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?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.
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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.
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-OFFICE HOURS
8 TO I. -: 2 TO 6.