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oman HOW TO FIX IT. Senator Tillman Points Out the Weak Points of the STATE DISPENSARY AB it is Now Operated and Suggest a Plan of Making .It an Institution Without Graft, If the Qrand Juries Will Mn ke Officials Do Their Duty. Mr. James A. Hoyt, Jr., says in The State that Seuator Tillman went to Anderson with tho expectation of making a spceoh In which ho should outline his views on the dispensary and giv? his remedies for the oanker now eating out the life nf..Unit insti tution. Ho had gone to tho unusual trouble cf writing out his spceoh, showing that he desired lt published, and published in full, in order that his views might have the widest pub licity. The conditions wero such that he was proveuted from delivering his Bpeech in full, though lt must be said, in justice to Senator Tillman, that bad he been ungenerous ho could have made his speech and bad plenty of time to do lt in, but ho was very careful not to Intrude upon the rights of the other invited speakers, aud gave way to them, particularly to Mr. Smith, thc president of the Cotton Growers' association. Senator Till man, bad he bad thc opportunity, might not have stuek close to his mc.iiuscrlpt, as ho is not accustomed to speaking that way, and the little of it which he did read was interpo lated with side remarks as they would j cp into his head. But his prepared bpeech it. of interest and is given lu full as follows: 1 think thc facts will warrant mo in olalmn g that 1 know as much or moro abe in the dispensary and about thc liquor trudie in general than any ether ono man In tho State. The law was enacted in December, 1SD2, and wont Into clleet 1st of July following. During this interval I examined mose thoroughly into thc whole question and gave tho administration of tho proposed system tho most earnest thought. Kvi rhody predietod failure and 1 was mest anxious that tho ex periment she uld succeed. I<'or a year and a half 1 administered the law almost alone, and 1 therefore had the fullest opportunity, both bj observa tiou and experience, to lind out Its good and bad points, and abivc all, its wo '.ki cs... The original draft and much that Is still in tho h w was the work of tim piohibition c mmlttce, and only sucn changes v.tie mace lu tho 1)111 as it parsed tho House as was evidently ne cetsary fer tho changed purnobo co which thc law was to be devoted. At thc next, session ot the Legislature my tllorls were devoted eut 1:ely to strengthening the statute so as to prevent and punish the illioit sale of liquor. 1 gave no thought to safe guarding thc Stale against fraud in its administration except In tho rules and regulations, because 1 did not not then believe, ano 1 ?o not now helloe, that tito State of South Caro lina could elect three mon to the highest responsible elllocu of Gover nor, Comptroller General and Attor ney General who would fall so low as to become thieves. During the 12 years that the system bas been on trial the law has been changed time and time again. But my opinion and advice have had no weight. Toe llrst bad bluuder wus taking ibo law out of tho l?anos of men elected by the peo ple and putting lt Into the hands of a board elected hy tire Legislature. The next mistake was taking the appoint ment Cf the county beard out of the bands of the State board, and giving it to the delegation in the Legislature from each com.ty. Thc State board is no longer dhectly responsible to the peuple, and there ls no v. ay to got at lt unless the Governor should exerohe his implied power of removal. The county board is no longer responsible to tl;e Slate board, because lt docs not depend upon that bearii for ap pointment and is not responsible to that board, i xeept in a way, but looks to thc Legislative delegation, Temp tationu that the Governor and other high State officials would have been expected lo v.it! stand have, I fear proven too strong for the boards elected by thc Luglslaturo. The ad ministration hy tho State board has been lax and altogether censurable. It has allowed st me of tho mest valu able restrictive features ef tho law to fall into disuse-liding out request blauks, soiling to minors, drunkards, cto. There has been no executive head with power to see that the 1 iw was administered in good faith, and the county boatds have too often al lowed improper Inllu noes, nepotism and other hellish mou ves to govern in electing dispensers. One of tho most far reaching and destructivo actions of tho State beaul was the change in tho manner of buying Ihpior from that which was Instituted In tho be ginning, to wit, thc pure: a. e of whls key to bo sold under thc brand and name and lu the package of the seller. Tho original scheme, which has the soundest reasons in gi od business judgment fur its inauguration, pro vided that no liquor, except bought In barrels and bottled at tho dispen sary aid labeller' X, XX, XXX, XXXX, according toago and quality. All oi' tho bottler sold through thc dispensary wore of full measure and all thc whiskey of full proof, as desig nated on tho label, and all were sealed tightly with tho best sealing wax. Tho prices wore put on a card and hung In tho window, so that there could bo no cheat h g tf tho purchaser by the disponeos. Caso goods were Bomotimes bought but only upon special orders of individuals. They wero not kept in ttock. Lot us see what demoralization has bi eh wr ught by the departure from this policy, Thc lirst j ea i s of thc dispensary's < x istei.ee the looal disponjcrs were not approachable by any man In the whl.vkoy trade, beoause no one knew where tho liquor came from, and then was no ohar.ee to bribe or corrupt a looal dispenser to push any special brand. No oases were shipped di rectly to the dispensers In the packa ges frum tho distillery, so there was no obance to put In extra bottle s as bribes. Everything went from the State dispensary, AU cases wero of Uniform bizo, one for quarts, one for Dints and one. for half pints, and they held a given number of bottles. Tho liquor was mealed bei .ultlo Uly. There was no ohanoo to chango labels or alter bottles. The request books prevented that, and the Governor was In tho olosest touch with every cog and wheol in the machinery. I had a deteotlve who watohed the con stables anil win roported to me alone whether or not they wore In collusion with blind tigers. I had another detective who watched the dispensera to see whether they were complying Rtriotly with the law and regulations. Wliit key drummers banging around the hotols in Columbia to get a chance to sell whiskey were unknown and tho agents of whiskey concerns travelling over tho State and cretting in dose touch with the local dispensers foi the purb080 of corrupting them were also unknown, and che oondltlou of affairs disclosed by the Sparenburg investigation wes simply an impossi bility. What aro some of tho temptations which 8oem to have been too great for tho Stato board of directors to resistV Purchasing whiskey as it has been dono left opportunity for collusion; this man or that on tho board receiv ing money as compensation for pur chasing from a given concern. Th? State commissioner subjeoted \?o thc temptation of sending out tht case goods of this or that linn in prefer euee to those ordered by the dispens ers. Tao opportunity for graft, thc pot phrase now in vogue, was im menso. The original Boheme adopted as 1 Kay hastily, depeuded for the in tegrlty of its administration upon thc high cbaracter and honor of tht Stato's highest ctllolals. But wher we recollect that, as lt Is now admin lstercd and has been for six or elgh years, through tho breakage charges leakage charges, watering tho llquo: in the local dispensaries because o bottles not properly scaled, changing labels, buying places as dispenser, tin opportunity for stealing at tho dis pensa ry In not sending out all th< liquor bought, but shipping it off, 1 ls a wonder wo have not had a worsi carnival of corruption than seems t< exist. 1 do not doubt after the exposur in Spartanburg others will equal if no eclipse lt elsewhere. 1 coulu go mor into detail and discuss this pe?ase o tho subjeot more at length, but. prefer to point out thc remedies whlo have suggested themselves to m mind aud which in the future I rec sure will be adopted and be tho mean of reforming the dispensary By ste I and milking it well nigh Jmp.sslbl for any one any where to steal any c tho public money or be corrupted b thc temptations which have been s plentiful heretofore. We will take the Stato dispensar tirst. I believe the administration ( this law should be In the hands of me elcctod by the people, the same as tl other laws are. I believe aud alwa] have thought that a board ex oHlol oom posed of the Governor, Attorn* Goneral and Comptroller General, 1 be tho best that can be devised. No to prevent even these high office from being subjected to temptatit ui Laying themselves open to oharg or corruption, such as my enemi have not hesitated to bring again me, I sugge t the following plan. L advertisement be made, as now r quired by law for bids to be submits bo furnish tlie State of South Carolii for a year with such whiskey, brand rum, wine and beer as lt may reeiiiii Lob the Act go Into details and hpoi tloally dexorlbu the kind and q lali neoded. Whiskey and beor aro t two main things, and bheso two ti staple articles and can be descrlb with suon definiteness and partiouU ihy that there will be slight need ev ol an analysis by the chemist. I these bids be submitted in triplica sealed with wax. One sent to t State Treasurer, accompanied by check for $10,000 as evidence of go faith, ono sont to tho Chief Justice the Supreme Court and one sent the Speaker of the House of ll?p sen tat i ves. llave these opened duri the session of the L?gislature in t presence of the dispensary cjmmlti of the two bouses, and award t contract to the lowest bidder. Tl ?et tho State boar ! enter into lt wi .such lowest bidder, requiring the ci tractor to deposit, for the fulfilment his obligation $100,000 in South C lina Stabe bonds, or such amount may be thought necessary, wh shall be subj oot to forfeit If he d not comply strictly with all the ter and conditions of his agreement. Thc contract being thus made tho purchase of whiskey of a gb kind and quality at a given price, I Slate commissioner who whl hi charge of the business part of thee pensary can order cut from the ( billcry at such time and In such qu tit les as may bo necessary tho liqu needed to supply the demand of local dispensers. Have tho bottles i other supplies that may be nnei purchased in a similar manner to whiskey, all of these being paid for eas'.i clu cks on tho treasurer. Let Stato commissioner take out a rei lior's license and haye tho liquor I: bled after dumping and mixing wi desired, and this must be under immediate supervision and inspect of a Unitod States revenue offli whose books will be a check as to quantity that will thus enter Into consumption. Let thc dispenser's bo and tho Internal revenue collect! books bo Inspected quarterly by s person as tho Slate board may appc for that purpose, to sec that tho qi ity of the goods contracted for and goods delivered correspond, and t all tho goods purchased have been H out from thc State dispensary or obi Wiso accounted for. The Leglslati through Its committee, can exan Into and report at each session u the whole management. La the n.'.me and brand of liquor be blown Into the gliwaso tl eau I)1.! no chango of labels. Havi case goods k- m in stock and con the purchase of these to special or from pr?valo Individuals. Do a with beer dispensaries as now i i and let the regalar dispensers 1 bael on lee to be Ufc?d oy tili ht lonly, and not drunk on tho prom! Above all see that tho requestb< are always used before a pu roba: made. So much for tho conbral depot. Now for the local dtepenoarles 0i lleve raero satlsfaotii :\ will re ai d a better administration of law be had, If the supervision control of the loo*l dispensaries placed In thc hands of the county pervlsors elected hy the people, mayor of tho bown In which the pensary ls located, elected also by people, and one person to be appi ed by the Slate board, who shall coi vt; reasonable compensation foi time and labor. They have tho 1 dh poners elected by tho people of county. Where there ls more t one they can be olectod on a J ticket. Let the Governor have power to remove for causo and lob excrolso lt vigorously. .*A*iy one familiar with tho condi tions as they now exist oan readily understand why suoh amendments to the law as are here outlined will malio : it almost impossible for any ono con- , neotcd with tho dispensary from the , top to tbo bottom to steal any of the public rooney. We will have hotter 1 quor, and if the mond juries do their duly we will I havo no more Sparenburg Bca?d?ls. 1 It must not bo forgotten that no law 1 was evor devised that oan enforce it- I self. I Ile said a dcteotlve ought to keep < after tho dispensera to seo that re quest books aro usvd, and the law Is i botter enforced. Hs was not afraid 1 about going baok to the Sonate. Ho 1 simply wanted to stand on bia rooord. i bub if any better man oan bo found, elect him. He waa not mixing poll- i ti08 in thia affair, but others were do- ? I lng so. AGAINST TH?? BOOK TRUiT. Courts Dc ohio that tn ile vi du al Mor olinntB Gan llcduco Prices. "A decision has been handed down In the Uulted States Circuit Court by Judge Hay. in the action cf Charlea Schribncr & Sons and the Boots-Merrill Company against R. H. Macy & (Jo. for an injin cMon to re strain Macj's from selling copyright booka at lona than the retail prices llxed by tho Publishers' Association which will have a far reaching e ffect on all trade combinations," says The Now York World. "Stephen H. O.ln and ex-Attorney General W. H. H. Miller appeared for tho complainants, and ex Secre tary of the United States Treasury J ?ihn G. Carlisle, and Edmond E. Wise for Macy's. Judge It-y gives a sweeping decision In favor of R. n. Macy So Co., dis missing the complaint and severely criticising the combination of publish ers ai d booksellers, which he holds to be in violation of the Sherman Anti Truss Law. Editorial y the New York Journal says: "Tho Arm of R. H. Miicy & Co. rendered a really great service to the public at large and to the busi ness Interests of the community in their tight against the Book Trust "The Book Trust alleged Ita right to forbid retalle, s to sell books below a certain price fixed by tho trust. "Macy & Co., aotlng in behalf of the purchasing pu hilo, maintained in lin o nits at considerable oxpeuso, dn.lr right to sdi merchandise bought by them for whatever price they pleased. "The case wr.s heard bofore Judge Ray in the United States Circuit C urt, Isldi.r Straus and Nathan Straus partners, appearing under tho ibm of R. H. Mao j St Co., in behalf bf tho publie and the rights ot the individual business man. "Tho thanks of thc public arr. duo to R, II. Macy & Co. for the fight they made against this particular form of trust oppression. And still greater thanks aro duo to Judge Ray for this excellent opinion, in which ho sustains thc action of Messrs. Straus appearing in behalf of the pub lic Interest. "lt ls to be hoped that tho get rich (Ulick gentlemen who proposed to get such money from tho public by mak ing themselves lords and masters of pu)chaser, retailer and all others take to heart thc lesson that is taught them In che opinion quoted above. TWJELV? Mt?N" KILLED Hy a Largo Mane ot Stone l'/.llin.?; Upon Thom. A mass of limestone weighing thousands of tons slid from a side of the quarry of mill A of thc Lehigh Portland Cement company at Orm rod, Pa., at nuon Wednesday Just live minutes before time to unit work. Twenty-seven men wero at work io the quarry, whioh ls i,ooo feet h ug, loo feet across and 100 foot deep. The heavy rains of tue past two days bad softened the earth and caused the slide of rock. Where thc fallen mass slipped away a smooth, nearly perpendicular wall was left, rising sheer 100 feet above Lhe bottom of thc quarry, while Jv entire quarry floor was covered with broken, jagged roek. Only nine of the men got away safely, four of whom esoaped by running up on a mass of rock at the opposite sido of the quar ry. The remaining 18 were bu idled In aspaos ton feet square, and 12 of them wore killed and six Injured. Two of the latter may die. All of the men arc Slavonians whollv^d In shan ties close to the 4 larry. Two men who saw the side of the. quarry quiver shouted a warning to Hie men. The men misinterpreted the called and failed to moved out of /.ono of danger until lt was too late. With a thuudercu . roar the mountain of rode foll, pinning tho men f.v.t. Tue r soucru found six men bu Idled in one place, four standing and two lying down. Three were alive and one dlod beforoho could be gotten out. Five physicians were summoned who gave tho Jn j tired first aid on tho scene and then had thom hurried In wagon-, to the Allentown hospital. The dead were laid on hoards and carried to the slock house. Eight hod los were re covered before dark, at whioh tim." two moro were cxposod to view and two others hulled deep In tho pit The latter's bodies may not be reacio, d until Thursday. Most of the men killed or Injured are single. Others had families In tho old country. A number of women from the foreign colony ran to the quarry when tho news of the accident reached tin.m and their moaning and anguish were pitiable. i<'Cll to Thuir heath. Five people wore killed in thc Alps mountains cn Thursday by falling, Two tourists from Meran, wolle bunt ing for edelweiss, were killed, Wblh climbing the Iloefato group a Bavar ian lawyer foll and was killed, Four students from Dresden ascending tho iTehcrgoell, foll down a precipice. One was killed and the others were probably fatally Injured. Another youth of sixteen was killed on Mount Mythonstook, He fell nine hundred feet and his body was reduced to pulp. WantM to hnhate, Mr. 0. P. Sims, an attornoy of Spartanburg, has. challenged Senator Tillman to a joint debuto on the dis pensary. Mr. Sima has rccontly been prominently before tho pilbllo aa attornoy for certain of the Spar? tanburg dispensary chi ?ala during tho recent Investigation. It Is said that ho wlii oppose ?enator Tillman for thc Scnatorahlp. HB llKNIKS IT. (Cont'uucd from first page.) 'About forms of law, lot fools contest, rbat law willoh ls best administered is best." Aud our not agreeing on the dis pensary question and the iiquor que? ion comes from the fundamental di! forence of opinion as to how lt is best JO police tho liquor trafilo. Tho Pro libltlontsts declare lt is sinful to i rink in moderation, wino or whiskey, while a large majority of u? cannot see any foundation In morals or re ligion for any such contention. livery body recognizes the ovil of drunken ness, and now to minimize or to pro vont it ls the whole question. You say prohibit the sale. 1 say sell by bonded ellloers, under stringent re?u latlons, in the daytime only, and have tho law enforced. The profit which ls an iuoldent and not a purpose In this salo, to go where lt ls most need ed; that ls, luto tho Behool fund of the State, lt would make no differ ence If it went luto tho fuud of thc general treasury, and the school fund luorcasod from other souioos. Put that ls a subterfuge. No one drinks any more or patronizes tho di?pens8:y because tho prolits go to the Behool fund, I cannot see any harm or sin in obtaining revenue from a traillo that ia Irrepressible. Tho United States Supreme Court protcots each citizen In tho right to Import for his own use, and no law of the State can prevent lt. Thc poorer and more ig norant classes, who cannot thus ob tain liquor, have been, and always will be supplied thrcugh somo local i'.gcncy, no matter what the law pgainst soiling liquor may bo. TUM EX?MPLBOF KANSAS. You quote Governor llooh, of Kan sas, but. vou do no discuss or explain tho ofiiolal statistics in regvrd to drinking and tho p^ymeut of thc United States internal revenue lionise by retail dealers lu that Sfcute. There r?,re no saloons in South Carolina for the yoong to see any more than there are In Kansas. God forbid thoy should ever return. Somo of your o > laborers lu this light against tho dis pousary system, your allies and coun scllors, are the editors of papors which have always fought the dispensary and are now scheming to got high licenses after prohibition has failed, ai lt will fall. There ls not a olvillzcd Government In Christendom as far as I know that does not derive a revenue, from the ?aleof liquor and prohibition ?. as an unknown thing until about sixty years ago. The United Statis Government received last year from this source upwards of $170,000,000 I think there are only three States at ibis time that cling to prohibition. IOWA and Vermont had it some years .igo, but they have abandoned lt for local option, with the right to vote In saloons if wanted, and that ls what ls hoped for here by ye ir chief sponsors of the press. One word more and I am through. Let us see about your historical paral lel ahout the groat leader who was commanded to go down against the Amah.kit's. Tiie Hebrews of old, true lo their Instincts of thrift slew the abominable tribe, but saved th. best of the sheep and oxen, as Saul claimed for sacritlce, and you go on to state as an historical fact that "the Government of a State was command ed hy the moral sense of the oeoplo expressed at tho ballot box togo do*-.m and destroy the liquor trji*^ -, nd when called to account lt makes tho pitiful plea that while it has nd.t de stroyed fho traille it has managed lt so as to g it money for the taxpayers." Your parallel is not a parallel at all. PEOPLE DI I) NOT OUDKK IMtOIlllUTION. The people of S mtu Carolina have never instructed its Government to prohibit the sale of liquor. lu the separate box provided by the Demo cratic executive committee in the Democratic primary of 1892, the yole stood, ES 1 recollect, .'55,000 for prohi bition, 25.000 against it, whllo 32,0C0 did not vote on it at all. (I quote from memory.) That election was a side show and you have no right to magnify its significance. Tliis ls a government of majorities and no maj >rlty of the people liss ever given any such order, while when the question lias been passed on since di rectly and positively a half dozen Mmes, tho people said that tho dis pensary law was a better and more sane solution. Isn't it ahout time to stop aUudJng to that election. The 'hspeusary system does not rest for its support upon Ute money that lt brings In. lt rosts on the claim of Its de fenders backed by expcrlenc? of our people and statistics, as affording moro protection against thc vice of drunkenness than any other system, prohibition or lie oise elthor. 1 f it has done th's In spite of mal administration and mismanagement, what would lt not do if such men as Dr. Cromer and his friends would glv? bo the enforcement of the law their great moral support? We do not ?..:; endorsement, but ii a Government where a majority rules ive have had a right to expect oo-ope ration and assistance, and we have not brui it yet. "Hender unto Caesar tho things that are Caesar's," was the ?ommand of tho Muster Himself. When tho statute has been practically mnulled by the board of directors, when tito restrictive features hr.ve been allowed to drop into issue, bavo ihe Prohibitionists lent their assist? ?iee, hy st nod in ir up boldly for tho law? Had they done so we would not bo now where wo are. 31?VVEKSON'S AUTIIOU1TY. You have neon kind enough, my lear slr, to remind mo of Joffe.rson's epitaph. Yen declare tho people do oot need advico, but they need an op portunity to vote. Allow mc to re mind you that one of Jefferson's max i m s which waa tho very embodiment of civil liberty and true Domooraoy was "teach tho people and trust the p:Opl0." You want tho people to vote nov/ while they tue angered and bewilder ed. 1 v.a.ii thom to vote "sanely" fl ir they have heard thc faots and argu nents, and 1 want all of them to .ot,.: who have an interest in tills natter, Under the ilrleo Act tills ls iiot allowed. A IT KA LS TO HIS IIHCOHD. You mentioned Winthrop and Clem son as among tho things hy which I wi uki be remembered. You left off some others that 1 presume to add, not from a sense of egotism, hut simp ly to keep ho record straight. (1.) Tia emancipation In 1800 of the people, i, jin dry rot, caused by only one party ftud thc d?monstra tion that wo could have the most free and open discussion of political ques tions without danger, followed hy the. inaugurath.n of the Stato Democratic primary system. (2 ) 'Ibo Constitutional Convention and Its work, largely thc result Of my untiring and oarnost efforts, and my work In that convention in benah of common schools, and tho disfran shiseroent for tho time belog of the negro majority legally. (3 ) Last, the inauguration of the ?ai3 of l'quor by bonded c (Huers under j the dispensary system. I will uot say that your vlslou is clouded by fanatl olsna, but if lt be true that he who makes two blades of grass to grow , where only ono grow before ls a public benefactor, then is lt noe equally true that be who conceived a s?beme by which drunkenness was reduced, tom perance encouraged and decency and good order incroasod, and withal ( mado tho demon whiskey contribute | to the education of tho Ignoraut masBes, noed bo ashamed of his work? B. li TILLMAN. Trenton, S C., Aug. 14, lu?G DBAD AT THB THROTTLE. Train Hpcrt Past Signals After ?ho Hoglnoor Wa? Killed. William B\ Staot, of Harrison, N. J., the flreoQau of the fast Flying Virginian, tho Chesapeake and Ohle railroad through express to St. Louis, which loft Jersey City at 6:52 o'clock last evening, saved the lives of his passengers I- taking charge of the locomotive after tho engineer, Dan Mahoney, had been killed in the cub. When Stoot grasped tho throtUo and slackened thc speed tho train had al ready passed at least two danger signals. The train made Trenton on sobed ule time last night, but pulled out of that eltv with a amt king journal. Mahoney was afraid of that J mrnal and kept a watch on lt as he sped alor g. To do so ho had to lean out of the crib while ho kept ont hand on thc throttle. OJCC ho bent too far forward out of his cab window to get a glimpse cf the defective journal ant! his hoad was struck by a signal post. Death was probably instantaneous. Tho locomoatlve gathered Bteam and picked up speed, lt was of tho big hogbaok type, and it is, therefore Impossible for the fireman to tee the engineer. To Fireman Stoot the train seemed to have attained the velocity of a cannon ball. Ho had hardly a moment's lull In his work of shoveling on coal. As he stopped to mop thc perspiration from his brow, a lucky g'ance through the other side of the cab rcvealerl a red light. "Dan" be yelled, but tbcro was no answer. Another instant a second red light was passed. It was plain that something was wrong and that he and the passengers behind him, as things then stood, were riding to al most certain death. "Kor God's Bake, why don't yen ?low her up?" ho again called to the engineer. "Wo have passed two red bugs. Check her, Dan, Vor God's sake." In thc lan guage of railroad men "rod bug" means a danger signal. Every moment the eng'nc hounded faster until the telegraph poles se"m ed to Stoot like lead pencils. After lils second warning cry ho did not walt for an answer, but began to clamber over Into tho engineer's side to investigate. Ile found Mahoney dead. Ills lifeless hand was still on tito throttle and his bead, wet with blood, rested on thc edge of the win dow. Stoot slowed down the engine. Then ho took tho train on to West Philadelphia, after putting another man at bis own end of the boiler. Not a passenger nor tho conductor knew of the peril of the train. Ma honey lived in Brooklyn, and the body was sent there. He was 10 years old. About a yenr ago bis wife was killed in a trolley accident lu Newark. Bli A IN LT5AK3. Bright Sayings of Wilt Ul. Manpin In tho Commoner. It Is very oasy to make excuses for those we love. The older a man ls tho farther he could jump when a boy. It does not tnke much courage to be a boro in tho limelight. Today's happiness depends upon the scarcity of yesterday's regrets Did you ever have as irood a time on your vacation as you anticipated. lt ls better to be known as a good man than to he known as a good fellow. Some men think they are popular merely because people Impose on them. Perhaps they call them "captains ot finance" because some of them are so rank. In tho ra38 for wealth the men who are distanced often reap the greatest be ne hts. Some churches that talk about revivals would better talk about re sit i reet lons. The p< c'.cetbook nervo of some men ls much more smsltlve than thoir domestic nerve. We have never head of a business mau going to a pool hall In soaroh of an office boy. This would bea dreary world indeed if Ibero were no rainbows to chase oc casionally. Salvation ls to bo had for the asking, but lt costs work and money and sac rifi?e to retain lt. Death Valley. A dispatch from Bullfrog, Nov., says Tim Ryan, who ls supposed to havo been from Los Angeles, has been found dead near the salt wells in Death Valley. Ryan makes the thirty-lift h known victim to die In that locality this summer. Ryan had been In Death Valley for li vo years and lt ls supposed that he drank from salt springs which are charged with arsenic. Prospectors arriving here report finding In the dosest many skeletons known to he those men who dud this summer. Hunting Hov Son. The Columbia Record says a letter has been received at tho governor's ellice from Mrs. Julia Bloden, of Cnarloston in whtoh she states ?bat her boy, Willie, about twelve years of agc, itft her homo about live months ago and has not been seen since. She. fears that he was killed near Colum bia lu a wieck and begs that an in vestigation be made. The only way In which this can be dono is through thc press and the letter ls accordingly made public. Oh*rg<iH AK&IHH? Collector. Commisioner Greene, of tho civil service commission, today sr'1 that an agent of the commission will he sent to Newport News, Va., to loves tlgate the charges Hied by Congress man Maynard and W. IO. Barret against Capt. Stowart, collector of the port there. Stewart ls accused of playing polillos by promoting llopub llcans In his ooloo and roduolng Dem ocrats. ON THE BIGHT LINK. South Caroona Industrial and Com merola! Association Orgmizd Hy tho Bonrtts or Trade of South CJ?r oSin* ht Oolnrub!? on Ijast Wuciiii nany. Tho South Carolina Iidustrlal and Oommcrolal association was organized In Columbia on Thursday, tho mem bership belt g composed of progressive young mon representing the boards of trade and suoh business organ'/- Ulong lu the oltlcs of tho State. The follow lng account of thc meeting we clip from the Columbia Statr : The call for this meeting was issued by Mr. John Wood of Keck Hill, seo rotary of tho Commorolal club o? that olty. Mr. Wood was brought to South Carolina about two years ago by tho business men of lt ck Hill who want ed a live, energetic and intelligent man to havo charge of their commer cial dub and advertising bureau. Mr. Wood has proved to be tho very man the people of it ok Hill wanted, and over since thc creation of the State bureau of Immigration commerce and agriculture ho hus given Col. Wa4son vary cordial tnpport. Tho formation cf a Stats associa tlon of bott rds of trade v?as pr? posed by Mr. Wood some tim? ago and re eel ved Mio hearty endorsement of thc bureau of Immigration. In response to tho call the meeting was organized Thursday with dcb gates from a seore of organizations, the folio?; in g being enrolled: Anderson Chamber of Commerce A. S. Farmer, L. A. Ratcliffe, W. ? Sebyt, C. F. J ibes. Anderson R?al Es'ate *nd laves* ment Company-J. 0 Cummings. Bennottsvlllo Board cf Trade-lt L Free mau. Charleston Commercial Club-L. M. Tinckney J. H C. Wulborn, Chester, the Commercial and Manu factur?es'Club -lt B, Caldwell. Conway hoard of Trade-D. A. Spi voy. Columbia Chamber of Commerce 10. B. Clark.., T. H. Gibb AS. A. E Corniles, .1 J. SolbelS, Hal Dek, L B Dizier, J. D. Nunnam?k?r, C. M. Galloway. Stato Bureau of Immigration-E. J. Watson. Georgetown Board of Tcade Holmes H Springs, Greenville. Board of Trade-A. G. Gown, 1\ T. Havre. Marion Hus!ec ?; L ague-L M Gis quo, H. Stackhouse. Orangeburg Business Men's League - Wm. L Glaze. Rook Hill Commercial Club-John Wo id, .J. KS I.'ar l>oi r, Su nter Chamber of Commerce-J. M. Knight. Yorkvdle Com mero! al Club-I. H. Norris, J. 1\ Whito, W. lt Carroll. Southern Railway-T. B. Tbacks ston. Seaboard Air Line R dlroad-Henry Cu tis. Clyde Steam ?hip Company-A. E. CaetJ.ms. Real estate-J. T. Harri3, Spartan burg. Beal Estate-N. W. Brocker, Co lumbla. Tue purposes of tho organization were outlined in the following manner in the constitution which was adopt ed: "The object of this hotly shall be to exploit the resources and advan tages of South Carolina, both local and State, upon tho br ?ado-'t, most approv d and most c IV .c.i ve lines; tlie upbuilding of its industrial and com mercial interos's; the i : nc. ion of new people to aid in In thc vast work of development a '.altin,; our aottvity for accomplishment, and tlie giving of our closest attention to those things tending to the adv ai cement of South Carolina to Ilia*; position among her sister States which is her-, by reason of ber climate, her soil and her geo graphical location." The meeting was called loonier yes terday by Commissioner Watson. An address of woloomo tu the elby was da liver-d by M:ryor T. II. Gibbs and an address ox pro sing thc Interest of the Chamber of Com merco of Columbi was delivorod by tie Urst vice presi dent, Mc. J.J. Seibels, in the absence of tho president, Mr. W. A. Clark. A temporary organization waa marlc by the selection of Mr. IO B. Claik as chairman and Mr. It. L. Freeman as .?.eerelary. Mr. John Woo.l was then invited to stale t'?e o\ j cts of the meeting, which he did tu a very earn est manner. Tberollof the convention having been perfected, Mr. Wood was elected permanent chairman and Mr. 10. H. Clark soo "etary, Commissioner Watson and Mr. T. h. T.ip.okston, assistant ic u .trial agent of tho S u them rall way, were calli d un ?n lo address the convention. Mr. Wood then read tho prepared ''declaration of principles," which was a d o p t o d unanimously. The committee on by-laws consisting of Mr. Wood, Mr. Claik, Mr l'mck nty, Mr. G wquo and Mr. Caldwell, was air.hor z d to report at the after noon session. lu the afternoon the convent lyn was addressed hy Mr. J. 10 .'gar Boag, Mr. '1'. li Cl ac?, iton, M.-. 1. II. Nor ris and Mr. li ggh j s. Mr. Thackstou announced that 'the Southern ralhvay( in conj meit n with lt? connections In the west, will of fer homosookcrs' i tes on the 17 rh of October, g (Od f r 15 days, at SO per cent, of one faro for th round trip. Tlie people In South Carolina wh ? have relatives or fri iuds in the north , west and want to get them to locate in South Carolina may advise their trii nds of these ral es. Tho com mit too on nominations made? its report and this being adopted tho following were cleo.ed ollicers of tlie assoelatlon for next year: Prosldont, W. D. Morgan of George town? vice presidents,-. P. T. Hayne of Greenville; W. L, Ghizd of Orange burg" .1. M. Knight of Sumter. Socretary and treasurer, John Wooii, of Kock i 1 iii lOxooutlve bond; Fred G. Brown of Anderson; W. B. Moore of YorkvlllO? 1>. M. GasqUOOf Marlon, L. M. I'inck ney of Charleston; John J. Sel bela of (Joh; ni bia. On motion of Mr. W. L G'.r/.s lt was dee' led to recodo from business until tho afternoon of October 2.lrd, Monday of fair work, and according to the by-laws tho annuli meeting Will be held in Columbia every fair week. It was decided to urge all or ganizations In thc State to send rep resentatives to tho meeting fair week. lt solutions of thanks to tho Cham ber of Commerce of Columbia And to Col. 10 J. Watson wore ade>pted and the session ended. Tho members then hoarded the car in front of the Slate house and after a lido through tno business and manufacturing and resl donoo parts of tho olty wero takon to AUG?S1 Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Typo-' guaranteed cooroo 20 wooka. Single liand, 8 mos. 12 calls for graduates ii maud. Write. Machinery Supply Hi " M WE SELL EV Headquarters for T5VERYT1IING ir All kinda of Injectors, Lubricators, I Supplies for Saw Mills, Oil Milla and Largo stock of Well Pumps and-Oylh COLUMBIA St C olutnMa, B. O. The mae I THE OUINABD Z Manufacturers Brick, Fire Proof ' . Flue linings aud Drain Tilo. Pre x or millions. W blake i tforpalne I Olgaret Habit, I Habib Habit Cured by Keeley I Lady St. (or P. O. Bo* 76? Oolu ?p ni Irl Ridgewood club where a light lunch was served. The executive oommlt^eo mot and the secretary was authorized to get out such descriptive matter as might bo deemed advisable tc b?. distributed by thc railroads through.ut the north west. Tho executive committee la also talking of gottirg out a magazine. At tho Turn or tho Hoad. Whore tl?' rough road turns, and tho valloy sweet Smiles bright with its balm nud bloom, We'll forgot i ho i liorna that have pierced tho foot And UM) nights with tholr grief And gloom, And tho sky will sud lo, and i lie stars will bonni, Aiid Wo'll lay us down in thu light lo drouin, Wo shall lay ns down in tho hinom and light With a prayer and a tear for re t, As tirod ollildr n who creep at ni.;ht , To tho peace of a mother's hrciist, And for all Ibo grief of tho stormy past Host shill I ho swo tor ut last-nt lustl Sweeter bocnilSO of tho weary way Ami tho lonesome hiebt und lo- g, While tho darkness drifts to tho perfect day With Its splendor of light n< d song Tho light that shall blo88 Olid kiss us and love us And sprinkle tho roses of heaven above us! WEATHER AND CR0P3. Plenty o? Rain, Much of It Was Badly Ncodod Too. In his woather and crop report Sec tion Director Bauer bays that the moan temperature for the week end ing Mondr.y, Aug. 14th, was slightly above normal, over tho eastern half and slightly below over the western. ITheextremea were a maximum of 103 [degrees at Blackville on ti e fyh, and ' a minimum of Ci degrees at Green ville on the 9th. There waa less than the usual amount of sunshine. High winds, damaging to corn and cotton, prevallod during thc middle of the woek in thc western countlea. Bot tom lauds were Hooded along.-tho up per portions of the Saluda, Broad. Wateree and Great Pcs Dee ri vers and their tributaries, and considerable corn destroyed. The long drought was broken o vor the entire atate. The rainfall wa8 heaviest in the central counties where lt amounted, lo places, to over alx Inohes, and was leaat in Beaufort and | Gcorgetosvn countlea, where lt waa genera!ly less than half an inch. There was rain nearly every day and the ground 18 now thoroughly satur ated. The rain was needed and in places Jwaa very beneficial, but in others lt caused deterioration In crops, especially cotton,and.Interferred with farm work, espeolally baying and pulling fodder. Nearly all crops havo been laid by, and further cultivation ls now impracticable. With.very few exceptions, tho re ports on cotton indicate rapid deteri oration due to excessive shedding, rust and the plants turning yellow. These conditions prevail over prac.i odly thc entire aiate, but are most marked on sandy landa. In . miny places growth has stopped, while ia a few plains are making now growth. Bolls are opening rapidly in tho BCUtb central c< unties and considerable has boen picked. Tho exoeisiYo heat of the 5th, Otb, 7 th and 8th was vory damaging on cotton. There ia a general Imbrovemcnt In the condit ion of the lato corn duo to the ample moisture which carno op portunely. Tobacco curing is nearly finished. Peas, aweet potatoes aili all varieties of cane aro doing well. The frequent rains Interf erred with preparations for fall truck orops. Rice made line progress. Pastures Im proved rapidly and again afford line grazing Turnips were sown expen sively. Late fruits, especially apples and peaciics, aro rotting badly. A Fat?! Ouarrol. A fatal quarrel occured at Bates burg on Wcdncaday between Mrs. Laura A. Miller and Mrs. Young Rikard. It seems that Mrs. Rikard had borrowed a sausage stulTor from Mr;;. M55lev. Mrs Miller sent her word to send it back, Whllo Mrs. Miller, who was about (10 years old, was aweepeng the piazza, Mrs. Rlk ard came up and told her abe ought not to speak to her as she did. Mrs. Miller then told Mrs. Rlkard that her children had been taking ber fruit. Mrs. Rikard made some reply, when Mia. Miller struck her with the broom. At thia junturc Mrs. Rlkard took tho broom from Mra. Mlllor and belabored ber with lt, when tho old lady fell over dead. Only Mix i : . pod. A telegram from Batavia, Dutch Fast Indies, fi reportes an ugly out break of Ach?nese rebela who attaokod thc Dutch post at Rambong, killing two ofllocra and twenty-two mon. Only six men of the poat sucooddod In es caping and these wero wounded. Two negroes were killed by inhaling carbonic acid gas while cleaning out an old well at Wadesboro, N. G., on Monday, A.* OA tftFZ?$i & writing, English branches, ? coarse of either Business or Short i about 20 days. Can't supply de mse for the State. ERYBODY. i MACHINERY SUPPLIES. Mpo, Valves, Fittings. - any one in Maohinery business, udora. Got our price. . ?PPLY GO.. minery Supply house of the State BUICK WORKS, IA o. Terra Gotta Building Block-,for pared to fill ordors for thou ands I "kti Drugiarid T:>baooo< I Habits, nrs-tit-u-te, off O mbla, 8 0, Q$nfidfthtial oorretson i Expert Medical Advice==Free. Dr. J. 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School oatAb llflhod 17 Mid Our freo. 7 yoara. Chcao board, low tuition, Plan INSURliS position. Catalogue . GA. TI?LKORAPH COIiLriOK. Z* \/ *< (<?(> f/^f BY M ; '^y^J^y Railroad Far? Paid wt fi i< li Cruv^r. 0?'<?M!'t . jio/>*? wrlf As a result of drinking Asheville W?; quor In two groat an abundance and sleeping beside tho railway traok Da vid Psyoook, a Union, S. G., negro, ls In the Mission Hospital minus his left hand, says the Asheville Citizen.