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* ?fee JUotote Courin. ".UBL-SHCO CVCRY WCDNCSDAV MORNING. -BY JAYNtS, SH6L.OR, SMITH * 8TEOK B. T. JAYNE*. I" - ll). A. HM ITH 9. W. 8HBL.OR. I Kt"' ' PoM' | J. A. 8TEOK. OUSBCKIPTION. S t.OO PCR ANNUM. ADVERTISING RATES REASONABLE. uClTT Communications of a personal oharaoter oharged for aa advertisements. JQf* Obituary notices and tributes of rospeot, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that number must bo paid for at the rate ono cont a word. Cash to M company wBiiMiuacript. WALHALLA, 8. C. I WBDNBSDAV, AVG. IO, IVOS. DISPENSARY'S ROTTENNESS. I Continued from page 2.J A. "lie said when he was wanting lo be eleoted as chairman of the State, board he had in his room nearly as much whiskey as Lhere is in a whiskey dispensary, and he said he would just invite people in there to take drinks, and he said he stuffed several $20 bills in his (Mahaffey) pockets." Q. "What do you suppose Mr. Mahaffey did with those 120 bills?" A\ y A. "I don't know, Bir, unless he * got drunk on them." Q. "Did Mr. Mahaffey tell you he -was pretending to be opposed to Mr. Evans?" A. "Yes, sit i he said the way he worked it, he went on to brag, he said that he would get in with a ?rowd working against Mr. Evans and pretend he was going to be -against him and find out how they were going and size up the certain .numbers he could get for Mr. Evans -and he would report to Mr. Evans, .-and Mr. Evans would tell him how to manouver." WANTS M A ll A KKK Y PRESENT. The witness boro requested that die be allowed to wait until Mr. Ma haffey could be present before testi fying further ?1000; this line. Ile was asked if Mr. Mahaffey did not rather brag about hnving some of that money in the legislature, where it would do good. The witness re plied, "Yes, sir, but I would rather he would be herc." He was told that an effort would be made to se cure Mr. Mahaffey's attendance to morrow. C. O. Smith, the member of the hoard, of whom so much was said to-day, is in Ilendorsonville, N. C. Mahaffey could not be found when Mr. Sohumpert, the marshal, went for him this afternoon. Mr. Lyon conducted the examina tion of the witnesses to-day in a cool, determined and dispassionate man ... ?er. Tho evidence to-morrow will w?late to change nf labels. What the Testimony Shows. [August Kohn, in News and Courier.] The legislative investigating com mittee has been in session in Spar tanburg for the past two days and some very startling disclosures as to .corruption on the part of the Spar tanburg county board of control have been brought out. These dis closure n show : 1. 'ihat the positions connected ' wftvith tho dispensary hore were bar tered and sold for money, borrowed money or endorsements. 2. That even $50 clerkships were bartered, and II. II. Cunningham was paid $50 cash by tho chairman of the county board to withdraw his application for a $50 olerkship. 8. That thc then chairman of the ?ounty board of control sold liquor and traveled from town to town, and that he sold liquor by tolling dispen sers he would have them removed by a fric -d on tho State board if they <lid nox, patronize him. 4. That during tho sossion of i,be legislature satchels full of liquor were taken from tho rooms of candi dates for membership of the board by Mr. Mahaffey, member of the House. 5. That all dispensers boro have rocoived case upon case of compli mentary liquor from houses selling 4| to the dispensary, and that most often these complimentary liquors have been put on thc shelf, and tho liquor sold for personal gain, with out accounting to tho S tato or county. (I. That tho Mallard Company, Hichlnnd Distillery, and lUuthcnthal ?c Hick, rt made a practico until re cently ot jacking one or two extra bottles of liquor in each oase, and these oases were complimentary to the dispenser ; that they were sold as regular stook goods and no account made of suoh sale to the State or the county, but this was to the gain of the dispenser. 7. That, in addition to gratuitous liquor, the dispensers reoeived free umbrellas, Brooking sets, fountain pens, match boxes, wines and even suits of clothes. 8. That at least one dispenser here is charged with the habit of chang ing the labels of liquor and selling as two X goods that whioh was sent him as one X goods, and that this same dispenser has accumulated thousands within his few years of service. 9. It was developed that the Rich land Distilling Company, and Blu menthal & Bickart have been pay ing 25 cents for empty oaseB whioh originally oontained their goods. This is supposed to have been a method of boosting tho sales. One witness tes tified that Rook Castle oase* were paid for at 25 oente each, without bottles, and that they were not re turned. It was shown that these empty oases, other than those sold to the shipping houscB, were sold locally to drug houses for not more than live cents and of ton for less. 10. That dispensers have written to liquor houses for gratuitous liquor to help them make up shortages. 11. That empty cases were run in the stock account and were counted as stock on hand, when they were entirely empty. 12. That two members of the county board of oontrol signed cer tificates that they had actually wit nessed the checking of the stocks in dispensaries, signed and approved the expense accounts and breakage accounts and left them with dispen sers to use as they saw fit. Several of these certificates on which the dispensers were to make up their ac counts were exhibited, signed in blank, with official approval to stock taking, expenses and tho like, that were to happen months ahead. 13. That in Spartanburg Mr. Blackwood, iu particular, was used as a buffet to bull the market. He was promised time and again a posi tion and asked to file an application and he now thinks this was dene simply to get tho other fellow to raise his price to the county board, two of the members telling him plainly that it was a matter of dollars and cents to get the office, and after they got tho office that they could easily take it back. 14. That ono of the star witnesses who is absent, told Mr. Blease, a member of the commission, that foi ?100 he could net liq a witness, having previously made a statemcnl to the Christensen - Lyon committee. 15. That tho dispensary is selling fives, which means short measures Fives in quarts means that fivo quart bottles are sold for a gallon, whet the consumer thinks he is buying i full quart. Witnesses testified thal Hunter's Three Feathers, Old Dixie Hannis and other brands were fives. 16. That until recently reques books have not been used. Tin plea in defence of the non-use bcinj that the dispensaries have not gottei the books and have not had the tim to fill them out. 17. That tho dispensers have beei advised to charge all the breakage t the county, and that the count; loses from its profit account al breakage, and it is not divided bc tween State and county. 18. That Dispenser Huseman is al leged to have said that he paid a much as six hundred dollars for a vot and then did not got it. 19. That Charlio O. Smith was rc appointod on tho board upon the rc commendation of the delegation, al though it had been called to the al tention of members of tho delegntioi not all, that he was asking money fo positions. 20. That tho appointment of th present members of the county boar was held up until after the Morr eleotion was over. Tho commissio had been issued long beforo tho eic? tlon. 21. That liquor agents have boc coming to the dispensaries to ur; tho pushing of their goods. 22. That goods that were not o derod, other than introductory, wei shipped to thc dispensaries. 28. That tho tio-up of tho decisic of tho Stato Supremo Court as 1 the force and effect of the concur rent resolution, under whioh the committee is working, is most em barrassing and hurtful. Witnesses, ?getting to believe that the committee had no legal rights, are disposed to refuse to answer questions, and the whole situation is clouded and in doubt because of the unsettled con dition as to the status of the law. 24. That three of the most im portant witnesses could not be found in the city to-day. Warrants have been placed in the hands of the sheriff for these recalcitrant wit nesses, and they are expeoted to morrow. Should they not appear, jtatemeuts are on hand from them, Inn their evidenoe is desired. 25. Cole Blease grew quite mad to-day about what he thought were reflections on him and made a per sonal statement, and insisted that Messrs. Christensen and Lyon were dis politioal enemies and were fight ing him politically, and insisted that my one who suggested that he bad not done bis full duty was a beautiful liar. 26. That the committee is getting pretty nearly an itemized list of the contributions to the fund for the Spartanburg Journal. It was shown that the local dispensers eaoh con tributed $25, and that the olerks gave $5. Mr. Husoman, a beer dispenser, is said to have gone to Columbia to seeure aid to this newspaper fund. The evidence indioated that $400 was to have been raised for this pur pose, and that about $800 had been raised. One of the chief dispensers here insists that he made a contract to use the space as regular advertis ing space, and that he had artioles written for publication in this space. The arrangement was for a column a day. RYDALE'S TONIC A New Scientific Disco-vary for th? BLOOD and NERVE?. It purifies the blood by eliminating tho waste matter and other impurities ami by destroying the germs or microbes thal infest the blood. It builds up thu blood by reconstructing and multiplying the rod corpuscles, making the blood rich and red. It restores and stimulates the nerves, causing a full free How of nerve force throughout the entire nerve system. It speedily cures unstrung nerves, nervous ness, nervous prostration, and all other diseases of the nervous system. RYDALE'S TONIC is sold under a posi tive guarantee. 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Among other demands whioh have been made, money indemnity alone being susceptible of scaling, are the following : Cession of a portion of the Amur province, Siberia ; cession of Saghalien island ; cession of Dalny ; relinquishment of all Rus sian rights in the Liao Yang penin sula ; obligating Russia not to inter fere with the Japanese fortification of Port Arthur ; cession of the Eastern China railroad from Harbin to Port Arthur ; recognition of the predominance of Japanese influence in Koree ; evacuation of Manchuria by thc Russians, obligating Russia not to interfere with the open dooi policy in Manchuria ; turning ovei all interned Russian warships al Shanghai, San Kranoisco and othei ports, and tho payment of a war in demnity of $3,000,000,000. The "Lazy" Microbe. A loarnod professor claims to havo dis eovored that "laziness" is caused by t germ. 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They are moving rapidly and every day reduces your chances to get your share of the bargains. Come early. As long as the goods last the slaughter of prices will continue, and you can save dollars on your purchases. =Special Offer= I am selling Stoves, Furniture and Sew ing Machines at big reductions in price. You can get them on credit till Novem ber 1st, or we will make terms to suit purchasers. For everything at reduced prices, call on Ruskin Anderson, SENECA, S. C. Blind Tigers are Bolder Under Prohibition. A Hpecinl from Picketts, under date of August 2, says: Yesterday Constable George Chapman battled in Hud Masters, who is believed bo have been in possession of tho tou ^allon keg of whiskey at tho Table Rock f>icnio the other day. He was bouded to appear for trial. Dock Pace, a merchaut of Piokons, was given a hearing on the oharge of sell ing beor. It is said that recently ho sold * barrel of boer on Saturday night. It was too good for some of the imbibers to keep, so they appeared before Commis sioner Lewis and told what they knew. Pace was brought into court. The com missioner questioned him about the sale of beer and Pace said he had no recollec tion of it whatever. Tho question of guilty or not guilty was askod him, and he said he did not know which to plead. When faood with tho witnesses, Peco said there must be a little somothiug in the report, but that he was so drunk that he had no recollection of it. He was bonded for his appearanco at tho Octo ber torra of United States Court. A rather well-to-do young mani living noar Pickons, was brought into Magis trate Harris's oftloe yesterday on tho charge of violation of the dispensary law. Ho was seen in company, near town, with another youug man, who has been con victed in the courts of violating the dis pensary law. Unfortunately thoy wore mot in the road by a State constablo, whoso suspicions were arousod by tho former violator and a well-covered re ceptacle in the rear end of the buggy. A jug containing about a gallon of "simon pure" was found, but unfortunately it lid not bear tho groat seal of the Stato lispensary. Magistrate Harris tined the joting mau .-Mt?o, but, upon tho advico of solicitor Hoggs, in view of its boing the first offense, the fine was lowered to $f>0, ti.ii tho young man went out, supposedly to get up tho fine, but when ho returned Ito stated to tho court that he had con cluded not to pay the lino and to stand the Stato a law suit on it. Ile ?as bonded for his appearanco at the fall berm of court. This same young man worked and voted against tho dispen sary in order to remove temptation, he mid. The young man's namo is Will Smith. Commissioner Lewis was asked if bhoro was not oonsidorable moro doing in his court sinco the dispensary was closed, v, beac II ?ton bc stated that ho rloubted if thero was any moro illicit whiskey sold than when th? dispensary was in operation, from the fact that the rlispnnsary was a cloak to the illicit lea lei . .'.ince I bc I eulo vj I of tho dispOll? sary it is a very easy mattor for a con stable to "shine the eyes of a tiger," as ho has become III Ile li hob Iel . An Underground Still. Oue of tho roost remarkable contriv ances designed for illicit distilling was unearthed in Greenville last week by Chief ( 'unstable Hall and several of his men when the officers discovered an artifi cial cavern, fourteen feet square, under ground, with a passageway leading from tho dooring of a small outbuilding to the dark room, where a big distillery had boon in full operation for months, per haps years. Smoke from the furnace was oarried through another under ground tunnel or Hue, whioh terminated in the base of the chimney used in the dwelling house. This prevented the least suspicion, for officers thought that the man who has skipped was cooking his meals, whoo he was operating his whiskey-making establishment. The cave in which the still was ope rated was about thirty feet from the main dwelling and about fourteen feet from the little house in which the en trance to thu tunnel was found. It was roughly finished, but contained alt the necessary utensils for a distillery of largo proportion. The roof was supported by timbers, and the earth had beon care fully sodded down with Bermuda grass, whioh destroyed tho last vestige of evi dence of tho existence of the plaoo. The residence was used in connection with an old corn mill on the Reedy River, about * >ur miles froir tho city. Tho mau wno operated the still also ran tho oom mill and soourod his meal in this way. Tho placo was reported more than a year ago, and the oflicers made a thorough seaieli, but found uotbing but some tubs of slops, or mashed corn, which thoy woro told had been pur chased from a licensed distillery nearby. At that timo tho hidden whiskey estab lishment was supposed to be under tho corn mil', but it was not found. Tho oflicers had no idea that it was underground and conneoted with the residence itsolf, until another roport was made a few days ago, which resulted in tho search last week. Water used in the still was di awn from a tub near a well in tho yard hy moans of an underground pipe, leading into tho dark ohamber. Chief Hall and his mon find many queer things iu their work, for they de st i o y stillt, every few days, but thin has astoundod thom. The man, McCarter, who lentec? thc place, is not to bo found. He had evidently coasod work sevoral days bet.H e tho oflicers mado their dis covery. In after years it UBually gives a married man a headaohe every time he hears another man whistling the wedding march. Quicksilver rainers follow the most unhealthy trade in the world. The teeth of oraployees drop out, owing to the fumes of tho mercury produoing constant salivation, and the system becoming permeated with the metal. St. Thomas Episcopal church, in New York, one of the most richly furnished religious edifices in A meri el., was wrecked by fire last Tuesday. Defective eleotrio wiring is supposed to have oaused the fire. Loss esti mated at $225,000. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought j Farm Lands I for Sale. If it is a Farm you want, why not come and look over my list and see what I havo to offer? Thousands of investors are making money overy day on Heal Kstate - why not yo?? Farm Lands are advancing so rapidly that it takes but a cas ual glance backward a fow years for a business man to see the advisability of placing his cash in good Land Titles. I have here Borne ohoice selections of both-Tho Home-Seeker and The Investor-to offer on rea sonable terms. J.H. Darby. Real Estate Broker. Office : People's Bank.