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THURSDAY. JULY 13. 1905.
That ancient mariner must have had
Charleston in his eye when he said.
“Water, water everywhere, but not a
drop to drink ”
Sevator Tillman’s letter on the dis
pensary was as skilful a straddle as we
have seen for some time. He has not
discovered to his satisfaction ujKjn
which side of the liquor question the
majority of the voters are. AN hen l»e
does he will jump in front of thecrowd,
and make them believe he is leading
them.
On* ot th« Grafts In this Great Moral Fraud
The meeting of the State board of
control was not held on the 11th, but
has been put off until next Tuesday ;
and there is reason for the belief that a
week hence things will develop in the
South Carolina dispensary system to
make it as notorious throughout the j
United States as it was during the days
of 1890 to 1892.
The publication of several newspaper j
stories during the past three weeks has |
given rise to no little comment on the j
manner in which the business of the ^
State liquor institution is conducted.
U’hile there has been no direct charge
of graft made, it has been so strongly
intimated or hinted at that little room
remains to dcubt what is meant
The Newberry’ incident, in which the |
fact was called* to attention that the
purchasingcommittee of the dispensary
has never told the public what they
were paying for goods purchased and re
cently has refused to make a statement j
of what was purchased, or how much, j
has caused so much talk that the whole |
system is threatened with a crash.
Every county is dissatisfied and already
a movement is going the rounds of the
State intended to make South Carolina
a prohibition state rather than continue
an institution which a pears to be fat
tening a few select ones.
More recent events and of more im
pressive weight are statements showing
that there is something crooked in the
sale of certain brands of whiskey ; that
dealers are offered the best kind of an
opportunity to‘‘make a little on the
side” by working against other classes
of goods and directly for the sale of
these particular brand
SPECim SALE.
The leakage in the government cot
ton reports of late is another scandal
that has developed at Washington ; so
it does apjiear as if our whole govern
mental system is permeated with graft
and other forms of dishonesty. The
official, one Holmes, who sold the in
formation, has been dismissed from the
service ; and this has been his only pun
ishment, while there is no telling how
large a fortune he has accumulated by
his dishonesty.
After all it is not clearly apparent
what good the publication of these cot
ton reports is to the country at large
We do not know’ in what way the far
mer’s interest was advanced by the
knowledge on July 1st that the condi
tion stood at 77. They could make no
use of such information except for
speculation. So it seems that it is only
for the interest of the speculators—bus
iness interests, as it is called—that this
business is carried on. It is quite
p - oper for the two great cotton ex
changes, financial newspapers, and reg
ular cotton firms to get and publish all
the information they can al>out the cot-
t >n crop, and all other important crops
but when the Government enters into
such business it is only for speculators’
purposes, and affords only other oppor
tunities for graft. The sooner it is
stopped the better. We are getting
too much government.
As to the actual value of the esti
mates put out by the Agricultural de
partment, the statistics show thatdur
ingthe pa**-ten years ^ his department
yield by quantities ranging from 400,-
000 to 1,600,000 bales; the average un
derestimate having been 850,OCX) bales.
As compared with this inaccuracy of
the government statisticians the esti
mates put out annually by the New
York exchange members show for the
same ten years an under estimate of
only 312,715 bales. Their estimate was
nearer the truth by over a half million
bales than that of the Government.
Now in view’ rf the rascality in the de
partment that has just been forced to
an exposure by Mr. Cheatham it may
reasonably be asked, How long has
such rascality been going on?
The disappearance of a large sum of
Uiouey paid by a Charleston dispenser
to an inspector of the State establish
ment is a remarkable mystery, but more
remarkable is the attitude of th<‘ dis
pensary authorities toward the incident.
The first story was to the effect that the
Charleston dispenser was found to be
due something like $1600 to the State,
and that the inspector required him to
pay over this sum, but on arriving at
Columbia found it had vanished and
made it good himself. This much
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terested in the argument, and at the
close of the same reserved hisdecision.
On Saturday Judge Aldrich filed his
It seems that for some time there has decree granting the permanent injunc-
been a disposition by certain retail dis- tion asketl, and forbidding the commis-
pensers to push certain brandsof goods, gioners appointed by Governor Hej ward
Orders were constantly coining in from from taking any stops towaids prepar-
certain dispensers for these goods j ing for an election or establishing Hey-
while at other dispensaries there was
no sale at all for the same goods
About the same time letters began to
come in from some of the dispensers
stating that these brands of goods con
tained too many bottles to the case.
As a result Commissioner Tatum had
ward county. Demurrers filed by the
defendants were overruled and the con-
tentions of the defendants sustained
over the answer filed.
In part Judge Aldrich says:
‘ If we are to construe the words ‘the
THE TAIL OF THE BEE
Ll’RAXA W. SHELDON.
“Sing me the song of the birds”, she
said,
“As th«y wake in the early day ;
The tender song of the orioles
In the tree tops far away.
Sing me the songs that so sweetly trill
From the bird to its gentle mate-
The lay of the wren and the whippoor
will—
I would know’ what tlieir trills relate. 4 *
The Office Seeking Prohibitionist.
same proposed new county as meaning j
nearly every case of goods at the whole- | identically the same in area and other , ”1 can sing you a song of the birds ” he
sale dispensary opened and found near- ! respects, it w’ould certainly lead to a said.
ly $3000 worth of certain brands over j most manifest absurdity for an elec- “ As they wake in the early day,
and above what had been ordered, tion could be had every six months or But the trees wiiere they carol are near
These extra bottles had been placed in j go by changing one square mile and by my bed-
the cases, and should the dispenser push | leaving out a few of the population, I would they were far away ;
this brand the extra bottles belonged | but I am satisfied that the makers of And, instead of the wren and whippoor-
the fundamental law of the State meant will,
no such absurdity and that the evil ’Tis the sparrow that sings to me
which they intended to suppress was A song that is noisesome and pert and
having the people of any particular | shrill,
section of the county harrassed oftener ^ And drives to profanity
than four years on the perplexed ques- '
tion of the foundation of a newcounty.”
to himself and he was that much in on
its sale.
Good Advice from President Jordan.
The following has been sent out by
President Harvie Jordan:
“The South is to be congratulated on
the prospects for general prosperity
during the next 18 months The loy
alty of southern farmers in standing
together during the last three months
of the year and holding their staple off
a depressed cotton market and follow
ing this by curtailing production for
1905 by materially reducing the cotton
acreac.*,and use of guano under cotton
is more largely responsible for the pres-
< nt condition of good prices than all
other causes combined.
Then tell me the tale of the bee,“she
The following is the order of tlie
court: 1 “As it sw’ays on the tendril there.
1. That the demurrer of the defend- Or whispers low to the roses red
ants, H. M. Cassels and L. W. Reese, In its flight through the golden air.
be, and tlie same is hereby overruled. Tell me the tale that the beetle tells
2. That the deft ndants and each of On the grass of the dewy lawn
them be, and t hey are hereby enjoined i For I would learn of the love that dwells
until the final hearing in this action, | In tliese creatures so lowly born.
from performing any acts or taking any j
steps or making any contracts under the j “i can tell you the tail of the bee,“he
act of the general assembly of 1905 un
der their appointment by his excel
lency, the governor, whatsoever, esp<>
“If crop conditions do not rapidly im- 1 daily from gat hermg any data <>r mak-
prove the supply of raw cotton for con- j ing any contracts for any surveys look-
sumption in 1906 will fall far short of j ing towards the calling of an election
the demand and prices will go very | for the proposed new county ot Hoy-
much higher. But abnormally high j ward.
prices will be as dangerous for the fu-| It is further ordered that the plain-
ture to the producer and spinning as i tiff, in fifteen days from the filing of
abnormally low prices, and we must this order, do file with the clerk of
endeavor to be conservative and consis- i court an understanding on their part,
tent. i without sureties, to the effect that they
“It will be the part of wisdom for all will pay to the defendants such damage
cotton producers to discourage specu
lative interests that would tend to drive
the price of spot cotton above 13 cents
per pound, just as it is imperative that
no farmer should ever again sell a
pound of middling cotton under 10
cents per pound. Let us not encourage
inflated prices tha^will hamper the
mills, curtail consK.Option of cotton
ulm - f-'i r. • w ^ ^ 7% -r——
in foreign fields. We hold’a complete
monopoly of the cotton industry of tlie
world up to 12 cents per pound, and at
that price good profits to the producer
can be realized.
“The rece .t advance in cotton is in
ducing many farmers already to sell
tlieir crop for future delivery in Oclo-
ber This is bad policy and if generally
indulged in will deluge such an enor
mous amount of the staple on the mar
ket during that month as to break
prices and prove injurious to those who
must sell. Learn to market the crop
s owly and do not go into speculative
p opositions.”
said
“For ’twas this that he left with me
As he lit on my nose when the rest had
lied
And made : t as bigas three.
But the beetle’s yarn is as ye 1 uaknown-
So far of its lore I lack—
But my language was wierd and st range
I own.
When a big one went down my back.”
Pickens Dispensary Cause Hung Up
The Pickens dispensary cause is hung
not exceeding $250, as the said defend- up until testimony can be taken, in
ants may sustain by reason of the in- j Newberry after hearing arguments In
junction, if the court sliall finally de
termine that the plaintiffs are not enti
tled thereto. I see no necessity for re
quiring the plaintiffs to give security,
as it is well known to the court that
the plaintiffs are amply worth the
iunonnt of the undertaking.
GOOD
EFFECT OF CONCEALED WEAPON
LAW.
the madainus case,an order was madejto
the effect that as the case had certain
points which should be considered by
the whole supreme court instead of one
member of that body the case was refer-
ed to A.J.Boggs, as special referee, to
take testimony and report the same
' * 'XK-th.'
The Vicious American ! I .to! Habit
T, ”*ee Henrv C. Ham’" <, nd of the Su
perior i urt of Gre irgh. deli ered a re-
m.v. .ble auuress befou; .lie Aiken, S
C , Law and Order League on tbe 4th
of July, in w lich he vigorously assailed
tlie Aineric; n habit of canyi ig pistols,
and paid his respects to lyncliers “The
concealed pistol,” he said, ‘‘is strictly
an Americanism” which leads “to man-
slay ing, to social disorder, and national
disgrace.” He admitted that there was
no state in which tin’s vicious mac,ice
was more common than in South Caro-
Cohunbia Rcconl.
The Fourth of July brought forth its
usual appalling cjuota of juvenile deaths
from explosions of cannon crackers and
the like. The dispatches also were fill
ed with accounts of wounds and deaths,
the direct result of the ever-ready hip
pocket pistol, the celebration of the
day bringing out more prominently the
fact that this murder producing is yet
one of the most serious menaces to so
ciety which the law has to combat. Po
lice Commissioner McAdoo, of New
York, in a recent article said that in
1903 there were 8,976 murders and hom
icides in the country and more than
one half of them were not deliberate,
but arose spontaneously from quarrels
and the possession of concealed weap
ons by the parties to them. From every
one of these murders, he says, there
were at least ten crimes of serious in
jury, the in jured men recovering. Thus
we hive fifty thousand cases of death
or injury in one year, which could have
been prevented had the laws against
carrying concealed weapons been prop-
there for a murderer to assert that his
victim put his hand on his hip pocket.
But he declared also that the situation
warranted “an amendment of the Con
stitution, the imposition of a prohibi-
came out several weeks after the live license on the manufacture and
occurrence and only by chance was it I sa l e pistols, or any other step that
i, can drive them from off the earth.”
On the lynching question the Judge
lina, and that it was sufficient defence ! «'’ly drawn and enforced. Along with
ond Tuesday fiCSeptember.
This means that unless the board Jof
directors decide to reopen the dis.
sary there that the county of Picke
will be dry until the case is decided.
The writ of mandamus was brought
by certain part ies of Pickens through
\V.Boyd Evans as attorney to compel
the county board to order the dispensary
reopened on the ground that the elec
tion was illegal
When the case was brought the dis
pensary at Pickens and other towns in
that county had already been closed
and it is now a question as to whetjier
they can be reopened pendingadecision
The members of the state board could
not be reached, but it was the opinion of
those who had studied the matter that
the dispensary would have to stay clo
sed as many of the points raised were
those of fact and that as the dispensary
had already been closed it would have
to stay closed.
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It is scarcely necessary to sound
Editor Recorder — What is com
monly understood as “prohibition,”
taken in the broad sense of voting out
the dispensary, opposition to liquor
sales of any kind, and awaking a strong
sentiment in favor of temperance gener
ally, seems to be up for discussion
throughout the State just now. As
a distinct party issue by the so called
prohibitionists I can’t understand why
they have laid full claim to the first
and third propositions as they seem in
clined to do. Strictly speaking prohi- j
bitionists oppose the sale only. There
are lots of people who want to get rid
of the dispensary, and stand for the
best interests of temperance, who
are not prohibitionists. However much
the prolii’s talk of voting out the
dispensary, and of the evils of intemper
ance, when it suits their purpose, they
don’t seem to embrace (ciu/h raiice&s a
full fledged principle. They stand for
the prohibition of liquor sales—at least
that is all they appear to contend for
in a lawful way.
When it comes to presenting a rea
sonable claim that suspending tlie sales
of liquor simply will insure temperate
conditions, I have seen no such tiling, |
nor do I expect to see it. No law, moral j
or civil, is any stronger than is the pub
lic sentiment back of it. That signing
petitions, securing a prohibitive major
ity against the sale of liquor, is all that
is necessary to institute a reform, is far
from being a rational view.
As a part of a party, or as a one-j
issue psirt of a party, why have those j
who take a stand against the sale of |
liquor any more right to assemble as an j
independent body to nominate candi- j
dates for state and county offices than
those of the same body politic who |
favor biennial sessions of the legisla
ture or some other like measure?
Prohibition is a filly peculiarly adap
ted to cat" aign occasions, and hardly
ever seems to be a thing of life except
at such times. It’s a popular nag with
would-be bolters. Ever posing as a
moral issue they stand in little dread
of attacks, as well knowing the popular
disinclination of people to resist any
thing that only bears the appearance
even of being for the moral good. Pro
hibition has long been a political make
shift—used whenever it appeared to suit
the case,—usually the first experiment
or the last resort of the politician.
T7*0»E>pu.r4*fw» jj- ■apt.qrt.nlly
that they usually nght shy of present
ing it as a clearly defined thing of merit
or utility worthy of public acceptation.
Why do prohibitionist known to be
Democrats so often show a disposition
to be distinct on the one matter of
liquor sales? Why should not those
who want stricter Sunday laws, or the
law against pistol-carrying enforced,
make a break of the same sort? The
prohibition party in its commonly ac
cepted meaning is necessarily a one-
plank (or shingle) affair. While they
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brought to public knowledge. Mean
time it seeing that there was noone call-
el to account for the disappearance
of the money, the whole matter being
treated as if it were simply a personal
affair of the officials concerned in the
transaction.
It seems from later accounts that the
inspector did not make good the lost
sum to thcStat *, that his bond had been
allowed to lapse and he could not be
forced to pay over the missing money ;
and that the shortage was actually paid
into the dispensary’s fund by friends
of the State commissioner, that official
being technically responsible for the
amount because of failure to maintain
the inspector’s bond. And incidentally
it appears that the amount involved
was $2200, some $600 more than was
originally reported. The information
is given that^ the inspector, who has
been temporarily suspended from duty,
is trying to solve the mystery of the
disappearance; but there is no report
of any investigation by the responsible
heads of the State dispensary.
was equally sound, dwelling on the fact
that, of the negroes lynched, only a
small minority
white women.
had offended against
more stringent laws he believes that it
is entirely necessary that there shall
be an aroused public sentiment which
shall insist that the law be enforced
Without that law will be more or less'
impotent and theVe is no question about
that.
The concealed weapon law of this
State is in many respects a most admir
able one,and so far as we are informed
it is fairly well enforced. It is unlaw
ful to sell any pistol of the ordinary
Judge Hammond tie-! manufacture, the length and weight of
serves the highest praise for saying also
that “if we as a people are to survive
in the tide of time, we must solve tin-
race question by means of the intellect,
not the passions; by justice, not injus
tice; by righteousness, not sin.” We
wish that these words might he put into
the weapon being prescribed by statutd 4 ,
and that is too unwieldy to be carried
as a practice, and it would be quite
diffiult to conceal it. The law is viola
ted to some extent, it is true, but the
indiscriminate sales of deadly weapons
is over. There are, nevertheless, many
the hands of every Southern juror, edi- | °f Hie other sort in existence and they
tor and preacher.
Tilt Injunction Against Fo rmatlon of Heywar
Gounty-
A rule to show cause, by Judge Aid-
rich in the caseof Lamaret al vs. T.G
Crof commissioner et al.as to the injon
ction against the comimsioner u> gariie r
information of Heyward county, came
up for a hearing before Judge Aldrich
at the court house in Aiken last week,
and the whole morning was taken up
wi h argument on the matter The ple
adings in the case were read by Col. C.
E Sawyer on behalf of the plantiffs,
and by Mr. Geo. T Jackson on behalf
of the commissioners.
The argument was conducted by
Messrs. D.S and E l‘. Henderson on
If anything of this sort should appear i t L 1, ‘. P ,antl! ’^ ^ aj ' r ’ ll J 1 ' t . ,1U
: . . „ , 11 | fonqation of the new count v. and on he
at \\ aslungton what a hue howl we all | half of the commissioners by Mr. G. T.
should make about corruption in the I Jackson.
He. however, seemed only to represent
Messrs H. M. Cassels and L W Reese
who answered and demurred through,
him. T. G. Croft. Esq., ihrougn .Mr J.
B. Salley, .filed a sepnrnfe’answer, simp
ly submitting his duties to the ad indica
tion of court as to what he should do
Republican administration, and how
shocked we should be at the policy of
concealment from the people that had
been attempted! Y’et there is a re
markable complacency over the inci
dent in South Carolina.
T , _ . i in the premises. The whole question
Is the affair to be left in this shape to i was argued upon tlie demurrer by .Mr
blow over without full exposition of tin-
facts? It would seem that each of the
dis >ensary off! *ers wh i have been con
nee ted with the matter should wish it
laid bare that he might be exonerated
of blame in the eyes of a curious pub
lic. Rut none of them insists on a prob
ing of it; is it not the duty of tlie dis
pensary board to develops every point
of it and make clear the whole transac
tion? If it is quite regular the people’s
suspicions should be removed, and if it
is- otherwise somebody should be made
to answer for wrong. The great moral
institution should have some regard for
Ahe moralities.
J -ckson and his answer and the c »m-
j plaint in the case, and the points tiiat
seemed to be raised are tint the plan-
j tiff-i as taxpayers and electors could not
; sue, but than the counties of Aik-n tn i
| Edgefield must be parties plantsffs :and
j further, it was insisted on the mer ts of
the ease that the changes that were ;
made in Heyward county from Ha n
! mond county were such mater, il
changes as m de it a new county.where-
{ as, on behalf of the pltntiffs. it was
insisted that the aliegu-m of th- .-o n
are frequently carried, no doubt, hut
! taking it all in all we think the prac*
i tice has largely d.'creased in the State.
This is because of the law in a great
many instances, hut we think it a fact
that a strong public sentiment against
the deadly practice lias had much todo
with the improved situation. Most men
with regard for their reputation feel
that a certain odium attaches to one
who habitually carries a concealed
weapon, and even those who are addic- j Scholarship to be
ted to it, more or less, an* more care
ful to hide it now, not so much because
->f the fine which would be imposed,
but on account of the estimation in
which they will be held by their fellow
citizens. Magistrates have become
stricter in enforcing the law and se
verer in their sentences, the invariable
custom m Columbia being to.impose
the extreme penalty allowed by law
I his lias had a large deterrent effect
upon the vicious who are so by nature
or because of environment or acquire
ment. With all these considerations
there is yet far toojnuoh violation of
law. and while we may congratulate
ourselves on evidences of improvement
there should b*- no relaxation in eu-
f ireing the law ami in further strength
ening and expanding public sentiment
against the lawless and murderous
practice.
the
praises of the South Carolina Military j
Academy familiarly known as HieCitad- ■
el in the columns of The News and Cour-
in which have so often been printed the
higher encomiums of theUnitedStates
army officers who annually inspect that
institution ; and in which have only re
cently appeared detail accounts of the
encampment, drill,parades and marches
in Columbia, in which both officers and
cadets distinguished themselves and
made a deep impression on the people
of the Capital of the State and the
visitors there from all parts of the coun
try. It is well, however to direct atten
tion to the fact that there are vacancies
in scholarships, one each, in the follow
ing counties : Aiken,Bamberg.Beaufort,
Berkeley, Charleston,dies 1 erfield, Dar
lington, Fairfield, Florence, Lancaster
Marion, Oconee, Orangeburg, Saluda,
Sumter, Union, Williamsburg. These
scholarship are worth $250 a year, or
$1,000 for the full four-year course;
certainly a handsome prize for any
young man ‘o contend for, and at the
same time a good investment on the
part of the State in developing talenl
and abilities that for opportuni y might
otherwise lie dormant.
rest on no more appropriate thing than
the cause of lawlessness. Will prohibi-
usually talk of more tlian one phase of , tionists say that crime can be cut off
temperance “in meetin’, ” they nevei completely? If not, let them say how
tonch on much that is considered to be ail< l who should foot the expense of it.
intemperance at all. So we are bound I will be glad to see the dispensary
to consider the aims of most of the j a k°.l' 8 h e cl; but it is a shame for Uie
leaders of the prohibition movement at l e K‘ s l a . tu re to palm off on the people
least to be more political than moral, what it is tlieir place to undo as well
Knowing the strength of the liquor ' as it was to do in the first instance
habit, and the money that, is said to be They ought to have enough appreeia-
made in liquor selling, they ought to ! tion of the public interests to know
know that without some form of legal- j what action to take. It will suit the
ized sales the flood gates of temptation railroads and express companies to have
would be thrown open to everybody; prohibition; the small piekage will
and a return to the old drug-store pre- mean more business for them for tIn
scription, express package and fence- bulk consumed. The drug store people
j corner jug business, will be the ineyi- ma y like it. People with not much re-
table result. Prohibition is i .practi- R a d l°. r law will lie satisfied, for an op-
select government ofii- poriunity will surely be opened to
Please note the following low prices, viz:
1 gallon “White Raven” Corn Whiskey $1.50
’U
(-; r
2 gallons “
<> (4 44
4 V “
When ordering please s-iy that you sawour ud\titiseiucnt
in the Aiken Recorder.
Another point in your favor, we make no charge for jugs nor
kegs, but buy them back from you at their full market value.
Very truly,
THE JOHN W. SOWERS DISTILLING CO.,
MILTON, N- C.
As TO OUR RELIABILITY’:
We refer you to the Merchants & Planters Bank,or
merchant of the city of Milton, N.C.
any
cable, and to
cials more for the fact that they are
prohibitionists rather than men of
known practical qualities would be sui
cidal. Some are fairly capable men,
I admit, but because of their radical
views on this thing of most doubtful
utility, they can’t be considered as safe
legislators. Why connot one be a pro-
them.
The State should abobsh the dispen
sary and then have nothing more to do
with the liquor business save to tax it.
The State has no more right to take this
business out of the hands of its citizens
than it has to assume possession and
control of the tobacco business, coco
9
} i y IQ nii
Sugar-coated, easy to take,!
mild in action. They cure!
constipation, biliousnes;.
sick-headache. kwelrMaB,;:!
South Carolina Military Academy.
Office of the Chm. Board of Visitors,
Charleston, S. C., July 6, 1905.
One vacancy in a State Beneficiary
tilled by competitive
examination exists in Aiken county.
Application Blanks may be obtained
at once from Col. C S. Gadsden, Chair
man, Carleston S. C., or from the
County Superintendent of Education.
These applications, fully filled out in
every particular, must he in the hands
of the Chairman on July 31, in order to
receive consideration
C. S. GADSDEN,
Chairman Board of Visitors.
hibitionist and not stand in open disre- j c °l a a nd penknife sales, or anything
,gard of any thing else that may tend to * '^ se ^* ia ^ • aa 'd lo injurious or hurt-
proinote morality? Why should prohi- { Besides seeming to be a tendency
bitionist democrats (allowing there are I on part of the thing created to as-
such) be entitled to better considera- ; parental charge and proscribe tin-
tion as supporters of law than other ; creat ‘ ve ant ^ fostering intelli-
democrats? As well say one who favors j ff ence > would surely eventuate in in-
compulsory matrimony or anything else ^ creased governmental corruption. Who
compulsory is the better fitted for
state’s service.
I have never known a man, by my
own observation, who assumed a “tem-
i-erance garb.” or that of “farmer’s
friend,” “friend of the working man,”
will say that the dispensary lias not
been comparatively the means of more
corruption and actual crime than ever
the barroom system did? The citiz n
is usually held responsible for his ac
tions by means more or less effectual:
Want your moustache or bearc.
a beautiful brown or rich black ? Use
!GKINGHAM'S DYE
. wd. or D&uouun on &. r. uxu. k co., Nashua, n. o.
WIS
Long or Short Leaved
WANTED.
12 to 20 ft Long---Loaded anywhere
within !00
in carload
and such like, to do anything in the in T ul .°f Die resonsihiiity of the
terest of those they proposed toshower ! 8 v ar * ous departmental author.-
the special favors on. They never fail " h.° a ™ responsible to save
to give an excuse, and the excuse is t' n a nom ' na * v \' a y‘ ; ' Little chance for
generally of a kind that any man of l h eir prosecution, let alone punish-
of Aiken—Wanted
AIKEN LUMBER CB.
Changcsof Schedules.
affairs might have seen as a difficulty ! men L a, *d 80 to be corrupt in the line
is election. But i ^ eraft or rake ‘‘ffs is treated almost
Hammond and
practically the
plaint showed that
Heyward countes art
same county, and tiiat as tae cvmstitu-
tion inhibited an election for tlie same
nurposed new county more than once in
four years, the injunction was issued.
Judge Aldrich seemed very much in-
CONTINUE
Those who are gaining: flesh
and strength by regular treat
ment with
Scott’s Emulsion
should continue the treatment
in hot weather; smaller dose
anda little cool milk with It will
* ? , ^ay with any objection
vy.'iich is attached to fatty pro-
duors during the heated
season.
Send for fre»-Sample.
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemist*.
409-4*5 Pearl Stree*. f,- ew York.
50c. and .00; all druggist*.
Can Street Car Fares be Rednced.
It is only necessary to investigate the
peculiar conditions of operation which
exist in different cities to be convinced
tiiat the haphazardism of averages is an
unsafe basis of fare reduction. Lower
ing of fares on urban systems cannot
be undertaken under present-day con
ditions without gross injustice to both
the public and the street railways. To
the street railways the pinch would
come in unreasonably low returns upon
the investment, while the public would
be forced to endure inferior service be
cause the companies could not afford
to continue their business on the pres
ent liberal scale. The w’riter believes
that any considerable reduction in fares
from those at oresent in force would
ultimately lead to the demand for the
restoration of the old rates, on the
ground that the American people,—at
least those living in the great cities —
prefer good service at five cents to poor
accommodations at any lower rate.—
From “Street Railway Fares in Large
Cities,” by Howard 8. Knowlton, in
the American Monthly Review of Re
views for July.
in the way long before h
once they get the office, no difficulty in
the way of their keeping good faith
with their electors is so momentous
that reflect on the matter of resigning
the office. It’s one for you and nine for
self then. They are ready to wear a
“specialist” label when going around
among the people seeking office, and
the chances are they will he just as
ready to be “made toordei” by a lobby
or any other “pulling” influence.
The evils most decried by the pulpit
of to-day are liquor selling, drunkenness
as a privilege in some cases. There are
other undertakings by the State in line
with thedispensary matter—and doubt
less there will be others—in which evil
practices would be found to exist, if
looked into. This policy of govern
ments to absorb everything is indeed a
dangerous one, and is not far short of
being a license of crimes of stupen
dous proportions. With gain as an ob
ject some men seek distinction by ef
forts to bring all the common business
lowi nis 1
111:<
and other affairs of th
peo,
y
On last Sunday l he f
went into effect in the schedules of tin
Southern railroad ;
Train No. 13u for Columbia leaves
Augusta 10:30 p in instead of Ta'.Op.
tn.; Batcsburg 1 :3<i a. m. instead of lo;
35 p. m ; arrives at Columbia :> :50 a. 111
instead of 12 :3o a m.
No. 233 leavi'S Edgefield 2: , K)p. m
instead of 1:15 p. m ; arrives Aiken
3:05 instead of J:UO.
No. 234 leaves .\ik?*n 4:02p. m in
stead of 4:20 p m.: arrive Edgeficid
4:55 p m. instead of 5:20 p. m.
No. 134 leaves Alien
and gambling. But for these thecoun- eau ,111 d er the nianatrement or eontn
try would lack but little. And while the i ot K'tvernment. Some have been qm e i
“gospel of light” is the panacea urged, S,le(: ess'nl Next in order are position
its influence is supposed to be nugatory I a,l “ rewards, ami honors are gi nerally 1
unless supporied by compulsory meas-|^ ,r hiding promoters o
tires of civil law. Most of tlie ministers *'
3 p. m. ;
. if 5 :( 0 p. m
renton I
[i m.
111-
m
ave Bateshuri
id of 5 :14 p
[1. in.
m.
arn ve>
of the former are ardent supporters of
the latter as a means, at least, promo
tive of it. Do the two belong together?
It is here claimed that they do not. If
it is not enforcing religious tenets by
the arm of civil law I know not what to
call it That’s not the spirit of tlie gos-
pe 1 of Jest.s Clirist, I am sure.
If, as lias been said, most crimes are
chargeable to l : qu >r, will the taxpayers
of any county or stale be generous
enotiaii to throw rheir rightful reve
nues to others w.iile making a heavier
demand on their citizen’s prooerty to
maintain courts for the prosecution and
punishment of crime that another sec
tion is responsible for by reason of the
sale of the liquor that has caused the
crimes? Can the cities and towns af
ford to maintain a police force, wholly
at their own expense, to build up other
places that are plumb clear of the con
sequences of the liquor they sell 10 peo
ple f r removed from their bounds? j
By all means let liquor pay its way.—
—and it hardly ever pays too much for
it, either. The cost of lawlessness can
a new
thing Then matters iro wrong, and the
promoters grow indifferent when tin y
have made all thi*)'can out of it.and
ihe people are left to bear with it or
d'seard it as they see fit
In conclusion I want to say that
these views are given in the interest of
the people—and right—solely. If they
may not be given any consideration
mor<- ihan mere suggestions for the
ihoughtsof the people I will feel repaid.
Aiken, Jut) 11. w b r.
stead o
instead
5 :3< l p m. i m te
Colnmlva
No 133 leaves Columbia I2:b> p m.
instead of 11:4b a in : Bateslmrg I ;J7
l> m. instead of 12:50 p. in. : Trenton
in-Oead of I :5s p. ni. : arrives
:30 p. m instcad of 2:5<<p.n ,
.: :_V5 p. m
A tigu? 11
A G.-i-a T.-agii/
is daily enacted, it thousands of homes,
as Death claims, in each one. another
victim of <’ousuinption or Pneumonia.
But when Coughs and Colds are prop
erly treated, the trag. dy isaverted F.
G. Huntley, of Oal la 1 Ion, Lid . writ' s
“My wife had the consuin’ition, and
three doctors gave her up. Finally she
took Dr. King’s New Discovery for C hi
sumption, Coughs and C dds, which
cured her, and to-day -he is well and
strong.” It kills germs of all diseases
One dose relieves. Guarantee at 5<X\
and $5.00 by. H. H. Hall, and W.
Platt & Co., druggist. Trial bottle freJ
n^-reavoiiiprit n:ul Rantu<*<iM.
The following curious advertlsemem
Is taken from a Spanish journal: “Tint
morning our Parlour summoned away
the jeweler. Piebald Illmaga. from hia
shop to another and better world. The
undersigned, his widow, will weep up
on his tomb, as will also his two daugh*
P-rs. Ilild and Emma, the forr.cr o!
whom is married, and the latter is open
to an offer. The funeral will take place
tomorrow. Ilis disconsolate widow,
Voroni jue Illmaga. I*. S.—This be*
reavement will not Interrupt our em
ployment, which will be carried on a»
usual, only our place of business wiL
he removed from 3 Less! de Leiuturier*
to 4 Rue de Missionaire, cs our grasp
Ing landlord Las raised the rent.”—Si
James Gazette.
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•CT x
( You can only talk to one
/ customer at a time in )our
W ston*. but you can talk to a
f* county full of people in the
m Aiken F!ki ordkr every week.
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