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KQtfrvLTTl THE Q03PEL ONLY FOR SINNERS. Mark it. 13-22?t^srch 24. "t rmm* not to ctiU tht riuhteou*. but ?in ??v 9"?fmr? rt. CUV. term "Publl.-an" In Jesus Uli? was applied to Jews who wtitl the Itoman QoeOTI mem tie tax collectors In Pal? estine. The erne was a reproach |>e cause tb?? Jews hehl to the Abrohntnic promtse that The whole world shou.d be bleased by them as God's peculiar people. They held tbnt this meant that they should not only be free from alt other governments, but that the. should be tbe masters of tbe world The term "?Inner" was applied to all Jeas who weie careless In resi>ect to the orthodoxy of their day, for the ortbodoi Jew of that time ss well as today took pride In bis reli? gion snd b.? med of bis boll neos. As. for instauce. the word "Pbsrt eee" signifies "ho? ly person" - one acrupulously enre ful In observing the smallest de- Cell of Matikvw. tht Ulis of the Law. Pnunsnn. There was s wide breach between the i seaious followers of Moses' Law ami the mesa of the nation who were alto gather classed us "stnuers." or person* not up to the orthodox standurd of carefulness of form, ceremonies, etc. Our Lord ? disciples were nearly all gathered from this lower or less ort hi? dox and leas educated class of Jews Because of our Lord's talents the Thar ieeee wouiJ have been glad to have Ulm ss one of their number, provided that lie would skle with them and up bold them in their more or less hypo? critical pretentious of perfection and holiness. But Jesus denounced the claims of the Pharisees as hypocritical and told the common people plainly that there were "uone righteous, no. not one"?that all needed Divine mercy, and that the humble anil contrite would be much more acceptable to God than the proud, the self-conceited. "Thy Disciples Fast Not." About, that time a fasting season was observed by tbe Pharisees, and also by those who had accepted the teachings of John tbe Baptist; but Jesus had said nothing to His disciples about fastlug. No.v the question arose. WM was tbls? The Savior's explanation was that while lie was with them it should properly be considered a time of rejoicing ami feasting rather than u time of fasting ami sorrow They would have i lenty of opportunity t i weep and fnst after lie had gone nnd while waiting for His return. Fasting should not Im? considered i matter of obligation or command, but rather a voluntary sacrifice of pre-'get ami t e in p o r a i geed things thai t b e m I n d and I i it might go out the more - neatly after the thlms not gene, as yet but hope 1 for. Thus for eighteen gee furies Clod a peo pie have been fasting and pray mi; and Whiting and longing for TS? PhnrUre aid the tbe Brldeenxhim Pubiu** return But In the time of ills pre*en< o. their fellow? ship with Ulm. their Joy In the reallzn tlon of the completed promise, will wl|?o uway their tears and "gl\c then beauty for a-dies, Mnd the oil of joy for ? ? ? the spirit of heaviness." The Church a New Creation. It was dlffh u t for the Savior's I era to get n proper focus upon Ills tenchtnga. They could understand John the Baptist's preaching of repentan? e ami reformation; btit when Jesus de clared. "The Law and the Prophets were until John, nml si nee then the Kingdom of Heaven Is preached." this was so radical a proposition as to be difficult for the masses to grasp. What could l?e higher thau the I,aw nnd the Prophets? Sympathetically we must concede that It was difficult for the Jews to understand that before tho blessing could come to natural Israel, another, spiritual Israel, must be selected. By way of emphasizing this thought, our Lord gave two parot>ollcal Illustra? tions, saying, No man sews a pleco of uushrunken rlo'h upon an old gar? ment, because the shrinking of the new cloth would pull away tho old and Increase tho difficulty. Likewise, no one would think of putting new wine which hnd not yet flulshed Its fermentation Into old wineskins, whose elasticity bad Urn exhausted, for the old wineskins would be burst by the fermentation of the new wine. 0otbeGos|*d teaching Is not a patch upon the Jewish Lnw. hut Is a new proposition. And the new wine of the Gospel I'lspensu Ion must Ik? put Into new wineskins that will bo able to stand tho stress of the fermentation eujv fo gggoe Thus our Lord did not Uttompt to emrrnft Ills teachings upon the Jews but celled out of Judaism a special class, wb h the Scriptures ife note as "New Creatures In Christ" It Is to these tint tl wine of the Oosjsd Message Is committed, nnd arc to experience the fcrtnctite Incidental ?o the pnparatlon for Kingdom?dh'-lpllues and t. r r. . Mr. U V. Wils .a. of Columbia, was In the tlt\ Friday. FARNUM BRANDS BLEASE. hi: Nor GIVE MONEY TO at TOll\ i y (.KM hal. 11 II. i:\nn-. (.lying History of His Hcluliuii.. with T. H. Felder, He nounevd the Atlanta Attorney. All fluides of State Dispensary DtSOUae? st\ Columbia. March II,?The insinu? ation hy tie governor of South Car? olina that Attorney General Lyon re carved ? sum of m ?ney In oonnootlon with the case of Janus S. Farnum, who pleaded gtt'lty to a charge of giv? ing robOtOl mi.vI was wried $5,000 in the llhhland county court, was de? nied >?sterday hy James S. Farnurn of Charleston, who appeared before the legislative committee appointed to Investigate the charges and insinu? ations by the governor. All of the members of the legisla? tive committee were present except Senator Clifton, who was detained he c;i ise of a ease in court. The first witnesses called before the committee were Dr. K. C. McGregor and Dr. W. C. McMillan of Columbia. The gorernor. in his SpSClal message, made certain charges as to the dis? position of a quantity of alcohol by the members cf the Ansel commis? sion and intimated graft on the part of the chairman, Dr. W. J. Murray of Columbia. At the first session Of the committee last week, Ihr. Murray gave testimony to show that the alcohol In question haul been disposed of ad? vantageously to the State. The two witnesses were called yesterday morn? ing and gave testimony sustaining statements made by l>r. Murray with reference to the price received by the gtatS for the alcohol. The second witness cf the merning whs James S. Farnum of Charles? ton. He stated that he was a beer bottler and bad been a dispenser in < 'h?rtesten. "I was (:rs' acquitt d and then pbaded guilty of givin-r rebates." said Mr. Farnum in answer to a question as to whether \\, had been indicted in connection with the affairs of the old State d is pet -ary. "What agreement was th-re be? tween you and Attorney General Lyon or his assistants as to payment of money?" "Xone. ' h. ropttOA "Hid you or your representative ever pay any sum to Attorney Gen. eral Lyon or hN assistants?" "No." , ? How mOCtl more than $5.000 was P lid by you for pleading guilty?" "Nona whatever." "Is nny statement made to the ef? fect that the attorney g mere] was paid true?" "It Is untrue." h- replied. "Is there any truth to tin- statement that you paid many times this amount ($5,000) for yeUT Immunity?" he WSI asked by the committee. ' it is untrue." replied Farnum. 'No sum W01 paid OUtSldl Of the $5,000," he continued. Thes.? statements w. re made by James S. Farnum in denying the charges and Insinuations made by the governor to the Sffo t that Attorney QenersJ Lynn was paid for granting Immunity to Farnum after ho had icreed to pi, d guilt> and pay a fine of $5,000. Farnum reiterated several times that no sii n w hatsoever had OVcr been paid the attorney g-nerul. The witness said that the Hie i ? onrd had never made any attempt to investigate hlia otTiclally. An attorney representing John Bell Tow ill appeared before the commit? tee and asked that Mr. ToWlll be ex? cused from gi\ing testimony as Io? wa^ gnder Indictment, it was stated that the Ansel and BleaSS commis? sions hod not fofeed Towill to tos? tify The committee* took the re? gnest tinder advlssmeni and follow? ing an executive Itsaton announced that Mr. Towill n USt testify but that his attorney would bs given the right to request all testimony damaging to his ease hi Ihs courts to be ruled out. Mr. Towill sraa later called. The ne\t nitness sailed by the com? mittee was J. M. Kaw?nson, a mem? ber ?f the oui g%ate dlapensary board of control. He did not remember anything in com .?< tion with the amount of tlCOhO] left (>n hand when tin dtsneneary was turned over to th? Ansel oommlselon, He knew nothing of certain COmpromlSSS re? ferred to by the governor In his me s? sage. He. said that he- had never b en consulted by the. BloSSS board as to tin investigations ??f tim dhv penaary. He also state d that he had n? \ ? r been que stione d by the gOV? ernor with reference to the dispen? sary. i?ei yog haou tin* members of th?* Ansel eommlsion personally of officially, "I know Dr, Wi J Murray and J? Steele? Brf I '* ' What do you think of Ihi com p-?-in y of the members as their honor "I would consider them honorable me n So far as I know. "i?hi yon pay any money lo tio> attorne) ge ne ral or his assistants or do yon know of an] paid by others under Indictment?" "No sir." "in any way " "No sir." lie paid that ho knew nothing of the conditions of Farnum pleading guilty und being lined $6,000. Jon B. Wylle of Chcnter was the next wltnees called i>y the commit? tee, He said that he had been In .! cted In Rlchland and Chester coun ti i in connection with the dispensary, bui that he had never been tried. He said that he had been granted Immunity for "turn ng State's evi? dence." "I'd yon pay anything for the im? munity?" "No." "i>!d yon pay anything to the at t irnoy general for your immunity?" "No sir." "No you know of any money paid I y Farnum to Attorney General Lyon ?" ' No. 1 do not." Th. witness declared that he knew nothing of the fees paid T. I?. Fel? der, the Atlanta attorney. He said that he did not know nor had ever heard of T. It. Felder until h*J wont out of the oflice as a member of the dispensary board of control. He was questioned by Mr. Carey j of the committee as to his opinion of the honesty and uprightness of the ' members of the Ansel commission against which the governor brought his charge and insinuations. "I think they are as good as any? body* I don't know where you could find any better. You could not get any better man than Mr. Brlce," re? plied the witness. He was questioned as to the charge by the governor that the State had lost more money hy the Ansel com? mission than by the State dispen? sary. He did not. know exactly as to what had been lost or gained by [the d'spensnry, but said that he could not see where the State had lost money by the An?el commission. "I Know they gained something. Thot Is a matter of record." This Statement was made in reply to a dirt et question as to whether the State had lost money by the Ansel commission. He said that he had not been called to testify by the Bleaae commission. John Hell Towill of Batesburg, tak? ing the stand, said that he was n member of the dispensary board of directors and that he was now under indictment. He declared that no offer had ever been made to nol pros the case against him. "Ho you know of any money that was ever paid to Attorney General Lyon, the Anns] commission or the Bleaae commission In connection with the affairs of the state, dispensary." "No sir." The witness said that there had never been any negotiations between himself and Attorney General Lyon for the settlement of the case. "Was T. B. Felder favored with purchaet i and r? bates by your hoard " "No sir; not to my knowledge " "1 know ;i party who told me that Felder had paid him rebates," said the witness. "Who was that?" "Evans." The Witness then said on dlrod questions that it was H. If. Evans, but thaf he would not charge definitely that Mr. Evans said that he had re? ceived a rebate. He said that Evans had told bun tint Felder was inter SUted la a whiskey house and that "there was some understanding be? tween th in" (Felder ami Evans.) "What whiskey house'.'" "It was a Nashville liquor house, i don't remember the name." he re? plied. Later Towill recalled that it was the Sidney Lin as company of Nashville. He seemed to forget cer? tain details of the conversation with Evans which occurred, he said, in the Columbia hotel in Columbia. Ho said that the board bought lots of whiskey from the Nashville company. "Hid Evans receive money from the Company?" "I don't know. H. H. Evans and Felder had a falling out about some transaction between the Lucas com? pany and tie State. I don't know the cauaa of the trouble There was some misunderstanding between Felder and Kraus." The witness was questioned Closely about this "falling out" by the com? mittee. He said that Evans told him "that Feidei wanted to hog tho whole thing and to- was not going to allow it." "I think it was a general disturb? ance." said Towill, in speaking of the row between Felder and Evans, Although the witness was asked many questions he refused to give bis opinion as tn the cauae of the row. He <aid that he did tu t wish to ,k> an Injustice to Evans and that he would therefore withhold his opinion. He declared that he did not know the cans.' of the low. Being questioned further by the committee Towill laid, "I think Mr. Evans usually takes care of himself." "Can't yon be more definite about Mr. Evana* taking care of himself' h< was asked bv the committee. Tho Wit neu did not make a direct answer to this question, hut went on to tell how the purchases v\ere made by the hoard of directors of the State dispensary. He said that few pur? chase i were made by the board as compared with the amount of whis? key received. He said that some? times the yard was "just full of whis? key." He said that not one-twenty lifth of the whiskey received by the dlspi nsary had been ordered by the I oard and there were sometimes as many as 100 cars of whiskey in the yard of the state dispensary plant. He said that he called attention to the fact that much whiskey was being received that had not been ordere 1 and that Evans protested. "Neverthe? less, the whiskey continued to come in." s.aid the witness. "Did Evans appear to have money ?" "He was a pretty genial fellow," the witness answered, smiling gently. Mr. Towill said that he knew T. B. Felder, but that he had never had any business dealings with him. Questioned as to giving testimony before the Bleats eommission. Mr. Towill said that be had been asked to appear several times. The members of tbe investigating committee continued to revert to statt ments made by Towill as to the system as practiced by the board of directors In ordering whiskey. "About the loosest piece of business ever seen in the St^.te of South Caro I na was the State dispensary," said the witness in replying to the question BS to the system. He was questioned by Mr. Carey of the committee as to the standing of tbe An.;el commission. "The., are pretty good business men and I do not know anything deroga? tory of them. There is no reason to believe otherwise." He did not think that the State lost money under the State dispen? sary. He did not know whether the Ansel commission was a "winner or loser." Questioned as to the "conscience ! money" paid by the whiskey hou-es he said that "it was like taking cand> I from a baby." The witness was questioned as To j his interest in the business of the hoard <?f directors. "I did not take much inter-st in the board. What little I did take Ii I wish to God 1 had not." Replying to j a question as to who placed the I orders for whiskey. Mr. Towill told a member of the committee that "l j know about as much about the work j done as you do." He refused to give his opinion as to who was responsible for the purchase I of the large lots of whiskey. j Mr. Towill told of turning over to the Bleaae commission three letters received from t. B. Felder offering form a liquor corporation. He said that the Blease commission! i had order* d him to turn these letters over. The letters in question are con? tain (l In the annual report of the Blease commission. The relation of r. B. Felder, the Atlanta attorney, to the state dlspen-l sary was discussed ftt length by H. H. Evans Of Newberryi former chair? man of the hoard of control of the dispensary, appenring before the leg? islative committee yesterday aft- r noon As .i kind of preface to his testi monj which consumed three hours. Mr. Evans said that if it was permis? sible that he would like to rise to B question of personal privilege. *'l would like to rise to a question of personal privilege," said Mr. Evar.w, "for I do not wish to stab any man in the hack. I was informed or be? lieved that T. B. Folder Of Atlanta would be here today or was in Colum? bia, I would much prefer for Mr. Felder to be present to hi ar what l have to say. i would prefer to face him. i ut that Is left to you gentle? men. Mr. Evans was informed that Mr. Felder was not In the city and that his testimony would he printed and become a public record. The witness said that he would have to touch on certain testimony given at the first meeting of the commltttee. ?'There wore several statements made," said the. witness, "at the first me ting on this floor thai are abso? lutely false." He was requested by the committee to make a definite statement as to the false testimony that he bad been pre? sented. He said that John Gary Evans bad misrepresented the facts v. hen he stated that Cole L. I.lease was a personal attorney of bis (Event); that W. F. Stevenson made a false statement with reference to a j (II Islon of graft in Atlanta and that the statement that he was on the verge of confessing to T, B, Felder In At? lanta was false. The governor Intimated In his spe? cial message that there was some sort uf an agreement hetwoon H, H. Evans, T. !'.. Felder, Attorney General Lyon and .lohn Gary Bvans, and that a conference was held In Atlanta, This Insinuation or charge by the governor wae denied by H, H. Bvans. He said that no such conference was ever held und thai he bad never met Attorney G< n< ral Lyon outside the -'t?te e\( "j.t on one occasion as al? ready mentioned by ihe attorney gen? eral. With reference to the trip to At? lanta Evans said that he went on the request of T B. Felder. He said that Felder wanted the names of the firms that sold whiskey to the State dispen? sary. He declared that he did not know when he want that Attorney General Lyon was In Atlanta. "Did the governor ever mention tin* conference referred to in his spe? cial message to vou?" "No." "T asked the governor about the statement after it appeared In the message and he told me that he was Informed that the conference was held." Evans said that he did not press the governor for a statement as to where he obtained his informa? tion. Members of the committee ques? tioned Mr. Evans as to his acquaint- | ance with T. B. Felder. He said that he had known the Atlanta at- j torney for many years. He charged that Felder had on sev? eral occasions tried to frame up a company to get the business of the State dispensary. The witness gave a history of his relations with Felder. Questioned as to the proposals of Folder to form a whiskey company, Evans said that Folder never "did let up." "Tom came to see me in Newberry. I think it was about 1904. He told me that he had purchased the Sid? ney Lucas company of Nashville." Mr. Evans said that he introduced Felder to a number of his friends in Newberry and that he tried to enter? tain him. "Felder asked me to get him some? thing to drink," said the witness, and I told him I thought that I knew where we could get a drink. " 'Lead me to it,' said Felder to me. "I led him to it. I carried him around to Cole, lilease's otiica and In? troduced him to Cole. Cole set hhl whiskey out and we took a drink. This was the hrst time that Hlease mot Felder and every timo I hear about the row between them I iust. laugh." Evans said that Felder first men? tioned his proposed company in At? lanta and that he later came to New? berry as referred to above. Referring to Felder s visit to New? berry, Evans said that he told Feld? er that he was busy and that he did not have time to talk over the propo? sition, but that he would leave him (Felder) In charge of hfl (Evans') brother Cole L. Bleaae and several others. Evans said that lie did not explain to Bleaae and his other friends the reason for Felder'.- visit. "Felder," said the witness, "gave mo the whole lay-out of a scheme where? by we both could g? t rich quick." At this point, the witness said that he deslfed for the Second tim.' to rise to a question of personal privi? lege. He mentioned the letter .signed "T. B." already published, and said that it would never have been hrought "out If it had not fell itiu, some hands" II" said that he was asked if it was amh ntlc and he replied that it was. The witness said that Felder told him In Atlanta that "he (Felder) was too smart for anybody to ever tackle him.*' when he was asked as to the probability of the "T. H." letters be? ing secured by th> attorn -y general of South Carolina. He was asked by the committee as to what he meant by "certain hands." Mr. Evans said that he lost the lot? tere, and they got Into aomebody else's hands. He said that the gov? ernor of the State got hold of one of the letters signed "T. IV and that he did not know that Blease bad it. He said that the governor now had all of the letters, alleged to have been written to him I Evans) by T. B, Felder. Upon request of the committee, Mr. Evans said that he would try to secure the letters from the Governor to be preeenteJ In evi? dence at the session this morning. Various' other incidents relative to his acquaintance with T. B. Felder were related by Mr. Evana. The witness becoming mad. charg? ed that his side of the matter had never been preaented to the public and that the public knew only on ? side of the affair. He declared that he desired the entire record preeented to the committee. "You may have all the time you want to explain." -aid :i member of the committee in reply to these bI ite ments. Answering a question hy Ihe com? mittee, Evans said that he had never heard of a State official of South Carolina representing a whiskey tit m. "Ever know or hear of the present governor or others being an attorney for the Sidney Ian us company?" "No. it is a lie." exclaimed the wit? ness. "Towill must have ^ot tangled up. Towell must be mistaken." Thla statement was made by Mr. Evans when questioned as to a statement made by John Bell Towill at the morning session with reference i?> a conversation with Evans. SMALL POX |\ (1,1 M Y. Number or Cases Discovered on M. L. Moore's Place. Supervisor Pitts reports that a number of small pox cases have been discovered on Mr. II. L. Moore's place. One case was reported the first part of the week and the doctor went out to visit this case Thursday, the result (if his visit being that five other cases were discovered. Those last eases were all near recovery, so it is probable that the small pox has l een there for sometime. The county physician used what vaccine point* he had with him Thurday and took several hundred out with him Friday to another place across the SWnmp, where more cac.es were reported. The horses which arrived from Asheville Thursday will probably not be put in service for a week or more, so that they may become used to the different climate and the change in atmosphereic pressure before they are tried out. The wagon, however, will be put in service at once to take tho place of one of the old wagons which has been in use up to this time. A WARNING TO FARMERS. Mr. R. L Manning Show* the Farm? ers Why They Should, not Plow When the Ground Ls Wet. The following letter from Mr. R. I. Manning will be read with interest by the farmers of Sumter and other counties who are anxious to get their farm work under way despite the freqaent rains and the wet condition of the grounds: Editor Daily Item: "X very unusm.l season is on us; tho long continued and heavy rains have saturated th^> soil, and this con | dition has prevented preparation for the coming crop. No plowing or j land breaking has been done and it is now peat the middle of March. Farm? ers are I Bger and impatient to begin plowing. All farmers of observation and experience, however, realize the lasting ?.nd great injury to land and to the coming %rop from plowing the land wet. It is an injury that cannot be corrected or overcome in one sea? son. Notwithstanding the lateness of the season and the further delay in plowing I cannot too strongly warn farmers against plowing till the soil is dry enough to pulverize when plowed. j Retter he late than to injure the land by wet plowing. Do not let i.n pattenee lend our farmers to plow v t. A few day's wind may dry oft the surface but the undersoil would still be too wet, and plowing would do Irreparable harm. T urge and warn farmers e>f this county and f the State asninst this mistake. Richard I. Manning. i siiniK r s. a, starch IC, Itl I. HOOKWORM SPECIALISTS BUSY. Drs. W? Inberg and Ward Find Many People Anxious to be Treated for Hookworm disease, Dr Milton Weinberg and Dr. J. LaBruce Ward of the state depart* ment of health were both in tiie city Saturday treating path nts who applied for treatment for the hookworm die* ease. They were kept extremely busy all morning by numerous people who wer anxious to lind out more about the disease and the treatment for it. Shortly after 12 o'clock Dr. Ward made an interesting address on the hookworm to a fairly good audience In the Lyric theatre. His lecture was listened to with attention and sildes shoing the hookworm and the results of its work were thrown on the screen during the lecture to illustrate the points he brought out The dispensary will be held at Hearon's Pharmacy every Saturday from now on during the r* mainder of tbe month and all of thoas who de? sire to take tbe treatment free of charge will apply to the members of the state board of health on these days. it is understood that Mr. II. W. Seebrook, one of tbe enterprising young lawyers ol the city, is conoid* erlng tbe matter of i a ning for mas* Istrat of .his district Mr. Seabrook t ted Saturday that he had not de , about the matter, but several of bis friends had asked him to run nnd that he bad tbe matt.r under advisement \ revenue officer was in the city Thursday to find out the names of the parties recently convicted of selling whiskey in this city. He said while lu re tii.it be wouid collex t money for a r> venue license tax from C0? h per? son who bad been convicted.