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R JOHN BLACK WRITES. I c fident He Can Prove His In- T nee-If Attorney General is t t Going to Have Him Tri- ti ed, H9 Aski Ifair In- a vestigation. J Ia Record. . The Record: I notice in the b d Courier of the 18th that o: rrespondent continues to use si e. I would not say anything n time if it were not for the fact b t -is very small in this corres- p lnt to do .this after I have ask- t1 at justice be done me, that I be p outed, 'and offered to take the t] les of proof to a court of justice sl I acted in good faith in every saction I had anything to do with e a ineilber of the state board of etors. I still ask, why don't they at me? Why don't they do as the slature directed them to do? Why a It the committee and the legisla- r demand that. the governor and ' ruey general do as they directed it I Idon't believe the general as- i bly intended to satisfy some cow- ti .that is low enough to put me un- C a heavy peace bond and sneak e d and try to have a case made C y the cli'ef of police to nake me n it $1,000. This man tried to have tl ondsmen coie off my bond. The o lature said prosecute me. h ow this correspondent must un- it tand one thing: I have nothing k inst him npersonally or politically, it if lie has against me, say so. c; i't use what he knows to be a lie tl ainst ie. Prove it or be brave t] ough to come to me or hush. s1 0 The cool, sober thinking people all C ver the state know this, that if there n ,as anything under the sun against T 0, a suit would have been brought G ng ago. They know there is noth- sa g .against me, and the day will a e when the people of South Car- s1 na will see that I have done noth- t< g wrong. They must know, too, at the committee only took such li stimony as was needed to kill the il ponsary, one-sided, behind closed c rs. MrD. Tatum was never asked C but the Peoria purchase. Why? Be- a se lie would have told them what ii ld not have done Tot the legisla- p 'e to hear. They would have I d to hunt . something else. i . Hull, of the firm of t1 arke Bros. & Co., was in Columbia e fore the legislature adjourned. He, b r. Ray and others said that the a lender was either a fool or liar. Ev- li ody knows that Mr. Hull said in g s affidavit, and knows he offered t o","buy everything, dollar for dollar. r Aanybody wanted to disprove this, k N did they not investigate it? Send n d get disinterested blenders and see b) at it was. If spirits were worth ii .33 to $1.35, why did the committee li t make inquiry wlhere the spirits I as and what was the cost of the r *freight and other costs? This was o Eplities. They succeeded in killing e the dispensary and should 'be sat- e isfied. Senator Tillman is sore over t defeat and says that it was because ii ;'the legislature elected bad men. Who ni made Lyon attorney general? Senator r Tillman told the people not to. Who Telected Ansel? Senator Tillman told 1' the people not to. Who killed thme dis ~pensary? Senator Tillman and a few f ~othecrs that I am goinig to have some A.thing to say about some (day when I ~am no longer under ine Lyon peace Vbond. Senator TillmnI, before you have I ny thing further to say about me, ook up my record at the state dis 1ensary. I defy you to point out one *ingle thing wrong. You p)urchased goods when you wvere in Cincinnati, Ohio, while governor. Still because I consummate a deal in Peoria you condemn me for it. Remember I have C 'been made the seape goat for others. They have no proof against me in atny way whatever. I have done no reah wrong, hut I was (in my absence) ised to spank you and your dispen- I ary with. ,Senator, t hatI same lemgislatunrc was posed to electing you to serve them ~ger. No opposition in the p)rimary t fall saved you. Before you run ir followvman downt ag'ain, take the uble to look up the record.. n,' conclusion, let me orfer' this : If ywill not g'ive mte a chance in al et; o,juist ice, I will put up a isan.d dollarts ando a hond to pay ~xpen1ses 01 anl invest igat.ion. Le't p)eop)le who continue toa wrmIce ist me do the same. )et the ex-governors of the st$tc not at ut holding offee, Mes rs. Shep Evans and Heyward, appoinat disinterested citizens to, meet, nSeptember (any time suits nd take testimony. If I prlove hig- to be as I have said be any doubt, then let those on her side pay all expenses and some charitable ntiution the, nd dollars. If I fail in the at degree to prbve everything, ave said, I pay the coats and aritable institution. If this is ac 'pted, I agree for Mr. Gonzales -of he State and Koester of The Record 9 > go to the dispensary, select say m ,gallons of the Clarke whiskey G ad turn it over to General Wilie ones to keep at the Palmetto Na- ii ,onal bank until the investigation in be had. Get. the whiskey npw - Dfore the commission ships it back e puts it in tanks. This investigation p iould cover my administration. I am At responsible for any former trou- 1: les, if there was any. The corres ondents are to agtee under oath t iat everything as brought out be n, ublished, for or against me. Let te people have it again. Put up or mt up. John Black. o Columbia, April 22, 1907. McOlure's For May. The May issue of McClure's Mag -,inc is both important and pleasinr. he first article is C. P. Connolly's Trhe Fight of the Copper Kings," e k which are described in a vivid man or the struggle -between F. Augus is Heinze nd the Amalgamated opper Company, the picturesque impaign of 1900 and reelection of lark to the Senate and the begin ing of the great legal battle over le Butte Hill. ''The Reminisconces P a Long Life'' by Carl .Schurz give is personal experiences as a General I the Civil War. describe the great aders and throw new light on many nportant events of the War. ''Chi 1go As Seen by Herself' pictures lose conditions of life in Chicago mt. have developed as a natural re 1it of its existant government whicli corge Kibbe Turner described last onth in ''The City of Chicago.'' he fifth instalment of "Mary Baker -. Eddy" tells of the Mrs. Eddy's re [dence in Lynn, her first disciples nd her first years of comfort and lecess, and of her third marriage Asa Gilbert Eddy. - The readers of fiction will be do ghted with the May McClure's for contains an unusual array of ex ,edingly good stories. "A Fight in no Round'' by Michael Williams is riugized human doclument, delineat I the hjero'sm and devotion of a rize fighter who quit the ring when e married and manfully fought an nequal battle against poverty and ie Great White Plamne which attack j his wife. In "The Gentle Rob or" by Margaret Sherwood we find a absorbing allegory of certain as ects of modern life shown in the nise of the middle ages. ''The Lit e Widow'' by Mrs. Wilson Wood- I w, is a spirited comedy of her well nown mountain community ''Ze ith.'' ''The Entrance of Ezekiel'' y Lucy Pratt is a tale of an amus 1C black boy who tells " make be eve" stories. "The Gate of Seven [undred Virgins'' tells of a resur cted legend and a modern episode f the outfitting of a filibustering spedition with whieh three ''Unit-F a States'' tourists had an adven ire. Edward S. Pilswvorth gives us " The EAemental'' a story of crude ianhood that often exists under the ags and tatters of adversity. ''One Way of Pec' by Paul :ester and ''The Road at Night'' by 'iliam Lucius Graves, are thmought- J Lu anid dlist inct ive p)oems. At the T?p of the Road-. But, lord,'' she saidl, '' my shmould ers still are strong-'I have been used to bear the load so long; And see, the hill is passed, and smooth the rod' Yet,'' said the Stranger, ''yield me now thy load.'' ently he took it from her, and she stood traight-limbed and lithe, in new found maidenhood mid long, sunlit fields; around them sp)rang' tender breeze, and birds and rivers My lord,'' she said, ''the land is ver*y fair!' miiing, lie answered: ''Was it not so there?'' There ? '' Tn herice aO wondleriung question lay; Was I not always here, then, as to day?'' f turned to her, with strange, deep oyes aflame; Knoweost thou not this kingdom, no'r my name?'' 'Ny' she replied: "hut this I nn derstand hat thou art Lord of life in this dear land!"' 'es, child(,'' lie murmured, scarce above his breath: 'Lord of the Land, but men have f named me Death." harles Bluxton Going, in McClure's. Proverbs and Phrases. It is more noble to make yourself rent Ohan to be born so.--ormian. Virtute flourishes in misfortune. erman. Notm can eure their harms by wail ig them.-Shakespeare. Wait is a hard word to the hungry; -German. The walls are the books of the oor.-Punch. How poor are they that have not ationce !-Shakespeare. Impartial vigor and example are te best means of government.-Chi ese. -1. H. Rogers says he believes in rovidence becatuse it provides new il fields as fast as needed. This robably accounts for the deep reli ious vei'n that I runs throlulh Joln 1). orkefeller, Jr. E It is :m4 Irue that the old tank ex losion in Boston the (tler day was3 ,iused by Mr. Lawson. 4 The chief of police who killed him- 1 Af charged with corruption was of I "ewark, not New York. Makes a Woman Look Ten Years Younger Because it takes a great weight ol her mind . . JeJJ-W0 Solves the daily Dessert problom. By uing Jel-O it is possilo to servo a di iferent dessort every day in the year. Jell-O can be jre)ared in -stantly-simply 9. add boiling water and set to cool. 7 flavors. 10c. per package, at all grocers. -D Y The Genesee Pure Food Co., .e Roy. N. Y. LVisit our bootia Tnetw xoiin )PERA HOUSE EARHARDT & WELLS, Lessees and Managers. DNE" WEEK BEGINNING Vlonday, April 22, THE Villiams Comedy Co. . . . in a . . . lepertoire of Successtul Plays and -Igh Class Vaudeville at Popular Prices. teserved Seats 35; General admission 25; Gallery 15. You will save money and get a better roof by using PAROID. Slate colored-contains no tar e a sfl y l aid-a roofing kit free. Spark, water, gas, heat and cold proof. Lasts loneg ad looks well. Don't take an imitation. Since the Fire~ SALTERWS trt and Variety Store las reestablished busi 1ess on Main street, icross from ,the Salter Thoto Studio. New goods corning in, we vill soon have full variety of resh stock. We now have ull line,.of Victor Talking Ma-1 :hlnes. Records, Needles, &c. rRousng R Anderson 1 Saturday, Mon< Tuesday namelware Prices that Can't Be Matched. 0 At. Dish Pan, 50c. value. sale )rice 20c. qt. CoiTee Pot, 40c. v--lue, sale price 2oc. qt. Stew Pan, 25c. value, sale price xoc. i in. Wash. Basin, 20c. value, sale price ioc. Zo. 2 Chamber, 5oc. value, sale price 35c. Big Values in Crockery. and 8 inch Plates, white, each 5c. Aups and Saucers, white, set 4oc. in. Soup Plates, white, set 40C xreat Assortment of Decorated Ware. lates, Bowls. Meat Plates, Cups and Saucers, Pitchers, etc., sale price each ioc. With every $1.oo purchase during this sale, Fou can buy a $i.oo Jardinier for 73c. oo doz. Men's ioc. Collars at 5c. each. Alith every 50c. purchase, or over, during this sale one China Plate FREE. io ft. Clothes Line ioc. L8 Clothes Pins 5c. ,-prong Towel Rack ioc. k-piece Knife set 15c. 7-post Hat Rack ioc. .emoni Squeezer ioc. Rolling Pin ioc. Vood Salt Box ioc. Something So( naturday., Monday, TL We sell everything in China, C .namelledware and small Hardw% Don't Miss this Sale Anderson I "Simply Bei True beauty consis & ~but in appropriatenes "simply beautiful." Is this true of the 1 If it is not, you can rr make them appropria te"simply beautif The SanitaryWall C Alabastine makes walls look better and Ii more hygienic than any other wall covering. tha sa mixed Wlh cold water and put on w rom reading this a, but call at our setornebam us shoe you the bateautiful tints and sten< be made wit it-let us Alabastn ns, and exact. ly what it v,ill do.__ e berry H ii wi Dos Sole en Cent Co., lay, and Wednesday. -M Great Soap Values. 100 boxes Toilet Soap, three cakes to box, 9c. 6 cakes Flotilla Soap ioc. 6 cakes Fairy Soap 25c, 6 cakes Pine Tar Soap ioc. 7 cakes White Ribbon 25c. GOLD DUST almost given away. We had a lot shipped to us by mistake. x,ooo packages in this sale, 5 packages for ioc. 1,500 Search Light Matches ioc. Baby Elite Shoe Polish 7c. SPARKLING GLASSWARE, barrel after barrel. oo doz. largo Ice Tea Tumblers 6 for 25C. So doz. medium plain Tumblers 6 for 15c. 4-piece Table Set, Butter Dish, Sugar Dish, Cream Pitcher and Spoon Holder, 45c. JELLY GLASSES, TIN TOP. We bought largely expecting a large fruit crop. It has all been killed, Jelly Glasses must go. 175 dozen in this sale at 3oc. doz. We handle everything in Glassware. 500 doz. Pearl Buttons, bought at a bargain. sale price 5 dozen for ioc. 6oo doz. worth 15c, sale price 5c. dozen. 288 Wash Belts, this sale ioc. each. 300 folds Crepe Paper, this sale ioc. 100 Diime Novels, this sale each 5c. cial EverU Day! iesday and Wednesday. 'ass, Crockery, Tin, Woodenware, rare, Notions, etc. but "Come and See." en Cent Co. mutiful" 1,fandthehi h y deced as A VARNISH AND rakl itn your horne? to by making them ~ouca mke STAIN COMBINED -Belne and Ig >s YtlabastrinIs rder th a Wood Work, 3 ~ Furniture, Iwe Conioqns.