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IM II MINI \\l> RUKKKKNDIM only for roMiKIXS. I nited s u*rs Supreme Court Do . Im. dar? Imalhl lnll'u tl\e atiil Mcforoiidum ls*glsl?tlon \<lo|*<><! In Various Stairs. Pechl ( .f. \l. Mi?\ I >h|ci I |m KU . |?r ?hl? in H?ing P?? lich?!, it ? hi :u iul Washington. Feb. 1?.? Only Con? gress, and not the Supreme Court of th? Cnlted State?. mayobJ?ct to tho Initiative and referendum method of legislation in the states, so the Court Itself decided today That tribunal held that the ques? tion of whether a State still maint|nV ed a republican f< rm of government, guaranteed I y the Federal Constitu? tor ufter It l dopted the Initiative ar.d referendum method, was a poll t'eal problem for Congress, and not s Jud'rtal one for ft e t'ourts. The> de? Islon was based on tho claim or the Pacific States Telephone n l Telegraph Company that a tax upon It. Imposed by the Initiative and referendum method m Oregon, was unconstitutional. Tho Intlatlve nnd referondum provisions In Missouri. California. Arkansas. Colorado. South Dakota, I'tah. Montana, Oklahoma. Maine and Arizona hung in the bal? ance. An adverse decision g have affecte 1 proposed legislation of the character In many other St Chief Justice Whlto announced tho decision of the Cou?*t None of the Jgatlce* dissented. L\ \< 111 1) is Hit > \l> 1? \N LICilS l\ Teaaeiewc Nob Vt tacks Prisoner-* i haWgi d with Murder. Nashville. Venn.. Feb. 1J>.?Armed with Clubs and revolvers, a mob 01 eighteen or twenty men shot and killed Watt Ureer. dangerous.y wounded D*\e Neal and badly beat up (irren itomar. at ?helbyvillo. Tsnn., today The victims are the negroes charged with the murder ol 8.' W. Fvei cial idhcer of tue Nashville. 'Chattanooga und St. Louis I Hallway, which occurred near Hell Huekb .Saturday, pel ruary 1?. The wound*, i negroes flow are in jail at SbelbyviHs ami It Is reported tl at the mob will endeavor to get p issesstoa of them and complete Its worV tonight. None of tho members of the mob wore masks. Tim negroes were, at? tacked bv th" nod. as th. y were be i?r ?aken to Jail after the trial, about 2 o'clock. They were In the saatadj) of Sheriff Williams and six deputies snd were goln.: down the BgSgg of the court house when the mob attacked th#?m. Qreor was shot In the stomach and killed on th> steps. Neii ;ipd Bomar were beat? en up. the former being seriously In? jured The officers rushed the wounded negroes Inlc the sheriff's office, the door of which was locked and the sheriff stationed himself on guard at the sntranee. t Almut 1.1" o'clock the mob re? turned nnd captured the sheriff nnd removed him from t/ie building. One of the n oh then broke Into the of? fice and fired once at each of the ne? groes Neal was si ok In tho abdo? men and seriously r ut t. the bulb t lodging In a gjove'ln his pocket. Sub? sequently he wounded negroes w??re taken from ths sheriff's office to the Jsll. but It Is expected that the mob W "1 en.h i\ r ti lyn h them tonight. I IHP Mo\ |? \> tFTPRNOOV In IntMiu. ? \V.'-b House Hclont hi.; !?? Qe*X H. I'oxwortb. Mond.iv n't errioo>i about ti v. n't Im k the hos? wagons were called out lo a Are on Huskell street which was found 'o be In a house in the rear .f Mr. (!. ?'. M. Fox worth* i resi? dence The hulldlrg was one in ?Ablcb Mr. Poxworth had his wash? ing done nnd was a small frtim I structure. The d-mace* to the build? ing consisted in p tr ..i ? ?? d r ...f t?dng burned of The fire departm -tit turned Og I *f rm tr at w .'.-r i fore the lire could spread and tl ? I r ? waa ? \t n janjaletg in short ardor. All of the apparatus In the hoi was *nred and the building was tb ? iv thin* to suhTer d imeg? For a spra'n yog will find 'ftinm nsjgtnfn'i I4n)sjieni iL lays the pain, rem ' ? H|S 9i ??nd ??.,..|> r? gsjsssj ?' pay |o ? bee Ith) i ? ndM on. "? ? > d ' '? . e?r bottles f..r k n by all dealers. County politics are looking up and th? r ir.- rum- r< of m.e . . ? Pd ite -. Tbl?. I- tb? on in i f tb I hen m 'h. i 4 f,-e| v r\ mm nbunda ! r' i?n.r '? ? ? cold weakens ihs hint - ihs rUal i" ,. i ,.,\ itho i f for tl i ? ?er'ous sMSQSSH Iba So ? fl ? folll W. ChamberlainCough 11 Is fi m<>'<? |nr Hi urea in I In pless. snt und safe to tske. Fol nil b] dealers ?Mi POND! IN THK CITY. Condition on lUv urd ISjSJth Main j stnt i-. Very l iisanttnry?Oilier Ihiddlc-v The Gltj of Sumter seems at the present time to bt suffering from a I ail ?i'Un k of what the "M. IV in III yThfOC Twins" would call "\va teriti-. " for on BOS and South Main S revts ponds l?rge enough for breed in? Huh?or alligators for that mat? ter and millions of mosquitoes have j made the denizens of nt least I two houses r?mt?Y?- t ? other guarter-, and h iv,. Iunnn eniemed almost ev < i yhody who has bOOfl dov n In that . ctton. '>i!?i of the ponds Is on H.?e street ; Meat tie> oornef of South Main and cenfi temothlug like hair an acre. It Is said to l.?. :it hast two feet In depth?the rapOSter did not have a boat so took the word of his Infor? mant?and extends no to the door of on negn hOtSSS and under IWO OthCTS. jfne occupanti dl the latter two pi ,ces h.ive moved to other quar? ters until the Rood Hags U abat< d and the water goes hack into its reg? ular channels. A very mueh smaller mud puddle than It is at pres? ent, as the r "porter for the Item was rellahly Informed, stays in this sec? tion rfter every rain and generally lasts hetween rains The n? \t pond, one that somo of gOffOOl living n^ar it Stated th^v woald ratti ducks on later in the j summer if it remained long enough i as they had reason to helleve it would, was farther OH dc An South If gin itte ft apparently and extend-, Sd "cross the street end cover-'d as li ge an neea ae the first pond, though it was report? d to be not Ottlto fts deep. another puddle, which ufrer hat rains $a panda Itaet^ to the sl?e of a pord. Is that In front of the gotten platform. Thor? Js n. sink here which needi to be Mied hp. Of It v ill pro^'e a } ? ry convenient , ibrc ding plre* lot mesqultoefl lately m in th" year si will th^ other two p one mentioned, Besides i? fog breeding/ houses fer 1 loesqultoes. h.ewev ?r. these mud pod dies make th I vlcftltty extremity UU* altary and the slty, the board Of ' health, or whoever has eha?--.- of such matters, should take the matter 1 up at SSjei and have such nuls nnc"- al eted. The work of hauling dirt to these holes would not cost a ?fial deal r\<>r Would It corsume a groat amount of time. Tt Is true that the Hee and South Main streets plao? it" In that portion of the city In jhahltHted mostly hy colored people. j hut at the same time these negroes have to live somewhere and it is ih?? hur.lness of the elty to make everywhere In It ns sanitary as pr?s slhle. NRG HO \KRI>HI> FOR ROTT8E r.Kl \KF\<;. Willie Jone?-. Released m Recent Term of Court. Held on S mir Clin rue. Wink Jones, the nsgro who was arrested several momhs atfo f? r btvak ag into the Bdaton Candy Kltehei . and re!, i.-.m! |,y itu- jury at the re aahl term of court, was again caught Monday night In Shaw's stable, which I h?& entered with the evld nt purpose I of committing theft. Mr. I>. C. Shaw, the proprietor of the staldesx ha- suspected some one of taking things from ths itablss for some time and fof the past few nights he had one of his employees hiding In tho office of the building for the purpose of watching and estehing ths thief, Monday night the thief entered ths building through the window and Went into the office, but failed to turn an the light as he I' Id I ? in the habit of doing. The tw<i young men who were on the look OUt for Ihs thief waited for some tim ? nd then turned oa the light and had the man in the nfioe. Re was later .turned over le the police on tin* f harg,. ,.f housebreaklng, Th* i.egi o \< a young man of s'h'htly more tl, in twenty years of nge. !!?? is the nunc person caught .In Dr. s c, Baher'g residence several yean e a, and sentenced to serve ;? term an lbs gang, n had only re? cently been released from the gang whoa be wo* arrested for breaking into ihs Beaton Candy Kltch< n. rt seems, however, that neither his term at the gsng nor his recent release f am Jail has taught him i sufficient Is "ii sgalnst theft Mr. Bhaw si ited ^neaday momlni that he would have him proseeuti d t" t*. extent of t)'.? lew when eourt again eon%*en nn? it Is probable that it w ji ?..? Rom? tlr>io I , f, >,,. g in ne in l av e | ? har <to commit hli depi datloni \S' H, Todd has I ? es appt Int? ' ihs th ? place of T, .T. Hull, who we promoted to M (, ^! on in th, genei 1 11 rintendent'i ofl ? mr- time ? If dntlngshurg, Indlsi nd !? recom men b d a^ a man fnli < e , ? a ? t glv ? Hat|sfact<?ry service In h'j n* . position. JUDGE JONES IX WASHINGTON. On Persona] Business, Refusing to DISCUSS Politics. Washington. Fsb. 19.?Judge Ira Jones, who resigned Ins Chief Jus? tlcsahlp of tic South Carolina Bu preme Court In order to run for the G >vernorj,hip against Governor Bl iaso In*the Democratic primary, Ii at the Wlllard Hotel l ore, and will probably remain until tomorrow afternoon. Judge Jones spent a large part of 1 today at the Capitol and took lurch with Senator arid Mrs. Tillm in and Rei i issntatlvs Legare In the Senats dining room. Among the other mem. I era of the delegation seen by Judge JOBei during the day were Kopr ?- ; sent lives Flnley and Johnson, When mot In Senator TUlman's omce, Judge Jont I rt fused to say anything about hit v. if to Washington, sxoept that it was on maiters ef personal business, He declined courteously, but firmly, to dlSCUSa BtatS politics (?r to say i anything about his candidaoy. U1: >. UER8H1P CAMPAIGN <>? ( HAMBUt OF COMMKR1 E. - I Two Teams Known as Reds and Blues to Mart Campaign March 1th, A r ei. ing mcmh. rship campaign i to be started l?y the Chamber of Com? merce on Monday, March tth at B " m. Lasl year a membership com? mittee mads a canvass of the city for securl subscriptions to the chamber and -?t was afterward! decided that | those who had subscribed should be considered members. Theee subscrip? tions rah i:; aB amounts from $io to I 1100, Under the constitution as now1 adopted no membership will be von 1 . ill red for less th?.n *io for Individ? ual r leas than $80 for Armi >r cor- ! poy&tfona, Ovary Individual subscrib? ing IfO oi more will have one vote' only nd every firm ar corporation as I v \ al they have members of th* ?m or executive officers, provld* ad and only to the extent that they have j-i'.enb-1. $10 for i ach mem be" or, executive officer. As nearly a|1 memberships expire Aprl] 1st a complete canvass will ic mad by the two opposing teams. M mil r hip applications will be p!acd in the hands of these teams and hereafter an applicant will b<^ considerial l permanent member un t!l he shall resign or be dropped for hon payment of dues. The cam? paign will be carried on for five days and each applicant signing the mem her hiblank will immediately be? come a member of that team which secured h's msmbershfp and it will be his duty to aid in securing new m< mbsf which will be credited to hll team. The teams will wear the regular booster button with .a small red, or ldfte, ribbon, as the case may be. If he does not wear the ribbon or .'oit one lido or the other, hi will be subject to solicitation by the members of -.be two tsami until he does join. The winning team will be the gm -t ? f honor at the animal tu eting on March 16th ami the losing team will serve thorn with the supper, Tin Blue team are ai follows: Mr. Bartow Walsh, captain; Messrs W. C. [JpShur, W. H. Jones. 11. s. Hood, Lueinn Strauss, J. I >. Shirer, I >. M. I>ick. S. Et Chandler. J. R Clack, Jullui Wcecoat ami s. m. McLeod, lieutenants, * The Rod team: Henry Moses. Cap gig J Messrs, D. R. McCallum, Jr., \. j. Btnbbs, W, B, Boyls, K. i>. Wither spoon. J. H. Chandler. J. A. Mc Knlght, J. P, Glenn, J, W. Jackson, c. m. I hirst ami George Richer, lieu tenants. Held For Theft of Bicycle. Roberl Kennedy was brought back to the city Tuesday mOITting from Greeleyville by Deputy sheriff Sykes, who arn ited Kennedy M ?nday after? noon at that place on the charge of stealing a bicycle from one Frank Johnson on the night of February 17. The evidence against Kennedy Is laid to be strong and he will probably be bound over for trial at the court of General Pesslons, Both parties are colored. Marriage License Record. Only one marriage license was i sued Monday, The colored couple securing tho license were Harkless Kaplus and Nona Evnna of Bumter. ! The \\ >rk <?n the v. M. <' \. build !>.? seem to be coming to and end, ?AI prescni th.dy remaining work i.-. the painting of tho w.1 work in ?no of the rooms nnd the coin ' pletlon of tb concrete flooring in t1 . bai men,. The bath tubs also I hn> * be In * lied In the dormitory I [ ? ids expectoration; and r< sy item to a be iithy condli > tie l>3 ill dealers. (? VMBLIXG is WRONG. mon Preach tl Sunday, February IS. by Ke\. .r. P, Marion. The sermon that Rev. J. P, Marion lellver d at the Presbyterian church ? nday morning dealt with a question ' f so general importance and in w hich so many people are directly in i ?rested that >t was tin- belief of a number win* h >ard it that it should be published for the benefit of a larger audience than was present when It was delivered. At their request Rev. Mr Marion Furnished the manuscript of the sermon and we willingly com? ply with their request to print it. "For oven when we were with you, this we commanded you, 11 any would 1 not work, neither should he eat." I Thes. ^:in. i At a meeting of the pastors of the \ i lous churches of the city, on last' Monday morning a week .ago, a reso? lution was unanimously adopted sug gesting that each pastor preach on the subject of gambling .as it touches local conditions. In following this suggestion it is not my purpose to deal in insinu? ations, using my profession and this pulpit to hide behind. for that I , deem would be the height of coward Ice. I Tt is not my pur] ose to make spe? cific charges, realising that then the proof must be in my possession and forthcoming on demand, and from ?>!>? own knowledge 1 could not testi fy. s I i My purpose is simply to raise in your minds certain questions and points, if 1 mac. to certain duties we I - we es Christians, ' The words of the text are chosen ? because they refer specifically to gambling, but T hope to show that gambling is one form in which this divine Injunction is violated. i. I- Gambling Wrong. Gambling has been d stint d as "the staking of property upon chance in tlv^ hope of winning." The essence of Its wrong is that there is no "quid pro quo." Mr. Herbert Spencer says it Is 'Pleasure obtained at the cost of pain t'? another. The happiness of the winner Invt lv< s the mlsofr of the loser." Gambling la s< en to be wrong from the following facts: 1, Sojn i surface facts. The universal enlightened conscience of man has always put Us condemna? tion upon rramblirg and branded the gambler as an injurious persOn In hu? man society. Gambling has been out? lawed by the nation that has advanc? ed fart In st in civilisation, H Is against the laws i f Bumter, of South Carolina and of almost every state In this Union, to gamble. The gambler must ply his trade behind locked doors, ami under the cover of b* icrecy, Its evil power bas been confessed by the gambler himself. One illus? tration, given by another, must suf? fice. "1 would a thousand times rath? er see him (said a gambler of his only child, a ton) in h's coffin and follow him to his grave, then see him live the life that T daily live before him." E, Obtaining goods wrongfully. So pure and discriminating a mini as Dr, B, M. Palmer declared that gambling la simply robbery. T shall go no further than this, that gambling Is obtaining goods wrongly. There are only two ways In which a man can rightfully come Into possession of property. 1. TCy gift. 2. By purchase. Clearly the gOOdfl ol tamed by the gambler in the game of chance le not a gift. There Is no desire upon the part of the loser to bestow, at the cost of self-sacrifice, a gift up m the winner. Certainly it Id not a purchase for he has some? thing for nothing. Th< re is no fair e-.a ha ngO. Rut, it la argued, those who stake their property have ,f th Ir own ac? cord agreed to the chance, Surely n> Intelligent man will hold it to be a principle of sound ethics that any j agreement can m ike a wrong right. On .such a principle, as many wit I >rs have shown, a sulcid ! p ict or the duellist agreement would be right j Again, it I*: argued that a man's j goods are his own and he may do as I he pleases with them, I deny 't. for uii bi- of the moral claim i of wife or child or community, his go >ds ar ? ! i iod' i and a m in Is only tin* trust* e. j ?:. Violates G id's f mdam mtcl law of lnbo". the sweat of thy face ?hall I thou earn I read, till thou return tin I to ti e ground." "If a man will not ? woi k neither shall he eat." . tom's das and no man will rong you by calling you a ducer?ho is a parasite, a leech on the body* p< litte- a harpy at the | I oard of th i world's happin? ss?? drone in the bee hive of the world's activity?an idler?a subject for the vagrant law, without the finer and nobler Instincts of a man. No man ean say of tii ? gambler, no matter bit social .-landing, no matter his family connections, no matter how he struts and brags, "there stands a Man. I 1. Judged by its fruits. The Master has left US tliis test. "By their fruits ye shall know them." This certainly is a jnst. y fair test If one ease can he shown where s gambler or gambling has produced moral uplift in a person on a community, as far as 1 know, no record has been kept of it. What is the effect of gambling on the gambler? Tie is ruined for any honest labor. He is h irdened against all the finer, nobler sentiments of the human heart. Breaking one law he becomes indifferent to all laws, whether of God or man. lake a dope fiend his will power is broken and he will sell the roof from i ver tili children's heads and take th ? food from their mouths to satisfy his pas? sion. Iiis sou] is closed against all spiritual Influences, Tie seldom at? tends church?he cares for no man's soul. He walks in a way that bads to the defaulter's shame and a suicide's ".crave. What is the effect, of gambling on a community? The Influence of such a man ean net but be evil. Gambling lowers the moral and social standards of a community. It creates an at? mosphere in which spiritual life can not ? \ist. it weak "us the com me r- , cial Standing of any community. III. I - Gambling Carried on to Any Eisten! in Sumter? j It Is currently reported here and ' In other parts of the state that there [is a great deal of gamblingygolng on ! in Sumter. I That t'ois gambling ?s not confined ' to the usual "crap game" of negroes but reaches much higher in the B0 I cial scab b. I Thai there are certain gambling I lac 's In Sumter and in the county t easily at cesslble. That the holy Sabbath day is con ! mtly bri ken by these gambling ? meets. . j Axe these reports true or are ' we slandered ss a people? i^o they I deserve our Investigation or are they j idle talr: ? Ts it the fancy of alarm 1 ;st*?is it the far-cry of over-zealous j preachers? mi. i? there s Duty We Owe as i ? Christian Men Touching Thig Evil? j If this moral evil does exist in Sumter, then it Is my honest convle tlon that the Christian manhood and Iwomanho d has a duty. Clod given. t?? I perform. I Onc'mfn may say: "It i: none of my business." Of course if you deny that in any ion v< u are your broth | er's keeper; if you are determined to j go with the Priest and Levite and pass unheeding your neighbor's need 1 have no word for you. But I believe the Christian man h< od will Bay heartily. It is our duty . to do all in our power to stay this I evil For the sake of our young j m n?your boy and your boy. When j ! your boy. trained by experts, is seiz- j i ed with the gambler*! fever it will he j too late to wring your hands and I phed tears. When men have turned him into their dens it will be too late, j r# far a^ he is concerned, to set fire to that den. We have a duty for the | i sake of the moral and spiritual life of 1 our homes and city. TV. What Can T Do? I ''ast the weight of you- influence to create a needed sentiment against this evil and the violation of law. Our officers are unable to enforce the law against gambling when the 'citizenship does not bad; them In ! heir performance of duty. Tn At? taints b few weeks ago. a man. prom? inent In soclsl life, was arrested for i disorderly conduct To the officer ! making the arrest he said, "this will ' cost yon your Job." The Christian I men of Sumter ean say by word and act to every officer, the performance j <ef duty In enfott imr our laws shall ; not cost you your Job. 1 believe that isocial i an should be placed upon ' ihi gambl r. Society owes It to It? self to say to the gambler you are not v tnted In our homes and In'our so I cial gnth< rings. We eil n see that no gam "S ? f chance for prises nr.- played In our I homes. How can a wife play cards I i thei a Imonish a husband for playing ? lespectlng man ean follow, i r ! th? m foi li e temptation! that J here now. AVERBUCH WINS HIS SUIT. at ( a?s- Decided Ul Shiloh Tu< -<la> Hearing Before Hwgfffmt" Player. The now e/ell-known cas< t' shore \-. A-Verbuck was finally decided Tues? day at a hearing before Magistrate Player when the jury after being out for only a short time returned a ver? dict to the effect that Averbucfc was entitled to hold the premises for one year. Th?- ease elicited a considerable amount of Interest in Sumter and went to its third hearing Tu- ?day. The suit is one brought by R. I. Manning, fjeo. 1?. Shore and C. "Q. Row and to obtain possession of prem? ises on Main street now occupied by Nathan Averbuck The case result? ed in a mistrial at the first hearing and when called for the second hear? ing was stopped on motion for a change of venue because of relation? ship existing between the magistrate and one of the plaintiffs in the case. Motion was tlUSde that the case be heard at Mayesville. but the case was transferred from that place on an af? fidavit submitted by the defendant that he did not think he could get justice In a hearing at this place. Tuesday quite a number of wit? nesses-, lawyers, and others went from here to Shiloh to be present sat the hearing of the case. The testimony subn itled was practically the same as that taken at the first hearing. Do you know that more real dangei u^k1- in a common cold than In any >ther of the minor ailment.--? The mfe way is to take Chamberlain's Sough Remedy, a thoroughly reliable preparation, and rid yourself of the old as quickly, as possible. 1 emedy Is for sale by all dealer-. 'his Negroes Balled Out. The n tgroes held for complicity in the plot and for sale of liquor on the Stuckey place on the night of Feb I ruary 1 have been released on bond by Magistrate Wells. The negroes held fcr carrying concealed Wcapons were released on bond immediately after the hearing, while it was not until Monday that bond was furnish> d for the other negroes, the amount being Axed at $400 each, on each charge. * l b re is a mesa-, e of hope and rood cheer from Mrs. C .T. Martin, ffoone Mill, Va., who is the mother ? t eighteen children. Mrs. '.. artin area xrured of stomach {rouble and eonsxl potion by Chamberlain's Tab? lets after five years of suffering, and now recommends these tablets to the b e. Sold by all dealers. WOMEN'S WOl sumter Wonnen Arc Finding Relief at l''?*t. I It does seem that Women have more than a fair share of th. aches i and pains that afflict humanity; they ( must "keep up." must attend to du | ties in spite of constantly a< hing backs, or headaches; glanj spells, beartng-down pains; they must stoop over, when to stoop means torture. 'They must walk and lend aid work , w ith rat king pains and many aches from kidney Ills. Blck kidneys cause more suffering than any other organ of the body. Keep the kidneys well and much suffering is saved. Read of a remedy for kidneys only that is endorsed by people you know. Mrs. R K. Brown, 101 W. Liberty tercet. Sumter. S. C? I iys: "For over a year 1 eras greatly annoyed by kid? ney and bladder trouble and noth? ing brought me relief until l obtain* ; od a supply of Doan'a Kidney Rills at China'.- Drug Store. They were so beneficial In every way thai i have no hesitation whatever In recom m nding them." Cor sale by all dealers. Price ">0 centa Foster?Mllburo Co., Buffalo, X? w York, sole agents for the United States. Kerne m her the nanu?Doan'a and take no other. No. 19 1 ? ;t crii i< because y likes if be contrary Vou can contrary t< ; he u * -Iii s ot you friends a ? ' neighb md sor* ' tu*s get tfc i t st .oi in ; but R . trary n he dicta i ! nat un I vou I lyrn r. - ? n IQfntSCiSS \s ti.. Spectacles ii must be. Nature v\ on I ac? cept i u s i Spt ct ncles though: t hey must 1 e t i;.;lit Siie< i acles. \\ e can give \ he kind -ran e W. A. 01 Jeweler and tlptl< bm. I