Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE PACIC MUTUAL Life Insuranc% Cnmpany of California Organize -,8 on "Old Line" Plan. Read what one who is recognized au thority on the subject, has to say: "Of late the magazines and daily papers have had much to say by way of criti cism of certain Life Insurance Compa nies, and especially with regard to the Legal Organization of such Companies, and of the manner of their control. These CRITICISMS do not apply to The Pacific Mutual, but DEMON-. STRATE the Truth of the Assertion that "for iPOLICY-HOLDERS The Pacific Mutual has the BEST Legal organization." It is not controlled by ONE or Two men, having no pecuniary interest or responsibility save as policy holders, or recipients of salary; But it is controlled by a BOARD of fifteen Directors, not mere dummies, bu Stock holders in their own right, holding a large amount of the Company's stock, and Policyholners as well. The Direc tors of the Company are men of high Financial and Commercial standing, and are by LAW made RESPONSIBLE for the acts of the Officers of the CORPO RATION. "The Company has a capital stock of $500,000 Fully paid up in GOLD coin, but while this Capital and the Stock holders' responsibility afford to Policy. holders the GREATEST possible Secur ity, it Costs participating Policyholders NOTHING, but every dollar paid into the Company by thein and the ACCU MULATION thereon, is applied to their BENEFIT. There is no Other LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY trans acting business in America whose Pol icyholders, by Legal enactment, are so Safe-guarded as are the Policyholders of The Pacific Mutual." (hi on or write to me, ROBERT NoRms, Genl. Agt. for S. C., Newberry, S. C. Office over Post Office. Just received 2car loads of Buggies. I car load of Wagons. andalot of up to-date and first class Harness. All to be had at REASONABLE PRICES at A T. BROWN. Dr. R. M. Kennedy, DENTIST. Newberry, - - S. C. OVER NATIONAL BANK. Best Mineral As phalt Roofing. C. H. CANNON, Near C., N. & L. Depot W OR K BY A Newberry Steam Laundry Co MR. A. C. JONES REPLIES. To Senator Blease-He Gives His Views on the Question of Dis pensary. To the Editor of the Herald & News: I desire to correct some mistakes that Senator Blease made in his com munication favoring the dispensary in Teusday's paper. He says: "It has been charged frequently that at the election in 1892 the people of South Carolina voted for prohibition and that the prohibitionists asked for a fish and were given a serpent," and then he adds that, "This state ment is not true. At the session of of the legislature of 1892 the prohi bitionists made a strong fight for the Childs prohibition bill which was passed by a good safe majority through the house of representatives, when it reached the senate Ex-Gov ernor Evans then senator. moved to strike out the Childs bill and insert the dispensary law as an amendment. That was passed by the senate and returned to the house of representa tives. The prohibition leaders, nota bly Mr. S. A. Nettles, who is now a Methodist minister and who had been making a strenuous fight for the Childs bill arose in his seat and begged the prohibition members whose leader he was to vote for the senate amendment which was the dispensary law" Senator Blease is either not famil iar with the facts or he has forgotten the history of prohibition in this state just prior to and at the time the dispensary law was passed. Let me refresh his memory. The prohibition sentiment in the state before 1892 had grown so strong that the leaders of the democratic party were forced to recognize it and if possible pre vent it being made a political issue in the election of state and county officers and in order to satisfy the prohibition. democrats, they agreed that they would have placed at every voting precinct in the state a box and if a majority voting in that box voted for prohibition they would enact a state prohibition law. The prohibi tion democrats carried the state by more than ten thousand. majority and when the general assembly met the house passed the Childs prohibi tion bill by a good majority but when the bill reached the senate the leaders of the party were not willing to al low it to pass the senate and sent a gentleman over to Athens, Ga., to; find out the provisions of the law that I had been in force there for some time 1 to regulate and control the sale oft ntoxicating liquors and from that aw. The dispensary law was made up and presented to the senate as an amendment to the house Childs' pro ibition bill and to influence some of the senators to vote for it, who- felt hat they were bound to vote for pro ibition, on account of the pledge1 made by the democratic leaders to the prohibitionists, they told these1 senators that those who were elected before the vote was taken were not bound by that vote, and as this was an administration measure theyI should stand by the administration and after securing its passage by the senate it was returned to the house for concurrence and the prohibition ists were told, that they must accept this or nothing. So it was not a question of choice 'but either to ac ept the dispensary law with the laim of the senators who presented it that it was intended as a step toward prohibition or to reject it and leave the bar-rooms open. The prohibitionists threw the responsi-1 bility of makng the law a step towards prohibition upon the admin- 1 istration and it gradually developed that it was never intended to promoteI temperance but to defeat prohibition, and to be used in making money. This is its history and the prohibi tonsts are in no way responsible for the harm it has done. The prohibi tion movement then and now is a movement by the people to rid them selves of the evils of the liquor traffic and the present uprising against the1 :ispensary, appears to 'be by those who were formerly its friends, but who are now ready to admit that after giving it a fair trial for more than ten years that it does not pro mote temperance, or good morals, but that as it is conducted today it ~ s a curse to our state and county. The impression seems to prevail through and through. Senator Blease was present in January of this year in Columbia when a number of gentlemen were discussing the reso lutions he had offered in the senate to have the state dispensary investi gated when one of the party remark ed that they should have a committee like the one that investigated the state penitentiary a few years ago. About that time a member of the penitentiary committee came up and he was told the subject of our discus sion, when he replied it would be im possible to do it, that it was so rotten that a committee could not get near enough to investigate it, and remark ed further, that the people of his county thought they had one of the best dispensers in the state, that he seemed to attend to his business closely and had the reputation of be ing an honest man, but that he went hiome from the dispensary one even ing after closing and took sick sud denly and died and when they went lown to open up the place and ex amine his books and papers, they Eound on fi:.e in his office letters from the manufacturers of certain brands >f liquors that had been sold the state dispensary, enclosing him money for pushing the sales of certain brands md letters from others offering to ;ay him if he would push their brands mnd that it seemed that the tempta :ion was too strong for any man to ;tand. Senator Blease asked if he :ould get these letters for the use of tis committee when appointed and ie told him he saw no reason why :hey could not -be used as they were :here on file. This gives you some dea why the people are tiring of the lispensary. ,The principal reason iven by Senator Blease in asking :hat the dispensary in this county >e continued is the profit feature. If t be true that the people of this county :annot pay the expenses of the coun :y and for keeping up the schools vithout being engaged in business of ome kind let us go out of the liquor >usiness and take up some other line hat will not ruin every man who ouches it or those who patronize it. 'he queston is asked after the dis >ensary, what? As I understand it, f the dispensary is voted out in this :ounty we will be placed in the same >osition as Greenwood, Marlboro, and -hreokee counties. Greenwood and ,arlboro have never had a dis >ensary and I don't think Marlboro as ever asked to be allowed to vote >n the question since the dispensary aw was passed. An effort was made n the general assembly to have Marl >oro included with th counties that he 'board could open dispensaries and he Hon. WV. D. Evans who was Sen itor of the county at the time, told ne that he told those who were try ng to include Marlboro, that he vould stand and discuss the question n the senate until the time fixed for he adjournment of the genera! as embly to prevent it being done; that he people of his county were satis ied with prohibition and.did not want he dispensary. If the people of ~ewberry will take the trouble to en uire, they will find that the tax levies or Marlboro, Greenwood and Chero cee counties are no higher than they tre now in Newberry with a dispen ary and that their schools are in as iealthy a condition as ours; that the governor has not levied any extra ax for the enforcement of the law Ld that he will not do ..t in any :ounty that votes Out the dispensary f the people of the county enforces he law. So it resolves itself after il to the question is it right for the >eople of Newberry to continue the lispensary, which is doing so much o ruin the young men and homes of ur people or not, and for myself, -ealizing the responsibility which de rolves upon me, as a citizen of this ity and county, I answer, no, not if ny vote will prevent it. A. C. Jones, Newberry, S. C., June 14. Special Excursion. The Charleston & Western Caro ia railroad will run a special ex :ursion to Charleston, S. C. and re urn on June 21t-22, 1905. Round trip are from Laurens only $2-75. Train caves Laurens at 12 o'clock. noon, -eturning leaves Charleston at 10 'clock, p. in., June 22. 1905. First :ass service. Quick Schedule. Make up your party and visit the south's most splendid Seashore su11iran' Island and Isl. of Palms. POLITICAL GOSSIP. The Question That Will Trouble the Politicians-Which Side to Get On. The following article is sent out from Columbia this week to several of the afternoon papers in the state. It is given here in order that the readers .of The Herald and News may know the political gossip of the state. The county campaign started in va rious parts of the State to vote out the dispensary has become epidemic. Pickens having joined Cherokee in the dry column and petitions look ing to the sane end being in circula tion now in Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg, Union, Oconee, Wil Iiamsb:trg, Charleston and. Newberry, and this and other evidence of a change of heart on the part of various classes of people against the dispen sary have started some interesting political talk, which seems to outline some important re-alignments for the coming campaign-county as well as state. E.enatorial and ccngressional. Among other entertaining phenom ena held out as probable is Senator Tillman stumping the state for pro hibition. His close personal and po litical friends assert with confidence that he will certainly be found doing a stunt of this kind in case it is dem onstrated that the state is determined to rid itself' of the dispensary. And the prohibitionists will get numer ous other strong advocates ffom the dispensary ranks. Among other prom inent politicians who have climbed iboard the prohibition band wagon recently, are ex-Congressman Jasper Talbert and. United States Senator John L. McLaurin, both said to have aspirations which they hope to realize in the coming campaign. The prohibitionists alone are not strong enough to carry the state, their voting strength being only 20, ooo, but there are many dispensary advocates who have been accepting the uispensary as the next best thing, who, it. is said, are now willing to join the prohibition ranks. And there is always a large whiskey element ever ready to join either the angels or the devil's imps to beat the dispensary. There has been no effort so far to organize the prohibition forces, but the leaders say this will be done in the immediate future, and that the e.inpaign will be pitched with a view I to capturing the legislature -as well as the State offices. Not only a state ticket will be put out, they say, but every county will be organized so as to elect memibers of the legislature who will vote against the dispensary ( and for prohibition. c On whom the cold water people 1 I will centre their energy for governor Just a OF Y4 Time, i We wish to call your a Spring and Summer Go A dollar expended with us will do We offer the trade our best efforts best. The prices the lowest for the I We offer somedainty Mercerized i in price from zoc. to Soc. yd. We have nice line Knickerbock Sn Dimities, Ducks, DeLaines and other are dreams for waists or dresses Sp Riverside Plaids, Southern Silks, Chi Our Shoes are built to wear. Our sell Groceries. Get prices and see st S. S. Bli Prosperi *********$*,**, 4 COME SOO: * Whenever you start out on a sh *This plan will save you many *time. If we haven't just what : We shall not urge you to buy, b Igoods as soon as you can. It w every way to make selections be + MAYES' DRl is so far altogether a matter of spec.. lation. Mr. J. A. McCullough, o Greenville bar, and Mr. C. C. Feather stone, of Laurens bar, have both in-. dicated recently that they would nt be non-conductors should the Iight ning strike in their immediate Yiciu~. ity. The ultra-dispensary people are concentrating on Col. John T. Stoan of Columbi-a, for governor, becaese.. among the other candidates for goe ernor M. F. Ansel, of Greenvile, s regarded as a prohibitionist, and the Speaker of the House M. L. Smit&r, 4 Camden, and State Senator- Richard) I. Manning, of Sumter, are regarde as too luke-warm. Chairman Hub. Evans, of the dispensary directorate and State Senator Cole. L. Blease, of Newberry, have been regarded as probable gubernatorial candidates,.. but neither will make the race. Mr.. Evans wants to retain his present. position-which pays $400 a year and Senator Blease feels that he cax hold the dispensary cause better by running for attorney general, quietly, :irecting the dispensary sfrength to ward Col. Sloan as he goes along. Experienced politicians say thaz ligh license is an impossibility in as. thoroughly democratic. a state as: South Carolina-that is, an imposs bility as a permanent arrangement. The constitution forbidding the sale :f whiskey except under dispensary regulations the prediction is therefore made that if high license law is passect by the next legislature (or by the new )ne succeeding it), the exclusive ce monopolistic features of an arrange ment of this kind will cause its deatb at the succeeding election in favor of low license. Before concluding it might. be sai' by way of parenthesis, as it were,. that it is felt here that the efforts to rote out the dispensary will not suc :eed either in Charleston or Ander-. son In fact the Charleston petitioa, has been witharawn and it is under-. tood that the Anderson paper has, to substantial backing. A married man always has a hard uck story on tap when his wife asks rim for money. What Shall We Flave for Dessert? This question arises in the family very day. Let us answer it to-day. Trb Jell-0, ,delicions and healthin1 dessert. Pe ared intwo minutes. No boiling i na aiking!i add boiling water and set toe oo1. Flavors:-Lemon, Orange,R erry and Strawberry. Get a packagae t your grocers to-day. io cts. Minute 3UR 'lease. ttention to our line of ods. double duty. Try it. in selections. T1he styles are the rest goods. Vaistings, Skirtings, &c., ranging itings, Brousse Stripes, Callalettes, dress goods. Our Tussoh Silks ring and Summer Prints 5c. yd.. aviots, Cottonades, &c. men's Shirts are beauties. We yles. Yours anxious to please, -ge Co. N~AND SEE: opping tour come here first. 4 unnecessary steps and much * rou want then look elsewhere.4 at we do wish you to see our ill be to your advantage in fore the final rush begins, LJG STORE..