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. ABBEVILLE, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5- 1916.
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1 tKxi, Jail 3.?The Glasgow
t ftamer GlenarvV. has been torpedo
IL ? It is the lirgest merchantmai
:at has been srnk since the Lusi
.rtia and Arabic.\ It is believed th<
cssel- carrjed no passengers. It i
jdv<that 1Q0 of me crew have' bee]
*cued. It is b|lie*gd that man;
[hers were lost. \
I The Japanese., steamer Kenkoi
aru has also, btiir torpedoed. Th<
Low was saved.
I Glengyle Sunk Sunday,
r Washington, Jan. 3.?The Glen
e was stink Sunday morning be
Leen Port Said and .Malta. Th<
l^sel carried sonte passengers, al
\ whom have ' been landed. Sqmi
j^^mbers of the crew .are missing.
Lansing Astounded.
HjMashmgton, Jan. 3.?Secretar
was informed by the Unite<
Q K the. sinking of the Glengy
declared that he was as
Ej^HAut refused t? comment
HflHR^bmulty telephoned tU<
to bulletin Presideh
Lading.
MBQH^&Jan. 3.-r-Austriar
I^^HBHjE^K^Mcalled On Sec re
and discusser
HHHBHp 'this povernmen
HH^HRp^the Persia am
HMBnJpKies o^ljfessapeto fron
V -esident Hurries to W&fc%gton
H ?on is ' expected toT return t<
H :ar, rushed to Hot Springs, tc
B )Ie him to take charge of th<
B ign relations crisis. He wil
U h' the , Capital early Tuesday
aihg.
? was stated at the White House
jg he would immediately call i
i'net meeting. ... It was stated ai
State Department today that nc
Sn ts should be made to minimize
IB oeriousness of the situation. H
IB indicated that an immediate un
^B "-anding; between^ the Centra
|W >irs will be demanded.
ill was the President's intention tc
^B m to Washington on Wednesday
DW Overman Is Working.
jjj^B ashington, Jan. 3.?Senator Ov
B n of North Carolina, througl
H e influence McNeely was ap
B ed to his post, called at th?
Department seeking furthei
rnation from the reports oi
BBfrs on the Persia.
Washington is Anxious.
RBashin^fcm, Jan. 3.? Officia
^Biington is awaiting with anx
MB fnrolinJinM fnrttior lnfnrmntinr
^Persia
&HJp^H|HH^K^was predicted
l^^pfronZwieunlk, Austrian charge
SB l events, further facts are needIB
?fore a protest by this governSH.
will be made. It is believed
will be little difficulty in estabU
? the nationality of the sub8HB
e. Survivors-declare they saw
H^H ake of the torpedo. There is
jubt expressed that it was ?
mm arine.
HH Sank in Six Minute*.
^^K>xandria, Jan. 3.?Surviving ofof
the Persia, who landed here
declared positively that the
er was torpedoed. There was
^^HLnic, declared Leonard Moss, s
HWi survivor. The loss of life
B^Kue to the fact that the Persia
BB|ji six minutes and also thai
of the passengers were at lun
at the time the vessel was
HB. They could not use the
Won the starboard side because
list of the ship.
I number of missing is betweer
d 255. Only 17 of 87 womer
ildren have been landed.
Persia Torpedoed Also.
Ion, Jan. 1.?The British lin
sia, 7,794 tons, was sunk ir
lediterranean on Thursday
ibly it was submarined. Manj
rere lost. Only four boats
ig passengers,, and member:
crew, are reported to hav?
ived.
Persia was en route from Lon
Bombay.
British steamer Adelia, ha.(
en submarined.
Nearly All Perished.
lington, Jan. 1.?Robert Mc
, i ni n 1 A J
united estates v^unsui at auci
jHORS was aboard the Persia wher
HRHsel was sunk in the Mediter
I^KVi, it was learned from th<
HH|V)epartment today. McNeeh
Monroe, N. C.
is no attempt to disguis:
0ffi9nt<that the news of the sink
^^^Kf tremendous importance ir
Hj^D^K>marine controversy. Th<
^^HHoent received a report todaj
9HUW
RECEIVER FOR THE'
f UNION DISPENSARY
V CLAIM CITY HAS NOT RECEIVED
j PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF
PROFITS.
e
s
i Union, Jan. 3.?The city of UnV
ion through its city attorney, Mac:
beth Young, appeared before Judge
l Sease at chambers in Spartanburg
e yesterday and had a temporary receiver
appointed for the Union county
dispensary and also a temporary
writ of injunction enjoining any per.
son whatsoever from interfering in
. ?ny way with the assets or liabilie
ties of- the institution until a com1
plete audit of its affairs has been
b made. Efforts will be made to have
the receivership made permanent. It
is claimed by. the town authorities
that they have not received their
f proportionate share of the profits
i now due and they demand a full in
vestigation. Thomas McNally has
. been appointed temporary receiver
; and tonight has charge of the two
i local dispensaries.
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THE WEATHER.
t Old timers sav that the first twelve
days after the first of January are
j' indicative of the weather for the
. months of the coming year. If this
*" /??i MowaIi ic n?Air? cr
W. IS U1C t( Utll U1CU luaxvii vv
1 ,be as mild as a May morning and
t April is to be cold.
OUR MERCHANTS.
Since Christmas our merchants
t have been busy taking stock and get)
ting ready for the coming year. Most
- people are busy paying debts or ar)
ranging to renew their notes. Our
i merchants are displaying garden
1 seed in their windows and new
r ginghams to entice the women into
spending more money.
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J AN ABBEVILLE AUTHORESS
?' The people of Abbeville will be
[ interested in the news that Miss Myr.
tie McLesky has chosen literature as
1 her profession and has written sever-.
. al stories. In the last issue of the
, "Piedmont," a magazine published in
Anderson, S. C., she has had a very
', entertaining story published. The
I story is very well written and is a
'credit to the young authoress. Miss
" Myrtle has been writing stories
1 since she was in the seventh grade
and she is now engaged on what she
1 hopes to make a good novel,
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from American Consul Skinner at
[London. McNeely was en route to
i his post.
IV Secretary Lansing said that he
I is awaiting further report before
- faVino He is seekinc to
i learn if McNeely was saved.
. I Consul Skinner reported that neari
ly all on board perished. If McNeely
Ikwas killed the United States will face
Kits most serious situation in the subfcnarine
controversy.
^ Survivors of theJBritish passenger
. Reamer Persia to the number of 158
[ are reported to have been landed at
. Alexandria. They comprised 59 pas[
seWers and 99 of the crew.
. j lLatest advices say that the Persia,
t whiich was torpedoed off the island of
. Cr^te in the Mediterranean, sank in
. .fivei minutes. Robert N. McNeely,
r-l American consul at Aden, is believed
5 to h^ave lost nis nie. une American
i is reported to have been saved. Other
American passengers have not been
accounted for.
Russian advices indicate a powerful
offensive movement by the Rus[
sians.'lin the campaign in Galicia and
[ i Volhyiiia, along a front of nearly 300
' miles. \ The Russians have made considerable
progress and their efforts
k are considered as tending to ~ relieve
' the situation in the Balkans and likeI
ly to hfive an influence over the future
attitude of Roumania.
' | There has been no fighting in the
southern part of the Balkan penin[
sula, and at Saloniki the entente al'
I lies have mide good use of the period
of quies??pce to add to their defensive
position.
In the Dardei>elles, Contantinople
reports continued engagements in
which both land and sea forces took
part. i
The British mir ister, Mr. Asquith,
1 has informed the Amalgamated So iciety
of Engineers, a powerful trade
r!union organization, that he will agree
II " * 1 it. x
? to tne aemanas 01 uie uauc umumoio
31 in return for their consent that skill1
ed and unskilled labor shall be employed
together in the manufacture
* of munitions. Mr. Asquith asked for
assurances that, should a measure to
3 safeguard the employment of diluted
labor be passed, they would end the
long series of demands and grievances
of the trade unionists.
The premier is to introduce his
1 conscription bill in parliament next
l: Wednesday and it is reported from
" London that the Irish Nationalists
i are to offer strong opposition to it.
r It has been reported that Ireland is
not to be included in the territory
- covered by this bill, but an unofficial
- announcement has been made that
1 Ireland will be included.
- Little fighting has been in progress
f in the Western war theatre.
IMPORTANT WORK
FOR LEGISLATURE
MANY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
TO ENGAGE THE COMING
SESSION.
Columbia, Jan. 1.?One of the big
problems; to come before the General
Assembly will be the strengthening
of the progressive laws that were enacted
at the last session. The object
uppermost in the mind of Gov.
Manning just now is to make . these
laws more effective.
It is impossible to predict just
what course the Legislature will take
on the many matters that will be
presented, yet it is certain that prac- |
tically all of the members will play .
politics to some extent. Next summer
many of the solons will go on
the stump to ask for reelection and
they will try to make a good record
of a local nature to influence votes.
The first great aim of the Legislature
this year will be to hold down
appropriations. The various institu- ]
tions which have claims upon the
General Assembly might as well be '
prepared to have their amounts cut
down. It is certain that the Legislature
will not increase the appropriations
over last year and in no event
will the tax levy be increased. The
chairmen of the finance committee of :
the House are disposed to work out
some plan whereby the levy will be
decreased.
Much important work is being undertaken
by the State government |
just now and the leaders will see to
it tnar none 01 trie aeparunenus are
crippled for a lack of finances.
Several of the State institutions
will be asking for appropriations to .
I erect new buildings. At the pres- |
ent time there is little chance for ,
| these sums to pass in the app *opri- j
ation bill. Gov. Manning wiii watch |
the appropriation bill with an eagle
eye and certain items are certain
to be eliminated.
Educational Issues^
Gov. Manning is very^jfcHrch interested
in the common scnool system
of the State and he will use his power ,
to strengthen these schools in every ;
way. J. E. Swearingen, State superintendent
of education, has al- j
ready stated that he will ask for an ''
appropriation of $400,000 for the
common schools of the State. The
common schools will get this amount
if there is enough to go around.
I The Legislature will very probably
spend some time in discussing the
compulsory education law which was
, enacted at the last session. It is not
probable that the law will be made
State-wide at this session. It is prob-1
' -1-1 - 11.-1 -11- - .UilJ limi'f
auie tnut uic tuuu >auui age * ?
will be raised to 14 years from 12. ,
I It is argued that the age limit should
be the same as provided by the com- |
, pulsory education measure. The ',
I compulsory law has been adopted by i
[many districts in the State.
j The strengthening of the law govI
erhing the State warehouse system 1
will be another problem for the Legislature.
During the past several
weeks Gov. Manning and John L. Mc.
Laurin, State warehouse commission
er, have held a series of conference
when chanees in the law were dis- j
'cussed. While nothing of an official
nature has been announced it is un- ]
derstood that the proposed changes 1
will include a special commmission
to have charge of the system. The '
commissioner would work under the I'
I fUio nAmmioci'nn TVlO I
UUCt UUll UA UUO *yv |
people of the State are in the dark i
so far as to what has been accomplished
by the cotton warehouse sys- *
tem, yet it is said that the report of 1
Mr. McLaurin will show that much
has been done of a beneficial nature 1
to the farmer. Mr. McLaurin has '
refused to give out his report until '
the General Assembly opens. He i
said that many important questions 1
were discussed. \
Tax Commission Law.
It is practically certain that the j
law creating the State tax commisIsion
will be amended at this session. (
(The bankers of the state are fight- !
ing the commission and it is rumored J
that certain members of the Senate
will oppose the confirmation of the
appointment of A. W. Jones, chair- j
man of ths commission. The name !
of Mr. Jones will be presented to ,
the Senate early in the session and !
rumor has it that a determined fight
will be made on him. The tax commission
has recommended the passage
of an inheritance tax, , a sur- !
vey of the State, a strict enlorcement
of the income tax law and more
power for the Legislature, by constitutional
amendment, in fixing; taxes.
One of the most interesting1 reports
to be filed with the General
Assembly will be that of thel State
board of charities and corrections.
This board created at the last session
has done a wonderful work for
the benefit of the State's wards!. It
is certain that the board will b? continued
and liberally supported biy the
Legislature. The board has) already
justified its existence. The
ground work has been laid and, even
greater results will be obtaine/d in
the future..
Liquor Questions. j
Liquor has been a subject for discussion
in South Carolina for 25
years and again this year ijt will
cause some talk. The State [is now
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GENERAL NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM
SHORT ITEMS OF HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY.
Fire in the stables occupied by the
Sumter Transfer company, complete- 1
ly destroyed the stables and burned 1
up six mules last week. The loss 1
is partly covered by insurance. 1
1
The New Year celebrations all' \
over the country were held as usual <
and varied according to the locality 1
in which they were held. In New (
York the saloons were privileged to j
stay open two hours longer than i
usual and the gay throng on Broad- <
way celebrated in style. In Char- ]
leston the Hibernian Society held a s
public reception at their hall from ]
noon till two o'clock and every one i
who attended was treated to a dish ]
of hopping-John. This is an annual 1
dish at the Society's celebrations and ]
helps perpetuate the old time super- j
stition that any one eating hoppingJohn
on New Year will have good 1
luck. 1
<
Among tne ;\ew xear nonors conferred
by King George was that of
title of Baron on William Waldorf
Astor, the American, who has become
a citizen of the British Empire.
He has recently made large contributions
to the war fund.
A decree establishing a minimum
wage for the thousands of women
and girls employed in the retail
stores of the state of Massachusettes
went into effect with the New Year.
The minimum wage commission has
fixed $8.50 as a proper wage for experienced
employees.
Business Manager Gaston, of th$
Ford Peace commission, estimates
that the expenses of the commission
will go over a nflllion dollars. .
There is a movement on lo&t jot
Spartanburg to erect a moohment
to Robert Y. Hayne. A Citizenscommittee
of Spartanbure. -headed
by John B. Cleveland and H.JjJ. Ravenel
have asked the Spaj$anburg
delegation to favor an appropriation
for such a purpose. The delegation
is asked to secure an appropriation i
of not less than one thouc&nd five
hundred dollars. &5?fv _ '
The battleship South Carolina, is
poon to receive a fine present from
the Holland-American steamship line,
in appreciation of the South Carolina's
effort to secure passengers
from the steamship Ryndam, which
collided with another ship near Nantucket
last May. The present will
be in the form of a solid silver model,
four feet high of the warship
Zeven Provencien, the flagship of
Admiral DeRuyter, famed in the history
of the seventeenth century.
According to the figures compiled
by the Tuskegee Institute and issued
recently, there were sixty-nine
Ivnchings by mobs in the United ?
States last year. There were fifty- :
five negroes and fourteen white men j
put to death in this manner, which
is six more negroes and eleven more j
whites than in 1914. Only fifteen ;
per cent of those put to death were
charged with assaults on women.
in the prohibition column and the .
Legislature may be asked for a spe- <
cial appropriation to enforce the k
law. Some means must be provided *
to stamp out th^ "spueakeasy" and c
the "tiger," or the prohibition law ?
ivill Tint. hp wnrt-h tho nanop fViof if io 1
written on. It wril be intereting *
to hear just what Gov. Maftping will J
have to say on this .subject. Law *
enforcement is dear to his heart&rid '
the enforcement of the prohibition
law will be o;ie of the hardest tasks r
before the chief executive. The s
Legislature will also have to decide c
on the disposition of the stocks held s
in the 15 counties, formerly having c
the dispensary system. - ^
Gov. Manning has been giving the c
question of rural credits serious con- *
sideration and his message will con- 1
tain some reference to this important c
subject. Just what kind of a law ?
will be proposed can not be predicted *
at ^his time. I
Gov. Manning will insist upon a *
continuance of the constructive pol- ?
icy with reference to the State Hos- c
pital for the Insane, where wonders 2
have been accomplished during the ?
past year. Several departments of t
the institution have been rebuilt and
the State is now dealing T*ith its in- ?
sane in a most kindly manner. The 1
Governor will ask the special appro- *
priation of $150,000 for the improve- *
ment of the building be continued. c
This request will meet with little ?
opposition, because the appropria- ?
tion for the same amount was so well 1
used last year. *
During the past week Gov. Man- ^
ning has been in conference with the t
State officials when their recommendations
were discussed. The military
department of the State is asking
for $69,000 to meet the demands.
Of this sum $25,000 will be used to
refund the federal government for
lost property. t
There is little prospect for wrangling
at the coming session.
WHISKEY 1M OF I
SOUTH CAROLINA
?
VARIOUS LAWS HAVE BEEN 5
, . .
PASSED IN THIS STATE FOR *.
PROHIBITION
Columbia, January 1.?The question
of the abolition of the whiskey <
traffic in South Carolina, begat to I
be agitated soon after the redemp1- f
tion of the State under Gen. Hamp-' ?
ton in 1876, but this early agita- ii
tion was for local option in a few v
scattered counties. Special acts of t
the General Assembly.^ were intro- a
iuced and passed penbittirfg "wet" P
and. "dry" elections for Anderson, f
DrangebUrg, Laurens and^ other
counties. The contest'between the B
prohibitionists and license men jjh h
some of these countfes^ was heated, ti
[n none of them which Succeeded * in a
/oting out the licensed saloons was o
prohibition successfully enforced in ti
those days and after a! few2' years ti
nost of them returned to (the lie en- ti
sed. saloon system, *
In the Legislature .tof 18910/ a. bill T
"or Statewide prohibition, .introduced i
Dy late L. D. Childs, *- of^ ;|tttehla^d' k
bounty, developed great/strength and si
larrowly failed of?jia38age.\ \ jThSajM
vas the period of iatdsse' factional
livision between the "TiJIimiiitdB' r
md the ''anti-TiHmanitiesWx aitd, ?
Doth factions incltid#4 n^niwets of I
ncn on both sides ' f
luestion. Neither %fctionfJ(?[r^ich/bi
vas willing to taUtf? %
iide of the questioifc^'-ln 1892', wbeh. I
;he contest for ji
;ween B. R. Tillman and- Joh?
Sheppard, the State Pemodratic' -e?.(y
;cutive committee consented that in u
;ach precinct a /separate box should li
3e placed in which the people at tfce.i
primary election might vote - as be- {I1
;ween prohibition, and licensed sa-,n
oona. The total vote cast for gov-1
jrnor at this election was a little n
ess than 88,000, and the vote on the U
tfhiekey question totaled a little S
nnvfli .fhft-n 7fl AAA Tlia O
******* viy vy? auc |/a vuivt"
ipnists won m the referendum by u
ibdUt 10,0<!)0, the vote for license be- ,31
n^abojit 30,000j arid that for probi?.?
rigon<fibout 40,000. When the: re-(
nut beeame kno^ it wM'^aSjen.for D
ptinted^ th^fte^^gialature^^iid ^
ion biU wtis.introdueed^^^^i^^
)y Mr. Roper, when ^
net in November. The Tinmaffitos 0
>r "Reformers" had
eaders of their faction fwere afraid r'
>f prohibition. They apprehended M
bat it might, if enacted,; cause an in-! ?;
:rease of taxatfcra and in other ways d
iivide the Tillman forces. The Bo- a
jer bill was, however, promptly pass- J
id by the house. In the senate a
lumber of bills bearing: on the whis- "
cey traffic were introduced and at *
>ne time it seemed as though the a
lubject would be so confused.in that ?
jody that no legislation would re? J*
iuit. governor numan already naa t
.aken the position thatthe profits of |b
he saloons, which hitherto had gone (P
mtirely into the' town treasuries, a
ihould be divided with the counties, v
10 that the ruraf sections might share ?
n them. Marlboro county at this "
ime was dry, as it had been, since
i day preceding the War Between 81
he Sections, and there1; may have."
>een one or two other qty couh^i?t-T |j
Gothenburg ;Snb;q.
As the end of th? session of the p
General Assembly a^pro&ched. . the ^
lispensary bill was?^troduc$L by _
Senator John GaryvEvans, then of ^
Uken. The dispensary system, moleled
upon the Goqlenburg system a*
>f Norway, was already m operation jj
n Athens, Ga. 'T*j Larry -Gantt, C(
hen editor of the Columbia Register, _
lad lately come to South Carolina
rom Athens, and it was said that w
le suggested the Athens plan to Gov- 0
srnor Tillman. At-anv rate Gover- tl
lor Tillman became enamored of the ?
cheme. > When the. bill was intro- S
luced in the senate no one took it a
eriously except those of the inner tl
:ouncils of the Reformers, but it
vas said that the Reform members
>f the General Assembly or some of ^
hem held a caucus and decided that."]
t should be enacted. The measure P
:ame up in the senate for discussion tl
it a time so close to the day fixed ei
'or adjournment that it was im- -A
jracticable to give it three readings C
n both houses. The prohibition bill o:
ilready passed by the house had ^
:ome over to the senate and the sen- ti
ite dispensary bill was then moved s<
is an amendment to it, only the r<
itle of the house bill being retain- tl
id. After strenuous opposition and a:
i filibuster by the seven anti-Till- n
namte senators the bill was passed, 8
hree of those aligned with the Re- c'
'ornr faction voting against it. One *
>f these three was Dr .D. E. Finley, J
;enator from York and now repre^lentative
in congress. The new law 12
ncluded the essential principles of si
;he present dispensary system. It.
vas passed in December, 1892, and
;ook effect July 1, 1893. It pro- Jj
rided for the establishment of a
State wholesale dispensary and sub- d
lispensaries in all the counties ex- ?
:ept Marlboro which the late Sena;or
W. D. Evans of that county, by j
esolute efforts succeeded in causing 1,
o b* exempted. .?
Law Attacked. ..
The constitutionality of. the
SERIOUS MATTERS ' PRESENTED
FOR CONSIDERATIO^^DE- T
' *
.BATE WILL BEGIN.
. " ...
Washington^2>-^CJongres8 irox ,
onvones Tuesday for. the consideraion
of momentous questions conrpnting
it ^Before the h?#d,ay reess
little was accomplished, but durngthe
preliminary two weeks there ,
?er(6j assurances Jthat foreign-^ regions
incident to, the European war ??&
nd preparednw would be the domiating
features of the stesWn*;
raugh withffar reaching possibilities? ..'*VtV
iiinportant ' international . events * ; .% ince
the^ecess haito served *to mJ)ke
idications stronger thaii>> ever., that *
Ms legislative br4nch wtll s?ak,;^vaihiblg.
information in possession f t
i the governmeti| relating to retain
c^priplicatioii^'^;; .v. A dmmistra^
ion leaders probably./fcfitifiad ifcalif^'
cjilt to prevent speecfc ttiuiin^imiediately
after congress reconvenes .
Warding pxe recent sinking ?f til* . ? :'.5
[pitish steamer Persia in the Medit? t,
rrafeean, .iau which; an Am^jHcan con
ivestigatioD.?be made into the "law
nd the facts" concerning destrucloa
of the 'Lusitania, oilier attacks
t>on vessels: imperiiingr American
ives and the':cohspiracy' again sbneu- ,
rals "within our borders" to which
'resident Wilson referred in his anual
address to congress.
About this resolution an$ amendlent
will center committee's deberationB
.over foreign.; problems.
enator Hose Smith has prepared an- J
ther address on the commercial sit- *
ation with cotton as his particular ;
abject which 'he expects to deliver '
son after the senate meets.
The military and naval affairs committees
of both houses have been
5 ^ th ?e afc wwe^
irstto be considered the
mendment of the war revenue lawj/
'hich was re enacted hurriedly juar . \
efore recess with the general tx j
erstanding that amendments wou>?^ I
e proposed to increase its revenue vtefej
roducmg power. Involved in this
re issues likely to provoke wide diergence
of vievB, among them the ;
nggestions to tax gasoline, automo- ^
iles, horsepower, steel products and 1 ; i
ther articles of commerce a?d a . -1J
tamp tax on bank checks. Amend- A
lent, of the income tax and an in
eritancetaxalso are to fce given M
Eri6nff, thought. * fl
Much general .legislation is tin the v M
rogramme for considerati<mas!' soon
s the preparedness and' defense jHS
uestions are out. of the Way. A-MB
i|l to create a land loan bankina^^^W
astern and another to develop mines^HRfl
1 resources on public lands ha\fl|^BB
een practically completed by hotu^^HH
ommittees during the holidays.
;as attacked in the State conr^^H^nfl
opposition to the law was. -intent^H^H
iroughout the State but. it ww^H^H
enerally and firmly supported
eiiator Tillman's faction yrho werel I
decided majority of the people. In ^RH|
le spring of 18^4 occurred the
Darlington war/' . as it was. popu- JH
irly called, which resulted in theJ^^^H
illing and wounding of three or fou^^^^J
ten of both factions, resulting in thj^M^^H
roclamation by the Governor
le counties of Darlinsrton and
nee were in a state of insurrectiflH^HH
bout a month later the Supre^^^^^H
ourt of the State, then compoHn^HH
f Justices Simpson, McGowan ^HHH
ope, declared the law uncons^HHHM
onal. Mr. Pope dissented.
jme weeks following whiskey
>tailed freely without license^^^^^HH
lere was no license law in exist^H^HBH
nd the dispensary law had been
ull and void. In August the pflHH
jnnel of the Supreme Court
hanged, a new test case was brou^^^^^^B
nd the former decision was revers^^^^^H
he dispensary system was again JHH
jrce At the session of the Lej^BH^H
iture of 1893 and at subseqij^^^^B^J
sssions the law underwent
tianges, the essential regul^^^H^^H
lethods of selling intoxicants
stained. In 1895 the con^E^^^HB
onal convention incorporatedHH^^^fl
ispensary plan in the organic'^^^^^^H
f the State in a clause which H
)r Tillman has said that he
The Downfall.
In *905 the - Brice law, intajj
-ft (Continued pn P&g6