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BARNWBIvE VOL. XIX BARNWELL S. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1896. MM 3tih|e as* a t; * 1P0RHKT CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY GOUVANS, H* Suggasts that th* Board of Control ba Composed of Fiva Members and All Pur chases be First Approved by Them—A State Inspection of All Llquprs Shipped in the State In the Interest of Health. ~ The following ti the special message of Goveroor Erane 00 the dispensary, which tras read last week to the Leg islature . Gentlemen of the General Assembly: In 1892 the dispensary law was enacted as a solution of the vexed and much diseuwed whiskey problem. All rea sonable man acting in the light of the experience of other States acknowl edge that prohibition L impracti so ioug as whiskey is regaraed legitimate article of commerce by tbe national government. It uan only be chgrUiied as aa ideal theory and must be classed with other Utopian ideas. The drinking habit is recognized by all civilized governments as an evil and one that is peculiarly within the province of legislative action. This action must be from the nature of the evil directed to the removal of the cause as we can not prohibit men from gratifying their tastes and tbirscs. We can ujjnlsh men for destroying the life, limbor property of others and to some extent restrain their actions,- but we can no more legislate -tbe taste for whiskey out of an old toper than we - can jealousy out of the human heart. As long as a stimulant is craved by the human appetite and whiskey is dis tilled in North Carolina the drinkers of South Carolina will have it law or no law. I have n- ver dreamed|of reforming a drunkard by law or moral suasion. -For the habit once formed is a disease, a physical condition which legislation can not cure. We must address our selves then to the condition that con fronts us and not theorize on govern moot. The first object should be to :<revent this habit from being formed by tbe young citizen*. Second. To eliminate drunkenness; third. To so gratify the tuirst of the old toper as to make him unobjectionable to sober citizens. We claim tbe ditp -nsary law ha* practically accomplisiicd tbe first and second objects ; the third can only lie fully accomplished by the death of the subject. Wbeo death occurs and the national government outlaws whiskey and alco holic beverages, then and not till then, will prohibition be practicable. The law in this State has hal a hard roaft- . It has been opposed by the United States Courts With partisan judges and by a few of our own citizens with rides and shot guns, but so far it has pre vailed and is now written In the or ganic iaw of this State and better on the hoerts of tbe people. It may be said now to be the settled policy of the State. Its experimental stage U over and I am happy fo-tnform yon that in only one city of the State have the people refused to aooepl it as such. I have been requested by a repre sentative of the Gospel Temperance League to ask you to amend the law so as to allow whiskey to be sold only for medicinal, pharmacutlcal and mechanical purposes or in oyher words to repeal tbe dispensary lay iand adopt what was rejected b^jroug honorable body and koewq as tne^rettlns hill. 1 can not do this for rca-ons that must be apparent to yop and which I stated while a member of tbe Senate, an 1 for the further reason that the dispensary is succeeding beyond tbe expectation* of its friends, and to.pass such a law as requested would not accomplish what the dispensary is now doing, but would simply increase the crime of perjury and false representation in the State. I would not be understood *s objecting to the agitation of prohibition nor to restricting the sale of whiskey by any means. It is beneficial to all govern ments to have/Tdealists, for if not we might lose sig : ht of the principle and > cease striving for the coveted, goal. As a moral reform measure the dis pensary must commend itself to any unprejudiced mind. The temptations to the youths of the State offered by sabjons has been swept away and with it has gone the games of billiards, pool, the faro banks and the corrupt influences of the barkeeper; in muni cipal and State elections. During the late holidays there oectftred only one homicide in the State and this was not from whiskey, but an old feud. This record has never been knowu before, not a chhi of crime for which lynching is resorted to or attempt at such has occurred witain the past year. Two Circuses traversed the State during the past year, visiting large towns of importance and with the exception of Spartanburg not an arrest was made fortfrtnrtrebhess or disorderly concTuct. In Greenville one arrest was made for drunkenness and he was exhibited as a curiosity. .Jt was the invariable practice of the colored population to drink on circus days, but it passed ’ away with bar-room days. I dispatch ed four constables to.follow the cir cuses in their tour through the State, but they were not m-eded to preserve the peace and not an accident of any kind was reported. I addressed to tbe various mayors of the towns of tbe State tbe following circular letter: Dear Sir: You will greatly oblige me by answering the following ques tions at your earliest convenience. .This Is important: 1. Has drunkenness and crime in creased or decreased in your towu and county since August 1, 1894, to the present time ; if so, by what per cent? 2. Has the number of plain cases of drunkenness tried before you, mayor or intendarit, increased or decreased since Augukt i, and if so, by what per cent. ? 3. Has the consumption of whiskey increased or deceused since the estab lishment of the d spensary, and if so, by wbat per cent. ? —-- 4. What has been the effect of the dispensary law upon thq general-good tfrditr and y^ 1 * 1 town-or city? Some time age we had replies to thesv,*queriea f rom your board of con trol ; but the ’etters have been dispos ed of,an<l it Is important that fre hear \ from you. Please number your an- swers to conform to the number of tbe - questions above. Tbe replies reoeived ia soma cases aero unreliable as the mayors were' unworthy of bslief. In such cases, however* I took tbe precaution to nd- drees a letter to one of the aldermen of the town and they are submitted here with and I trust will be published it full as they •speak for themselves. In appears from these reports that drunk enness has decreased for tbe entire State fifty-seven per cent. The num ber of cases tried in mayors' court* for drunkenness and disorderly con duct has decreased sixty-six and nine- sixteenth per cent. 3. The consumption' of whiskey has decreased forty-seven and six-sevenths per cent. , It must be observed that this de crease is not for tbe entire period since the enactment of tbe law, nut for the past year. Compared with tbe pre ceding year 25 per cent, may be ad^ded as a reasonable estimate for the pre ceding year. It is quite encouraging to the friends of the law to note the general change of sentiment of most ef tbe towns in Its favor. The country has always been a unit In favor of the law, and has demanded its strict en forcement. The bitterest enemies of tbe system now admit that morally speaking it is a grand success. THE DISPCNSARV AS A BUSINESS. In 1892-93 there were in the.Htate sixty-nine dispensaries. Total amount purchased by ' them » 871,555 99 Sales at invoice price 573,578 38 Total sales to consumers.... 679,222 88 Gross profits....: 165,355 40 Expenses 88,580 15 Net Profits 76,775 25 The operation of tbe State and county dispensaries for the past year have been peculiarly successful. The volume of business has greatly increas ed. The sales of the county dispensers for the eleven months ending Decem ber 31, amounted to nearly one mil lion one hundred thousand dollars. It Is not to be Inferred from the increased sales of the dispensaries that the con sumption of Intoxicants ia on the Increase, for the statistics which ! have already given clearly prove the contrary, and go to show that the intemperate use of intr>xicaota is on the decrease. That tbs dispensary is a potent factor in tbe great moral reformation I venture no unbiased mind will dispute. Tbe increased sales by the d'spsnsaries are accounted for from the fact that the fierce and bit ter opposition to the dispensary law which has hitherto existed has largely subsided in its intensity and the sober second thought of law-abiding citizens has disclosed the fact that thslr un reasonable opposition to a law design ed for tbe protection of the morals of the State was grounded more on pre judiced and a misconceived idea of rsonal liberty than aught else, th this return of reason and the exhaustion of tbe supply of barroom whiskey came la a large degree a cessation of the bitter hoetllities to the law, and an a result the traffic in liquors was directed to its legitimate channels, and public sentiment cry- stalized about tne dispensary law as the wisest and most practicable solu tion of the whiskey problem. Tbe sales of county dispensaries for the eleven months ending December 31 amounted to 1875,530.20; tbe sales by county dispensaries for the same period amounted to •1,076,963.65 at a gross profit of 1201.383.45. The bet profit that has accrued to the State from tbe operation of the State dispen sary for the eleven montfis ending December 31 amounts to •133,467.77, and the not profits to the towns and counties from the operations of the sub-dispensaries for the corresponding pet iod amounts to 9106,131.28, making a total of accrued 1 rofits to the State and towns and counties for the eleven months of •239,599.05. Adding^ the •25,571.85 unearned profit due the State on goods In hands of county dis pensaries at the close of tho past year it would swell the total of earned and unearned profits to tho State and towns and counties for the eleven months to the amount of 1265,170.90. The net profit accruing to the State as revised to December 31 from the beginning of the operations of the dlspensa>y to thesclose of ex-Cemmis- sioner Trailer's term on January 31, 1895, amounted to •110.348.80. Added to this the net accrued profit of $133,- 407.77 for tbe period of eleven months from February 1 to December 31, 1895, makes a total of not accrued profits to the State from the operation of the State dispensary to the amount of *243,816. .">7. • Tbe books of the State Commissioner as is shown in bis annual repojjt, and also by tbe special legislative examin ing committee, show that at the cloee of the past yean the total assets, at cost price, of the State dispensary were $314,070 24, and tbe total liabili ties Wr,233 67. Those a-sota consist of: Cash Wines and liquors at the Teams and wagons Mach.aery nnd'.oftioe fix tures Bottles, corks and cooper ate Cash loaned to the State Treasurer f... Wines and liquors at sub- disp< naarU Personal accounts • 54,107 03 'ooTBSTM 800 65 2,656 47 26,581 43 50,000 (X) 116.285 «•> 8:057 45 e net earnings of the dispensary and additional •60,000 surplus covered baa been refunded to tbe State from the an Into tbe State treasury to pay the ex' pensee of tbe constitutional convention. From the following tabulated state ment you can gain an idea of the heaviest item! of expenses incident to the runnthg of the business Supplies used for eleven months •93.864 70 Freight charges 50,953 14 Cost of constabulary r.':.. . 43,032 01 I found that the system of bookkeep ing in vogue at the dispensary waa moat unsatisfactory, and I employed Mr. Seth W. Scruggs, an expert book keeper, to devise a system especially •uUod for this business, for which I C id him 9250, and I regard it as tbe st investment thUNState has ever made. Tbe system as inaugurated by and now in charge of Mr. Scruggs, its originator, has received tbe endorse ment of many of the leading business men of the Union. It is a most satis factory check oe the county dispen sers, and is so simple and comprehen sive that any one of jay knowledge can understand it. A record of the gallons, value and brand ef all liquors bought and sold Is kept at the office, as Is also a record-jof tbe number of gallons of all kinds dumped Into and bottled from the tanks. The county dispensers are required to send a weekly statement of their sales at invoice and consumers’ prices and a weekly statement of their cash Irani actions, and a check covering the State’s share of all sales. At the end of each month they are required to send to the State Com missioner a copy of their merchandise purchases and sales and remittances and a copy of their cash transactions for the month and alto a copy of their sales at invoice and consumers’ prices for the month and an itemized state ment for the month. They are re quired to take stock at tbe end of each month la the presence and with the assistance of one member of the ceunty board of control sad to send to the Commissioner an itemized inventory of all merchandise on hand signed by the dispenser and the member of the board of control who assisted in the stock taking. At the and of each quarter they are also required to send to tbe State board of control a quar terly statement of their purchases, sales, expenses, gross and net profits, and stock oo hand. A duplicate stata- meat is also sent to tbe board of con trol. Under this system we have been enabled to dispense with the inspec tors. The expense of the constabulary has been more than met by the tbe value of the contraband whlskeysaad wines seized and the suppression of tbe Illi cit traffic In such. Tbe amount for maintaining the force was 913,032.01. The value placed on contraband dump ed was 917,031.70, leaving a net coat for maintenance of 926,000.37. The value placed upon contraband seized does not represent the true value of the articles captured as there Is a large amount still on hand of goods unsuitable for the business of tbe dis pensary, and consequently of no actual value. I am satisfied no State officers are entitled to more commendation than these men who do not hesitate to risk their lives and in several Instances have lost them in defense and la exe cuting the laws of this State. If It were not for tbe espionage of these officers the "blind tiger would be rampant and the dispensaries would not be self-sustaining. If tbe present improvement in public sentiment in the towns and cities coutlauea I am satisfied the constabulary can be safely cut down to one-balf tbe present force at the end of another year. THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW. - The Governor is empowered to em ploy two cblot State constables and as many State constables as may be nec essary to enforce the law. Upon my induction Into office I determined to reorganize the constabulary and If pos sible dispense with it altogether. After trying a small force for a monit\ I found that it was impracticable and unless the fcrce wae increased the execution of the law would be a failure. Wheiever tbe constables were with drawn from a town or county im mediately petitions would be sent me requesting their return. For the year ending the firstof June, 1895, there £ere Issued by the United States Internal Revenue Collector 805 licefises to retail liquor. Thie includes m Dispeii: aric- which leaves for illicit dealers 730. Fo> the year ending June 1st, 1893, there have been issued so far 387 licensee, this includes 88 Dis pensaries, leaving a total cf 299 for illicit dealers. Of^this number 167 were taken out in the city of Charles ton, ten of-which were for the Dispen saries, which being deducted leaves a grand total of 157 illicit dealers in this city. It will oe seen from these figures that over fifty-two per cent, of the excluded from the State or If all persona were prohibited to Import alcoholic liquors or If tbe laws of South Carolina had declared that all alcoholic liquors were of such poison ous and detrimental character and that their use and consumption as a beverage were against the morals, good health and safety of the State other - and different questions would a'-ise.*’ Let an injunction Issue as prayed for In the bill v The following injunction waa Is sued : " Ordered and decreed that a writ of injunction, be awarded and do Issue out of this court commanding and enjoining and restraining tbe defen- dauts M. T. Holly, Sr., as Chief Con- staole of the State of South Carolina and all other persons acting under him, his and their successors in office', and also the defendants J. M. Scott, R. M. Gardner and E. C. Beach and all other State constables of the State of South Carolina and ail countv sheriffs and their deputUs and municipal officers, chiefs of police, and policemen and all business other officers of the State of South Carolina or any county or city or town of the said State of South Carolina and all persons whomsoever acting or claiming to act under the authority of the Act of the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, approved January 2nd, 1895, or any warrant issued by or under authority thereof from seizing or attempting to seize in transit or to seize both before and after arrival in the State of South Carolina and at any place In the State of South Carolina take, carry away, or con fiscate any package whatsoever of^es, wines or spirituous liquors or any in toxicating liquors tbe product of any other State or foreign countries im ported into or brought into South Car olina by any means of transportation whatsoever by complainant James Donald or any other person whomso- ever for his own use and consumption, and from entering and forcibly search ing or attempting to search tho prem ises or dwelling of tho complainant James Donald or any other person in tbe State of South Carolina, or any railroad depdt, railroad car, or steamboat or sailing vessel or other vehicle of Interstate 00 m me roe, or any vehicle whatsoever within this State for transporting such Intoxicating li quors as aforesaid Imported or brought into this State for his use or consump tion from hindering’ or preventing by any means wbatoover the complainant. James Donald, or any other person ia the State of South Carolina as fm- parter and oonsumsr of tha ales, beers, wines ani spirituous liquors of tbe other States and foreign coin tries from im[>ortinfcf holding, possessing, using and consuming the said intoxioating liquors as aforesaid to imported for his use and consumption.” I incorporate this injunction here in order to per petuate it as a legal curiosity and to show the extent to wnich a partisan judge can be swayed by unreasonable prejudice. It will be seen that be en joins every bod v from unborn babes up to tbe high sheriff from interfering not only with Donald’s whiskey, but from Interfering with any citizen in the State who had not even asked his gentle protection. Courts of Equity sometimes legislate for parties before tbs court, but this Judge baa assumed the power of our General Assembly to make a law for the Stole and also of Congress Of the United States. Uuder contempt procra.ilogs he has incar ceratod men in-jail who were absMute- i> without notice of Li» injunction rtmi wuen brought to his nonce tbst i ,» sheriffs were treating the iailed con- strbles as men charged wltn contempt and not as ordinary criminals he ordered them removed to city jails with instruction that they be treated as the commonest criminals. You are familiar with tbe state of Affairs that followed his Injunction Whiskey was imported into the State by every quondam barkeeper for per sonal use and tbe barrooms of Charles ton were virtually thrown wide open. They became so bold under the pro tection of their judges as to violently resist tho efforts of the constables to clote their hell holes. I found it im possible to do anything with them on account of the sentiment of tbe city being overwhelmingly in their fsvoc. 1 ordered the constables to confine their efforts to seizures that they had reason to believe were not for personal use and they accomplished a great deal although the results were quite un satisfactory. 1 appealed to the mayor, and he promised co-operation; but shortly afterwards the city council re fused to pass an ordinance prepared by the m&yor which provided for the punishment of the keepers of blind tigers. I called upon the mayor and he endeavored to have the ordinance enacted; but In vain. They wore joined to their idols. The chief of police was a friend of the law but he Making total available as sets of . $314 ,679 24 Outstanding against these assets are liabilities to the amount of $70,253.67, which is due by tbe S^ate for wines auil i qnors pu-•chased, making a net balance of assets above liabilities of •243,816 57, which amourt rep-esents the not earned profit to the State at the close of the year, and this profit has been placed by tho Commissioner to the credit of the general fund of tbe State, fn conformity to a els use in the uewconstituHon, providing that all future earnings of tbe State dis pensary shall go to the schodlt of the State, the Commisflioner will place to the credit of the school fund all net earnings which shall hereafter accrue. From a careful analysis of that pro vision of the constitution, it will be seen that the school fund will not be entitled to any portion of tbe net earnings Vo December 31 of 9243.815.57 shall have been covered into the State treasury to the credit of the general fund. Hence it will be eighteen months at the earliest before we may expect any Increase in* the schoo^fuoa from this source. I am happy to stave that the State appropriation of 150,300 in the city of Charleston. It will be fufther observed that the number of United States licenses issued for the State has decreased over forty-one per cent, for the past year. The illicit sale of liquor had almost been starved out and dwindle! to a minimum when we were paralized by a most unexpected decree by the United States Circuit Court, through Judge Simonton. This Judge it will be remembered was the first to sus tain the constitutionality of the Is-w ; but he has now completely reversed his former decision and undor the guise of interstate commerce he nulli ties every section of the iaw intended to prohibit the illicit traffic. This law seems to be the bete noir of our dis tinguished United States Judges, Brawley, Simonton and Goff, but so far we have reversed them and I feel satisfied we will continue to do so. The case before Judge Simonton was brought by a citizen of Charleston named Donald, who claimed that wh skey had been ordered by him ftom without our State for hie per sonal use and had been seised by the constables and confiscated by the State to his damage 96,000. After able arguments the Judge declared that the Dispensary law no whore declares that the Uto and consumption of alcoholic liquors in themselves are injurious to tuat over fiity-two per cent, of the police was a friend of the law bat he I would, therefore, recommend that illicit .traffic-in whiskey ia carried had- norther the -moral nor the legal alt&ccountsof the State Commissioner must bo m^do for Charleston. I am satisfied, however, from present indi cations, that wa will have nothing to complain of. Convictions of violators of this law have boon promptly had in nearly •very county of this State where tried, except in Charleston. This is sneour aging and shows that the stubborn re sistance to the law has gradually sub sided. You will readily see that the protection given by Judge Simonton to S ursons importing liquors into this tote for personal use and the burden of proof being placed upon the consta bles to show that tbe same is not for rsonal use, makes our task indeed a ard one, in fact It prevents us from aelzlng imported liquors except whore it is consigned to persons convicted of violating the law, and even these can always find a friend who will allow the use of his name to shield a criminal.' In order to comply with the inter pretation of the interstate commerce law by this United States Judge I would respectfully recommend that the law be amended by declaring that all aloohoiie liquors, except when analyzed by the State chemist and found to be chemically pure, are detrimental to the health, morals and. welfare of the citizens of this State, are contraband and liable to seizure wherever found without a warrant, and when seized shalL be forwarded to the State Com missioner and by him destroyed. This would cover the objection of Judge Simonton and would relieve the law of a continual warfare by the "whiskey ring." I will endeavor to point out to you the amendments to the law. which have suggested themselves to the Attorney General and to me in our efforts to enforce It during the last year, and which we believe absolutely necessary for its protection and per petuation. The Board of Control should be 00mnosed of five members, Oonkistlng of the Governor, Secretory of State, Comptroller General, ex officio, and two members to be elected by your honorable body who hold no other office and are of the business people. Those two* members should be elected for a term of four years, and so arranged so as to require the election of one every two years. The object of this must be apparent to you. As tbe board is now constituted three of the busiest State officers are re quired to look after this stupendous business of more than a million dollars a year. They elect a State Commis sioner, whose term of office expires with that of the board. Next year the duties of the Secretory of State will be almost doubled by reason of tbe additional work Imposed upon him by your body. The Comptroller General is one of the busiest men in the State House, and is required to be absent from tbe capital a great deal by reason of his settlements with the County Auditors. Our terms of office expire every two years, and if the two a<lf)itional members are not furnished the Dispensary affairs are liable to be placed In new, Inexperienced hands everjr two years. The Incoming board would in all probability elect a new Commissioner and the Institutioe would be greatly embarrassed by in experienced officers. By the plan I have suggested there would be two directors always iq office who would he familiar with the busineea and not d. pendent upon State officer* for their appointment. The responsibility (or tb- success of iLis business rests upon the Board of Control and it is unfair to the Governor and HU associates upon tbe board to compel them to vouch for every check that is signed and every purchase made and every dollar expended. The duties of their effices render it impossible for them to do justice to this business and to even know of what is going on. For tunately we have had Commissioner* so/ar ia whom we have .confidence; but should this officer prove to be cor rupt or Incompetent he eould in a few weeks wreck the entire instltutidd. The inducements to corruption in this business are exceedingly great, and the men with whom the Commissioner is compelled to deal are often un scrupulous. It is useless (or me* to enumerate tbe many ways in^whlch the Board of Control may be imposed upon and unless the most stringent regula tions are thrown around tbe business to ,protect it, I fear the result. It is made the duty of the Governor as Chairman of the Board of Control to approve every warrant drawn by the Commissioners upon thq State Treas urer, and I have approved as high as thirty thousand dollars in one day without having any evidence as to how it was to be applied except the signature of the Commissioner and the draft of the firm for whose benefit it was drawn. This Is too much re sponsibility to place upon the Gover nor, and he should be relieved of it. I would, therefore, recommend that near perfect as you can make it. During tbe post year we Lave discov ered three drfaiestions nm-mg County Dispensers. Thuy have boon reported to tbe Attorney General, and he had entered suit upon th* boou* ani <V>m- menced criminal pmeejS agifimt tue dispensers. It is but just to state that these defalcations occurred during the year previous to the inauguration of the Scruggs system of bookkeeping. I apprehend no further trouble on this line. I woUd recommend that the County Supervisors be taken off the County Board of Control op under the new Constitution he is ineligible', and be sides the duties of his office are incon sistent with those of tbe Dispensa/y, and if he attends to them property he will have but little time to devote to the business. I desire to impress upon you the advisability of| divorcldg the Dispensary from any other office or Stole institution. 80 that no responsi bility for its management and success may not be divided, but rest entirely upon the shouldersoroffiicers appointed to look aftor in exclusively. Ia conclusion, permit me to say ttto I feel a peculiar anxiety and interest In the success of this institution by reason of my connection with the enact ment of the law while a member of J our honorable body, and without any oeltatlon or apoaront egotism 00 my do not builove that any future of the 8ci uggt form of bookkeeping U Tfect or apparent egotism on my part 1 do not believe that any future Governor will feel towards the law and guard it as scrupulously as my prede cessor and myself. For these reasons I have endeavored to talk to you plain ly and point out what I sincerely be lieve necessary to perpetute a law so wise and salutary. AWFUL TRAGEDY AT BLACKSBURG. A Woman in ths Cas*. The murder of Cbas. T. Williams, a stranger in the town, has created in tense exaitument In and around Blacks burg. The foul deed was committed in one of ths principal streets, and for a time the affair was wrapped in mystery, but the coroner’s jury render ed a v* ' ler’e jurv cleared up tbe verdict which mystery Williams came to his death by a pistol hall shot from a pistol In the bands of M. R. Reese, and that one Dan Luckle is accessory.■’ On Thursday night two citizens re turning to their boarding bouse stumbl ed over the dead body of a mao. In vestigation showed It to be Chae. T. Williams, of. Tunnel Hill, Ga. it night of the tragedy th M. R. Reese Ua ‘ large, fine-looking man about forty-three. He baa a considerable money Lh real estate trading. He waa generally as a good citizen except la this 'affair. When a Ledger representative him Saturday he wae faultlessly attir ed In a becoming suit of blank of the cutaway pattern. He looked some what nervous and uneasy, but would not be taken for tbe midnight that hi* fellow townsmen □ounoed him to be. The most damaging testimony before the coroner’s inquest, and that oa which the warrant was sworn ovt Has given|bv Miss Farrington^ drets'.maker from Charlotte, but who ia at praaaat\ _ employ of D. L. Bitww atkhls P 1 * 06 - Tho shooting occurred almost, if not Immediately, la front of Misa Farrington's boarding house. She swore la substance as follows : I was reading a novel when my at tention was drawn by tbe three shots in front of tbe bouse. I turned down a leaf at the plaoe I the book on a trunk sod want to tbe window. I heard voioee and the ahnf- fling of feet on tbe outside, and a man *ey ‘ Don’t say a d—a word abontthla.’ Two men then west Into Mrs. Ander- son’s house. Aa tha door opened I could see from the refiectloa of tha lamp la the hallway that they were M. IL Reeee and Dan Lackey. The were about their size." An alarm was raised and on searching his body three notes were found from Mrs. Anderson, a milliner. Mrs. Anderson has been twice married tp her present the morals, gecd health, and safety of the State or of her people. Alcoholic liquor is declared to be pontrabend and- 1 against the morals, good beam* and safety of the State only when it Is not Imported by the Dispenser or is not in his hands. He winds up by saying : "If all alcoholic liquors were support of tbe council or tbe com munity aud his appeals were only par tially successful. 1 gave the city notice that unless the law was better enforced 1 would have to resort to the metropoNtan police law. This had slight effect; but it soon wore off I again gave warning several months afterwards and the chief of police asked me to give him a little more time and he thought matters would be in a better condition. He succeeded in making several cakes against illicit dealers; but the grand jury, of the best citizens, so we are Informed, refused to take the oaths of men who they piiiced in charge of their homes and lives and unceremoniously threw out all bills against illicit dealers in whiskey. This emboldened the illicit dealers and I again invoked the aid* of the courts and succeeded • in - obtaining charges of venue in several cases; but tbe question is still in the Supreme Court as to our right to such change. My patience became exhausted and 1 appealed to the State Board of Police Cem miss loner * and they did not hesi tate to place the police of tbs city of Charleston under the control of a com mission. I regret that thls was ncces- t to so frame sary, but it was simply a question of against,any whether we should abandon the Dis pensary^ in Charleston or first exhaust every me^os in our hands for the en forcement of the law. I am satisfied that the police can do more than all the constables in tbe State towards en forcing tho law in our cities, aud if the city authorities will not allow them to do so it is tbe duty of the State to take change. If 'the next year does not af ford better results then a aew law husband,-havtog been divorced, then remarried about eight month* ago. From these notes it was found that Williams had been scot here by Mr Aad^rsoo in the capacity of a peace maker, and while acting in this ca pacity was murdered. There is no direct proof as to who committed tbe murder, but Marion R. Reeae and Daniel Luckle are mor* than suspected Reese U one of tbe richest men in town and has a wife in Greenvilte County, with whom he has oe r er lived. Luckle is a brother of Mrs. Anderson. Both have left for parts unknown. The evidence against Roese Is this: £l;e*e is known u» have been Insanely jealous of and almn-l wildly lnfatn*t«*H with Mrs. Anderson. Ou the night of the murder there was a party at the house of Marion Moore aod on a piazza overlooking the residence of Reese was a Mis* Farrington, who testified that she saw two people at the time of the shots run from where tbe dead man was found. One of these parties she positively identified as Reese and the other went into The bouse of Mrs. Anderson and ismpposed to have been Luckle, haWatutf the brother of Mrs. Anderson. Reese was reported to have been unduly Intimate with Mrs. An derson, and, it is said, furnished a house and supported her, only a few doors from his own residence. Wil liams, in spite ol the warning of Mrs. Anderson, called at her house about 9:30 on the evening of the killing, and was shot a short while after! The inostgintense excitement prevails in Blacksburg. Miss Farrington has left for Charlotte, saying that she was afraid violence would be done her if she remained here. The friends of tbe murdered man and the town coun cil have employed counsel to prosecute Reese. Detectives have been employ ed, and are now actively searching for itoests, who is supposed to be with friends near here. ' It is the universal opinion that he committed the murder. FULLER ACXJOUNT OF THE STORY yoi „ , Lodger_ givep A- Wucb. oa fuTTer statement of the troubles which net be first approved by the State Board of Control and the consent of the board be first obtained before the Commis sioner is allowed to incur any debts, and that such bills whea so approved be presented to the Governor for approval and payment. I would further recom mend that the clerk of the board be 1 paid a salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum and his duties enlarged and he be required to certify all bills approved by the board and cheek off tbe merchandise purported to be cover ed therein. In this manner the board will be enabled to know wbat they are doing and the Governor relieved of a responsibility that should not be placed upon him. This would also relieve the Commissioner of any insinuation dr charge of favoritism and remedy the weakest feature of the law, amd thus place it beyond the criticism or reproach of its enemies. Of one thing you may ba certain, if any degree of corruption issever discovered at this institution the people will destroy It as quickly as they inaugurated it, and should such corruption be practiced It will be sure to be unearthed sooner or later. > It is your conscientious duty this statute as to guard contingencies that may arise in the future by the election of State officers hostile to the law or from ite careless enforcement by its friends. There are amend menu of minor importance, but which are necessary for tbe enforcement of tbe iaw,.but I am sure they will appeal -to it further I oar good judgment f I ' without lint from me. Tbe system of operating Dispensaries since tbe li the County nauga ration for Reese was wealthy and if fcn 1 her too freely people would bp i liable to suspeoV bat if ■' ried she. ooald claim bar providing her with funds. Anderson wasinoardl City Hotel and this man Wi~ day. After be left Reese ql_ with the woman. Mrs. Anderaoui wards returned to Georgia. h<-r departure Reeae left and weat to Atlanta and then out west. In'a few months Reese returned and a few 1 after Mrs. Anderson returned, then purchased a piece of property. Her borne waa elegantly furnished and she seemed to have of wealth, carrying an account with a Charlotte bank. On her former here she . was financially amt and was generally regarded as being without means. Shortly after she* turned her brother, Dan Luckie, < here. He secured a position with Reese and lived with hiasiater. There after Reese’ visiU to the Andersondo- raeia werequ was generally regarded aa Reese’s mis tress. Ani so matters went nnttl the j .zxrz INE Em Of FOOUSH 91X1118. Practical Remarks from a Goewpping. Bee. J. C. Hiden, D. D., of Rieh- nnnd, Va., preached a very »«rmoa not long ego, ia dwelt with g ci.t force apoa the danger of gossip that tends to impnir public oonfidenbe. The text was tbs first vans of the 127th Psalm: " Exoept the Lord build the house; they labor ia Fain that &uild it; exoept the Lord keep the atar ( 'ihe watchman waketh but ia in discussing the lest clause ef hie text, Dr. Hidea said that the word "keep” moeot to guard. "Ia this joonectioa," said the preacher. "I liiypr few warde to say which meg impress tome people es being too eecu- lar; but my theory of epreecher’s duty ia that he ought to help bis people at every point et which he eae do them good. I do not recognize tbe bard- snd-faat line which is drawa between tbe secular aad the sacred. If a if engaged ia aa Indefensible . x ia tbe week, be cannot keep Sunday holy. If I see ay people cue- ducting Iheir business in a way that must end in disaeter, I feel it my duty to sneak out, and in no uaoertaia sound. " One of our evening papers bad an editorial ia yesterday’* issue, oallfog attention to a matter which ia of real importance to all our people just now. We are living in hard times. The ex perts in finance tell us; and the recent bond sale justifies tbe view, that those hard times arise, not from lack of money, bat from lack of confidence. Without confidence credit is impceei- ble, and without credit business dis solves. “ Now, if you go about town with your bead banging down like a bul rush, predicting financial disasters, saying that this and that and tha other firm are shaky and must soon go ty the hoard, tken you are helping your neighbors to fall, and yon may well look out that this does net cut short our own ratioas. ; Paul says profound- ‘None of us liveth to hlmsslL aad man die th to himself.’. Your bust* led to the awful tragedy, in the follow Ing version of its correspondent at Blacksburg : The woman whose per tidily inspired this tragic deed is Mrs. M. E. Ander son, who is renowned in this communr ity for her beauty. She is a blonde, not large, but stately, with charming features, and generally wore a smile that would be calcuiated to drive some men crazy. She came here about two years ago from Georgia. She, with ether parties, a man and a woman, opened a millinery store in the Iron City Hotel building. After a few months the man drew out and tbe two women continued tbe business a short while. Then Mrs. Anderson run the business alone until January '95. In the meantime she boarded with Mrs.. Dempsy, proprietress of4heIron City Hotel',' and for awhile had the entre to the best homes of Blacksburg. Mrs. Anderson was a grass-widow. She finally left the hotel and rented a suite of rooms in the rear and above her mil linary store. Then it was that her intimacy with Reese became so pro nounced as to cause comment. Gossip became so rife she quit keeping house and went to board with Dr. Ramsour, a highly respected citizen. Her di- voroed ‘ July a year ago. He sought a recon ciliation and the pair were remarrlm! by the Rev. Mr. Johnson. The next day after tbe re-marriage the husband left, and he has not been beard of aad or can get ou bmood. It is nes* depends largely upon tbe busi prosperity of your neighbors. Youy living is made here ia Rich largely out of Rich mend people, success means your success. Their failure means short rations for you. ** Some people run off to New York and pay for some article aa mock aa the same oi* perhaps a better article will coet hero at home. Is this wise? My rulsi is never togo or send out of Richmond for anything I reasonable terms in Rich: plain, common sense, that as my living is to come out of Richmond people then Richmond people must live, and if the money which they pay out is all ut somewhere else how can they rive ? Well, but the Lord Is to ‘keop the city.’ Yes, bat It was a wine man who said. ‘Trust God aad keep your powder dry.’ It Is not faith, but pre sumption in you, if you say you trust God, and then fail to do your part. Tbe Devil tried to tempt Christ into this kind of sin, when he told Joooa to leap down from the pinnacle of the temple, because he oould trust God to protect him. The Master reft said it would be tempting the God. It is foolish and wicke tion for you to embark your own friend's money in a spet thri duct. The whole land is rupts who have tsiiod have gone beyond^-their political economy that into English is, " Pay aa you if /on can’t pay don’t go ” since. 1 It is thought the woomw desir ed to appear to have a source of liveli hood and that she Induced her hus band to retnrn and remarry her for tbe i —Many a purpose of having that appearance, tion by talking too