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"TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE, AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANST NOT THEN BE FALSE TO AN\ MAN." ,. tty STECK. SHELOR & SCHROI>EH. , WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNK 10, 1000. New Series No. 581.-Volume LIX.-No. 134. >i$??&?*?f???????? ??????????????? 8 8 ? ? Purina Baby ? ? ? JR ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? Said Mrs. Chick-Chick to Dr. ruck-Puck : "I'm laying these days; and it's all on account of thc Purina Seratoh F-4 you prescribed for me as a steady diet." POULTRY RAISERS: Ordar Turin? torateh TM* and Partas Catate Fasd tiwi Chick Feed MADE ESPECIALLY TO SAVE THU LIVES OP HAUY CHICKS. This feed will save the lives of your baby chicks and will bring (beni rapidly up to maturity. And why shouldn't it? Any thing will grow when properly fed. Chicks fed PURINA CHICK FEED will thrive-it's the proper feed for them. It contains over a dozen varieties of pure, sound, sweet grains and Beeds, uniformly mixed and ground to precisely the right size-giving the best digestive results. It is screened clean of all fine stuff and when entering the "Checkerboard Bags" contains NO (?HIT, no damaged grain, and no trash nor drugs. Be convinced. SEE SAMPLES AT C. W. & J. E. BAUKNIGHT, Walhalla, S. C. ??@?????????? ????????????? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? RAILROADS AND CORPORATIONS Assessed for Taxation by the State Ronni ol* Assessors. Columbia, .lune 14.-The hoard of railroad assessors met this morning in the Comptroller General's ofllce for the purpose of assessing the railroad, telegraph, telephone, ex press and Pullman Palace Car prop erty In the State. The hoard ls com posed of the Comptroller General, the Attorney General, tito Secretary Of St ?tte, the State Treasurer and the chairman of the Board of Railroad Commissioners. The assessment did not differ very much from the assess ment made in 1908. All of the street railways and elec tric lines of the State are assessed hy tho county bojirds with the excep tion of the Augusta-Alken line and the Greenville Traction Company, these two being chartered ?is rail roads and arc consequently assessed hy the State hoard. One of the State oflic.lals, in speak, lng of the electric roads to-day. stat-, ed that they were assessed at a very low rate as compared with other cor pt rations. Following are the railroad assess or -ta for the year 19 08: Aaantic Coast Line. . . . $1 ?.7.r>l .9M8 Seaboard Air Line. 4,405,189 Southern Railway.. .. 1 9,820,8ir) Total.$39,977,942 Independent Unes assessed hy the hoard are as follows: Columbia Union Station ..$1,946.640 fou them Express Co. . . . 2 9 9. ?139 ullman Palace Car Co.. 141,914 festem U. Tel. Co. 520,000 Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. 205,750 Atlantic Pos. & Tel. Co. . 103,613 Southern Bell Tel. Co.. 533.243 Miscellaneous Tel. Cos.. 109,315 Total.$3,859,814 The electric railways in the State were assessed as follows: Charleston Electric Ry .... $226,795 Anderson Trae. Co. 43,000 Columbia Street Ry. Co.. 265,180 Spartanburg Co . 19S.500 Total.$733,475 The gores receipts of the Charles ton Consolidated Company for 1908 were $397,021. or $170,226 more than the assessed valuation; Ander son Traction Co., gross receipts, $57, 023, or $1 1.023 more than assessed valuation; Columbia Street Railway Co., gross receipts, $1 59,102, or $ 1 05,77s less than assessed valua tion; Spartanburg Street Railway Co.. gross receipts. $110,071, or $88,426 less than assessed valuation. The Augusta-Alken Railway Com pany ((decirle) is assessed at $127, 658. and its gross receipts amounted to $1 07.331; Greenville Traction Company, assessed nt $66,768, has gross receipts -of $68,079. The above figures show that the assessed valuation of the electric roads of the Slate was very lillie more than the gr. . receipts. No Mole \eai- Beer in Mississippi. .hickson, Miss., .lune 14.-In a de cision handed down to-day tho Su preme Court of Mississippi declared that no beverage can be sold in the Slate that contains any percentage whatever of alcohol. This dec ision will stop the sale of near beer In Mis sissippi. ---. -- Thc Carpenter-Morton Co., Boston. Masp . were the first paint concern troffer Varnish Stains to housekeep ?U;. Campbell's Varnish Stain ls the original, first made in 1888, and to day recognized ns the most satisfac tory article of tho kind upon the market. Carter Hardware Co. carries a complete ? tock. -Color card for the asking. VIRGINIA STORMS SBVKRK. Five IVrsoiis were Killed and Much Property Destroyed. Big Stone Gap, Va.. .lune 14. Five deaths are reported and damage to property estimated at upward of $100,000 as the result or rains and electrical storms which swept over this section Saturday night and yes t erday. Railroad tracks are washed out, causing landslides,and a 100-foot rise in the sluggish Powell river in two hours. The heaviest storm occurred Saturday night, breaking north of Big Stone Gap along the lines of the Louisville & Nashville and the Inter state railroad. The Inter-state road lost mor? than two miles of road in the six mile stretch of Iraak between Appalachia and Stonega. A passenger train was left stranded near Arno, with the track impassable on either side. Big slides occurred in deep entr at Ap palachia and Dorchester Junction. <?? Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the Best on the Market. "I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and find lt to be the besti on the market," says 12. W. Tardy, editor of the Sentinel, Gainsboro, Tenn. "Our baby had several colds the past winter and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy always gave lt relief at once and cured lt In a short time. I always recommend lt when oppor tunity presents Itself. For sale by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Town ville New?. Townvllle, June 15.-Special: Dr. I). A. Simmons and brother, Drew, of Sherman, Texas, are visiting rela tives and friends here. Ptof. and Mrs. J. B. Felton. Jr., are visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Felton, Sr., of Ander son. Born, unto Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Caines, on the 8th instant, a daugh ter. .Miss Lizzie Bruce, who has been teaching at John's Island, is spend ing vacation with homefolks. Mrs. Anderson Hatcher, of Zion, is spending a while with her aunt. Mrs. James Sears. L. O. Bruce, Jr., who has been "at tending the University of South Carolina, at Columbia, is at home now. Miss Mary Fda Herring, of Atlan ta, ls visiting Miss Olive Bradberry. J. R. Bruce visited in Anderson recently. Rev. Mr. Brown, of Seneca, preach ed an Interesting sermon to a large and attentive congregation on Sun day. 1 F. C. M. Worn Ont Lauds. Ira W. Williams. Stale agent of the Federal farm demonstration work, has written the county agents as follows: "Dear Slr: Some lime ago I sent you Dr. Knapp's plan for bringing up badly worn-out hinds. The plan was not exactly definite for South Carolina. He lins revised the plan, and it Is now ns follows: " 'Plow the land eight inches deep, and If possible, setting lt on edge, then harrow lt well and use about 2,ooo pounds of slaked Hine; then sow one-half bushel of sorghum, one. half bushel of cow jieas, turn the soil under eight Inches and put on a winter cover ol crimson clover. With plowed land treated In this way lt Will be good for 40 or 50 bushels of corn without much fertilizer.' "1 would like for the agents in got In ns many demonstrations as uosslble this yenr without neglecting their growing crops." NEWS FROM WESTMINSTER. No Change In Management of Hotel. Local .New? III Brief. (By A. L. Qossett.) Westminster, June 15.-Special: The Baracca Class of the Baptist Sunday school w?re delightfully en tertained bv Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Smith at their beautiful home on Fri day evening. After the guests had enjoyed several games refreshments, consisting of cream and nnvlsco bis cuits, were served. Those present were: ? Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Marett, Misses Rubie McGee, Myrtle Zimmer man, Sarah Anderson, Lila Reeder, Ada Marett, Annie May Anderson, Anna and Pearl Marett, Genevieve Breazeale, Bessie Simpson, Ida Mar tin, Clara Harris, May and Sue Haley, Maude Ballenger, Annie Mil ler, Mary Carter. Merl Pitts. Daisy and Bessie Foster. Rosa McDonald. Lizzie Powell, Grace Till, Addle Van diver; Messrs, A. W. Leathers, S. C. Moon, Arthur Cobb. Glen Mitchell, A. Johns, G. O. Simpson, J. H. Car ter. W. Dillard. T. S. Russell. A. M. Alexander, S. F. Reeder, E. Moore, A. U. Weathersbee, R. A. Strlbllng, \V A. Dickson, B. Simpson. R. ,B. Monea. J. P. McDonald, O. S. Mar ett, B. O. Whitten, C. Dickson and W. C. Marett. Miss Maude Simpson went to Ashe ville Friday to attend the convention of tho Y. W. C. A. of the Southern States. " States L. Hunter sold $?7 worth of strawberries from lils patch. He averaged about 30 cents per gallon. Capt. R. F. White, of Greenville, was in town last week. Mrs. W. S. Haley and children, of Lavenia, were visiting the family of J. J. Haley last week. J. M. Carter, of San Saba. Texas, is on a visit to the family of his brother. T. N. Cart? r. .Miss Ada Marett has returned home from the Greenville Female College. 1). L. Norris made a business trip to Franklin, X. C., last week. Miss Zoa Poore is al Anderson spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. J. F. Geer. Rev. W. J. Spearman will preach at Rock Hill Baptist church next Sabbath, June 20th, at 11.30 p. m. This church is near Fair Play. lt is a m retake about G. W. Mc Connell going to take charge of the Magnolia Hotel July 1. There will be no change in the management for the present, a.s Oscar Harris remains there. Melton Marett and Kletner Tan nery, of Furman University, have re turned home for vacation. Miss Augusta Smithson is visiting at Clinton and Laurens. Julian Arnold, of Fayetteville, Ga., is visiting his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Peden. J. Carter, of Gainesville, Ga., was here last week. Mitchell & Reeder have recently opened a branch store at Oakway. T. E. Gambrell is manager of the busi ness. J. M. Benson, our depot agent, has been sick for some days. A. B. Stew art is assisting at the depot during Mr. Benson's Illness. Ross Mitchell and family have re turned from Modoc, where they spent several months past. We are glad to welcome them home again. J Knox Anderson, book-keeper at the 'll mill, has been confined to his home for several weeks on account of being sick. He is improving rap idly now and will soon be well again. G. M. and W. D. Barnett and Roy A. Strlbllng have returned from Clemson. G. M. Barnett graduated at the close of the session last week. Mrs. W. R. Hunt, of Elberton, Is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. MeGee. T. X. Carter and his brother, J. M. Carter, of Texas, are spending a while at Franklin, X. C. W. R. Anderson, of Earner, Tenn., ?? spending a month with his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. C E. Anderson. He ls telegrapher on the L. mid X. railroad. Mr. Anderson's many friends are pleased to see him after an absence from home of a couple of years. M IKS Rosa Moore, of North Caro lina, ls visiting her brother, Rev. J. R. Moore. Mrs. Robert P. Bradwell, of Sum ter, is visiting her brother and sis ter. F. M. Cross and Mrs. G. W. Kay. Dr. IL fi. Wiggins Dead. Sewannee, Tenn., June 14.-Dr. Benjamin Lawton Wiggins, vice chancellor of the University of the South, died at f>. o'clock this after noon of heart trouble. He had been connected with the University prac tically all his life. He was born at Sand Ridge, in follet?n county, South Carolina, September ll, 1861, and was the son of James and Eliza beth Wiggins. The family is large and Influential in the southern part of the State. He was educated at the Porter Military Academy and at the University of the South. Home Blown to Pieces. Birmingham, Ala., June 12.-Da vid Stagg, a justice of the peace at Bessie minos, his wife and Ixmnle Stagg, a son, were Injured whei^thelr home was blown np by dynamite last night. Robbery ls supposed to have been the motive, as $f>00 ls reported lost. Another theory is that the work was that of enemies of the Justice. l.ocAl, MATTERS ABOUT SENECA. Promised Wedding ??'Hs-Tide of Hummer Visitor- Heiring. Seneca, June l.r>.-Special: A number of interesting visitors are in Seneca now. Among those who are cordially wolcot) ed are Mrs. Eliza Brooks, Mrs. M. W. Coleman, Miss Imtie Jordan, all recently from Un ion; Mrs. H. L. Adams, o? Char lotte, and Mrs. C. B. Smith, of Wash ington, Ga. Marshall Jordan, Miss Lutle Jor dan and G. W. Ballenger will com pose a party of tourists to Seattle, where they will join Capt. L.'W. and Mrs. Jordan. A fancy dress carnival will be held at the skating rink to-night. Follow ing ls a list of prizes offered: Best costume on skates, single, one pair Union Hardware skates. Best costume on skates, double, one box candy. Best costume on skntes, under 10 years of age, single, one pnir Union Hardware skntes. Best costume on skates, under 10 years, double, one box candy. Admission will be fie. to the public. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McLeskey, of Westminster, spent last Sunday with the family of T, M. Lowery. Mrs. W. J. Strlbling. Mrs. John Tandy and children, Miss Tabitha Strlbling, Miss Emma Strlbling and Miss Fay Tandy, were spend-the-day guests with Mrs. Jas. Thompson last Thu rsday. Miss Wynonah Cary, of Walhalla, silent lt\st week In the family of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Cary. Wedding bells will ring loud and long before anet ber moon, and ru mor adds, "still there's more to fol low." Union services were held In the Methodist church last Sunday night, Rev. M. lt. Kirkpatrick preaching. The musical elven by the young set last Friday evening at the home of Dr. E. A. Hines was a big success and was well attended by an cnthu slactlc crowd of friends of the young musicians. Wales Lowery, Thomas Harper, George Tribble and Claude Gaines are at home for the vaca*Ion. Miss Lidie Keith it Anderson, ls the attractive guest of Miss Maude Hopkins. Notwithstanding the unfavorable weat her, a number of the members of the Social Circle met with Mrs. F. M. Cary hist week and enjoyed a delightful meeting. The Social Circle will meet this afternoon with Mrs. T. E. Strlbling. Mrs. J. H. Bryan and children are in Seneca. Miss Maude Hopkins will leave Friday for a visit to relatives at Greenville. The Seneca base ball nine went to Toccoa yesterday to play ball, but on account of the rain the game was called off. ?. Misses Sue, Ellen and Nins Hun ter are visiting In Greenville. Mrs. B. F. Sloan left Monday for a stay of two weeks at Chick Springs A party ls leaving to-day for the mountains. Among them are Lee and Claude Sltton, Chief Oscar llun nicutt, Joe Brown and Paul Sllgh. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Holland left this- morning for a visit of a few days to their relatives in Georgia. The music of the saw and ham mer are still familiar sounds lu Seneca. M. V. S. Ebenezer News Notes. Ebenezer, June 14.-Special: The recent showers have been very re 'reshlng to crops and gardens. The singing given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Tolllson Sunday afternoon was enjoyed by all pres ent. Miss Flora Huff and brother. Pas col, of Greenville, are spending a while with relatives and friends in tills community. We are glad to know that Mrs. H. E. Tolllson, who luis been very sick the past week, is able to be up. Mrs. Annie Jones and little son, Gilbert, spent a few days in Green ville recently. Misses Annie and Margie Mulkay and Omer Galbreath spent Sunday with friends in West Union. Mrs. Ellen Pace, of Seneca, visited her mother, Mrs. lt. IO. Tolllson, last week. Farmers have been vry busy the past week harvesting their crops of grain. .MISS Eva Tolllson and brother. Davis, spent Sunday With friends in West Cn ion. E. S. G. Wedded Him to Reform Him. Cincinnati. Ohio, June l?.-"Now I've got you!" shouted Andrew Deck as he sprang from Behind a door and fired three shots at lils young wife yesterday. She was removed to the city hospital, where the doctors said her condition ls critical. Deck is at large. Deck and lils wife are each 20 years of age. Deck had been a tlil3f. Rose Shuck had known him since childhood, He was sent to tho re formatory at Mansfield, Ohio, and she worked for his pardon and two years ago met him at the door of the reformatory and they wore married. The case at the time becamo famous, as sho married him to reform him. A few days ago tho young wife, with her baby, fled from her homo on ac count of tho husband's cruelty. FACTS ?HOM FA IK PLAY. Coll.-ge Hoy? und Girls-Neighbor Assist A ffl lr ted Fumier. Fair Play, June 15.-Special: "Boss" Cleveland, of Cranbury, Texas, is vtsltlng bis parents. Mr. and Mrs. William Cleveland, of this place. He has been absent from home nine years, and will return to his adopted home on the 24th. Misses Anna and Pearle Marett, re turned from Greenville Saturday, where they attended the commence ment exercises of Furman University and the Greenville Female College. They report a glorious time. The many friends of Joseph Glymph will be glad to learn that he I- improving, though slowly, from a v. ry seiious attack of tonsilitis. For eight days Joe has taken nourish ment of no kind whatever, not even Water or milk. He sayfa now he will have his tonsils removed, ns this is not the first attack he has had. Some of his good neighbors have worked out his crop, or nearly so, for which Joe ls profoundly grate ful. "A friend in need is n friend indeed." We are In receipt of an Invitation to the commencement exercises of the South Carolina Military Academy. Charleston, which will be held at. Sullivan's Island and the Isle of Palms June 27th to 30th. Our young friend, Clinton L. Harris, is among the number of graduates this year, in a class of 26 young men. We are proud of our young men who see the need o? a college education and are availing themselves, of these gol den opportunities. Belton Marett, of Furman Uni versity, another one of our bright young men, is spending vacation with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harris, of South Union, were here on business one day last week. Mrs. I). V. Wright lias returned home from an extended Vilst to rela tives at L?vonia, Toccoa and other points. She was accompanied by her little granddaughter, Fanona Knox, who will spend some time with us. _^ ^_T. B. W. Conneross News Notes. Conneross, June 14. -Special: Miss Rosa Dil worth, one of our most admirable young ladies, was a wel come guest nt the home of her bro ther, R. H. Dllworth, of Walhalla, recently. Miss Lillian Cobb, of Willlamston, is visiting tile family of Marshall Ab bott. She was accompanied here Sat urday by her brother. Reese, who ls visiting friends in Walhalla. A. M. Alexander, book-keeper for the Westminster Oil & Fertilizer Co.. Is at lils home here to spend a vaca tion of a month. Miss Minnie Barker and brother, G. L., visited Miss Vesta Marett, of Walhalla? recently. Mrs. Effie Dean, of Avalon, Ga., was coiled to attend the bedside of her mother Mrs. A. O. Adair, who has for the past week been quite ill. Mrs. Adah': n u un ? rou s friends here mid elsewhere hope she may soon be restored to perfect health. MTB. Dean was accompanied by her hus band, who will return home this morning. Soyea Alexander, of Walhalla, for. morly of Greenwood, wa? a guest of the far.Hy of Rev. W. Abbott Satur day and Sunday. Mr. Alexander has accepted a postlon with D. S. Abbott. Mrs. J. H. Barnett and little daugh ter. Maggie, attended the commence ment exercises at Clemson College last week. She was accompanied to her home hy her two sons, G M. and W. I). Barnett, who have been stu dents of Clemson College for several terms. G. M. Barnett graduated at i ne close ol i lie recent term. Wade H. Armstrong waa seen in our midst last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Breazeale are on the sick Hst this week. Mrs. .Maille Grubbs of Walhalla, visited her parents yesterday. Mrs. G. W. Leathers, of Westmin ster, spent last week with her mo ther, Mrs. A. O. Adair. Mrs. Dora Archer and sweet little babe, of Anderson, received many attentions a.s guests of her sister, Mrs, Monroe Gainbrell, laut wt???:. Misses Hurt, Pearl and Bewley llunsliiger made a brief visit to rela tives in Willimill' recently. Quito a number of Conneross peo ple attended and enjoyed the revival services at Walhalla Sunday, K.E.R. President of Brazil Dies. Pitt Janeiro, June 14.-Dr. Alfon so Moroira penna, President of Bra zil, died to-day. Ho was stricken with Influenza on .lune 2, and al though quite seriously ill for a time, improvement was noted on June 15, which continued until Saturday. The President then suffered a relapse. The Vice President assumed the ex ecutive powers this evening in tho presence of the ministers, senators and deputies and representatives of the foreign powers. Eight Fishermen Lost. Boston, Juno 14.-With eight of her crew missing, the Ashing schoon er Nettie Franklin arrived in port to-day after two days of fruitless search for the men. One of the small boats was lost In the fog Thursday containing the men. NEWS FROM HOPEWELL. I ai m her Company Cat chen 10,000 I.ons-Local Mullers In Brief. Hopewell, June 14.-Special: Rev. L. M. Lyda preached an edifying ser mon to a very attentive congrega tion at Chauga Sunday afternoon. Clyde Jenkins has returned from Wofford Fitting School, at Spartan burg, to spend the vacation. We aro glad to have Clyde in our midst again, as he Is one of our most pop ular young men. He is one of Hope well's most regular Sunday school attendants, and Is secretary. Miss Femmte Singleton, of Wal halla, ls on an extended visit to her brother, Geo. M. Singleton. The Three State Lumber Company has caught about 18,000 or 10,000 logs In the boom during the recent freshets. Thoy think they have enough ?iga to run the mill regu larly un I! September. The cx>')8 in this vicinity are look. lng very well, considering the late spring and so much heavy rain. Some are about done thinning cotton,while more are not. The corn on tho creeks and small streams ls late, and some of the land is damaged a good deal by the high waters. Ono thing the farmers are not grumbling about not having u good stand, and that ls the grass. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Plckens were guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Bar rett Sunday. Miss Dora Farrow ls in Toccoa a few days visiting relatives. We are sorry to learn thal. S. C. Smith, one of Toxnwiiy's highly es teemed citizens, ls very low nt thig writing. Miss Hattie Adams, one of Hope well's most charming young du niseis, and Roland (lobb, a promising young larmer of the Toxaway community, made a Hying trip to Old Liberty re cently. J. A. Salem News in Brief. Salem, May 14.- Special: Mrs. Lucinda Lovingood. who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. E. A. Perry, has returned to her home on Keo wee. Frank Lusk ls al home from Wof ford, to the delight ol' his many friends. The Hiawatha Sunshine Society met. last week with Miss Addie Gro gan. After the regular Sunsh'n S work the life and works of William Cullen Bryant were reviewed briefly. Tile next author for study ls Benja min Franklin. Thees present were: Mesdames Plko, Findly, Masslngil and Bennett; Misses Addie and Claire Grogan, Cora Moss, Lena Rog ers, Kate Lusk and Min. Alpha Dun can. I Miss Nannie Robertson has return ! ed from a pleasant visit to her sister , in Toccoa, Qa, We are glad to report that Mi's. J. L. Wood, who has been so seriously ill, is better. Last Saturday afternoon nt the Stamp Creek ball park, one of the fastest games of the season w.'s play ed by Salem against the combined teams of Stamp Creek and Newry, which resulted In a defeat for Salem to the tune of 6 to 4. The game was close and exciting from the very start. The Salem boys played ex ceedingly well and had almost won the ?ame when In tbe eighth inning the opposing team ran up two scores on Salem's errors. Although Salem lost she got more clean hits than ihe other team and that shows up well for our Mountaineers. Our Salem boys are getting better all the time. They all play together and also know how to get on their too? Ju a squeeze play. The score by Innings was as follows: Stamp Creek 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0-C Salem . 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0-4 Batteries' Stamp Creek, Watson and Stain il; Paient, Duncan and Mag gotty. * (1. R. Pike ls almost ready lo lay the foundation for his new store. Wo 1 hope lt will go up rapidly, as ll will add BO much to the appearance of Salem. A. fe. ( HAROLD WITH CONSPIRACY. Dispensary Commission Causes Ar res! of Dr. Byers, of llnteshui'g. Columbia. Juno 12.-Dr. W. A. Byers, of Bateshurg, Is in jail to night, charged with conspiracy to defraud the Slate of South Carolina. He was arrested this evening and placed in jail at 10 o'clock on n war rant issued by Attorney W. V. Ste venson for the dispensary winding tip commission. The warrant charges "conspiracy to defraud the Slate of South Caro lina." The names Of the former members p( the Slate dispensary hoard are mentioned in the warrant. The exact nature of the charges are not known, but Dr. Byers's name has been mentioned at times during tho dispensary investigation. An effort was made this afternoon by tho at torney for Dr. Byers to raise the amount of tho bond, which wa? placed by Magistrate Roberts at $2, G00. It ls understood that a portion of tho bond was raised, but tho wholo amount wa? not secured up to ll o'clock to-ntght, when Dr, Byers was stn? tu the county jail. Dr. Byers has been living In Co lumbia for some Hmo since moving to this city from his old home. Tho only statement that Dr. Byers made when arrested was that ho Is "inno cent" of the chargea.