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IN INTERESTING DISCUSSION. m\\\ 01 rm: yotf.rs of mm TFR Ml All AIK.I MIMN IN FAVOR \M? \(.\IW| M\\ M)RM Ol' i ITV BOT, URN MF.NT. get Talk* h> Mc-r*. I.. I>. .Icnnlnu' ?Ii.I W Ii. Bo>|e?l>r. Baker F.s plaoo Briefly Ni llitib or Act to Ho Voteil on?About Two Hundred i iii" ii' Fri'm'nt I'lirin: |)Im ii>< -Ion?II. I> Moh< \.I\Im > That All Part* of flt> IV I nder One tic* 1? Another Meeting Next Friday. There were near y two hundred people present at the coot house during the discussion of the com? mission form ?f gov?mount Act ? a form of city government gpog the acceptance or rejection of which t In people o| Sutnter will \ote h*g| Tues? day In an election which was provid ed for it the lust session of the Qen oral Assembly. The discussion was an Interesting one and was listened to with the deepest attention by all of those preoent. The set speakers. Mr. Jennlm*" and Mr. Boyle. In adv." u | of the manager and the present sys? tems, respe. tlvel>. made strong argu? ments in favor of their side of the question and Mr. H. A. Moses, who ?a h . tiled upon t<? represent the de? partmental system of commission government In the absence of Mr. Clifton, who had been selected to sjpesk for this side of the uuestkon. gave a few brief pointers In favor of the departmental *ystem. as It was viewed by him There was frequent applause dur? ing the discussion, each speaker re? ceiving his share of It. The andte act seemed to be looking at the matter from an unprejudiced view-point ami seemed to have their minds open to the arguuo nt.-i of the speakers. The consensus of opinion among the Speakers seemed to be t<> gsjlsi t the form of government which STgl best suited LT ggggggf and whieh would prove to the most advantage of the Ojty. The audience also seemed to look at the matter In this light and had evidently come for the purpose ?f hearing what the speakers h. d to ?ay and then by thinking over the matter for themsel\< d< Ido which form of government they thought best. . si ? - * - s . ft W*??? /*)??eld?-d bAfr?r? tb.? rosette* adjourned ti i h?th?. m eeting *>r n??? l'i da> niKhi a the court house ni it If SS bei tb 1.pic had hau ? . ? to Ihh tr the matter -uJ no... Among those to Join In the discus? sion were Messrs. L. D. Jennings. \V. BL Boyle. H. L>. Epps. H. A. Moses. K B. Belaer. P Bowman. H. 1>. ato 1st- and others. Dr. Baker opened tge meeting by stating Its object ami readln?,, u synopsis of the act by see tlpns, nailing what was In each sec tfcon ??a? he came to it. He then stated that Mr CUftog WBS not present and asked for some one to VglggtOOf to take hi- nla> e <-ti th,. li-t as the sp> ak er in favor ?>f oommlaalon form of govcriin vnt With i departmental sjgrs> tvni. x no <..,, r. -p.-mb d I >r. Ha? ger explained that ihre. - t If.ihot ha>. > 'iii > d f-.r. ?>ui. ow ing to tb. f Mr. ('bfton onl) |W0 of the speakers wen present. Mi Jennings ggSMMd with an ar^uim nt In favor of the i mnSgMgfgg governmen with a clt> rnggggfOfi hf stating thai there was evhhmtly jsjgggthttag Ink? ing from Ho pn ? nt form and some? thing sjsjod to the row form m srory member of council was lr favor of commls - not ?o\, rnincnt for B unter, aomethlng that had never been tho cas?? In other cities win re the iom misalon fggfB of gOTOf gWtonl had I . . i iled M ? pointed out lb f'Pt that a city was a corporation and tb . t -bou'd be run on a bgl Ige I Susis. g| a corporation, and to tun U In a bgsdsjjsjsjsglhf w.t\ ?i was hsjst so havf a gaggggJOf W urging und r the agsjgg i list ... i gfuvlded lot Sum ti i. II. pointed om tb. t o t that In the it -tallatn Ii of the Wat. i Wgfkl system and the sewer syst in. |Rg work had led b? en gegti in a bgl - like wa\. which, he stated would not hn\e Bsgg the pggsj hoi an efficient man . n In charge of tin <it\ it the time He stated that then Sfgi He chart of drainage system- and no ||? gggggd "ther Ihtggi which" hoi beel (lone m m unbu*iiics?.iiki w i>. the BBVfsggsji system bsthg dwell og more at IsggJtB than OthOfSV He .-aid that the oht eg)] gggegili had doge Ins be t whbh they < >>nbl Ittt they dd not kn-.w. and. therefore, could go no betr. r He believed that a mm rould be hired for uione> to lool aft* r IheM thing? a mm who knew about them and how Ihoj Should bg don*-?who should goVOti all of hM time to the work, and then if he w is not . ip.it h or efllelent ha could be remoxid at any time and another man put In hl? place. He stated tb it the Hilary for the .m ihm n und r the depariment.il system w is n it suffh h ut to imlm ? good men to - oept the offfoe, while nun who wer< not efficient WOUkl try 10 get it for ihi livelihood tin r?' was in it. t>n tin other hand, under th.- manager sys? tem where the councllmen would not have to devote so much of their time to th? work, the councllmen would 104 apt the OnVe from public spirit .mil because i*l the go,.,) they could iio the town, while men looking for i livelihood Would pass it l>v as the salar) wei not sufficient. An engl? aeer and buslnees man with brains, ha thought, could be hired lo do this work in the most efficient man? ner. Yr. H. a. Mos,.s. who had been call? ad upon to take Mr. Clifton's place, n ads i short talk. He stated that h ? had not given the matter suffl I i. nt thought as yet tO make an ar? gument f,,r the departmental system, but that he gad, in thinking OVOT the matter. eomS |o tin- conclusion that this would l>e the best form of gov? ernment for Sumter. Bvery town having a commission form of govern* meat had proeperodi saved money and had been conducted in a more businesslike way than formerly, Tin trouble with the manager system would be to get an efficient man to serve as city manager. He believed that men could be found In Sumter who would gi\e sufficient of their time and brains to the Olty'a service to give an efficient administration. He did not think the recall was effective with a eity manager as each member of council would try to shift the blame on tin others, while with the departmental system the b.ame would be fixed at once where the deficiency would be noticeable. Mr. W? B, Boyle was in favor of the present system of government. It had been good enough for the city in the past and the city had grown un? der this form of government and it would continue to do so. The trouble with the manager system was that a man with brains sufficient to know about all departments of the city could not be secured ami. if a city manager was secured at a large sal? ary, he was apt to have Inefficient and cheap service under him. He was opposed to the doing away with the water works commission. the school board, the board of health and the other boards which would be at the mercy of the incoming coun? cil. If the commission form of gov? ernment was su?cepted. He state 1 that only one Ilde of the matter ha 1 | as yet Keen put te the voters and t j nhou'd h \m been pat iooa?j ler at 1 more fully explained, that the people should have had Q ch?.i to form their own opinions in the matter. He pointed out the fact that the old council had left money in the hank when they wa nt out andt'u t they had not done .anything without first having the money in the bank. Specialists were needed along each line and a man could be mote easily found to take Charge of something he knew about out of the nine mem* beta of council, than out of three men. lie said*the sewer was put In by a commission, w hich was composed of g.n.d ami brainy men. but who had Unfortunately chosen the wrong man to superintend the job. He wanted to know how OOUnell would know whether they had the right man or not. If the manager system was adopt? ed He thought Sumter had men with Sufficient brains to run the town without going to New York or else? where to get a manager. He did not think thai a manager or a OOmmle? ?II Would take the place of the hoards which might be done away a t h Mr. Jennings in repl) Stated lb it the net had nothing whatever to do with th.- s? hoi.i board or the bo nd of health, as the new members tor the former would be chosen at the same election when iin councllmen were chosen. Tin water wanks commis? sion, however, would be abolished Tin doing ana) with this commission was Hi,- only feature of the act which hoi been drawn Up her, by the com? mit tee which had been omitted by the legislature, He thought that this WMUld ??. a .I thing as it WOS best to have >U public utilities umb r on bead \Y? ai Was wanted was pmg? res*, The old government had v><\ succeeded ami tin present eity cou/tcll realised this fact. Tin- only ws to get nrogrcai a as to adopt tin <>ui in,--ion form ot government aid put ? m ill at the In ad wie? l.ne\? what work was necessary ami wo'ald see hat ? v . s don* tight Mi. ii. a Moses thought, thai ail I ha i was necessary In putt lnt> tin act suitably an< properly h fore tin voters was p. put the ballots before Ib.- \ otelf ; t Ho proper time. II. -i iled tint. sine,. M r. |lo) '?? had no n Hont ?I Ho- i ih ? ?.-.? ? ? i.i t h oi been ? It irged it i. aid of any ? barge- ,.f nS any nu m ? her of coin i he h oi lie ird ' hurues of ii norance and Inattention t huoght that i man wit ib] be hired to work for t' tie thought that there were men with bralm In Bumter. He stated th.a the i a>s,- mentioned by Mr. Boyle where the city manager had absconded with all of the city fundi was the exception which prov ed the rule. He was In favor of the commission form of government with the depart! tental system. pp, Baker explained that the reason that the a< I had ti<>t been put before the people before, was because it had been Impossible to get it from the secretary of state and that it had been secured as soon as possible. Mr. Belser stated that the art was state? wide with an amendment at the end referring especially to Bumter and some sections applied to Bumter and some did not. Mr, Boyle Insisted on his p.dnt that since the council was given power to repeal ordinances it might repeal the ordinances estab? lishing the school board, the water Commission and other boards Which Wars now established, against which he was opposed. It was pointed out that the school board and the board of health were created by special acts of the legislature and nothing that council could do could touch them Mr. Boyle pointed to the fact that formerly banks were managed by one or two men. whereas now they were required by law to have a governing board of directors, he thought the <dty also should have a governing board of aldermen. Mr. H. D. Molse made an Imprts give argument In favor of having a head for tin city which should be the head ot all departments. He thought that the mors persons there were In this governing body, the better ser? vice it WOUld give, as. by having a largf number in it. politics and ties of relationship or friendship would not be so apt to cause the selection of Incompetent city officials. He de? duced his conclusions from what he had Observed in cities all along the At? lantic Coast from New York to Flor? ida, A person could manage his pri? vate office, or his bank, or his oth? er business because he had control OVOr It, but where one department had to work with another department, without a common head to direct, there was constant danger of friction. He stated that Bumter was as well governed n town as any he had ever visited, and that It was free from uraft. something Other towns were not free of. and he was assured that the men could be found In Bumter to do any work which was found neces? sary. The governing board must have Omit..a power It rf.* ' ? pr v? ?* a fioni trying to do those things k i< v nothing about I ut must get ipett>nt men to do the work. \i: Bppi then mad* some re marks concerning Raws in the law which was passed. He also pointed out some possibilities which might occur under the commission form act, which would make it undesirable, He stated that he had not yet come to any conclusion as to how he would vote on election day and that his mind was still unprejudiced and open to Influence from cither side, but these few objections to the accept? ance of tin act had come to his mind while listening to the other speakers arguing their points, Cue thing of Importance he mentioned was the fact that Mr. .1 linings had stated that the water work system had been In? stalled at small c est and sold to the City ;:l a meat profit. The present council might And that they had done the same hing before many years were out In granting the gas fran? chise. He pointed out the fact that there would be great confusion in the use of the initiative, recall and referendum and the use of these fea? tures of the act Would cause much expense, He did not think that n man could be secured who would be lapable of doing everything?or at b ast be an expert In all ?>f the lines of city work. Mr. R, I ?. Pa Iser defended the bill which had been attacked by Mr. Bpps, He thought thai If there were any objectl ?nable or unnecessary fea? tures, these could be repealed by the legislature at its next session Mr. \V U Lee thought thai the text of the law ought to be s!rili?-? 111 cued out, 1 'r. I lak r called attention t,, t he fa.t that the law Itself stated that M was to be Interpreted accord? ing to the meaning of tin acl and nol acordlns t > the w nrdlng. Mr, Honmtin thought thai there ottghl ??? be a lo ad for ? o h depart - mcnt, He was not In favor of the Initiative, 'ooall and referendum, but he was wholly in fit vor of the Civil Si rvlce Commission. I >r linker then ask< tl thai the peo? ple consld ?r I he matter I ully, ns it Was one of \iiai Importance and the meeting was then ad join le d. Marriage la. m-c Itecord. \ murrltge license un- Issued Mon? day to Kugi lie I lolma ii a inl Susan Bunders, colored, <d' Sum tor, .". or ii d >ses 80fl will break any case of < hill and fc\ ei; it acts on the bv or better than Calomel, and docs nol grl].r s ck. ri. 25c TO PREPARE ITINERARY. Mr. It. l. Manning Went to Columbia Tucwday Morning to Join Other Members of Biib-commlttee. Mr. K. i. Manning, statt- executive comtnltteeman from Sumter eoun* ty left Tuesday morning for Columbia t?? meet with the other members i t the sub-committee appointed by th* statt- executive committee to prepare an itinerary for the State campaign. The other members of the committee are John Gary 13vans of Bpartanburg and \v. F, Stevenson of Cheraw. it Is understood that tin- tiist meet? ing of the campaign will be held in this city and in this gay Sumter citizens will be aide to hear the best speeches of the campaign and to hear exactly what each candidate stands for. The personalities which generally come Into the campaign meetlngi during the latter part of the cam? paign will be eliminated and the clti Bens will be able to judge the can? didates on the merit of the plat? form on which each <>n?> Is running. Mr. Manning stated Monday that he was in favor of having the cam? paign commence In the central part of the Statt-, work around on the const and then northern and western parts'of the state and Anally wind up somewhere near the central part of the State. He said that he would try In the sub-committee to make some arrangement of this sort in the pre* paratlon of the itinerary of the cam? paign. COTTON ACREAGE REDUCTION". Figures Baaed on Reports to Mem? phis Newspaper?Condition* Memphis, Tenn*. June 3.?The Com? mercial-Appeal today will .-ay: Reports of correspondents of date May 28 and 29 indicate a probable decrease In the acreage planted to cotton this season of 6 per cent. These figures are, however, more than usually Indeterminate, as consider* able planting remains to be done over wide areas. Correspondent! esti? mate on the condition of the crops I as compared to normal indicate a percentage of to S3. The crop is later than last year In all states save the two Carolinas and Texas and over the whole belt the land preparation is less thorough and planting was begun at a later date than last Near. Rapid germint!? n haa, however, done much to restore j the ttm< loa*?. I Tin plant is generally health) and growing thr 11) md vh- :? it a 'id ! ; vanc< d < nongh iltivatlon is * ik? ing non**..i pi'u?:t..3. In detail -c turns show as follows: South Carolina?Acreage decreased 9 per cent. Alabama-Acreage decreased \2 per cent. Mississippi?Acreage decreased 11 per cent. Tennesse??Acreage decreased \? per cent. Missouri?Acta age decreased i ~> per cent. Arkansas?Acreage decreased 1 per ? ent. Louisiana??Acreage increased per cent. Texas-Acreage increased '? per cent. Oklahoma?Acreage decreased ii pel* cent. Georgia?Acreage decreased II per cent. North Carolina ?Acreage decreased 9 per cent. THREE Bl'RIED IN" ONE CiRAVE. Boys Die from Rattlesnake Bites, Baby Drowns, Italelgh, May 31,?Two hoys, aged eight and six. died as'the result of rattlesnake bites, and a baby was drowned when the mother. Mrs, <;???. Adams, went to the rescue of the brothers, according to tews received lur< today from Greenville. The tragedy occurred Just across the line in Craven County on Wednesday. The boys wa te attacked b) the snake wlnn they attempted to take a hen off her nest. The mother was washing chains, with the baby near? by when attracted by their cries. Af ler aiding her sons she returned to Und the baby had climbed into the tub ami drowned. 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