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I \y ARTHUR P. FORD. [8 OF SUBSCRIPTION. , aside politics and every consideration Mr. M. F Ansel, a candidate for gov- | pave the earnest desire to bring about rnor gives bis views on the dispensary condition which will promote temper- te year in advance kx montns in advance fhree months in advance $1.50 . .75c .40c ADVE TI&ING KATE- 1 . One square, Hrat insertion ....$1.00 Kac.h subsequent insertion, 50c Special rates by contract, for three months or more. Changes of advertisements must be sent in at least three days before change is made. Changes made only where contracts are made to that effect. fabric of society and government is in ; |y|R t p > ^SEL ON THE DISPENSARY. wisest and best solution of the liquor J CAPITAL* dangerof imminent destruction becau.-e question, to put aside prejudice, to put 0 of this vast and ever present evil influ-J ^ ,.. . . j aside politics and every consideration Surplus ence. We do not believe any such thing, nor do men of calm, deliberate, thoughtful judgment believe any such th’ng. The Record may not believe that the dispensary is corrupt, but it is mis taken when it says it does not believe that thoughtful men believ it. From the criticisms we hear on all sides, we $50,000 $25,000 PEOPLE S BANK I State, County and City Deposi tory. satisfiet many 'll . y ulSUm S nt— i i aiii in t*i anj m estigating commission last voting upon the «|uestion as to whether they Wish county dispensaries. It a ■. (laston said : majority of the qualified voters of the AIKEN, S. C.: THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1905. The Southern Railway company, ever striving to build up the South by bringing in desirable settlers, has au- Fthorized special excursion rates for homeseekers at the remarkably low rate of 80 per cent of the standard one fare to Aiken as follows: From Cincinnati, Ohio. . .$14.95 “ Cairo, Illinois 10.10 “ St. lam is, Missouri.. 18.70 “ Louisville, Kentucky 14.65 “ Evansville, Indiana . 15.40 “ Memphis, Tennessee 14.15 Tickets to be on sale October 17th and November 7th ; and good to return for 21 days. Frank M. Mixon testified before the dispensary investigating committee in Columbia, that Samuel J. Lanahan of the firm of William Lanahan k Son of. Baltimore had offered him a bribe e r $30,000 for his (Mixon’s) influence i > getting orders for the Baltimore Liqu< r house. Lanahan denies Mixon’s testi mony as a fabrication pure and simple, and adds, “If there is a way of makiir* denial stronger, I would like to know it, so that I might make use of it.” Well, there is a way, and that is to prosecute Mixon at once for malicious slander. If he is innocent and values his repotation he will take this course. We can not imagine that an innocent man would content himself with a mere newspaper denial of such an infamous act as Mixon has charged. We will watch and see. How low the popular estimate of po litical character has been pulled down in South Carolina during the past dozen years; and how our people have been taught to associate corruption with office holding is shown from the fact that one was found who dared to associate the nanu* of a gentleman like Governor Heyward with the general dispensary graft. This circumstance shows that no office holder’s reputation is safe from charges or suspicions of contamination »4im d isjWMtsarv C^ssiXM'* "Tl 1$ a'mortifying condition of things when an honest man of high character cannot enter public life without being slandered by having his name men tioned in connection with the thieves who have been robbing the State. e most thoughtful men of calm judgment believe the institution t; b * corrupt beyond cleansing and a j>otent influence for corruption all over the State We will call the attention of the Krconl to Mr. Gaston’s testimony b<— fore the inv Friday. Mr “We an- in possession of the letters to Col. Mixon in reference to the dis pensary. These letters tell their own story. The story is told rather com pletely, and if it indicates anything it indicates that the whiskey houses are debauching this Stale, not only the State but the highest officials connected with the dispensary. They indicate that if there is any corruption it is in high places as well as in low places.” Supposed Discovery of Yellow fe/er Germ. Drs P. E. and John.! Arehinard. bacteriologists of New Orleans, believe they have found the long-sought yellow fever germ. It was not known there that they had been working on the problem during the present epidemic, and the fact was revealed only Tuesday in conversation with friends, who told the news to some of the leading physicians. The results of the investigation are incomplete and not readj r for public announcement. The experiments have gone far enough, the scientists say, to prove that the cause of yellow fever is a minute germ very similar to the ma larial germ. The experiments are be ing continued and photographs of the germ are being taken. It is thought that in a few weeks the scientists will be able to announce something definite regarding the char acteristics of the parasite. Dr. Arehi nard hassaid that he and his brother had been working almost continuously to ascertain the cause of yellow fever since 1897. Booker's Downfall Atlanta Xcw*. We adhere stiffly to the conclusion that Booker Washington’s usefulness is at an end in the South. The Mayor of Birmingham has taken the initiative in the only proper way to treat theTus- kegee negro. It may be a little.li.vrd, and we aresure that the radical fanatics of the North will hold it so. But there is only one way to treat this drift when it appears, and that is by promptly vis iting our most practical condemnation upon it. The Mayor of Birmingham has resigned his trusteeship in theTus- kegee institution. Ever}' other self- respecting Anglo-Saxon in the South who is on that board should leave it as soon as his resignation can be written, so long as Booker Washington was a conservative and wise teacher of his race, he had the good will and united support and respect of the Southern people. Now that he has abandoned that role and become the aggressive evangel of social equality, he does not deserve and should not receive the co operation of the South. No Slate Confederate Union Yet, ernor mves ms v i.-ws «>n me dispensary i condition which will promote temper- system as fo) ows: . { ance and straightforward, honest con- I am opposed to the system of a Mate . (| uc t ami morality, and will minimize dispensary. I once thought it was the Ufoe evils of liquor best sn!u ion of the liquor question, I it j s inevitable that differences of because I thought it would minimize opinion will exist as to the way to ac-! Does a General Banking Busi- and tho salos nf liquors in tins coniplish thisd«*sir:ib]e t*nd even sunong ! but when we consider that more those who are earnestly striving after ‘ than 1 1 1 »).• i<worth of whisky has^ the same object. I respect the position been soul by the various dispensaries of 0 f the prohibitionist who believes that the State the past year, my hopes have : prohibition can be effective in South been disappointment : and it ^appears Carolina. I admit that there has been to me that some o her method should , a growing tendency to curtail drink, b»* adopted. In the second place. I am in favor of local county option, a- between prohi bition and county dispensaries: that is. 1 am in favor of any county in the Statt lion as to whether a majority oi tne qualified voters of the county d -sire prohibition for that par ticular county, th*m 1 am one that be lieves that they should have it, and T F. ness. Your Accounts Solicited. B. Henderson President. L. S. Tkotti, Cashier. New Yort Charleston & Flo'iia STEAUsHIl* LINES. PROM CHARLESTON P0R NEW YORK. The steamships of this company are appointed to sail from East Shore Ter minal Co.’s wharves, foot of Queen st., as follows: ( All dates subject to change without notice.) THREE GALLONS FOR ONLY $5 .ILL L'.yrilL'SS cn.lHCES PAID. In order to introduce our goods, tve are for the next sixty Safety Deposit Boxes to Bent, DIRECTORS. and the time may come when the tune of our people will b • educated up to such a degree of self-discipline, seif- restraint and respect for law that a prohibitory law against tie* use or sale of liquor may be observed, but in my F. B. Henderson, H. C. Hahn, judgment that time has not ye”, come R. W. Mcreary, J. P. McNair, m |>n M t!the C r i r ::' in h i ♦, 1 C. K.Henderson, W. J. Platt, l ut the tune has come when the TT , T T people of ihis State will no longer ■ Schroder, J. \\.LjU])o, continuance of the mal- Henry Summeral. Peace is assured between Japan and Russia. At the session of the Ports mouth conference on Tuesday the com missioners arrived at a complete accord on all questions, and it now remains only to draw up the specific treaty. This is surely good news that will be received with satisfaction over the whole civilized world. The Japanese practically yielded all the main points resisted by the Rus sians. They agreed that no indemnity No action has been taken Iq t « wl **- • j\ any city ♦ AA. W A a ^ v/J »• ' —• *• I »•* j ^ - , federate reunion, which vviu be held some time this fall.and it is likely that efforts will be made to have it held in Columbia during fair week. It will be remembered that the reunion was not held in May, as is usually tho case, but was postponed by General Carwile. on the request of many of the veterans who wished to go to Columbia, and knew that that City would have its hands full with the educational con ference in the spring. General Carwile stated the other day that no invitations have been received by him, and that until they are, he can not name the place for the event. Fort Motte Dispenser Jailed. - . . ubmit to a further believe that the good people of administration of the dispensary law such county will see to it that the pro- j thjg condition lias become intolerable. ( hibition law is enforced. | The dispensary must be purged, and | Another Burbank potato has been If the vote of any county should be every act of adininist ration contrary to produce i by a combination of tne skill in favor of the saie of liquor in that | nurpose of restricting tiie sale of j ^ Futlier Burbank, the horticultural particular county, then I favor a law j liquor must he corrected, the officer or w.zard of San I* ranciseo, and the soil providing for a county dispensary with employe responsible therefore punish- ** climate oft alilornia. W ith a meat a board of control of three members, to be appointed by the governor of the State, which county board shall have control of the purchase of all liquors for the county dispensaries, the ap pointment of dispensers, fixing their salaries, etc. all sales to be made under the rules and regulations as may be thought wise by the legislature. I am opposed to beer dispensaries, as I think that beer when sold at all ed, and every aet of wrong doing wip< d ,t:i r *‘^ ^ ,e a table beet, yet as flaky, when mashed, as that of any mean that the issue must be “dispen- sary-as-it-is” or “prohibition,” but "dispensary amended and honestly ad ministered” or “prohibition.” A bill will be introduced at the con - ing session of the legislature which will. _ if adopted, so change the dispensary should be sold in the regular county j | aw that it will be distinctly a law to out - i - , . , The issue in South Carolina is d s- potato now grown, the latest product is pensary or prohibition: this does m t a decided noveliy. disp* nsaries. I favor a stringent law against the unlawful sale of liquor. My experi ence of 12 years as one of the solicitors of this State has convinced me that whatever system may Ik* adopted, that unlawful sales will be made by some. It is, therefore, necessary that strin gent laws should be passed to punish the “blind tiger,” those who sell un lawfully. Make it the duty of all sheriffs, dep uty sheriffs, magistrates, constables, policemen and town marshals to see that the law against the unlawful sale of liquor is rigidly enforced in their counties, cities and towns, and it might be well to give them half of the fines that are collected from those convicted. restrict and curtail the use of liqour— will make the prohibitive features prominent and imperative, permit the sa'e of liquor only under conditions that will reduce the evils to the min imum, and subordinate the profit feat ure of the law. This bill will also make the salaries of dispensers and employes absolutely independent of the amount of sales, will throw every pessilile safe guard around the purchase of liquor to prevent bribery and corruption, and will endeavor to correct sucli "defects and eliminate such abuses as the work of the investigating committee may n - veal, and make such other changes as may be deemed best. 1 believe that such a law can and will be a great step toward reducing the through tlu* agency of such ollicers, of ■ (. v ils of liquor: that it can be made ef fective and that it will not interfere with other functions of government. With such a law, the issue would be “dispensary law so amended” or “prohibition.” On this issue I would stand for the dispensary law so amend ed ; but 1 do not stand for the dispen sary law as it is. Richard L Manning. Sumter, S. 0., Aug. 23, 1905. the offense of unlawful sales, transpor tation, or making of whiskey. The county boards of control should be required to make a report to the presiding judge at each term of the court of general sessions for their re s'ective counties, showing the pur chases made, the amount of sales by the county dispensaries, and of all their acts as such county board of control, and should be liable'criminally for any violation of the law, rules and regula tions of the dispensary law. I am opposed to the high license sys tem ; it is too near the old barroom j system, sind would not decrease the sales of liquor, whatever the restric tions might be, but would increase them. The man who pays the high license would want to make all the profit he could, and hence, the more sales, the more profits. MAY OPEd DARSAN'S GRAVE. Gratitude Gratitude is no mean virtue. The real thing is not easily counterfeited ; it may be said that it is a plant too rare to ever be superceded by any growt h of a fungus character. As a fruit it is in no case to be considered a thing of debt or reward ; but very often there is no yield at all where much is expected. A kindness or favor bestowed by those in position to do f r »r us what we are un able to do for ourselves are the com mon precursors of grati tide; it is al together Godly in sentiment, and its return should be as graciously bestowed as was the kindness in the first instance. U is a matter of give and receive that embodies the highest phase of love of which man may be acquainted. The ceased. held in that company. Owing j work of which it only js a normal result to several investigai ions t hat have been |' s 111 ost heavenly. W$ile benevolence is A special to the Columbia Mate from Darlington says: According to current reports which seem to be reliable, the Fidelity Mutual Insurance Company of Philadelphia has nob yet paid the $25,000 policy which Rolx rf Keith Dargan.de- made and the long delay in paying the j due to all in our , t 1 . . ' ijo tc cnrr»Tjaint? no gffcc.yet it is ce' little as to the finardis]iositii)ii the Com-j will prove worth! jinny will make of this matter. ialions, to a de- unlv a ft-*Hhil j Should you const In view of the fact that the Equita-I vi< '"’ to assisting the hie paid its policy of $15,000 so readily well to know their and since the roofs of death in this case art; much the same as in all others, it is thought by many that the Fidelity will pay the in . more delay. There are others, how- out you may nat expect grati ever, and among them well informed j [ode or even any apparent benefit to insurance men, who contend er a party with a in any way it is a inclinations— and you can’t know anty too much about them,—have they beep liberal or kind us far as their means hijive allowed,and surance without much j aro ffioy honest? It this test can’t be The First Break—Mrs. Newlywed— ‘ Oh, Clarence, I can see a perfect re- flec oa of my face way down there in the water.” Mr. Newlywed—“Are you sure it ain’t a lobster pot you see? There’s lots of ’em about here, you know.”—I Life. COMANCHE, Friday. Sept, l, 7.00 a m ^ a . vs r?°i n & to deliver three jrallons of tho celebrated YADKIN A LG O N Q CIN*,' Tuesd a^*, *Se p^ 5. *9'00 a m j VALLEV CORN WHISKEY , five years old. for only $5. Steamers Arapahoe, Apache, Coman. Every package guaranteed to give thorough satisfaction or che and Iroquois carry no second class passengers; only first-class and steer VO ur money will be cheerfullv refunded. Cash money order or age. 1 hese splendid passenger steam ers form an unequaled tri-weekly line check nmst accompany order. Give us a trial order and be con- to New York, with state rooms all on | deck, thoroughly ventilated and sepa rated from the dining saloon. There is no more pleasant traveling on the Atlantic Coast. For treight and passage apply to M B. HUTCHINSON,Div.Ft.ck P.Agt., A. E. GAETJENS, M. B. PAINE, Asst. Supt. Supt. Charleston, S. C. vinced that we sell only the best at the lowest prices. Address all orders to YADKIN VALLEY DISTILLING ( 0, Doininli.i, N r. •§ \VM. P.CLYDE* CO., Gen’l Agts., 19 State st.. New Y'ork. THEO.G. EGER,Gen. Manager, 19 State st.. New \ r ork INDUSTRIAL LUMBER CO. You Look Yellow The trouble is, your liver's sick. One of its products, “bile,” is overflowing into your blood. You can't digest your food, your appetite is poor, you suffer dreadfully from head ache, stomach ache, dizzi ness, malaria, constipation, etc. What you need is not a dose of salts, cathartic water or pills—but a liver tonic Thedford’s Black-Draught This great medicine acts gently on the sick liver. It purities the Mood, renews the appetite, feeds the nerves, clears the brain and cures consti pation. It is a true medicine for sick liver and kidneys, and regulates all the digestive functions. Try it. At all dealers jn medicines in 2Sc packages. \ SOUTHERN RAILWAY The South Greatest System, j Esti Unexcelled Dining Car Service. Through Pullman Sleeping Cars MANUFACTURERS OF Yellow Pine Lumber, Doors, Sash, Blinds. Etc. Offitzu find WorKis INorth /XcijgListci, iS. CJ. stimates cheerfully furnished on application on every class of work. Your orders solicited, large or small. povr 0FFK L. AUGUSTA, GKOIIGIA. *4 Here’s whiskey that’s stood.’ on all Through Trains- Convenient Schedules on all Local Trains. WINTER TOURIST RATES are now That’s what every one says who tries our PURE NORTH CAPO in effect to all Florida points. For full information as to rates, routes, etc., consult nearest Southern Railway Ticket Agent, or / T -, , T> , , T ~ x R. \\\ HUNT, (Formerly of Honda, N. C.) Division Passenger Agent. MILTON, N. C. Charleston, S. C. LINA MOUNTAIN Whiskies and Brandies. THE JOHN YV. SOWERS DISTILLING CO., W.QUITMAN DAVIS Hour. L. GUNTER, HERBERT E. GYLES. DiVIS, GDNTEI & GILEi \ TTORNEYS AT LAW, AIKEN, S. C. Chatfield Building. To our Good Friends and Old Customers: We take this method of advising you that we are again ready to supply your wants for PUKE Whiskies and Brandies, and sup ply them promptly, wc fill r.llor.lers same day tiny are reeeired. Oi;it GuAitANTKK: If our goods are not all that we represent them to bo. return them to us at our expense, and we will refund your money. = SPECIAL OFFER- In order to introduce our new brand “WHITE RAVEN” Corn Whiskey we have cut prices, and quote you as follows for the next thirty days, prices subject to change without notice after thirty days from date of this advertisement. Please note the following low prices, viz: 1 gallon “White Raven” Corn Whiskey $1.50 2 gallons “ “ “ “ ' .. 2.75 8 “ “ “ “ “ 4.00 4 -4 “ “ “ “ “ 6 00 When ordering please s ty that you sdw our advertisement. To the Defendant above named: the Aiken Recorder. Y’ou are hereby summoned and re- 1 Another point in your favor, we make no charge for jugs nor quired to answer the complaint and pe- kegs, but buy them back from you at their full market value, tition in this action of which a copy is I ' f . hereby served upon you.and to serve a ' * ei ’y truly, copy of your answer to the said com- ! THE JOHN W. SOWERS DISTILLING CO., plaint and petition on the subscriber | at his office, Langley, South Carolina, j MILTON, N-O. or to the undersigned attorneys at Aiken : As to our remabii.ity : within twenty days alter the service j We refer you to the Merchants & Planters Bank,or hereof, exclusive of the day of service ; ; aJ1 y merchant of the city of Milton, N. C. and if you fail to answer the said com- ~ - Summons for Belief. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) County of Aiken. ) IN THE MAOISTRATE'S COURT. Mrs. Mary E. George, doing business [ under the style of The George Lum ber Company, Plaintiff, against Mrs, Louise Sherwood-Dunn, Defendant. r) In money should be paid ; the island of Hervey F. Bouzard, lately dispenser at Fort .Motte,and now accused of em bezzlement, is now in the jail at Or angeburg in default of $200!) bond. Bouz rd was arrested at the instigation of i lie American Surety company Sakhalin should be only divided ini * ,u ‘ amount of the shortage is $2.- halves between the powers, without ~ 71 81 ' Houzard’s business for an en- . 1 . tire year nad been only about $io00 payment ol redemption by Russia; no ■ and liis monthly purchase from the claim should be made for the interned j State dispensary averaged only about Russian war ships lying in n nitral , a,u l J’ et he managed to get short ports; and there should not be a limi- j between inspections nearly one-third tation to the navel power of Russia in the Pacific. of the entire year’s business. Yellow Fever Caees in Pensacpla. til* recipient of favors. Grktitude, like honesty, can’t be bought, ththi^h paid for ten times over. s A beautiful instance of gratitwde (and one of ingratitude follows it), is' when King David of old inquired for any remaining of the house of Saul—or of Jonathan’s family—that he might, as he said, ‘ show them the kindness of God,” for Jonathan’s sake, who had been a close friend, he took M**phibo- slieth to enjoy all the comforts of his princely home for a long time. Yet the latter, at a time when danger threatened the kingdom, turned trai- tions so strongly doubted the death of A°r. And it turned out tnat David s the insured, that these things had given } gratitude was.bestowed in vain. While rise to the suspicions which the com- David’s sense of duty towards the house pany entertained and the consequent J <>f was unshaken, his term of favor delay in paving this policy. He did not I toward Mephibo-heth ceased and very express an opinion as to whether the I j ,ls '^ 00 - It is perfectly right that body would Ik* exhumed that tin Fidelity has been inffuenced largely by public opinion and that the insurance will not be paid until every final proof of df*at h is demonstrated by exhuming the body. Mr. P. P. Chambers, of Dovesville, the h eal agent for Darlington, and the superintendent of agents in this and other counties, was here and ta'ked freely about the matter. Mr Cham bers stated that he. personally, was confident of the death of the incured- but there had gone out so many ru mors and that the public in certain sec An extra session of the Court ot Ses sions for Aiken county will be held for two weeks, beginning on Monday the 18th September. This will be f>>r the trial of only criminal cases. Dr. Anderson’s diagnosis of tin* ease. The business of the court is greatly! It is not known how these me.i took congested, and there are now about 50 I ^'t* disease, as it is asserted by those ! who are supposed to know that neither i of them have been out of the city for It is officially stated that three case* of yellow fever have developed in Pen sacola. Fla. The cases were discovered by Dr. Warren E.Anderson,agent there of the state board of health, and Dr. Porter, state health officer, confirms criminal cases on the continued docket —that is cases that have been carried over from previous sessions—because they could not be tried. And in ad dition there are a number of eases that have arisen since the June term. There fore, while we are glad to get even a two-weeks session, a much longer pe riod will be required to clear the docket and give all those under criminal charges the “speedy trial” to which they are supposed to have a constitu tional right. As badly as a session of the criminal court is two months or more. An Inside Watch-Dog. I hi nih Animal*. The great facility given to criminals by noiseless bicycles and automobiles to travel any nigh' over our country roads, commit crimes and get forty or more miles away before daylight, makes it most important for far mers and others living in isolated localities to have some means of being warned of danger, and the only way we are aware of is by keeping inside of such exposed places watch-dogs which . , . , ,, . , .will promptly give alarm when danger needed, a session for the trial ^ j g threatened. No police arrangement of civil eases is needed even worse. We can begin to give the security given by learn that there are now about 80 cases a good inside watch-dog. on the civil docket. And of these 51 • _ „ . . .. , . ... France and Russia have been continued through five terms. I The war in the far East, and its rev elation of Russia’s corruption, internal weakness, and military inefficiency, has Mr. T. II. Calkins, of Philadelphia, who left here a week ago after many days of investigat ion, had made no final decision in tins matter. Mr. Calkins is head of the department that passes on all death claims, and he left with affidavits which he said he would pre sent to the board of directors of his company. If this board refuses pay ment on the ground that they wish more proof, the body will likely be ex humed upon the consent of the wife of the deceased, and it is stated that the consent lias virtually been obtained in ease the company insists that they wish this final assurance of death. There are many conjectures as to whether this will be done, but the Fidelity agent stated as a fact that the insurance had not yet been paid. special favor at least should be discon tinued when one shows their unworthi ness. Still as a fellow man and as a fellow servant of God we are bound to be equitable to the basest of men. God, who gives rain and sunshine to the just and unjust alike, does so for the sake of the righteous, or as it is commonly put, for His name’s sake. It is not given to the latter only that the oppor'unities to make good and not misuse may be equal to both alike. But the time comes when mercy is with held, and the truth of the proverb, “They that observe lying vanities for sake their own mercy,” becomes a mountainous reality to the unwary. K. If WAS A PRETTY PISTOL 4 through seventeen, 3 through twenty ! i This astounding record shows the con gested condition of tin* legal business in Aiken county, and the necessity of ] roviding some other means by which « .ir people can get their business at tended to. As we have said before, it seems that the only relief is to be had through a county court, which may have jurisdic tion over the less serious criminal eases. Under the law a county court may he established in Aiken, and we do not understand the objection > to such a court; or why our people do not take advantage of the mode of relief the law gives them. Tke Columbia Record says: The people of this State for over a year have had laid before them almost daily assertions that the wholesale di*- pensary system is corrupt, and that the blighting influence of such dishonesty lias permeated far beyond the confines of the dispensary, reaching other offi cials and even deadening the public conscience. With some evidence of rottenness in Spartanburg county the papers wdiich have drawn such unwar ranted conclusions from the fact, are and again harping upon the all- jervading evil influence of the dispen- ‘Sary system, and it has come to such a pass, from constant iteration and reit eration, that there are many people t 0 rho no doubt believe that the whole / right to do under his commission. dealt the dual alliance a staggering blow; this nuicli tin* publicists gen erally admit, though as to what tin* outcome will be there is little agree ment. The course of the coiifliet has been a keen disa’ipointment to France, not so much because she cares for Rus sia’s fortunes in the Orient as because he Russian defeat has revealed such undreamed-of weakness on the part of her ally in Europe. She had begun ! to suspect that the Russian alliance was one-sided in its financial and po!- , itical advantages; she now perceives that it is equally so in its military cap acity. From the French po'nt of view, there is therefore not much left to be said for the arrangement, except one very important thing.—namely, tha! France has loaned more than nine mil liards of francs ( $1 .St i0.OX),Oxi) on Rus- ' sian securities and dare not pursue any pol cy which would endanger this in vestment—From "European Alliances and the War.” by Frederic Austin Ogg. in the American Monthly Review of Reviews for September. B. G. Landrum, the member of the Spartanburtr county bum! of control, who complain *d to the g ivernor that the other two members of Ids hoard ig nored his efforts to get the board to gether to enter prosecution against the Spartanburg dispensers for viola'ion of the dispensary law, has been advsed by the governor to go ahead with the prosecutions single handed, as he had a SENATOR MANNING ON THE DISPENSARY To the Editor of The Sta e: A number of articles have appeared I in the newspapers calling on those who I are spoken of as probable candidates for governor in the Democratic primary next year to express themselves on the question which is now agitating the i public mind, namely, the liquor ques- I lion. As one of those referred t.>, I desire to say that I have no hesitation in slating my position on this question, j In doing so I have no desire to precipi- ! talc the campaign at tins time for, al- | though 1 have frequently been men- j lioned as a candidatefor governor I have ! not, up to this tim** positively decided | to Ik* a candidate, and in now stating i my position on tiie liquor question I do | not commit myself to enter the race*. | 1 do so now merely to prevent the idea i being formed in the public mind that I i am awaiting to see which way the tide turns before stating my attitude i thereto In my opinion, a grave condition con front' our people, and its practical and wise solution should be of paramount imparlance to tin* political aspirations of any man or set of men. Irrespeetiveof any candidacy, I feel that it is the duty of every citizen who realizes the responsibilities of citizen- ! ship to do iiis part in bringing about the | Gut It Fo* privat* lice we re did. a pis regret- We like best to call SCOH'S EMULSION a food because it stands so em phatically for perfect nutrition. And yet in the matter of restor ing appetite, of giving new strength to the tissues, especially to the nerves, its action is that of a medicine. Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWN'E, Chemists, 409-415 i’carl Street, New York. 50c. and#1.00; all druggists. Proved Too Expensive the llaelielor Girls. ‘ No. we don’t keep a pistAd in ou* Hpartiut *it any more,” said I the gir. who draws for the magazltics and a yoamg wo man *>. ho teaches in one of the' schools; "not since 1111 experie 6a4 last winter. lie fore that 1 find we had a perfect beauty 01 '-ol. too,” she added in a tone of •'ul remiiiiscriKe, “silver inountetE and handle inlaid with pearl. We sp**iit a good deal more than we could a .or it but we didn't like those steel things. Now it’s gon.j. thou, had to give it away, and 1 don't pose Marian will ever consent to iiacing unotne*. “You see, this is what happened: I was the one who knew more a I km:* handling a pistol, so I used to elcei with it under my pillow. We wei* both awfully afraid of burglavs, an*’ after there had been a series of rob beries in our neighborhood we were sc terror strjolo n that we were ready to r uke alarm at the slightest sound. One night, to our horror, we were hot) aroused by a creaking noise and then * ight hump, ji®' as if some one. tip | ‘ocing around, nad st-imbiod against > miK'tl.ing. I‘»r an in: cant we wen* : oimply paraijv.eu with fright. Then looking treiiiiil.ugly about the rooni. I mad** out over in one corner a tall, flail: figure, eriectly n):>l.ViT^^*ss^^^r^c!^cne7 | cautiously lor the pistol, aimed it an*: fired twice The figure did not fa', and the li.arility strange thing was tha: it did not move or make a so nd. Ye.*, I felt sure I had hit it. “Although we w-re frightened half! to dea*h we felt we must get up tin fight the gr.* to invest gate. By tha lime people* from the other apartment In the building were rushing to ou door to find out what the shots mean Well, the light revealed matters, i ha i vixuply ruined Marian's new forty Joi ■ K Relic. An j niltfT , A I.- —a. c , in the matter of jt sends an nc- rrount of a curious note which he uas ■^u his possession. It is a card measur ing 2 by 2U> inches, on one side of rhich is twice printed the word “Two nee.” while on the other the §um is rioted in words and figure's round the order. In the middle is the following: I promise to pay the be'arer, on do nand, twopence. By order of the Cor* j (oration of the City of New York. Febe ( 10. 1790. D. Phoenix, City Treasurer.’* London Graphic. plaint and petition within tiie time aforesaid, the *“ -"j*."” will apply tol T J 7rn,,urt , for the relief i rtovir- i-J the complaint and pet i tion. S. S. LEE. Dated Aug. 5, 1905. Magistrate. DAVIS, GUNTER ik GYLES. Plaintiff’s Attorneys. u "eTABLE SICILIAN] o Why not stop this falling of your hair? At this rate you will soon be without any hair 1 Just remember that Hall’s Hair Renewer stops falling hair, and makes hair grow. Sot Durable. “Marriages may be made In heaven,*” te said thoughtfully, “but If so. they’r# loafing in a cheaper grade of goods up here every .ve*ar. They don't last any thing like' the way they used te*,”— Chicago Post A Pair Sn ppoHi t ion. Who is that man who keeps saying t Is always the unexpected that bap- ns‘ I’m not sure—probably an attache of 1 lie weather bureau.”—Washington Star? rathe i Not So Drove. Blobbfc—He says he would fight tliyin eat. Slobhf-Pugnacious, eh? Blob'I's— No; dyspept ie\—Ph iladelph in Record A lujicbelor says that love Is a combi natioi/ of diseases- au affection of th« heart! and an inflammation of tb« ttraiu*—Chicago News. In r/lace of wedding cake in Holland wedding sweets are given — “bruld cnVikers.” they are called. They art tjfanded round by children and are ser* «*) iu flower trimmed basketa. Probate Mie’s Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ) 1 County of Aiken, ) i In the Court of Probate. Mrs. Ida Yarbrough, as administra-1 trix of estate of James E. Johnson, ! deceased, petitioner. Plaintiff. | vs The Estate of James E. Johnson, dec’d. Defendant. | P URSUANT to a decree made by me in the above entitled cause, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash in front of the Courthouse in the | city of Aiken, during the legal hours of j I sale on Monday the 4th day of Septem- ‘ her, 1905. All that certain lot of land in the vil- ; lage of North Augusta, in the county of j Aiken, State of South Carolina, known and designated as lot No. 17 of block number 41, on a plan of lots made in j the year 1801 by Charles Boeck. civil 1 engineer for the North Augusta Land \ company, fronting on Clifton avenue! fifty (50) feet, and extending back even : width seventy (70) feet to lot No. 15 in i said block ; and bounded on the east by 1 lot No. 18 of said block number 41 ; on | the west by lot No. 10, the property of ; Mrs. Ida Yarbrough ; and north by lot ! No. 15; south by Clifton avenue as [ aforesaid. Terms of sale cash : purchaser to pay for papers. T. \\\ WHATLEY, Judge of Probate Aiken County, i L . ^ ‘"1 36 Courlland Street, - !\3ew York. ( ATAI.OCUE OF IMINHUm) AND H0MKST1C HULHS, CHOU E VEGETA RLE A N L ’LOWER SEE US. FOR FALL PLANTING, AND MAILED FREE <>N APPLICATION. "6 ° me L0112; or Short Limy ctl w A N TE 1). \2 to 20 ft. Long---Loaded anywhere within 100 miles of Aiken-*-Wanted in carload lots " AIKEN LUMBER CO. TI!K AiKKN LN'XTITUTE.! FOR SUPPLIES Dr. B. H. Teague DENTIST, RICHLAND AVENUE, AIKEN, S. C. Masltr's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA County ok Aiken How Old Are Yon? Many people will not tell their ages, and do not like the facts to he known, but as a general thing their appear ance indicates it very closely, and the facts can not be concealed unless some j riAJlE next session begins Monday help is given by nature. j L Sept This help is given by Vital-Tone, tin IN V ' V, n G,a,U,d Fancy Groceries. School for Roys «tnil Girls. linn* B y v Ja Emeline M. F, Giant, Plaintiffs, vs. Helen A. W. Cowan, Charles K. Gaines and J. W. Ashhurst. 1 )efendants. Y virtue of an order of his Honor, lines Aldrich, dated 1st day of July, 1905. I will offer for sale to the highest biddc on tiie first Monday in September next, in front of the Court house at Aiken, S C., within the legal hours for i ublic sales, the following de scribed real estate, to-wit : All that lo of land in the city of Ai ken, and State aforesaid, fronting on West Boundary or Florence street, and measuring thereon two hundred (200 ) feet more or less, bounded north by lot of J. D. Murchison, and measuring thereon two hundred and twenty (220) feet more or less, bounded south by Hayne avenue and measuring thereon two hundred and eight (208) feet more or less, h mmled west by lot formerly of S. E. Chatfield and measuring there on two hundred (200) feet more or less, and bounded east on said West Bound ary or Florence* street. Terms of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. W M. JORDAN, Master for Aiken County. mber is, and continm mont li ... . , i I Faculty—Wilfred L. P.rooker. nrinei* i great medicine that is now bemg sold I pa , . u - , Muller.assista.it principaL ! ! in Aiken by Air C. J. Staake. It is the* Lady assistants— M i - s Jen nic* L. Brown. ; great vegetable tonic, which cures rheumatism, and the inliamations re- ! suiting from the* disease of the* blood ; Miss f.mma L. Hard, Miss Elizabeth Teague, M iss Gert rude L. Kng. Miss Eva Walker and Miss Lucie Lorenz. Miss Maria W. Edgerton, principal of assists digestion; causes the liver to ; the Department of Music and French, act in a healthy way. and thus un-vent j The school is In-e to all from Aiken biliousness, and its resultant ills Thus i D stricU city ) iakinu free >ennol • i. I si uelies, and those Iron: tins district tins valuable medicine really tones up j l . l |.; !it , 11 ■,,\ l tin* system, and it is truly a Vit al Tone. , as follows : This Vital Tom* is within the reach) Eighth graeb* $1. of every one, as it is for sale by all I druggists at. only $I.G) per hot; It:. So j iu> one need loe.k old. or get old before* , bis time*, which is iixeel by th** Psalmist month, at three scon* and ten ye:i'*s. Wiiti Vital Tone within reach, if anyone-ge s old before that age, it is his own fault. . per month. Eighth and ninth grades ciiool studies pay tuition ni( mill. Ninth grade si r>o per month. Te'itn grade* $2.00 per month The rates of tuition for others First and second grad* s $1 Third and fourth gra* meintli. Fit) h. sixth and s- vent] des ( onlVctioiiii! ips, Uamlius, Fruits Tobacco, < tears, Ac., snioou ROOKS, RLVMv ROOKS, ANi) ALL KINGS OF STATIONERY CONSULT O* W. B. TMORPE Hende*rson Building. LAURENS STREET, AIKEN. ! iErsiDERSOINS, tTTORNtVS Ai LAW. A -v < T. G. l liOKT. .1. B. SA 1.1.V. a.iV, G. L. TOOLE. Attorney at Daw, C ROFT’S Block, Room No. 6, Aiken. S. C. Notary Public S. C. (with seal). Loans negotiated on acceptable security. Ciofi Sr S Attorneys at Law AIKEIN, 5S. c. Will practice in all of the* courts of this State. Spe*eial attention given to collections. Registration Rotiee. per m -u I n>t ru A disc fie *3,0 > per month. i Ptae i-nch a \\{\ ( i form.in, €*arh 1 enirts. ' i x t r:t Ha! him \<\r 1 per mon'l:. ' of 10 jot (* etlt when th : • .4 if ; U j tin* s UlM* family att**n‘ ioiKi : (i : -ccMIlit of 5 pe r e*el it ■ AfID !il! of the State : 4 >:n i sp ; *i iDy ::d U S 5 K r i -o-- for every one above ihat number. In aeldilioii to tin* above each pupil within the School d: strict (city) is re- e;u-reel to pay a contingent fee of 25 cents per month (not subject to eiis- count ) te> defray the expe*nscs of re- ''HE beioks for tin* re*gistrat iem of pairs to the buildings ami for fuel anei janitor lure. For further intormatiem address tin* principal e>r I). S HENDERSON. Chairman Board of Nrustees. J. A. M.'Gardner. Sec’y. Henry Busch. Treas. Wild Jt rpill U voters will be* open on the first Monday of each month, and will remain open for e»ne day and m> longer. Office in the Courthouse. Olliee hours rom 9 a. m. te> 3 p. m. G. C. MOSELEY. Chairman Board Supervisors. o n 'r:VV . w 4 J Price SCs &*1.00 Free Trial. Surest and Quickest Cure for all THROAT and LUNO TROUB LES, or MONEY BACK.