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T VOL. XXXI. BARNWELL, 8. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1906. 1. - NO. HELD IN TRUST. Brevard Miller swears that Glass e> * ( Stock was given Directors. STATiMfcNT DEWED. The Qlaaa Company Ofticiala - Assert That the Dispensary' Officials Were vat Preseattd With Stock ia the Glass Company. Wodneaday an atBdaeU from Mr. Brevard D. Miller, organizer of the oompany which built the Carolina. Class oompany in Columbia wan put tn evidence before the dispensary in vestigating committee. ^ M1LLBBS AFFIDAVIT..,. Personally appeared BreVard D. Miller, who being duly sworn deposeih and bayoth. That op to sometime in 1892, he was for acme time pr*vKus living in the olty of Columbia, South Carolina, being at that time connected with Granby cotton mills of that city. Dur ing the time of hia residence there he developed the idea, and was one of the promoters in the organisation of the Carolina Olaan company. Being Msociatfcd la the organization of this glaaa company with Jno. J. Selbels, Thomas Taylor, Jr., W. 0. Childs and E. G. Bel bale. - The incorporators j^be Carolina Glaaa oempany re|ii|fng'|tak ie oiapensary would be men for the purpoee stated in bis affl davit, he did eo of hla own volition, and wit boat the knowledge or sanc tion of the other inoorporatora. The main gist of the affidavit ia contained In the statement, "it was decided b/ the oontrolling interest r* * # to give the said H FI. Gratis and L J. Williams a block of this stock in return for wt ich the Carolina Glass company _ was to be given all or a part of the State dtspen sary glass business." And the same party states that he reslgnedlils office and connection with said oompany on account of this dedslon and policy. We urqualliiedly deny this statement not only was no stock given to any member of the dispensary b ard, but no stock or bonus or com mission or valuable consideration of any kind whatsoever was, at anytime, given to any one; nor was any such decision or policy, as stated by said Miller, maderf- or agreed to by the stockholders ' or directors, or the controlling Interests f the Carolina G'ais oompany. Mr, Miller severed his connection with said oompany not for the reason stat ed in bis affidavit, but because his services were unsatisfactory to the board of directors. Upon bis with drawal, when there had only been 20 per cent, paid on hi> stock, it was taken up and he wsasucceeded on the, board of directors of said gla s oom pany by the late Dr. B W. Taylor. Mr. Miller furfcbersta'es a* his un demanding “this gift of sV ok was to be made to W G Childs, trustee, for H. H. Evans and L J. Willlartt rVe assert posWtlvely that neither H. H. Evans nor L J Williams nor any other member of the former or pres ent board of control of the State dis penury directly or Indirectly owned or had any internet in any stock of said glass company; nor was any stock of uid oompany held by W. G. Childs n trust for any such parties. The stock book and other ' records of the company haye been heretofore freely furnished to the Investigating orui. mittee and TemalHeffTn tfiiTr oustody MHMvantage mud ibsUTe thc suooew of the oompany, approaobed H. H . Evans and L. J. Williams, then dl-. rectors of the State dispensary, with the i ffer to sell them a certain amount . of stick of the Carolina Glass com pa ny to be pain tor in money at the same price as the stock was sold to other parties. Is was understood al ibis stage in the transaction that the Carolina Glass oompany wu to mset competing prices. * Later, it wu decided by the con- trolling^pterent* of the Carolina Glass company to give the said H. H Evans ana L. J. Williams a block of this stock in return for which the Oar*. It a —.Glam company wu to be given all, or a part, otJtbe State dTepensary glass business. About this time, during • eomyenation between J. J. Selbels and - H. H. Evans, in my presenoe J oo. J Beibels stated that the Carolina Glass oompany, not being very strong finan dally, would not be able to stand for any length of Urns a cut in prices by ttheir competitors, If itshould be made. To wbleb statement H. H. Evans re plied, ‘ Oh hell, we are put here tcr Judge glass,' When the policy of giving the stock to the directors of the State dispensa ry wu dcolded on, I wu not in ae . cord with it and objected to it, real iajig that A wu in the minority, and not at all in aooord with the policy of the inoorporatora, and that I could L not prevent this gift of stock, or such would naturally follow, I withdrew from the oompany and my taken over by other It wu my unders* ending at the time I withdrew that this gift Of stock wuto be made to W. G. Childs as trustee for U. II. Evans and L J Williams. . ° It wu my understanding, up to the time.of my decision to withdraw from The Carolina Glass company, that the Carolina Glass oompany wu to meet : competitive prieu, and that the dl motors of the Slate dispensary were u the ineorporatoia, wheieu this gift of stock, to whieh I objected, would give the inference that the Carolina Glass oompany would be fa vored by the directors of the State dispensary. At a muting of the incorporators of the Carolina Glass oompany at which Uiis gift of atook wu discussed and from whloh I withdrew after re signing my interests, I wu requested by Jno. J. Selbels to uy nothing of my knowledge of the transactions of the Carolina Glass oompany. This 1 refused to do. It hu been several years since the transaction related above opcoired hut the ume la substantially u re lated above. »Brevard D. Miller. Sworn to and subscribed to before me, this 17th day of April, 1900. J. R Wharton, Notary Public. TLATLY CONTRADICTED. The dinotois of the glau company who were In the city gave out the following statement, whieh flatly contradicts Mr. Miller’s statement: Hen. J. T. Hay, Chairman Inveatiga ting Committee. Columbia, 8. 0., June IS, 1906. Our attention hu Just bun called to an affidavit whieh wu placed In evidence before the State Invutlgat- Ing eommlttu Just before its adjourn , today, and whloh purports to i from Brevard D. Miller, now Of hot formerly of this IU. that the Incorporators H. H. Evans and L. J with an offer to soil them the glau oompany. We can oortatnty that none of ns Mr. Evana or Mr. Willi to this matter; and fos inspection for days, enduntltlhey | ( voluntarily returned them to the company. . John J. Seibelr, W. G. Childs, B F. Taylor. This' statement- is not signed by E G. Selbels or ^Thos. Taylor beoauae they are both absent from the city. John J. Selbels, ' ■ ^ B. F. TaVkir. L1A0B&8 FOE BRYAM. THE TRUE CAUSE. Not a Moral Revolution But ... Tremendous Disclosure vU s, OF TEBWBLE FACTS - Hu Censed the People to See the •. • . J ' ’ v. ' • ' Rsscalitles of the Trusts aid the - Republican Party as Pointed Oat by Bryan Ten Year* Ago. The Wall Street Journal saysT “A tremendous moral revolution is taking place. Many practices which ten years ago, five years ago, one year ago, and even six months ago, were in fa vor, public opinion havieg no condem nation for them, are now held to be odiptus and even ortmlnal. This is, perhaps, the most n liable development of the day, namely, the creation of a higher standard for the conduct of American business.” In reply to the above The Common ersays: . Ten years age! That was 109 years after the American fathers agreed upon that great constitution which they declared was ordained to "estab lish Jastlce, insure domestic tranquil! ty, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and u- curs the blessings of liberty to our selves and our posterity." Ten vears ago! That wu 120 years after the signing of the Declaration f-IsdspcBdencer Hla Keeent Utterances on Sooletlam — Greeted whb Approval. A dispatch from Wuhlngton saya Democrats in congress are highly pleased with Mr. Bryan’s Berlin inter- view < T "If he will only cut cut socialism and stlcr to democracy,” they have been saying in their heart to heart discussions of the outlook. Now that Mr. Bryan-hu taken the first oppor tunlty.to draw the llnu agiinst sod ailsm they believe alt doubt of his nomination has been removed. I fully expect to see Grover J3eie_ end sqpportinjuMr. Bryan In 1908,” said R presentitlve B:all, of Texas, this evening. he makes the right sort of speech at that New York re oeptlon, and I am confident he will, he will not only be nominated, hut elected." . "There Is no reason to doubt Mr Bryan’s democracy,” uid Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky. "There need be no fear that he will not ilse equal to the occasion. We who have always supported him know that Mr Mryan is not extremely radical, He is a democrat-, and democracy, is nulthy conservatism." "I am glad to see-that Mr. Brytn hu started off right.” uid J ulge Daniel Smith, of Kentucky. "What be says in his Berlin interview is all right. Dtmooraoy la not socialism and s claltsm ia not democracy." "B.-yan la all right. There is no Ten years Aged-That wu nearly 2, 000 years sf|er Christ walked the earth and taught tboee moral principles which, in other lands than our, are presumed to rule in the hearts of men? Yet we learn from the Wall Street Journal that ten years ago the Amer loan people had not progressed far enough to know, that it wu wrong to steal and wicked to kill. Ten years age ! That wu in 1896 •The Wall Street Journal’s "trsmen doua moral revolution", not withstand tng, there must have been—oven in 1896- some great moral principles at work -in the hearts of many Ameri cans. It wu in 1890 that it was charged by the repreientatlves of the great democratic party in convention assem bled in the city of Chicago that selfish Interests were at work in the iff Urs of oar government, and that the pur pose of these selfish Interests wu to exploit this great nation for the bene fit of a coterie of men and at of pease ef the masses of the people. Then it wu asserted that a tar.ff ays tern whloh breeds trusts and monopo lies Is dishonest. Then it wu said than an income tax whereby men pay for this support of a common govern ment in proportion this hvntfitff they receive is in line with jus ties Then it wu claimed that the burdens of taxation should be squally and 1m partially laid; that differences between wrge payers and wsgs earners should be settled by th$ peaceful method if arbitration; that railroads and other great corporations should be nqpired to do Justice to the people by whose law they were created; that public of deers should he eennnmioal ia hand ling the money: that courts should not 'ue arbitrary autharity for the op pression of dhe weak and the helpless; that government should be adminls- , . _ . tered for the greatest good to the . QQgull ^?f 1 ^j*? 6 ^** ti he stockholders on the ume baHa am? in the United SUtesI would rather see president than he, for know he is all right,” said Senator Tillman. "The so called oonservatlv democrats of the c uutry know they can have every confidence in him. ought to know it, for, you see, I am sometimes pictured as s conservative myself.” What Mr. Bryan is quoted as bav log said In Berlin U all right,” said Henry D. Clayton, representative from Alabama, and member of the demo cratic national committee. "The democrats of the South are not social late and never will consent to giving the party over to sooiallsm. The democrats believe in applying old fuhioned remedies to political oondi tiona, not in ronning after every new ism in the hope of finding in it a po litloal Issue. The democrats of the southern states will be glad to see Mr Bryan nominated, believing u they do that he ia a safe but fearless dsmo crat.” “I am delighted at Mr. Bryah’a ringing utterance against socialism, said Representative Webb, of North Oarollna. "His Interview'hu the right ring to It. North Oarollna can be counted a Bryan state." Pillar of Fire. Eighteen million fut of natural gu are being consumed each day by fire at the little town of Burnt Houu tn Rttehle Oounty, W. Va. The flames are rising 600 feet in the air and the great fountain of fire at night lights the surrounding country The fire ia watched by thousands The well wu drilled In lut Friday and the tremendous pressure made iA Impossible to cap the hole. Saturday afternoon workmen were endeavoring to stop the flow when they saw thunderstorm approaching. Hardly bad they quit when a flash of Ilght- tf Hl MEtarapproMbad said gim)»- nlB« Ignited *be SIR greatest number. Yet we are told by the Wall Street J .urnal—and this is but a fair sample of what ws read in many republican newspaper today—that in 1896 the American people di 1 not have the same coosolenoe which prompts them to denounce the Inf. mlee that have been recently exposed. There hu been no morel revolution In the sense meant by the Wall -Street Journal. There have ixen exposures and the very large number of people who were misled by republican newspa pen and republican leadersnowdnow that the charges mads by the demo erata in 1896 were true; that the spec ial interests were even then preying upon the people and sinoe then have taken advantage of their great victory in that year to impose upon toe peo pie—u though republican victory meant license for these men to do their worst. It is absurd for publications like the Wall Street Journal to talk about "the creation of a higher standard for the conduct of American business" or that the things whloh we now hold to be "odious and even criminal" were few years ago really In publio favor Long before the editor of the Wall Street Journal was born men knew that theft was theft. While the men of our earlier days bid their faulta, it is safe to say that they would not have tolerated one-one-hundredth of the Impositions to whloh the men of today have submltteed. If one-tenth of ' the facts revealed during the past six months had been known to the American people in 1896 the republican party would have gone down to an ignomloons defeat. Did the republican party win be cause the people were without moral* Did the republican party wlu htoanse the people were Indifferent to the schemes of trust nfagnates? No. These men who are now exposed as common rogues posed then as defsnden of tional honor. And republican editors —the editor of the Wail Street Journal them—stood sponsor for tbs When Georgs W. Perkins, Rlohard A. McCurdy, James H. Hyde or an other insurance magnate issued an in terview In behalf of the republican ticket, we were told that that was the opinion of a successful msn whose only concern was that the "business terests of the country be protected " When the proprietors of the packing houses issued interviews in support of the republican ticket, we were told that these men were "captains of in dustry” and entitled to lead good cit izsne. When Bigelow, the Milwaukee hanker, and Andrews, the Detroit banker, spoke In behalf of the republi cs ticket, they were pointed out disinterested patriots who wculd wil tngly shed their blood for the public n terests. _ / v Every speech delivered by Cbauneey M. D)pew, by Joseph R Burton, or any of the other republic-ui senators or members of congress was pointed to as the utterance of a far-seeing'* statesman who would as quickly desert his Own party Itad his own party attacked the public Interests as the democratic party was thee charged with doing. And a consider able number of people really believed that these men were defenders of national honor. They really believed that they were men ttandlng for the best course for the whole people. Several million men went to the polls and voted the republican ticket under -he impreagon that that party was the "God and morality” organ'si- tion, rather than the party of pecula tlon and plunder—ae they now know t tohe. Does any one believe that the things complained of in the Depewa and the Burtons would not have been condemned by, Americans ten, <#enty, fifty, or a hundred years ago? Would the "Amerloan people of the oog ago knof Ingly have given their approval to conspiracies in rettra nt if trade, to monopolies in the neooe Oflilfc? the long ago have looked with ap proval upon an Aldrich did they mow that he stood in the senate as the tool of special Interests rathsr than as the representative of the peo ple? Has there been a period in American history when men would not have known that the embezzle ment of depositors’ money by the B gelows end the Andrews was wrong? Has there ever been a time when Americans would not see the evil when United States senators ac cepted from private interests fees for their servloee in public affairs? Dur ing what partleular period did Ameri cans so far forget the simple rules of common honesty that they would ve failed to reoegnize is stpaing thA appropriation of policyholders) moflgfy for the use and benefit of the republiotn party? During what period would they fail to detect in iquity In the bribes given by coal biro ns to railroad employes and offi olais in order that the-coal trust ilght secure undue advantages? When did they ever look upon re- BIG FISH STORY. Fine Bass Fishing in the Street of a City. CHOKED WITH FISH, as And Water Would Not Come Oat of the Hydrants, Causing a Water Pamioe « in Some Sections of the Orest City of New* • York. : - The New York American stys that a hundred stripped base came out if a hydrant at One Hundred acd Eighteenth street and Manhattan avenue Wednesday. . Seventy-five more flowed into the street from another hydrant a block further north. The visitationjoauned great j ivpurfle excitement in the neighbor hood. Children swarmed about the streams in the gutters and thrust in Sunday sleeves to the elbow to cap ture the finny invaders. Protests to the Water Department from residents of the apartment housea in the neighborhood, who could get no vvater above first fi jors, was directly responsible for the fish show. For two weeks the water sup piy In the district bad been Vacillat ing and eccentric. Oa some days the answer to an opened fauoet would be an anaemic dribble which would nit fill a basin in an eight hour da BEFORE THE DISPENSARY IN VESTIGATING COMMITTEE. bates as any thing but unfair and dis honest both to the railroad stock holder and to the general public? Would the sight of a Bcclafeller dodging officers of the law inspire greater sdmiration among the Amert ^f gathering, cane of the long ago than it dose among the Americans of today? Are the Americans of today so much brighter than their predecessors that they can more quickly ddtet worng in the actlonof Welsh, who, as owner of the Chicago Chronicle advocated the election of the republican ticket, pretending hie efforts to be In defense of national honor whsn, aa wnJiave reason to believe, they were in order that he might be better able to feather hie own nest by the violation of the laws of the landjuuL the rules 'Riere has never been a time when men did not know that wife abandonment, as indulgsd in by the head of the steel trust and other “defenders of national honor” is not "odious and criminal.” There has never been a time in the history of the American, government when men would hot have known that 4tM a crime to deal out embalmed beef to the sold era and the sailors, and a crime to feed the men, women and children of this land upon diseased meat. Would the men of the long Impetuous ohooolate-colored flod would bunt forth, which would have been Scorned as unsanitary even in a packing boues. Wednesday brought a climax if poor service and there was no watt r at all. John Wllla, Janitor of the Harold, an apartment house at No. 439 Manhattan avenue, telephoned the Water Department for relief. When the hydrants were opened, striped base shot gaily through their iron mouths with astonishing rapidi ty. In a few mlnutee, almost two hundred aotive ahle bodied fish were endeavoring to adjust themselves to life in a great city. It furn's’ied Joy ous dlver.lon for the children. For blocks around they were Infected with the excitement end flockrd about the muddy streams. When the last fish was captured there was not a dry shirtwaist in the crowd. Several animated disputes among the children concerning the relative stai of the fish they had esptured marred somewhat the pleasures of the (Jay. A dirty piece of a tape measure was thought In ae arbiter. Some of the base actually measured nine Inches from stem to stern and weigh ed a pound and a half. The most aggressive boy in tbs however, suooeisfully maintained that he had captured a fish eighteen inches in length, whloh weighed four pounds. It was being prepared at home for dinner, be said No one disputed the sutemeat, but after bis departure some of tbe young skeptics measured the hydrant open ing and whispered doubts. While striped bees were predomln- nt In the wondrous visitation, the monotomy . was relived ~ pickerel, perch, suckers and eels. Water famine was only partially re- But Will Stand Trial la the Court of General leseions If Necessary. The members of tbe former State board of directors of the dispetmary have not appeared before the Investi gating committee In answer to the invitation of the committee. Mr. L. W. Bbjkin was present Wednesday blit did not go on the stand. Ool Jno. Bell rowlll was present the day that Mr. G. G. Davit of Newberry testified to the matters which have excited so much comment. Mr. H H. Evans has taken apparently little interest in the investigation, ae he has not been in Columbia recently. Nj return was made by him Wednet dey through hit attorneys..:., ^ At the meeting of the committee Wednesday afternoon, Mr. R. H. Welsh of the la w firm of Bellinger & Welsh eppeared and presented a re turn for Mr. Boykin and a separate return for Mr. TowilL The two are identified in language, but are not signed Jointly. Following is a copy of one of the returns: Columbians. 0., Juna 18, 1906. Hon. J. T. Hay, chairman, and otoer members of Us committee appoint ed to Investigate the affairs of the State dispensary. . Gentlemen: la response to your Invitation, if 1 so chose, to appear be fore your committee today for the purpose of making any itatement that I desire to make concerning my for mer connection with the State die pensary I beg to say that 1 prefer that your investigation should uninflueiicirtrijy that 1 might make. The mors thorough and searching the Investiga tion is made, the more oertatn w il the oorrectneM of my conduct be de monstrated. 1 am not only anxious to see the Investigation proceed in the most rigid manner but I should be much disappointed If It did not do so. Indeed, him 'iatlog as it might fie. I challenge the closest scrutiny of my conduct before any tribunal be fore whloh it can hi made. I have no fear tnat tboee who know by ago have looked more lightly upon tbe immunity bath to which our trust magnates are treated than do the people of the present? Don’t be deceived, Mr. Elltor of the Wall Street Journal. There baa been nb "tremendous moral revolu tlon” as you employ the term. Tnere have been tremendous dteolokures of terrible facte. The hearts of the people are right today as they wore right in 1896. They were fooled then as they were foiled before aud as they have Bren^fooUd sinoe.' But once let the real awakening come; let them know that they are lulled upon to take their stand on tbe side of truth or on falsehood’s side, and it will be vary readily seen that by an overwhelming majority they will take thair stand In line with those good old moral principles which they learn ed at the mother’s knee. If the newspapers would only tell the people the truth with respect to these publio questions the popular verdict would be more nearly correct. Even now there are many honest re publicans who really imagine that tbe foreigner pays the tax, and because of that false notion they are bolding up the bends of tbe "standpeIters.’ When the rank and file of the re pub lioan party learn tbe truth with re spect to a republican tariff they will hold that policy to be "odious tod even criminal.” Let tbe Wall Street Journal unde- cel ve itself. The practices whieh the people vigorously condemn today they would have condemned In 1896 had fbey not bean systematically de- Some of theexperta fr m the Water Department said that some of the flih had been forced up Into the plpee leading from tbe mains to the bouses' and had completely choked them up. Want* a New Tital. A dispatch from Macon, Ga., says Goepetr attorney-for 3: And Forty Ijjared by EipMo* oa Board a Ship. Y£RY MYSTERIOUS. f Tie Steamship Had Jest Arrived at Uv- erpeol from Philadelphia. The - Cease ef the Bxplealea Is Un> _ kaowshei Attriheted to Escaping Naptha. . At Liverpool, England, nine mam were instantly killed and about 40 were wounded at the result of a teeit- fio explosion Wednesday on Oto British sttamer Haverford of the In ternational Navigation Tbe vessel, which la com Oapt. Nellsen, arrived thsre Philadelphia. The exnknton blew off tbe hatches, rent tbe decks and hail ed dead and founded men In all directions. Several 1 membered and tbe the floor of a charnel boose. The *'cMmi were mostly stevedores. The explosion, whlea was haard for many miles, was followed by the outbreak jf fire. The esrgo, consisting of lin seed oil sake, was soon blailnf fierce ly. Firemen end polios hurried to the spot end the injured were teksn to a neighboring hospital, while the work of searching for further pemf file casualties proceeded with spite of the dona. After two hours bard ight, nowever, tbe firemen obtained ery of the flames s A rumor that tbe expkslo due to an infarnal i tbe finding of a wooden box a foot quire in one of toeholds. This box, wnioh was only partly shattered, stoll contained pieces of etpel Base binary, it was prominently marked "for Men- aster, Euglaod." ^ The officials of the Navigation company have of the ' m. will believe that I have con. any-l^ £1^2* m thing that he* been either ,#IBt * immoral. Instances in which honors ble men might differ with me In Judg ment may, and perhaps will be die covered. Wrong cannot be, for it does not exist. Welle I have keenly felt the injustice and the crujity cr some of the suggestions whieh have been made In relation to my former connection with the dispensary. 1 Shoot* Two Mew. . At Wadley, Ga. Will Smith, negro convict. !~ emconfident that whmi the eanRin, Smtattfl klllsd Msitoai Morr* flf hie keen made complete that even those who do not know me will reach a like conclusion with those who do. At a future day and when It can have no Influence upon the ae Jon ot your committee it is my purpoee to send you a written statement cover ing the matters that 1 deem of c >o sequence, whicn I shell gard as part of this eommualoaUoo and which 1 shall ask you to fi* as a part of your report. " ' """Very respectfully, L W; BotxiN. presenting the Oomtauaice- KldvlUe, and mortally wounded J. I, Pope, a well known planter, Uvtog The nagio who was serv ing a twenty year seateoev, bed to- wiped from tbs camps. Mr, Pope dis covered that the < ruge at his formes home ( skk you to re lag Merahel Marrto toe towel ed the cabin god wm volley of shots whloh o _____ the marshal was dying on toe Affief tloo, Mr. Welsh asked the committee uot to edj >urn sine die until tbeac^*xcllemeat followed gentlemen named could have an P° rfcun| ty to prepare a defense. bv e ’ few for himself, be would hsve a great gro. deal to doon account ot the iUneea of Mr. Bellinger, bat he made t!Js ap peal to tbe committee in good faith not to adjourn until his clients oonld have a hearing. Juhn II. Rawlings and his sons, Jesse and MU ton, secured the signature of Judge Mitchell of Lowndes superior court Wednesday to a bill of exceptions in an extraordinary motion for a new trial for Rawlings’ sons and the flgbt foe their lives goes back to the state supreme court. Twenty days ago Attorney Cooper filed an extraordin ary motion for a new trail for Milton -aud Jesse Rawlings on the grounds that the father had confessed to hav log hired Alt Moore to commit the terrible crime for which all have been sentenced to deetb. Judge Mitchell denies this motion and exceptions were taken. Eleetlon Illegal. Judge Hydrlok Wednesday an nounoed bis decision in the Laurens dispensary election case. The decree reverses the finding ot the state board of canvassers and sides with tbe Laurens county board of canvassers, who declared the election void on ae count of irregularities Tbe returns showed that the dispensary had bean voted out of Laurens hut January bv e small majority. Judge Hydrlok** decision has tbe effect of keeping the dispensaries open. Whether the anti- dispensary people will appeal Is not known. It is thought that they wiU. Toe Laurens dispensaries have never been closed, tbe state board’s reversal of the oounty board's finding having been held np by the writ of oertorari granted by Judge Hydrlok. - . HI^LMtAot. - J. M. Tint, marshall of the town of Morris too, was stabbed to death Thursday by Gabs Priest. Just fit- ton breathing hie last Tent drew his revolver end find twice it Priest, wounding him, bat Dot fataHy. Hq details an given « to tot «a« o( HtoJroubto. S*nM OM Tftetc. The Boston Transcript admits- tbat Mr. Bryan would ran a little but adds: , "That be would be defeats!, however, to highly probable, almost beyond the possibility of a doubt; not that It would bo easy to defeat mao, but because the business interests of the country would find It absolutely neceeeary to do so.” To which the Columbia State says: "Indeed! And what are these ‘business Interests?* The corporations, we presame. If then bee been any doubt as to the oeoeeslty of passing the bill prohlbiY- Ing campaign contributions by the corporations such talk as this from the Transcript should brash these doubto aside. Are tire 'business la terests' to be permitted to re prat toe performance of 1896 and overthrow tbe will of tbe people by tbe tree end unlimited use of money? That seems to be whet The Transcript expects." Who is Aba Hambargot? H.M. Mobley, Clerk State Board Directors, made affidavit befon notary public "that be has examined the records v of toe State dupeosary from 1893 to tbe present date end that tbe records do not show any pur. chases whatever from a whiskey boofle by tbe name of Oahn, Belt A Go., represented by one Abe Bamberger of BUtlmore, Maryland, as testified toby Mr. Bristow of Greenvllje, S. G. befon tb4 legislative investigating oosaattlttee of this Stats." Tkrwet* the bra*. William Jennings Bryan wag by s reporter in Berlin, Germtotp, and asked shoot toe poliUoal Mtnatlon to toe (Jolted States. Mr. Bryan ex pressed the opinion that the next else tic* to tbe states would taxi on toe question of the trusts. The foul play and say toat the i toe box to the bold was a man es culent. To* officials toy they believe -he explosion wps doe to ignition ot las given off bv naptha soap, whisk formed part ot tfis cargo. Smith then came from i amioed his wbaid be captors appeared into the dense woods. 1 irglnles It—If Thursday tatum received the foSkowtog from Oahn, Belt Jt Jo., a Sb|y vhleh he sent to the oom antes a request that It be the record of tbe tav Mr. W. O Tatum, State Dispensary, Columbia, "Dear Sir: W< aokoowlcdgi eelptof your favor of toe Sin wehave atvSi the South OvoUna goods nor have we m seated before them by Mr. Afie berger, or solicited any them through him, a s ooey to anyone for toss from the Sooth Quot "Yours vonr hr Oahn, Bi Frrak of M _ An extraardtoery llghtotog 1 reported from Bonlsy, 1 ing e thunderstorm. A Doyen, who was killed by tplng torn to ngs, two men who „wst clothing torn, bat i except for the toot! accountable frwk ed their taoesal lipe black. laths Ofbhies, 17 booses toetr wnYto. At Ughtatogtorswai road the two i injured. Ini At Being he said a "deed asked about the _ _ of xstlpnolty . Bryan said toot hs was to toil