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O L L XLIII~ SO. 27" frNEWBER SoIY 8 0, TtTlAgbAY, APRIL 3. 19MoWIEAWEK3150AYA o9xsTABLE FOR PROb31P TY. The Blind Tigers Too 141chFor I u nicippl Authorities,06fstble Asked for and One Bot Half Mill Tax to be Levied. Governor Heyward has rceied a petition from the intendant and war dens of the town of Prosperity ask Ing for a constable to be sent there to. assist in putting down the blind ti gers. Chief Hammet stated last night that he had been able to spaie only one man at this time, and he has re sponded to the request of Prosperity. The above is from the State. It is understood that Constable Eison is already oq the ground t Prosperity.. It is also said that the blind tigers are much worse in the rural districts than they were ever known to be and it will probably be. necessary to Itave constables' in different sectiona of the county. It is something like what the gen -tleman in Greenville is reported to have said to Mr. Simpson. This gen tleman was against the dispensary but since he has tried prohibition he says, "I can 't keep my d- niggers at work. They fill up on the rottenest stuff on earth, which comes from the blind tigers, and they are not worth killing. It was not so. bad as that when the state's; institutions were in the field.' From.what can be learned that, is .almost .the situation in some sections not so far from hereabouts. Any: way you .ake It.it is a perplex ing question. The foliowjog js,vm the News. and Courier in regard to the Pros peri twation: a formal request from' the in te p Prospgr y,ji gstale is t atht t.wh. Governoir Heyward!s policy has been not to send constables to 'iy -county that 'has voted out the dispensary unless there is evidence that the'constables are wanted. The Newberry situation has been of interestIfor some time, but Governor Heyward was" ispomed to let *the peo "le indicate what they wanted, and if it *as"felt that they could get along 4ithout constables they weret*ot . to 'be sent there. When' the .intendant of Prosperity formally asks for a constable at that Place Governor Heywar4 feels an'offi cer-should be sent. Instructions were given Chief Ham met that the constable be detailed to, 4 Prosperity, and that he remain there as lonp as necessary. It is not known whether'Prosperity has a police force nor. what its .size is, nor whether it as the ability to deal with a "blind "Pgr'' situation or not. The return of the constables, even one, will mean ' that the' special levy of one-half of one mill will be collec ted this fall in Newberry county for expenses incurred. Whatever expiense is involved sfor the constable .sent to Prosperity will ' be paid out of the mnoney raied 'by this special tax, and the remnainder will be held to the creidt of thb.coun ty.. -The auditot -of Newberry county was in the city today i.n connection with - other -matters and while hiere asked abdut the .tai 'nder the Brice adt'9ti Vioe of the constable being sent to'. the . county. Mr.' Jones sug gested that -the auditor write himi a formal.:letter asking what lie should do' and he would then advise him offi cially and kiegp the secord and author ity strai 44t. AuUtit t kill also be issued' for the .impositofi 'offthls one-half of one riill taxc for the support of the constixh lary in other counties. The Herald and News understandsI that Auditor Cromer will levy the .tax this year. It wyas not levied last year for the reason that the election came too" late joget it on the books., Helium proves to be the one par-4 manen.t gas. Professor Olszewski has Ssuddenly reloased it from a pressure 180 atmosphere at the teiperag where hydrogen' Is about to. soli ut there was no, siga'of lI ,although 'the' totporature, ~ bIh was ettlhnated' a2'[1 d.. fren t w zero Cent. This tper bld l thin two dofee of h so The Court House Question. ro the Editor of The Herald & News: Replying to S. in your lAst edition, t does seem worth while to consider he '$financial" aspect of the court iouse location, especially when the 3um appropriated for the building md site has been fixed at only $40, )00. The plan proposed by S. in bUy ng the MAnn, -McClintock, and Jones 3quares would absorb approximately )ne third of the whole appropriation lor the site alone. One of the strong points made for ;he new court house was that it was ioisy in its present location,yet your ,orrespondent. thinks that it would )e wise to return to similar condi ions'by surrounding the building by !our streets. . It is not customary to lo so, and it, therefore, does not ap pear wise. I would cite you to lreenwood, Spartanburg, and ChAr lotte with their new buildings' in ;ilet%t dignity facing one street. In she older county property at Sumter, Jharleston, Columbia, Chester, Cam-. len, Yorkville, Orangeburg, etc., it is ;le exception to ever find the court louse on the corner. Charlotte and Spartanburg have as !ine county buildings as exists in this ;eetion; in these the absence of noise s secondary only to the location. If one of the mentioned squares should be decided upon and the tneets widened as outlined, would ;his not make' the lot too small.? The 6valks and. flowers and -trees coulM lot be assembled about the coutt iouse on the square if it is to be re. luced by widening the strebts as that Vou14 make the lot ab?ut one bun; lred and eight&feet square. C9ul. the: two streets 'be elegally ind,m0r#Jly cloose pr wo uld teeh md want the court house to come >ur wak. Thei'e ivil probAbly be a. ood kiany sites offered and I feet ,hat the commission will reason to rether on the matter to the best in ;erest .of the county and agree unani nously on one place; that they will -onsider the increase of valuation on 3ther property and that they will 3lace the biilding onl unimproved yroperty, all other things being equal. There may be other locations of lered where the surrounding lQuild ngs are not just ideal, but it has been vident that improving property. im )roves tie' elass of its surroutidings.. The distaice from the square, jail, Irainage, etc. must all be considered mnd the commission must decide the natter anyhow, so lets keep together tnd pull for the best location; with inances considered; let there be no iplit to delay the matter by confus ng the commission in a shifting pub ic opinion blown by the wind of self nterest. D. W. Advertised Letters. Letters remaining in. the ,post of ice for week ending Mar. 31, 19b6. A. R. 11. Allen. B. Maggie Breadley,. Ola Beckom, siattie Brooks, John Bryant, Alma sutter, Tenms Buttler. C. W. H. Chandler, Rachel Cannon. D. Newton Darby, Blanche Davis, Cexana. Darby.. 0. Carrie Glasgow. J. Heneretta Jones, Sallie John itone, Emma Jenkins, Lilla Jeter, William Jackson, J. B. Kibler. L Cr'eeey Lorigshore, Less Lindsey, M Fannie Marland,- Carrie Mabel, Uima Metts, J. L. Moon, R Estelle Robertson S Rosabella Shular, Alice Suber. W Bertha. Waldrop,. MLndy Wil lams. Person calling for these letters will >lease say they were advertised. C. J. Purcell, P. M. Millinery Openings. This is the day for the inillinery >)>enings. in the city' The Mower 30mpany, Hair & Havird and ,Mim iaugh will display their line of sprig nilli ery today, and Mimnaugh will lonmti no his through tomorrow. All hre of the houses. are showing a arg te and prettier line of goods than avr before showh in Newberry. Th indications inow are that the veat or will help fo make the mnilli Lery how off .to adlvantage, and per nit I the ladies to come out and see he ow ceations. To Jhkorde wspensar L4* Columbia, March 20.-Govorgq Heyward oes not propose to ive the btriden of the non-use of reqtiest' books placed at his door. He hal written' a letter to the state board clearly defining his position and Wif lingness to doill he can towards hav ing the law enforced even to the poli of remofin an officer who refuses f6' do what-the law requires. The trqible really is with the' county board itid the dispensers, themselves. - he avoidance comes from the unpopulari ty of request books and the quiet btoi test on the part of the dispeisero themselves and it is just as well. td keep the record perfectly clear. The letter from Mr. James, the membei of the county board from Lee courity, who brought the issue up, was print" ed in full yesterday in the Greenville News and the whole tone of that lt ter was that the county board did not. approve of nor did it wish to encour age the use of request books. Governor Heyward has placed him self unequivocally on record in the matter and does not propose having the bdrden unloade,d on him when the irequeit books have never been used and there is appare.ntly little hopes. of it being done. With the letter of Mr. James, already printed, in view it will be well to give the reply of Governor Heyward to the board of control in full. It reads: "Dear Sir:-Your recent communi cation, through Mr. M. H. Mobldy, clerk, encloAing copy of resolution adopted .At a meeting of the state boat*of Airectors held March 6, 1906, in regard.to the use of request books, has been received. With this commu' niOntion eame, also .a.-copy of a lettepe fi.oroMr. W. S. James, member of the county -board of:.contrl- f Lee coug, ty, which bears upon th4 same sub ject. "The record before me. does not contain any letter or official communi cation from the county a6ditor of Lee county, and I judge from the tenor of the letter of Mr. James that the coun ty board disapproves of and does not care to .have request books used be cause it would make, as they thiik, the dispensary law unpopular in that county. I wish it plainly understood that I am ready at all time to see that those officers under my jurisdiction, who have any duties in connection with t,he dispensary, fully discharge the9e duties. The first step, it seems to ni', for the county boards to. see the. law with reference to request books is enforced by the dispensers themselves and if in the 'discharge of this duty it is found that officers un der my jurisdiction refuse to 'do their duty then it is time for me to take action. I wish to assure your board of my purpose to co.operate with you at. all times, and if for any reason request books should not be generally used it will not be-through lack of co operation on my-part. And I will be very glad if you will at any time call my attention to 6ny specific derelic tion on the part of any oficeers ap pointed by me.'- -I. am advised by the comptroller general thdt the county auditors on account of the large vol ume oh business where the nise of re qjuest bopks is enforced will not hiave time to 'check up the books and give such tiilhe to ' their other. duties, in coneotion -with the tax department as they should. The primary.duty of an auditor.ij. . egnnectlin withi the tax dlepartmentk.and I am s4tisfied that in the interest of. the 'enforcement of lawv and business. economy that ar rangements can and should be made by which' county auditors can get meih assist.ance through the county boards the'oxpense will be slight and will be equally borne Jy both county snd tovwn as it should be. The lavg Ut plain with reference to the uspd request blanks. I fully sympathize with your board in its efforts to en-' l'orce this law. And to this end .I beg to assure you that whenever a coun ty auditor refuses to carry out the law, when assistahee is furnished him r when It Is shown that he is able to perform the work witihout assistance that I will promptly rerniove him from affiee upon~ the same being reported to mie. ~ Very truly yours, 'D. C. Heyward, - "Governor.'' hEMI-ENTENNIAL NEWBERRY COLLEGE. iroAramme of Zxervises-Speakers Selected-Banquet Speakers Yet to be Selected. The Herald and News has received fOom Prof. E. B. Setzler, chairman of the publicity committee on the semi e ntennial of Newberry college, the programme of exercises which is printed below. He does not state whether the gentlemen who are named as taking part, have accepted, but it is presumed that they have. The soeakers on Wednesday, it is stated, will be announced later. Sunday, June Tenth. 11 a. m. Baccalaureate sermon: Rev. Prof. A. J. Bowers, D. D. 8 p. m. Semi-Centennial address to the Students: Rev. Wm. Hayne Leav. ell, D. D., Houston, Texas. Monday, June Eleventh. 10 a. m. Address of Welcome: Geo. B. Cromer, LL. D., Newberry. Greetings Qn behalf of the State and the State University: His Ex cellency, Governor D. C. Heyward. Greetings from the Sister Colleges. Response on behalf of the Church: Rev. M. 0. J. Kreps, President South Carolina Synod. Response on behalf of the College: Rev. J. A. Sligh, Chairman Board of Trustees. 3 p. m. Annual meeting of the board of trustees. 8 p. m. Junior Contest in Oratory. Tuesday, June Twelfth. 10 a. m. Celebration of the Alumni Association. Addresses by J. E. .Houseal, Esq., the earliest living graduate; Principal H. A. McCul lough, .Mount Pleasant Collegiate In ditute; and Rev,J. .W. Daniel, D. D., 3 p. m. Exhibition of the Engineer ing Department. 8 p" m. Celebration of the Literary Societies: Excelsior, Rev. R. E. Campbell, New York City; Phrena kosmian: John F. Hobbs. Esq., New York City. Chief Justice Pope pre siding. Wednesday, June Thirteenth. 10 a. m. Commencement Exercises. 3 p. n. Athletic Festivol. 8. p. m. Alumni Banquet. Mt. Bethel Farmers' Union. A full attendance of the members of Mt. Bethel Farmers' Union is prg ed to meet at Mt. Bethel school liouse on next Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. W. H. Wendt, Secretary. COLUMBIA COLLEGE TO HAVE POSTOFFICE. President Daniel Will Be Postmaster --Congressman Legare Leaves Congress to Regain Strength. Washington, March 28. A postomee will be established at Columbia college to be known as "Columbia College.'' Dr. WV. W. Daniel, president of that institution, will be p)ostmaster, so Representative Lever, who has beeni interested in this for some time, avas assuredl today when he called at the department. He was told that the notice would be sent Dr. Daniel to this effect ioday and that the p)ostomee wouldl be opened as soon as the postmaster appointed should qualify by furnishing bond. Representative George Lega re left this afternoon for his home in Char loston. The state of Mr. Legare 's health is such that he has decided, after continued urging on the part of his physician an~d his hoMt of friends Jhere, to give up his congressional du ties for the remaindler of the session and to go to tIhe mountains in pursuit of strength. After' a short stay in Charleston making preparations lie will take his family into- upper South Carolina, ptobably somewhere in Pickens or Oconee, at the foot of the mountains to reinain all suinmer. Before leav ing he was urged by his friends to take good care of himself so as to b'e reedy for the chairmanship of an i. portant committee in the next con gross, 'which lie will undoubtedly re eite if the democrats control tho baons. SENATOR TILLMAN , t ISSUES HIS BROADSIDE WARNS PEOPLE AGAINST CON- & SPIRACY TO KILL DISPEN SARY. What the Prohibition Countids Have t Lost in Profits--Makes Charges t and Urges People to Fore- 9 stall "Now Columbia I Rinsg"-Argument for I State iDepensary. The Herald and News has received the following from Senator Tillman: An Address to the People of the State Fellow Citizens:-It is only, from a sense of the highest public duty that [ feel called upon to address you at this time. Burdened as I am with national concerns nothing but obliga tion to the people induces me to take upon my shoulders the additional work of directing your attention to matters effecting the state alone. But I have never felt or believed it to be the wish and intention of the people of South Carolina that my election to the senate should cause me to lose all interest aid concern about home af fairs. I was a citizen and taxpayer before I ever held any office at all and I will be a citizen -and taxpayer after I shall cease to hold office. Therefore, it is unnatural and im proper from my point of view for me to take no interest. and have no con cern about what is going on in South 1 Carolina. I have received a great deal of ad vice recently from the newspapers of our state to the effect that I should attend to. my duties in Washington and leave othors to discusV and direct dffair at -home. The; common Trend of all of this advice is #iat.I should'. discuss national questions. iI the com ing state- campaign, be. re-elected to the senate, with- .or without opposi tion, and not stir up strife. I am warned and .threatened should I not heed this counsel, but in spite of it all I feel compelled to ?peak to the people with my usual frankness and bluntness and let them determine the whole question. I have never sought to dictate to the people; I have only told them the truth as I see it, given my opinions for what they were worth, and I am always willing to 1 abide their action whatever that may be. It iW so in this instance. It gives I me no concern that my return to the senate may be jeopardized. There are things more to be dreaded than the loss of a seat in the senate, one is the loss of my own self respect. I have been trusted by the people of South Carolina and have been honor- I Bd by them far beyond my deserts, have been chosen as their leader and 1 been followed loyally. Now, if after sixteen years, I should from selfish motives betray their confidence and allow ambition to draw md aside from thie path of duty, I would deserlee and expect to receive their contempt and punishment at the polls. I, therefore, i scorni all suggestions of cowardly non interference in state affairs. rTe pen-i ple know mec too wvell to be fooled by the assertion that it is my desire to boss or dictate, for my sole purpose4 is to give them the benefit of my ex- I perience ana knowledge and offert mech advice as in my judgment will be conducive to the public welfare. I'hen I will abide cheerfully by what over conclusion they may reach. I "Teach the people and trust the( people'' wvas .Jefferson 's motto; teach the p)eople and trust the p)eople is equally my motto and that is all I ihall attempt to do at this time. Sixteen years ago there was a rev >lution in South Carolina which gave < the common people of the state for< tihe first time in its history that roe- 1 ognition which was their due and< miade them in reality the masters of I ur public affairs. The old ring was< rverthrown; the primary system I wvhich gra*~every man, however poor< and humble, an equal vote with ev- 1 3ry other man, however rich and high,r followed; the new state convention 1 cave us temporary immunity from ne-r gro domination; the utmost freedom in all political activities was assured; and under, these impulses the statei fias bounded forward like a race horse< slong all progressivg lig.i re ar0 iot wanting, however, indications lint sinister influences are at work u1d that a few men are seeking to ob ain practical control of the state ,overnment and to dominate in our ffairs. Tle corporations have not re. ,ained the sway which they once held mut are gradually getting more and nore influence and direction in our >olitics. There are evidences of more han ''incipient rottenness'' in the tate and,. if the schemes of certain aen are not thwarted in the coming wimary election, it will be only a hort time before another "state ing'' will have full sway in our af. 'airs with its headquarters in the tate newspaper office in Columbiai There are several things in connee ion with our state government that will discuss in the coming cam >aign, but in this address I shall treat f only two things the people of the tate should earnestly consider now and 'take immediate action about. One is the settlement of the whis ,ey question and the other -is the con rol of the democratic party of the tate by a majority of all of the lemoerats rather than by a small raction of the voters. The two ideas nterlock and cannot be separated ind, therefore, I shall treat them to. ,ether. At this time by elections held un. ler the Brice Act fifteen countiep In lie state are enjoying the blessings >f prohibition (1). Two have al vays been dry. No whiskey-ddii'be.." awfully sold within their borders., >ut any citizen living in these coun ;ics has only to keep his eyes open md look around him to see what the -esults have been. First let every man who reads a vewspaper printed in those counties wearch its columns and see the adver. t3sements of whiskey houses outside )f the: State, then let hin go to the rcpress offices, along. the lines of the ailroad and- see how much liquor is seing daily brought into those seven-. :een counties. Then let this- oitiseti lollow up this liquor and find .at vho drinks it; but before doifig that mrn to the editorial pages of the iewspapers and see the constant at niions to the "blessings of prohibi ion,'' ''quietude, '' '' freedom from Irunkenness,'' ''peace and good or ler" that are proclaimed. -Of course, here are exceptions to this bright and eatitiful picture as shown in the news tems about the recent murder in a )lind tiger in Greenville followed by t similar occurrence in Columbia. But 1pon the whole a man would be very nuch edified to know how much noney flows into the coffers of these ournals, from whiskey advertise. nents, while the same papers are ex >lolting prohibition and sobriety. A little calm consideration without >ias or prejudice will soon convince t man of ordinary sense that the vhiskey traffic now as compared with lhe whiskey traffic under the dis >ensary is somethiing like this: liquor sed to be sold by the pint and quart, nainly through tihe dispensaries; it 5 now sold1 through the express of ice by the gallon aiid keg, while the 'etailing is done by the drink almost verywhere as in the good old bar oom days. The nmooinshiiners are, of curse, getting in their wvork unmo ested. There may be less drunkenness. hough I doubt it, under the present egime than there was under the dis insary, but what is the actual con lition ? The poor man cannoct get is liquor from .Georgia or North jarolina, but must buy it from the cllow who brings it in by express or rem the moonshiner who peddles it bouit the country. The rich man has 10 such trouble and it makes little lifference to him whether the supply omes from thieidispensary or express* >ffice. How was this situation rought abouti Is it by the direction >r under the orders of the whole )emocratic party? Oh not Did it ome t,o pass by the votes of thme pro iibitionistst No. How then? Three ulements opposing the dispensary, >rohibitionists, high license men and noon. shiners or blind tigers, all com >ined to vote the dispensary out. To nake this the moi'e clear I have pre >ared a table which will be under tood at a glance by any man who -eads it and which will show con lusively this fact: that a majority '