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KITCOEN WRECKED -MRS. E.. W. VOGEL NARROWE ESCAPES INJURY WHEN RANGE EXPLODES Stove is Blown Through Side House and Lids and Pots Are Stu' in Walls and Ceiling-Negro .H by Plying Missile. Mrs. E. W. Vogel, who lives at tl corner of Hampton Avenue~auid S lem Avenue, this morning had a na row escape from injury, and possib death, when a range. over which si had been cooking breakfast explod with a terrific noise and played ha oc with the kitchen and other par of the house. Part of the stove was blov through the wainscoating and went erboarding out into the yard, tearir a hole in the wall big enough for tv large men to pass through. The pot kettles and lids on the stove wel blown against the ceiling or wall breaking the plastering and lathir at 'many places, some of the piece being left sticking in the walls ar ceiling. Some of the things on ti stove were blown out into the yal and the food which was cooking < ani in the stove was scattered a over the kitchen and yard. One c the sashes near the stove was blow completely out and every pane < glass in the other windows we smashed. The window panes in ti dining room adjoining were ali broken and some of those in upstal: rooms were broken. Mrs. Vogel had been cooking 'breal fast on the stove when it 'began 1 pop and becorning frihtened, s caught up a young child which wv: in the kitchen, and ran into the a< joining room. She had hardly slan mod the door when the explosic came and the destruction was don Fire caught from the stove, but wa extinguished )vith very little damag from it. The whole neighborhood was arou: edl by the explosion and rushed i the scene, to find the damage alread done. The children were sent to neighbor's for breakfast and Mr. ar Mrs. Vogel were sent breakfast b neighbors.' The explosion is supposed to has been caused by the pipes from tlh boiler being frozen, preventing tl: water from running. When the fir was made in the stove ,and the pipe got hot the explosion resulted. Tlh boiler itself was not damaged. It wa left standing in its place, althoug the pipes connecting it with the rang were broken off. One negro who was just comin into the kitchen as tne explosio occurred, complained of being hit b a flying missile, but his injury wa not a serious one.-Sumter Item. -0 FINANCE PLANS FOR, POSSIBLE WAR DEBATE] Senator Simmons, Chairman of Ser ate Finance Committee, Goes Ove Details With President Wilson. Washington, Feb. 4.--Plans to fi nance a possible war were discusse at the white house late today, whe Senator Simmons, chairman of th senate finance committee, called o President Wilson. Breaking a her< tofore inflexible rule against busines on Sunday, the president wvent ove with the senate leader the finencir condlition of the nation. andl the nee for legislation, financial an:l genera to meet any emergency that ma arise out of the break mn diplomati relations with Germany. "We 'simply discussed Problem that would arise in the event of wvar, said Senator Simmons after he lef the white house. The wvhite house guards for a tim refused to admit Senator Simmons t the grounds' without a pass. He wa rescued by a secret service mar however, and was led to the presi dlent's studly, where ho was closete for an hour. Jo became ap~parent tonight tha boid issues to flince any war emer gency will be forthcoming promptl: if they become necessary. It wa st.ated that an initial issue of' $500, 000,000 will be the first step towar, fin-ineial "preparedness." The ad ministration revenue bill designed t raise new revenue andl authori-' bond issues amounting to more $300,000,000 is now before the senat finance committee. Democratic lead ers may decide to attach an emer gency bond issue authorization to thi bill and rush it through at once. Congressional leaders tonight plan ned to 'hasten all legislation bearinj on the international situation, o which piight prove necessary in th event of war. Measures looking to preparednes for a physical clash are well undle way. The houso just now has befor, It the $351,00,000 naval appropria tion bill, which undoubtedly wIll bi Drives Out Malaria, BuIlds Up Systes1 'The Old Standard general strengtheanng tonfi GRtOVUB' TASTIttRSS chil TONIC. divles or Mdalarie,erntIchesthebllood,asdi butid.supth SYI tern, A true tonic, F~or adult. ind chidren. S30 passed 'within the next 24 hours ai hasteiled on its way through tlye set ate,:'ie house commnittee en militai Sptai ;,has the army appropriati bi11 almoat ready to report and won will be rushed on this measure a that it may be reported to the hou 8a soon as the navy bill is out 4 k the *ay. The fortifications bill a it ready has passed. Represerntative Britten, of ti house committee on naval affairs, wi e offer an. amendment to the pendin naval bill making an appropriatic of $119,000,000 to facilitate the wox y of completion of 113 naval s vesse now under construction. This is d part of the suggested plan to spec r up. The house leaders also serious] consider a revision of the preset naval program which will concent'rai n the projected efforts of the comin three years into two. This will g re augmented appropriations. 1? Steps to strengthen the feder s' statutes prohibiting breaches of nei *e trality and looking to the stampin s out of systematized or sporadic esp g onage have been hastened by reasm " of the present crisis. The presider a has indicated to the congress leadei 1e that he wants the 17 measures frame by the department of justice and al 1 proved by the sub-committee of tI Aenate judiciary committee pushe through congress. For many mont1 n the department of justice has foun that its agents were hampered i s their efforts to prevent neutralit e breaches by the weakness of the e> O isting laws. The senate will prof ably consider the neutrality measure tomorrow. Additional provisions conveying t O the president complete authority t e take over and conduct for the uses c s the United States all industrial an - commercial plants necessary in a emergency will be incorporated i n either the army or the navy apprc priation bill. It is also certain tha s legislation extending to the presiden e complete authority over .the transpor tation facilities of the nation will b - incorporated in one of these mreasure; o It will be arranged that the railway y and river and coastwise steamer line a of the United States will be ready t d turn over to the government and t y be controlled, conducted and adminis tered by the government should an e emergency arise which will make sue e a course necessary. e COITON COOD INV[SIM[N e h HEFLIN SEES NO REASON FOl SELLING NOW e Certain Price Will Advance, Whethe United States is Drawn Into War or Not. s Washington, Feb. 5.-Efforts wer made here today to ascertain fron well posted cotton men what effec the present international situatioi would have both on the price of rav cotton and manufactured cotton goods in the near future. Among r those seen was Representative Hef lin of Alabama, who believes tha even higher prices are in sight thai those recently realized. lHe said: "The situation just nov is serious andi of course it afford: the bears an opportunity to hammel the market in the effort to buy cot ton andl hold it for the advance ii r piewihis bound to come.I Germny dtermnesto undertake Igeneral blockade, she can not long enforce it. When she fails, cottor prices will soar immediately. If Ger many should be able for severa months to keep England, France Russia and Italy from getting cottor , for their spin-lles then the cottor mills of the United States would con suime the remainder of the Ani can crop and be ready to supply for eign nations with cotton goods whei the seas are again open to the comn merce of the wvorld. "If we are drmawn into the wvar, a great dleal of cotton will be needet for munition purposes in the Unitet States and if wve (do get Into the war that will hasten the end of it. Wher -Ithe end comes cotton will sell foi 30 and maybe 40 cents a pound IFrom my viewp~oint cotton is the besi investment that I know of, and if] had cotton, I would hold it." ------o Aeroplane Factory Offered. _New York, F'eb. 5.--Thee United E Fastern Airplane corporation today tendered to the government its fac. tory in Brooklyn andJ it.' aviatioi school at the Sheepshead Bay speed way. - Stiff, Sore Muscles Relieved. Cramped muscles or soreness fol. lowing a cold or case of grippe arc eased and relieved by an applicatiori of Sloan's Linimont. Does not stairl jthe skin or clog the pores like mussy ointments or rasters and penetrates quickly theo rubbing. Limber ura your muse los rter exercise, drive oul the pains and aches of rheumatisnm ,and bruises wvith Sloan's Liniment Get a bottle to-day. At all Druggists d BILL fI ODES Fog t 1- SIRVEY OF&E TIRE St iT y n Revolutionary Measure, t9 'olve Ta k . atioR Problem, Introduced in tl o House by Ways Atnd Means Con S iittee. of I- -The ways and means committee the house of representatives last we' e introduced in the lower body a b 11 authorizing and empowering ti g State tax commission 'to make n complete survey of - the State I k State, county, school district and pr Is vate property lines." This is one < a the most revolutionary measures f, d the correction of taxation evils thi has ever been drafted in South Car y lina, and economists state the fulfil it ment ol its purposes will put mi ;e lions of dollars' worth of properl g on the tax books that has escap< taxation for a number of years, ii crease the revenues of the State ar il eventually lower the annual levy. i- was referred to the ways and mean g committee. i- The bill provides for the letting ( n contracts for the work by the t' t commission by counties under con s petitive bids, the successful bidder I d be bonded. Pay for the work wi - accrue out of the money collecte e from back taxes for property thu d has escaped taxation. s The following is a full text of ti d bill: " "A bill to Authorize and Require ti Y Tax Commission of South Carolin to Make a Complete Survey of t1 State by State, County, Scho< s Distriit and Private Property Line "Be it enacted by the general a: 0 sembly of the State of South Car< 0 hna: f "Section 1. That the tax commit sion of South Carolina be, and the are hereby, authorized and require< _ at as early date as practicable, t t make a complete survey of the Stat t by State, county, school district an private property lines. "Sec. 2. That the said tax commi, sion shall have said survey made b counties and shall immediately upo the passage of this act determine th county or counties in which the wor shall be commenced, and from tim to time, according to their discretiot shall determine the further progres of the work. "Sec. 3. Upon the selection of th county or counties for the beginnin of the work and thereafter for th further progress of the work, the ta commission shall advertise once week for 30 (lays in a newspapc published at Columbia and in a news paper published at the county seat c the county proposed to be surveye for sealed proposals for the work t be done according to specificatio prepared by them not inconsisten with the provisions of this act; any shall award the contract to the low est responsible bidder upon his exe cution of a bond in some responsibi bonding or guaranty company in sum equal to 3 cents per acre for th estimated area of the county to b surveyed, conditioned upon the faith ful performance of the contract; th form of the said contract and bond t be approved by the attorney genera The tax commission shall reserve th right to reject any and all bids, eacl of wvhich bids shall state the tim wvithin which the work is to be comn "Sec. 4. The wvork shall be don under the following regulations an specifications: The tax commissio: being authorizedl to suppllement th Idme ait their dliscretion in any man nor not inconsistent with this act. "(A ) The wvork shall be complete within such time as may be speci fied in the contract or within such ad dlitionalI time as may be exten !.ed h, the tax commission on goo I anJl s.'f ficient cause. "(B1) The recor! of the wVork sh di be as folbows: Each county, to be sur veyed, shall be maplpedl in school dlis trict units on a scale of 1,000 feet peC inch, except wvhen otherwise speci tied by the tax commission; eacd school district mapped shall shlov eaich lot, parcel or~ tract of land there in contained and its area, exp~resse< in acros andl decimal parts of an acr< (except such real estate as is no usually returned for taxation by area), the school lot by niame, all pub lic roadls andl all other roads of semi public nature, all creeks, streams branches and baysof any considerablh sqize of of importance to drinaimge in vestigations, all rural churches, b: symbol or name, hen located on o1 near roadls as above dlescribed. I cnse a city, town or village, or plortior thereof, shall be shown on an inserl map of such scale as will properly se1 forth the lots, streets and1( corporat< !imits thereof to advantage. Where i be imy:racticable to make such inseri may an additional map of such city town or village, or portion thereof CASTOR IA For Infants and Childrea in Use For Over 30 Yearu 'Always bears Sintuheo * _ _. s awl * '~ ~ .dAJ. BIC New Sp this week a all means c< pretty brigi A 1I. have yseasC d - Ok d Ap It =Asi Is f La Ro t e $5.98, NEMA $3.9 0 $ 1N 3 9$7 .5 ( 15 DOZEN, arelo'm New Spring Goods Waists. SPECIAL. 98c. 14S. f shall be made fulfilling the require t ments as outlined for insert map. i "In addition to . om district - maps, each county shall be furnished - by the contractor under his bid, with .a county map showing each school i district, by name, number, or both, D on such scale as will render the coun ty map suitable in size to be bound in - one volume with the school district - nay and other maps provided for in this act. The said county' map shall .also show all public roadls and roads of sen-i-public nature, all creeks, istreams, branches andl bays of spe cial importance to drainage investi - gat ions. All maps shall be accurately and neatly made and finished in a Sthoroughly dlraftsman-like manner, on 1 such material and of such sheet size 1 as may ne determined by the tax commisSIOn. - "(C) All field notes shall he taken in standlardl field books of best qual I ity, leather bound, p~roperly indexed - -d numbered. "(DI) The contractor shall prepare 'n10) dpicatIe all maps herein spci - ed awl deliver them, with the field n)otes to the tax commission at the Onlee of th county auditor of the :ounty sum:2.x The tax commis - ion shall have both sets of maps1) suitably boundl; one set to be filed with the co".nty audlitor- and one set with the comptroller-general. "(E) The field wvork shall conform to the following: All measurements, except where stadia (distances are necessary, shall b~e madle ,with -a steel tap~e conforming to United States standard, of a minimum length of 100 feet, all courses referenced to the true meridian. The limit of closing error shall be 1 to 500 bas1e line and base line stations sha~l be establishod with sjllici'n t accuracy for (exten-lin-r the work over the coumnty heing arr veyedl and from county to counlty throughout the State. "Sec. 5. The contractor in making his investigation and surveys and mapsl) shall be governedl by the ree ords and miuniments of title foun:l by him, and his conclusions shall be en tirely without prejudice to the claim of any pers5on inconsistent therewith. "Sec. 6. The bid of the contractor may be based upon a lump) sum or a fixed price per acre; his comupensa tion shall be paid on warrants made by the tax commission on the county treasurer of the county surveyed only out of the taxes andl back taxes which may be assessed against the real estate which heretofore has escaped taxationn. covering a term ofars SHOWING ing Coats , t McCollum Bi me and buy < it shades. few of the new shades thai proven very popular this n: I Gold ple Green tor Rose rquoise Blue brador Blue gentor and se Pink. SILK SUITS 27.50 to $50.00 CLOTH SUITS 12.50 to $45.00 COATS. 10.00, $12.50, 3.50, and 22.51 r SPRING SI 3, $5.00 and $ ), $8.50 and $1 ember if it is popular priced Dry fo ing for we have what you want. New rriving Daily. COLLUM BRO, Main St., - - SUMTER. s .f;icient to pay the contract price with interest at i per cent per annum. "Sec. 7. Im mediately upon the com etion of the survey and calculation of each lot, parcel or tract of land, the contractor shall report the result to the county auditor. If it should then appear that the said real estate has theretofore escaped taxation, the county auditor shall place the said real estate upon the tax hooks, asses sing against the owvner thereof back taxes andl taxes for the current year. The auditor shall give the owner thereof notice of such action andi fhie he dissatisfiedl thereat, lie may, w ithin 10 (lays thereafter, give notice of his complaint to the tax commis sin, filing therewith a bond to cover costs of a resurvey, who shall order a resurvey of said real estate; if upon such resurvey the contractor he found correct by the tax commission, the owner shall pay the cost of such resurvey. If on resurvey the con tractor is found with in 2 1-2 per cent. of the area so found, he shall be ad judgedl correct and the complaining owner shall pay' costs of resurv*ey and investigation. However, upon re ceipt of such complaint by the tax comnmission, bcfore oraring~ a r.un ye::, they shall nioti fy the contraetor of such cornplainut. UJpont sneh notice the contractor shallI make such in vestigation as he may desire and re port his finding back to the tax com mission. If on investigation the con tractoir reports to the auditor that the compilait is just, the auLd itor shall correct his entry accordingly, thereby dlispensing with the resurvey. If such invest igation should show that the comnphaint is unfounded and1( the TIMMPSOW'S JR Will be gladl to serve you. . JEWE Prices Very OUR OPTICAL Gradute Optician in Charg< OUR REPAIR ] Will give you prompt servi on us for quality and service. pr-ompt attention. W. A. 'l-H Jeweler an Phone 333 OF md Suits bos., and by mne of these *o)' 16.50 JITS. 6.00 .0.00 spring 30 DOZEN Children's Dresses. SPECIAL, og S.C. _ _ _ resurvey should confirm such conclu sion, or after such investigation the owner should abandon his complaint, the bond of the owner shall cover the costs of such investigation as well as the resurvey, should same be had. "Sec. 8. The back taxes and addi tional taxes which may be entered upon the auditor's books after the contract shall have been awarde . shall be applicable to the contractor's compecnsation, as well as such taxes as may be placed thereon directly in conseqIuence. of the contractor's re p)ort. "See. 9. During the month of Jan uary after the aw~ardling of the con tract and annually thereafter, until the comlietion of the contract, the county audIitor shall, upon demand, furnish the contractor with a certifi cate showing in detail the back taxes and additional taxes apiplicable to his complensation to the (late of such cer tificate." Homb-'Trowers Inj uredl. El Paso, Texas, Feb. 5.-In the first trench practice of the newly organiz ed h:and grenade corps of the United States army at Fort Bliss, two homb.. th rowers were badly injured today by the accidental explosion of gre nadles. .Sergt. A. TIreaslack, of the 23d infantry, had his right hand blown off', and Private Winfield Al.. bright, of the 23d, wvas wounded by pieces of grenadle. rho Quinine That Does hot Affect The lllead Itec.tise of its tonic andn ax'it iv' effect, I,Axa-. TIVlI nIROMO) QtUN I ~It is bectter tha,,nodinary Qintt and doies tint ennw twiv' n(:ess nir s iig in head Ila .nenlite the Ii unie u.d \ook. for the signature of it W.1O ~vI c WELRY STORE Ne car a com)plte line of ~LRY. Reason able, D)EPARTMENT All .wvork guarantee(d. )EPARTMENT ce andl guairanteed wvork. Call Mail ordIers solicited an- ;;iven OMPSON, di Optician SUMTER, S. C.