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l e . %, S mys& udr i nelson C. P$e, Greeville. ,s etemnak are ali ighl t,oned, porabs business nae otte state, n&phri 4y known to me, I, there. hope kthat 'you wilt acept the Qitment. I, ask this as a person I .aver to myself, and because I be eve as patriotic business men you I 'be ivilling to do your part in iding up this.'business, -and show g to the people that you are willing spIriflee some of your time for,the od of the state. will ask you to meet with the oth Or,e commissioners at my office 'in the Oity of Columbia on Wednesday, the 20th inst., At 12 o'clock in., for the rat. meeting of the board. - Remeniber that as citizens of this and old state oach must do his part ien called pn. I hin, Yours very truly, M. F. Ansel, Governor. Duties of Commission. The duties of this commissi'on are pianifoldl They will have the power to appoint clerk.s, hcountants, audi ors, inspectors, 'etc., to cheek up tock in county dispensaries prepara to a settlement with the state. ach commissioner must give a d of $10,000 and Attorney Gener 1 Lyon has prepared the bbnds for heir signatures. The compensation or eich member is $5 per day and actual expenses. The commission is nstructed by the act to make an inl entory immediately and to turn'it over to the governor. "'.The principal duties of the commis sion are found in section- 3 of the act "See. 3. It shall be the duty of aid commission to close out the en ire 'businessl iand property of thl ate dispensary except all reql es te, and 'including stock in the sev ral' county ,dispensaries, by disposing of all goods and property, connected therewith, by collecting all debts due and by paying from the proceeds thereof all just liabilities at the car Aiest date practicable. Said coimis sion shall be at liberty to make such disposition upon such terms, times tid conditions as their judgment may Vdictate: Provided, That no alcoholic *')iquors or beers shall be disposed of ithin this state excepr to counlt dis ensary boards, and all liquiors ille ally bought by the present nanage ent may be returned to the persons, rms or corporations from whom pur chased, and for determining the legal ity of said purchases they are hereby authorized and directed to investigate fully th. circumstances surrounding all contracts for liquors and to em ploy such assistant counsel as may be approved by the attorney general and such expert accountants and ste nographers and any other person)1 or persons tile commissionl miay deem necessariy for the ascertainment of any fact or facts connected withl said state dlisp)ensary and its management or control at any time ill the past, and to take testimony eithler within r without tihe state: Providedl, fur 1er, That all payments shall be made n gold and silver coinl of the United States, in United States currency, or inl national bank notes.'' It will be observed that all of the gentlemen appoin tedl arc business men01. not a p)rofessional man amonig thlem exedp)t I)r. Murray, whio has vo~n up the practice of phlama1cy '3i tile whlolesale drug business. The het: immeL~dateiy uipon the ap r val of. this act tile governor shall 'nt a commission of wvell known iness men, consisting of five mem s", .,one of whom shall lfe members y aeeneral assembly, to be known the state dispensary comsin Gov. Ansel said yesterday that he J,appointed no lawyers, for the * oiinission ma~y emnpkdy attorneys if it sees fit. )t will be necessary to engage attorneys to putsh the investi .ation provided for :in: section~ 8, * hich says in part: "See. 8: That said commission ehall have full power and authority to anvespigate the past conduct of the .fairs of the dispensary, and all the dpwe'r and authority conferred upon te committ'ee appointed to investi a the affairs of the, dispensary as oser,ibed by an act to. provide for einyQstiga tion of the dispensary, roved January 24, A. D. 1906, be dhei-eby 'is conferred upon tihe aison provided foi) under this ~.Provided, Th1as for tile purpose h6investigation -of the affairs of ~spensary As Aerein provided, .Ant 0-ery member of said comn dp icand'herebj las authorized ipowereil, separately and..indi ly', J ollectlvely, to exercise er and adthorlty herein con (1on 4he 'hole commnission," ablo thiat the' comtnission A y # . .Arthur S... *c4 tq. 4 Sipson. The Stit 20th Board of Gomusioners. W. J. Murray, Columbia. C. -. Henderson, Aiken. B. F. Arthur, Union. Avery Patton, Greenville. John MoSween, Timmonsville. The commission appointed by the governor to wind up the affairs of the state dispenusary is now complete. Two of the members named by Gov. Ansel found it impossible to serve and declined. They were W. Wells Simpson, of Woodruff and Nelson C. Poe, of Greenville. In place of the former Gov,. Ansel nramed B. F. Ar thur of Union, and in Mr. Poe's stead was named Mr. Avery Patton "of Greenville. Both have accepted. The other members of.the board are Dr. W. J. Murray of Columbia, Capt. C. K. Henderson of Aiken and Mr. John MeSween of Timmonsville.. In dccordance with the call issued by the governor in his letter sent each commissioner, a-metting will be held in his office today at noon, when the general plans of the commission will be discussed and arrangements made for going actively to work. The meet ing will be an executive session and it is not known yet what will be given out for publicationi, if anything. The announcement of the selection of the commission has given general satisfaction on all sides. Mr. Arthur is a well known business man of Un ion,N where he has engaged in the banking business for a number of years. He is highly, esteemed in that community and his ability was known to Gov. Ansel for years as a man of brains and integrity. Mr. Patton an Investigator. Concerning Mr. Patton who suc ceeds Mr. Poe, the Greenville corres pondent of the State sends the fol lowing: "Grelenville, Feb. 19.-As soon as he had notified Gov. Ansel that he ;wou!d serve on the commission to wind ill) the affairs of the state dis pensary, Mr. Avery Patton arranged for his immediate>departurc, leaving toiniglit at 9.20 o'clock for Columbia, to be present at the first meeting of the Coimmissioi tomorrow. ' ',Mr. Patton 's appointmnct is re eeived with -elleral approval in (Greenville, where he has made his home for about 30 years and,' is thoroughly identified with the busi ness interests of the community. Though Mr. Patton has never sought political offlce, lie served on the com mission which investigated the finan cial affairs of the county several years ago, winning praise from all sections of the state for his ability and the fearlessness, with which he conducted the investigation. ''For a number ojf years Mr. Pat toni has b)een engaged successfully in the business of fertiliz.er merchant. lHe is a prominent member of ~the First ,Presbyterian ehurch and has liberaliy supp)Iortedl the educational institutions of the city, especially Chicora college. Mr. Patton is a na tive of.Henderson county, N. C., hay ing moved to this city in 1876.'' Baby Born on the Train.. A girl baby was born1 to Mrs. Jen nie Tonaaovee, of' 1144 East 170th s.trmeet , the Bronix, New York, on a rapidly moving southbound Third avenne ''12' train early in the morn. intg during a r'ace for the Laying*-in H-ospital at Second avenue and 17th street, to wvhich Mrs. Tonaaovec was b)ound with, her hlusb)and. Many wvell dlressed1 women13 on their way from Chmas. F. Murphy 's Anawanda club ball at the Lexington Avenue opera house asisted at lhe birth of Baby Tonaaovcc. Mrs Tonanovec had made all .ar rangements to go to the hospital. Soon. after 3 o 'clock she whispgred to her husband that they had"' bet;ter start' "N the hospital at once, and hurry\ "to the nearest Third a,ve nue "'' ~ion they took tihe train forndown 1 ~ E,verythii t~ well 'until 59th streets was re A. ;1, Eere the train was 'delayed by the emnlarking *of many guests who had just, left the Anawanda club, n'nd Mrs Tonaaovee's condition grew so critical that Mr. Tonaaovec hurried dow:n. the elevated stationi steps and telephoned for an ambulance. -In the meantime thme train. had re s.ifned its journey southwvard, and the women, from the ball learning of Mrs. Tonanovec's condition egehmded all the men from tile car, and iade the woman~ as comfortable as' possible on a bed composed of cart seats aid thcir .opera cloaks and other; wraps. At 18th street the mother and baby 'ere carefully transferred to the Ly ing-in-Hospital, whiere both were d o (ing well as last accounts. qpotetyi UI, is ee- tr, orth Dabt aut to to St. Paul ha to any, pat o their own state, so that city wit nesses the deliberations of mo't of their politicians. Mississippi is unique in that it is one the old states of the Union whiclh has no city. Memphis, Tenn., is the metropolis for the northern part of Meis*ippi and New Orleans, La., serves a, like purpose for the southern bart of 'the state.-Baltimore Ameri cai. * This wonder * ful remedy is * ailments such Weak Lu * Constipa CoughsC Bronchiti Anemia, Loss of A Nervousr Stomach * Call for bool ing away, whi + wonderful cur 0 + funded if not I E* F This is onl: * who are exclu * Newberry. We pre par-e + tions properly * We warrant * we sell and wil Sto any ,one die * Reliable . DIREeCT FROM 0 * Send us $ case with no ryt and if best you ever Isn't that a f Remembe era mid avoid our dlst ery wIf yupr buy a better I any price. OeuOtr guart ~ and will. do atMACON,O THE S'1 Owner. of Rteg Plumbing Done on Short Notice J, W. WHITE, et 0 L* -fully success-'* guaranteed in as ngs, tion,+ md Colds, S, ppetite, ees leSS,5 Troubles. clet we are giv ch tells of its + es..' Money re-, :yenefitted., done'by us,e sive agents for$ L your prescrip wit h PURE DRUGS, the medicines * I refund money*+ satisfied. Iham,& Son: Druggists. U UR DISTILLERY # DALE, Ii SKEY ILL .EXPRESS S. - PRPAID arks anto sho con tens our.full yon don't find it all riht adthe ur $285 wilb proptl refunded. dlr offer? iveethe enorou profr s of th eal all chanice of adulteration. You are without beig tapered wit I n any Lsofr LL rrI.NCLI.A S CON r $2.80 express prepaid. You cn't a with ever sipmen we make You iiyehav resource of a Iina ollar xactly as we say. VIFT CREEI btTilLlNG CO., M.C- nA...sm an..' ,-. Of Newber )APITAL You are cordially invited iank. Every facility of mc ,our service. r omptness, Courtesy - ion to the- wants of our cu he established policy of th We pay 4 -per cent inter artment, compounded tv ccount is earnostly solicitb J. D. DAVENPOR' E. R. HIPP, Vice F M. L. SPEARMAN Prescriptioni| Which we use are without excef We believe in PURITY. We constantly preach PURIT We always practice PURITY cines' PURITY counts, and counts f( Ask your doctor. MAYES' DRUC Quickest and I TO 5avannah, Waycrc ville, and all Floi -via HARLESTON AND WES RAILW .v. Laurens daily, (Eastern v. Augusta r. Savannah, (Central Tir r. Waycross kr. Jacksonville Close connections made at Jacks Through Pullman Sleeping Car nd Jacksonville. Round Trip winter tourist excursi orts now on saple. C. H. GASQU E, Agt. Laurens, S. C. ERNEST WILL. Gen. Pass. Agt., Ai Tnis is our regular work, ions and filling family rec Pelbhamn's Reliable As 'a cure for that stubbo TRY Pelham's Pectoral P~elhams White Pini Pelham 'S Laxative Vinol, the Tnoic R( Our stock of Fresh Carn late 1907, has arrived. Win.-E. Pelhi R6liable Dri y, S. C. $50,000 to make this your dern banking is at mnd Careful Atten. stomers, has been Is bank. est in Savings de vice a year. Your ad. r,'Prest. 3rest. I, Cashier. 1.teniols: >tlon the purest grade. when preparing medi )r much, In medicines. + 0 STORE. lest Route >ss, Jackson Ida Points ITERN GAROLINA A Y . i Time) 1.50 P. M. 10.20 P. M. ne) 2.45 A. M. 6.15 A. M. 9.10 A. M onv,ille for all points South. service between Augusta :>n tickets to all Florida re GEO. T, BRYAN, Gen. Agt. Greenville, S. C. .IAMS, igusta, Ga. preparing prescrip eipts at Drug Store, rn cou gh and grip, Syrup a Cough Syrup Cold Tablets aconstructor len Seeds, bearing alni&Son, iggists.