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REVIEW OF LEEMTME. now on Till: IIOMI'.-KTKKTCII.? I Al l < II i) Id ?I 11 n I I di? lti VK\ It, in *?< --doll One of Most Har? monious l.i \|?n> Years ? Work li,^,?,^ (| \? Hl? DUpatcli and Without llltiernov?*, Dimension or I nmH*eg#JSj] I>t-lMy ? Few lin|M?r tarit .Matter?. Idii'mIii il, hot llun ?I eds of Hills Presented?Partial Itevlcwr of Session. Columbia. Feb. 5.?The General Assembly I? progressing llnely with ?ta work. Thrr*- has not been the slight? est Jar In the i ven tenor of the body. All haa boon peaceful and content ment. There have been no ugly 000 tests, no bitter feeling, no unnecessary fighting, but on the contrary all hus gone along like a May morn. The most Interesting measure tint will find Its w.?v on the statute books as a result of the week's work will be the marriage license statute. Under the terms of '.he Act all parties wish? ing to marry after July 1 must secure a marriage license. At the outset th* penalty Is to be Impoaed on the preacher or magistrate who performs the ceremony without the license hav? ing first been obtained. After awhile, and when the law has been working for a while, the penalty may be att hed to the husband who neglects to**'cure the license, but it was thougt. >est to make a start. Strange a < >t may seem there has not been sugges ?d during the present ses? sion, a bill looking towards compul? sory education, nor one looking to State-wide prohibition, or In fact any mater ! change in the liquor question. Both of these issues, that in previous years have been the topic for long and spirited discussions, have been entirely and absolutely overlooked and no single proposition looking to a material change has been proposed, unless it be the Folts measure on the liquor question, which does not pro? pose direct legislation, but rather a r*?erer,dum. The fact of the matter Is that the dispensary has not been mentioned ex? cept In the Stevenson bill, which seeks to provide a plan for the distribution of the salvage from the old dispensary system and the general desire is to have the fund expended and to be sore that there is not another year's in getting the money dlstrlbut There does not appear to be any disposition to seriously undertake a revision of the tax system of the State. All apparently admit that the appraisements are out of whack, but Is evidently no mature effort to what la recognised as a seri? ous evil. On the senate side there is a bill to provide a tax commission that will not pasa On the hous? side there is no general proposition. Oen. James haa a bill pending w hich seeks to plsce the bank assessments under the charge of the State board of equalisation and take these matters put of the hands of the county boards, airis the present law. There is anoth? er more extreme bill, which seeks to have the Attorney General attack the charters of banks that are supposed to have been underassessed. The house has passed the Rembert Inheritance tax bill and sent It to the senate, and there It will slumber for the remainder of this session, and probably continue with the same fate during the next session. It Is some what remarkable how members took this all Important and extreme mea? sure on faith, and many who voted for It hardly had the opportunity of reading and digesting the measure In Ita entirely. The senate, however, will not try to act on the hill this year. The Indications a week ago were that the educational bill, proposed by the special commission, would be en? acted. The outlook now Is that tt Is being chloroformed. In legislation there are many ways of killing a measure without having a knockdown and drag out fight, and the outlooa is that the commission bill is going t ? rest quietly on the calendar of both the house and senat? without any for saal action one way or another. The house has made a record on the general appropriation bill. This all important measure Is now In th? hands of th ? senate, having ISjSjSjtvod its dnal hoim. reading >- st.nlay, t? n days prior to tlo- dat.' generally agn u upon for final adjournment. The lull wviit o er to th.- senat'- without a change or modification from the floor of the haejSte, Fach and every lt? m as ugr* < d upon by the ways and means committee w.h adopted, and curious |SJ sa\. the hardaat fight was over the water Item, as affecting tin <"ty of Columbia. One of tho reasons that the bill b id such a successful snd easy passage through the house was because Chair? man Hrownlng divided the committee Into sub-comniltte, s and bad each of these ?ub-< oiumlttee^ make actual and careful Investigations with regard to the various branches of the State government and affairs, and when Hi" reports of these special committees, with all the fads In hand, were con? sidered and acted upon, the general ?oinmlttee was on the right track and 111 lOUSt apprecdated the careful and ? tit svi.rk of the committee, and d Ihn t-iii without the ohnngi of i s.ngle item, as n-jtort? d. The Stute levy for the coming year ? ill be f. ::- l mills, which is the same as It has In en for the year li*10. and without an increase of the levy sub? stantial measures have been made in the Mil, although Ultra is a latitude of ISO,000, which last year i ame out the go?ral fund, that win this year oome out of the dieneaaary money and in this way the eapeetation is to provide for the now \n >rk in connection v\ith t lw State Hospital for thl I Mnne, without disturbing the annual levy. Ther?- lias boon a marked and ap | rft lable disposition to cheek the new county movement. The members of the Assembly are passing measures that will further restrict the for? mation of new counties. The consti? tutional provisions wer? regard* d as stru t, but the members have found other methods of tigb??:.i:.a ihe con? ditions preliminary to the elections. The date for the election *f the new Associate Justice has not yet been fixed, but the understanding 1st that it will be on Wednesday. No one ex? pects an election on the first ballot, and there is all sorts of speculation as to how things will adjust themselves In the final voting. The house has indicated that it will work with a view of adjourning at noon Wednesday, tin l.'.th lnst. The Senate suggested the 10th but the House amended by fixing the 16th, and this will, In all probability, be the last day of the present session, although there is really no reason, wdth the work as far advanced as it is, why the mem? bers cannot spend next Sunday With their families and not return to Co? lumbia. ? Generally, the movements of the appropriation bill are the Index of when an adlournment will be had, and this bill Is now In the hands of the Senate with ample time for Its passage and careful study by the end of the present week. There will be no interfernc wdth the life trustees of Clemson College. There has been an unusual demand for the establishment and extension of the rural police system for the va? rious counties. There has \>een no change in the privilege tax system, and its distri? bution. A ocmpromise bill has been sug? gested by Mr. Uembert, relative to electric headlights. This bill, it is un? derstood, has the approval of the Hrotherhood. MISSOURI CAPITOL BURNED. Uuildlng struck by Lightning and Re? st royed. Jefferson City, Mo., Feb. 5.?The Missouri capltol building was de? stroyed by fire tonight. The total loss, Including the structure and many rec? ords and State papers In the OfttCti of the governor, secretary of State and treasurer, is estimated at $1,000, 000, with no insurance. Lightning which struck the cupola of the dome shortly after 7 o'clock spread flames to the roof of the bouse of repr. s? ntati\es on the north side of the structure and in less than half an hour it was apparent that the hulldlng was doomed. Because of the Inadequacy of the water pressure the tire could not be reached, and no aid could be given for some time by the local fire com? pany. Qov. Hadley directed the fight agalnstv the flames, which, because of the age of the building, rapidly gained great headway. The penitentiary fire department and the convicts worked heroically, scaling walls and taking dangerous chances of their lives. The local military company was called out and formed a cordon around the building, driving spectators from dangerous positions and removing records from the different State de? partments. The records of tho house of repre? sentatives were destroyed while those of the senate were saved. In the State treasurer's office more than $20,000 Is In the time \ault, supposedly lire proof, anU m i\ hi MVSd when the de? bris is cleared away. There was no insurance. At midnight a part ?-f the Sedalla, Mo., fire department aiilch arrived after a run of til miles on a special joined the local department in an effort to aaVC tin records in the base j nient. the cement floor over which are believed to be lntaot< in The Police Court. Thorn were only two eases heard In Ihn police court on Tuesday and < is -s >v? i.. against the same party. Jim sharp- eras tried for gambling and also on the charge of vngrnncy. He was found guilty on both counts and given $10 or 10 days on ench of them. Monday it was Stated that Collie Woods' fitior had paid his line. This was g mistake, his father refused to have anything to d<? with him and Mr. i*. it. May, Jr., rather thnn set him ?sal to the chnlngnng, paid thi lint out of sympathy for bun IKE WORLD GRO W BETTER. so SAYS OPTIMISTIC CHAMP CLARK, WHO BEES A BETTER PUT; RE AHEAD, Thinks Flying Machine Will Make Grim-vlsaged Moniter Hide iik Wrinkled Frown Por AH Time. Sprlngleld, Feb, f>.?Declaring that ha Is an optlmlat and that he bellevei tho \\?>rid is growing better. Repre? sentative Champ Clark of Missouri, ?peaker*elect of the next house of repreientatlVOI at Washington, dc livered a ' message of hope and cour? age" In an address today before the Young Men's Christian association here. If the world were not grow? ing !. otter, Mr. Clark said, then the school syst? in, about which Amer? ica boasts and which costs so much, was an Ignominious failure and all religion was a failure and he did not believe either to be true. Mr. Clark said that when he went to Missouri years ago, the average number of homicides in Pike county was between four and live a year and now they average leas than one. That, he believed, was measurably true of every other county in the country. "Up to 10 or 15 years ago a prize light could be pulled off in any State with absolute impunity. Now there is not a single State in which it is not a penitentiary offense. Up to comparatively recent years a duel could be fought In any State without any fear of serious consequences. Now there is no State in which it is not a felony." In conclusion Mr. Clark said: "Thanks be to Almighty God, wars are becoming rarer and rarer. One thing which the flying machine will accomplish will be to put an end lor? es er and forever to all wars. Lot? teries have been stopped. Institu? tions for preservation of morals, re? lief for human sufferings, for per? petuation of our Institutions are springing up on every hand. The idea of reformation of criminals rather than their punishment is taking a deep hold on the minds of men. There is more money today devoted to ?harity per capita than ever before. Controversial religion has passed and practical religion Is at hand. The masses of the people are waking up to the fact that politics should be purified, demanding primary elections, senatorial elections by popular vote and other Important reforms. "Of course, we have not attained the millenlum. This mighty republic is built not for a day but for all time, destined under God to be the dominating Influence throughout the world in all the centuries yet to be." INJUNCTION AGAINST EAGLE'S > CLUB. Injunction Issued by Judge DeVore Tcin|K>rnry Only,?Case to Be Heard Saturday. From the Dally Item, Peb. 7. Today at noon a temporary injunc? tion was issued against the Eagle's club, restraining them from receiving, storing or disposing of alcoholic liquors in any way, shape or from, and, as a result, the club will be clos? ed for the balance of the week pend? ing the hearing of the case before Judge DeVore on Saturday, when the club will have to show cause why the temporary injunction shall not be made permanent. The Injunction was Issued after tho case against J. Fred Wise, manager of the club, for selling liquors had been dropped, and was unexpected on the part of the club members?at least at the present time. The Injunction re? quires that the club rooms be closed for the remainder of the week, un? til the hearing is held, and Is Issued against the Bank of Sumter, which owns the building, as well as against the club and all of its members. Mr. C. H. Dorn, the manager of the club, when asked what the club ex? pected to do, said that he had noth? ing to say for publication except that the club would fight the Issuance of the permanent injunction. He said that the club had not yet put the mat? ter in the hands of a lawyer but would do so at once. It is understood that the recent e ise aaglnsi J. Fred Wise, w ho has up to recently been manager of the club, for selling liquor was not push ? d because ?'f the fact that it had been decided that it was better to is sin? the injunction and not let the former case come to trial. It Is Impossible to say what will be done until the case Is heard Saturday when the now temporary Injunction will either be dissolved or will be made DO] mS Hellt. Early Peach Blossoms. Mr. i?. Jas Winn i< fi at this office ?ui Tuesday a spra\ of fully open peach blossoms which came from an Rlberta tree on his place on West Calhoun street, This is remarkably early for peach blooms ami it la scarcely possible for the blooms to escape destruction by frost, if other fruit trees are as forward the outlook for fruit this year is not g?aod. TRAGEDY I N GREENVILLE COUN- I TV. Robert McAbee Dead, ix'e Holland Perhaps Pa tally Wounded, Greenville, Feb, 4.?In a pitched battle tonight, on a public highway, between a posse, headed by Lee Hol? land Intendant of the village of Maul din, six miles below Greenville, and Robert McAbee and his son, Will, of ICnoree, Spartanburg County, Robert McAbee was shot dead and Lee cioi land probably fatally wounded. According to the account of the killing told by Sheriff J. Ferry Poole, of this county, McAbee and his son loft Bnoree Saturday morning to spend the night with Thomas Fowler, who lives near Mauldin. About a mile above the village the two met a white man in the road, one Thomp? son, and fired five times at him, none of the shots taking effect. The inci ! dent passed and father and son drove into Mauldin. In passing through the village McAbee fired a pistol ball through both walls of a store con? ducted by Lee Holland and tied up the road with his son. Holland or? ganized a posse and started out to arrest McAbee and his son. It seems that in fleeing McAbee and his son took the wrong road and at? tempted to retrace their steps. It was while they were going back that they were met by Holland and the posse. immediately Robert McAbee drew his revolver and opened fire on the posse, one shot passing through Holland's right breast. No sooner had McAbee fired than members of the posse returned fire. The older McAbee fell to the ground, his body pierced by one pistol ball and his head by three. He expired about an hour later, in the road. Despite the fact that he 'was shot through the breast, Holland placed the younger McAbee under arrest and conducted him back to Mauldin, where he held him until Sheriff Poole arrived, about 11 o'clock. The sheriff brought young McAbee back to Greenville, and he now rests in the county jail. Th2 older McAbet lies, a corpse, in the public highway this side of the village of Mauldin, awaiting the coroner's inquest. From all accounts McAbee was a bad character. It is stated that he left his home, near Enoree, with a half gallon of whiskey and a pistol in his buggy. He has a brother serv? ing in the State Penitentiary now for killing a man by the name of Fowler, near the scene of this killing, some years ago. It is said that McAbee, was going after a child of the brother who is in the Penitentiary, at the time he ran amuck tonight. Holland Is the first mayor of the town of Mauldin, which was incor? porated only a few months ago. He is a substantial citizen, a planter and a merchant of prominence in his sec? tion, and Is well known in Greenville. He Is prominently connected and is a son of the first supervisor of Green? ville county. This is the season of the year to buy furniture?now is the time for you to see our specials. In all the good designs and best woods, period furniture in suites or odd pieces?you may need an odd piece to complete the fur? nishing of the room and at a price you will find right. FINK FURNITURE Make it a point at least to see our offerings before you make your final decision. W1THERSPOON BROS. FURNITURE CO. Resolutions arc: in order. The lln-st resolution for you to make is to be on time for business, en? gagements, etc. during 1911, and the best way to do this is to pur? chase a Howard Watch. Abso , lutely dependable. W. A. Thompson, 6 S. Main St. Jeweler and Optician I Time to Li^l Your Property Now is t lie time to list your farm property for sale during the coming fall. Property to be sold to advantage has to be inspected and properly advertised. It takes time to inspect 75 or 100 places. If, therefore, you have property which you expect to offer for sale this fall, list it now. My sales the past season amounted to over 5200,000. This means I have been able to sell property for others. If your prices are right, I can sell yours. Write for description blank and listing contract. CITY, FARM AND TIM? BER PROPERTY HAN? DLED. REAL ESTATE LOANS NEGOTIATED. R.B. BELSER, 26 1-2 N. Main St. Real Estate Attorney. MONEY INVESTED IN REAL ESTATE MOOT GAGES LET ME INVEST YOUR I0LE MONEY AT 7 AND 8 PER CENT 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 E. Calhoun St. Sumter, S. C. PHONE 631. r YOUR BANK ACCOUNT; OUR DESIRE. Your Satisfaction ; Our Pleasure Your Need; Ours to Supply Let's Talk it Over Capital $50,000 THE PEOPLE'S BANK, v_ 12 W. Liberty St. Sumter, S. C Joke on the Old Man. Old man Jones and his son John came to town the other day and sold their hogs. The men they sold to, gave each ot them a check on this bank for the proper amount. Now the old man was just a little wise. "Say," says he, "if it is just the same to you I would rather have the cash," and asked John if he wanted the cash also. John said he had just as soon have the check. John gave the check to his father to keep for him, but on the way home the old man lost his pocket book and although they looked high and low il could not be found. The money and check were both lost forever. Hut say, John came back to the man who gave him the check and the man just gave him another check for the amount and notified this bank that if the old check turned jp not to pay it?see? But he wouldn't give the old man some more cash! A CHECK ON THIS BANK IS BETTER THAN CASH. THE FARMERS' BANK & TRUST CO. THE BANK OF SUMTER SUMTER, S. C. Capital and Profits $140,000.00 ACME PLASTER SHINGLES IE BRICK. DRAIN LIME, CEMENT. tfK# iTQ,r f^rnin Rice Flour, Ship Stuff, Bran. Ildy, Vrl dUl, Mixed Cow and Chicken Feed. Horses, Mules, SU^*8' if1"0?? aml So Order Too Large <)r Too Small. *r^gNj|7 Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. SUMTER, SOUTH CAR< ?LINA DR. N. G. OSTEEN, JR., DENTIST. IS W. Liberty St. -:- Phone No. 30. I -OFFICE HOURS 8 TO I. -: 2 TO 6.