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< ni \< ii i>i < 11>t s n\ rt i:si> \\ n?lKi\MN(. ITS MAT MKtT INti. THK PVKCIIASE OF M To F.NGINF.. I . f?th\ ami lli?( I>|h4U.-vhIoh Im (nun dl 1 hambcr on Work und the Xeeds of the Fire lH-|wrtmoni? "Hau Nothing ut All. not even u LarioVr."?Council IIa?* F.xncmlcd n<> Mono\ ou Tin* Department. Th? discussion ?f the Are depart? ment. I i needs. Its wants and Its ehort-comlngs, by City Council Tues? day ntsht was by far the most In? ter es tins* topic brought before Coun? cil for their consideration The dis? cussion was begun by Alderman Glenn, the chairman of the fire com mitte??, when he stated that the fire department had to have aome help, and that he would move that the first Tuesday after the next meeting of Council be appointed as the da e for the hearing by Council of the various representatives of the manu? facturing companies and that Coun? cil by then be reidy t.< pur<-b;is.< least an automobile fire engine and hose wagon with chemical engine at? tached. The dlscuaalon from the time this t motion was made until It was passed u . edlngly warm. Mr. Olenn and Mr. MeatetVtf both stated moat emphatically that?In Mr. Glenn's word.*? the cltv haa purchased dur? ing the administration of the pros ?k ent council not a God's thing for the fire department." Mr. Glenn stated that the condition of the fire depart mevt at present wsa as bad as It could possibly he, for the department had nothing and could do nothing In case of a big Are. The discussion commenced when H Mr. Olenn waa called upon to report for ths Are committee. He said th ?? he had been working ever since he had been on the fire committee to get Insurance rstea In flumter lowered. He had not yet been succeaaful and he never would be unices the g#e department was better equipped. He said thst every department except hia had asked for appropriations for cer? tain thlnga and had aecured them. He bad asked and been refused. He now wanted to aak Council for the laat time *o get equipment for the Are ' depar'ment. The fire department was the poor eet ?qulpped one In the State for a city he slse of Sumter, and was to ? tally Inadequate to do the work ex? pected of it. If there should happen to hi two fires at one time. It would be Impossible to light hut one of I them. The other one would hav? to burn until the first one was extin? guished. The horses were old and could not take more than one run a night, snd one wagon was In such condition that none of the firemen would ride on It. There were va? rious other wants, and things that the lire department did not have, too numerous to mention. Mr. MrKelver seconded all that Mr. Olenn h id sail and told a num ber of other thlnga about the fire de per'ment whb h were of Interest but s which were true. Mr. Cuttlno thought that the Mre department needed to be reorganised. He aald that there was no inter* -' displayed by the members of the fire department. The thlnga that they had were not proprly kept and he not see that the city ought to snythlng to the fire department un*il there were more active n.. ruhers and the members displayed more |n tereat. The lark of Interest of the department was ahown at the t Are on Hampton avenue, when It took fhe engine a long time to get If the Are and then more than tve mlnu'e* to *et it t0 working. He said th it there was an Instiran adjuster in the cltv thnt day apd he thought that If he had seen the work of the Are department on that oc? casion rate? would hav. been I Inatead of lowered. Mr. Booth said that there waa lack of profjej managenn r r gg list part of the Are department of what was In their possession. If the fire depart? ment did not know how to keep and to use whit tin y now had. he did not see why anything more nhould be purchased for them. Mr. Glenn and Mr. McKeiveff bOttl Joined In In stating that the Are de? partment hid nothing to keep and that there had not been bad manage? ment on the part of the department at the W. J. Andrewa Are. as stated by Mr. Booth, but lack of material with whPh to Aght the Are Again and again Mr. McKeiver and Mr OtfgSJ repeated that the Are de? partment had nothing and now was \ the time to g >t equipment. It was either equipment soon, or "bust" soon. The Are department, one of the most Important departments In the city, waa "up agntn?t the wnl and would be unable to do what waa wanted of it tinlesa the desired e.|tilp ment waa purchased. As Mr. Wilder put it In sumniinR up the question. "Some day one part of the town would burn up while the Are department was tony fighting another Are elsewhere, or trying to get |o the Are (?n the out? skirts of the city." Mr. Mcl^aurln stated that it was utterly Impossible for the city to purchase a fire engine this year. All lorinip fur this year w.\s ahead., pledged, gnd be was not in favof of Violating the law by ordering things that the of y had no means of paying f.?r. He was in favor of getting the equipment, but advised that it be postponed until next year. Mr. (?lenn stated In answer to this proposition his original motion* He ^ald that If the bids were received and cone over at the nevt meeting of OoUBCi] It would be th?? first of Feb? ruary before the automobile tire en? gine and hose wagon could get here as It would take not less than 90 days to get it nave from the factory and it would have to be tried out for 30 i {ft following its arrival, before Its acceptance. Mr. Mc Kelver pointed out that it was the automobile combination fire engine and hose wagon which was needed. He pointed out that it was on the outskirts of the city that fires wore most dangerous, where the wa? ter pressure was not sufficient of lt? COtf to throw a heavy stream of wa? ter on the fire. He thought that It would be economy to purchase the combination engine which could *be connected up right away upon Itfl ar? rival g| the tire and the pressure ap? plied. There was some further diseussion before the motion was called for snd passad unanimously. INVENTION To SAVE FARMER* New Guano Distributor Invented by \. (i. Kllerbc of This County. Mr. N. G. Ellerbe of Hagood, this county, la the inventor of a new kind ot guano distributor which ho has used for one year and which he haf found to do the work of two ma? chine* with half as much labor. The distributor Is somethlug new and will, it is hoped, when put on the ? .arket, be the means of savng the farmer one-half of the work in dis? tributing his fertilizer. It is made so that it will drop the fertilizer in two rows or on each side of the cot? ton or corn at the same time, thus saving tho farmer the labor of one mule and man. The machine is so arranged that it can be b ngthened etil or drawn in nearer t .gether bo as to distribute the two streams of fertiliser st any required distance. It bus two fifty pound hoppers, which make it the equal of any two ordi? nary machines. It Is light and can easily be handled by one man. The machine Is very much on the name style as the Victor mixing ma? chine, which has three hoppers and mixes the fertilizer as it distributes It along the rows. But whereas the Victor machine distributes only one stream of fertilizer, the Ellerbe ma cblno does not mix the fertilizer, and distributes two streams of the fertiliz? er. Whereas both are labor saving devices, one saves the work of a hand outside of the field, tho other saves tho work of a hand and mule in the field. Mr. Ellorbe stated Saturday that he had applied for a patent but as it would probably be more than a year before it was secured the machlno would probably not be on the mar v- t for a number of years. He said that he had tried to Interest parties In the machine, but as yet had fail? ed to get tho necessary financial aid for tho manufacture of tho machine, tie *uid that he had not yet thought ? >f a name for tho new machlno, but ?hat he sup,, .sed tnat he would call It tho Ellorbe I^abor Saving fluano iMsitibutor, or ?OUBOthtWg to the ef? fect* Ho said that he had used the i .a< bine one year on his farm near HagOOd and that he had found It to work ?seellently, Many of his neigh of! to whom he had shown the ma ? tune had boon pleased with Its uorklng and had told him tha if be would manufacture some o( the m 11 bines they would at once pur i h ISS SOI SffaJ from him. lie bad been advised by various farm implement manufacturers to pill Up Several Of the machines and giv.' then Hound to his neighbors and get their recommendations, after Which he would have no trouble in lotting the money put up for the manufacture of the machines. Ha l thought that he would ?ry this plan, hut had not yet positively decided M to what b. WOUld do to get the dll irlbuter on the market NOW H a good time for the local merehanta and store-keepers to get tnetf premises free from accumula? tions of trash, old boxes and su' h rijbbUh. as one of Mr. McMastor's deputies will be In the city some time soon to Inspect the conditions with their leOtSOfl to tire rl?ks. and th^ city should make as good a show? ing as possible. When the last ln Speotlon Was mole, accumulations of Irs*!l wore reported at the rear In and In tie- upstairs rooms of a number of stores. Marry Thaw says that no one Is iii.er that he is. We must be a "rnzy lot?Philadelphia inquirer. BALTIMORE CONCERN READY TO START WORK ON GAS PLANT. To Add Policeman lor Outskirts oJ I iiiy?1?> Hs\c Moving Pictures Taken Later ? To Gat Bids On I Auto Engine?Various Reports pad OthOff Matters. City Council met Tuesday at 8 I>. m. t<? discuss various matters re? lating tO the city's welfare. The principal matters discussed were the granting of a franchise to the Bal? timore Utilities Company of Balti? more, the needs of the tire depart? ment and the establishment of pub? lic closets. I All members of Council were pre? sent when the session was called to 'order, this being the first meeting in ! several months which all members 'attended. The various matters were Itaken up and disposed of in the fol? lowing order: Mr. Barnet FlnlekSteln asked per? mission to make alteration in the i ? front of the building on the south? west corner ?>f Main und l>ugan 'streets* He was granted bis request (upon condition that the Insurance 1 rates were not Increased. j a letter from Mr, D. James Wlnn was re ui. Mr. Wlnn complained of the danger of cltisens from auto? mobiles which wer.- exceeding the speed limit He said that he had had ,i very narrow escape from two auto? mobiles- w hich were coming at gr< at ? peed from Opposite directions. He asked that Council do something to protect citizens living on the out? skirts of the city. Mr. Wright stated that the police i had been after these automobile or I dinance violator! lately and has ar? rested several of them. He asked, howev< r. that aru extra policeman be appointed by Council for the purpose of watching and running down these I violators of the law. Mr. McLaurin [stated that he thought that an extra I policeman ought to be appointed to be placed on the outskirts of tho city 1 to protect the Inhaltants living there. ' The motion to appoint an extra po I I iceman for this purpose was passed unanimously. letters and telegrams from Mr. Edward I*. Hieha and others were read and received as Information. A franchise and a gas ordinance was submitted by Mr. Rieha for the con? sideration of the city. He said that if there were any changes to be made In It he would be glad to come , on later and go over tho franchise with Council and agree upon such a franchise as would be satisfactory to both parties, the city and the Balti? more Utilities Company.' The fran? chise waa referred to a committee consisting of Messrs. McLaurin, Mc Kelver and Cuttino, to be carefully considered and gone over and for them to make a report upon it at the noxt meeting of Council. Mr. Kleba stated in one of his tele? grams that he had made a tlnal trade with Messrs. Bartlotte-Heyward and Company and had bought all of their property in this city. A letter from The Bumter Lighting Company was read and received as, informal ton, The leter was from Mr. Strauss, the attorney for the corporation, and requested that the City Council delay the granting of a franchise to other parties as the Lighting Company was already in the city and wanted to got the franchise a little later for themselves. This letter was tut considered by Coun? cil as It was thought best to have a new enterprise in the olty and that the consumers would get better ser? vice by competition. ! As Mr. Strauss was representing the Bumter Lighting Company in their effort to secure the ?as franchis -. Mr, Jennings was elected olty attor-1 rev during the examination of tin Kas franchise submitted by the Balti? more concern. Mr. Booth reported for the com? mits! <?n Public Works. He said that he had purchased by competitive bids ? oar load of cement and a mowing machine, which was needed i j (he city, The mowing machine; wa i purchased from tho Boyle Live Stock Company for |44.60, as the other two competitors had refused t<> make any stipulated price for repairs. Mr. Glenn stated that the Chamber of Commerce Intended taking mov-j lug pictures In this city the latter] part of tills week, He asked that Council pass ;i resolution asking the Chamber of Commerce to delay the taking of the pictures until the work on Main street was farther advanced. He thought that it would be a bad Idea to take the pictures nOW as the Main street would not show up well with nil of the 'and. on it and In its present condition. This resolution was passed. At this point Mr. Lee was request? ed to stato why it was thai tin- sand had not been removed from the street after it had been there ten days as allowed In the specifications of the contra?t. II,. said that tho sand had boon allow t il to r emain on 'he Street gg |t Would d-lay the ad fanes Ol the work to have It removed now and ho had, after consulting with Mr. McKeiver, allowed it to remain until it could be removed Without causing any delay in the advance of the work. It was not a hard matter to clean OUt the sand traps and they w 'i<M have t<> be cleaned out anyway. Mr Glenn reported that the fire committee bad examined the old hose expander belonging to Mr. H. W. Hood, but did not think it best to buy it for the price. The committee had therefore purchaaed a new* ex? pander for $25. He said that one of the fir*- depart? ment horses w;ii sick and that a bor? rowed mule was now being sed by tho department He said that fur? ther arrangements for gelling horses 4o pull the wagons to any tires which might occur had to be made Wednes? day. Mr. Glenn then made a further request that Council purchase an au? tomobile hose truck and Chemical en? gine combined for $0,000. After sum ? discussion it was decided that the first Tuesday in October be ap? pointed as the t\n\3 when Council will receive bids and consider the purchase Of ths needed tire ap? paratus. Mr. McLaurln made the report for Lite Finance committee, as made out by the Clerk and Treasurer for lha months of July and August, lie pointed OUt the fact that, money in l?ie treasury was rapidly diminishing and emphasised the necessity of cur* b ug expenses until after the fall .taxes came in He said that the tax? es for the year had been anticipated to such an extent that practically n .ihlng was left to meet running expenses. He thought additional money would have to be borrowed to run the city until January. Mr. lt. L. Wright read the report of the Polles Committee. He stated that a new policeman was needed by the city and he requested that Coun? cil appoint Special Policeman G. D. Hatehell. After the matter was con? sidered for some timo definite action was postponed because of tho fact that permission had alreday been given to appoint a policeman for one month to work on the outskirts of the city and at the end of that time Mr. Wright stated that he would bring the matter up again. Mr. Wright reported that Dr. E. S. Booth had offered to superintend the trimming of trees on Hampton ave? nue, if the city would furnish a man to do the work. Mr. Wright was or? dered to supply the man. Mr. Glenn reported that the Sum ter Lighting Company had offered to cross the arches at the corner of Main and Liberty streets with one 200-power light in the center, one of the arches to burn all night and the other until 12 o'clock. The com? pany was willing to do this work for $7.f?0 a month. It would mean that the arc light now at the corner could be removed to any part of the city and the two arches would make a better appearance than a single string of lights, which was all that the company had promised to erect. The cost to the city would simply be the difference between the five dol? lars a month It Is now paying fo" the ainglo arc light and the $7.;i0 it would pay for the arc and at the same time It would mean the erec? tion of a new light without eost at some other part of the city. The proposition was accepted. Mr. McT^aurin oomplaind of getting poor service from the Lighting Com? pany. Ha said thai the service was had generally in his neighborhood and ha thought that the c ity ought to take some action to secure better service. Mr. McLaurln asked that tho cltj police department uae especial vigil? ance in enforcing the vagrancy law as there waa much need of labor and there appeared to be many negro, s loafing on the streets. Mr. McKeiver stated that he had not started work on the public toilets as they would cost between $300 and $500 and be wanted to know where the money was coming from before the work was done. The matter was delay.?(! for action until thja next meeting of Council when further action would be taken after -Mr. Mc? Keiver ascertained the exact coat of the buildings. Mr. Booth reported for the special committee which had been appoint? ed several months ago to take up and report on the re? quest of Mr. J. W. McKeiver to renew the lease for another ten years on the old storehouse beulldlng near the old ('. S. and N. railroad which is now used by Mr, McKeiver in his factory bualness, The committee had looked over the situation and could not see its way clear to gr int Mr. McKelver'a requeat, and an adverse report was made Action on the mat? ter was postponed until a latei meet? ing of Council after Mr McKeiver bad time to think over the matter and de < id., what arrangementa would bs satisfactory to him. \ number of hills were read and ordered paid. The r. pott of the Water Works was read and received as information. There are times when Dollar Dip? lomacy looks Ilka thirty cents.? N. w York World. NEGRESS EVANGELIST HERE. Negro Woman Claim.*; to Have Talked With the Lord. , i - Prom the Daily Item, Sept. 9. There arrived in Sumter last night B colored evangelist, Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, as she styles herself, who spent most of today trying to secure permission to preach on the street or at some public place where she could attract a crowd. She claims that the storm is not all over and that she has come to warn the people here to prepare for more of it. The Williams woman Is originally from this county, out has been doing evangelistic work ever since 1884. She has been in almost every' city in this State and in a great many of those In North Carolina while doing her work. She claims that the Lord sp'-aks to her and that she always goes and does what he tells her to do When she first started out r-ho always walked from ono place to another, but she says that now the people with whom she Stays always give her enough money to ride on the train. She said that she Intended to ?preach in sonic of the churches here omorrow,, While trying to obtain permission from one of the county officials to preach on the court house square, she talked at considerable length, tell in>,r all about her mission, and how She talked with the Lord. Misses Evans Entertain? Kembert. Sept. 11.?Misses IIa Mae and Lena Evans entertained a number o<* 'heir friends last Friday evening in onor of their friend, Miss Helen Conlon of Charleston. Several games were played during the evening and oil seemed to enjoy themselves. The engagement of Attorney Gen? eral J. Fr?ser Lyon, of South Caro? lina, and Miss Kathleen Greenwood, of West Newton, Mass., has been an? nounced in the Boston newspapers. The marriage will occur this fall. According to the latest figures the per capita wealth In the United States is $1,359, but the estimate may have been made before the vacation sea? son began.?Pittsburg Gazette Times. TARRED \M> FEATHERED t.lltL. Tight Men and Boy* Arrested for Maltreating School Teacher. Shady Band, Kan., Sept. 9.?Kight men and hoys have been arrest? d and placed under bond for alleged con? nection with tarring and feathering of a young school teaeher, Miss Mary chamberlain, ten days ago. A strong effort has been made to keep the matter quiet but County Atorney Mc AndleSS refused to allow the affair to go uninvestigated. The trials of sev? eral of the suspects have been set for next month. Other arrests are expec ted. The men arrested are Ed? ward Ricord, E. G. Clark, A. M. Slmms, John Schmidt. Watson Scran ton. Jay Fitz-Water, Chester Andei lon and Delbert Kindlesparger. Miss Chamberlain belongs to a prominent family. The only excuse given for the affair is that she "had talked about" other women of the community. It is charged that one of the men under arrest took Miss Chamberlain for a ride in a buggy and that upon reaching a lonely spot on the road he stopped the buggy and ran into the woods. Several men who had gone to the place on motor? cycles, it is said, took Miss Chamber? lain from the buggy, removed prrt of her clothing, applied the tar and feathers and left her. Her escort re? turned Inter and drove Miss Chamber? lain back to her boarding house. Miss Chamberlain was not seriously injur? ed. Two of the boys already found guilty in the Justice of the Peace court and sentenced each to three months in jail have appealed to the District Court and are out on bond. Edward Ricord, who took the girl to the spot where tho attack was made, is serving a sentence of a year in jail for his part in the affair. The public schools of the city will re-open on Monday, September ISth. The city bell will ring at 8:30. School opens at 8:50. The first day counts in the record of perfect attendance. It is important therefore, that all of the pupils should be promptly on hand the first day. Omaha adopts the commission form of government perhaps to do away with the middleman.?St. Louis Republic. Atlantic Coacft Line THE STANDARD RAILROAD OF 1 HE SC11H RAMIFIES THE ?3?- "NATION'S GARDEN SPOT" THROUGH IUB ITHE STATES OF VIRGiNIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA* 6E0R6IA J ALA 3AMA AND FLORIDA POUR FAMOUS TRAINS. 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