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MOR4. AN DIM LAIMS DKBPOT<
MC POWKR IS FINANCE.
That If He Dor* WMd Trem-n
loiiwoors in Industry ?od
Heuking, He Is Ignorant of It?Five
Houm oo. Stand Before Committee.
Washington. Dec. II.?J. Plsrpont
Morgan today told tha public house
nooev trust Investigating committee
that all the money In Christendom
and all the banks In Christendom
could not form a money monopoly
that could control money. Mr. Mor?
gan disclaimed any knowledge that
he wielded a vast power In financial
etrelee and declared emphatically that
he sought no such power.
For nearly five hours the chief wit?
ness called by the committee In its
probe of the Intricacies of modern
finance withstood a Are of questions
that covered many phases of financial
operation. In some respects It was
one of the most remarkable hearings
about the halls of congress In recent
years, with Mr. Morgan as the type
and embodiment of financial opera?
tions on a colloesal scale and the
tttee's counsel. Samuel Unter
the representative of the ele?
ment which seeks to probe to the
Innermost recessee the conditions un?
der which the financial operations are
conducted.
Mr. Morgan gave at length his
on competition, combination,
operation and control In Industry
and finance, particularly the latter.
Be declared that he "did not mind
competition.' bat that he "preferred
combination" In bis operations. He
was emphatic In his declaration "that
there la no way one man can get a
monopoly of money."
Throughout the long examination
to which Mr. Morgan submitted with
an evident willingness to answer, there
was not a moment when Interest lag?
ged Short sharp questions and an
res' came With striking rapidity.
While the colloquies were at times
emphatic there was no serious clash
between Mr. Morgan and Mr. Unter
The question of competition and
combination brought about a lively
Interchange between the noted finan
and Mr. Untermyer. the latter
ling the tilt with the suggestion
that Mr. Morgan was opposed to eom
petioon The witness said he favored
^Of oratio a." adding that he was In
no way opposed to awsnnotttl ? and ir
/net u**u 4 |]
He disagreed with the \i#-ws of Mr.
Laterinyer >n tl . **> t In
tertoektng directorates, which forms
the beets for a large part of the sta?
tistical evidence that makes up the
record of the money trust investiga?
tion up to data Without actual
control. Mr. Morgan claimed, there
Is no control, although some direc?
tors may be common to several cor?
porations.
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KUWO-MONOOLIAN PACT.
ef Treaty Declared More Dan
Thea Thoen Constituting
BetU foe Jape a.
Peking. Dec. 19.?The terms of the
Fuses Mnngrllsn treaty of November
? are published here. The Chinese
regard them as far more comprehen?
sive than the Manchurlan agreements
which finally led to the Ruaso-Japan
eee war.
The feature** to which the Chinese
parttcularl> obje**t as Infringing on
China's sovereignty are rights they
give Russia to send consuls and con?
sular guards to all Mongolian poits
and to establish postofflcee. The treaty
also accords to Russian subjects free?
dom to trade, establish manufactures,
boy land, to arrange concessions for
mining, fishing and forestry and for
tbe navigation of rivers flowing into
Runelan territory.
M IIOOI.S KK lilV K PIUZF.K.
Baker Hrhool ttgSj Flmt Prise?llothel
ftcruxH Hecoml?Dalsell, Third.
At a recent meeting of the commit?
tee hiving the mattes in charge, the
prUea for th* antOl Improvement In I
the schools in th* r .unty were award- j
?d Itaker ?chool secured the firnt
prise of $2S; TlMhH School got the {
second prlte of f 1 r. an?l the third
prise of 91*> went to the Dalsell
School.
Th?M schools will now send their
papers containing a list of improve?
ments made dur'ng tha year In the
school to the State committee and
one of the schoo's has the opportunity
of winning a State prise ef $60.
Marriage License Iteoord.
IJcense to marry were Issued Th?rs
day to James Huflar and LOfg Brad?
ford, Providence, and to Jsmes China,
fttateburg. and lAvtnla M- I'herson of
Providence.
florae Fell in IMteh?Killed.
Mr c W. Smith suffered a loss
Thursday night when one of his fine
bay horses was driven Into a ditch
down on Mauser street and In falling
broke Its neck
m MM POLITICS
TAFT UKE8 PLAIN LANGUAGE T<).
WARD CONGRESS.
Prefers Serie us Charges ? Maintain*
Mem her? Have lleea Giving Utter
a K>e* to Untruth* About Reuen t
Foetomoe Order.
Washington, Dec. 19.?President
Taft today gave congress his opinion
of the charge that he had been play?
ing politics |g his recent executive
order putting 36,000 fourth class post?
masters under the civil service. The
president made the countercharge that
his accusers on the floor of the house
were telling "untruths" and declared
that he deeply regretted the failure of
congress to pass legislation which
practically would destroy the "spoil
system."
"Criticism has been made of this
order on the ground the motive w,n
political," said the president.
"Nothing could be further from the
truth. The order was made before th >
election and In the Interest of ef?
ficient public service I have several
times requested congress to give nie
authority to put first, second and
third class postmasters and all other
local officers, Including Internal re*
venue officers, customs officers,
United States marinade nd the local
agents of the other departments un?
der the classification of the civil ner?
vi?? law by taking away the necessitv
of confirming such appointments dv
the senate.
"I deeply regret the failure of on
gress to follow these recommendations.
The change would have taken out of
politics practically every local officer
and would have entirely cured the
?viia growing out of what, under the
present law, much always remain a
remnant of the spoils system."
The president's advice to congress
was continued In his third messigo of
the year, sent In today.
The president advocated Legisla?
tion which would permit members of j
the cabinet to sit in either houss of
congress, with the right to enter Into
debate and answer questions, but
without a vots.
The adoption of the postmaster gen-1
eral's plans for a readjustment of
compensation to railways carrying 1
malls, especially in view of the condl- |
tlons which will exist under the pur-'
eels post law.
A revision of the land laws to se?
cure proper conservation an 1 at tkv
same t!n ? assure prompt disposition
of ISnd th?t Sho'iiil |.?- ? .n4. d uvc;
to private ewnrrsnip.
Lejr'siatlon affecting Ahsss i which
would provide for leases of coal lands ,
and In respect to mining claims, the .
disposition of oil. phosphate and pot?
ash lands in the United States.
An act of congress which would
legalize a court authorized to review
decisions on the pure food law such
as are now made by the Hemsen
board.
In this connection the president ap?
proved the creation of the Hemsen
board by former President Roose?
velt, but said that the time had come
for congress to recognize the necessity
for a tribunal of appeal In pure food
cases.
"While we are struggling to sup?
press an evil of great proportion like
that of Impure food," said the presi?
dent, "we must provide the machinery
In the law Itself to prevent Its becom?
ing an Instrument of oppression, and
we ought to enable those whose busi?
ness Is threatened with annihilation to
have some trlbutal and some form of
appeal in which they have a complete
day In court."
The president closed his message
wi h a recommendation that congress
appropriate for a government build?
ing at Panama Pacific Exposition at
San Francisco and for the beautifi
catlon of Washington. In his dis?
cussion of the capital he aald that
a pjhllc utilities commission was
needed. The president expressed op?
position to the granting of the elec?
tive franchise to citizens of Washing?
ton and indorsed the plans of the com?
mission of fine arts for city Improve*
s?est
Miss Janette Henry left Friday
meaning for a visit to Columbia.
IhMtfnrwa Cannot He ('und
by local application*, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the vjar
There Is only one way to euro deaf?
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness Is caused by an
Inflnmod condition of the mucous Un?
true of the Eustachlun Tube. When
this tub* I* intiamed you have a rumb
, ling SOOnd or Imperfect bearing, and
when It 1-. entirely closed. Deafness
Its the result, and unless the Intlam
i mati"n can be taken out and this
tube restored to Its normal condi?
tion, hearing will be destroyed I'or
ever; nine ease* out of ten are caused
by Ci tarrh. which Is nothing but sn
Inflamed condition Ot the mucous
surfaces.
We will *lve One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
c.Marrh) that cannot be cured by
Half's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir?
culars, free. t
P. J. Cheney * Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold bv druggists. 7f>c.
Take Hall's Family Pllla for consti?
pation.
NEU? MUSI PRESERVE OMR
FREbli wstructionbi GIVEN TO
AMEKICAN AMBASSADOR,
Kepretteutatious are Geutle but Firm,
Insisting ou Protection fur Foreign
I J\?> and Property.
Washington, Dec. 19.?Vnsatisfuc
tory conditions existing in Mexico us
a result of the continuance of the
rebellion absorbed much of the time
of the president today.
Notwithstanding he was making
every effort to close many matters of
Importance before his departure for
Panama, he had an interview with
Secretary Knox and Henry L. Wilson,
American ambassador to Mexico, who
is in Washington on leave of absence,
and tonight the subject was further
discussed at a dinner which was given
in the president's honor by Secretary
Knox's home.
Nothing regarding the conference
was given out but there is reason to
believe that when the ambassador re?
turns to Mexico, which he will do
early next week, leaving Washington
tomorrow morning for New York, he
will bear with him instrctions from
the president and the secretary of
state calculated to induce the Mexican
povernmt\i. to renew its efforts to ter?
minate the rebellion or at least great?
ly to enlarge the military forces which
are supposed to be protecting the
property of foreigners.
ft is particularly stated by one of
the participants In the conference that
this s in no sense to be regarded as an
ultimatum nor as calculated to
endanger the friendly relations of the
two governments.
It is believed the fresh instructions
which Mr. Wilson has received will
cause him to insist firmly upon the
correction of the abuses and his state?
ments will b^ reinforced by accounts
of recent happenings in the border
provinces of Mexico involving the
burning the American railway prop?
erty, the looting of mines and plan?
tations and the kidnapping for ransom
of American miners and foremen.
KEMELS RAVAGED TOWN.
Committed Many Outrages After Cap?
turing lleajuqullla?Guards and
Citizens Retdst Until End.
Guadalajara, Mex., Dec. 18.?One
hundred rebels and 40 rural guards
and townspeople were killed In a
ileres battle a: Heujuqallla yesterday
The town eras gaeked by the rel els
who committed, many outrages
\ force ( * Cn* r??bul*? c rirrnnded
> Qeneral Cheche Campus yesterday
morning attacked Huejuquiila, Jalis?
co, near the boundary of Zacatecas.
Fifty rural guards and armed citi?
zens had held them off for 30 hours
until their store of ammunition was
exhausted.
Then the rebels forced their way in
and committed every kind of outrage,
according to reports.
Some hours later reinforcements of
federal troops arrived and drove the
rebels out after killing a large num?
ber of them.
SCHOOLS CLOSE FOR HOLIDAYS.
Children or Primary Grades Have
Annual Christin?* Tree. Rooms
Decorated.
The children attending the city
schools left their class rooms with
Joyous smiles on their faces Friday
They like school, but they like the
idea of a two week's holiday still
more and plenty of time to do every?
thing that is in their minds to do dur?
ing the Christmas season. The reason
of their Joyous smiles and more than
usually happy faces was the fact that
with the close of school for the day
the usual Christmas holiday had been
granted and they will not have to go
to SOhool again until the Thursday af?
ter New Year.
in the primary grades, those below
IhS Mfth, the children were given their
Christmas tree by the Knights I f
Pythias, a custom ???mm many years
ago and continued to the delight of
the children who go to the Washing?
ton street BChOOl, The tree was a
beautiful holly with plenty ..f red
berries on it. it was most attrac
tlvely decorated with tinsel, colored
balls and many colored electric bulbs
set ah<>ut In Ls branches, a big red
globe I center, with red
Christa red streamers and
pr* sen ittful appearance
from l ? the roatrum to the
chlldr hieb gased upon it.
in thl fee room the chil?
dren Her grades gathered
and Ihrlstmaa s tags, took
Ihsli s tree and then wenl
bad lomi where they were
kIv? provided f<?r them by
the t Pythias. They were
th? from school for the
da next twelve daya,
of the grades bad their
r< rlately decorated f<?r the
t ason. Red bells, drop
i red tlssio- paper, hung In
?ns about the room, and
used In many of the
beautiful effects.
RECQBD CORN GBQWING.
B. If. rIOYK RAISED 207 BUSHELS
OP CORN ON ONE ACRE.
Rest Since Jerry Moore's?Williams
lloy's Great Yield Announced Along
With Those of Other Prize Win?
ners.
Columbia, Dee. 19.?K. M. Joye of
Williamsburg county is the champion
boy corn grower for South Carolina
this year, working under the rules of
the State corn contest, which was
conducted by the State department of
agriculture. He produced 207 bush?
els of corn on one acre, which is the
largest yield made in the State since
Jerry Moore broke the world's rec?
ord by producing 228 bushels and
three pecks on one acre In 1910. All
the winners in the State contest will
very probably enter their exhibits
at the National Corn exposition to
be held here during January and
February of next year.
The following prize winners were
announced yesterday by Commission?
er Watson:
Five Aero Men's Contest.
First prize, $100, J. E. Norton, Dil?
lon, 89.46 bshels per acre; total
points 98; $26.82 profit per acre.
Second | 'e, $50, C. W. Josey, St.
Charles, 64.o2 bushels per acre; total
points 89.45; $26.82 profit per acre.
One Acre Men's Contest,
First prize, $75, C. W. JoBey, St.
Charles, 113.25 bushels; total points
98.5; $55 profit per acre.
Second prize, $40, David G. Hutto,
Shoals Junction, 98 bushels per acre;
total points 78.5; $27.85 profit per |
acre.
Third prize, $30, A. S. Perry, Sum
merville, 80 bushels per acre; total
points 76; $24.92 profit per acre.
Fourth prize, $20, G. H. Norrls, An?
derson, 139.84 bushels per acre; to?
tal points 75.5; $26.70 profit per acre.
One Acre Boy's Contest.
First prize, $75, E. M. Joye, Gun?
ters, 207 bushels per acre; total
points 87; $88.10 profit per acre.
Second prize, $30, Cary Murray,
Lancaster, 104 51-56 bushels per
acre; total points 80.5; $60.70 profit
per acre.
Third prize, $20, E. H. B. Whaley,
Edisto Island, 69.70 bushels per acre;
58.5 points; $3.91 profit per acre.
Fourth prize, $62, Douglas Odom,
Marlboro county, 88 bushels per acre;
points on yield 52; $36.35 profit per
arrc.
The largest crowd of the Cht .:?t:i.:u
seseon yet seen vvea on ihe street Sat?
urday snd the merchants see ned to
be kept very busy by the shoppera
The Jewelry Store
Umbrella
You will generally find that it's
an altogether superior article.
Haven't you noticed it?
Yes, It costs more, but think what
you are getting.
Why, often the handles In one of
the umbrellas that we sell cost
more?are worth more?than
half a dozen dry goods store
whole umbrellas.
A splendid selection we show!
Wouldn't you like to see It?
$5.00 to $40.00.
We engrave them free of charge.
W. A. Thompson,
JEWELER AND OPTICAN.
Geo. H. Hurst,
UNDERTAKER AND KMBALMER.
Prompt attention to day or night
calls.
AT OLD J. D. CRAIG STAND, 202 N.
Main Street.
Day Phone 530. Night Phone 201.
The Best Xmas Gift
$ S-oo No._
THE PEOPLES' BANK
Sumter. S. C Dtcemhr 24 1912
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and methodical buMness habits. When it comes time to leave him
what you have accumulated, he will be better prepared to care
for and increase it.
No Safer Plan for accomplishing this than by having him start
and build an account at the
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Who Gets the Money
You Earn?
Each deposit you make in our Bank is another
step toward Fortune and success. No man ever
reached the top without climbing. First advance
is your First Deposit, after that each step is
easier than the last.
Why not deposit with us.
The Bank of Sumter
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH
YOUR IDLE MONEY ?
% We will pay you interest on it, both day and
night.
U Are you banking with us? If not it will pay
both of us for you to do so.
The Farmers' Bank & Traft
Company.
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Prices: 1,000 to 4,000 plants at $1.25 per thousand; 5,000 to 9,000
at $1.00 per thousand; 10,000 at 90 cents per thousand and special
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late varieties, Succession and Late Flat Dutch. Plants now ready for
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