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f * 2 . * . ^ " ISSUED SEMI-WEEKL^ ^ l, x. grists sons, Pubiiihen. j % Jfamilj Utmsppfr: 4"" promotion of thi political, Social. ^griculltrral and Commercial Interests the people. - { Sraoi2wrVn established 1855. YOBKVILLE, 8. c7, FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 1907! : NO. 8." A Romance of the A l?y W. CHAPTER XVIII. "Oh cruel! and the shame of such a wound Makes In the heart a deeper grash t ^ tnan an It made upon the form." Singleton and Humphries were hailed as they approached the patrols by the voice of Lance Frampton, the younger son of the maniac. He had volunteered to All the post which had been deserted by Goggle. He reported the absence of the half-breed, and was gratified by receiving from his commander a brief compliment upon his precision and readiness. Such approval was grateful to the boy. coining from Singleton; for the gentle manner of the latter had already won greatly on his affections. Young Frampton. though but sixteen, was m'anly and fearless, full of ambition, and very promising. He rode well, and could use his ri.ie already with the best shots of the country. The unsettled life of the partisan warrior did not seem to disagree with his tender years, so far as he had already tried It; and his cheerless fortunes, indeed. . almost denied him'the choice of any * other. Still, though manly in moat respects, something of sadness rested upon his pale countenance, which was soft like that of a girl, and quite unlike the bronzed visages common to the sunny region in which he had been Ili'uH In addition to the leading difference between himself and t the people of his own condition around him, jiis tastes were naturally fine, c his feelings delicate and susceptible, p his impressions acute and lasting. He c inclined to Major Singleton Intuitive- u ly; as the manly freedom and ease of c deportment for which his commander t was distinguished, were mingled with I a grace, gentleness, and pleasant propriety,' to which his own nature In- c sensibly beguiled him. He saluted g them, as we have already said, with a becoming modesty, unfolded his Intel- e ligence, and then quietly sank back to r his position. n Humphries did not seem much sur- f prised at the intelligence. a "As I expected," he said; "It's the i nature of the beast. The fellow was a born skunk, and he will die one. p There's no mending that sort of animal. major, and there's little use, and ? some danger, to waste time on It." ^ "How long is It. Lance, since his t departure became known to Lleuten- t ant Davis?" was the Inquiry of Sin- v ffleton. v "Not a half-hour. sir. When Lieutenant Davis went the rounds, sir, to p relieve him, the place was empty, and r he said Goggle must have gone before p the storm came up." "Had you the storm here. I^ance?" a inquired Humphries. t "Not much of It. sir. It swept more i to the left, and must have been heavy where it went, for the roaring of the t wind was louder here than it felt, t The trees doubled a little, but didn't f give?only some that had the hearts eaten out. They went down, sir. at I the first push of the hurricane." f Singleton conferred briefly with > Humphries, and then despatched the boy to Davis, with Instructions to t place the party in moving order by f sunrise?the two officers, riding more * slowly In the same direction, confer- t red upon future arrangements. t > "That fellow's absence. Humphries, 1 I will compel us to change our quarters. ^ for his only object must be to carry f the news to DorcheateV." s "That's it. for certain, major; and h the sooner we move the better. By ? midday tomorrow. Proctor and Huck. c and the whole of 'em would be on our .? haunches, and we only a mouthful. A t start by the time the sun squints on 1 the pine tops, sir. would do no harm; \ and. then. If you move up to Moultrie's a old camp at Bacon's bridge, it will f be far enough to misguide them for t the present. From the bridge, you j | see. you can make the swamp almost 1 at any moment, and yet it's not so far s but you can get to 'The Oaks' soon t as ever Proctor turns back upon Dor- t Chester." I "What force has he there, think i you?" I "Not enough to go far. sir, or stay < out long. The garrison's but slim, and i Huck is for the up country, I heard him say. He may give you a drive t before he goes, for he is mighty ready to please Proctor; but then he goes by i Monk's Corner, and so on up to Nel- t son's ferry: and it will be out of his ? way to set upon you at Moultrie's." i "Why does he take that route, when, his course is for the Catawba?" : "Ha! sir. you don't know Huck. He's i an old scout, and knows where the r best picking lies. He goes along that route, sir. skimming it like so much ] cream as he goes; and woe to the < housekeeper, loyalist or Whig, that gives him supper, and shows him too i much plate. Huck loves fine things; ? and for that matter, plunder of any < kind never goes amiss with a Tory." < "True: and the course he takes i through Sumter gives him spoil i enough, if he dares touch It: but Mar- < Ion will soon be at Nelson's, where we ; hope to meet him. Let us ride on ? now. and see to our movement." 1 "With your leave, now, major. I'll : go back to Dorchester.' i "With what object?" < "Why. sir. only as one may say. to ] curse and quit. That rascal ("Joggle i will be In Proctor's quarters by day- | light. and will soon have a pretty < story for the major. I must try and I get there before him, so as to stop i a little the blow. Since It must come, j it needn't come on anybody's head but mine: and if I can keep my old father I from trap, why, you see. sir, it's my i born duty to do so." k "How will you do that?" "I'll tell you. sir. Dad shall go to ^ Proctor before Ci >ggle. and shall de- I nopnce me himself. He shall make i something out of the Englishman by his loyalty, and chouse ("Joggle at the | same time. Besides, Sir, he will be uble to tell a truer story, for he shall i say that we've gone from the cainp, mcrican Revolution )REH1MMH *hlch, you know, will be the case by [hat time. So, if he looks for us here, is Goggle will ailvlse him, the old man *111 stand better than ever in the ri?od graces of the enemy; and will be >etter able to give us intelligence, and lelp our cause." "But will your father like such a nission?" "Like it, major! why, ain't I his son ?his only son?and won't he do, think ,-ou, \vhat I asked him? To be sure ?e will. You will' see." "The plan is good, and reminds me >f Pryor. You will see him, and hur/ his recruiting.' Say to him, from ne, how much Colonel Marlon expects 'rom him as. Indeed, the letter I gave dm has already persuaded him. Renind him of that letter, and let him ead it to you. This wll! please him, ind prompt to new efforts, should he irove dull. But let him be quiet? tothing impatient, till Colonel Walon is prepared to start. Only keep n readiness, and wait the signal. For rourself, when you have done this, lelay nothing, and risk nothing in Dorchester. You have no plea If found ?ut: and they will hang you ofT-hand is soon as taken. Follow to Bacon's >ridge as s<?on as possible, and if you ind me not {here. I am either in the iwamp, or in the south towards the ?disto; possibly on the road to Parter's ferry. I wish to keep moving to afhe any pursuit." Protracted but little longer, and inly the better to perfect their several dans, the conference was at length oncluded, and the two separated; the me proceeding to his bivouac, and the ither on his Journey of peril, along he old track leading to the bridge of Dorchester. Singleton had scarcely resumed ommand of his squad before the fu;ltlve Ooggle stood before him, with i countenance cold and Impassive as ver. and with an air of assurance the uost easy and self-satisfied. The eye f the partisan was concentrated upon lim with a searching glance, sternly md calmly, but he shrank not beneath t. "You have left your duty, sir?your >ost; what have you to say?" The offender frankly avowed his >rror, out spoae in eiuniuauuu. "The storm was coming up, sir; noK>dy was going to trouble us, and I bought a little stretch to the old roman?my mother, sir, that is? rould do no harm." "You were wrong, sir, and must be >unished. Your duty was to obey, lot to think. Lieutenant Davis, a cor oral's guard!" Goggle looked somewhat astounded i.t this prompt movement, and urged he measure as precipitate and unusual. "But, major, the troopers go off coninually from Colonel Washington's roops, when they want to see their amilies?" "The greater the necessity of arrestng it in ours, but you will make your ilea at morning, for with the sunrise ou shall be examined." The guard appeared, and as the orch flamed above the head of the ugitive, "Singleton ordered him to be earched narrowly. With the order, he ready soldiers seized upon and >ound him. His rifle was taken from lis grasp?a measure inexpressibly tnnoylng to the offender, as it was a avorite weapon, and he an excellent hot with it. In the close search which le underwent, his knife, and. Indeed, everything In his possession, was arefully withdrawn, and he had reaion to congratulate himself upon the imely delivery of the stolen watch to lis mother; for the prisoner from vhom it hod been taken had already mnnuneed its loss; and had it been ound upon the thi^f, it would have ieen matter, under the stern policy iirsued by Singleton, for instantly lurrying him to some one of the thoutand swinging boughs overhead. With he clear daylight, a court-martial at he drum-head sat In judgment on the nisoner. He told his story with a composure that would have done credt to Innocence. There was no contra1 let ion In his narrative. Singleton imposed sundry questions. "Why did you not stand when called o?" "I was but one. major, and you were wo; and when the British and Tories ?re thick about us, it stands to reason that it was them calling. I didn't nake out your voice." "And why did you not proceed dl ectly to your mother's? Why let so uuch time efapse between the pursuit ind your appearance at her cabin?" "I lay close after they had gone, major. for I didn't know that they had lone looking after me." Prompt and ready were his several espunses. and. apart from the initial iffence of leaving his post, nothing muld he ascertained calculated to convict hirn of any other error. In he meantime he exhibited no more nterest in the scene than In the most >rdlnary matter. One side of his body, is was its wont, rested upon the other: one leg- hung at ease, and his lead, sluggish like the rest of his person. was bent over, so as to lie on his shoulder. At this stage of the proceedings. his mother, whose anxieties had been greater on the subject than those of her son, now made her apt>eai-ance. tottering towards the group with a step in which energy and feebleness were strangely united. Her first words were those of reproach to Singleton: ".Vow wherefore, gentlemen, do you bind the boy? Is it because he loves the old woman, his own mother? Oh, for shame! it's a cruel shame to do so! Will you not loose the cord?" She hobbled over to the place where) her son stood alone, and her bony fingers were for a moment busied with the thongs, as if she strove to release him. The prisoner himself twisted from her. and his repulse was not confined to his action. "A'drat It, mother' have done. Sayj it out what you know, and done wltl it." "What can you say, dame, In thli matter?" inquired Singleton. "It's my son you tie with ropes?It'i a good son to me?will you not loos* him?" "He has done wrong, dame; he hai left his post, and has neglected hi! duty." "He came to see his mother?his ok mother; to bring her comfort, for h< had been long away, and she looker for him?she thought he had hac wt-nnc \v#s there harm in :hls?" None, only as he had other duties not less Important, which he sacrificed for this. But say what you know." She (lid so, and confirmed the fugitive's story; was heard patlentl) through a somewhat tedious narrative, In which her own feelings, and a strange show of love for the Indifferent savage, were oddly blended with the circumstances which she told Though unavailing to save him from punishment, the evidence of his mother, and her obvious regard, had th efTect of modifying Its severity. The crfurt found him guilty, and sentenced him to the lash. Twenty lashes, and imprisonment In the discretion of the commander, were decreed as his punishment. A long howl?a shriek of demoniac energy?from the old woman, as she heard the doom, rang in the ears of the party. Her long skinny finger was uplifted In vain threatenings, and her lips moved in vague adjurations and curses. Singleton regretted the necessity which made him sanction the decree. but example was necessary In the lax state of discipline which at that time prevailed throughout the country. Marlon, who was himself Just und indexible, had made him a disciplinarian. "You will not say 'Yes' to this," cried the old woman to Singleton. "You a gentleman, and your words are kind. You will forgive the boy." "I dare not, my good woman. Your son knew his duty, and neglected It We must make an example, and warn other offenders. The punish ment is really slight in comparison with that usually given for an offence so likely to be fatal as this of which your son has been guilty. He must submit." The old woman raved furiously, but her son rebuked her. His eyes were thrown up obliquely to the commander. and the expression of his face was that of a sneaking defiance, as he rudely enough checked her in her denunciations. "Hold tongue, mother?a'drat It! Can't you thank the gentlemen for favor?" A couple of soldiers strapped him up: when, having first taken off his outer jacket, one of them, with a common wagon-whip, prepared to execute the sentence, while the old woman, almost In danger from the lash, pressed closely to the criminal, now denouncing and how Imploring the court: at one moment abusing her son for his folly In returning to the camp, and the next, with salt tears running down her withered cheeks, Keeking to soothe and condole with him in his sufferings. They would have removed her from the spot before the punishment began, but she threw herself upon the earth when they attempted it, and would only rise when they forbore the effort. He, the criminal, was as impassive as ever. Nothing seemed to touch him, either In punishment he was to receive, or the agonizing sensations which he witnessed in his mother, and which were felt in his behalf. He helped the soldiers to remove his vest, and readily turned his back towards them, while, obliquely over his shoulder, his huge staring eyes were turned to the spot where Singleton stood. ^ with glance somewhat averted from the scene of ignominy. The first stroke was followed by a piercing shriek from the old woman? a bitter shriek and a curse; but with that stroke she began counting the blows. "One"?"two"?her enumeration perpetually broken by exclamations of one sort or another?now of pity, now of horror, denunciation, and the most impotent expression of paralytic rage? ing some such phrases as the following: ?"The poor boy!?his mother never whipped him'?they will murder him! ?two?for he came to see her?three? was ever the like to whip a son for this!?four?God curse them; God curse them!?five I can curse, too, that I can?they shall feel me, they shall hear me!?six, seven?that is eight?nine. Oh, the wretches! but bear up, Ned, bear up?it Is half over ?that is ten?my poor boy! Oh, do not strike so hard. Istok! the red on the shirt?it Is blood! Oh, wretches! have you no mercy??it is most done ? there, there?stop! Hell blast you for ever!?that was twenty. Why did you strike another? I curse you with a black curse for that other stroke! You ragged imp!?you vile polecat! ? I curse you for that stroke!" The execution was over. Unflinching to the last, though the strokes were severely dealt, the criminal had borne them. He looked the very embodiment of callosity. His muscles were neither composed nor rigid during the operation; and though the flesh evidently felt, the mood of the wretch seemed to have undergone nc change. Before he could yet be freed from the cords, his mother's arms were thrown around him; and though I he strove to shake her off. and shrank from her embraces, she yet persisted and, with a childish fondness, shf strove, with kind words, while helping him on with his jacket, to consols him for his sufferings. "And you will go with me now Neddy?you will go from these crue men?" "I cannot, mother; don't you know I'm to be under guard so long as th( major chooses?" "He will not?you will not tie hinr up again; you will let him go now with his mother." She turned to Singleton as sh< spoke: but his eye refused her ere his tongue replied? "He will be In custody for twelv< hours; and let me say to you, dame that for such an offence his punishment is a very slight one. Marlon*! men would suffer two hundred lashes and something more than restraint for the same crime." "God curse him!" she said bitterly as she again approached her son, wltl whom she conversed apart. He whispered but a word In her ear, and ther I i turned away from her. She looked after him a moment, as the guard s marched him Into the rear but her finger was uplifted towards Singleton, , 9 and the fierce fire shooting out from i her grey eye. and moving in the direction of the pointed finger, was long af5 ter remembered by him. In a few i moments more, she was gone from the 1 camp, and, with a degree of elasticity 1 scarcely comporting with her years, i was trudging fast on her way to Dor1 Chester. I Waiting until she had fairly departed, Singleton at length left his camp , on the Ashley, and leaving no traces I of his sojourn but the dying embers of his fires, he led the way towards the designated encampment at Ba- 1 r con's bridge. This was a few miles above Dorchester, on the same river, I and immediately contiguous to the Cypress Swamp. An old battery and 1 i barracks, built by General Moultrie, 1 . and formerly his station, prior to the i siege of Charleston, furnished a much 1 more comfortable place or aDoae man s that which he had just vacated. Here i he took that repose which the tails of 1 the last twenty-four hours rendered I absolutely necessary. > (To be Continued.) RIGHT TO READ A TELEGRAM. 1 Receiver May Refuae to Pay For Message After Seeing It. "Of the many popular suppositions which are erroneous," said a tel' grapher to a Was. igton Star reporter, "one is that addressee or the receiver of a telegram, upon which the 1 tolls are to be collected must pay the : charges if he opens the envelope and reads the message. , "This, however. Is not correct, but it is astonishing how universal is this , belief. There are many ways of accounting for it and perhaps one may be attributed to the fact that a letter sent through the mails, upon which postage is due and collectible is surrendered to the addressee only upon the payment of the necessary deficient postage. "Much more Importance attaches to a telegram than to a letter on the part of the recipient, and it Is seldom Ithat a person will refuse to receive and to pay for a telegram sent 'collect.' though an Individual might refuse to pay the additional postage due upon a letter, holding that if the sender did not esteem it of sufficient importance to fully prepay It, the addressee did not care to receive it. .But there is always more or less importance regarding a telegram, and many persons have received a collect telegram and then afterward kicked themselves because they were required to pay the charge. "But a telegram may be opened, read and refused precisely as the addressee of a letter may refuse to receive a letter. In the latter instance the addressee does not open the envelope. but endorses thereon the words 'refused by addressee,' and signs his name, and this is the course to pursue with a telegram which the addressee does 1101 urnur i?? aurn, only the envelope may be first opened. "The telegraph company protects itself In always Insisting at the time of the receipt of a 'collect message' that the sender shall deposit with the receiver a suf.lcient sum to pay for full tolls, and if this is not demanded and received by the clerk accepting the message he is held personally responsible by the company In the event of the message being refused at the other end of the line. "Many persons send collect telegrams often at great length and considerable cost, as a means of annoyance or as a joke on the recipient, but the Joke may be turned on the other , fellow by simply refusing to pay the charges. There is one exception, however, to the rule, and the public might bear it in mind to advantage. Often telegrams are Sent which require a direct and immediate answer. In these Instances the collect charges are expected to be paid , whether the recipient likes the message or not, and it is seldom that we have trouble In such cases as regards the tolls. "Another point of general public 1 , interest about telegrams is the sign- ' ing of the messenger's delivery sheet 1 , at the time of the delivery of the : . message and the noting thereon by I the recipient of the hour when the message was delivered. "Some persons consider this as In, consequential and leave it for the messenger to do, supposing that they are . doing the company a favor in thus , noting the time of delivery, not car, ing about this item so long as they receive the telegram. I^ater in many , important instances, they find that | , the hour of the receipt of the message | I becomes of primary importance be- ( , cause of subsequent events, but they ( find that there is a discrepancy In the ( . time noted on the messenger boy's | delivery sheet and their recollection , , of the actual time. I , "In writing a telegram, and espe- ( I dally the recipient's name and address ( and the sender's name, greater care ^ i should be used than in the superscrip- , . tion on a piece of mail matter as we ( . do not follow up the addressee as in | j the case with a letter which may not , ? be immediately delivered. Yet most ] I people, in sending a telegram, seem s to become imbued with electric haste, i write as rapidly as possible and scrawl : their signature. While it is true the , receiving clerks are careful in receiv> ing mesages at the time of their handing in, yet errors are bound to > be made when the message is badly : or hurriedly written." < I "In God Wk Trust."?This Is the motto which Is stamped 011 all our r silver and gold coins. Yet it was not ? until 1864 that it became a custom. , and the first coin which bore the mot1 to was a copper two cent piece which , r was coined on April 22, 1864, especially to have this motton stamped up> on it. The idea was originally suggested by a man from Maryland, who said that as we were a Christian people it i was only meet that we should make proper recognition of the fact in our coinage. The motto itself was taken from the national hymn, "The Star ' Spangled Banner." , About 1886 the London "Tit-Bits" offered a prize for the* best definition * of money. The following definition by Henry Beggs was awarded the de, cislon: "Money is an article which 1 may be used as a universal passport to everywhere except heaven, and as a universal provider of everything ex1 cept happiness." CAREY DISPENSARY LAW. u , Text of Bill to Abolish State Whisky (Machine. WHISKY TO BE SOLD BY COUNTIES. New Measure Wee Favorably Reported to the Mouse Last Monday, and la Now Receiving Conaideration at the Handa of the Members. The dispensary committee of the house yesterday decided to make a favorable report on the Carey bill, which provides for local option as between county dispensaries and county prohibition and calls for the state r)(arVAnanMr * rv hfi ohnHohoH Tho - LI J O J/t 11OCX. I J IU W avvnoiivui I I>V mittee also made an unfavorable report on the Richard's bill, which abolishes the state board of dispensary directors but retains the state dispensary under a form somewhat like that of the Raysor-Mannlng bill, which came up last year and was defeated. No action was taken on the Sash bill, which provides for prohibition. "A bill to declare the law In reference to and to regulate the manufacture, sale, use, consumption, possesdon, transportation and disposition alcoholic liquors and beverages within this state, and to police the tame. "Section 1. Be It enacted by the general assembly of the state of touth Carolina: "That all alcoholic liquors and beverages. whether manufactured within this state or elsewhere, not having been tested and found to be pure and free from poisonous and ieleterious matter as hereinafter provided, are hereby declared to be det rimental, and their use and consumption to be against the morals, good health and safety of the state and contraband. f'On and after the approval of this ick. the manufacture, sale, barter, exchange, receipt or acceptance for unlawful use, delivery, storing and keeping In possession In this state of irty spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented. brewed (whether lager or rice t?eer) or other liquors and beverages, >r any compound and mixture thereof which contain alcohol and It Is jsed as a beverage. Is hereby prohibit: except -In Incorporated cities or towns of this state, In counties wherein the same may be permitted is hereinafter provided. Any person 'onvicted of violating this section ?hall be punished by Imprisonment at hard labor for a period not less than three months nor more than six fnonths, or by a fine of not less than 1100 nor more than $600. "Section 2. The questions, either or Doth, whether the liquors and beva^ages mentioned In section 1 of this ict may be sold or manufactured In my county In this state shall be determined at special election to be held n such county on the first Tuesday 'ollowing the first Monday In Novemner of any year In which a general alection for state and county officers s appointed by law to be held. And it such election there shall also be mbmltted the question whether onethird of the license fees and dlspen<ary profits shall be paid to the county school fund or to roads and irldges. Such election shall be orlered by the county supervisor of such county upon there being filed with him before the first day of May if such year a petition In writing praying for such election upon either or both of such questions, signed Dy one-third of the qualified electors if such county. He shall give 30 lays' notice by advertisement of such election, and the same shall be held ind conducted by the same officers tnd under the rules and regulations provided by law for general state elections. Successive elections jnder this section are permitted, but they shall not be held In any one ;ounty upon the same question oftenr*r than once in four years. "Provided, That during the year 1907 such election may be held upon such day as may be appointed by the rounty supervisor, upon similar notice. in the same manner and by the <ame officers. "Provided, further, That In counties which have heretofore voted upon the question of dispensary or no Jlspensary under existing laws, such election shall not be held prior to the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November. 1908. "Sec. 3. At such election the election commissioners for such county ^hall at each voting precinct therein provide one ballot box in which the ballots must be cast. Any person who Is a qualified elector of such county may vote in said election. Every voter who is in favor of such manufacture in the county, if such election be upon the question of manufacture, *hall cast a ballot upon which shall be printed the words, 'For manufacture;' and every voter opposed shall L-ast a ballot upon which shall be printed the words, 'Against manufacture." Every voter who is in favor of the sale of such liquors and beverages in the county, if such election be upon the question of sale, shall cast a ballot on which shall be printed the words, "For sale;' and every voter opposed shall cast a ballot upon which shall be printed the words, 'Against sale.' ; "Kvery voter in favor of ttpplication of license fees to county school fund shall cast a ballot for county school funds and every voter In favor of application to roads and bridges shall cast a ballot for roads and bridges. "Sec. 4. If a majority of the ballots cast in such election upon the question of manufacture be 'For manufacture,' It shall be lawful for any person, firm or corporation to manufacture and sell such liquors and beverages within said county as hereinafter provided, until the result of such election be reversed by a subsequent election. If a majority of the ballots cast in such election upon the question of sale be 'For sale,' it shall loifful frvr uiifh linunrs and hftver ages to he sold in said county as hereinafter provided until the result of such election be reversed by a subsequent election. "Sec. f>. If the sale of. alcoholic liquors and beverages be authorized by such election, the governor, upon recommendation of the county board of education of such county, the may- c or or intendant of the city or town 1 s within which a dispensary may be lo- f cated, or manufacture allowed, and t the senator and members of the F c house of representatives of such county, shall appoint three qualified d electors of the county, who shall be e known as 'county dispensary board.' and whose term of office shall be two years, subject to removal by the gov- c ernor for cause. One member of the ? board shall be recommended by each c of the bodies above named, which shall also have the power to fill any ? vacancy, a majority thereof In each 1 instance controlling. If there be 8 more than one city or town In such a county within which a dispensary may be located, then, and Fn such a case, a majority of the mayors or In- 0 tendants-of such cities and towns shall control In their recommenda- 8' tlon; and if there should be a failure 8 on their part for any reason to agree, ' then the appointment of the member to be recommended by them shall be made by the delegation. Each mem- j! ber of the board shall, before enter ing upon his duties, enter into a ~ good and sufficient bond In the sum 1 of 15,000 in the form prescribed by tj section 584, volume 1, code of laws, . 1902. The board shall organize by the election of a chairman and a secretary from among their number. Each number of the board for his . services jihall receive $3 per day for not exceeding 10 days In each month, and mileage, 5 cents per mile each (I way. tratffellng in the most direct route. Said board shall have . the power, and is hereby required, to make from time to time rules and Sj regulations for the government of tj any dispensary under its control. The Sl said hoard is hereby authorized and t] required to establish a dispensary or M [dispensaries, as said board may deem ^ proper, for the sale of alcoholic 11- e, quors and beverages as herein pro- () vided. X^e board shall elect a dispenser for each dispensary, who a shall have charge of same, under the 0 supervision of said board; and who w shall hold his position for 12 months. ? unless removed by the board in the tj exercise of Its discretion; the said board may employ such clerks and g( J assistants as may in their Judg- 0 ment be necessary, and pay them, a including the dispenser such sal- 0 ary as the said board moy tlx. A Provided, no salary or compen- u tion s"hall be regulated or be p made dependent upon the amount n | of sales. Said dispenser shall give fl bond in the sum of $5,000 in the t| form prescribed by section 584, volume 1, code of laws 1902. ti "Sec. 6\ The members of the said n county dispensary board are hereby n declared to be county officers, and b are hereby authorized and empower- |< ed under-the authority and in the t' 1 M At-'- -*-* ? K??*r I m nmr mor. *1 name 01 mm siaie i<> uu/ auj ....... ket and retail within the state liquors and beverages as provided herein: a Provided. That the state shall not be h liable upon any contract for the pur- n chase thereof beyond the actual as- q sets of the dispensary for which the a purchase Is made. si "The members of the county dis- ? pensary board shall be persons of Ci known moral character and not dl- ci rectly or indirectly applicants for ap- a pointment. si "Sec. 7, The said board shall ad- t< vertise in two or more daily papers a in this state, and one weekly paper of the country, for bids to supply the kinds and quantities of liquor and w beer to be bought. Such bids shall be 11 only tor the liquor and beer to be t< furnished' during the three months fi following, and the kinds and qualities P shall be designated. The bids shall a be sealed and there shall be no sign 8 or mark "upon the envelope Indicat- n ing the name of the bidder. All bids a must be sent by express to the county ? treasurer within JO days after the '' first advertisement therefor. The county treasurer shall keep such bids without permitting inspection of the P same until the expiration of said 30 ? days, when they shall be opened in public by said board and the contract ' awarded to the lowest responsible 8 bidder for each kind. Said award n shall be forthwith published once In ? a newspaper published in th? county. P "l"" ? Tt ahaII ha lh? rflltv of the ? said board to cause an analysis of the t' liquors in stock to be made by some person competent to determine a whether any of said liquors are adul- ? terated or impure, to the end that no a Impure liquors shall be sold by dis- a pensarles. If upon analysis it shall J1 be determined that such liquors are adulterated or impure, the county a dispensary board may retain the price thereof from the seller, or If '' they have been paid for the said 11 board may. In the name of the state, ? institute an action against the seller a for the recovery of the amount so 11 paid. ? "Sec. 9. The county dispensary r board shall, during the first week of each month, make a sworn statement * of the receipts, expenditures and liabilities of each dispensary for the preceding month and cause the same ^ to be published once in some news| paper published in the county, during that week. | "Sec. 10. Each dispenser shall be c a qualified elector of this state and a t resident of the county; who has never ^ pleaded guilty or been adjudged gull- , ty of violating any law relating to In- * toxicating liquors; that he is not a t keeper of a restaurant or place of public amusement, and is not addicted r to the use of intoxicating liquors as . a beverage. j "Sec. 11. Each dispenser shall daily deposit, to the credit of the county r dispensary board, in a bank designa- ^ ted by the board, all moneys received by him from sales. "Sec. 12. The county dispensary j board, before permitting any dlspen- e ser to offer any liquor for sale, shall cause the same to be put into pack- j ages of not less than one-half pint nor more than five gallons and seal J the same. The dispenser shall sell j by the package only, and no person # shall open the same or drink any of r the contents on the premises. j "Sec. 13. All sales shall be for cash f and at a profit to be determined by T the board. c "Sec. 14. Xo sale or delivery per- f mitted under this act shall be made on Sunday, on a general or primary j election day. on a legal holiday or be- , tween sunset and sunrise of any day. T "Sec. 15. Xo sale or delivery shall r be made if the dispenser knows or ^ h;ts reason to believe that the pur-l^ chaser is a minor or is intoxicated, or r is in the habit of using: intoxicating: t liquors to excess, or if the parent, -j husband, wife, committee or guardian p; has made written request that no sale j or delivery be made to such purchas- > er. a "Sec. 16. The dispenser shall sell t only in a room fronting a public t street, without pictures, mirrors or y any ornamentations whatever, Inside 1 or outside, and without any screen, ? curtain or other device for preventing * the passing public from fully viewing what may be transpiring within; nor * shall any restaurant, pool or billiard .1 room, or any other form of public j amusement be run or conducted in the < building In which said room Is situated, nor shall any opening commu- < nicatlng with such be permitted. "Sec. 17. The governor, county dls- j pensary board, mayor or intendant of 1 any city or town within which a dls- r pensary may be located, are hereby ( given the power and authority to cause :t the places where sales are permitted ? by this act to be temporarily closed, r as often and for such time as the pub- ,t lie good may demand. i "Sec. 18. On the first days of January, April. July and October in every 1 year, the county dispensary board ,j shall file with the clerk of court a < sworn statement of the profits of each < dispensary in the county, for the three s months preceding said dates, respec- 1 tively. which shall be recorded by him j in a hook kept for that purpose and s published within the county. The board 1 shall file a copy thereof with each of j the following officers: The county j treasurer, the county supervisor and i the county superintendent of educa- 1 tlon; and upon the said days shall dl- a vide the profits Into three equal parts; j me-thlnl to be paid to the count] rea.surer for ordinary county expenea one-third to the county treasure) or the county school fund, and onehird to the treasurer of the municipality in which said dispensary is loated, for ordinary expenses. "Sec. 19. Licensed druggists conlucting drug stores, and manufacturrs of proprietary medicines, are here>y authorized to purchase alcohol 01 ntoxicating liquors, not includini ager or rice beer, for the purpose ol ompoundlng medicines, tinctures and xtracts, that cannot be used as s leverage. "Sec. 20. Any parent, husband, wife ommittee or guardian giving the noIce or request provided for in thlsacl hail have a right of action against ny dispenser violating such notice 01 equest, and may sue for and recovei amages therefor on the bond required f such dispenser. "Sec. 21. All alcoholic liquors In posesslon of any pferson for unlawful use hall be seized without warrant, and ' no action to recover same is begun 'ithtn thirty days from such seizure, r if such action be begun and the iidgment of the court be adverse tc hxx nlulntiff tHon un/?h llnimra flhflll |/iam?iu, *?vw omv.. >rfelted to the county in which the ime Is seized, If .there be a dlspensay In said county, and disposed of as tie county dispensary board may deem est; but if there be no dispensary herein, such liquors shall be destroytl by the sheriff .of the county. "Sec. 22. Upon affidavit, which may e on information and belief, to the ffect that contraband liquor is being nlawfully concealed, kept or stored i any place, a search warrant may be ?sued by any magistrate of the couny empowering any officer or person rho may be deputized to enter the aid place, day oc night, and to search he said premises for the purpose ol sizing the said contraband liquors herein concealed, kept or stored, hlch said liquor when so seized shall e disposed of as hereinbefore provldd for the disposition of unlawful IIuors. "Sec. 23. Any person detected in the ct of violating any of the provisions f this act shall be liable to arrest -Ithout warrant: Provided, a warrant hall be procured within a reasonable Ime thereafter. "Sec. 24. Every person who dlsposesses or rescues from a constable oi ther officer, or attempts so to do, any lcoholic liquors or beverages taken r detained by such officer charged run me eniorcemeni or uiig taw biuui, pon conviction, be punished by imrlsonment not less than three months or more than twelve months, or by a ne of not less than $100 nor more han $500. "Sec. 25. Any person handling conraband liquor In the night time ordevering the same shall be guilty of a llsdemeanor, and on conviction shall e punished by Imprisonment for not 588 than three months nor more than welve months, or by a fine of not leas ban $100 nor more than $500. "Sec. 26. Any wagon, cart, boat or ny other conveyance, together with orses, mules, or other animal or aniials and harness accompanying the ame, transporting liquors or beverges at night, other than regular pasenger or freight steamers and railay cars, shall be liable to seizure and ontlscatlon, and to that end the offler shall cause the same to be duly dvertlsed and sold and the proceeds ent to the county dispensary board, > be applied as hereinbefore directed s to the profits. "Sec. 27. Any common carrier, or s agents or seryants. or any person -ho shall carry or transport alcoholic quors or beverages for unlawful use > any place or county where manuicture or sale of alcoholic liquors It rohiblted, shall be deemed guilty oi misdemeanor, and upon conviction hall be fined not legs than $100 and ot more than $500, or be Imprisoned t hard labor for not lees than 30 dayi r more than two years, or by both, i the discretion of the court "Sec. 28. Any person who shall In tils state offer for sale, or solicit the urchase of, any of the liquors oi everages mentioned in section 1 ol his act, other than for personal use, hether for present or future delivery, hall be deemed guilty of a misdeleanor and upon conviction In a court f comnetent lurlsdictlon shall be unlshed by fine of not less than $10(1 r imprisonment1 for not less than hree months. "Sec. 29. All places where person? re permitted to resort for the purpose f drinking alcoholic liquors or'beverges are hereby declared nuisancea nd the keeper or manager of such laces, upon conviction, shall be pun*hed as provided in section 1 of thit ct. * "Sec. 30. Every person who shall Irectly or indirectly, keep or mainain by himself, or by associating oi ombinlng with others, or who shall in ny manner aid, assist or abet In keepng or maintaining, any club room oi ther place in which any alcoholic IIuors or beverages are received oi ept for use, barter or sale as a bevrage, or for distribution or dlvisior mong the members of any club oi ssoclation by any means whatever nd every person who shall receive arter, sell, assist, or abet another ii eceiving, bartering or selling, an] Icohnllc liquors or beverages, so reeived or kept, shall be deemed guilt] >f a. misdemeanor, and upon convlcIon thereof shall be punished by ( 'ne of not less than g 100 or more thai 500, or by imprisonment for a tern f not less than three months nor mon han twelve months. "Sec. 31. It shall be unlawful for an] lub, company, association or corpor tion. or any chartered company nov n existence, or hereafter to be incor orated, for social, literary or othei urpose, within this state, to bu]%sell ;eep for sale, exchange, barter or di8' ense without a license any liquor wine, beer, bitters or other lntoxicatng spirits for any purpose whatever Ither to members or to other persons nd any member or members know ngly belonging to any club, company issociation or corporation which reelves and dispenses intoxicating spir ts contrary to the provisions of thli ection, shall be deemed guilty of ? nisdemeanor. and upon convictloi hereof before a magistrate shall b< ined In a sum not less than |30 noi nore than 350. or imprisoned In th< ounty jail not exceeding thirty days or each and every offense. "Sec. 32. The payment of the Unitec Uates special tax as a liquor seller ?r notice of any kind in any place oi esort. or in any store or shop, indiatlng that alcoholic liquors are then old. kept or givensaway, shall be helc 0 be prima facie evidence that th< erson or persons paying said tax anc he parties displaying such notices an icting In violation of this act, am inless said person or parties are sellng under appointment as prescribet >y this act, they shall be punished b] 1 fine of not less than $100 nor mon han $500, or by imprisonment for ? erm of not less than three months noi nore than twelve months. Convictloi n the United States courts of illic! tales of liquor shall be taken as primt aele evidence of violation of the pn> ,'lsions of this act, and any dlstllle r manufacturer of liquors containlni ilcohol so convicted In the Unlte< ?tates court shall by reason of sucl :onvlctlon forfeit the permit or licensi granted him herein, In addition to thi ?ther penalties herein provided. "Sec. 33.- Upon conviction of an; Person for the violation of any provi ion of this act, where punishment ii lot provided for. such person shall b Ined or imprisoned at hard labor li he discretion of the court: Provided he fine shall not be less than |10( md the Imprisonment not less thai three months. "Sec. 34. In any county In this stat tn which the dispensary has not beei roted out by and under existing: law ind until an election is held In sue! rounty as is provided in this aet. an; llspensar.v now established thereli ?ha!T be continued as a dispensary ti ?ald county under this act. Ther shall be appointed by the governor, a <m? after the approval of this act a practicable, a county dispensary boar IT\ sucn couniv in me name miuiue is Is provided hereinbefore for ap nolntment of such boards, whose du ties and authority shall be the sam is hereinbefore provided for sue boards; said board 19 authorized t ' purchase from the proper state au* thorlties the stock on hand or so i* much thereof as may be necessary. "Sec. 35. In the event that a dlspen sary be established under the provi sions of this act in any county, and thereafter an election be held here under resulting in the disestablishment ' of the same, the county dispensary board in such county shall immedlatei* ly close the dispensaries therein, ditir pose of the stock on hand for cash to f some other county dispensary board or 1 to purchasers outside of this state, api ply the proceeds thereof, with any other assets, to the payment of out> standing obligations, and divide the net proceeds as hereinbefore provided t for dispensary profits. t "Sec. 36. If the manufacture of 11' quors and beverages In any county be ' authorized by the election hereinbeI fore provided for, any persons, Arm or corporation, upon paying annually In advance to the county dispensary 1 board In such county the sum of $5.1 000 to manufacture alooholic liquors i and beverages other than lager and rice beer, or the sum of |3,000 to mani ufacture lager and rice beer, and Allng ? ' J A a ho ItflA wiiii 29I&iu uumu a uuivu w vuv v?? ? ? 1 said county in the sum of $10,009, 1 with good and sufficient surety, conditioned upon the faithful compliance i with the law, is hereby licensed, sabi ject to revocation by this general assembly at its pleasure, to manufacture and sell alcoholic liquors and beverages, or lager and rice beer, as the case may be. in one city containing 1 more than 6.000 Inhabitants in such county: Provided, That it' shall not be lawful for such manufacturer to 1 sell such liquors and beverages or beer in less quantities than one-half pint, i or to sell them between sunset and > sunrise, or to sell them to be drunk | on the premises, or within this stats ' to sell them to any person. Arm or > corporation other than county dispensary boards. In the application for a > permit or license to manufacture liquors and beverages or beer, the applicant shall give the county dispensary board full power, upon any viola? tlon of this act, to seise and take ' possession of any machinery or pro duct on hand, at the distillery or place ! where such applicant may manufac1 ture such liquors or beers, and shall authorise such board to p?y the.Uitlted states government tax upon the same ' and dispose thereof as provided here' In for contraband goods. ' "Sec. S7. The license fee provided 1 for in section 29 shall be divided by the county dispensary board Into three equal parte, one-third to be paid i to the county treasurer for ordinary county purposes; one-third to the 1 county treasurer for the school fund or for roads and bridges, as provided by section 3, and one-third to the municipality in which said manufac' tory is allowed, and shall be paid over and applied as hereinbefore provided : for dispensary profits. ' "Sec. 38. The manager of each reg1 istered distillery of liquor in this state shall report quarterly to the county ' dispensary board of the county in 1 which it may be located, showing the number of gallons of each kind of 111 quor on hand, manufactured or disposed of during the quarter; and 4f the said report fa.il to correspond with the return of said distiller to the 1 United States revenue collector of tills state, or it Is shown that said manager has disposed of liquor contrary to 1 this act, said distillery shall be deem; ed to be a common nuisance, and the ' said manager and his aiders and assistants and the premises shall be ' proceeded against as In this act pro1 vided as to places where liquors are ! sold contrary to this act. 1 "Section 39. . In the event that the manufacture of alcohol liquors and [ beverages be allowed under the pro visions of this act in any county, and ' thereafter an election be held hereunder resulting In the prohibition of the 1 same, the license to so manufacture 1 under the provisions of this act Is . I hsiwhv ravnkMl. "Sec. 40. In any county In thia state in which the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors or beers Is now licensed and the establishments are now In operation, permission and license are hereby granted to such manufacturers upon compliance with the terms of this act, and subject to Its provisions and limitations, to continue said manufacture and sale, until an election be held as provided In this act upon the question of manufacture: and If such election result In the prohibition of such manufacture, the license hereby granted Is hereby revoked. "Sec. 41. It shall be the duty of the sheriff, their deputies, ipaglstrates, constables, rural police, city and town officials, to enforce the provision of this act. If they fall to do so. It Is hereby made the duty of the governor to enforce the same, and he is hereby authorized to appoint such deputies, constables and detective* as may be necessary: the salaries and expenses of such officers to be paid out of the profits of the dispensaries In counties wherein they may be established, and out of the ordinary county funds in countleir wherein they have not been established. "Sec. 42. If any member of the county dispensary board, any dispenser. clerk or assistant In their employ. violates any of the provisions of this act he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be removed from office. * . "Sec. 43. The state dispensary is hereby abolished and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. "Sec. 44. This act shall go Into effect Immediately upon Its approval by the governor." Ready Remedies. When food will not stay on the " stomach put one teaspoonful of lime ' water in a glass of milk and sip it ' slowly. When a cut will not heal saturate a piece of absorbent cotton with coal oil and bind on. ' If there is trouble of any kind with ' the eyes, a wash of either cold tea or j new milk Is good. i In slight cases of rheumatism, If the [ parts afflicted are wrapped In a piece of all-wool flannel, it will generally give relief. ' For pains In the stomach, a flannel f cloth dipped in hot water, into which . a teaspoonful of turpentine has been i added, placed over the stomach will J give almost Instant relief, j A cup of hot water will relieve a > sick stomach, and for those who can1 not take It plain, try a little lemon . j juice, a lump of sugar or a pinch of r salt. * J For sprains or bruises either hot or * cold applications are good, but stick j to one or the other, and after bandt aging keep the bandages well satur1 ated. p Apples and cider taken in ' large j quantities will be found more pleasing 1 and quite as effective as a dose of 1 castor oil. Prunes can also be taken In g e large quantities, and will have the same effect. f Hold a bruised finger in a cup of j hot water for a few minutes and It e will prevent further trouble. The wail ter should be as hot as it Is possible I' to stand it. Gatherings and runn arounds can be successfully treated In the same manner. e Certain kinds of toothache can be " relieved by painting the gums with h a solution of one-half iodine and oney half glycerin. If there Is a cavity In the tooth, saturate a small piece of e absorbent cotton In oil of cloves, tincs ture of myrrh or laudanum and place ? In the cavity. r For a nervous headache, a flannel cloth dipped In hot water and placed * first on the temples and then on the ^ back of the head at the base of the o brain Is sure to give relief.