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PI' OHIBITION LAW UNLIKELY.
(Continued from paZg two.)
the following represent counties in
which the county dispensary system
is now apparently giving satisfaction:
Appelt, of Clarendon; Bates, of
Barnweli: Bivens, of Dorchester;
Graydon, of Abbeville; Hardin, of
Chester; Haynes, (deceased), of
Berkeley; McGowan, of Laurens;
.Sinkler, of Charleston; Smith, of
Hampton; Christensen, of Beau
fort-10. (iSenator Toole, of Aiken,
could be included here, but for the
dissatisfaction recently caused in
Aiken by opening a dispensary at
North Augusta.) Is there any rea
son why any of these 10 should now
favor state prohibition in preference
to the existing system?
Senators McGowan, of Laurens,
and Bass, of Williamsburg, both of
whom favored the iocal option law,
represent counties in which th? dis
pensary lost in Brice law elections,
which elections were declared ille
gal, and the dispensaries remain
open.
Of those who opposed the Carey
Cothran bill, the following represent
counties in which the people had se
cured prohibition by local option:
Blease, of Newberry; Earle, of
Oconee; Stackhouse, of Marion, and
Townsend, of Union.
Of the 17 who opposed the passage
of th3 Carey-Cothran bill the fol
lowing represent counties in which
the county dispensaries are now be
ing operated, to all appearances, with
satisfaeition:
Black, of Bamberg; Clifton, of
Sumter; Efird, of Lexington; John
son, df Fairfield; Kelley, of Lee;
Raysor, of Orangeburg; Walker, of
Georgetown; Wells, (resigned,) of
Florence; Weston, of Richland, afld
Griffin, of Colleton-10.
Is there any reason why any of
these 10 should now favor state pro
hibition in preference to the existing
system? Senator Wells's successor,
Mr. Gibson, is understood to be a
prohibitionist, but not necessarily
oposed to local option.
. TherP are two original prohibition
counties. never having had a dispen
sary - Marlboro and Greenwood.
Senator Rogers, of Marlboro, voted
against the Carey-Cotihran bil], and
Senator Brooks, of Greenwood, for
it.
Senator Hough, of Kershaw, op
posed the Carey-Cothran bill, but
since its enactment he has squarely
opposed prohibition in his county
Sand favored retention of the present
systemi. The election in Kershaw
went against the .dispensary, but has
been declared illegal.
Senator Laney, of Ch:esterfield,
opposedl the Carey-Cothran bill, but
his county has since voted out the
dispensary, and the election is being
contested.
Let us more definitely analfze the
vote against the Carey-CDothranl bill:
(a) Counties in which the new sys
.tem is popular........ .---10
(b) Counties in which prohibition
is secured already .......---4
Mariboro .... ..----.---.------1
Kershaw and Chesterfield .......2
The vote for the Carey-Cothran
bill:
(ef) Counties in which~ prohibition
is in effect..........---.--11
(d) Counties in which the new sys
tem is popular ..... ...-.-..10
Williamsburg .....-----.---.---1
Aiken .... .....-..----------.1
Greenwood .... .....-----.-----1
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Of the counties marked (e) the
~following senators, if~ no others, are
inclined to state prohibition:
Spartanbr-g, Ch\erokee, Anderson
and Edgdfield--4.
The reader is at liberty to draw
his own inferences from the record.
The writer cannot s-ee much round
to expect a state prohibition bill to
pass either the house or the senate;
the record is against it.
Why Thirteen Is Unlucky.
It is usually stated that the super
sti-tious obpection to sitting thirteen
at a table in Christian counries was
based on tihe fact of the last supper.
when Christ and His twelve disciples
sat dov'n to eat together, immediate
ly before the Savious was seized by
His enemies.
But in the Norse mythology, which
is supposed to antedate the introduc
tion of Christianity among the north
men, we find the superstition refer
red to the faet that at a banquet of
the gods, Loki the spirit of mischief,
intruded himself, making thirteen at
the table. wherefore there was a
ight, and Balbour. a young hero es
eelally loved by all the gods, was
iiled. -For the fact i.3 the objetion
this number seems to have existed
eu~ before Christianityv. Among
e Turks the number is so dislik
cd ;1;d A are lilat it 1 fl(Cr eVel
llanled1 with the Aztees. tile abori
g0ine ut Mexico. it was believed to
have magic power. and like a fancy
has been found in other Indian trib
es.
Among the ignorant blacks of the
south the fear of this number in
any connection is actually absurd,
but whether they have borrowed this
idea from their imperfect knowledge
of the Christianity, or whether it is
a survival of the Voodoo worship of
Jthe ancestors, it is impossible to
say, for the superstition has a strong
hold everywhere, even among those
who should know better than to be
swayed by it. In Italy it is never
used in making up the :Lumbers of
the favorite lotteries, and in Paris it
is omitted in numbering the houses
on the streets.-The Housekeepsr.
A Pudding In a Museum.
A British volunteer has had the
hardihood to make the following con
fession. He says:
"'Some time ago I spent a week
with a. garrison battery in a south
coast fort. On the last day tire ser
geants sat down to an exceptionally
fine dinner, the crowning glory of
which was a large plum pudding.. -I
had. the pudding two days before,
had it boiled, and now, reheated, it
made its appearance amid the wel
come s',ats of my brothgr warriors;
and I naturally felt .a bit proud of
it, for I hadn't been a ship's cook
for nothing.
"'Seems mighty hard,' remark
ed the sergeant major, as he violent
ly tried to stick his fork into it.
'Have you boiled us a cannon ball,
Browney?'
'Or the regimental football?'
asked another.
"'Where did you get the flour
from?' questioned Sergt. Smith.
" 'Where from?' I retorted. 'From
store No. 5. of course.'
"'You did!' roared the quarter
master sergent. 'Then you've made
the pudding with Portland cement."
And' so it proved. The pudding
is now preserved in the battery
museum.
Cleaning Windows.
John S. Cox speaker of the Ten
nessee senate. had an old negro .ser
vant who liked his drink just as weil
as the best Kentucky colonel in the
Blue Grass state. One moi-ning, just
after the cold spell broke, the darky
came to Senator Cox.
"Marse John," said he, "I'll jes'
up an' clean dese windows dis morn-'
in'.''
"All right. Caesar." replied the
senator.
"I's got ter hab a half a tumbler
of whisky, Marse John. D 're ain t
nuffin' like whiskey for cleanin' win
ders.''
The half -tumbler was promptly
given Caesar, who armed himself
with some rags and eerried the whis
ky to another room to begin work. A
few minutes afterward Senator Cox
had occasion to enter his room. Caes
ar was busy. polishing the wihdowvs.
The tumbler was on t11e table, but no
whiskey in it.
"Whv. Caesar. what's become of
the whiskey ?"2 asked the senator. "'I
thouzht you used it in this work.''
"Se I does. Marse John: so I
does.'' was the answer. "Ye see.
sah. I drinks de whiskey an' blows
myvbref a<rin de winiders!"'-Jud<re'is
Thought He Was Up in the Air.
Surrounded by a mob of curious
but delig'htedl people, says the Phila
delphia Press, a man walked up
Market Street late Saturday night
balneing himself on -the car rail like
a tight-rope walker. Ignoring wag
ons and street cars. whose drivers
were demanding a clear track, the
equilibbris slowly and carefully pick
ing his way up the s.treet, never veer
ing an inch from the rail.
"'Ts he crz or simply payi,g a
bet ?" queried th:e crowd. At Tenth
and Market Streh the rail -walker
was halted by a policeman. who ask
ed him what he wa doing. At first
Ithe man refused to answer. but when
the policeman threatened to arrest
him he said: 'I'm a structural iron~
worker. andt'I thouaht I was on a
girder twenty stories above ground.I
When I get jagged the only place I
an walk is on the car rail."
The Best Dad Gets.
",My daughter is to be married
soon."
"Then the young man has 'spoken
to yo(u?'
"Oh. yes. Mentioned the time and
place, and t'old me if I 'happened to
he in the neighborhood to drop iD and
I'd find myself welcome.''
The. preshi nt d:nlie; wit the tar
if <peto in h is nussaI'2e just lonflu
enoughlZl to advise n sto forg'et it for
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1908. Final limit returning Jan. 6,
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rick on Thursday, Dec. 26, 1907, and
immediately thereafter apply to said
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