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Dispensary Sys Pass Political Football Meets Deai Spectacular Career?Man Past Twenty The State. The question of the abolition of the whiske.. traffic in South Carolina began to be agitated soon after the re- j clenii :ion of the state under Gen.! Hampton in 1876, but this early agi- j tation was for local option in a few ' scattered counties. Special acts of! the general assembly were introduced and passed permitting "wet" and 'dry" j elections for Anderson, Orangeburg J Laurens and other counties. The contest between the prohibitionists and license men in some of these counties was heated. In none of them whicn j succeeded in voting out the licensed ! I saloons was prohibition successfully enforced in those days and after a fewyears most of them returned to t'-ie licensed saloon system. In the legislature of 1S90 a bill for statewide prohibition,, introduced by the late L. D. Childs of Richland county, developed great strength and narrowly failed of passage. This was the period of intense factional division between the "Tillmanites" and the "antiTillmanites" and both factions included numbers of men on both sides of the liquor question. Neither faction, as such, was willing to take a stand on either side of the question. In 1892 when the contest for governor was between B. R. (Tillman and John C. Sheppara, the state Democratic executive committee consented that in each precinct a separate box should be placed in which the people at the primary election might vote as between prohibition and licensed saloons. The total vote cast for governor at this election was a little less than 88,000 and the vote on the whiskey question totaled a little more than 70,000. The rvmhihitirmists won in the referendum j fc7 about 10,000, the tvote for license being about 30,000 and that for prohibition about 40,000. When the result became known it was taken for granted that the legislature would enact the Childs bill or one similar to it. Mr. Childs did not return to the legislature and the new prohibition bill was introduced by Mr. Roper, when the legislature met in November. Tne Tillmanites or "Reformers" had overwhelming majorities in both houses. The leaders of their faction were afraid | l of prohiibtion. They apprehended that | it might, if enacted, cause an increase J of taxation and in other ways divide the Tillman forces. The Roper bill * was, however, promptly passed by the house. In the senate a number of bills bearing on the whiskey traffic were introduced and at one time it seemed as though the subject would be so confused in that body that no legislation would result, irov. Human already had taken the position that the profits of the saloons, which hitherto had j gone entirely into the town treasuries, should be divided with the counties, so that the rural sections might share in them. lY'arlboro county at this time was dry, as it had been since* a day preceding the War Between the Sections, and there may have been one or two other dry counties. Gothenburg System. As the end of the session of the general assembly approached the dis ^ pensary bill was introduced by Sena%\ tory John Gary Evans, then of Aiken. . f The dispensary system, modeled upon the Gothenburg system of Norway, was already in operation in Athens Ga. T. Larry Gantt, then editor of the Columbia Register, nad lately come to South ' H Carolina from Athens and it was said m mt he suggested the Athens plan to * JBl Tillman. At any rate Gov. Tillbecame enamored of the scheme, the bill was introduced in the | one took it seriously except ?- . ' Kb y the inner councils of the Re ers, but it was said ihat the Re members of the general assemor some of them, held a caucus decided that it should be enactea. j; I I measure came up in the senate discussion at a time so close to day fixed for adjournment that it impracticable to ,giive it three dings in both houses. The prohij^rTSion bill already passed by the house ; W had come over to the senate and the f senate -dispensary .bill was then moved as an amendment to it, only the title toi the house bill being retained. After i strenuous opposition and a filibuster "by the seven anti-Tillmanite senators .the bill was passed, three of those ; J -aligned with the Reform faction voting , ~ - xt ? TV i against it. une ot tnese wree ?as u. | E. Finley, senator from York and now representative in congress. The new law included the essential principles i of the present dispensary system. It was passed in December, 1892, and ; took effect July 1, 189>3. It provided for the establishment of a state wholesale ^ " dispensary and subdispensaries in all the counties except Marlboro, which j I rtern \ es Into History\ Lh at Hands of People After\ y Changes in Law During ' five Years the late Senator \V. D. Evans of that county, by resolute efforts, succeeded! in causing to be exempted. Law Attacked. The constitutionality of the law was attacked in the state courts. Opposition to the law was intense throughout the state, but it was generally and firmly supported by .Senator Tillman's! faction, who were a decided majority of the people. In the spring of 1S94 j occurred the "Darlington war," as it! was popularly called, which resulted in the killing and wounding of three or four men of both factions, resulting in the proclamation by the governor that t'ne counties of Darlington and Florence were in a state of insurrection. About a month later the j supreme court of the state, then composed of Justices Simpson, {McGowan and Pope, declared the law Unconstitutional. Mr. Pope dissented. For some weeks following whiskey was retailed freely without license as there was no license law in existence and the dispensary law had been held null and \oid. In August the pensonnel of the supreme court was changed, a new test j case was brought an'd the former de- j cision was reversed. The dispensary | system was again in force. At the ses-1 sion of the legislature of 1893 and at { subsequent sessions the law underwent various changes, the essential regulative methods of selling intoxi cants being retained. In 1895 the constitutional convention incorporated the dispensary plan in the organic law of the state in a clause which Senator Tillman has said that he wrote. The Downfail. In 1905 the Brice law, introduced1 l by Senator J. Steele Brice of York, was enacted which permitted county option as between dispensaries and j prohibition, and very soon the dispensaries were voted out of numbers of counties, especially in the Piedmont section. This was the beginning of the downfall of the state dispensary. In 1905 and 1906 an investigation oi :he system was undertaken by a committee of the legislature and it resulted in unearthing far-reaching scandais and frauds in the State's liquor businoec ln-ncr oisnprfpd and allesretd. but not hitherto proved. Endeavors were { made to tighten the law and eliminate j possibilities of fraud, but the legislature did not succecl. In 1906 M. F. Ansel of Greenville was elected governor on an anti-State dispensary platform and a general assembly in sympathy with this idea was elected with him. .The legislature in 1907 abolished the state dispensary and substituted the county dispensary system by what is known as the "Carey-Coth;ran" lav. In August, 1909, the 21 counties having^'dispensaries, by order of the' legislature, held referendums as to their abolition or retention and all the counties except six voted "dry." Since then about nine counties have voted in i county dispensaries. The action of the legislature of 1915 submitted a statewide prohibition law! .0 a state referendum which resulted in an election in September, 1915, in accepting the law. The statewide prohibtion of the liquor traffic which begins today is in accordance with that act and referendum. REiCEIYER > OIED J FOR DISPENSARY Town of Union Claims That City Has Not Received Proportionate Share of Profits Now Due. The State. Union, Dec. 31.?The city of Union, through its city attorney, Macbeth Young, appeared before Judge Sease at chambers in Spartanburg yesterday and had a temporary receiver appointed for the Union county dispensary and also a temporary writ of injunction enjoining any person whatsoever from interfering in any way with the assets or liabilities of the institution until a complete audit of its affairs has been made. Efforts will be made to have the receivership made permanent. It is claimed by the town authorities that they have not received their proportionate share of the profits now due and they demand a full investigation. Thomas McNally has been appointed temporary receiver and tonight has charge of t'ne two local dispensaries. Ideal Place. "How is the climate out "here?" asked tie Intending purchaser. "Great!" exclaimed the real estate agent. "Finest in the world. "Why, we haven't had but one death here in the I last ten years, and that was a doctor j who died of starvation."?New York: World. | GASOLINE SUPPLY GREAT is IT THE PRICE RISES j R(;,;)iis .Show Decrease in Amount o? Oil Sent Abroad?Figures .Not Easy to Interpret. Washington, Dec. 31.?Official gov-' t-rnment figures made public here to,1; f n 7 c- n /I tliot in tlio far>o n f rifSITlP' uaj UlOLlUCtU cucic ill Uiv iuv^v. w*. * , I prices gi' gasoline, production of crude petroleum during the last year was greater than in 1914, although produc- j ion was 'purposely retarded as far as practicable;" that resin.e stocks of crude petroleum now being held in the country are the largest ever recorded,! and that exports of gasoline, to which tne rise in prices frequently has been 1 attributed were in the last ten months of 1915 less than the exports during the corresponding period of the two] years previous. Both the department of justice and the federal trade commission are pre paring lo liivesLi3u.Lt; scisoiint; jjh^co. : A statement issued by the geological survey estimates the 1915 production of crude petroleum at 277,400,000 barrels, .2,000 barrels more than in 1914. I "This," says the statements, "does not agree with, the currently reported I reason for the exceptionally high 'prices now prevailing for motor fuel." I * n ,1 Ac* ' 11 auua . "As a result of the overload put on the transporting and refining phases of the petroleum industry by the excess output of 1914, the year 1915 may be characterized as a period of readjustment in which production activity was purposely retarded as far as practicable. The small increase therefore is more significant than the simple figures indicate." Figures that might be expected to affect the price of gasoline, according to geological survey officers, are pro auction, CUll&Urnpuuu auu v* crude petroleum. Consumption figures, they said, were not available, though consumption was increasing. A low petroleum price level was reported in April and until August the ] price remained at $1.35 a barrel for, the market standard. Then the price i began to soar and on December 17 petroleum was selling at $2.15. Indications now are, says the statement, that the price will reach $2.50, its previous high record. One production fact pointed out by the survey is that crude petroleum! stock held in reserve, the largest ever known, increased 50,000,000 barrels in 1915, and at present more than 220,~ ~ ~ * t TTSolrl UUU.UUV oarreis are ucni's "ciu. x storage by producers account for 4,000,000 barrels of this. LAKE CITY SEES SECOND BIG FIRE j Loss of Over Fifty Thousand Dollars?Insurance on Property Was Small. The State. Lake City, Dec. 31.?Fire originat- i ing at midnight here resulted in a loss of between $55,000 and $60,000 witn only about $2,000 insurance. It1 was the second destructive fire suffered by Lake City in one week. Last Friday morning at 1:30 o'clock fire broke out, 'claiming a loss of over $5,000 before it was extinguished. The fire this morning started from a ' wall of the store of W. T. Hickson,! 1 carrying a grocery line, and before the j fire engine could be prepared for ac-j tion the flames had spread to the store in the same building occupied by G. L. Salisbury and a pressing club, as well as two stores on the opposite: side owned and occupied by J. S. Mc-I Clam. These stores with their contents were completely destroyed. The Hickson and Sansbury stores were in the same building, owned by1 Charles M. Kelly. In addition to the losses other firms suffered damage from water and heat, j these including the Lake City Drug! company, R. F. Joyner & Co., Kelly & Howie and H. M. Xachman. (T'here had been no fire in the Hick man store during the day. >*ot in the Contract. Recently a colored parry living in the suburbs of a big city married aj large brunette named Lucinda, says the New York Times. Three weeks later he appeared at the office of a lawyer looking as if he might have been -denied with flat-irons and bumped into by a road roller. "Can't stand it no longer, boss," he sadly remarked .to the legal one, "I wants a divawce from dat Lucinda. Las' thing she chucked at me was de stove. Tomorrer it will be de chimbley." "That's all right, Sam," soothingly returned the lawyer, seeking to effect a reconciliation. "Everything will | come out all right. Besides, you know you took Lucinda for 'better or for worse." "Yes, sah," admitted Sambo. "So I did, sah, but she is a whole lot wuss dan I took her for." Subscribe to The Herald and News, $1.50 a year with two magazines. BOOMING HOBSON ! FOR PRESIDENCY | PROHIBITION LEADEHS MENTION ; THE CAP\\. Efforts Will He Made to Have Dry Pianks in tlie Platform of the Biir Parlies, Chicago, Dec. 30.?The name of Richmond P. Hobson of Alabama, was : o-rcio.r>cr MiAcf. niontionPrl jsc nr#vsiHpntifl I I nomime possibilities at a conference, of Prohibition party leaders summoned here by the executive committee of the national committee of that party today, i The discussion of candidates was in-: formal. Other names mentioned were those of J. Frank Hanley, former gov- j erncr of Indiana; William Sulzer, for-j mer governor of New York, and Eu-' gene Foss, forinei governor cf Massa-: c-husetts. The date for the national Convention was tentatively set by the national committee, presided at toat Minneapolis. A f o nrAliwirjrjr^ m notin rr nf fT?n />AT1 .txl ex. yx ciiuiinai j ui^vixug \ji. txiV/ \/via ference last night Frank G. Curtis of Jamestown, X. Y., said that he "hoped I Col. Roosevelt would be the candidate of the Republican party and that ne would run on a prohibition platform. Virgil G. Hinsliaw, chairman of tho ' national committee, president at to| day's conference. He said he believed ; the Prohibition party to be stronger now than the Progressive party. "Efforts are to be made," said Mr. Hinshaw, "to have a prohibition plank incorporated in bot'n the Democratic and the Republican party platforms, j If these efforts fail, and neiiher of the platforms nas such a plank, there will be many defections from the old par- ; * * " v Ji ties to tne proniDition Danner. Plans for extending prohibition ter-} i | ritory were discussed today. Finley C. Hendrickson of CumberI land, iVi.d., said no amendment of the ' constitution was necessary to enforce. i prohibition. j "The present laws and the present j constitution are ample if supported by a prohibition administration and interpreted by a supreme court in harmony with our views," said Mr. Hendrickson. Oliver W. Stewart of Chicago and i Dan Poling of Ohio contended that the best practical plan of obtaining national prohibition was by means of an amendment to the federal constitution. Alice Brady in "The Lure of Woman/' World Film corporation presents Alic Brady in a five-part photoplay, "The Lure of Woman,'' based on Paul Armstrnnor'o saimessfnl sta,2e Dla'V. "The Renegade." Miss Brady has a par: well suited to her powers and charming appearance j( on tne screen. This vivacious young girl made striking successes in "As Ye Sow," and "The Boss,' and so made a reputation as a screen star which has 1 endeared her to motion-picture fans : all over the country. "ilhe Lure of Woman" is a drama of Indian and military life which gives 1 Miss Brady a further chance of distin- J guishing uerself. As Katie O'Day she attracts tne love of a young officer, Capt. Lane, to whose hearts a widow 1 lays siege. And as the widow is unscrupulous she sows enmity between J Katie and her lor> er. . < Katie's parents are wealthy ranch- J *rs, who are attacked by Indians. Capt. Lane heads the defending force; the ] ranchers are saved; the Indians routed ' and Katie and her lover are made : nappy. A renegade Indian is the villain of the piece. This part is in the hands of George Ralph, who makes of the character a powerfully outstanding ! one. iCiaude Flemming plays the part 1 of Capt. Lane. Replete with exciting ac iuu and ; powerful incidents of Indian and military life, "The Lure of Woman" will be found a thoroughly stirring offering, ' well produced and splendidly acted. : "The Lure of Woman" will be shown at the opera house on Tuesday, Jan- 1 uary 4. ?i j Different Branch of Service. ; An exhorter at a colored revival in i your country went from pew to pew saying: 1 "Jine de army! Yo' must jine de ' army of de Lawd!" i One man, however, replied to the ] exhorter: 1 "Ah has jined de army, pawson." 1 "TX7Vi o va' iino '' en M fhp pYhorter i ?T XXCA X \A J V jiuv, v.. v/ "Ah done jined de Baptists." i "Huh," said the exhorter, "yo' hain't < in the army den?yo's in the navy.? < New Orleans States. i 4 Dad "Was On. Li fattier, in deathlike silence, called downstairs to his daughter solemnly: "Hannah, what time is it?" a A pause, and Hannah answered: ] "It's just quarter after 10, father." 1 "All right," the father said. "And ; Hannah, don't forget to start the clock again after the young man goes out to 1 get his breakfast." ? New Orleans. States. j I IS^down the feed bill am ||||||?P^ Red 5 ty HorseandMule It's something the horses an ^lll^ aPPet^te?starts the saliva M||!r Far superior to an all grain wM$ mules a treat, and at the same Wm Our RED SHIRT (first grade) contains Corn, Oats, Ground All f1" and pure cane molasses, and ana Protein 109c; Fat 39c; Fib PIEDMONT HORSE & MULE MOLASSE $ 12%; Carbohydrates 559<? IsWAMPfOX HORSE & MULE MOLASSES FEI f PERFECTION HORSE & MULE FEED &E ^ Protein 12%; Fat 3%; Fibre 12%; Carbol i grain and ground Alfalfa Meal. j RED SHIRT ] ^ First Grade: A balance^ ration contaii ^ keeps them in good condition. Increases t ^ at a reduced cost of feeding. Contains i lj[i Ground Alfalfa, Pure Cane Molasses and ^ Fibre 12%; Carbohydrates 60%. | PIEDMONT DAIRY FEED 4 RED SHIRT HOG FEED We manufacture also RED SHIRT Scrat< IK "SEVEN EGGS A WEEK" HEN MASH < Rice, Cottonseed Meal, Cow Peas, M? ;^\\\ Protein 18%; Fat 4%; Fibre 12%; As shown on the bajs in our ad. near! jNSSvSj. products, even to the bags and twii ^lllll^ *or ^?t8? Corn, Wheat, Alfalfa We also carry a^^ull ^7/ Onr feeds as shoi ^// /^\ / y YV oR scientific prim a\ lir Aiiiji \V ^rea^CS^ nourish; L lie / Molony & ^CHARLE rr" *r /*mn inn mnTTVT.r WFOlTrDr inn t*nj&A? latiiiv Luicjitivi, Gore-Dripping Box Causes Panic on Station Platform. Jacob Reiman, station agent at Wood lawn, of the Harlem division, has disco e"**d a trunk mystery, according to the New York Herald. He was checking up trunks left by a train when he discovered one from which, blood was trickling. After che cold chills got tired chasing each other up and dcw*n his spine he recovered the use of his vocal organs and called the Yonkers nnlirp headatiarters and said to Lieu tenant Cooper: "This is the station agent at Woodlawn. We have a irunk here consigned to Viola Halliday, Yonkers. There is hlcod dripping out of one end,' and i wish you would send a couple of men. I've lost two negro helpers since it came. They will not go near .it.." ine Yonkers policemen found Viola Halliday to be a mild-mannered negress who was thrown into a real state cf confusion by their inquiries about a mysterious trunk consigned to her from Lynchburg, Va. She acted sus piciously, the police tnougnt, .ana wane 3ne man shadowed the house the other hurried to Woodlawn. When the trunk was forced open^ there were all the evidences of a tragedy. The trunk was half filled with a woman's clothes stained claret. Lifting the garments one by one, the iete^tives steeled themselves for the sight of a dismembered body beneath. TT^CU - i- Al. a? /] nrn o r? TMQOo nP WIIa.I LLLCJ' iUUUU r? ao a w pulp thai at one time had been a colection of the most luscious tomatoes *rown in Campbell county, Va. Fanner-Owned Banks. One of the writers for the University Vews Letter, says the Charlotte Observer, has returned from a trip through the mountain section and tells something he learned about the banking business in that part of the state. In the three little banks at Blowing Rock, Boone and Valle Cruces he found $255,000 in surpluses, undivided profits, time deposits and open accounts. Pl-;j farmer- own these banks and this snug little fortune has been accumulated out of live stock sales for the tnosi part. The average is nearly $20 apiece counting men, women and children in Watauga. It compares very well with the $14.50 in one of our cotton and tobacco growing counties. 'But the most striking difference/' says The News Leetter, "lies in the fact that in one case the farmers own the banks and skim the cream of the bank business; in the other the banks are owned find operated by the merchants and tile mill men. The farmers own little of the capital stock and still less of the dividends. They do the 'borrowing, by proxy, through the time-merchants." A HorrlDie f inisu. "Now, Jose," warned the Mexican mother, "you had better obey me. You know what happens to bad Mexican aoys who disobey their mothers, dou't pou ?" "What happens to them?" asked lit-] :le Jose. "They become presidents when they j ?row up," replied the mother. J ... ^ 5ESf.eJt cats , ^^rRCflciffiumPRO3/-^ i builds up the stocK. y "^uctumo ??ffl \nv mONYiURTES'8 SW >HIRT ;MoussesFeed^H \ d mules like?gives them an running and aids digestion. feed. Give your horses and time save money. Horse and Mule Molasses Feed falfa, made appetizing with salt ^?|| . lyzes as follows: ^ I re 127c; Carbohydrates 57% I C rrrn Second Grade ? Analyzes: P*v ?S?S J ? tein 9Yz%: Fat 2%%; Fibre ^ I .'I) (3rd Grade) This analyzes: Protein 9%;^ _ Fat 2<~b; Fibre 12%; Carbohydrates 55%* ^ jjBH Mixed) Wemannfacture also a dry mixed (no ^ sses) Horse and Male Feed, wh'ch analyzes: f lydrates 57%. This is composed of straight s f II A DAIRY FEED [ | ling Molasses. Cattle are veiy fond of it?- > he flow and enriches the quality of the milk ? 1 ground Corn, C. S. Meal, Wheat Middling, * 1 Salt. Analyzes: Protein 15%; Fat 3%; ? -Analyzes: Protein 12%; Fat 2W7cl Fibre | Irates 55%. $ of Digestive Tankage, Ground Cora, Rice ^ 'fattening. Keeps the hogs in good condition, fa :h Feed and BED SHIRT Baby Chick Feed.jjjm 'omposed of Ground, Corn, Ground wfjg )ats, Ground Wheat, Barley, Maize, ^jj| ;at Meal and Linseed Meal. Analysis: ~=s Carbohydrates 40%. y all of our feed is made from Carolina le. We are, therefore, in the market Hay and any other kind of Haystock of GRAIN, HAY STRAW. vn above are mixed // :iples to furnish the // ment at the lowart ff riOWZI vuu uu^ W JI ir rices, etc. ^ H I j 1,' si The RAYO LAMP SAVES TROUBLE YOU don't have to spend the greater part of'your time cleaning it?and wondering why it won't burn. The Rayo is simple in construction and in design. It lights without removing the shade and gives the best sort of light?the kind that won't hurt your eyes, Re&b] Lamps Rayo lamps are an ornartWtit ; to any home. They require I ! very little attention?yet [ always add to the attractivej ness of the room. Tb" Rayo is the symbol . ot efficiency ? economy ? convenience. Use Aladdin Security Oil or Diamond White Oil to obtcwi best results i in Oil Stoves, Lamps and Heaters. The Rayo is only one of our many products that bring comj fort and economy to the farm. I Ask for them by name. 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