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Marlboro' -L "DO TI?OU, GREAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL. XX^ BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEM J 5E11 1, 1905. NO. BIG BRIBES Were Offered by ?Hie Whiskey Dealers Says Mr. Mixson. THE CHARGE DENIED. Mr. P. fri. Mixson Say? That He Was Offered Great Sums of Money by Csrtahi Houses If He Would Buy Whiskey from Them, Which He Declined. Tho legislativo committee appoint ed lo Investigate tho dispensary waa at work in Columbia last week. Hon. W. O. Tatum, Commissioner, and Mr. Coater, of tho Stato Treasurer's oilico, were examined, but nothing of a sen sational oharaoter was disclosed. Mr. Tatum's testimony showed that ho was managing tho dispensary for the best Interest of the Stato, and that under hil administration things were being honestly administered. Some sensational testimony was giv en by ex-State Liquor Commissioner Hixson, who was In charge of the in-, stitutlon ten or moro years ago. Ile was the sole purchaser of whiskey fur the dispensary. At that time the board consisted of Gov. John Gary Xyans, Sooretary of Stato D. H. Tompkins and Comptroller General Norton. To begin with the business the State borrowed $50,00C, which witness paid back in the form of meet ing the enpeuse of tho 1895 oonstltu tional convention, Mr. Mixson says he had a complete Stock-taking when he assumed charge and also when be retired. Up to 18Ut? the net protlts went to the State, but after that to the school fun I. in the eleven months of his administration the gross sales were slightly le^s than a million dollars and tho net protlts to She State $100,000. There was no limit then to the prollt tho Institution might make so far as the law was con cerned. As to rebates which were sailed dlsoouQts then, witness said that he made a praotlco of df-mindiug a discount of 5 per cent, which he then turned Into the State. He bought from reliable house alone, which read ily granted these discounts. The beer houses did not allow dis counts the witness said. He saved $20,000 to tho State in rebaten. Ex Commissioner Mixson's annual report Was Canvassed'to show that he bought only from reputable houses, some of which are still trading with the State. "Colonel, in your dealings did any ef the bouses oller you any induce ments personally to buy?" "Yea, slr; several of them did. Sec rotary Ilubbel, of the whiskey trust, connected with the Mill Creek Distil lery, Meholovttch, Fletcher & Co., Mr. La?aban, cf Lanallan & Son, of Balti more, and smaller offers from smaller oonoerns." Mr. Mixson then related how Mr. Hubble oame to Columbia to see him and he took him into the sample room and offered him $202 50 for each oar load of whiskey be bought from them. "Did you ever accept this or any other money or Inducement?" "No, slr." Mr. Mixson then went into tho de tails of tho interview with Mr. Hub bel. Witness told him that If ho would oredit this on the invoice that the offor would bo accepted, the re bate to go to tho State. Win n wit ness discovered that Hubbol Intended the money for him personally be turned him down and never patronized hint again. "I reported the matter to Gov. Evans," the witness asserted. Mr. Hubbol ls now dead. When tho witness related luw a ropresontatlvo of Maholovltch, Tlltcher & Co., came down and mad? him an offer of 810,000 a year person ally to buy from his brm. He re Jeetsd the offer and refused to buy from the house a^aln. Next Mr. Mix eon related an interview he had with Sam J. La?aban of William La?aban A; Sons, of Baltimore, who made him an offer of $30,000 a year if Mr. Mix son would buy $400.000 a year. DION IKS THE Cf IAKO E. A dispatch from Baltimore say;^ Samuel J. Lanahan makes vlgorout denial of the Mixson charge of at tempted bribery in the South Caro, lina dispensary investigation, refer ring to which he said. "If tho witness ls reported correct ly, I want to make an unqualified do nial of the truth of the testimony, "I know Mixson, he made an effort to oonneot himself with our house bub we wouldn't have him. This fae may aocount for his testimony. J know of no othor reason for lt. "Our house has done a largo busl ness with the dispensary every monti for the last four or live years. In al our dealings there 1 never ottered i bribe or other than a legitimate in ducement to transact business, never offered Mixson $30,000 or an; othor amount. Tho oonversatloi which ho ls reported as testifying ti novor took place and tho incident h speaks of never happened. It ls i fabrication, pure and simple. I posl tlvoly deny its truth. If there ls? way of making denial stronger, would like to know lt, HO that I mlgh make uso of lt." A Pot of G?hl Found. A pot of gold, supposed to havobeei burled by Capt. Kid, has been dug U| on Sullivan's Island. Tho Charlesboi Post says "the gold was found nea the ohlmney of thc Buckley house Ol Saturday night, being turned up b; ono of the laborers who was ralSiDj the house to make room for tho ex tension of the barracks of tho arm; post. Tho laborer who laid claim am made off with thc rnoncj could hot bi learned, but ho was not a sonvonl huntor, being content to tako tin gold and leavo the rusted metal pol Including a number of old Spanlsl doubloons, valuf.d at $10 each, pistols Louis ?nd n*-hsr COI?H pud the eK cltemont whloh tho lind has mad among tho nativo islanders has ai sumed no small proportions." AFTER M J NY DAYS. A Fruit laden Steamer Fa? a Peri lous Voyage. All on Board Forced to lint Shark ?nd Allowed Ono Swallow of Witter a Day. Tho steamer Athen, 17 days late, with eight passengers and a o&rgo of rotten bananas and with the bonGB of half eaten sharks on board to Indicate tho perils of her voyage, arrived off Sootland lightship last Monday night. On July 30, the Donald Steamship oompauy's steamer Athos left Port An tonio, Jamaloo, for Now York, a six days' voyage, with provisions in plenty for this short porlod. Three hours cm of port an eooentrlo rod on thc engine broke, and from that hour until last Sunday week, proceeding sometimes only an hour a day under hor own steam, the Atbos drifted at the mercy of tho storms, in constant danger of famine, onco without drinking water, and receiving supplies from tim? to time off passing vessels until on Aug ust 20 the disabled steamer gave up and signalled the steamer Altla for a tow. This steamer brought the Athos io Now York. Tho trouble waa in tho engine all the timo. From July 30 to A.ugust 7, one or two breaks daily wore recorded In tho cnglno. The log ohronloi^s tho faot that the dally delay waa only 30 minutes long on August 5. Two days latter tho catching of thc sharks;ls reoordod. Ohlnamonon board attempted to eat the sharks but tho meat nando them 111 and tho fish wore thrown Into the sea. During the next two days boats wero lowered from tho Athos to searoh for food ?3h. On August 8 the disabled steamar sighted tho steamship Adirondaok and signalled "All well on board," but on the tenth the last tank of water was opened and was found to bo tainted with thc Juice of rotting bananas. Some dolphin wero caught two days later and on August 13th the incipient famino was further relieved by the steamer Montovideo, which supplied provisions. For nearly a week between August 10th and 17th the engine's shaft was useless, bub not only waa tho steamer forced to drift about while repairs were under way but for two dayR of this period a great storm and high ??eas broke over the helpless steamship. The leg Indicates meanwhile that more dolphin werooaught. Finally, on Aug ust 18, the coupling Hange broke and the Athos abandoned the attempt to make New York under her own steam, after 20 days of oontlnuous accidents, lt was deoided to accept the first offer of a tow. This did nob come for two days, during which a second food fam ine was averted Joy tho steamer Vera, which came alongside the Athos sup plying eatables and drinkables. At Scotland lightship last Monday night the tow Une broke, ns a last chapter In her long series of accidents and the Athos could not repair the broken line in the dark, but anchored for the night while the Altai brought her passougenB to quarantine. Tues pay tu^s were sent out to bring the Athos into port. Passengers of tho Athos, on landing Tuesday, reported that tho famine oaused small mutinies among the ships crew of 18 Chinamen. Trouble llrst started among tho coolies over tho dearth of tobacco and rice. A negro belper was stabbed during one of the lights of the hungry crew, but Ibo . ihoers and passengers were not seriously memmod. At one Lime the only water to bo had was ocean brine which had been bolled and condensed. One swallow a lay to each person was all that this process allowod. Serious Charlo. According to a special dispatch to abo Augusta Chronicle fro? Atlanta, ?.%ys Mrs. Ed. L. Wight, Jr., is held f.t the home of her relatives there un lor tho care of a special bailiff, on ao count of warrants sworn out by her husband and his relatives, oharging arson and assault with lntont to mur der and also a peace warrant, lt is claimed Mrs. Wight employed two negroes to burn the house in which her husband ll Ted. Tho negroes gave tho plan away and were held as wit nesses. Mrs. Wight was Mis?Cooper, of Atlanta, and ber relatives have . 3worn out warranta charging her with . lunaoy. Mr. Wighb is a well known citizen and business man of Albany, (Ja , anti a son of a formor mayor of that city. E ? " I x i ; ( l ? IV I oi>. The Georgia division of tba South ern Cotton association Wednesday adopted resolution? calling upon cot 1 ton growers to fix a minimum prloo of . 30 cents a bushel on cotton Rood and 1 to soil not a pound at a less pde?; also [ declaring that no cotton shall bo sold by farmers under Us Jurisdiction at ' less than 10 cents a pound, until a 1 fixed price shall be agreed upon by tho 1 executive oommlbfce? at ita meeting at . Asher Hie In September. Ai assena mont of ono cent a halo based upon t the number of bales raised last year f was levied to moot the expenses of the 1 Stato organization. (. Tim tloniilno Arti?]?, \ A real daughter of the revolution . has Just dlod In Westmoreland ooun t ty, Pennsylvania. Mr?. Sarah Abchi I son Rosa wan nlnoby-olght years old t and was the daughter of Thomas A tob Ison, who fought under Wash ington at the battle of Trenton, and tho widow of Tnomas ROSS, a veteran 1 Of tho Mexican war. She was one of P three women to whom were proton tod 1 gold spoons by the national sociotv bo r oauso of being daughters of men who 1 fought in tflS struggle of '7rt, f (Villi* Collai??. At Pittsburg, Pa., Sunday the walls i and llrst floor celling of tho Avenue 1 Theater building, which had beon D burned some time a^f. and waa being r wrooked, preparatory to tho construe ? Moil of a now building, foll with a , crash, carrying down about twenty i Italian laborers, burying a number . under the debris. In bhe confusion - it !s Impossible to say how many are o killed or wounded, bub six badly i- wounded porsons have been taken out an far. PAID FOR JOBS Members of the State Constabu lary Bought Places. SENSATIONAL TALK. The Names of Prominent Gentlemen In Public Life in South Carolina Pig tire in Dispensary Investigation on Hearsay Testimony Before Committee. In tho dispensary examination in Columbia on Thursday Division Chief Fant, of the constabulary foreo, made nome sensational statements. A good deal of lt was hearsay, and this is un fortunate, but perhaps it ls just as well fer everything to come out, al though hearsay ?vidence ls often em barrassing aud prove? utterly ground less. Mr. Fant, In his evidence, gave tho distinct Impression that c?rtale parties in Spartanburg were regularly bartering positions on tho constabu lary foroe, from tho smallest to the highest position. Ho said lt was reported that Mr. William McGowan, of that city, was orodited with having a regular con stabulary mill and that he had thc record of 28 men who had arranged with Mr. McGowan to get Jobs on the constabulary, and that tho otfers for the positions ranged all tho way from 820 to $300, and that at ono time when his position was In Jeopardy he had Toland otfer Mr. McGowan $300 for tho position of division chief, but this was dono merely to gain time to puncture tho scheme, and that he never Intended paying a eent for his position, but tbut bo wished to ex pose tho altair. He then went on to say he reported tho entire matter to Governor Mo Sweeney, and that he was retained In his posltlou, but that Governor Mc Sweeney could not expose the alfvlr, and that then he appealed to Mr. Geo. E, Prince, aud later on to Senator Tillman, to expose the'8 ff air, and, he said, he offered them the evidence. Senator Tillman wrote him that ho had turned the matter over to Gol. James EL. Tillman, but that nothing oame of the repeated efforts to secure publicity. Again he testified that ho had told Mr. McGowan ono day that he was very much annoyed by persons asking him for jobs on the force. Oapt. Mc Gowan had told him to turn all such applicants over to him and ho would take them off Capt. Faut's hands. Tho grim old chief then narrated with evident satisfaction that ho had in writing the names of 28 persons who had applied for places through Mc Gowan and the amounts paid by each. He had a record of tho circum stance. "Mr. McGowan was running the mill up there," he explained, "but he had a helper down here In Colum bia. Private's places on tho force wero going at $2f>, and for the place of obief tho bids were from $250 to $:100." Capt. Fant thou continued that he wrote to Gov. Mcsweeney, giving bim all of this information. "Tho ill treatment of myself whloh had boen going on for along Mme was stopped then," he declared, 'and I was given enough men to enforce the law." Mr. Fant said that the claim was made In Spartanburg that Mr. Mc Gown had a worker lu Columbia, and dually, when pressed to name who thl< worker was alleged to be, said that lt. was merely heres&y, but that the name used was that of Mr. U. X. Gunter, Jr., then assistant Attorney General. Mr. Fant did not know that <tny one had ever paid for a position on the constabulary or that lt had been got ten through the alleged mill In Spar tanburg, but that he was prepared to show that 28 men bad taken the mat tor up. Mr. Fant fnrthcr alleged that lt was reported to him that Chief Howie paid .275 to Chief Clork W. W. Harris for his position, and that William Gross alleged that he paid $125 to get on the county board of control. These matters will be heard from and thc other side presented. Mr. Fant and Mr. Seay testlllod that they had given $50 and $'10 each to Mr. Dlllingham for alleged expenses In connection with the candidacy of Governor lloyward In the primary. Mr. Fant and Mr. Seay stated that they paid Mr. Dlllingham this money on what they understood to be the representation that Mr. Dlllingham had spent over $1,000 In the election of Governor Hey ward and that they were asked to share in that expenso. Tboy both stated that lt was a volun tary offering on their part but that lt was with thc understanding that it was to pay election expenses. JOIC S IC A Y TKSTIKIK8. Joe Soay, au ex-constablo whose name bad been mentioned before, was next put up. Ho explained the pistol Incident referred to by Capt. Dllling ham. He was trying t ) buy a pistol. There was nothing crooked In the transaction, he declared. When Hey ward was running for governor, he tiad gone out and worked for him be cause Bussell G ?ITne.y had told him to go ahead and work hard for Hey ward and after tho election Mr. Dlllingham would pay him. He 'nut favored Gov. Heyward anyway. Mr. Dlllingnara gavo bim $2 for his day's work at the polls the tlrst primary. Homet Mr. Heyward that same day and was ask ed to work In the second primary. He had oarrled all but three votes ouii of 107 at his box for Heyward in tho sec ond primary. Mr. Dlllingham had thon ofhred him a position on the constabulary. Witness said he didn't want the job, but afterwards conclude d that if there was a certainty Of getting the Joh he would tako it. Dlllingham then told him to go homo, rent his placo and move to town. He complied and with others waited In Spartanburg to get jobs with Dillinghams assistance. Ile had waited and waited until he got in debt for rent and rations and had got to tho point where bo was praying foi a Job. Gavo Mr. Dlllingham a noto for $5C to holp bear tho i-lection expenses, Paid $10 tho tir?t month he was on the force. Thescoond month when he went to pay auotber instalment Dllllngham said, "Joe, have you got that reoeipt?" Witness produced tho receipt for the tirst $10. ni ningham said, "Glvo lt to me and I will return your note, I didn't want anything out in black and white in this transan tion." Witness was given back his noto but continued to pay on it until he had paid $40. He then asked for a suspension on tho last $10, as he had helped Mr. Dllllngham around tho stable when he was waiting for the job. He had never heard of Mr. Dllllng ham complaining of E.vbank selling liquor out of hiB atable. Knew noth ing of any reports of that kind. When questioned by DllUngbam, he told how he had lost his Job. They had bcon on a long raid aud he got too muoh whiskey and expressed his mind about tho other men going off and leaving him on watch. WHAT DILLINOIIAMSAYS. Mr. Dllllngham, on tho othor Ilde, admitted that Mr. Fant had paid him $50, that Mr. Seay had paid him $40, and that he had collected othor money, but that it was no part of any expense in connection with tho nomination of Governor Hey ward and that Governor Hey ward had absolutely nothing to do with lt. Ho insisted that bo was paid this monoy beoauso in helping Fant and So ay and others get their jobs ho had to lose time from his business and make visits to Columbia and that lt was a recompenso for his time and work, aud that those who paid him understood lt that way, or he tried to make it so understood. He said that whatever expense he incurred in helping tho candidacy of Governor Heyward by authority of Mr. Law, as tho representative of Governor Heyward, was returned to dim, and that he felt that whatever legitimate expense he went to lu this campaign was with tho approval of Governor Heyward and Mr. Law, the frelud of Governor Hey ward in his oompalgn. If Governor Hcyward, with the ad vice of his friends, thought it judlolous and prudent to expend a limited sum for legitimate campaign expenses, that ls his concern, hut ho never authorized any approximation to the sum of $000 or $700, which Mr. Dllllngham says he felt ho had a right to expend in his enthusiasm to see Governor Hoywad gain thc nomination. Successful cam paigns these days require money hero and there for ncoessary legitimate ex penses. GUNTKH D1CNII?S IT. Mr. Gunter ls sick with typhoid fever at the hospital and with his clean record as a man and ulncor it is unfor tunato that his name should have been mixed up with this scandal on mere hearsay. Mr. W. H. Townsend, tho assistant attorney general, was aiked for a statemont In behalf of Mr. Gun ter and ?ri s .> r,hn following itttervK whioh he had had with Mr Guuter. "The hearsay statement of tho wit ness Fant was shown Attorney Geuor al Gunter at tho Columbia hospital Thursday evening; and he said lt was infamously false that ho had asked, received, expected or wanted any com pensation or reward for aiding any body anywhere to obtain a positioner ellice connected with tho dispensary or any other governmental agency. Why his name should be oonneoted with such statements he cannot conceive. That he has never Importuned any of the governors for such favors, as will bc horne out by tiro governors them selves. No truthful man can bo found who will say that ho ever paid him any tiling. Of course, his uame may have been hawked without his knowl edge hy designing persons: If so suoh person should, and must be, held ao countable, and, he Intends to use every effort to lind out If such ls the case, just as soon as he ls able to leaye the Hospital. " JUDQI? 1MUNCK S VKKSION. Judge Prince says that no pupers or evidence and no sp?cification of charges were evor Ulod with him by Mr. Fant or by any one else. Ile had never hoard of any being Hied with Gov. McSwconey or with Senator Till man. Judge Prince says that so far as he can remember, Mr. Fant never mentioned to him In any way thc management or conduct of tho con stabulary force at Spartanburg but that in a oasual conversation Mr. Fant did once state that somo consta oles, pei haps a chief constable at Greenville, whose name escaped tho judge's memory, had been guilty of some misconduct. The Judge advised Mr Fant to get up allldavlts about thc matter and tilo them with tho gover nor. He afterwards heard no moro of tue matter. CAPT. MfXK)WAN'S KBPLY. A dispatch from Spartanburg to Tho State saya Capt. McGowan, who has been out of town sin JO Wednes day afternoon, on arriving went to Chief Kant and asked tho names of the 28 men who had applied to him (McGowan) for positions and consta bles. Chief Kant replied that lt was a rumor, hut ho would got up thc names if ho could. Capt. McGowan's connection with dispensary oflloiall has always been In the capacity of at torney. Ai. one time, he said, ho rep resented a member of the board of control before tho county delegation In the general Assembly. Tho mattor was carried to tho State hoard and he was paid a fee. Afterwards ho was acid ve in scouring tho appointment of two constables and these persons paid his expenses to Columbia and In each case this amount was not over $10. He said thathc al ways Slgued petitions 0( pomona ask ing for positions on the constabulary force and was of the opinion that other memb.",rn of the bar did tho same. Capt. McGowan said that B. L. Toland had never (.(Tired him ono cent or gi von him any Inducement to havo Chief Fant removed. A i to Attorney General Guntor and dispensary appointments, he said that he had never In his lifo spoken to Mr. (hinter about such mattors, except ' probably onco. A man named Grono, who claimed to ne a good friend of Gunter and Chief Hammct, applied f,\r n ?vial i. Om Of?r1 <ioWi?l lilro fr? anno lr - t' " " - V-. >. " .? vy. ? ...... wv. UfWW? a good word to Chief Hammct. Capt. I McGowan said that all his connections ! with constables had boon as attorney ' and ho will represent any and all of ; them If they can pay tho foo oxaoted. ne thlnk3 that the ringing In of Mr. Guntor was cruol and unnecessary and this opinion ls shared by a large mun her of nennlft In ?4m\rt.anhnro\ THE BRICE LAW To Bc Carried Into the Courts and There Tested AS TO ITS LEGALITY. This Also Involves thc legality of thc Recent Election In Union County, and Judge Townsend Has Ordered the Dispensaries There to Remain Open. A special dispatoh to Tho Stat? from Union says Judge Townsend Tuesday of last wfcok issued tho following order: ) "Ii la ordered that Ibo dofandants do show ef?use before mo at my cham bara at Union, S. G., at ll o'olook ou tba 6th day o? S?ptember, 1005, why they.ihoiyd not be porpotually enjjln ed from closing the dispensaries as a result of 'the recent election held on the 15th-/day of August 1005. That tho nalrt defendants aro horohy re strained (and onjulnod from closing and ceasing to operate said dispensar ies untlhftho further order of this court, i "Let ai'oopy of this order be served with th?rjsummons, complaint and af fldavita upon eaoh of tile defendants herein. "D. A. TOWNSEND. "Circuit Judge. "At Chambers, Union, S. C., 22nd August, ]1006." By the laxulng of tho abovs quoted order, a delay has boen pub on the carrying out of the wishes of the vot ers of Union county, as expressed In the eleotlon held Tuesday, Augutt 15?h, when they declared by their bal lots of "dispensary" 412 and "no dis pensary" 701 that they wished tho dispensary to go. The actlou was brought by W. Royd Evans and Lawson D. Melton, attor neys of Columbia and thc complaint covers ll pages of closely typewritten matter. No interference was made In the de daring of tho election by the election commissioners, as had been anticipat ed; but about 4 o'clook the attorneys appeared before J udgo Townsend and secured this temporary Injunction on a oomplalnt made by Oarrio Barnett, a well known farmer of tho oounty, living.near Buffalo. . T?M> de?6n#*->r? are R. M. Flnoher, ii.. . * "D. Wilkin*-,- ooun ty board vi control, and G. C. May, J. G. Howell and J. R, Askew, county dispensers. Under this complaint Mr. Barnett alleges that he ls a taxpayer, resident oliizen, and q.iallUed voter of Union county; that the defendants named have under their oustody, con trol management and direction three dlsepusarics for the sale of intoxicat ing liquors in this county. That by virtue of an allcgod aot of tho general assembly entitled "An act to amend section 7 of an act entitled 'An act to provide for the oleotlon of the State board of oontrol, and to further regu late the sale, usc, consumption, trans portation and disposition of intoxicat ing and alcoholic liquors or liquids in this State, and presorlbe further pen alties for tho violation of the dispen sary law, and to polieo thc same.' " approved Maroh 6th, 1800, and as amended by the general assembly of South Carolina at its regular session In January, 1004, and approved Feb ruar? 25th, 1004. T. J Betenbaugh, county supervisor of Union county, ordered au elootion to be held, submit ting to thc qualitled voters of tho said oounty of Union the question of "dis pensary" or "no dispensary," on the 16th day of August, 1005. That the eleotlon was held on the day prescrlb ed, and the county board of commis sioners have today declared the result in favor of "no dispensary;" that said county board of control and dispensen have threatened and deolarod their In tcntlon to close the said dispensarle* and cease to operate thc same, claim lng lt ls their duty to do so as the re sult of the Raid eleotlon. THK OHOUNDS. This the plaintiff alleges would b( unlawful, unconstitutional and void on tho following grounds: (*) That this section 7, as above cited, is in direot violation of tho con stitutional Inhibition contained In ar tide ?1, section 34 clause ll of thc con stitution of South Carolina, 1006. Thai said section ls an attompt on the pari of the general assembly to pass a spec lal law to limit the operation of tin dispensary law to certain special local itins, and thc act being deprived of itt oharactor as a general law becomes ? spcoial or local law. That tho electlor being mado undor said section is Meg al and void. (b) That by vlrtuo of artlol<\s 8, sec i,Inn ll of tba constitution of 1805 tho State cannot delegate tolls ci tl /^ns any special localities detormed bj their votes as to whether they shal bo subject to the exercise of the sale polios powor regarding tho raauufac turo, sale or prohibition of liquors 01 beverages. (0) That the act popularly known a? tho Brioc bill ls unconstitutional, ai the goncrai assembly faned to provide for tho holding of elections at whlol timo such questions as "dispensary* or "no dispensary" oan bc submittee to tho people, and has failed to pre scribe tho manner lu which hud) dec tlon Shall bo hold and results ascer talncd. (el) That under the goneral olectloi law tho election should bo hole) the Hrs Tuesday following tho llrst Monday n November, 1800, and eaohscoond yea thcroaftcr; that ll lt should bo hole undor this law SUCH special quostioni aa "dispensary" or "no dispensary' nhniild 1>A ?nhmJttCCl to tho pOOpIO thon suoh election oould only bo hole tho llrst Tuesday of November, 1000 and that T. J. Hetcnbaugh had no au thorlty to ordor said oleotlon for an: other timo. (0) By virtue of a majority of th votes being for "no dispensary" lcvle a speolal tax upon tho tax payers 0 Union county, which is in violation n article 1, section 7 of tho constitution. Furthermore, that this bill originated in the senate, when under the consti tution, artiole 3, section 15. "Dills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives, but may be altered, amended or rejected by the sonata, and all other billa may origi nate in either house, and may be al tered, amended or rejected by the other." The plaintiff alleges upon informa tion and beliof that tho potitlon for an election on the question of "dis pensary" or "no dispensary" waa not signed by ono-forth of the qualified votors of Union oounty, and that the supervisor ordered it without asear latuing same; that the plaintiff ls In formed and believes tho election wa* fraudulently and illegally hold and conducted, In that many persons who were not qualified voters wore allowed to vote, and many persons who were qualified voters wero not allowed to vote; persons were allowed to vote at precincts other than those at which they resided; no registration books were furnished the managers, as re quired by law, and In many ways the law was not compiled with; and as a result of this fraud and these irregu 1 larltles the election resulted In "no dispensary," whereas, If lt had boen conducted according to law, lt would have resulted In favor of tho dispen sary. That the plaintiff, as a citizen and resident of Union county, has a right to purohaso intoxicating liquors form said dispensaries, and if same are dosed, as threatened, the plaintiff and other oltlzons of Union county will bo deprived of tholr rights and privileges to purchase alcoholio liquors, as he or they desire to do, and the oounty will bo deprived of the revenue lt is en titled to under tho provlsons of the dispensary law. On these grounds the plaintiff prays that the Injunction bo issued to pre vent tho Bald dispensaries from dos ing, and tho election to bo declared unconstitutional, Illegal and void. Following this are affidavits slgnod by J. B. "Wilbanks and A. B. Burgess, mill operatives, and J. F. Wilbanks, a farmer, who allege that they did not authorize tho signing of their names to the petition, and that as taxpayers they will bo damaged because tho elec tion cost the couuty $300. TIIK BUPBUVISOR'S TAUT. Tho next affidavit is that slgnod by G. 0. May, beer dispenser, and J. G. Howell, dispenser, who allege that they, with W. Boyd Evans, visitod Su cer visor T. J. Betonbaugh on the nigh of August 11th, and that Boten haugh said In their presonco that when tho petitions were first present ed to him there wero about 1,000 sig natures to said petitions, and tnat he took them and carefully ?xamluod teem for several days, and of the 1, 000 signatures to said potltions he fouud only 274 qualified votors to said petitions, and M?at he refused to order tho election and returned tho peti tions to those who had presented thom; that thoso interested took tho peti tions and wont over them, and said they bad found 60 or 00 additional qualified voters, but that he did not investigate to soe whether or not this was eorrcot; that later the same peti tions were presented to him again, with less than 200 additional signa tures, that ho took the petitions and ordered the special election to bo held 1 In Union oounty on the question of ! "dispensary" or "no dispensary" on the 16th day of August, 1?05, without further Investigating tho said peti Mons to see whether they contained tho ono-forth of the qualified votors, as required by law, or not. At tho same time he ordered the special elco tion ho did not know whether the pe titions contained the one fourth of the qualified voters or not, and did not know thom; but tnat bo ordered the said oleotlon because those who presonted the petitions said that they had tho one-fourth of tho qualllled voters; that if ho had known what he knew then, tl it lt was not his busi ness to lind out whether the potltlons 1 contained the ono-fourth or not; that 1 tho supervisor of registration did not make an affidavit that thc potitlon contained ono-fourth of the qualllled ' voters, neither did those who present I cd tho petition the last time make I such an affidavit, that he only took . their wc rd for lt, that ho bas boon 1 over the books of tho supervisor of registration for Union oounty, and ' that he knows that there aro at least t 800 qualified voters in the county of Union; that ho could not make an af j tldavlt at timo lio ordered tho election or then that tho petitions asking for ' an eleotlon oontalnod one-fourth of j the qualified votera of Union county; . that ho would mako an affidavit to . thlselTect next morning, August 12th, , 1006, when ne oame to his oilloo; that j instead of making said affidavit next ? morning, as above stated, ho refused, , stating that ho preferred to go to his ) cilice and write out a history of the whole matter, In thc form of an afll , davit. Instead of going to bis own k office, he weut to tho effice of J. A. ! Sawyer, whore ho spent tho whole . morning, and about 2 o'olook that afternoon, August 12th, bo sent a . letter to W. Boyd Evans stating an enMroly dlflcrent thing than thatstat ! od the night beforo in the prcsenoo ol f thom; that tho said lotter ls affixed ti 1 the affidavit, 1 The lettor roferred to has already . been published. In closing it ho says: r "At tho time I ordored the elootion I was satisfied that tho petition con < talned one-fourth of tho qualllled } votors of tho county, and 1 am now sc aaf.iuflnH " , llUvi.MIUVI, 1 Chiirtfort to OftroloaanoB*. j Tho findings and opinion of thc court of Inquiry which investigated . thc fatal explosion on tho gunboat . Bennington bas been mado public by Secretary Bonaparte. The court ex i presses the opinion that the explosion t, was caused by excessive steam pres i sure In ber boilers, resulting from r closing tho steam valvo connecting i with the guage. The court says that ?i I). N. Holland, thc fireman on dut) ? olosed the valvo. Tho court finds En sign Charles D, \Y-.\do of the englnt 1 departmont of the uhlp at fault in fail , lng to seo that the steam and safotj - guage valves wero closed at the propel y time, having aocoptod tho report o? subordinates that this had boon dorn j In Maroh. Ho was doolarod negllgont it s tho performance of duty and that ht f should bo brought beforo a oourl f matlab I SLAVES OF DKUG? Fearful Provalonco of tho Habit in Frobitution Eistriots. Not Boing Ablo to Uot Oilier Stimu lants GOOOAIIIO, Morphine ana Other Drugs Are Used. xThe Washington correspondent of tho Columbia Record says Albert Lie ber, one of the most prominent citi zens of Indianapolis, has been in Wash ington on his way to New York to meet his father; Potor Llebor, United Statte OUBUI at Dusseldorf, Qermany. Consul Lieber and nts wife are re turning to tho United States aftor a long residence abroad, and will spend some time in this oountry visiting rel atives and friend?. "I wa? appalled at somo faots given mo in the Arlington hotel by a South ern man stopping there," said Mr. Liebor to Tho Record correspondent, "and the stat omen ts aro such that they should receive tho earnest atten tion of the best thinking people of tho United States Tho gentleman said that he had been Informed that physicians In many portions of the South, espcolally where prohibition is in force, had found that tho cocaine habib was making slaves of tho negro race. They wore prevented from sat isfying their appetites with bevorages of some kind that would stimulate and they bad turned to cocaine, which was being consumed In Immense quan tities, generally being put in older or some other drink. Physicians had told the gentleman who had Informed mo that the long continuance of tho habit would prove more destructivo to tho negro race than anything on the face of the earth, inasmuch as it not only wrecked them physically, mak them despise work, but would kill them off quickly. In the Washington Post ot July Hist was an Interview with Mr. E. J. Bowen, of Little Rock, Ark., who gave utterauce to precisely similar views ile said that where co caine could uot bc obtained lemon ex traot was being used in prohibition communities. He said he knew a man who used to drink lt Incessantly until lt killed him. There ls ofton a brisk trade in perfumes, red iuk and nearly anything that could be used as a sub stitute for stimulating drinks. "I know of my own aocord," went on Mr. Lieber, "that lu many prohibi tion counties In tho country men and women have begun tho use of opium and drugs that will satisfy the craving for stimulants of some kind, lb seems to me that this is a fearful argument against some of the existing forms of prohibition. Now, I believe in tem perance myself, but I do not know anything more foolish than to deprlvo people of stimulating beverages of aomo kind. Personally I would not objeob to rigid prohibition against whiskey In any community, but I be lieve all sensible peuple will admit that beer and tho lighter drinks should not be shut out of any commu nity. Let us take the very communi ties where good authority says tho people of a raco are largely turning to cocaine and other drugs, and the probability is tho Hame state of affairs exist all over the South and in othor portions of the country. Suppose the prohibition laws should admit beer and tho drinks that do not produce drunkenness unless used to thc gross est excess? These negroes would not desire the awi ul drugs that they now use. The small percentage of alcohol in bser would satisfy their appetites, and they v/ould be happy. Human nature demands something that stimulates, and thc least harmful of all drinks ls beer. "If the prohibitionists would deal with human nature as it ls and recog nize the demand for something stimu lating they would Insist upon the ex clusion of thc ardent spirits and ad mit beers, wines, etc. Prohibition now results in tho surreptitious salo of whiskey where posslblo and the shutting out of wines, beers, eot., be cause they can only be handled In bulk. Tho effect is disastrous. Men and women, espcolally the ignorant ones, turn to opium, cocaine, nicotine, ginger alo, with twice as much aloho hol as beer; patent medicines, con taining 40 to 50 per cent, of alcohol, and some of tho soda fountain drinks that are bad as opium." Adrift tor Forty Hours. Miss Zelda Stewart and her fiance, John Chartres, were found In an opon boat forty miles out from Ohloago in Lake Michigan late Thursday after noon. They wore almost famished. They had been without food for fortv hours. Water they secured from the lake by scooping lt up in their hands. The couple left In a row boat from the foot of Montrose boulevard at 10 o'olook Sunday night for a boat ride on tho lako. When found both wore unconscious In tho boat, and at first behoved tho long strain and suffering , had brought death. When Miss Stew art and her fiance were taken on a launoh both were soon revived. Up i to a late hour Thursday night neither had revived sutllclently to give any of . tho dotaUs of their mishap. Tho Homo MorohantH. "Who ls tho homo morohant?" , Asks an exchango. Ho is a man who helps pay for the streets on which you wulk; he helps to koop up tho ohuroh In whloh you and yours worship; every , subscription paper that ls passed has his name up n. it; lie !s thc only ono who cannot alford to swlndlo you, self Interest If nothing e's J, would prevent > this; ho bears his share of tho burden I of good government and stays with you In sunshine and darkness. Paste J those faotv in your hat, and then stop and consider whenever you are tempt ed to send away for anything kopt In 1 your own town. i ICfci-tlKjufcko Hliooks. : A dispatch from Chloago says 1111 i nola was shaken by an earthquake ' Tuesday night of last week. The . shocks In the southern part of the - otrtle, espcolally in the legion sur . rounding lOast S't. Louis, wore severe r onough to rattle dishes and furniture, i" causo dogs to bark and children to f awakon and cry. Houses creaked and > ... mann Inc. nr.A. i. o.*U nrtAnnfinfll 1 iii many insosuv?.*) ....v., UUUH|<UIIM ? rushod out In terror, fearing that thc > straining beams and Joists would give t> wiy. Sb. Louis reports three ?istl mt hooks. f i HOW HE STANDS. Senator Manning (livesHisViewf [on the Dispensary. WANTS LAW AMENDED The Senator, Who May Become a Can didate for Governor, Does Not Ac cept System as It Is at Present Opposes Prohibition as It Won't Be Enforced. Th? following lotter from Senator Riobard I. Manning, of Sumter, who may becomo a candidato for governor will bo read with interest: Busmen, S. O., Augusb 23.-A numberiof article? have appeared in the newspapers oalling on those who aro spoken of as probable candidates for gover In the Demooratlo primary next year to express themselves on the quostlonliwhioh ls now agitating the publlo mlnd.i.namely, the liquor question. As ono of [those referred to, I desire to say that I have no hesitation in stating my position on this question. In doing so I have no desire to precip itate the campaign at this time for altbough.I have frequently been men ttened as a candidate for governor, I have not, up to this!, time, {positively decided tO'.beja candidate, and.lnjnow stating my position on the liquor ques tion 1 do not commit myselt to enter tho race. I do so now merely to pre vent thc Idea being formed in the publlo mind that I am awaiting to see wbioh way the tldo turns before stating my attitude thereto. In my opinion, aggrave condition confronts our people, and Its practical and wiso solution should be of para mount Importance to the political as pirations of any man or set of men. Irrespective of any o&ndidaoy, I feel that lt ls tho duty of^every oitiaen who realizes the responsibilities of cltizmsbip>o do his, part in bringing about tire wisest and best solution of tho liquor question, to;put aside prej udice, to puo aside politics and every consideration save the earnest desire to bring about that oondltlon which will promote temparanoo and straight torward, honest conduct and morality, and will minimize tho evils of liquor. It is Inevitable that differences of opinion will exist as to tho way to ac complish this desirable end even amoog those earnestly and honest ly striving after the same object. I respect the position of the prohibi tionist who beiloves that prohibition can be effectlvo in ?outh Carolina. I admit that there has been a growing tendency to ourtall drink, and the timo may como when the tono of our people will be educated up to suoh a degrie of aelf-dhoipllne, self-restraint and respeot for law that a prohibitory law against the usc or sale of liquor may bo observed, but in my judgment that time bas non yet come In South Carolina. Rut the time has cerno wheh the people .of this State will no longer suomlt to a continuance of the mal administration of the dispensary law -this condition has become intolera ble. The dispensary must be purged, and overy act of administration con trary to its purpose of restricting th? salo of liquor must be corrected, the oilloors or employe responsible there for punished, and every aot of wrong doing wiped out. The issuo in South Carolina is din . penary or prohibition; this does not mean that thc issue must bo "dlspen sary-as-lt-is" or "prohibition," but "dispensary amended and honestly ad ministered" or "prohibition." A bill will be introduced at the coat ing session of tho legislature which will, if adopted, so change the dla penary law that it will be distinctly a law to restrict and ourtall the use of liquor-will make the prohibitive fea tures prominent and imperative, per mit the salo of liquor only under con ditions that will reduoo tho evils to the minimum, and suburdinate the protlt feature of the law. This bill will also make the salaries of dispen sers and om ploy es absolutely indepen dent of the amount of sales, will throw every possible safeguard around the purohaso of liquor to prevent bri bery and corruption, and will ondeavor to correct such defcots and eliminate suen abuses as tho work of tho Inves tigating committee may roveal, and make suoh other changes as may be deemed best. 1 believe that suoh a law oan and will bo a great step toward reduc ing tho evils of liquor; that lt can bc mado effeotlvo and that it will not 1 .torfore with othor functions of gov ernment. With suoh a law, tho issue would bo "dispensary law so amended," or "prohibition." On this issuo, I would stand for tho dispensary law so amended; but I do not stand tor the dispensary law as it is. RIOHAHD I. MANNIWO. Wants to Help. Govornor Hoy ward has roceivod a letter from W. il. Moms, or Sanjose, Cal., suggesting that he would like to , aid In building a homo for Confeder ate soldiers lu somo state of the South. lIo8ayshowas a "Yankeo" soldier, but ho ls willing to help out and thinks he could seoure several thone,. ands of dollars from Northern states for the purpose. Mr. Norment, in tue absunoe of Gov. Hcyward, will re for the letter to Gen. Carwlle. Wftpiio tu *'t|(ht. Tho New York Trlbuue says Vene zuela has placed ordora in Kurope for i torpedo boats, guns and ammunition at tho cost of about $2,500,000, a lar ger amount than that little South Amorloan republlo has evor expended i at ono timo for war material. Aa Amerioan, who has Just returned from i Venezuela, nays that President das i tro recently dcolarad that he was go > lng to light the Yankeo, which ox ) p atns the unusually large order for i nips, ar us and ammunition