TME L53GEfi.
THURLOW S. CARTED.
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
olsubli wbpnk3day and sati'k pay
SUBHUKU'TION i>. *>?? PKI* VE\ll
La id aster S. C. August ll', 1 !>*?A
An Open Loiter to Senator Tillman
lion, George 11. Cromer, of
Newberry, has addressed an open
lottei to Senator Tillman, in which
lie protests 4,ugain>t tho introduction
i?f llie tnm-'om ami the spirit
of faction into the movement hy
which the inciits ti t dispensary
aro to be tested.'' Dr. (Tomer
has wtitten one of the best letteo
on the dispensary question we luivo
ever rend, and we regret thut we
haven't space for it all, hut can
only give several brief extracts:
"(joy. Hoch of Kansas tells me,
14We are reading a new civilization
here. I believe there arc
more than a quarter of million
young people who have never seen
a saloon. Prohibition is the only
logical attitude of law hnvnrd the
liquor traflic, and the whole country
will some day recognize the
fact " What sort of civilization
are ?\e rearing in South Cardinal
Our supreme court, in its famous
decision upholding the con>iitu
tionnlity of the dispensary law,
laid down the following as n fun
damontal proposition and said that
if this proposition is not true the
law is unconstitutional: "Ttiul
liquor, iti its nature, is dangerous
to the morals, good order, healtl
and safety of the people, and is not
to be placed on the same footing
with the ordinaiy commodities ol
l'fe, fciicli as corn, wheat, cotton,
tobacco, potatoes, etc," Kansas
says to her children, "The liquoi
traffic is dangerous and ought ti
bo prohibited." South Carolitu
says to the thousands of schoo
children, "The liquor traffic idangerous
to the morals, gooc
order, health and safety of the
pooplo, and therefore we will sol
liquor and cot all tho money wc
can for tho schools." You ma)
call it cant if you will, but in of
feet hero is an a.,sidious attempt t<
wed public education to the liquoi
traffic. It is an unholy alliance
and God will put them asunder,
We cannot afford to lower tlu
ideals of our schools. Wo must
not poison the fountain that nourishes
the heart and brain of our
people.
The business of the saloon keep
or was becoming disrennt??uln in
n ' I ""v
this Shite, and saloon keepers
wore beginning to find it i)iflicnIt
to justify the business in the eyes
of their children. The dispensary
system attempts to make the traffic
respectable a n d reputable.
How can the children in our schools
answer the sophistry of the argument,
that whatever contributes
to the support of the schools is
good and wise? 1 lay it down as
little short of an axiom, that any
restrictive scheme that takes control
of a trallic that is dangero is
to the morals of the people, and
controls it in such a way as to
make it reputable, in a vicious \nd
dangerous scheme.
* * * * * *
Senator Tillman, the dispensary
system cannot help you, and you
/ lift /in! l? it ? i - 1 "
www vrwij Ubi|' II iUIII |Mli itl'liy, 11
is wrong in priuciple und corrupt
in practice, and its doom has been
written. By throwing your powerful
influence against the pronont
agitation you may save tho dispensary
for a while, but it is tottering
and must fall. It is fortunate for
you that your reputation rests upon
achievements that will endure.
You recall , do you not, the desire
ofJellorson that hi* epitaph should
.
remind posterity that lie was the j
uithor of the Declaration of in j
dependence aud of the l>iii for religious
liberty, and the father of
tho University of Virginia. Ami
so his name is handed down, rivoted
to civil liberty and religious
liberty, and higher education,
three things that can never depart
from tho earth or from tho love of
nu n And von, what would you
be leiuouibeted by ( There is
Winthrop and there is Clomson;
wel1 may your heart swell with
honorable pride. And there is, 1
will not name tho third thing.
What true friend will link your
name with the dispensary ( What
hitter enemy could desire a worse
fate for von than In have you rais
ed to thai bad eminence? A wise
solution of the liquor problem b
one thing; the dispensary is anit.
i ?
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Warehouse to tic Built.
Special to The Observer
Uock Hill, S. C., Aug. 10.?
The plans of the farmery' union
warehouse at e in the hands of the
contractors. The project of buil
ding a warehouse by a stock
company to store up cotton
and give receipts upon which money
can bo borrowed has taken definite
shape It is proposed in the
articles of incorporation that the
manager of the warehouse ahull
sample, weigh, store and even
market cotton for the farmer tit
'25 cents per hale. Tito hanks
have agreed to advance money on
the receipts and in tins win the
cotton will he kept o< t of the ntar'
ket and the farmer at the same
' time will not he inconvenienced if
ho should need money for further
1 farming operations The waro'
house is to cost $5,000. The
' amount is nearly all subscribed
r
1 Fatal Flood in Wesl Vir=
; ginia.
t
I Caused by a Storm?Family Dri
ven from House and Throe
*
I Children Drowned.
*
I Huntington, YV. Vu, Aug. 10.
? Arccord-hrcaking thunder storm
prevailed in this section during
tho night. Five inches of rain fell
t in two and a half hours. Bridges
and culverts were washed on the
nnnntrv rnmlu ?m<t lU -oil.1?
wx.V. * I V/MMU UUM 1UU 1UU1UUU9
suffered landslides- All trains are
running five to six hours late.
' ?
h Trullic was suspended on tho Guyandottc
Valley line, and on the
Big Sand) brunch of tho Norfolk
and Western. # Growing crops
were ruined and m ninny instances
farm houses wore washod away,
their occupants barely oscnping.
Three children of Enos Adkins,
living on a creek near Ranger,
were drowned in a lloodod stream
last night. The family was aroused
from sleep when water rose up
around the house. To escape tho
rush of water the three children
were placed on ahorse, while Mr.
and Mrs Adkin's mounted anothor
and started through tho duraness
to the homo of Adkms's brother,
half u milo away. At a ford just
below the Adkins home the horse
bearing the children stumbled and
was carried down the stream. The
throe children, tho oldest of whom
was 11 and tho youngest 7 yours
of age, were carried away with
the horses and drowned.
- SHOES p.*.
x > *D
We will sell any silp',ier
in our house at first
cost in order to inaKO
room f o r o u r h'all
Shoes. We have a few
pair Cunvas low cuts loft
in small niimbl>r* Iimnn
; "
at u low prico
"^herryTTOT^
News Of The Slate.
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Specials to '1 he Stute.
Fairfield's Records Damaged. ^
Winnisboro, Aug. 14?The t
court house of fairfisld county <
had a narrow escape fromdistruc- (
tion by fire this morning. When >
the lire bell rang just before the <
town clock struck five, it was ]
found that the court house was t
on fire. The fire originated in i
the office of the county supervisor <
presumably the work of rats, and <
was discovered before it had made j (
much headway. Through the 1
prompt response of the voluntoer '<
fire company, the flames were
confined to this office. All the <
I
old papers and books wore so ;
badly charred as lo be practically
worthless. All claims issued during
the present year were in the 1
safe, which was not locked and ;
arc all secure, so there will 1
be but littic trouble in making up
the books for the present year i
again. 1
J
Necessary Signatures Obtained in (
Anderson. i
Anderson, Aug, I5.?The petitions
asking for an election on
the question of "dispensary" or
"110 dispensary" have all been
sent in to the central prohibition
committee. They have been freely
signed by tho qualified voters 1
of the county, the signatures amounting
to the total of 2,980, on
early two thirds of the registered
voters of the county.
Camden Gets New Cotton.
Special to News and Courier.
Camden, Aug. 10. ? Mr. Karl
H. Bo wen, of West Wnteree,
brought a bale of now crop cotton
to this market today. The hale
weighed 600 pounds. As all of
the buyers were away Mr. Buwen
had to store his cotton until their
return, lie brought the first bale
to market last season also.
New Cm'Ion at Monroo.
Special to The Observer.
Monroe, Aug. 16.?Mr A rant,
uchr\ 11 irna /V
If uv II lun v>U IliU Ol IIIIII VyM'Olllin
line, brought to Monroe today
the first bale of new cotton for
this ?eason. It was ginned by
the Southern Oil Company free
of charge. It was graded strict
middling and was bought by
Crow Bros, for 12 cents.
Member of Posse Goes Mad After
Shooting Fugitive.
Huxley, Ga., Aug. 1G.?A* .1.
Chestnut, who a few days ago shot
and killed Marshal Mike Aspinwall,
and being pursued by the
sheriff and a largo number of ciG
izcns was wounded, died this evening.
Will Smith, a carpenter of
Waycross, engaged hero at work
on the school building, shot Chestnut
with a rifle and sinco has bocome
insane and is now in the
asylum.
SPOILED HER BEAUTYHarriet
Howard, of 200 W. 34th i
St,. Now York, at one time had !
her beauty spoiled with skin
trouble. She writes: llI had Suit i
lthoum or Eczema for years, but.
nothing would euro it, until 1 used ,
Bucklon's ArnicaSulve." A quick
and Hiiro healer for cuts, burns
and sores. 25c at Crawford Bros ,
.1. F. Mackoy Ac Co'h, and <
Funderburk Pharmacy, drujr'i
store. , i
Love never stops to count the 1
court costs. ' I
To reach the top, get out of the 1
rut and climb.
Grafters believe in addition for
themselves and substraction from i
others. l
lie who thinks the world owes p
him a living tries to overdraw the !
account. ^
ii
There is a vast difference be- 1
twecn making your mark and mak- I
ing remarks. i
f
Three Sltu?4c lly 'rain
Charlotte Observer, 16th.
In an accident on the Southern
Railway, near Piedmont, a cotton
itill village about twelve miles
louth of Greenville, S. C., yesterlay
morning before dawn Steve
kVilliains, a young man of this
:ity, was instantly killed, and
I'aul l'lyler and Henry Holler,
;\vo companions, were probably
atally injured. Cliff Kllis, a third
:ompanion, escaped unhurt. Ac:ording
to the story that reached
^hailotto, the young men, who
eft their homes at the settlement
:>f the Contincnt.nl Mills Sunday,
and were tramping, went to sleep
nn *hc track and were run into by
i fast passenger train going south.
The body of Williams, together
with Holler and Ellis, arrived in
the city last night at I i o'clock
and were taken to the home on
the Victor Hill, where the funeral
will take place to-day. Flyler was
in such condition that he could
not be moved, his arms and legs
have been cut off. It is not
thought that either Plylcr or Holler
will recover.
From his County Paper.
(From the Edgefield Advertiser.
Great is the pity that Senator
Tillman employs such gross, undignified
language in addressing
public assemblages, especially
when ladies are present, even profaning
God'c name. A United
States Senator should have a high
standard, exalted ideals and endeavor
to raise the people up to
them, rather than lower their
ideals and drag them down. He
ing a man of ability, power and
influence, a great opportunity lays
at his door, but he seems not to
improve it. We suppose, though,
to use his pet phrase, lie " ain't
built that way," and it is useless
to lament his remissness.
Knends Bread With Gloves On.
A North Dakato editor, who
evidentlyjhad a few" delinquents"
on his list, writes as follows: "It
is reported that one of the fastidious
ladies of this town kneads
bread with gloves on. The editor
of this paper needs bread with his
shirt on; he needs bread with his
pants on, and unless some of the
delinquent subscribers to the Flag
and Freedom pony up before long
he will need bread without a d?n
thing on, and North Dakato is no
Garden of Eden in winter time,
either."
A OKI 7 TKAGEDY
is daily enacted, in thousands oi
homes, as Death claims, in each
one, another victim of Consumption
or Pneumonia. Hut when
Coughs unci Colds uro prop
eily trouted, the tragedy is averted.
F. G. Huntley, ofOaklandon,
Ind., writes: "My wifo had the
consumption, and three doctor,
pave her up. Finally she tookDr,
King's Now Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Coldf-e
which cured her, and to-day she
is well and strong." it kills the
germs of all diseases. Ono dos.
relieves Guaranteed at 50c and
$1.00 by Crawford Bros., J. FMackey
& Co Funderhnrk Phur.
tnacy, druggists. Trial bottle free.
Arranging Camp Sites in Western
North Carolina. *
lvnoxville, Tenn*, Aug. i2 ?
A special from Asheville, N. C.
mys ten olliciul representatives <?>f
the mnnicipalitv of New Orloans
ue in western North Carolina for
ho purpose of locating campsites
tor yellow fever refugees. Tents
for these camps are to ho furnish
Pfl hv lll#< fr>/l/>l-nl oni'iii'nmi.nt
GREATLY W DE'AND
Nothing i*< IP ore in demand than
i medicine wliicli meets modern
equironients for a blood and
lystem clennver, such ?m !>r.
King's New Life Fills. Thov am
ust what you need to cure stomich
and livor troubles. Try th to
\t Crawford Br<?s;, J F Mac'aey
iCo'sand Fonder bnrU Pharmacy,
Irng store, 25e, guaranteed.
I
Too Much Rain Kor Cotton
Washington, Aug. 15 ?1 he
weekly crop report of the weather
bureau says: As in the previous
week, the least favorable
reports re pectins cotton arc received
fro 11 the K.istern districts,
where the prevalence of rast and
shedding continues. Uuring the
past week a lar-je part of th_ central
and eastern portions of th
Cotton belt has received from 2 to 1
(i inches of rain, which has proved
injurious. In Northern Missis- '
sippi, Louisiana and Texas, cot- 1
Ion has improved, hut in other '
portion- of these states the crop *
has clet< i iorated. In Oklahoma
and Indian Tcrt itorie?, Arkansas '
and Missouri, eolton has gene ral- 1
ly improved, although local I
complain's <>f sh iubn?/, rust and '
insects are r xe've I fr m Arkan- 1
sns. 1
Too much rain and lack of sunshine
have proved unfavorable to 1
tobacco in M irylmd, Virginia '
and Kentucky; elsewhere this 1
crop has advanced satisfactorily.
Only a married man lias a leg- i
al right to hold his Own.
No man is cvei so busy that he
can't find time to make an occasional
mistake.
lYrhap- tIn: spendthrift i mxious
to get lid of his money because
he is afraid of the microbes.
IK mnMMBBMMC n?tC ClMWBMJWfW
CLERK'S SAL
State or South Caroli
COI N IV OK L v NCA.-'l I
In th ( (i t ..1" i eh a ,
Ida S. I1 h, / ''it a hi}',
ajtab MI
Ji?:nes M Heath. W : 11m:. ; Heath
A Hill lie! lie all, JmI ! I ?n?l unl
Henriettas H"?tli. /)</ . mumts
I MJ J AX'I't >a ili civ in the nh:>v?
I stated enitie made l? Judge (.'en
w (jmn> il'iii'd Aimiul ii i<i.i". i m-.ii
I Hi-!i ut public auction at ! .aea-lei l oiirt
tlOll ?' Oil III'
FIUST MONDAY IN SKl'TU.HIIHit
within the li'tfu: hours of site, /he f"l
lowiHi; described iots of iiiml, lo wi':
All th it | i ee, parcel or !ot ofbmd
fronting sevt tity-nine tTD) loot ondiy
Strict and n'xi.-twn and olio liait
i(52 feet on Ar?l? street. lying in 111?town
of Lancaster, in the eounty of!
Lancaster atol Sta'e 01 Soul li < 'nroiina
ami lioiitnletl hh 1'oI'owh: On tlio North
west hy May Mre ?t, on t he East for the
entire iet g1 h of the lot by No 1-of the
C'liafee Block, i.ow or fern er.y pioperty
of Leroy Springs, on the routlieast
by Arch Street, on the West and
Southwest by lot No 5 of same block,
known as the K 1*,. Clord lot, for 180
feet 10 inches of the depth of said lot
No. 2, anil l?ol No \\ of rnuie td? ck
now or f run rly property of I.er y
Springs, 215 feet 2 Irenes, making Hi
width of lo' No. 2, herein dci-cnbcd,
70 feet in width from (?..v Mrtcitor
215 fe t 2 iuch<H, and the. : mainder ol
till* lot for 1st) feet 10 inch ?, tr miii'itiii?
at Arch Mm t; b. in;; 02 ' f?.v t in
width, and containing 65 h<(? acre*
accniuiiif to a plat of ?urvey made <?v
T. M. Belk, Surveyor, on Hepu-mht-i
Mill, 1002, A'h t one-half (A) interest
in a y foot alley-way between lot No. 1
now or lonne'.y of Ia'r>y |?ri. gs( ,:id
lot No 2, herein described, running
through frwmUa. to Arch Str* et,same
to lie maintain! d ami to tie kept open
as an alley-way fit the joint use of hoth
properties.
Also, all 'hat piece, parcel or l?>t of
land in the corporate limits of the
Town of 1.anea.it> r, containing throe (:t)
acres nioro- or less, and h nin-l d as
follows, viz: On the North by lotsof
l/ma H ./ones (neing the same which
she deriv d under the will if her mother
Mis. Amanda Krown, deceased) and
KliziJ. NVylie and H E* Wylie; on
the East bv t atuwin Si reel; o lie
South t>y what is comiiionly cat e?l Elm
Street; and on tli>- We.-t by French
Street
Itjf* Terms of sale cash. Purchaser
to pay for p ija rs.
.1. F.jUIi&OOltY.
C. 0. 0 V. L. C.
?-t . ?.* *. ?m wu<v ? i ?jap?wnm.
General Repair Shop.
I luvo opened opposite the Poag A
Harper ginnery, a hlucksmi h and
general repair shop with llos-y MePher
in t<> d-> the blacksmithing and
iron w rk. A I work dotm ai nm-o:inhlepiiie.-i
A sh uc .>f y.iiir patronl>e
is earned \v solicited (Jive im* a
iriuh .J Q >A IS
J illy 21 lb > 1 in.
~~1L T~T%\
Cures Indigestion
$1.00 ?it your dealer's. We supply a
sample bottle free. Write today sure.
Ch<vk<Ts MfdlrinoCo Winston Snl<*m N.f
tfml'alu w?> ilwmofcitb
in) on Norfolk Excursion
Brown
l'i tjjjiin* uii'l I vo nf tiio six c-iix
I* iji ^"1 throuj'l) n liridyo
Ovor ill'' West UiuihIi ?.f
Uivrr, Kijhi
Mile- SonJh of
N 'O-folU.
N if folk, Vn., Aujr. 17.?Owing
to tli<? i 1111 I >i' i I v f IOm.II I
- ""h"" ' 1 ' ' lJ%
ITig to e inli'ol liia air Inukos, an
"xciits on train from Kiuston N.
i\, bound lo this fity, plunged
thtough an open draw in a bridge
'vt?i" tin' western branch over tho
Khzibcth river at B'ue.e station
ight iniloa from Norfolk, this
tfturnoon, an! half a hundred
poi'Miim m< Kily negroea, worn
lioaiifd. Up t?> ti Into hour tuiighi
only K'vun bodies have boon
recovered from the wreckage.
The list of injured, so far as can
do ascertained, numbers nearly
me hundred, though most of these
ire slightly hurt. A large number
of physicians from this and
nearby cities have gone to the
scene.
Only T vn White Victims.
Among the victims, tho only
whi'e ones were Edward J oil (To,
manager of the excursion, and
Edward Forbes, who. assisted htm
h >lh ol (ii"coville. N. C.
Notice to itond Oveiseeivs.
To all the Over.-eora of the
L'uhlic Highways in Eiicastcr
count); Tieu.se warn out your
bands and put each section of
road in good condition during the
month of August in it is an idle
time with the most of the farmers
Take due notiot thereof and govern
yourselves accordingly,
yoius Respectfully,
M C (iardner,
Co Super.
Notice of Discharge.
Notice is hereby given that on
the 26 th day <?f August, 11)05*
the undersigned as Administratrix
of the estate of Jerre M.
Knight deceased, will make her
final retufn and settlement, and
make application to tho Probate
Court of Lancaster eounty,*S. C.,
for a final discharge as such Administ
tutrix.
Laura J Knight,
Administratrix.
Dated duly 26th, 1005.
State of South Carolina.
COT NT V OF LANCASTER,
' V J E Slew ma i E?(| Pro'nfH
jtH.il'. e
WHHKE.XS., Ji. Cunningham ni.tl
J M. Yoiler hityo mailt' suit to rue. to
:. runt them li tters of utlmini-'iaiion
of the estate, of ami efferts ot J.
Wren Ti Imnn. with tin# will annexed
T?1I>K A H 10 'I'M LliK OH to
ehe anil uou onish all hhI singular Uu
kinilreti ami etetlilois of the suit! .1
Wren Tilmiun tlee'tl, that the\ be unit
appear before n>o, in lhe< ouri of Pro
l?al? , to lie held at LatH-UMtt-r K C on %
Friday, ugust 18th, next after pub
licatiou ther of, at 11 o'e'oek in the
/oicuoon, to allow CMixb, it any liny
have, why said ndminist mi i<>n *houtd
uoi ho granted.
Given under my Hand lii.-t 5th day
of Aupust Anno Domini, 1 v*0>
J 10 Stew ma i.
Probate Judge
PROFESSIONAL CARD
I)u M P Ckawkokd 1)k It C llKllWN
CRAWFORD A BROWN.
Physieian.H and Surgeons,
I anoavter, S. C.
Treatinei t of the ?ye, none and
th'oai a apecialtv.
i miih prom|?tiy answered day or
night. Olllee ovor Crawford Rro*
Drug Store,
Phonea: Office, No 17H; R idenot'M
NOH 11 nml 30.
801*TH CAKOlil.VA MIMTAHY
ACADEMY, v
Oi'KlcE OK THE CHAIRMAN
RO.V K O OK VISITORS.
CHARLESTON. S O, JULY ?, 1005.
Otic vacancy in a .Viate Rem ficiary
'( Uol,?tshii* to he tilled liy coin pel it ivo
examination exists in I annua'er
County.
A| i>lirali .ti liI *i:kj nitty bo i-htain*.
ed at t he ofllee of 0>l (' S (>.\ ! >- DION
Ohairiiihii. Char o-tton, S C, or from
tin* County Superintendent of 10 lu-a*
lion. These app'o-ations, fully tilled
must lio in Hi" hand* of the Chair
iithii on July ;;l. i!i < *?!<?- ??? iim'c vc
lit Hi<|r! U it ? I
(S-Kiud) -W M)HI>KN,
Cluilrm t < lioni ?1 of ViHitorM.
July 10 -:iw