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The Income tax would hfl vastly stats popular if the tax started at ten thousand dollar in> no It makes no difference |g the school < bildren w Ml pat the ring in Cotoy'l no? the ?hools will not he closed see Th* butter tontest Saturday prov? ed that the only possible fault that can be found with the t*st of Sumter County butter In that there is not en? ough of it. see Member* of Congress would have ground* for protest and objection if President Wilson proposed to unload them, by word of mouth, a Taft or Roosevelt message of ten or thirty thousand word.-*. It I* no hardship to sit still snd listen to Wilson Tabloid see Former Senator Jonathan Tlourne. Jr. of i ?regon. who wait quite a fig? ure In politics of the progressive bull moos* br-nd awhile back, is again In the bmelight. His wife has en? tered suit for dlv rce. alleging cruel and Inhuman treatment as the grounds for the sction. see Former % Congressman Harry M. Coudrey, of Missouri, is another states? man who is In the news reports. He has been sentenced to four and a-half years in the Federal prison for using the malls to defraud. a e a There will be furious and bitter criticism of the Democratic revision downward tariff, but It will all cogflfl from those who have heretofore en joyed the benefits of the high pro? tective tariff on products produced Off manufactured by the critics. The special Interests that b ive been tak? en care of by Republican tariff mak? ers snd have given a free hand to levy tribute upon the balance of the country will protest agalnMt any tariff bill that curtails th<dr special privil? eges or reduces their profits These intercut* are n< h. well entrenched and Influential, and we may um well expect them to muster quite er large number of vlelferoafl champions to their defense There ire men In agrees. In the guise of Democrats and representing demoeintic consti? tuencies, who will woik harder to serve the special interests, whose graft is threatened by a honest re vision of the tariff, than they will to protect the intfre*tM of the people who elected them. The discussion of the tariff In the bouse and senate will be made up of more bosh and bun flwntbe than of argument, and there will h. ?h?- usujil frant. appeals to save this, that und th- other industry irom destrui tlon. This Is to be ex? pected from K.'pui.ii. 1BS\ from pro? tection favored district.*, but there will be far too many democrats singing the same song, and there is danger of too much weight being attached to protec i\e t;,iifr songs by democratic performers The democrat* who sing the song well und can get an uudlcre ??, i un coiomar.d a bi?gi r salary than Carimo. ami therein lie* the nangcr of shipwreck In the democratic cause, ess Forty-eight years gSjS Wedneolav Sumter w?s in the mi gat of war s hoff? rid alarm and every man abb- to shoulder a musket was ut Dumb-s Mdl prepared to repel the invading ho*t* of rotier? army see Tho otton manufacturer'* have joined the sugar und wool knockers t*1 the I ?.iooei ate- tariff t Off Stieg Mil This was to be expected \nd other l>enenciai leu of protection will be heu-d fffaSfl later ? e e The early bean crop in the truck? ing regmn around Charleston is not any more advanced than beans in many gardens In this city. This Is a hint that should put farmers to thinking The truck, is of the Charleston district ship thousands of ear loads of beans eu< h season and beans are said to be one of the most peon table of Ihe crops grown by the i,.,-.i It i no r- at on vv bv boa na ran not bo grown in Sumlor county on a largs seals at a handsome I'M.tit. The faet that it has nut boon lion,- hoortoforo is not a valid argu nient against planting beans and oth? er truck: Cot shipment to the North. ? * ? The passage of the direct election of Senator? constitutional amendment makes no difference tu South Caro? lina since we have been electing our senator < by a direct vote in the pri? mary for many years 0 0 0 Nu institution in Sumter is capable of greater development than the V. II, C A., since the field of its usefulness is limited only by the irso that the men of the city make of it. The mem? bership of the association is com? paratively large for a town of the size of Sumter. but there are hun? dreds of men and boys who should be, but are not now atliliated with the organization. The fundamental purpose of the association is the moral and physical development of men ? young men and boys es? pecially?and the greater the num? ber that can he enlisted In this work the more certain is the sin ( ess of the undertaking. .11! M 1 . 1 T1IK COUNTY Sl'PPLY HILL. Some nrttoe Items Added to the 1)111 for the Year 1013. The tax levy for Sumter County for 1913 is a totul of six mills, 5 1-2 mills bolug rOf county oroinary expenses and u quarter of a mill levy for a sinking fund for the court house and a levy of the same amount for tin road improvement bond sinking fund. In addition to the usual appropria? tions the supply bill authorizes the county board to aprpopriate $250 for) Ho us,. of the Sumter Light Infantry, this being an annual appropriation. For the tlrst time it allows the coun? ty treasurer a sum for clerical as Hlstanoe In his office, a fund for $150, payable in five equal monthly Instal? ments being authorized for this pur? pose. For tomato olub work In the county the board Is authorized at the request of the superintendent of edu? cation to appropriate $375. The board is further authorized to borrow the sum of $8,000. If It M deemed advisable or necessary foi county ordinary expenses. It is un? derstood that this clause was added to the bill In place of making an ap? propriation for the remodelling of ihn county jail, this much being at hand for that purpose, if the board doomi it advisable to borrow it for the pur? pose of repairing the Jail. The coun? ty ordinary fund received through the regular sources is usually suffi? cient to run the county and there it no need of borrowing any money. One of the clauses of the supph bill authorizes and directs the CO tint) board to secure the services of a skilled road engineer to do WOtOVOI work in the county they direct, if ir. the opinion of the board It is deemed advisable to have the services of i. road engineer. It KD MKK KIjFA'T OFFICERS. Anderson, April 8.?The election of officers and Supreme Representa? tives was the moot important mattet before the Council of Rod Men thb afternoon. The? eleethm resulted a> follows: E. H. Aull, of Ncwbery. Un a' Sachem; A K. Hill, of Spartanburg ? In at Se nior Sagamore, defeating A M DOal e.f Columbia ?4 te> 80, wh< was in line* of promotion, e ausing con sub-ruble surprises among the dole gates; O. D. Gray, of Williamston. (?re-ut Junleir Sagnme.re-; H. C. Wal? lace, of Sumte r. chie f of Reeorda; s M ciutkson, e,f Cedumbia. Qreal Moo per of Wampum, and Otto Kiel tner. e?f Ne-wberiy. Jas (I. Le?ng, of Union, and J. P, Carlisle, e.f Cream \iiie-. supreme- Repreoentatlves. C, B Tedly, of Ande-rsem. Who has been a supre-me Ropfoaontatlvo foi several yearn is a member of Um Important committee of memorials <?f the Na? tional Council, which me e ts in Wash? ington ne-xt September ami is the re fore i member of tin- National Coun? cil N A Hame i ie k will be' appoint? ed State orgaahter, Me.re- than ladies and gentlemen attended the- barbecue al Buneavlata Park tins evening, The barbecue wai ftVOO by the- meal Red Men and wa? nn elaborate affair The Convention clones tomorrow, The- e ham gang has been move d fr.-ui tin- Manning road tWhlch, by tin- way. is b ft in good condition ami IS one- of the- best re?aels ill the- ee.linty. ;u fur as tIv? ? county Inn ), ami are nou working on that pari of ihe Wedgefleld road between Mr. P. M Ditts' place and Wedgefleld, which will be put in Aral class condition before the- gang Is moved e.n t*? ?? 11?? i placea <.t i?? Yetur Ptemblag. Ton know what happens In a h m i m which lb** plumbing Is In poor con d It Ion ? everybody In tin* houoe is liable lo contract typhoid of some e?the-r fever, The digestive organs perform the same functions In Ihe hu man hexlv SI the* plumblnsj e|oe-;e for Ihe house, ond they should be kept in hrs? class condition all Ihe lime H \ou have- any trouble with your diges lion Inks Chamberlain's Tablets am' you are certain to gel quick relief i i ule b> all d< del ? Advt. milim; CASE ARU L ED. Judge Gary to Review Case Before He Deckles for ur Against a Now Trial. In the Civil Court Tuesday morning a hearing for a new trial was had In the caae of James H. Miller against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com? pany. Alter hearing the arguments on both sides Judge Gary asked that all of the affidavit! and brlefi and other testimony submitted be left with him and he would announce his decision later. In this hearing there was a legal array, such as is seldom seen In Sumter. On the one side were Messrs. P. A. WIUCOX, of Florence, assistant general counsel of the Atlantic Coast ' lane Railroad company, L. W. Mo? f.emore, assistant State counsel. Mark Reynolds, local counsel and Purdy A Bland, asking for a new trial of the case on after discovered evidence, while on the other hand, Messrs. B. J. Best of Columbia, W, A. Holman, Charleston, I* D. Jennings, R. i>. l-:pps and J. H. Clifton. Mr. Will cox made the argument for the rail? road company In favor of granting the new trial and submitted aflldavits to show that Miller was not In the con? dition he was alleged to have been in at the time of the trial of the case, while on the other bide each Of the attorney! made a short argument against granting the motion for a new trial. The affidavits submitted by the de? fendant were in effect that Miller had bean seen out late at nigffts, he had been seen to jump off one moving street ear and run to another and get on it while it was in motion and that he had been seen to enter barrooms. The veracity of the persons having made the aflldavits to this effect hav ng been attacked by the plaintiff, fur? ther affidavits were put UP to show that at least one of the persons mak? ing the affidavits was considered a re? sponsible party by well know citizens of Charleston, whose veracity was un? disputed. Aflldavits were also intro? duced from doctors on ^oih sides of the Cgae, the one stating that Miller OOtlld not do tho things he was said 0 be doing and be suffering from a nervous breakdown at the same time. While on the Other hand the affida? vit! stated the condition of Miller at the trial. A review of the case from its be? ginning, when Miller wan hurt by a sideswipe in the freight yard at Co? lumbla in October. 1909, the first trial when a verdict was directed by the ?presiding judge in favor of the defend tut on the ground that as Miller had received help from the sick benefit fund, he was not entitled to any dam igos by a jury; the reversal of this de lieton by the State Supreme Court; ? the second trial, when a verdict for j 135,000 was returned and the afhrma- 1 .Ion of this verdict by the State Su oremc Court. The argument of the railroad com- 1 ? any for a new trial was that the evi- j lence which they had discovered, if j illowed in a court of law at a new rial WOtlld be sufficient to change the erdict. while on the side of the plain lift the arguments were that this evi lence WM not in existence at the time' >f the second trial and that it would lot i hange the result in a new trial, if one was ordered. T() DISTRIBUTE POWER _ Senate Democrats Agree I'pnn Plan to Prevent Centralization of Con? trol. Washington. April 8.?Senate Democrats today agreed upon a pol? icy designed to prevent control of enate affairs by a few members ami to distribute powers lodged in com? mittee chairmen. Result! accepted by the caucus give to the majority membera of any committee the right to call a meeting and to designate nemben of conference committed iml subcommittees. Democratic senators expressed the ? pinion that the new policies would prevent the burying of legislation in i committee through the action of Q chairman who might be oppoied to t. A further change advocated by Senator Lea, giving committees tin power to elect their own chairman, .vill be taken up at a party confer? ence later. lANCIIIUItt. ELECTION. Col. ,i. \. Rliamc to Regln on Fifth Term?old Officer* Re-elected. Lynchburg, April I,?An election for our Intendant and foui wardens for the town was held today, result ng In the election of ?'oi J. A. Ilhanv 'or Intendant and ll L. Illekson, T i Qi Ifftn, a L Tallon and T. ii Mil ler for wardens. There was iu> op I posing ticket This is tIi? fifth time Coi. Ilhanv has been elected to the office of in I tendant, without opposition ah ih obi officers were re-elected and w i lie sworn in at the proper time. Bumter n going ahead As fast a the woik is completed on one build IIng, it Is commenced on another DIU SUIT AUAINST A. C. L. s. m. Broom Sues Railroad Compan) for $25,000 Damages. Another suit in which a large amount of damages was asked was commenced in Ihe < i\il court Wed? nesday morning. This was the suit of S. M. Broom against the Atlantic Coast lane Railroad Company for al? leged injuries received in a wreck near Done Star last September. The suit is for $25,000 damages. Messrs. ],. D. Jennings, R. D. Kpps ? ?and J. H. Clifton represent the plain? tiff, while* the railroad company is represented by Messrs. i,. \\\ McL*e more and Mark Reynolds. Broom was a railway mail clerk on the train at the time of the wreck. He alleges in his complaint that the wreck was caused by the negligence e.f the railroad company. In the wreck he was thrown OUt Of the* car and injured, his nervous system be? ing so shatte red that he has been in? capable* e?f work since; the' wreck. Tin answer sets forth the- statement that the- wreck was caused by the- work of persons unknown to tin- railroad com? pany and that it is therefore not lia? ble fe?r the' damages sueal for. IN CIVIL COURT. Horse and Male Case Results in Mis. trial. The* horse* and mule ease*, which has been In progress for the past, two days in the* Court of Com? mon Ple as ended Tuesday night in a mistrial, the* jury being unable to agree upon a verdict. The- ciisf has been a very Interest? ing eun*, although the- amount Involv? ed was not large-. Mr. A. 1). liar by brought suit against Mr. \Y. B..Boyle to recover $175, the* price e.f a. mule which he- sold to Mr. Boyle. Mr. Boyle, in his answe-r, set up a counter? claim of 1103, the* alleged value ?>f a nude which was swapped to Mr. Harby at the* time* of the* trade and the* cost e>f feeding the- horse for sev? eral weeks, during which time' it was alleged to be* worthless, before* it was turned loose in tin- stre e t ami al? lowed ti? wander around until taken up by tin- city ami placed in the pound. The- siflt areise* out Of the* e-onte-n thin e.f Mr. Boyle that the horse did not come up te> recommendations ami his re'fusal on this ground, to pay fe.r the beerse*. He alleged his mule was Worth fifty dollars and that the- cost of leeeling the horse was fifty three dedlnrs. The* evidence has be en lis? tened to by a gewnl cre*wd e.f people, friends e>f the* contending parties, but the re* seemed tee be a vast difference e?f opinion as te? what the ve rdict wauild be. In charging the jury Judge Gary remarked that the verdict might be almost anything, the* case being some what complicated ami the evi? dence in many instances contradictory. HANK OD BRUNSON CLOSED. Action of state Hank Examiner Causes Surprise. Brunson, April f>.?An astonishing ami apparently unique proceeding e.n the part e?f the State' bank examiner was the closing <?f the* Hank e.f Brun son he re- te.elay. No credit has given the- bank any tremble* and the* bank has not failed to meet an) demand of tin- depositors. In the- closing of tin bank me fraud en shortage is charged. Tin- depositors de? not criticise tin bank officials he-re*, ami many have voluntarily offered their help, and ex? press confidence that their money is safe*. The Hank of Brunson is e.ne' of tin- e.blest banks in Hampton county, organised in 1901, ami has resources amounting t<? e.ve-r $200,000. There is not tin* unrest or e-xcite ment usually attendant upon a trouble of this kind. This is a hard se'ase.n e.t tin- year, ami tin* closing e.f tin bank works a great hardship upon tin- community in having so much money tied up. The* people express confidence In the belief that this trouble- will be only temporary. They have gre ii confidence in tin- president, who is not a stranger here, but who is a native citizen, ami has accun. dated quite a fortune* here during tin- last twenty years by bard work and good judg? ment ami careful, judicious llnanclng, The Manning road has been well graded , widened to twenty-two feet all alone, ami shows that County Su? pervisor Pitts ami his assistants have acquired the art of road building Lice Murder Chlcka, rtie. k uiuwili nii.1 PKM |>r>?lin ln>n K Ihciu 00 ton I? <>r Ctlle'kN w it it* LICE irowelrmll Ti.e? regular '*s'' isa powder Inauren i? rttv roiii? fori for >.otr hints innre) im.Ill f'<r ><>u " Yeuir atoiiev hack If it fsU?M 25c, 50c I AO-pent e pouM r> book KU I K Uet I'rnu-e rreilll - alwrlt.jc IJO.il.)"' \V. T. 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