Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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' " " <1 ' ' ?^flSij?u>w a. OAirriS > i fWM rr-irtg**' Jli fil rmwrtiw ^fffi dNt& n>?c?j>s:s:?xc-.^ .. ., f<MCWAn> liiuaak ? . \ , ^ WTgWwW.)WM^ 1 "":. AvkT'.A ** * ETA . T?">s" ?". ' A U a U S T 2, 1 _____ . Dispensary Election. Must l?o Conducted a* Arc Gen- | ernl Flections. -Opinion Hy Xttorncy General Of (iieat Interest to All Counties in tlio Stato. Columbia Record. A'torney General Gunter has received several coin muni cations from individuals and county officials us to his interpretation of several phases of the Iirieo law, Mr. W. F. Clayton, of Florcneo, in a loiter, amongst other things, expresses the opinion that tho ' stale cannot ho held responsible for managers' pay and other oxpen ses o. election on Ilia dispensary question under tho 15rice law, nor (1 vs he believe tho counties can nc called upon to pay them. Me asUs what is the law on the subjoe1, or how the attorney general construes it. Mr Mentor, at the outest, says that he is not umniudful of the fact that ihe constitutionality of the law is before tho supreme court, and if only one county were affected lie would not ats tempt to anticipate the court, but as every other county has tho right to invoke the law at once ho does not deem it impertinent to give tho benefit of bis views to ftdminisiativo officers. Quoting the law, he says it is evident that the only way dispen? . J earies can ho voted in or voted out is through special elections, and tli > question is does the law provide for other special elect ons nnd how they shall he conducted. Section 205 of civil coda 1002 provides for general and special elections according to rules prescribed The provisions for npe vim ri xiniiM ciru IOUTKI III Cnnpier X of the s mo code. The elections most ho hel 1 4'pursmint to tlio constitution," hence, they must ho governed l>y our general olcctiiui Isiv. From an exuminution of various nnthvirities, text hooks and decisions, Mr. Gun tor concludes that where the machinery for special elections is not specifically provided for recourse niUjt ho had to tho goncral election law. Therefore, a supervisor ordering an election under the Brico Ir.w should direct tho ranic to tho commissioners of election! under tho Bricc law shonld direct tho same to tho commissioners of; election; that requirements as to sizo of ballots, timo of opening and closing polls, eligibility of voters and all other requirements of general election law must he complied with. It follows that expenses must ho paid as in a general election. If no funds are available that is a matter for legislative consideration This opinion is cn answer not only to Mr. Clayton, hut to tho supervisors of Union and New-> berry counties and tho Hon. J. S. Brico, of York. m ^ MO FALSE CLAIMS. Tho proprietors o f Foley's Honey and Tar do not advertise this as a "sure euro for consumption." They do not claim it will euro this dread complaint in advanced cases, but do positively assert that it will euro in the earlier stages and never fails to give comfort and relief in tho worst cases. Foley's Honey and Tar is without doubt the greatest throat and lung remedy. Refuse substitutes. Sold by Funderburk pharmacy. r, \. z -V N ;-Sv . Youth Eo tea By A Shark, j Sutton DnvD 10 \ curs Old, Oillied Away hy a large Shark While he A'aa wading in Wutor at the Davis Shore. Special to Too Observer. Beaufort, July 30. ?A most h urible and shocking occurrence took ])laec at Davis, Shore, about ten miles oast of lleaufort, \estorduy afternoon, when Sutton Davis, a 1 (3-year-old lad, while wading and playing in thu Walor, was suddenly attacked and oaten by u very largo shark. } ciing Davis was in the water about waist deep when suddenly a shnrtapproached him, throw dm in the r?ir, caught him as he strue'i the water, pulled him under and disappeared in the (hop wat r with tho boy. Thorough search has been made, but no j>urliclo of his body has been found. Those that were with the boy wore terribly frightened, and could not help him. The occurrence has thrown u fceiing of horror over our town. Tho citizens una the guests of the community, particularly tho children, have enjoyed tho tine dives and invigorating swimming matches which they daily participate in. A large number of sharks have been noticed in the waters here for two weeks, tint, no one felt much anxiety on account of tho presence of the terrible monitors. A largb quantity of fat-backs have been caught tins month and a quantity of refuse matter has been thrown back in the \va tor from the factories, and sharks huva c one in to feast on it. It is the lirst time a person has been molested by a shark in those waters in nearly 50 years. -W// ? A UKIM TRAGEDY is daily enacted, in thousands of homes, as Death claims, in each one, another victim of Consumption or Pneumonia. l>ut when Coughs and Colds are prop eily treated, the tragedy i* averted. F. G. ITuntloy, of Oakhmdon, [ltd , wiite.it "My wife had the consumption, and three doctor, gave her up. Finally she tooUDr, King's N? w Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Coldse which cured Iter, and to-day she is well and strong." D kills tho (TOMm: f\ f ? II i \ '"? ^v. in i W4 ii? v/111; li I ID. relieves Gunruntccd ut 50o und kifL.OO by Crawford Bros., ?J. FMnckey & Co. Fundorbutk Bluir. maey, druggists. Trial bottle freo. -- ?? Bishop Hargrove in Dying #Condition. Nashville, Tcnn., July 30.? Bishop 11. K. Hargrove, of' the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, is reported in a dying condition at his home here. Infirmities of old age caused the bishop to resign the presidency of Vnnderbilt University Board of trust this spring. 1 When it comes to making a swift touch tl)0 gl>?<l hand is very much in evidence. Some physicians would doubtless starve to death if their patients didn't carry life insurance, An average man would soon attain pctfcction if he followed tho advice he ban Is out to his neighbors. Sound kidneys are safeguards of life. Make tho kidneys healthy with Foley's Kidney Cure. Sold by Fnndcrhurk Pharmacy. l'ay your subscription. , * * t , ' .4 . I -* A Brave Drummer Boy. Union Officer Socks Informntior Concerning a S'outk Carolina Soldier. Special to The State. Chester, July "S.?V.x-Scnatoi J S McDaDicl of tliis county, whe was lieutenant i'i the Sixth South Carolina regiment of infantry during the War Detween tin Sections, lias been for a year or mole in corrcspondoucc with Capt Georgo C Smith of the Eighty-liist New York regiment whose home is n w in Middletown, "N. Y. In n recent letter Capt Smith wiiies as follows "On the 24th of June, 1&64, I In good's division charged us ii front of Petersbuig and ihcy mol with cpiitc a loss. I can neve; forget that alter 110011. Anion*; the prisoners was a mere boy, a drummer of some South Caro lina regiment. lie h id follower his officers through a terrible charge. 1 was on the front work: and tiring had ceased. I stooc on the works and this brave 1 ittl< fellow n?n up to inc. I stoopec down and raised him over tlu Works. I said: "Vou little rat why diil you come over in sucli a shower of bullets.'1 tie said Lnuiteuunt, L always go when my company docs,' und he rai down the traverse with his officer: and yet had his drumsticks in hi: hand. I have often thought . would like much to know who tin brave little fellow was. Yot know how things tiro in such ; time and I could not ask ijtics lions. It seems to mo now t'iu his regiment was the Nineteentl oi Twenty-first South Carolina.' If that brave little fellow is stil alive or any of It's comrades o llagoods troops recall this inci dent and the nam", Capt Georgi C Smith of Middletown, N. Y. will be pleased to have iriforraa Hon on the subject, SPOILED HER BEAU IYHarriet Howard, of 201) W. Dill St,. New York, at ono time hai her beauty spoiled with slur trouble. Sbo writes: 4,I hud Sail Rheum or Eczema for years, bui nothing would euro it, until 1 nse< Bucklen's Arnica Sulre." A quiet and sure healer for cuts, burnt and sores. 25c at Crawford Bros .J. F. Mackcy & Co's, ant Ftinderburk Pharmacy, <1 r u t 8tore. - acrp *r> ten*. Mothov and Child Killed h > Lightning. The State, July OOtli. When Taylor Gilliam, colored 1 c. . .... ruiurncu jrom rue eity to his hour on the Winnsboro road at a lat hour la^t night 1 e found tho bodie of his wife and child lying dead ii tho yard. A glance around show ed that they had been killed by stroke of lightning which fiii' struck a tree near the house nn< passed along a wiio suspends from the treo to the house am set fire to tho building. It l supposed that the woman \va standing in the yard near tho wir with tho baby in her arms am that tho deadly current in its pa? sago along the wire leaped from i and struck tbemdown. -^ ' ? fuarntho ^ .ho Kind YouUavsAtvray* *?-r When a politician says he ha nothing to say it's a safe Wot tha ho is loaded t> the muzzle will information. t The Rights of a Preacher. i lJev Mr ('? T 11 ttmoii Takes Issue With Senator Latimor as to Political Ivights of a M i n inter. r i'o the Editor of The State. > Tlio report of the debate on the i liquor traffic at the Greenville district co'.f renoo made by the ' Helton correspondent of tho An- , derson D .i'v Mai! and copied in i - your isauo i f ,Iuly 21, was dc! icidtdly Latinurian and somewhat > ! partisan. It must ho nppnient to the majority of those who were present a' the deba e tlint the re: port was by uo mcms impartial, " and must li-ivo hecn made solely 1 for the pn-pose of stating and defending Mr Hatimev's pi?6ition. We cl dm that the discussion of r ' the liquor tr tlie with all of its attendant evil , it being a ereat j moral questi n, is perfectly legitimate and pr >por in a district conference, especially so when j the discussion is precipitated by tfvUnitcd States senator,a member j of the eliui Mi and uprohibitionist, in defense -f what has proven to j bo one of the worst forms of that ratiic. ftii L<atliner claimed thatlie only wnntod to enter a protest against be'.^g read out of tuo ^ church simply because ho believed the dispensary Iho best snlulionof tbo liquor problem. In the first j place no one knew Mr Latimer's sentiment j on tho que: lion. In ^ tho second place, no one was ^ reading Mr. Latimer nor any one else out of tho church.? ^ Mr 1'lucknian said there were i only two men i 1 his church that , favored tho dispensary and they j were g ing to move away. Some j. one said: "And you aro glad?'' Mr Ilonrv said only two men voted to retain the dispensary in a small town in his chaigo and ho did not know who they were. Some ono said: "And you don't i want to know." 1 don't think J either Mr-Blackman or Mr Henry , made any reply. This is what 1 Mr Latimer calls being read out 1 of the church, and against which 1 he entered such a vigorous proj test. If Mr Latimer had entered his * protest niid said no more no one j would have replied further than y to enter a .disclaimer. Bdt, unfortunately he did not slop there. He made a spirited and passionate i defense of the dispensary as being the best solution of tho liquor (problem. lie solemnly warned the preachers Against entering , politics and against bringing poli0 tics into the church. I Io thrcate ened them with Mr Gonzales and 3 his high liccnso policy and with n tho opposition of Senator B R - Tillman. Ono would have tnought a that Mr Latin.er was much more i afraid that wo would voto tho tlis-1 1 pensnry out of South Corolina 1 than that wo would road him out 1 of tho church. And his fears are ? not altogether groundless. It so happened that it foil to ( the lot of this scribe to reply to ^ Mr Larimer. Tho Bclton correspondent said that Mr Harmon ? 1 "lambasted" tho dispensary. I certainly did enter a protest against the disprnsary and every t other form of tbo liquor traffic. I endeavored to show that tiio Al' mighty God whom wo servo pros hibits cvil^of every kind and that t Hi4 children must take and unali lei ably maintain the same atlitudo toward it. The liquor traffic in all i'.e fcnna, the distillery, ti;e blind tig1'", the open saloon a> d the dispensary, is fi gijjantic evil and only evil conlimud!y, a prolific sonrco of ctimo and coii'uption and that therefore tho Christian people if they are true to their God and to their high calling tnust stand for prohihition first, last and all tho time. This, too, is not, altogether a political qucslion; hut i^ even it. were, the Christian people and even the preachers are ciliz ns cf tho commonwealth und have tho right to discuss political questions. Hut it is nl^o ft groat moral question, and may, therefore, he legitimate ly discussed in the pulpit and inthc councils of the. church. The right of franchise corrus with it a grave moral as well m political responsibility. It is, therefore, the duty of the preacher to instruct the pcoplo in the right moral duty of tho ballot as it is the duty of tho politician to instruct them in tho light political use of it. Just here is where the preacher and tho politician sometime?. come into conflict with each other, and when they do Mr Latimer wants tho preacher to ....... it.- l: :_: ? 1 >v ;\y iw iii?j [miiuuiaii, mui SO he solemnly warns him to keep out of polities. 1 do desire to put Mr Latimer and every other politician in South Carolina on notice here and now that we are not going to give way, for we regard tho moral aspect ol the right of franchiso and of every political question graver and more important Man the p litica aspect. It is tho duty of the preacher to teach the people ho .v to tvo religious at the polls as well as in tho home, how to be religious iu tho right use of the ballot a5 in the right uso of the sacrament. One trouble with our com nionwealth today is that lh< preacher has yielded too much tc the politician and the p--oplo have heeded the politician more thai they havo tho preacher. Tiio Ihlton correspondent, said that Mr. Harmon wont on to sa> lie nroferrcd the blind tiger to tin two-cycd (open-eyed is what hi said) tiger in tho shape of the din pensary. I rciterato that state ment. for 1 would rather havo th< liquor trallic outlawed than tr have il fostered, protected and rui by tho State. I am as unaltcra bly opposed to my State going into tho liquor traffic as I an opposed to going into it myself fori regard myse'f a part of nv State, and my State has no righ to drag me into any kind of bus iness that is morally wrong. The rcpotor also said that Bis hop Duncan said: 'Who ilraggei this disoensary question in hen anyhow'' The picachcrs took tin hint and the dispensary was no mentioned again." The insinua to -i o il* of 1 1\h rii'ai oKai'O ii'aiw VlWii if uri UUH II1U |'l V ilV^lJV/1 O U afraid of Bishop Duncan. In th first placo pronchora have no rca son to bo afiaid of Bishop Dun can; and, in the second place, a a matter of fact, theyaro no nior afraid of a Methodist bishop tha thoy are of a Uitod States senator The consensus of opinion was tha enough had been said on tho sul ject and we would let tho matte drop. Upon this Mr. Latimer ir sislod more strongly than any on else. Nobody blamed him, for i was evident to all that ho had no only been worsted in tho discus sion but was woefully in the mi nority. G. L\ Harmon. Greer, S. O,. July 20, 19o5. 1 Shut off From World. No One Can T.cavo ( i* Knler New Orleans. ? Hospitals Full of Fever Patients. New Orleans, July 28.?Governor Blatichard has returned to Baton Itougc, the slate capital, and will hold himself in readiness to perfect a stale organization to combat yellow fever and mosquitoes at the suggestion of the State board of health and New Orleans city board of health. Beginning at 9 o'clock all of the sixteen ward organizations in the city began a consolidated organized movement with Dr Warner sup in iirrnucin. .Atxnit 300 inspectors have been organized into 11 compact service. Tlio yellow fever hospital is now filled with patients, and additions to it are being made to it ns necessity demands. The city is now strictly quarantined from the outside world niul no one can even go to a neighboring town and return. ! HRON'Ciims FOR TWT.NTV YEARS. 1 Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville, 111., writes: "I had biont chit is for twenty years and never got rcliof until 1 used Foley's Iloney ami Tar which is a sure cure ' Sold It y Fundcrburk j Pharmacy. A1 o C O Floyd, lver, shaw. f Hotice to Debtors and Cred itors of i. A. Miller, Dee'd. Ail persons liavii;.,* claims against I Hie oslatu of John A Miller, deceased, will present tlicm properly proven to (I undersigned for puym at; and all pr is M.'S indebted to said estate will make immediate payment of the same I to li. C. nazenby, July G? <i.v* Administrator, Notice to Debtors and Creditors of B. F. Miller. Deceased. All persons having ehrms against ? thee tatnof li. F, Miller. d<v< used, will i 1; 1 s' r 11 thmit properly proven to ; tlio undersigned for payment; and all i persons indebted to said estate will make immediate payment of the same to Jj. O. Eazenby, July O-liw Admlnistratoi. ; Notice of Discharge., 5 Notice is hereby given that on the 20th day of August, 1005, the undersigned as Administratrix of tho estate of Jerrc M. Knight deceased, will uiako her ' final rclutn and settlement, and 1 make application to tho Probate . Court of Lancaster county, S. C., r for u final discharge as such Ad' ministtutrix. Laura J. Knight, ? Administratrix. { Dated July 20lb, 1005. State of South Carolina. COUNTY or LANCASTER, | RY J Id Slewmao, Ids<i, Probate Judge 3 WHEREAS, Ij c r.auenby made suit to me, to grant him letters of ad y ministration of the estate of and ef t facts of Emnvi A Miller, T11 ES Id A 11 Id T11 Id llF. Ff IIIF. m ' cite ami uomonish nil and singular the kindred and creditors of said Emma A Miller deceased, that they be and up e pea: before me, in the Court of Pro bute, to be held at Lancaster. 8 C on " Saturday, July 28th next after pub. licalion thereof, at 11 o'clock in the /brenoon, to show cause, ir any they s have, wiry said administration should not be granted, Given under my Hand this loth day n or July Anno Domini, 1D??"> J K Htewma i, Probate Judge Go to the ,r. LANCASTER MARBLE o ? * s. GRANITE WORKS, i, For Gooil Work uiul Lov* Prices " A. .L iflcNineh. LANCASTER, S. C ' . V A. M