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SU-- - O i. r * WILL WE GET STATE WIDE? MUCH SPECULATION AS TO ACTION OF NEXT LEGISLATURE. Generally Believed That South Carolina Will Have Prohibition After January. Columbia, August 18.?Now that oniy a tew counties in the State retain the dispensary system there is much speculation already as to what the next legislature will do in regard to the prohibition question. As previously pointed out, there is no doubt but that a prohibition bill will be introduced at the next session. Whether this bill will pass depends upon the votes of the representatives from those counties of the State which have just voted out the dispensaries. With the votes from the now dry ter ritory in the State there is an abso- : lute certainty that the bill can be passed. But the question is: "Will ' the representatives from the now dry territory vote a Statewide bill following upon the recent election?" Many t think this would be breaking iaith < with the local optionists. On the other hand some prohibitionists say that ' they are not bound to any tacit un- 1 BjsSv s derstanding because they opposed J the submitting to the people of the I question of dispensary or no dispen- i 1ft-:' sary. The vote in the house last session '< on the straight prohibition measure ' was: < For prohibition?Joshua W. Ash- < ley, Bodie, Bowers, Boyd, Brice, 1 Brown, W. D. Bryan, Bunch, Cantrell, Carey, Carrigan, Daniel, Dingle, 1 F. C. Edwards, Gasque, J. P. Gibson, I Glasscock, Graham, Greer, Hall, ? Hamer, Harmon, Harris, Horger, < Kibler, League, Lee, McEachern, Mc- 1 U~~ Keown, Mann, Mauldin, Mobley, Moseley, Nesbit, Niver, Richards, ? Ridgill, G. M. Riley, Robertson, Roes- i ?i?r TV c. Sanders. Scarborough, B. t A. Shuler, C. T. Shuler, Jared D. Suln livan, P. P. Sullivan, Utsey, Vaughan, I Way, Whatiey, Wingo, Wyche?52. For dispensary?Amick, Melvin Ashley, Bowman, Browning, F. M. Bryan, Bush, Carter, Cosgrove, Coth ran, Dixon, Doar, Duvall, Isaac Edwards, Foster, Fultz, Harris, W. J. Gibson, Griffin. J. R. Harrison, Hughs, Hydrick, Irby, Jackson, McMahan, Nunnery, Patterson, Paulling, Sawyer, Simkins, Singleton, Wade, Wells, Wiggins, Williams, W. B. Wilson, Jr.?35. Pairs?K. P. Smith (prohibition) and Brown (dispensary), Seibels (dispensary) and Carter (prohibition), Charles Smith (prohibition) and Vander Horst (dispensary), Hollis (prohibition) and O. D. A. Wilson (dispensary), Hines (prohibition) and Tobias (dispensary), M. L. Smith (prohibition) and Rucker (dispensary), Fraser (dispensary) and McColI (prohibition), W. L. Riley (prohibition) and Hughes ^dispensary). Spears (prohibition) and Dick (dispensary), Lawson (prohibition) and Spears (dispensary), Suydam (prohibition) and Iceland (disDensary), Nicholson (prohibition) and Wright (dispen- I sary). 1 III giving the above vote "prohibition" is to be taken to mean those 2 voting for the bill while "dispensary" I means those voting against the same. When it came down to the vote for the compromise (the elections appended to the original prohibition * bill) the vote was closer. The house ( accepted the senate's amendments by * the close vote of 45 to 41. The at- * titude at the next legislature of those ( prohibitionists who voted for the pro- 1 ?: ; hibition bill and later on for the com- 1 promise will be watched with inter est. Did the acceptance of the com- 1 promise bind them to the result of ( the election? 1 Opposes Equality for Colored Race. ( T^ndnn Alie-iist 1 fi.?The house of I': commons to-night unanimously passed the second reading of the South African constitution bill. In the ] course of the debate ex-Prime Minis- ( ter Balfour said that the public in ^ dealing with the question of a con' stitution for the federation of South 1 Africa colonies?the Transvaal, Cape < Colony, the Orange River Free State 3 and Natal?was discussing one of the , most important events in the history of the British empire. { The race problem, Mr. Balfour said, was but a fractional part of the great ] questions parliament was now de- ( ciding. He strongly denied that it was intended to give the colored ' races equality with Europeans, declaring that so far as the government, society and the higher forms of civilization were concerned it would be impossible to give equal responsibility to the colored race without threatening the whole fabric of civilization. No Hurry. An oici citizen wno naa oeen henpecked all his life was about to die. His wife felt it was her duty to offer him such consolation as she might, and said: "John, you are about to go; but I will follow you." "I suppose so, Manda," said the sick man, weakly; "but so far as I am concerned you don't need to be in any blamed hurry aboitt it."?Tit Bits. STEAMER BURNS. Illinois River Packet Beached i Flames. Peoria, 111., Aug. 20.?The stean er Fred Swain, Capt. Verne Swain, < the Peoria and LaSalle Packet Con pany, with 25 passengers and 15 sai ors aboard, burned to the water edge to-day, after the flaming era: had been piloted into four feet of wj ter and the occupants had escaped t the bank of the Illinois river, u which the steamer was bound whe it caught fire. No lives were lost, but Josep Caserider, the engineer, was burne about the face and body, and Charlc Reischeberger, of Peoria, suffered broken arm. The loss is $35,0UU. several c the passengers lost their belonging! The escape from the burning ve* sel of the passengers, most of whoi were women and children, was ej citing. Fears were partly calmed as th burning steamer drew nearer shor and scores of row boats were see coming to the rescue. The gangplank was lowered to th water's edge when the steamer ha been beached. After two row boat had started for shore with passer gers the gangplank caught fire an fell away from the steamer, lettin 15 persons, including several wome and children, fall into the watei rhomas Powers, of Peoria, .and E. A 2ason, of Worcester, Mass., who wer Dn the plank when it fell, each savei :he lives of two children. The others who were thrown int ;he water Dy tne conapse or m gangplank were taken in boats t >afety. Those still aboard the steam ir managed to let out a new gang vay. The fire started in a stateroom an* spread rapidly. Capt. Swain, realiz ng that the vessel was doomed, or lered the pilot to beach the boat an* nstructed his crew to deal out lif< ireservers. Engineer Caserider, after attend ng to the boilers to guard against ai :xplosion, went to the pumps, re naining there until the flames licke< lis face. Severely burned and al liost blind, he turned to escape onl; o find that a row boat left for hin ras afire. He got into the boat, how ?ver, and beating the flames fron lim, and rowing hard, reached shore le was taken to a hospital. Miss Furbish, a cabin girl, who dis :overed the fire, said: "I was at work dusting and clean ng a stateroom in which the fir* tarted. The whole room was ii lames, the smoke blinding me. I gav* he alarm and rushed to inform Capt 5wain." D. M. Swain, of Stillwater, Minn, twner of the burned steamer, was ii he Avery Manufacturing Company': >lant at Averyville, a suburb of Pe >ria, near which the steamer caugh ire, and he aided in rescuing the pas lengers and crew. His son, Verne :aptain of the vessel, was the last t< eave the burning ship. Futile efforts were made by th< 5eoria and Averyville fire depart nents to save the hull of the boat. The steamer was built nine year; igo and was one of the finest on th< llinois river. Fireman Plays Hero. Wellston, Ohio, Aug. 17.?Snatch ng two little children from death Charles Carpenter, fireman on a De ;roit, Toledo and Ironton switch en jine, proved himself a hero yester lay. As the engine sped along thi ail Carpenter noticed Pearl ant Anthony Sourds, two and thre rears old, respectively, innocentl; playing in the middle of the track Carpenter dashed out on the run ling board and, leaning far out fror :he pilot at the risk of his own life raught the tots in his arms. The Chi-' kens Deserved It. Gladys, aged six, would never ea ?ie-crust, but would slyly hide th irust under the edge of her plate ai :er having eaten the filling. One da tier mama saw her putting away th irust as usual, and thought to repri mand her by saying: "Oh, Gladys mama doesn't like little girls who d such things." Whereupon Gladys said: "Wei mama, I was saving it for the chick ens. They like it and I don't, an they ought to have it, for they ar better than I am; they lay eggs an I don't."?The Delineator. Fight Only Beginning. The prohibitionists of South Care lina have won a great victory in adc ing 17 of the 21 whiskey counties t the prohibition column. But this vi< tory is only the beginning of th fight. The strength of battle lies i the enforcement of the law. Ther will, of course, be illicit selling, bi it is the duty of every good citizen ( the State to see to it that the law 3 enforced. We suggest that where th proper authorities show an indisp< sition to enforce the law that a vig lance committee be selected, whos duty shall be to see that the law : enforced.?Southern Christian Adv< cate. MPOOlDiPlMHpglgiOg : I ' i >f J i it jj f i ifr I Mr e ? i v| ^ ; 1 % ifi < * t? To those who may "i rious grades and pri 1 - jj? This offer is simp i || based on actual facts If i A* | 8? '' l! SNAKE COLLECTOR'S ESCAPE. j The Tale of an Old Adventure in Northern Brazil. "J J r'AAnar'e HT1 ?iU wa.ru iu. o Mv>v ? t South America, and his reference to - its poisonous snakes, reminds me of , an interesting adventure of a friend d of mine in Northern Brazil, says a writer in the London Saturday Reb view. My friend was making a collection of the poisonous snakes of the neighs borhood, and as everyone around us 3 was aware of the fact many gifts of the kind w^re offered to him. One evening he was waiting at a table in our hut when a local person brought - him a small living specimen of one of ., the most deadly poisonous snakes of - the neighborhood. My friend, who - was very busy, asked him to put it in - a glass jar on the table, which was e accordingly done. 3 Unfortunately the hot night air and e other soporific influences proved too y much for my friend's waking powers. :. He went to sleep with his head on the - table, and slept peacefully till awakq ened by a fearful crash. He had ;, knocked the table over, with the lamp on it; the lamp had naturally been put out and, as his senses slowly returned the awakened sleeper rememt bered that the glass jar also had fale len on the floor and the snake must - now be loose. v ohvimiaiv thft best thine to do was ? e to jump on the bed and shout for i- help and light. But the hut was 5. empty, and no help came. One could o not spend the night standing on a bed roaring for help; so, as there was only a space of about eight feet be> tween him and the door, the snake d collector jumped down from the bed, e resolved to make a rush for it. He d had taken his boots off at an early part of the evening, and as he jumped he felt a sharp, vicious nip in the heel of his right foot. )- My friend was a person with plenty I- of cool presence of mind. A servant o entered the hut at the moment. He > summoned him, told him curtly that e he had not five minutes to live, and n proceeded to dictate a will and vari e ous directions to his traveling comit panions and one or two other pei>f sons. But death tarried an unacis countably long time, and presently te the reason of this was apparent. The )- snake was curled up in a far corner i- of the room, swaying and hissing an>e grily, and my friend had jumped off is the bed on a piece of broken glass >- with which the room was literally strewn. . V ' ?.. ; - . j flj AmImIh t; <ImI? fli ;Ii ili >v Pri< i ' ij par " i?4 inquire here we shall state ces, setting aside any consi ly in line with our establi leaving the decision to th Me Vim EVERYTHING 3 J. V. WALL ' - ? "W- w w ? V -W FIXE SEXSE OF TOUCH. Blind Xegro Can Tell Denominat of Money by Touch. Columbia, S. C., August 19.blind negro with a marvelous sei of touch is William Smith, just rived here from Alabama, where b< eyes even to the balls themsel were blown out receLtly by a cha: of dynamite, he says, which first f; ed to fire and discharged prematu ly when the blasters went back to the charge out. j It is impossible to short chai William, not only with silver miscellaneous change, but with c rency bills as well. With a few s ond's "feeling" with his fingers can call off the denominations of b as they are handed to him, from up to $50 and above. A test \ mo/Jo nf Viia arvnTrmHshmPnt. at S eral places and William made no mistake at any place. How lie is able to read the diff ent denominations by his sense touch he does not himself appear be able to explain. And he was ] j exhibiting himself. He floated i: the office of the Columbia Rec< while your correspondent was sta ing by and asked to have a quanl of silver and ?1 bills changed inb "ten-spot." The latter was given him and he was observed feeling new bill critically with that studii and remote look about his face ch acteristic of blind people. This cited the curiosity of those stand near and a thorough test was mi at this and other points in the c William was not begging. He s he was on his way to Norfolk, wh he had relatives who would take c of him. An Anatomical Wonder. Senator Beveridge was criticis the ludicrous speeches of a cert upright, hut hotheaded congressm "He does make queer blund doesn't he?" said Senator Beverid "Have you heard about his latest' "Well, it seems that a constitu visiting him recently, complained the shabbiness of a pair of i stained crash trousers that he 1 on. " 'A man in your position,' s I the constituent reproachfully, 'ou to wear handsomer trousers tl those.' "The congressman, offended, swered reproachfully: " 'My trousers may be shabby, they cover a warm and hor heart." '?Buffalo Enquirer. ? ' V :ed Pit There is a demand, ai place, for low priced piai They give people of o y for enjoyment of music, ^ many cases, if all pianos ^ priced class. ii j We carry a large stoci U l'. wfl cjall +Vinm fnr incf mil ^ no O&u vuQUi ivi JUMV nu the prices asked for then for which we ask more. It will be more profita ers to ascertain the fact to purchase instruments Our experience is free wish to benefit by it, ev made from us. clearly just where the differer deration of the fact that we ar< shed policy to give all who are: em. Igfymju KNOWN IN MUSIC. ACE, Manager. i ion re- inppjp dig 911| jl J] aWj Ill^l 1Se Established in 1894. The aim of the ache MrtTTA. 'Thorough instruction m or mUl IU: possible cost." The school was established by the Metl "r" a piece where girls can be given thorough i0C_ cost. The object has been - o fully carried PFQTTTT# It 19 to-day, with its lac he RLOUL1. building and grounds, w ills THE LEADING TRAINING S( $1 A j gA pays all charges for the yea wlDU beat, laundry, medical attei ?as T v except music and elocution. ev- REV. JAMES CA t a ! PROHIBITION IN SPRINGFIELD. er- ?? ?* Opening Chapter of New Dispense t0 tion in Orangeburg County Town. not nto Springfield, S. C., August 18.? ! 3i*d has not been very generally kiiuw Q<*~ that one of the Ringling Brothers ii :ity tended to make a sojourn in or aboi o a t0 the town of Springfield, but the sam the appears to have been the case, as 3us package of Old Rye Whiskey mad ar- its appearance in the express offic ex- here a day or two ago addressed t ing J. G. Ringling. A careful inquir ide developed the fact that no such part ity. had been seen or heard of since tl aid appearance of the famous show pe< ere pie in Columbia several years ago. are Consequently Mayor Jones called council of war this morning whic declared said package to be contri band, and subject to seizure and coi ing fiscation. Hastily gathering tl ain elect, carefully guarded by the hig an. sheriff of this burg, the mighty cava ers cade descended en masse upon tl tee. express office and laying violei ? hands upon the spiritual product < ent the liquor house, the aforesaid pacl of age was carried out, in and upon tl nk- open streets, or highway of the tow had as aforesaid, and then and there tl streets of the said town of Sprinj laid field were deluged with the fiei ght fluid; the vessels being broken, ar han the contents thereof spit upon ar trodden under foot, amid the lamei an- tations and protests of many of tl inhabitants of the said town, but Thus begins the first chapter < lest prohibition in the town of Sprini field. - ' ' ** ' ' ' WK MP tJ ;:v inos |f, :? ? ? i* ji* ;; ? ad therefore a legitimate |i j aos. jjS ',vH ?! aoderate incomes a means ? J which would be denied, in !: | were of artistic and high- ? V *INSi : of low-priced pianos, but t? . |J 1 ' . _V$jggjj^ at they are?pianos worth :: ? 1, but not so good as others 11 ^ hie for intending purchas- ?| , i s before making contracts <} ; | of exaggerated worth. i j ly offered to any who may ( i en though no purchase is ) ice lies in pianos of va- ? \ 9 piano merchants. i ^ interested, information :: yu/ | Charleston, S. C. i i ,';f BIB ol fa clearly set forth by its Oder pceitfrely Christian influences ?t the lowest icdfat Church, not to make money, hot to famish training in body. mind, and heart at a moderate ,'^t &. oat that as a f rulty of 32, its hoarding patronage of 800. and its orth 1140,000 ^ :hool for girls in Virginia. # ir. including the table board, room. lights, steam ition. physical culture, and tuition in all subjects * Apply for catalogue and application blank to iWWON. J1U M. Principal. Pis, fat?e. Vs. FLUNG AGAINST POLE. t_ Mr. Harry Byrd, of BranchviUe, Badly Hart. ^y::r+:..'.[ Branchville, August 20.?Testerday afternoon Mr. Harry Byrd, rural jsfcP? n mail carrier for Route No. 3 from l- this place, came very near meeting ~&'A with a fatal accident while horse- 4 ^ e back riding. Mr. Byrd has a beauti- -yfjl ful Indian pony and was riding in. a H a pretty fast gallop and just as he was e about to pass a telegraph pole that \-3 e stands on the street in front of the '? Methodist parsonage, he tried to * guide the pony to the right or tne ,y pole. In a moment the pony darted Le to the left of the pole and as she did ' * *5 > she dashed by the pole and struck , j Mr. Byrd's face against the pole. Mr. ^ fl a Byrd was knocked unconscious and .T; yt :i ^ the physician says that if Mr. Byrd's l~ face had struck the pole a few inches 1_ higher up on the side of his head > \ ie that it would have killed him instant-^ . ly. Mr. Byrd is better this morning 1- and his many friends hope for him a ie speedy recovery. * 'Twas a Glorious Victory. s" There's rejoicing in Fedora, Tenn. - ,,A ie A man's life has been saved, and now 1 n Dr. King's New Discovery is the talk ie of the town for curing C. V. Pepper of deadly lung hemorrhages. "I could nnt nrrtrlr Tinr cat about." he writes. . ' "7 "and the doctors did me no good, but, ? ? \ id after using Dr. King's New Discovery d three weeks, I feel like a new man, and can do good work again." For y -,:vj a" weak, sore or diseased lungs, coughs i le and colds, hemorrhages, hay fever,, lagrippe, asthma or any bronchial af- .-M f fection it stands unrivaled. Price 50c. yjjy and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Sold ?' and guaranteed by People's.Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. -