The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 17, 1912, Image 3

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RACE TRACK BILL. INJl MTION CltAl'SK KILLF.I) BY ?JU9t nrarty-three Vote to Fllmlnate ob? jectionable Feature of Measure, !?iom?? Ftplninlng Change In Atti? tude by Kiprcaslug Fear that Hk.hr on this l*otnt Might Defeat WlM?k? 11*11. umbia. Feb. IS.?The Senate to night, by a vote of SS to S. struck out the Injunction feature vr the snti raco track gambling bill. The bill now stands *s before, with Section 2 left out. An amendment has been sent to the desk, but not acted upon as yet. ts provide that an Injunction proceed? ings shall be Issued against persons enly when held to ball or Indicted by a grand Jvvr. This may be consider? ed tomorrow The bill was tonight debated at length, ti e ?waston being eae of .he most Interesting of the term. The raca track Mil haa not yet gone to third reading, but when the P-n, n< ?in < n lm?nt has t?*en passed upon that stage of Its passage will likely be formal. Those who voted to strike out Sec? tion t of the bill were: Senators Ac kerman. Appelt. Hates. Black. Car? lisle. Christensen. Clifton, Croaaon, Formst. Olnn. Oreen. Hall. Hardln, Hough. Johnstons. Laney, Lawson, Manning, afars. W. b Mauldln. T. J. Mauldln. McCown, Montgomery. MaokenfusB. Italnaford. Stewart. Strait, Stacker. Summers. Walter. Weaton, Wrtarton and Young. Those who voted to retain Section t ware. Senators Lide and Karle. Those senators who se strongly stood for (gVes tion t last week appar? ently took the view expressed by one of their numUr, Senator Carlisle, that he would vote to strike out en? tirely the misdemeanor section rath? er than see the bill defeated entirely, sad he had seen from the last vote that, by a majority of one, the Sen ate wished to kill the Injunction fea? ture. MA Y KSV11iL F. A POSTAL DKPOSI TOH *. Oeaod <'i mi mi-tor Myers u* Charleston Visit* K of P. Lodge?Personal Wow*. Ma/esville. Feb. It.?Postmaster Cooper haa been notified by the de? part inent In Washington that on March 7 the office here will be made a postal savings bank. This announce, ment has been expected for several months by Postmaster Cooper aa it is the Intention of the department to make all postofflces above the fourth class postal savings banks, or this appear* to be the Intention of the authorities Judging from the large number of the?e banks recently es? tablished throughout the country In the large and ?maller offices. As the addition of this extra work In the of? fices doe* not mean any additional salary to the employees, the establish? ment of the banka are naturally not regarded In a very favorable light. It Is hard to state what amount of business this now department In the office here will procure, hut doubtless many will make small deposits and receive certificates for the novelty of the thing. 'inml Chancellor Frank K Myers <>f Ch irleston has written that he will visit Social Iiodge. K of l\, on Tues? day. March S. The Knights are look? ing forward to his visit with much pleasure and expect that it will bo a source of mm h ?? uol I to the lodge. Mayesvllle received her share of the snow storm and gssnt business Is at a standstill for a few days. The young p.?oiii.. ,i. ?-"Joytgjfl tb> sn?>w as usual with frequent battles. Mrs. I* H. Mayes is in OoKMnhsg on a visit t.. ?? r daughter*, Misses Nct tle and Sadie, who are attending the College for Women. (*ai>t. Henry a \wiis sf Florence was in town on Saturday on business. Mrs. W. S. Chandler. Misses Min? nie Chandler and Pearl McKlveen. I?r and Mrs. C F.. King. Messrs II. C. Chandler. W. K. Anderson, and MeltrioV Ithod-s \\.r.> among the number who attend* .! the perform - snoo of "Madame Sh< rt v" in gWSStSf on Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs If. W OoSfSSf of Suniter are spending today In tOWS with the fWeSBsSFi pnrsntS, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Coop. r. Those who hav? not dote- m> should realster so as Is SS ojnnllflsd IS vole in th?? approaching municipal elec Hon. This i?* th.? -.ix..!i of th ? >ear v p. n gsntknti feel s?ry ssweh son* ggffJSd ??r i I.- frequent colds con? tracted by th.Ur ehll?l?.?. and hSWS nssnsdnnf renews for it > s nry sold V e?k' US !h.? 'll.' '!?'? vlf il Ity and SjSrrSS IhS Wnf fof IBS n i serious diseases that so often follow. Chamberlain's Cough Itemedj is fa? mous for Ml Si rats ind Is pl ? ant and safe t i ake. For - ?le by all dt' i lef*. DISK I.<. A HD OF SUNDAY LAWS. Law* That Arc on Statute Hooks Hut With Which Peopk' arc Not In Sympalhv and Openly Violate. Editor Daily Item: In your excellent write-up of the show Saturday night, contained in yesterday's paper, you very pertim nt ly ask: "Should the police allow a show to continue its performance af? ter midnight, when it laps over Into Sunday morning." This Question Is one to which 1 think a little more se? rious thought should he given. Of course. If there Is a law applying to unrh Incidents, which are rare. Indeed, the police should enforce the law, for such Is their duty, bist what snail we say of the law? Isn't It aheut time that such relic cf me leval bigotry be repudiated and re? pealed? Such laws are certainly out c< keeping with our modern Ideas of . Justice and liberty as, witness the al? most ?.?>tal disregard of the city or ' dtnance closing the stores on Sun ) dar. If one-half of the voters who disregard that law, thereby showing their utter lack of sympathy for any I such prohibition, would vote as they act and as they really feel, such laws ? would not remain on the statute ' hook longer than the time necessary to repeal them. Stich laws do not make Sunday any more sacred nor any Individual any , more moral, while they violate the most elementary principles of Justice, liberty and equality, and are a dl fm I violation of the United States ! constitution. They smack loudly of I?th century intolerance, of which. In fat t. they are about the last vestige. Very truly, j. R. kino. February nth. 1912. I1M1M at lynch hvkcl l>oitructJre Fire Visit* the Town? Obi .1. a. Kh&rac Hotter. Lynchburg, Feb. 12.?Mr. John a. Mcl^eod. who was doing a small mer? cantile business in South Lynchburg lost his storehouse and goods, as well as his dwelling and all of his household effects, by fire last Sunday morning between 1 and 2 o'clock. He and his son, who were s'eeplng in the rear end of the building, had very narrow escapee. The building was partially Insured. How and when the tire originated no one knows. An old storehouse containing a quantity of cotton sued In an adjoin? ing lot was also destroyed. There was no insurance on the latter. Col. J. A. Rhame. after several days illnesH. Is reported convalescing. But for the skill of Dr. J. W. Tarrunt his condition would doubtless have been vory serious. The aecond spell of* snow, as did the first some two weeks age, took everybody by surprise. The snow is today melting rapidly. In this sec? tion it averaged about 12 inches in dopth?heavier than the tirst. The '?< ilingH In some of the dwellings were hadly damaged. Mr. W. T. Mr Lend has sold his store building with the entire stock of goods to Mr. S. C. Kllpatrlck, who In the trade sold nearly all of his real estate to Mr. McLeod. The latter will resume his old business as traveling salesman again. nid Mr. H. V. McLeod Is still con I An d to his room. His extreme age is very much against his recovery. He is between NO and 90 years old. F\tcn?don of Carrier's Route. An extension on route four, on I which Mr. W. Y. L. Marshall is mail carrier, out from Sumter has been ordered by the postothce department kr' into effect on March first. The aataaaloi og this route win make it Ifca long sal routa taken by any of ttlf rural carriers working out from Sum'' r. The i itanaloa begini at the Har lOfl Lee place and goes on up by the Marshall, Honeyeutt, and m. L Mo,,r,. j i ices and is made on the rec OntflMmlatif.n Ol the post master fol lowing a petition from Mr. m. L. Moors thai such an axtanalon i> ? made in the route. Tlese persons living on this ex? tension will lind the service available If they secure mail boxes and have Ihem erected along the routs* For a sprain you will find *'ham berlaln'i Untaaani saoallont 't al? lays lha piin. removes Iha at >*neas and noon rstiorsi the partsi to ;? healthy condition, u.r? and I ceti battles, for sale by all dealers, A special train, gotten up for Ihs heneftl of i nurober of families of tour!its who had intoned connections an the early rooming train, passed through tiie citv Monday morning from Florence to Augusta* Thers Is no better medicine road for copis than Chamberlaln'i Cough \..sdj. i? acts on nature '* plan, rt llsfJof ihi rang*< opens tha ancrt Ho aids expectoration; and raotorsi lh< ?yatarn la i haalthj condli on, Pos r il" b> all dealers THE CHINESE REPUBLIC. RULE OP MAXCHU8 ENDS A1TER THREE HUNDRED YEARS. Yuan Shi Kai Charged with Organ? izing Powers of Provisional Gov? ernment?Republicans Pledged to Liberal Treatment of Emperor nnd kinsmen. Peking, Feb. 12.?After occupying the throne of China for nearly three centuries, the Manehu dynasty, rep? resented by the child hlmperor, Pu Yi, abdicated today. Three edicts were Issued, the first proclaiming ab? dication, tho second dealing with the establishment of the Republic, and the third urging the maintenane* of peaco and approving tho conditions agreed upon by the Imperial Premier Yuan Shi Kal and the Republicans. The legations will deal unofficially with Yuan Shi Kai's Ooverncnt until it is recognised. It is expected that ?uch recognition will be given im? mediately upon the formation of a coalition Cabinet. As the Throne's final edicts were signed by only one Cabinet mlnlstor besides Yuan Shi Ksl. five portfolios aro now available, and of these it Is believed that three will be filled by Tang Shao Ti, the imperial premier's representative in the reace negotiations at Shanghai; Wu Ting Fang, minister of Justles In the republican provisional Cabnet, and Chin Chin Tao, republican finance minister. Provision for Dr. Sun has not yet been made. After American Constitution. Nanking, Feb. 12.?The proposed republican Constitution consists of seventy rrt'.cles. It follows tho Ameri? can model except that the President snd Vice President will bo elected by Congress, which also will name the I rernlor, the latter selecting his Cab? inet, subject to the approval of Con? gress. It will establish religious free? dom an.d provide for conscription. Mt'MTER FIRST TO REPORT. Substantial Acreage Reduction Pledged I nder "Rock Hill Plan." Rock Hill. Fob. 12.?The first coun? ty in the State to completo work un? der the "Rock Hill Plan" is Sumter, which reported today, through Coun? ty Chairman O'Donnoll. Thirty-three thousand acres are represented in the pledges, every township being thor? oughly canvassed, making a net re? duction of 22 1-5 per cent. Other counties will mako final re? ports this woek. DISPOSITION OF LIQUOR FUND. Provided for In Senate Rill Sent to House ? Other Matters. Columbia, Feb. 12.?Tho Senate this morning sunt to tho House a bill to provide for the distribution of the dispensary fund in hand among the OOmmcn schools of tho State, tho money to be apportioned among tho several counties according to tho en? rolment in the public school.-? of the county, this enrolment to be judged by the report of the State Superin? tendent Of Education for the year ending June 10, 1911. ' The division is to be made by the State Superin? tendent of Education, the State Treas? urer and the Comptroller General, and no county Is to spend more than nne*fonrth Of its share of the money in any year, except where the money Is to be used for past indebtedness, and in Much a cast' the whole share may be spent. The bin was Introduced by the ed? ucation Committee, and it is consid? ered an important measure. It was lehated to n considerable extent this morning. Klngstree Record. Wouldn't it be well for parents who have children In school to take sufficient interest in the school and their children t<? visit the school at' i. ast once during the term? We hear parents complaining of the schools, who have no more knowledge of how ihey ar(> being conducted than has 1 resident of Kamchatka, W< do know thai strangers who have visited our school have -aid thai we have the I lost school for the sise of tie town of sny that they know of, itupport iho school and the teachers, p r ents should be cautious about I giving their children permission to st;iy out of school oven i'or otic day. Bvory day founts, if the school is of any sccount. and b day lost can never be made up, Continued absence causes tie pupil to fall behind ami than he wants to "stop school," find? ! hur fault with the teacher, and charg Ing him or her with partiality, prob? ably, A boy or girl who stop; school on account nl partiality on the part 1 !* the teacher, whether renl or Im? 1 aglned, seldom makes good "In th< world's 1 road field of battle," accord ? ing to our obroi ration, Parents and Schools, . 0. Ii. WORK AT RISHOPVILLi:. raking Many Important Clumgei? \V?>rk on Seaboard Expected, I Blshopvllle, Feb. 14.?it appears J that the A. C, L. people have been Informed Of the intentions of the Seaboard people for they havo been collecting BUppllei and assembling , workmen at this point for the last three days and have commenced put- I ting down side tracks across the propoeed crossing of the Seaboard. It i i ie understood that it is their inten- J tion to place as many as four tracks 1 across the line and to keep cars i standing on the point of the proposed 1 crossing continually. It is also understood that there is no lnw governing in casoe of one rail? road crossing another. Our commu? nity is vividly excited over the pros? pect of civil war when the 55eaboard people bring up their forces. Seriously though, this state of affairs is ab? surdly ridiculous and an end should be mado of it by legislative enact? ment, and if Sumtor ever expects to enjoy the benenits which flow from railroad competition, it should come to the rescue In this crisis. 7>o you know that more real danger urks In a common celd than in any >ther of the minor ailmente? The lafe way is to take Chamberlain's Settgh Remedy, a thoroughly reliable preparation, and rid yourself of the ? eld as quickly as possible. This remedy is for sale by all dealers. ChanitKT of Commerce Notes. Retail Smoker. The Retail Association will hold a smoker and business meeting at the Chamber of Commerce on Tues? day evening, February 29 at 8 P. M. Supper will be served by the ladles of the Junior Guild of the Episcopal church. It is hoped that every mem? ber will keep this date In mind and be present at thi? moetlnw. The members are also requested to bring with them any retailer who many not 1" e a member of the Association, ass All dues for membership to the Chamber of Commerce are now over due and should be paid on or before March 10th. The Constitution pro? vides that only those members who have paid in full can vote for officers at the annual election to be held on March 19th. The annual banquet will be held immediately after the annual election of March 26th at which time the President, Secretary and Treas? urer must submit the annual re? ports. ? t ? Forty-two men have given in their names as Intending to make the In? dustrial Trip to the North. It Is cer? tain that this trip will be made and it is also certain that every berth will be taken. Arrangements have been made in the various cities to be visited for the entertainment. There are a few minor details that are yet to be arranged with the Atlantic Coast Line before the actual cost of this trip can be announced, but it can be stated positively that the cost of transportation and Pullman ser? vice will not exceed |46. The only extra necessary colt will be for meals. Within a few days those who have ?Ignifh d their intention of making this trip and the committee will hold j' meeting for the purpose of dividing the work and starting an active cam? paign for the trip. Some of those who wish to go have expressed a wish to have the trip postponed until the first week in June and the question Will be considered at the meeting, a a a The Advertising Committee are act? ively at work on the Suinter Pam? phlet and it is hoped to havo it in the hands of the printer by the first of next week. ? ? ? The gentlemen proposing the establishment of a shoe factory were In th ? city Monday and the estab? lishment of such a factory in Sumt.r Bhortly looks very promising. Mr. Rleha who has charge of the build? ing of the gaa plant will be in the city this week and will be glad to con? ic;' with any person! who may be terested In same at that time. With the building of the Seaboard, the new office building t?. be Btarted In March, the gas plant also in March and the coming of the shoe factory, Sumter will certainly be very much alive and the knockers will have to crawl into their holes for a time at least, a Knocker hates the sound of progress about at much as a tramp does the sound of the saw buck. President linker when In the North last sum* i m< r set ? the Secretary a card to be tacked up In the office which reads as follows: "When You Meet ;? , Knocker Strike Ulm Where His i drain* ? >ughl to He und K Ick 11 m : Where His l ra Ins A re." ? Mere Is n message of hope and j g.i ehe r from Mrs. I'. J. Martin j Roone Mill V i ? w ho Is I ho mothei ! nf . i -i.:, . a . hildren. Mrs. Marth I e, in 11 pa t ion 1 j Cn mberlaln's Tab I let* nfb i live yet v of suffering, nn< now recommends these tablets to tin ,,,,! He, ! old bj 1! dealers, TEH Ml 18 FIX DRAINS. CITY COUNCIL <?IVES PROPERTY OWNERS SHORT TIME IN WHICH TO COMPLY WITH ORDINANCE. Railroad Matter Cornea Up for Dis? cussion?Lease of Pirst National Bank Quarten Deferred?Fire De? partment Receives Share of Timo? Hello Of Maine to bo Brought Here ?Extension on Hotel Sumtes Building. The City Fathers met Tuesday in their regular semi-monthly session, but all the Fathers wero not present at the meeting, Messrs. Mc Laurin, Booth, Hhamo and Glenn be? ing absent, thus leaving only a iuo rum present to transact whatever business came up. ' I The first matter that came up was a statement from Mr. Geo. D. Shore to the effect that ho had seen in the papers that relics of the United States j Battleship Maine would be given away to municipalities upon request. He had communicated with Con- j gressman Lever asking that some relic, preferably one of the small guns stationed on tho ship, he sant here to bo placod on tho Federal building grounds. He stated that he would like to have Council send in this request j to Mr. Lever through the clerk as coming from thorn. Council after hearing Mr. Shore's statement parsed a resolution to tho effect that the clerk wrlto to Mr. Lever asking that such a rello be sent here and that provision be made when it came to have It suitably mounted. The report on the water works was read and received as information, af? ter which a number of bills were passed upon and tho minutes of pre? vious meeting read and approved. Vir. Hurst stated that the request sent to tho city attorney, asking whether the city was legally bound to pay for damages received by Dr. Blrnle when his buggy was overturn? ed last fall by running upon a bank of earth thrown out in the street, had been returned without information. ( Mr. Jennings stated that if Mr. Rtraua* refused to act as city attor? ney, Council would olther havo to get legal advice from some other source or learn tho facts and act on the matter for Itself. Council then took up the matter and decided that as the dirt had been in the street for some time and Dr. Blrnle was ac? quainted with the fact that it was there, tho request for damages be re? fused. Mr. E. P. Pitts, a cotton seed buyer in this city, asked for a rebate on his license paid In 1910. Council re? fused tho request as it had refused other rebates at that timo and would not go back further than 1911 to give rebates. Mr. Cuttino and Mr. Wright voted to grant tha rebate, as they d'd not see tho difference between this request and other requests which had been granted. Mr. L. E. Wood asked for a rebate on his license as a lawyer on the ground that ho was not in the city for mor i than three months in the year and took up law only as a side issue to his work as court stenograph? er. No action was taken on this re | quest, but it was decided to appoint Wednesday of next week for hear? ing of a large number of attorneys in the city who requested stich hear? ing on the ground that the license for lawyers was not legal in that it was not graduated according to law. I A request for a rebate on license made by Mr. Bultman was refused, while one from Bristow Ford, on an additional haek. was granted. Mr. C. S. Anderson thought that the license required of him was ex? cessive and he asked Council to re? duce It as tile business done b re by him was not commensurate with the I license fee. After discussing the mat? ter it was decided that Mr. Anderson came under tho head of "drummers" and was not liable to pay license fee. Mr. Jennings read the contract which he had drawn up to b<> ?ub mltted to the a. c. Ii. Railroad offi? cials in place of the contract sub? mitted by them, in Which several measurements wero Incorrect ami which was not drawn up Recording to the terms previously agreed upon by the city. There was some talk of postponing action on this measure, as several members of council were abs( m. but after- some dls< usslon the contract was agr< ed upon and the Mayor and rlerk were authorized to submit it to the railroad ? fllcials. ! The next matter to receiv consid? eration w;,k-- the ro-leaslng of the quarters now occupied by the First National Hank. Mr. McKelver moved thai ttie request ? ? lease the quarter j to tb.> bank t'"i in extended perhv ( bo refused, as tho eltj needed th< I space for oirloes mi not sutllclenl for !l j that t he mat! r our i for the next ?'ouncil j Cuttino moved that j postpom .1 f >r aclio {r? fi ll meeting of I ? tion was taken. Mr. Cuttlno made a report of the i expi rtaei incurred by t'apu Finn in his trips to Asheville and A:;tb rson to Investigate the conditions of the i fire apparatus for Balg I I those places. The bills were ordered paid. : Uo then went on and made ;t .state? ment of what apparatus was in the lire d"prirtment house and which be? longed to the city and which to the Mor.aghan Hose Company. He furth ; or. in a -tatement made by Mr. Finn, stated whet changes was needed at the fire department h?>u::e. This re ! port was received as information. Mr. Cuttlno lIso a.sked for ir.forma | tion as to What hills were paid by the I tire department and which by the city. Mr. H. E. Wilder, chief of the j fire department, stated that Capt. Finn had ordered certain articles and 1 he had refined the bill, as a repre j sentatlve of the citv had ordered the j things and they bad not passed I through his hands. As he was secre : t try of Monaghan Hose Company, which was conducting th? fire de? partment under an annual appropri? ation, he did not see his way clear to , pay out of this appropriataion for those things ordered by the city's I represonttive. Mr. Wilder made a ' clear and concise statement of the situation which was heard with at? tention by the riembers of council. At this point council branched off into a discussion of the purchase of the apparatus belonging to the Mon aghan Hose Company. Mr. Wilder stated that he thought that the mem? bers of the company wculd be glad to sell out to the city and the fire com? mittee was appointed to deal with the Monaghan Hose Company with this end in view. The general opinion of council seemed to be that action had been taken without giving the chief due consideration. Mr. Cuttlno stated that this was partly his fault and he was now asking for information on this very point. He stated that here? after nothing would be purchased ex? cept through the orders of the chief. Mr. Cuttlno stated that the public works committee had been in the habit of taking hose out of the fire department house when they needed such for cleaning the streets. He stat d that this should not be allow? ed and would not be in the future. Mr. Cuttino stated that the doors at the tire house needed to be chang? ed and the matter was referred to the lire committee to investigate and re? port. He also stated that the fire alarm was always cut off during shows at the Academy of Music, and there was serious danger of fires spreading at this time as the firemen would not know of the fires if the alarm did not ring. It was decided, however, that the sounding of thet fire alarm, dur? ing a performance at the Academy of Music would be dangerous to life and no change was made. Dr. China asked that council alloff him to build an extension on the Ho? tel Sumter building to be used as a kitchen. He stated that he had rent? ed the building to Messrs. Tweed and McKeal and that ho wished to re liove the present congestion In the building. He stated that the ad? dition would not increase the fire risks to neighboring property and would make conditions at the hotel very much more convenient and desirable, His request was granted. Mr. R. E. Wilder, chief of the fire department, recommended the repair of the fire escape on the Academy of Music and the matter was referred to the proper committee to be attended to at once. Mr. Wright read the police report for the month of January. He then stated that he had told Chief Rrad ford to instruct property owners to remove their drains so that they would not empty the water from the roofs of the buildings DU the side? walks. This had been d< ne and he now wanted further Instructions along this line. Upon motion of Mr. j McKeiver it was resolved that all per? sons hSVlng gutter pipes emptying on the sidewalks be notified that unless they had such pipes changed In the next ten days, according to specifi? cations from the city engineer they would be liable to arrest ami line in the Recorder's court Thla motion \\ as pUSS4 d. Mr. Wilder stand that Messrs. j Mos s Green and H. l ?? Bametl wanted to ki what they must do j ai out the ma r is they had here? tofore nut i" pip (" according 10 speci? fications from the city engineer and i that the new br k pavement had I stopped up th - p pes Would they I too be ':a'' rot not ?Utting In the I prop***' drains ["hen was -eine dis? cussion as to whether or not the drains had been paid f< r by these parties when they were put In pre? viously, the matter being Anally de ctd il b> ihe statement from the may I or thai they wer? much liable as the . t iers who a re not complying Mr. and Mn Paughtery'a 1 Wal ? w ?b< ni R. 1 ?achte-; iv \ isittng Mr Mr. and Mi n llroad stree