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TtS^fAPlZMT Tints flPKLYN d1 BIBLE' STUDIES* THE KINGDOM OF PEACE Micah 4:1-8?May 28 "VaUon ika.ll mot Uft up *word aaaintt na? tion* neither ?hall they learn uur any more.'' CHE whole world has for a long time been boasting that civili? sation and Christianity have won the day. that the world gas become God's Empire nnd that the geeasinx? of the Millennium are our: to euJo>. Aid Conferences and Peace Council* and Peace Commlsslous have flared up for the moment, only to die down. The cry of "Peace, peace." has brought no peace. Wo are beginning to see that we bare been deceiving ourselves Into thinking that the nations of the earth are kingdoms of Cod. We are begin? ning to see that the Bible styles them "kingdoms of this world." kingdoms of The Gentiles, and that it tells us that "the Prince of this world" Is Satan. We see it all. The Kingdom of God, the Kingdom of Heaven, for which the Master taught us to pray, has not yet come. We are glad, however, that the Divine promise assures us that It teil/ come and explains to us that the All Wise Creator 1* now. first of all. pre? paring for his Kingdom by gnthertng from amongst mankind a worthy, saintly few. to be assot lates of their Klr.g and Redeemer In that Kingdom, by which the world is to be blessed. But all are not yet convinced of these Bible truths. To convince the more prejudiced nothing further should be necessary along these lines than to point out the difference between present conditions and those which the Scriptures declare will prevail when ne who redeemed the world by the sacrifice of Himself will take His great power and reign aa Messiah. In Our Favored Land The Putted States of America does Bjft lead the world In the size of its etandlng army and iu great bat? tleships. She has no need to do so. having no threat? ening Christian (?) n a 11 o n e to menace ber. Yet oven this nation. walled about by Rft?M E0BMURD thousands of ^ gg gjrgj gag mile, of ocean, is ^ making enor m U-FWW pjpjggja expenditures on account of war, aa the above diagram well Illustrates. One of the most modern of the bat? tleships of the United States Navy la named the .Vorfa Dakota, after one of the Rtatea. She cost $10.000.000. The mUnneapoli.* Journal shows what the money expended for this buttle ablp would have accomplished In the Btate for which she Is named. It would have provided $25.000 agri? cultural school and e lental farm In Its every county, with nn endow? ment fuud of $17f>.000 for each school, the Interest on which would have pro elded HM0O annually for tat mnm tenance of each school. Additionally. It would hnve left $1?000u000of nn endow nt for the State Agricultural College Mat US mi 4 i (attlttsip wouU <k> in a Itetc ' - ? aSSSBg The situation in Europe is still worse. Does not this preparation of the so galled Christian nations of the world to destroy one another prove that there is s mistake-that the term Christian been misapplied |g them'.' Nor enn auy that there is no danger, for il> uld lead to such costly pa rat Ions for wur. Pray For Messiah's Kingdom The hope for humanity Is the Mes elsnlc Kingdom The "mountain of ?be Lord's house" signifies the King dmi. of c, <1'm h use. Ills Church. It Will le? ?stabllshed III the top of or above the kingdoms of the world, it Mill be ? valred nue>ngst the nations end all peoples will flow to It There will be nn nttnu tlon in It for all. it will Rgsd tlo ui to ( limb upward. The attra Mori which will thus draw man kind will be the blessings of health ami restitution, which the Rlngdogfl win he peepafad la grant to all peoples gs they shall nun?? into hartnony with Its requirement** Act a 19 81 Thst Kingdom frill be closely identl fled with Tie- ZionNt movement and the Heij Laad The Kingdom it-?-if Will 1st spiritual, invisible to men, but Its earthly agents Will be Visible and Ifiey will be Jewish "Ye shall see Abraham. laaaC nnd Jacob and all the Prophets In the Kingdom." etc. (Mat! 0:11 ? The Jews, already Impulsed to ward the Land of Promise, will go thither in increasing numbers, and all of the faithful of them will go In sym paths and rapraaantatlvely, through financial assistance. The Isruclltlsh ho|w>s und ?i-ui es will attract that number strongly tlrst And gradually all the nations, learning of the grace Of God. nnd the blessings of restitution to be bestowed, will say. "Come, let us go up to the ? *jn11la of the Lord and to the hoUso of the Cod of .lac.ib; | | | H? will tea? h as (a< vrell as the Jewsi of Ills ways and we will walk in Ha paths Mrs .1 IV Ail 1 ? ? oa n fh'trt visit to regstrrea in Flog eaae> OLD CASE WILL BE DROPPPED. Diepenaus > Winding-Up Commlasloi to Pay gSS,g#Jg |o Carolina Glai Oosnpnny j Pafpara Granted. Columbia, May If.?Indlcatloni ai that soon, poselbly at a meeting till afternoon, the State Dispensary oom mission will return t-> tin- Carolin) Glass Company the $21,000, Impound ed by the old commlaslon al T. i Folder's suggestion, und drop the * as against the company altogether, Got. Bleaes this afternoon paroled oa condition that they leave the Stab D Copeland and s. Flneberg, ientenc ? d la Bpartanburg by Judge Aldrlcl In the fall of 1910, to one year am six we? ks. aaeh, for selling spectaole ander representations that they wer ?i>r. Calhonn and "Dr. Gantt." Th men refunded the money and also los the glasses which were admittedl; good glasses set in gold frames. Gov. Blease today also paroled Ti A. Blount. a car inspector of th Southern Railway, on condition tha he leave the State. Blount was con vi?-ted with Car Inspectior J. C, Jen kins of robbing tourists trunks at th Fnlon station here. Jenkins was re crntly paroled. Blount had serve-, nearly twelve months of his tlve-yea sentence. COMPARES IT TO STANDARD Oil Gov. Blease Talks Further on Cottoi Mill Merger. Columbia, May If,?Gov. Blease in an interview given out this after noon, oom paras the cotton rail! mar ggr, which hi attacked Saturday ii an Interview, t>> the Standard Oil cas just decided by the United States Su preme Court, when he says: "It i safer for the authorities to tak charge of the matter now than to wai until, like the Standard Oil case, th people of the United States have t< appeal to their Supreme Court to re llevo them from their burdens whi< ] will be brought upon them, not onl: in South Carolina, but in the entir South, by this merger." Governor Blease also calls attentioi to tho fact that a resolution directlm the Attorady General to Inquire int< the mill merger was Introduced int? the General Assembly at the last ses i.lon. This resolution is still on th j Senate Calendar, not having beet passed. N The Interview given out today b; the Governor is as follows: "1 am receiving many letters am personal congratulations approving my course in calling attention to th dangers of the mill merger. If th mills are in stu b a deplorable Condi ttOg financially, it is strange to m that the stock is held above par, am then you can hardly buy it; furthei even six months the mill people ar delighted to publish what high dlvl d. ads they are paying. Tliis seem to me to be proeperlty, and no cans whatever for reducing the wages o 11 poor people w ho ;i re making th mono) for them, or for closing dowi two or three day- of the week and de prlvtng them of work. Which, s un. times, oauaes suffering. "Demagogues and politicians ma not be aide to move wheels In factor lea, but i have an Idea thai if torn of them were to make an appeal the might be able to cause a good man, of the whe, ls to stop, partlcularl, when the) convince those who ar turning the wheels that they, at th anal <>f their children's health an? Uvea, are making some Other POOpI rich. "Mr. Smyth, in his Interview 01 the merger, used the word "sequence J When soon- people see the injury tha ihi> mill noTger will do, then DOS slhly tiny will see what a 'seipunc ha I think, If the records are exam Inad thev win show that ? resolu lion was Introduced stt the laal Leu Mature to look Into this mill merge 1 but was not acted upon. ' It Is safer for the authorities t InkS charge of the matter now tha it will be to wait until, like in th Standard case, the people of the Fni tad States have to appeal to thei Supreme Court to relieve them fror the burdens which Will hi brough upon them, not only in South Caro linn, but In the entire South, by thi merger. "it is not a personal matter, bit one in Which all people who ate no controlled or owned Ly the mill should be Interested, and the farmer and laboring people In particular, Th newspapers, as usual, may try t rioud the issue by lying on tue. n ropoatlng the llei of others, but th people are on lo the newspapers, u I was fully shown lasl September." lie sure your slna will find you out r your wife will, which la just a dreadful a late. Atlanta ^Journal. j He pa s ted a cottage with a doubl i oa < h - house a cottage of r ? utility; a ml he oa ned a Ith a grin Th il his favoi its sin la pride thai api s humility, ?Bouthey, STANDARD TO OBEY DECREE. .i\s ii will be Some Time Before Scheme i? Published. NVw Y<?rk, May 16.?The first word I ii?id the Standard Oil company ?ai ; the decision <>f the supreme courl igainsi it yesterday came today, it makes two points clear: First?That there will be no con? tumacy by the company??It proposes to obey the decree. Second?That it will be some time before any plans of reorganisation are uiven out. The company insisted throughout that no plans had been formulated in advance Of the decree and a statement made today by Mortimer F, Elliott, general solicitor of the company, takes the same attitude. ?'Having only before US the press report! of Chief Justice White's oral Opinion and the remarks of Justice Harlan, and not having yet seen the opinion of the court in full, it is im poaalble to make any lengthy state? ment," reads the statement. "The full opinion must 1 e read and studied by my associates and by myself be before it can be Intelligently dealt with. "It may. however, be said that the Standard Oil company will obey the decree of the court and that all of the companies embraced In the court's decree Will carry on their business as usual under the direction of their own officers and through their own cor? porate organization." William Rockefeller, one of the vice presidents of the Standard OH company, said: "At this time I can not say a thing about the decision, All We can do Is to hope the decision is for the best." a meeting of the directors and the officers of t:i ? company was held at its office today, attended by John G. ? Miiburn. special counsel, but no state. 1 ment further than that made by e William Rockefeller was forthcoming, o 4 LABOR LEADERS WIN. Supreme Court Reverses Sentence of Gompers, Mitchell nnd Morrison. Washington, I >. C, May 15.?Sam? uel Compere, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, president, vice pres? ident and Secretary Of the American Federation of Labor respectively stepped from without the shadow of the jail when the supreme court of the United states set aside their sen t< nee of imprisonment for contempt growing out of the litigation between the Bucks stove ami Range Com? pany and the federation. The high? est tribunal In the land has left with the lower court, however, the right to reopen the contempt proceedings. This grant Of power probably will n< t be accepted and the case prac? tically ' tided with today's decision. The basis of the court's decision was that the proceeding brought agalnat the labor officers was for civil contemept, which could be punished only by the imposition of a fine. The sentence of the lower court to im? prisonment was the penalty for crim? inal o mtempt and in the premises it was, therefore, not a legal punish? ment. $90,000 COR WINTHROP, Pea bod v Hoard Allots That Sum to \ South Carolina school. Columbia, May 17,??Former Gover? nor Ansel who returned this morning '' i Qreenvllie ft.i Waahlngton and New York, said the committee of the Peabody Board had recommended hat In the distribution of 12,800,000 re? maining of the Peabody fund, 190, nun he given Winthrop College. CARPENTER LANDS t.noit JOB. \mlerson Editor fines to Washing? ton?Mr. Bairon's Loss, Washington, May 16.?Through the Influence of Representative Alken ami Lever, Editor A. M. Carpenter, <?f the Anderson Dally Mail, has obtained a desirable position in the library Of the House of Representatives, Greensboro, x. <\, is the fist city to make age of the recall provision of the commission charter, The new commission elected a chief of police In secrei and the citIsens will recall the election of the commission because the law forbid the election of officers in Beeret. We like the commission ??. rnment better than we thought ??? e dl I, A |>< rson does nol realise po ! . i. s unl I he sei s them pul to use in a way that makes him en? vious, Chontw Chronicle. The \\.h ow Wll ?oh l.in for the pre Idenc) in 1912 Ii gaining weight every day aeeordlni to reports Bent ? on i>) papers from all puts of the man I1. R, Klnh ] are backing Rx-Clo> Ansel, a h.. - a ? undldate to sure, od i 'nlted Male- I dsti i. i Judge W. 11 llrawley, who resigned Tuesday, <;ooi>\\lVs PARTNER GETS Ills. Frank Ryan, Vila a Professor Claborn, etc., Arrested for Larceny by New \ ork Police. Prank Ryan, who is kribwn here aa the man who put up tin- bond for Goodwin, when that person was rest? ing In the county jail after being brought back here from the place to which he fled when he left Sumter, has been arrested in New York city on the charge of larceny. Ryan has many aliases, chief aimmg which are: Professor B. J. Claborn, Prof. Jamea G. Redfern. William 1*. Collins, and he is wanted In about half a dozen different places for thefts committed while practicing his trade as a clairvoyant or as a dealer In stocks. The present arrest was made on the charge <>f F. A. Whitney who was robbed of $2,000! which he had given Collins, as Ryan was know then, to buy stock for him. A message has been received by the New York police that Ryan is want? ed in Boston for robbing a woman there of $3,00?? when the present case against him in New York is disposed of. NORTHWESTERN CASE AT CAM DEN. Railroad Commission Takes Testimony in the Complaint Against Railroad's ?Equipment and Service. Camden, May 16.?The railroad commission, compos* d of Messr s. Caughman, Richardson and Hampton, T. C. Bumpkin, secretary, and Miss Moore, stenographer, was here today to hear tile complaint of the poor service of the Xorthwestc-rn railway. The Northwestern was represented by J. B. Lylea of Columbia and B. B. ciark of this city. The chamber of commerce, which made the com? plaint was represented by B. a. Witt kowsky. The testimony of the witnesses was that the equipment of the road was out of date, and the coaches kept in a very disorderly condition and often I not lighted at nights, and that the train was nearly always from one to four hours Late, although it traveled only thirty miles. The witnesses said that the coaches were not heated in cold weather nor was there any Ice water In coaches as required by law. There were about a hundred per? sons present at the hearing, which lasted all morning. The attorneys will argue the mat? ter before the commissioners In Co? lumbia at an early date. They will also argue at an erly date that the voad is under the con? trol and a branch of the -Atlantic Coast Bine railway. The following were examined to? day: D. a. Boykin, C. J. Shannon. Jr.. S. M. Mathis, local agent of rail? way, L. T. Mills. W. R. Eve, Jr.. B. ii. Boykin. B. W. Boykin. W. P. Gelser all of this city. C. J. GUUard of Dalsell, a. b. Moore of Rembert, John Wilson, of Sumter. superlntend dent Of the Northwestern, and Thom? as Wilson, president of the North? western. PEACE POSSIBLE IN MEXICO. Mexican Officials Consider End of Revolution Near. Mexico City, May 1"?.?Falling just a little short of a definite statement that the terma proposed by the revo? lutionists had been acceded to today, Government officials tonight express? ed the opinion that peace was more nearly assun d than at any time since the Insurrection began. Negotiations were proceeding, it was said, on an entirely new basis. A proposal trans? mitted from the rebel leaders through Judge Carabaja] was gone over by the President yesterday, a counter proposition was submitted last night. Upon the nature of the reply, awaited tonight from the North, appeared to depend the BUCCeSI Or failure of the new peace campaign. No inkling of the contents of the new proposition for pv ace could be obtained. The delicate nature of the matters under consideration, it was pointed out, required thai every effort he made to avoid a misconstruction be? ing placed upon the concessions of ??ither side. I "All that l am at liberty to state," s?tl Minister De ha Barra, "la that progress Is being made along a line which will preserve the dignity and honor of the Government and which will probably result In an agreement for the greatest good ? f th? nation." The minister intimated that tomor? row might l"- expected I - witness th-? consummation of tie peace agree? ment. Wh. i her the ne> otiations sin . . ? rl or fall, i he fa< I tha I they w ere In progress worked a marked change In t he public mind toda The late ?u ? w hieh t he popula? e ha.- been I hr< w u ; I . ....... ... . , I . ,. ,i j, , I .,nd tin I I dciits ? >i the ? I ty weni ahoui their ??I I fa it s In :i n >rmal state ol ml nil. NEW TRAIN SERVICE roll FLOR? ENCE. Through Service From Chicago Ar? ranged <h( r Cony I Line's New Con? nect ion W it h West. Florence, May is.? By advices re reived in the city from the Chi fo bureau of the Association of Coin merce, it is seen, that a thorough > train service has been arranged for I over the Coast Line's new connect ?n from Chicago to Florence. It is un? derstood to mean that this city will t he made the distributing point to the Smith Atlantic. The service will be a fast freight straight through to the Queen City of the Pee Dee from the Queen City of the Great Lakes. Great expectations ire built up on this ser? vice, especially in the matter of brokerage and wholesale business here, and in the return freight :n truck and other produce of this sec? tion. The service will be by the Big Four, Norfolk & Western and Coast Line The ears will arrive in Florence the fifth morning out from Chicago. The car leaving Chicago Friday will be a refrigerator car. From this point cars will be sent out to Columbia, Charleston, Wilming? ton and to Florida and ill points. The service is to be started on the 20th. BRIDE AT ETGn rY-POI R. Mrs. Nancy Minis and Preston Bet tison Married. Barnwell, May IT.?A marriage of unusual interest from several stand ? points occurred several miles from : Barnwell at the home id' Call Mitch i ell Sunday, the 1 Ith inst.. when Mrs. j Xane> Minis was married to Preston I Bettlson, Magistrate M. C. Kitchings ! of Wiliiston performing the cere? mony. The bride has vached her I 84th milestone of life's journey, while ( 71 years have passed over the head ? of the groom. This is Mrs. BettlSOn'S , fourth matrimonial venture and the ( second for the groom. The courtship j is said to have been very short, con sistlng of only one call from Mr. Bet j ttson. The happy couple will make , their future home in Rosemary town? ship, this county. Fifty people wit? nessed the ceremonv. 1_ Rocky Bluff News Note-. Rocky Bluff, May 1S.?We are still I having dry, hot weather. The wind I andn sand storm that visited sumter j Saturday came here too, but the ? rain was very light, though it helped i the gardens and crops some. .They j are now suffering as bad as be fore. j 1 have never heard of so many 1 fires before as th< re have been this year. <>n Friday night Mr. John J. Jen 1 1 kins, only a few miles from here, on j on the DarZell road, lost bis barns, ami everything in them, his stables, and all his horses am? mules. Tiler ? was only a small Insurance on the buildings. Saturday afternoon Peter I Anderson an old negro who lives up I near Oswego, lost his barn witn all of his hay. fodder and corn. Hbj ?stables were burned also, hut the j mules and horse were saved. Xobody knonws how either tire started. Mr. Basel Hat field of Concord spent Sunday with Mr. Charlie Josey. Mr. J. J. Hatfleld and family spent ; Sunday in Sumter with Mr. J. S. Ken ? nedy and family. Mrs. W. R. Wells is quite sick. To Beekeepers.. The A. [. Root Co.. Medina, Ohio, are offering a six month's trial sub? scription to Gleanings in Bee Cul? ture and a free book on bee keeping and their 1911 catalogue of >>ee riip pltes all for twenty-five cents. ! Qleanlngs In Bee culture is the leading publication of its kind in this country, is issued twice a month for $1.00 a year. It la handsomely ; printed and lllui 'rated. I Address The ,\. 1. Root Co., Medt I Ina, Ohio. In writing mention this paper, i ^_ Somebody decorated Phil Sheri j dan's statute in Washington With S lace night-cap. The kind of nightcap ! Sheridan used in life had a bead on it.?Pittsburg Sun. BEEKEEPERS' St'PPLIES. 1 have decided to keep on hand a stock of Hives, Frames, Sections, : 1 mh Foundations, Smokers, Vt?s. Gloves, Etc.j for Beekeepers, and will order anj goods nol in stock. I These goods are made by the A. 1. ttoot Co., the largest and most re , liable manufacturers of Apiarian Sup? plies In this country. Catalogue will Im furnii h' .i < n applb atlon. Vlso on hand Boots A 13 C and X Y 55 of Beekeeping 1 ric< 11.50, 1 >y mall 2f? cents additions l. 11 :? ou are i keepi ng bees In the old \\ n v. get tin-- 1.k, and learn to do it In tic iu 1! roved way. X. <;. ? >STEEN, Daily Item Office, Sumter, S, C. ii amu. DICK t<> YOKOll am *. Kumter Boy, Designated as Consular Assistant, Will Leave for Japan Within Few Days. Washington, May 18.?ilaseil Dick of Sumter, who was designated some time ago to be s coasuar assistant of tie- United Stat?s government, and tvho has been In Washington for the last few months receiving Instructions from the State department regarding his future duties, today received in structlons to proceed at once to Yoko? hama, Japan. Mr. Dick will visit his family at Sumter for a few days, and will then set out for his long jourm y. He will sail from San Fran o on June 6 and assume his duties upon landing at Yokohama. Bernard Manning, also or Sumter, is another South Carolinian who will soon receive similar instructions. He does not yet know where he will he sent. Today his father. Mr. ft. I. Man? ning, spent the day with him, return? ing home this afternoon. asks TO REOPEN LORIMER cask. Illinois Senate Wants More Probing in Senate. Springfield. 111.. May 18.?Declar? ing that William Forimer's election to the United States senate was brought about by bribery and coruption, and that the gravity of the situation in? volving the integrity and good name of Illinois and the welfare of the country demands further investiga? tion, the Illinois senate today, by a vote <?f 81 to 10. adopted a resolution asking thai the United States senate reopen the Lorimor investigation. La Pollctte to Respond. Washington, May 18.?Senator La Pollette today gave notice to the sen? ate that on Monday he would call up his resolution providing for a spe? cial committee to investigate charges growing out of the election of Senator Lorimer of Illinois. FIVE day tri ( i in MEXICO. Armistice Covering Whole Country is Declared. El Paso, Texas. May IT.?At 11 o'clock tonight Judge Carabajal re? ceived instructions from Mexico City to sign an armistice which provisional President Madero already had signed earlier today. A general armistice of five days is now in effect throughout Mexico. ORIGINATOR OF BLOOMERS dfa1> She Was the Oldest "New Woman" in the Country. Vim land. N. J.. May 18.?Miss Su? san F. Fowler, the "bloomer wo niiin," is dead at Yineland. X. J. She was eighty-sov< n years old, ,and she donned the bloomer costume sixty nine years ago. when it bid fair to be? come popular under the adovcacy of BUCh women as Susan F.. Anthony, Elisabeth Cady Btanton, Lucy Stone and others in the Onelda Community of New York, although she never ac? cepted any of the doctrines of that community. After all, Doc Wiley will find the best headache remedy is to decline all invitations.?Birmingham News. But the Mexican insurgents never will be popular with the ladies until tiny discard their overalls and get bright, gold-braided uniforms. Mr. Taft has also begun a great peace movement to avoid war in the Republican party. Woodrow Wilson finds that the West likes a man who is not afraid to speak right out in meeting. Temperature and humidity deter? mine weather, solemnly observes a weather sharp. This exonerates the Sunday school picnic.? Pittsburg Sun. WINTHROP COLLEGE Scholarship and Entrance Examina? tion. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col? lege and f >r tin- admission of new stmbnts will be held at the County Court House on Friday. July 7. at :* a. m Applicants must be not less than fifteen years of ago. When scholarships are vacant after July they will be awarded to those mak? ing the highest average at this ex antlnation, pro* id d they no et the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should w ril : i Pr< -nb ut Johnson Ix fore the ? - u-.it.r for scholarship examina? tion and Ion will 1. For fur talogue, ad i. Rock Bir.