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:; v V;y -Jm. ■Mi w,- • . - i ..‘i- - *» ' Tfet SMth Ctroliu State Die- rmubart, Pk, kfei And qnalltlM tat Mta by tta Stftl tm th* wiiulng year, ■— In lb* advert Sta-ort be eeak ■tut to dlaUnftnMi as other and aaet by tan dan of ttw lart a the Stata treatorer to I'ertSmantto ” wboaa enstody k OOtPLKTK SYNOPSIS « Bill. WUcbWtt OrtgUaUy tbe Watt el St eaten Raraor of Oraefeberf, and Maaaiaf el Seeitar, Bat ' The bill popularly known aa the Rayaor-Manning, because it was the joint work of Senators B \vsor. of Or angeburg and Manning, of Sumter, frying the fruit of tbe matured thought and labor of these two mec; who con aolrnUooalr believing that tbe dls penaary system, properly and honoit ly conducted, cflors. under tbe oonc‘1' Ilona prevailing In the State, out only the beet, but tbe only praetlcil and satisfactory means of oontrolllr g tbe liquor trafflo and minimising the evils that attend the use of any atd all aloohoile 1’q iors aa a beverage, sought to frame a law tbat would purge tbe Stare Dispensary of tha corruption be leved to exist therein and so to hedge about tbe manage meat with the reetdotlona tbat the opportunity for graft end dishonesty In the purchase of liquor and other supplies, whic’i t h e law as it stood nos only permltud, but appeared to Invite, would be Impossible. Senators Baysor and Manning with the same ot j ot In view, viz: to make tbe dispensary as nearly aa possible a graft proof buaineas institution, which under tbe exercise of tbe polloe pow er of the Stateihouldcontrol and reg ulate tbe 1 qior trsflre, which Is con ceded by ell to be an evil that of nec essity must be regulated and curtail ed for the public good worked inde pandeotly at Hist, each preparing a bill to be Introduced In the Senate. When the legislature convened they found that their bills were drawn on similar llnea and they, therefore, de cided to Jointly preps re e new bill, utilizing the beet features of each of tha two pravloualy prepared. The greatest care was exercised in draw ing this bill; Information and sugges tions were sought from Senators and othara * who dealred to purify the dis pensary system and make it tbe in •trument for good that It was and is capable of belag made. When tbe bill was completed and Introduced In the Senate It at ones came to be known as tha Baysor Manning blH. Upon being referred to committee In the regular order, the bill was giv en througbtful consideration and a rigid and patient analysis. The result of tha committee’s consideration was a substitute bill, which embodied the distinctive features of tbe original MU, that being used as a frame work, and also the Ideas of the committee and others who bad made luggeetlins looking to the perfection of the pro posed, now dispensary law. Among tha suggestions thus embodied In tbe blU was one mad* by Senator T11* man tbat liquor be purchased from, United States bonded warehouses ex olutlvely. This substitute bill, which was in feet, the committee’s blU, although built upon tha Baysor-Manning bil as a foundation, was still popularly known as tbe Baysor-Manning bil and by that title It Is yet known. Thiels tbe Mil that Beprseantativea rejected and praett oelly refused to consider at all, after tha effort to fores the Morgan (Houst MU through the Senate bad failed This la tbs measure that u now the leading Issue in the State campaign, and whloh Is tha dispensary plank la the platform of Mr. Biohard 1 Manning In hie campaign for gover nor. Ooeupying to It does so Important a place amongst the issues of tbe s, a synopsis of the blU will ba Section 1 prohibits the manufao- or keeping of spirituous, they remain until opened on Marsh 31st, la public by a committee of three ottlssns, appointed by the gov ernor on or before March 20th. Ooo- recponslble bid kinds of liquor luired. 1 i and the Stole the said goodc the county d lapse- "Mend- i to i, and the proof, i of each package be printed on mid label, trgetb- be State bottles of fuU er with tbe price as fixed by tbe beard, and the grads of. tha whiskey ___ XXX, or XXXX Provided this shall aroner. not inaaiMlalani apply to only cu* whiskey as may are to be awarded by this com- ba bottled Ut tha dhpeMSiy, sad It lowest ret on thq Stall Tree*- orart Provided, that ne per diem be allowed to the members of said com mittee for more than twenty-four days during any fiscal year. The raid ml tire shall have the power to prescribe and promu’gatc, and the ooaswfeslooer shall enforce, such rules andicgulatiocs governing the conduct of the offl wrs, employes and methods cf badness of the State dlepcncaiy u, wise and not inconsistent with law. mitteeto tbe den for tbe several and other supplies required. The members of tbe committee are to to peld $10 eaob per day and five cents mileage for eaob mile actually travel- id, and they are Ineligible for re-ap- lnothing herein contained shall pn- pointment. All bHdcrs artr required vent said oommlseioner of tbedlspen- shall to a misdemeanor ter the com mlseloner to bottEt, label or sell say llqoon which shall not bc^ferto to gradatoto" into tha gbus punishable by fine to Imprleonment In tha diacre Won of court: Provided, further tbat polntmant. to give good and a&ffl :lant guarantee of good faith ter tbe per- termance of tha obligation In the event of receiving a contract. Tot contracts must to approved by tbe attorney general and tbe amount of bond shall tqual 20 per cent of the estimated cost of the liquor or other supplies to to purchased. Tbe kinds of 1'auor that shall be purchased are tbe following: ■ary from making distillers State contracts for tbe liquors macutetoured by this Stall. Section 4 of the bill amends See Won 658 of the Code eo as to have tbe salaries of employees fixed by tbe gen- teral assembly, Instead of by toe State Board of Directors. Tbe commission er Is to bCput under tffi.OOO bond sp- H proved by the attorney general^ Tbf Pure Cologne Spirits, or deodorised oommlseioner is charged wtra the management and control of the State dispensary, subject to the provisions of tbe dlspennrv law, and Is empow ered to enter into contracts and am ploy or dlsoberge the officers, and la borers necessary to tbe eonduct of tbe business. He Is forbidden, however, to employ any per son who Is related to him by blood or marriage within toe sixth degree sold to tbe county dispensers alcohol, 95 per cent, from gove rn msnt bonded warehouse*. Two stamp whiskey, 50 per cent proof from the bonded warehouses of the Uj*ted States, with the undentending that the State shall buy the whiskey on tbe warehouse cert ifloates tod shall pay to# revenue taxse Iteelf in order to insure its not being adulterated or tampered with. Tbe three kinds of 1 quors, corn, rye and bourbon, shall be purchased In this way In the q tan titles, which In the judgment to tbe commissioner, will to required by tbe demand In tbU Stale.! It is permissi bly to make contracts for eaob. Of tbe four kinds of alcoholic products above designated with different per sons for tbe supply needed for tbe year to be ordered out by tbe com missioner, as indicated, *nd ibe bid ding for tbe different varieties of whis key shall Indicate not less than twen t> d fferent brands of whiskey quoted on tbs market in the wbolssale prices current of the various olties designet ed. Bo wblskto shall be purchased for use In this Btate tbat Is less than on* year old as shown by the ware house cetiUoete. A record of all bids •hall be kept in book provided for that purpose. The bids above designated •hall include whiskey on* year old whiskey, three year-old, flvo-year old, and those whiskies of the ages dsslg usted shall be a basis, when mixed with cologne splrlta. to aold Justa*. they are received, for the different grades to be furnished th* county dls peustrs. The oommlssloners shall also In tbe stme way Invite bids to be opened and o .ntraots awarded at tbe same time and In tbe same manner is hereinbefore provided, for Oognao brandy, California brandy, peach and apple brandy, rum and gin in tucb q tantitles, with toe right to purchase more, as may bs in bis judgment neo easary to supply the demands. These bids shall tpeolfy th* kinds and quan titles of suoh liquors, and bids for wines, liquors^ and cordials shall be limited to such as mav to advertised tor by tbe dispensary commissioner as hereinbefore provided. Bide for beer (.o to advertised for, opened, etc., ss sforesair) shall designate the alcohol le contents not lea than 4 per cent, repaired for the faithful performance of the contracts. Tbe oommlislcnpr having ordered out toe whiskey auo ■alt or other intoxtoating Uqux that oologn* spirits of the kinds and quan a beverage, except as here inafter provided, under a penalty Ail liquors sold or kept in th* state, ■rhsttar -manufactured tore, or 1m ported, are required to to teeted by the chemist of the South Carolina OoUcge to determine their purity, and all liquors not so tested are deolar- •d detrhoaatal to the morals, good health and safety of toe State, and aQ each liquors may to selsvd when aver found, vdthoat a warrant. It also prescribes’the pn oedure so to Hallowed by those who desire to Im port liquor for personal use in order they may do so legally. Tbs Sl ot soaking tests of liquors to their purity are to oe paid th* Stata tnaanm, out of tbe funds of too dispensary la his hands sad not by tha board to directors •mpowtred to employ for s period of four months a skilled expert to bland the same under Ms direction and su patvtaon, In suoh a way as to supply ss nearly as practicable tl.e llquo-s known to oommoroa but which shall 1 penalty or not less than tloo ui<r more t repeals Section 656 which tc Stata Boayd of Dlreotora and thereby abolishes that board, tbe Mina members of which are Intrust ed with tha management of a 63,• 006,060 business and paid only 0400 a This is one of the most as well as sensible end contemplated by Tha next section (3) Is toe most : feature to tbs eotti* bill s* It tbe provldooe tbat will wipe Mi Attended tbe cf liquor and other dis hes. It irstprovldes ter ofa oommhsiOQcrat a etna ic find la ';Mo and the amount to malt and bops to to used In Its wflaufaeture, and wx] l °*s to enforce the law, bear shall be purchased that IsubV shown by obcaHcal analysis not to contain salaollle add, or any other adulterant to prevent fermentation. Ho bear shall be purchased except ex port beer, or that which la already In bottle and puteurlzid and bear in kegs sged at least three montbe in odd storage. Bids shall also be ad vertised in tbe manner already pro v.ded in the purchase of liquors and at to* rami time for supplying tbe state dispensary with glass bottles, demijohns, corks,'labels, sealing wax, ■hipping oases, paper wrappers tor the bottles and an other needful sup ples required In the conduct of the business of to* State dispensary, and these shall to 1st to tot lowest bidder, brute manucrxi provided for the bidding ter liquors, and a bond with good and sufficient sureties shall be I/qaor shall b* sold at a profit not exceeding ten per cent, of the cost to the State. The oounty boards of oountrol are to to appointed by tbe governor, by and with the advice end consent of the legislative delegation, or a ma jority of tha same, from the respect ive counties, Instead of by tba State board, a* heretofore; and th* gover nor is given authority to remove mem bars of the oounty boards for on use Tb* oounty boards of control employ the dispensers and clerks, who are not to to related to them. Tbe commissioner, Instead of tbe State bjard, Is required to attach certificate as to the ohemted analysis, purity, etc , to cvjry package of Hqu onsold in, or brought Into, the State Any packages of liouor without such certificate may be adzed and sold as contraband, and toe common carrier bringing It In may be fined. Beer dispensers are hereby expressly prohibited. Tbe use of rrquest blanks by coun ty dispensers are required but hare after these bqpks shall be furnlr bed to the auditors by tne oounty board of control, Instead of tbe State board and shall be paid for out to tbe funds of tbe oounty dispensaries. C.uaty boards of control are given authority to eetablisb dispensaries and to designate their location, of whloh twenty days’ notice shell be given. Tb* establishment of a dispensary may be prevented by s ms j arify of tbe voters of the township in which it Is to be located signing a petition M> the oounty board, requesting that tbe proposed dispensary to uot estab- 11s' ed. The failure of dispensers to perform their duties Is to be reperted to the go /ernor, Instead of t)** State board of Directors, and he Is req tired to forthwith Institute proper prooeed Heavy pen altl*S-~are fixed,, for the violation of any of the requirements of toe law by dispensers Dispensers are required to see tbe request books, sod report to tbe auditor on or before to* 10«h of each month and to aubierlb* to an oath, tbat they have compiled with the lew in tola respact. Toe sale o' liquor to minors, intfOxicated persons or persons in toe habit of becomtuj intoxicated is forbidden and falls to make accurate returns as required by law, showing tbe true signature to every request by him received and titles designated, is authoi zea a - and not in any way to adtuterefed by ad mixture, of any Injurious or tmheahb ful ingredients, and In o d*r to do this, he shall take out a rectifier’s liotnsd from tbe U Jted Stater gov ernment, end thus ba enabled to re© ttfy or mix too liquors which are re qaired fur the business. Such bler.d ing shell be done upon a formula shall to posted In the oom- mlaaloner’a office, subject to tbe per sonal Inspection by any cl ism. The i.quoxs thus mixed or blended shall to designated by the signs x, xx and xxx and tba age of the whiskey mixed with the cologne spirits shall constitute too basis, to wit: Whiskey one year old with toe pro portion of cologne spirits used, shall to designated as x; three years old as xx; and five yean old as xxx; provided, ’mat if than shall be a demand for tba straight whiskey nnmixed with oqlofne spirits, tbs same may to wed Instead of the blended goods, sad toe price shall bo governed by tbe relative cost of the seme and the labels indi cate the obaractar of liquor, whether blended or two stamp. There shall to another brand known asxxxx whiskey, which shall be whiskey bottled la bond, not leas than old; or the rame varieties of Ilquonss designated by, the dlstlllen to purchased from toe bonded warehou se, Bl-s IbanC inbefoca! oravided, In toe barrel, and ■av ho tattled at the State !dlspait- aa other liquors Ora i|p homo aain wMs- sent through to M or granted, or sells liquor to any parson without fint requiring a written re quest therefore, is liable to e salt for 1200 damages oh the bond of snob dls peneer, to be broiurbt by the solicitor who Is required to bring suit when inforatatjon Is lodgtd with, blm; Ptrnrits to manufacture liquor may be granted by tbe commissioner under proper re^rfolloiL provided in section Tbe payment of toe United Statei tax as a iquor deaAr or ucL.cs of any kind In euy place of resort cr In any fttou or shop, indicating that alooho- .lo liquors a- e there sold, shall be held as pnma fade evidence that tbe dls- pessary lew lab dag violated, and a 80MB PLAIN PACTS and unprvjudioad minds toUevv, the dispensary is the tost solution of tbs whiskey problem, it wtll to exceed ingly 0 onwln to destroy It some of tbe graft baa developed in I think It very wonder ful the! It has not been very much worse In view of tb* way the enemies of the dlepehnry have acted towards that institution. Cleanse tbe manage ment aa far as possible and let the pyatem stand or enact a prohibition law. Inispite of everything that has been raid or can bs said, high license HORRIBLE DFATH. SCALDED IN % KETTLE OP FOIL- IMG OBE til JALA Caused by the n ar*leesaees of r urxiug •a Caustic Before th* Bey Could Kamova. |h — ^ • - W—£ r Tba Augusta Herald sirs an acci dent so horrible that It -baggers all ABOUT THE WHISKEY QUESTION « * * PLAINLY STATED. A prohibitionists Whom tha -High ' License er Barroom Advocates - Cea’t feel. — simply means a return to the open, ^ d |10Q Tbunda , &fter attractive, luring and lulqultloos tor p 7 j room system. Tbe devil has been smiling with rat- | Isfactloo since tbs day prohibition lost the ll year-old aqja of Mr. W. H. and the dispensary became the law df widecer, met a horrible death from at 4.30 o'clock at to* Clearwater Bleachery, In which Jack J. Widen*’’, Editor Oolumbia Becord: * To hear some people talk and to read the comments of the different editors sbobt over the state upon th* dispensary, one would naturally eon elude that South Csrolina had bean, prior to the enactment of toe dtspen- sary law, Inhabited by pure, sweet angelic people ond not by Mortal, mean wicked men. Tbat these anti- dispensary fellows were the soul of honor and the embodiment of every virtue; tbat In them was no guile or graft and, like George Washing too, bad never told a He. That vice, ns oallty and crime ware unknown In tbe land until a big devil cam* up some where out of the woods, with the dls pensaryjn his pocket, and turned It loose among these lambs. But ell this edltorlallng and preach log and speecb making about toe vlr- tue and Godliness of South Carolina, before Ben Tillman and the dispen sary appeared upon the scene, fools nobody. No, Indeed, South Oarollha has never been an unspoiled Eden, and I fear It will b* the last place the millennium will strike. Bjverss your think box for a few moments and take a retrospective view and you will be reminded that South Carolina has been dead drunk and full of rascals for two centuries. Every one knows, or should know, that a very high per cent of her people, of all olaasra, were drunkards, murderers, liars, grafters and robbers from toe very start. The fint boat tbat landed ben brought th* germs of all toes* villainies with them from Europe. And it seems to me to be dlslngenlous and unworthy to write and talk and try to make people believe the dispensary created th* germs, and hatched out the fint brood of-these vlhalna ever seen 'here abouts. No, sir**, some of us know better. Under tb* old barroom system tbe state was aa much In the whiskey business as she is today. Yea, aha legalized the trsfle and farmed out the Iniquity of railing whiskey to her citizens, and put tb* money in her treasury and used It for all purposes. Chaplain, who offered prayers to heaven etc i , morning for divine wis dom to guide and direot our general assembly, were paid with ttls same tearsoaked money. And yet we hear people Insisting that the state was never in the ram business before end that the blowing of a palmettto tree In a glass bottle put bar In th<a nefari ous business, disgraced her fair and spotless namq and made liars and rogues of her citizens. May toe fool killer spare these Idiots and hypo- orttra. South Carolina was not only In this bell-born trafflo ss a state but many Of her honored and respected citizens, standing high In the community and ohurcb, ware silent money partners in Illicit distilleries and barroom-hells. Under the dispensary regime many of this tame Mara have mid* the rural '* dlitrlOLS-drunk and ds.rderly by siTufnlshlpg dirty, lazy, worthless nig gers whiskey to sail, thereby jwpard zing the lives and property of tbe community. Bapld-fire talking-tubes “ ‘ a nnsnhsr nf large ketSlea -known as keen with a capacity of thousands of yards ot^olpth,, Into thrae kettles tori ial Manner A Remarkable Mia Btobael Hi Oounty, Iowa, ncsatiy 96 b birthday, wi-h fifteen children present to do bar ton- tor. H r son,*E (ward Hugbas. ti Sen eca, Kan, a man 80 yean of eg*. In the eldest “child," while the young est Clan Hughes, of Enpirla, Kvu., is 50 yean old. All but on* p t'n children are married, and Mrs. Hngb- as baa fifty-one living graodtoildreiT and eighteen gr»at grandchildren. It baa been stated rerantly that toe de gree of longevity has InerearacL vtr/ much In tor country In the past sev enty five orwighty yean.* It la cer tainly very gnat in some krtlitk* when a mother has a son 80 ysan^tfd at bar Wrihdev party € trade (ff the dispeaaary for high U cense. The dispensary Is a part of tha govern moot and It lt-to true that a part of too government la corrupt and cannot be cleansed, then the whole must become putrid and rotten. This would be an awful and horrible fact. I do not believe It, and think the dls pensary canto kept as clean as any other department of the government, Th* dispensary le today every bit as toe power that controls It— that power Is tha government or state. If to* dispensary, and not tbs government of state, Is to blame, then you have a dear case of the tall wag ging toe dog. It the state allows the dispensary, her own dear eon, to stay out as night and go to the ball, what makes you thlok She Will lov* high iln*>n—, who Is only her step-son, any better and keep a closer watch on his going and doth rubs in a methodical end goes through a ohemioa! process, by having atesm and chemicals turned on It througiH^on pipes, at stated in- torvate To prevent top cloth from piling up and filling tha kettles before tbe capacity had been raschad, a boy Is kept In each kettle to kebp toe c’otb properly wound oi^ s mechanical appt- ratus wpcdally prepared for It. When the boy has taxed tbe capacity of the kettle he oomes out and the caustic le turned on. For a long while tbe little son ot Mi W. H. Widener toe filled this position very creditably. Day after day he nas taken his plies in to* various kettles and worked faithfully at his work, never dreaming of any danger. Frl- akould Men of South Carolina, i day afternoon at 4:30 the boy was In you love the little boys and girls, ant have any thought or care for their fu ture, never vote for e law carpenter who says that with my little saw and hatchet I will build a barroom. Do what yon please with the dispensary kick It down, tear it down, bum It down, but In God’s name never, never by your vote help build up a barroom —and that is what you will do if yon vote to send high license or local op tion man to tbe legislature. Francis Elkin Williams, BRYAN TUE MAN SENATOR TILLMAN THINKS HE * WILL BE ELECTED. or imprisonment for than 85J0 fine, three to suoh violationi Section 19, W last section of the bill, is one of the most important and is as folio**: Section 19 —That Section 603, Yol, 2 (^rlm'nal) Cod* of L-.ws, 8. G., 1902, be amended by adding at the end thereof tot following: The said oommlt.ee shall have toe power to make, prescribe and promulgate, and the oom miss!oner shall enfc-icj such rules and regulations governing toe ooodnet of tbe officers employes and methods of business of the State Dis pensary, as, In their Judgement, may seem wise and proper not Inconsistent with law; so that whan so amended the said section shall read as follows: "Section 603. Tbe presiding c(Boers of the Senate and House of B jpre •entatlvas shall annually appoint a committee, oonaiating of two mei ben of the House of Representatives and one Senator, wboaa duty It shall ba to make quarter!v examinations of to* books and financial transactions of the Stats dispensary for tbe fixes: beginning on the fint day of November previous to toe date of their appointment, sad to make a written report of suoh examinations to the General Asumhiy at toe ses sion next auoosrttag after the appoint ment. It shall to the duty of a» least at raid committee to to PKOtotatAh* taking of the Inventory of tbs stock of th* Slats Dispensary itt** '*' " ~ > Each mid eommltte per diem and Ot tbe etDltpin nr of every ealiber and press-batteries of all sixes have been trained upon toe dispensary, and for what reason? How many of them ever took a shot at Mr. Barroom? Certainly he was a bad man. Yes, he was s bold, wlok ed man, who murdered more honor and killed more men and undermined their ehanetar and destroyed the pro spects of more boys, and heart broke more women, In one year than the dispensary has since It was establish Be Thinks Boosevelt Wants the Re publican Nomination But . ''V. . ETould be Beaten. ▲ dispatch from j3t. Louis to Tbs News and Courier says'United States Senator B. B. THlaman, of Sonfcb Carolina, spent several hours In that city Friday while welting for a train to York, Neb, where he Is to deliver a Chautauqua address Tbs Senator has his famous pitchfork with blm and was ready and eager to thrust toe tines into one^Tbeodoro Roosevelt on slight provocation. Speaking of the approaching Presi dential campaign, Senator Tillman said: "Boosevelt is s candidate for the nomination and he will be sorely disappointed If tb* Republicans dr not force It upon him. He is just Itching for tbe place again and Is using every possible means to turn th* sentiment toward him and make the Republicans force him to aooept the nomination again. "I think Bryan will unquestionably be the Democratic nominee for Presi dent and baa excellent chances to win, and if h* oan’t beat Rjoravalt be oan’t beat anybody. Hi la today far stronger than be baa ever been with the American people and there is soaroely any disoord in tbe Dsmoora tio party. This leaves tbs party with a splendid chance to elect Its ftt t* 1 * elSfftlon "If Bryan and Rjoravalt arc oomi dated by their respective parties, 1 believe Bryan will b* sleeted, for a comparison between the characters of toe two men Is so greatly in favor of Bryan tbat the American public can readily era toe d> Serenes and vote for Bryan. He is popular, conservative and Is one of tbe ablest men in Amer ica today/ His personal popularity Is greater than tb|t of any other man and with his views on the ImportASt topics of tbe oountry he outotassra Rjosevelt. However, I cannot lay ed. Mr. Hlgb License is the same muo h *gainst tb* character of Boose- In old Mr. Barroom dressed in anew suit of constitutionals, and would certain- ly prove just as bad. Did you ever think bow fumy It sounds to hear people damning the dispensary and Bussing the tabes and X’s on the bottles and swearing Hub Evans’ baaver hat, who never all thalr pious and righteous lives •ver raised their voices against the whiskey demon? Funny, isn’t ll? You must please exouw me If I get mixed as to whether they are fight ing whiskey as an evil or the dls pen- ■try for the same other reason. Were drunks and crime of the bar room brand any better than those of the dispensary label? Were heart broken widows and poor orphan chil dren of barroom manufacture lees helpless and pltible than those of the dispensary stamp? Some people think so. Now let us be honest and con sistent and go to fighting whiskey aa th* great enemy of pure manhood and womanhood, and stop this bypooriU- o*l scolding and railing at the dispen sary simply to gratify aom* selfish prejudice. Whiskey has bean one of the great crime breeders and man de stroyers from the beginning and- Its manufacture and sale should not be tolerated under any arrangement whatsoever, and would not be If w* war* lost one quarter aa God serving and neighbor loving as we pretend to bs. If thOM who control the trend of events had fought half aa bard to ban ish whiskey from the state as one half of them have fought to destroy toe dispensary and toe otber half to pre serve that Institution, there would not be enough whiskey In Bouto Carolina today to make a saint Jalap. Admit the diai veltronly that ha oalls too many good men liars. The tariff questlbn will be one of tba prinelpaL Imuea of tha next campaign.” . 1 ThettM Thee Lanl. | Mhank Thee, Lord, because I live, With loving heart and patient — mind:— Because I have tbe gift to give, Of sympathy to all iny kind. I thank Thee, too, because my ears Along earth’s barren waste have lain, And for the sweet and human tears, Thereon dissolved like summer rain. I thank Thee for each sad mistake That seemed to wreck some cher ished dream; Nor would I mend the piteous break Twlxt Then and Now, or hide the seam. I know, O Lord, Thy gentle hands Have led me safe through sun and cold; Because my soul now understands The^peace within the Shepard’s one of th* kettles working assiduously, possibly In anticipation of tbe hour when tbe whistles of the bleachery would release him from his work. Little did toe boy know that aa the hands of toe dock were moving toward tbe time when the ohemical prooees should be turned on tbat b' was to b* tbe victim of a horrible ac olden t. The kettle next to toe onu In which Jack Widener wts working was filled with doth, and Jerry Mid dleton, the man whose buslnem 1 was to do this work, with tne loten tion of turning tha hot steam Into It made a mistake and sent th* hiselnt caustic into tbs kittle where the bo. was working. For four minutes tbe boy was It the kettle and when William Vernon an employe, dragged him out of thi awful place, o beer vers say tbat hi body from his flee down was baked almost to a ertsp Physicians were quickly summoned and everything possible was done j. iiwtm i imvi!, 1.1 CrtHus t * Dart mouth Col* ItgilUl.li.r^tl. Iteh. W.S*ci*ty. U. lunUr Stata led- K, bud tflMlU,* MEN’S DISEASES " Skoeld Be TrestM^ilvBy^efixpert Specialist De Not Allow YoerseH le be Expertmested Upon by 1 rcstupe- teal Doctors. We Treat aid Cars These Disease* By SkiUlel ScieaUfic Treatment. DImmw peculiar to men are very difficult to treat and only an expert apodal be ontruatod Vith tbalr treatment. We have boon studying and treating throe diseases for over ?0 yean, and have built up a reputation which we believe is second to none in ibis oountry. Our plan for treat ing men at a dis tsnee has met with great surcere, and no matter where you reside, you can se cure our expert ser vices, and too, with out great coat. Nervous (loet vitality, nervous exhtuttb n, prostra tion, eUv,) the symptoms of which are Ion of energy, ambition, vitality, ect, nervous, despondrnt, sleepiersneas, dizziness, etc., cannot be cured bj incompetent doct rs or patent medicines. We cure it by skillful scientific treatment, prepared incur own private laboratory to suit each case Write lor an examination blank and our book en titled “Nerve and Brain Exhaustion” sent free. Specific Blood Poisfta in most all cases is really curable by our original perfected method. If you have any of its symptoms, such as sores, ulcers, pim- plee in tbe mouth, throat on bands, face and other parts of the body, falling hair and eyebrows, write us for complete informa tion about this disease. Our book entitled “The Poison King” sent free. r Stricture—Varicocdr, HfdrooeleL Gleet, Enlarged Prostrate, Kid . - fney and Biadder Disorders, and other pri- r - , .. ‘ or to® suffdrint vale and chronic diseas ssuccessfully treat• boy; Mi pain was alleriRiled T)f w*««*'P^ifi^b J womMinsoTreS. ed with great success. Wri’e for examina tion blank. WB DO NOT DEAL Ih PATENT MEDICINES! All medicine* necessary are prepared in our own prirata laboratory, without extra charge. Addrea DR. HATHAWAY A CO, Ss-A Inmai ftuilding, Atlanta, Ga. use of aneatoetlos, but death was in s vl table. Tbe child died at 8 o’clock Frida night. Just tore* boors and a hal after the aoeident. The sufisrin; boy was perfectly conscious up to hi death, and stated that while he wet in toe kettle, lie realised tbat be wet dying and that hie body would be hoi rlbty disfigured, but to save his fact be burled It In the cloth. The aoel dsot is one of the first to happen .aft the bleachery and it Is greatly de plored by the cffloials of toe company The parents of the rteoeased boy ar highly regarded at Clearwater anr' they have been tbe reel pleats of mae< sympathy. New and Strange Inland. Capt. Truebrldge, of tbe steamshfi Northwestern, Wednesday displays' a photograph that be brought fron to* Nyrth, taken by an efflaer of thi revenue cotter Pjrry, of a newly for mer lying fifty n Ilea west of Dutch Harbor, directly between toe Bogo •lof Islands, commonly known aa Oss- tle and Fire Islands. The new islsnr mad* Its fiftomppsaranes during Juo< tnd Is now 900 feet hlgb. The leogtl could not be ascertained as Parry oould not gat dose rnough-to make at accurate measurement. Olonde of Am arise from Its summit and It i» surrounded by boiling water Lord, be- Therefprq I thank Thee, cause Thou dids’t not leave me to tbe blast; But with the gentle love that draws, T ‘eg® Led me to Thy dear feet at last. Killed at Inatramant. Daring a severe electric storm Tues day afternoon Stewart Battle, aged 25 years, telspraph operator ter the Atlantic Coast Liu* Railroad at Ool Uer’a Station,, Va. was struck by Ightolng and Instantly killed. At tba time of tbe ooourrenee Battle was Denounced the Judge. Ea^jp Fletcher, colored, who hanged at Birmingham, Ala., on Fri day; for the morder of Bob Paine, a fellow convict at Elat Top mines, created a soene by dthonnolng Judge/ L. Weaver from tbe soaCold just before tbe drop fell. Fletchjg daclar ed that tot Judge bad granted a bab eas corpus to John WUUasm, a white man, and saved Williams neck. But when It same to his (TIetobar’s) caw th* court went fishing. Fletcher mid that "going fishing” was given ss an excuse for tbe judge to avoid grant- vlng a habeas corpus. To Exploit Cwbaa Leads, The Cuban Investing Corporation of New York, which will conduct a general agricultural and miteifiMni log buiineas in Cuba, baa beri^laoox- porated with a capital of 63 099 600 The directors of record Include E. 0. Foaburgh, H. M. Kerr, L. W. Shelton, G. H Kayler, W. W. Day, Jr., Nor folk, Va.; R. J. Gamp, Franklin, Va.; and 0. T. Lsdson, Atlanta. Ga. Debliitv, m ' r 3 FOR SALE. One 60 H. P. Lidell Automatic Bi glne. One 60 H. P. Erie City Boiler. One Drag Saw. One Cut Off Saw. One Self Feed Rip Saw. One Broom Handle Lathe. One Hoe Handle Lathe. Two Polishing Drums. '— One Hand Lathe. One Large Grind Stone and Stand. Two Car Loads short lengths of AM }jr «,Sss5rsa^^* One lot Shafting Hangup, One lot Pulleys* 126 Dos. Base Ball Bata. The above is situated in a two-story factory building, dimensions BQxlOOft.. ... two measuring 200 524 feet In depth. Balf Bead yard. In a desirable put of toe city of Orangeburg, 8. a This property will be sold In part or in whole. ngSa be utilized for most any ktnQ ot eater prise* FeucinB partl^uUn^sypl^to— Orange*burg,|, 0. "AVI Ready CalcaUtor. form Noth- .* talue and intnnalr been offered to the Business ‘Arithmetic and Pocket Account Book combined Will be sent to &sy address on recai in portage. Ropp’s CoinraercfaTC culator ieneatly printed and* nicely, xmnd in pocket book (< ing of such real merit has ever _ public in so com patet and conveni ent a form and at so low a price — - SIMS’ BOOK STORE, ' Orangeburg, S. C. An-Qrgaii win Mat a life time is wtast yon ~ Our Org * Rusting out is not resting. Firmness Is bot bollheadednets. Easy won poorly kept. Organs have e- pur* tone lovely oases. We dsn supply you with an Organ tbat will pleaaelo every particular for only 166 and 670, delivered. Write us for our special terms of payment, and for mustntibba lof tbe beeutifulOrgans referred to. Ujw prefer * Plano we have beau tiful and good new Uprights from 6186 up on easy terms. Addra i Maleae’i l ■v W Wa have met men who lab /red un der the delusion that their nokrl ty reputation. bamT A mao never knows what his wtfr pr /v/\/v endures untill she goes eway for a Oaf and leaves on* of the children to so- ^ * v company him to tas down town la bors I Insurance At Abiointt Cost T. S. Sease, President. J.B. PALMETTO MUTUAL TO INSURANCE COMPANY.' Spartanburg, 8. 0. ' A home flrelteannnoe company that MM atm, ROUND «nr Management Capable and OOMemtive. ’ ’ * U( Write tor particulars. • . „ ’"v'a Mi Admit to* dispensary management at his telegraph Instrument reporting to be. corrupt and then ask yourself is tba southbound passenger train Hhtehlafl Petersburg at 6.16 P. m! Tba unfortunate young man was a son of Henry Battle, of this Mty, and there any other management or bust ne* or system or anything In South Carolina or anywhere else la these United States today eiean of graft, In dia juztioe and laaaaUty , and noamors or oorrupt? If, as many booaat, fair We HmeferfiaC OneftShorw power TWhott. MWtabMd'auriMim ly been overhauled. This ^ . a mat bargain far anyone wKTis mLt We ere heedquarten lor anything in prompt afcention wiU be given toaliiu thei bad been in toe servlee tot ■A. itikinl /