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f M)YEliNOIi liLKVSi: IUS('HAIUiKS CONSTABLES j I \ wl'Oll tit l^Pviirn Ola ' unariji .i.^nvu IV <>v-.9.i tice June 1.?State is Overrun With Timers. Columbia, May 15.?As a result of the decision of the supreme court on the Webb law, annouced yesterday afternoon, Governor Blease said this afternoon there was no use for him to continue to keep State constables in operation and he addressed a letter to his constables, telling them that he would have no use for their services after the 1st of June. There is no statute by the State prohibiting the importation of liquor from another State for personal use, and the "Webb act gives th$ State the * -1- 1.. A/V CA right to enact sucn a suuuie n il desires is the opinion of the South Carolina supreme court. When asked about the decision of the supreme court in the Webb case, and its effect upon his policy, the governor said: "Well, of course, I am not surprised - * xt-- j ?xjntt-ovor t rpsret as at lilt? ueciaivu. iiu ?. v,. ^ .-t, much as it is possible for a man to regret that the court saw fit to render this decision. If that was the court's idea of the law, I wish it had done as it has done in thousands of other cases, held up the decision and delayed and delayed. Trouble With Blind Tigers. "T have had more trouble and worry id the last two or three- months with complaints s* to blind tigers than one poor fellow can stand. I have had my constabulary force full, my detectives a: work, and recently counties have been calling on me to send them special men, and I have been tightening the screws. I had presumed tnat tne attorney general's views would be sustained, or if not, that the members of the court, who I presume are prohibitionists?certainly politically, if not otherwise?the majority of them? would help me out in this fight, by holding the decision, even as it was rendered, until I could get the situation somewhat in hand. ' "Rut lo and behold, they shoot the decision back with lightning-like rapidity and say to the blind tigers, 'on with the dance, boys, the music will be furnished.' Looks For Abuse From the People. "Now, it is up to the people to curse and abuse me, for non-enforcement of the law, when everybody knows 1 am helpless and no power on earth can enforce th-e dispensary law in this State, and keep down the blind tigers so long as white men furnish the liquor and have free negroes to sell it for theW and tji?en go around to lawyers' offices and hire lawyers to defend these negroes and at the same time whisper to the lawyers, 'don't let me be known in connection with the matter.' "I am not criticising the court. I accept their decision as the law, but as they have delayed in so many other matters, I wish they had delayed just a litle while in this. tt*" an it- pftnrsp. ms V"?; | "I see nothing for me to do now but p to withdraw my constabulary from Charleston and Columbia and all over the State. There is no use for people who pay taxes to pay constables and detectives under any such conditions as we are living under right now, and it certainly is disheartening to a man who has done- all he could to try to enforce the law. And, I hope the people will understand that when the Tjlind tigers are roaming over their ?mmnm'Hac. that it is not the fault of V L/illli.x uiin-ivo w ?- ? ?_ the governor of South Carolina. If parties will write me I will take the matter up and do the best I can, and If they will go to a magistrate and make affidavits as to the illicit sale of * liquor I will see thai the magistrates do their full duty, but under the law of personal use I do not see how we f can seize any shipments. Tou Never Can Tell. "Now, for instance, I know two men that drink a quart of liquor a piece every day. Now, when they get rlflirc TV ltd a case awry f-ii ui imttu uujo .. can say it is not for personal use? It is for their personal use. I know other men who drink a moderate amount of liquor, but they have friends to drink with them, and they will go and call in a friend, and they will consume a great deal of whiskey and will say it is for personal use. Now, where am I or my constables or riptprtivp?; to draw the line when it comes to. the matter of personal use? Consequently, it forces us down to the narrow issue of catching a man selling, with the proof beyond a reasonable doubt, before we can seize it i K as not being for personal use. If my men seize his stuff, and ihe courts say it is for personal use, then we "hnvA a. damage suit on our hands, and, of course, this same supreme court has to sustain itself, arid it would sus- j tain a judgment against the d tective ! for interfering with the man's personi al use of liquor. TiiiCis Takinsr the S-alt*. "As I said just now, it is dish- aliening. Blind tigers are taking the stnfp now. There is no us^ for me to misstate the facts. I know it and the people know it. There are more blind tigers in the State than there ever have been, and this supreme court decision is going to make more. And it does se m to me, when the court holds little frivolous decisions for six or eight months and longer, that in a case of this kind, the decision could have been held a little longer, at least, so that I could have been given j an opportunity to take hold of the I r- ^ 4- n o f i ar> Ioituanuu. Resrrets Discharging Men. "I do not propose to criticise the judges, but I want to put the people on notice that I am not the man to be condemned. T hope the magistrates and their constables will fake the situation in hand and do everything in their power to enforce the law, and I A~ 1 -- o f mon wVi r\ h p VP Lt<I Lcliiil V X Ct tllAl lixvn ?? 11 v **w ? v been doing good, true work and faithful service for me at this season of the year must lay down their jobs and hunt something else to do, but I do not propose to have them bluffed and bantered and kicked around because I can't get the supreme court of the State to back me up in the enforcement of the law." Letter to Constables. The following letter was sent by the governor to Chief Constables B. H. Stothart, at Charleston, and E. H. Kihler. at Columbia: "I regret very much to have to inform you that, as a result of the dei cision of the supreme court in the case j of W. W. Atkinson vs. Southern Express company, testing the validity of the Webb law, as applied to this State, I have reached the conclusion that it is absolutely needless for m-e to continue to employ the services of whis key constables m tms state. uuuci this decision, for the reasons which are more fully stated by me in an interview given to the press this day, and filed in my office, I request the resignation of yourself and the men und-er you, effective June 1, 191C. Without the assistance of the courts I feel that it is useless to try to enforce the dispensary law in this State." Enoueli to Cause Anger. Charleston News and Courier. When, as happened in Atlanta on Thursday, a six-year-old child plays with a rifle and received a mortal wound, conflicting emotions are aroused. Sorrow for the young fife thus brought pitifully to an end, strug! gles with anger at the thought that j there are still people in the world who I permit their children to plav with ! deadly weapons. MISTRIAL IX COLEMAX CASE. Union Jury Fails to Reach Agreement in Murder Trial. Union, S. C., May 16.?After being out since 11.10 o'clock yesterday morning the jury in the second trial of Harry Coleman, charged with the murder of his father, Robert D. Cole|man, on January 31 last, at 9.47 [o'clock this morning announced that i they could not agree and Judge Prince {ordered a mistrial. So Far As We Know. Thornwell Messenger. A most excellent plan for the new presbytery arrangement would be to (take in Greenville, Laurens and New! herrv counties into one presbytery, j Spartanburg, Union and Cherokee, into another. So that the presbytery of Enoree would be divided into the two presbyteries of Enoree and Saluda. It is a very natural plan both by the laws governing the- streams and the railways. South Carolina presbytery would th-en have only | Greenville and Abbeville. Get Behind It. Florence Times. The people of this section need to i get behind the movement for a great national highway and get behind it good and strong. People have a right | to expect the government, national or [ State or both, to give to them means | for getting about, r a good road | would certainly help tnu .juntry more j than a good river. We need both j opened for traffic, and while the gov1 ernment is teaching read making it : ought to combine a definite plan with [ a lesson. Already a large amount is ; to be pur in road work in Dillon counj ty for teaching. It ought to be made a part of the great national highway l n-^4- ?-rr,.+Viir> cr hv lvinp- r?n\vn l~ciii iuu gci, auj un"5 k.J ? -and waiting to be fed with a spoon? It takes almost as much, if not quite ; as much work to get someone else to do a good thing for you as to d > it yourself. Two Killed LJv Telephone. Johnstown, Pa., .May 15.?Paul AcRon was killed h rc today when lie | Stops Bt Sloan's Liniment is a spier inints. rheumatism, rcuraHa an irub it in?just kid 0:1 lightly it Best for Pain Mr. Geo. Eitcitanan, of Welch, C iment for the past ten years for pain i: Liniment I ever tried. I recommend is good for sprains, strains, bn muscles, and all affections used a telephone heavily charged with * ? electricity irom a crusseu iccu ?nc. Dr. C. B. Jones, called to administer restoratives, went to the same telephone, in ignorance of its condition, and suffered injuries from which he is dying. AIKES'S EFFORT EXCITES JAMES Several Sessions of lVays and Means Committee May be Required to Settle Dispute. I _ ^, 1. Washington, May 16.?S-enator ume James of Kentucky, who was a member of the house in the sixty-second congress when Representative- Aiken of South Carolina is said to have given way to Representative Johnson of Kentucky as chairman of the District of Columbia committee, today took issue with the South Carolinian concerning the question of whether j J-r? Viqtto o rl tVlo fVlflir? ^ Llie laiiti uuuiu iiti?^ iiuu ? manship of the committee. "It was commonly understood in the ways and means cmmittee that Mr. Aiken did not se-ek the chairman- j ship because he had not be?n a regular attendant on the committee hearings, was not familiar with the work and did not feel competent to serve. It was also commonly understod that he- did not desire to stand in the way of Mr. Johnson," said Mr. James. Mr. James was informed that, with his protest, Mr. Aiken had submitted a letter sigr.ed by members of the ways and means committee of the sixty-second house, Mr. James among them, to the effect that Mr. Aiken did not seek the chairmanship. "Mr. Aiken came to me some time ago and said his political opponents had been charging that he was shelvj ed from the district chairmanship I o era in o+ hie will ." said the senator. o IT ? ? "He showed me a letter signed by the other members relating that Mr. Aiken was not a candidate for the chairmanship. I signed it also. There was nothing in it that I saw about any deal with Johnson nor was there any deal that I ever heard of." There seems to be a considerable riiffprfmne of oninion here concerning | the issues in the matter ar.d it is prob-! I able that it will take a long executive session of the ways and means committee, possibly several of them, to settle it and to determine whether Mr. Aiken should now have the chairmanship because of his action two j years ago. Kills Wife and Himself. Globe, Ariz., May \6.?After Killing j his wife, a hospital nurse, and wounding his wife's mother, Mrs. .W. J. Webber, and the latter's daughter, Mrs. Winnie Rowe, George Hampton, a miner, placed the muzzle of a shotgun in his mouth today and blew off the top of his head. Rich Hanker Steals Cigars. Winfield, Kan., May 16.?Grant Stafford, vice president of a local bank, accounted one of the wealthiest men in Winfield, was convicted by a jury today on five counts charging the theft of cigars from local dealers. 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Price 25c., 50c., and $1.00 at All Dealers. \ Send for Sloan's free book on horses. V* Address J} Dr. Earl S. Sloan, V Boston, Mass. 1 ?? " I I An Important flatter. Florence Times. The shipment of a lot of Australian beef into this country bringing down the prices of meat on the coast is as good example as the people could ask for in showing the force of the tariff in maintaining high prices for necessities of life. The beef trust has but two things to ! fear. One of these is getting the price so high that the public stops buying, and the other is foreign competeiicn that will make them sell at a lower price. This is the fight of the dinner pail for a recognition of its rights. The interests of the manufacturer and the middle man have been recognized in congress lorg enough. The other crowd ought to have a show now. Works Good All Around. Florence Times. When the merchants agree to a closing of the stores at 6 o'clock the movement is for the good of business in the city and all ought to stand by the agreement, mose wnu hav-e large clientage to an hour earlier for closing had worked no hardship on their customers and it certainly is good for the merchants and the clerks. We all know that the summer business of the stores can be largely condensed, if the people just get in the habit of it. It is bett-er to have shorter hours more filled i with work than long hours drawn out in a tiresome waiting. The modern conveniences for trade leave no excuse for belated trade, and time with a community is an asset and it ought to be used for community good when it is not necessary for the work of the individual. The people of Florence, the trading public, ought to lend their aid to the carrying out of th-e plan. We will all get caught ouce or twice before we get caught a.. ag,Ri.. iMa-ci ourselves in the habit of doing our business before 6 o'clock, but a little inconvenience in getting in the habit of doing things in the right way ought not to count against the plan. Lend your aid to the merchants who are trying to carry this plan through, and we assure you that the community will prosper and get its reward. Exactly Right. 'EMarofio'M Phrnrnplp v ? w.v. The Diocesan council of th-e Episcopal church in Charleston last week put itself on record as opposed to the present day styles of women's costumes as tending to break down chastity and purity, and recommended that the general convention of the church, to be held in New York, snould take action in the matter. The action of the council was a good \ nnp and it should be followed by all j d-enominations, and denounced by all good men and gool women. Some of the present styles are outrages on common decency. The best possible place to start this reform is, however, on the homes. There the parents ought to be able to control the dress of their daughters, but the kind of r]ress is not entirely confined to the young. Many married wonvn make spec^cles of themselves and disgust right thinking people, and sot a bad example to the young. I r., m .'V. A welcome additi ' any time?2 IMP ^ Sparkling with life an THE COCA-COLA Whenerer you see ^22^1 ji VIOUT (Sjj Agency at "The Right Drug Store," Gilder & Weeks. 4U? BSBTOWMMfl taLet us give Jlj yo?/? fili: Bunch of Honey | aA penny saved is a HfO 1 penny earnedn and we will show you how you can save twenty thousand pennies on your feed bills every winter. We will send yon an You set it up and feed from it next winter. Pay us out of what the silo saves for you. After that you will have the silo and the money it saves every season. The Indiana Silo is recognized everywhere as the standard by which all other silos are judged. 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COMPANY, ATLANTA, GA. in Arrow think of Coca*Cola. i NOTICE. v / ? OF SPECIAL ELECTION IX THE TOWS OF NEWBERRY FOR THE I PURPOSE OF VOTING ON A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF SAID TOWN. Whereas, a petition, signed by a majority of the freeholders of the Town of N-ewberry, has been submitted to the Town Counul of said Town, praying that an election be ordered on a proposed amendment to the charter of ?: j or +Ti a t th<s TTI AVflf I SclIU LU W U. JJi O * iUil) (3 wub and aldermen of said town hold office for a period of two years instead of one; Now, therefore, notice is hereby | given that a special election in the | Town of Newberry will be held on | Tuesday, the 20th day of May, 1913, at the Council Chamber in the Opera House in the Town of Newberry, S. C., for the purpose of voting on a proi posed amendment to the charter of ' said Town, which will amend Section i V of sai^ charter so as to make the said section provide for the holding i of elections for Mayor and Aldermen on the second Tuesday in thi month of December, of every other yeai instead of t"very year, as nnw p '-%}* iJed in said section. At said election bal'< -rtriii Ho nrovidinsr tnat ihose , 1UI/O *T m kj*.' umw?* ? in favor of s^id amendment shall vote a ballot on which shall be contained the word "Yes" and those opposed to ( said amendment shall vote a ba'lot en whi<tfi shall be contained fciie word "No." The polls will be open id lor said election at eight o'clock in the forenoon, and will be closed at six o'clock in the afternoon, and all qualified electors of said town will be allowed to vote at said election. By order of the Town Council of Newberry, S. C., on this the 22nd day of April, 1913. Z. F. Wright, Mayor. Attest: J. R. Scurry, C. & T. T. C. N. CHICHESTER S PILLS TIIE DIAMOND BRAND. A Indies! Asb your Dru*?-ist for A\ &S\ Chi-ebeft-ters Diamond Brand/#%> IMlIs in Red and Gold r tallic^V# b?*?t sealed with Blue Kibbon. V/ ' W Take no other. Bor of your * ~ Of Draerfgt. Ask for CIII-CIIES-TEH 8 W J? DIAMOND BRAND PILLS, for 25 \t* S years known as Eest, Safest, Always Rel'abl* ^?r SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE TO DRAW JUKI. Notice is hereby given that we, the Jury Commissioners for Newberry County, S. C., will the 23rd day of May, | iyi<5. at nine ociock a. ra., in ine omce of the Clerk of Court for Said County, openly and publicly, draw the names of thirty-six men who shall serve as Petit Jurors at the Court of General Sessions which will convene at Newberry, S. C., June 9th., 1913. Jno. L. Epps, "Cn cr <2 W<arts 4.Q. w. Jno. C.' Goggans. Jury Commissioners for Newberry County, S. C. May 12,1913. After a man becomes famous he doesn't need a press agent. 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