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I i" ? ? ? OUR BIG SEMI-ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE IS NOW ON Twice a year at the dose of each season, we clear out the stock on hand by the power of cut-prices--prices cut so low that they are almost irresistible?so low, that economical people can not afford to pass our in? ducements and are, therefore influenced to buy. NOW IS THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY! The time that every Man and ?oy in the family should be clothed to the limit of his wants. Ju?t note these reduced prices and figure out what you can save by Buying Now! $30.00 Suits e O'coats $20.00 25.00 Suits e 0'coats 16.65 22.50 Suits e O'coats 15.00 18.00 Suits e O'coats 12.00 JkW $15.00 Suits e O'coats $10.00 12 .? O ? coats 8.0 7.50 Suits e O'coats 5.00 The Same Discount on all Boys' Suits and Men's and Boys' Trousers. AH Underwear, Neck? wear, Sweaters, Bath Robes, Gloves and Shirts AT COST. D. J. Chandler ClothingCo. Telephone 166 "The Home of Good Clothes" Sumter, S. C ASSAILSPUEUG HEALTH BOARD i _ i HEHATOIl WOltKs BA\S IT TYItA Wils rWLl l>rfe*Mt* OiH.tl.iii Science mill ( on* demit* l*r?*?-?iit Method of l.xpcmli lurr fur Health S>r\l(c Washington, Jan. fi.?Assailing th< ('lilted States I'uhlie Health Service H-i an Inntrum nt of tyrann> ovgf the people, and demanding thnt every riti scn be privileged to exercise his own l?ellef or conscience M to lh. to.inner of preserving nl* own health Senator Works of Cal fornia defemled f'hrls tlan Science I id nded the doctors In a epeech t, the senate todnv. rff quoted statistics to prove tint the fed? eral government now spends more than I20.00u.oto? nmoi illv on the piih llc health servlee. Only one school of medicine or ssods of hegllnff, h? ? x plained, was to|rrat?d "In the endeavor I? preserve the puhlic health." he said, "w- lift VC gll en the surgeon general and his sub? ordinate* almost unlimited powers. We %m\ 9 usurped the gOSJgftf Utlongl rights and M??erlles of ?he Individual If contagion Is feared, or nn epidemic of dises***. the surgeon general Is clothed with or assume* despotic and uutocrulic power. His authority i not exe? tdod by that of the general (?f the army in time of martial law. "Hut. unfortunately, most of our citizen* are willing and submissive ?J?Vji to tiie doctor what bar he :n? gOftfl in the uniform of | public <?:!, clal or Horvt s in ? private ouparity. Tin- ext?nt to which Intelligent peppl' submit to tiie ministrations of the physician or surgeon. tak< his obnox? ious drugs, eni submit lo be carved, n,aimed and Mutilated, by tin- sur fOOfj'i k n I If. is one of the wonders of the ape. The country is filled with Kapitals, many of them Veritable ?Taughtsrhousso. as reputable sur? geons thems?dves hem- witness. The Ineoin petener and recklessness <?f some pkystctotii and surgeons have hOed more Braves and maimed and mutilated for life more of their un? fortunate victims, made m< re drunl ? ards and drug fiends, and more help , !??sh Muff- Tin ; Invalids, than prohahl notin r rnuoe.*< Henator Works declared that lb< bllbi proposlns lo reser> ? lo Ihe ??1 nno nt a i radium*! ? nrlllR IIIM ' was In ef ??( I :i jo' ??? linn ill ? dorse met ? f radium us a eure f< i foncer, when as i motter et* fart the doctor**: themselves were far from agreed as to whether radium were ol ?any value for the treatment ol can [cor. He read o scries of extracts from medical Journals to prove that emi? nent medical Authorities wen- aban? doning the radium-cure theory, "Many of the physicians n-e de? i voted and self-sacrltlcing humanitar? ians," conceded the senator, "but the difference I etween us is thai nr?mc of them have not discovered n better remedy fo? disease than the one they employ, and others are noi willing t > ;k knowledfl ? that there 1? n Ii ttcr mode of healing thnn their own, In the face of the most convincing ? >i dence to ti.it ? ffoct, I, In mj own experience, and by latei observation have become convinced thai deuiti and other material uIIcr d remedies do not heal, and thai Ihere Is n i ? ? tn eily that, It i lahtls npplh d, v ill he il, all our dlseast t, I have Im i n Ihe mure reluctant to enter upon this .'? rtisslou because i; iiecessniih' loads, In an Indirect way, Into :i discussion of rellnlon, because of Ihe conscientious Im lid or mj own part, nnd il; a I of Ihousnnds of others, thai lh< henii ? ? <?f disease Is ns much n r< llahius ril" is a redempt ion from i In." Senator Works presented in elab? orate series of testimonials In il e beneficial effects of treatment In med ieril and Mtr.'ieal eases b; I'hrlstian Srlenco, II" then voiced his object Ion . i to the adoptlou us members, by the American Medical Association, of ail health officers of the government. "The government," he said, "should see to it that the service is removed rom any such Influence, and made ihr unbiased and honest searcher for ihr best thai can be found as n means <>f preventing disease and prc ei v Ing I he pulgic health. ('OLLECTIXCii I.KI'Nsi: TAXES. The license taxes which hecamc dne at the first of January for 1915 are being collected now ami many businesses and persons arc paying their llci nf es right aU>n A new system of bookkeeping Is i" ing Installed In the ofP.ce of the city eh rk. The new system was recom? mended by expert Accountants who examined tho book) In d fall and Is si :?l t'i be more up-to-date and more easily I i i>t than the system formerl! in use, while nt the same lime it will give one who looks over the books a i I ear er Idea of I In Bouree of Income and expenditure of eltj funds, During Hie past two months $24,GOu has hecu paid Into ih <ii\ tronsnr> in city taxes <?nt ?.; ^ total of $41,< D( li due. A penalt> of three per cent, w is attached to nnpnld laves at th<' I Hist ufj thi? mouth. Lumber, Lime, Cement, BUILDING MATERIAL GENERALLY AND FEED OF ALL KINDS. Booth-Shuler Lumber & Supply Co. Successors to Rooth-Harby Live Stock Co. and Ct-ntrallLumber Co. Geo. Epperson's Old Stand Opp. Court House i ANNOUNCEMENT! 1 I ? ? Beginning Saturday, January 9, 1915, this Hank will open on I SATURDAY EVENINGS ? I From 5 to 8 o'clock tor the purpose of receiving de- ^ ? posits. We solicit your account. t ~ X The Commercial & Savings Bank, 1 GEO. D. SHORE, J. K. CROSSWELL. R. A. BRADHAM, t President. Vice-Pres. Cashier.