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HUSHES FOR PRESIDENT. ?AID TO BK I II! C HOR K OF RK PVHLH AN PKOUKKSSIVKS. La Follette Will Withdraw And Sup. I ort Supn mo Court Justier, Ih Rc I?ort?R4>o*e\clt To stay Neutral Battimor? Sun. New York. Sept. 12.?The so-called progressive wing of the Republican: party. wh|ch has opened political | headquarters in Washington to <>i - j pose tho renomlnatlon of reslder t Taft, will early in the year, concon- | tra:e Its forces In an effort to bring about the nomination of Charts Evans Hughes, formerly Oovernor cf New York and now Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Stated, aa the Republican candidate for the Presidency, hi the information which reached The Sun correspondent to? day from a trustworthy source. Senator Robert If. La Follette. of Wisconsin, it Is said, will withdraw from the contest and support Justice Hughes In the national convention. Progressive or Insurgents In th? Republican ranks. Including Senators and Represent 1?'vee In Congress. ha\e agreed. It Is said, to begin the work of building an effective organ lsa Ion within the next few months in the SlMe* supposed to be controlled by the "atandpat" element of the party. Before the contest begins for the election of delegates to the nat? ional convention .It Is said Senator La rollette will announce hla with? drawal from the contest and States controlled by the progressives will name delegate* Instructed for Justice Hughes. Those who have kept Informed >n to the plans of the opponents of Pre* Idert Taft assert that the progres? sives consider that Justice Hughes 1? the strongest candidate which the In? surgents can put forward In an ef? fort to defeat Mr. Taft for a renoml ? nation. W. L. Howaer, formerly Secretary of State for Wisconsin, who Is In charge of the progressive campaign to prevent the renomlnntlon of Pres? ident Taft. Is said to be confident that the progressive candidate will receive In the convention the solid delega? tions from California, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas. Michigan. Minnesota, Nebraska. New Hampshire, North Dakota. Oregon, South Dakota, Washington snd Wlnconsin. Awgreaaive campaigns will be car? ried on by the progressives to divide the votee of the delegates chosen in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Con? necticut. Illinois. Mussat buset s. Pennsylvania. Colorado and Montan In all States south of Msson and Dl\ on's line determined fights will be mads by the progressives to elect del erat ea favorable to their candi? date, W J. Oliver, of Knoxvllle. Tenn.. a close friend of Theodore Roosevelt and a wealthy railroad builder and owner, who la active In politic*, will endeavor, It Is said, to obtain an anti Tsft delegation. Opposition In oth? er Southern States to President Taft Is said to be strong because of the large number of Democrats he has appointed to office. Senator Bourne, of Oregon, presi? dent of the National Republican Progressive League, and other lead? ers \n the movement against the ad? ministration are said to be satisfied that delegates from Southern States Will oppose* the renomlnatlon of Mr. Taft, if the progressiv a ' can make sufficient headwsy In the Middle Won and the Kant to give the Southern Republicans the balance of power In the National Convention. Republicans In the South, accord? ing to the progressives, supported Mr. Taft in lt*Ot because of the Tact that Prank II. Hitchcock, now Post? master General, convinced them that It w?* th?- desire of President Uoose velt that Mr. Taft be named as his Plans have already been arranged by the progressives to have Senator 1a Follette and other Insurgent lead era follow In tho trail of President Taft when he makes his swing around the country within the next few weeks. Senator I<a Pollette will en desvor If speak at ever\ pi a? , ? VfcSff President 'I'iff appears. OpPSdftttng It Prmldent Taft, tho Inmirt-emta declare, is taking deflr.lt ? form In all of tb- Western State*, while Mr. llo*.4er and officers of th - N's'lonal Republican Progressiv Lettgu* art' preparing to carry Ifcttf warfare Isjtt every State In |fce SS? tb?n. Announcement haa been made that the Progressives are Sonn to ,.? tsbllnh a morning newspaper In Phi **Sgo Prnn an authoritative source In? formation comes thst Mr. Boosovelt will take no part In the campaign against the renomlnatlon of Pres? dent Taft. Neither will he assist the Administration forces In obtaining: a second nomination fof Mr Taft Much Is brlnif made over th > fact that a New York man died In a push cart. It Isn't where a mnn dies but whers he Is pstafl hi fcfttl he shuf p.? off this m i IVIlShhMrtog Star COVM IL OX Ligi OR QUESTION. _ City Fathers Discuss Rc-Opentng of County Dispensary. Tho council meeting Tuesday night ?vai enlivened by qulbs and Jokes on a number of subjects, the biggest Joke of the evening being that on Mr. Mcl*aurin when he made a mo? tion and then wanted to withdraw it, but was prevented from doing so by Mr. J. P. Booth, who r?fus d to with? draw his second to the motion. The motion which turned into a Joke on Mr. McLaurin was made some time during the discussion of the city finances. Some one men? tioned the fact that during the days of the dispensary the city had gath? ered about $2:.,000 each year from the dispensary profits. There were several members of council who re? gretted that the dispensary was not now In operation in this city, when Mr. McLaurin suggested that council take up the matter and do all in its power to get the delegation In the legislature to pass a resolution to al? low the people In this county to vote on the question again, when ho thought the dspensary would be voted back In. "Why don't you put that in the form of ? motion?" asked Mr. Booth. Til second It, if you do." "All right said Mr. McLaurin, I do put It in the form of a motion." Tho motion was at once seconded by Mr. Booth, while Mr. Cuttlno, as quickly made a motion to table Mr. McLaur? in'? motion. Mr. Cuttlno's motion was seconded by Mr. Khame. Dis? cussion was called for and for ten minutes 04 more the members of coun? cil aired their views of the dispensary law. Mr. Wright said that he had al? ways been a prohibition man and that he had voted to put the dispen? sary out of business. but that he would not again vote for a dry coun? ty. If he had another chance Mr. M< Laurin said that he had vot? ed for a dry county at the poll-.-, when it came to a vote for wet or dry, but he would not be caught do? ing so again. Mr. Booth had voted for a dry [ town, but he had changed his mind | i since he had seen how the prohibition law worked, and he did not want any more of It. He wanted the city to get some of the morey the many blind tigers were now getting. Mr. Cuttlno was heartily opposed to the sale of liquor and he thought that the present law was working splendidly. Ho knew that some blind tiger liquor' was sold, but not suffi? cient to take Into consideration, and there were not so many drunk peo? ple on the streets now as there had been when the dispensary was in operation. Mr. Jennings stated that he had always favored the dispensary and that he was still In favor of It. He would like to get the chance to vote in the dispensary again. Mr. McKelver was in favor of al? lowing the sale of liquor, while Messrs Wilder and Olenn, without stating what they would do when it en me to a ? how down on the dispensary ques? tion, stated that they did not think that the "Fathers of the City" were the proper persons to ask the dele? gation In the legislature to pass an SCI allowing them the privilege of voting the dispensary back Into oper 11 ion. The matter was discussed In an unofficial sort of way for some time and Mr. IfoLnUftl decided that the members of City council were not the proper parties to take tip the mat I Of with the legislative delegation. He, therefore, asked to withdraw his motion. Mr. Booth objected to this and despite the repeated requests of Mr M <' I ,a urin that Mr. Booth allow him to withdraw the motion Mr. i'.ooth stood firm, objecting to with? drawing his second. I'pon this standing there was noth? ing for th?- Mayor to do, hut put the motion to table made by Mr. Cuttlno. Hs did this and there was a majority In favor of tabling Mr. MeLaurin's motion, so tho original motloi WSS not put to council. As the Ma\or an nouneesl that he would not put Mr. SfcLaur!n*l motion since it had been tabled. Mr. Mcl^nurin heaved a sigh of relief and muttered something like "That was a narrow escape." POL1CF report FOR A COURT large Amount of Fines Collcvtcd DsjSSUg the Month. ? fflieers J, k. Bradford J, m. Barwtei iv flsllsgfnsr ,. T. P. Ward. . . \. i>. Osrens H o. MeKages a J. Wullens*, Goo, i?. Hate bell W. A .Trlbhlc. Totals. . Arresti Pines nays . :i 11.00 ?; $i1.ft0 go . . ? 12.60 . . 19 99.00 50 L'O 2is.no 10 . . 2d 225.&0 :io . . 3 10.00 . . II 12.1.00 10 . . 2 1.00 30 14 79.1.00 |6fl It is "root hog or die" with ths I ItJ frOSB now SS until the first of J;in uary. t<>r ?ith nil fund i spent and notss earning due faster than taxes are coming In It looks liko a 0SSS of t), lr,g hrtrd up ,'tjjalnst It. ONE oh MORE OF DEFENDANT! MAY BE ARRAINGED, Solicitor Cobb Muy Bring Thorn Dp During Fourth \v<H*k of Present Term of Court, Columba, Sept. 14.?It is probable that one or more of the defendants in what has become to be known as "the dispensary graft cases" will bo brought to trial during the fourth week of court of general session for Rtchland county, which convenes September 25. There will be no third week of court at this term. The announcement that these cases might be heard at this session was made yesterday by W. H. Cobb, solicitor, when the matter was brought up before Judge Wilson at 1:30 o'clock was the time set last week for attorneys for both sides to appear and make definite plans as to the trials. J. Fr?ser Lyon, attorney gen? eral for the State of South Carolina? was out of the city, owing to illness in his family, but the State was rep? resented by M. P. DeBruhl .assist? ant attorney general. It is not known which of the cases will be first call? ed. Council for defense asked Judge Wilson as to the likelihood of the cases coming up at this term. Judge Wilson replied that the matter was entirely in the hands of the attorney general, but that if the defense would not be ready at the fourth week by reason of lack of informa? tion concerning the cases to be tried, he would not press them. Solicitor Cobb stated that it was the probable purpose of the State to bring some of the defendants to trial during the fourth week, but he did not know which cases would be called. He Is leaving this to the attorney general. Saturday morning was announced as the time for the attorneys for the defense and for the State to meet and determine which cases will be called durintr the fourth week. PF7TF.R II. MKLLFTTE COX STABLE Magistrate Wells Appoints Former Resident of Wcdgcfleld Constable. Magistrate h. L. B. Wells of this city has, after going without one since the resignation of Mr. J. B. Baker some time ago, at last .appoint? ed another constable. Mr. Peter H. Mellette, who formerly lived in this county, but has recently been work? ing in Columbia, has been appointed to the position. Judge Wells has had some difficulty In filling the position as it is one that requires a live man, but one with a poor salary. Although he has had a number of applicants for tbo place, he did not think any of them could satisfactorily fill the office, so he waited until the right man came along. During the time between the expiration of Mr. Baker's service and the present time the position has bntfl temporarily filled by Mr. H. D. O. Muldrow. However, Mr. Muldrow went off Monday wthout saying how long he would be gone and it was necessary to get a constable at once. RIVKRS OF LAVA FROM ETNA. Make Clean sweep of Mountainsides. Peasant's Foolish Practices. Catania. Sicily, Sept. 14.?The river of lava from Mount Ktna is still ad? vancing, Sweeping all before It, Thousands of people have been driv? en from their homes. Hoping to nr? r?vst the advance of the darning lava, the peasants erect before their vine? yards and humble homes a cross of sticks and place on top pictures of the Madonna and the saints, but these barriers of faith have in no wise tend? ed to chock the How. Crowds of peasants gather to kneel lind beat their breasts, calling for mercy and declaring that this must be a punishment for their sins. Mk'r Arista, Bishop Of Aciirele, has gone t<? tie- front to encourage the faith? ful, to conduct services had the processions and impart a benediction j of tie- people, The house of Giuseppe RampoUa, a relative of Cardinal RampoUa, has been overwhelmed by the lava, which is expected soon to enter the Alcan? tara River. Throe thousand years SgO tin- lava from Mount Ktna swept Into the same river, the bed of which Ii now sixtv feet deep. The entire crest of Ktna lias been changed by the present disturbances, ragged elevations having appeared whloh look like tile teeth of no immense saw. The Sumter Orchestra has recent? ly lecured a quantity of new music and started OUl With new life. The personnel of the orchestra Is the same for the most part as that of the old orchestra. Starting with W< d nesduy, Sept 10, the orchestra will give a series of dances on Wednes day's of every other week following, for their own benefit, to which all o the dancing men of the county ar< Invited, MBB ?Erl BLEST?DIES i N A DEN OF LIONS Daniel vi?Sept. 24 "T?<* flnflf? of the Lord atcainpeth rounl about thtm that fear ?im. and dcXUcrrth them."?Psalm xxxiv, 7. HT the time of this study Dnniel had been long in service, wise and faithful in his adminis? tration of the government en? trusted to him. He had seen the Babylonian Dynasty perish. In its place came the empire of the Modes and Persians. By these also Daniel's grand character was recognized?his loyalty to principle, his faithfulness as a public servant, his obedience to God and the principles of righteous ness. That which will specially mark Mes? siah's Kingdom will be that it will not only have perfect ideals In respect to human govern? ment, but that it will he backed by Divine Power, be? fore which, even? tually. "K very . knee shall bow aud every tongue shall confess."? Philippians 2. 10, It A man like Prayed Three Times I Daniel, in so im- 0 lUl? pcrtant a place as that which he occu 1 pied as one of the three supervisors of a great Empire, was sure to be in the way of grafters?a hinderer of their schemes. And for this reason his fellows In office were desirous of getting rid of him. Realizing that he could not be deposed, the endeavor was to secure his removal; but the man's integrity and uprightness gave no hope in this direction. Finally, however, the scheme was concerted. The conspirators approached the king with a project which they nssur ed him would help to make strong and united tho various parts of his empire. It was this: Tho king should ; ho recognized for a month as the only channel of mediation or access be? tween his subjects and their gods. King Darius felt flattered and agreed to the arrangement und Issued an or? der to that effect?never thinking of what might be the result in the case ! of Daniel, and never suspecting that j his counselors were seeking to entrap him and to accomplish the death of his roost trusted officer. Prayed Three Times Daily Daniel heard of the decree but alter? ed not his custom of praying three times daily before a window of his house which looked out toward Jerusa? lem Morning, noou and night he re? membered his God and his vows of faithfulness to Him and culled to mind the gracious promises resist? ing the Holy Land, that it would yet bo the center of the whole earth and of God's holy people; that eventually, through these. Divine blessings would be extended to every natiou. people and tongue. Unquestionably the best men and women In the world aro those who pray, and pray regularly, who bow tho knee, as did DanieL Unquestionably I It is Impossible to live a consecrated I life In neglect of prayer. What would I Daniel have been without his praying time! now would his loyalty to prin? ciple have maintained itself in the midst of corruption had it not been for his communion with his Maker? To the Christian thte privilege Is still further enhanced by a realization that "We have an Advocate with the Fa ther, Jesus Christ the Righteous. Jehovah Sent His Angel The conspirators were on the look ! out- They had witnesses reudy to tes j tlfy, not that they had seen Daniel do anything wrong, but that he had violated the edict which the king had been entrap pod into making and signing. The matter was laid before the king. King Darius felt himself bound hand and f o o t Daniel M the Lion's Den. a rj d ensnared trapped. All day he sought means whereby be could avert the conse? quences of his royal mandate, but found none. He assured Daniel that ho believed his God was able to de? liver him. What a beautiful testimony to the uprightness of Daniel's life! Daniel was cast into the lion's den. That night, we are told, was one of great distress to the king. He could think only of his faithful officer, the noble man so unrighteously treated. He was abroad early In the morning, to call to Daniel, to learn whether or not he were still ullve. His Joy of heart was great when he learned thai be WSS still safe, that his God had sent His angel to stop the Hons' mouths. Daniel was s<mui lifted from tho (ilt The king now made another decree tho those counselor.* who had thus sought tho lifo of a faithful man should themselves be cast into the den of lions; and this, In their case, meant destruction, as the result proved. Oh, that every Christian would live as high BDOVe the world's standards as Daniel did, so that their enemies might see that they have no ground f"r charges except those to their credit, and so thai their sui*?rlors in the walks of life might discern that their <;<>d whom the> serve is Indeed the true God, th<? living God, the God of sll Truth. Mr. IB. Taylor Keels visited Mendt In Charleston this week, Don't Suffer! "I had been troubled, t little, for nearly 7 years" writes | Mrs. L Flncher, in a letter from Peavy, Ala., "but I was not taken down, until March, when I went to bed and had to hav? a doctor. He did all he could for me, but I got no better. I hurt all over, and 1 could not rest At last, I trier1 Cardui, and soon I began'to improve. Now I am In very good health, and able to do all my housework." Cardui WomarfsTonic You may wonder why Cardui is so successful, ?fter other remedies have failed. The answer is that Cardui is successful, because it is composed of scientific ingredients, that act curatively on the womanly system. It is a medicine for women, and for women only. It builds, strengthens, and restores weak and ailing women, to health and happiness. If you suffer like Mrs. Fincher did, take Cardui It will surely do for you, what it did for her. At all druggists. Wrttt to: Ladles' Advisory Dept. Chattanooga Medicine Ca. Cheftanooca, Tens., tor Special Instructions, and 64-page book, '"Home Treatment lor W omen," sent tree, J 60 Calhoun St. Property for Sale. Calhoun street has been recently Clayed and is rapidly becom? ing one of the nicest streets of the ei:y. We are offering some good property on this street: Lot 47 feet by 200 feet, with five room dwelling, between Washington and Church Street. Pricj $1,7*00. Lot 85 feet by 210 feet, with seven room dwelling, corner Cal? houn street and Haskell street. Price $2,400. Lot 60 feet by 200 feet, near Haskell street. Price $600. SEE US ABOUT THESE N. B.?Twenty-five or thirty other desirable pieces of City pro? perty. R. B. Belser Co. 26 1-2 N. Main St. R. B. BELSER. ERNEST FIELD. Have You a BoyOto Educate ? Have you decided where to send him to school ? Do you wish to place him in a Christian Military In? stitution ? Where his health will be carefully looked after, his mind thoroughly trained and where he will be taught habits of obedience, punctuality, and industry t If so, send him to The South Carolina Co Educational Institute Here the teachers take the place ot the parents and students are at all times under the direct natch-care of the faculty from the time they enter school until they return to their homes. This institution has splendid brick buildings with mod? ern equipments, a faculty of fifteen experienced teachers, and a thorough course of study. It has been in successful operation under the samt man? agement for tw enty years. Last year students were in attendance from all over South Carolina and from six other states. Write to-day f<?r catalogue and application blank to COL. F. N. K. BAILEY, President, Edgefietd.lS. C.