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ME. LYON REPLIES TO SENATOR TTTMAN A Spirited Resentment of the Sena tor's Criticisms-Law Limiting Purchases Not Quoted Cor rectly as to Mill Creek and Rebates. To the Editor of the State. The offer of your columns to me to reply to Senator Tillman's interview in yesterday's issue is accepted. I shall try not to be burdensome to either yourself or a long-suffering public. I do not think the public interested in the senator's opinion, either of my course in the dispensary investigation or as to whether it was sneaking and cowardly to address my reply to an attorney, in response to an inquiry, giving my reasons for delay, and al .lowing that letter to be published. However, I do not wish to take the senator at a disadvantage, and if he -thinks it more in keeping with his ideas of fairness, he may treat my let ter as it were addressed to him per sonally, with each statement therein reiterated. Senator Tillman says, '"I have not attacked the investigating committee. I only warned it in -a friendly spirit." His reference to the committee in his address stands for itself, and I scarce ly think he can expect that this latter - statement can be understood as being consistent with his former. In my opinion it will be a very indulgent person who does think so. The senator has made the wonder ful diseovery that the $700,000 worth of claims against the state board are valid and .binding -or they are not. Perhaps the entire eotmmittee will -agree to this statement when they know the senator has said it. But *hen he says: "They are not, be cause the *hiskey was bought contra ry to law, and the. state* is not legally -bound for payment,-'" I hesitate, for have no facts to base such conclu sion on the opinion of! a person -him self under investigation, ,and knov of no law limiting the amount of stock, save .the version as cited by this same person. I am not familiar *with a law that expressly limits the amount of goods tijat may be on hand to $400,000. I have read 'An act re-. lating to dispensary pr'ofits,' Acts 1902, page 1102, in which it is .pro * vided that . the. lirecto-rs of -the dis- ~ pensary shall 'pay toithe state treas urer - by January 1, 1904, .all 'of the' *school fund r-eported .by -them in ex eess of $400;00&and making provis- ~ ion .for ascertaining quarterly there after the net profits accruing to the state. No doubt the senator will cite accurately the law he refers to. 1 It is somewhat a surprise to know that the senatoi has spoken in such,' strenuous language, because the pub-j lie has been notified, at his request, that we are investigating the piano matter. He characterizes this as a dirty and cowardly insinuation. .1 agree. with him that it is rather a dirty locking thing all the way N through,. and I may have acted cow ardly. but the senator cannot flatter os himself that it wvas an insinuation. FE On the other hand, it was a.plain o *statement th'at the piano matter was C unider investigation, because it came j s *to us that it was possibly a "rake-- I off' '-a sufficient reason for investi- te: gating it. We have investigated at least one other transaction somewhat - similar to the piano matter. *This hi: latter vas investigated largely for the sh, reaso.n that the senator publicly ,ex- w pressed his suspieion about it. It is sti only suspicions that we have to comn- an menee cii, and it is not my purpose~ j to tell about suspicious transactions that are being probed unless those un der investigation ask for information at a time when it may safely be giv en. I would suggest, however, if in formation is not really desired, it may be well not to be too inquisitive, for someone else might be offended. The interview has representeg the senator as saying that my pretext for delay is that I may look into thp records of the Mill Creek distilling company to see whether there are any* credits. Is it not a little stralige that the senator should thus refer to Mill Creek when no mention of it is made in my letter? The statement in this respect is the product of his own fer tile imagination. Is it not singular that he should associate in his mind Mill Creek distillery and rebates?~ This of itself would warrant the corn- a mittee in looking for "a nigger in the wood pile'' in the back~yard of the Mill Creek distillery.1 But now comes the startling denial that he ever said anything about re turning rebates. It may be interest- V ing to read his interview along with his sworn statement before the com mittee. Interview. "'Mr. Lyoni heard my testimony in Columbia and lie knows T said nothiing about returning any money, for 1: never received any.'' Sworn Statement. "But for the fact that Hubbel credited me I could not have starte( the dispensary at all. When we look ed through it he said: 'This purchas is subject to a rebate, because of th fact that the Mill Creek company i a member of the liquor trust.' * * 'Well, I said, I don't want any deal ings with rebates; you keep that as a bonus for the accommodation vou have given me in selling me liquor al a fair price, and assisting me in my efforts to start the dispensary.' ' I take it that the senator does not desire to quibble and I prefer to be lieve his sworn statement true, espe eially as the act under which we are p-oceeding makes false swearing be fore the committee perjury. Such 6e ing the condition of affairs, I. think we have reasonable grounds, and it' is our duty, to probe this matter as we have been doing and. are continuing to do. The senator avows he has a friendly spirit towards the committee. Leav ing aside the suddenness of his recol lection of .this fact and acting upon his avowal as if it were true, I sug gest that if he has any more letters in his possession of similar nature to the one Mr. Fant wrote him some years ago, he will confer a favor by deliv ering them to the committee before we learn of such letters and the af fairs to which they relate, through some other source. What we most need is facts and not "friendly ad vice.'' So far as the lawyers are concerned who represent the claims held up and the persons under investigation, I will say that -when they write me letters they will receive a courteous and Franyk reply and each of them may ex pect to- be treated in a respectful nanner when they appear before the .ommittee. In the event some other person may vish to find out -something about the nvestigation and prefers not to use he newspapers as a medium of cor esporidence, just let him write a po ite inquiry, if he can, and a courteops -eply will be returned. If such per ;oh should be afraid of getting un >leasant information and objects to he reply to his inquiry being made mublie he will be accommodated upon equest. In conclusion let me thank you for~ he use of your columns. and ask you, f I am not too inquisitive myself, whose cur was it that yelped the other Lay somewhere up between Charlotte nd Greenville a I J. Fraser Lyon. A bbeville, April 10th. 'WAIN WOULDN'T BE SENATOR.1 I'm the Laziest Man on Earth and s Congress Needs Industry,'' He e Says-Thinks He Could Earn a Salary, but As a Repre- a sentative Would -bet "Dead Timber.''" lb e.w York Herald.a Sugestions having come from vari- ii s sources that, in the event of the tl tirement from congress of either tc the New York senators, Samuel L. ir emens (Mark Twain) would be e med as successor, a reporter for the j e: arald called .upon the humorist yes- lo 'day at his home in 5th avenue, to|a t his-expressions on the subject. is Mr. Clemens, who was clothed in m i pajamas and busily engaged in at aving when- he was asked if he dih >uld accept a senatorial seat,'inl- pc Lntly stopped wielding the razor, p di, turning to his questioner with J te We have b< :now tne best end have pici hem. THE CHU ersible Disc F New I an expansive smile on his lathered 1 face, said: i "If such an offer as that were - made to me it would be the most gi - gantic compliment I ever received. 1 would not ensider myself, however, a worthy successor to Dr. Depew or fr. Platt, as I am in no way quali fied for the post. A senator needs to know the'political history of the coun t try,9ast-aird present, as well as its commercial- industrial and financial affairs. Of these things I am bliss fully ignorant. "Even -if' I were qualified, the du ties of a senator would be distaste ful to me. My own particular work is the- greatest source of pleasure 1 have, and for that reason I do not consider it as work at all. I regard myself as the most lazy human be ing on earth. I have absolutely no industry in me whatever, and to 'make good' as a senator one must be in love with his job and be indus trious. If a man is to succeed in any occupation the work to him must be a -labor of love. It has always been so with me and my work, and I think I can justly say, without vani ty, that my eAreer has been, to a fair degree, a success. "For five days every week I am busy writing or dictating, and I'm in a modified paradise the while. Sat urdays and Sundays I take off, and during these two holidays, as I call them, I'm in a modified hades.'1 When reminded that the senate, as t a body, is sadly lacking in humor, I and needed livening up, Mr. Twain s said, smilingly: t "Well,.as Falstaff to the senate, 1 it guess I could fill the bill and earn my i salary. But as a representative of a the people I would be certain to prove i dead timebr." "But can't humorists be serious as well as other -mortals, Mr. Twain?" a "Most assuredly. There is no man alive-not even excepting a Scotch t Presbyterian minister-who can be e more serious thati I. But as a sena tor the people would refuse to take E me any more seriously than they do e In my natural capacity as a humorist, e 3.nd I don't care to make an unat- i tractive exhibition of myself. It 's a.t immorist 's business to laugh at otherr folks, not inspire other folks to laugh a at him."a Mr. Twain is now writing his auto )iography. He started on the book ong Tanuary 9, he said, and has now 100- d 100 words of it completed -a Care of the Skin. The importance of the skin as an >rgan is as a rule overlooked. It is L nost often regarded as - a kind ofp >rotective covering and is frequent- al y abused because it is the seat of aany annoying diseases. But the kin is more than a' mere protective overing of the body. It is an import- A nt organ of secretion and exeretion. s well as being the organ that con lins the sense of touch. Man is al..j te lost the only one of God 's creaturesw orn without some natural covering ge ad protection for the skin. Cloth- ' tis intended to take the place ofw is deficiency. It is a mistake to try indure cold weather without wear g sufficiently warm clothing. When er a feeling of cold or chilliness is peri4need it is highly proper to put( an extra garment 'without delay, Ld it is folly to wait until the body chilled before taking the trouble to ake a change of clothing. Children d old people, whose power of pro eing heat is limited, should be pro rtionately warmly clad, and the actice of dressing children in ,win with the legs exposed is as cruel PUlE sen in the IM :We have I ced the Chati TTANOOGA REVERS plow built as it is unhygienic. The garments worn during the da3 should be removed at night, and th< body covered with some loose lighi night dress in their stead. Not onlN is the wearing of the same under clothes day and night filthy, but it iE extremely unhygienie. Frequently cleansing of the surface of the skin is neeessary not only be cause failure to do so makes us be come"offensive to our neighbors; but, more important still, so that the min ute glands found in the skin may properly perform their functions. Failure to observe the old maxim that cleanliness is next to godliness is frequently the cause of troublesome skin eruptions. It is obviously impossible in a pa per of this kind to call attention to all the abuses to which we are heirs; but as most of the digestive diseases enter the body via the digestive tract, the respiratory tract, or by inocula tion through the skin, a knowledge of how best to treat these several or Mans is not amiss for by the main tenance of health is health maintain 3d and by lessening our resisting pow Drs we make ourselves subject to nany ills. Endowed Newspapers. Fourth Estate. Dear to the heart of the social re :ormer is the idea of an endowed iewspaper. a pure and lofty publica ion that need not work for its living, ut, relieved from the grinding neces ity of making ends meet. is at liberty o take an unenlightened public by he hand and lead it in paths of ighteousness. Commercialism, we re told, fetters the press and pre *ents -its highest development as a ower for education and good morals. It is assumed that a newspaper that id not have to bother with such sor id details as circulation and adver ising could be more useful than one onducted as a business enterprise. Intil some philanthropist! makes the xperiment the question must stay nsettled, and it might not be settled ven then. But one thought obtrudes .self, a paper published solely for ae mental and moral elevation of its 3aders miight if it had readers enough nd of the right sort. be w valuable dvertising medium. In that -case it ould need no endowment to keep it oing. If, on the other hand', the en owed paper did not compare favor bly in interest and practical value ith its mercenary contemporaries eople would not read it and the oney spent on it would be wasted. et the advocates of endowed news-1 apers bear in mind the old saw >out leading a horse to water. A Modest Aspiration. lbany Argus. A man was asked recently by the uff clerk at the stamp window, af r he had deposited 2 cents, ''Well, at- do you want?'' He answered ( ntly, ''An automobile, please.'' 3rily, a soft answer turneth away ath. ALL KINDS )f Plumbing , Done on short Noticet J. W. WHITE. PLEMENT b landled al's :anooga afte IBLE DISC PLOW j> ,~4.-' Uncle Reuben says: "I like a coi scientious man. but I like him as like him. In other words. I don want him so conscientious as to a4 mit that he quarrels. wid his wif cuffs his children or starves his dau to carry out sartin principles. ''-Di troit Free Press. NOTICE TO OVERSEERS. All overseers are hereby notified t warn out the hands'in their respectiv districts and have their roads put i: proper shape and condition by the fi teenth day of April, 1906. Herei: fail not under the penalty of the lam J. Monroe Wicker, County Supervisor. NOTICE or FINAL SETTLEMEN' AND DISCHARGE. Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned will, on the twelfth day oJ April, 1906, make a final settlemeni on the estate of John J. Mayer, de. ceased, and 'will immediately thereaf ter apply to the Judge of Probate for letters dismissory as administrator of said estate. All parties having claims against the said estate will present same on or before that date and all parties due the said estate will make prompt payment. John M. Suber, Administrator. A PIANO OR ORGAN FOR YOU. To the head of every family who is ambitious for the future and education of his children, we have a Special Pro position to make. No Article in the home shows the evidence of culture that does a Piano or Organ. No accomplishment gives as much pleasure or i- of as great value in after life as the knowledge of music and the ability to play well. Our Small Payment Plan makes the Dwnershi- of a high grade Piano or Or gan easy. Just a few dollars down and a smaH payment each month or quarterly or semi annually and the instrument is yours. Write us trt;day for Catalogues and )ur Special Proposition of Easy Pay ments. Address Malone's Music House, Columbia, S. C SAVE EVE Among the various RES OL U T ION S or3;the year 1906~ ion't forget to resolve :o Save Every Penny hat you can. There-I ore You Must Buy 3ood Goods CHEAP.1 ~his you can only ac omplish when trading1 it 0. KLETTN ER'S, leadquarters of Ge nu ie bargains.3 It will be mone: o buy from us. 0. KLEI -Ur-, (S usiness long tandard mak r the farmers is the only SLt Cwar NOTICE. .efore letting 'Ithe contract for your new build ing see W. T. Liv -ingston. B e s t Work. Lowest ,prices. Lock .Box No. 59., Newberry, S. 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