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?for ISatchnan an? ^ontliron Gutet?*! at the l*oetodlcc at Sumter, S. C, as vSwvml Claus Matter. 1 i Mr L. L. l'aker, of Lee county, spent Friday In the city. Mr J Frank William?, of State burg, was in the city Friday. Mr. Charles Kmanuel and Miss AJ ta Kmanuel, of Horden, were in the city Thursday and Friday. Mis* Christine Middh tdn. of Gold?, boro. M C. is visiting her broth ?.. Mr. W V Middieton on West Hamp? ton avenue. ,_ A Joint Hirtliday Tarty. Masters Chaib-\ and Clint"M M Orew were th-- h?>?t-i at a Joint birth day party given at their residence on Myrtle street Friday at tern..on. There w ? re it ..in t tt. en of th? ir boy and girl friends present to enjoy the oc? casion Games were played for some time when the young folks were serv? ed with delightful refreshments. Dculh. Mrs. Frances Marian Hicks, wife of H. J. Hick*, died at her resident e an West Liberty Street e.irly Saturday morning, after an illness of three weeks. Mrs. I licks w;u conscious up to the last and death came to relieve her of her suffering. The deceased was a native of this county, and has many friends in Sum? ter. where she has lived for the past fifteen years, and in that section where she was raised. She is surviv? ed by her husband, two sisters, Mrs. H. S. Pollard of this city and Mrs. A. L. P;. son of Columbia, one brother, M I. A. Brewi ind cue hair t r I of this Having no children, she and her hashes phnu girls, now Miss Ellen Eb .1? h t. nd Mrs. J. M. Clarke to whom she was a tender and loving foster mother. Hoard Confirm* Apisdutment. The Hoard of Health met Satur? day morning and confirmed the ap? pointment of Mr. J. II. Forbes as as? sistant health officer of the city of Sumter. Dr. H. A. Mood Is health of? ficer and the appointment of an as ?i'tant 1? msde upon the recommenda? tion of the health officer by the Board of fi lth. Rrsagiv* gfesj Chamber of Commerce. ser Dick, who has for if been assistant to the gecretary of the Chamber of Com? merce, has resigned as assistant sec? retary to sccept a position with the DaJton Adding Machine Company. Mr. Dick will he in Columbia, headquar? ters for this State, for several weeks before taking the road throughout the eastern part of the State. ?17WTON Is HAKKKLL DHAD. ProsnJnent Cltlaen of Darlington Miiviimk lo Mine-,-. Darllnston. foh. 28.?Mr. Newton L Harrell Mod at his home here at f o'clock this afternoon after an ill? ness of two w*?*?k*. aged 57 years. He wsn the son of the late Wesley Har rell, and was born and raised in this count) Mr Harrell was a v.ry ilnr mar and highly esteemed as I isen He gave liberally and un? ostentatiously to the poor and to charitable causes. He was one of the leading business men. churchmen and banker* of the town. He will be greatly missed. He is sur\tved by his widow, who was Miss Mary Jane Harrell. and five children. Funeral arrangements have not yet been an? nounced. st Mil It COTTON MAItKKT. eeted dally by Krnest Field, Cot? ton Huyor. -umter. M?h. 1. Good Middling 11 3-4. Strict Middling 11-4. Mi.Idling 1J l-H, M |*ysj Middling 11 3-4. |*gsj Middling 11 l-H. g] ( n|| < of tor?, nominal. M 1 voitk CCFTTOlt M UULR, N.w York. Men, I, I ?p' riing. Close. Jan.11.4)1 HU Mar.I _' : 12.-M May.IS. 4M 11.96 July. 11 '? ? 1 1 Hg Aug.1 I v; 1 LSI Oe|. U.15 Dee. 11.15 Left Him Thinking. 'That's arraal not .-aid Mr. Hen peck, about Iherg always being room at the log ' Oh/ Hfe sar? castically rootled, "when were >oti up there to sic \\ h it. ver * on Do! Remember to read the ad of I? Shaw In this issue. Ho tells a m Tho Ford." THREE TO ONE VOTE \<.\i\m \ l To OF PRESIDENT. Taft'?. l)i^?|?|un\al of Measure Pro* 11?t?i111Hi shipment of Liquor into ??hry" Mute* Based on Belief that Same U I'mmiMitutioiial, Aitormv General Holding Hume View?Ben? Ms Voten <?;'? to |j to sot Ankle Veto. Washington. l-Yh. II.?Th? Wehl, liquor bill, prohtbltlrtf the shipment of liquor into "dry" States, was re pass. d m th. Senate today over Pres ld< nt 'l itt 4 veto within two houre from the time the President's message of disapproval had been laid before that body. A ihorl debate, in which the ftdVO . ales of the bill Voted down ? motion to postpone action until tomorrow, ami in Which they reaffirmed their be? lief that the measur. is constitutional, sjsnod with the ropaasage of the bill by the large majority of ?;."> to 21. The Webb bill pass, d both hoUSSI of Congress ami went to the President lop days ago. His veto ntSSStgf reach? ed the Senate about V, o'clock today, a<-compamed by an opinion from At tornoy Oonornl Wlckersham. Basing his d. cision upon tiie Attor ii. > ?b neral s findings, the President sx prosed the belief that the mensure was olenrly unconstitutional beenuoe it gave the State the right to inter? fere with interstate commerce Tiie Senate took up the bill at once Attorney General Wiekcrsh.im's opin? ion was not read and Senator Kern asked that a tinal vote on the over? riding of the veto be delayed until to? morrow, so Senator? might have the opportunity to examine the Attorney Oenernl'l arguments. A motion made by Mr. Kern to postpone the vote un? til 12 o'clock tomorrow was defeated, 71 to 9. Senator McCumber declared both the President and the Attorney Gen? eral had misconstrued the grounds upon which Congress had passed the prohibition law. He said it had not attempted to give the States the right to interfere with commerce, but had simply declared liquor "an outlaw" and then had prescribed conditions under which it might enter interstate commerce. Senator Kenyon also briefly urged repassage of the bill, while Senators Paynter and Percy advocated support of President Taft's veto. The vote follows: To override the President's veto: Senators Ashurst, Borah, Brady, Bris tow. Brown, Bryan, Burnhnm, Burton. Chamberlain. Chilton. Clarke, of Ar? kansas: Crawfod, Culberson, Cullom. Cummins, Curtis, Dilllngham, Dixon. Fall. Fletcher. Qlhingor Gamble, Gardner. Gore, Gronna, Jackson. Johnson. Johnston, Jones, Kavan augh, Kenyon, Kern, Lea, Lodge, etc Cun.oer. Martin. Myers. Nelson, New lands, Oliver. Overman, Owen, Page, Plttman, Polndexter, Sheppard, Shiv ely. Simmons. Smith, of Arizona; Smith of Georgia; Smith, of Maryland; Smith of Michigan; Smith, of South Carolina; Sinoot. Swanson, Thomas, Thornton. Tlllman. Townsend, Webb, Wilhams, Works- Total, 63. 'I., sustain the President's veto Bradley, I raudek'ee, Catron, Crs-.e, Du Pout, Foster) Guggenheim, Mc? Lean. Martine, o Gorman, Paynter, C< nrose, Percy, Perkins, Pomep-no, Kichardson, Boot, Stephenson, Suth? erland, Warren, Wetmore?Total 21. Kffort will be made tomorrow to override the veto In the House. Rep? resentative Clayton, of Alabama, will move to take up the veto for the pur? pose of passing the bill over the Presi d. nt s head as soon as the House con? venes, Representative Webb, author of the bin. declared he had absolute con? fidence that the House would repass the bill by m??re than a two-third ma? jority. "After giving ihis proposed enact? ment full consideration*" wrote the President in bis veto message, "I be? lieve it to be ji violation of the inter? state commerce clause of the Consti? tution, in that it is in substance and effect a delegation by Congress t<> ihe >tate of the power of regulating In? terstate commerce in liquors, which is V. S t| exclusiv ely ill Congress "It is said that this is s Question with which the Executive or members of Congress should not burden them selves tO Consider or ?beide It || .said that it should be b ft to the Supreme Court to sav whether this proposed \et violates the Constitution 1 dis m nt utterly from |hll proposition. The oath which the t'hlel Kxeeutlve takes and which each member of Congress takes do. - not bind him any less sa? in diy to observe the Constitution than the oath wim h the Justices of the Hu preme Court take i* is questionable whether the doubtful constitutionality of a lull oughl not to furnish s Breul r reason for voting agnlnst the t ill, or \etoing t*. than s Court t.. hold II m Im* invalid MTln custom of legislator* and ex? ecutives having any legislative func? tion in remit t<? Ihe Courts entire ami ultimate responsibility as t?? ihe con? stitutionality or the measure whi< h th. j i \\ . p >rt in panslng, is an abuse FIRST TIME IX YEARS PRESI? DENTS VETO 11 As BEEN OVERRIDEN, By Vote of 211 to 93 Lower Branch Rat 1 flea Liquor Measure, and It He? roines Law. Washington, March 1.?By a vote Of 144 to the house today re passsd ov? r President Taft'i veto the Webb bill prohibiting shipments of Intoxicating liquors Into "dry" States. Tiie Senate passed it over the veto last Dlghi ami tiie t>i 11 now becomes law. only one other time in the last 15 years has congress overriden a pres? ident's veto, That was when the Rainey river dam bill was passed over President Roosevelt's disap? proval. President Taft based his veto al? most entirely upon the ground that the bin was unconstitutional, In that it vlrtaully delegated to the States control of Interstate traffic in liquor, when he held that control was vested Solely In congress. Attorney General Wickersham had given an 'pinion also holding the bill uncon? stitutional and that the president for? warded to the senate yesterday with his veto message, The senate repassed tiie bill prompt? ly last night an*l early today house leaders favoring the measure led by Representative Clayton, chairman of the judiciary committee, and Repre? ss ntatlve Webb, one of Its framers, began working for an immediate re passage. Debate was limited and the house repassed the bill With a wide margin over the necessary two-third vide, as the senate had done. Supporters of the bill say it will make effective of the prohibition laws of "dry" States which, they say, now are violated because intoxicants are ?hipped to private individuals and have the effect of nullifying the local laws. FREE FROM TICK QUARANTINE. Order Releases l,S15 Square Miles ill South Carolina. Washington, March 1.?An order was issued today by the department of agriculture, effective at once, re? leasing from the cattle tick quaran? tine 1,615 square miles in South Car? olina, including Darlington and Marl? boro counties, the remainder of York County and parts of Lancaster and Chester counties. LAD shoots His PLAYMATE. Twelve-Yeur-Ohl Lexington Roy Ac? cidentally Killed. Lexington, Mch. 1.?Harvard Long, 12-year-old son Of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Long, was shot and wortally wound? ed about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon within a short distance of his parents' home, by Cleo Shull, aged about 15, his schoolmate. The shooting is said to have been the result of the acci? dental discharge of a double-barrel shotgun. The wounded lad was giv? en medical attention immediately, and was later rushed to Knowlton's Hos? pital, in Columbia, where at 11 o'clock last night he died. The entire load took effect in the groin, the shot hav? ing been fired Within a distance of SDOUt six feet, it is said. The children had been attending school yesterday and after the clos? ing hour they went to the mail box, a short distance from the house, carry? ing the gun With them, or either young Shull or Taylor, another boy in the party, had the gun. It is said that the bpys ware playing with the mm and had been pointing it at each other in a frolicsome way. The body was brought back to Gll beta on the early train this morning and t arried to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Long. Mad Dog Shot. Considerable excitement was creat? ed on Bast Liberty street Saturday morning by tin- advent of a mad ?log In that str. et. The dog was shot and killed by Mr. J. J. Whilden. The dog did not bite any person, so far as is known, but foughl with Mr. William Moron's dog. which was afterwards shut up .111<l chained. which tends to put the Court constant? ly in opposition to the Legislature and the Executive and, indeed, to the pop? ular suppnrHTtf of unconstitutional laws it. however, the legislators and i he pxei ati\ es had att? mpted to du their duty, this burd< n of populai dis approvul would have been lifted from the Courts, or at bast considerably b si ? ned. "For these reasons and In Bolte o t be popular appr?M al of this bill l have not fell Justified in signing it " The Pr? d?b nt < Ited ru veral dt ? ision of tic Supreme Court, which he de j clor? d stri nut h< tu d his view. Hi ?i hi to Congress also the opinion o Attorney General Wickersham, whit i cone Ided with Iiis. COMPULSORY EDUCATION. Statistic* Which Argue Its Pressing Nerd in South C arolina. To the Editor of The News and Cou? rier: The passage by tiie House of Rep? resentatives almost unanimously of the compulsory education lull is one 01 the mosl hopeful signs of the awak? ening of the white people Of South Carolina to the fact that they are fall? ing behind the negroes of the state in the educational race. Let us all consider the following facts from the advance bulletins of the thirteenth census, taken in 1910. There were the following number of white voters in this State in that year: Whites, born in America, 159,009. Foreign born, 3,5o5. Total white, 102,364, Of these there were no less than the following who could not write: Native white. 17. ."?9 9. Foreign born, 20tj. Total illiterates, 17,Son. Rather more than one white voter in every ten in South Carolina, born in the United States, two years ago could not write ami only one in every 1?; born outside. This is a decrease among the whites of not 2 per cent in tho last 10 years, while the ne? groes have decreased their illiteracy by 11 per t ent. Where is this illiteracy to be found? Look at these figures. I give per centagei only of white voters. Aiken. 12.4. Anderson, 12.3. Berkeley, 10.7. Cherokee, 17.6. Chesterfield, 19.5. Darlington, 17.9. Dillon, 16.6. Florence, 11.2. Georgetown, 12. Greenville, 11.4. Horry, 18.5. Lancaster, 12.9. Lee, 11.1. Marion, 12.2. Marlboro, 18.4. Oconee, 17.4. Pickens, 15.1. Spartanburg, 15. Fnion, 12. Williamsburg, 15. York, 10.6. The other 23 counties all have less ?han 10 per cent, Charleston County having only 1.7 who can not write among native whites, or 221 white illiterates among 9,888 native and for? eign voters. Among all the voters in Charleston County, white and colored, 23.519 in number, only 20 per cent, white and colored, cannot write, which is not much greater than the illiteracy of Chesterfield among the whites alone. Shall we wait until 60 /ears expire to have this reproach removed? By that time, at the rate prevailing for the last 10 years,, the negro illiteracy will have disappeared thoroughly. The negro illiteracy is now 38.7 per cent and the whites 10.8 per cent. The white illiteracy in 60 years in the wholo State will be about what it is among the whites of Charleston county now, if it decreases not 2 per cent every 20 years, and the negroes would have reached that rate fully 25 years before. Tho optional law will allow those counties to adopt it which feel that the children are not sent to school because the parents refuse to send them, when opportunities are af? forded for their education, and will allow other counties where the law i3 not needed, or where there are no facilities, not to put it in force. Joseph W. Barnwell. Charleston, Feb. 2G, 1913. Heroic Devction to Duty. A striking example of fortitude and devotion to duty occurred recently at Old Trafford. England, when a signal man stuck to his post and manipulat? ed the signals in his box for aearly an hour after being accidentally shot in the eye by a meralx r of a local g-in club pigeon shooting in the neighbor? hood. With B mean the Blgnalman fell back Into a chair, blinded and bleed* 'ng, but remembering his duty, quickly got up and concentrated his faculties on the work before him. With his hand to his wounded eye, and tortured by ^he terrible though4 /hat the sight van probably destroyed, he pulled tho lov? ers while the trains roared by. For 50 minutes, in awful agony, ho did this, until relief came. roll SALE?Eggs from thorough? bred Hatred Plymouth Rocks, $1 for sitting of IS ?ggs. A. P. Vin son, Sumter, S. C, R. F. D, 4. FOR SALE?Dixie Wilt resistant cot? ton sei d from 1911 ? t op, price $ I per bushel, Bound and pure, ?, n. < 'olcolugh, I >sw? go, s. ? .. R, F. l?. STAPLE COTTON?Sun Flower seed variety. Only a few left. .1. M, Fr?ser, Oswego, s. c, Honte I. \ IA >T < H' No I DIXIE BL1G1I 1 RESISTANT t <?i roN >i l |>, I DOL? LAR PER Dt Sill L. .1 C. DI N BAR, I DALZELL, s. C. R^tyi Powder Absolutely Purs The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar I Makes delicious home-baked foods I of maximum quality at minimum I cost Makes home baking I pleasant and profitable I SUNDAY SCHOOL COXVENTIOX. | Plans Well Advanced for the .Big Stunter Meeting Next Month. While there lias been little local publicity so far, work has been push? ed <?n the plans for the State Sunday School Convention next month. The main meeting place will be the j opera house, which Mr. Rettenberg, has placed at the disposal of the as? sociation at a generously low figure, j and several of the neighboring church- j es and Sunday school rooms will he i used for the branch and special meet- I ings. The Boys meeting will be held i in the Y. M. C. A. The parade of men who stand for ' the P.ible and church work will be j one of the big features. Mr. Marion Scott has the arrangements for this in hand. Mr. G. A. Waterman has been made chairman of the registration committee. To him will be reported Sumter quarters tendered the dele? gates and also the n im< s (tf the dele? gates, and the Boy Scouts will be placed at the disposal of the registra? tion O0C4i to show delegate! to homes as they arrive. TAXES COME IN FAST. Penalty Attached to Unpaid Taxes is Now Beten Per Cent. The penalty attached to unpaid taxes is now seven per cent, an ad? ditional five per cent having been put on Saturday morning, March 1st. to the two per cent penalty already attached. During the past week taxes have been coming very fast, in fact there were so many people to be waited on that the treasurer and his clerk had ail that they could do to take in the taxes. 15 S. Main ? UP STAIRS ? The gumter Dental Parlors luive moved Into their new quar? ters over Shaw and McCollum, 13 S. Mam Street. Owing to the increase of business they have found it necessary to move Into larger and more commdious quarters. After the in? stallation, within the next few days of our new equipment, will be better able to serve our friends amit he public. The Sumter Dental Parlors, DR. C. H. COURTNEY. Prop. 15 South Main St. Over Sbaw & McCollum ? Pleasure or Profit EEEEEEEE ?> EEEEEEE If Do you raise chickens for profit or merely for the pleasure of having them around? 1f You will find it just as pleasant and much more profitable if you feed them on Aunt Patsy's Poultry Food If This Feed does more than keep] your [chickens ? fat and healthy. It actually makes hens lay? X they can't help it. I g- FOR YOUNG CHICKENS I 1 PR ATT'S BABY CHICK J I FOOD ? m X X Starts them off right. 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