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Till) 'Phuar/.ow C l'*r, EDITOU AND MAN'AdKH WBUFIW1>AT, .IAM AUY 13, li?03. An Address to the Legislature. The State law and Order League Want* Certain Changes Made in the Dispensary lew. Following is the memorial presented by the State league to the general assembly of South Carolina: The Temperance Law and Order League of South Carolina respectfully represents to your honorable body that it is un organization of citizons representing the sentiments of a large cluu of the voters of the State haying far ite object: 1. To render ull moral encouragement ami support to the constituted authorities in the enforcement of existing laws, both State and municipal, relating to the peace and good order of the community . 2 To lender such individual service m may be practicable ami lawful, in seeutiug and furnishing to the proper law oflicers fact* and information of violations of law to enable them to proceid against the violators. 3. Bj all lawful means to hold the sworn officers of the law to the prompt and faithful discharge of their ofiiciul obligations to the public,and by proceedings against them for wilful neglect or failure on their part. 4. Especially to socure a full and satisfactory enforcement of the dispensary law, both against those engaged in prohibited traffic in intoxicants and those who violate the provisions of the law while acting as sworn officers of tho dispensary. In pursuance of those objects it would respectfully urge upon the general assembly to make an amendment to the law, commonly known as the dispensary law, as will afford the citizons of any community in which a dispensary may be established under the provisions of the law, tho opportunity to express by ballot their wishes for its removal. We make this appoal for the reasons following: 1. Because as the dispensary law makes every citizen a stockholder sharing the profits and liabilities resulting from the business as an act of simple justice they should be accorded the right to end their connection with it if they so desire. 2. Because there are many communities in the State, we believe the larger proportion, where dispensaries have been established in opposition to the known aud ex pressed wish of these communities or where through originally approved, the experience of the evils resulting from the operation of dispensaries in their midst has changed to one of disapproval, and who would gladly avail themselves of tho means of removing what they realize to he an agency which is only evil und a prolific source of disorderly lawlessness and general demoralization. 3. Because the purpose of legislation should he tho rcpres sion of lawlessness and crime, the improvement of tha moral con dition and the nromntinn nf happiness of t he people, and these purposes would be greatly promoted by tho removal of dispensaries from theso communities. 4. Because tho recorded facts as to the conduct of the dispensary system shown u luge and constunt increase in the; sale by the dispensary and consumption of liquors l?y the people of the State, and a consequent appalling * increase of crimes of violence ant immorality traceable tlii ectlv t( this cause. 5 Because the proposed amend meat if made would largely de crea?e the area in which liipiori could be legally sold and the de tection of violation easier and en able the constituted legal admin C? istrators of the law to eonduc the more limited business in i manner more consonant with th? purpose and intent of the law. u. uecause uio demand for thi change in law is made l>y th> Christian church of tlie Stat which cannot bo silent under th oxisning condhion without sin and which in the mum of he communicants appeals to Chi ist ian legislators for the means o deliverance from the unholy al banco in which as a part of th St do citizenship they have beet forced to partipate. Respectfully, ?J.\V. liamel, Chairman. Howell Morrell, Secretary. Executive Commilteo State Tom perance, Law and Order League Columbia, Jan. 12, 190-L i mi J i? ? a mousana men luiiea. The British Slaughter tho Ma Mullah's Warriors?Somallil land The Scene. Aden, Arabia, Jau. 11. ? A engagement in Somalilaad betwae a British force and the forcaa c: the U ad .Mullah has resulted in ssvorc defeat of the latter, wh lost 1,000 men Uiled. The Bril ish had two officers killed an oight officers severely wounded. THE DETAILS. London, Jan. 11.?The wa oflico U night gave out tho fol lowing dispatch which had bee received from Maj. Gen. Eg?r ton, commanding the Somalilan expeditionary force, and which i dated from didhalli, Somaliland January 11: 4 'Advanced this morning 1 milo-t to ?Jidhalli, First brig&d commando 1 by Manning, Secom brigade under Faskins and mount e l troops under Kenna. Toti strength of tho regulars 2,20C irregulars 1,000. Jidballi nel by 5,000 Dervishes, Mounte troops enveloped enemy's rigli and infantry advanced within 70 yards of his position. Dervishe advanced but were unable to fac frontal firr coupled with llank at o/.Lr 1 1 1 " 1 liiumij imum: aim ned An was pursued lOnailoa. Derviahe killed cstimatod at 1,000, moetl in the pursuit. Many prisoner and 400 rifles taken. UI regret to report that tw officers of regulnrr wore kille and nino officers wounded, five c the rank And file wounded; of us tive troop* seven killed and 1 wounded; of irregulars 2 kille and two wounded; am inclined t think this is the Mullah's mai force. The Mullah himself wo not present, hut wr< expected c Jidballi today." Muj. Con. Kgertou's force i camping tonight two tr iles he yond .ladhaIli. Laurens County Farmer Rob be and His Store Burned. Spartanburg, S. C., Jan. O.Andrew Philips, a farmer an* merchant of Laurens, was robbe Thursday night and his ?tor burned, lie found hi* larg pocketboolc, in whiich ho ha placod $107, empty in the road Tho thief took one of hia mule* and this was found at a neigh bor's. Tho situation in tho fur Last i unchanged, but thero in great mc tivity on the part of liutsia. urn Japan. 1 Death of Gen. J. B. Gordon. > Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 9. ? Lieu- ? tenant General John B. Gordon died Ht his winter home near ' Miami, Fla., at 10:05 o'clock tonight. His fatul illness, which overtook him last Wednesday, waa congestion of the stomach t and liver, following an acuta atX tack of indigestion, to which he 0 was subjected. General Gordon was born in ] S Upson county, Ga., July 0, 1832, , e of Scotch ancestry, which had u j prominent part in the Revolution o ary war. Young Gordan graduated from the Georgia State University in i ^ 1852 find a few months later was admitted to the practice of law. Karly in 1861 bo enlisted in the volunteer Confederate service and was elected captain of his com pany. He rose rapidly l?y promotion to lieutenant coloeel of tlio Sixth Alabama Infantry in December 1861. He participated in the struggle on the peninaula, and took part iu the battle of Malvern Hill, and was commissioned brigadier geneaal, Nov. 1862. He was in command at Chancellorsvilln aod in the Penn I aylvania campaign. When hostilities wore ended, d he called his men about him and advised them to bear the trial of i defeat, to go home in peace, obey J j the laws and rebuild tho wasted .< n country. He has taken a prouin inent part in the councils of bis party since 1856. He was a deu feated candidate for Governor of r) Georgia in 1S6S, and iu 1873 and l 1971) was elected to the United i I States Senate, resigning that po Bition in 1880, be participated *2-, lively in building the Georgia Pacific Railroad. In 1886 and 1 1SSS lie was eiected Governor of Googia and in 1890 entered again n into the United States Senate for ~~ the full term. Since his retire(* ment from political activity be 8 haa devoted much of his tme in ') lecturing presenting the north aa well as the South in his lecture 2 upon "The Last Days of tho Q Confederacy." j : Since tho organization of tho : Confederate vetcans he has held ( '* the pnsitien of its chief com* j ^ mander, anu his frequent re* j h elections to that position have : d testified to the waimth of affet(j tion in which he bat been held in ( t tho South. j )S j Gen- Cordon's Funeral. 0 j j Atlanta, Ga., January 10.? The remains of the late Gen. !8 John B. Gordon, who died last Y night at his winter home, near 8 Miami, Fla., will reach this city i early next Tuesday, it having] u been decided that the funeral d party will leave Miami on Monday morning, i* j Definite arrangements for the 6 funeral have not yet been made, d , but it is stated that the body o will be in the State House for n several days preceding the funeral, the family of the deceased it chieftain having agrood to the request that the former followis era of Hen . Gordon may view j i' his remains. At a conference ltero this afternoon between Governor Terd rell and the relatives of Gen. Gordon it was decided to hold the funeral exercises in the hall _ of the House of Representatives, i wneii, in cunjunciion with the d religious exercises, speakers e prominent throughout the South e and Veterans of the Confederate (1 army will deliver eulogistic ad|, dresses. i Among tho speakers will be Gen. Stephen B Lee, Gen. A. P. Stewart, Gen. Clemont A. Evans, Judge Thomas G. Jone9, of the United Stales district -Court of Northern Alabama, d and Senator J. W. Daniel, of I Virginia. A Happy >?New 1 Thanking <tiu* C3 patronage and In < past kindness in |i have decided to ext Thirty Days Lon so that all of benefit of reduced | are principally ove month intend to sel one knows that we STROUSE & BRO which is by i you look like you w them. With everj antee, guaranteeiiij fades or loses its why they can mak? because every pieei and shrunk befor consequently there fading. Mo forwar the cut prices tor ti will only call at oui stock will promise tome of our compe Rembember our Doi The very best pair guaranteed to leather soles and ? not prove to be the you at our store, ei you a new pair 011 that is not as we re HATS. N Come alosg am Wei have a sample you to take out of < Our best soft b iMillinery, a fe\ closeovt cheap. (Groceries of al che^ip and meet an Again thanking < patronage shown u will continue to pa remain. \ -mi HI L and Pros fear to A1 customers tor >rder to reciproc tatronizimr us so o end the ' ime iger in Slaughtt our customers |?I'!CCS- tlotllili r stocked on and IS, regardless of 4 have the exclusi s. HIGH ART ar the best fittiii ere moulded an / suit there is a v % you a new sui shape. Now I ; you such a guar t of goods is thor e it is made int is no chance of t d boys, and take lie next 30 da^s l# Is!!) j)(>!*! 1! !!! BIMi to dress you up < titors give you a aglas and Godman Lint that is manufacti be solid leather e double tip toe an s same as the sa lit open, we will receipt of the oj ipresent it to he. IU END 10 THE il let your eraniu lot that we will our way. osomsliirts at cos v pickings left, \ kinds in abunda y prices given yc our customers foi s in the past and tronize us in til Yours >< sperous l.o? ? their liberal ale tor thei?* largely, we iring Prices will get the is what we tor the i?ext ;ost.. Everyve sale ot CLOTHING. ig and makes ic* poured in written guarit in case it can tell you an tec, simply oughly tested to a garment; shrinkage or advantage of i and it you insnppi OUT or else make new suit. s of Shoes. ured. Every ounter; solid d if they do imple shown freely give nes returned M, m be coyed. almost give St. vhich we will ince, will sell >u. l* ther liberal L hoping they e future, we erve. I Id." m