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Gflfje Cfjerato Cfjronicle ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY. J. N. 8TRICKLIN, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. *W. J. STRICKLIN, Local Editor. Subscription?fl.OO Per Annan, in A 1 vance; $1 .50 if not paid in advance. Troublesome Complications in Dispensary Funds. In the office of the United States circuit court today a copy of an order of Judge Pritchard, signed yesterday, was received for filing, in which the court directs the several banks holding dispensary funds to honor the checks of the National Loan and Exchange bank of Columbia for certain amounts to make up the amount of the claims approved by the state commission and the federal court for liquors furnish fn riianensarT. The VIA .V < amount involved it $153,825.43. For convenience it is proposed to collect this money into the one depository and draw the checks upontthis institution, but it appears that the banks are not inclined to honor the checks of the Columbia bank on account of the later ordar of the court in appointing the receivers, and the order which Judge Pritchard aigned yesterday opens the "way for the banks to act in that it removes the restriction which was placed upon the payment of money in the respect just alluded to. It is even now a question whether the banks will pay this money without the return of its equivalent in the collateral which all the depositories put up before they received any of the dispensary money. The state commissioners will doubtless hold the securities and the banks will keep the money in their safes. The liquor traffic has had its day, has made its money and - - 'now it uab to go. It is a doomed business in the United States. The wise men in the business see the handwriting on the wall aud many of them are getting out or preparing to do so. The fact is that this traffic has gone wrong, awfully wrong; it has excited the enmity of the people to the unbearable point and they have determined to vote it out. Prohibition is as certain to sweep every State as that the sun will shine in daytime. Every State that votes it makes it stroDger and makes it more impossible to continue the liqoor traffic. The liquor business will never again be what it has been. It is not the "moral , question" that is knocking out this monster. That, ot course has helped, educationally. But it is a purely business proposition that has been driving this traffic out onexistence and will not stop until it is exterminated. ? To an ordooker the senatorial election as conducted bv the * General Assembly appears to have been very much of a farce, and the three days of balloting I at a cost of upwards of JplOOU a day) a useless extravagance. Mr. Gary was slated for the place from the day 8enator Latimer died aod the wires were all laid then to give bim f Anrv% T Lfc A /lArk . IUU SUUIL lCI 1X1. me xuvcrv tuutest that was pulled off by the general assembly may have seemed to the participants to have been rather cleverly done, but that it was a politico-comedy in seventeen acts was easily discernible at every stage of the game.?Sumter Watchman and Southron. W. J. Bryan Writes Letter to "The State." Wm. J. Bryan, in a letter to The 8tate says that it is not for turn to discuss the question of availabilily as a candidate, he says, it is not a question upon which his judgment should be ventured or accepted. "I have simply stated that it is a ques tion for the voters of the party to determine. "As a Democrat I have resented the claim that a few editors should decide for the people. I am a believer in free speech and a free press and I recognize tlie right of any edi fnr whathpr his circulation he large or small, to state bis opinion and his reason tor it; but those who read bis opinion have a right to give it such weight as they think it deserves. I have insisted that the readers ought to know what pecuniary interest the editor has in the questions under dis cussion. F&r instance, I asked the World to state editorially what financial interest its owner, Mr. Pulizer, has in the stock and honds of corporations commonly known as trusts. The World has not seen fit to answer the question. "I do not deny the right of Harriman or Morgan or Rockefeller or Pulizer to own a paper and present their views to the pjblic, but I contend that in the interest of honesty and fair dealing the interest of the paper should be known and the interest of the owner in the questions frankly stated." In the new State of Oklahoma the governor is a printer editor, one j, senator is an old time printer, there are three printers and twenty-ihree printer-editors in the legislature, and the commissioner of labor is a printer. How could suoh a line-up mis^pW^^fft'^^ hH S First Class Farm Implements at reasonable prices. You save Labor, Time and Money when you buy Implements that wear well and work well. The kind that we sell. We issue one of the best and most complete of Farm Implement Cataloerues. It srives prices, descrip- A tions and much interesting infor- I " mation. Mailed free upon request. " Write for it. The Implement Co., 1302 East Main St., RICHMOND, .. VIRGINIA. We are headquarters for V. Crimp and other Roofing, Wire Fencing, Barb Wire, Poultry Netting, etc. Write for prices on any supplies or Farm Implements you require. Administratrix Sale. By order of Hod. M.J. Hough, Probate Judge, I will offer for sale at public auction on Thursday, March 26th, 1908, at 11 o'clock a. in., at the Inglis Plantation near Cheraw all the personal property of the estate of Robert M. McKay, deceased, consisting of fourteen mules, one horse, five wagons, six head of cattle, three hogs, farming implements, tools of various kinds, a lot of corn, lot of oats, lot of hay, cotton seed and cotton in the seed, etc., etc. Hattie S. McKay, Administratrix of estate of Robert M. McKay. March 16th, 1908. 2w. mH Dennison's Self-PiercingPaper Fasteners, Stricklin Printing Co. w Prohibition and Prosperity in nisas. In responses ft request tor information wlative to Prohibi tion in Kansl Governor B. W. Hoch kindly ffvors us with the following: "I am otsrwhelmed with things to do fcut am never too buay to conribute my mite to the good caii8*you represent. I have been a -esident of this State for 35 years, helped to put Prohibition into our constitution in 1880 and have been in the thick of the fight ever ui n r?o Tf liaa liaan a harH fiflfhl and an unfair cne. Every State surrounding us hai been op posed to our policy and con tributed in every way possible 10 its defeat. The powerful influ eDces of the brewers and die. tillers, with unlimited money, have been arrayed against us. Every conceivable technicality has been invoked in the courts against the law, but to-day in one hundred out of one hundred ami five counties of the State the law is as well enforced as any other penal statute, and m the remaining counties the atmosphere is getting quite sultry lor its violatore. We have the only State oapital in the Union absi lutely without a saloon. We have a quarter of a million young men and young women over 21 yeare of age who never saw a saloon. I believe we have the most prosperous people on earth. They have over $100 per capital in the banks and a poor house is a jOKe id jvansas. rrouiuiuou baa been a great benefit to this State morally, educationally and financiallv. Prohibition is the only logical attitude of government toward a recognized evil, and that the liquor traffio is a recognized evil is attested by every license Jaw,.high or low, t and-haa-beca ?tewl-by ' court from thl towest to the highest. * "I believe the victory won in Kansas,City, Kan., is the great est single victory ever won for temperance in the United States. Right across a street is Kansas City, Mo., but the joints are still closed on our side and the city was never before so prosperous. Later reports from the bapks are even better than those given by Mr. Trickett. With $84,000 revenue from the joints the city ran $24,000 behind the last year of the old ystem, but under our new system it is self-supporting and the city has increased in population 13,000 the last year." Get DeWitt's Oarboiized Witch Hazel Salre?it is healing, soothing and cooling. It is good for piles. fold by T. E. Wannamaker druggist. Please your girl by buying your Chocolate Candy from Walter's Cash Store. For Monuments and Tombstones, see J. P. Watson, proprietor Cheraw Marble Works. hor iaie. ,")00 bushels of Texas Five Look Cotton Seed. Forty-five bales make a pound. Price SI.00 per bushel. S. T. A. McManus, Mch. '2-i OH. Charaw, S. C. For Sal:. A nice little farn 4 miles from Chester field Court House, known as the Killiar place; con tains 200 acres, 60 asres of which is in cultivation. Railroad runs through the plan?ation. Well watered and is healthy location. For further particulars apply to A. W. Davis, Chesterfield, sa / The state of Georgia has been without open saloons since the first of January. Atlanta, the capital and largest city in the state, has been without saloons long enough to furnish some interesting comparisons. For the month of January 1907, when the city had its saloons, the police court had before it i 1,693 prisoners, 341 of them were charged with drunkenness. During January tnis year, with no open saloons, there were 768 prisoners in police court, 64 ol whom were charged wi?h iutoxicaiion. It will1 be seen that the total number of ar rests during January of this year is less than half the number of a year ago, while the atresia for intoxication were 80 per cent less than when Die saloons were in operation. It is also safe to assume that a large per cent of arrests made for other causes than drunkenness can be traced directly to the open saloon, and without saloons 1 crimes of all kinds are greatly diminished. Of course there is some drinking in Atlanta, some of the stuff is smuggled through J the mails to a' certain extent, but there are no open groggeries to entice the man who cannot control his appetite. As a result of prohibition Atlauta has lost a certain element ot her population, but it is an element that is injurious to any city. *> Clothes cleaned and pressed at the Eagle Pressing Club. For Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls, phone the Oil Mill. n nil EC immediate relief from ILL J Dr. Shoop's Magic Ointment. State of South Carolina, County of Chesterfield Magistrate's Summons and Complaint. By J. C. Rivers, Magistrate in and for the said County and the aaid-State: To Arthur Darby, Complaint having been made unto me by J. W. Atkinson that you are indebted to him in the sum of Ninety Eight Dollars?which is now past due, and he having demanded judgment against yon for said sum of Ninety Eight Dollars and the cost, the said ortmrUoirit llovinCT VlOPTl HillV filfd in my office at Mt. Croghan, S. C. March 4,1908. These are, therefore, to require you, the said defendant, to appear before me in my office in Mt. Croghan, S. C., on the twenty second day after the service hereof A. D. 1908, at 10 o'clock A. M., to answer to the said complaint, or judgment will be given against you by default. Given under my Hand and Seal, at my office the 4th day of March A. D. 1908. J. C. Rivers, Magistrate. fir .1. H. Harden offers his professional services to the public. Calls promptly attended day or night. Office in old Bank of Cheraw building. B. r. Peguee Attornev-at-law, y ' Gheraw, g. G. CHAS. H. SCOTT CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR Cheraw, S. C. Surveys. Maps. Plans. Estimates STEVENSON & MATHESON, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW I'ractice in all Courts of Chesterfield and surrounding counties and in United States Court. One of the firm will be at Chesterfield very liondav. De WITT'S 8S2? WITCH HAZEL SALVE For Pila*, Burnt, Sore*. Spring Oil Hi NIUIIMl ' First Summer Comfort This is a preparation that is- ~ not poisonous to you, but is ??q rloatfi t^Hft V UVUIli to Bed Bugs and their Eggs. The price is only 15c and 25ca bottle. Next Furniture Polish only T5c a bottle or what is still better use Liquid Veneer. This is easy to apply and gives fine results. The price is 25 cents and 50 cents a bottle. Should some pieces of furniture be worn or you want to color up d door or the window framing, &c., get Varnish Stains. I have them to imitate all u/nnrU Walnut Mahogany. Oak, &c. They sell for 20 cents, 35 cents and 60 cents a can according to size and you earn apply it with a ten cent brush. I sell a great deal of Gold Paint Can be used on any .metal,, wood or paper. The kind 1 sell can be washed with soap and water. Price is 20 cents and 25 cents a box. Then the walls may need a change of color or a freshening up. Of the kinds mixed with not water, 1 carry Muresco in all tints and colors as well 1- " i. I C A as wmie. u yuu uujcli iu mc glue in Muresco, use l\labastine. I consider this the best of the wall finishes that are mixed in cold water and I can furnish in pure white or all the colors. Paint is best for the kitchen table or chairs. A small can for 15 cents or two for 25 cents will sro a lone wav and be easv to keep clean. Ploor Paint The kitchen or any floor painted saves lots of work and pays well. 1 can furnish in quarts, half gallons or one gallon cans. Moth Balls for the woolen goods. When you are at it don't forget to get a paper of flower seed for the front yard. 10. [. HUH. DRUGGIST, CHERAW, - S. Ci