The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 13, 1906, Page FIVE, Image 5
STATE DISPENSARN
in Favor of ounty Sys
eved There Would be
raft and Morp Pro
fit.
nal and Review.
-be. and doubless is tru<
quor question will never be
ly settled, but this shoult
- i.t us froii striving at al
settle it in such manner aF
fights before us, we believi
t promote the interests ol
Past e.xperience encourageI
ake such efforts, because aq
t of such an effort the dis
diplaced the old barroom sys
Iclh had become intolerable tk
.ople of the state. The dispen
system wvith its restriction oj
.to daylight, in quantities no
an half piits, was a great im.
ment. over the barroom sys
but it has proven objectionabl<
se of the fraud and corruptior
has existed .at the headquarter
lumbia from the establishmen
e dispensary to the present da:
South Carolina stands disgrac
ecause'of its corrupt etate dispen
Senator Tillman and the strong
rieds of the dispensary admi
the management of the State dis
ary has been most corrupt an,
in the demand for some improve
t. What shall the improvenien
ill our past experience justify u:
udeavoring to patch up the pres
system of plirchasing in Colmn
? We think not. From its ver;
eption the officials of the dispeni
in Columbia have beet unde:
- ension and the disclosures dur
the past year have shown in mos
s tIese suspicions were wel
nded. The State institution is v
st with such a tremendous busines
t it is almost impossible to keer
with and check its management
no effort is made to do it. I
i be patched up but cannot gain
confidence of the people and ha
refore outlived any u3efulness il
lit have had. There are many
d reasons who the Raysor-Man
ig bill and all other similar patch
schemes should not be experinen.
( With, but the best of all is thai
is not necessary. Those who believ<
he dispensary system the bestI meth
'td of controlling the liquor questior
urely do not believe it because th<
quors are purchased in Columbia.
They approve of it because the mati
er in which liquors are sold in the
ounty dispensaries has improved up
en conditions existing under the bar
room system, and because of the re
enue which is (crived from the dis
pensary. These are the features whicl
bave appealed to the people and a
ontinuance of these features is no
ependent ipon a continuance of th
tate dispesary. Abolish the Stat
isp)ensary anid we can retaini thles
00(d features int a counity dispenisar'
ennaged by citizens of this county
mder the cottrol an'd suplervisiont o
grand jlury comtposed of citizens (I
-he county. The differentce will b
hat instead of our local dlispensairie
urchasing supplies from the stat
iispensary an Aiken counity boart
-hvill purichasie direct. If there ar
-ny objectionis to such a chtange wV
to not know them, buit we do kniow o
- any adlvanitages to be gained. I:
lie first pla0cc it will lessoni the 01p
ortunities for graft. A member o
lie board of control of the state dis
ensary is under 110 particular sm
eillanice and is a case of everybody'
usiness being nobody's business. Th
nanagem~ent of the county dispensar
vould b)e investigated by the gran
jury composed of citizens of on
county, anid eveti if the members o
-this body failed to (discover wrioup~
d oing-should there lbe a ny-ever
sensible mnan knowvs that a man coul
not be guilty of fraud for atiy lengt
of time or to any great extent in on
county governmen1t without hein
discovered. The counity dispenisar
would be close to the people. Th
m en is charge would necessarily b
men whose character and habit
would be kniown to our people an.
any sign of s,udden prosperity or dis
play of silk hats wvith $1,000 bill
would imnmediately inspire suspicio
and cause trouble for the gentlemar
TIhe widest publicity can be given t
the conduct of the business and tht
opportunity for graft thus minimim
ed. The argument that the establish
ment of the county dispensary wouli
- imply mean a grafting machine il
each county is unworthy of considers
ion. No. sensible man wvill chiarg
that the establishment of a cout
dispensary in Aiken county necessai
ily means a grafting macline here. T
do so means that thtere are no hones
noni in the county. We know thor
Ore hunitdre(1s of thIem with abilit
to manage the dlisp)ensary affairs.
As to the revenue feature, the r<
milts which have beeni obtained il
an index to what could be accomplish
ed here. . There are several c9unties in
these two states in which the county
dispensaries pay all expenses, no tax
es being levied'at all. That Aiken
county could derive from the county
dispensary a great deal more than it
now receives is believed by
all who . consider the ques
tiou. The investigating committee
has shown that the liquor dealers of
Augusta purchase liquors cheaper
than the state dispensary and Aiken
county should be able to do as well
as the dealers in Augusta. We must
add to the price paid by the state
dispensary the freight to Columbia,
eartaie frm the depot and freight
agaiin to (lie local dispensaries. 'The
county dispensary would have but one
I freight and ond haul.ing, and with the
exclusion of all rebates and graft,
purchase cheaper than the state dis
pensary. On all sales in this county
10 per cent goes toward paying the
expenses of the dispensary in Co
lumbia which would be saved by the
i county dispensary. The amount Aik
en county received last year was but
a mere bagatelle, while some of the
county dispensaries in Geirgia were
paying all expenlses of the county.
Clearly from a business standpoint
- the county dispensary is better than
the state dispensary; and] ftron a mor
al standpoint. lessening tle oppor
I tunities for graft as it does, it is inl
finitely better. A inajority -of the
ilembers of the house of representa
tives at tie last session favored iv-.
ing the coiities a elhanev to esiblisht
- county dispensaries hut (lie senate
- differed from the house. The vote
Sin (lie seoate next session may be
different and the people should see
to it that (lie house remains friend
ly to county goverlinieit and county
dispensaries. Aiken county should
stand for self government as against
L the grafters.
JIMSON WEED FARM.
It is a Valuable Product-Interesting
Facts About the Industry.
W. W. Price writing from Wash
ington to the Columbia Record, says,
It is not generally known that at Ebe
nezer, Florence county, the gorvern
ment maintains one of its three prin
cipal drug planting stations, the other
two being in this city and in Ver
mont. It has also escaped the atten
tion of many people that the weeds
annually grown at the Florence coun
ty station are worth more per acre
than cotton in I-outli Carolina, corn
in Illinois or wheat in the far West
ern country.
.iTe Florence county station was es
tablished a few years ago and the re
stilts so far obtained have been all
that could he asked.
The so-called American wormwood,
used as its name indicates, as a ver
mifuge, consists of the dried fruits
of certain weeds, and has become of
great value. A yield of 500 pounds
to the acre was obt ained at Eben
Qzer. Thle pice obtained gave a bet
ter return, acre for acre, than cotton
on thie same type of land for thle same
season.
Ordinar y jimpilsoin weed has breen
3 found to be easily cultivated and
I there are hundreds of farm houses
3 throughout the South where this plant
3~ not only grouws well but thrives. Al
f Ithough ill-smelling, the seed are of
t great v'alue. Both the leaves and seed
- are secured by the govrnent and1
fare highly valued. A peculiarity of
- this weed is that it grows better if
- left in the wild state.
s Experimental plants of poke root
e have shown on a small scale the,~t
V these roots that are dug,sliced and
I cured, at the close of the first year's
r growth, may b~e easily grown and
f handled.
- Similar small experimentall plants
y of yellowv dock, andl of burdock, gave
I favorable ind(ieat ions. These roots
I are no0w impllorted in part.
r None of thue root drugs mentioned
Shav ain 'unlimited dlemnd and any
y. considerable oyer-p)roduction would
D result in a decline of price.
e A series of cultural tests have re
s cently been made on a small scale at
I Ebenezer and other points, and in
- some cases the behavior of certain
a drug-producing pehnts of Europe and
i the Orient under our conditions have
.thus been determined.
> 'The Asiatic poppy has made good
a progress in South Caf'olina. The pop
- py plant is traversed by an elabor
- ate series of tubes carrying whlite,
I milky juice, which oozes out when
1 ever these ducts are cut or otherwise
- opened. The capsule, after it reaches
a its full size, contains a very liberal
y' supply of this juice. A product is
- then obtained which, on being further
> treated, becomes the commercial pro..
t duet front which morphine, cocaine,
o and related alkaloids are extracted.
At (lie present time the world 's
total suipply of camphor is imported
- from Japan. Last year's imoprta
1 ,tions of this article amounted to
ri about $930,0..
The government has heretofork
transplanated camphor trees in differ
ont parts of the South, and it haE
been demonstrated that over consid
erable areas of the warmer portions
of that section camphor grows well.
Experiments in licoripc growing
have so far been all tha could be
wanted in South Carolina. The an
inal importation of licorice root and
paste is quite large, and almost the
total supply of this df,ug is secured
trom the eastern end of the Mediter
raiean sea.'
Amiong the impoir'-ted minor crude
Iru's imported into this country may
)e mentioned belladonla and di.."italis.
l'e lladoia pliant supplies the leaf
Iiid rool drug knmown under this nmie,
111d is tle soue o the iiopritiant
rug knowi as atiopine. A large
umll is speit annually for the pro
hlets of this plant. At tihe Washling
[on gardens experiments w%itli this
irug have been going oil for about
rour years. It has not so far been
rown1 with success in South Caro
[iia.
Foxglove furnishes an important
rug in the shape of the leaf collected
from the flowering plant. It has been
foun( easy to raise foxglove both at
the Washimton and the Ebenezer
At Ihis filn a small but growing
market exists inl this couitry fCor
paprika I)Oppeppr prepared froim ile
pod.s of a slend.er frIIi t"nrowin espee
i.lyl\ il imrary. This produlet is
iiillored inl hoth whole and the
rounild colldiionl, chief,ly inl thle latter
.ate. Durin th le lpast two seasons
experiment fal alantigs have been
made at Ebenezer. Three acres grown
Luring the past season have yielded
bIetween 3,000 and 3,500 pounds of
Iried pepper pods, for which a pro
Pitable price has been icived.
Smaller forms of red pepper known
is chilies, have received attention
llso at the South Carolina station,
ind th re'sult with Japanes chilies,
while not as favorable as those just
ioted, gine room to hope that South
Jarolina may produce this species of
)epper with a profit.
During the session of congress that
a,s just ended, Representatives El
erbe succeeded in having $8,000 ad
litional put in the agricultural bill
or the purpose of extending the work
)f tle different drug experiment sta
ions. South Carolina will secure such
)ortion of this sum as she may need,
BOYS BATTLE FOR
LIFE ON TRAIN,
gTew York Herald.
On top of a flying freight train oi
tie New York Central, with dust an(
4moke blinding them, five Brooklyi
boys, none of whom is over 17 year
)f age, fought desperately with thcih
injured compalion, James Patterson
nineteen years 01(1, also of Brooklyn
while Patterson writhled in declirium
and1 tr'ied to drag his friends witla
him fr'om the~ top of [lie ear at ful
speed. His stiruggle lasted fr'on:
Dr'sing to this city, a distance of near.
ly fifty miles.
Near [lie strunggl ing group lay t h<
rleady' body' of .Johni McDonald, whir
hmadl beeni killed by a br'idge at thm
same time [ha.t his companion, Pat
tersoni, was hit. Passing a toweir jus
south of Poughkeepsie the almost cx
hiausted1 boys scireamed and( waved t<
thie towerman, whlo switehed th<
freight inito the Poughikeepsie yard
where the boys were taken fron
their peilous posit ion.
McDonald 's wound looked so un
like one that contact a rock or' bridg
wvould make that the police called th
coroiier, who had an autopsy per'for'm
ed at once. It was found that th
injuiry had beeni caused by contae
with some sharp p)rojectioni of
bridge, and no tiraces of ang othei
cause of death was found.
'Thle b)oys wer(e Pee Johnsoni,se
eniteeni, oif No. 279 Go1(d stredt; Wil
hiam O'Connor, seventeeni, No. 26
Gold sire; Daniel Mcehiaii, seven
teeni, of No. 493 St. Mairk's avenue
James Dunn, sixteen, of No. 308 WVal
ter' stireet, amid Richard'c Sinnett, sev
enteen, of H-udson avenue, all o.
Brooklyn. McDonald lived at No. 19t
Hudi(sonl avenue, and Patterson, in th<
hospital hiere, lived in Yor'k street
Brooklyn.
The seven youths, boarded th<
freight tr'ain down towvn in Tenth av
emne, New York, intending to iride as
far as Seventy second street. WVher
the train reached there it was going~
too fast for them to get off and then
remained clinging to the top of th<
ear', hoping for a place where th<
train would slow up.
After' the tr'ain had been going
what seemed to the lboys .an endlesm
time, [he boys, huddled together
heardl a groan amid ,the noise like th<
ri ppinig oft a shoe. Thley insist that t
was a bid'ige under whichx they hxa
just p)assed, but Chief of Police Me
Cabe, an old r'ailr'oad1 man, says tha'
tlhe accident pr'obalbly happened in
tunnel near Ossing. The groans anme
from the two boys who had been
struck on the head as'the train whiz
zed along. O'Connor, who was with
McDonald and Patterson when they
were hit, yelled for assistance. At
once the other four worked their way
'back over the swaying car to where
their iijured companions were.
Patterson's head was hanging over
the-side of the Car, and in a moment
the body must have slid off of the
ground. Dunn grasped him by the
feet and ptulled him to the center of
the car roof. Patterson suddeily be
canie delirious, striking wildly at his
friends. 'I'lTe inljurl-ed boy's stlrug
gles ilnreased, and with tle strength
of m.1iness lie tried to roll or throw
hiimselt IToi the ear, clinging to his
frietids to ta1k them with him). They
forced lie writhiii boy to the center
of the var roof, and there lay upon
him by unlited strength, with the ex
petatioln of being hit by a bridge or
the jagi,-l edge of a rock in tunnel
fter tunnel through which they pass
ed.
Science Was Frostbitten. F
The cold' weather of yesterday
nornin.- found its way into Alonzo V
Murplhy's kitelien, at Mount Freedom,
N. d.. and killed a specimen of the
eogetable kingldoi 1liat for months
had been lie pride of Mr. Murphy's I
heart, and with which le expected
to revu11ionize dairy 1.an strawberry
cuilt nre. .
It has loon been a iterish, idea r
of MrI.. Murphy's that by a jndicious f
erossin- , I the m ilk w eed an d s ra w- .
berlw*ry it w l be possible to Pr(lue
st raw re andl cream from thle
samle plant.
Last fall lie grafted several straw
berry plaits on plants of the milk
weed. Oie grew sturdily, close by
Mr. Murphy's fruitiage when it sue
cumbed to tle cold that entered the
room when the fire in the range, by
accilent went out.
That the experiment was entirely
successful is shown by the fact that
each strawberry when examined was
found to contain a quantity of ice
cream, varyiig from a few drops to
a teaspooiful, depending on the size
of the berry.
Mr. Murphy is not discouraged by
his ill-luck, anld promises to repeat
the experiment next, sumimer.-New
York Tribune.
The more a man reads books on
how to have a garden the better lie
will do it, with a hired man who never
dlid nything buit, work in one.
1hrdt'lly any man has so much time
for funit as the man who has to stay
anId work in the hot city while his
family are away for the summer.
SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY
Academy, Office of the Chairman,
Board of Visitors, Charleston, S. C.
A Vacancy in the State Svcholar
ship exists in Newberry County.
A pplicaition blanks may be0 ob
ained from the County Superin
I endent or fromi thle Chatiirman of
thle Board of VTisitors, Charleston,
S. C. These applications,'fully made
outd as directed, must be .in t ho
hands of the Chairuman by the 30Qth
oIf July.
C. S. (IADSDEN,
Notice.
Tlhe board (If sup)ervisors of regis
Itration will meet at Whit mire on tihe
18thI of July for the purpose of issu
ing registration certificates toi any
in that. community who desire to se
cure, them. Trhey will have t hei-r
hooks open at some convenient place
in the town of Whitmire.
Th'le board v ill mieet at Pro sperity
[t ont Ju'y 25.
E. L. Ilays,
C'hajirman &.uperisors' R?egst rationi.
A Good Idea
for Everyone
is to buv what stationery you
need before leaving the City,
I have two reasons for giving
you this advice, the first is 1
have the goods and want to
sell them, second I know that ~
I can save you money. For
C
as you know all merchants at
summer resorts charge enor
mous prices for what they sell.
Mayes BookStore
/e
A COMFORTABLE, I
Handsomely upholster
lugs, Mattings, Linoleun
vant. Art Squares frory
ocrap Carpet, Sideboardt
iall Rack $4.00 to $25.
c6 Cream Freezers that v
ites, big line Refrigerator
iammocks ever brough
ewest and most up-to-dal
rom $15.00 to $100.00,
ne of Wardrobes and Se
Goods have advanced
ave not advanced the.pri
nd get our prices.
SShelley &
"THE BEST
SIXTH AN
MID-SUMMER
TO
=Atlant4
The New York o1
via
C. N & L. AND S,
Tuesday, July
$2.50
Longer Return Limit
Than Ever Before
Special Train - - -- Low Rat
Leave Columbia... .. .. ..30 a.
Leave Irmo.-.-.-.-.-.-.------7.54 at.
Leave Chapin .. ...... .. .8.18 a.1
Leave Little Mountain. . . .8.30 a.
Leave Prosperity .... . ....45 a.
Leave Newberry .... .. . . .90o a.
Leave Kinards..... ... ...9.20 a.
Leave Goldville-.--.--..-..-.9.30 a.
Leave Clinton ... ..... . . 10.0 a.
Leave Laurens...... .. ..7.00 a.
Arrive Atlanta at 3 00 p. m.;
wvill leave Atlanta at 1 1.00 p. m.
T ickets also good to
trains up to and includi
No. 32 leaving Atlanta
July 27th.
For further iniformat ion aind tici
Agent or write for information to
J. F. LIVINGSTON, Sol. Agt. C
LW.L. BIURR(OUGIIS, S. P. A.,
J. W. DENNIN%G, Agent, Newbe
A CENTURY 0
For more than a hundred yea
~PRINGS MINERAL WATER h~
housands are ready and willing to
acy in all diseases of the Liver, K<
Physicians Pr<
Patients Depei
'Everybody Pre
Drin.k Glenn Springs Mineral W:
rink this water and be restored to
Glenn Springs Compny,v
ONg
1OMY GOUCH,
ed, well made.
1, just the kind you
i $6.00 to $25.00,
$8.00 to $30.00.
00, Water Coolers,
vill freeze in 3 min
s, the finest line of
t to Newberry, the
te line of Room Suits
Come and see our
wing Machines.
10 per cent. but we
ice. Come and look
Summer.
'ONE"9
INUAL
EXCURSION
i, Ga=
F the South,
A. L. R'YS.
24, 1906.
T RIlP.
DonMtssit
000 Forget It
es - -- - Fast Schedule.
m- -..-.--.- 3 50 RoidTi
m- -.-.-.-.-.-$3.25 oud irl
mn....-$3 00RudTi
mn... ... .$a-50 RudT
mn... .....$2-5o OI(iTi
m.....$ 5oRound T1rip
m.....$.50Round Trip
m.
mn.......$2.50 Round Trip
Returning, special train
Wednesday, July 25th,
return on regular
ing Seaboard train
1 1.00 p. m. Friday,
<ets, call on any C. N. & L.
.N. & L. , Columnbiai, S. C.
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rry, S. C.
F HEALING.
rs the merits of GLENN
ave been recognized, and
give testimony as to its effi
idneys, Stomach and Skin.
ascribe It.
id on It.
Lises It.
ater and keep well; If si::k,
health.
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