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fV I IJta^ JSnvq/mpwr: iW>rflb? /Vcxscdrs ^G^?\&&asJ* 4hriMfc A^iA'nAnMbHMrai^ \ ^ V ag?asgaatt - ? ? ' ? . '/ ' - ?? _ ?, K-muw?KKLV L a ; ? : i:. s. <)? - A I a u 8 r ;>. 1005 Prohibition in Maine. President Lillian N. M. Stevens, N. \V. C. T. I'., Writos About it?Not u Failure. To tho lOdilor of I bo Statu: Tho conditi >ns of affairs in South Carolina rolativo to the liquor problem, togother wilh the often heard remark. "Prohibition docs not prohibit in Maine," led me to write the president of tlio National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, whoso homo is in Portland, for facts concerning the success of tho Maine law in suppressing tho sale of liquor in that State. Tho article which follows is her reply. Br ewers1 and Wholesale Liquor Dealers' President of of the South Carolina \V. C. T. U. have seen articles in papers saying thai prohibition in Maine is a failure. Men have come to our State who talk this way, and if this statement is untrue I want some word of refutation straight from tllf> llllllbrrrnlind " 1 nurOrt * these words from a letter received lately from a South Carolina friend. The question is similar to hundreds that come to me in the course of a few months. Undoubtedly there are papers in every State that muko statements like the one referred to. The "YVine and Spirit News," the "Criterion," "Bonfort's Ciicular" and every other liquor paper that is published make such statements. "Toe Liheral," a comparatively new paper, which is the official organ of the Brewoj's and Wholesale L'quor Dealers' as* sociation of Oregon, in common with nil the other liquor papers, til Is its advertising columns with i: ? ? t ? - ... iiijuur aa vcrusementp, and da rending columns it devotes largely tojthe condemnation of prohibition, Usially iba value placed upon a statement depends upon the roliut)ility of its source. Thore are, to bo sure, papers that publish articles tending to show that pro* hibition does not prohibit; that it. tends to increase drunkards, to make hypocrites of men, etc We aro told that ir some instances the publication of those articles is paid for by the liquor fraternity. The liquor drinkers, the liquor sympathizers all despise prohibition, and declare it is a failure. Maine prohibition has not failed to stop the manufacture of nlcoholic liquor within iho Slate. It has not failed to reduce the s-do of liquor to such an extent that it is regarded by the liquor trade as the most pernicious law ever enacted. It has not railed to recoivo a largo majority (three to one) m irs favor or wherever submitted to the voters of Maine. It has not failed to receive the support and appronation of the best elements in Maine. It has not failed to roceive the condemnation and hatred of the criminal classes and their sympathisers. It hus not failed to receive the endorsement of the largest daily papers of the State. It has not failed to receive the endorsement of the leading statesmen of Maine. It did not fail to elect the present governor of the State by a majority of 26,800, a larger number than one-half of the entire votes cast for the candidates who Btood on the license platform. ^:v It does rot ftiil t?> be enforced' throughout the Statu at the p:csent time, and this enforcement i* ,, . . ^P1 Iikoly to eontmue even in thos^ localities where tlio slier ill attempts to'he wiser and more powerful than the constitutional law, ' ( for the enforcement coinnnssioni. ers appointed by tho governor have power over the ahnvo un- ^>U faithful officials. um We'admit that it has failed to ,'u exterminate the liquor traffic in ^Ci Maine. No law exterminates the vt! evil against which it is aimed. ( s Well disposed but illogical people l| sometimes compare conditions in Maine as they now exist with 0<* what they would ho if the liquor rtn' traffic vero exterminated, instead u '' of comparing tlic conditions with 1,11 what they might l?e under any ,m< form ofliceise. Such failures to ^ fail as I have nam id are not like- wt; ly to lead vory speedily to the ^ r overthrow of the "Maine law." aP' Wo are nil the more confident vS I' that there will bo no failure to hold and uphold prohibition because of tho mingling of the gospel with the law. The attitude of . the churches in Maine, especially ^ as represented by their pisto'a ^ and by their convention and conference declarations, is over- ' whelmingly on the side of prohibition. A'ould there might come into every community every whore that evungtdizing power which ^ would cast out that which is impure and unholy. Real eonso. ... , wh oration, which is true love to Christ, always opens the heart and fills it with a desire to help the poor, tho weak, and the tinfortunate. Such consecration must inevitably lead to an interest in all laws which tend to bene tit mankind, and especially th?>-?o W'1 laws which are plainly in harmony Iiai with divine law. The W. C. T. *'? U. everywhere should work and rer pray for a revival, a regeneration tei and baptism, such as wouldjiot cm alone inspire our hearts and 1 quicken our zeal, but lead to tho dei cleansing of civic conditions as th< they exist today in mail)' a so- grs called Christian community. catMrs. Lil'ian M. N. Stevens, boi , President of the National Woman's n<>i Christian Temperance Union. the Portland, Maine, July 1, 1905. cn Closing Hotel Dispensaries. so* Ca In accordance with a determine- ti n tion of the hoard of dispensary i?s directors, the dispensaries in the Sh hotels Argyle, St. John's and Ca Charleston, in Charleston, will fot soon b e closed. These have he "tourist" hotel privileges and it wii is presumed they are to ho re- We stricted to the tourist season. De The order does not affect hotels ret on the Isle of Palms, which have ter summer privileges.?Columbia tin Record. bo A (HUM TRAGEDY ^ is daily enacted, in thousands of hnmnH as Dnnfli minima in one, another victim of Consump- fn tion or Pneumonia. Hut when 10 Coughs and Colds arc prop eily treated, tho tragedy is avert- wi ed. F. G. Huntley, of Oakiandon, ar] Ind , writes: "My wifo had the j consumption, and three doctor, gave her tip. Finally she tookD r, nu King's New Discovery for Con- no sumption, Coughs and Coldse which cured her, and to-day she is well and strong." It lulls tho ter germs of all diseases. One dos. relieves Guaranteed nt 50c end . $L.OO by Crawford Bros., .1. F- 18 Mackoy ?fc Co. Fundorburk l'hnr. wc macy, druggists. Trial bottle free. No ^ ? News 0? The State. I cciuls to The State. 100 Gallons of beer uti i nil the Out lit Captured. Jrecnvillo, Aug. 2.?Deputy i Hector K. A. Aiken, accntnlied by Constables II. Ij. Hell 1 (*. Ij Cooloy, returned from upper section of the county terday afternoon, whore a y largo illicit distillery was covered and destroyed near, ghlnnd postollico. \ i he outfit was cleverly conceal- J in a ravine by a brush arbor, 1 had been in operation a short iIe before the discovery was ido. The still was almost now .1 had a opacity ot 120 gallons, ire than 1,000 gallons of beer re destroyed, together with the mentors and all the other pnrlernali.t used by the inoonnor. Only Two Acquitted. Laurens, Aug. 2?Tho fummer m of tho court of genoral sossis was adjourned yesterday and lay cases in oqu'ry are lining ird. An unusually heavy docket was posed of and it is a fact of ich comment that out of the 18 20 ens ?s tried only two got otf :li an acquittal. Ton negroes re tried on the charge of muiv r. Two of these wero convfelwitli a mercy recommendation iilo the rest were given verdicts manslaughter. lor Nineleon Years Calio Sur? rendered. Greenville, August 2. ? Will lie, a middle aged white man, o killed another white man neil Plumley in the upper fecn of this county in 1SS6, sur idered to Sheriff Gilrcath ye day and was lodged in the uity jail. Cabo was indicted for the niur.. i of Plumley immediately after ) crime was committed, but tho indjury found "no hill" in his io when presented before that dy and Aip till a few weeks ago tiling more had been said about ) connection of Cube with the inc. There seems to have arisen no talk in the neighborhood of tie's homo recontly about the gedy and another warrant was nod and placod in the hands of eriff Gilroath for his at rest, be has been in North Carolina some time ami ho refused to brought back to this county tbont requisition papers, which re secured by Sheriff Gilroath. jmty Sheriff Ballonger on his urn from 1 Iendersonville yesday stopped at Tryon to serve ) warrant, but Cabo was not to found. Ho quietly walked intho otGcc of the sheriff this lining and surrendered. ITndor thn ??? o. luu liui Ui I 11U and jury in finding "no bill" tho former indictment against he has nothing whatever to do th a subsequent indictment and rest for tho same crimo. Trial jury aiono in tho charge of irder determines a man's inconco. If there wcro half as much domination in oflicialdom to instigate the dispensary as thore to defend it the investigation mlil amount to something.? iwherry Observer. Mr I No One Allowed To Joke . About Yellow Fever. * A Charleston C it\ Council Passes Ordinance Providing Severe Penally for Offenders. Special to The State. Charleston, Aug. 2.?Tho yellow fever liar is to he made to suffer in Charleston, as ho is punished in other communities, tho board of health having today memorialized city council to pass an audnatico meting out severe penalty to those who think that there is something funny in joking about the fever. There is no yellow'fever or oven tho most J Ml slightly suspicions case, and tho board of health does not propose to have th. jokers jeko about it There is a class of people in every community ready and disposed to joke on matters of serious moment, but time is to ho called on tho fever jokers in Charleston, for itjs not intended that they should be allowed to jest about n matte of such concern to tho citV. The board made nrnvisinn ? I""' 'w,v/14 for ;i iiioro generous distribution of disinfectants and also decided that nil cisterns, whether covered or not, shall ho screened and dosed with oil, us will lie nil barrols, vaults and other receptacles containing water. The mattei of the placing of inspectors at tho junctional points of Bruuchville, Lane and Yomasso to watch out for passsengcrs from tho fever districts, tho board decided to take no action at pro ent, leaving the matter in the hands of the special committee. Mr. latum Not the Man Who Made Threats in Editor Mcohan's Presence. Mr. W. O. Tatuin, commissioner of tho Stato dispensary, requests tho announcement to tie made that ho is not tho party referred to in tho following paragraph published editorially in the Carolina Citizen of Choraw and reprinted In Tho Stato of yesterday : "In Columbia two weeks ago we heard a dispensary inspector, or commissioner, or something, say, in tho presence of several newspaper men, that ho would kill the first damnod editor that published anything about him that wasn't so. Wc wish, begosh, that wo knew some of the things against him which are so, and which ho is evidently so afraid to have published. Wo wore introduced to him, but forgot his name, else we would publish it so that the poor editors might ho on their guard."?The State. (rot After Grafters. If you want to stop gruft in South Carolina beforo it gets scandalous start at tho Legislature. Choke tho growing lobby to death (irst thing then it will bo easier to handle tho county otlicials who might he looking out for what is in politics for them.?Florence Times. G RE ATLY"IN "dE MA N D Nothing is more iu demand than a medicine which meets modern requirements for n blood and system cleanser, such as Dr. King's Now Life Tills. They are just what you need to cure stomach and liver troubles. Try them. At Crawford Bros1, J F Mackoy & Co's and Funderburk Pharmacy, drug store, 25c,guaranteed. a V f * v irV. From Had Whiskey to Stundurc Oil. Now York, Aug. 2. Cotn? :\r ing tho American ami ICuropeai types of aristocracy, Oil. lient) Wattorson, who returned today 01 tho steamer Oceanic from a ti i| to Kuropc, said: "I observed Kuropcun aristocra cy pretty closely while I was ovei there and I havo arrived at tin conclusion that foreign aristocracj is of a much hotter grade than tin American article. There aristacracy means lineage and brains, Ilere?well, it ranges ehielh from bad whiskey to Stundata Oil". Mr. Wuttcrson said that lie ha? read the accounts of the scamia in tho department of agriculture and added: "I have often wondered hov so many scientitic men connecter with the government at compura tively small salaries could live sr well. It only goes to show thai the college man is not a success ii politics." Guilty Of Another's Kuin. Mrs. Evercd l'oolc, of Eng land, has told a moving story o tho tragic end of a promising young otlicer. She said: A lino young officer, of ^Magui ficent physique, hut unfortunatcr greatly given to drink, foum himself in the front row of a Go.: pel temperance meeting, when hi was brought face to face, a> i were, with his terrible position n a drunkard, and manfully resolved to reform. He had the cour age to take tho blue ribbon, Af tor that he had no place iimon his brother olliceis. Thc> made him at their mess the subject of scoll's and jeers, considering thai he had let down a crack regiment by adopting a badgo which wj.s at times seen on the breast of those who had ouco bcon low, demoralized outcasts of society. "The young man stood out foi threo months moat manfully against the derision of his so-called friends; but at last, like an an imal at bay, he turned round or his tormentors, 'Will any one.' ho exclaimed, for tho sako of com mon humanity, stand by m< There was no rosponso. t?eoin;. she cold scorn on the lips of hi: companions, ho shouted with dos peration, Jlero goes'.' and, lakim up a glass of brandy, ho gulpec it down. Another threo month passed. Those men were thoi following their comrade to hi grnv<\ His untimely end wa duo to drink. lie was hunei with what thoy call military lion ors?tho hand solemnly playing the coftin horno on a gun-ear ringe, and with the usual lirin. over the grove. But (what wer these? I toll you that that mu was murdered; and that his hoth er officers were guilty of his d(\d ?Ex. Advice should ho well shake beforo being taken. Time may ho money, but doin time in jail isn't a remunerativ occupation. Some men drink too much be cause they are afraid they inn drink too little. When it comes to havmg goo-' opinions of themselves most \ e pie overdo tho thing. Rather than wear one or hot of his eyes in mourning the wis man proceeds to forgivo an cne i my. * I i \V:'rtth.T and ( Jrops ", Am: i Crop conditions !tvo summarized as ij follows in the bulletin is-ued by ) I ho weather bureau i Ruins inlerff red with farm II work in the east gnlf con>t district. while : hp is mode I in (lent* - <*in. portions of Floi ids an i north crn Mississippi. Cxcept some : damage to harvested ? -its in Mis' aom i, Oklahoma. 'lVxas and Vir; ginia, eat i p ivp ?rts are highly - favorable. In A! i i t lb.' c t'.>n crop has f generally delem rated; in Georgia I it is 1 ;'ii..'i j; re. '. My where sufficient rains have oi ,'urrc !, but 1 in othei h diiie . the State tain i is b ; liy n; ed I. it.'- ! lie p i u-t , and k r I :.ro ucvalent, l'o ? rank jirowtl and -bed i'l , :.io id i s?> reported from Tennetaoo, the 1 Carolin es and F >ri?I, .'.hero 110 - imj rovemumt is indicated, rxrc| i ) on clay lands in S i is . ar >l:n i, t while on sandy lands in hit State i that oi!?j? h is (U>tc rior V ! \ Three Killci; 20 Injured. , Ronumunt, Texas Any. 1,? " 1 Word it tehed hero this oveninn f I . [that (a whit and t vn negro 1 I oy- wort lulls! ?>i;triyrlit unci 20 i other persons were mora less seriously injure i in a hoavv wind - storm which ''nick lie-.-may Into this afternoon. The town is situated in u fm\ (>i pine limber, 1 the \ in.I upri;i>tseveral trees, ^ uhicii fell on h uses killing and injuring the u cm>; at-. Telegraph and t? ioph u.fei mvinniention is prostrated. wjv <?.sf ?? Mjuoxt i-rivs for hventy s Y Ik A IIS. Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville, 111., wi itc-: "I had htonl chiiis for t\ entv years and never <rot relief until I u-ed Foley's Honey and i'ar w! ieh i a sure ciik ' Sold I) y Fundcrhurk I'liarmncv. .V- C O Flow!, Ivor sliuw. ?rsstiu-iL-ii?;c;aic*T.-?.'.. -'s\srsa*i "vtaruunx^ra^ Notice to Debtors and Creditors of J. A. Millar, Dec'd. i AI) persons having claims ngalufll i (he estate of John A Miller, deceased, will present them i toperly pi oven t ? - the undersigned for i ayin nt ; and all pt is.u s ind hied to said estate will make immediate payment of the same t to 11. ('. i.a/.enhy, ' July 0?8w Administrator. Notice to Debtors and Creditors ; of B. F. Miller. Deceased. s All p rs ins luivJiu* ' i'ins against the estate of It. F, Miller, deceased, 1 will present them properly proven t>> s llir uuiUM'M^ntHl 101 payment; ami all persons indebted t > sai i estate will "* iiialie immediate payiuenlof;lit* same i t<? lj. Ln/cnhy, Ju'y <??.'lw Admiuistnitoi. Notice of Discharge. * Notice is hereby given thai on c tiio 2(>th day of August, 1005, the undersigned as Administru ,l trix of the eslato of Jerro M. " Knight deceased, will make her h final retain and settlement, an I make application to iho i'robatc Court of Lancaster co in; /, S. C , n for iv final ilisch rrge ;h such Administratrix. Laur i j. Kn ,-ht. t? Administratrix, c Dated duly 201.'i, HM'd. ! Go to the LANCASTER MARBLE '' a. r\ t > GRANITE WORKS, h For Good Work and Low Prices ' ft, J. ycNinch, LANCASTER, is. 0 , , -. f