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Baptist*, Methodist* ami VY hiskoyln tho recent Baptist convention at Sumter the dispi r.s: i v came in for a share of dii?eo>sion in connection vith tho report <f tho committee on temperance? that report, in tho language of The Baptist Courier, having "criticized the dispensary system.1'j Several ministors and at least one layman spoke to tho report, en doreing its "criticisms'' of ths dispensary system, although one of the ministers is quoted as smv /ng that while "the H11 ptimt ministry of the State is not lukewarm on this matter" yot "tho-e is n practical difficulty in connection with this question in tho contention" and "the subject is pre son ted in such a way that sonic d > not want to \ote for it, though they n o in sympathy with the purpose proposed." Nevertho loss tho report was adopted. We are sorry we have it uot in full. It is presumed that the "practical difficulty in connection with this question in the convention'' is that "this question" is regarded as a "political issue,'* with which u relig'ous body litis nothing to do. It may Ite well to uote in passing that if the dispensary is a "political issuo" it has been made such by it* originators, supporters nod conductors and not by tho-e who have opposed it on economic or inornl grounds, or both. And it may lie further observed that even a political question in which * moral consideration is involved is a competent subject for the consideration of anv oryanization of religious workers. However, let us go back to tins point of present importance. The "question" came up iu an other form in the Methodist con ferenco at Greenville a i"cw day* ago. "The report of thecommittwe on temperauce, made by Chair man J. \Y. Humel, Wrought forth a question of considerable interest," ways one account. "Mr. Iluiuel asked for Bishop Smith's opinion as to whether the clause j in the church discipline forbid-1 ding members of the church to deal in liquor applied to the dis pensary law, and if dispcneeis were exempt because they wore officers of the law. The bishop said ho could not give a ruling, expect with a spccitic case before him, hut it was his personal opinion that members of tlio Methodist church could not become dispensers without violating tho church discipline." Presuming that Bishop Smith's ruling is correct?that it would bo sustained by the conference and concurred in by any other bisiiopof the Methodist church ? why iH not any citizen of South Carolina who belongs to the Methodist church not amendable to tho same ruling* The dispensers do not sell whiskey n their own account. They are merely the agents of the common, i wealth, which for the purpose of selling whiskey has formed.itself, as it were, into a corporation in which every citizen is a stockholder, having an equal voice with every other citizen in tho conduct of the business. It is j the State of South Carolina which is engaged in tho liquor trade, the State merely delegating to certain ! , t f m 1 f?nr? /? ? * ' in us i,Hi/.tii-oiuLiviiuim;i.,i uiu tic | tiro duties* of its management. cr> The responsibility rests upon all tho citizona alike, whether they be active agonts or merely passive sharers in the enterprise, its costs and its profits. Thoro is no escaping this responsibility, moral or otherwise ? though, to bo sure, there is little or no evidence that, any groat | number of those stockholders are anxious to escape that responsi bility. The dispensary was es tablished'as ua temperance mens , ure," it was advertised as "a I great moral institution,and j whether or not it has lived up toj " mr . ^ mp ?i wli ? r m?ii? the?o cluirns it 10 certainly a profit nhle industry. The stockholders ?et good divid i?ds ? the citizens are relieved f; <>111 a certain ; mount of taxation. And thev sten to like it ? 1 ?: pti-1?, Methodists and all the rest. If they found it incompatible with conscientious scruples to engftgo in the whiskey traffic the Baptists and Methodists, without help from any other religionists I or non-religionists, could end the dinpensary business very speedily. Tho two denominations eotuhined number 200,000 souls in the Stuto of South Carolina today. The whole whito population of tho Stato according to the ccnsuof 1000 nun f>57,S07?nearly half of this miuitior arc adherents of these two religious sects. In i t n '.other words, the Baptists and the i Methodists oit11 neat lv a half in tereat, certainly a controlling interest, in tho South Carolina rum mill. They arc directly responsible for ttic three million dollars la year business done by that great enterprise. They should not put ' tlie blame entirely upon a few of their number who are simply acting as the selling agents of tha commonwealth. If the dispensary system is to be justly "crilicued" and if dispenser* are to he "din ciplincd," then let the w'nolo membership of each of these and of every other Christian denomination In South Carolina come in for the "e iticism" and the "discipline."?The Slate. ! REPORT FROM i IJ10 REFORM SCHOOL i .1. tjr. Gluck, Superintendent, Pruntytown, \V. \ a., writes: "After trying all other advertised cough medicines wo luivo decided to use Foley's Iloney and Tar exclusive ;- m the West Virginia Reform School. I find it t 10 most c(l\ctivo and absolutely harmless.' i'. Eugene Fundtr hurk. Decrease In Pension Roll. I Washington, Dec. 12.?Tito house committee on appropriations has authorized a favorable report on the pen.-ion appropriation bill. It carries n total of $138.150,100, which is $2,500 le?s than the estimates submitted. The bili carries $1,097,500 less than was appropriated for pensions last rear. COUG ;?>, coTi^ 'AN D CONS I D PATiON* Few peoplo realize when taking cough medicines other than Foley's lloncy and Tar, that they contain opiates which are constipating besides being unsafe, particularly for children. Foley's Honey and Tar contains no opiates, is safe and sure and will not constipate. T. Eugene Fun. ii. KISJ I Hill l\ City of Chicago Gets Republican Convention. Washington, Dec. 12.?The Republican national convention niil be held in Chicago, beginning at noon on .Juno 21 next, the Republican national committee reaching this conclusion today and adjourning subject to cull. 1'ittsburg and tit. Louis were rivals of Chicago for the eeuvontioD. Each city vvr.i well represented in oratory before the committee, and each also had cash oilers to make. Pittsburg offered $ 100,000, ChU cago $75,000 and a hall, und St. Louis $40,000 anil a hall. The ,,/vIa ?a 1 4 O / / L! rr ? vino nuuu to iur v.uicttgo, i iur Pittsburg and 1 for St. Louis. A COSILY MISTAKE. Blunders pre sometimes very expensive. Occasionally life itself is the price of u mistake, hut you'll never bo wrong if you take Dr. King's Mew Life 1'ills, for Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Headache, j Liver or Bowel troubles They I are gentle yet thorough. 25c. at !,J. F. Mackey As Co., Crawford Bros, and T. Eugene Funderburk Drug Store. ?i iiniw ii in* n n ir iwn -?? -^ mm* . The District of Columbia school protests against football, sayrug il cannot tolerate mnndenghter in the name of athletics. Oo ;s and others from South Carolina h ive presented a prole** 1 to the Republican national committer) against John G. Caper* serving as committeeman for South Carolina. The contested election caao of Congressman Lover is to ho heard by tho house elections committee Friday A'eek. A canvass of all the Democratic county newspaper editors of Indiana results in an expression of presidential preferences in this order: .Judge Darker of New York, tir.-t; Senator Gorman, second; Richard Olney, third; William .J. Rryan, fourth; William It. Flcarst tifill; Grover Cleveland, sixth; Carter Harrison, seventh; George Gray of Delaware, oizbth: .J. W. Bookwnlter of Ohio, ninth. - l.v? CASTOR! A For Infauts and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought err* Not ipnto half of tho oil in retjtiire 1 to !?o subscribed for the Hampton monument bus been, j Before the i lute appropriation of, 620,000 is available 610,000 must' Ito subscribed by the people of the state. It will be u terrible reduction on tho people of the! i state if the commission has to re- j port to the legislature next month ! unit the money is Hot iii Sigllt. It j is said that Uiehlund, Darlington, Sumter, Florence and Charleston 1 counties have beeu the largest1 contributors to tlie sum already j subscribed. \ Rin-i 11 subset iptiui. from each admirer of South Caro iina's grout son would easily rai>o the amount.?Columbia Record, j A TIMELY TOPIC. Ak this season of coughs and j colds it is well to know that Fo->I ley's Honey and Tar is the greuU i est throat and lung remedy. It cures quickly and prevents serious results from a cold. T. Eugene Fundorburk. The dispensers in Charleston maka little pretense of obeying the law literally. They sell liquor to habitual drunkards and others, contrary to the provisions of the act, and pay no regard to the requirement that the purchaser shall sign his name or itnuke his mark before receiving tliw stuff. The dispensaries are run to tnako as much money as possible, and strict interpretation of the daw is only made when it comes to jerking up the city authorities to obey it.-? Charleston Post. ~iirkE.1 STATE OK SOUTII CAROLINA County of Lancastf.ii, Cou*t of Common Pitas. Nina May Hen net r, Iya T.eo H?*iinett and John Fran!; I in Walker, ( y Iheir Quatdian ad litem Thin low S. ( ar? tor, Plaintill'-i, AO A INST Trunk Walker, Defendant ; HV VIHTUK OK AN ORIiKH IN (he above slat Oil ease, signed by .1 1141 t.r4 f 1 VVf f t 'inniit f it ! . r% at Chambers on the 7th day of Decern ber, 1008, I will soil at jmn;ic auction at. Lancaster courthouse totlio highest bidder on t he First Monday in January, HI04. being January 4, 100-1, the followii g describe i property, to wit: Ali of that lof or parcel of land lying and being in the town of Lancaster, County of Lancaster and rttato of mouth Carolina Coutai in ng Three-Fourths (JJ 4) of an Aero, more or less, and bounties cm the North by lot of Mrs. Jane K Kdwards; J'jAkt by t atawba street; hoiith ny Met ting street and W. ?t by lot of Mrs M. K. ( uuthen Terms of sale--One-half cash, hnL ance of purchase money to be secured by the bond of the purchaser payable ono year from date, with interest from dote, at S per cent, to tie due and payable annually, Hni' bond to be seemed by a mortgage of the pr ml cs Tho purchaser t?> pias tre the dwelling In use, on the property, for stx hundred dollars in some reliable insur wio company wiih loss clause payable to the uin ersigned. 1* rchaser to pay f>r pep'-rs. J. F. ORKGOOT, C\ (J. C, L. C. R. K. WVME, Atty. for PJaintillV. Tumbled Into A liairon. Pitdmont, \V. Va , Dec. 13 -Five toon Wi'io killed and aovcval injured by til ' overt timing of iwo engine-, attached t) a heavy L>al timore and Ohio freight tiuin on the "17 mile grade" today, near this city* cj yru ss yrs. x .a. . Bears tho lto KM Vcu Have Always BougW Mr.O.C. Able, a prominent merchant of LeesviHo, mtus run over mint kuiou ny 11 tram Sunday night. O j**. 53 *>? O ITS. X .<Tv.. Eonra tho /?7'? Kind You Have Always Bou;h\ Sic:r Tiir Itc.it I'rcscriitHoti for 11'urn >'<' Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless. Chill Tonic. It is simnly iron ami Quinine and tasteless, No Cure No Pay. Sf i>h the. (Jmif/Ti duel 1 forks of) flat Co'.,I. Laxative Promo Quinine Tat) ets euro si colli in one <lay. No Cure, No Pay. Price, 25c. NOT A S10 K I) A Y S1NCE "1 was taken severely sick will: kidney trouble. 1 tried id I sorb of medicines, none of which relieved me. One dav I saw an ad of your Electric lhtters and determined to try that. After taking a few doses 1 felt relieved, and soon thereafter was entirely nnl.n/1 k.mn ..~t - S i i.iii vii) <iim iiui D iii/i ncuu !1 Ml'K day since. Neighbors of mine have l)C(Mi cured of Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Liver and Kidney troubles and General Debiliiv." This is what I?. F. Bass, of Fremont, N. C., writes. Only 50c, at Crawford Bros. J. F. Mackoy Co., and T. Eugcno Fuuderburh Druggist. -n. -/r* .* ::v mur. Auditor's Notice. Notice is lierobv given that this of flee will be open from the 1st day ol January to the 20th day *?.' February, 1904. f-?' the purp -se of receiving (lie returns of the taxpayer.* of Lin caster County. Ad persons having property in their p >s cf>ion or eoi trol, us man tigers, ho!ders]or as husband, parent, guardian, tuutee, executor, ndniuis tratcr, receiver, accounting olll. c" agent, attorney, or fu*tor, on the First day of January 1904. are rcqniied t lot tlie fame for taxation \vi bin thr time required by ?xw or incur the penalty or Fifty t>er ecu!. which ntta he* in ease of fai me tod?.-o. The full tax of One l)<-!!ar i* ! ?i?1 upon all male persons between iIn uy.es of 21 and 00 years, except peisom who are maimed and unaMe ; > earn ? support, and ( onfederato soldo rs. For the eonveuier.ee of the public the Auditor or on assistant will nlieinl the following plaees in the County on th ? days named. Osceola, Tues Jan 5lh, 12 to 3 o'c'oe.I; I'leasHiit Valley, Wednesday Jan 0. Be I sir, Thursday Jan 7 Vhii Wyck, Frida; Jan Rlh, 9 So li o'clock. Di.v, a. in , Dwli?hf, p. in,, Monday Jan II Hi. Tradcsvilie, Tuesday J?*u 12.ii. Taxahaw. Wiv.iin.Mday J .c. IJllh. Flu Creek church, Thursday Jan 14, I)r. < , O. Welsh s, Friday Jan liit'i Primus Saturday January 10th lo li o'clock. IlaileGold Jfine. Monday Jun lSdi Kershaw, Thursday and Wednesday J an Kit It and 20i h, Heath Splines, Tuesday Jan ills' Pleasant Hi I. Friday Jnn 22 to 2 p m Dry Creek. Monday Jun 25lh. Under an aet of the legislature, all persons having a yross income of $2,&00 or nioio, are iequir? d to make fi ndurn of the same u? tlio Audit'r al the limeof making their other returns, It will he to the inleroi-l of everj taxpayer to make Ids return promptlv of all personal pioperty; also of al transfers or improvements on rea i state, and save t tie penally of 50 pel een . which attaches aft-r the 2(>tl of February 19U4. KespectfuPy, J NO. a. COOK, < on n ty A editor, MONEY TO LO?" T have inudeariangtiucnts.by wliicl I can negotiate loans of $ttuo.00 am upwards on first mortgagc-i on im proved cotton forms at 7 per cent iii> tere*t on s uns of $1,009 ( 0 and over and s per cent interest on sums of teathan $1 ,?<) No commission churned, only a^reasouahle foe for slut rant of tide. It. Fj. WYLIE, Hept. 18, 1903?flat. Atfy. at Low. ?Fay your Subscription *o th< Lkdof.u and bo happy. Y) l K "b IvTi'. Y ti tr TtiUfjn When you tako Groyo's Taste less Chill Tonic because the form uln is plainly printed on every hot tie showing that it is simply Iroi and Quinino in a tasteless form No Cure. No Pay. 50c. ii i ii ii ! ii ?Tr-_inrr nwimwur* The Kind Yon Ilavo Always Doughty in use for ovor 30 years, lias hoi ^ and lias been STw'nTor All Counterfeits, Imitations and "J Experiments that trifle with and ei Infante and Children?Experience I , What is CAS Castoria Is a harmless substitute i goric, I>rops and Soothing Syrups, contains neither Opium, Morphine substance. Its ago is its guarantee and allays Fcvcrisliness. It cures Colic. It relieves Teething Trouble and Flatulency. It assimilates the Stomach and Dowels, giving hcaltl The Children's Panacea?The M^jtli GENUINE CASTOF sy Bears the Signat I The Kind You Have A In Use For Over S THE CENTAUR COMPANY. T7 MURRAY OTRCC COFHMS. Will I ' O O O C ? ? !)|| P I iill sVo! now .hnve in i i and will continue to complete line of COF1 burial CASKETS. Our st< all sizes and qualities, from t COFFIN up to Handsome Mr CALL and see us or send us your fortunate as to havo n death in yo Within the RE AC e |3 iiiiiiif m I LACASTEK, S. C , ! J. iUllill 3 FOSTER. Attorney (it Law, LANCASTER, S. C. ! ? To tl [ ST" Collection* a sp?cialty County Go to the | S i LANCASTER MARBLE j" v in 5 > a"*tT GRANITE WORKS, ' i Hitikui) I For Good Work and Low Prices, c'ou-tit h. J. ^GMinch, LANCASTER, S. C. ( P?no " ??ni??1 . wii tm Gills Ci IMt-ssmi i 1 11. ? 1? ^ SPKCIA ' 2 ~ t'6 5 to T) cos* Vitti w ? c ? 8 0$ Lam as ? x :2 j_> "12 ? ofjsrr^ r ... - TJ o * ? ? ,55b;? "a 'r3 9 ^2 ci 135 S? "*" Itouds< ? g.5 | ~ g S g- Kcrstui c * Q " ? 0 | Heath II Ja "2 2 Cj ^ Oak tin ? ? 3 ? 2 g c Jones: v ? tc* *" c> ' rri > ^ 2 ? ? ""?*, r. svg 5 ' ^ K -10 X g-.S o| ^ '??"?? I ' g.l-S |4I^|T3 ? *??" " o fe - ? I <8 2 ? ?a fe w " 2> ? X .2 - T* -r? 3 mna "j Wax lie os ? ? "o ? g ? Oane C S | b-S --8.1 ^ ^ ^ Uftf.eC x S;g 8^ *- UaneC 5 a j* g 2 ? 8> w 0,1,8 0 O 2 B'5J? S-I 0,1,8 c SS'O ^ 03 & g ? -g iLU Gills C . JE2g~lS?*c ? Bo ford 3 ? a & f F,Ht 01 *?j ^ a ~ "5 i Flat t'r .SSd| 1 > attfe-jj 2 . fi?mii ^rii'usui /^2/ N Pleas u /Va^T7/T^ Cedar ? r Cedar I bis signntmc is on over bc.v ? tho genuine Laxative Bro.no-c^.n 2 Taweo. <fco renur'v that ? .-row it tiM > one ?l*y ?ept 2) >?' 1 II" " ?. and wlilcb has Isocn. no tlio sigTUtlnvo of i inndn iiii<lor !iiv nor_ don since its infancy, to deceive yon in this, ust-as-good" are bat ulangcr the health of* against Experiment. TORiA for Castor Oil, PareIt is Pleasant. It nor other Narcotic . It destroys Worms Diarrhoea and Wind s, cures Constipation > Food, regulates the ly and natural sleep. cr,s Friend. 3EA ALWAYS uro cf _ Z&x Iways Bought 10 Years. T. NEW YORK CITY. o o o o ? \ COFFINS. stock, keep, a riNS and )ck embraces ho plain, cheap 2TALLIC cases, order when so nnur family. PHICEft JII of ALL. iii u Oct. 15, 1003.?tf. HI ; It lie !io 'iRXpaTcrs of Jjnucns??r . The Treasurer's ofile? will, i for the collection of taxes t penalty, for tho fiecnl year en tho 15lh day of October to . day of Decemb-r, inclusive. rt is as follow*: ax, A rell'is Tax, 4 mills (U('RR) X mills i; Fund ( '* (' ft R.) 1 mill ulional School Tax 3 mills h LOCAL JiBTY IS. C. & OA. XX. It. R.) reek Township if mills reok Township i mills it Hill Township *8 mills L IiOCAL FOR SCHOOL FUKFSSBS yck School District 3 mills ter 4f mills ter, Interest on Fund If mills, mills w, N 4 mllla (Springs, 8 m1!Is rat, 4 Mills ? Knads 1 Mills 'TAIj L1VY BY ?I8TIIICrr8. I,And 16 mills Land, Van Wyek, 18 mills iw, 16 mills iw, Vaa Wyok, 18 mills reek, 2t$ mills reek, 1 an casts*, 16$ Mills 'reek, J, X R, 11$ Mills roi'k, St Mills reek, Lancaster?, ST Mills reek, J. X R, Mills 1? Mills reck, II Mllhi eek^KorahRvr, SO Mills it 11 ill. it Mills it Hill, Xurshavr, It mills it Hill, Heath Hprinfs SS Mills ?t II<11, Oukhurat, St mil* U Hill. J X R, 81 mi.ls rack, lfl mills reck, J X It 18 mills Respectfully, W. C CAU THEN. i, 1003, County Treas.