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Intelligencer. Published every Wednesday. J. F. CLINKSCALEB, ) EDITORS AND O. C. LANGSTON, * PROPRIETORS. 'I EMMS ; ONE YEAR, . ... $1 60 SIX MONTHS, - - - 75 WEDNESDAY, AUG. 30, 1905. TERMS OF FEACE AGREED UFOS. A dispatch received yesterday after noon brings thc information that the peace conference in session at Ports mouth, N. H., hat- reached an agree ment on al) thc points at issue be tween Kuasia and Japan. A treaty i)t peace will be drafted in accordance with the agreement. No details have been given out by thc con/erence, but as thc division between thc envoys of the two nations arose on the two arti cles of indemnity and the cession of the island of Sakhalin, it is probable that the Japanese envoys considerably modified these particular demands. Thc other articles had been previous ly conceded by Russia. The news of peace will be welcomed by the entire world._ DISPENSARY KNOCKED OUT. Newberry, August 29.-Here in the borne of Chairman H. H. Evans, of the board of directors, and Cole Bleaee, its champion, the dispensary was knooked out today by a vote which was early estimated at more than two to one. The result was not a surprise to the advocates of tho law, for they realized immediately after the Spar tanburg investigation that the evi dences of corruption and graft had changed sentiment, and while macy citizens may have doubted the effeo liveness of prohibition, they wanted to register a stinging rebuke io the System so bitterly condemned by the better element in South Carolina, The first fourteen precincts report ed chowed 237 votes for the dispen sary, with 783 votos against it. There are 24 precincts in tho county. Tho result oannot be changed by the vole at the other precincts. Senator Bleaso went into the campaign and fought vigorously for the dispensary; making speeohes and publishing Jettera for the cause. His encounter with a minister at Young's Grove is believed by many to have hurt the liquor chanoes. It was practically conoeeded, however, that the dispensary crowd was whipped and the publie simply waited for the returns to see bow the majority had grOWn. im \ 'mn I TBE DISPENSARY INVESTIGATION. The legislative committee, whose in vestigation of the management of the dispensary in Spartanburg a few weeks ago brought out startling dis closures of corruption, met again in Columbia last week and resumed their work of probing into tho affairs of the system from a new point of attack. : Thc committee adjourned Saturday to meet again next w?ck, but enough evi dence of mismanagement among the high officials of tho dispensary was developed to make the next r-ssion . full of further sensational informa * tion. It is said that the present mern bora of tho board of control TV i ll be summoned to appear and give testi mony upon certain matters that have canoed general suspicion among the people of the State. s No attempt is made here to givr any full syuopoeis of the testimony. There is too much of it. But some things will be mentioned which will ? give a little light to those who have not had an opportunity to read the whole toerimony. Col. F. M. Mis son, who was commissioner for two . years beginning with 1895, gave some interesting testimony as to the method used by the .liquor houses io their ef forts to sell their goods to the dispen sary. He st atc d under oath that a whiskey house in Baltimore offered Siim a bribe of $30,000 a .Year io di* ven to them an account of $4X10.000 whioh had been given to another, dis tiller in Baltimore. The former com missioner testified as to omer brir.os offered him by* whiskey houses, but he claims that be accepted none of them. Be waa forced under thc esr jtainty of being sent to jail for con tempt if he refused to produce letters from the house he represented which contained incriminating evidence and virtual proof of bribery without hain* any names. Suoh ovidenoo is impor tant ns it is s national, inasmuch as U goes' to prove what has been a gen eral bel ief in the minds Of the people almost eineS the; inauguration of thc 4?spe^Vylaw. Doubtless mob have been connect ed with the dispensary in a high offi cial capacity and have kept themselves untainted; by the evil ?onUm?e*ttO? ' Of graft. And it is- even more oer tain that many ha PO. fallen an easy and willing victim to tho Buttering Offers Of tba whiskey man; The. re bate evil in inh?rent in thei system and no remediallegislation can rid it . of ihe c'lrse. Dishonest mea will be placed in office, and a character too little fortified by idmple honesty will enter as heartily into the hidden ways of private plunder at the expense of a public institution as was done in the days of "good stealing" in the recon struction period. According to the testimony of J. R. Fant, chief constable in charge of tho Spartanburg district, an employment bureau was maintained by thc present Attorney General of the State, Mr. Gunter, and a lawyer in Spartanburg, William McGowan. It is charged that they exacted money from appli cants for positions on thc constabu lary force, or in other worde. main tained a kind of barter and sale of positions. It was shown that the stock of liquors on hand in the State dispen sary amounts to more than $800,000, a great deal too much in the opinion of thc superintendent. Why such an immense stock has been bought each man can judge for himself. If graft is going on, would it not be to the ad vantage of thoHe official* seeking dis honest private gain to buy as much liquor as possible before their term of office expired? The liabilities of tho dispensary are increasing and during this entire year not one cent has been f>aid into the school fund, though th<> aw requires that quarterly payment shall bc made Thc dispensary now owes a half million dollars for liquors and supplies. In the matter of purchases it was shown that a local distillery sells an nuslly nearly a million dollars worth of whiskey, or about 40 per cent of the total purobaees. There seems to be something wrong in this, and the committee will perhaps be able to throw some light on the matter. In the various shortages in the looal dis pensaries, in the methods used by whiskey drummers, in tho many irreg ularities that have been allowed to go on undisturbed in the dispensary the committee succeeded in getting important testimony. The investigation brought to light a groat many irregular practices, and by tho admissions of former officials offers of bribery were made. Tho op portunity for tho acquisition of dis honest Wealth is unusually great under the system as it is now conducted, and no change in the law could briog any substantial reform. Stealing has been going on in high and low places, and, . though by tho very nature of things, it is woll nigh impossible to find the positive proof of it, circum stances well known to eveybody show that it is true. Thc committee would do woll to produce evidences of graft on the part of tho present officials. They are the ones who need to be in vestigated, and yet they are usually the ones who CBaape the punishment of the law. It is the fellow who baa gone out of office that generally gets in the toils. A majority of the members of the investigating committee are advooates of thc dispensary law. Bnt their work of the past few weeks bas oon vinoed ?hem that the system bas sunk to a very lew lovel. In speaking of the Misson letters Mr. Gaston nf the committee, a dispensary man, ssid: "These letters tell their own story, and if it indicates anything, it indi cates that the whiskey houses are do bauohing the State, not only the {Jtate but the highest officials connected with -the dispensary. They indicate that, if there is any corruption, it ie in high places as well as in lon placen." TUE ANDERSON COUNTY FAIR. The second annual County Fair it coming on, and the people of the coan ty should give the directors substan tial support in their efforts to present a creditable display of Anderson's re sources. The fair lest fall, arrang?e hastily and in the face of oircumstan cos that were none loo encouraging proved a 'success." Tho event in Oe tuberwill be more comprehensive ii tho nature of ita exhibits, and, i the right kind of - support ia given thore is no reasoniwhy, the annual fai: should not attract interest and brim, visitors from all sections of the State Perhaps our own people are. ignpr ant of some of the splendid industria work going on around them. They d not stop to investigate local condi tiona. They* do-not know their owi strength, their own oapaoity for pro grass anddevelopment. The fair wi] help the people at borne io showioj them what they have. and what the; cando, and it will certainly advert?s the resources of the county away fron home in a manner that will add grad nally to our material 'wealth. It is the purpose of tho directora b have all the leading interests of th county represented. No ad?quat display of the county's textile indue tries bas ever been gotten togothoJ and a special effort will be made to a) range a fine exhibit. It is not simply a matter of loci pride, a virtue that all of us aro sur posed to have, hut it is a praotiot question of progress an$ advancenlet ! that will come all the faster by advoi ti slug tho county's resources and ht rich possibilities tb the plaat?? si th manufacturer seeking a nev field fe his energy. ?ive your substantii support to the fair and make it a ; sui .' cess,;>'. ? - ; . i I ? I li . II il- Hi -i i In bia speech at the farmers' moe* icg on the 16th inst; Senator Tillma gate the details of his proposed rca edy for tho evils that have made ti dispensary law infamous thronghoi 'thc - Stab*.OHe would mako'high ofi cere of tht State government, tt Chief Justice of the ?Supreme Oour ?be 8ute Treasury and the Speak;* ot thc 'Souse of Representatives, ,fi ?x-o^cio aommlUee to s?fpervi?o tl : purchase of liquors!.; This plan won; place the purchasing powef. in n be j ter class of men and, in that way, soy ?.' seeded v cfo y m s u i gb ;.. he ga ; n e d. B bo nothing mero tbati figureheads and the purpose of the amendment might be defeated. There are defective points in the senator's remedy. If the year's supply of whiskey is bought from one source, what is there to prevent the whiskey interests from combining in making one bid for all, and thus put thc dispensary officials at their mercy? If the sale of case goods is allowed through the local dispensaries, will not the practice lead to the same abuses that now exist and give the same opportunities for graft? Can thc dispensary system be purged of those things that have lcd year after year to the corruption of its own agents? Can the system be honestly administered? It has been fairly tried, and few people believe that it can ever be shorn of its corrupt fea tures. It has failed, and the extent of its failure is enough to enlist the support of all good citizens in ite overthrow. Measured by its fruits, wba; do we findv "Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?" T. W. Bacot, a prominent lawyer of Charleston, has b9en appointed Assis tant United States District Attorney to succeed E. F. Cochran, Esq., of this city, who resigned a few days ago. Mr. Coobran has made 8 fine reoord and his friends regretted to see him give the position up. : Mr. Bacot is a demoorat. STATE NEWS. - Henry Jackson, a negro fireman on a local freight train, was killed last Friday in a wreok. The engi neer, J. L. Bearden, was badly in jured. - The big Olympia cotton mill in Cc mbia has been reorganized. Its first capitalization was$1,200,000, but under the reorganization it will be increased to $3.000,000. It is the rargest cotton mill in the South. - Adjutant General John D. Frost has announced that at the expiration of bis present term of office he will re tire from politics. He has served two terms as Adjutant and Inspector Gen eral and has made a creditable reoord in office. - Mary Marshall, the young daugh ter of Alderman ?I. B. Marshall of Greenville, died Saturday afternoon of tetanus after several days of ?oute suffering. With a orowd of play mates the child reoeived a severe out on the foot, resulting finally in her death. - The dispensary investigation oommitteo will meet again in Colum bia on the 5th cf September. It is said that the present members of the board of control will be summoned to testify as to what they know of the mismanagement of tbs dispensary. Sensational evidence is expected. - The Supervisor of York County, i having found more than the necessary one-fourth of the names of qualified j voters on the anti-dispensary pefci i t io ns,?h as ordered an election to be held on September the 20th on tho question of dispensary or no dispen sary. - E. J. Watson, the State Commis sioner- of Immigration, has consum mated a deal for 3,000 acree of land uear Summerville for settlement by Bussian and Polish agricultural peo ple, who will immediately come South to engage in farming and poultry rais ing. - Thc c.otton association of Chester County ' is building a farmers1 ware house which will have a capacity 'of 10,000''bales of cotton. With this facility tho farmers will have adequate protection for their cotton and can thus save, themselves from being forced to put their-crop on the market at a'loss. .:,.:,.;.y.^ ;-Governor. Hayward bas issued a Sreclamation setting apart nest Mon ay as Labor Day. The day is very generally celebrated throughout the North and in the large cities over^p country. jNo celebration is attempt ed in Sb??b Carolina except in Colum bia and Charleston where labor is to somo extent organised, !\V?SS8iffi - At a meeting i? Columbia bu Saturday of tko stockholders Of the Union, Warehouse Company it vras decided to go into the proposed ware? house merger. Tho plans look to the Anderson, Greenwood. Greenville and Columbia warehouse companies com bining their fortunes and making ono large, strong warehouse company to undertake a general business and offer to the farmers and mill people the che ap csf ol a cs. of safe warehouses. Thai wa can supply you with Kiln Tix&t shiproaat just raceiv?cl For Sale-1530 Acres Land. Tract No. 1.-400 aroa, 4 miles ?ant of Mt. Carmel, in Flatwoods wheat belt. Soven good tenant booses. Piece ali wired io. On malo public roads. Will grow three-fourths of a bale of cotton per ?ere, from one to two tons of hay per tore end 15 to : ID buubels of corn. Tract No. 2 -1 KW acres, 8 miles south of Abbeville. Good cotton lend. Nine good tenant houses and out buildings. Well watered and on pu bile roads. Min eral spring. Fino Hermnda grass. Pas tures between :>oo and 400 acres, wired in. ? miles from &ood public school. 40 licad fjrcdod Short Horn und Pollod-Au gus cattle. 1 Registered Davon Bull, 4 years old. For further particulars call ob or write HUNTER BROS., Hunter?, S. C. Abbeville Co. August 30 1005,_n__4_ THE CITY SCHOOLS. The city schools will open on Monday, Sept. 11th, at nins o'clock. The Super intendent ie in Lis office every da.? irom st to 12.30. Pupils, (white), can secure their entrance tickets during the week beginning Aug. 28th.; pupils (colored), during the week beginning dept. 4th. AU pupils must have their entrance tick ets before reporting at the respective schools, except thoiseattendlng Grammar Behool nu m bor two. THOS. C. WALTON. City Sopt. Notice of Bridge to Let. Will let to the lowest responsible bid. der at the bridge site on the 7th day of1 Heptember, the building of . bridge on Wilson Creek, in Hall Township, known a.* McKee's bridge, st ii o'clock e. rn. On tbs Barn o di?y sod on the same creek the lettiag of s bridge known se Price'u bridge, bear Ivs. st 8 o'clock p. m. A.lao on the 8tb day of September a bridge on Broadaway Creek, nesr BroaOaway Trestle on Southern E. R, ac il o'clock a. m. Specifications made known on day of Roser vin g the right to reject any and all bid?. 8. 0. JACKSON, Sup. A. C. W. Y. MILT.RB, Clerk B. C C. CITATION. State of South Carolina, County of Anderson By B. X. Ii. Nanee, Judge of Probate. Whereas, H. T. MoFall bas applied to me to grant bim Let ters of Adminstration on the Estate and effects of James F. McFall, deceased, , wiib will annexed. ? i These are, therefore, to cite and Admon ish all kindred and creditors of the u-id James F. McFall, deceased, to be and appear before me in Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on the I Hrh day of Sept., 1905, after publication i hereof, to show cause, if . any they have, why the said Administration should not I be granted. Given nuder.my hand this i vwth day of August, 1905. R. Y. H WAS CE, Probate Judge. I August R0.1?05_ ll 2 FRED. G. BROWN, Pre?, ?md Tte**; | B. F. PiAJLDHT, Vic? President. A. b. FARMER, Secret*:*?. The Anderson Real and Investment BU JTERS AND SELLERS OF REAL ESTATE, STOCKS & BONDS. J. C. CUMMINGS, Sales Bep't. J- : l'f. Our facilities for handling your property are perfect, as Jwe are large advertisers all over the country. Bight BOTT |we are having considerable inquiry for farms in tb?s and ad orning Counties, and owners of farm lands in the Piedmont section who wish to dispose of their property willi find that we are in a position to make quick and s atief ac tory sales. Now is the time to list your property ^ith us, and we will proceed at once to giye attention to all properties en trusted to us. Address all communications to J. C. Cummings, Sales Department. AHDEBSOH REftL ESTATE & iHVESTIflEHl C?iPli. That we carry, tue largest, as well as tb^ best se^ iccted, line of metlinm and high grade Shoes that is carried in Anderson.; Shoes have advanced from 10 to 15 per cent, but we had bought anti on hand about $1,500 worth ol Shoes at old prices. We sell a good, solid leather coane Ladies' Shoo os low 80 S8opalr. . / 1 . '\ .? ; Women's Box Calf 0* Kangaroo Coarse Shoes, Plain -Toe br? . Cap Toe, with wpp?r extending ?o the toe lander cap ; tb? j* owt home-made?line, every pair warranted, at $126 pair. Y/e fc?*e some high grade, medium Heavy Shoes for school girls afc #1.60, $2.00 and 82.50 pair that , are naequalled for the pries.... igpX^ies' High Grade Standard Shoes, in wolta, turns, etc., in j .' Box Cal*, Viciy Patent Leather, heavy soles, etc., at 02,00, ?2.50, $3.00 and f3.?0 pair; ;Big job,tladi?8, small>?ae ?hoBs, mostly sizes 4 io 4j, worth .LOOto $125, at only 50c pair. '.< 'I CHILDBED S SHOES. Childj?n's Slippe**, sisees 3 to 6, at l?o pair. ObUdron'e all solid (Shoes, tum aoles nod wedge heels, to 5, made by a leading manuikctarei, atonly 60o pair. Honey Burgess 3Pine Tarn Shoes fd* children; Paient Leather, Vie?* m, the StOO kind, ai feOo pair. . The ?.25 ajad at $1.00pair. Fuio" ~<>i7 ^?i^ air V??Stt at only $1.2& pairv Men's Fine Shoes only 98o pair. ? . V/o cam f; complete hm of Men's Wf?k Shost Men*? JTine Shoe*, etteb makes as Bion ?V- Bcystolds,. T. ?>. Barry'?,Bste, Schwab & Co'*., asd others, at !? &S.0$pair\ We bave$e&Hri Bbs Ck??, P&tcaVColt or Paient.;.VI?,'-. Te!otirfr Calf, Gun Metal leathers, all styles L?tce Congrios, Congress Bais., Biebers, etc. , "sell the beat Go?^s al dnd?r-pnc?, and ?o n Store to tarry1 better ?o$da thaji we do. ?..'?'-'...<<?????'.'?.? ? " t.y*-.--. '..< ir'' , Jf We respectfni?y,reciiieat all oar friends who are possession of Coupons for Fre? Preminjas to r?ti?* them by September 10tk for redemption? LU iJL " __i ii ii nm mi i ? ? 1 UL 1 1 J