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Till K8HAY EV ENI Mi HV Dil.
IL T. V AN N.
Outline of SwxKrs Which Were
Mehl Friday Miclit and Sumlny ?
? Inn? Ii HlHlor) Ki.nl b> Hr.
l Mj <>w it? Dinner for Congregation
?ml Vtoltor*.
The flr?t service of the Centennial
celebration which the First Baptist
? hur? h of this city Is now holding was
held Thursday night, a large ami in?
terested audience being present to
heax Dr. K. T. Vann. president of
Meredith College at Kaleigh. N. C,
tedl what the Haptl.it Church would
tlo In tho next hundred years. There
was special music provided and the
service was made exceedingly Interest?
ing to all who attended
Dr. Vann chose for his subject "A
Pre-vlew of the Next Hundred Years."
In an Interesting style he went over
what could and might he accomplish?
ed by the church In the next hurdred
years The speaker opened his ad
dreas with remarks concerning the
Immense stride* which have been
made in scientific and economical re?
search during the past and went on
to say what might be done in the
future. He spoke In a pleasing style
of Inventions and discoveries, saying
that so many things had been done
that nothing which could be done In
the future along the same lines would
be surprising. In speaking of auto?
mobiles and aeroplanes, he suggested
that probably In the future that ev?
erybody would go to church In aero?
planes. He then graduallv went fur?
ther Into the serious, telling of the
needs of more intensive methods of
IIMhg In the future, because of the in?
crease In population and changes from
th? present. He said that as time ad?
vanced people would gain a clearer
perception of what was right and
what was wrong, their eyes would be
opened so that they could go farther
Into research and greater develop?
ments would result. This was true
In religion, as In other things, and
the people would see that the religion
of the "Fathers," those living further
back in the history of the world, was
the right religion. They would see
and know the Divine message and the
coming century would be one of com?
ing back to the Bible and back to
the religion taught by Jesus Christ.
They would learn to uphold those
principles which had made the Bible
and the religion of Jesus Christ live
through hundred of years, which had
made it an enduring religion.
The address was an extremely in?
teresting one and the speaker hold
the attention of his audience through?
out, i
Friday at noon a meeting of the
Congregation and the visiting pastors
was held at the church, when Dr.
c. C. Brown, who haa for many years
been its pastor, read a history of the
church. The meeting wax an interest?
ing rnic, especially to the older mem?
bers of the congregation. After this
meeting a dinner was given in the
dining room of the church to the
congregation and the visiting pastors.
Quite a number of visitors were In
the city to attend the centennial ser?
vices, among them many leading
preachers or the Baptist church. Rev.
R. T. Vann. D. D, Raleigh. N. C:
Rev. David M. Ramsey. D. I).. (Jreen
\tlle. 8. C; Itev. Lansing Burrows, I >.
D, Amerlcus. Oa.; Rev. R. T. Feel,
travelling evangelist. A. J. J^all. D.
D., Hartevllle, H C; lte\ Hen?
kln. Oreeleyvtlle; Rev. J D. Ilugrins.
Denmark; Rev. M M Kenson, Bishop
Mile.
B\ITIM < I NTENNIAL CLOSES.
Two Intending SerOcvM Held Suuduy.
?Mention* h> Dr. Burrows.
The Centennial i 'dehratlon at thr
First Baptist Church came to a float
Hunday night, after tin HOpgtd .-et \ ice
of the day. and following sets c es for
cue* iajri in hoaoi ol Dm oocaalon
Hunday morning and even lag Dr.
Irnsing Burrows of AM rtCttS Qa><
preached two eloquent sermons, brlng
Ing to a i lose M ? I tin* manner thei
aervleee In commemoration of the
on* hundred >ears of active work ol
the < hurch.
The attend m<e was exceeding
gratifying at the M" vices and those
who attend, d had the pleasure of
hearing se\ersl \.r\ interesting and
Instructive addraaasi by tin- visiting
di\ incs
The S.onlo mi f irmer vim has a
good corn crop Dos war 's lucky, the,
W'Mfrn ? r??p Im \ i n g b"Mi serlouslv
/?aniaged by the .1 ,iv drought, whtb'
conversely thos- who would ha\e to
r*uy corn ae.i meal to run the farm*
next vear will pay dearly f'or tie ii
fallurI to make eofg as groll ai rot?
ton.
No, it Isn't hot enough \?l It isn t
hot enough lot Kepuhb? an senator*
who roatlnue to make a warm right
Mgain-t 'be f .riff Mri Men that will re
llev* the tnassci from being laird
for the benetlt of the ? lasses. NN II
inlngton Star.
final mission HELD at BETHEL
CHURCH Till hsdav mohn
uro.
Three- Interesting Addresses Made nt
Final Meeting?Assembly liest
Which Has mm* Hold ut Bethel?
liui;r Attendance ami lateral III!
Addresses.
The Ilfth session of the Santeo Sum?
mer Assembly at Bethel Church which
MUM t<? I OlOM Thursday afternoon,
after an interesting session In which
three delightful addresses were made,
wan one of the heat, if not the heat,
whieh has ever heen held in the his?
tory of the Santee Association, now
thirty-six years old.
The attendanee was exceedingly
gratifying to those who have charge
of the assembly and the Interest
aroused and shown in the work of the
assembly was a feature which was
commented on by many of those
present. As usual there were meet?
ings held twice daily and many of
the visitors to the assembly lived in
tents pitched on the church grounds,
or nearby, throughout the session.
Many Interesting addresses were made
by the noted divines present, the pro?
gram being carried out for the most
part as It had been outlined prior to
the meeting.
The lust session wns held Thursday
from 10 to 1.30 o'clock. During
Ing this time three excellent addresses
were made by eminent Baptist divines
and speakers of note. The Rev. Dr.
David M. Ramsey, president of Green?
ville Female College, at Greenville,
?. C, made an eloquent talk on "The
Great Importance of Female Educa?
tion." The address by Rev. Dr. Dan
sing Burrows of Americus, G.j., was
on the subject, "The Distinction Be?
tween the Church and the Kingdom
of God." The third address was made
by the Rev. lt. T. Vann, president of
Meredith College, Raleigh, N, C., who
chose for his subject "The Power or
Unseen Forces." The Interest of
those present was held by the speak?
ers, who brought their message home
to the hearts of their hcar.rs in
forcible and cloqucr.t words.
MINORITY WILLING TO YIELD,
According to Mann, Republicans of
House Will Make No Fight Against
Currency Hill.
Washington, Aug. 7.?No determin?
ed opposition to the administration
currency bill will be made by Re?
publicans in the house, according to
Mr. Mann, minority leader. He de?
clared today that amendments pro?
posed by Democrats of the currency
committee would be supported and
that other amendments in the caucus
and the house would perfect the
measure so that many Republlcnni
would vote for it.
Representative Mann expressed the
opinion that while the house would
pass the bill at the extra session it
would be held up in the senate ojrn\
that an agreement probably would
postpone a final vote until the De?
cember session.
Chairman Owen of the senate
banking committee introduced a bill
today to authorize the treasury to buy
outstanding 2 per cent bonds from
banks at par and interest, if the banks
owning them so desire. The measure
Is intended to prevent depreciation ol
the bonds.
Senator Owen s p'aji is to cancel
outstanding g'dd certificate! as they
come Into the treusuiy; issue treasury
not/s redeemable in gold in their
etead; transfer the gold represented
by the gold certilicatea to the re?
demption division; cancel the U per
cent bonds; issue U per cent in their
stead and supplant national hank
notes with treasury notes.
The Owen bill is a dlltlnct incas
sro und has no direct relation to lite
administration ( urreiu \ bill now pro?
? eedlng In the house.
Senator Owen said his plan would
cstuMlsh in this country n great re?
demption fund such as all other
COUntftel hTve and that this would
have a psychological effect in main?
taining a financial stability. The re
nerve fund, he estimated, would thu*
connlnt or II,130,009,000 of gold nnd
1730,000,000 in bonds or ? total re
nerve of 11,991,000,000 agalnet total
note Issues of $1,191,000,000,
A i i\ ii s, ta 11. examination will i>?
held by the local civil ser^'lee board
in thin <its on Saturday. August 13rd,
lyiit. to till the poeltlon of post mas
ter at PnXVllle, S. Tl.li is a
fourth class post office nnd conse?
quently the npplleani t"i the i-osltloi
must stand tin- examination.
The tomato rluhe which have beei
organised by the youni Indies in othei
rounttee are not only successful bu
in many Inntnneei Ihe.v have turne?
out a sonn.f prellt? We shouh
like tor the young Indlei In this euuti
lj to lake hold ?>f the enterprise, I
there Is a disposition shown to hav<
these rlubs in this rotintv, M enn Is
nrrnnged in hnve a demnnstrntnf t?
Islt the several sections to ^i\?- in
; structlona?Mnnnlni Tlmei
You Cannot Die With a.
Smile on Your Face
Editor Item:
I was talking with a friend about
nun voting to tell "Hcker" and ho
paid ho was opposed to the dispen?
sary and blind tigers, but was in fa
vor of high license. A young man was
standing near who holds a position
1 of honor and trust, with one of the
j largest corporation! in America. He
(said: "My father was a good man
and opposed to whiskey selling and
j when he came to die, he died with a
. smile on his face." 11?? said to this
I man "You are willing to fell a man
whiskey and send him to hell just to
get his money, if you do this, do you
think you can die with a smile on
your face. Xo you can't."
I have been reading the list ol
names of those who signed the peti?
tion for an election on selling liquor
and to say that" I am surprised is put?
ting it mildly, and these words keep
ringing in my ears, "If you sell a man
whiskey and send him to hell just so
you get his money, do you think you
can die with a smile on your face. No
! you can't." God is our judge and
I knows the hearts of all men and some
of the men who signed this petition
may have done so without thinking of
the results and He may not hold them
to as strict account as He will hold
those who are willing to sell a man
whiskey and send him to hell Just go
they get his money."
1 see the names of some who
profess to follow Jesus Christ, who
came to make men better, to uplift the
weak and bring peace in the home,
. s well as in the nation. Stand up
Christian and answer "If you vote to
sell whiskey to your fellow man and
i send him to hell just so you get his
money. Do you think you can die
with a smile on your face. No you
can't." And 1 see the names of some
of the great bankers of our city on
this petition. Men who say they want
the city and county to prosper. Stand
up ami answer, are you willing to hire
a man for cashier of your bank who
blows his whiskey defiled breath
in the face of your customers when
they come to do business with your
bank? Are you willing to employ
young men to keep your books whose
recommendation is that they buy and
drink a pint or a quart of your whis?
key a day? No you don't do this and
yet you are willing to sell whiskey to
your men and send them to hell just
so you get their money. The men
who sell whiskey are doing this ev?
ery day and 1 see the names of some
of the gn at merchants of our city on
this petition. Stand up and answer.
Will you vide to sell w hiskey to a man
and when he wants a job, show him
the door when he comes and blows
his vile whiskey breath in your lace
and ask for work? Do you want him
behind the counter waiting on your
lac. customers with a bottle of your
whiskey in his pocket polluting the
air around him? Will you hire him
to handle your money and keep your
hooks? No you don't do this, and yet
"you are willing to sell him your
whiskey and send him to sell just so
you get his money. Do you think
you can do this and die with a smile
on your face? No you can't. And l
tee on this petition a lot of farmers
What you thinking about? You want
sober hands to work your crops. You
want hands to drive your teams to
market and come home sober. You
know that a great many negroes,
while sober are very good men, and
when drunk are mean demons. You
see almost daily In the paper the
hellish work of negroes while drink?
ing. A man who lived near Simon
Cooper many years said, when sober
there never was a heter negro in tin
county and yet somebody, licensed by
Sumter county, sold him Whlskej and
arc responsible for his hellish deeds
while In liquor. The husband sind1
down In hi* borne, the old father who
tried to shield his son, murdered by
the second shot, the young wife drlV
en out and made to hitch UP the j
horse and buggy for him and dragged
hack in the house by this whiskey
fiend 'i"in bell. After accomplishing
his purpose, he cuts her throat with
a razor, goes <>ut meets an old color?
ed man in the yard and brains him
with an axe, gets in the buggy and
.vith rifle, shoots at all In sight, drives
u Sumter for more whiskey and car?
tridges, and yet this was the man who
was .said to he a good neighbor and
one of the best negroes in the count)
when sober and now, you men whose
wives and children are scattered all
?round the country arc willing to sell |
ilquor lo your iurm hands and by
in doing, make many Simon Coopers to
Ji< ot down in your home and de?
troy that which you hold dearer than
hie .lust as sure as it happened
vlth Hlmoii Cooper, If yon allow this
.vhlakc) selling tu continue it will
oiio to some other home some da>
? nd reader it ma> be > ours,
I see Ott till* petition Some of I he
neu of the law and the men who
links the law. those who are sup?
posed to stand for law. order ami
peace, Do you think you can get
these things by selling whiskey? No
you don't and yet you are willing to
sell a man whiskey and send him to
hell just so you get his money. Do
you think you can do this and die with
a smile on your face? No you can't.
I also see many who, of all others,
knowing the past as they do and hav?
ing hoys to grow up, get drunk and
bring their gray hairs in sorrow to
the grave, should oppose whiskey
selling and drinking to the bitter
end, and yet they appear "willing to
sell men whiskey and send them to
hell just so they get their money." Do
you think you can do this and die with
a smilo on your face? No you can't."
Also I see the names of many of
the Jews on this petition. Did you
ever think what a blessing America
i has been to the Jews? Most of your
forefathers were oppressed and perse?
cuted in foreign lands and came here
for protection and liberty. You have
been blessed in ur business, and you
know that the greatest curse this
land ever had is whiskey. It is costing
more men and money than all other
evils combined, and instead of join?
ing hands with the men and women
of this land in driving out this curse,
you are among those who are willing
to sell a man whiskey and send him
to hell just so you get his money. "Do
I you think you can do this and die
with a smile on your face? No you
ean't."
The court has decided that a citi?
zen can send out of the state and
bring his liquor for personal use.
This should be enough to satisfy every
drinking man. Don't you think sober
men and God fearing women who are
trying to teach their boys not to
drink, have sumo rights? Why then
j try and force these open doors to
hell on our streets and compel them
to wade through a crowd around its
doors and smell the vile odors from
j these dens of Iniquity when they
walk our streets In pursuit of busi?
ness or pleasure?
Listen you men who love liquor.
You had better be satisfied w ith order?
ing your liquor. For as sure as time
moves the tide is sweeping over the
world and in a few years there will be
no place for a drinking man to till
but a drunkard's grave. Good men
and women, all over the world are
getting tired raising boys to support
the liquor traffic, and intend by God's
help to sweep it from the face of the
earth. D. James Winn.
The Dispensary EvIL
Editor of The Item:
This is now a critical time for the
eause of morality in Sumter?perhaps
more critical than is fully realized,
even by the thoughtful. In cases of
severe Illness a relaps" is always more
dangerous than a first sic kness. Hav?
ing advanced toward a certain ideal
for a time, it is dangerous and de- i
moralizing to go back.
Once I believed the dispensary was
a good thing, being a step away from
the disgrace of open saloons. The
dispensary was tried, it was fairly
successful, but It served its purpose
i
and went out of date forever. Alter
its short career prohibits n c nine
along logically and it has succeeded
as well as any other good thing in the
world's history. It was expected that
enemies of righteousness would
fight prohibition, and they have fought
it; its friends have been compelled
to battle valiantly for its success, but
a thing that is not worth lighting for
is not worth anything.
It may be an old tale, but I will
repeat it, that the liquor evil under?
lies all other evils. Are you in fa?
vor cd' lic ensing murder? Then Vote
for liquor. Are you a friend of steal?
ing? to the social evil? to a com?
plete contempt for all the ten com* |
majldmentS? If so, show it by bring?
ing back the dispensary and a little I
later the? open saloon. Once start
your town on the downward path and
there is no telling the depth to whieh
she will sink.
Sumter is a splendid town, but she
has enemies. Look out for them and
do not join with them in this unwise
and unholy scheme.
L. T. Rlghtsell,
Sumter, S. C, Aug. 4, 1913,
KILLING NEAR t'AMDl.N.
Henry sessions Reported to Unvc
Been Killed by .lohn Simpson.
Cam den, Aug. ?John Simpson Im
reported to have shot and killed Hen?
ry Sessions, near lllaney, this even
Ing. The killing has caused consld
erable excitement. Parties left tin
city tonight in automobiles for the
scene of the crime, There ate ru?
mors of a possible lynching. Al a
late bom it is Impossible to get nnj
particulars concerning tin- homicide.
Marriage License Record.
Licenses to man\ have been Issued!
to C II. Rostlck and Minnie Wilder,
Buinter and Dan Dennerj and Marj J
kc Jamison, sumter.
Shall We Vote the Dis?
pensary Back?
Does the Lord Jesus Christ, tH??
Saviour of men, wish us to vote to
make legal the sale of that which
causes so much lawlessness, and ruins
so many souls?
1 >ocs He wish us to make the sale
of liquor a part of our government, t??
help us support it? A thing which
mocks at laws and tramples them tin?
der feet?
Is not the sale of liquor my ene?
my to hinder my work as a preacher;
your enemy to hinder your work as
a Christian? and shall we go Into
partnership with it, and accept our
dividends 1'rom it? God forbid!
We, who are Christians, are in tin
kingdom of Christ, and if we go into
\ partnership with the business do W<
not bring the kingdom of Christ into
partnership, and, impossible thought!
bring Christ into partnership with his
own enemy?
If Christ should fight the illegal sale
of liquor by establishing the legal
sale of it will Ho not be casting out
devils by Beelzebub the prince of the
devils? Christ never taught that we
should overcome evil with evil; Hfl
says, "Overcome evil with good."
But one says, we are practical peo?
ple and we think prohibition has prov?
en a failure.
But, has it? Have you been fair to
it? No one has disputed Mr. Jen?
kins* figures that less than half the
liquor has been shipped into the coun?
ty during prohibition as during the
time of the dispensary. Some have
tried to , pooh! pooh! it with some
slighting remark, but the fact stands
like the rock of Gibraltar.
Moreover, can't we do something
more for the enforcement of pro
hibition than we have bes? dotes?
I confer* i have dona little, hut it
there 1m anything that l ought to <h#
l should ho glad to know of it.
Can't we establish a law and order
league, with only those as members
Who ajc heartily in sympathy with
the spirit of that organisation?
A number <>f Sumter people have
tallied to me about the Blka and
Bogles and tin- club at Second Mill
Tiny say tiny are all practically bar
rooms, only they are limited by Cer?
tain restrictions. I do not know these
things by my own oh ervation but
/ome of the respected citizens of Sum?
ter have told me that these clubs woes
practically saloons running night and
day and all day Sunday.
Now as to them: Were not th<
KlKa and Kaglcs in existence while
the dispensary was in Sumter? Have
they not come to supply a place lor
social drinking, rather than to enable
their members to buy liquor? If you
vote baek the dispensary you will
have dispensary and saloons, then we
will be worse off than we were before
the Voting out of the dispenasry, be?
cause these clubs are now bolder
through immunity.
Is there not some way to reach these
clubs? Can not we who are preach
j ers call upon the members of these
clubs who are Christians to come out
j of them, urging them to remember
j God's words, "Come ye out of the
midst of them, and be ye separate, ye
that bear the VCSOOlS of the Lord, and
I touch no unclean thing."
Then can not all of us by back inn
up the ollicers of the law put a stop
I to these Illegal practices?
J "Carthago est delenda."
Wm. Haynsworth.
WHAT WILL DISPENSARY DO?
Questions The Sol>cr Minded Should
Think of und Answer Before They
Vote.
Mr. Editor:
Doubtless there is an honest dif?
ference of opinion concerning the re
astahlishmcnt of the dispensary for
the handling of the liquor business,
and, so far as this writer can see,
there is no good to be gained by bit?
ter denunicationi of those who differ
from us. Denunciation of an op?
ponent only betrays a sense of weak?
ness In the one who deals in it. It
does not prove anything, and never
i gains a friend. So in discussing this
j perplexing question, it is w ise to be
perfectly fair and tolerant toward all.
' r am not disposed therefore, to Indis?
criminately condemn every man who
! favors the dispensary system as an
I intentional enemy to his country, or
as unkind to his neighbor.
our vision of things is necessarily
affected either by brain condition or
i
by obstructions extending to the brain,
that destroy the ability to see clearly.
If, therefore, one may be able to clari?
fy the vision of his brother man by
removing the obstruction or correct?
ing the internal disorder, he has ren?
dered a valuable service to his fel
low man, and is a benefactor to the1
world.
Now, there are three classes in ev?
ery contest like this to be dealt with:
(1) There are those who see Un?
truth and have the courage always to
do the right; (1!) those who have
only an indistinct vision of the truth,
and are therefore undecided what to
do; and (3) those who are blind and
Will not see the truth, and have made
up their minds to go in a given direc?
tion, right or wrong. As regards the
llrst and third classes referred to, it
is needless to appeal to them, for the
first does not need it, and the third
will not heed it. The second class,
then, is the one from which you can
always hope to draw in support of
any good cause.
Then, let those who arc not so eure
of the Tightness of their position?
those who are undecided?stop and
think?yea, and think soberly,
Is it best for our city and county to
legalise the sale of whiskey, and. if so,
why is it best? Is it best for the
brother who is unfortunately addict?
ed to the habit of drinking? Will he
drink less when it is more conuenu nt
for him to get it ? is it b, st for the
family of the drinking man? Will the
drinking father and husband better
provide for his family and be kinder
to them than he will without the
dispensary? Will his home be more
orderly end heavenly having a dis?
pensary convenient to it V Will the
life and moral character of the hoys
and yong men of Sumter be safer by
legalizing the sale of whtske) ? \\ 11
they be more likely to get into good
company and shun places of ill re?
imte than the) will without it? Will
our daughters be more likely to marry
sober, industrious, man!) men by
having a dispensary? Will the farm*
es lure letter labor anl more easily
controlled with Ihe legalised sab- ol
liquor than without it? Will we hnvi
more money and greater prosperity h
? ur count) b) bringing back the dis
pensary? If any one answers yea,
the fact! contradict him, for we have
never had KUCh prosperity in our his?
tory as we have had In the last four
years without the dispensary. Will
the whiskey business build up our
churches and Sunday schools? In a
word, will we be a better, happier
people with whiskey than without it?
But I submit, if it would bring a
million dollar! into the county, if it
would decrease the sale ^rd use of
it to vote for the dispensary >aek, we
can not afford to do it. It is morally
wrong for one to put a stone of
stumbling in his brother's way, and
we do that if we hell? to put whiskey
here by legalizing it. We have no
moral right to legalize it any more
than we have to legalize theft, mur?
der, adultery, smallpox, yellow fever
or cholera. It is an evil, essentially
and all the time, and it is our right
and duty to outlaw it.
J. IV Wilson.
I'LOlimiTION RALLY.
Thursday. August 11th at Opera
House at 11 A. M
Hon. Eugene W. Chaltn, the most
prominent temperance advocate in
America, and a speaker of ability,
will make an address in the Opera
House on Thursday morning at 11
o'clock, in the interest of the light
n<>w being waged in Sumter county
against the re -establish meat of the
dispensary- Mr. Chaftn has been a
candidate for the presidency of the
United States on tin- prohibition tick
et and will be worth hearing.
The public arc in\ itcd to attend
No charge for admission.
l.ivi stock m i:m i>
t'ongfesKinan Lever Believes Rev.
*nlt> Will he Kecuml hj the Nat?
ional Lawmaker*
?*One ol the ur? .(i in i its of the South
and especially South Carolins is live
sto?k. it i< cerj Important thai the
industry be developed.' was the state
menl made yesterday bj A IV Lever,
chairman ? ih* hous? ngrieultural
eommittee. Congressman Lever came
down from Washington to attend the
fonferenec for ihc Common Good.
"This has l*een s working session
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