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/ : 1 ? ' The Abbeville Press and Banner BY W. W. & W. K. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, i909. ESTABLISHED 1844 ? ????^""???????????? NOTICE OF ELECTION. State of South Carolina, County' of Abbeville. Notice is hereby given that an Election will be held at the voting precints prescribed by law in said County, on Tuesday, August 17, 1909, as. provided in the following Act. No. 42. An Act to Prohibit the Manufacture, Sale, Barter, Exchange, Giving Away to Induce Trade, the Furnishing at Public Places or Otherwise Disposing of Alcohol, Spirituous, Vinous or Malt Liquors or Beverages, or Other Liquors or Beverages by Whatsoever Nurae Called, Which if Drunk to Ex.cess Will Produce Intoxication, Except for Sale of Alcohol in Certain Cases Upon Certain Conditions, And Except the Sale of Wines for Sacramental Purposes, And to Provide Penalties for the Violation Thereof. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, that all alcoholic liquors and be veragts, whether manufactured within this State or elsewhere, or any mixture by whatsoever 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 aud safety of the State, and contraband. That* it shall be unlawful for any persou, firm, corporation or association within tlrs State to manufacture, sell, barter, exchange, receive, accept, give away to induce trade, deliver, store, keep in possession in this State, furnish at public places or otherwise dispose of any spirituous, malt, viuous, fermented, brewed or other liquors and beverages, or any compound or mixture thereof which contains alcohol and is used as a beverage, and which if drunk I to excess will produce intoxication, except as hereinafter provided. Sec. 2. That wholesale druggists may lawfully sell in wholesale quantities to retail druggists aud to public or charitable hospitals or to medical or pnarmaceuucai colleges. anu in no other v*ay, pure alcohol for medical purposes only, or grain alcohol to be used -by chemists or bacteriologists actually tngagtd iu scientific work and for such purposes only, and such wholesale druggist shall at*the end of each month in which any such sales have been made, file with the clerk of the court of the county iu which they do business, a statement iu writing under oath, giving the name of the purchaser, the price paid' the date of sale, and the quantity and character of the alcohol sold. That if said wholesale druggist making such sale is not a resident of the State of South Carolina, then such statement shall be filed In the office of the clerk of the court of the county in which the purchaser resides. Sec. 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 filing a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, to be approved by the clerk of the court, in which such druggist does business, conditioned for a faithful observance of the provisions ot this Act, such bond to be approved by the clerk of the court, pure alcohol for for medical purposes only, grain alcotiol to chemists and bacteriologists actually engaged in scientific work, and for such purposes only and wine to be used for sacramental or religiouspurposes only: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent such druggists from using alcohol in the compounding of piescriptioDs or otner medicines, me *aie or wnicn would cot subject him to the payment of a special tax required of liquor dealers by tbe Government of the United States: Piovided, further, that nothing herein contained shall prevent such druggists from compounding or selling medicinal preparations ^manufactured in accordance with formulas prescribed by tbe United States Pharmacopoeia and National Formulary which contain no more alcohol than is necessary to extract tbe medicinal properties of the drug contained in such preparations, and no more alcohol than is necessary to hold the medicinal agents in solution, and which are manufactured and sold as a medicine, and not as a beverage. Sec. 4 That no sale of pure alcohol, for medicinal purposes, shall be made by any retail druggist, except upon the prescription of a regular practicing physician 01 tins btaie, wno, netore writing sueh prescriptions, shall make an actual examination of the person for whom the prescription is issued, and the said prescription shall be substantially in the following form: "State of South Carolina, . . . County. To . . . Druggist. I, ... a regular licensed and practicing physician under the laws of this State, do hereby certify that I have examined . . ., a putient in my charge, and I do hereby prescribe for the use of said patient . . . alcohol, and I furtlrer certify, that the use of such alcohol ie, in my judgment, absolutely necessary to alleviate or cure the illness or disease from which said patient is now suffering, aud that I am not interested in the drug store to which this prescription is directed, nor in the profits on the drugs herein prescribed. Dated . .. M. D. Sec. 5. That no prescription shall be filled herein except upon tbe day upon which it is issued or the following day, and no more than one-half frint ot alcohol shall be sold and deiveied on any one prescription, and when such pretcription is filled, it uball not be refilled, but shall be delivered to the druggist filling same' and at theend of the month in which the same is filled, it shall be tiled by such druggist in the cftice of the clerk of the county in which *aid druggist is engaged in bnsiness: Provided, no druggist, who is also a practicing physician, shall fill his own prescriptions henunder, nor shall they be filled at any drugstore in which'tbe said pbyj fiician is financially interested: Provided, furiher, that the delivery of such alcohol sold under sucb prescription thall be made only directly to the per. L . > son for whoru such prescription is is- t sued or to the physician, or to some i one authorized by the physician, or in case a minor to hie parent or guardian 1 or physician or some one authorized c by said physician. t Sec. G. That any retail druggist * whose place of business is located in ? any of the incorporated towns or cities of the State may lawfully sell alcohol in quantities not greater than five (5) " gallons to be used in the arts or for scientific or mechanical purposes, and " such druggist may sell, in like quantities, to chemists and bacteriologists engaged in scientific work, and for ( such purposes only, aud such drug- ^ gists may sell in quantities, not great- ^ er than one-half gallon, wine used for sacramental or religious purposes only ' That any person desiring to purchase ? alcohol for the purpose set out in this section, shall sign a written or print- , ed statement, giving his name, resi- ^ dence, occupation and the purpose for which he intends to use said alcohol, and he shall certify that said alcohol j;1 is purchased in good faith for such purposes and no other, and that said J* druggist shall, at the eud of each 4 month, file, with the clerk of court of H the county in which he is engaged in M business, all such statements, with a certificate under oath, that said state ments coutain a true statement of all 9UV/U ctaito. ^ Sec. 7. That it shall be unlawful to p sell wine for sacramental purposes ex- t< cept to a minister, pastor, priest or a regularly constituted officer of a reg- u ularly organized religious congrega- p tiou or church. Any person, desiring li to make such purchase, shall sign a S written or printed statement, giving e< his name and residence and the name and location of the church for which A such wiue is purchased, and he shall ti certify that said wine is purchased in good faith, to be used for sacrameutal D or religious purposes, and no other. That such statement shall be filed, as ti provided for in the next preceding t* section, in the office of the clerk of 01 the court. Sec. 8. That all statements or pre- tl scriptions required by this Act to be a tiled in the office of the clerk of court oj shall be recorded and properly index- el ed by him in a book kept for that purpose, which shall at all times be open- o| ed for public inspection, and a certi- al tied copy of such record, or the origi- ol nal statement or prescription, with the et certificate of the clerk of the court inJ ?" nVtAininrv f hof if hoQ C. UU13CU tUClCuu, ouumug buuu n uuc 1A been Recorded, shall be prima facie aj evidence of the facts recited therein, fr For maning such record, the clerk of jy] the court shall be entitled to charge c( and collect for each prescription a fee of five cents, and for each statement, aj other than prescription, a fee of fifteen cents, which shall be paid by the tt party tiling the same. 01 Sec. 9. That in addition to the re- c< quirements hereinbefore prescribed, all tl licensed and registered druggists sell- s? ing alcohol by prescription shall keep a tl record thereof, which shall bear the 01 true dates of the sales, the names of H the persons to whom sales were made, tt the names of the physicians or sur- bi geons upon whose prescriptions each re were made; such records shall be subject at all times to the inspection of the solicitor of the district, the sheriff aud other peace officers of the county, h the mayor and police officers of the el city or town in which said licensed ti and registered pharmacist's business is located, and all other persons, q and each druggist making any such sales shall be requir- n ed to report, under oath, to the Circuit Judge presiding at *?ach term of court q of the county in which said druggist is engaged in business, a true state- g nient of such facts, and also file on Monday morning of each week a list ? of the alcohol sold by him, to whom sold and by what physician prescribed rj with the chief of ^police aud the mayor or iutendaut of the municipality, ? aud past one copy in some public place in such municinalitv. lc Sec. 10. That nothing in this Act shall prevent the sale of wood or de- jg natured alcohol. Sec. 11. That any person who vio- ^ lates any of theprovisious of this Act shall.be "guilty of a misdemeanor, and ? upon conviction thereof be fined in a sum not less thau one hundred dollars j nor more thau five hundred dollars, or impris6ued at hard labor for a pe- g riod of not less thau three months, nor for more than oue year; and for ]_ the second or any subsequent offens" upon conviction thereof, shall be im- e, prisoned at hard labor for not less 0] than one year nor more than five a years. b Sec. 12. That any druggist or phy- ^ sician who violates in any way the provisions of this Act shall, in addition to the punishment li|!.re'a provided, have their license revoked for a q period of not more than one year for each ofFense. Sec. 13. That this Act shall not have the efi'ect of Dreventiner the in dictment, prosecutiou and conviction ofany perton who has been guilty of the violation uf the present criminal law relating to the dispensary or punishment therefor, as now provided by law for offenses heretofore committed. Sec. 14. This Act shall take effect on the first Tuesday in August, 1909: | Provided, That in the couuties then having dispensaries an election shall be held on the third Tuesday in August, 1909, for the purpose of determining whether the dispensaries located therein shall be reopened, and such election in each of said counties shall be held and conducted by the same officers and under the rules and regu- " lations provided by law for general h elections. Sec. 15. At such an election the ? electiou commissioners for such coun- a f it cin 11 of nnnli irritinn nt-cninnf f T Ljr cuan at vavu ?unu^ \.viuvw iuci^~ ia provide one ballot box in which 8 the ballots must be cast. Any person who is a qualified elector of such county may vote in said election. Every voter who may be in favor of the sale of liquors and beverages in such counties shall cast a ballot in the box provided therefor, on which shall be printed the words, "For sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors arid beverages," and every voter opposed shall cast a ballot upon which shall be printed the words, "Against sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors and beverages." If a majority of the ballots cast iu such election be "For sale and manufacture of alcoholic li-: quors and beverages," it shall be lawful for such liquors and beverages to be sold in said county as hereinafter provided: Provided, That expense of ) bese elections shall be borne by tbe State. Sec. 16. In case an election as lerein provided shall result in favor >f the 9ale of liquors and beverages, he dispensaries in each county so roting shall be reopened and conductd under tbe provisions of an Act enitled "An Act to declare the law in eference to, and to regulate the manifacture, sale, use, consumption, posession, transportation and disposition f alcoholic liquors and beverages rithin the State, and to police the ame," approved thelGth day of Febuary, 1907, and Acts amendatory hereof: Provided, That all of the proisions and limitations of the said Aot ot inconsistent with this Act shall *maiu in full force and effect in all f the counties of this State; Provided jrther, Tbat in counties which ball reopen dispensaries therein, the ounty dispensary board and dispenjrs iu office on June 30, 1009, shall nntiuue to discharge their several duies as if such dispensary or dispensaies had not been closed. That in the ; outities which have heretofore voted pon the question of dispeusary or no ispensary under exiting or previous 1 iwsand have no dispensary at this me, shall have the right at any time fter the expiration of four years from 1 le last election on the liquor question 1 ) hold an election upon the question ! f dispensary or uo dispensary as rovided in ao Act entitled "An Act ' ) declare the law law in reference to, nd to regulate tbe manufacture, sale, DO nAnaimmfmn rtnuQOL;ainn franu QVj V\'UOUUi|/l,|VU J ^VODVOOIVU | V1MMW ortatioo and disposition of, alcoholic 1 quors and beverages within this 1 tate, and police to the same," appro?- ; i February 1G, 1907. Sec. 17. That all Acts and parts of cts inconsistent herewith be and be same are hereby, repealed. Approved the 2nd day of March, A. '. 1909. 1 Before the hour fixed for opening le polls Managers and Clerks must 1 ike and subscribe the Constitutional ith. The Chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the oath to ie other members ahd to the Clerk; notary Public must administer the 1 ith to the Chairman. The Managers 1 ect their Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each voting place must be ' Dened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed : 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City ' 'Charleston where they shall be open- ] I at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m. j The| Managers have the power to ' II a vacancy, and if none of the Man- j jers attend, the citizens can appoint 1 om among the qualified voters, the 1 [anagers, who after being sworn, can j >nduct tbe election. . ? imi 1 l: a.. i i\L iLie ciuae 01 tut; eiwuuu, me iuau- ; jers and Clerks must proceed public- ! ' to opeu the ballot boxes and count : ie ballots therein, and continue withit adjournment until the same is 1 jmpleted, and make a statement of ie result for each office and sign the ime. Within three days thereafter, 1 ie C hairman of the Board, or some ne designated by the Board, must dever to the Commissioners of Election ; ie poli list, the boxes containing the allots and written statements of the " (suits of the election. i MANAGERS OF ELECTION. 1 The following Managers of Election ave been appointed to hold the ection at the various precincts in ie said County: Abbeville?F. W. R. Nance, W. G. hapman, R. O. Hunter. . Antreville?Murvin McAdams Waylan Bowen, J. N. Knox. Wlllinjrton?AV. D. Morrah, S. Cowan, W. H. McNair. '' Due West?A. D. Kennedy, W. B. oing, A. J. McAdams. Donalds?G. W. Johnson, W. R. 'unu, W. B. Acker ( uenirai?u. tr. tiaunao, a. j. iviorson, Thomas Nickles. McCormick? Jack Edmonds, Thos. leaaoo, T. J. Sibert. Keowee?Robt. Pruitt, J. Will Ash- 1 !v, Burt Ferguson. Mt. Carmel?Tom Kuox, W. W. I lack, John Morrah. 1 Lowndesville?J. H. Bell, J. T. BaeiD, Joseph Gibert. Magnolia?H. W. Lawson, H. H. j [ester, R. 0. Bell. Clatworthy X Roads?John Brown, H. Link, Jos. Link. Bryaut's X Rbads?P. L. Busby, M. . Ashley, A. F. Carwile. Rock Springs?R. J. Jamison, M. i. Latimer, G. L. Burts, The Managers at each precinct nami above are requested to delegate ue of their number to secure boxes nd blanks for the election which will e delivered at Abbeville on Saturay, the 14tb Aug. 1909. M. H. Wilson, R. O. McAdams, W. E. Morrison, ommissioners for State and County Elections for Abbeville, S. C. A. F. Calvert Clerk. Henry Heard Confesses Guilt. CAUGHT NEAR BY WHILE CORONERS JURY WAS SITTING. Result of Inquest Lays Guilt at the Hands of Husband, The Inquest held over the dead body of the rife cf Henry Heard rendered a verdict to be effect that she came to her death at the ends of Henry Heard, While the Jury was Bitting Information was rought thai Heard was In hiding In a nearby ouse, The coroner deputised J. H. Ramey to rreht and bring bins to the court, the Messrs 'aggarls were also deputized to aid In the irrest. These men went to the house or fan* Mummer, where It was laid the fugitive was d hiding. When they arrived they found >arU eating watermelons aud when Paris ran axked where Heard was he answered by >olntlDg upward. The prisoner was found In the attic. "When le knew that he had been discovered be tried o knock the gable end out of the house and ilmosi succeded, but when begot bis bead brougb the bole be saw sometblng that nade him take It back quickly and give up. "When preheated to the Jury he made conetsion to the effect that he bad come to tbe loose od the date of the killing, not to kill lis wife but to kill a man who had been tco ntlmate with bis wife, when be arrived, tbe nan was not there and be just killed bis wlte nsuad. lie struck her first on tbe bead with bis ;un next on tbe check, and lastly on the ieok, the lock of the gun severing an artery n the neok. Tbe Rosenberg Mercantile Co. are selling :lothlng every day. They have the right :oodH and reduced prices. See their ad. Rev. E. B. Kennedy o Argues for Prohibition s tb According to the statement of the dispenser more than $153,000 was spent rp( for whiskey and beer during the year 0g 1908, and the profit on the sale of this ^ liquor was less than $60,000. Does m this pay? Would a merchant call it ajj good business if he spent two and a j half dollars to make one dollar? We pj' sent out of the county laBt year $153,- an 000 and not one dollar was received in 8tf return. The $60,000 which we Bpeak _ri of as profit came out of the county. Abbeville pulls out of one pocket $213,- a? 000 and says: "Messrs. Brewers and i Distillers, 1 will give you $153,000 if an you will let me put $60,000 in my other be| pocket." It is claimed that the dis- ^ pensary reduces the tax rate 6? mills. ro{ Who pays the 6} mills, the Brewers or ^ the people of Abbeville? Abbeville j says: "Messrs. Distillers, if you will jic furnish the liquor I will coax out of ^ the pockets of my people 35} mills and 0f give you 29 mills if you allow me to aeJ keep 6} mills." A large amount of n~j money is sent north annually for in- jn} Burance. It is a great drain on the rj county's resources, but the people re- bo, ceive compensation in policies paid. ca| What do the distillers send us for the ar |153,000 we annually pay thom? Is 0f not the amount the county spends for liquor, the $213,000, taken from the q0| legitimate channels of trader-the gro- yo| cer, the milliner, the dry goods merchant ? Would the county not be in ^ a better financiall condition if the j * |153,000 sent to the brewers were kept at home, in the pockets of the people, ^ in the homes, the schools, the banks, ' buildings, or roads? Balance the ^ treasurer's books against the dispen- rj_ aer's, the 6? mills against the 29 mills. the $60,000 against the $153,000, ana j say whether Abbeville county gainB or j loses by the dispensary. er? lit might be objected that some of je the money of the dispensary comes j: from other counties: that many in the county who pay no tax on real estate are made to pay indirectly through the whiskey they drink ; and that the ? dispensary draws trade to the town of r? Abbeville. Grant that some money I? does come from other counties the ^ force of tbe argument is not affected in any considerable degree, for over V~\ $100,000 is sent out of Abbeville coun- r~; ty. As to the indirect tax paid by J? those who drink whiskey, it may be 2 J said that they are already paying an f 0 indirect tax in the rents paid for bouses and lands. I believe the white man asks nothing of the negro except that he be a sober and taithful laborer. Tr1 Does the dispensary help or hinder him as a laborer t As to the claim that the dispensary draws trade I believe the citizens of the town of Abbe- _ ville will resent the imputation of that Wo selfishness that would live upon the weakness and vice of men. Borne of the best business men of this community and some of the wealthiest citi- - j zens think the dispensary Is a finan- rec Dial curse. Did the dispensary build y0l Abbeville? Can the town not pay its (b, taxes and support its Bchools without tjj, the dispensary ? Abbeville has been built by the intelligence, enterprise }8 j and thrift of certainr wdll known men of her citizens. It is a slander upon them to say the dispensary is essential q0 to our prosperity. The railroads pro- ^ hibit the use of whiskey by its em- a^, ployees. This is business, not sentiment. The conductor who reads the jhl telegrams must have a clear eye. The re( engineer whose hand is on the throttle must have a steady nerve. Why is gn not prohibition as good business for a for county as for a railroad ? Drink ^ causes accidents and crime and poverty in the county. Every life lost ne. measured in dollars and cents is great t0 loss to the county. Every man whose ha working time or working ability is j diminished by drink means a loss to eDl the county. View it from every standpoint and answer, does the dispensary 0f %>??? O K0J ' COl BLIND TIGERS. Up But it is objectod that I am aBsum- iD ing that prohibition will prohibit, to while blind tigers will sell as much b'c whiskey as the dispensary sells. But Qur both reason and fact refute tbe obiec- tion. The harder it is to get whiskey oal the less of it will be used. The farther bo temptation is removed from a man tbe toT less strongly he will be tempted. Not flu as much whiskey can be sold through tra blind tigers, when the county's brave m( and vigilant officers are hunting them down, as through the dispensary, when cai the County is encouraging increased to sales. oo And, moreover, what are the facts in wI grohibition counties and prohibition wa tates? The claim of the prohibition- wa ists is proved by the official records of sw Anderson, Edgefield, Newberry, 8par- to tanburg, Maine and Kansas, and so die far as I know by every prohibition J State and county. A leading business tio "f Bnorlorhnro" linnHllnor npr- Otl baps a million dollars a year, says bo thiDgs have been improved in Spartan- J110 burg one hundred per oent, by abol- thi ishing the dispensary, and that he is a Pa convert from a whiskey man to a pro- gf< hibitionist. So speak some of the lead* orl ing farmers and merchants of Ander- bo son. Officers of Newberry, Edgefield, dri Anderson and Spartanburg are on rec? ord as saying by the official record and P*( their own observation that prohibition prohibits. So speaks Ex-Governor *8 Gleen of North Carolina and the pres- let ent Governor of North Carolina. The Qu same testimony is given by the Governor of Kansas and the records of Maine, Of course some whiskey will be sold, 1 but is that an argument against law A prohibiting its sale? ,We have a law Dj against taking human life. Shall we of abolish it because over two hundred de homicides are committed yearly? nc Perhaps a thousand thefts were com- "a mieted in this county last year. Shall af we therefore abolish the law ? th Is it not strange that the brewers ac ? -1 411/Mtn inn onrl aM 1X7/ auu U1SUUC1B uaic pi UUIUUIUU auu aiv ?? making strenuous etforts to oppose its at spread? If prohibition does not pro- Li bibit, why do they spend hundreds of af thousands of dollars to use the press, 50 the legislatures, Congress and agents at to oppose prohibition? What the devil hates we may love. God's "Thou shalt not" has proved more effective ar than man's compromise. 8tj MORALS OK MONEY ? r But the question is, it seems to me, ly not does it pay, but is it right. We might establish a Louisiana lottery, 0 * * \, \ ' -ru acket shops, gambling dei rant that they would reduce fc re they right? They would oney, but they would lower mc 'hen Louisiana abolished the lot le lottery men offered to pay the > debt of the State and $1,000,000 lally if tbe lottery was re-establia ) her credit Louisiana rejected rer with scorn. Will Abbe unty retain the dispensary for ills reduction of taxes, which i 1 is only a delusion? South Carolina prohibits divo ausible and sophistical argum b brought against the law. B inds, and every South Carolinu oud to declare the fact abroad. ) not take equally high gro ainst whiskey ? [t has been said that the mant d womanhood of tbo county is it thing in the county. Does ipensary help this? Shall we p ids, taxes, buildings, schools at 3 manheod of the county ? For a quarter of a century our l schools and Sabbath schools E jo giving instruction ou thegrou morals aDd health and Intel iinst alcoholic drinks. Shall llify these efforts by encourag emperance by law ? Fhe dispensary cannot live ud ps are furnished for it. sA flour i mot run without wheat. A dis] y cannot run without a new sttf boys. Whose boys shall they jrs or vour neighbor's? If yoi t furnish your snare of boy?, t ur neighbor must furnish more t i share. And if you must gh p, which one of yours will yoi t to furnish as a patron to sup] s dispensary? fou would not conduot a sal iirself. Why will you by your ,ke tbe county conduct one? ] bt in this instance to do in v lective relation what you would as an individual? appeal to the gallantry of ttfe ot Abbeville. We are ndt ased to think we are a cbivali >ple. Jf threatened with riol r every man and boy would b i front, and the enemy oould >ach only over their dead bodies, non more terrible than riot or striking at the women of the 1? can be stopped, not with bull t by ballots. Our women do ;e. They do not wish to vote, r chivalry say, "They do not o vote," by casting a ballot for me?mother, wife, sister, daugb ongratulate that man who, listen tbe mute appeal of the women i Fer, to the silent plea of the Sav ose kingdom is impeded, and to ice of conscience, can say after c n day, "I am clean." E. B. Kenned _ A ? II* 1L.1 1 milt- _ ? e 10 nun waij buiiqcui a iowb Blood and SUfalishath t City by Iniquity! tfr. Editor : My attention was ted this morning to tbe ardcl ur paper "Take Notioe." Onetl 5 writer o? that article present it it wiU raise the city (Abbevi ri to 46} mills. Now, Mr. Edl not a fact that most of the w y bought from the dispensary ii i poor white man and the ne? into your police court and see J my "well-to-do" men you will -algned there. Almost none. I ed in Columblaon one occasion ( is is one of many) 28 cases before :order, and 21 because of drunl as, and every one of them poor, es ranged from $2 to $30. Is it r the wealthier to tempt: the wet do wrong that his taxee may b< ced ? Shall the poor white men groes of this county be appealer drink liquor in order that we i ve a court house and build bridf Sow, Mr. Editor, we must all re ce the Truth, and that word i fo drunkard shall enter the king< heaven." I am sure old Abbe\ jntv will not put this licensed on her noble men any longer. T another place the Truth says him that buildeth a town \ >od, and stablisheth a oity by ity!" Habakkuk 2:12. < rhen there is another thing lla my attention, viz.: Our gooc ring people who work in our i vns do not desire the dispensarv ence. Just this week, as an il ition, a man with a family desire >ve to your city and work in the are, but he had some boys and jBe of the dispensary there mo the dry town?Greenwood. Tb ly one, but 1 have been assoch th laboring people all my life, ai ,nt to pleaa for them. He does mt to wreck and ruin his hom< eet and dear to him; tempt bis t do wrong and lead them dowi grace. No, I can not support this insl n by my vote or influence nor in ier way. For tbe good of my ne r's boy, if not my own, I must i, And then when I begin to w< e extra cost of our courts as c red to places of prohibition, and sans of the widow, the sighs of ahans; when 1 see the wre( mes and awful misery produce* Ink?as a citizen and one who li ic righteousness, don't tell my i to vote for the accursed thing, [f the prosperity of South Caro dependent on the sale of liq 's surrender to all that's bad it. Twaa a CJlorions Victory. There's rejoiomg in Fedora, Ti man's lffe has been saved, and r. King's New Discovery is the the town for curing C. V. Pepp< adly lung hemorrhages. "I c >t work nor get about," he wi md the doctors did me no good, ber using Dr. King's New Disco ree weeks, I feel like a new r id can do food work again." eak, sore or diseased lungs, C01 id Colds, Hemorrhages, Hay F< aGrippe, Asthma or any Bron< fectipn it stands unrivaled. 1 C. and $1.00. Trial bottle free, id guaranteed by P. B. Speed. don't tall 10 jook over me new 101 01 i d novels Joat received at Speed's ire. Hnyler'a candy fresh all tbe time a d'a drug store. A. big lot or standard novelB?"reprintj fifty cents eacb at Speed's Brag Store, Tbe best extraota In tbe world are Bli q display at Mllford's drug store. -- - ftxS raiae \ >rals. J ,. j ' " i \Zl | Qualification of i an- # ihed. ^ : vine 5 Coming El 61-2 ? after X rcea. J / enta J v ut it T Can # vo*ere ?' Abbeville County: und ^ Tbe general elections held heretof 4 cation of the will of the people expi 'the ? mary- There was practically but one tjj? J was no necessity for a rigid adherent lace ? tion to be held on the 17th of Augue >ove J laws, but the conditions are very diffei 5 upon the question to be deeided at sue iave # is t^at every lncb ground will be cc inds 4 It will be necessary for the mam llect J election law to the letter, or else the el we # It being probable that the electio ' Ds" r rigidly enforced in the election to be iless J than they have been in the past, I feel mill J man to point out to the voter, whethei 36J1" 5 or in favor of the dispensary, what ' j may legally vote. In the case of Wi l do 5 76 8. C., 674, our Supreme Court decii ben J ?' the right to vote each elector must han J <? istration certificate for the precinct i 'e a W ' nroof of navmant of all taxen for tl i ?j- 4 1 - port ^ " oath that he is a qualified elector is i ! j The election will be held with this (\ I, therefore, suggest to each voter t [8 jt 11 tificate and his tax receipt, and offer tc 'our 4 he is registered. not {> If you have mislaid your tax rere vol- * i bounty Treasurer that you have paic (jfg. *! year. Nothing short of this will entit 'ous 11 are so prepared you need not be sui '.OT. ? right We must have a fair election, ] e at V y ap- J war S County C md. (i et8? # 3 not >%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Let eed ?????? i ? Si HONORED GUEST. "ra yho . the Mr. John H.Wilson of Oxford, Alibuoa, ,lec' Visits Kindred in Abbeville. *2, y. Mr. John H. Wilson of Oxford, Ala., to#} is on a visit to bis kinsman, Mr. M. H. B*y i Wilson of this city. y^tth Ab a citizen of Alabama' Mr. Wilson pem is , one of the largest farmers. As a m? Farmers' Union man, he inactive and io the forefront. As a soldier he emu- whb lates the bravery and heroism of his ??n? di- uncle M. H. Wilson of the Palmetto i0q ? e in Regiment in storming the walls of amo )iog Mexico. At a Confederate soldier he p??^ a i* carried the Implementfe'of war for ille) three and a half years. Finally, when u<ju< I tor, looking for Mr. Sherman, the barn *?0i bis- burner, be fopnd the old incendiary s by down in Camden, 8. C., and would tad jro ? have oarrled bim off a captive, exoept P*J* bow for the fact that there were present And many Union soldiers who prevented giori no- bis accomplishing his patriotic desire. add it was for this reason that Mr. Wilson the oonoiuded to accept their invitation to vera sen- be their guest for a time. In acceptThe |ng their hospitality, which was urged *wo ight upon him, he went with them to a iai iker house party in New York, where ??n,j 4 re- guards of honor watched over him Men and throughout the day, and during the in oi a w giient watches of the night they were varo nay eVer present. f68? Mr. Wilson will remain with us un- umi ver* til next Tuesday. Everybody here is n?111 |&y8 glad for his presenoe, but nobody likes ai?? Jom his idea of inducing his kinsman Mr. i w< rille m. H. Wilson to go home with him. evil As nobody about here is able to bay ben his possessions it is perfectly certain, thu, that he is not going away to leave his drrf nth houses and lands. ini- The sacred dust of his distinguished can I * uncle who died in Mexico is with us at that Long Cane. It rests near the grave of I la- F. W. Selleck, the man who first raised trie* mill the flag of the United States on the in- wauB 0f Mexico. The Legislature llus- should make appropriation for monu- nay, id to ments to both. m6n Mill Mr. B. C. Wilson handsomely enter- Ft' I be- tained about twenty guest* on Friday aoia ved night, when all were glad to meet vis- ?{ 1? is itor and kinsman. ?e si ated by ti id I '* and M?o T9 DIM THE SAVANNAH RIVE*. )OVS anjjr 110 Patterson Secures Passage of Bill of ?u ' Intereaf to EdxaSeM People. 7S I ^ Washington, August 2-Special; Repre- lnal 'Ku* sentatlve Patter?on to-day secured the pa?- tooo say sage of bill to dam tbe Savannah River, at a may 9ieh Point between Edgefield County In Sontb I lov Carolina, and Columbia < ounty In Georgia, ed oi V~" Tblawlll prove a big thing for tbat part of I? the both States. Tbe bill was passed principally out. the in the Interest of N. B. Dial, of Lanrena. and tbe < tirod other oltlaena, who propose to develop power tben and supply It to Augusta and other nearby offlc 1 DV cities. The nearest town to the point where 3T68 tbedam will be built li Woodlawn,.on the rUiri_ c. and W. C. Rallwo?d. Mr. Patterson stated Ft5U* mat he belltvod the passage to this bill, wblob will permit tbedam to be built, will Una mean mnob for that Motion ol South Caronr,_ Una. fie was aaslated by Representatives uorJ Wyatt Aiken and Bartlett, or Georgia, and p. h. MoG. fi B. - High Water and WatermelonsMr. E. B. Hughes, a thrifty trooper of this city ?? on bis way to town the other day rt_ " SDD. jait gftera heavy rain, fie bad a load of OW many things good to eat including many M" talk Juloy watermelons. . Mr. Hughes thought that be ooaid cross the Br oi atream, get to town early, and be the early >< OUld bird to catch the unwary worm. When he ites d*ov? lhe stream, however, the water Joril . J proved to be deeper than tbe body of the tort Out, wagon, and mellons. peck ^measure, baskets, In e very vegetables, etcetera, floated blithely down tbe ueai nan swolen ttream and have never been heard beei from since. Mr Hushes was two glad to get It for out of the pickle himself to worry over the llgbs loss of tbe watermelons. He carries a stick are war now, with wbloh he does some measuring be- Btrll \ , i fore entering a ford the depth or wbloh he ufiiai joea not know. Id Price law Sold lt?, Negro Bit by Highland Moccasin. bu7 eat( A short time ago a negro living on the Tl Btand plantation ol Mr. Augustus Mars, was bitten bllo Drug by a large HIghlanb Moocaaln, Mr. Mars wltl tinmort latel v BDDlled mm a Hound Knntrn httn oft] t Mil* reoaldy and after calling a doctor, was as- the sured that be bad done all tbat could be done tbe nn. under tbe olronmiUncea. Tbe negro U im- reg< 1 on proving rapidly. ickl'i ?- tloi Tbe noaaoot or tbe olty?Bpeed'i Clnoo olgars Hto: jk Voters in the | lection. t i , o ore have been simply a ratifl- \) ressed at the Democratic pri- (I side, and consequently there (1 se to election laws. The elec- < | it is under the same election * J rent. Our people are divided J ^ h election, and the probability ^) ?n tested. {| igere of election to follow the ( r lection will be a nullity. < > n laws will be so much more <' held on the 17th of August, <' 1 it my duty as County Chair- * . v.? ? _* lum P uc uc iu wvur ui pruuiiJlLlOD ^ he must do in order that he X ight vs. Board of Canvassers, i ded that "as a pre-requisite to 4 present to the managers a reg- ( at whieh be oilers to vote and 41 be previous year. Taking an < lot sufficient." 1 [ law in view. J j 0 look up his registration cer- (\ > vote at that precinct at which (I )ipt, get a certificate from the (* 1 your taxes for the previous- < \ Le you to vote, and unless you (. rprised if you are denied the > let the result be what it may. \ FRANK B. GARY, J bairman Abbeville County, J ( %%%%%%%%%%%%%*!1 e Facts Learned by Traveling through Dry Ccunties. ave traveled for the last Ave months In dry counties that onoe bad dispensaries, the .officer* of the law tell me that crime ieen rednoed largely; that drunkenness )een rcdnoed any where from 60 per cent per cent. The very best business men Aat business faai Increased In volume, that men are more reliable and that colons are muoh better than before the disarles were voted oat. innfActarM say that conditions are much roved, and that the manufacturing plants injoylng a degree of snooesf far ahead of t was attained under the dispensary regrmera say that farm labor has Improved er oent and snob a thing as drunkenness ng farm laborers is almoat a tblng of tbe ' adlng negroer In tbe rural district! My ' tbey do longer suffer from tbe pale of Dr at and near tbelr plaoe of meetings, that a?a rule tbey now have no trouble i tbla aourOe. llroad oonduetora aay that running In ont of dry towna drunkenness among engars la a thing rarely aver wen. e general verdlot throughout the dry itlea la that prohibition Ta a grand and oua suoo6?8, bridging peace and proa,y wherever it cornea. item en ta made to me oonoernlng tbe aueof prohibition were made by men of elty and blgb atandlng In tbelr reapeotlve manltlea, and from wbat I have aeen my own eyea I bave no reaaon to doabt rd tbey have told me. ppoae some man get drunk In tbeae dry tlea but If they do tbey keep out of sight je traveling public. I am anre I have more effeota of atrong drink In Abbeville ne day than I bave aeen In traveling ugb tbe nine dry eonntlea. While travel: bave apent several Saturday afternoona Sundays In tbe towna of tbeae dry oounmd on 8atnrday afternoona I have aeen gns of any drinking whatever. satlafV myself more fully aa to tbe nnt of blind tigers sold*ln theae dry towna tot to different men, in different dry is asking tbem to aaalat me In bnylng ikey, bnt without exception I have been ed down. Tbe (act of the bualnaaa la juat that wblakey and drunken men In theae counties are hard to And. n't labor under the delusion that Joe F. iuuub uoeau i Know how u> gel It wnen ii tte bad, for be bu bad all tbe experience ary la baying and drinking both blind and straight stuff. Heoameup with It, c?d In a bar room, and la on to all tne ;a ofa trade tbat dimns humanity. me of tbe ardent workers for tbe dlspea* nae tbe argnment tbat the ooaoty will be led with blind tiger liquor. Let me say, brother, verily, I look upon snoh argutaa a slander on Abbeville County, and esenl we are rearing a foarth generation , I believe that Abbeville Coanty enjoys sa of citizenship aa high, aa noble, and ivoted to doty as any In the known world leve tbat oar oounty officials are not to irpassed Id tbe point or devotion to daty aose of any other County of tbe Stats, tbat tbey may be depended upon to see tbe law Is carried out to tbe letter, and r tbe town of Abbeville I km sore tbat olloe foroe cannot be surpassed by that of other town of its slie. 9 are proud tbat we have such officials we point to them as men wbo will do duty regardless of w) it may be their 3nal opinion. ave been In this fight against whiskey, 1 of Its forma, for twenty years and expect ntlnoe to fight tbe monsterso .long aa I live. 1 am not fighting any Individual e my lellow man, and have never offendie that I know of, on tbe subjeot. m sure tbat tbe dispensary will be voted Let ns all Join in the fight, and when llspensary la voted ont, let ns not stop b but go on with the work In helping the ers enforce the law. Joe F. Edmonds, Abbeville, 8. C.,Aug. 9,190&. THE LIQUOR LAW. i Farce in Tennessee and no Hope Of Enforoement. m tbe Memphis Commercial Appeal.) i the Commercial Appeal. Why don't yoa jmethlng about tbe Illegal aale of wlskey beer In Memphl6? Tbe prohibition In aphis Is a farce, Temperanoe. is, prohibition seems to be a faroe wberltu attempted aealnst tbe will of a ma.y of the people. It Is a farce In Atlanta, i Georgian Leglsator held a bottle of beer sob band and demanded that tbe tax on r-beer be donbled. fin said be bought the - In tbe open market In Atlanta. Is a farce In Birmingham, MJbtgomery Mobile, but tbe Alabama Porblbltloulst deter mind to make tbe farce tbe more king by putting prohibition In tbe Conation. i Memphis it has so far made a farce of tbe maobiaery when It attempts to deal with 'e feared Ibis before tbe passage of tbe law iiraart that, an ntfnmn! snnnld ho mni1? In >roe It. jelaw 1b the law, bo matter if paused In id lolly, and this paper bag no sympathy a those wbo are telling liquor Id violation tie law, or killing people in violation or law or doing anything eloe In violation of law. Violation 0/ oue law leads to dlsird for all lawa. ou can alwavs get what you want In atalery and school books at Bpeed'a Drug re. ? !