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MR. ANSEL'S POSITION. Opposed to State Dispensary-Favors Local Option Between Prohibi tion and County Dispensaries is Against High License. The State. I have received many inquiries as to my views of the liquor question in South Carolina. and -the best way of dealing with that all absorbing question, dispensary or no dispen sary, and I take this means of stating my position. In the first place, I am opposed to the system of a state dispensary. I once thought it was the best solu tion of the liquor question, because I thought it would minimize and de crease the sales of liquors in this state, but when we consider that more than $3,000,000 worth of whiskey has been sold by the various dispensaries of the state the past year, my hopes have been disappointed; and it ap pears to me that some other method should be adopted. In the second place, I am in favor of local county option, as between prohibition and county dispensaries; that is, I am in favor of any county in the state voting upon the question as to whether they wish prohibition for that county, or whether they wish county dispensaries. If a majority of the qualified voters of the county -desire prohibition for that particular county, then I am one who believes that they should have it, and I further qbelieve that the good people of such county will see to it that the prohibi tion law is enforced. If the .ote of any county should be in favor of the s'ale of liquor in that particular county, then I favor a law providing for a county dispensary with a board of control of three mem bers, to be apopin'ed by the governor of the state, which: county board shall ha-, control of the purchase of i qtors for the county dispensaries, the appointment of. dispensers, fixing their salaries, etc., all sales to be made under the rules and regulations as may be thought wise by the legis lature. I am opposed to beer dispensaries. as I think that beer when sold at all should be sold in the regular coun ty dispensaries. I favor a stringent law against the unlawful sale of liquor. My experi ence of 12 years as one of the solici tors of this state has convinced me that whatever system may be adopted, that unlawful sales will be made by some. It is, therefore, necessary that stringent laws should be passed to punish the "blind tiger," those who sell unlawfully. -Make it the duty of all sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, magistrates, con stables, policemen and town marshals to see that the law against the unlaw ful 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, through the agency of such officers, 0f the of fense of unlawful sales, transportation, 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 respective counties, showing the purchases made, the amount of sales by the county dispensaries, and of all their acts as suc'h county board of control, and should be liable crimi nally for any violation of the law, rules and regulations of the dispen sary law. I am opposed to the high license system; it is too near the old barroom system, and would not decrease the sales of liquor, whatever the re strictions might be, but would in crease 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. Personally. I would like to see no Jiaunor sold in this state as a bever age. but it is a condition which con fronts us, and the question is how best to deal with that condition. There2 is no law that can be passed that will keep some people from drinking liquor, still I believe it to be the duty of the state to pass such laws as will minimize :he use of liquor as much as Dossible. This is a brief outline of my views upon the liquor question. Martin F. Ansel. Greenille S. C, Aug. 2:L 1905. ODDITIES OF THE NEWS Some Facts Which Are Really Strang er Than Fiction. New York World. What novelist would devise a situa tion where the safety of a household depended on an alarm of fire given by the popping of seltzer bottles in the flames? Or a life saved by a lightning stroke killing a runaway team, as in Blake. a Chicago suburb? Wiha't author of Bowery melodrama would stage a scene in which a child of six averts a panic in a crowded hall by tearing down burning bunting? Our national modesty appears not alone in Congressman "Tim" Sulli van's leaving Paris with a blush, but in that Atlantic City episode where the Kansas adjutant general after one look at the costumes of the sirens of the surf took the first train home. And in the act of the St. Louis Puri tans who attired a nude statue in a kimona and picture hat. And the progress the new woman is making-organizing a fire company st Seaside, N. J., a water company at Roseland, a militia company in Columbia, Mo., and playing baseball before the fashionalbles of Lenox. The news illustrates the human attributes of animals, in the Flushing dog committing suicide after a whip ping. In the case of the Euro pean hotel keeper who saved the straws Trough which 'his royal guests imbibed, cooling beverages and had them made into a hat it sat irizes the extremes of the collec ting habit. In a day's doings of the world, indeed, is contained more of the curious than is dreamt of in philos ophy of pale fact. Mutual Recognition. Farm and Fireside. Did you ever ride on another per son's railroad pass or deadhead your passage? Anyway, the following story, as told on an American lawyer, is humorously interesting. The law yer in question had gone to a west ern state to practice his profession, but as he got no clients and stood a good chance of starving to death, he decided to return eastward again. Without any money he got into a train for Nashville, Tenn., intending to seek employment as a reporter on one of the daily newspapers. When the conductor called for his ticket, he said, "IJ am on the staff of -, of Nashville. I suppose you will pass me?" The conductor looked at him sharp lv. "The editor of that paper is in the smoker. Come with me. If he identifies you, all right." He followed the conductor into the smoker and the situation was explain ed. Mr. Editor said, "Oh, yes, I recognize him as one of the staff. t is all right." Before leaving the train the law yer again sought the editor. "Why did you say you recognized me? I'm not on your paper." "I'm not the editor, either. I'm traveling on his pass, and was scared 'to death lest you should give me away. Properly Introduced. Margaret is a well-brot' ;t-up lit :e girl who has some knowledge of Ietiquette. says the New York Times. She has been taken to the country his summer to a house where there is a large dog. "Don't go near the dog, Margaret," said her mother, "he doesn't know you and he might bite." But that did not suit Margaret and she knew how to arrange matters. Going to the dog she made a little courtesy such as she had been taughc to make at dancing school andI said politely: "Doggie. I am Margaret Brown." Then, the introduction having been made and the dog having no excise or no: knowing her. Margaret walked up and patted him. while he wagged his tail with rmuch gracious Saved His Life. This story is told, according to 'the Boston Herald, at the expense of the late Gen. Wilmon WV. Blackmar: Geeral Blackmar was attending a camp. when hie was approached by a se'dy looking man, who greeted him prous-:1y. The general shrugged his shoulders and turned away, with the ed. "11u, general. :aid the strange on't yu rcnenber how you save my life at th4e battle :f th Vildnerness? Gen. Blackmar at once became ir terested. and he called a group c comrades over to listen. saving: saved this man's life once. How wa it lone, old comrade?" "It was this way," was the re sponse. "We were on a hill, and th enemy advanced steadily toward ot intrenchments. A veritable hail c fire swept our position. Suddenl you turned"-here the auditors wer absoribed and excited-"and ran, an I ran after you. I think that if yo hadn't shown the example I woul have been killed that day." To Satisfy His Wife. "John," exclaimed the nervous wc man, according to an exchang "there's a burglar in the house. I'* sure of it." John rubbed his eyes and proteste mildly that it was imagination. "No it isn't. I heard a man dowr stairs." So John took a box of matches an went down. To his surprise h wife's suspicions were correct. Sei ing that he was unarmed, the burgh covered him with a revolver and bi came quite sociable. "Is-n't it rather late to be out < bed?" he remarked. "A-er-a-little bit," repli-d Johi "You're too late, anyhow, becau, I've dropped everything out of ti window, and my pals have carrie them off." "0, that's all right. I'd like to a one favor of you, Though." "What is it?" "Stay here until my wife can corr down and see you. She has bec looking for you every night for t} last twelve years, and I don't wai her to be disappointed any longer A Man Is The Age of His Arterie While some persons are in fu organic decadence at thirty-five yea: some others may not yet at fifi years have undergone the modific 'tions of nutrition which are the b ginning of old age. The capacity a man for violent exertion is dLe mined by the more or less comple integrity of the arterial tissues. I some cases arterial sclerosis is not] ing but the gradual and slow cons quences of the advance of old ag but assumes a rapid pace that mak, it a fearful malady. In such cas< we can see young persons presentir the same physiological reactiol against fatigue as the elderly ma One of the first symptoms of th: acute aging of the arteries which called arterial sclerosis is the dy pnoea of effort. All elderly men a1 in different degrees 'tainted with am' rial degeneracy, and all ought to avo: excessive muscular c.fioi t if th< would not wear ott their arteri< before the time-that is, would n< grow old prematurely--for evei man is "of the age of his arteries Friday And Thirteen. London Globe. In Great Britain there are two pa ticular superstitions which have prol ably the largest following-that Fr day is an unlucky day and that thi teen is an unlucky number. Friday bad character was derived from tl, fact that it was the day of our Lord crucifixion, as well as the one c w ~hich Adam and Eve ate of the fot bidden fruit, and likewise the dayc their dea:h. Sailors have still a stron objection to beginning a voyage o that day, although modern cond tions often make it imperatcive. I Christian countries, too, the superst tion of thirteen at dinner being ur lucky and that one of the diners wi Idie before t'he year is out is also c Biblical origin, being revived from th last supper of our Lord with hi twelve apostles, but the superstitio is much anterior to Chris'tianity Thirteen at dinner in old Norse my thology was deemed unlucky becaus at a banquet in the Valhalla Lol once intruded, making the 'thirteent-) guest, and Baldur was slain. If a man runs into debt he mus either crawl out or stay in. If a man be pushed for money h is usually shovedc to the rear. It is said that a few gallons c il will calm a storm at sea-an< a small drop will star: one i: Wall St e@@eeee@eee@6e PRESCRIPTIONS ARE WITH GREAT CA 0 Prices Are Cori W. E. PELHAN I,Leiaan1e P2a e WAN'] One million old plows, plc horse shoes, d U' dbuggy tires an( tcastings, s grates, in fact any kind. We old copper, t zinc, rubber shoes. Wool wax. Highest p S. S. Bir it PXrd!>03Perit3 MEDICINE TH) Prices that are R W. E. PELHAl\ n ne1iable Iha e SOUTH CAROLINA t1805-190s Is F4our Schools: Arts, Law, S< System of Wide Election. d Opens September 2 BENJAMIN GLOVE litletll Femnal Splendid location. Health resort. year. High grade of work. High stand u oservatory advantages in Elecic prvRemarkable health record; only onei Close personal attention to the health and e pupl. High standard of scholarship. spublic occasions. CHARGES VERY L( adr24th Annual Sesion wil bgin Sept FOR BARGAlla IN FURNI'l AND HOUSE HOLEI COME T KIblar, Den NEWBERPR COMPOUNDED IRE AND -ect With 0 1 & SON., 0 rmacists 'ED pounds of )w shares, vagon and i axles, old toves and old iron of also want irass, lead, coats and and bees rices paid. ye Co. ,g s. c. eeeeee T.CURE! easonable! I & SON. rmacist0 a COLLEGE :iences and Teachers. Expenses Moderate. :7th, 1905. R, President. le. College! Over 2oo boarding pupils last Lard of culture and social life. dvanced courses in Art and ights and other modern im leath among ptpils in 23years ~l ptpils dress alike on all - 3th, 1905. For catalogue PREIDENT, Littleton, N. C. ~UR E I GOODS is&Co V.S. C.