The times and democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, March 27, 1908, Page 8, Image 8
DODGED THE ISSUE.
STATE SUPREME COURT ON CAL
BOUN COUNTY ELECTION.
A Decision That Decides Nothing Ex
cept That Disfranchised Voters
Have No Redress in the Courts.
The formal opinion of the ?tate Su
preme Court in the Calhoun County
election has been filed and we are
sorry to say that it is an opinion that
does not do much credit to that so
called higher court. The case is that
of Parier and others against State
Treasurer Jennings and others as
members of the State board of elec
tion canvassers.
The court in the opinion/written by
Justice Gary, holds that the ques
tions of fact in these cases are left
to the State board of canvassers to
decide. The board has found that if
all the electors residing in the terri
tory of the new county, but whose
polling precincts were outside had
voted at the new county election the
result would not have been changed.
The court declares that it is not
necessary to pass on the constitution
ality of the statute in question in
order to protect the right of the elec
tors to take part in the election, as
the Court follows the well settled
rule not to take into consideration
the constitutionality of an Act of the
General Assembly unless it is neces
sary to do' so. The action of tlie j
State Board of canvassers is there
fore upheld.
It will be recalled that there is a
conflict between the provisions of the
Constitution and the Act of the Gen
eral Assembly in regard to the right
to vote in new county elections. The
Constitution declares that all qualifi
ed electors residing within the pro
posed new county shall vote while
the status provide for the opening
of the polling places at only tkese
precincts within the territory, where
as, as in this case of Calhoun County,
the polling places of certain quali
fied electors who reside in the terri
tory axe outside of the territory. The
Court does not undertake to settle
this conflict.
It will be seen that the Court cora
pletc'y dodges the issue and leaves
the decision of a most important ques
tion to a lot of men who knows no
more about it than a lot of catfish
does about Sunday.- When the ques
tion was before the State Board of
Canvassers, and after the question
had been argued pro and con for
several hours by the learned counsel
on both sids, one of the board grave
ly enquired if all the people in Or
angeburg County had not been al
lowed to vote on the question of
forming the County of Calhoun. This
shows how competent at least one
member of the board was to pass on
the important question.
It would have been much better
for the Court to have taken a manly
stand and decided t the question one
way or the other, even if they had
gone againsi the disfranchised voters,
than to shift their responsibility off
on an ignorant board of State Can
vassers. The question involved was
not a question of fact at all, but a
question of law and justice, involv
ing the right of many legal voters to
exercise a privilege guaranteed them
by the State and Federal Constitu
tion. The action of the Court in this
case is not creditable to it as the sup
posed custodian of the rights of all
the people in the State.
TRYING TO SAVE FRANKLIN
But Sooner of Later He Will Pay the
Penalty.
Efforts are being made to stave
off the hanging of Pink *ranklin, the
murderer of Constabble Valentine,
but it will not save his neck, as soon
er or later he will pay the penalty
of his crime on the gallows. The
Newberry Obbserver says:
"Jacob Moorer, a colored lawyer
of orangeburg, was in Newberry on
Friday and appeared before Chief
Justice Pope asking for an order to
stay the remittitur iu the case of
Pink Franklin, colored, who has been
convicted of murder and sentenced
to be hanged. The case went to the
supreme court and the lower court
was sustained. The motion of the
colored lawyer was to stay the re
mittitur until he could have a chance
to present some other motion in the
case. The chief justice granted his
motion and gave him further time
for a hearing."
This is the way murderers escape
their just punishment, but we do not
believe that Franklin will escape. He
murdered an officer of the law who
went to his home to serve a war
rant and he should be hung, and we
feel sure that he will be as soon as
all the gauntlets of the courts are
run. When the above hearing is over
there will be another hearing on
some other nonsensical ground, but
the end will be reached, and then
hemp will be introduced and the
tragedy will be closed.
Carson Succeeds Paulling.
On the recommendation of the Or
angeburg delegation Gov. Ansel has
appointed Mr. Lewis A. Carson as a
member of the Ornageburg County
Dispensary Board to succeed Mr. H.
C. Paulling, who is a resident of Cal
hcun County. Mr. Paulling has been
a membebr of the Board ever s'iice
the dispensary was established nmny
years ago and has made a good faith
1111 official. Mr. Carson is fui'y qual
?ed for his new position and no bet
ter selection could have been made.
To Be or Not To Be?
That seems to be the Question
troubling Orangeburg along tht? h.'ISe
ball line just now. As the moaey to
Tun the t-'am i: not in sight and is
not .ikely to be. Orangeburg will
have no base ball this summer. Some
;ar players are in demand else
*.-e and no doubt they will be sold
"leased.
ELECTION CONTESTS.
The Usual Negroes Are Working for
the Usual Fees.
In speaking of the South Carolina
contested cases before Congress the
Washington correspondent of The
State says "the usual negroes are
contesting the seats of Lever. Legare
and Patterson. They are all here
with their attorneys. W. A. Holman,
D. L. Baker and M. Rutledge Rivers
are here for Legare, B. H. Moss and
C. M. Efird for Lever, and D. S.
Henderson for Patterson. Prioleau
has appeared upon the scene and is
ready to take his seal on the floor
of the house. The election commit
tee is settling Itself to enjoy the ar
gument of Lawyer Moorer of Orange
burg, who represents the contestants
for Lever and Patterson's seat. Moor
er is the negro who last time said he
stood so high in the legal profession
in Orangeburg that he could borrow
money from Mr. B. Hart Moss."
It is time that this farce was called
off. None of these negroes expect
to get any seat in Congress. If they
did, not one of them would know
what to do with it. juantzler is about
as much fit to represent this dis
trict in Congress as one of those "hid
eous baboon" Capers reems to
know so much about. Then there isi
Prioleau, Caper's "hideous baboon."
He is either dodgiug the penitentiary
or running for Congress nearly all
the time. He would make a lovely
member. The principal thing the^e
fellows are after is the attorney's fee3
allowed by Congress. When they get
it they are the happiest set of dar
kies in South Carolina as loug as the
money lasts.
EARLY MORNING FIRE.
An Old Unoccupied House Burned on
Tuesday Morning.
Another early morning fire oecuri
ed in Orangeburg on Tuesday morn
ing at three o'clock a house belong
ing to Mr. J. D. Bolen, on Meeting
street, and known as the "old W'les
house," was found to be on lire.
The blaze evidently started from the
inside, as it had been raining all
night and continued without cessa
tion until the middle of the next day.
The building was a very old om and
burnt rapidly.
So far as is kr.own the house was
unoccupied at the time of the the.
Mr. Bolen's family having moved cut
of it the day before into a new resi
dence on a lot adjoining that on
which the house is located. The
loss is fully covered by insurance.
Mr. Bolen has been peculiarly un
fortunate recently, another residence,
in which he was living at the time,
having been destroyed by fire several
months ago. Fortunately he was
protected by insurance In both cases.
The fire department responded
promptly to the fire on Tuesday
morning, but the fire had made such
progress that it was impossible to
save the building. The origin of the
fire Is not known, but it has the ap
pearance of having been set. and it
would be well for the authorities to
investigate the matter thoroughly.
Fires are getting entirely too fre
quent in our city, and there must be
a cause for them.
BOWMAN NOTES.
What Is Being Done In and Around
That Town.
Bowman, March 25. Special: The
rain of Monday evening and Tuesday
morning was almost unprecedented
in this section, the precipitation
amounting to nearly 4.00 inches.
Streams are running over bridges in
some places making it dangerous to
travel and farm work is practically
suspended and will continue so for
several days or longer in some in
stances. The rain commenced with
a thunder shower Monday night and
continued though slacking up at
times, until after two P. M.
Tuesday, thundering at intervals
during the entire time.
Very little corn hat, yet been plant
ed around here, a number of farmers
waiting for dark night to plant, while
others prefer to plant later in the
month. The bulk of the crop under
existing circumstances cannot be
planted till first of April as many
fields will not dry out sufficiently to
do so.
It is really strange that this
important crop continues to be neg
lected by many farmers in 'his as
well as other sections of the country.
This is evidenced by the fact, of mer
chants handling the grain in such
large quantities. Quite a large
amount of corn and hay has ;een al
ready sold here this season some of
which is used by farmers who should
make it themselves
I lje fepv' t.'er ht'sliww continues
uninterrupted >ind large quantities
continue to arrive here.
Mr. J. A. Summers of Columbia, a
member of the Grand Lodge, K. of
P., will speak at Bowman Friday eve
ning. The public are cordially in
vited to hear this prominent speaker.
Dundee.
School Entertainment.
There will be an entertainment at
Oak Grove School, near Mr. Jake Ro
zard's this evening, March '11. Ice
cream and cake will be sold from
five o'c'ock in the afternoon. The
evening's entertainment, which will
consist of recitations and dialogues,
will begin at eight o'clock. The pro
ceeds is to be applied to the improve
ment of the school house and
grounds. This entertainment was to
have taken place Friday of lust week,
but on account of the very inclement
weather was postponed.
Easter Bonnets.
Nearly all the radles were out. o*i
'Wednesday and yesterday to take a
look at the Easter bonnets displayed
by the different millinery stores in
the citv. The different displays were
very fine, and many sales were made.
We heard of one fifty dollar and one
twenty-five dollar hat being sold, but
most of the sales were below these
flgure?.
WILL BE SOLD.
DISPENSARIES WILL BE RUN IN
CALHOUN COUNTY.
Chief Justice Poi>e Sets Aside Gov
ernor Ansel's Order Closing: Them
and Throws Them Wide Open.
By the grace of Chief Justice Pope,
who is generally on the side of the
dispensary in his decisions, the Cal
ucun County dispensaries will he
kept open and the neu- county will
enjoy the revenue therefrom. It
I will he remembered that Governor
Ansel ordered the dispensaries at St.
Matthews and Fort Motte closed, but
later on Chief Justice Pope issued
an order restraining the dispensaries
at those plr.ces from closing their
places of business as ordered by the
Governor.
The county dispensary board of
Orangeburg Ccunty was not mention
ed in this older, and the question
arose as to whether or not the board
could continue to ship liquors into
Calhoun county under the provision
in the Act creating the new county
that the dispensaries were to he run
as formerly, before the new county
was formed.
The whole question was to thave
come tip before Chief Justice Pope
on Tuesday but it was postponed, but.
Mr. Welch representing the dispeu
saryltes of Calhoun secured another
order from the Chief Justice direct
ing the Orangeburg County hoard to
continue to supply liquors, etc., to
the Calhoun dispensaries until the
further order of the Court. As will
be seen from the order, which is
published in full below, the hoard
is granted "leave to make such re
turn herein as it may he advised."
Mr. Welch was in the city Wednes
day and had a conference with the
county board relative to the situa
tion, the result being satisfactory to
all parties. The board has been will
ing all along to continue shipping
whiskey to the Calhoun dispensaries,
and the pl?ces at St. Matthews and
Fort Motte were ordered closed sole
ly upon Governor Ansel's opinion
that Calhoun was dry territory and
his order to that effect to the board.
Xo resistance will be made to Jus
tice Pope's order on the part of the
board of this county, which will con
tinue to have supervision over the
Calhoun dispensaries. The'view taken
is that this is a matter affecting only
Orangeburg and Calhoun counties,
and the matter has been adjusted to
the satisfaction of both. Calhoun
will derive a revenue from the retail
sales of liquor at her dispensaries,
while Orangeburg will make a profit
on the wholesale end.
Orangeburg County, we suppose,
will have to take out a wholesale li
cense now that she is selling liquor
by the wholesale to another county.
It would be well for the commis
sioners to look into this matter and
Ox the price of their liquor according
ly. As there is no limit set in Chief
Justice Pope's order, we suppose it
will run indefinitely, and therefore
the dispensaries at St. Matthews and
Fort Motte will be kept open until
the Legislature meets and the defects
in the law remedied. The following
is the last order of Chief Justice
Pope:
"1. That the county dispensary
board for Orangeburg County, creat
ed and existing under the Act of the
General Assembly, commonly called
and known as 'the Carey-Cothran Act,
do' from and after the date hereof,
and until further ordered, contin
ue to perform and exercise its duties
under said Act in the territory taken
from Orangeburg County to form Cal
houn County, the same as if said ter
ritory taken to form Calhoun County
was still a part of Orangeburg Coun
ty:
"2. It is further ordered that said
county dispensary board for Orange
burg County do continue as hereto
fore, and until further ordered, to
supply and furnish, in the manner
now provided for by law, to the dis
pensaries in Calhoun County all the
liquors and other alchulic beverages
now under the law allowed to be sold
iu the Dispensaries and necessary to
the continued conducting and opera
ting of said dispensaries as hereto
fore, and while the same was in Or
angeburg County.
"3. It is further ordered that the
county dispensary board for Orange
burg County be made a party to the
proceeding herein, and that a copy
of the petition herein, together with
the order signed by me on the 17th
day of March, 1908, be served upon
the said county dispensary board for
Orangeburg County, together with a
copy of this order, and that the said
county board have leave to make
such return herein as it may be ad
vised."
Had a Pleasant Time.
Mayor J. W. II. Dukes, Alderman
I. W. Bowman and Mr. W. H. Dukes,
members of the committee who went
to Washington In the interest of the
public building have returned to this
city. After getting through with their
business at Washington, they visited
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Richmond and several other cities. It
is needless to say they had a most
pleasant time.
Slight Change in Schedule.
Two very slight changes have been
made in the schedule of the Atlantic
Coast Line Railway trains. Train No
.'!2, going north, which formerly pass
ed through this city in the afternoon
at 5.09 now passes at 5.26. Train No
46, which starts from here and stops
at Lanes, formerly left here at 7.15
in the morning, but now leaves at
7.40 o'clock.
Dr. Snyder Will Lecture.
Dr. Menry N. Snyder. President of
Wofford College, will lecture in this
city on Friday night. April 10th. un
der the auspices of the Orangeburg
Collegiate Institute. Dr. Synder is
an able man and all who go out to
hear him will be well repaid.
BLAMES ORANGEBURG
For the Closing of the Dispensaries
in Calhoun County.
The Orangeburg correspondent of
The News and Courier says " a rum
or has gained circulation that the city
of Orangeburg is responsible for the
dispensary tangle in Calhoun. This
was based on a portion of an article
from the St. Matthew's correspon
dent of The News and Couriet as
follows: 'There are said to he some
quiet forces at work in the city of
Orangebburg with a view of injuring
this community and attracting tryde
to the former city.'
" This correspondent has made dil
igent seaich and inquiry, but is un
able to locate any sign or trace of
the said 'quiet forces,' except, per
haps, the prohibition forces, which,
naturally, would like to see Calhoun
and every other county in the State
for that matter, dry. Even the pro
hibition people, so far as is known,
have not been active in this matter,
and if they were, their efforts would
not be exerted towards forming any
prejudice against St. Matthew's in
favor of Orangeburg."
LIST OF LETTERS.
Those Remaining Unclaimed in the
Orangeburg Postoflice.
List of letters remaining unc'aim
ed in the Orangeburg Post Office
for the week ending March 2?,, 190S.
Persons calling for these letters will
please say they are advertised.
A. D. Webster, P. M.
Mrs. Sarah Adams, Alex. Aiken.
, Arthur Barnes, Miss Emma Bay
pard. Miss Ida Brown. Miss Susie
Burvick.
Miss Rebecca Caplin, Mrs. Sarah
Corlie, M. T. Colman.
Miss Cora Fogle.
Miss Isabel le Good.
Asil Hall. I. .J. Harrington. Miss
Rozan Haynes. Arthur Haynes, Robt.
Hinten.
W. H. Inabinet, Miss Annie P.
Johnson, Miss Henrietta Johnson.
Wilto Linai.
Miss Mansey, Jerry Maples, Carry
Michel. Mrs Maggie Moore. Samuel
Moore. Miss Emma Moss. Jas B. My
ers, Johnson Nelson, Miss Lillie B.
Xowell.
Robert Patrick.
Hans Radicha, Miss Lavinie Rhue,
Elliot Riley, John Rush.
Miss Fiances Salley, Laurie Smil
ey. Homer Stevens, J. E .Sutton.
Miss Lylie Theslen, Hugh A.
Thompson, Eddie Walker, Mrs. R. M.
Wannamaker, Miss Evelina Williams,
Miss Rosa May Williams, D. W.
Washington.
WILL DO GOOD.
The New Ruling of the Postoflice De
partment AH Right.
Editor Aull, of the Newberry Her
aid and News writes cs follows to
his paper from Washington:
"I had a very pleasant conference
with the Third Assistant Postmaster
General. Mr. A. W. Lawshe. and in
addition co the main question which
I desired to see him about he discuss
ed some of the new rulings which had
been made by the postoflice depart
ment, very pleasantly and intelligent
ly. He is himself an old newspaper
man and was engaged in newspaper
work until he began his service for
the public.
The regulation in regard to the
payment of subscriptions, I am sat
isfied, will result in benefit both to
the subscriber and to the publisher
and will eliminate from the mails at
second class au immense amounc of
matter which si not. legitimately en
titled to come in as newspapers or
periodicals in contemplation of the
law.
"It is not the purpose of the de
partment. 1 am sure, to injure any
legitimate newspaper but on the con
trary to benefit such. The postal
laws so far as they relate to the
second class need revision, and Mr.
Lawshe in his report has called at
tention of congress to these matters
and congress should take some ac
tion."
HUSTLING BOWMAN.
Mr. Bennett Pays (-apt. Dibble a
Deserved Tribute.
Editor Times and Democrat:
Accepting an invitation from Hon.
S. Dibble, las* week, I visited the new
town of Bowman, and must say was
agreeable surprised to sie a town
so well built in so short a time. Stores
as large and well built as in Or
angeburg, St. Matthews. Hamberg or
elsewhere. Mr. Dibble has It sur
veyed in such a way that, colored peo
ple occupy only one end of the town,
it is the intention of Mr. Dibble to
make it strictly a white settlement
or colony. He will not sell an inch
of farm land to any but whites and
that only in small farms, none over
50 acres, and many less. He has a
hundred farms surveyed with good
houses built and necessary out
houses, stables, etc., with good roads.
These farms can be rented or bought
on easy terms. Now to he able to do
all this he has been making a quan
tity of brick as well as running a
large saw and planing mill and has
many thousands of feet of lumber
on hand. The secret of all this is
his system of ditching from one
bay or swamp until it reaches a creek
he has several what may be called
canals into which lots of small ditchs
empty. He has a gang of white men
who, I believe, do nothing, but dig
these ditches. They are paid about
$1,000 per year and after they hare
finished they are to go to cypress
shingle making, as Mr. Dibble has a
vast number of Cypress trees. What
ever good work Mr. Dibble has done
at the Bar or in congress this is
I think his masterpiece, and my ad
vice to owners of similar property in
other parts of the State is to ro
and see Mr. Dibble, as 1 am sure he
will be pleased to show them around.
Wm. Bennett.
USE PRINTER'S INK
MAIL ORDER HOUSES FLOOD THE
COUNTRY WITH ADVERTISING.
In Fighting This Serious Men ace Mer
chants Must Resort to Publicity
and Advertise in the Local Press.
The most serious problem confront
ing the retail merchants of the coun
try today and the one that is giving
them the most couceru Is that of tlie
so called mall order system?the retail
catalogue house trade. I
This is an era of combinations
trusts, both financial, industrial and
commercial. But the most menacing
trust in the world today, says Max
well's Talisman, Is the commercial
combination that tends to destroy the
retail business of the country.
Not satistied with the mercantile field,
these commercial trusts are also seek
ing to become the financial depositaries
for the rural districts by opening bank
departments and as an Inducement to
the farmer offering G per ceat on de
posits.
The retail catalogue houses are man
aged by fnrseeing and broad gauge
business men who fully realize the val
ue of advertising. They have been
spending millions of dollars u year in
systematic advertising campaigns. In
addition to their elaborate catalogues,
they sustain with their patronage hun
dreds of mail order journals. These
journals have a combined circulation
of 32.000,000 a mouth. They are sow
ed broadcast through the country. Nor
do the catalogue houses stop Lure. Ev
ery magazine, agricultural or religious
paper that will accept their advertise
ments carries them.
The Hues of this great conflict be
tween commercial interests ?.re clea"ly
drawn. On one side are the retail mer
chants and the publishers of the local
press, on the other the catalogue houses
and the numerous publications which
have sprung up in a uight. backed by
advertising appropriations that run iuto
the millions. The enemies of the local
publishers and the retail merchants are
allied as perfectly as is any other mod
ern trust.
Many of the larger catalogue houses
now do their own manufacturing. In
the end the jobbers and manufacturers
who now sell to the catalogue houses
will be eliminated. When that time
comes, and it certainly will come un
less something is done to prevent it. a
few great commercial giants, mon
strous in size, influence and resources,
having practically no competition, will
combine to dictate the price the mass
of the people must pay for every ar
ticle they sell.
This inevitable conclusion is not a
pleasant one to contemplate, and It be
hooves those who are already feeling
the heavy hand of this unnatural com
bination for control of trade to bestir
themselves In their own defense and
adopt measures for self projection.
The retail morchaut and the local
press are entirely unorganized and are
lu no concerted way making common
cause against a common danger. A?
tempts have been made by the mer
chants in some localities to stem the
tide by refusing to buy from jobbers
who sell to catalogue houses. This is
good so far as it goes, but If the cata
logue housos cannot get the goods from
one source they will get them from an
other and, if necessary, will buy the
manufacturing plant to secure the out
put. So long as they can by a lavish
use of printer's Ink create the demand,
just so loug will they manage to get
the goods to supply that demand
Fight the devil with fire. Any plans
for the protection of the retail mer
chants and the Jobbers and the manu
facturers who sell to the trade must go
to the very root of the evil -must meet
the catalogue house competition at ev
ery point and on their own grounds,
the advertising field.
The catalogue houses are conducting
the most comprehensive, systematic
and farreaching advertising campaign
that was ever planned, and they have
been at it for years, spending dollars
where the retail and wholesale mer
chants have spent cents. They have
had the business courage to put their
money Into publicity, knowing that
they would get it back multiplied a
hundredfold. They have created the
demand for their goods and educated
the people to look upon the mall order
business as a godseud.
What has been done in an organized
way to offset this avalaucbe of mail or
der Journals aud catalogues?
Nothing.
Some of the local merchants have
advertised liberally In the local press,
but a much larger number have utterly
failed to keep up with the procession.
The people often do not know what
the local merchant has In bis store;
neither do they know the prices, but
they do know what the catalogue house
has to sell, and the price Is always be
fore the eye.
If the retail trade Is to hold Its
ground against the competition of the
catalogue bouses, they must meet them
! ou the broad field of advertising aud
publicity as well as on the field of
prices. And this must be done through
the local press.
In nearly every town the local pub
lisher has stood manfully by the In
terests of the community by refusing
to run mail order advertisements. Fur
ther, he stands ready to prosecute an
aggressive campaign against the mall
order idea. What Ls necessary Is con
certed actlou among the merchants
and a liberal use of the local columns
to convince the people that they can
Pave money by trading at home.
The Organ Recital.
There will he a big crowd at the
Baptist church this evening to en
joy the organ recital ; iveu by Prof.
Paul DeLuanay of Paris. France,
who is now organist at T inky Church
in Columbia. Prof. DeLaunay will
be assisted by Miss Winchester, voice
'teacher at the O. C. I., nd Miss AUle
Mack of Cordova, each ot whom will
sing. The p-i'vis < v?tvwhere have
been very enthusiastic over Prof. De
Launay "s . playing, and everywhere
he haF been large ctfowd? have be -d
him. There will be no admisn<on
but a silver offerhg will be ah' d ?
THE SCHAF BOOK.
A Few Jokes That Are Found in the
Current Magazine.
MabeTs TTiocJry.
'?See what I got!" cried Bobby, a city
bred boy. as he came running from a
chicken coop, holdiug In his hand a
china egg.
"Oh. go put it back!" exclaimed Ma
bel, his six-year-old sister. "That's the
egg the hen measures by."
WHICH WAS THE WISER?
Two men toiled aide by side from sun to
sun,
And both wore poor:
Both sat with children when the day was
uono
1 About their door.
One saw the beautiful in crimson cloud
And shininf? moon;
The other, with his head In sadi.ess
bowed.
Mado night of noon.
One loved each tree and flower and sing
ing bird
On mount or plain;
No musk In the soul of one was stirred
By leal' or rain.
One saw the good in every fellow man
And hoped the best;
The other marveled at bis Master's plan
And doubt confessed.
One, having heaven above and heaven
below.
Was satisfied;
The other, discontent, lived on in woe
And hopeless died.
?Sarah EC. Bolton.
The Flustered Father.
Lincoln Beacbey, the Toledo ?pro- j
naut. wus being congratulated ? >; ii ?
$2.000 prize that he won wiiL ui.? <
dirigible balloon at St. Louis.
"And bow did you feel when you
found yourself the victor?" a young
girl asked.
"Why, I felt excited, flustered. I felt
just like my old Toledo friend. John
Humphreys, at the time his first baby
came. To Jack Humphreys, cowering
in his library, the doctor entered.
" 'Congratulations. Mr. Humphreys!'
the doctor said. 'A tine twelve pound
baby, sir.'
" 'Glorious!' shouted Jack hysterically.
'And aiu I father or a mother, doc?' "
A Good Samaritan
Passing an apartment house In the
small hours of the morning, he noticed
a man leaning limply against the door
way.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
"Drunk?"
"Yep."
"Do you Ii: e In this house?"
"Yep."
"Do you want me to help you up
stairs?"
"Yep."
With much difficulty he half drag
ged, half carried the drooping figure
up the stnirway to the second floor.
"What floor do you live on?" he ask
ed. "Is this it?'
"Yep."
Rather than face an Irate wife wfeo
might perhaps take him for a compan
ion more at fault than her spouse, ho
opened the first door he came to and
pushed the limp figure in.
He groped his wuy downstairs again.
As he was passing through the vesti
bule he was able to make out the dim
outlines of another man, apparently In
worse condition than the first one.
"What's the matter?" he asked. "Are
you drunk too?"
"Yep," was the feeble reply.
"Do you live in this house too?"
"Yep."
??nall I help you upstairs?"
"Yep."
He pushed, pulled and carried him
to the second floor, where this man
also said be lived. He opened the
same door and pushed him In.
As he ngaiu reached the front door
he discerned the shadow of a third
man, evidently worse off than either of
the other two. Ue was about to ap
proach him when the object of his so
licitude lurched out into the street and
threw himself into the arms of a pass
ing policeman.
"For heaven's sake, officer," he gasp
ed, "protect me from that man! He's
done nothln' all night long but carry
me upstairs an' throw me down th'
elevator oborr*?Everybody's.
Excursions By Southern.
The Southern Railway has an
nounced the following excursion tic
kets to points named at rates and on
dates as named, on account of vari
ous meetings conventions and other
special occasions:
Spartanburg, S. C.?On account of
Festival, April 29 to May 1. Tic
kets sold April 28, 29. 30. with limit
returning to midnight May 2, at rate
of $10.70 for the round trip.
Baltimore, Md?On account of the
General Conference of the M. E.
Church. Tickets sold May 3, 4, 5,
limited to leave Baltimore May '0, at
rate of $25.75.
Norfolk, Va?On account of the
General Conference of the A. M. K.
Church. Tickets sold May 2, 3, re
turn limit May 31. 1908, at rate of
$17.10.
Memphis, Tenn?On account of
Conference for Education in the
South. Tickets sold April 2 0, 21.
limited to midnight of April 30, at
rate or $29.10 for the round trip,
of the meeting of the Laymen's Mis
sionary Movement of mo M. E.
Church. South. Tickets sold April
19. 20, limited returning to mid
night of April 24, at the rate of
$1X.45 for the round trip.
Washington. D. C. ?On account of
the meeting of the National Society.
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion. Tickets sold April It!. 17,
limited to return to leave Washing
ton April ::<"?. at rate of $25.50 for
the round trip.
Died in Louisiana.
The many friends of Prof. Batik
night, who was connected with the
Orangeburg Collegiate Institute last
ye::r and his wife will be pained to
hear of the death of the latter, which
occurred at Rushton, La., on Tues
day.
Getting Better.
Th" many Friends of nr b. f.
MllCkCnfUSS Will be pleased to learn
that he is now much better. He has
'jecB quite sick for several days, bull
s now rapidly recovering, and his
fiends hop-., to see him out soon.
WILL NOT DOWN.
OLD STATE DISPENSARY HARD
TO GET RID OF.
Joshua Hardstroag Makes Some Ob
serrations About Matters As He
Sees Them in Connection With It.
Pardon us for mentioning it, bnc
the old State Dspcnsary seems to be
the chief topic of discussion nowa
days; but we will not tarry long.
In his opidl "i rendered more th:m
fifteen years since when declaring
the Dispensary Law unconstitutional
Chief Justice Mclver declared the
sale of whiskey uuder this system
was not a proper function of govern
ment, and his woras seem to be
prophetic, for time is fas: proving
that he was right.
More than a year since the peo
ple throught the Legislature abolish
ed the State Dispensary, and ap
pointed a commission to immediately
wind up its affairs; yet the old crea
ture seems to be more alive today
than ever.
Two years since an investigating
committee was appointed by th>* Gen
eral Assembly to investigate its af
fairs, and since that time the pa
pers have teemed with sensational
statements about fraud and graft,
ind we have been many, many times
romised that "grafters" would be
wearing stripes ere many moons had
waxed and waned; and still the bat
tle- goes merrily along, while the
good people are paying the piper.
Numerous junketing trips have been
taken beyond the limits of the State
to get evidence, and it has been got
ten, so it is said, but the elusive
grafters are still enjoying the free
dom of other citizens.
One noticeable feature is that these
in charge become very active toward
election times; the Attorney General
offers himself as a vicarious sacrifice
upon the altar of "states rights", the
Governor sends a bombastic message
to the General Assembly, and all
of the smaller fry who have not an
nounced their respective candidacies
croak in unison. It Is a surely, an
amusing situation.
If sufficient thunder and lightning
can be produced the Governor will
not have so much trouble n securing
re-election this summer; and if the
Attorney General, bless his soul, can
just get Judge Pritchard to send him
to jail for contempt why that means
Governor Lyon two years hence; and
just a litle later this man of destiny
will be hailed as the only man to
been the redoubtable Benjamin Ryan
when he enters the lists for United
States Senate. But Pritchard is a
sly old chap.
We are not deprecatng the efforts
of those In authority to hunt down
criminals and see that they are meet
ly punished; but this should be done
in an orderly manner and withjudge
ment.
If any person or persons stole
money from the Dispensary let them
be indicted, tried and punished; but
don't let us be forever talking about
it.
The conflict in Judge Pritchard's
Court would never have arisen if
those in authority had attended to
their business and wound up the
State Dispensary in six months as
the law under which they were act
ing required; they should have con
cluded by last July or August.
One thing is certai, it is not seem
ly that out highest officials, those en
trusted with upholding the majesty
of the law, should abuse tho law it
self, or the Courts, or the Courts, or
the lawyers; there is only one step
from this to anarchy and lynch-!aw.
The firms which sold the whibkey
are entitled to be heard in the Couits
as to the validity of their claims,
that is what we have Courts for;
they are ecttled to emplj/ lawyers
to represent them in those Courts
and it is none of our business what
fees they pay these lawyers; tho
United States Circuit Court, Judge
Pritchard presiding, has the right un
der the law to hear these cases and
to decide them as he deems proper
In the light of the law as he sees it,
and if he decides wrongly, the State
has a complete and adequate remedy
by appeal ot the United States Su
preme Court, which will surely re
verse, if the Court below is in error.
So,therefore, why all this fuss and
feathers; the State cannot suffer.
The United States Supreme Court
has been justly declared to be the
greatest court in the wordl. In an
unbroken line of decisions it has up
held the rights of our citizens from
the hghest to the humblest. It has
never hesitated to derided to decide
against popular clamor when the lav.
was upon the other sde. Ithas never
fattered in defining and upholding
states rights. A familiar instance
of this is the famous Dred Scott case,
when the Court, composed largely of
men of Northern birth, just prior to
the breaking out of the Civil War '
sustained the contention of the
Southern States and set the whole
North aflame.
It should also be remembered that
the United States Supreme Court af
firmed the constitutionality of this
same Dispensary Law, when our own
Supreme Court had declared it un
constitutional.
Therefore why should the Federal
Courts be abused, especially by our
highest officers?
There is one tning the people ap
pear to lose sight of; this little dl
verson Is costing them thousands up
on thousands uf dollars of the mon
ey which they have plowed and
sweated for, and is not yi> iinp hem
a penny, if we except tho a nsement
they may get out of a fir3t class
scrap. Joshua Hardstroag.
Death of Mr. I). Hesse Kritt.
Mr. I). Hesse Keitt, who lived just
outside the city limits, died on last
Tuesday and was buried from St.
Paul's Methodist Church on Wednes
day. He was about forty years of
age and is survived by his widow.
Mr. Keitt owned quite a valuable es
tate just outside the city limits.