Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Jr m _ OcH# iMkt Arthur P. Ford. Editor and Proprietor. AIKEN. S. C.. THU rIda Y MORMING. AUGUST 3. 1905. EstaDUsbed 1881. Price $U a Tear, ia Adracce. WILSON IS UPHELD Roosevelt Will Not Depose ' Secretary of Agriculture, A FRIEND TO THE RESCUE President Jordan of Southern Cotton Association Quoted as Saying Sec retary’s Resignation is an Absolute Necessity. A Washington special says: The fact heretofore alluded to in these dispatches that cotton producers of the south are by no means a unit in demanding the resignation of Secre tary of Agriculture Wilson and the abolKlon of the bureau of statistics because of the recently discovered scandal, has been shown in a most conclusive manner. 'Monday’s papers printed a dispatch from Atlanta, in which President Jordan of the South ern Cotton Association was quoted as saying, among other things, that Mr Wilson's resignation was absolutely necessary in order to inspire new con fidence In the department. During the day, E. S. Peters of Calvert, Texas, who has for some time been presi dent of the Texas Cotton Growers' Association and is in addition a vice president of the Southern Cotton As sociation, sent the following telegram to Secretary Wilson at Oyster Bay: “In reference to the Interview of President Jordan, I would say I can not endorse the same. The farmers and cotton growers of the south have implicit confidence in your honesty and ability to purge the department of all grafters, and hope the president will left nothing to Interfere with the great work you are now doing for them.” “The Southern Cotton Association has taken no action looking to a re quest for Secretary Wilson’s resigna tion,” said Colonel Peters, in discuss ing his telegram. "President Jordan may be express ing his personal ideas, and I may now be expressing only mine, but the exec utive committee of the association has never considered a request for the resignation of Secretary Wiilson. I am assured that the farmers and cot ton growers of the section west of the Mississippi will never listen to such a proposition. In our opinion Secreta ry Willson is the only secretary we have ever had. "The tremendous influence of the bureau of plant industry and ‘entomol ogy, with which I am particularly con versant, is entirely his work. That work has meant millions to the south. I must take issue with Mr. Jordan. It Is possible the confidence of the secre tary has been abused, but there is no reason to believe that the intelligent citizens of the south will copfuse the cupidity of under officials and their abuse of the department with the rep utation of Mr. Wilson. He has our confidence, and to charge him with incompetency or to assert that his days of usefulness are over, is an unwarranted charge.” RAWLINGS SENTENCED. Old Man, Milton and Jesse to Gallows and Leonard Given Life Term. Negro Preacher Convicted. SENSATIONAL FAKE EXPLODED. Report That Mrs. Sartford Had Skip ped Out Proved Untrue. A rumor was started in Rome, Ca., Monday morning to the effect that Mrs. V. T. Sanford had left the city for parts unknown. The story soon spread, and was all the talk of the town. Mrs. Sanford’s attorney pronounced the whole thing a fake, and declared that he knew just where Mrs. Sanford was; that she left on purely private business, with his full knowledge and consent; that she was with friends within a few miles of Rome, and would return to the city. At Valdosta, Ga., Monday night, at 8:45, Judge R. G. Mitchell passed sen tences on J. G. Rawlings and his three sons, Milton, Jesse and Leonard. The scene was one of the most touching and dramatic ever witnessed in a court in Valdosta. Judge Mitchell was brief in his re marks during the passing of the sen tences. They were very touching, but fell with force on the ears of the large crowd packed into the court house. The first three were sentenced to be hanged September 15, and Leonard was sentenced to life imprisonment. When the elder Rawlings was asked if he had anything to s«y why sen tence should not be passed upon him, he arose and said: "I have a conscience that stands correct. You can no more pluck It than you can the brightness of the sun. Your sentence can do no more than kill. Pass it.” Milton received the sentence stoic ally and never opened his mouth. Jes se and Leonard burst into tears, and both of them said: "I am innocenfT’ Mrs. Rawlings and her two daugh ters were present, and on them the blow fell with crushing force, all of them weeping bitterly. The jury in the case of Frank Tur ner, the colored preacher, brought in a verdict of guilty with a recommen dation to mercy at a quarter after 8 o’clock, and the sentences on the Rawl ings were passed immediately after on request of their council, Hon. Jehn R. Cooper. Mr. Cooper immediately moved for a new trial, which motion will be heard on August 9. The prosecution put up many wit nesses. W. L. Carter and his wife and daughter were the first. They tes tified to the facts of the murder, giv ing the sa<ne testimony which they had given during the other trials. Alf Moore, convicted as one of the principals in the assassinations, was sworn, and said that Turner had gone to him with a proposition to kill the Carters, saying that Rawlings wanted to hire a man to do the work and would give him (Moore) $100 if he would do it. Mitch Johnson, colored, swore that Turner told him that Rawlings would give him $125 to kill Carter and his family. The defense put up no witnesses, and had Turner go on the stand and make a statement. He denied any connection in the matter and said while he had worked for Rawlings, and knew of his troubles with Carter, he had endeavored always to keep clear of any cOtwiP^^n the trou bles of the white £tople. He told the jury that he was in their hands, that he had done what he could to estab lish his innocence and told them to do with him as they thought right. Alf Moore and Frank Turner will be sentence and the special term of the court will be permanently ad journed. REPORT CORRECTED Revised Cotton Figures Re veals Work of Holmes. ACREAGE AGAIN REDUCED Decrease Should Have Shown Four, teen Per Cent Instead of Only Eleven—Makes Difference of 4,731,000 Acres. FEVER SITUATION IS HOPEFUL. New Orleans Officials Expect to Curb Pest by End of the Week. By the end of the present week, the authorities In charge of the fever situation at New Orleans believe that they will be in such thorough touc’A with conditions that they will be able to speak with authority as to their ability to control and eradicate the disease In advance of the coming frost. New cases up to 6 p. m., Monday, ere 21; new cases to date, 302; deaths on Monday, 5. ALL WATCHING "BLUEBEARD. Big Sugar Houses Go Under. Owing to the failure of a big specu lator to meet engagements said to amount to $3,000,000 two of the lead ing sugar houses in Paris have sus pended payments. Scores of Warrants Await Hoch Should He Cheat the Gallows. With the possibility of Johan Hoch securing a retrial in Chicago, and an acquittal on the charge of murdering one of his wives, the authorities of Cincinnati and St. Louis have been iif communication with the state’s at torney relative to the crimes of big amy and the murder that Hoch is said to have committed in those cities. GRAVES WAS THE ROBBER. QUARANTINE OFFICERS’ RIGHTS. Express Agent Confesses to Looting Company’s Safe at Palatka. John T. Graves, an employee of the Southern Express company at Palat ka, who claimed he was gagged, and the safe robbed of about $2,000, as previously published, confessed Mon day afternoon to having committed the theft and gave up the money, which amounted to $1,835.10. He was arraigned before Justice Roylon, and held on $2,500 bail, in default of which he was sent to jail await the action of the grand jury at the next term of the criminal court. Charges Preferred Against Railroad Conductor for Ejecting Jones. A Decatur, Ala., dispatch says: Blewett Wallace, superintendent of the state yellow fever quarantine, has been Instructed to arrest Conductor Payne of the Southern railway and prefer charges against him for eject ing Quarantine Officer Lew Jones from his train at Leighton, Ala., and John Almon, near Huntsville. The Southern has since issued oi^ tiers to make its conductors pass quarantine officers upon proper cre dentials. A Washington special says: Assist ant Secretary Hayes Wednesday made public the following report to Secreta ry Wilson on the acreage of cotton in thg southern states in 1905, compared with that planted in 1904: "The crop estimating board of the department of agriculture has consid ered the report issued by the bureau of statistics on June 2, relative to the acreage planted in cotton in the south ern states in 1905, as compared with that planted in 1904, and has con cluded: “First: That a new estimate should be made pn acreage planted, and that the figures in Mr. Hyde’s hands, when making his estimate, should be used as the basis. "Second: That Mr. Hyde, with Mr. Holmes at his elbow prompting him, made the estimate lower than the facts at nis hand from the reports from the seven classes of reporters employed by the bureau, warranted. “Third: That the board finds, upon careful consideration of the reports of all classes of correspondents and agents, that the acreage planted in cotton this year, including the entire season, should have been estimated at 85.1 per cent of that planted last year, equivalent to a reduction iu planted acreage as compared witJi last year of 14.9 per cent (instead of 11.4 per cent) or 4,731,000 acres—the estimate of the total acreage planted this year being 26,999,000 acres. “The estimated percentage of the decrease In each of the cotton-growing states is as follows: Virginia 18 North Carolina ... 16 South Carolina ... 14 Georgia 14 Florida 12 Alabama 11 Mississippi 16 Louisiana 17 Texas 16 Arkansas 19 Tennessee 13 Missouri ...... 15 Oklahoma 15 Indian Territory . . 11 ^ "The averages were made for each state by each of the four members of the board, and the comparatively small disagreements were harmonized almost wholly by averaging, and the above results are fully agreed to by each and every member of the board. “Respectfully submitted, "VICTOR OLMSTEAD, "STEPHEN D. FESSENDEN. "GEORGE K. HOLMES, “W. W. LONG. “Crop Estimating Board. “The above findings, and report, made under my supervision, have my entire approval. “W. M. HAYES, "Assistant Secretary In Charge Bu reau of Statistics. "Approved by James W. Wilson, Sec retary of Agriculture.” THREE MANGLED IN WRECK. Spreading Rails Results in Smash-Up of Train on Georgia Central. Three men crushed to death, and as many more wounded, two of the wounded now being In a critical con dition, is the result of a spreading rail on the Central railroad at Oakland avenue, in Oakland City, an Atlanta suburb near Fort McPherson, Wed nesday morning at 11 o’clock. The dead are: John M. Woodruff, yard conductor; Horace McGhee, switch man; Green Colvert, colored, fire man. The list of wounded Includes: F. M. WOodall, yardmaster, who has been in the service of the Central for years, and Samuel Farris, engineer. BOUND AGENT; LOOTED SAFE. HE WOULD DIE CONTENTED. COAL DRIVERS DISSATISFIED. Block Peace Plans in Chicago by Vot ing to Continue Strike. With the capitulation of striking teamsters nearly complete and the re lease of Chicago from the oppression of the long labor war practically as sured, a handful of coal teamsters have wrecked the well developed peace plans. The coal drives, 350 strong, voted unanimously to continue the strike. MOSCOW’S GOVERNOR GENERAL. Sanford Says Gallows is Welcome if His Wife is Innocent. V. T. Sanford declines to make any further statement for the press. He does not undertake to reply to Mrs. Sanford's recent statesment, otherwise than saying: “I would go to the gal lows with a light heart and a smile j could I only do so with the knowledge , that she is as pure and innocent as she claims.” Southern Express Company Robbed of $2,000 at Palatka, Fla. The safe of the Southern Express company at Palatka was opened by burglars between 3 and 4 o’clock Sunday morning and currency to the amount of about $2,000 was taken. Mr. Graves, the agent, who sleeps in the office, was bound hand and foot by the robbers and his keys secured. The safe was opened by the combina tion. The cash drawer was rifled, one of the keys taken from Graves unlock ing it. Checks, money orders and ev erything but the cash were cast aside. SHONTS ARRIVES ON ISTHMUS. Pr&sident and Chief Engineer Ready for Canal Work. The steamer Mexico with President Shonts of the Panama canal commis sion and Chief Engineer Stevens ar rived at Colon Wednesday from New York. Governor Magoon and other high influential officers went from Panama on a special train to welcome the party, all of whom are in good health. OLIVE DRAB COLOR DECEPTIVE. HOMES FOR SETTLERS. General Durnovo Will Try His Hand in Ruling Russian Metropolis. St. Petersburg newspapers announce the appointment of General Durnovo, a member of the council of the em pire, as governor general of Moscow, in place*of General Kostoff, who is considered to have been too lax in his policy toward the zemstvo congress. Eurnovo, who is extremely wealthy, was governor of Moscow in 1872 aod 1878. Privates Dressed in Such Uniforms Of ten Mistaken for Officers. An order has just been received at the Benicia, Cal., barracks, announc ing that all olive drab uniforms now- in the possession of the enlisted men must be confiscated at once. The reason for this action is that the enlisted men, when dressed in these uniforms, can hardly be distin guished from the officers and on seve ral occasions mistakes have been made through their use. Prealdent Orders Indian Reservation Lands in Utah Opened. The president has signed a procla mation providing for the opening on August 28, 1905, of the unallotted lands In the Unltah Indian reservation in Utah. Such lands as arc or ffiay be reserved prior to August 28 for military, forestry and other purposes will not be subject for entry. There are 1,069,000 acres available for en try. i, BARON ROSEN VISITS ROOSEVELT Russian Ambassador Arranges for Re ception of Envoy Witte. Baron Rosen, who recently succeed ed Count Cassini as Russian ambas sador to the United Spates, and who Is associated with M. Witte, ohairman of the committee of ministers, as one of the envoys to the Washington peace conference, was a guest Mondajr of the president and and Mrs. Rdose- velt at luncheon. He remained at Saga more Hill‘lor several hours, but dur ing only a part of that time was he in conference with the president. The ambassador's visit to the pres ident was for the purpose of making arrangements to present informally his conferee on the peace conference, M. Witte, when he arrives. The desire of Baron Rosen is to present M. Witte to President Roosevelt precisely as Baron Komura was presented last week by Minister Takahira, in ad vance of the formal reception which the president will tender the peace envoys and suites on board the cruiser Mayflower Saturday. Baron Rosen arrived in Oyster Bay at 12:20 Monday afternoon by train from New York. He was met at the station by confidential messengers of the president, who conducted him to an open surrey, which the president had sent to the station for him and for Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture, who arrived on the same train. The ambassador and cabinet of ficer did not meet, however, until they entered the carriage. It was arranged by the president and Baron Rosen that M. Witte should pay his informal call Friday. He will be accompanied to Oyster Bay by Am bassador Rosen. They will be the guests at luncheon of the president and Mrs. Roosevelt, and will have op portunity during the afternoon to dis cuss the pending peace negotiations. Baron Rosen returned to New York on the same train, leaving Oyster Bay at 4:20 p. m. He declined to discuss his interview with the president, say ing that it would be improper for him to make public any diplomatic matter. He consented cordallly to pose witB Secretary Wilson for a photograph. MILITIA ON GUARD State of Mississippi Inaugu rates Shotgun Quarantine. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE NEWS ITEMS. TEXAS IS ALSO VIGILANT New Orleans Authorities Confident That They Have Yellow Scourge Well in Hand and Will Soon Stamp it tOut. ACTION AGAINST EQUITABLE. All Officials of Society -•'•e Asked to Give an Accounting. An action was instituted at New York Monday by State Attorney Gen- eral Mayer, in the supreme court. New York county, in the name of the peoj pie of the state of New York, againsi the Equitable Life Assurance Society, its officers, directors and members oft the executive and finance committees^ all °f which are named in the com plaint. The list of officials contain forty-nine names. —TITe' cbm plain t” refers to the committee report and the invest! tion made by State Superintendent Insurance Hendricks, and is based onl Information and belief. The complaint! asks that the defendants, except thej society Itself, account for their of-] ficial conduct in the management and disposition of the funds and prope committed to their charge; that tl pay the Equitable Society “any motf and the value of any property any of! them have acquired to themselves, or transferred to others, or lost or wast ed by a violation of their duties;’’ that any of them now a director or direc tors or office holder In the Equitable Society, upon proof of misconduct, be 1 removed, and a new election held b/ the board of the society, to suoply the vacancy; that the net surplus of the society, after deducting sufficient to cover all outstanding risks and obli gations, be paid to, or credited to, or 1 applied for the benefit of, the present policy holders in equitable proportions, in accordance with the charter and with law; and asks any further relief "as may be just, equitable and profit able.” A New Orleans special says: The work of sanitation, fumigating, oiling and screening went on just the same Sunday, and will continue daily until the city has been thoroughly screened and made mosquito proof. The record for the day showed lit tle change from that of Saturday, ex cept in the reduction of the number of deaths. The number of new foci is also again a source of encourage ment, showing that the gpread is be coming slower and slower. The following was the official re port up to 6 p. m. Sunday on the yel low fever situation: New cases Total cases to date Deaths Deaths to date . . . New foci . Total foci .... A new complication was disclosed during the day when Superintendent Curran of the New Orleans and Northwestern railroad announced that two passengers who had remained the required length of time in the Slidell detention camp and sought admission into Mississippi had been turned back. If the Mississippi health authori ties now refuse admission to holders of certificates of detention issued by the marine hospital service, it will result in the government abandoning those camps, and then travelers will have to either stay in New Orleanas or go to points in the nprth and east, and spend ten days before they can return to Mississippi. Mississippi Tightly Closed. Governor Vardaman, acting for the state board of health of Mississippi, placed Adjutant General Fridge In charge of the state quarantine service and all future aggressions against th3 yellow plague In Mississippi will be conducted under the auspices of the adjutant general’s office. The advance detail of the officers and men stationed at Camp B. F. Ward, who were preparing the camp grounds for the encampment of the lost CUBA PUT UP BARS. Quarantines Every Gulf Port from Tampa to Sabine River in Texas. Cuban Consul Dolz at Mobile, Ala., stated Monday that he had received no official information in relation to press reports that his government had quar antined every gulf port from Tampa to -the Sabine river In Texas. 11 force now duty throughout the state, and the stringent quarantine will be aintained in the state. General Fridge has issued impera- tove orders to the soldiery to main tain the quaramtine at the point of the bayonet. The state board of health received a foinique order from Governor Varda- .nan. It requires passengers through the state to furnish affidavits from physi cians, appprovod by the state or city health boards to the effect that they are In good healfa, and are not in fected or have not been exposed to cases of yellow fever. This means, practically that persons desiring to go through to Michigan, Iowa, Wiscon sin, Indian Territory or any other of the places that are not bothered dth yellow fever epidemics, and has Othing more serious to contend with smallpox, typhoid fever and spl- meningltls, must do a deal of earing and to go through some ex tensive red tape processes before they can check their baggage. Texas has done pretty much the same thing, and it is not possible to ride through that state westward hound without similar red tape for malities or some detention. CHINKS TO BOYCOTT BANK. Shanghai Capitalists Make War on American Institution. The native bankers of Shanghai. China, are calling a meeeting to dis cuss a proposal to boycott the Inter national Banking Corporation. This is an American concern or ganized in June, 1901, under the laws of Connecticut, receiving its charter by a special act of the state legis- lature. It was then the only Ameri can banking institution formed for the purpose of doing business, entire ly in foreign countries with authority to establfish branches. BENNINGTON IS FLOATED. Ill-Fated Gunboat Towed to Mare Island Navy Yard for Repairs. A dispatch from San Diego, Cal., says: The gunboat Bennington .3 again afloat on an even keel and will be towed to the Mare Island navy yard to be thoroughly examined and repaired. She will be taken up by the Iris, escorted by the powerful tug Fortune. Divers are making an ex amination of her hull. DATE OF MEETING CHANGED. Cotton Association Convention to Meet in Asheville, September Sixth. A letter received in Asheville, N. C., from Harvle Jordan announces that the date of the Southern Cotton Grow ers’ Association convention, to be held In that city, has been changed from August 16 to September 6. The reason assigned for the change is the fact that most, of the growers * would be busy with their crops about the time original!}' set. } Shark Drowns a Bather, While wading waist deep in the sea at Beaufort, N. C., Saturday, Sutton Davis, 16 years of age, was seized by a shark and drowned in full view of a large crowd of bathers. JAPS WILLING FOR ARMISTICE. Question Will Be Taken Up So Soon as the Peace Envoys Meet. Neither Baron Komura nor Minister Takahira, who are now in New York, would discuss their visit to President Roosevelt. Inquiry was made oi Mr. Sato, who Is a member of the Japanese peace commission, as to the attitude of the Japanese on the question of an armis tice and h^ replied: "Japan is perfectly willing to agree to an armistice after the credentials of both commissions have been ex amined and verified.” KOMURA AT OYSTER BAY. Peace Envoy and His Partner Held Conference With Roosevelt. Baron Komura, the Japanese min ister of foreigrl affairs and the prin cipal envoy to Washington peace con ference, and Minister Takahira, the second Japanese plenipotentiary, were guests of President Roosevelt at Sag amore Hfll Thursday. None of the suite accompanies the two peace del egates. i J JAPS JOLLY TAFT PARTY. Americans Enthusiastically Welcomed by Mikado’s Subjects. Secretary Taft and his party agriv- ed at Kobe, Japan, Sunday afternoon from Kioto. They were the recipi ents of an enthusiastic welcome from the governor and the mayor and city offlclalis and assem>ble<* thousands Amid a- display of fireworks, the party proceeded to the water front, where a short reception was held. Secretary Taft and Miss Roosevelt were given a number of presents. Brock Shoots Billingsley. E. G. Billingsley, vice president of the West Construction company of , Chattanooga, Tenn., was shot In Dar lington a few days ago by Joe Brock, a finishing smith of the same cos* cern. Participants in Riot Unknown. No arrests have been made as yet in connection with the disorderly con duct at Landrum, says a news item from Spartanburg. Several state con stables went to the town, but found everything quie^ The parties who created'Ihe disturbance, it seems, left soon after the affray and have not returned. • * Two Held on Murder Charge. Charged with killing Charlie Gilliam, colored, Horace Sheppard, alias George Gilliam, and Richard Gilliams, both negroes, have been arrested and lodg ed in »the county jail at Newberry. Gilliam was shot from ambush at night, his dead body being found the following morning one mile Vom the scene of the shooting. It is said that there is strong circumstantial evidence against the men. Mass Meeting of Farmers. A big mass meeting of the farmers of Spartanburg county will be held at the court house the ■r.'st Saturday in August, under the auspices of the county cotton growers’ association. President Smith of the state organiza tion is expected to be present and possibly Harvie Jordan of the general association. Speech making will be participated in by all those'of promi- nece who are present. To Investigate Dispensary. The sub-committee appointed by the general committee which was created by the last session of the legislature for the purpose of investigating the dispensary system, will hold an open session in Spartanburg on August 8th and it is expected that the proceed ings will be closely followed. The sub-committee, which will con duct the proceedings, has already held two sessions, but as both were secret, what Information was obtained is not known. Tax Hurts Charleston Plant. le high tax and l icerse tax, for canning oysters ffnd <5fhOr shelT fish, passed at the last session of the leg islature, has resulted in the determin ation of a Charleston concern to dis solve its corporation, after organizing and purchasing a site and starting the construction of its canning plant. Some delay was experienced in get ting the full information from Colum bia about the law, and the organization proceeded in the meantime with the result stated. The law was enacted upon the introduction of a bill by the Charleston delegation and now it happens that the act militates against a local concern which would have expended $5,000 in wages a week. Kaiser Bill Accepts the Honor. At the recent golden jubilee of the German Rifle Society of Charleston, Emperor William of Germany was unanimously elected an honorary member of the society to take the place of Emperor William I, who was for many years an honorary member of this society. President Emil H. Jahne has received from Herr Zoepffel of the imperial German consulate at Atlanta a communication conveying the information that the German em peror had accepted the election, “in consideration of the circumstances that his illustrious grandfather was also an honorary member of this society.” In 1907 the great national German fest will be held in Charleston, and it is hoped by the promoters that the German emperor will bo personally represented on that occasion. To Erect Cotton Waste Mill. A cotton mill waste mill is the latest industry planned for Spartanburg, and is the outcome of the visit of Messrs. Corr, Ayers and Hoffman, well known Boston and Philadelphia capitalists and mill factors, to the city, where they spent two days as the guests of J. B. Cleveland. The party inspected several availa ble sites for the proposed factory and expressed themselves as being highly pleased with the place. The building of the mill will likely be the result of their visit. The plan will be something new in the cotton mill industry for this sec tion, and the estimated cost is $200,- 000. Its products are rope and twine and various other articles that can be made from the waste material inci dent to the manufacture of cloth. Discuss Booze from Pulpit. Probably the most unique airing of the dispensary question ever had in South Carolina occurred in the histor ic Red Hill Baptist church at Parks- ville. From the pulpit of this edifice former Congressman W. Jasper Tal bert and ex-Solicitor J. W. Thurmond locked horns on the liquor traffic. The occasion was a union meeting of Bap tists and Colonel Talbert, among oth ers, was on the program to discuss "Is it an opportune time tor the Chris tians of South Carolina to make a de cided stand against strong drink as a beverage?” Colonel Talbert denounc ed the dispensary system In its en tirety, while Mr. Thurmond defended the institution. The assembly was large and the speakers stood in the pulpit. 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This is the case with whiskey. “If you will take your present law and enforce it, it will be a good solu tion of the question. If you vote pro hibition you will have It but a year or two. The leaders of this anti-dispen sary movement in Columbia are work ing toward high license, and prohibi tion is but a step on their way to that end." Colonel Talbert asked the speaker If it was possible for the legislature to vote for barrooms, and he un qualifiedly affirmed that it could do so. Colonel Talbert—“Do you believe that they will do it?” Mr. Thurmond—“I believe they wifi do It in two years’ time.” Colonel Talbert—“Then God have mercy upon their souls.” It is hard for the average student of contemporary' affairs to attend prop erly to the sensations of the hour, so fast they tread upon one another’s heels, avers the Baltimore American. At the present rate there will be a l great change when the next histories and geographies are written. Godin Spectacle Co. 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