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k MR. J. D. OILLAND MAKES REPLY TO THE STRICTURES Or THE LAKE CITY iORRESPONDENT OF THE FLORmi TINES. Editor F*l,oresce Times: if nder date of the 14th iust., there ap pears iu your paper an arcicie i rora ^yc^r correspondent iu Lake City in .g' regard to the dispensary trouble that has recently arisen in Williamsburg county. In reply thereto I would like to state, in my behalf and as authentic information to the readers of your daily, that the article as pub-1 dished is a gross injustice to me, since the same is absolutely void of veracity and is a dirty, malicious attempt, on the part of some informant, to deceive the public iu their first conception of the matter. In the first paragraph of the artiole, it is asserted, upon information obtained, "from the member! of the ooooty board and of the county delegation who are accessible to the reporter of the Times, that the afi? in fKo AAnntv ^ltinonaarr vnaf. OWi 1U VUC VVUUVJ vuO|rVMOfit J t * * v? v tern is likelr to be nothing more than a tempest in a teapot, and that the board will conae oat all right." Such a feeling shMjId be cjuitir Ofaoling to the resident member of the board at,Lake Gity and also to t^e member of the coanty delegation who also there resides, yet such ab_ ' oolute confidence is not entertained / bf the members of the housed who are a part of the delegation, and a certain member of the county board; for on the contrary they held an entirely different opinion. In regard to the letter to the whiskey house in Atlanta claimed to h^ve been written by the clerk of the board. the writer beca to inform your Lake City correspondent that hereafter he need not allege or claim the writing of this letter ' by the clerk, but that he may state the aame as a positive fact, it be will quote the exact wording of the same . which is as follows: "Blnthenthal & ^ Bickart, Atlanta, Ga, Gentlemen: What inducements do you offer for orders? J D Gilland." This letter was incorporated in the report made to the dispensary auditor by the clerk of the Williamsburg county dispensary boaid under date cf February 21st. It will be difficult for some to understand the foregoing correspondence unless the conditions and circumstances attendant were known, which could be fully understood if you will favor me with a publication of my letter to tbe auditor, a copy of which I will gladlv forward to you upon re?quest and the assurance that you will publish the same. Yet perhaps those interested may draw some conclusion when they are hereby informed that all orders are made by the board and that on the 18th of November last the Williamsburg county dispensary board, (W E Snowden absent) made an award to Blnenthal & Bickart for 550 drums of whiskey, consisting of three brands only, to be shipped to the dispensary in Williamsburg couuty within three months as by law contemplated and required and that o?ie brand, "Old Joe," was for 300 drums, at a loss to the county of $900 and 19.1 per cent proof as compared with other bids on file at the time, the above purchase was made. Your correspondent has erroneI /\nolv ofQfkof T u-anf A*/v vuoi y ovwwu V1IOV x ncut UCIU1C VUU delegation in Columbia to prtfer charges after being discharged. I ?* was discharged on March the first I ^ went before the delegation, the senator absent without excuse, on February the 18th. I made my report to the auditor on February the 21st, ^ A which report is an authentic compi^Wifttion of statements and statistics, showing many grave irreguiarities in the operation of the Williamsburg board and which report charges certain members of the board with malfeasance, misfeasance, nonfeasance and the grossest negligence J n A Ap /In ! 1L1 IUC UiatUrtl^C VI. LiiCIL VlULiai uu ties, with an absolute disregard for the Carey-Cothran law under which they are presumed to exerciae their authority and discretion. Mr West was not present at the meeting of the / delegation and myself in Columbia. Mr West ariived Saturday morning at the ixjhest of myself and Mr Snowden, a m?'inl?er of the l?oard, to make an examination of the records in the office of the Uv?:d and to ver ify the charges iw*(c by the clerk, which will not be difficult iu ' least. The books have been thrice checked by the assistant auditor and fouotj COrfect in every detail. In the maueror uic uoutfa ffi<? legatlou of the members of the board cannot be proved authentic by any authority whatever. The bonding company petitioned for relief upon charges made and sustained by the clerk and an houest member of the board. The clerk seeks no sympathy whatever in this affair and only that equitable jnatice du? him as a unit of the Williamsburg* public and righteous sustenance of the charges which he felt duty bound to make and which are consistent with the records in the office of the board No charges are made of irreg ularities in the bookkeeping; nor from statistics "based on his own book"; but on acts of certain members of the board, sealed bids and purchases made, la the second colaran of jour issue of the 14th inst there appears an artide ffhich is very misleading and gives the pub)io$ wrong impression as to the reality of this affair. Nothing has ^een found wrong with the bdOktHn the often' of the hoard by the assistant attditor who checked them seyeral times and I dare say he is every competent man. Indeed, the books of the old system are quite different from those now in use. There is absolutely no malice whatever in the charges made by a member of the board and the clferk. There is tio authority that new bonds have been secured by a member of u n J tka aIovIt Tkaro i. | tuc uvaiu ?uu *uw vivia* uv*v ?w no authority that new bonds hate been secured by the board aud if you will consult the statute on the subject you will Sad that personal bonds will not auffice and that the same must be obtained with some security company. In conclusion, I wish to request that if any further correspondence in this matter is sent to you from Lake City, you will publish the name of the author. Thanking yon for the space thus allowed me to place this matter in the right light and to emphatically deny the statements from your representative in Lake City, I remain, J D Gillanb. Kingstree, S C, March 16. Florence Times. Be careful about that little cough Get something right away; some good, reliable remedy that will more the bowel*. Kennedy's Laiative Cough Syrup acts gently yet promptly on the bowels and allays inflammation at the same time. It is pleasant to take and it is especially recommended for children, as it tastes nearly as good as maple sugar. Sold by W L Wallace. Savad Iron Befog a Cripple far Life. "Almost six or seven weeks ago I became paralyzed all at once with rheumatism," writes Mrs Louis McKey, 913 Seventh Street, Oakland, Cal. "It struck me in the back and extended from the hip of my right leg down td my foot. The attack was so severe that I could not move in bed and was afraid that I should be a cripple for life. "About twelve years ago I received a sample bottle of your Liniment but never had occasion to use it, as I have always been well, but something told me that Sloan's Lin iment would help, me so I tried it. After the second application I could get out of bed, and in three days could walk, and now feel well and entirely free from pain. "My friends were very much surprised at my rapid recovery and I was only too glad to tell them that Sloan's Liniment was the only mediciue I used." Local Views. The latest in post cards local views, at the People's mercantile Cos. Following is the series: Bank of Williamsburg, Street Scene, Academy street, Hotel Van Keuren, Steel Bridge, Court House, Kingstree Graded School Building. All in beautiful color work. Call and see them at People's Mercantile Co's. 3-19-tf t INVESTIGATION OF WILLIAMSBURG COUNT* DISPENSARY BOARD. [Continued trom pa<$e >.] ! ' tiiat I go to Atlanta for a persona1 , 11. *' J interview, that l)nsui<f.s.? ot .! Mature CuiiiJ not l)t* tmnaaoted est- ! cept in person. Y?n stated iu this letter that jreu MF6 Vefy bti9V. Was that the i t'eascm foftf did not go? A, Ho sir; Q. Why? A. 1 did" not want to go. Q. Do you think possibly soi'iie other motive might have been attributed to the writing of these letters, that you made a statement to that effect? A. I do not know, but I think that Mr Coward or Mr Hunt or Mr Kinder would make a statement to that ef ct. Q. Who wa3 legal counsel for the board? A. At tirst Gilland & Gilland and I think afterwards Attorney Bass ot Lake City. I am not certain as to the latter. By Dr Bass: , Q. I want to ask if he believes I received any graft. A. I do not know positively. Q. Have you any reason to be- , lieve that I attempted getting a penny? A. -.If you will tell me why that 1 letter was sent to you from Orangebnrg, I might know. - ( Q. It must have been sent by f some of the parties you wrote to, 1 bnt I have no way of knowing.- 1 Mr Parker: Q. * Why did you not go to Mr \ West With this matter when you first ; spoke to me and Dr, Bass? j A.. The flower bad not bloomed ' yet and was uot ready to be plucked. 1 Q. Why did you not tell Mr j Hunt of this? , < A. I think I told Mr Hunt. Q. When Big Springs Distilling Co made an offer to you, did yon tell 1 them I was getting some graft? A. They made me no offer, l [Continued next week.] THE COTTON CROP FOR 1907 Estimated by Ceosus Report to be Uf< 1 261,163# Rales. ! Washington, March 20: The ' census report issued today shows that the cotton crop in , 1907 aggregated 11,261,163 run- ] ning bales, counting round as j half bales and including linters, ' and shows a total of 277,577 active ginneries for 1907. This is , against 13,305,265 bales in 1906 < and 10,725,602 in 1905. That ! statistics include 127,646 bales | returned as remaining to be ginned after the time of the March , canvass. The total number of ' running bales as given is < equivalent to 11,302,872 five- ' hundred pound bales. The average gross weight of the bales for 1907 is 501.8 pounds. The items for the crop < of 1907 are: 10,799,596 square J bales, 198,549 round bales, 86,- } 793 sea island bales, linters 276,- \ 500 bales. ( The number of running1 bales 1 by States follows: ' Alabama, 1,126,028; Arkansas, j 760,162; Florida, 57,616; Georgia, , 1,891,900; Kansas, 34; Kentucky, I 4,205; Louisiana, 676,823; Mis- > sissippi 1,464,207; Missouri, 35.997; New Mexico, 447,000; North j Carolina 648,517; Oklahoma, \ 864,106; South Carolina, 1,175,- ( 375; Tennessee, 374,536; Texas, * ? A". --TJ XT? !_!. A tOQ 1 v irgin:a, Remember that when the Stomach nerves fail or weaken, Dyspepsia or ' Indigestion must always follow. But, strengthen these same weak inside nerves with Dr Shoop's Restora- c tive, and then see how quickly i health will again return. Weak t Heart and Kidney nerves can also t be strengthened with the Restorative t where Heart pains, palpitation, or ^ Kidney weakness is found. Don't s drug the Stomach, nor stimulate the s Heart or Kidneys. That is wrong. ] Go to the cause of these ailments, i Strengthen these weak inside nerves 1 with Dr Shoop's Restorative and get i well. A simple, single test will surely tell. D C Scott. I THE DAHLiA. -1 Story of the Plant's Strange Introduc- j tion Into England. Not long ago thorn < la'tv ..-oiaatic gaFd?"" a nisi: puzzled her palate. She" cu.iTtl noi decide whether it were*~5 singular!) turnipy potato or a remarkably potatoey turnip, and whichever It was she did not like it. She summoned the cook, and inquiry presently revealed, to her dismay, that it was neither, but some of her choicest cactus dafhli_a_s, innocently mistaken for a' froge'table. The erf6? was less disastrous than the famous one of the Dutch house nrtKon ttfli.i /111 f in rf fh a nrotro lonon I KCCj/Cl WUU uuuijg vug pigiaigugg the historic tulip mania accidentally boiled for onions a handful of tulip bulbs worth a fortune. But it was certainly vexatious as well a? funny. According to historic tradition, the original introduction of the dahlia into England occurred through an error exactly opposite in character. It was imported for a vegetable and turned out a flower. A little over a century ago, so the story runs, Lady Holland, traveling in the south of Europe, was regaled upon a soup of delicious flavor, j which her hostess informed her was called "Palestine soup," because its chief ingredient was the Jerusalem artichoke. j Lady Holland, always on the ( alert for interesting novelties, ordered a root of the" artichoke'to be 1 sent to her gardener at Holland 6 House. This was done, as every- s body supposed, but w' the strong g shoots, thrusting up ooldly in the c vegetable.garden, and, tended under the watching- eyes, of gardener, cook c ind great lady, arrived at maturity 1 end bloomed, they bore a new and f splendid flower, inedible, but glori- i aua. The plant was transferred to the parterre and became the pride] of the garden, although at first Lady I Holland's feelings were mixed, for c ?he did npfc like to lose her "Pales- ? fine soup." But when a London j seedsman came to look at it and of- f fered 30 guineas for the root her last trace of disappointme it vanish- * sd, and her husband's graceful trib- a ute, which was soon passing from ^ lip to lip through the fashionable c drawing rooms of London, added the final touch to her satisfaction. c Lord Holland, who had a pretty r taste in verse, wrote gallantly: ] Tha dahlia you brought to our lslo c X OUX m XIW LUIIYU 11*11 iy?*a In garden* a* i?m( a* your wnil* And color* u bright a* your chMk. Youth's Companion. A ft AgtnL Although the old gentleman with % red face and choleric temper had opened the car window five times with much vigor, he had found it closed every time he waked from his dose. He felt perfectly sure that the person to blame was the man* behind him, who gave vent to a stifled groan each time the window was i ax i xii l I : upeueu. ai laav iue iuuicmi; gvuueman turned in his scat. s "Sir/' he said indignantly, "you are evidently one of those persons > who cannot bear fresh air, but may J [ ask you who controls this window, the person beside it or the one be- J hind it V "If you could stay awake a few minutes," responded his neighbor, "you'd soon discover that nobody :an control that window, sir not ?ven the brakeman or the conduct- ^ jr." Exchange. ] Origin of tho Dogwatch. The dogwatch on shipboard is jither of the short spells from 4 to I 3 o'clock in the evening or from 6 " to 8 to break the monotony of the \ regular four hour watches, so that the same men will not stand watch luring the same hours every day. \ [f, however, you should ask the most lautical person of your acquaint- k ince or, indeed, all the nautical peo- t )le you know why this is so called, . foil would proDaDiy una mem un- j ible to tell you. The true answer { s this: Dogwatch is a corruption ( )? dodge watch. The dogwatch was f ntroduced to prevent the same men } Tom always keeping watch the same 3 lours of the day; hence on these oc- t ;asions the sailors are said to dodge * ;he routine or to be doing dodge < ratch. Philadelohia Record. f Read the Farmers k Merchants \ Bank's ad. this Issne. \ Tickling or dry Coughs will \ jnickly loosen when using Dr { Shoop's Cough Cure. And it is so ? horoughly harmless that Dr Skoop < ;ells mothers to use nothing else, ) ?ven for very young babies. The \ vholesome green leaves and tender 1 items of a lung healing mountainous \ ihrub give the curative properties to ^ Dr Shoop's Cough Cure. It calms < the cough and heals the sensitive ) bronchial membrances. No opium, j no chloroform, nothing harsh used . to injure or suppress. Demand Dr t Shoop's. Take no other. D C Scott. 4 \ > \ 1 vr" X rlT" A Boston X F weak and sickly. j w?. X He didn't have a i a entire body. a The physici* 9 the family for thii 0 Scoffs Emu Is ? NOW: 5 To feel th wou^ think he wi jRA blacksmith. 1 MJ ALLDRUOQIST9: RHEUMATIC FOLKS! HE Ito SDH Ten IIBRETS AK VOX? Many rheumatic attacks are due ? uric acid in the blood. But the luty of the kidneys is to remore all1 iric acid from tb# blood. Its prea>noe there shofrfrtbe kidneys are inactive. Don't dally frith *aric acid olveuts." You might go on till loomyUy frith them, but until yon lure the kidueya you will never get veil* Doan's Kidney Pills not only -emove* uric acid, but cure the kid* ieys and then a}l danger from uric icid ia ended- ., Rupert B Calvo, bookbinder, em>loyed at the State Aiblishing Co., tffifMAl nrintera for the State of South Carolina, living at 1010 ??am. >er St., Columbia, 3 C, says: 4j, bought 1 had rbeumatiam and reated for it on that belief. I used >11 kinds of liniment The pain v:is in my back and in my hips, dear to the shoulders. The linioenta did no good and 1 took blood nedicines but they did not help me. ! took a long trip in hopes that the :hange of climate might help me. was away for three months but ;ould see no change for the better, beard of Doan's Kidney Pills and letermined to try them, and got a >ox at a drug store. They com )letely removed toe paias out 01 mj >ack and I have not felt a touch of he old trouble since I used them." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 :enta. Foater-Milburn Co, Buffalo, ?evr York, sole agents for the Jnited States. Remember the name Doaa's ind take no other. Always That I can save Remember you money onj IASH, DOORS AND BLINDS AND OTBER BUILDING MATERIALS. .Vhr>ioan Iti Prices Direct from ' ? UV1V4UAV .? w,. , factory. Everything Qua raneed to come up to Specifica10ns. ). J. EPPS, Ktagstree, S. C. [epresentlag CheravDoor I Sash to. Title, Mortgage, Bill of Sale, jien on Crop, and Lien and Bill of >ale combined blanks for sale at his office. 2-13tf ifiTlif! Applied by skilled mechanics ) is worth a fair price. Cheap ) mixtures slopped on by cheap J painters are dear at any price. J ' We expect to receive a reason- J ' able equivalent for onr labor. ) ' But we give an honest dollar's r ' worth for every dollar we get, r ' and we endeavor to permanent- ) ' ly satisfy our customers. ) i ALFRED WELLS, f Painter and Paper Hanger, ) | KINGSTREE, fc>. C. i ^ Leave orders wi th J | Kiogstree Hardware [Co. j < v ' > t] _______ *rJioolboy was tall, J - Jfc Y ere soft and flabby. 5ls itrong muscle in his X b> ??e 1?A#I ft m J X* ui ttiiv iiou nvivuu^u n ty years prescribed 9 - ^ ion. Q at W? arm 7<W * is apprenticed jtd M'\l ? 50c. AND SI.OO. n Hereafter we positively refuse to publish any communication received at this offye later than TSiesday, noon, except local and personal items, which willjnot be available later than Wednesday, noon, for the current week. By trying to be accommodating we are thrown late every week and we ajr$ tired of it This nntirp armlipa tr? EVERYBODY. 4-25-tf. 70S wt i A BIE3IC3C. jr Spectal ahip* rttade to order. Corre* pondence solicited before placing rear orders. W. R. FUNK. Beristration Notice. i.4_ ?' ' ' . ' \. Theofflce of the Supervisor of Bey istratioa will be opened on the flrsl Monday in every month for the parpose of the registering of any person who is qualified as follows: Who shall hate been a resident of ^he State for. two years, apd of the county one year, and of the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote four mouths before the day of election, and shall have paid,- six months before, any poll tax then due and payable, and who can both read and write any section of the constitu tion or isvg suomitte<i to Dim 07 tot Supervisors of Registration, or who can show that he owns, ahd has paid all taxes collectable on during the present year, property in this State assessed at three hundred dollars or more. J. Y. McGILL, Clerk of Board. 'is I |* v m k NinitaM, m all couNTmce. Buintt* Srtei tvUkwiuUrngtcn ***** te,| fyW^tolfc/MK 9 NWrt M4 hfriywwnt Pnwtfw bdwiwiy. Hi mmSSi *f?. ffrtM **m hW ^ f (7 ' -i Unsurance. % ' ? - ffig * Fire Insurance, y Tornado Insurance, V , Plate Glass Insurance V Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Accident Insurance, Burglary Insurance. We represent only Companies of unques tionedj reliability^and a policy is as good as a gold bond. We'll Bond You.. As Cashier, Treasurer or any position of trust in any of the largest companies in America. The Williamsburg Insurance & Bonding Agency. OFFICE OVKR L STACKLEY'8 STORE, Kings tree, - S. C. i "J