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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.
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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
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$ 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
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16.50
JITS.
6.00
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spring 30 DOZEN
Children's
Dresses.
SPECIAL,
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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
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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.

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