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Wfyt tPatcljman and Southron. tiik M m i l k w vk iiMW, KstabiNhctl April 1850. "Be Just mad Fenr not?Let nil the ends Thou Alme't nt be thjr Country's. Thy God's Md Truth's," the thttm BOPTgROwT KstHbii^hod Jum-, nee Consolidated Au*. 3,1881. SUMTE et, S. 0M SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1913. Vol. XXXv7 No 46~ ? I CITY COUNCIL MEETING. <*>I*M'IL Vi.KI I S TO AIM'IT 1*1. \N Si OOKWKB R> BOAR0 OF in vi/ni. Or Wlkton Kleeted School IMiyslctan ?A Junk Im ah r Who I? Not a Junk Dewier?City Managet Brings Up a Number of Matter-* f< r Con- | ?aderaclon?Mr. Boyle Aaks That ?likarlie be Allowed on Htreet. CUy Council held Its regular semi? monthly seaalon Wednesday night and a large number of mattera of more or lees Importance came up for eassaftderatlon. Tha matter which baa elicited the most Interest from the general public was the difference be? tween Council and tha Board of Health as to the appointment of two men on the health department. Tbla ^matter was settled by Council's de eiaio.i adopt the method proposed by the Board of Health for the pur? pose of giving It a trial. Dr. H A. Mood. Dr. W. R. Mill*. Mr. Oeo. D. Levy and Mr. 8. B. Mitchell, of the Board of Health, ap ' peered to set forth their side of the Mr. Tjmvy and Or Mood of il'e 'alktng for their aide In a discussion * nl< h lasted nearly an hoar. Mr. Levy stated that the Board of Health In the past bad not accom? plished as dealrahle reaulta as they ? bad wished. They had been standing atlll and they now wanted a < hang*' In order that they might have a chain I to go forward. They needed a spe? cialist aa a health officer who should aupervlse and Inatruet and aee that ?.he work whs done and a man under Jphlm to do the manual work. 1>r. ~Mood stated that the system which had been applied In the post waa wrong and that the newly re-organiz? ed Board of Health would see that a better system waa applied. There was some argument In favor of com gtblnlng the position of Health Officer *nnd City Physician, but members of the Board of Health opposed this plan. Messrs. Jennings and Rowland were willing to give the system advla ed by the Board of Health a trial, while Mr Booth was opposed to It on ?Aba sjreuwd that H created a new of r^w aad he thought that If the posl ttoaaof Health Officer and City Phy atetan were combined the city would get better service. The matter was settled as the Board of Health rec? ommended. The Health Officer is to ftfty dollars a month for his aer ?Ice. while his assistant will be paid Kiity dollars a month. As Dr. Mood had already been rec? ommended as Health officer hy the Board of Health, he will now resign from the Hoard of Health and a n ^ Member will be. appointed. ' Prof. a\ H. Edmunds atuted that the cosasstttee on charities had held a meeting at which it waa decided that the body was too large for working pulses* ?. TJheTtfiiri sn execute o**V>mWte* %asnat?vu* <?f Aleaars. Bar tow Walsh, W. H Jo-.u-m ind V M ^ Urosarkten had ?.n chosen, who jMd have power for the full ?mmtttea at any time iaajpertateodant Kdmunds etat M be khad la tccortlann- with in tk*as from Council secured the of tay. Jt. R. Wilson as acho..! hjaSsfAa. *1fr.vWlleon had promised Oo work Of examining the pu 41a aap first year fre. wf eharge, his eeuoat was received ?,\ i'i.ui 1 l>r. Wd*oa we* ic ? of thank* by that b#dy ^uasrr intrude at Kdmumls then it Pf -m! rone tt hag) liecn thought hest by Dr. Wlli'ii and himself that any Mid. b.uad. upon ? pagination, to be i menace to'htmseif *,r his felloe pn plia. she eld be stoppe., from school until be Should have iu< h treatment aa tbesght r ? ensary This matter referred to the achool hoar.I with Mr In act as they deemed prop Tha report 0*f the city manager was es? BasSfC' Hb stated that he had written t<> *ka flush tank people, whe were wflMpir to replace any tanks nich wasj|gj(ie% giving satisfactory service. He would make a plorougb test of the flush tanas In the m ar future add then vrlte to the comp f. r m r?atgr?er dush tanks wer? needed. He did not know thst the neu t .nk* were any better than the old, but t h? 1 not 0e any worse than the proa |Wtiitsmjihgiirill i in \ nombar*v!pj<1 old bir^ .< ? ov?*r gnd scdarnii paid, aftei * ,i i onslderatlogx tuest lor a 0fe by 11 eerie r of Magnolia sr>d Myi kaa r. furred tb*0M|clty gsdnagei i ? t*-ea of water s wertaln th- **t ?*? Insliill-i?-on I were ordered P?t -4n on Dugsn in Magnolia streets. wn?r? renuwrti I been made for thorn. The city msnsgi r reported that the matni.il f?>r th?- tirt- hydrant on Church street, >t Posch, "had come and the hydrant would he installed Uns k. H. also stated that he ha?l investigated on Church street and recommended a* a matter of economy | that a sewer line be installed on that street for a distance of 900 feet in itead of 240 as asked for by Mr. Cut tlno. The cost he estimated at be? tween $300 and $350. This work was ordered done as soon as the material could be obtained. The city manager reported a num? ber of ditches needing cleaning In the i northwestern part of the city, which work was ordered done as soon as he had time for It. He reported that he was at work making repairs on the storm sewer in the Dunne lot on West Liberty street and that he would fill up the hole here as soon as possible He was given instruction to see that the proper covering was placed over the excavation In front of the Bult man building on South Main street. He recommended that Mr. Smith he allowed to sink his tank in the Itreet In front of his garage, as it was safer I than others now in use und would not he m the way. provided that Mr. Smith he.ir all costs of installation and upketp of the itreet at this point and removf the tank if ordered to lo This matter was discuss? ed f<t some time, u-fmv Council came to the decision that it was best no! to allow iio> tank to be Dinced in the street, although Mr. Smith was given the right to ereet a pump on the edge of the sidewalk, as thev had been erected in front of other garage?. The city manager was instructed to examine trees in the < ity and report to Council when any of them needed to be removed. He asked that a buggy belonging to the city he put In repair so that it might be used by himself and the chief of police. The matter was re? ferred to Mr. Booth with power to act. Mr. L. A. Prince, of the Sumter 111 hber Works, appeared before Council "as a Junk dealer who was not a Junk dealer." He asked to be exempted from the license required of Junk dealers, on the ground that he waa engaged in manufacturing articles from the Stuff he purchased and not simply buying and selling Junk. He showed a number of his manufactured orticles and told how the work was done. Council decided to relieve him of the license required of a Junk dealer, although it Imposed on him the license required of I merchant and a repair shop. Mr. I. A. Ryttenberg wanted coun? cil to put Calhoun street in shape and offered to use a split log drag . n th** street from the city limits to the brick yard, if one was provided him by the ??ity. This matter was referred to the city manager. a matter of providing the city with I.lue prints of the water works plant *,im deferred for nction until su<h time as the city had need of them. Chief of Police J. R. Sumter show? ed samples of goods for uniforms. He stated that as It was so late in the year, the force had decided not to get winter uniforms, but would take spring uniforms in place of them. He I was instructed to secure samples of thin class of goods, bo that a eholce eonh ?>e mad.- later. The city manager w as | -anted authority lo make expenditures SI high as $25.00 and lOpoTlatoadontl as much as $1.00 in ftSSIHI of emer? gency. Above $25.00 all pttffChSiSI must so made i?y competitive bids. In plnse Of 1 >r. H. A. .Mood. who upon ins appointment si health ofll eoTi resigned from the Bosrd of Hssltti, Mr. J w. McKelver was polnted on the Hoard of Health. a petition from the Western Union Telegraph Company for a reduction in their license was refused. a rennest from cafes that their li eense be reduced from |St.se on $1.000 husiness was refused. a re? duction tO hfty cents a |1,##0, how? ever, was mode on iscem of ll.ooo business. a request from Mr. \v !'. Boyle that vshlcles be sllowed to itsnd on the street during the dsy time, as the Stahlen were tillable to gCCOmmodgte all of them and it would work I hardship on the country people com? ing to town, was nesrd, Mr. Boyle asked that the present ordlnSftd be modified Council Instructed the chief of Polle? to Investigate the mal? ter and use ids own discretion In i n forcing it. not allowing more vehicle* on the street than wss ibaolutely necessary In the ilnj linn and none at night. \ reo icsi from Mi I 1' 11 t? r by leaks v ? ? . .1 The elty tax on i lot of land |i ?hssed foi Ibe Mouth Caroline Wi fiO CHANGE FOR PEACE. BALKAN ALLIES BREAK OFF NE? UOTLATIOXH FOR END OF WAR, lidnk That Vigorous Steps Now Will Bring Them Victory and In? sure Collection of the Fruius of the War?To Concentrate on Ad i lanople. London? Jan. 29.?The peace nego I tlattons which reached a deadlock ! over the cession of Adrianople Jan? uary 6, were finally broken today by a note which the plenipotentiaries of the Ralkan allies presented to Reehad Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation. Notwithstanding this rupt re there still are optimists in the diplomatic world who hope a resumption of the war may yet be avoided either through fresh proposals that Turkey is reported to be including in the note ahe will deliver to the powers tomorrow or to the fall of Adrianople I before activities can be begun again , at the Tchatalja lines. I A majority of the Balkan delegates j refuse to admit the likelihood of eith I er contingency, believing that the life of thi Young Turk government de ptaids upon tiie resumption of war, even though the allies were willing to postpone the conflict. They are of the opinion that the present failure of I diplomacy is, at the worst, only an in I terlude, however, for they will leave four representatives in London to un? dertake the settlement anew. Raohad Pasha, after receiving the note, said: "The consequences may be of the gravest nature. The responsibility ' lies not alone with the allies, but with the powers who encouraged the Bal? kan states and have shown no fair? ness toward Ti rkey, although before the war they 'tad solemnly proclaim? ed the principle of the unchangea blllt> of the status quo." I'he plan of the allied governments so far as the plenipotentiaries are in? formed is to concentrple their forces on Adrianople Immediately after the expiration of the prescribed four days, if the surrander of that* fortress does not occur in the meantime. They be? lieve that a few days' bombardment by the big siege butteries which now surround Adrianople will bring about Its capitulation. The Balkan representatives declare that all reports that lloumania would aid Bulgaria against Turkey are un? founded and they add that if Rou ma? nia should take advantage of the op? portunity to gain her territorial claims by force while the Bulgarian army is engaged with Turkey. Bulgaria would let her OOCUpy the territory she de? mands. But as soon as the Bulgarian army disposed of the Turks, the Bul? garians would turn their attention to the Roumanians and attempt to make them pay dearly for this racial dis? loyalty which the Bulgarians consider would be treason, The allies expect that a preliminary treaty of p< ace will be signed in Adrianople by the victorious Bulga? rian and Servian generals, and this will be embodied In the treat) which win be concluded In London, for which eseh delegation is leaving one representative In London to a* alt the reopening of the conference They will be: For Bulgaria: Michael Madjoroff, minister at London; Cor Greece, Stephanos Skoloudta; for Montenegro, M Popovltch, formerly minister at Constantantlnople, and for Servla, i*r. .v k V*eanltch, minister to Prance. Most of the other delegates will leave here bet?re Monday. The Greek premier, ESluthorlci Veneielos, will visit Vienna, Belgrade, Sofia and Ka Ion Ik I on his homeward journey, and thi- l- considered tangible proof that the allies are preserving that un? ity whi' h astonished Europe at the beginning of the war. The Balkan delegates reiterate thai the allies are agreed <?n all questions, bring fully cognisant of tho fact that their power lies in maintaining and strengthening their compact. Thus it has been arranged In gen? eral tertni thai Saloniki shall be un? der the co-domlnlon of Bulgaria, Servla and Greece, and thai If dif? ferences arise between membera of the alliance which can not be arrang .d imlcably, the contending parties must n fcr to arbitration. hr i? meff, b< ad of the Bulgai lan ? ? ?I I In la i\ w as i ? mitt- d Chief of Pollee So tut er recommend ? d |bt election of another mnn on the pollct force, bul the election v an p.. tponed until the qualification of i : 111 < 1111 11 i could i ? looked Into Thi ? ? Hai h I ghta w ? i ?? ordered pur ? chased bj the police department THE LEGISLATURE. SENATOR CLIFTON'S BILL UP ALLOWING A VOTE ON DIS? PENSARY. Long Debate of Morning to be con- | timied Tonight?Governor Sends Message With List of Pardons 1 Granted. Columbia, Jan. 30.?Senator Clif? ton's bill permitting Sumter and certain other counties the right to vote on the question of establishing a dispensary occupied the entire morning session of the senate and the debate will be resumed when the senate reconvenes tonight at 8 o'clock. A message from the Governor con? taining his list of pardons for last year was received and ordered printed in the Journal. ARCHITECTS WANT MONEY'. Charleston High License Rill Discuss? ed by House. Columbia, Jan. 30.?Architects Todd and Benson, of Charleston, will be allowed another hearing by the House before the ways and means committee In their effort to collect for plana they drew for Improvement! to the State House. The matter wa.s investigated by the House last year. A long debate on the Charleston high license liquor bill, the passage of which is very doubtful, was inter? rupted by the arrival of the house for the discussion of the inheritance tax bill, one of the big measures before the house. Rebate On Inheritance Tax Rill. Columbia, Jan. 30.?The house ad? journed the debate on the inheritance tax bill, which has a good chance of passage. delegation, and M. Mishu, the Rou? manian minister to Great Britain, sign, d a proctocol today embodying the views of bot!: nations on the Rou? manian claims for territory which would give her Silistria. The proto? col will furnish the basis for the ne? gotiations. Roumania bases her demands on the argument that the war has occa? sioned such changes in the political equilibrium that guarantees for the future friendship of the two nations have become necessary. The Bulga? rians declare that Roumania has In? creased her demands since a renewal of the war has been threatened and assert than no Bulgarian government could grant the cession of territory Koumania a.sks for. TO PRESENT REPLY. Turkey's Answer to Powers' Note Will tx? Banded to the Austrian Ambas? sador. Constantinople, Jan. 29.?Turkey's reply to the note of the powers will be handed to the Austrian ambassa? dor tomorrow. The diplomats belt' are favorably impressed with the In? formation they have received respect? ing the reply and are sanguine that the Turkish Counter proposal will at least permit the resumption of negotiations. The only foundation for the report that lighting has occurred at Tchatalja between the adherents of the late Nozlm Pasha and the supporters of the Young Turks is the arrival In Constantinople from the front of se\ era! batches of Invalid soldiers. Most of these are suffering from fever, ex? haustion and frOSt bites. BIDS SOLDIERS PREPARE. Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 29.?-Gen. Sav off, commander-in-chief of the Bul? garian army, today addressed the fol? lowing communication to the men un? der his command: "From the course taken by the peace negotiations it becomes evident that the enemy la unwilling to yield an Inch of the territory conquered by our victorious arms. "The Turks wish, by a stroke of the pen, to destroy all that you and your brave brothers who have fallen in hat tie have won. ?Will the heroes of Kirk-Killsseh, Bunarhissar, Lule Burgas and Tcha? talja allow this affront to the glorious army of Bulgaria to go unanswered "Prepare then for fresh victories and with voir Irresistible movement forward -)\<>\\ the enemies und the v hole w arid that Bulgaria our fath , 11 in1 d< ner> es inoi e reaped ^aid Pasllll Named. Constantinople, Jan. ?1*1 Pai ha formt r gl nd v. laler, has be? n appoint* d ii minlstt r and p ? i ld< ni of ?he council of state, sisstimiti \ 'he od . . i, r.ently \ icat< il by Prince Sa i I n dim. now foi eig ?? minister. STUDENTS FINED $50 EACH. Smashed Property at One Family Theatre and Censed Dank* at Athens, Ga., Jan. 28.?Eleven stu? dents of the University of Georgia, most of them freshmen, were fined $50 each today by the Mayor of Athens, for having taken part in a demonstration which resulted in the breaking up of property at the Ma? jestic Theatre and caused a panic at the Colonial Theatre. At the latter place only by the closest margin were fatalities averted. Five others were exonerated. All the cases were appealed to the city council. WIIiL SOON BKGIX BUSINESS. Parrott Milling Company Installing Machinery and l*rejmrlr.? for Open? ing. One of the interesting new indus? tries soon to commence operation in this city is the Parrott Milling Co., the home of Parrott Brand Meal and Feed, as the big sign on their build? ing indicates. This firm will probab? ly be ready in a few weeks from now to grind out all of the meal that the people of Sumter and this section of the State want for eating purposes, for the mill will have a capacity Of live hundred bushels a day. The big three story frame building near the corner of Sumter and Dingle street, attracts plenty of attention to itself from passorsby, and a visit to the building is, decidedly interesting', at least to one who understand! any? thing about machinery and can ap? preciate a description of hoppers, bins, elevators and their workings. This is the only mill of its kind in the State and therefore something of which Sumter should 1??' proud. ADDITION TO DEMOCRATIC STRENGTH. Election Of Sanlsbury of Delaware Makes It Unnecessary to Count on Bull Moose. Washington, Jan. 29.?With, the election today ?.f Willard Salisbury as i rnied States senator from Dela? ware, the Democratic strength in the next senate sw ung from the precarious figure of 4S or exactly one-half St fl? ute to the safer total of 4^. S ma? jority of two. Mr. Salisbury's election, added to the victory recently secured in Ten? nessee, assures the Democratic party absolute control of the senate after March I. The vote of Vice President Marshall would have been the decid? ing factor in any event, but the ad? dition of another Democratic vote t I the column gives the party leaders what they believe to be a safe margin for tariff and legislative action. Con? tests still exist in the legislatures of New Hampshire, West Virginia and Illinois with a total of lour sena? tors to be elected about whose pol it i - ca] affiliations doubt now exists, a victor in any one of these States would so materially strengthen the Democratic party thai the senate would be completely removed from the element of uncertainly. The attitude of the Progressives and ihe progressive Republicans upon tariff matten is as yet unknown, but the margin of strength promised to the Democrats makes it unnecessary, it s believed, to count upon any com? binations with the Progressives. of the entire membership of '.?*'? senators. ?'>:'> will hold over beyond March I. Of these 32 ate Republi? cans ami j1 Democrats. The terms of 2 senators expire in March, and there is. in addition, one vacancy in Illinois. Thus far 17 Democratic sen? ators have i>e? n elected and the ?lec? tion of Senator Bacon in Georgia is certain, making Democrats to take the oath of office March 4. The opposition forces. Including both the Republicans and the Pro? gressives, have elected 11 new sena? tors. The senate, after March I, will stand as follows, if the deadlocks are not broken in Illinois. Sew Hamp? shire and West Virginia: Democrats 49, Republicans and Progressives 4S, Vacancies I, Senator Full Recta led. Santo Fe, \. M . Jan 29 The Stat? legislature ratified the ? l?< 11?? t, of Senator Pall Democrats .oted with the Republicans md ? nl; three 1 i 1 Ive \ "t? s were re< nrded The game ol basketball w ? < ? - been played I ?:?? N M Another In Ath - (I to Council. 'it*. s Vpoeal t PAGE BILL ADOPTED. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION BILL SUBSTITUTED IN SENATE FOR LEVER BILL. ?Pig - Ei??-. t Of Some Du>s?Measure P?nue* Senate in New Form and Will 1m* s?'iit to House for Confer - encr. Washington, Jan. 29.?The Page vocational education bill, authorizing maximum appropriations of over $24,000,000 for agricultural and trade educational work, was adopted by the senate today as a substitute for the Lever-Smith bill, which has pass? ed the house. A fight extending over many days, in which both sides of the senate has been divided, ended when a motion by Senator Page te substitute his original for the Lever bill was carried by a vote of 21 to 30. The measure then passed the sen? ate and will go to the house and ul? timately into a conference commit? tee. The original house bill appro? priated the maximum sum of approx? imately $3,500,000 for the establish i ment of extension departments in the State agricultural colleges through which instruction in agricultural and home economies would be carried in? to the homes of the farmers. The Page bill would establish courses of instruct ion in trades and industries, home economies and agriculture In the various public schools of second? ary grade; provide for State agricul? tural schools, testing and plant breed? ing stations, the education of teachers ami general extension work. Senators Page and Hoke Smith be? came involved in a sharp controversy during the debate, Senator Page in? timating that Senator Smith had given assurances that he would support Senator Page's bill in revised form. This Senator Smith denied. Senator Page finally withdrew an amended form of his bill, which included prac? tically all of the house bill, and the senate then adopted the original Page bill. It is believed that as a result of the action of the senate today the agricultural education measure ma** remain in controversy between the two houses when the present session end 8. WILSON SURE OF ARIZONA"* S. Belated Messenger Turns Up, L cll \ - i i> Vote and Bet^ Money. Washington, Jan. Js.?Wilfred T. Webb, Ariaona's electoral Note mes senger, for whom Senators Ashurst and Smith have been searching by telegram for two days, delivered the official vote 4f the state to the Vice President's Ace late today. Although a day late the excuse Mr. Webb of? fered for his tardm. ss was consider ? d sufficient to entitle him to the mileage of |642.7i' and to entitle the State to the counting of its vote in the Electoral College. Mr. Weld' said he reached New York early today. At breakfast he picked UP a newspaper and read with sur? prise that the Senate was searching the country for him. lie immediately telegraphed to Senator Ashurst and took the next train for Washington. "1 didn't know anything about the law," mid Wehl?. who is a sun? burned rancher and cattleman, "so I got a lawyer friend to draw me up a s. t of instructions He told me l had to deliver the vote in Washington Pebrusry 1 snd BO 1 have been tak? ing my lime to pet here. It spoiled my appetite for breakfast though. Wtu n I saw how badly I was wanted tins morning Mr. Webb was escorted by a bod] <>f newspsper men when he went t<? draw his mom y, hut no objection was raise*! at the dlsl liming office and he heaved a si*;h : relief. All electoral votes are now ,n the hands of the Senate ready to be camassed at the u :tt session <? the House and Sen? ate Februan 12. iiaivisvilm: rows election. Mayor i' \ Miller and Other Present Oftictsle lie-cleotcxl. Hat*. . H< Jan 28, The present ii |>al ortu iali. head- d by Mr. F. \ it<- mayor, a*ere re-elected, 190 I, i?vei an opposition ticket head* o. Mr. J E Ha i ? i ndidato for . > or, '1 be lave, ? t'le hi? ? v < i t h> lown ? ? was nolled is lotlav t i eiii? ' '' : 11 gi\es gent ra! * at i?- \ u t'.. -i