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THE LIQUOR PROBLEM. State Senator Blease, Leader of Dis pensary Forces, Has Decided Upon a Plan. State Senator Cole. L. Blease, who led the fight into the last trenches for the state dispensary, and who was with the state dispensary at its death, has been studying the whiskey situation and has been in communi eation with prominent people throughout the state who have tak en an interest in reaching some sat isfactory settlement of - the liquor trouble. Senator Blease said yesterd '-hat he had deeided upon a plan, a un 'iess something happened to change his opinion between this time and the opening of the next general as sembly, he would introduce a bill in the senate on the opening day of the next session embodying his plan. Senator Blease thinks the solu tion is to pass a prohibition law for the entire state, to go into operation on July 1, 1908, with privilege to any of the counties, on petition of one-fourth the qualified electors of the particular county, to vote upon the question of prohibition or ii cense, the license to be granted un der the present constitutional and dispensary restrictions. His bill would provide, he said, that any holder of a license sending whiskey in any quantity into a dry county should forfeit his license, and, up on conviction, be sentenced to serve six months in the state penitentiary at hard labor, without the alterna tire of a fine. For violating any of the restrictions any holder of a li cense should forfeit his license. The license, if granted, he said, should go, one-half to the city or town in which it is granted, and the other half to the general county fund, the linense to be regulated by the city councils and the countf board of commissioners of each county voting for license. In this way, he said, parties hold ing licenses would see to it that blind tigers were prosecuted, and he believed that his plan would bring about the solution of the whiskey problem. COL ELLIOTT'S SUOQESSOR. J. F. 3. Caldwell and Col. Haskell Recommended in Case Gen. Duke Declines. A speciai 'to the Cohunbia State under date of December 10 says: In ease Gen. Haskell Duke of Lou isville, Ky., declines the position of fered him by the president to mark Confederate graves in Northern pris ens, two South Carolinians would be considered for the place. Represen tative Wyatt Aiken yesterday called upon the president to 'urge the name of J. F. J. Oaldwell of Greenwood and -Representative Lever today called and recommended Col. John C. Haskell. The president stated that in ease Gen. Duke did not accept The place .he would be glad to consider both of these gentlemen. Mr. Lever also discussed with the president the Appalachian forest re serve question and the president ex pressed his heartiest approval of the plan. Mr. Lever, *ho is a promin enV member of the agricultural com mittee, before which the Appalachain matter comes. .will prepare a bill for an appropriation which he will in troduec in the u-ear future. He --thanked the president for urging the matter in his m< sage. 4GLASS?Y AND THE FOOTPAD. The tall man in the once glorious -plug hat 'and suit of faded black was wending his way slowly home ward, says the Chicago Tribune. He had done a hard day's work trying to induce an unresponsive public to invest its shekels in his celebrated shaving compound, warranted to sof ten the most obdurate and adaman tine beard in fifteen seconds or -money cheerfully refunded, and was tired. It was late. Afar in the west Vega twinkled 'dimly. Algol the variable had passed the meridian, and the pleiades were mounting like one of Henry George's luminous and in spiring thoughts. But the tall man noted none of these things. His fer tile brain was busy with something else. Shaving g'mod was not his on ly specialty. He had others. As he passed a dark alley a man with a mask on the upper part of his face sprang out and confronted him with a drawn revolver. "Hold~ up your hands!" was the stern command. Two long and slender arms went mechanically up in the air. "You seem to have the advantage !of me," said the tall ma:. "I don't think I ever met you before." "I don't want any o' yer conver sation. All you've got to do-' "Beg pardon, but would you mind holding that revolver a little further away? It makes me nervous. Now, see here, my friend, I recognize the fact that you've got the drop o2 me. I'll stand hitched. Go ahead with the regular business of the meeting. In my right overcoat pocket you will find nothing but samples of Glass py's unequalled shaving compound. Take one. In my left overcoat pock et you will find a bottle with some thing in it. I was taking it home for strictly medicinal purposes, but if you-" The fottpad's free hand went into the left overcoat pocket. Instantly a pair of long, lean mus cular arms shot out from under the tall man's overcoat, and a pair of hands, equally lean and muscular, spanned the highwayman's neck with a grip that would have strangled a yearling steer. The pistol fell from his grasp and rattled on the sidewalk. The next moment he was flat on his back and the tall man in the suit of faded black was sitting on his chest. "I shall have no trouble to hold still a moment," said his conqueror, "while I press the spring that lets down these dummy arms of mine. Thank you. They were getting tired. And now, my friend, I will explain to you how this happened. In the first place-sit still, you brute, or I'll wring your neek. You have had the honor of being the first holp-up man who has assisted in demonstrat ing the merits of Glasspy's Footpad Discourageo, an-. invention which I have just completed and shall bring before the public in a few days. This way my trial trip with it. I shall not explain to you its modus ope randi further than to say that it operates by a concealed mechanical device. It is entirely hidden. Equip ped with Gasspy's Footpad Dis courager, including the imitation arms, which fit nicely into the sleeves of the overcoat, thus permitting the regular working arms to hang down by the side, ready for action, the ordinary citizen fares forth upon the street at night-" Stopping merely long enough to pull the mask off the face of his lis tener and subdue a slight inclination to restiveness by grasping his ears and thumping his head on the side walk a few times to command atten * GO I JONES' 4( o FC 4C * The best Celer + Head Lettuce, * The freshest C The Crispest F * The most lusci Homemade Fr * Nat'I Biscuit C S Fruits of all kii e Norfolk for your Thank + THE FRESHEST! 0 JONES'GC * Phone 212. 0 jiUn. he proceeded: "Thus equipped, the ordinary cit izen meets a stickup man-low-brow ed, heavy-jawed, snaky-eyed villian, we will say, like you-and is held up. Then this invention comes into play. The citizen presses the concealed spring, up go the dummy arms, and while the trusting scoundrel is re lieving him of his valuables the real arms-but you have seen how they work. I need not detain you longer, except upon a matter of business. Stand up, you cheap, contemptible rascal!" Removing his weight from the prostrate wretch, he jerked him to his feet. Holding him by his collar and neckband, he dragged him to a street lamp a few feet distant, pick ing up the fallen revolver on the way. "Now," he said, producing a fountain pen and notebook, "I shall ask you to- don't try to run away, or I'll fill you full of holes-I shall ask you to stand right there while I write a recommendation of Glasspy's Footpad Discourager, from the view point of a footpad who has tried it -objectively, you understand-and you will sign it. What's your bloom ing name?" "It don't make no difference what my name is." "You are right, my friend. It doesn't make a cent's worth of dif ference. For the purposes of this document we will call it Bill Sikes. Now, Mr. Sikes, I havej seribliled this off hastily, but it will convey the idea. Take this pen: Sign your name there. No monkeying, unless you want me to : ,ak you in two. If you can't spell the name, make your mark. Thanks. No, I'm not going to run you in. I am going to parole you. This is Judge Glasspy's Court. I shall pick up your slouch hat thus; remove your coat and vest thus; black your eye for you-thus! -and retain your garments. You will retain the black eye. Report to me when you think you have thoroughly reformed and claim your clothes. Here is my card. Now hunt your hole, you discouraged footpad!" He turned him around, administer ed a lusty kick, and the next mom ent the alleged Bill Sikes, recon structed holdup man, had vanished in the darkness. "It works!" exultingly exclaimed Inventor Glasspy, resuming his walk homeward. "It works perfectly! There's a fortune in it! TO yand ran berries, 'otato Chips, ous Grapes,e uit Cakes,.e :'s Fruit Cakes, ids. S *1 sgiving dinner.+ THE BEST!+ ROCERY. Fant's. Old Stand. p +6 6+ e* + At Wholesale prices Bananas, Oranges, Apples, and all sorts of Fruits. ALSO Homemade Candy. THRO. LA.MB,RY5 Sped -IN MERCHANT TAILOR MEN'S PAln 500 Pairs will be sc Less M than cloth cos which th manufac Seven ,Dolbr va'ues at only , Five Dollar values at only Four Dollar values at only Three Dollar values for only Two Dollar values for only and so.me Pants as lOW as 75c. Every pair a bargain at 0. KLETTNE ao o, ak i te e . aesofA EIA miors Yoan i h i ns thne fac wagn. ow, t e an factandg Wire ha gve ius an -rne,i Iiande oWill t be teaIi milso ansi imne feneo We aved Frustr CHNG IN JANUARY In oider to redt change, will close Clothing, Shoes, I Crcckery at New Sale is on and i ary, 1908. C. S. BARRI Prosperit al Bar~ MADE 300 Do2 TS= FANCY Pants Id for C oney F the F tfrom E ey aredobet tured. IuIlv $4.00'4 $3.25 $2.50 hodgo $1.95 Dotwa $1.25 a pair. yu e Don't a R'S. 0. K ForYour i E grwn rp, swa o wat -n h tt ul a bra-hog orbekdw So buy wegteog- o untehai yo-hudk i- ta,prrn gro Fo Ter produr eakoLge n r sowi n crop,i its mritsywa and prio ouso kn owi-ta,ees.nin o e ceraed acrla )ed two esinth e dsoeyon it ofNCGon and oprtAhi w ronm eceiv of caLoa(e 1, 1908. ice stock for the out Dry Goods, -ats, Caps and York cost. ists to 1st Jan u ER & CO., Y, S. C. " rains! -IN , Men's and Boy8' DRESS SHIRTS, EST QUALiTY, )OUBLE YOKE, ATHERED BACK, ELLED SEAMS, EARL BUTTONS and 'ULL LENGTH. irt is worth at least a money. Our ridicu Sprice, ots. Each. di until they are sold. ~te any time to sup ply land. They sell at ;LETTNER'S. e Stook you obtaz the most wihe in i'NCE. e at any price. It is made and eand furnaces, their own wire RLD 1of this fence. >rices. nmunition just 2 Shells. imCo.