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SOUTH FACING TIMBER FAMINE.
SUPPLY IS RAPIDLY BEING EX?
HAUSTED, HAYI4 LUMBER MAN.
La* k of Foresight During the Lam
Twenty Years Responsible?ITkvh
are Already Very High and Still
Riaing
?The time Is surely coming," said
a lumber dealer at the Charleston
Hotel yesterday, "when the South
will face a lumber famine. Alreaiv
the prlcee on all kinds of lumber Mr*
very high because of the scarcity of
the supply, and it will be only a
question of time when the buyer will
be taxed prices for lumber which h?
will regard as exorbitant, but which
will only be the logical outcome of
the situation."
The lumberman was not prepare 1
to state whether the high prices of
lumber will have any effect on build?
ing operations throughout the South.
He admitted that small builders would
undoubtedly be made to feel the sit?
uation keenly, when it arrived, and
It would not be surprising, he stated,
If rents should also take a good long
ct'mb up the ladder of prices as a
result.
Espeolally rapid Is the consumption
of the timber supply In the South?
east, he stated, and as soon as the
lumber concerns have used up the r
holdings In other parts of the South,
the Northwest: will have to be drawn
on to furnish building material and
fuel for this part of the country.
That the situation Is appreciated to
Its fullest extent by the lumber con?
cerns In this section of the countVy
la evident from the fact that over 10
per cent of all the timber lands In
the South Is said to have been bought
by them. As a result lumber on the
stumpags has taken an sereoplanlc
flight, and timber on private lands
Is being held on to tightly by Its
ewners.
The) swift and certain falling of
the lumber supply In the South Is
attributed to the heavy demands
made on it during the last tw nty
years by all parts of the United
States Large lumber concerns In
the South, flushed with the success
ef the business which they were
doing throughout the country. thr< w
eautton and foresight to the winds
and filled orders Involving billions of
feet of the best timber In the South?
land. Hundreds of shiploads of lum?
ber were sent to every port on the
coast and own to foreign lands,
and as a result the South Is at pres?
ent facing a famine, with barely
enough timber left to supply the He
mend for the next few years.
It Is stated by Charleston lumber
concerns that their business at pres?
ent Is not very brisk, but that It
will undoubtedly pick up during the
spring month*. They do not de?
ny that the prices of lumber Is sour?
ing and will keep on going up be?
cause of the scarelty of the supply
and the gread demands* made for It.
Michigan wet pine, or white pine. Is
at present worth from $90 to 9126
per thousand feet, and the changes
are that even greater prices will be
demanded for this Important ma?
terial In the next year or two. The
hievtest orders of Charleston lumber
concerns are at present being receiv?
ed from New York, Philadelphia ?.nd
Boston.?News and Courier.
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TAX RETURNFOR 191o!~
OFFICE OF
COUNTY AUDITOR SUMTER CO.,
KUMTER. 8. C. Dec. 8. 1909.
Notice Is hereby given that I will
attend. In per*on or by deputy, at
the following places on the days In?
dicated, respectively, for the purpose
of receiving returns of real eatite,
personal property, and poll taxes for
the fiscal year commencing January
1st. 1910.
Tindalla, Tuesday, Jan. 4th.
Privateer, (Jenkins* store.) Wed?
nesday. Jan. 6th.
Manchester, Levl's. Th-ir?day. Jan.
6th
Wedgefeld. Fndey, Jun. 7th.
Clsremont !>? pot. Monday, Jan.
10th
Hax ?,?.|, Tuesday. Jan. 11th.
Kembert*. Wednesday, Jan. 12th.
Daliell. Thursday, Jan 13th.
W. T. Ilrogdon's Store, Friday,
Jan. 14th
Mayesvllle. Tuesday. Jan. isth.
MM) Wodnesday. Jan. 19th.
' > Riads, Th?rs lay,
Jan. 90th.
Oswego. Friday, Jun. 21st.
All persons whose duty It is to
make returns should be prompt to
?Met ?ne at Itsfae appointments. All
returns must be made before Feb.
20th. 1910.
J. DtQflM aii.i?i:k,
Auditor for Sumter C t.
1-2-6-1-21-10
SUPERVISOR, OF RURAL SCHOOLS
\V. K. T?te Will Be More l*romJneiit
la Ediicatkmal Work.
The department of education Is
soon to receive a strong addition by
the appointment of W. K. T?te, as?
sistant superintendent at Charleston*
to the position of State supervisor of
elementary rural schools. This posi?
tion la made possible by the liberal?
ity of the Peabody board and the
Southern Education Board.
The establishment of city and State
systems of public education wan for
many years the great aim of the
trustees administering the will of
George Peabody, who in 1867 gave
IS,500,000 to the cause of public edu?
cation in tue South. Next in order
the Peabody undertook to foster nor?
mal schools in the 14 Southern
States. The great work accomplished
In South Carolina by the Winthrop
training school, now Winthrop Col?
lege, has been liberally supporte d by
this board, and the recent endowment
of $1,000,000 set aside for the G?orge
Peabody College for Teachers at
Nashville forcibly emphasizes the
purpose and practice which the trus?
tees have consistently followed.
The latest experiment Introduced
by Dr. Wyckllffe Rose, agent of the
Peabody board, Is a direct effort to
Improve school conditions in remote
country districts. This work has
proved so successful in Virginia and
North Carolina that the board has
deemed It wise to introduce it also
into South Carolina. A trained school
man w'Jl be associated directly with
the State department of education,
and will devote all his time and ener?
gy to the rural schools of the State.
The man selected for the work is
well known to the profession In ev?
ery county. Coming to South Caro?
lina upon the invitation of Julian Mit?
chell, at that time chairman of the
board of commissioners of the city
schools of Charleston. Prf. T?te is
throughly identified with the educa?
tional Interests and development of
South Carolina. His work in the Mem
mlnger high school, In several State
summer schools, and on the State
board of education Is well known and
fully appreciated throughout the
State.
He is the retiring president of the
State Teachers' Association aid at
the recent meeting in Columbia made
a forcible presentation of the con?
nection between education and good
citizenship.
When first approached with the of?
fer of the position as State supervisor
of elementary rural schools, he made
this characteristic reply, "A man with
frontier blood In his veins is irresist?
ibly sttracted by the difficulties and
manifold opportunities of this new
work." Prof. T?te will do lecture
work In the university and perhaps
at Winthrop College. It is probable
that the trustees of the unlve: slty will
make him professor of elementary
education thus giving the students in
the pedagogical department the ben?
efit of his ability and experleni* in
their preparation for act've duty In
the school room. The girls a; Win?
throp will also be afforded a, like op?
portunity to hear Prof. Tate's lectures,
If his duties in the country schools
do r.ot require all of his time.
Ihe thanks of the educational de?
partment are directly due to Dr. Rose
and Gov. Ansel for securing from the
Peabfdy board an appropriation of
$2,700 for this work, and to Dr. S.
C Mltebeh for his assistance In se?
curing $1,000 additional from the
Southern educational board. These
appropriations will enable the State
supervisor of elementary rural
schools to visit any community with?
out imposing any expense whatever
upon trustees, teachers, or superin?
tendents. His work Is intended to
reach communities unable to secure
skilled supervision and suggestions
In school improvement. Prof. T?te
will enter actively upon his new work
during the coming summer and is to
be the right arm of the State depart?
ment of education.?The State.
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entire system, LaGrlppe OOUgl that
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we *:iv<- you better service Gradu?
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Phont: 333. - - No. 6 S. Mdin St.
POLITICAL POT IS BUBBLING.
NEWS AND GOSSIP ABOUT TIDE
CAMPAIGN THIS SUMMER.
Whiskey Question, Will, as Usual,
Play an Iiiipx)rtant Part In the
Gubernatorial Race, it Is Expected
?New House and a Half New Sen
ute Will Constitute the Next Legis?
lature.
Columbia, Feb. 7.?In the closing
days of the General Assembly the po?
litical pot bubbles a little more than
ever. As the summer time draweth
nearer and nearer those whose eyes
are centred upon Gubernatorial hon?
ors are watching the turn of political
events, and are framing their plat?
forms and basing their hopes there?
on.
i
If there Is one man in South Caro?
lina who can tell today with any de?
gree of certainty who the next gov?
ernor of the State will be, he de?
serves to be ranked with the prophets
of old. Even more so than In the
days when there were grave political
Issues before the people, Is the task
of "picking the winner" difficult.
It must always have something of
whiskey In It, this South Carolina
platform. For generations this ques?
tion has vexed South Carolinians.
Yet fresh in the minds of politicians
and others Is the State dispensary
fight, then the establishment of the
county dispensary system after "he
old State dispensary had passed away.
Then came this new wave?prohibi?
tion. Although no governor has gone
into office upon the billows of that
heavy sea?It so appears to be?It
has been a platform more than once.
And again it will be.
During the approaching campaign,
In so far as whiskey and alleged ab
r.tenance from It are concerned, there
will be three platforms supporting
candidates as follows, as the situa?
tion appears today:
1. A prohibition candidate.
2. A local option candidate.
3. A high license candidate.
Just at this stage of the game those
whose caps will fit the above bid fair
to be: C. C. Featherstone, prohibition
candidate (announced) R. I. Man?
ning, local option; T. G. McLeod, high
license.
In addition to these three upon spe?
cific platforms, Cole L. Blease, of
Newberry, will be In the race with
his usual vigor. F. H. Hyatt, of Co?
lumbia, has also been mentioned by
his friends for the race. However,
only two men have come out official?
ly and they are: Cole Blease and C.
C. Featherstone. John G. Richards,
of Kershaw, has also been urged to
run, but so far there has been no
definite announcement from him as
to whether or not he wuld be in the
race. J. Fr?ser Lyon, attorney gen?
eral, had pressure brought to bear
that he run, but It Is stated by his
friends that he will not be in the
ringe?
In this Interesting line-up of pos?
sibilities for the Gubernatorial battle
there ought to be some developments
of more than usual import. The prob?
ability of the withdrawal of at least
one of the above named candidates,
if not two or three, will only add to
the stiffness of the conflict In the
summer days when the running will
be the hardest.
From the county papers come va?
ried opinions as to the race. And it
is in the county papers that very of?
ten can be found the so called "voice
of the people."
The Times and Democrat of Or?
angeburg says:
"The race for governor this year
will be between Featherstone and
Manning. The latter will win, be?
cause the prohibition wave Is subsid?
ing. Featherstone has waited too
long. He could have beaten Gover?
nor Ansel In the last election when
the people were wild on prohibition,
but they have cooled off now and will
vote for Mr. Manning. Paste this in
your hat, and see how near we have
come to guessing the next governor's
name."
The above Is just one of the many
expressions that have been made on
the poltlcal situation. Some of the
county papers are supporting the pro?
hibition candidate, and some of them
are noncommittal, and others, while
supporting no particular candidate,
are advocating a business adminis?
tration.? News and Courier.
* \ n attack of th. grip Is often fol?
lowed I \' a persistent cough, which
*. many proves a irroat annoyance.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has
1 sen extensively used and with coo,]
success for the relief and cure of this
cough. Many cases have been cured
after ??n other remedies had failed.
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Hereditary tendencies .".re danger?
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out loo fast. Brooklyn ESagle,
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?When Editor J. P. Sossman, of
Cornellous, S. <'.. brlused his leg bad?
ly, it started an Ugly sore. Many
salves and ointments proved worth?
less. Then Buokien'i arnica Salve
h< aled it thoroughly. Nothing is so
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Burns, bruises. Cute, Dorna Bores,
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XC MORE QUICK LUNCH SIRENS.
Plain Girls Have The Call In
Chicago Restaurants.
Chicago, Feb. 8.?"No pretty girls
need apply."
This is the determination the
managers of the quick-lunch restau?
rants have reached in considering the
problem of engaging waitresses.
They admit it only in the depth of
their own Inner consciousness or un?
der pledge of inviolable secrecy, for
to announce it openly might cause a
strike and a riot compared with
which the labor disputes that in the
past have raged in the stockyards
would look like child's play. No girl
would consent to remain at work
if it was known that her homeliness
had been her passport to the posi?
tion, and hardy and rugged as the
race of quick-lunch restaurant mana?
gers may be, none would dare face
his waitresses after announcing such
a business platform. But the fact
remains the day of the pretty wait?
ress is over in this city.
The managers have come to the
conclusion that the pretty waitress,
once considered a drawing card, is
really a detriment to the place in
which she is employed. It is hard
on the pretty girls, for the rep.l fault
lies not with them, but with the
men who like to bask in their smiles.
But the logic of the situation, as
argued out by the1 managers, is un?
answerable. Men come to a quick
lunch restaurant to eat quickly. If
they are served by a pretty waitress,
experience shows, they spend prec?
ious minutes in "jollying" her that
ought to be devoted exclusively to
sinkers and pie. The result is that
the quick-lunch becomes slow, the
service generally becomes dilatory
and poor, and customers take them?
selves out of the way of temptation
to waste their time by going to some
other place where the waitresses are
merely waitresses and not sirens as
well.
"Our patrons prefer the plain girl"
said one proprietor, "though they
may not know it. They come here
to eat, and our reputation is built on
quick service. All the 'please-glve
me-some-angel-food' foolishness Is
done away with when the plain girl
comes to serve them. Patrons will
simply say 'Gimme a bowl of half
and half and an order of pigs' feet
and onions,' and the plain girl ans?
wers 'Yes sir,' and away she goes.
We will serve twice as many custo?
mers, and they will be better s.?t!;
?led In the end"
How Germany Manages Her State
Railways.
The State railway systems of Ger?
many are managed upon two general
principles. First, they are to serve
the general Interests of domestic and
external trade, and second, they are
it thow a satisfactory profit. The
Prussian railway administration in
1908 lowered its regurhr freight tariffs
for 64 per cent, of the traffic, in or?
der to serve the exigencies of trade,
especially export trade, during a pe?
riod of commercial d presslon. The
government Is in a position in Ger?
many to influence the whole machin?
ery of trade and transportation as no
other government in the world con
do, and this fact must be taken into
account when other peoples think of
competing on equal terms with the
Germans in the far East or in South
America.
The administration of the railways,
telegraphs, telephones, mines, and
the public doma'ns by the State {s
possible only through trained civil
servants. The efficiency of State
managed mines and factories in com?
petition with privately owned enter?
prises in Germany comes from the
character of the bureaucracy. This
permanent civil service is one of the
greatest glories of Germany, and one
of the most powerful of reasons up?
holding the monarchical principle in <i
semi-autocratic form in Germany. The
Prussian bureacracy, the model of
the other German States, is the crea?
tion of the Hohenzollern family dur?
ing three centuries. It had been de?
veloped and improved under all the
etllclent sovereigns of the Hohenzol?
lern line, such as the Great Elector
and Frederick the Great, and it has
been a principle of the private policy
of the Hohenzollern family to rule
through a body of civil servants,
whose place in the State is as honor?
able as that of the army, or perhaps
it would be more just to say as rank?
ing next to the army. The non-par
tlsan administrative body, with its
own disciplinary courts for cutting
out of the public service any member
who uses his official position to fav?
or a private interest, either his own
or thai of another, has kept the civil
service up to b code of honor thai
can be compared In the United States
only to the codes regulating the
army and the navy.?From "Mon?
archical. Socialism in Germany" by
Elmer Roberts In the January Scrlb
lief.
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and aMays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep*
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