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IXTKRKCTINC; ADDKKSS MADE Till BSD AY IMM\(. WSt DH. It T. VAN V Outline of Swvhrt Which Wore field Friday MkIiI and Sumlay ? ?inu.ii Hlstor> Head by Dr. i Brown?Dinner for i oiigrvgntlon ?nil Vbdtor*. The first wvlce of the Centennial celebration which the FtrHt Buptist t'hurch of this city la now holding was held Thursday night, a large ami In? terested audience being present to hear l>r. It. T. Vann. president of Meredith College at Ualeigh. X. C, tell what the Baptist Church would do In the next hundred years. There waa special music provided and the service was made exceedingly interest? ing to all who attended. Dr. Vann chose fur his subject MA Pre-vlew of the Next Hundred Years." In an interesting style he went over what could und might be accomplish? ed by the church in the next hundred years The speaker opened his ad drens with remarks concerning the Immense strides 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 gradually went fur? ther Into the serious, telling of the needs of more Intensive methods of living in the future, because of the In* crease in population and chunges from the 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 sec 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 Hlble 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 held the attention of his audience through? out. Friday at noon a meeting of the Congregation and the visiting pastors was held at the church, when Dr. C. C. Brown, who has for many years been Its pastor, read a history of the (hur* h The meeting was an interest? ing one, 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 of the Baptist church, Itev. R T. Vann. D. D . ltaleigh. N. C: Kev. David M. Hams* y. I). 1 >., Oreen \illt?. H. C . Ue\. Irnsing BurroWftj 1?. I>. Amerlcus. Oa.; Hew. H. T. Peel, travelling evangelist. A. J. Hall, D. I?. Hertsville, S. C ; lies. W. W. Hen kin. Ureelo \ lib-; ltev J. 1 >. Hugglns, Denmark, Itev. M M. Benson, Hishop Mlle BAITISf CKXTKN MAL 1 LOS US. Two lntwe*tli>a ScrtUt** Held Sunday. ?Sermon? t? Dr. Harrows. The Centennial ? H? I.ration at the flM Baptist Churrh < ann- to a tloM Sunday night. after the sseowt1 itTVlCS of the day. and following s? t vi< en for three days In honor of the oocMton Sunday morning and evening Dr. Lansing Burrows of Amerb us. <la. preached two eloquent sermons, brins tng to a tsMt ta I titting manner the, eervbee in commemoration of Hie MM hundred years of a? 11 \ e work ol the ? bun b. The attendance was exceeding grstifying at tin- ncrviees und thos< who attende d had the ph-usuro of hearing ne\eral \?t> interesting ami Instructive addresses by the visiting diviif The Southern farmer who bus a good corn ? rop this war is In? ky, the Western ? rop iMVlng l?e? n Mfloual) damaged t>\ tbe July drought, trtllU conversely tboM<> vsh-. v\oul<| base to buy com and MeWl to ran tbe farm" next year will pay death for tttetf 'allure to make etjffl as well M (*o| ton. No. ii isn't hot enough yet, it Isn't hot enoiiKh for Bepubli? m senator* Who continue to make a warm b*bi against tb* t.irlff FgVlfllOfl lh*l Will ?? lleve the masses from being taxed for the benellt of the rlMBeW WH mlngton Htar. Mil ASSEMBLY ADJOURNS final Sl.SSlOX Mill) AT BETHEL CHtTltCH Till hsday MOHN? nro, Threv Inten'sting Addresses Made nt Final Me* iinn?Assembly Host Which Has UM Held at Bethel? Lance Attendance ami InlSSSJSlIng The fifth session of the Santce Sum? mer Assembly at Bethel Church which DUM to a close Thursday afternoon, after an interesting session In which three d . lightful addresses were made, was one of the beat, if not the best, whirh has ever been held in the his? tory of the Santee Association, now thirty-six years old. The attendance 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 u^ual 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 last session was 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 Fsmale College, at Greenville, 8. C, made an eloquent talk on "The Great Importance of Female Educa? tion." The address by Rev. Dr. Lan? sing Burrows of Amerlcus, Ga., WM on the subject, "The Distinction Be? tween the Church and the Kingdom of God." The third address was made by the Rev. R. T. Vann, president of Meredith College, Raleigh, X. C, who chose for his subject "The Power ot Unseen Forces." The Interest of those present was held by the speak? ers, who brought their message home to the hearts of their hearers in forcible and eloquent words. MINORITY WILLING TO YIELD, According to Mann, Republicans of House Will Make No Fight Against Curmtcy 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 Republic ans 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 arful that an agreement probably would postpone a Anal vote until the De? cember session. Chairman Owen Ol 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'a,n is to cancel outstanding gold certificate* a*; they come into the treasury; leeue treasury notes redeemable in gold In their stead; transfer the gold represented by tho gold certificates to the re? demption division; cancel the II per cent bonds; issue tl per cent in their stead and supplant national bunk aotes with treasury notes. The Owen bill is a distinct mcas 4rc and has no direct relation to the Administration currency bill now pro < SOdlMSJ In the house. Stnator Owen said his plan Would establish in this country a great re? demption fund um h as all other Countries hn\e and that this would ha\e a psychological effect in main? taining a dnanclal stability. The re serve fund, be estimated, would thus consist of $l,13t,0*o,000 of gold and |71O,Ott,0tQ in bonds or a total re ser\c of I l.fts,000,000 against total note issu.-s of 11,161,000,000, a civil service examination will i?< held by the local civil service board in tills ( itv on Raturday, August 13rd, hh.'t, to tin tb<* position of post mas let at Paxvllle, s. l\ Thli is n fourth eiset post office and conse? quently the applicant i"i the posltloi milSl Stand HIS examination. The tomato clubs which have liest organised by the younp hohes in other counties are not only successful but in many Instances they have lurnei ? >nt a sonn.f proflti NW should like tor the youni ladles In this couti t\ to lake hold of the snterprlse, l I here Is a disposition shown to ha\< Ihefte rlubs in this coitntv. It can !>? arranged to have a demonstrator U fish I he several neetlons to eivc in sum Uona ? Manning Tlniei You Cannot Die With & Smile on Your Face Bditor Item: 1 was talking with a friend about men voting to sell "llcker" and he bold he was opposed to the dispen? sary anil blind tigers, but was in fa vor of high license. A young man was standing near who holds a position I of honor and trust, with one of the largest corporations in America. He said: "My father was a good man and opposed to whiskey .selling and when he came to die, he died with a smilo on his face." He said to this j man "You are willing to sell 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. No you can't." I have been reading the list oi 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 knows the hearts of all men and some of the men who signed this petition may have oone 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 so 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, as well as in the nation. Stand up Christian and answer "If you vote to sell whiskey to your fellow man 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." And I 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 and 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 hooks 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 i see the names of some Of the great merchants of our city on this petition. Stanu nu and answer. Will you vote to sell whiskey to a man and when he wants a job, show him the door when he comes and blows his vile whiskey breath In your face, and ask for work? Do you want him behind the counter waiting on your lady customers with a bottle of your whiskey in his pocket polluting the air uround him? Will you hire him to handle your money and keep your books? 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 1 iee on this petition a lot of farmers. What you thinking about? You wsflt sober hands to work your crops. You want bands to drive your teams to market and come home sober. You know that a great many negroes, while sober are very good nun, 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 mar Simon Cooper many years said, when sober there never was a beter negro In the county end yet lomebody, licensed by Sumter county, sold him whiskey and are responsible for his hellish deeds while in liquor. The husband shot down in his home, the old father who tried to shield his son, murdered by the second shot, the young wife driv? en OUt and made to hitch up the horse and buggy for him and dragged hack In the house by this whiskey fiend from hell. After accomplishing his purpose, he cuts her throat with a razor, goes out meets an old color? ed man in the yard and brains him with an axe, Kets in the buggy and A'1th title, shoots at all in sight, drives -i Sumter for more whiskey and ear rldges, and yet this was the man who was said to be a good neighbor and one of the best negroes iu the count) when sober and now, you men whose wives and children are scattered all ?round the countr) are willing to sell liquor to your farm hands and by .1 doing make many Simon Coopers to Jh ot ilown in your home and de* itroy that which you hold dearer than life. .Ins? as sme as it happened rith Simon Cooper, if you allow this whiskey selling t.ntintie it will nine to mime other home some da) ind reader it ma) be > ours, I sse on this petition some i?f ihe nen of the law and ihe men who nnke ihe lnw( those who are sup? posed to stand for law, order and . peace. Do you think you can get these things i>y selling whiskey? Xo 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 tan do this and die with a smile on your face? N<> you can't I also .see many who, of all others, knowing the past as they do and hav I ing boys to grow up, get drunk and j bring their gray hairs in sorrow to the grave, should oppose whiskey I Sellins and drinking to the bitter end, and yet they appear "willing to j sell men whiskey and send them to j hell just so they get their money." Do I you think you can do this and die w ith a smile on your face? Xo you can't." Also I see the names of many of the Jews on this petition. Did you ever think what a blessing America 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 your business, and you know that the greatest curse this land ever had is whiskey. It is costing more men and money than ull other evils combined, and instead of join? ing hands with the men and women of this land in driving out this curse, j'ou are among those who 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 ean*t." The court has decided that a citi? zen can send out of the State and i 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 some rights? AVb^ then try and force these open uoors to hell on our streets and compel them to wade through a crowd around its doors and smell the vile odors from these dens of iniquity when they walk our streets in pursuit of busi? ness or pleasure'' Listen you nun who love liquor. You had better be satistied 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 u drunkard's grave. Good men and women, all over the world are getting tired raising boys to support the liquor trafllc, 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 cause of morality in Sumter?perhaps more critical than is fully realised, even by the thoughtful. In cases of severe illness a relaps>* is always more dangerous than a first sickness. Hav? ing advanced toward a certain ideal for a time, it is dangerous and de? moralizing to go back. Once 1 believed the dispensary was a good thing, being a step away from the disgrace of open saloons. Tbe dispensary was tried, it was fairly successful, but it served its purpose and went out of date forever. After its short career prohibition came along logically and it has succeeded aa 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 of licensing 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* m uniments? If so, show it by bring? ing back the dispensary and a little later the open saloon. Once start your town on the downward path and there is no telling the depth to Which 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 (WMDl.X. Henry Sessions Reported to Have Been Killed by .lohn Simpson. Camden, Aug, 6.?John Simpson is reported to have shot ami killed Hen? ry Sessions, near IJlancy, this even inu. The killing has caused consid erable excitement. Parties left the i ity tonight iii automobiles for the scene <>i the crime. There are ru? mors ?>i a possible lynching. AI n lute hour it is Impossible to ^et an) particulars concerning the homicide. Marriage License Record. Licenses to marry have been Issued to C. II Rostlek and Minnie Wilder, Sumter and Dan Dcnnerj and Mary Uichju dson, Sumter. Shall We Vote the Dis? pensary Back? Does tho Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour of men, wish us to vote to make legal the sale of that which causes so much lawlessness, and ruins so many souls'.' Does He wish us to make the sale of liquor a part of our government, to help us support it? A thing which mocks at laws and tramples them un? 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 from it? God forbid! We, who are Christians, uro in tin kingdom of Christ, and if we m? Into partnership with the business do w< not bring the kingdom of Christ into partnership, and, impossible thought! bring Christ into partnership with his ov/n enemy? If Christ should fight the illegal sale of liquor by establishing the legal sale of it will He not be casting out devils by Beelzebub the prince of the devils? Christ never taught that we should overcome evil with evil; He .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 t liquor has been shipped into the coun? ty during prohibition as during the time of the dispensary. Some have |ried to , pooh! pooh! it with some slighting remark, but the fact stands I like the rock of Gibraltar. Moreover, can't we do something more for the enforcement of pro hibition than wo have been doing? I confeee I have done little, but it there is anything that I ought to do I should l"- glad t<> know of it. Can't we establish ? law and order league, with only those as members who usti heartily in sympathy with the spirit of that organisation? a number <>f Sumter people have talked to me about the Rika ami Kaghs. and tin- club at Second Mill. Tin y say they are all practically bar rooms, only they are limited by cer? tain restrictions. I do not know these things by my own observation but some of the respected cittsens of sum? ter have told me that these clubs wa re practically saloons running night ami day and all day Sunday. Now as to them: Were not the Klks and Kagles in existence while the dispensary was in Sumter? Have they not conn- to supply a place lor Social drinking, rather than to enable their members to buy liquor? If you vote back the dispensary you will have dispensary and saloons, then we will be worse oft than we were bet?re 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? ers call upon the members of these clubs who are Christians to come out [ of them, urging them to remember i God's words, "Come ye out of the midst of them, and be ye separate, ye that bear the vessels of the Lord, and touch no unclean thing.'' Then can not all of us by backing tip the officers of the law put a stop to these illegal practices? "Carthago est deb nda." WlL llaynsworth. WHAT WILL DISPENSARY DO? QtMMtiotlfl Tlie Sol>cr Minded Should riiinu of und Answer Before They \ ote. Mr. Editor: Doubtless there is an honest dif? ference of opinion concerning the re Jstablishment of the dispensary for ! the handling of the liquor business, , and, so far as this writer ran see, . there is no good to be gained by blt | ter denunications 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 wise 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 intentional enemy to his country, or I as unkind tc his neighbor. Our vision of things is necessarily affected either by brain condition or by obstructions extending to the brain, I that destroy the ability to see clearly, j If, therefore, one may he aide to clari? fy the vision of his brother man by removing the obstruction or correct? ing the internal disorder, he has ren j dered a valuable service to his fel i low man, and Is a benefactor to the 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; (!') those who have only an indistinct vision of the truth, and are therefore undecided what to j do; and (3) those who are blind and Will not see the truth, and have made I up their minds to go in a given direc? tion, right or wrong. As regards the I first 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 are not so sure ! of the rightness of their position? I those who are undecided?stop and think?yea. and think soberly. Is it best for our city and county tc legalize the sale of whiskey, and, if BO, 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 convenient for him to Ket it? Is it best for tin family of the drinking man? Will the (drinking father and husband better provide for his family and be K nder to them than he will Without the dispensary? Will his home he more orderly end heaven'.. having a dis? pensary convenient to it 7 Will the life and moral character of tbe bo> * and yong men of Sumter be safer l y legalising the sale of win.*'?.<?>? Will they be more likely to get into good company and shun places of ill re? pute than the) will without it? Will our daughters be more likely to marry sober, industrious, manl) men by iiavlng a dispensary '! Will the farm es have better labor and more easily controlled with ihe legalised sab- n( liquor than without it? Will we have more money and greater prosperity In ?ur count) b) bringing back the di^ ( pensary? If any one answers yes, { the facti contradic t hin, for we have never had such prosperity in our his? tory as we have had in the last four years without the dispensary. Will the whiskey business buila up our churches and Sunday schools? In a word, will we be a better, happier j people w ith whiskey than without i*? But I submit, if it would bring a million dollars into the county, it' It j would decrease the sale and use of i it to vote for the dispensary back, we J can not afford to do it. It is morally ! wrong for one to put a stone of ?tumbling in his brother's way, and ; we do that if we help 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. R Wilson. PROHIBITION RALLY. Thursday, August 1 It It at Opera House at 11 A M Hon. Eugene W. Chatin, the most prominent temperance advocate in 1 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 : now being waged in Sumter county against the re-esiablishnient of the dispensary. Mr. Chafin has been a candidate for the president y of the United states on the prohibition tick? et and will be worth hearing. The public are Invited to attend No charge for admission. live stock m:i:i>i l>. Congressman Lever Believe*! Ite~ suits Will be Secured l?\ the Nat? ional Lawmakers. "?me ol the great net ds of the South and especially South Carolina is live stock, it is ver> Important thai the industry he i1cve|n|ted,' was the state men! made yestcrda> '?> A. I' Lever, chairman ol the house agricultural com in it tee. Congressman Lever came down from Washington to attend the Conference foi l he Common Good* "This has l*een a working session off . impress and 1 am satisfied that re pults w .11 be secured," he continued, The siat.'.