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IHE LEGISLATURE MEETS. MENDEL L. SMITH RE-ELECTED sPEAKKR. Houmc Ogranlacd anil Ofncors Elected ?Junto** A. Hoyt Made Clerk Once More?s|h>akn smith Talk* About s.m Liii-on?Outstanding Pictures of <?o\. HUGH'S Message. Columbia, Jan. 14.?Meeting a' noon today the House of Kepresenta lives effected an organisation by elect? ing Richard 8. Whaley. of Charles? ton temporary chairman, Mcndal L. Smith, of Kershaw. was re-elected Speak?r without opposition James A. Hoyt. defeated J. Wilson Oibbes. for clerk. In an address to the house speak? er Smith advised that Socialism be discarded. Mr. Mower. of Newberry. Mr. Stevenson. of Chesterfield; Kembert, ?f Richland, were appointed a com? mittee to notify the Oovernor that the House was organised. Mr. Klbler of Newberry moved that the house adopt the rules of the last house, with an umendment providing for the election of a speaker pro tempore. Mr. Kibler's motion pre? vailed. Speaker Smith appointed Butler Stanley as the page to draw for seats for the members. The private secretary of the govern? or presented the annual message of Governor Mease, which was read and erdered printed In the Journal of the house. The house adjourned at 2.30. The Senate. The senate met today promptly at aoon with Lieut. Governor Smith presiding. Senator Hardin was chos? en president pro tern and the othei officers were re-elected. The commit? tee assignments were resd. 8. McGowan Slmklns. elected read? ing clerk of tho house and J. S. Wil? son, sergeant-at-arms. Senator Hardin Is chairman of the finance committee and Carlisle as arm trot ad of the judiciary. The Oovtrnor'r message was read following which the senate Adjourned | until noon tomorrow. I The (io\ernor's M?<*4sage. The annual message of Governor I Rlenfte rontnln? ?he following- recom- i ? lertdV rjOnS "'A flat two v .'til ; on all rsjji uadu. a sp lal oas natu i .x for sstppo't of >r Schools, to cnange me name ui otviti son College to Calhoun University, to oomblne ths Medical College in Char? leston with the University; a water power ta*L the repeal of the right of oltlee and towns to grant exclusive . franchise; to lower the legal rate of Interest to six per cent. Oovernor Mease scored Comptroller General Jonee for turning down the pay war? rants of his detecttvea He attacked ootton mJa mergers and recom? mended that the hosiery mill at the yosutentlsry be ubolished RKPORT OF CHRISTMAS COMMIT TK. Severn I Contributions Omitted From I'ri'Mmiv Statement. Edror Idaly Item. Pl+use ma. , noli of a fern changes i In our statement. Jr. Order of Amer? ican Mechanics should have been credited with $10.00 instead of $5.00 and there wete several contributions | of articles SSed In the distribution that did not enter into the cash ac? count Schwartz Mos, toys about. $5.00. J. M Chandler, clothing |lt. Shaw and Md'ollum Mer. Co., skirts $10. Paid D. J. Aud. Waad orders $r? 25. Hartow Walsh, W S. Jones. I>l \ Til < >F PR \NK. <? POTTS. Husband Polln?* WKe to the <.ia\e witiun Weak. Lynehburw. Jan II.? At Krank G. Pott*>. vs h< ?e w.f-- died lea week, died last ? wrung. ..n 1 will be interred at the Lgachhnrsj csssetery some time this afisfnsos Ths dsoeaaad i* ? n old asd wall knows eltlasg of this place. He is ?'?o yean old sad leaves six small "hlldren to be cared for by relatives. He and his wef. BeCdsgM III nearly the saute time. The flty Manager told < i . porter for The jtem Tuoedsy morning thai he was* ?r \ r.,' hai d to *et the city's g ? , . U in a ;.r? -e gtahlS condition Seaasbnd] mast have carried I he gen? tieman ag ? Meyes ride an Broad of West Lit'eit-. :t!..i during the H sal relaj speii. The result of the use tie litter part of blMf We k ?! the |o.|,| s, t IBOf snd th?? split log ilrag. aid. d b\ th spreading of ashes it ciossums und other peases oa the streets wheri list] wh re net d? d. e .ti be alalal) ses and Go- good accompllBhed Is SOtlCt ?id. COTTON TAKES ANOTHER DROP. Ai*t Ivo Months Make Now LOW Hround for Movement l'iuler In? ?gsunng of iu ai i?i? Factors ? Clone Stonily Within Point or Two of Hay's Lowest Figures, Showing Net Recline of MatT Points N. w York. Jan. 13.?The cotton market was generally easier and un? settled today with most of the active months making hew low ground for the movement under continued liqui? dation of scattering pressure, which se?-med to be inspired by increased ar? rivals here from the South and pre? dictions that interior holders will soon begin to sell hedges against remaining old crop supplies should the decline continue. The close was steady, but within a point or two of the lowest, with last prices showing a net de? cline of from llal7 points. The market opened steady at a de? cline of 5a6 points, the more active positions sold 8al7 points lowtf short? ly after the opening in response to dis? appointing cables. A rall\ of 8 or 9 points followed on reports that pre? liminary returns showed a very light ginning for the first cf January, but the improvement brought out increas? ed offerings for both accounts and prices broke again, reporting the low? est point of the day in the late trad? ing. Helow 12.30 for March and 12.35 for May, quite an active demand was i encountered which was said to in? clude covering by shorts and fixing of prices or "call cotton" by spinners, while a considerable volume of buying by houses with Western connections helped the tone toward the close. I Wall street houses were very heavy sellers during the day, and there was quite a good deal of selling here by houses with Southern connections with some to be against supplies in the interior. Arrivals of consigned cotton at New York slnoe January 1 . have been about 16,000 bales and so far 27,000 bales have been delivered . on January contracts. Cotton futures I closed steady. STEWS FROM WINTHROP. Students Hard at Work After Holidays i ?Number of Enjoyable Lectures, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, Jan. 15.?Since our return from home af? ter the Christmas holidays we have heon verv hosv. Horn?1 have been tO Kecj Co. .. J - np ;.W X term, j in .spue ui lite luci oiMi we ulv studying very hard, we are not too busy to enjoy the lectures and dif? ferent amusements that have been provided for us. Dr. Johnson se? cured Dr. Harvey W. Wiley to give us a very interesting talk on last Mon? day night. We are very grateful to Dr. Johnson for securing such an la terestlng and helpful speaker for us. Dr. Wiley told us many things that will be helpful to us when we go out as teachers. The Choral Society gave their llrst publie meeting on last Saturday night. The program was taken entirely from the life and work of Shubert. The lovert of music had a very delight? ful evening. The Carolina-Davidson del>ate will held on the 13th. We expect some good debating from both sides as a good many boys from each Hide are expected to be here. Room for them has been made in our audi? torium. The legislature has been Invited to spend the day with us on the 18th. We sincerely hope that they will come It is always a pleasure to us to have them with us. A committee from the legislature i ame up i n last Wednesday. The chairman of the committee gave the student body a \ory instructive, talk ,,i the chapel exercises. ClaaCCf haVi been started in the Tillman SClenct hall. Work Is still going on but many of the class rooms ire ? omplete, The annex to the In : in ii y is going UP rapidly. Bach of the Sumter girls was sad? dened by the news of the death of Annie Handle. Bach of us extend our syn path, to our schoolmate and her . family. "A Cock." Crowd at Raak et hall (.ame. The basketball game :)t the Y. M C A gymnasium attracted :i good crowd Tuesdaj night and much in? terest seemed to be manifested by the ^p< tutors In the contest, The game was i g..o.i one, Drown'i team de? feating Hall's no n by a score of 17 la it Hereafter exhibition games will be played everj Wedneadaj night Those interested should s< e tie athle tie dlreetoi to get on one of th< tea ma The gas people are ^ * ill busy n inuny places putting down the ga: mains. Main- service connections art put in all along th. streets as fast n the mains are located, the cltlsen eemlngly being anxious to have th gS itt he . arlleSl d ite possible. PROMISE OF PRESIDENT-ELECT IN TRENTON SPEECH. \> instrument of People Who Elect? ed Him, Nation's Next Chief Ex? ecutive Declares He'll only be Carrying Out their Expressed Wish When H? "Picks Out Only Pro? gressives'1 to Aid Htm In Adminis? tering Country's Affairs. Trenton, N, J., Jan. 13.?Governor Wilson, for whom the majority of the States in the Union today officially cast their electoral votes for the Pres? idency, proclaimed, in a speech to the New Jersey Presidential electors, that he interpreted his election as the dis? tinct expression of the progressive im? pulses of the country. "I shall not he acting as a partisan when 1 pick out progressives and only progressives ,to aid me," the Governor said, in analyzing the spirit that he said had produced his election. The Governor predicted no division in the counsels of the Democratic party, hut foresaw solidarity, "These i Democrats," he said, "who hitherto j have been slow to align themselves I with/ the progressive banner of the j party, are everywhere yielding. The I business men of the country, too, are j swinging around to an unselfish and broader view of their duties to the people." The speech was delivered at a luncheon given for the electors by the Democratic State committee just be? fore the official ballot was cast. It was the last Dr. Wilson is scheduled to make before his inauguration. "I feel that it would be unbecom? ing In me," he said, "not to make a speech today. 1 feel that it would be Unbecoming In me to make a speech today in other tone than that of a man who believes that he is speaking for the men with whom he is asso? ciated. Some men have been slow to observe, but the majority of us have seen that the people of the United States have taken a definite choice, i happen to be one of the instruments through whom that choice is express? ed, but 1 am for the time, and that choice Is for the long future. "The people of the United States have turned their faces in a definite direction and any party, any man, who does not go with them In that direc? tion, they will reject, and they ought to reject. rher< f< re* In I >ok o-r forwa d I i tho c* sp< rial Sties thai l srn about to issume, i fe ' first, la*' end . d the t me th*' I am ??? ? ' if: i. .? r? ??r?-*--.,nta liv< capacity, i umucn to inter? pret as well as 1 ffan the purpose-' of the people of the United States and to act, so far as my choice deter? mines the action, only through the In? strumentality of persons who also represent thai choice. 1 have no lib? erty in the matter. I have given bonds; my sacred honor is involved and nothing more could be Involved!. Therefore, I shall not he acting as a partisan when I pick out progres? sives, and only progressives. I shall be acting as a representative of the people of this country. And. there? fore, it is a matter Of supreme pleaa ure to me to find in every direction, as I turn about from one group of men t<? another, that men's minds and men's consciences and men's pur? poses axe yielding to that great im? pulse that now moves the whole peo? ple of the United States. A Mere Slap. A young lawyer in a Southern town was sitting in his Office one day when an old negro who had belonged to the lawyer's father, came in and hailed him. "MlstafU Camphell," he mid, 'Tee done got :n a little mess count of my olo 'oman. and 1 wants you to please, suh, to come 'long over to de cote house and fix it up fur me, It don't 'mount to mot hin but dey is talkin' 'bout swearing' out a writ and send in' de constables after me." "What is the matter?" asked the SJLWJ er. "Well, sub." said the old man, "you Know whul a aggervatln' nigger 'oman dat wife o' mine is? ids mawnin' at breakfus' she kept on argufyln* and 'sputin' wld me ontwell l up and slap her, Dat's all it Is; l des slapped her 'longsldo he hald onc't to correct her/Ji Leaving the old man in his office the lawyer crossed to the court house, it. found that the woman was in a hos? pital, reported as dangerously Injured, and that a charge of assault with in? tent to kill had been lodged ugalnsl i he husband. I le bun led back. Now, Uncle like," ho asked, "if you want me to ib iond \oii, you've not to tell me the truth aboul this whole af? fair. They say your wife is badly hurt she may not gef well. What did you do to her?" "Mlstah Campbell," protested th< idd m m, l done tolc j ou tie truth I des up and slapped dat 'oman along side de b od wld ion band." "With your hand?" Y. I sub "Was tie re anything In your lend "W.u. suh, since you mentions it,' ? ijii the accused, "I does seem to re call ilat l huppen? d to be holdin' llatlron in ms band at .!<? time." RIG FIRE AT PIXEWOOD. Felder Bros store Reduced to Ashes ?Boy Has Narrow Escape from Death. Plnew.1, Jan. 15.?This morning at 3.30 o'clock Felder Bros store was found to be on lire and was soon in ashes. If the wind had been blow? ing from the north or west it is likely it would have wept the town. A. G. Stack's two-story brick store caught several times, but was prompt? ly extinguished by the bucket brigade. Capt. Lee Morris, A. C. L. section master, was one among the first to see the blaze. He had to run a quar? ter of a mile and ring the church bell, which is used in case of fires. H. If. Johnson lost the contents of his meat market. The Pinewood Tele? phone Exchange lost a telephone and has two poles badly scorched. Al? most to the hour sixty days ago a va? cant store was burned and an adjoin? ing building full of cotton seed. Feld ed Bros was composed of Mr. R. Lee Felder of St. Matthews and F. A. Felder, manager, of this place. Last evening Sam Williams, colored, drove a fine mare of Jeff James' right in front of A. C. L. passenger train Xo. 32 from Augusta and the animal was to badly injured that it had to be kdled. The boy received a few bruises which are not serious. The boy saw the train, stopped the horse and then whipped up and tried to cross ahead of the train when the en? gine struck the team with the above mentioned results. The train was In charge of Engineer Divine and Con? ductor Jones. The train was brought to a standstill in two coach lengths after it struck. PULLMAN SERVICE UNPROFI? TABLE. Chair Car on Charleston-Greenville Train Will Probably be Discon? tinued in Near Future by Atluntic Coast Line? After operating a Pullman chair car on the Charleston-Greenville train for more than a year and find? ing it unprofitable, the Atlantic Coast Line has given notice that the chair car service will be discontinued in the near future unless the patronage in? creases to such an extent aa to pay the cost of operation. This service was inaugurated as the direct result of the efft the S*mtej Chamber of { ? '. mm< ?. there being a dem&r I uii { th< part of lh< pnblie foe Pul man Ben ?? on the trsjfcn. ?? A 1 mtic * eral months to comply with the re- i quest of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce and similar organisations of other cities that endorsed the re- j quest, the ground for refusing to in? stitute Pullman service being that, in their opinion, it would be operated at a loss. According to the state? ment now made, a teat of owice than a year has demonstrated that there Is not sufficient patronage to pay the actual cost of operating Pullman ser? vice on this train, and the aatural consequence is that the service will be discontinued. If fhe traveling public want a chair car ou th* Char? leston-Greenville train they will have to patronize it. The Atlantic Coast Ltei will not continue the service at ' a loss and cannot he expected to do so for the accommodation of the few who want it. Real Estate Transfers. Charb's N. Chandler to R. Frank Chandler, right, interest and title in I ft*, acres in Shiloh township, $4 3'.i. J. A. Schwerin, Sr., to Miss Maude C. Wright, lot on Dingle street, $265. J. L. McCalium and D. R. MoCal lu.m. Jr. to J. K. Crosswell, lot on Main street, $2,100. TAX RETURNS FOR IPIS. Notice is hereby given that I will attend in person or by deputy at the following places on the days indicat? ed, respectively for the purpose of re celvlng returns of personal property and poll taxes, for the fiscal year Commencing January 1st, 1913. .Ml mai? s between the agea of 21 and SO years, must make returns as to whether or not they are liable foi road duty for the year 1913. TlndalS, Tuesday, January 7. Privateer, Wednesday, January s. I.cvi Siding, Thursday, January 1?. Wedgefield, Krlday, January 1 * >. Claremont, Tuesday, January l i. Hagood, Wednesday, January 15. Ilembert's, Thursday, January lt?. Dalsell, Friday, January it. Ilrogdon, Monday, January L'1'. Mayesville, Tuesday, January 21. Pleasanl Grove, Wednesday, Janu? ary 22, Shiloh, Thursday. January Ii:'.. N?.i w?.od Cross Roads, Friday, Jan uury 21. Oswego, Monday, January 27. \n persons whose duty it is t.? make returns should be prompt t.. meet at these a pp. >n 11 me nt s All returns must b. made before February 20th, 1913. R R \\ 11.1 ?KU, Audit..!' Ruinier County. Bumtet. S. ?'.. I >ee. i i 2. = Ail Etight= Can you say that of your financial standing? Paying your hilLs by check M not only the only sure way to avoid errors, but it shows you to Ik- among those who value the preeminence given by a bank account. Open an ac? count with us and be Happy. The Peoples' Bank. 1913 Looking Forward COME WITH US. The Farmers* Bank & TrusT: Company. When Times are Hard and Money Close The demand for loans about three men as large as we can sup? ply and one of our regular depositors wants an accommodation, isn't it natural that we should favor liina?sec that his Interests are protected? TluU is one of the advantages of liavtng a growing account? your interests are carefully considered and insofar as safe, sound banking will permit, your interests are protected. Why not protect your future inter<**ts by opening an account with us now. The amount of your first deposit is not so material as the fact that you become one of our customers, identifying yourself with us. . ? Statt ment of the Coodition of The Bank of Sum SUMTER, S. C. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS JANUARY 10, 1913. RESOURCES. LIABILITIES. Loans and Discounts, 647.477.22 Capital stock , 200.000.00 Bonds and stocks, 21,706.23 Surplus, 50,000.00 Furniture & Fix. 8,400.49 Vandivided profits. 12.266.11 Real Estate, 49,468.34 Dividends unpaid. 704.00 Cash in vault, and Bills payable, 160,000.00 in banks, 139,459.76 Deposits, 442,441.93 866,512.04 866,512.04 COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSITS: Deposits, .Iannary 10, 1912.318,371.01 Deposits, January 10, 1913.442,411.93 INCREASE OF $124,070 89 I FIRST NATIONAL BANT Garden Seeds. We have just received a shipment of LAN DRETH'S NEW CROP SEEDS, in bulk and in 5 cent papers. Also a full line of Flower Seeds Hearon's Pharmacy, PHONE 36 1_. a I FrostProof Cabbage Plants Prices: 1,000 to 4,000 plants at |1.25 per thousand; (,006 to 9.000 at |1.00 per thousand; 10,000 at 10 cents per thousand and special prices on larger lots or to those actln as our agents We have cheapest express rate. afe guarantee count, sate delivery, prompt shipment and satisfaction. Plants grom'n In open fields and guarsnteed Frost Proof. We have all varieties. The earliest, Early Jersey Wakefteld; next earliest. Large Type Charleston Wakefleld; lat<> varieties, Succession and Late Plal Dutch Plants noar ready for Bhtpmcnt. Cash, monoj order or express no ties order with all ordere. The Garr-Carlton Company, , BOX 17. MEGGETTS, S. C. ??????????????????????????e**???????????????*????????