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/ IS PROHIBIT!! So Questions S. Law in M [Leslie'.1 Thirteen State capitals became "dry1 on July 1st, 1909. This had been caused cither by State, county or city actiou, Charleston. W. Va., Lincoln >?eb., Concord, X. H., and Moutpelier Vt., voted liquor out Jby a sort of lo cal option or council action. Tht other "dry" capitals are in the States having State-wide prohibition, to wit Augusta, .Me.; Topeka, Kan,? Bismarck, .N, D.; Atlanta, C?a.; Jackson * ri. i XT C* Miss.; ;s ash vine, xenii.; rutieigu, n.v, Montgomery. Ala.; and Oklahomi City, Okla. One of the singular features of th< advance of prohibition in Mississipp is the fact that it has not been broughi about through moral |or religious agi tation. The Temperance agitators the W. C. T. U. forces, and the prbhi bition party proper had but little to d( with the steady spread of local optioc for a period of fifteen years, or the en actment of the statutory prohibitioi law last year, # According to the cen 8U8ofl900 there were in Mississipp 641,1'00 white persons and 907,630 ne grnes. The business men aud com mercical interests irr the Mississipp cities compelled to employ negro la bor can justly claim credit and respon sibility for existing conditions in ttii State. When the business interests(not all of course) in the cities began this figh the planters of the State began ti realize that the open sale of liquor wai demoralizing the negro aud impairing his efficiency as a laborer. Th< strength of this latter force in favo of prohibition can be realized when i is explained that Mississippi is pre * 1 ?? ??1 r*ron eminenuy an a^nuuuuiai omcc, p??vtically ninety per cent, of the popu lation being engaged in agricultura pursuits, and the negroes who are"th< hewers of wood and drawers of water' form sixty percent, of the entire pop ulatfon. Recognition of the fact tha the use of liquor^was causing a stead] increase of crime among negroes alsi had a strong effect in bringing abou restrictive legislation. The real leaders of the prohibitior movement? men like the late Bisbo] Charles B. Galloway, of the Methodis Episcopal Church South, and Dr. W T. Lowrey, of the Baptist Church prohibitionists through principle an< not aligned with any party organiza tion?in the great campaign for a loca option law, crntended that a persisten campaign of education would inevita b v lessen consumption of whiskey|an( beer; and prohibition laws, evei though imperfectly enforced, woulc prove the most effectual means of re straint to the traffic. During the fifteen years period tha the prohibition cause has been advanc ing in Mississippi (through local op tio), it has been frequently handicap ped by the excessive zeal of some of iti advocates. For many years Bishoj , Galloway steadfastly opposed a Stati wide prohibition law as a eubstitub for local option, believing that the timi was not ri pe for Buch a reform. He coi tended that as the people awakened t< a realization of what they wantedif it were prohibition? county afte county would swiug into the "dry' column. His judgment proved correc for when, last year, the State wide lav . was enacted, there were only six *'wei counties out of the entire seventy eighl Even in the final prohibition fiidht Bishop Galloway and his follower! were advocatee of conservatism. Wher the State wide prohibition bill was pr< Rented at the 1908 session of the Legis lature, some of its advocates wished t( make it effective immediately. Th< conservative element, led by th< good bishop, believed that the saloonkeepers (in the six counties) shoulc be permitted until December 31st,190S to close out their business. "Wher the conservatives won this point the the State wide prohibition law was pessed without a dissenting vote, and it is said the saloon men promised nol to institute litigation to test the law'f constitutionality. The bill or bills passed by the Miesissippi Legislature (it required five, oi amendments, to do the work correctlj February 19th to March 5th, 1908, art "corkers", The writer has studied all the prohibition laws passed in the South by the several States; not om can touch Mississippi's acts as tc strictness. After reading the five acts or amendments, one is tempted to be lieve that it is impossible to get aoj liquor in ;the State. Only a ministei can buy sacramental wine. C. O. D. shipments are prevented by an acl that does not permit the agent of s railroad or express company to allow the removal ofU. O. X). whiskey and beer more than one hundred feet from ine oraee or uepoi. me same aui section 1,798, states that proof of thf possession by any person in Mississippi of one-half gallon or more of C. 0,E liquor or beer shall be prima-facie evidence of violation of the law! The fiossession of a United States revenut icense is presumptive evidence of s guilt. It is unlawful to give a frienc a drink at a public entertainment, anj place of amusement, or social enter tainment,and so on, ad infinitum Violations of the prohibition laws o: Mississippi are known as misdemeanors. For two days after the writer arrivec in Jackson, Miss., he couldn't fine anybody but a prohibitionist. "Greal law, doing great good. No liquor 01 beer sold in this town, and won't be I can tell you sir!" The hotel at whicL he stopped, adjacent to the railway station, gave many opportunities t( watch the train of express wagoni hauling "unmarked" cases of some thing all day long therefrom; a lot o barrels also. Hon. Arthur 0. Crowd er, the capable mayor of Jackson (? friend of 23 year's standing to the wri ter), who is doing his duty as he sees it?which is to close up any blind ti ger wherever found?when he had th< bald question put to him as follows "Now look here! I'll admit, as you do that a visitor can .bribe a bellboy ii this hotel to go out to secure liquor oi beer. But can a stranger, uuintro duced, arrive in this city, leave this hotel, and, without going through any 'sewers', back alleys, or subjecting himself to police trouble, get all th< liquor or beer he wishes?" replied, ir effect, "I'd close such places up if 1 knew of theui." Now, as a matter of fact, there art blinU-tigers all over Jacksou; not onlj stationary ones, but also any numbei of walking blind-tigers, from whicL beer or whiskey can be gotten, some times with ease, sometimes with much trouble. The writer learned of many instances of the violation of the liquor law when later, he made the acquaintance cf several "wets," one of whom :-.A. 'I HI I I mm BgejggBflBBiBtttt )N A FARCE? Mays Ball of the lississippi. s Weekly]. ' went with him to investigate the stai tionary" blind-tigers ?hd take photo' graphs of them. In the places photo, graphed, either whiskey or beer, and , tometimes both, can be bought; in fact it was bought. The negro women of > Jackson purchase, say, a gallon or so * of cheap whiskey, aud, diluting it , with about four-fifths water (or as some Jacksonians claim, sulphuric , acid), find it much easier and much . more profitable to maintain ? nvcu? hood as liquor sellers than by taking in washing." One negro woman was s arrested on suspicion in Jackson while i the writer was there. The police t searchers found, under her dress, tied to her corset Btrings, many pint bot, lies of liquor; some of the strings be* ing without bottles proved sbe bad > been doing good business. i The police suspected a certain boase * as being a blind tiger, but the m0st ? persistent search failed to develop any evidence. The officers were about to i give up in despair when one of them - noticed a nail projecting from the ceil : ing. He called for a step ladder, took i hold of the nail, the ceiling gave, and * disclosed a stock of liquors and beer. " A certain- man, suspected of running 3 a blind tiger, had a habit of driving about the city, after which, when his ? horse showed weariness, be would 1 hitch bis horse up next door|to thepo0 lice station. Some one suggested that 8 there might be something strange 1 about that buggy, and the police ars rested the driver and found a false bot? torn to the buggy, which daily carried innumerable bottles of beer and whis" ! lro\r The qneen of all the blind tigresses " isa negress, named Smithers, who has ' beeu frequently arrested and convic~ ted, always coming up with her one hundred to two hundred dollar fine ' with no troub'e at all. Recently this * negress who is wonderfully bright, ? was caught "with the goods" on by J use of marked money. She was ac1 quitted, for the witnesses appearing against her were two out-of town de1 tectives, whose word the jury com? posed of white men, declined to accept 1 in preference to the defendant's. On the trains in Miss., there are said to be sold the writer didn't see them) two kinds of packages?one called ''Honey Boy," price fifty cents; the other, a little larger, called a "Cracker Jack" price seventy-live cents?which if the purchaser understands the combination, will furnish something in ? liquid form that is said to cheer and 1 baa been known tc inebriate, a news" boy was recently taken off'of bis route at Utica, Miss, tried for violation of 1 tbe prohibition law, and sentenced to sixty days on tbe county convict farm. At the time of the writer's stay in Jackson, the city was full of so called 3 near beer saloons, wherein to a probi? bitionist, the near-beer waB served; ? to a man carrying the right uBign," s the real beer, and sometimes any? thing elee he wished in the way of 1 drinkable alcoholic. The writer was 5 told of one case in the vicinity of Jackson, where a man carried a recepr, tacle on his person containing whisf key to which was attached a tube. "Sucks" at fifteen cents were sold t right and left. Since the visit of the , writer to Jackson, namely on June 10 " the Supreme Court has handed down , ' a decision that no drink containing j any alcohol, not even near beer, could > I be8old. It was reported that immedi'm I ately all the near 'beer saloons were " closed by Mayor Crowd^r in Jackson: ,' also that Vicksburg and some other , j towns have paid no attention to tbe " decision. The writer does not vouch j j for the latter statement. I A man named Berry whose case was [Iappealed to, and decided in, the Su, preme Court June 8th last, was selling ' a most insidious cider. The good peoI pie of his community demanded the t, immediate breaking up of his business j ne oia stop ior a lime, tnen opened again, claiming his cider was harmless One of the pillars of the church in ! Miss, was induced to sample this ci, derasatest. He did so once, twice, s! thrice; and he is reported' to have ac[! quired the worst ot all jags, viz, that ?1 on cider spiked. The revenue officers j | soon closed the place. J There were formerly so-called social ! clubs all over Jackson- they have . | since 1904, been broken up. City At11 torney William Hemingway, of Jack.! son. showed the writer an application j for membership in one of the raided tI clubs dated one day, elected the same [jday) and a requisition for liquors r made by the members. These, forms, | the writer found, or similar ones, are A in use all over the South. One of the 1 old buildings of the city was in years j i gone the most popular of all the blind [ tigers in Jacksen. The prohibitionists ) I say that the tiger therein has been I killed; the "wets" say not. All the writer knows is that he couldn't get > in when he attempted to. Some years [ agp the back water which reaches, in I flood times close to the old building, , did not recede as it was accustomed to . do during low water of the Pearl River. A man who saw it told the writer f that the obstruction which prevented the waters from returning to the river was a dam of corks thrown or (leposiI ted from the old building. I! A man named Howard, who had II been brought into court innumerable r; times for violation of the prohibition law, and whose wife was supposed to ' I do most of the "smooth" handling of , the business, had his place raided ' | some Ltime ago. Before the police could get into the door, the man it is J said pushed, his wife and the contrafj band article into a large trunk and sat there''While the ^officers searched, . but found nothing. He was afterward convicted of another similar of' fense and fined $200 with the understanding that be was to leave and re[ main away from Jackson. He presumably left Jackson, but Btrauge to 1 s?v. lie urna rnnnincr a nlodo mhon iho j J 1 "-"13 - " "w" v"v j i writer was there! I The county in which is Jackson . j does not.extend much beyond the city " limits. Some up-to-the-minute vio1 lators-moved across tbat county line, p | built some rough shacks, divided in jlthe middle with a partition which ' came down 'from the ceiling to a trough like arrangement. On one ' side, if you knew the countersign, was , j a room for the customer, who couldn't ; i see the "tiger" on the other. Money . was dropped in the trough with a slip I of paper giving the order, and quickly M the "wet" goods were handed into ! | the trough. A young chap named ' Puckett went to one of these places [ some years ago to make a purchase. A knot,in the partition dividing the room having fallen out, Puckett is J ill I li mn luiillll supposed to have looked through this I hole and to have Ibsen immediately tt shot in ,the eye and killed. Right g afterward the good geople of Jackson p burned Idown the shacks, and there w have not been any trough blind tigers si since the Puckett murder. There is much to keep the officers a of the law busyjin a prohibition city, tt Early in June last there were thirty- gi five arrests in oue day in Jackson. A m report made June -4th shows that the Jackson police made 862 arrests dur- sc itig less than half of the year. This T was said to be a record-breaker, with the busy season yet to come. At this rate it is calculated in Jackson that there will be a total of 1,800 arrests for n the year. The high record in the past It has been 1,400. It Six Vickbburg men went to Jack- It son, and finding it necessary to spend ii the night in the latter city, decided p to get up a poker game. They were u of tne belief that without drinkables a there could be no real poker party, ci They interviewed the powers that be ii in the hotel as to the securing of wet" ti supplies. Sure, we kin get it fer you, c< boss, and in thirty minutes too." But ai we wish one hundred and forty four e< bottles of beer. Where can you get w that amountof beer in Jackson in 31 ii minutes? "Leave it to me boss," said c< the factotum. Within the time limit ie through ^the lobby of the?Hotel w came two negroes bearing on their p shoulders two gunny sacks filled with n rattling bottles. The traveling men o and other hotel guests were much si amused. r< The writer wan dininc with Mavor a< Crowder one evening and asked him r pointblank, with the license of an old T friend, if hereally believed he, the city is officials, etc., and the Law Enforce- a ment League had closed up the blind p tigers of.the city. Mayor Crowder si was firm in his statements that wbis- tl key couldn't easily be bought in Jack- a son, nor beer either=when the writer v at that moment had in his pocket the ti photographic films of -twelve blind w tigers which he had tested that very si afternoon. ^Another friend contra- m dieted the mayor, and said to the wri- fi ter, "I will come to your hotel in the n morning and take you to any number of places within one hundred and fifty to two hundred and fifty yards of that C hotel where we can buy anything we b wi9h" J The mayor made a wager that this b couldn't be done. It wasn't done, as I the keepers of all the places visited recognized the writer as the person who had photographed their establish monta tha oftornrw^n linfrtra onH Anlu let him have beer. On the way back * to the hotel, the other friend said that S he would drop out at a certain place t and get the liquor. The friend did so and arrived at the hotel loaded with wiskey and beer. When told where the purchase had been made, the t mayor, who had convicted the proj ? prietor to remain away from Jackson, sent the policeman to see w.hat the man meant by returning to the city. But no such person as the man in question was found at the place, so the policeman reported! As Jackson has bad the "dry" law in effect for about fifteen or so years, the people's sentiment, so to speak, has been better educated, and the prohibition law in that city, it is only fair to say, is better upheld than in tl any other town or city in Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi, or the two Caroline's visited by the writer; but, unfortu r< nately, that is not saying a great deal. While the writer took no sides in this n matter, here is the result of his findings in Jackson: That the only possible thing that prohibition has accomplished there is the removal of the mental suggestion to the man or youth from the sight of an open bar. It has to an extent removed temptation from k../. iuo wcith, uut ao iur pircveuuug wuui the law was passed to prevent, it js perfectly absured to claim tbat it has done anything of the sort. !Now, to offset this gain to the community, there has been caused ceaseless strife among differing friends, prohibition has split communinities up into factions which denounce each other in unmeasured terms, ministers of the gospel denounce, in the press and from the pulpit, honest men who believe that prohibition cannot prevent what it was intended to prevent. In Jackeon, as in other larger cities of the "dry" belt, the prohibitionists have a c newspaper, the Searchlight, which in one of its recent issues contains a number of not very temperate articles, ? squibs and soon, regarding citizens of Jackson who do not agree with the ^ mnwirnr nivrv MlMl* Mil A State, County and President: Vlce-Pre8i< F. B. HARBISON. P. B. 8PI Board of Directors : Vieanska, J. H. DuPre, R. M. Haddon, \ ClinkBcales, C. C. Gambrell. We solid your business am it safely and co We are in position to make you loan when placed in Our Saving's SOUTHERN THE SOOTH'S GRI Unexcelled Dinning Car Servic Through Pullman Sleeping < Convenient Scheduli Arrival and Depai No. of Trains. 118 Leaves at 10:20 a.m. Columbia. 115 Arrives from Green at 12:18 p.m. 112 Leaves at 4:05 p. m. Ill Arrives at 5:20 from 11G Leaves at 5:50 for C< 117 Arrives at 7:05 p. m. For full information^ to rales, royt< Bailway Ticket J. L. MEEK, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, Atlanta, Ga. - iaw Enforcement League and its me* iods. And as for ntopplng the neroes from getting whiskey, it is eimly impossible. If they couldn't get hiskey, they would switch to cocaine lifting. The writer wishes to back up his rticle with excerpts taken from a let;r issued by several ministers of the ospel, dated Jackson, Miss.,May loth, j follows: West Capitol Baptist, M. O. Patter)n, Pa9tor. o the ministers of the gospel, State of Mississippi. Dear Brethen: It is true there is to be found in lany places in our State a spirit of iwlessness, either open defiance of iw or lack of reverence for its majesty tony laws, in fact, are violated with upunity. Homicidal mania is ramant. Our legislators have made for s wise laws in the effort to protect Dd preserve our people from the rime that debauches manhood and impoverish and destroy homes. It rejoins for the patriotic citizens of our smmonwealth to see that these laws re enforced and the infractors punis1* The Law Enforcement League 'as organized for the purpose of giv]g aid and encouragement to the offijrs of the law in [discovery and punhment of crime, [especially those hich baffle ordinary vigilance of eace officers. While the League will ot confine its efforts to any one form f crime, the prevention of the illicit lie of liquors calls for especial and unfitting vigilance. Despite the enctment by the Legislature of statutoy prohibition, the fight is not ended, his League stands for agitation, legilation, and law enforcement. Like 11 other great movements for the supression of crime and the removal of in, the righteous cause must look to ae preachers of the Gospel for friend nd leadership. Their interest in this ital question will determine the fuare weal or woe of our great State, rhetherthere shall be a return to the aloon with its attendant evils or whether our people shall be forever ee from this curse. We call upon our linisters. Signed. Chan. W. Crisler. CaDitol St. Meth. :hurch. W. H. Hill, West Side Presyterian. J. E. CarpeDter, Pastor 'irst Methodist Church. W, F. Yarorough, First Baptistitslie's Weekly?> Money to loan on improved iity or county property. J. I. Stark, President; J. E. Mc)avid, Secretary. It will soon be time to paint your bouse ie sure to use tbe paint that goes tbe further nd lasts tbe loDpest? DeVoe's. For s&le only y Speed's Drugstore. HELPFuf WORDS From an Abbeville Citizen, Is your back lame and painful ? Does it ache especially after exer ion? Is there a soreness in the kidney egion ? These symptoms indicate weak kideye; There is danger in delay. Weak kidneys fast get weaker. Give your trouble prompt attention. Doan's Kidney Pills act quickly, They strengthen weak kidneys. Read this Abbeville testimony: D. M. Keller, Main St., Abbeville, S. C., says: "I suffered for some time from a dull ache across the small of my back, caused by disordered kidneys. I decided to try a kidney remedy and went to P. B. Speed's drug store for a box of Doan's Kidney Pills. I now feel much better. I have no hesitation in recommending Doan's Kidney Pills." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 ents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, few York, sole agents for the United itates. Remember the name?Doan's?and ake no other. : - ABBEVILLE City Depository. lent: / Cashier: JED. J. H. DuPRE. F. E. Harrison, P. B, Speed, G. A. V. B. Moore, W. P. Greene, J. F. 1 are prepared to handle nseriatively. b, and to pay interest on deposits, Department. rv 1 TT TTT I TT KAlLWAi. iATEST SYSTEM. se. Cars on all Through Trains, es on all Local Trains* rture of Trains. for Greenville and ville and Columbia for Greenville. Columbia. )lumbia. from Greenville. i i i ?s, etc., consult neareBt Southern ; Agent, !or j J. C. LU8K, < Division Pass. Agent, < Charleston 8. C. I EAST END. What "M" Sees and Hears on His Rounds About the City and Along Route No. 3. AbbevlTlo. 8. 0., A 111.'. 10, Mrs. J. L. McMillan alter a delightful stay of ho vera I weeks at Glenn Springs is home again. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Smith returned this week from their summer outing at Tate Springs. Mrs. L. R. Vose and daughter Mrs. Robert Hill, alter spending a most delightful visit with relatives and friends at Georgetown, 1'awley's Island. Charleston, Summervllle, Sullivan's Island and Sumter returned home last Monday. Mrs. Hill with her bright little son Robert left.yesterdav for their home In Monroe, N. C. Mr. W.J. Bryson left last Sunday to spend his vacation with his home people at ashler's N C.; Mr. Eugene McMillan Is spending his vacation at Glenn Springs. MIsh Marie Mabry Is home again after a protracted stay at Clinton. The power bouse Is much improved In appearance by its fresh coat of paint. Capt Johnson Is making great improvement along the road in ront of the power house' He has cleared away the growtf) along the branch giving a clear view from the first branch to the Blue Hill branch, and has also made a regular "Broadway" aldewalk from the Blue Hill to the trestle and Is still working his force to beat the band. We wish we bad him on the Flatwoods road. After making a pleasant stay with her aunt Mrs. McAllister of Abbeville, Miss Janie returned to her home on route three last wefk. mr. rai itoone ebb leu ior ine un mill unmpany. Pat was an efficient clerk In the office and we miss 11 m very much. Mrs,> George Clark of Augusta, le iu the city visiting her mother. Miss Bernlce Craymer of Monroe, Is In the city the guest of her sister Mrs. Mlnshall. Mr. Calhoun Cason Is now clerk In the I nst Office In the place made vacant by Mr. Pat Roche. ECHOES OX HOI TE 3. BarbccneN. IMoiiIoh, Pretty Visitor*? Hake Up Mfe Along Route 3. The rally of the Farmers Union last week at Sharon was a grand success, as told by the Immense gathering of people from every quarter. It|was said to^be the largest crowd ever seen at any public meeting at this place. Distinguished speakers held the attention of the laige and orderly crowd by their sound truths and words of wisdom, while a bountiful supply of bash and basket dinner added to the wants of the Inner man. Every body was served and that, too, In great abundance. The comfort and wants of all were carefully looked after by a wldc-awske committee and the day passed off most pleasantly and will ever be remembered as a "red letter" day for Sharon. Messrs. James Gilliam. J. R. Thornton and W. M. McKenzle looked aftef the barbecue, and It was the verdict of all present that it oould not have been prepared better, bat was ks fine as ever tickled the palate of any epicure. We trust the farmers gained knowledge and learned truths that will do them good for time to come and especially learn tbem to remember the old adage that In "unity there's strength." At the close of the afternoon the yonng people enjoyed a ball game with which closed the pleasures of the day. If all the patrons on route 3 could and would lollow the example of Mr. S. C. Link In painting their dwellings how beautiful the country would be. His home looks fifty per cent better with his neatly painted oottage. Mrs. Edwin Parker and children are home again after a pleasant visit to home folks at Bellevue. Mr. Walter Wilson returned last week from Soutbportand Wrlgbtsvllle Beach, where he spent a very delightful time. Ask him and he can tell yoa something about the doings In a dry town. Mr. Nicholas Schram' left last week for a visit to his daughter Mrs. Watson, In Darlington county. Rev. L. W. Brown, of Alabama Female University, Is spending awhile with his family and friends at Lebanon and surrounding country. He with Mrs. Brown and their bright little son are visiting relatives In Chester. Mrs. W. H. Edmonds and children of Spartanburg, are stopping with her mother, Mrs. Adams, as they go to their home 1h Augusta. Mr. Edmonds Is expected this week. A crowd of yonng people from Lebanon and Sharon Journeyed to Mount Carroel lact Friday p. m. on a picnic and to witness a ball game They bsd a fine time, and on their return had an experience they will not soon forget. When in the' flatwoods a fearful storm of wind, rain, thunder and lightning overtook them causing part of the party to take refuge In the flatwoods school bouse until midnight, when Mr. Edwin Parker found It out and kindly proved the good Samaritan by going for tbem, and bringing tbem under bis hospitable shelter, making them comfortable until daylight, when they continued their homeward Journey. The foremost part of the crowd, who were 1?j buggies, were kindly sheltered by Mrs. Sherard, who like wise acted the part of the good Samaritan. Mr S.E.Evans came near having a fearful and. sad experience as be With two young ladles In bis buggy was coming down the long steep bill near the borne of Mrs. Sherard, their horse got Into a deep gully that had washed down Ibe centre of the road, almost overturning the buggy, throwing Mr. Evans out, but luckily be caught the horse and held last until the ladles landed, and when all were safely landed they with others took shelter under the hosnltable roof of Mrs. Sherard until the Btorm ceased. The picnic was gotten up in compllmeut to visiting friends. We told them they could now fully appreciate the dangers through which their carrier often passed. Mrs. Gilliam came home from Greenville Sffturdpy. bnt returned Sunday to accompany Mr. David Gilliam, her husband, to Caesar's Head, under the special care of his physlclun who will also attend them. Many friends hope the cbanee of scenery and the cool mountain breeze will prove beneficial to Mr. Gilliam and that he will soon be much better. The heaviest rainfall along route 3 of tbls season occurred last Friday night; every bridge was swept by the waters, but the carrier got through all right and served every patron. Miss Victorlne Hall left last week for her bu8lne?8atTifton, Georgia,after enjoying her vacation with her home people on route 3. Many patrons along route 3. realizing there Is more trouble In a gallon of liquor than in a half pint will vote lor the dispensary. Bee the point? Mr. J. D. McGaw brought a fine 30 pound melon out for us and laid it down under the mall box for a few minutes wnen be went off on business, but alas, on his return "foot prints" in the sand told the story. Bo near and yet'so far! Misses Grace Crawford and Julia Haddon, of Due West section, were the pretty and attractive guests last week of Miss Robena Gilliam. Mr. T. M. Knox, of Mount Carmel, with his daughter. Miss Maggie, are spending the weefc with his brother, Mr. R. W.Knox and family, and perhaps will continue their trip to Walhalla and on to tbe mountains. Mr. Knox is one of tbe prominent business men of tbe Valley town and has been quite sick with malarial fever and is now recuperating his health. Miss Lizzie Ricbey is visiting friends and relatives on routes. MIbb Nannie Scott, of Atlanta, Is on a visit to relatives on route 3. Miss Lena Smith, of Abbeville, is visiting relatives on route 3. The rural roads from Abbeville along tbe different routes are in extremely bad condition in many places and something will soou have to be done or tbe service suspended on parts of these routes. Miss Jane Eakin left Tuesday for a trip to Mississippi, where she will remain some lime wltb relatives. Miss Allle Evans returned home last week from visiting friends In Greenwood. Miss Janelle Hlnton.of Greenwood, Is visiting relatives on route 3. Why run the risk of losing all when you can insure so eViemv Insure von house, fur v? r rf ' niture, outhouses, etc. The fire companies represented in our office have assets aggregating over $50,000,000.00. We give you the best protection against loss by fire, J. S. Stark, President; J. E. McDavid, Secretary. Phone 118. Put up your winter clothes and blankets wliti opiiarand lavendar llakeH. Much belter than camphor bnlls. For sale at Mlllord'si rug store. Phone 107. 50c men's undershirts only cost 39c each at Cash Bargain Store. m ? m Schedule for Due WfMt Iltiil way. Morn lug train leaves Due West at 10:30. i Evening train leaves Due West at-1:10. These 1 trains meet the moruingand evening trains . dd the Southern at Oonaids. Passengers can go out Irom Due West on ^he evening freight train whlcb leaves Due West at two o'clock. ( " V % PELAGRA CONFERENCE ABBEVILLE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY DISCUSSES THE DREAD DISEASE AT ITS REGULAR MEETING. t Many Visiting Doctors Take Part in the J Deliberations?Pelagra Cases for In- ] spection. i Tlie Abbevillo County Medical Society held ' ilH regular meeting In tne Court House on , last Friday. The day wan given over to the discussion of Pelagra. Many doctors from . other counties were present aDd took part In J th? deliberations. < The meeting was presided over by Dr. G. A. 1 Netitter. Dr. Neufler first Introduced Dr. Ep- j ting of Greenwood, who reported six eases of Peiagra which had come under his practice, ] and two later cases that had developed since writing the theme. ' Dr. C Fv Williams, secretary of the State , Hoard of Health of Columbia, next read a paper prepared by Dr. Lavender, Dr. Babcock i and himself. This paper dealt with the history and prevalence of the disease. Dr. WD- ' hams bad written to 1G4 superintendent* of asylums to ascertain whether or not FHagra 1 existed there. He received 120 repllt-s and the Stales reporting Pelagra wlttilo their bounds ?re: New York, Pennsylvania, Mardtand, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, LouIglnnua, Tennessee and Kansas. Dr. H. E. McConiiell of Chester, bears the , distinction of first diagnosing pela.ra in South Carolina, tie also read a paper giving bis idea oftbe disease and Its treatment. The Abbeville doctors had for examiLa'ion a number of patients a filleted with the disease. These were examined by the physicians ann questions asked and answered an to the symptoms, etc. This feature of the meetlug was most valuable to those In attendance for it gave lhose doctors who had not seen a case ample opportunity to see and study It as well. Dr. Neufler rend a very interesting paper prepared by Dr. lavender, who was unable to be present on account of the illness of his wife. Dr. Bnbcock of the State Hospital for the insane. treated a paper on the prognosis and treatment of the disease. On the general discussion Dr. Isaac M. Taylor of'Morgnnton, N. Cm stated that be bad bad one patient whose entire body was covered with the pellagrous dermatitis. In some ol the cases he had observed alcobol seemed to have been the predetermining cause. He said that all the cai-es coming to his sanlta riura uave ueen 01 me weii-io-ao ciass, anu have Dot been victims ol malnutrition. He bad found no efficacious method of tieatmeat and all but two of his cases proved fatal. Lir. 0.13. Mayor of Newberry, said he had seen but one case previously. He moved tbat it be beclared the sense of the conference that the proceeding of the meeting be pub llshed in The South Carolina Medical Journal. DISBELIEVES MAIZE THEORY. In dlncussion of the etiology of the malady. Dr. J. W. Wldeman of Due West, stated tbat he did not believe in the maize theory, and that until the evidence is conclusive there should be no positive statements. He thought the medical fraternity is standing on the threshold of the stuhv of pellagra and all the discusslpn is only the prelude to what is yet to be done. He thought that a doctor above all others should be skeptical until facta are proved. Dr. G. P. Neale of Greenwood, said be believed proper treatment lies along the line ol nyglene and diatetlcs. He said tbat in two cades under b^ care a manifest improvement resulted from the patients' eating berries. The patients were made to abstain from the use olcorn bread or any eorn products. NOT A NEW* DISEASE. * , Dr. Tavlor mentioned having n<>nn ?aa?o now known to be pellagra for 22 years. Dr. John Lyon of Ninety-Six, spoke of having observed pellagra patlenUi apparently progressing towards recovery experience an immediate relapse after eating a small quan tlty of corn bread. Similar cases were cited by others.: Dr. Babcock closed the dlscasBlon wjth comments on what others bad said. He emphasized the point tbat diagnosis of pellagra must be made regardless ot skin legion. As to age, the tlrst two pellagrins he saw In Italy were a mother and 2-year-old child, both affllcted. Both had been fed on polenta?a dish something similar to "mush." Italian authorities maintain tbat pellagra Is not oommunlcable. He discussed technically the difference between the symptomatology of sprool and pellagra. Among the physicians at the conference wert: G. \V. Pinson, Cross Bill; J. M. Carlton, Mt. Carmel; B. H. Carlton, Donalds; A. W. Burch, Lincolntou, ua; J. Lee Young, Clinton; J. W. Davis, Clinton; C. D. East, Cioldvllje; S. G. Miller, Chester; John H. Miller, Cross Hill; T. L. W. Bailey, Clinton; Geo. Peake, Cross Bill; H. G. Williams, Columbia; J. W. Wldeman, Due West; C. C. Gtmbrell, Abbeville; Jno. W. Wlckllffe, West Union; L. 0. MoAuly. Eatonton, Ga; J. B. Brltt, Troy; H. E. McConnell, I Chester; P. K. Black, Mt. Carmel; J. E. Edwards, Spartanburg; J, D. Wilson, Lowndesvllle; I. M. Taylor, Morganton, N. C; G. P. Neal, Greenwood; E. W. Carpenter, Greenville; J. K. Be.l. Due West; J. A. Anderson, Antrevlllt-; E. A. Hlnes, Seneca; A. B. Mayor, Newberry; W. T. Jones, Ware Shoals; F. E. Harrison, Abbeville; J.C. HH1, Abbeville; L. T. HMI, Abbeville; J. B. Towt send, Anderson; W. R. Doyle, Senera; B. W. Cobb,Greenwood; i J. W. Babcock. Columbia: Davis ,PurDQunGreenville; John Lyon, NInetj-SIx; D. E, LuiK. Wilmington W. D.Simpson, Abbeville; K. B. Eptlng, Greenwood; W. T. Lander, Greenwood; Jobu K Civil, Columbia; D. P. Tarner.Corona<a; W. O Holloway.Chappellf; W. L. Keller, Abbevi'le; G. A. Neuffer, Abbeville; Y. M. Hitcb, Hodges; E. B. Hendrlx, Greenville; E. C. Doyle, Seneca; W. Townes Jones. WareSboalc; A. L. Harvln, Abbeville; .T. R. Nickles, Abbeville; D E. Calvert, Abbe- s vllle; W. M. Cheatham, Abbeville. The court room was well tilled with spectators and visitors. The visiting delegates were extended every J courtesy by ibe committee on reception and entertainment, and all exprepsed themselves as well pleased with tbe result of tbe meeting. During the first week of November an Interstate meeting Is to be held In Columbia under tbe auspices of tbe State board of health, ut which pellagra, tbe book worm and other matters will be considered and It is expected this n^eetlng will be attended by many physicians from other States. ? Dispensary or Prohibition. Belore another issue of this paper this lm- _ portant question will be settled, so we give a ir few suggestive thoughts as they occur to oar mind for the benefit of those who only have In view the sole Qbject of "knocking out" the dispensary regardless of what may result afterwards, It occurs to u that the dispensary yr hedged obo t by State and munlolpal laws is ? the best solution of the liquor question we foi will ever have, it opens and closes Its doors 0u iuc oaujc no mi uluci uupiucss UUUH9H. ilO 1 drinking or carousing 1m bI lowed oo the pre- tic mlses. No minor can purchase liquor. It Is under tbe local management of our own law abiding and upright citizens, wbo have tbe Interest ol tbe people at heart, /or they bave sons of their own and we are sure Done of ftn this cIbbb will be led astray by any Influence of theirs. J1 Does "knocking out" tbe dispensary give us *DI prohibition? We answer NO, and that too ^ without fear of contradiction, tout Instead It only gives license to any and all who wish to run "blind tigers" and odclal clubs under wboce shadow, and In wbose wake will be multiplied trouble, perhaps murders, drunk- _ enness, debauchery and all kinds of untold J, mischief and that loo without any revenue to tbe county, but Instead taxes will be Increased, extra police and detectives called In to bunt up and run down the tigers. There are many other troubles not mentioned, or now thought of bound to arlBe as it will then be "illegal" Instead of "legal" gale of whiskey so that when you vote to do away with the dispensary remember you actually legalize the naif of illicit liquor and briug about, a state of affairs worse than now exists. What say you? Shall iiqour be sold "legally" or "illegally"? But some one says we will put down tbe blind tigers and soolal clubs, and if tbe men now in office can't and won't do It we will put tbem out and elect men who will, We ask you to mention a single town where this has been done. You can go to any dry town In South Carolina or any other State aud get a? much liquor as you could when ibe dispensary existed. Who denies this? Then how can Abbevll'e be an exception to tbe general rule ? It is our humble opinion 11 we are to bave the sale of liquor In our midst, let us have it legally and under the restriction of State and municipal laws and not dispensed under every hill and at every cross roads, and by any and every person who cares DOtblng for the good of young or old, but only for tbe mighty dollar. Listen! Rhus been said that even during the "two weeks" of prohibition, or closing of v the dispensary liquor has been "made" and "eold" in tbe limits of Abbeville. What say you theD, shall It be "legal" or "Illegal" sale ofllquor? Which will bring about the best ' state of aflaira looking to the good of our peo- ? pie ? Which will be the best of the two evils? Answer by your votes on the 17th. Cyrus. ??? w Phone themland they will ai call at once and fix up your insurance. Phone 118. J. S. efi Stark, President; J. E. McDa- ai vid, Secretary. tl Let me handle your real estate for yon. I * :an sell it, Robt. S. Link. / . : ' :i .- -1 ? I OFFER For Sale 211 Acres about 10 miles from \bbeville,one5-room dwelling, two :enant bouses and out bouses. Tbis place is well watered. Three boree parm open and 100 acres iu pasture. Price $13 per acre. Is worth more money. House and Lot on Greenville -9 3t. This is one of the most desir- 1 ible homes in the city. The lot is E large and the house is in the best I repair, and has all the latest and I modern improvements. Close in " and near the graded and high 3choola. Price $3,750. One Lot on corner of Orange and Lemon Streets, beautifully located level and well drained, $500. Two Lots near Wardlaw Street, ^ I two minutes walk from Graded J School; near in, and a bargain fl at $500 each. * 1 l 500 Acres, eleven miles from I Abbeville, on the Snake road, adjoining lands of Hunter Bros. known as the Alex McCaslan ' place, one ten room house, three two room tenant houses, good barn, brings good rent on the investment. Price $8.50 per acre. This place' has one hundred acres in pasture on Long Cane Creek, - well set in Bermuda grass, is an ideal stock farm. 165 Acr68, known as the Faulkner place, right at Lower Long Cane Church, a two horse farm open and rented. Price $1,500. 33 Acres land in the City of Abbeville, within half mile of the Court House, $60.00 per acre. Ill Acre8 one and one-fourth { mile from City limits, price $2000.00. , '. " 469 Acres, well improved, 10 v> _ % tenant bouses and Deceesary out houses all comparatively new, r 11 miles from Abbeville, 4 or 5 miles from Calhoun Falls, price $7,500. One 5 Room House, on 6 acre lot in the town of Mt. Carmel, / within 50 yards of two churches anrl hlah nnhnnl. nriflfl $700. v"" "* "O ~ ~" ' r 1 > 7would be cbeap at $1000. ?60 Acres land near Mt Carmel, S. C., price $2,<500, possibly enough wood on this place to pay for it. List your Real Estate with me- I and come to see me. If you want to buy I have or can get what you want. If you. want to sell I can find you a buyer. I also buy and sell all kinds of Stocks and Bonds.' j Remember I represent the Equitable, the strongest Life Insurance *_ Company in the world. Mt. S. Link Office over Milford's Book Store. __ Abbeville-Greenwood MUTUAL ' MCE ASSOCIATION, ? roperty Insured, $1,750,000 March 1st, 1909, IfKITE TO OR CALL on the undersigned * or the Director of your Township r any Information yon may'desire about r plan of Insurance. N We insure ^our property against dee trotFIEE, WIMOU OS LIBRIUM, d do so cheaper than 'any Insurance Conany In existence. iemember we are prepared to prove to yon at ours Is the safest and oheapest plan of suranoe known. J.|B. BLAKE, Gen. Agent Abbeville, S. C. , FBASEB LYON, Vi\B. Abbeville, S. C. BOARDljffiECTORS. . . ). G. Majora,...?.. Greenwood r.T. Mabry Cokesbury V. B. Acker Donalds VI. B. CUnkseales Due West V. W. L. Keller Oong Cane . A. Keller ?>Hmllhvllle iV. A. Stevenson Cedar Spring H. Wilson Abbeville City I. B. Cbeatbam Abbeville Country )t. J. A. Anderson Antrevllle >. S. Boles Lowndeevllle L. O. Grant Magnolia ?dwln Parker Calhoun Mills i. L. Edmonds .....Bordeaux J. L. Rasor Walnut Grove V. A. M lcklea Hodges J. G. Bowles Coronaca ).S. Hattlwanger Nlnety-81x }. C. Dusenberry Klnards _ ra B. Taylor- Fellowship oseph Lake Phoenix lev. J. B. Muse Verdery '. H. Chiles, Jr .Bradley . W. Lyon Troy V. A. Cheatham Yeldell i. E. Dom...?. Callleon }. E. Dorn .........Klrkseys i. H. Stevens Brooks ? U P 1 1000 Place your fire insurance ith the Abbeville Insurance id Trust Company. They (present sixteen of the larg,t old line fire companies, id are prepared to give you Le best of service. have oallR every day lor landa. WtuU ,ye you to offer? Kobt. 8, Link. JM|