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THE LEDGER. THURIOT S. CARTER, EDITOR AND MANAGER. SUB.SOKIPITON $1 50 PEP YEAH ISSUED WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. Saturday aokii. 2, 1904 No Middle Ground. Greenville Mountaineer. Lynching is either right or wrong, aud there is no mid lie ground upon which to stand, aU i h Ail rvh tit n n /RiiinR f r\ 4 Iwi In nt iuwii^u owiuv w^ii vdici iv iur innleas element by advocating a sing'e exception. This is simply the refuge of a demagogue, who wants to please the onraged mob, whilo holding apparently to the law's supremacy, making a mockery of justice and encouraging the vicious to trample the law under foot. In the abstract and in the concrete, the crime of lynching is subversive of order, opposed to civilize ation and friendly to chaos and destruction. Every lynching results in lowering ihe standard of society and pandering to the un tamed passions of men, and even under the most aggravating and revolting circumstances the lynch, crs are not the agents or representatives of the hotter element in the community. Men who really deserve the name do not seek to avenge the wrong done to their own household ih this way, and it is seldom that they are on the ground to aid the mob, wheu if the law is to be set aside they alone should take the responsibility, answering at the bar of justice for their own deeds. Happenings In The State. As Chronicled by the Alert Correspondents of The Columbia State'. (jKEAT OINNEIIT TO BE BUILT AT ANDERSON. Anderson, March 31.?The Peoples Oil and Fertilizer compauy of this city today made a contract for what will l>e the largest ginnery east of the Mississippi river and obo of the lurgest in the world. It will consist of 16 70-saw gins and four presses, and all will he under Dne roof. "unloaded" pistoi. kills negro. Onion, March 31.-At 2 o'clock today ut Carlisle, Loomis Gilliam, a negro, shot and instantly killed one Sang Jeter. The shooting, it is said, was done accidentally. Gilliam was standing in a shop and Jeter was just on the outside, when Gilliam picked up an old pistol and pointed it at Jeter, thinking it was unloaded. GRENVILI.E MAN WOUNDS BOTH IIIS WIFK AMI) IVVAVT . Greenville, March 31.?E. M. Gillespie, who live about two miles from the city, while handling his gun on Monday night accidentally discharged the piece, the load entering tho feet of his infant child, not mora than 2 years of age. A small portion of the shot entered the hip of his wife, vho was holding the child in her arms, but her wound is not serious. Dr. W. C. Black was called to attend the child, who was so weak from the loss of blood and the shock that he did not amputate the foet, as he fearAil ;* ? ?..m i:? *- * M ii nuuiu I Mi L IIVO lUrOllgQ 11)0 oporatiou. Lota of Northwestern people, ravaged with snow, ice and floods, must wish they had residences in 1 the balmy South. ?Savannah ' Press. ? Brnnchville Methodists are i to have a handsome now brick ' church. i County Dispensers Most Obey | the Lav. ! I The Board Moans Business, S.> a ? Member Says. ? Not Charles- 1 ton Alone. 1 i The State of ye-terday says that the circular referred to in ' the special dispatch from Char- < leston which gave the dispensers < of Charleston such a surprise, 1 was not sent to the Charleston > dispensers alone but to ull the t t lirmicrhnnt t l-t a 1 n ^ At tho March meeting of the board I of director* the following resoliu < tion wa* udopted: ulto9olved, ' that the clerk of tliia board is hereby instructed to forward a I copy of the dispensary law to < oach dispenser in the State, with I instructions to strictly comply with sections 5GG, 507, 50# and 5Gi> of nai l law." Section 5G0 is that which requires the written application for liq uors. This section also requires the applicant to state that be or she is not a minor or a drunkard. It is as follows: *4Before selling or delivering any intoxicating liquors to any person a request must be present oil to tbo county dispenser, printed or written in ink, dated of the true date, stating that he or she is of age and the residence of the signer, for whom or whose use it is required, the quantity and kind required and his or her tine name; and the request shall be signed by the applicant in his own true name and signatuie, attested by the county dispenser or his clerk who receives and tiles the request. Hut the request shall be refused if the county dispenser tilling it personally knows tho person applying is a minor, that ho is in. toxicated, or that he is in the habil of using intoxicating liquors to an excess; or if the applicant is not personally known to said county dispenser, before filling said order or deliveiingsaid liquor he shall require the statement of a reliable and trustworthy peraon of good character and habits, known personally to bim, that the applicant is not a minor and is not in the habit of using intoxicating liquor# to excess." if a dispenser violates section 566 in auy way it is the duty of the solicitor, on information, to bring suit against him in the name of the county for $200 damages. The suit is on the bond of the dispenser, who if convicted is also deprived of his position. Further civil suit: may he entered. It it is proven that fraud was employed by the purchaser he shall be subject to a fine of not less than $200 or six months in jail. Section 567 requires the county auditor to keep the request book on tile in his office. Section 568 requires an oath of the dispenser that he has attended to matter of requiring written applications and that ho hus turned over to the auditor all of the applications submitted. Section 5G9 requires the county board to revoke the commission of uny dispenser who fails to require applicants to sign for the purchase and the deposed dispenser shall be indicted by the solicitor. This section also penalizes dispensers for purchasing liquor otherwise than from the State dispensary and for adulterat ing the product of the biff ffin mill. It is pretty certain that all of tehse provisions have been very generally disregarded by the Charleston dispensaries bit not by them alone, for it is sofe to say that few, if any, dispensers anywhere in the State observe theso regulations with any degree of 1 strictness. Whiskey is sold to 1 any and everybody who wants it, whether a con firmed drunkard or i deacon in the church; and, es? pecially when it is a busy day, the lispenser seldom bothers himself )r his customers about filling out ( tho request blanks in full, if at i ill. These regulations; together with the daylight sales, constitute the justly celebrated "temperance Features" of the dispensary law. That their uon observance has become notorious not only in Charleston but elsewhere is suffix nently attested by the action of the board pf directors in calling ittention to these provisions. If they are now enforced it will not be as easy as it has been heretoFore to buy whiskey in South ^ Carolina ? which has been about the easiest thing in the world, from the board's resolution and the remark of one of its members, quoted above, it looks like there V. 1 may no ncunu^v. Parker Has Hew York. Judge's Friends Will Control State Delegation, So Primary Returns Indicate. New \ork, March 30.?A summary of the returns from the Democratic primaries in the most important counties show, according to The Herald,that the Empire State delegation to the na ticnal convention will be instructed to vote for Judge Parker. At the primaries so far, 228 Parker delegates have been counted successful which will give him a large working majority in the delegation. ov/l/llt 1/AAViA rwu IlLAKdl* Sioux Fulls, S. D., March 30. ?The Democratic State convention meets here today. Enough votes aie pledged to W. R. Hearst . to secure him an instructed delegation to tho St. Louis convention, which will probably be head- ) ed by former Senator Pettigrew. ?? f j Severe Effect of Recent Earthy, j quake in Maine. * r Caribou, Me., March 31.? j A guide from the Tiblique region | reports that during the recent earthquake Bald Mountain, in ' the center of Tiblique valley, four miles from the New Brunswick i line, disappeared, and in its placo is now a new lake. Bryan Loses Case. New Haven, March 31.?Mr. W. J. Bryan has been defeated in bis contest in the Bennett will case. The court decided Qaguinst admitting the sealed letters is the Bennett will. ^ ^ i lbo compact between Mr. Sul-'l ly and his partners in the cotton i corner appears to have been a j "gentlemen's agreement"?the ( kind that only holds when it wins.?Philadelphia Inquirer. ( The loss of time to the employee a of cotton mills in Lancashire, England, because of curtailment of output, amounts to $750,000 weekly, or $0,875,000 sioco short time was inaugurated. J. E. RUTLEDGE, Dentist. Lancaster, S. C. ur?i-: Tvumitig on cretin doesn't pay, and my terms from this time henceforth are strictly cash. Reasonable Prices. Gold Filling $1.50 Amalgam Filling 75 cts. Cement Filling 75 ct RUBBER PLATE, Full upper set of teeth $1*2.50 Upper and lower set $25.00 These prices are strictly for cash. No work done except For cash or good security. J. E. 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