COTHRAN PLANS AMENDMENTS
Ono of The Authors of Garoy-Cothran
Law Proposes to Ouro Defects
in The Law.
yV. special from Greenville to the
Columbia Record says: At the coming;
session cf the state legislature,
Hon. T. P. Cotliran, who, with Representative
J. P. Carey, of Pickens,
framed tire present liquor law, known
generally as the Oarey-Cothran law,
will endeavor to secure several
amendments to that act. While none
of Mr. Cothran's proposed amend.ments
effect the material principles
of the law, still they are interesting
and will go far toward smoothing
over soyie of the defects which
Messrs. Cothran and Carey have
long recognized as existing in the
law.
Tire most interesting amendments
to be proposed hy Mr. Colhran nro
those providing lor a county chemist,
or a chemist Co ho appointed hy the
county dispensary hoard, who shall
test all liquors and beverages to bo
sold in the county; permit!ing county
dispensary hoards |o deliver ail samples
of whiskey to dispensers for
Mile, provided such samples hear proper
certificates; allowing county
beards sell alcoholic liquors i:i
bulk to the si ale hospital for the
insane; changing section 28 by striking
out tire "personal use" clause,)
and making it a misdemeanor to offor
for sale or solicit the purcliose
of nny liquors.
This las>t amendment will completely
knoe.k out I he whiskey soliciting
business for "personal use," provided,
Mr. Cothran succeeds in having
it blended into the present law.
Mr. Cothran proposition would cause
peel ion 28 lo read as follows:
"Any person who shall in this
state offer for sale, or solicit the purchase
of, any liquors or beverages
mentioned in seel ion 1 of this act,
whether for present or future delivery,
shall ho deemed guilly of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction in a
court, of eompolenl jurisdiction shall
he punished by fine of not less than
one hundred dollars, or imprisonmentj
for no| less than three months." j
In the present law, the words "othvr
than for personal use" appear .just
after the word "Act." Many big
whiskey houses in other states, under
protection wf too "personal use"
clause, have reaped rich profits by
soliciting in the "dry towns" for orders
for home consumption. If Air.1
Cothran succeeds in his efforts Co
wipe out the personal use feature of
the law, whiskey drummers will be
exceedingly scarce in this state.
The amendment with reference to
the sale of samples will permit county
hoards to make use of a commodity
which heretofore has been the
source of much dillicully. There was
no provision made in the original
law in regard to samples, and Mr.
Colhran would obviate this source
of ami tyancc by maki'.ur it incumbent
upon tin* county hoard- to turn over
all samples to the dispensers to be
sold 'is purchased goods.
If Mr. Cothran's proposed change
in the present law as to county chemists
is enacted into the liquor legislation.
county boards will he able to j
(est their liquors without sending
them t<" Columbia, to th.? state die- !
mist. The present law makes no provision
whatever as )<> who shall inak\>
the tests and where they shall be
made.
There are quite :i number of mill-j
or changes among Mr. Cathran's
proposed amendments, aimed principally
at errors which appeared in the
actual operation of the law which
were not apparent to the authors
when the bill was drafted.
Mr. Cothran was asked hy your
correspondent if he intended to
make any amendment to section 21,
with reference to the destruction of
all liquors seized in dry couyties.
"As far as I am concerned," lie!
said, "there will be no amendment
in that respect. What clcs is there
to he done with contraband liquor
in those counties? What right has
the county of Greenville, for instance,
to do with wha.t it prohibits
its citizens from doing? Then
again, what whiskey jstabli'shment is
going to purchase contraband liquor?
The very name ' contrabrand'
indicates cheap and impure whiskey,
and no respectable establishment,
would care to jeapodizo its reputation
by buying contrabrand goods
and turning them into stock.
. "No, T do not think the presont
law could be improved upon in that
respcot. Hundreds of people have
asked mc that same question, but
just as soon as the subject is properly
explained to them, they at onee
agree with me that no better solution J
of the problem could lir.ve been.
made." '
1 TOMB IS UNLOCKED.
Witnesses Had Testified Coffin Ooi
tained Lead?Body Had Been
Buried Forty-Three Years.
London, Jan. 2.?'The body c
Thomas Druco, in High Gate com.
t'ery, was exhumed Monday morninj
just 43 years today after its buria
The coffin was found to contain tli
remains of a human body, thus cj
plodlng the romantic taie told by lt<
burl C. Caldwell and others durin
the recent hearing of the Druee pei
jury ease that it cantained a roll c
lead.
Tiie official statement' given out b
the home office and others officiall
present nit the exhumation seems el
feelively to prove that the body bin
ied i.i 1804 was actually that of 1
C. Druee. The authorized st'alemeu
follows:
"The collin was opened and foun
to contain the body of an agec
bearded man; the plate on the colli
bore tire name, Thomas Oharle
Druee."
The scene at High (late cemetcr,
when the vault was opened was ro
markablc. All the entrances to 111
cemetery were surrounded by cor
dons of police. Only those person
who had passes from the home otfie
wore admitted to the grounds. CSeorg
Ilollamby Druee, who claims he i
the rightful heir to the Portlam
dukedom and to its vast estate, trie;
unsuccessfully t'wicc to get into tin
cemetery.
The operations began at daybreal
with the removal of the topmost cof
fins in the vault, containing the bod
ies of the wife and a son of T. C
Druee. It was nearly half past 1
before the coffin was fmmght rcad^
for opening and inspection. The to)
was quickly unscrewed and the in
ner casing of lead cut open. Thcr
wisf no need for the dictum of tin
eminent surgeon, Augustus J. Pep
per, t?> assure all present that humai
remains lay in the coffin.
The Druee v-ault has thus given u|
its secret after 10 years of legal pro
eeediugs, which have cost' a consider
able fortune. A large part of thi:
money was obtained from servan
girls and other workers who were in
duccd to buy shares in a company
formed to prosecute the claim's o
tt?ovgr TToliamljy Druee against th
estate of the Duke of Portland.
The charge of perjury against Ilev
bert Druee is effectively disposed o
and those persons who have sworn t
tire placing of lead instead of a hu
man body in the coffin have been dis
credited.
MR. AIKEN'S BILL.
To Take Shipments of Liquor Into
Prohibition State Out .of the
Protection of Inter-State
Commerce.
Hon. Wyatt Aiken has introduce*
the following bill i:i the nationa
house, the bill being referred to th
judiciary committee:
A Rll>li to limit '.lie -effect of th
regulation ol commerce between In
severals stales and territories, as t<
certain commodities:
IV it enacted by the Senate am
House of Representatives of th
I'nited Stales of America in Con
gross ase mbled. That all intoxicntinj
liquors, including ale. wine, and beei
shipped from one state or territor;
into another stale or territory shall
immediately after crossing the boun
dary line of the state or territory ii
which its destination .is located, am
before delivery to the consignee, be
come subject, in every respect, t<
the laws ol' such state or rerritoi]
which have been enacted therein i:
the exercise of police powers, just a
though said liquors had been produc
ed in said state or territory; and tin
interstaite-commcrce character o
such shipments of intoxicating liqu
or* shall terminate immediately af
ter such liquors have passed int<
said state or territory of their desti
nation; and no exemption shall h
made or original packages of intoxi
eating liquors shipped in any^ forn
or manner: Provided, That liquoi
shipped entirely across a state or ter
ritorv, that are not to be deliverc.
therein, shall not. be subject to th
provisions of this Act, nor shall thi
Act affect the right of common car
riers to transport intoxicating liqu
ors from points without a stoita o
territory to any point within tha
state or erritory.
Sec. 2. That any railroad <jpmpanj
express company, or other commoi
carrier, or other person who shall, ii
connection with the. transporbatio
of spirituous, vinous, malt, and in
toxicating liquors of all kinds? frcr
one state or territory into anothe
state or territory, collect on, bafor<
or after delivery, from the consigne
or other person, the purchase pnc(
or any part thereof of such liquor.or
who shall in any maunei t a
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the agent of the consignor or seller
of such liquors for the purpose of i
l- selling or completing the salo, thereof,
saving only in the actual transportation
and delivery of the same,
shall be subject in 80 doing to all the
>f police powers of the state or terri3
tory into which such liquors are
?, -transported and deliveredj and for
1. <this purpose in all cases of the sale
ic of spirituous, vinoits, malt, and inc
toxicating liquors of all kinds, in
)- -interstate commerce, where the same
g ?is sold "collect oh delivery" the
f- -place of delivery shall he deemod aiid
?f 'held the place of sale.
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y VISCOUNT AOKI TAKES LEAVE
y
Indicates Reasons "Why Japan and
tho United States Should be
Friendly.
it j
Washington, Dec. *10."?AVe shall
d take hack home with us to Japan 011-'
b ly I lie kindliest feeling for America
? and for her people and the highest
s regard for her institutions," said f
Viscount Aoki, the Japanese ambas
y sudor, today lo an Associated Press
1- representative just prior to his de- '
e pari lire for San Francisco, with
- Viscountess Aoki, from which place j ?
s they will sail on Jan. 7 for home. :
e The ambassador returns to Japan at '
e the instance of his government, 0
s which desires to consult with him ^
1 vfreely regarding conditions affect- e
I ing Japanese interests in America, 1
c notably those relating to the qu^s- n
tion of Japanese emigration to the s;
{ United States. Viscount Aoki has p
. represented Japan as ambassador lo n
_ the United States for about a year a
and a half and during that time has s
I manifested the utmost' activity and a
y interest in matters affecting his counj
trymen. lie was the first ambassa.
dor accredited to the United States
e from Japan. ITe said t'oday that his
e relations with the American govern- C
. ment always had been of a most
1 agreeable and pleasant character.
' f am confident that an amicable ?
i understanding will be reached in this I
. immigration question?-tire only one /
_ of any consequence that is now agi- I
s fating the people of the two conn- i /
t fries," said Ambassador Aoki. "I j I
- am certain that Japan will make ev- /
tf ery honorable concession within 1 I
? bounds and I feel equally confident;*)
e that the American government will I /
not insist upon anything unreason- I
- able or that in any way will com- /
f promise the dignity or the honor of , /
0 the Japanese government. Both gov- ; i
1- ernnrents are striving to reach an 1
honorable solution of the immigra- j:
tion question and Hie latest advice# 0
that we have received from our gov- r
eminent' indicate that the way is
gradually being paved with that end j
a in viow. As I have said again and I
again there is every reason in the
world wiiy both countries should I
have the most complete understanding
and continue in most amicable _
il relations. Japan is anxious to be at
1 peace with the world and lo no coune
try does ibis apply with urealer force
I than to the United States, to whom 1
e in a large .measure is due Japan's
e great rise and progress among the
0 nations of the world. It will be my j
earnest" effort to advance and strong-1
1 then the existing friendly relations I
t> in every way that lies in inv power."!
ur Sunshine.
With the passing of another Yule-1
tide, T take this medium of express-!
? ing my heartfelt thanks to all who j
- by kindly thought and remembrance;
1 by loving messages and cheery greet-'
I ing, helped in making this the hap- J
- piest Christmas T have ever known. ,
Tiooking back over the y??ar now J
fast drawing to a close, am filled
1 with gratitude and thankfulness for
s opportunities and blessing the year
- has brought. An especial object of
b I hank fulness is the gratifying growth i
P of sunshine sentiment every-whcrc '
- and the thought perchance there has !
- been given me a mite in the work so
:> Mest of brightness and cheer.
Approaching a new year T waft to
^ all brightest greetings and every
- good wish for a peaceful prosperous
1 and happy year.
s Speaking personally the New Year
- is faced in larger hope and firmer I
1 reliance on the sustaining power of I
c "the everlast ing * arms."
I
- "I know not where His islands tift
Their fronded palms in nir;
T 1 only know I cannot drift
t Beyond I lis love and care."
G. Carter Riser. J
't Whitmire, Dec. 28.
ti .
n Notfw.
n The regular quarterly meeting of
>- the County Farmers Union will be I
? held on the first Saturday (4) of
r January, 1008. This is an important
!> meeting and we urge a full delegae
tion from each local.
!. J. B. O'Neal! Holioway,
W. C. Brown, Secretary,
s President.
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fit Wholesale Prices
Bananas,
Oranges,
Apples,
and all sorts of Fruits.
ALSO
Homemade
Candy.
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TOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
We will make final settlement on
lie estate of Mrs. lOli/.abetli Canrern,
deceased, in the probate court'for
fewbciTy c'ountv on Friday, the sevnteenth
day of January, 1908, at
1 o'clock in the forenoon, and imlediately
thereafter apply bo the
aid court for lotters disinissory. All
ersons indebted to said estate will
lake payment on or Iwfora said dsifc?
nd ail persons having claims against
aid estate will present them dulv
ttested. '
H. W. Cameron,
T. L. Cameron,
Executors.
IHARLESTON & WESTERN CAROLINA
RY.
ichedule in effect November 3rd, 1907
iV. Newberry (C N & L.) 12:46 p. m.
u\ Laurens 1 :52 p. m.
'V' Laurens (C. & W. 0.) 2:15 p. m.
kr. Greenville 3:40 p. ni.
iV. Laurens 2:07 p. m.
u\ Spartanburg 3.35 p. m.
<v. Spartanburg (So. liy.) 3.40 p. m.
ir. Henderson villc 6:25 p. m
ir. Asheville 7:30 p". ra.
JV. Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:00 p. n?
ir' Greenwood 2:56 p. m
\r. McConniek 3:55 p. m.
vr ' 5:40 P- '?
.Nolo: Phe above arrival* and <'<
artures, ns well as connections will
tlier companies, arn ^iven as infornation,
and are not guaranteed.
Ernest Williams.
Gen. Pa^f. A</t..
Augusta, Cla.
Geo. T. Bryan.
Greenville. S. (
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