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WHY FOOL rWU LONOKR? ??'?he lVmeter> of Hope*" und "Kc poaltory of Hot-Air Hunk." (Representative Akin, In Congres? sional Record.) And let me say. further, of the Congressional Record: The sooner It dies the better. (Laugter.) It Is a needless expense, it has a limited circulation, and Is very seldom read, unless some one Is harpooned. (Laughter.) It Is the cemetery ot blasted tv pes and shrouded ambi? tions, halt baked thoughts, and hot air bunk. (Laughter.) And. furthermore. Mr. Speaker, you called my attention to this .point the other day?not the real Speaker of the House (laughter); excuse me If I have made any mlstuke; I did not mean to, sir, but I was referring to the honorable Speaker, Mr. Clark. (Applause.) He called the atten? tion of this House to the fact that he wanted every word spoken In debate In this House placed In the Record coi rectly, as It was spoken, and you know that that is not so. This Con? gressional Record Is a misrepresenta? tion, it is a fake. (Laughter.) These speeches are made here on the floor of the House; they are taken by the stenographers, they are run off; brought back up here, and there Is not a member of this House but what sits down and revises and re? vamps and tixei It up to suit himself, and that Is the way- It goes out to the public. (Applause.) Why fool the public any longer? gPARTANBIJRG WOMKS AROUSED Movement Started to Organise lOqual suffrage League. Spartanburg, Aug. 31.?Women of Spartanburg, moved by recent politi? cal developments In South Carolina, have raised their voice In demand of "votes for women" In this State. In re sp? nse to a call Issued today more thai flfty women met to consider the ?organisation of a suffrage league. The meeting adopted resolutions declaring the pollticst condltlc.12 in this State "disgraceful" and adjourn? ed to meet again next Wednesday for permanent organization. Governor Bleute. Governor Blease baa triumphed over his enemies at the polls, if rot gloriously, at l aast by a vote which make* him the choice of * rm? -iorltv ot th?- ?? tin . . ? >uth Carolina. T o lad that tae r.mary vote sjsjg th largest on record pre? sents the r"*uit being igetlbed to tu A4?Uei*?Uv? 01 to *u> kUad ui v pouiacai ? b?ke." I nder the circumstances Governor L'lcase'g victory Is a rernarki hie one. He was fighting not merely a Lad pro lltlcal record, but grave charges of official criminality and corruption. His personal bearing and his cam? paign methods wese calculated to alienate many who might otherwise have sympathised with him. und his whole course as Governor forced Sen? ator Tillman. who has been consid? ered a representative of the plain people of South Carolinu. to repudiate him as a disgrace to the State. Yet In spite of all hostile influence, and in spite of hi- own undoubtedly bad record, he won. The explanation may be, as we have said before, that In the judgment of the majority of the people of South Carolina he stood for certain things that they believe in and that In their opln'on lnv< Ive popular supremacy snd public welfare. ?v Whatever the explanation, the fact ^ remains. But South Carolina need not hang her hurp en a willow and go Into mourning. In the end. she will have lost nothing by the result. A strong, brave fight has been made for high public standards, and It will not have been made In vain. No such ' light ever Is. Soom-r er later. It will bear good fruit As for Oovernor MoeSO, he has the opportunity that IQSSnS t ? few men? the opportunity to confound fell ene? mies by aivlng South Carolina such . an administration as will prove the ' people were right in renomlnating him BsSJietlsaei | man in his sltua ton rises to higher Ullage and from wenkn?*ss develops strength. The <lu**tion I* whether (iowrnor Blease Is th if sort of a mm. Baltimore Sun I>B \\ 4 im \ \ BADLY Hl'RT. < aimlen Man t a||,. Breaking Arm at shoulder Joint. / 4'amdrn. Aug. -I. I >r. W. J. Dunn hud th.. nd-fortune of having his irm geohon soseefelay afteraooa )?>' a fail He was in Oondalo's gnuge talking to gfiesjsai uh?-n as gtepoeg upon a piece of iron pipe whisk sauesd Mm |n fall .ig tn>t tin cement lloor. Weak log his arm at the nleouader joint. *riie fraei ir. it 1 rery bad #nc and he w i - t ik?-n t-> Net* York tod . J for tn itiii' iit, ft or ?5 doses *?ft* will bee ik :niv 1 gee of chills and fever; and if taken then aa a tonic the fever will not return Price 15c. Lyon a* a Lawyer. J. PfaSjSf Lyon entered public life as a member <>f t ie Legislature and was appointed on the committee which in ItOJ began the investigation of the State Dispensary, and was elected Attorney General in 1906, largely I ?cause of his record as a member of that committee. Kramer Lyon's first and btst known work as Attorney General was done in con Mttion with the commission appoint? ed bf Governor Ansel to wind up the affairs of the State Dispensary. This work of itself has'been a tremendous task, sufficient to keep one man busy for many years, but during the six \rars he has been in office Attorney Qsgaral Lyon has. without outside as? sistance, conducted through his of BOi many important cases for the State, in no way connected with the Dispensary litigation. In addition the Attorney General is regularly called upon to give the other State officials DOth verbal and written opinions on questions that arise In connection with their duties, and the routine work of the office is complicated and heavy. Y.-t during tin administration of Mr. Upon, the office has been conducted at less expense than any other State of f'.eo. and has returned to the State Treasury a considerable portion of certain funds appropriated fer the use of his ottlce. Moreover, the sums of money which he has won for the State by the verdicts in these cases ?"over the costs of his office more than ten times over. Mr. Lyon is at this time Chairman of the Sinking Kund Commission, hav- I in,? heen elected Chairman by the Commission, which is composed of the Attorney General, the State Treasurer. tii? Comptroller General, the Gover? nor, and one member each of the House and Senate. This Commission has Important duties, and Is now charged with the refunding of the state debt?an undertaking that will require experience, sound Judgment and the most scrupulous care for the Interests of the State. It is evidence of the confidence in him on the part of his fellow-officials that the young? est member of the Commission should be made Chairman at this time. in the famous suit to set aside the Southern Hallway merger, which took more tht?r? a month to try, he was op? posed by mOfS than eight of the most astute attorneys in the South, and in this case he had assistance from two South C*i Mina attorneys, by express dlrectloi f There irg i numbsi of most ?ort? ant cas? the? m&) bs oltsd which ht i h ?* cor uoted atone, rtnd conducted j w;th ?"Ss, as employed lawyers in but two cases of any consequence, and in both cases he got South Carolina lawyers to help him. In these Cases he was directed by the Legislature to get legal help. He has never employ? ed a awyer from another State. Lyoit's Record In Notable Caeca, In the case of the British-Ameri? can Mortgage Company, and the Ware Shoals Manufacturing Com? pany, brought to test the constitution? ality of the Corporation Tax Act, Mr. Lyon secured a rehearing of the case, which had been decided against the State before he became Attorney Gen? eral, and upon that rehearing he won the case before the Supreme Court, and saved this tax to the State. It has already amounted to $71 l.S?50.69, and last year reached the unprec? edented figure of $122,000. In the case of the New York Lifo Insurance Company against County Treasurer Hradle>, oi Abbeville, brought to test the Act levying a tax upon foreign Insurance companies, the Court decided in favor of the Insur? ance companies, but Mr. Lyon drew a bill which the Legislature enacted into law, remedying the defect in the law, and although this Act was also fought ht the Courts by the insurance companies, it was successfully defend? ed by Mr. Lyon and the tax was saved to the State. When th< Isaboard Air Line som? menced an action to nrever.t UiS Rail? road Commission from putting into < flfeei reduced rat?-s on eommerol ii ferttllssra Mr. Lyon represented the Commission In the Courts and secured an order sustaining tho reduction, sav lag thousands of dollars to the fir mers on their fertiliser bills, When the Columbia, Newberry and Laureas Railroad resisted the order "f the Railroad Commission requir? ing bettet accommodations at High, the Attorney Qeneral wenl before Hie Supreme Court snd secured an order compelling the railroad to cany ? u the order of the Railroad Commission, In the i am of Brooks va Jones, At? torney Qenera] Lyon ga\?- the Comp? troller Qeneral :<n opinion advising b'm not to pay the Increase of salar? ies provided la I he Appropriation Bill for certain i U rks In gtate offices, in? cluding ths salary of the Attorney General's own father, and of his sistanl arid other close personal friends, und he defended hfa position before Ihe Buprems Court, which, how< er, derided against ?h,? position taken hj the Attorney General, in the celebrated case of Bawllnsoti et ai vh. Ansel, Governor, Attorney General Lyon advised Governor Ante] that he had the power to remove the State Dispensary Board, charged by the Legislature with failure to per form properly the duties of their of? fice, and the Supreme Court sustain? ed his contention, establishing for the tilst time the authority of the Gover? nor in such cases. lit the Fink Franklin case, where the validity of our election laws was attacked and the scuts of several of our Democratic Congressmen were at stake. Attorney General Lyon defend? ed and sustained the election laws be? fore the Supreme Court of the United States, |o which an appeal was taken. White supremacy in South Carolina depended upon this law being sustain? ed. There were such vital issues in? volved that Charles J. Bonaparte, At? torney General under President Theo. Looseveit, was employed to argue the CSSS before the Supreme Court for the other side, in an effort to down our suffrage laws. The South Carolina Congrtssmen Interested employed Hon. D. S. Hen? derson, who, with Mr. Lyon, argued the case for the State before the Su? preme Court at Washington, and Mr. Henderson publicly stated at Aiken tWO years ago that the Court did not adopt the views presented by himself, but did adopt the views presented by Attorney General Lyon, in the opinion sustaining the election laws. In the C, C. & O case, Attorney General Lyon prevented that railroad from getting a charter which enabled it to try its case in the Federal Courts instead of trying cases in our own State Courts. The effect of this lieht made by Mr. Lyon is far-reach? ing, since it compels foreign corpor? ations, such as this railroad, to come into the State and try its cases in our state Courts. This results in sav? ing the heavy expenses that often force poor men to give up their cases and so put them at the mercy of thaso who can afford the heavy costs of a trial in the United States Courts. Mr. Lyon s success in this case did not prevent the railroad from coming in? to the State under proper conditions, which it has since done. Attorney General Lyon successfully represented the State in the suit on the bond of County Treasurer Ed? wards of Berkeley County, recovering the full amount, $5,596.23, with inter? est. Also In the suit on the bond of Detyens of Georgetown, recovering $9,647.25 for the County. In the suit of the Carolina Glairs Company against the Stackhouse Windlne-un Commission, the Attor? ney General tut rvened i t hia ov "? mi? llion and filed v'. r? turn, and ipon the showing Tn I Ihei In tru glaj ? . om pany abandoned 2^ suit and was com polled iu leouquian me money wlucu the winding-up commission claimed was due the State. After a committee of the legisla? ture had attempted for quite a while to induce the city of Augusta to erect an adequate flshway at the dam across the Savannah river, Attorney Gener? al Lyon took the matter into the courts and secured an order requir? ing the city to erect the flshway, and It has been done. In the case of Alderman vs. Wells, county treasurer, Attorney General Lyon defended the constitutionality of the income tax act, which was sus? tained by the Supreme Court, and the law is now settled and the tax Is be? ing collected annually. These are only a few of the moat Important cases which Mr. Lyon has conducted with success, as the lawyer for the State in all such matters. They are not as spectacular as his- great work In connection with the dispen? sary but they mean much to the State and show his ability and dili? gence al ?? lawyer. They show he has performed the duties placed on this office by the framers of our constitu? tion who established it to be a guide to inei branches of the State govern? ment and a bulwark between each (dtizen and thoso who would oppress or defraud him. The (more this record is studied the more it will show the force of Lyon's statement that one of his principles has been, "No oppression by corporations; prosecution for grafters." WOMAN St" I'Fit AG 10 LOST. Marly Returns indicate Defeat of Amendment In Ohio. Columbus. < >., Sept. 3,? Returns from <>:>(> precincts out of 5,197 In the State tonight Indicate that Ohio voters today decided by an overwhelming majority that women should nut have the ballot, it is believed all of i1 other proposed constitutional amend? ments, with the possible exception ot a $60,000,000 good roads bond Issue, were ratified. The vote was light, but Ihe complex balbd has made counting very slow. The nmendment providing for a minimum wage ami regulating work? ing hours received the largesl vote of .?uv of the measures according to the early rc ml w 1 lob naturally i-> from . Itles, Three l ime- a Day, l Irenk i asl m< um ('row . i ?inner menu: Crow. Supper menu: Crow. -<Iroenvllle Piedmont. 3-TIME BOSTON DANCE LEADS. Placed First or All By the World's Masters. Paria, Sept. 1.?The Society of Dancing Masten, which is regarded by members of the dancing profes? sion all over tho world as the supreme arbiter o:' all that concerns chore graphics, has lately been much exer? cised by the overwhelming 'invasion of new steps into fashionable pro? grams, and, In order to test the gen? eral opinion of its colleagues in every country on the subject, it has .lust sent out a general referendum on the question: What are the best ancient ind modern dances for present-day ballrooms? The answers, numbering many thousands, which have ewme in during the last few days, put the three-time Boston as the prime favorite. The alse comes a close second, followed by the two-step, the triple slow Bos? ton, the Sherlockinette, the pas avlateurs and the double-Boston. Only after these come the more old-fashioned dances, of which the polka and mazurka are preferred to he Schottische and pas-re-quatre. At the bottom of the list comes the quadrille and lancers, with so few otes as to show that they are prac? tically dead. In response to a furtner question, What are tho worst dances? the ma orlty disdained to mention special steps, only stating that those of a loose character and tending more to epilepsy than grace and suppleness, must henceforward be excluded from the programs of self-respecting hos? tesses. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the Second Primary will be held on Tues? day, September 10th, 1912, at the us? ual polling places, ar.d that the said election will be conducted by the same managers a3 the .'lr^t primary, list of same having beer heretofore pub? lished. The polls will open at 8 o'clock a. m. and close at 4 o'clock p. m. One of the managers for each club will please call on John H, Clifton, the undersigned, at Sumter, S. C, on or before Saturday, September 10th, 1912, for the ballot boxes .tickets, In? structions, etc. Candidates are notified, that, under thf? Act of Conorol Aaopmblv thPV flro required to file a supplemental ax penes account after the election tnd before tui vot< Is tabulated by the County Executlme ( ommittee, ine county executive Committee will meet at the Court House on 'Thursday. September 12th, at 12 o'clock M. to tabulate the vote, declare :he result and U> transact such other business as may properly come before the Committee. By order of the County Democratic Executive Committee of Sumter Coun? ty. JOHN H. CLIFTON, County Chairman. Of the forty-four counties in South Carolina, the returns as reported show that Governor Blease carried twenty five and Judge Jones seventeen. Two counties, Jasper and Chester failed to give either Jones or Blease a major? ity; the former having given Blease a plurality and tho latter having cast exactly the same vote for both Jones and Blease.?Augusta Chronicle. DR. CARL B. EPPS. Physkdan and Surgeon. OlTlce over DeLorme's Drug Storo. Residence 307 N. Main Street. Of? fice ? urs 11 A. M. to 2 P. M. Ot' fUc *aone 419, residence, 371. A man's appearance has more t<? do with hLs success uday than it ever had. Anything that contributes to his h><>u of well-to-donees la justified? j, ? . N ECESKAltV. |s there anything that you know of that ?id\oi:h?-? suecetss more than \ SHI KIM. 7 Certainly, notion:: that a man wean U more; In v\ Idcnco, A few dollars spent on a ring, any goial ring, "vx ill prove to In? an Investment lo motif men i u?- place our ring stock before you Mr. Man. I hen n*k all Hie it no thins you like, replace all ?ton**? in rings \m% sell, free, except diamonds, W. A. Thompson .iiwi i.i i: Wll optician. Have You A Boy to Educate ? DO you want 10 place him In a ? Christian Military Institute where his hepHh will be carefully looked after, his mind thoroughly trained; and where he will be taught ^ habits of obedience, punc? tuality, and industry? If so, send him to The South Caro? lina Co-Educational Institu? te. Here tach student is un? der close personal control and watchful care of the teachers, from the time they reach school until they leave for their homes. Faculty composed of fifteen Successful and experienced teachers. For catalogue and full in? formation, address F. N. K. BAILEY, President Edgefield, :: :: South Carolina I Get the Profit Out of Your Business Convincing your customers that the claims for your goods are absolutely true, and they will gain by purchas? ing them, is not all there is of trade. Financing is the vital part. Make it a point to build your business on the check account system of this bank, then go in for profits. ! The First National Bank Desirable Banking in all its phases THE FARMERS BANK & TRUST CO. Nothing new in our field that we are not prepared to accord our customers, IF Traveling is the Paradise of Fools as Emerson Says the r:i..ark was certainly not Intended to apply to occasional earned trips of Recreation and Rest?beneficial in as they are earned. A change of atmosphere tad scene changes the channels of thought and feeling?gets one out of the ruts?broadens. It is well to recognize the call to the*?e periods at stated inter vals. If you contemplate a trip off we can furnish you with Traveler* Cheques?the safest and mos convenient form of handling yi ur funds while away from homo. Call and see UJ about them. The Bank of Sumter KEEP OFF THE GRASS When you -<v thai sign, ?Inu'i yon fool nomettosi thai It's a IM'ltsONAI, appeal to Voi". und demands your attention. That's iho way wo would li ne you fool nboiM our imitation to \<Mi through otir lo bee<.HD' one of our depositor* \\< wnitl VO| ?lake thU for a pot*Mmn| Invitation to call on nj to* day. The Peoples' Bank. 1 percent on Savings From Da) of Deposit.