are pro? portionately larger in Europe than In America. ?'These achievements have been consummated on find that has been J under cultivation for over two thous I and veurs, and the yields have ad? vanced rather than deteriorated Under the guidance of scientific agruculture. I ''The largest > elds ol Europe of wlnai. oats, potatoes and other farm j crops have been accomplished on soil j nutuarlly no better than land In the United States. The yields have been realised by Intensive farming, crop rotation and live Stock industry. If European farmers can make annual husbandry pay on land worth $oo pel acre the American farmer should make s pronounced succt si on land valued at $lmi per acre. Mote scien? tific and business-like methods in ag I rieulturc and horticulture will yield the farmer Increased profits." Every moment ot resistance to ^ temptation is a \ Ictory, Absolutely Pure The only baking powder made from Royal Crape Cream of Tartar HO ALUM.NO LIME PHOSPHATE MR. AND MKS. H AR VIS EXTER? TAIN. .Many Attended and All Enjoy Social^ Function at Ptnewood. PineWOOd, Feb. 4.?A deliguhtful Informal social was h' Id Friday even? ing, February Ird, by Dr. and Mrs. Frank M. Harvtn at their beautiful and hospitable home, and every one -A who was fortunate to attend bad a \. most enjoyable evening. Dancing was kept up until 2 p. m. and thoae who indulged in the poetry of motion surely had no grounds for complaint as the men kvere gallant, and their partners beau-Is tlfuL Mrs. Walter D. Epperson, Miss Liz? zie Hodge and Mr. Paul Hodge sang In splendid voice and with feeling and expression. Instrumental music was furnished by Misses Mamie R< eves, Lissle Hodge,* Leona Harvin. and Mrs. Walter D!r * Kpperson, and Messrs. P. B. Hodge and Percy Harvin. Their selections on the piano afforeded all lovers of music infinite pleasure. Delightful refreshment* < d during the evning. The concensus <>f pressed by all the t. that it was one of functions of the sc The guests were: D. Epperson, Mieses -v.n Harvin, Paul Hodge, L. T. Clyde Geddings, llowan .. Lawrence, Jr.. A. V. V cl >n. Out-Of-tOWO guests Misses Phillips and ' Pazvllle, Mrs. A. R.?t... -V Vugusta, Ga., Messrs. Pritchard ofw Paxvllle, a. B. Briggs, Frederick and Lawson Jordon of Charleston. Hernie Reynolds, Bessie Des? Du Rant, Lizzie Hodge, M WEATHER TO BE VMllMH.E. I- Will be Mostly Bad During ?9eJ Week According I the Wastilugtosi^ Bareaa. Washington, Feb. ?The coming week will be mark d by a series well defined storm areas passing east? ward across the United States from the Pacific ocean, in consequ nee of v hich p< ri >de ? fj ir tnd foul weath? will follow In quh k succession, ac? cording to the meekly forecast of the weather bureau. The brst of these disturbances is now over the eastern slope of the Rocky mountains, whence it will move eastward, attended by rains In southern, r ins or snows Indf** middle and snows in the northern dis? tricts east of th. Mississippi, and reach the Atlantic States Monday or Tuehday. Another disturbance will appear on the Dae.: c coast Monday, cross ihe Middle States Wednesday ?r Thursday and the eastern Statea^Bj Thursday or Friday. The third dis? turbance of the we k will reach the Pacific coast l>y Wednesday or Thurs? day and prevail over the middle West the last of the sreek. Marked varia? tions in temperature will occur dur? ing the week In practically all ?bs-g^ trict8 east of the Rocky mountains. Mr. L d. Jennings, president of the Chamber of Commerce, is meeting with considerable enoourag? ment In his canvass for subscriptions to tl capital sto.k ?>f the $100,001 hot* company, h ? has obtained subscrln* t ons aggregating more than |S0,0O#, and has called on > ? inparatlvely few of the business ne u. Ii,- hopes and believes t he aill succeed in rais? ing |100,000, and before he admits defeat, will give th< und s ^ fair trial and every business matt an opportunity to do his part toward giving the town whtt it moot sadly needs. The demand for ? modern hotel is ^.o urgent thai it will fill a b<m; t.it a.n.t and should receive ? ronage. There is no reason why a tust class bot- l. properly conducted, should not prove a paying Inveettment tor the stockholders, if two hotels can make money in Florence, a small <r town than Sumter, one hotel oti*rht tin