The evening Republican., 1902-05-09

k1S dppotIS W CuJoS thS ''SAA' hoN |
withstanding his years and intends
10 keep it up until he Signs his name
with z. S. S. at the end Of it.
How is he or any other Republican
going to win out in this state at the
coming election, if the party is split |
IN two factions and each faction
puts ticket in the field. Does he |
or any other sane man think that |
either the Union Or Regular Repu b.
ticans can win with united Demo |
cratic party to fight at the polls.
It is all right to be sanguine and
bay what you intend to do, hut there
Ia many slip twixt the cup and the
lip.
IL we mistake not the continued
fight and agitation which is still be
Ing continued between the members
of the combine and anti-cOmhine
Grenlen bOdeA no good for pm vol
nnteer fire department. This Is one
of the best volunteer bodies of fire
men to be found anywhere, but the
contention is having a bad effect on
the people The proper way t"r the
chief and his two assistants to b"
appointed, is for each company to
elect the heads of the departments
Then each company in turn would
have representative III this impor-
tapt branch of the department.
All petty jeaiouSeS would then he
thing of the past AID Il better feel
Ing would exist among the members
Of the nine companies. Get toSettl-
er boys, and keep our volunteer fire
department intact.
THE Levy Court Is rs busy as ever
wrestling with the bill Of the Arrow
smith Co.. for electric work done on
the Court House aud the Third
street bridge. amounting to some
five thousand dollars The Levy
Court considered the bill excessive
and employed an expert to go over
the work and compute it. The eN-
pert has finished his examination
and reported that he could not find
all the wiring called for III the bill
The Arrowsmth Company on the
other hand. contend that their
charges wera not excessive anl no
more than any oth"r first class firm
would charge tor the labor atld ma
terial furuished The hill Is Il leg
acy Of the ofl Levy Court, 1t re-
mains to he seen if they will find Il
n9sro in the wood pile,
ACcoRDING to the report OF the
Secretary Of the Board nf Trlstsc~
of the Poor, the farm was noJ a bl@
financial end Of that hp.iy. There wa
raised on the farm IN 1909 lut 1891,
6 2Ot. 70 worth of proitl-a and it
cost Just exactly that ,tNIuunt to pay
the expenses Of managing he farm,
While il did not ran the county m
debt it did not return any Interest
on the labor and rlatrrl9I. From
the above farmiHg hardly pays tht
county, uuic~s it i.-"nn,turt"d differ
ent from the way Mr.. Parker figures
il out in his accounts. ihA proper.
ty was handled better II han ever hr
fore by man VIII" th"ruu@hly IN
derstood farming aul bow 10 MAKE
it pay it possible. The uar ,iur
might well he asked will il SIN uni,
pay expenses. b" an eNltu>,.or GlF'
u smal profit
SENATOR TluIlN. of South tal
Olina is not uHIy picturesque. hH1
demagugue tie says rhimga III III
Senate Vhanlher that 10 ScusIhi
man would say. He j, a lire cate
and plays for the galleries. Eve
his party associates are ashamed ,
g.. Iim. His sensational vaporlngs j
the Senate on Wednesday IN I'll
Philippine bill might suit he edit,
of the Every Evening. WHO h;
gone Philippine crazy.
ENGLAND insists that the BUrgl
Prs must he rulpniSts. From tn
we infer that the war of rNtrrinln'
ton is to 60 on England is payln
lpretty price for what
THE New York sun can find 10
of missionary work right at aem
Delawareaus can attend to their oN
political fight and any other tb
might arise even among the tlsht
men.
WILL not somebody soon find Il
murderer Of Mrs, Collins: III
thing is getting beyond even Il
Philadelphia and Delaware dete
lives. Perhaps "a big reward won
result in running down the fiend.
BILL PARSONS sums up tn" pr,
lem with true wit The people f'
the bill electric light but this til
It must be gas That is what t
bids advertised call for-gas.
LEW Morrow appears to be q
Of the most popular men i'll the G
according to Life. His picture
~, II t.a.arflu