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w: 4 4 -?? ? *Lk id * 'a ? vS | r'M* M" JiMiilb* ? -t " Tf ?Mr*-;?, ?? ' i, ? ? - <; \ :?:.../. ? w j|i y '? f -,-*?? r* , - > )jp^?waiBBaaraeg=aeiiiii |r''iii i-Trmm ; '? VOL. VI. NO. -4. . v v. CAltt)*Nt S. C^ THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1909. ? " , Sl.OOPer Year A FALLEN IDOL FItEDEfttO AM8TKY. THE PftOIXXJU*. i Continued. . This was a very neltiiltr* Idol. -ad t Tislt from it ftf esteemed la an overwhelming distinction throaghout Vytore; Id (act. It only went oat oa5e ft faar to oonfer with aa extremely well-Connected Idol of Vtahna at a asaadapatn, or sacred rest boa?, half way from their reepectlre t?nplw. Mt 6n this occasion Ram Change's Influence had enabled the rale to be relaxed la Siva's boooar. Bore It was accordingly* and a tieh pavilion. was put up at one end of the compound, within which the distinguished visitor was Installs', aad. this dons, ths Brsbmsns entered the temple and cam* out beating the Wonder-working Image of Siva, whlc'i Was hailed with acclamations while it was being reverently depoelted In the pavilion by the side of Brahms. A"* then, aa the god* would neces warily bare mapy things to say to one another, the hangings- were drawn, and the priests made a ring iWand the pavilion, and stood guard ing It from Tulgar curlosfty. At last the gods had had sufficient tine to exchange Tlews, *nd It waa time to gratify them with the minis trations of the dancing glrla, before .ths united Idols were placed upon the chariot and carried home together In pomp. So the tom-toms were rattled and thamped nltu fervor, and the torches made the compound light as day, as the dsnclng glrla, In robes of purple and orango and green, edged with glittering silver tissue, prepared to go through Jhslr dreamy and delib erate evolutions, accompanied by chants like the cry of the midnight eat, and Ram Chungs gave the slg? nal for the hangings to be drawa back. A universal shriek marked their Withdrawal, as the torchlight shed Its . Sercerglare upon the Interior. Ram Chunga grew green, and his teeth Shattered, as well they might; even ?Acharya Chick, a3 ho gazed from afar, could hardly trust his eyesight. For the sacred idol of Brahma was broken into a dozen pieces; his arms ?were planted, with considerable taste and fancy, l? various corners of the floor; and worse still, the hardly-won Idol of Siva was In the same plight. Its fragmonts arranged In a pyramid upon the principal throne, upon the very summit of which squatted, with a bland smile on its smug features, the despised image of Chalanka, the 'Jekst and lowest of the Jain tlrthau kars.'' TUe haughty Ram Chunga, savage? ly accepting his defeat, wrapped his ahawl about him and made his way through the shivering dancing girls ?and awestruck villagers, out of the precincts of the temple where he had been*so signally discomfited. The Jains, realizing that their "ugly duckling" of an Idol had yMhred tbore" than a match for the Chief personages of the Hindoo myth ology, now ventured boldly forth and ?grrled Chalanka's Image with re 'lolclng Into the Idol chamber, where ih*^ wero^Jolned by Acharya Chick. * IIenee forth," cried Murll Dase, Uruinphanily, "our reverence Is due to- Chalanka alone; he has delivered ae?-he has shown Almself mlghter than the gods of old; mlghter than the blesssd tlrthankais! Tell us, ah* Father, Is It not so?" i Acharya Chick looked at the Idol With an uncontrollable feeling of re* pulsion. "It Is even so.* he said, ?and may he prove himself as benev olont as he Is mighty." * Front that hour the fame of Cha lanka was established, and spreading further with every day,. The other ttrthankars were entirely discarded by the Jains of the locality, who transferred their entire homage io the last translated saint, t Thus, for some years, shrine and Idol flourished, and the village found nplrltual &nd commercial benefit from th? clvsumatancc, until the bad times MM when Ttppoo Sahib took It Into lilt ill-regulated head to force the MvMulman faith indiscriminately ?pon oil hit aubjeeta. , Temples of various denominations 1 trere wanton'y deatroyed. and the Idols burled by their custodians until brighter days should dawn; and pos sibly some such fate as this befell the shrine of Chalanka, for ao rec ord of It is to be found later than the fall of Beringapatam and the an nexation of Mysore by Great Britain. Scenc, London. Time, 19th Century. L CH APT ICR I. * " " Sclf-ItcMtralut. I'love not lew though leu the show np md;, I . Tliftt love is merchandized whose rich es teeming The owner'a tongue doth publish every ... where. v There are parts of London which never seem to have been thoroughly atslmilated. Any one who Is at all fftmlltar #lth the metropolis will be able to recall at least one neighbor . hood of this kind. - In one of th* Quietest and most un impeachable roads In St. John's Wood thire Is a little two-atorled house, or rather cottage, with an acacia In front, and at the back a long out bnildlni whoso big north light pro claims Its use. I It vu, In fact, at the time of Wfchfc IJUBl wrftlnf. the 9^4)9 9I ? young painter who was alnatfy W ginnjng to Jpe known In .art circlse, end who vu nt work there Ml the particular afternoon la early ipriii with which the aarrative opens. Rone 14 Caap|pn wen too fond ot somewhat daring-experiments to hare quite gained the confidence of the .BrlU?h art patron, and. eo far. each ? praise ashsd bleu accorded him wss greatly la exceee of the eolld pad ding. He wee not strictly a handsome man, though his fueo had a oowev and attractiveness of Itspwn, and hfai figure would have appeared to ad vantage In one'of tho becoming paint ing eults in which many leee well favored men Indulge, but while he wss not of the order of squalid geni uses, there were no more traces of an eye to effect in hie drees than In his studio. So much engrossed was ho that he did not look around whea the door which communicated with the honor opened, and an elderly men~wtth L cross-groined walnut-colored face made his sppesrance. "Mister Bab cock to see you, sir." he announced, with a certain grim relish,* aa he stood at the top of the short flight of steps. Cemplon muttered something which did not sound like delight. | "Hong It, Bslee, couldn't you tell him I was busy?" he said.' ? "Just precisely what I did tell him," said Bales, with an Injured air; "but It wasn't no use; he's comln' In, | he Is?wants to see you on Important business, 'cordln' to him." As he spoke he stood sslde to mske wsy for the visitor, who seemed to | have no misgivings as to his wel come. "Well, my deer fellow, how are you? Hard ot It, as usuol, I see. Never saw such a fellow," he began. In the tone of one who ralllee on other upon o rather ridiculous foible. "I thought I'd drop In *hnd look you up?can't stop long. I wanted to see you about a little matter of mine." And he glanced nt the model with a meaning which Campion affected not to understand, for he continued to paint. "Well," be said, "you won't mind my going on? l ean listen snd work top." ? "Oh, I'll wait till we are alone. I'm not In such a hurry as all that. I can take a look around till you're ready," said Babcock cheerfully. He had come upon a large easel and canvas which had been rolled Into a corner, and which he now wheeled out to the light. MI thought I recognised her," he cried. "Miss Elsworth, by Jove?little Sybil!" "It Is Miss Elsworth," said Cam pion, rather coldly. "What of it?" "What astonishes me Is that Sybil should never have breathed a word about it to me?we've olwoys been such particular chums that It Is odd ?she always carries all her little troubles to me." ^ "Perhaps this woo too big to cerry," sold Cemplon. "Ob, ob," sola Babcock, perfectly unobasbed, "that reminds me, I pleased our dear Mrs. Stonilond Im mensely the other day, brought a chela to see her I had met out at Bombay when I was over there. You know what a chela Is? sort of budding Buddhist, sucking MohotinS; Colls hlmsslf Axel Nebelsen, Norwe gian or Swede or something, I fancy. Went out to India on some scientific expedition, end turned Theosophlst. No* he's over here, dining out end adveitlslng the religion. It hasn't been started long, but It's pushing Its way, don't you know. And the wom en run arter him a good deal, queer looking chap, talks till all's blue? ever meet him?" "Never," said Campion, "What does he do?" "Mild miracles?sort of parlor prophet, don't you know, Goes out to dinner and peck* a little rloe all the time, and then has a tranoe up* stairs over tola teacup, Bays he sees everybody with an aura gbout him, ?o hay* I?attar dinner, And ha'i learning to manage hi* aitral body, but he daren't ill it outside the door yet. I think he's a bit of a humbug myself, but he amuses me," So Babeoek rattled on, not mueh caring whether he was listened to or not, untu ne ran down, and Campion hoped he was going In earnest. Campion looked at him; he was not dlatlngulshed or Impressive look ing. He was short, with dark hair parted In the middle, a pale, rather flabby face, a loose mouth; he had done nothing so far except talk, and was never llkety to do more; but for all that, Lionel Babcock was a per sonage In bis way; If he bored most men, women found him both Instruc tive and amusing; be was fluent and e<df-assured; he was particularly well off. 'When he had gone Campion broke Into a laugh, which was rather sav age than amused. Then he wehl to the portrait and studied It. "'Was that ass right?" be was thinking; "does that look on her face mean? boredom? Isn't there a touch of something like sufferance on ber Hps? It didn't strike me so while I was painting her, and yet?and yet?con found Babcock!" He wheeled the big easel back Into the corner again, and returning to hla classical picture touobed Id some de tsiij Iron*, thf W#n for Umm. tat after a while to ito?il With Ml la|At||fet ?j|q good*** MttlNl, "I MQT M .Ml Mop work for to-day?tto llghfsgettiag bod. to?. .1*11 CO Mi got ooose eaUlaff otot; ao.^'m haaged If I do. IH tyi latotto jkHu AM rfwuij to woo crosalac ooo of the Sftl brid|? la the dlwrtkt of tto aiarfc. . - . ?ad, aa U happened. Pat* v|? Mad to kin for thle ofiee; for while to was inside tto radlaa of eachaat saeat, to saw a dalaty Igm coming toward him from oao 6f tto biidgee, aad tto flnro was that 6f tto ea chtatnH. Am aM came aoaror ttoro was tto least little dimple.la tor eheek: she recogatfeod him evtdeatly, tftt Hopped aad told out herhuad. aad tm called him by hla Christies aame. ?van that dull aad aaplaaoaat, typo of persoa, tto "moot ordinary ob server/* would haro lastaatly m> pected, from the maaaer of both, that they were oa terms of some Intima cy; aad eo they were, for they were ergsged. CHAPTKR n. A Remoutiante. There'* a present iof toq, air! Yea, ;. thaaka to her thrift, . . My pet kit been able to buy me a gift. ?London Lyriea. Ronald Campion had ladeed suc ceeded la wlaalag Mrs. Stanlland's niece Sybil, but the elder lady had not aa yet been consulted, and It was by no means likely that the engage ment kould meet with her approval. It had (?ae on for more than a month now, this most unsatisfactory of engagements. They saw one an other bat eeldom?indeed for part of the tliqe she bsd been away at Bast bourne: She wrote, and her letters were gat and affectionate; but when he met her again she gave no sign by her manner of greeting him that he was more to her thsn others were. > It ls^true there were others present at the,tlme, and true that she con trived to reassure him before he left by some apparently careless speech, to which her eyes and voice gate a sweet and special meaalag; but. for sll that, the strain was telllag on bis self-respect, and he chafed under his false poeltton more and more. wnat ne suserea under usbcocks reference to Sybil wljl after this ex planation be readily Imagined; and now that by a happy accident he had met her, he felt the time had come to speak plainly. She was the first who spoke. "I thought this was one of the things we agreed we wouldn't do?" she ob served, though with tho Tory great show of displeasure. "I didn't know I' should have the luck to meet you Just now," he said, "and you must let roe speak to you Sybil?there Is abmething I want to say." She arched her pretty eyebrows. "Something serious?" she inquired. "Yes, rather." "Then suppose we find a seat somewhere? I can be so much more serioua altting down." They found a sheltered bench near the water's edge, where the warelets were lapping half-heartedly. "Now tell roe all about it," she said, look ing distractedly lovely as she settled herself comfortably to listen. "It's simply tbts, Sybil?I can't stand this secrecy any longer." "Ob, Ronald! but why? where would be the fun If everybody knewf" "After all, Sybil, one doesn't?at least I didn't?get engaged for the fun of the thing; and If I had, 1're had very little of it." "Jfpu.. might be salons without belntf-'disagreable." ?"Is It disagreeable to object to have to play an underhand part?" "Very, because, don't you see. papa knows all about It?he must hare had your letter a fortnight ago." "But your aunt doesn't?you know how much she has done for me; I never ought to have kept this from her." "Ah! but you coudn't help your self, you aee!" cried Sybil gayly; "It was ray secret as well as yours, and you were bound to keep St as long aa I wished It kept." "And why were you so anxious to Jiave it kept?" 8he was looking at him with med itative eyes, "Will you have a lot of little reaiont, or on* big one?" the asked. J'l should very mucl^ prefer ths real one," he said, rather trimly. "Well." said Sybil, "the real one was; I'd set my heart on hating my portrait at the Orosvenor this year." "I don't see the connection; If ell goes well, It must be there now. Sir C has seen it, and 1 only want one more aitting to. flnlah it." "And we're coming for that to-mor row. Yes, but you foolish Ronald, If you had told Aunt Hillary when you wanted to, do you suppose you would ever have had the chance of flniahlng it in time? Why, I ahould never have been allowed to come near the studio, till we knew what papa thought of you?and perhaps not then?all theee weeks quite waated! So that by that little stratagem of mine (for yon might have known, if you hadn't been a goose, I never meant all I said), lust by that stratagem I've aaved you a whole year of fame?because 1 have quite made up m> mind that that portrait Is going to make you famous. And, naturally," she added, with a little laugh at her own vanity, "I should like to be a little famous too!" "If that Is all," said Campion, "now the portrait Is safe, you can't object to my speaking out." "But I do!" ahe said; "don't tell , Aunt Hilary yet, Ronald." V i ?? To be Continued. -1 Opttonisti Locked Aim After a meet extraordinary session of 47 days fhe uwnUy of 8pnth Carolina lijjianifd Saturday night with the -hia^i po ntiof at 11:59, but aeinal titac of 2:50. In both 'home aii4 senate ^quorums were not present, many of tho members having gone home/. Jt was the nanal jollification, however, .and prohi bitionist. aad loeal optionist looked srs ??d MrrolM forth the old aongii, being interru)4ed oeeasionailv by a mock session. The galleries and floors were crowed at times by vis itors, who watched the proceedings with interest aad aauUcmcnt. During one of the ' peas nee the ghost, walked" and tho member* | received their check* for $200 for a I session of 47 days. Before last year the pay was ?4 per day per member for not cx"ec(!injr 40 days. There was a dispute on the ex tra pay for the employes and at taches for extra pay for the pro longed session. Jfitfnlly it was de cided to grant the Increase. The appropriation* bilr as original ly introduced in tha^i house showed a decrease of $122,000 from last year. On arcunt of ? appropriations made in various bills; aLd adjust ments between lionse and senate the difference between (he appropriation bill of 190S and 1000ii* $12,000. This is a reduction in the aggregate ap propriation. The free conference commit tec agreed upon the folrowing essential points which were authorised by speeisl acts or the action of either *senate or house: ?? For coma'on school extension $20,000. < ~ For Winthrop extension $10,000. For Winthrop kitchen $12,000. For factorv inspectors $2,000. For statistical information $S00. For increase in expense account for Commissioner ^Watson $500. For. increafo clerk's salary, same department, $*300. University of South Carolina, to corrupt clericnl error, $2,000. Increase for high schools $10,000. Increase for Hospital for the In sano $5,000. Incrase for printing $5,000. Claims passed $10,000. Additional for engrossing depart ment $1,200. Battleship South Carolina $5,000. Refund for Greenville reunion $1,500. Monument to tho women 6t the Confederacy $7,500. Contingent account for the senate $2,000. Same for house $500. Additional for solicitors $700. Additional for clerks $500. These are the chief items that are provided for. A number of smaller allowances were granted. The house abandoned its appropri ation of $50,000 for free school text books. The senate's position was agreed to in the matter of tho Confederate hom6 and $12,000 id appropriated for this instead of ahandoing the Con federate home and adding the $12, 000 to the general pension appropria tion. Then the committee was appointed to wait on tho governor and a com mittee appointed to notify the senate that everything was ready to adjourn. In accordance with the usual cus tom, Mr. T. B. Frsser of Sumter then moved that (he house do now adjmirn sine die. .Tust before adjournment the house went into a committee of the wholo and passed resolutions on the impartilitv of the ruling^ of Whaley and his work during the year. Tlicra were p|!<0 the other re? olutions. The Aerate met Tuesday night end killed tie rate b'll after amendments defeated the mileage feature and caused it a former advocates to vote against it. Wednesdav the prohibi tion or liquor regulation hill and the educational bill consumed the time nnd little wen effected for lack of unity of sentiment. The House without n quorum, pawed a few third reading bills. After debate for almost the entire day and more than three hours' dis cussion Thursday night, much of which certainly looked like fllbuster-1 ing, the senate passed an amendment *o the prohibition bill?the compro mise proposed by Senator Christen sen. This amendment was framed Uf by senators in conference during the discussion on the bill. The Christenscn amendment which passed provides, in brief: Hold an eleiilion July 15 in coun ties now having dispensaries to de termine whether they shall continue the sale of whiskey. This would give prohibition for two weeks under the opening pro visions of the prohibition bill. All counties voting to retain the dispensaries .vill be under provisions of the Cary-Cathron act. Whep the bouse met Monday there was a Ionic ditcussion on Senator Lido's bill to :nenrporato the Ed isto Power comjuiy. T> objection seemed to be on jhr id?*a that it was given . cond< ma. atior rights that were nnneeet wry. Tho bill, how ever. passed. Tho house killed. Senator Web ster's bill provuji'i? for a Stste board of rmbalmers by a roto of 47 to 17. It then <oolt ur? Senator Ott. N bill, which world make *a jury vr *diet a lien spain- i *ho i?orsoft** rca! .ostate on whir'* -priVict i* rondo- ?* T**'' time limit had been changed in the house from ten days to five days from the rising of the court. There waa considerable debate on the bill and it was finally passed. Mr. Dixon's resolution . endorsing Presideht-eloct Tail's sentiment in hts Atlanta speech with reference to official appointments in tho South was discussed ni*l finally defeated. Senator Mauldat's bill to prevent worthless checks wot then brought up and was finallv iwssed. 'It reads as fotyows: "Section 1, TUat 'from and after the approval of tVis act anv person who shall draw arvl utter any check or draft on a bank or hanking house in which he has no funds or - not funds sufficient to pay such cheek or draft, and who on beia * notified of refusal of the bank or barking house to honor such chea': or draft shall fail for 30 days to deposit funds suf ficient to meet the sa**?<\, shall be deemed guilty of a mit'tei teanor, and upon conviction shall be punished'by fine or imprisonment or by fine, and imprisonment in the dis<rctioii of the court." The senate Friday ptssnd the pro hibition mer -iitcs with the Cliristen seh and Williams nrn'Midmo'its after a lengthy discussion ns to what was really the agreement of the evening before. The senate Friday night jwssr.l the appropriation bill adopting the finance committee amendments in toto, with a few slight changes, pro posed on the flo^r of the senate. The levy was raised from 5 mills to 5 1-4 mills, as it was pointed out by Sen ator Mauldin, chairman of the finance committee, that this levy would be necessary with the appro priations as made in the bill. " ' The University of South Ca^rolfoa was given its $20,000 as projx>iC<? in the bill for the erection of u/' new administration building. The provision made by the house ways and means committee for n $50<00 appropriation for free school books was stricken from tlx^ bill, this being the amendment of the sen ate finance committee. The salary of the sicretary of the railroad commission was raised from *1.500 to $1,800. There were several chanp-s in the department of agriculture, commerce and industries to conform to the re cently enacted acts ns to this de partment. The two new ipspectors are provided for with $1,000 per year salaries. The University of South Carolina maintenance appropriation was plac ed by the finance comnpittee at $45, 000 instead of $43,500. The pro vision was also made for the lecture courso by Jlon. Y. J. Pope. The pension fund was put back by the finance committee at $250,000 and the $12,00 included bv the house was made and appropriation for the Confederate infirmary in Cohunbin. There was quite a discussion upon this, hut it was adpoted. Tho bill has to go to a committee on free conference now for final dis position. Tho change in affairs in tho State senate made it possible Friday for an adjournment sine die to be retch ed Saturday evening in the general assemblv. The conclusion of the liquor fight was welcomed by many senators Friday. A session long er than 40 days did not appeal to thern, much less coming back here nfat week to consider what could be disposed of this week. The appropriation bill will be ar ranged at conference also. None of the senate amendments afYect the bill materially except tho striking out of the $50 000 for free schools. Poth bills will have to be referred to free conference committees. The house poised th? following bills. Mr. Wharton?To prescribe th# punishment for assault with intent to ravish. Mr. Appclt?To impose n licenst tax upon nil liquor drummers and persons \?ho solieit orders or ofTei for wale Honors or beverages contain ing alcohH. Mr. Carlisle?To exempt certair property belonging to fhe Young Men'a Christian association in thif State from taxation. Mr. Carlisle?To nmend section ? of an aet entitled "An aet to pro vide for the appointment of a banl< examiner and to define the duties of hia office," approved February 23 1000. Mr. Walter?To amend aeetior 2012, volume 1, eode of laws of South Carolina, conferring the potvei to condemn lands, streams and water sheds and fov seweriee. Mr. Mauldin?To require electru street railway companies to affix in closed vestibules to their tnrs. Mr. Sullivan?To am?nd an act entitled "An act to require railroad companies to put cinder deflectors on passenger coaches, by adding a pro viso to section 3 of said act. Mr. Harvey?To prohibit person* owning or keeping sheep-killing dogs. PR0HIBIT10NBILL PASSED Provision of Msoraro Imcluding Amendments Election to bo Held Asiwl 17 to DttOBlu WbetW Wok Counties Mb Dispensaries. The prohibition bill aa puwd in the legislature of South Carolina in its late session is in brief as follows: "Section 1. That all alcoholie liquors and beverages, whether man ufactured within this Stats or else where, or any mixture by whatso ever name called, which, if drunk to excess, will produce intoxication, are hereby declared to be detrimental, and their use and consumption to be against the morals, good health and safety of the State and contraband." The section then forbids the cell ing or giving away any such intoxi cants except as provided in follow ing sections: "Sec. 2. That wholsesale druggists may lawfully sell in wholesale quan tities to retail druggists and to pub lic or rharitahle hospitals or to med ical or pharmaceutical colleges ,aud in no other way, pure alcohol for medical purposes only, or grain al cohol to be used by chemists or bacteriologists actually engaged in scicntiflc work and for such purposes I only." / The section provides for proper reports of such .Hales. 'See. 3. That any retail druggist whose place of business is located in any of the incorporated towns or cities of this State, who is himself a* registered or licensed pharmacist, or ?who regularly employs a registered or licensed pharmacist, may sell, in the manner herein set out, upon til ing a bond in the sum of $5,000, to be approved by the clerk of court, in which each druggist does busi ness, conditioned for a faithful ob servance of tha provisions of this act." This section further provides re strictions about approval of bond and allows the use of alcohol for compounding mcdicines, provided however that no more alcohol shall be used in the medicines than arc essential. "Sec. 4. That no sale ?>f pure alcohol, for medicinal purposes, shall be made by any retail druggist ex cept upon the prescription of a reg ular practicing physician of this State, who, before writing such pre scriptions, shall make an actual ex amination of the person for whom the prescrpition is issued." It provides that the doctor shall certify in due form that he believes alcohol to be absolutely necessary to | alleviate or cure the patient, and ' that the physician himself has no in terest in the drug store where it is to be filled. "Sec. f>. That no prescription shall be filled herein except upon the day upon which it is issued or the follow ing day, and no more than one-half pint of alcohol shall be sold and de livered on any one prescription, and when such prescription is tilled, it shall not be refilled, but shall be de livered to the druggist tilling same." It provides that no physician who is a druggist shall issue and till his own prescriptions nnd guards against improper delivery by which means it micht. bo misapplied. "Sec. fl. That any retail druggist whose place of business is loeatcd rTt Any of the incorporated towns or cities of the State may lawfully sell alcohol in quantities not greatar than five (5) gallons to be used in the arts or for scientific or mechan ical purposes, and such druggists may sell, in like quantities, to chem ists and bacteriologists engaged in scientific work and for such purposes only, and such druggists may sell in quantities, not greater than one-half gallon, wine used for sacramental or religious purposes only." This section provides due restric tions against abuses of such purch aser nnd for proper reports by the drngcrist. "Sec. 7. That it shall be unlawful to sell wine for sacramental pur poses except to a minister, pnstor, priest, or regularly constituted of ficcr of a regularly organized relig ious congregation or church." The section makes a rigid guard ngainst impositions or evasions. "See. 8. That all statements ? or prescription* required by thin act to bo flled In the office of the clerk of tha court *1)1)11 be recorded and prop erly Indexed by him in n book kept for that purpose^ which nhall at nil time# be open for public inspection, and ft certified copy of such record, or the original statement or pre scription, with the cevtiflcnte of the clerk of the court indorsed thereon, showing 1 lin( it has boon recorded, shall he prima facie evidence of the facts recited therein. For making such record the clerk of the court shall he entitled to charge and col lect for each prescription a fee of 5 cents and for each statement, other than prescription, a fee of 15 cents, which shall he paid by the party fil ing the same." Spction 0 provides for reports, etc., so as to make the foregoing sec tions operative. "Sec. 10. That nothing in this act shall prevent the gale of wood or de natured alcohol." "Sec. 11. That any person who violates any of the provisions of this act shall he guilty of a midemeanor and upon conviction thereof be fined in a sum not less than $100 or more than $.>00, or imprisoned at hard labor for a period of not less than three months nor for more than one year, and for the second or any sub sequent offense, upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned at bard labor for not less tliun one ye$r nor more than fiv?" yearn. "See. 12 That jiny druggist or physician vho violate* in any wav tho provision* cf this act shall, in addition to the punishment herein provided, for..not more than ona year for eaeh offense. -"See. 13. That this art shali no| hare the effret of preventing the in diAment, prosccntion and eonvietion of any person who has hem u??Uy of the violation cf the present crim inal law relatii:?r to the dispensary, or punishment therefor, as now pro vided by law for offense heretofore "See. 14. This aet *hall take effect on the first Tuesday in August, 1909: Provided, That in tlie tountics then having dinpensarics an election shall be held on the third Tuesday in August, 1909. for the purpose or de termining whethe r I lie dispensaries located therein shall he reopened, and such election in eaeh of Said counties shall be held and conducted by the same officers and under the rules and regulations provided by law for general elections. "Sec. lfi. At such <l??cticn the elec tion commissioners for such tounty. shell at each voting precinct therein provide one ballot l:ox in which the ballots must be east. Any person who is a qualified elector of such county may vote in said election. Every voter who may he in favor of the sale of liquors and beverages in such counties shall east a ballot in the box provided therefor, on which shall he printed the words, 'For Sale and Manufacture of Alcoholic Liquors and Beverages,' and every voter opjioseil shall east a ballot up on which hhall be printed the words, 'Against Sale and Manufacture of Alcoholic Liquors ami Beverages,' if a majority of the ballots-cast in such election be * For Sale and Man ufacture of Alcoholic Liquors and Beverages,' it shnll be lawful ? for such liquors and beverages to be sold in said county as hereinafter provid ed: Provided, That expense of tiieso elections shall be borne by tho State "Sec. 10. In case <iti election as herein provided shall result in favor of I lie sale of lienors ami beverages, the dispensaries in each county so voting sliall be reopened ami conduct ed nmler I he provisions of an aet ctMitled 'Am act In declare the law in reference to ami to regulate tho mamifaetlire, sale. use. consumption, possession, transportation ami dis position of. alcoholie li (iiors ami bev el ages within the S'aic. and to policy the same,' approved the Kith day of February. 1007. and acts amendatory, thereof: Provided, That all of tlio provisions and limitations of the said act not inconsistent with this act shall remain in full force and effect in all of the counties of this State: Provided, further. That in counties which shall reopen dispen saries therein, the county dispensary hoard and dispensers in office on Aligns! 2. 100!), shall continue to dis charge their several duties as if sncli dispensary or dispensaries had not been closed: Provided, That in the counties which have heretofore voted upon the question of dispensary or no dispensary nmler existing or pre vious laws and have no dispensary at this time shall have the right at any time after the expiration o fonr years from the last election on tho liquor question to hold an election upon the question of dispensary ov no dispensary, as provided in an act entitled 'An \aet to declare the law in reference to. and to regulate tho manufacture, sale, use, consumption, possession, transportation and dis position of, alcoholic liquors and bev erages within this State, and to police the same,' approved February 10, 3907. "Sec. 17. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith be and the samt are hereby repealed." 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