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It Prteecved the Declaration of Independence In 1814. SAVED IT FROM THE BRITISH. ttt PN ??lein DMsosssot Wo?M Hsva ?nr la the btaU Deportsaawt Whin H Wu Burn+? m+A For PUaoonWr/t Qxn^oxetrrory faw of too present fSDeretioQ know now seer to being lernt wee once the most precious of >ur ?aflnnsl documau ?, the Declsrstlon of Independence* It wms daring tbs of IsUl The Deeieretion of lode bong tor men7 years Is s frame to the ststo department in the then occupied by Stephen Plf ea? sts. Bossel ay. commissary of f itsooers of war In London, forwarded tv the stats department some London ?swaps pars, stattag that the English leets and trenejoi-ts were recelTlng t*oope at Bcsdeans. France, with the tlitori?on of operating against Waah fatgtoo aad Baltimore. Soon after it that the British fleet u-as hay and that It wss tha Petulant The officials eldaaaa of the ttttle capital c tj hourly expecting aa attack. off this Information, a few days before the Washington, Ms. Mon of stats, Jsmes moon ted his ftssraa rods to Deosrttet, a small Tillage the British being aaaaaN and climbed within a quartet of a mile at Oes Til la#e, to order to aocertaln of the ?oemj. Being con after h? mspacttoo, that we bad ao terra s valla tee that could an nosnfulry reafat them, ha sent a note to Ms. nsoooatoa by a TtnwOe, ad rising baa to saa the* tbs bast care was tak m af tha books aad paper* of the stats at of ast nemtlsaed: tha Wsefirrtgton, bis comnils i of the war; af OuusreJ Qreeoe of the Rsworattoo, as aad correspond of state from the adoption of the ciwHHUlon down as that time, Ms. Rlsss ulna bad tha bags carted as a r? nzffl, wblch he gatuetsd aa s swJtsaie dapoaftory. The mill, which was uaoorupted, belonged to Edgar aHttaraojD and was stfnatod oa the Tlrgtnhi side of tha Potomac, beyond fas Charta ssajojfa two miles above The aast toad had wax and Mr. teaeootoo was last <ju tiling the vs* tat rooms when, gtaoctng back sud to ass whether anything had left behind, to hta cotasha nation he saw las Declaration of lndepend aace, srhlcfj had bean overlooked, hanging upea the watt Be hastily out tt out of tha frame and carried it away with the other papers. Ho then began to ha uneasy about piece ho had gsaaaa for If the Mttah took Washtngtou wblch he farmly bettered they would do, and vary sooa st that, they would In eil probability detach a force for the pur poee of destroying s foundry for the gasttitg of cannon and shot In the gsaahlMirhood and, of course, would eaastasr s grhn m?l too valuable a thing to be left Branding tn a country they moant to subdue. Mr. Pleaaon tou therefore flatted some of the Vir? ginia farmhouses, whose owners wnro aaly too wllttcg to loan hlra wagons aa which to convey the doenmenta to Iburg, a distance of thirty-trrb Thrftv they were deposited In mpty bouse, the keys of which given to Barr. Mr. LUtle^ubn. who one of the cnOectont of Internal Worn out with hts tabora, Mr. Ptens ontoc states In s letter, he retired enr ry to bed that night and slept euundly. Next morning he was Informed by the people of the tittle ta-rern where he had stayed that evening that they had soon during the night, the same being the 24th of Anguet, s burs fire tn the direction of .vnsQlngton, which proved fa be the light from the public bulld whlrh the enemy had set on Ore burned to the ground. When he returned to Washington on the Tfith he found the public bufldtngs still burning sod learned that tha Brit? ish army had evsonated tha city the preceding eveomjr tn tho bctlof that tha American a woro again aseornJ4lh>( to the rear for the purpose of catting off tbelr retreat-Kansas City Tunas, *Tls wMI said that man has no great? er enemy thnn himself.-Ftremoola. Try sn ad. In the Dally Item, and watch reeu!ta Berthelot's Test That Showed Its Tensile Strength. THE COHESION OF MATTER. Perfect Plants of Metal or Glass When Brought Into Contaot Will Adhere to One Another as Though Thoy Were Glued Together. It ls well known that liquids are : among tbe least compressible of sub stances; this In spite of the fact that they have the property of conforming to any shape of vessel or of yielding to any forces, no matter how small, which tend to change only their shape. Thus, to squeeze water Into nine tenths of its volume under ordinary conditions would require a pressure of no less than 3.000 atmospheres, or 45,000 pounds, to the square inch. This property of being almost incom? pressible Is best Illustrated perhaps by an experiment tried centuries ago. wherein an attempt was made to com press water by filling a leaden shell with it and then, after closing, ham? mering and squeezing the shell. The , only effect of the tremendous pres- j suros produced hi this way was to j cause the water to penetrate the mi- ' nute pores of the lead and exude in ? drops like perspiration on the outer surface of the shell. The same effect was found for a silver shell. But, while it is a familiar fact that llqu'ds will resist an enormous force of compression, the companion fact that they are u.so capable of withstanding tension ls not so generally known. At first sight this statement may appear ridiculous. When water may be so readily dipped from a pail or poured from one vessel to another, how can it be capable of withstanding tension? If, however, we prevent change of foi*m we find that pure water ls capa- j bit )f beating fifty atmospheres of ten- ( slon. or 750 pounds to the square Inch. , If It was possible, then, to utilize this ' property by making a "rope" of water we should find It capable of sustaining | a good fraction of the weight that , could be borne by an ordinary rope of the same size. But It must be admit? ted that the task of making a rope out of such material would be rather dif? ficult, to say the least notwithstanding the fact that it possesses this desirable property of tensile strength. Because | of Its Inability to resist a deforming | force it would hart to be inclosed in a tube; but while it would here be in condition to withstand compression, as I from a piston hi the tube, any attempt at "stretching" the liquid In this way would simply result in pulling away the piston from the water surface. However, this tensile strength was actually found by Berthelot in the fol? lowing way: A strong glass tube sesled at one end and drawn out very fine at ( the other was filled nearly full of wn- 1 ttr and then closed. The tube was then f cautiously heated until the water had expanded and completely filled It. It was then slowly and carefully cooled . back to Its original temperature, when It was found that the water had not contracted, but still filled the tube. It is almost a universal law that a ? small extension In volume of a body requires the same magnitude of force to product It as to cause a similar amount of compression, the forces, how? ever, being tension in one case an I compression in the other. With this law In mind It ls readily seen that the water that now fills the tube must be under tension, since previously at the ssme temperature It did not quite All the tube?that is, it has actually beeu stretched or expanded beyond Its nor? mal volume for this temperature, and from our knowledgo of the forces that would be required to produce the cor? responding compression we can figure out what thi? tension must be. The ultimate particles or molecules of matter we believe to be held to- 1 gether by powerful forces, known va? riously as cohesion or udheslon. out I being in any case forces of attraction. ? and these forces tend to prevent any expnnslon of the matter, be it solid or 1 liquid. It might be thought that these forces would cause two bodies in con- : tact to adhere to each other, but par- j tit les have to be so near together to be acted upon by th??m that It ls dif- | flcnlt to bring bodies into such close contact that an appreciable aren of one ls within this distance of the other. riowever. two clean pieces of lead can readily bo pressed so closely to- j gether that they will adhere, and n ' set of copper cubes was once made with such true faces that when a doz? en of them were piled one on top of the other the series ndhered together 1 so well that the whole could be lifted from the lop one. But the best ex- j ample Is furnished by pieces of op- i tlcsl gin-is whose surfaces have been worked ?q piAM thnt when pressed to- | gtther they will as readily break at some other *p"t as at th!s plane. Perhaps it is on fortune tt that those useful force*. which hold all matter too ther and keep It from collapsing i Into Impalpable duet, are confined In IhtJf action to such a limited ra n go. If this wen- not so. a break of any i sort could be fixed by merely bring Ing together the bfOktO ends. QIqo of any kind would Ix? unnecessary. But Stefl this state of affairs would havo Its drawback*, a book laid on a tuMo would bars to be pried off with a wedge, and tho BOJDt instrument would be requited to open it. r.v ery thing would atlek to everything else, and tht pleasure of walkin? Would bo lost In thi* tedlotM pnwoss of pryim? first one f"ot and then the oth or from the riatllks grip of the side? walk or the floor.?Boston Post Try an ad. In the Dutiy Item, mid wait oh results. THE TALE OF A PIG Chief Justice Marshall's First Case as a Lawyer. HE OUTWITTED A DEADBEAT. When Marshall Sued Old Haskin Smiled. When the Caae Was Won and Payment Claimed He Laughed, but 1 When the Climax Came He Wilted. Chief Justice John Marshall's first case as u lawyer was tried in Fau- j quier county. Va. It was the suit of j Cohn versus Ilnskin, and the descend j ants of the great interpreter of the j constitution delight to this day to tell j of the subtle strategy whereby the I budding Jurist achieved victory over j that case hardened deedbeat of a Has | kin person. This same Hnskin. It appears, was v man possessed of property. But be was also possessed of a shrewd know) edge of the law He kept r.ll he bad in his wife's name, excepting what th statute exempted from seizu-e for j debt I In an evtl and nbsenrminded me ment Cohn, who ran a general stor ? J In Haskln's neighborhood, trusted hin for sugar and coffee to the amount of $ 1L This was years before the erup , tlon of young Marshall into the law. and in the Interim Cohn had given the claim for collection to every youne lawyer in the county to cut his teeth on. Swiftly following Marshall's un- j furling of his shingle to the Fauquier winds came Cohn with his claim Even the callow attorney recognized it as a veteran among claims. How? ever, having nothing else to while away the time, he took the case. Cohn promising him all he could get out of it which showed Conn's valuation of tt as an asset Toung Marshall promptly brought suit st which naskin smiled. When Judgment was obtained. Marshall rode ont In person to Haskln's place and demanded payment at which Haskin laughed. And while Haskin chuckled the keen eye of the young lawyer wandered about the farmyard. He saw one plow, which was exempt under the law; also one harrow, also exempt; also a huge leviathan of a pig drowsing lazily In a pen?a very Gargantua of a pig, i ??That's the only pig 1 got,** volun? teered Haskin, reading the lawyer's thought for Haskin, also law wise, knew that under tbe statute he was entitled to one pig exempt from seiz? ure for debt The future chief Justice rode home pondering deeply. Next day he was seen strolling around the outskirts of the town looking Into casual pigsties and keeping his thoughts to himself. One noon shortly after a youth, trudging along the big road in front of Haskln's house, stopped to ask for a bite to eat Over his shoulder he car? ried a gunny sack. Haskin banded him out a pone of bread and a chunk of meat and then demanded a quarter for the repast "1 haven't got a quar? ter," replied the youth; 'thought you would give a feller a little snack like that" "Not much,'* growled Haskin, -What JOU got in that bag?" "Nuthln' but a month old pig." an? swered the youth. "Say, if you gimme a quarter in money Ml give you the pig and we'll call it square." **1 reckon you stule that pig." com 'mented Haskin, "else you wouldn't sell it so chesp. Here's your quarter: gimme the pig." The youth disappeared with the quar? ter, and Haskin, with the content of one who has driven a hard bargain, carried the shote over to the barnyard and spll'ed it into the pen where lay the porcine Oargantun Colncldental I ly there rose out of the alder bushes' adjacent tbe forms of young Marshall and another man?the other man was the constable. In his band he held a writ of execution. He climbed solemn- 1 ly over into tbe pigsty and. pointing to the fat porker, said: Hl levy on that pig In the suit of Cohn versus Haskin." and he waved his hand to a man who was waiting with an empty wagon down tbe road. "But that pig is exempt" exclaimed the irate Haskin. "The law allows me one pig." "You've got him thero,M answered tho constable, pointing to the shoto as he trussed up the big fellow and call? ed to the man In the wagon to lend a hand. 'Ton can't make your selec? tion for exemption after tho levy's made." "But the fellow that 9old me that shore stole him," urged naskin. grow? ing desiderate. "I can't owu a stolen pig." "All right," put in young Marshall, wholly unperturbed. "Mr. Constable, Just arrest him for receiving stolen goods." But Haskin had tied to the safety of his back porch, seeing which the con? stable. Marshall and the man In the wagon hustled tho complaining porker ?hotfd nod droro away, leaving the bewildered Haskin to ruminate at lei sure o\er the Intricacies of the law which permits a man to keep even his religion in ids wife's name, but rav? ishes, away his choicest pig fr<>m un? der his very nose, And, concluding, tho multiple de? scendants of tho grout John also do light to tell how that pig Hold for$19.80 ?enough not only to pay ttio ancient clfilm, hot In satisfy exactly tho do ma mis of court nnd const a bio for COStS, let ring not n penny orer f??i the grief stricken and wicked Raskin. To which tho render may add, "Aud they all lived happily forever after"? except Ein skin.?Now York Times. What few straw hats there are will ?oon be outlawed automatically, Used For Reccing the Innocents a Generation Ago, THE PATENT SAFE SWINDLE. M Wm ? P1e%iwbfe Trick Thet Qen ?rally Caught tha Coin and Sent tha j Bewildered Victim Out of Town In a | Hurry For Paar o# Arrest. Although the eHsentlals of Imposture remain unchanged from generation to J generation, so that the rogue of today would have no trouble tn recognizing his counterpart of the seventeenth cen? tury, nevertheless there are fashions in thievery, aa in everything else. Old tricks are cast off like threadbare coats in favor of newer ones, and ' these in turn are discarded when pub? licity has rendered them familiar and therefor? less effective, but plausibility and address are the indispensable qualities of the gentry who live by their wits. The newest type of confidence man Is the get-ricb-cjuick individual who breathes of money and wouldn't turn his hand to a small "Job." He angles for victims with new corporations anil great business ventures for bait bur he is the same man who a generation ago raked in the sneckels by means of the patent safe game. This game is now an outworn fashion. But it, had Its points. Let us suppose a country man? car? petbag in hand, to have alighted ar the union station and set out to see the Bights. Although his name la con? veniently printed on the outside of his bag or set down in a legible hand on the hotel register, he Is amazed to find himself hospitably greeted by an utter stranger, who knows his name and the town from which he hails. The stranger is an old friend whom the countryman is ashamed to > think he cannot remember---place is the word. But the stranger is very affable and lays himself out to entertain the new? comer. They etro? about town in company, visit a bar or two, exchange reminiscences and at the end of a few hours are bosom companions. The stranger invariably pays the score? has a lordly disdain of money; good fel? lowship ts its own reward. The two stroll by devious ways until finally while they are walking arm tn arm down a quiet by at toot the stran? ger's eywts caught by a curious object lying on the pavement Be pauses to examine ft It Is s miniature globe about the stze of a billiard boll. The strenge turns ft over curiously in bis fingers and finally sees that It la fitted with a smell plug, which comes out under pressure, Continuing his ex ptoTWttous, he then unscrews the top of the plus, takes out a piece of crum? pled paper, shows his dupe the empty box and throws the paper on the ground. There It a similar bit of pa? per tn the small chamber at the end of the plug, but this the countryman does not see. The two then stroll on. discussing Che mysterious ball. Presently they come upon a worried looking man. who ts studying the ground with a face the pattern of de? spair. The roper observes him and wants to know wtjether he bos lost something. "Lost something* lndeedr says Che man. "Why. Tve lost an invention of mine that I wouldn't have taken $10. 000 for. It was a patent fire safe which would save hundreds of thou? sands of doDarff worth of papers and valuables every year. I was Just on my way to Blank & Blank's, the safe manufacturers, to get one made* and here I have lost the modei.** The roper ts evidently much touched by the inventor's distress. He pro? duces the wooden globe and Is Imme? diately overwhelmed with expressions of gratitude. "But what good ts that tnrentlon of yours V oaks the roper. "Well.- says the inventor with pride, "you see. 1t Ik ?et on props. When there Is a fire all you have to do is to knock out the props sod the safe rolls down an incline rtght out of the building as neat as you please. There's a box in? side to hold the papers There is a paper In this box rtght DONS," At that the ropes winks slyly at the farmer and whispers In his ear. TU make him a bet on that piece of paper." "Come," snyn tho roper. That's a pretty tail yarn. 1 dou*t believe there's any paper in that ball. TO bet there Isn't a scrap of paper in tt" wni bet you $1,000 there's a paper in ft" says tho inventor, much incensed. "I haven't that much with me." snys the roper, "but TO Just bet you a hun? dred on It" With that he takes out a number of hills, say $50 or so, and a bank check for tho other $50, To his friend tho farmer he says, "Will you Just lend rao $h0 on thia chock until 1 can get to my hotel?" The fanner s^oa that his friend Is nun* to win. Ho advances the $"0. when, behold, the iuwntor draws out the plug, removes tho concealed paper from Its small Chamber S?d collects tho bet Tho roper is decidedly crest? fallen, Imt while he is still lamenting his folly a policeman mslies up. Charges htm with gambling and makes a grab for him. Roper tloe?, but the farmer Is caught After protesting his iiuwronce tho fanner Is allowed to ds> part Still fonrful of afreet, ho flo?* tho city. WTwn ho proevtirs his cheek ho discovers tluit rof*et, inventor and pnllcotuan are nil '-onfidonce toon v*>o hnvu enriched thomsorres at his ex r^fSw-^lcogr) Uocord 1 IcmkL No barm can befnn r good man, whetbtf sflve or dead?Socrates. The Maine election result basin been changed in at least two days. "LABEL" GASE BEGUN. FORMER DISPENSARY OFFICIALS FACE RICHLAXD JURY. Little Progress Made During First Day?Tatum. Tow ill and Boykln Charged With Defrauding State of |22v500 In Celebrated -Lab,! Deal'1?Legal Sparring of Counsel Probably Means Lone Drawn <>?n Trial. r ' Columbia, Sept. 26.?What is com? monly known as the "label deal" was taken up in the Criminal Court to I Gay for tiral. A jury of Richland county ha* been summoned to say what, if any, foundation there is in the charge that Commissioners W. O. Tatum, John Bell Towill and L. Whit Boykln did really receive and "whack up" $$22.500 on the purchai of twen? ty-one millions of labels, which wer Intended to be used when the dispen? sary wont into the bottling business upon an extensive scale in the hey? day of the old dispensary system. The Attorney General, in the in? dictment, charges that those officers of the dispensary, together with Den? nis Weiskopf, overcharged the State ?22,."00, and the statement has been made that this sum was the amount of the alleged rebate. The charge has been pending in the Courts since September 1909, and the counsel for the defense has been insisting upon a trial. The Attorney General, Mr. J. Fr?ser Lyon, for rea? sons best known to himself, has not seen fit to bring the issue to trial un? til today. It has been suggested that the reason was that if a conviction were secured, that he did not wish th*? incumbent Governor to grant a pardon. But that as it may, the case1 has now gone to trial and the verdict will soon he issued by the Courts of the land, ar.i there it will end. The defendants plead "not guilty" and Insist upon that position, and there can be no question of the pre? vious good repute of the defendants, and unless a clear and com incing guilt be proven there will be no con? viction. Today was devoted largely to legal pyrotechnics. Very little evidence was adduced by the State. There was a fight for an hour or more as to whether a book of stubs, claimed to he original entries, should be intro? duced in evidence ,and whether this stub book should have been allowed to go into evidence of the original voucher should be found. Judge J. S. Wilson, who is presiding, held that the stub hook could be introduced, but it took an hour or more to let the the contending lawyers exhaust the arguments and authorities. It is evident that it is to be a long drawn out and a hard fought battle, unless there should he a flare up. There are three desks drawn up in line for the counsel for the defense. Messrs. Tatum, Boykln and Towill are all being tried together, and this is plain when It is stated that the charge is "conspiracy" to defraud the State. The chief counsel in the cause for the defense is that vigorous and hard fighter, Col. P. H. Nelson, of Colum? bia. The announcement to the court for the record was: For L. W. Boy kin, counsel were Messrs. Nelson and Getlys, Johnstone and Crom er and R. H. Welch, for John Bell Towill, E. L, Asbitt and George Bell Timmer man ,and for W. O. Tataum, Messrs. Raysor and Summers, Robert Lide. T. H. Tatum, J. B. MeLauehlin and R. H. Welch. During the progress of the case there were nine members of counsel for the defense actively en? gaged, but most of the speaking to? day was by Messrs. Nelson, Johnston.' Welch, Raysor and Timmerman, on the part of the defendants. Kor tho Stute, there appear Attor? ney General Lyon, Mr. w. F. Steven? son. Col. Benj, L. Abney, Solicitor jCobb and Assistant Attorney General DuBruhl, an array of live. The At? torney General, Mr. Abney and Mr. Stevenson have don" the talking for their side. The indictment against the defend ants tells in legal t< rms what is charged In this language: "Did on or about the i*th day of March, not:., in the county of Rich land, of smith Carolina, with force and arms, wilfully, and knowingly conspire, combine, confederate and agree together to cheat and defraud the state or South Carolina by pur? chasing a large number of labels, to wit: About twenty-one millions, for the use of the State dispensary, the said L. Whit Boykln, and John Bell Towill b? iog then and there members ?.f the board of directors ..f tin- Stale dispensary. William O, Tatum being iho st;ite dispensary commissioner, and by paying and conspiring to pro? cure the State to pay th.> sum ot $36 000 for the said labels from th. funds of the State, in control ,,f the Stab board of directors and dis? pensary commissioner, when, in fact, said purchase was Illegal, fradub nt and unlawful and at a greatly cesstve price, to wit: $22,600 In ex? cess of the value thereof, whereb) the State was defrauded, as a result of the said conspiracy, out of the ?Um of $22,500." Dennis Welskopf is charged with hcing in tho conspiracy and SO ap? pears M. A. Goodman, but they are evidently not heing tried and, per? haps. It is upon evidence that they hav.- given the Attorney General that their names wer.- not read by the State today. Mr. Nelson and Col. Johnstons tried to have the Attorney General an? nounce what he intended doing as to other pending eases, but he de? clined to do so and was sustained in position that the pending css*, was the only one at issue and that no decision n^ed be announced rela? tive to any other case. An interested auditor during the session today was Governor Blease He sat in the group of interested aud? itors. At one time in the examination an effort eras made to bring out a let ! ter that he had written tho Attorney General asking him for the "immun? ity list." The letter was identified hut the contents of the letter were not read to the jury. The entire session today was de? voted to getting a start in the case, empanelling the jury, over which there were practically no trouble, and j proving the payment of the $35,677 I for the labels in question to Nivison, Welskopf A Co. It took a great d,jal of red tape and legal battling to get to the drafts, warrants and other documents, all of which were presented by the State, one by one, to show that the dispensary actually did pay $35,677 for the labels. Up to the present nothing irregular has been shown, nor been intimated by the evidence. It was entirely a day of preliminaries, and thus far no effort has been made to show that there was any rebate in the payments of $35,677 for the millions or la j bels. Blacks and Whites in Sooth Caro? lina. The census of last year shows that South Carolina has 835,843 negro and 679,162 white population. The in? crease for the negroes since 1900 is 6.8 per cent and for the whites 21.8 per cent. This means that at the same ratio of increase the whites will pass the negroes before 1930, and that South Carolina will thenceforth grow and prosper with increasing strength and vigor. Charleston, with a population of 68.820, has 31,056 ne? groes and 27,764 whites, an increase since 1900 of 3,526 whites and a de? crease of 466 negroes. It is a curious fact, but a fact nevertheless, that Charleston, with a majority of negroes in its population, has had less trouble with its colored citizens than any other city of im? portance in the South; that it has kept them under better control, and yet has given them more political recognition. It seem3 that the people of that city have known better how to deal with the race problem, doubt? less because it presented itself as a problem sooner and more acutely than elsewhere, and was met and wrestled with fully and adequately from the start. Negroes serve on the police force in Charleston, but without stirring up strife because of their color. They have held honorable places in the fire department and caused no fric? tion. But these positions have been held by those of the race that knew they must not presume upon them, and always with the recognition of the superiority of the whites who placed thorn there. There is no bet? tor illustration of the Southern argu? ment that the South knows best how to deal with the n.-^ro than is found in the peace and friendship in which the two rae?"s dwell together in the Soutb's most typical town.?Balti? more Sun. Marriage License Record. Only one marriage license was granted Monday. This was given to John W. Williams and Miss L?S L. Dornell of this city. Tho movement that has been Start? ed by the residents of the BoessrJ'S and DuBose cross roads section of Lee county to hold an election on the Question Of annexing 9 1-2 square miles of La* County territory to Sum tor county seems to I a well under way and assured of snoot SB. For sev? eral years there has been a sentiment In the Pinewood section of Claren? don county in favor Of annexation to Sumter county and this would be an opportune time to take up the matter and put it through. If the PlUOWOOd pooplo wish to cast In their lot with Sumter county the people of Sumter would welcome them with s glad hand. The money pledg? d to pay for rights of way and terminals for the Seaboard will have to be raised within the next few months and the Committee thai has this matter in charge will need the active support and hearty CO-OperattOU of tbe bus! - > . ss? men and all other property own i ! ef Sumter county.