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Scraps and |a(ts. ? Chicago, August 8: The Tribune says: A state of affairs more startling and shocking than had been previously hinted at in connection with the collapse of the Milwaukee Avenue State Bank was revealed last night when it became known that through barefaced forgery President Paul Stensland had plundered his own bank systematically through a period of years. There has been discovered in President Stensland's safety dea onrloo Af momnrflndfl I jjuan vavsit UUA a.ocuvo v* <*.% ... detailing how the bank was looted. The amount thus taken from the savings of 22,000 poor families as set down in Stensland's handwriting is 21,003,000. The money went to support Stensland's real estate speculations, his co-operative building business, and his fine household at Irvine Park. According to the police some of it also went directly for luxuries for a certain woman or women friends of Stensland's. ? Spokane, Wash., special of August 7: Four young women, in short skirts, high boots, jumpers and Panama hats, may be seen every day for the next fortnight working In the wheat fields on the ranch of Senator John L Yend. of Walla Walla. His four daughters have always been fond of , outdoor sports, and are accustomed to exercise, and when they learned that hundreds of acres of grain were going to waste because Senator Tend could not hire harvest hands at any price, they were prompt to tender their services. Miss Alma has demonstrated an adeptness In driving the header box. Miss Bertha has been operating the derrick as well as any man. Misses Edith and Helen are employed with the regular crew on the big "combine," which reaps and threshes the grain simultaneously. Senator Tend will be able, with his daughters' aid to save his entire crop of wheat, hay, oats and barley. The girls rise with the sun, curry, harness and feed their own horses, and do not stop work until nine at .tight. ? Butherfordton, N. C., special of August 8 to Charlotte Observer: It is learned here today that the Seaboard Air Line has given the contract to the Propst Manufacturing company of Charlotte, to extend its line from the present terminus to a point about one mile northeast of town, near the Oakwood Manufacturing company's plant where, it is said, a handsome new depot will be built. This, it is presumt ed, will be used by both the Seaboard and the South and Western railways, as the latter road passes this point also. The grading of the extension will be comparatively light work and will begin as soon as the company shall have finished a small contract which it has with the Southern railway at Blacksburg, S. C. Rucherfordton people appreciate this action of the Seaboard Air Line, which will give the town what It has long desired, a union depot, into which trains of the Seaboard and South and Westem will enter. The Observer's correspondent has contended from the beginning that the South and Western would connect with the Seaboard at Rutherfordton, notwithstanding the many rumors to the contrary, and now the fact is assured. ? News has reached Washington of the killing of five Japanese seal hunters and of the wounding of twelve others, on the sealing grounds belonging to the United States off Alaska. The trouble occurred on St. Paul island. Quite a number of Japanese schooners have been poaching In the vicinity for some time, killing seals ( under cover of fog and keeping out of the way of the American guards. The Japanese had killed about 200 , seals before the flsrht occurred. Seals ' are recognized as property by International law and the Japanese killed by American officials on St. Paul Island stand in the same position as burglars shot in the act of stealing, according to prominent authorities on international law. No international incident can result from the shooting of the Japanese poachers, it is said, at the state department. This government has no amends to make to Japan, other than those that courtesy may prompt, and a mere expression of regret that such an incident should take place is all that Is looked for. Japan has no treaty obligations which in any way require her to protoit seals In the Bering sea. The United States, Great Britain and Russia are the only nations bound by treaty to offer protection to sealing in Bering waters,, and these thiee countries must, according to the terms of the convention to which they have subscribed, patrol the waters in that part of the world and exercise every possible precaution to' prevent their subjects from poaching. The government of the United States will take no further active interest in the matter of the killing of the Japanese poachers save that the twelve prisoners must be tried by United States law. It is not intended to send any more revenue cutters into Alaskan waters, as it is understood that the : ships now there are sufficient to protect the interests of citizens of this government. ? The state of North Carolina has been considerably stirred up during the past week over the lynching of Nease and John Gillespie and Jack Dillingham at Salisbury on Tuesday night. The negroes were in jail charged with the wholesale murder of the Lyerly family at Barber's Junction on July 13. There was a special term of court in session to try the negroes. During the afternoon people began to gather from all sec tlons in great numbers and the lynching was anticipated as a certainty. United States Senator Overman. Judge Long the trial judge, and other promient citizens made speeches with a view to trying to quiet the mob; but to no avail. They were greeted with mocking cat calls and other demonstrations of derision. Before this the mayor had ordered the closing of the saloons. \Vhile the speaking was in progress, two men slipped to the jail and tried to break it open with crowbars. They were arrested. In the meantime the military company had been called out; but the soldiers were given orders not to kill. The crowd dallied for quite a while for lack of leaders, while it was hesitating. there was some careless pistol firing and two men were wounded, one quite seriously in the stomach. The shooting is thought to have been accidental. Along about 11 o'clock lilt: nuttu iiiutru lonaiu lilt' jau uiiu carried it with a whoop. The three men wanted were taken out and there was an effort to make them confess. The effort was unsuccessful, the negroes being too badly frightened to talk. An end was put to the situation by swinging the negroes up on the same limb. The negroes about Salisbur> became demonstrative during Tuesday and military companies were ordered there to restore order. During Wednesday two men. one named George Hall and another named Cress, were arrested on charge of i having participated in the lynching. Referring to the situation in open court Wednesday morning Judge Long i said: "The court Is Informed that a kinsman of the murdered people pleaded with that band of cut-throats and murderers to let the law proceed. Any man who aided and abetted in that lynching was guilty of murder in the first degree. Any man who gave encouragement by word or presence or took any part in it was guilty of murder in the first degree. The question now is simply whether the law shall be enforced by the courts or by a mob, and Rowan county shall to a man take a stand on that proposition. When sifted to the bottom you will find, as I have said before, that no - M ? 1 ?? ? A oion/llnff TV Q a man or cnarauici auu du>nunie .. ? In that mob. I am going to perform my duty as I see it and have no fear, i I said before I apprehended any trou-1 ble that the law of the land is stronger than any local mob. I do not take that back, notwithstanding the shouts about my ears that night. "The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding fine." "The honor and integrity of Rowan must be preserved." ?lic \torkrillr <?uquirrr. YORKVILLE, S. C.t FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1906. The county dispensary would be preferable to the state dispensary onlv in degree. Col. John T. Sloan says the national drink bill Is 117 per capita and In South Carolina It Is only $2.98. Wonder If Mr. Sloan confines his figures to dispensary sales exclusively. We do not see the relevance of the comparison between the dispensary system and the banking system. There are a thousand ways of stealing from and through the dispensary with but small danger of detection; but the official who steals from a hank has got to either make good or he will be caught sooner or later. We are not Impressed with the effort to make comparisons along this line. Gambling. That Is an Important subject which "Voter" treats in the card published In another column. Some of us try to deceive ourselves with the idea that cotton exchange methods are different from other forms of gambling; but then our good sense tells us that such Is not the case except that there are more ?hances with the dealer. There Is no telling how much money the south has lost since the war through the so-called cotton ex changes; but the amount cannot fall far short of the value of two or three crops. Previous to the war. we used to read, how the little and big planters of the middle west were accustomed to sell their crops for cash and then spend their time on the Mississippi river steamers until they had lost everything they had, often including their plantations, at cards, and we thought It was disgraceful. But the old time gambling on the Mississippi steamers was not a circumstance to the present day gambling in the big cotton exchanges. It was more spectacular, that is all. But the dally losses and gains were a mere bagatelle compared .with the cotton exchange clean-ups, and the harm was a thousandfold less. The successful fight the United States government made against the lottery business was creditable to the officials who engineered it, and also to the whole people; but what was the use In putting a stop 10 lotteries, if the government Is going to leave alone those big systems that win and lose as much in a day as the lotteries won or lost In a year? Of course there are many plausible arguments to be put up in favor of cotton exchanges?operations in futures and all that; but really these arguments are of very little weight. Every man in the country knows that the whole business is little else than a big gambling system and that is about all there Is to It. And it is the south that is the heaviest loser. If the people who play the boards were the only ones to get bit there would be but little cause for concern. But it does not stop there. What the player loses goes off north never to come back again, and even If he has no creditors to suffer as the result of his bad luck, the loss affects the whole people to just the extent that they are deprived of cash that would otherwise have been available for business and industrial purposes. MERE-MENTION. Mr. Wesson, the founder of the wellknown firm that manufactures Smith & Wesson revolvers is dead Quite a number of lives have been lost along the Colorado river in southern Texas on account of floods. The damage to crops has been very great... .Russian peasants are said to be suffering the pangs of famine with abundant crops. The land owners are willing to sell at low prices; but the peasants have no money at all Henry W. Herring, cashier of the defunct Milwaukee bank, offers to surrender. He blames it all on the president W. J. Bryan is now traveling in Switzerland Three people were drowned as the result of a cloudburst at Durango, Mexico last Wednesday. BULLOCK'S CREEK NOTES. Crops Damaged by Rain?Mr. Swann Back Home?Other Matters. Correspondenre of 'lie Yorkville ktiyiurer. Bixlock's C'reek, August 8.?The ? * rect*ni rum* nu\r uuusiunauij uamaged the crops of this section. Cotton especially, in some places it Is very poor. Rev. J. B. Suann has returned after spending the month in the mountains of North Carolina. He is somewhat improved in health, but is not looking as well as his friends would like to see him. Mrs. J. B. Swann expects to go to Steel Creek. N. C., today with her niece and nephew, Miss Kate and Master William Porter, who have been spending sometime with her. Miss May and Masters Gary and Roy Wallace of Yorkville, spent last week with their grandmother, Mrs. S. P. Feenister. Miss Laura Feemster is spending several weeks with relatives in Sharon. The young people were given a delightful party at the home of Mr. J. C. Blair on Tuesday evening. Mr. J. A. Maloney of Blairsville has been teaching a singing class at Bullock's Creek. The school will close on Saturday. August IS, with a picnic. The public is invited. ? Ikivid L. English. J. Richard English and the two negroes, John Barter. Jr.. and John Renwick, have been dismissed by Magistrate Johnson at I'nion in connection with the Mose Hughes killing as there was no evidence against them. LOCAL AFFAIH8. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Jas. N. Russell, Precinct Chairman? Invites the public to a basket picnic in 'Squire Blair's pasture on the occasion of the campaign meeting for Bullock's Creek township. S. H. Epps?Of Fort Mill, is announced by his friends as a candidate for election to the house of representatives in the coming primary. B. R. Walker?Of Bethel, is announced as a candidate for recommendation for appointment to the office of county commissioner. Ladd J. Lumpkin?Is announced as a candidate for re-election to the office of county commissioner. Committee?Invites the public to a basket picnic at Bullock's Creek on Aug. 18, on the occasion of the closing of the singing school. J. S. Brice, Co. Chairman?Tells vot ters what are the necessary qualifications necessary to vote in the approaching primary election. J. S. Brice, Co. Chairman?Gives information as to the times and places for holding the county campaign meetings. Thos. F. McDow, Pres.?Reminds voters living within the bounds of Club No. 1 of Yorkville, to enroll at least five days before the election. M. J. Walker, M. D.?Notifies his patients that Drs. Bratton, McDowell and Barron will answer his calls during his absence at Chickamauga. First National Bank?Says safety is the first consideration where money Is handled. It assures safety to its depositors. Bank of Clover?Wants you to know that public confidence is one of a bank's most valuable assets. It has more than 200 depositors. M. W. White?Tells you that a man's success depends on a combination of several things. Dobson Bros.' Cash Store?Have a word to say in regard to the delivery of laundry to its customers, and also about the pay for same. York Supply ' Co.?Have received a """ ohinmont nf fornicated and V crimped roofing, sningles. Premium hams, lard,, whips, etc. Star Drug Store?Calls your attention to the good qualities of the Mercantile fountain pens. Prices range from $1 to $10 each. Thomson Co.?Invites you to its tailoring opening on Aug. 13 and 14. An expert cutter and fitter will be in attendance. York Drug Store?Calls your attention to its stock of talcum powders, of which it has a great variety of qualities and prices. Foushee Cash Store?Wants you to stop, look and listen. A special sale of corsets and embroideries on Saturday and Monday. J. C. Wilborn?Offers a six-room house on East Jefferson street for sale; and also 45 acres of land for sale cheap. J. J. Keller & Co.?Don't want you to forget that they are ready to do all kinds of repair work; that they sell builders' hardware, and also sell Devoe paint?It goes further. Yorkville B. & M. Co.?Thanks Its customers and friends for its assistance and patronage during its recent cost sale. Watch the windows. George A. Watts of Rock Hill, is the Republican county chairman for York county. Mr. Harry Wylie says that tne nsnIng on Catawba river, which has been poor during the prevalence of high water, is getting to be good again. Why certainly Cansler ought to have a good vote in York. He is the only York county candidate and he would make as good a railroad commissioner as any of them. We are giving today the fullest report of a campaign meeting that has vet been published in the state; but as a consequence we are having to leave out quite a number of other things that we would like to put in this issue. As the result of an accident in the office. The Enquirer people have been forced to buy a new paper cutter, and have selected the latest improved Seybold machine, sold by Schroeter & Bro? In Atlanta. The Seybold is undoubtedly the best power cutter made. The Farmers' Live Stock Insurance company of York county had about $80,000 of insurance in force last year and never lost a dollar. Mr. D. P. Lesslle expresses the opinion that this insurance could be carried for something like 15 cents premium on 5100. Everybody talked nicely of the performance of the Yorkvllle cornet band last Wednesday. Some strangers asked where it came from. They were surprised that a musical organization of such size and manifest ability could have been gotten together anywhere in this section without their having previously heard of it. It is a fact that the band is making some remarkably good music. The Enquirer staff begs leave to acknowledge .the enjoyment of some fine watermelons left at this office yesterday by Mr. J. H. Qulnn of King's Creek No. 1. Mr. Quinn said he was coming down this wav and it lust occurred to him that maybe the folks about this office would know what to do with some first-class melons, and that was why he brought them along. Almost anything in the shape of a melon goes pretty well here; but Mr. Quinn's was the finest we have seen this season. WITHIN THE TOWN. ? Messrs. J. J. Keller & Co., have commenced work on Mr. B. N. Moore's new business building on Main street. ? The Ladles' Auxiliary and the Yorkville Cemetery association has done a gpod deal of work in the improvement of the cemetery recently; but is about out of money, and will be very much obliged if people who have subscribed, but not paid, will hand over the amounts due at once, to Mrs. W. B. Moore, treasurer. FIRST REGIMENTAL OFFICERS. Following are the officers of the First Regiment, which has Its headquarters in Yorkville and which left for C'hickamauga today: Colonel, William W. Lewis, Yorkville; lieutenant colonel, John H. Marion, Chester; major, Edgeworth M. Blythe, Greenville; major, Walter B. Moore, Yorkville; major, William T. Brock. Cheraw; major and surgeon, Miles J. Walker, Yorkville; captain and acting adjutant, P. K. McCully, Jr., Anderson; captain and quartermaster, Monroe C. Willis, Yorkville; captain and commissary, John R. f .iiwlu'iv Vfivlft'lllft* f*nntuin unrl hq. sistant surgeon, Herbert T. Hames, Jonesvillo; captain and chaplain, Richard C. Jeter, Anderson; first lieutenant and assistant surgeon, D. G. Thompson, Fort Mill; tlrst lieutenant and battalion adjutant, Jesse M. Goodwin. Greenville; first lieutenant and battalion adjutant, John P. Smith, Rock Hill; first lieutenant and battalion adjutant, E. B. C. Watts. Cash's Depot; second lieutenant and battalion quartermaster and commissary. Wyatt A. Seybt, Greenville; second lieutenant and battalion quartermaster and commissary, J. J. Keller, Yorkville; second lieutenant and quartermaster and commissary, J. N. Richardson. Cheraw. Company captains: Company A?T. E. Gowers, Greenville; Company B?John G. Richards, Liberty Hill; Company C?J. Adger Smythe, Jr.. Pelzer; Company E?P. K. McCully, Jr.. Anderson: Company F?John M. Beaty. Cheraw; Company G?Jim S. McKeown. Cornwell; Company H? pan.v I?W. H. Mclntyre, Bennettspany I?Daniel C. Pate, Bennettsville; Company K?T. B. Spratt, Fort Mill; Company L?John It. Hart, Yorkville; Company M?L. W. Smith, Jonesville. The personnel of the Jasper Light Infantry as it boarded the train here was as follows: John R. Hart, captain; W. B. Williams, first lieutenant. Sergeants?B. F. Smith. Robert Herndon, M. K. Dobson, J. N. O'Farrell, E. M. Dickson, F. C. Riddle. Corporals?W. W. Blair, E. O. Petty, F. Farls, J. P. Barnes, S. R. Clinton, R. S. Russell. Privates?S. L. Adams, J. Q. Beckham, C. A. Berry, J. A. Carroll, G. C. Cartwright, S. Carson, P. B. Comer, J. W. Evans, B. E. Gaines, G. Grist, A. Hart, L. Jonas, D. J. Logan, B. F. N. Louthian, R. Miller, W. A. Mitchell, J. C. Morrow, S. A. Morrow, W. Moore. W. M. Parish, H. Riddle, R. Riddle, W. Rose, C. Plaxlco, F. Smith, T, J. Thomasson, W. A. Thomasson, W. S. Willis. ABOUT PEOPLE. Mrs. M. A. Nlles of Camden, is the guest of Mrs. S. C. Ashe. Master Carroll Grist Is visiting Master Albert Riddle at Zeno. Mrs. J. W. Dobson has returned from a visit of ten days' to Tlrzah. Miss Mayme Lyles of Chester, Is visiting Miss Mamie Moore. Mrs. Geo. W. Brown left this morning to visit relatives in Gaffney. Miss Louise Guy of Lowryville, Is visiting Mr. J. B. Pegram's family. Mr. Klllough H. White of Chester, spen Thursday with his uncle, Dr. M. W. White. Mrs. Geo W. S. Hart and daughter, Miss Nellie, are visiting friends at Shelby. Mrs. W. E. Erwln left this morning to visit relatives and friends in Spartanburg. Mr. John E. Carroll is spending a few days with his family at Rutherford ton, N. C. Miss Bessie Thomasson of Gastonia, is visiting Mr. J. M. Brian's family in Yorkvllle. Prof. W. E. Dendy and family returned to their home at Douglassvllle, Ga.. yesterday. Messrs. Sam and Alex Patrick of White Oak, are visiting Mr. J. C. Blair's family at Blalrsvllle. Miss Kate Cody will return home this evening after a month's stay at Do nnori T?!11r N O Mrs. H. C. Strauss left this morning for Saluda. N. C., where Mr. Strauss Is spending the month. Mr. Joe Hart returned to Yorkvllle this week after a stay of several days In Washington, D. C. Misses Willie and Lee Williams and Ella Cody will leave today for a two weeks' stay ot Blowing Rock. Mrs. Kate King and daughter, Miss Mary Sue of Forest City, N. C., are visiting Mr. J. M. Brian's family. Mrs. Ormand and children of King's Mountain are visiting in Yorkvllle, the guests of the family of Mr. J. W. Dobson. Mrs. C. Fred Williams and little daughter, Virginia Wallace of Columbia, are visiting Mr. L. R. Williams' family. Miss Amelia Kennedy left a few days ago for Greenville, where she will Join a camping party for a trip to the mountains. Mrs. John M. Pollock has returned to Yorkvllle after an extended visit to relatives and friends at Blacks burg and Greenwood. Mrs. S. N. Wilson of Columbia and Mrs. R. M. Foster of Marlon, Ala., are visiting relatives and friends In Yorkville, the guests of Miss Bessie Barron. Miss Belle Quinn, who Is located In Columbia as a trained nurse is spending a two weeks' vacation with her father, Mr. J. H. Quinn of King's Creek No. 1. Miss Mamie Turner, night operator at the phone office, has gone to her home near Clover, for a short vacation. Mrs. C. E. Spencer and children and Miss Rebecca Spencer are at Blowing Rock for the month of August. Mr. Spencer and Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Harrison will leave for Blowing Rock tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Whlsonant of Griers. S. C., and Mrs. A. R. Rhinehart and son. Master Raymond of Mt. Airy. Ga., visited relatives and friends in Yorkville this week, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Wray. The following gentlemen lert yesterday morning by private conveyance for a ten days' trip through the mountains of North Carolina: Messrs. Fred Quinn. Tom Caldwell, Roy Carroll, J. Hamlet Carroll, Roy Williamson, WIstar B. Keller and N. Craig McCorkle. Dr, and Mrs. James Wideman of Due West, have issued invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Miss Margaret Statia, and Mr. James F. Thomson of Yorkville. The ceremony is to take place at the residence of the bride's parents at Due West on Wednesday, August 22. THE STATE CAMPAIGNERS. The campaign meeting for York county was held in the court house at Yorkville last Wednesday, beginning at about 11 o'clock a. m., and lasting until a few minutes after 5, with a recess of an hour for dinner. The crowd was made up of about 500 people, representing all parts of the county, and filling the court house to its capacity. There were about twenty speeches altogether, and the audience sat through the long session of five hours, giving the closest and most intelligent attention that could be desired throughout. Each and every candidate received applause that was more or less perfunctory, and two or three aroused enthusiasm; but it would hardly be fair to say that enthusiasm was a very marked feature of the meeting. Because of the large number of candidates to speak, the time limit was necessarily short. The candidates for governor were allowed a half hour each, the candidates for attorney general were allowed ten minutes and the other candidates had to condense their respective talks within the space of five minutes each. The proceedings of the day were opened with prayer by Rev. J. O. Babin, and County Chairman Brice presiding, introduced the speakers. Splendid music was dispensed by the Yorkville cornet band. For Secretary of State. Hon. L. M. Ragan of Columbia, said that the only things to be considered were qualification and character and he claimed to have both. He had served as clerk in the office for five years and during the greater part of that time had done what it now requires three clerks to do. There had been no adverse criticism of his work. He took up the greater part of his time in telling a dinner table joke about a dlspeptic Methodist preacher who, on refusing turkey and chicken, was advised by the irrepressible hopeful of the family to suck a raw egg. and applied the joke with the statement that he felt able to swallow this office and digest it, promising that if he could not digest it he would throw it up. Mr. R. M. McCown of Florence, said that he had heard Mr. Ragan joke thirty-three times before. He, however was not running on his ability to tell Jokes; but on his ability to fill the office. He had been a clerk In the office and knew very well what was required. He referred the voter to the different heads of departments and to Mr. J. E. Beamguard who. as a member of a legislative committee, had investigated the affairs of the office. He called attention to an endorsement that had been given him by the Florence Democracy. He stated that he had never been a candidate for office but once before and that was when he reluctantly ran for the state senate and was elected by a majority of 300 votes. He read some resolutions that the senate had once passed in commendation of him. One of his opponents would have something to say of the manner in which the fees of the office' should be paid; but that was a matter with which he had nothing to do. He claimed to know as much about corporation law as any lawyer In the state. Mr. J. B. Morrison of Charleston, thought the people were accustomed to pay too little attention to the filling of *u" r4crht lrin/l A# IUC IlUilUl V/I1IVVU TT Vlt fcllV ttQUV n*?i? men. and hoped that they would begin to exercise greater care. He called attention to the fact that Mr. Ragan in making a gesture that called for the placing of his hand on his heart had indicated his stomach instead, and suggested maybe after all the mistake was really closer to the right idea. He did not think that Mr. McCown was entitled to the office of secretary of state merely because he had been a clerk In the office. He said that the fees of the office should be paid to the state treasurer the same as other revenues of the state. He wanted Mr. McCown measured not by the yardstick of morality but by the political yardstick and asked to be remembered on the 28th. Mr. M. P. Trlbble was not present. Attorney General. Mr. J. W. Ragsdale of Florence, said he was unfortunate in being too hoarse to make a speech. The race has devolved not on his ability and integrity; but how he stands on the liquor question. He had no complaint to make; but standing here in the county of York, which is overwhelmingly against that institution he says that he is for the state dispensary as the best solution of the liquor question. [Apnlonool Rofnro the npnnlp of South KIMUUVJ. f !' " Carolina go into the business of selling liquor through high license they had better think long and well. Mr. Lyon says he is willing to leave the question to you. He voted for the Morgan bill which did not leave it to you. My view Is that it would be better not to sell whisky at all; but if you are going to sell It, let the state handle it as it handles any other evil. If, as some ;laim it is impossible to get three men to manage the business of the state dispensary honestly, how are you going to get three men to manage dispensaries in each of the forty counties? II the sale of liquor is an evil, why not let the state take entire charge and then let each county decide whether or not it will have a dispensary? The fact that there has been corruption Is no argument against the dispensary II the system is good. I defy any man to specify a single Individual connected with the dispensary and charge him with graft. There is not a single man igalnst whom they can charge corruption and fraud. This celebrated lawyer sf Abbeville tells you to vote for J. Fraser Lyon. Who will Chicco vote for? Who will the blind tigers vote for. if not for Lyon? I want you to take my work and my record, and 11 that Is not satisfactory, vote for him whom you might think will serve you better. Mr. J. Fraser Lyon said it was an especial pleasure to look into the eyes cf people who could not be led away by the pitiful little school fund. He is opposed to the dispensary because he believes it inherently corrupt and it can never be cleansed. He believed it had corrupted the legislature and that it is a blot on the escutcheon of South Carolina. He had spoken against it on every stump. My friend asks who will Chlcco vote for, If he is not going to vote for Lyon. Now my friend knows T do not know. If the blind tigers think they will get immunity by voting for me they will be very much mistaken, i do not defend blind tigers and have no clients among them. All the liquor influence of the United States is now united on three men in Columbia. If ihere were three meg in each county, 143 in all, they would find it more difficult. Clip the head off the state disnensary. Suppose you have a county llspensary, and I hope you wont. If the members of the county board go to riding around in automobiles and flashing diamonds, etc., you will Soon get pretty close in behind them. But the state dispensary is too high up above you. Mr. Ragsdale tells you that we have not convicted anybody; but he does not tell you that we saved to the state $60,000 in glass contracts alone. Mr. Smoak testified that Black, gave a member of the legislature a suit of clothes for his vote and you have heard of the member to whom a member of the state board of directors promised a gun. When vou vote for attorney general, I ask vou to think and ask yourself If the grafters will vote for me. If elected I promise you not to spare a single one -f them from the highest to the lowest. [Loud applause]. Chairman Brlce read a letter of regret from Attorney General Youmans, who said that it is his duty to attend to the business of his office rather than go out hunting votes; but hoped tfiat he would be remembered. Comptroller General. Mr. Walker of Greenville, said that he was before the people in the campaign of 1902, and received a majority of votes of York county, for which he returned thanks. In that race he was defeated by only 507 votes out of 87,000 cast. The only issue was the enforcement of the tax laws. He believes that the township boards know more of tax values than anybody else and he believed In leaving these matters to local boards. He called attention to the fact that the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line railway has a commercial value of $8,038,000 and lis assessed value is only $2,000,000 or about 28 per cent while the cotton mills are assessed at about 38 per cent. Referred to Inequalities in Greenville to which his opponent had called attention and said he was not responsible. Mr. A. W. Jones was not In the room and lost his right to speak. Mr. Jennings without opposition for state treasurer, Mr. Martin without opposition for superintendent of education and Mr. T. G. McLeod, for lieutenant governor without opposition, were absent. Adjutant and Inspector General. Col. J. C. Boyd of Greenville, said he was not a stranger, having been a candidate four years ago, and while he did not get a majority of the votes cast, he desired to extend thanks for what he did get. He paid a tribute to tjie military spirit of the people of this section. He was asking for office because his experience of thirty years In the militia qualified him to make a good officer. He desired to wind up his military career of four years in the Confederate army and thirty years In the militia by being elected to this office. He entered the Confederate army at fourteen and went Into battle at fifteen, and was put In prison at seventeen. He also served with Hampton In 1876 and has been connected with the militia ever since. I want you however, to vote for me on merit and that alone. Don't ask It on the ground of having been a Confederate soldier; but on merit alone. Mr. L. YV. Haskell said that last week they were In the house of Lancaster, the red rose, now we are In the house of York, of the white rose, signifying purity in politics and manhood. Spoke cf the necessity of the militia and the desirability of good service. Graduated from the Citadel seventeen years ago and had had sufficient experience to enable him to discharge the duties. After his graduation, remained as commandant three years. Afterward was appointed assistant adjutant genetal and as such has inspected all the militia. Said that the first regiment was one to De proud or. spoae 01 me unncultv the adjutant and inspector general had had in getting the troops equipped; but this, of course, had nothing to do with his candidacy. He was willing to leave the matter with the voters and promised to be satisfied with whatever they might see proper to do. Railroad Commissioner. Tlie candidates for railroad commissioner did not take up the full time allotted to them, several of them showing more or less deference to Mr. Cansler, and one of them making a pretty hard but good natured punch at that gentleman. Mr. J. A. Summersett of Richland, advised the York county voters to support their own man; but asked their support in the event that he should be in the second race with some of the others. Mr. J. H. Wharton also asked for the support 01 toi k county in tne event air. Cansler should not be in the second race. Mr. J. C. Sellers Insisted that Mr. Cansler had no claim on the support of York county. He said that whenever Mr. Cansler had been introduced as being from York by various county chairmen, he invariably repudiated such in traductions, claiming that he "was Cansler of Tlrsah." The appearance of Mr. Cansler was greeted with liberal applause; but Mr. Cansler did not think it becoming to make a speech under the circumstances, for he said, "You know how I can do them up anyway." [Laughter]. Mr. J. M. Sullivan of Anderson represented himself as a business man, and said that if elected he would endeavor to give a business administration. Candidataa for Governor. Col. John T. Sloan of Richland, was glad to be here. He was welcomed into this hall by a number of warm friends and the music of the band, playing "Abide with Me," which he desired all to do for a few moments. Returned thanks for the handsome vots he got four years ago. He noticed considerable improvement since his lasl visit and said that the town has ons of the best hotels in the state. Yorkvllle is entitled to be called the "Pearl of the Piedmont." He was tired; butII was a pleasure to look into the faces ol so many honest and lnteligent people as appeared before him. It is a sad daj for South Carolina when a man has tc stand before the multitudes and talk on the single Issue of whisky?disgusting. There are things higher and nobler than this, but the issue is here and 1 must meet it. Four years ago I told yoi that the state dispensary, kept out ol politics and properly safeguarded fronr grafters is the best solution of the liquor question. I have been loyal anc consistent, and notwithstanding . th< fact that a number of counties hav< voted out the dispensaries I still saj the system, if taken out of politics, i< the best solution of the liquor question Suppose you abolish the dispensan what will you have in its place? Prohibition will not prohibit. The opponents of the dispensary minimize iti virtues and enlarge its faults. Iti faults can be corrected by propei amendments to the law. The nationa drink bill is $17 per capita in Soutt Carolina it is only $2.98. There ar< thousands of young men in South Carolina who have never been in a bai room or experienced its allurements Now let me get away from this subject, after I tell you that whatever yoi say shall be the law. Whether it b< prohibition, dispensary or what I'll enforce it. If you want prohibition, am ! elect me, I will break up every blint tiger if it takes all the militia in th< state to do it Voice?What about Charleston? That is down there by the sea when i the breezes blow and the blind tigen 1 grow. I'll enforce the law In Charleston just as I will in York. Said he wai i In favor of improving the publh school system, and of making libera appropriations for the support of al the higher educational institutions. , 1 was a senator, with your senator, oni of the ablest representatives in tha body, and one of the most honest am sincere. He will tell you that when th< i enemies of Clemson were trying t< ' strangle the life out of it, I stood bj it. And I stood by Winthrop when 1 needed friends. I am here to ask yoi to promote me t) the governorship o South Carolina. I have had a long ex, perience in political life. I have served in the house from my county, an< in the senate; also as a member of th< constitutional convention and hav< served two terms as lieutenant governor. I am qualified from a business am moral standpoint. He went into th< Confederate service when he was sixteen and was in eighteen battles befon he was eighteen. If elected he will d< his duty. He has dodged no Issues am he has- not tried to ride two horses at his friend Ansel has done. He spok< . nf A n?p| a? wPArinir thp white rose o prohibition on one lapel of his coat an< the red rose of whisky on the othei ' lapel of his coat. [Laughter an< cheers]. Woe unto Ansel when the 28t! ' of August rolls round. A hard old sin ner went Into the water to be baptlze< and as he came up, there floated fron his pocket a bunch of cards. The hor rifled preacher asked him what h< meant In going through the ordinance with such evidences of his sinfulnes: Dn his person. "Why, said the fellow there is the ace, king, queen, jack an< ten spot and if a man cannot win oi that I don't know what the devil he cat win on." If Mr. Ansel cannot win 01 , prohibition and dispensary both, then seems to be no chance to win at all. Mr. M. F. Ansel said It was a grea pleasure to look Into the faces of th< good people of the Piedmont, that sec tlon noted for its push, energy and ad vancement In all things that look to th< upbuilding of the old state of Soutl : Carolina. I come making no claim 01 this office 'for I have no claims. Th< office belongs to the people and the: will make the selection. I am prou< that in this race for governor, I repre sent in part the Piedmont section o South Carolina. We have not had i governor from the Piedmont since th< war and it is our time now. I wish had time to talk to you on the questioi of good roads, because that Is one o my hobbies. I am glad to know that ii manv Darts of South Carolina the peo pie have begun to realize the lmpor tance of good roads. About 90 per cen of the people of the country are direct ly interested In this question. I wan to talk to you a few minutes on the 11 quor question. I am opposed to th< state dispensary system, and 3tand to the idea to let each county have prohi bition or county dispensaries as the; might desire. It Is local self govern ment to allow the people of each coun ty to say what they want. It is dem ocracy. If you can manage all the oth er county affairs by your county offl cers, you can manage the liquor busi ness also. If you don't want to sell 11 quor, then have prohibition. But If yoi want to sell liquor and a majority o the people, so declare, then have i county board of three men, appolnte< by uhe governor, let them manage thi business. Let them report three timei a year to the circuit Judge and you through your grand Juries, look care fully after the manner of their conduc of the business. The county dispen sary is no new thing. They have beei esiaouaiieu in umcr auxi.cs, auu v?< system has worked satisfactorily Prohibition is also prevalent In othe counties than this. I stand for th< rights of the people. This Is local self government, the principle for whicl our forefathers fought and for whicl many of them died. Let the law pre vail, and if the blind tigers undertaki to violate your law, punish them. Yoi don't know what other counties want and they do not know what you want and the thing for you to do is attend ti your own business and let them atten< to theirs. But my friends, I stand fo: something higher than this?the edu cation of those who are to take oui places after we are gone. I stand fo: the common schools. That is when the majority of the boys and girls o this day are to get most of the educa< tion they are to have. Let us provids the means whereby every child cai have the opportunity to read an< write. Given the ability to read ant write a child has the opportunity to ge as much education as he wants, stand also for liberal appropriations foi the old Confederate soldier. I do no believe In extravagant appropriation! In anything; but there are duties tha devolve upon us and let us see to I that all of them have something to ea and to wear in their last days. If ] am called to this high and honorabli position of governor of South Carolina I promise that I will do everything ir my power for the honor and upbulldlnf of this state. I promise to do my dutj to the best of Yny ability. Recess of an Hour. At the conclusion of Mr. Ansel's speech Mr. Brlce announced a reces! until 2 o'clock to give the people ar opportunity to get dinner and refresi themselves for the afternoon session The crowd gathered again prompts in the afternoon, and the first speak' er introduced was the Hon. Cole L. Blease, who commenced his speech with th< assertion that "South Carolina loves a man." York county has in hei midst a man, and in this particulai instance you may observe the spectacle of the "lion and the lamb lying down in peace together." There sits the author of the Brice law and here stands a man who has fought it and who will continue to fight it as long as it remains on the statute books I admire a man. Mr. Brice introduced the bill, as he says, for the purnose of trying to kill the damnable dispensary. He was not mealy mouthed about it and did not resort to subterfuge about it. If you defeat Mr. Brice for the senate two years from now, If he runs, you will defeat a man. I tell you right now that if I were here I would not vote for him; but there is no douljt about the fact that he is honest and no coat tail swinger. From Mr. Brice, i Mr. Blease switched off to Mr. Ansel i who he described as a fence straddler. 1 i Ansel claims to stand for local self i government. Why does he not also \ i allow you a high license option, and a , why does he not allow you to elect i i your boards of control? Four years 1 ago Ansel was the strongest dlspen- t sary man In the whole bunch, and t , now he Is trying to get elected In a opposition. Mr. Manning tells you I that he Is for the dispensary; but it \ is only for the purpose of getting < votes. He voted for the Brice bill, f the author of which tells you he in- s troduced it for the purpose of kill- i ing the "damnable dispensary." He I took up the record of Mr. Manning I ' and claimed that that gentleman had < all alnntr vntdH aealnst the diSDensarv. i . He had started out in bitter opposl' tion to Tillman and had voted for Haskell. He read some resolutions that were adopted by the Sumter people In the early days of the Tillman movement strongly condemning Tillman and his purposes and with the name of Richard I. Manning as the first signer. Manning and Sloan took a trip to Washington in January. When they left South Carolina both were bitter enemies of the dispensary; but while they were away they had a dream and In that dream they saw a star. Above that star they saw the words, "The way to the governor's office," and across It the word "Dispensary." Then looking at the star through their glasses of water, with one accord they kneeled down and reverently shouted: "O! Ben Tillman, we are for thee, And for the state dispensary." [Derisive laughter.] Ua than +/vs\lr nn tha P o vonr.W an. \ nlng bill and suggested that some. body ask Manning if Tillman did not 1 . write it. He wanted Manning to tell , just when he was changed from a , Haskellite to a Tillmanite and said r that just as Manning used to cry for . ] water, if he changes his religion as 1 j often as his politics he will finally , reach a place where he can say nothing . else but water; water; water! [Laughr ter]. Mr. Blease said that Joel E. Brpnson is the only consistent prohi* bitlonist in the race. The rest are i humbugs. As for himself he wanted > it understood that he had joined the ' reform movement at the inception ) and although he had never taken or1 ders from Ben Tillman or anybody ? else he stands now where he has always stood. If Ben Tillman should come into his office and undertake to > dictate he would order him out. He j then read his political platform and . wound up by claiming that he was j willing to compare characters with : anybody. He had gotten his early \ religious training from Rev. Dr. J. L. 1 Stokes, whom he pointed out in the 1 audience and he referred all inqulrj era to the doctor. He said that he t and the doctor did not agree on the 1 dispensary question; but he was will? ing to abide by the doctor's estimate > of his character. As he sat down he r was applauded. People who beheld t the amazed expression on the face of i Dr. Stokes at the time refrained t rrom pusning me mauer iunner. Mr. Jo?l E. Brunson 1 Was not able to say that he was 9 glad to be present, for he was unable 9 to conceive of a more foolish thing - that a body of men could do than i run around the state making Ave and 9 ten minute speeches. He said that - the election of a dispensary leglsla9 ture would mean the loss of such pro> hibition as the people now have. He 1 believed In education; but he thought s education should be practical as well 9 as theoretical, and to Illustrate told f how the Illiterate son of a black1 smith demonstrated his superior r knowledge over the son of a preach1 er, by spitting on a hot iron before i attempting to pick It up. He thought - the people had already been badly 1 enough burned by the dlsp9nsary, and i thought they should spit on It before - taking it up again. He urgued that e the dispensary was an expensive ins stltutlon from whatever standpoint 3 and figured that last year it cost the ', state more than $3,000,000 in the loss 1 of material wealth. He charged to It i three-fourths of the court expenses i and also a large per cent of the ex1 pense of maintaining Insane asylums. 3 He declared that the state loses one boy out of every four on acccount of t the liquor business, and argued that 2 an everybody no matter how de bauched he may be with whisky, has - to marry some sweet girl the ruin Is 3 more than doubled. You can no i more run a dispensary witnout reeai ing your boys and girls into it than & you can run a saw mill without logs. f He related a distressing story of the i ruin of a certain family by liquor. - He jumped on Ansel for actually bragf ging about the revenue from a dls^ nensarv In a North Carolina county, B and said that every dollar of that 1 money was stained with blood of 1 men, women and children. He re* f minded Mr. Ansel that although he 1 might get his pound of flesh, for ' shedding Christian blood he would be " condemned to hell. He called upon * Qod to pity the man who would ad vocate whisky for two years in the t governor's chair. g Mr W. A. Edwards, r of Saluda held that prohibition was - all right except that It was lmpractlv cable. He declared that the trouble - with South Carolina was lax enforce ment of the laws. He described the - Southern railroad as a great violator - of law and condemned the corpora tlons generally. What this state - needs more than anything else he - said, is somebody to enforce the laws, i He attacked Col. Sloan as an ally of f corporations. * Mr. A. C Jones, e of Newberry, paid he was not a polib ticlan but a business man. He reprei, sented the homes, the boys, the moth ers and the Christian people of the t state. Like others who have preceded him, he is interested In the matter of i education. Reviewed the hardship and b self-denial by which the various de>. nominational colleges had been estabr lished, and plead for the betterment e of the common school system. He - Is In favor of an economical admlnisi tration of the government. Opposed i to graft and corruption. He was in - favor of abolition of lobbying. He e was in favor of immigration to enj sure that this state shall for all time be a white man's country. In favor ; of a state arbitration law for the setj tlement of disputes between capital i and labor. Had always opposed the r sale of liquor as a beverage. He re garded the present law as undemor cratic and vicious in principle and r said that it had done more to dis i honor and degrade our people cnan f any law that had been passed during the last twenty-five years. Ho claimi ed to have stood with all the men who 1 had fought for prohibition, L. D. 1 Childs and others. Referred to the 1 majority for prohibition in 1890, and t charged that Senator Tillman and ochI ers had disregarded the instructions of r the people and put the dispensary upt on them. Took part in the fight of 3 1898 and said chat if it had not been t for a deal between Ellerbe and the t State, a prohibition governor would t have been elected. Was also with the 1 prohibitionists in the Hoyt race. He i supported Heyward in the hope that , the prohibitionists would get considerl ation; but was disappointed. Gave his f Influence In behalf of the Brice bill, r under which the dispensary had been voted out in so many counties. He was opposed to the dispensary because of the graft and corruption that had J grown up around it. If Senator Tlll3 man took the rebates and gave them 1 away, why should not others take 1 them and put them in their pockets? He believed that the people are this r year going to elect anti-dispensary representatives and the dispensary is going to be killed. Mr. Brunson has been sleeping and has not even brought about a Brice law election in ? his own county. Mr. Ansel Is trying ' to ride two horses at once. In conclusion he made a personal explanation of an incident that had occurred at Chester on the day previous. In his f speech he had said that his brother-in' law, C. C. Davis, thought that In being : called upon to testify as to the New\ berry situation, he had been made a ' scape-goat for others who could have * ~ 1 '1 *T?. T.unn thniip*hl that T ' IUIU II1UIC. mi. [ "aid I thought this, and replied to me. ! I wanted to put the matter straight, ; but the chairman would not let me, and that is what it was all about. In conclusion he Insisted that he was competent to fill the office of governor 1 and he hoped the people would vote ! for him. , Richard I. Manning was received with applause. He realized that there is a limit even to such patience as had been shown during the Jiorning. and would only talk about a ew things that he conceived to be jarticularly appropriate. If elected he vould be governor of the whole state ind not of any particular section. He 'ecommends certain changes In exlstng laws to meet the conditions demandid tj i..e Increasing prosperity of the itate. He stands for a conservative ind economical administration of the aws of both county and state. He vould like to speak on governmental luestions; but in the limited time at lis disposal could only outline his poiltion on the main issue now before the jeople, the dispensary. ' He said that hey do things In politics that are not aught In the Sunday school; but if :her-e js anything that is to be shown n his record that is against the interest of the people of the state, It has ieen simpiy a niauer 01 perverse uulerstanding. His invariable rule has seen to ask of all questions, first. Is it right? and second, is It to the best tnerest of the people of the state? He had lever considered his future political interest in any vote he had ever cast, He was free to say that when the dispensary law first came up he voted igainst it. He has since changed his views. No permanent solution of the liquor question has ever been found. I Invite you to consider not the question }f success of one party over another; put those conditions that will promote temperance and sobriety. After this law was passed, when I saw the bar rooms close, tne treating naoit aoonsnid and other evils pass away, I felt that this system had advantages that I had never seen In any other system, and that it was worth taking up and perfecting. I have since devoted myself u> trying ot make this system as perfect as possible. That has been my ittltude from 1894 to this time. While the law has not been administered as it was intended, and while more attention has been paid to the profit feature than was intended, and while there has been no actual propf of bribery, still deep down in their hearts the people feel that there has been corruption and bribery and they want to destroy >t. But my friends is that the way to jo at it? If your bank officials should prove dishonest would you want to abolish the banks. No you would pnt the dishonest officials in the penitentiary. A number of us, realising the uecesslty of improving the law, got together and introduced a bill, which ,vas intended to accomplish that end, rhe outcome of It all was the introduction of what has since become xnown as the Raysor-Manning bill. This bill had its origin with Senator Tillman, Senator Raysor, Mr. Richards, myself and others. He explained that .. revisions of the bill looking to the purchase of liquor from government ponded warehouses ny commissioners to be aDoolnted bv the srovernor. and each commissioner to serve during only one purchase. The business of the commission would be to open bids subrnitted previous to Its appointment and will go out of office as soon as it made che purchase. He believes that this arrangement would purify the dispensary and do away with the possibility of graft. He jus unwilling to believe chat all, honest' men are gone. He did not believe that the county dispensary 3ystem would be free from any of the objections that apply to the state dispensary. There would be no way to prevent corrup Ion In the county dispensaries. He insisted that the passage of the Raysor-Manning bill would not result In the re-opening of the dispensary in York county. He promised that If elected governor he would do all he could to secure an honest conscientious enforcement of all the laws, whether those laws provide for state >r county dispensaries or for prohibition. Mr. John J. McMahan said it was his misfortune to be the last speaker, when the crowd is tired. He went Into the dispensary question, and reviewed the history of the principle of sumptuary laws. He hoped to live to see the day when drunkenness will be punished as a crime. Thought .-epresentatives In congress should try to secure amendments to the inter 3U&IC H\J IUUICIVQ Ittn ou ?o IU give MiO states control of liquor as soon as It came within their borders. He also thought that the United States government ought to amend Its laws so as to cease the licensing of the sale of liquor in prohibition counties. Discussed the prevalent custom among the people of high clandlng, who take their toddy when they see proper. Individually he sees no need for alcoholic drinks; but he sees no possibility of being able to enforce a law when there are so many people who are as able as he is, think otherwise. It is very well understood that we cannot always get what we want and the thing is to do the best we can. He did not think Mr. Branson should undertake to impugn the motives of people who differed with him on this question. He had been before the people of the state for a long time, and he was willing to leave his reputation with them. In this campaign it had been his endeavor to bring the people to a calm, cool consideration of this question from the standpoint of common sense. It is the abuse and not the use of llqnor that makes it disgraceful. He did not see how any man could take the position that it is disgraceful to sell liquor. He thought that until the churches were prepared to enforce proIt U* 14 IUUIUUU 111 IU3 IIICUIUVISIU^, 11 BUUU1U not criticise tbe state made up of church members and non-church members for recognizing the sale of whisky as a legitimate business. He saUlthat the members of the board of control , had been convicted before the bar of public opinion and that many proud names had been besmirched and dragged in the mud. In conclusion he appealed to all the earnest, honest people of the state to join him in punishing wrong doers and restoring the proud name of the state. Tbe sale of liquor will go on in one way or another and the only way to purify the dispensary is to put it' in charge of the best and highest minded people of the state. There is danger of corruption as long as there are rebates, and it is necessary to abolish the possibility of getting them. The Raysor- Manning bill would fall utterly in its purpose for which it is intended because after all it is left to the commissioner to say how much liquor shall be bought. Instead of buying from anybody the state should manufacture its own liquor. Mr. McMahan was liberally applauded. Congressional Candidate*. Mr. McMahan was the last of the state campaigners, and at the conclusion of his remarks. Chairman Brlce announced that the candidates for congress would also present their claims. Members of the audience, thoroughly tired out, left in large numbers, and the crowd was reduced to to forty or fifty people. Hon. D. E. Finloy was Introduced as the first speaker. He said that in view of the fact that the people knew all about him, it was not necessary for him to make any extended remarks. If it could come to a point where he would have to defend himself before his own people nothing he could say now would do any good. Dr. Strait has several charges and complaints. He claims that he accomplished more In congress in fifteen minutes that I have accomplished in eight years. He considers it a great reflection on me that I should let Congressman Webb of North Carolina, have the credit of securing the appropriation for the King's Mountain battle ground monument Then again he says that I promised rural free delivery positions to various individuals and gave them to others. That is about all, isn't it, doctor? Dr. Strait said quite crustily that he would explain the matter. Dr. T. J. Strait On taking the stand Dr. Strait com nienceu uy repruacuiiiB mc auuicuco for having refused to listen to him when he had undertaken to expose the treachery of McLaurln In that same room some years ago. He recalled how McLaurln tad pretended to faint and said it was only a possum dodge. He thought that the people had treated him very badly about that matter, and he did not appear to be entirely reconciled. Then he said he always stood on the watch tower and would tell the people what was doing, no matter what might happen. Next he said that in his travels he had come across several people to whom Finley had promised rural free delivery routes and failed to keep his promise. Mr. Finley quietly asked the doctor to name a case. Dr. Strait cited the case of a nephew of his, and made a statement to the effect that some five years ago Mr. Finley told this nephew that If he would get up a petition he would be appointed mail carrier. The nephew lid so, and in the election voted for iomebody else other than Finley and