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r ^ - MESSAGE ?or? ^ GOV. B- H. TILLMAN. ? ftsrunew or tiie Gkjkmal Amkmiii.y : J" I* the third Annual which I I ,| bad ihe honor to eend to your hone a- h thbtdy. matter* of the doepeei imcreat and I <( BS *h*' ?.c ,..?eenteU for % j?ar consideration, and to the dlscueeion of j{ Ho of t><e moat important questions, the gailroad lteceivershlp* and the Dispensary la*. much time and thought ha* been giren. I f flier pace wiiioh haa been requi'ed to pre- I w Mot these subject* fully h*? left lutlo room |( fir the usUa\ presentation of tbo condition f the varfou* publo institution* and de- y par tin sot*. You will hare tr depend on the ^ Reports of the respectire officer* of these j iivpaiinicnle nod institution*, which arc full ^ ant com| ice, lor laose iiuhiis wtiuri i nave j found it ncceetary to omit. I moke exception ( of the Treasurer's Hef ort, and give an at- ^ t rad of the operations of that Jcparlment of the Stale government. Tbeyeerhns hoen one of intense Boon- . cial stringency, and the uininletiancs of the | Hmie's crtdil, the refunding of the five sud a quarter millions llrowit Consols mntu'lng July 1st, las', and the meeting of our current obligations promptly, have earned the ( 8 ate Trriuurer, llr 1J ile?, a-.d myself de?p snzie y anil concern at lime*, bu< the Treasury weathered the sic in, and I c-it congrniiilaie you upon the satisfactory condition now existing in regard t> our linan- | cc*. The new 4.^ !'er ('cut. llrown ("onso's were sold in block to a syndicate headed by the Ha'tiniore Ti ns' and (iuatan eeCompany. All of the old bonds hnvo been redeemed extopt $'. *), 145, which have not yet been presented for payment; but the money is in the treasury to meet tin in when the holders .. _jxhali o?m* ftiiriril and ask it. l)o fore dismissing this subject it i* well to remind you of the painful fact that the huge revenue whiili would have bieii derivid next year fiotn the phosphate royalty, nil'I wliu li Iiiin ennhhd in to make Mich h fine showing, will lie totally lucking fur tinnext fiscal ym?". The ili-u-troiiH Htorm( h full account of which in given in tli*? K?|iort of till! I'llO-plmt" I'oiinnS ?inn . ? umke iiji mid partially des rnyod the l'hosI'lintc Mining Imlii-try, no niuuli ho tliut the c-iinn!??i<?n fe't constrained to make such ctfort-< for Hi relief 1?y ihn roiluclion of the rnyu'ly, etc., ns will leave n^ income noxl year oilier limn the which under llio law mil*! he ile\oli-<l In a S'likiug Fund for lliii new 4.J per cenl hi lids. I ineulioii tlii? hccniiHe il will lie mces-ary I ? lukc il *- 'Mm. QiUnwleva' ion in mil king your estimates and arranging the iiiiiiiinl l ix levy. II VI I.UO.Mi TAXKI ANIl IIKl ?1Vr IIHIII I'H Dii'ing (lie year aipHstinii of vim! imporInnic, mid one liiorc far ruucliing in its cntisripioucrs to I lie Stales iluin any ilmt Jihh iiiifien since Hie cclrhralril Virginia C.upn t'a-es, has heeu | nsscd upon l>y (lie I'?derul Courts mid duel led in n milliner ilint mum exeile tl<u nlaim niul resentment ?/ every loeor id' liberty mid justice. Tile issue involved the niveri ignly of the .State ami I lie r?|iinliiy ofa'l tux pay era h-l'orc tlitJnw; and Ivy Ike decision tendered I?y the Circuit Court in Cliur'.cstmi mil sustiiinsd l-y llio United Slates So| rente Com I, ilrit | sovereignty lias hcen d su-g.iidod and, in ctlcct, destroyed and a preferred class of taxpayers created wilii spcc'nl privileges ii.-l vouchsafed to o lier citizens. [Hero follows a detailed reiteration of tlio truiib'us l>?tween tlio Mute oHica's aii<l the railroads, the arguments and it lulls of | wliicli have been iHibli?hc:! !: full iiio newspapers, and therefore wiuld'bu of little interest or information t?? our readers.? Ho. | tiov. Tillman, however, closos '.his branch of liis message by suggesting that the legislature ItKI'KAt. Til K r'll.VRTKIIH of every llailroad in the hands of a llcceiver, in the following forcible, if not. sta'esmunlike and dignified language : * * * * * * The South Otroliim 1 ..* <" , I '. .nun nnn Sunonion. for four years, ?mi there is ue knowing hi w much longer it is to remain there. True, an aider of Court j for its sale hns just hecu tile i. but that sort | of liocuspocus lias bieu going on for over a year. The Kieliniond and lhuiville lUilroud a corporation unknown to eur laws, but which has absorbed hy lease or purchase seven railroad* chartered by ilie State, lias rccunily gone into the li-inds of another judicial syndicate, of which Judge Siinoaton is a mi mlivr. If nothing is done the Judges and their 'servants." the receivers, are likely to retain possession of that fat carcass fur many years, and we may judge the til tnve liy t'u ? ,?-o as in I lie i ntoler iblo condition |.? which we shall be fttibjecte I by I lies e judiei il usurpations. These ere iinres, these carp >ration*. Iio.d og their e\is'enre from the Stale s b unity and iiii I r :'s laws, like the monster Kiatikntr. e ti, have grown greater than their creivr. 'Iliey a'realv owe in the no y-hborliund of t w.> !iun>ln' I iKaaanuil ilu'liii'ii Iii llio diUcron! t.ix funds of iho State. They are in..ytvAlu'/iW" iWi'i ^'V.liinYssiou, ivn I are he uhng every energy I > aid ill -co who would smuggle whiskey into the Stale and cnit'tiue it* | illicit sale, 1'liere is n thing left the ."-tite, ii oier I he cil'cu installers since (lie derision o iii** Supreme t'oi.rt, but to ropcil the charters of every railrmd in the hand of a r eeiver uiid dc-truy these creature*. whteh h ive grown ; iiiMiitm that ?hoy tuimple our laws under fool under the jiroleeti n of toi* Federal Judge, ami I ingli to .seorn the resir.eilotis which nil citizens and other c orporations must obey. It is a hn'sii an t drastic measure, ivliieh w uld lie wit lly tin warranti d under any other eiivunistanc s, i.it it is the la-t do*p 'rate rente ly fie unholy i ariiage hvtween the digni'y' of the Federal t.'ouM and t lit .-e harlot corporations iiuim Ik* annul e I, and the owners of the tioads made to titidersi mil that there is a point beyond which the patience of the State will not 11?*imil tItem to go. The Federal S Jour i will, ofrotirse, c ami that the property is in its possession and attempt to administer it: but if llieic H any regard for liw left, such ii course will toice the property to sale and wind up the existence ut ttie?e roads as ut pre-eni organized and owned. After, that i? aceomp ished, or while it is being accomplished, pioVision enn tie noule fur giving them a new life upon such conditions a* the Legulaltire may dttcruinc. (Jure should ne taken rin graining nil future chntiers to prevent the nhsort>iioii of competing lines h>- imv railroad svo.lh...i.. in or outside of the >**1 ilc. A law should lie fussed Iiin11 ing I lie life of receivership* in tbc Slate, and si uieuioriul addressed to the LIluted States t.'uiigsc-s selling lnli I lie conditions which exi t here, culling mieini- n to lie abuses which lisivo arisen, sin I asking legis ntion lo restore to thu Sin to the rights ot which the f upicine Coin i s dicision has robbed it, unci the ensicttnoni of sneli i.aw? us will throw the inccssary restsictions uronnd rccctverstiij s in fiitnie. Since the isist decision ot the t' >nrt the Mtnutioti h is become into crnlile. T11K lUSl'ENSAUV LAW. The ngitution hist ye n un tiic subject ot prohibition resulted in the ciiictmcut if what is known sis the Dispensary Law. Joe original Prohibition 1HI introduced in the iJou-c, niter mi tubes less nincndiiiciits, was jvi*lidriiwn and a siibsliiutc ' inci s | ? lining most of these niiinidiiiviits, with otinis, wits ('tiered l>v Mr, NhiIcs. 'J his, ??iin a few minor changes, |as>el tlio ID iff and was i sent lo the Seusite. I'lisit body using the I Nettles Dill in its entirely aim ist .as a bisi-., i with a few ntieriili lis nut susn ndiin lit.- I made i.ccisssiiy on aeeotiiii "i 'lie eliiii.e ol I purpose, lei unit d the Di-si eusury Act us a l _ # ibililuU for ihe Prohibition Dill ami ili? j r louse concurred In the mine without tic uin dinent, m the time was too short he > eun discuss it. The Act thus bur- th iedly prepared became a law, as a compro- in ilae between the rrohib<tloniala and the to rroperaoce people, who were akept calea to lie lie practicability of a ptobibition law. This of urry in ita preparation and enactment l?h cr lis ! ? wan many crudities and omissions f? rbioh I will point out somewhat in detail tier on st Considering the change made in (he pur- in oso of the Act, and tbe lack of time to dcale and digest its various provisions, it is sn ronderlul that it lias thus far stood the lest f the tempest of litigation wbich it has ui ccarionod. It has been in the United dates court, in our Supreme Court, and ai eforc nearly every Circuit Judge on (bo icuch, but without any serious inroads thus a ir having been made on its Constitutionality. 11 'crhaps no uiessure passed by any J.egislaure of any Mate within ihe memory of man le ins excited sucli widespread comment uud xr licited such deep intciest. This is mninly tl wing to the fact that it Is nn entirely new n dea, from at: America!! standpoint, and d Irals witli llie quostiou of controlling the ti ii|Uor traffic in a new way. b In I lie State the dispensary law has been w Hid still is the one absorbing, never-ending opic of discussion, and it has produced some n Minicd alignments and alliances in tlie n Holts to obstruct nnd defeat it. Ncwspa- h |>crs wliicli have always fought prohibition, c Mid those known as the organs of the wliiskty ring, have euddunly become strong h ndvocates of prohibition. l'rohibitionis's | i who see so rutin il in their views that the I n unchur iuih'e call litem "cranks" have been i found sdioiildi r to shoulder with barkeeper* i and whiskey dealer* in opposing it; and i while many eminent divines have lent it thoir aid and endorsement, others ure hitter I iu its denunciation The ni?rc moderate 1 prohibitionists aro delighted with it. The < whiskey men aro more hitter in their opp >- I nil ion to it than they have over boon toward i prohibition. i The law went into (-fleet July 1st, and on I the night of the <101 h of Juno every bar in ] the State c'osed its doors The work of proptini'ioti, organization and arrangements i for ttic c >ntenl ??f mo influx""*'; had been going on for Heveral months. The i'Incus of Comptroller-General Kllerlio and the heavy burden of litigation which the Attorney-General had to hear (my colleague on the Si a' c Hoard i f Control) together with the long continued illness of the Slate Comtni'sioner, Mr. I>. II. Traxler, devolved must of tips work on my shoulders; ami this, together with the organization and direction of tlui S'lt'o Constabulary provi led to enforce the taw, h?.* more than doubled lite labors <d* (lie Executive oMic*. All of the legal whiskey tratlio has been turtle I into one oiianiiel, (lowing to Coluinbia, (lie central distributing depot. Some of (lie n>iIi-i nda are yielding a measure of obedience to lite law, but moat of tljem openly dely it or lend their assistance In smuggling I i <1 it or into the Stale. The Iticlimoiid and Duiiviliu system and the South Carolina Ihiilway in particular are bending every energy to defeat the hjw So much for the present conditions. The Iiispen?nry has heru more than oeli Mistaiuiiig, and the net profits to the State lor the tirst four month* have been $02 I'JS.10. The gioi* stiles to consumer* have been $100.0 Id..'id; total expense of Statu ItispenMity, $72.000..'10; of County I>iKpcii*uricH, $!'. ,n'.mmio. The threes principal items <>f expense, ?s will I'B si'i'ii, nr? freights, glass l) >liIrs mill the Coiistiihiilury During I'0 month i f .Inly iwent v-nine liisi'i'iijiji ii's were running; in August thirtyniur; In Sopleinher forly-snven: in October lifty-ono. One luis lieen <1 n11I, leuviii)r lifty now in o|>eriiiinn. Tlic number of clerks to l>is| ensers un<l aiutlslnnts Is twenty four. The Miluriis of llie.se local otlicers liuve heeu fixoil l?y the Suite Honnl, uiul range from $|,tio(i to St'.tMl j?cr annum Where the in.igoitmle of the bu-iness re |iiires it the llispenser is gi?cn one or more assistants, hill mi no oiiso is the mi'nrv jtiure >1 ....<Ki.fr rsiiKtu iiiesrnillfl of the business ns a business, ii is ml improper to make some ilnliirljons purely from a fmnneitil still ilpoin'. Ilitherio uioler the lieensc system the several ('unities hiivo <lej'ivuil a roveiivc of Sinn for eicli license ajjg'egntirg Inst year for the entire Slate *7l,ln<>. Of this, four t \uuii ies ? I 'liarli s*on. I lean foil llrrkehy ati'l ('"lleloti rceeiveil leaving SJ.'t.'.ititl for the other tlurty-ouu Counties. I'lie State received nothing. In the cities mot town., the Jie?'iises varieil, toil I lie soerega'e of all towns in lii" State fir l ist y.ar was $|:i 1,117'J. It is imp ssjble to In more as yet than (live till approximation a* to ivhat the revenue t||o S afe, Counties ami towns wil:<leiive f.oin the change in the lilthoil of emit i'oll'lig the liijlior liallir. Ii is . |> in say, however, that if the towns eras their unreasanahle ami senseless opj o-i ion. mi I three foilillis of 11 o liquor, wiiielt under >?tiy fnml11i 'tis will Ik* consumed in tin* Slate, sliii'l through tin* l>ispetisnry, the revenue ?* I" ilio to Vina will lint t I* dccroiwi fn III what it 'l.'il1. '.ViH ^\V*Vi'1 Vffit??iit u Hcveiiuo fijiuil a' Icilsl to liotll ??I* tlll'Sl*. lint n<-t withstanding this, revenue is not to la* dispisod, tin* law <1 es not. rest on a rev'-nni* basis, was not nineo I f*r that purpose, an I ennn I he defended <?n t lint ground I rests wholly 0:1 its t'laini to being tin* t est method of controlling the evils which aic :nllOl'cnt ami its: Op.noo ? fioin (in* ill temperate u*i? ot li<|iii*rtf. ami must stiiinl or fall on its merits as c"iii|iareil with other met lio>ls of e *nt rolling the evil. When the law lirst went into illeet. riii'hle ot tlio city of t'liarlestoa there w as almost a total oossa- i tion of the illiet sale; hut. as time wu-e on. ' the men who have always ilea It in lii|i|ars ami grown rich thereby became more ami ' iirnre cinboMene<t to ihsohey the law manly 1 h the oneourajteiiient given them l>y the lea lino ilaiiy newspapers, wliieli primiiseil t then* 111>11m111iIy frion piinshineut 1?v juries, I aio! present*. I the spectacle ot' the teaeheis ' of tlio peop'e iin ideating Jisohfilierec to | law. ' Till; I.AW ON IIS Ml.ltllS. i I shall promise what I shall say hy oh- ( serving that the 1'niieil S'utos government | eni-'oiers lii|iior a legitimate ami proper l soiirej of loveiui". ami that it derive* there- j troin ahoiit ^ltltt.tMKl.tttlu i?nni.a'iy. It will not h.* denied hy any advocate of temperance or p: tihihiiin'i ill ii it is a proper subject of * t i.vati >11. an 1 if it were proposed to remove s the tax. which would inevitably reduce the t cost t<> consumers ui lea-t three fourths. | | there would he it universal howl by these I i two classes cfcbizens. Tito Jd m tIn* I exercise of its police power lor the o-trn-i- c hie pienervation of the public hralh an 1 e morals has, time out of mind. required a | license, and tlie towns atul cities in torn c required license; and while it i.s tine tint | s the Sintc derived no revenue, nn I sought , o i nly to restrict the trnl.'ic within the limns I i; o| such nuinic-palstics as tit i,> giant I i, licences, it cannot be denie I ilint the raising v of revenue to support uuinicipal govern- l> ineiils lias been the main fac'or in causing p licenses lo'bc issued by the towns. It is far I a fetched onrva-onable. then nypeeritical in | ) i fact?to prttend that any disgrace can at- h taeli to the rftcntte feature. The men who j in are now most Ion -in >ntlit 1 in this phaii-ai- ' m. cal dvnunei itiou are the strongest advocates j A of the license system, ami Inve had the r [ t?j tailnicipal taxes red u 3rd tlicrcby. ??:i the ' p, C'ltmirv. if it ran lie shown that under the ' ct Intensity system there wi 1 be a mine- tli lion in the consumption ,,f lu|iior, and a re necessary reduction in crime and in.sery in resulting from it. it inu?l follow that the se Li-pens iry. Without tegard to the revenue nr eniiirc. is it long stride forward and an im- hi tovciucnt on the license system. 1 will u-t n? } 1 l? eteod in nny that it in as good rohibi- I hi w<.uld b?. but I do say (hat prohibition, to or anywhere else, in impossible, and e only question la how beat to r'flAlc the attic so as to minimize the Inevl't ^Vinjary s-cicy, inseparable from theTsate of )iiir under nny eircunWancee. Tflie claim the Dispensary to support, and it's superi!'* over ivtui wi licensing, resfe on the llowibg grounds : Is'. The clement of perional proftj, is daroyed, thereby removing the iiiccniiv* to cress* the salts. 1 * '2>l. A pure article in guaranteed, as iV"1? ihjeot to chemical analysis. <id. 'i he coosumer obtains honest incasre of standard strength. 4th. Treating is stopped, as the bottle* re not opened on the premises. 6th. It is sold only in day time; this under regulation of the Hoard und not under ie law. titli. The concomitants of icc, sugar, xniitis, etc.. hciug removed, there is not the tine inclination to driok remaining. and ic closing of the saloons, especially nt igbt, and the prohibition of its sale by the jink, destroy the enticements nud seducons which have caused so many men and ojs to be ltd ustiny and enter the downraid course. 7th. It is sold only for cash, and there is o longer "chalking up" for daily drinks gainst pay day. The workingmuu buys ii bottle of whiskey .Saturday night nud arnes i nc rest oi ins wages nornc. Hill. Gambling dens, pool rooms nud lewd louses, which havo hitherto heoo run utmost nynriab'y in ouuuection with the saloons, .ml were thus a stimulus to sice, separac'l from the sole of liquor, havo had their ratronuge reduced to a minimum and there m'st iieccsmrily follow a decrease of crime. tit It. The locil whiskey rings, which have jcoii the curse of every municipality in the <lnfe, and havo always controlled municipal sleet ions, have hecn torn up root and urancli, and the influence of the liar-keeper ss a political manipulator is absolutely destroyed. In other words, the restrictions llm-wii around the consumption and use of liipior by the Idspensnry law and the bene fits to arise therefrom will ho in proportion its the liquor consumed is purchased at the i'ispciiKiuy miner i lion obtained from illicit sources. Sumo fanatical, unreasonable people cry aloud against the iniquity of a government sharing in the "blood money," as they term it, ihc tears of women and children, whose fa'hers, husbands or hiothcrs arc addicted to the use of whiskey. It has already been shown thai any system of license, which leaves ihcolcmeut of personal profit untrammelled, leaves this class of consumers utter'y at the mercy of the owners of those dens of vice, the "iiloons. Men who are compelled t go in tlio daylight and get what liquor they want from a government (llicer ami I lit: 11 go elsewhere to consume it will he likely to go home and he within the restraining intliieuco of that charmed circle. It isitrgid tha' it the State controls the I rathe, it Jioiild sell <utly ai such profits as will cover ukpensos and no more. Is it not clear Hi it if the price he fixel nt that rati* it will art as a premium on consumption by reason o( the fact that a dollar will buy more whiskey iliuu it rims now? li 11 the oilier ijinid -in cpinlly impracticable scheme is tu put the price iciy !io'h ami inuke the money that is spent mi liijuOir go onty u ljttl.5 way. It will lie lull mi here I lint, us in most things in life, "the ini?l<llo way is the best.' II t!)opiice is ton high it puts u prvmiiiin on the establishment of "blind tigers,on smugging. on ttie illicit aa|o in every way; ami, while the hiiii mil Consumed will nut be " pprcctably h?st iiiuiicct benefits to society arising from the revenue and by the deal i net ion of all competition with the State are lost. Under the scale of pricci fixed b-' the St ile Hoard on whiskey now sold in South Carolina iln re is : ho lid.some profit, while at the same time the li<pior at ruMitl is cheaper linn it wis when sold across the bar. Making ?! owances for tlie watering or other inlnlier.ilion of die whiskey thai was foi merly consumed, a half pint bottle llgiioiie.HU ? ?"* ill lima, Ol far sir eri-ir strength, would liave ooal tifly e.ents at least from a saloon. The profit on the half pirn " ,vs lx> llic reduction of the general i.ix, :i d thi ty cents saved to the consumer g'-cs into Ins pocket for the stippoi t of his fami y. It is ihns sent that oli skey at retail is cheaper than when it was bought from the fulooes. while at wholesale or by the gallon it is cut-ideiah'y higher: but the profit in i's illicit " ilc not being very gieat in wholesale 'piantiiiis, it h not likely that alter lie law lias hen miu'mled in the way experi ' >. -I. .-v.. t,. I... nr i'V I lull I linrr. Will bo much compel!'iojt wuli the llision-irv in wholesale ipiii.tities, by which I nii'iin otic it tic refill' n*. It i* "lie retailer willi wli?ni wo have 1 i ileal: mid lie thrives unpolitical I'l iiw-i'ii/ii 'Hi t where there is no !>ispcn*aiy. When swift ami Miro punishment shall he met*. ? ewi to I host} who break the la v, ami when pub ic opinion shall have been eilucited s > tliit the violent npposi.i?i, now exist.m;shall ^appear t4 . . ?'C small coiutx t.tioii with the Hispensiiri'a in the Cotiniiei where they are located. Of course it is expected that n'ortg the North t'aroliaa holder, win re the l.'nited States (lovei'innetit has In en iniahle in suppress the "iiioi'iixhine' stills, there will he more or less wIi's'm v er.n ri^ into o >mpetilion, which pay4 m i'licr the Internal ISeveiine I ix nor the t r lit wine!: the S'.tU v.onhi receive on its .sale. * ? k x ? iMi.Mr.srio winrs A i|itrs(ion which pre tils itself her-, tnd which is worthy of your serious con"idcration. is the disposition to be made of hunestic wines, and whether it is n at best o i \cenl these from the general operation if the Ihspens try I.aw. I>iit it would he a niisf.utunc to have ho growing of grapes and the tuanu"aeturc of wine, an industry just beginning 0 take root, a'otig I tie I* elm,nit and in other ixits of the State, distroyed absolutely by h?* l?ispensary Law. as veiy likely it wi 1 he, 1 ii less you adopt the suggestion, which 1 low oiler, I would therefore sliongly rcciiiidfii.l that auilo>riiy he g'vn the State Hoa'il to make eontr.ie's wiili ail lespotisii'egrape growers to have the r wine made il'ter a cerium metli <1. to ho of a certain itrongth and nge before it enters into conuiajiti ii. Then lei tiiv product he placed in the inaruck thtv <gh the Ihspenstry at itch prices ns will Cover tiio actual expense or bottling and disirihutii g, and leave all he profit, or tieuly a 1 of i . to go to the Manufacturer or crane erower. Now ns Id the ipiesin it of 'cor, I nin in lined U? believe I lint it will lie in tin? intcr*t of teut|<ernuce to exempt it from the bspenscry law alto-ret her. in on cerl-iin ondilioiis. to nit : llcipiirc li vn*en under j uol. Hriii?ent restitution* as will ensure ' nly men of probi'y and s o l olru.ncier oli- | liniiijX llioin. l*iil lite l.eer ?el'cc under a . n tlioiisniol dollar bond I' r lit - :riet oli- ! i-rvinoo of tlie law : tlie condition* of the i olid to In1 such that whenevi r satisfactory I roof |i;ii horn addiiee I thai lie ha* sold nyiliii';? "'Ne than ln-cr or iias broken the j iw in I lie lea?l | ariie.ihn . the I oiid> shall L1 forfeited in the n?o*t spee ly and .-tire ! antier that the law cm devise. The beer ! ilooii call he closed at any lio..r the t?one?nl ssemhly seen proj er. The | oini 1 wish ' i make i*. thai so far a* we may it h pood di<*y and in ihc interest of temper nice to ic?)iiraoc I he eon-iimpt ini of beer as a,; linst ie consumption i f wliisk. y. I lob r such siriclioiis as I have iin'iilioned very few en would run the ii>.. of nnderinkiii? In 11 anything rlso than leer. In s course list be pursued or els ill" Legislature will lvc |o prohibit at solute'.y ev nyiliins of the lay or Milui*<.>! bcerui mall loimr el .,ny J kind cocU'ning a trace of alcohol. The socalled ' noft drinks," which have became so numerous since the saloon* were closed, and rice,t**r" especially, which has eotered Into consumption on the claim of being nonintoxfesiing, hare become the screen or eloak.tebiod which liquor* of all kin Is are beinwanlil Nofc as lo the enforcement of the law. TbsrAre many omissions, overeigbis and in litis in the law as it stands. It will be muolnketter to omit the enumeration of theMMM incorporate such changes as expejien^^^k shown to be necessary in a Bill ffaafl^^Pbend the law by piecemeal. Such a BflHl be presented to you, covering in effectwlihe chsnges which experience hae ehowif be deei'able. One feature to whioh wish to direct your attention is that under he present law the punishments are too sav re and the methods of sccuriog punishtnen nre of sucit a character that it will be aim >st impossible to convict. Grand juries will not bring in true hills, and petty juries will not find verdicts of guilty for offense# which most men consider as not meriting such severe punishment as that now provided. It is bent in my judgment, to dispense, in the administration of this law, as far as the offense far selling is concerned, with juries altogether, if it can be done, sod luiposo the duty of trying offenders upnu o special officer?a Recorder or Judicial Trial Justice?to be designated in each county, who when satisfactory proof lias been presented to him that the iaw has been infringed, shall have the power the same as a mayor to commit the offecdor lo the chain gang, or tlie Penitentiary for thirty days, or tine him within the limit of $100. It pill be necessary also, in case it hiiiiiI no ii una unconstitutional to pumsii t>y i(i>[>rlitoui< sot without trial by jury, though 1 ilo not s 9 how tlint can be, unless nil our municipal -charters Are unconstitutional, that provit on be mado for a change of venue before a tr le bill is found. I judge from the reports pt the Chief Constable that almost all t^ e pcop'c of Charleston aro in league against the law and determined to overthrow it. The officers of the Court, the Sheriff and others, charged with drawing the jury, and the Trial justices are known t ? be 'to c:: sa'.coit keepers, nlio are defiantly continuing the salo of liquor contrary to law^jmd tho Grand Jury has just thrown out eases resting on positive evidence. t)no hundred and four licenses to sell whiskey hnd sixty-eight liceus-s to sell malt liquor 4te*e been issued by the Internal Itevc:i|)%Collector s'licc July to persons in that cityj.' and thirty-three whiskey and thirty malt' licenses have been issued in other parts of lie State, allowing the determination of the whiskey men to continue l lie triillic^^i.. When u73 first?-arrests were made in Charleston bjj the State Constables under injunction piricecdings, the Constables were treated in m outrageous manner by tbc mob; nod onftof the leading business men of the city ofwharleston told me to my face t lint if bo the grand jury be would not vote fo^SHric bill Against tho most notorious offod^H^hicco. It is idle then <o cxpeut ciink^Eon, in that city, or true bills to be found, TVnintler how strong the testimony. lu adwtiou, the newspapers have heaped etcrjr|U>asib'e abuse on tbc Cousin tiles, calling thhin "spios," "sneaks,'' and i other opprobrious epithets with a view of ' poisoning the public initxl and discrediting their evidence,although I htive used due precaution and exerted 1113'sclC to select ns Cons'itbles onljj uien of good character, who, in their own communities. have thts reaped 1 of their fellow^citijeus. Desperate diAeases require heroic rentedies, and the General A"80Uibly may a-t well understand th>U the enforcement of this law in some parts of the State, and especially in Charleston, Columbia, Greenville. Spartan1 burg, Dcnuforl nnd Sumter, wi 1 reouire some special legislative, li is against .lie municipal ordnances to sell whiskey without license in every town in the State, but ' the police in ns t\ rido Btorvl <d)\j urc / <irttcfp.? erinyhut 111 the oflcnse or active aiders nr.d nbeftars of the men who break it. As so >n as aUoni'ftblo arrives 111 town he is spotted by them land reported to those who run the illicit salmons. Under tlie provision of the Dispensary Act, one-half of the reveuue of the local Dispensaries over and above the expenses g?i< s into tnc treasury ot the municipality wdieto they ar# located, i see no remedy for 1 ho condition of afftirs existing in Charleston an*Columh:ft except to provide for a system of METROt'OMTAS l'OMCK, 1 <liv.?-eit<^ the cor.tr .1 of the notice force ah solutely from pot tics and placing it 111 the h inds of a Commission, who shall appoint, direct and remove such members of the force as will not enforce Ilie law. 1 uske I the Mayor of Charleston, with whom 1 h.vl a conference, lo'hM^bo police aid mo in re pressing and upVoting tho illicit sale of whiskey, but he dstlincd 011 the ground that that duty had !>c4o imposed on the State Constables. Of the $12,000 which have been spent for Constables during the four months since the law went into vffeot, about one-halt' has gone to pay C nstubles who liaye been in Charleston miking nrrcs's and trying to stisprcss 1 lie illicit fulo of whiskey. With the two man eittM of the State otlicered by nn efficient force of police in sympathy ?ii'? tlie law, or, whoiher in sympathy or not, afr'id to lose their ollice if they fail to do their duty, the expense of Constables would bejredueed at lrnst onehalf and the back-bone of opposition would be brokon. In the other places I have mentioned, and in fact throughout the state, if the power is given the Governor to require tho polieo of the various municipalities to enforce the law, and to remove and replace thorn if they tail to enforce it. there would be a still further reduction in the expense of Constables. Cither this should he done or it be left with the State Hoard of Control to designate such cities and towns as shall have none of the income from the sale of liquors at the Dispensaries. and lot the revenues which now ir.K'M fit flirt fiiwn fit II'IV f'lir llm nvtvo..,./. .x * I-N ? - * - I W V^1>V..-V 1-1 enforcing the law. Those urn dras'io measures, but the law should t>e en f'reed or it should be repealed: ami in 50 far ns in mo lies I .shall cmiiiiue, as I have hitherto done, to exert iiiv wh?>!e p.-.vver ns llo,cnior, and leave no stone unturned to see that everybody complies with its requirements. If yon give me tho power I will use it with the best discretion 1 possess. and slop the sale of whiskey, as far as may be possible, except through the legiiiinn'e channels. One more suggestion and I shall leave this subject. Under the provisions of the Act. as it now is. the election of Dispensers in a municipality requires a petition signed by a majority or til k frekiiold voters and no county or town now "dry" by Statute can have one. There are in the 81 >te six counties where the sale of liquor is thus pioliihited: Oconee, l'ickcns. Marlboro, Marnui. I lorry and Williamsburg. These, of eoiir.-e, have no Dispensary, and their c li/.ens arc left undor the law to obtain their liquor?whether us-d for medicine or otherwise, wine for the sacrament in church, and the alcohol fur compounding i hy-icinns' prescriptions ? as best they inav. Law abiding citizens i,ave been put to great inconvenience by this, and such a con lit ion is a premium ou the illicit sale and nhno?t prrelu les obedience to the law. I won <1 inn urge you to force a Dispensary on any cunmuuity to which it is objectionable, bin if Iho majority of the volrr* of a couny shall decide in an election held for tho inn p se that they do not want provision made i? r ihem to got liiiimr.". ii, a i?giiiu,aic way j mid lor a lej?itiii ?i? ilivu piovisnu | | I i ) should be made bjr which the enf >roement of *3] the Jaw in eucb < udij shall be paid for by (J a tax levied on the pc >ple of that county. If they want prohibition, let them have it in fact and not in umie only. My observa- R lion and experience wiih men teach me that ~j it is idle to expect any elective ?r m ibis or any other prohibitory Htatuto. Much men want votes, and will not make '' enemies if they can help it. = In regard to the provis'on requiring a if, I majority of the freehold voters to sign a (.. Jietition for the appointment of a Dispenser, j,_ t is both unjust and unreasonable. Some ^ of the present Dispensers appointed under this requirement nre incompetent, and in ^ some cases they are not fit persons te fill so responsible a position. I think a provision allowing the County Board to establish n Dispensary st such point or points in a couniy as will put the people to the least trouble en securing what whiskey they need for legitimate purposes should be incorporated in the omended Act. koucatiosal in'si itutioxm. The Citauei is performing the work which it undertakes to do in its usual satisfactory ~ manner. Clemson College lias been completed aud partially equipped, aud opened in July last m with over four hundred boys, and there is Sl promise that at its next session it will be Ci tilled to overflowing aud many will have to ..........I >] At the South Carolina College, a'onc of the schools which arc running, the attendance in unsatisfuctoiy. Materially, us to plant auJ buildings in general, the College 91 is in better condition than it bos been for it haif a century. The corps of Professors is (j an able one. ami they are performing iheir work with accustomed satisfaction ; but, for ' the causes which wero set forth in my last Annual Message, the boys continue to go p elsewhere. Vet 1 have every reason to be- C| lievc that low water mark has been reached, and tbal the College in the future will attract a larger and 1 >rger number of students, 'V so that the attendance will reach a sitisfuc- ai lory average in ouo or two more years. We cannot alford to take any step backward in education ; nor can we lower that >.<? tnr.l Stato iegar?t 1'ir the p'edges of the deform Movement?everything which should influence Ihose who now (, guide the destinies of the State, point at ( this time ruther to tlic wisdom of searching ' for the diseases which may cause the sickly ,! condition of the school, and applying the tl remedy, than taking advantage of the un- Cl healthy condition to strike it down, and thus remove a landmark which always has been an I sliou'd continue to tie the pride of every true Caroli ian. P Of the South Carolina Industrial and '' Winthrop Normal College, which has been ' located at Hick Ilill, altera lively competi- r lion between that shy. Spartanburg and " Chester, I will only say that, remembering " the demand for a similar institution for boys Ht Clomson, the Hoard of Trustees arc plan- P ning for a duplication of that school. The I n amount of money paid by the peoplo of that ' thriving and ambitious little oily, ?ti0,000. )' will be expended in the erectiou of the niniu 11 college building, which will afford c!a?s J1 rooms for at lea-t ???m? girls : and we hope to ' have the building completed and ready for 11 use by the 1st of September next. It is e estimated that the equipment of a dormi- 0 . tory sufficient'}1 large to accommodate four w or five hundred girls would cojt S"?0,000, 1 0 would therefore recommend nnu urge that Jj you appropriate for this purpose from the 1 earnings of the State Dispensary such a 1 sum of money, to ho available after the fifty ' thousand dtd'nrs appropriated last year to 11 tho Dispensary has been repaid to tho Treasury. If the Dispensary docs not make it, then no hartn will have been done. ) There only remains to he mentioned the p Cedar Springs institute?the school for deaf, dumb and blind?which has been managed * with ihe usual good scn?e iiiiu judgment characterizing the institution, and merits a continuance of your fostering care. The management of iho State .^Lunuw f r mat* count no desired. While the State fartn on the Walercc suffered severe h >s hy v tlti breaking ot tho dam and tho consequent overflow of seven hundred acres of crop by ii the rivor, tho institution has been more than self-sustaining, hns nut payments on the property, and lias a large cu*h balance to 7 its credit. It is th?? irtenti^,, ii,?? tnrec.- tl I tois io su inc.iease the strength and height g j of tlic dam that such a disaster will he im- u possible in tho future. The number of convicts in tho iiistitmii n shows a heavy iuj crease, h ing l.U.Jff against VOO last Novent1 btr. The number of inmates in tho Asylum his icmuiiicd about at the average and iiio l' capacity i i the institution is tested to its ft utinosi. Tlic Suji". iritendent makes a sug i, gestion, in connection with the use of con- , victs. to make bricks in anticipation of ibc ' necessity f >r cnl irg'ng too quarters for the I colored ina'cs and guarding against hie, 1 n which 1 think a capital idea. 1 would hNo direct your attention to the correction of an abu o which he p outs out, n namely : the use of the A-ylutn hy person" feigning insanity t eseipe erimiual prosecu- i tiou, of course it is u t proposed to put ' s' tisane people in the Penitentiary, but they ' f< can g> there with perfect propriety when c, they are charged with crime until insanity is sa'isfucti rily proven. * c In conclusion I beg to rem n I y< ii, gen- I/'1 tloincn. that tins ,j,e Legislature, i il hy roumu of tho toiirth Tuesday falling s? I near the end of the uiomh, will he shorter j t?j ? hv'cr mail 11if average. snout I y .n ad- 11 j'Hirii Christmas in accordance with the ' u unwritten law. No session of the Hernial 1 Assembly in the history of the State has ; ever had t > deal with more important vital ' j questions. In a Idition, yon have to ol'-o1 five of iho right circuit judges and one Jus- c tice of the Supremo Court. My expe i-nec and judgment have shown me that when im s< portant elections a>c pending the public business is neglected and the Legislators seem paralyzed, bee.tiling partisans of tins " candidate or that, and paying no hoed to ' matters of legisla"ion. yi I therefore urge on you to appoint a day not later than Monday, the -Itli of December, for getting rid of tlio-e elections?obstruc- '' tions to legislative btisimss. The new Criminal and Civil Code has to be passed on; the Dispensary law must be amended and at perfected; a wise and .indie o?s bill r;duc- Tl og salaries, not the liaphazird Act now on jj, its passage, should be passed ; a new system of county government, simp ifying and c'' atfording a grea'er measure of local eonlr 1 wi than now exists, is altogether desirable, and 8(. the (lencral Assembly will in a measure con- > ft??a i I <* imlinAll If i I' ?? ?- * - ' fwcii I a law. It 11? h General Assembly would sig- I U( nalizc itself, it c<>n!?l n t do better tlnn t<> is' kill out of hand every 1?i 11 of petty, special ! \) an?l local character presented, and for j( once devote itself to legislating for the State, pass such of the Acts indicated as it may Kr deem wise ami proper, the Appropriation and Supply Hills, and go h >ine. I can on'y repeat what I have sai I once before, that I f'.1 am ready and willing at nil times to furnish any facts or suggestions 1 may have, lend n" any help that i can, for ttic information of members of Committees: and, invoking the blessing of the I'ivine littler on your labors, and praying that he may grant you the i o wisdom to do the right, I feel assured that i;n you w II wok wisely nut well lor the bc-l interests of the State. It. II. i'i Li.Si AN, Governor. * ' wli hwki.kn's Attvir\ S *i,vk.?The i>est )tSalve in the world for Cuts, ltruises. Sores, ricets. Sa'l llheunt, Fever Sores, Tetter, *,L'1 Chapped ilmt Is. Chill lams. Corns, and all tci skin eruptions, nu t positively cures I'ilcs, nn or no pay re.|iiired. It is guaranteed to give perfect ??'i"fac! ou. or m nicy refund- | ed. l'ricef? Ccf.tj per box. For ?ale by j It. F. Tosoy. j W [Re IDeeRf}) "Union iiiire. __ i . M. 8TOKEH. - - Editor P'ridav. 8, 1S5S. UBSCRirriotr, $1 &o per annum iw Advertisements. ij Market.?N. P. Dunbar, trtridges Wanted.?E. 1'. McKuwick. irah l'acolet's Annual Letter.?8. M. Rico Jr.. K. U. nother Grand Distribution of Prizes.?T. K. Bailey. Cotton MarketLow grades 0} (<>) 6:}. Middling cotton 7. U<jod middling 7.:J0. Sales for the week, b2l talcs. Cotton Seed 15 ceuts per bushel. IN GBEAT NEED. I am really wanting money to continue V UU7IUV9*, I1IIU CJIil UU nil 1T1IU UWf III? 1UI ibscription, alvcitising or job work to jnie forward promptly and pay their iurbtedoers. It. M. ST0KK8. And dm t forget that every new subscriber eying one year in advance, and every old ibscriber paying all arreages and one year i advance, will get either "The Farmers aide" or "Womnukind," a family paper, ac year free Wc have also made arrangements with the ublishers of the celebrated weather l'roph* i, Irl It Hicks' mngnzinq, WORD AND WORKS, y which wc can send that splendid monthly nd the Timbs during the year 1894, for the educed price of ?2 00, to subscribers pay g all art enrages and 1 year in advance. I KL R. HICKS' ALMANAC FREE. We will give a copy of this valuable bjok i every subscriber paying, in cax/t, all duos ) the Tiuks up ti Jan. 1, 1801. The retil price of this Almanac is 25 cen's, aod nose who arc n?t subscribers to the Timbs an purchase oiio at the Timbs eflico at that rico. It is a book of l'?8 pages including cover, tinted on very fine paper, and tilled from ack to back with original illustrations and lie most carefully prepared matter. It is rally not an almanac, but a costly book, ^bol'y devoted to one purpose. This is the rst year of its existence, and it must not e confounded with any almanac ever before irinted. In it, the author's storm calendar nd stonn forecasts aro fully elaborated for 81)4. The foundation of his whole meteoroogical theory is given. with full data and nstructions for computing storm periods for 11 time. In the freshness and fullness of is contents?pe tinent mailer never before jade so plain?there is ft glad suiprise for very reader. Many thousand copies were rdcrrd before it caine from the press, and nthin one week nfter we began filling rders, the most enthusiastic commendations arne Hooding upon us l'roin all quarters, 'hanks to Hod and the people?the author s nrd and conscientious toil, and tho pubi-hor.c atiltU'lsuc mid pains taking have act with the most substantial support ! tiki? We regret to learn that our friends, dr. and Mrs. \V. K. Thomas, at Carlisle, ost a very interesting lilllo son, about 13 ears old, last Sunday, from lung disease. 5?ay- Columbia is a cold city. Last Sun lay afternoon hail stones as large as ort.ru * ** 1 * ' lie Greenville train left on Tuesday the city ras covered with snow inches deep. We lave had neither of these chilling visitors a this town this season. O The rush increases with us ?sve?y day. l(c pvopiu ieat He tlint times arc too hard to lirow their money away buying cheap, shoddy <1 ais, when they can get the ubst from us t the rame prices. A. II. F0STI5R, & CO. * ? flsir" About I o'clock last Sunday afierooti n lerrifie ?tcvm of wind and rain sudonly rase, and for half an hour the rain .11 in sheets and the wind made houses cmhle. It blew down the gable onds of ic unfinished A. M. 15. '/ion church. Wc ave been t dd thai it hailed a few miles orth and wed of this town. flei)'n The common voles of the Reform loveuictit have made tlie changes in the tale ollici'ils. under the pr unisc that tlioy Itoti'd receive beneficial guvernmcntnl rcjrtns n..\v is it not about time that the amnion voters should d< maud of their leadrs to give them - .oietlmig more than reform ro//i?j< or >'ej. Cue tilt positions ic p. ..ph- have placed them in? 1 he ir-wi travels like uifd t'w that. "TI1I5 !,li 151!.! M'.I.I .. .... ' -- I - inn,: I'm (I'JilUl III TlllIMI 1 'if 1.0 W pllce*. A h;?j,|y, man. Mr. . Il lic'iilcy, 'f bury thi* '"'/'Jiify, il'ti O0 II W Id'1 Iny, :i'li;r j, vying hit IXC*, ami lia I money J i; JI i<, j,ay In* *1,1, ripii'ii la I In: I.'ji ii la km/ j, j > iceipl. lie -anl, "'ihat - the last do'lur I ive. iiml I have got more mi t>i< 1 roughii-i than will 'lo my family u? I -lock next par, I good hog* in the | en ami I I ale* if it ton t lux' I can In,'I udutig a* 1 j>'ca-c." lia' - fiiriniiig f<>r profit ami in Icpendence. tins There was a umst iutcrcsiing mimical the ITiimi Hotel Thanksgiving night, ic pnr'ors of the hotel were fille?l with tis rely an assembly of young people n* yon uhl liml ina weeV* march. The music is excellent and cxtiic from the Arthur ring band, a*si*tc 1 by Mr. II. M. Mcir.ni l. of I"h .rleston, and Mr. Win. Mc)wan, of this c unity, both splenlid violins Song* by Mr. Thomas McNally and r. Kdwin I'.ison enlivened the oc*a*inn was a mast delighful social gatlicrimr ami catty cnjoyc I ' y ill present. Mow much <lo you save in buying cheap oos '.Ve have sobl Iho "II iy Slate" ami rgler lines for vers. livery pair jrnarfCJ-1 to give !.%:i.-faetion TIN:Di.D iiKLiAiu.i:." Tlic entertainment given by the ting 1'eople's Society of the t'liri-liati eb-avor. at I lie filhirl Seminary, last jii I iy niglil, was a very ilrliglitTill alia r, I .lol great ere lit la ilic "young people"' 10 got it up As .ve prei| c't'l, it was one the hi 'st enlerl lining in I enjoyab'e en taimnenfs of I lie season, ne<l all who at l ie I left well sitisfieil. Kinatie ally, we please I to learn, it was a auctess. i lie "three li.llo Toll*." were Mjc !>-lSus > the evening, winning | rai-es Iron rverv- ! '* I 1 % Tki Vfv Jadgon The election of four Reform Judges by the Legislature ia plaoe of the four old Judges woo bo surprise to as. It was a , V| U|pS> part j. * . j With tho exception of blsj. D. A. Town" J send, wo can say bat little of tha lata 1 chosen, for we know but littlo of * worlli or fitness for tho high which ihey hare been elevated, bat fess considerable doubt in the supposiflj^^^N that the character and ability of tho citry of the State will be elevated by tbet^^^H election. Mr. Townsend is a man of undoubted ability, of unimpeachable integrity and hooesiy of purpose. We confess bo was not our first choice, hut next to our long time personal friend, Judge Wallaoo, ho was our cho'ce above all others. He is a herd student and wc predict ho will make an honest, impartial, able nn 1 popular Judge. He will, wo think, he mor* an "upright Judge'' and leaf a partisan than either of the other newly elected Judge*. The Legislature As usual, scarcely anything has been done by the Legislature this early in the season. A number of new bills hare been introduced; among them one to reduoe saUtries. .the traduction, wiM not afleot the salaries of the peasant\c?iii*t?rs State oihcials during their present terms, It '* * is probable that the bill will pas*, in some ' form. .. 'fi A bill to atneud tho dispensary law; alse ft bid to repeal that inw and substitute a new * law, with some of the provisions of the old law in it, arc both before that body. The hi l to will h? p?r;ci, "? A dug tax law: a hill to abolish the office of Audit< r. nnd impose tho duties of that office on the Treasurer, and a joint resolution to change the lime ef the annual meejm^tfk ings of the legis'ature arc a 1 under con^^V sidcration. . teay" There was a happy gathering of the Arthur fami'y oa Thanksgiving day, at the old homestead, now the residence of the youngest son and brother, Mr. Wnrren D. Ar; bur. It is now likely that the "Arthur corner," or Arthur lot, will hold its name for generations to come. It has been divided into three lots: Mr. li.JL Arthur lives on the cornfcr, Wa rcn D. Arthur lives next to bins and Joseph D. Arthur o i the other side. It is a settlement of Arthurs, nnd we don't see where they are going to put. the other broth- \ cr. K. J., when lie gets married, (T) unlrstmflH lie settles up >n the "yellow houss" triangle, It is plain that none but those bearing thc^^^fl name of Arthur arc expected to settle on the old homestead lot, as the boys have taken possession of it, so the girls, as they tnarry and change their names, are crowded off. One sister has already change I her name, and established the Rodger homestead, while another is "halting between two opinions:" whether it is better to remain at the old home, or change her name aud go off to somebody else's home. We never cbuld give advice upon the solemn question, "whether it is best to hold or sell in the matrimonial tuarke\" We have seen as many people ..j u.Kiug us win by holding. And we ** don't think it is anybody's business but the parties themselves. ?taST* A small colored boy, sou of Jim Wallace, had a narrow escape from being; killed upon the railroad last Saturday. It seems tlint be attempted to jump o?? the step of a parseuger co ?ch near the switch at Mr. Nicholson's yard, but missed and fell, striking the switch as he fell. Fortunately he did not fall under the train and escaped being crushed to detlh. As it vrog, his arm was broken and his head was badly bruised. It seems to us that an officer should be s'ationed on the road between the Cliureb sirect and the Acidcrny street cro?singsr with authority to arrest any person, not its the employ of the railroad compauy, attempting to jump on tho passenger ears whole in motion. Thore are daily a number <>f boys liangiug about the depot and along the track fir the purpose of iiiiuriinir on and of!' the passenger frame as they arrive antl leave. Not long ago we saw n white ch>ld not 10 years old, hang to the hand vil rf a car f..un Alain street crossing to the depot, having missel the step as he attempted to jump on the train in motion. There should he a severe punishment foe such rcck'ess conduct. Over coats, Suits, anil Men's Winter Underwear can tie tonight at monry sttving prices from "Tlli;ol.t> HIX1AW.K.'" M ? J War ?' elective Iliad ly has been her* and 1 oiieanlnd four cases of auti-dispensary whiskey se ling one while man and three negroes. Trial Jut-tic* Stokes promptly issued I lie ncces-ary warrants and had principals and witnesses arrested. The Dispensary law is a law of the State, as much as tho laws for murder, arson and robbery, and should he respected and forced with as much zeal by all law-abiding citizens. So far as Trial Justice Stokes is concerned, we guaranty that he will do hia duty without fear or favor, upon all cccusintis upon proper showing. Hut we nro not alone in thinking that there arc more than 4 blind tigers in tovyn against whom fulli/ ut slroinj evidence could be brought. - ? lhiy v or ClttiiS and Xmas ntinmniiis??? from us if you want tlio best. A. II. F03TEK & CO. Jtay- County Treasurer Jeter informs us that never before in the history of this conn* ly have the receipts of taxes ticcn so far behind, this nenr the lust day, os they are this jear. Not half an hour aficr he tohl us that, on- of our mi st reliable and responsible farmers told us he did not know how or where he would ra se enough money to pay his taxes, lie could not sell anything he ha I, for cash, for no one ha I inon y to buy an)tiiing they did n t ac'ually need, lie sai lMie could not even swip aciw, a mule or any o licr propery for his s ore and oilier accounts. There is scarcely any value to any specie ot property, for no one wants property ? o le oveiyboly is ia di-tress for money. t