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iVLarlbor - A I-f' "DO THOU, OUEAT LIBERTY, INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MA KIO OUR Ll VHS IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY" OR OUR DEATHS OLOKIOU? IH THY CA USU." VOLXSXI. BEN NETTS VILLE, S. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 10O0. THE BRICE LAW x ? . .. :,.'.)' ' ?'.V * > * ' ''. Is Declared Constitutional by the Supreme Court. DECISION SWEEPING In UH Effects. The Only Part of the Anti'Dlspensiry Law Rejected bv ? the Court is the Ann ndment in Reference to the School Fund. The Brice law ls constitutional. Suoh ls the decision of the S ate su premo court. The dispensaries kept open by lnjunotion must bo closod hereafter and prohibition will provall , In all of the northwest portion of the State, from E Jgetiold to the North Carolina line, except lo Abbeville c un ty. where no eleotton has been held. ; Tue oases ar> ued before the supreme oourt last Monday wore di e ded Erl 1 day and tho court deorees that th? 1 lawlB constitutional with one excep 1 tlo?i, and that may be eliminated with- ' one a?eoting tho law Itself. The OXCJP MOM, singular to relate, ls tho "rider" 1 whloh waB pub on tho Brice bill by the dispensary p opie, the olause whloh ' provides that counties voting out the 1 dispensary shall have no participation in the surplus school fund accumula { ted from dispensary profits. 1 The State of South Carolina, in f the supreme court, jN"vttnbor term, 1 1906: 1 W. W. Morph, petltiionor, against 1 B. Ot. Landurm et al., respondents. ' Louis B. Cox, petitioner, against * James Hodges ct al., respondents. 1 Joseph W. Cowaid, petitioner, a gainst J. II. Blackwell ot al., rcspon 1 dents, 1 J.)hn A Weir, petitioner against F. ( P; Walker et al , respondeuts. * ? Itobort E. L'gon, petlbiouer, 3 against IT. IT. Burrlss et al., respon dent. 1 Flokons County, petitioner, against 1 A. W. Jones, as comptroller general, 1 respondent. , ; Oconee County, petitioner, against A. W, Jones, as comptrolles general, 1 respondent. 1 Adam L. Aull, petitioner, against I A. W. Jones, as comptroller general, * respondent. ? lu each of those oases brought lu 1 the original jurisdiction of this court ( the general dispensary law, approved 1 March 0, 1890. ( After careful consideration this 1 "court ls of the opinion that said aot is not unconstl.utional on any of the 1 grounds aib ged except in so Tar as . said Brice aot tltclares that "au y 1 oounty voting out a dispensary shalt 1 not thereafter receive any part of the surplus that may remain of the dis pensary sohool funds after the defi ciencies in t. e various county tohool funds have hoi mule up , as provided by law." While the oourt considers this provision uncon stitutional, the court is of the opin ion that it is separable from the re mainder of the act and that said act stands as constitutional with this 3 provision treated as ?tr cken out. , This conclusion readers lt nccicss ary to net aside tho temporary injunc tion granted In tao first live ahovt '? entitled cases restraining tho closlug I of the dispensaries therein mentioned and also that the temporary injune i tlon granted in the remaining three c above entititd cawes restraining the r comptroller general from drawing his i o?leial warrant for the ?several sums r arising from the surplus of the dis pensary fund as therein mentioned be I dissolved and the comptroller general I left free to disburse said fund as lt < would have been disbursed before thc < enactment of the said Brice act, and it ls so adjudged. I Tho reason for these conclusllons | will be stated In au opinion hereafter to be filed. Y. J. Pope, 0. J., j Eugene B. Gary, A. J , , Ira B. Jones, A- J., C. A. Woods- A. J. Tho action of the court means that ? the dispensaries must be and must ro main closed in Greenville, Spartan burg, Anderson, Laurees, Union, ( Pic-kens, Newberry, Cherokee, Hurry, , Ooonce, Darlington, Marion, York, , Lancaster, Elgoileld and Saluda j counties. Greenwood and Marlboro ? have novor had dispensaries. Wil liamsburg voted t^e dispensaries out, but tho election was Illegal and the result was so declared. Thus 19 of ll counties have already dcolared against the dispensary sys tem and in 20 others thero has been no election. Two counties have stot.d by tho dispensary, Florence and FjJr field. IQ several others tho people want eleotlons bub aro being kept from an expression of their views. Those counties whloh now havo dis pensaries must contribute of their sohool fund to the counties In which there are no dispensaries unless an en tirely new system be.enacted. MurtlcvorH Hung, litst Friday morning Jenkins Bur rows and Arthur Williams, two negro murderers, were hung at Kingstree. Tho negroes were convicted of the horrible murder of Mr. Julian Wilson on tho 13 of last october. It will bo remembered that Mr. Wilson was In tho store, where he was employ?d tn manager alone, having rooms on the second floor. Ono of the negroes en tered through the baok dor, crept up behind him and brained him with a heavy wooden prop used under the axle of wagons when greasing the wheel*. The bloody wood was found in the yard tho following day. Both the negroes woro convicted on the strongest possible ovldoncc, there having been no eyewitnesses, but maintained to tho end that thoy did not commit tho orlme. Both said, howevor, Just before going to tho gal lows, that they were ready to dio. INMATES BUMED. ?iKVKNI'I'lvV PUUSON8 GO DOWN IN A ?>101<3 > nc Twelve Beside, oes Undermined by Hay riggers in Making Pr ck. On Tuesday night of last week at llaverstraw, N. Y., st venteen por sons wera mlssln? and aro believed tc have gone to tholr d )ath when th lr toon houses on lt ckluiid street top pled over Into a pit sixty feot deep which had beon cut by olay diggers In conrecticn with tho brick-making industry there. Tr?01voof tho per sons missing were occupants of the fallon houses, live were amoug the rescuers who went to the aid of neighbors, after the iirst house foll and wero carried down when the 12 ?ther houses went orashlng over the pr c pice. Tue wreckage q ilokly caught fire md those who worein the ma^s were dither cm bcd or burned to death. Tu-sday night there was gravo fear uf another CAVO in along tho s>me street and the occupants of seven or sight houses have moved away. ? thors aro keeping on all night vigil, ready to alarm t'^clr neighbors lu case of Impending danger. The missing Tuesday ufght, all of whom arc believed to bj dead, aro as foll.)W8. Occupants of bouses, Harris Nel iou, a merchant; Henj&miu Nelson, lils son; Mrs. Silverman and young ion, Obarles Ooben and wife, John B. Heauchainp, A Provitca and daugh ;er, Abraham Dias; in the rescuing in all night vigil, ready to alarm ire, Bartley McGovern, Mrs. M. Jos ?ph Dalley, Kev. Mr. Aldon, a Jewish abbi. Thc landslide which carriod away ihe 13 houses was causod by tho fati ng in of tho bank thder whloh the ?xcavators c f the brick manufactur es had been working for a number of rears. When the breakage occurred In thc eng line of land which formed the ragged edge of Rodkland Street, ono louse toppled over Into tho pit with ill who were living within Its walls. Tho other ocoupantsof the houses pro >arcd to leave homes in tho face of a illndlng snowstorm A number of >Qoplo who llvcdi nearby rushed to ?heir aid and were assisting them In retting out when 12 more houses went down carrylrg with them not >nly the families wno occupied them, nit also several of thoso who had gone io Uielr?i&Jfiti >??ai me?nW^*?s' st i buildings and firemen came from niles arou id but when the landslldo icourred lt broko the water main, thus cutting olT tho entire supply. ?Tuesday night relatives and friends of thoso bujrled beneath tho ruins are itill watchlrg. as they haye been all lay, for bho oodles of the dead to be Drought out. MANY OF?ICK? VACANT. Che General AHBtMnU'.y Will Fill lin portant Pliioeu. Mire elections will bc held this .ear by the general assembly than iBual. There are vacancies occurring ID six of the judicial circuits and tlu ?hlef justice of thc supreme c nlrb ls iO be elected. Ol ojur.se much Interest will centre n the election of tho three dispensary llreotors and the S^ato libar?an ls ilse to be elected. There aro two raoanolcs on the board of penitentiary lirectors. New membars must ba elected on ihe boards of trustees of South Caro Ina eolloue, Clemson, Winthrop, the Jltadel and thc State colored college it Orangcburg. Chief Justice Y. J . rope's torm ex pires this year and a sncois^r must ne chosen to serve eight year> J ustloe l\>po ls lilllng an unexpired tem. The judges of tlio circuit courts whose terms expire and their respective c r jults are: C. G. Dant/lor Iirst; James Aldrich, second; lt. O. Purdy, bbirr' lt C. Watts, fourth; G. W. Gage, six th and J. 0. Klugh, eighth. These judges serve for four years each. Tue term of State Commissioner W D. Tatum expires, and also thc term Df chairman of the bond of dispensary llreotors, H. El Evans. Tho terms of the two directors, J otm Hell To will ind h W. Boykln, also expire. The term Is two years. Successors to J. A. Wlngo and D D. PcUrlfoy of the board of poulton Hary ault be elected to servo two years oaoh. Tho State librarian must bo chosen for a terni of two years Miss LiBorde being tho incumbent. The c diego trustees whoso terms expire this year fjllow, all being cleo tod for six years each: Sc ii th Carolina College-W. T. 0 Hates, J. Q. iUvls. August Kohn. Clemson- W. I). lOvans, A. T. Soay the, L. A. Sease. Winthrop E S. Joynos, W. J Rockley, A. M Leo. Citadel -J. J, Lucas, B. M. nivtho, State Colored College- W. ft Low man, I) .1 Biadham. Thero are plentv of candidates out for thovarlcuii.lllcesandtho.ro will bo lots of log rolling beforo next Tues day or Wednesday, when the lucky ones will gat the plums. (Jhnatoil iii? Mallow.*. Bicker Glass, a negro con lined fn S 'lmi, AU., for tho murder of K E. Allen, a young white man, and senten ced to hang January ll)tb, cheated tho gallows In a daring dash for liber <.. rii,,nn?i<... \? . orhlAh hfl ",oa ahnt irs ty lUCSUay, ... .....v,.. ..v. nr?? ouui death tiy deputies. Tuc negro tiled olf his /'anaolcs with a shoo iron and tried to wrest a rovolvcr from a guard. Two men were required to ovorpowor the nogro and ono deputy shot him at the risk of tho other's lifo. The daad negro was namod for Bookor Wash ington. Tin dinner plates woro found folded ovor his heart when tho body was examined. HAVE MET AGAIN. Both Branches of the Legisla ture Convened Tuesday. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE In the Mouse and tin Senate Since the Session Began in thc Way of Legislation. Governor Ho ward's Alessgge Read in Both lions'H. Tho General Assembly of S JU th '.w .Una mot In annual session on Tuesday cf lust week. Tho whole lay was taken np In organizing and tearing tho Governor's m :ssage read, rho message ls a long document, and Ike all State papers prepared by Gov. ley ward, ls clear aud to the point. Phe most Important subjeot lt treats s the dlsp neary. Tho part of tho aussage bearing oh this subjeot is .rioted in anothor column. THK HOU8K. Ia the House of Representatives !.lerk Tom ?. Il ?mor oalled tho roll nd announced that a quorum was resent, and Speaker M. L. Smith I ailed upon the Rev. Mr. Pratt to i pen tho proceedings with prayer. t Speaker Smith made a brief open- t ng address, and said he would titer io suggestions as to what ought to be * one. Tho members arc fresh from t he people and know what they want, C ut he felt that if tho same hroad fi omorvatism and liberality oharac t or./, id tho action of tho members 1 hat nothing but success would rown the work of tho General As- I . embly. I I Announcements were then made hat several nowly elected members I rere present ready to bo sworn In. c ?ho new members sworn In Tuesday t re: IO Marion Ruoker, of Anderson. Wm. Anderson, of Cherokee. I A mold us Vaudor Horst, of Char- i ?ston. t Mr. Hobbs's eleotlon has nob yet i een declared, and as soon as the lection is declared ho will cake the fl ath. 1 Messrs. Whaloy, Doar and D. O. I lerbert wore appointed to notify tue 1 WWMK*'-'-y*- \ ommunloatloiiH. t Messages were exohanged between i ho Senate and House that eaoh was cady for work. I Tue annual massage of Governor I leyward was read, having been prc- I ented by Private Secretary Norment. i ?be members gave careful attention ( o the reading. There were only two new measures ntroduced tho Urst day. Roth of he now bills came from.Mr. Toole, of liken cDunty. Tlie lirst was a bill to restrict the lumber of hours of labor in cotton I < ollls to ten hours, Instead of eleven, s is the law at present. Mr. Toole ntroduced a similar bill last year, hui t was ki Hod. j ( Mr. Toole's second bill was to re li uoe thc passenger rate in this Stat o two and a half cents per milo. I. s now three cents per mile on pas I enger trains, with no second class, irbiob arrangement was adoptod by vay of compromise. Thc House adjourned, after about n hour's session, to meet on Wedncs iay at eleven o'clock. Thc house of representatives got lown to business Wednesday and at acked the calendar with au evident leslro to kill everything that otme In ight. Six blils were tabled and with Irawn by their authors, there were ccommitted, three had the enacting lause strlckod out, the parllamentarj vay of saying that they were "kilt" nd two wore also killed by being ndetinitcly postponed. Speaker Smith announced tho ap (Ointment of Mr. 10 M. Racker, .lr, s a member of the committee on wavN nd means, and stated that Mr. J no. 1. Richards, Jr., would bo the ohalr nanof that ommlttcc. Tuc following xetutlve appointments v/ore at. lounced by tho speaker: Journal Clerk-Christie Benet. Hill Clerk W. 1?'. Norton. Keeper of the speaker's Room ames N. Pearman. Mail Clerk-John Sharpe. Doorkeepers R R. O wings, Hen louver, - McKinney. Pages-James FI. Tompkins, 10 irle doftott, William Martin, John H. ettrick. Laborers-William Long, Honry p.lham, George Ki wards, Caleb lira ?y, Hour rt Chisolm. A f ter a short debato tho house post lonod indefinitely the bill presented )y Mr. Ardroy to soil the State farms. The vole was 78 to 30, In tho course if tho debate Mr. Hanks of Orango mrg called attention to the faot thu? ?5,000 bushels of corn woro raised on Jicso farm? last year. Mr. J. H. Watson's bill suggesting tn increase In the length of terms of ?ircult j ldgcs was killed. Tho bill mordy provided that tho people be ?Wen the opportunity to vote on this question. Ctpt. II i neel !? bill proposing that pxftoutlon of criminals bo conducted within tho penitentiary walls was killed. Capt. Hamel explained that tho bill was introduced in tho Inter ests of humanity. Mr. Lafitte sp ike on his bill "to make cursing and abusing any one of another an assault and providing pun ishment therefor." Mr. LaFltto ex plained the necessity of having such a law to prevent poopli from being Insulted on thc highway and then pro vided for resenting lt. Tho members did not see it his way and killed thc bill. In tho House on Thursday there wore eight bills given favorable con slderatlon, passed eooond reading and ordored to third reading. They woro Mr. (JalMuon's, relating to publio guardians, amending section 2088 of the code; Mr. 8Abd rv" bill providing for inspection ^f oils; Mr. D O. Ufr bert's to autborlzomayors and, intend ants to designate and dotall policemen to perform duties of health otlicen;. Mr. LiFitte's to give magistrates jur 1-, diction in ease ot tho rt of live stook if value of stolen property does not exceed $20; Mr. Sandor*' Ml1 against "buoket shops;" Mr. M W. Walker's' to proteot boarding housekeepers; Mr. Laban Mauldln'storc quire county au dltors to administer oatb to porsonB making roturo of property for taxa tlor ; Mr. Priuoe'sblll to author!/.J S. M. Orr, H. H. Watkins aud others to dam the Savannah rlvar ab Cherokee shoals. Mr. Sanders' bill against "bucket shops" makes a misdemeanor "the keeping any room or place where con tracts are mado for the future delivery of any s'eoks, bonds, cotton, grain, meat?, or any othor animal, mineral, or vegetable product of any kind with out the seller being the ownor cf the su ck, bo:id, cotton, grain, or other article contracted to bo sold, and with out any Intention ou the part of either the seller to dellvor of tho buyer re ceiving thc samo." TII1C 8KNAT1C. The Sonate was oalied to order by Lieutenant Go vernor Sloan, who made a short addreis after prayer by bbe Chaplain, Hov. W. I. Herbert. Formor Senator Hydi lok, who has been made a Judgo, ls succeeded by Mr. II li Carlisle as Senator from ?partanburg. He was duly Bworu In mi was appointed to all those com mittees on which his prcdcce.ssor lerved. A ocmmittco, conslstlug of Senators Manning, ICirle and Raynor, was ap pointed to inform tho Governor that jho Senate was ready for business and io receive any communication he night seo lit to make. It was expected that the bill glylng die dispensary investigating commit iee further powers would be Intro luced Tuesday, but Chairman Hay laid there had been so'uo mistake in mrolllng it, and that it would likely je Introduced later. The committee met Tuesday after toon to perfect tho bill. In general lerms lt will be similar to the original ?solution, except that it will bo in the form of an Act, aud tho phrase )logy will bo so constructed as to glvo die committee delinlto and positive luthorlty to compel attendance of /hose summoned as witnesses, punish or contempt, otc, and in short to {Ive tho committee those powers, for rhe lack of which the Investigation las ht en muoh hampered. The following appointments were mnounce.d bc f <ro adjournment: G. K rloore, Honea Path, Journal clerk; A. A. Deal, C.dumbi'a, bill olerk; N. O. Columbia, postal clerk; Andrew Crawford. Jr.. Columbia, clerk to thc jresia?WffTDT^v. tntuum, .ie., .mews >urg; and W. D. Johnson, of Aiken, jages, and the same laborers who ?erved last year. There 's a vacancy n tho place of assistant olerk. Gen. Uemphlll will announce that appoint neut Wtdnesday, and the successful nan will likely be Mr. W. W. Mann. >f St. George. The Governor's M ssugo was read ind with that thc business of the day was completed. Only ?nd bill was Introduced, that icing by Senator hates to amend Section :i,0f>7 ? f Volume I of the Civil Jode, lt hus roferoi.co to usances' lens j The tanings of tho sonate Wad nos lay was not lengthly. There was only me discu si?n while the calendar was peing read. Toe report of tho dispon iary committee was made. The two third reading bills to poli sh thoft of car brasses and to re 1 dre toilets at railway stations were read. Tho coso cola bill was rc-comml?ori \ud there v as, an effort to have Sen Uor W. IC Johnson's lockout bill ?ade a special order for Wednesday ?jut this fal'.o.i. Senator Hood t H ired m amendment relating to a change In bbc code regarding wills hub after a egal discussion this was killed. .A ommlttcc was appointed in c rn leotlon with the presentation of the portraits g'.vou by Capt. T. G. White jr ltoaufort. The day set 1B February 1st and the committee consista of Sen itora Christensen, H."leo and Wftr ron. A bill killed wai that sent from tin nouse Introduced by Mr. Clay, ro ?arding the obstruction of streets bj railways. H was thought there an now enough laws to cover tho sub I ?ct. A resolution was passed to Investi .tate what elections arc necessary t< DO held this year. President Sloan read a letter fron Mr. IC S I).ugle, formerly ass!stan derk, who has resigned. Resolution were passed accepting lt and Mr. M M. Mann was appointed to sucoeei Mr. Dingle. Tho dispensary committee's repor ind hill wore Introducid by Sanato Dh r (Stensen. In thc Senate on Thursday a hill t ^Ive thc railroad commissioner moro power over depots was glvei third reading, and a bill to extern prot63tlon ovor quail and partridge until imo received socDnd reading Several hills wcro ncommitted, a mong them ono regarding railroa rates and two rolatlng to tiro klnshl c f supreme court justices and ci rou court judges with reference to the Hitting in eases_ Want tim Job' Candidatos for places on thc dispel sary board aro looming up. It is sa that II. EL ICvnns, Chairman of tl Hoard, will have no opposition. Tl candidates for the Obher aro: Mn John Black, some timo ago hhipplr clerk at the dispensary; Mr. J. ? Rawlinson, a mere 1)3r of the h ui from Richland county; Mr. R. Kulti Dukes, mon bT of tho houso from C angeburg county and a son of a fon or director of the dispensary; Mr. H. Wyllo of Choster, who Offered f this pipci once before. Mr. Tow and Mr. Mjykin will nob stand for i election. Arrested. J. R. Pjdon, an aile,tod agont South Carolina cotton ro Ills, was I rested In Knoxville, Tenn., on Tm for trying to entice lahorors to coi to South Gu ol Ina. He is said to representing 12 mills. U Governor Heyward's Views on me State Dispensary. TfiJ BOT SOLUTION Of die L'quor Qiesll.in If lt h Properly Conducted, Which Ile Thinks Caa be Done. By No Means Hope less Because of Wrong Doing. Tho /following are tho governor's recomi? sudations in full relative to tho dispensary: Tho* Only o'oud whloh throws a shadow over tho atato is the unaat Isfaofcoty oondltlon of tho dispensary. 3reat dis>atisfaotion baa been mani fested) by tho people tn many quar iera. lt exista, 1 believe, because of uss of confidence resulting from abm ;a in conneoMon with lbs operation. No one can deny that the present at nosphere surrounding tho dispensary s a gravo reduction upon South Caro Ina, for lt is a state institution, and iny odium which attaohes to ita oper itlon - necessarily attaches to the itate. Nineo your last session a largo lumber of c unties have voted out Mapolearles, but I must sa> that thc rote abolishing thom I take tu be a ebukf. to the mode of operation rath :r thau a repuhatlou of the system tsolf. In my last annual message, when lonslderlng tho needs of the dispensa y, 1 said: "1 ara convinced if this ystem can bc properly regulated, it viii ho one of tho best ?solutions of ho Pojuor question. If not properly nan&god audooubrolled, its usefulness viii be at an end." Despito thc events nf the past year nd the revelations which hava at ended, thc investigations of your c m alttew I am by no means hopeless, 1 Lill bollevo that the dispensary ays om 1 as many strong points and ad mirable features whloh commend lt, mt Iii saylug this 1 am by no means il!ud$d to Its imperfections. lt ir,. Imperative for the honor of the tate that existing conditions shou'd ie ' mediately remedied, either by ad. ! ohanges In the laws govoru rig. ve? dispensary or b> the adoption f a ifforent system for tho regula ion i . tho Jiquor quostlon. Tho de "(C ^ *?'.>. l*?Vs' AA ??0.-.V .?IO ?uwurfi>v<.t? c Yo?> - Ksistruvj ? (tty he state that I feel no extended dls us8kjn ls necessary hore. It is Incum tent upon your body to give thia mat er yqur mo3t careful and aorioua oom Ideratlon. You aro chosen by the teople to make their laws, and tn uch a crises as this they will ba sat sfledipnly with dlrcot and specilio ac lion on your part. During thc year that has passed ince your last session I have given his question my earnest oonsic?era lon, hoping to devise some certain emedles for the evils complained of, mt have be-m Impressed willi no bet er solution than was included In the ecommcndalions I . ade to you last ear. In ordor that my views may ie clearly understood, 1 shall call to four attention tosuc?i extracts from ny last message as 1 deem neecEsar> or this purpose. 1 herewith submit or your consideration the following ixtraota upon this surjeot with one '.tange, rn1 mel) : tho abolition of tounty boards of cmtrol. These are iga in reeommondo'l lo vou as embody ng the changes which l.think will icst serve tito proper regulation of ihe dispensary system. "The state c >mml listener should, In ny judgment, ho thc t dijcr whose luty lt sh'n d bc to purohase all uppU?s for the dipponsary. Ile should io required to make contracts, not 'or any Bpeolllad amount of liquor, nut for such supplies as may be actu illy rt quired, such requirements to nc detormined by the commissioner.' "BiOh contract made by the com missioner should rt quire, thc lirm .untracked with to guarantee the sale ?f such goods as may be ordered ant* shipped to thc state dispensary, said guarantee to be entered as a part of bbc bond, All advertisements f jr bulk goods should bo placed strictly ?incl absolutely . upon a con pdt I ti vc basis, by letting lt be distinctly under itood that the lowest responsible bid 1er shall be awarded tho contract, lt mould further be thc duty of tho com missioner to nuke each year, quarter ly reports ti the state board of dlreo lor.-i, showing tho amounts contracted for the previous quarter, Including thc brands and pi ices, and the names nf parties from whom goon's arc pur chased, which roport tne state b.iard of directors shall have published in at least two dally newspapers of the state." "Tho board should he required to meet each week at their odlee In tho state dispensary, to remain In session as long aa may be necessary for th? transaction of their buslnc s. Toe general supervlsl ia and management of all county dispensaries should bo in their charge and tlioy should be specifically onargo.'l with the duty of seeing that all restrictions governing tho various dispensarlos should be strictly enforced. These aro responsi ble and arduous duties for which the tnt m bord of this board should rocolve a salary of not leas than fcl.fiOO per annum each, ami should ha required to Hie a bond of not less than $10, 000. "1 further recommend that thc law as to tho location of county dlspen sarles bo amended to rcstrlot them to snob Incorporated towns and cities aa, in tho opinion Of thu board of direc tors, furnish adequate police proteo timi to the public against disturbances of tho poseo." In tills connection 1 might, add that dispensaries aro now looaled in places whloh aro without adequate police proicotion .tomo* in places with ab 8oh;toly no protection. All dispensar* los so lneafod, in my opinion, should bo dosed, Aftor. natu ro rc ft cMon I am con strained to recommend that the eulin ty board nf control be ubo?lshedj and the dispensers appointed by tho otate board of dlreotora upon the recomda tlon ol tho legislative delegations of the various counties. It should never he the polioy of ?ho state to force dispensaries upon coun ties desiring piohtbitlon, nor to main tain them when lt is tho wish of the majority of the people to substitute prohibition ia their stead. Legislation should bo enaoted at this sossio.? to free the system from the abuses whloh have orept in, t) emphasize its restrictive features, and to ensure proper compliance with the strict letter of tho law. This nutter will cortalnly bo brought to your at tent-ion at this session of your body. I SILO rely trust that you will give lt your most careful consideration and tint you will, with a reallzittoi. of your responsibilities make afear loss and determined effort to ono such ohanges as will at least relieve our stato of the reproach which cer tain features of the dispensary system havo cast upon us. 1 need not assure you that in tho discharge of thts duty I am ready and willing to aid you In every way that lies in my power. Tue enfo 0;mont of prohibition In counties which havo voted out dispen sarles presents a serious problem. The present law, as I coustruo lt, makes it the duty of the governor, whenever he i8s*tlhlled that thore are violations of law in Euoh counties, to appoint cou stables; these constables tc ba paid from the speoial tax levied for that purpose During the past year I have been confronted with many dldlcultlos beoauso of local conditions and di verso public sentiment, but havj en lea von. d to do what I considered my luty. My cxpcrlenco in the enforcement )f this law has convinoed me that sertaln changos are necessary for the nutual interests of all conc3rned. While I believe that speoial otlloers ire necessary to prevent violations, iud that Buoh ofllcera ahould be paid >y tho counties, I also think that ihese oQleera should be selected bv lo ?al authorities and b? undor their di eotlon and control. I, therefore, recommend that In fu ,uro thia course bs adopted, and trust ou will so amend the la*. The law, is it now stands, will give risc to BO ious complications, and these should JO avoided as much as possible. (HI i'll AG;? IN 8UMTIB. iVfiito Mon Commins* Crime That Calls for Lynching. A dispatch from Sumter to the 'lov/a and Courier saya the faots in a li8graoeful atl?ir that occurred In the I PUP'1 ,mhl jrlliago on Wednesday ba .-?**.>' ; ')H,,fr>?V'., -1 . .. r?i on whjlo non who havo . been woricuig *Y'? u< nhl at timas got drunk and while In hat condition went to the home of rlr. John Scott and made a dettrmln ?d (,frort to commit a orlmh.al assault in a negro girl about 15 years old. vlio was employed by Mr. Soott as a m rsc. Mr. Scott and all tho other adul* nomb&rs of lils family were at work tl the mill at the time, and they wore aider the impression that they could iccomplish their heinous orime un nolestcd. They went Into tho house md locket! tho doors, but the girl ;ould not be made to ylold by th re its md when they attempted to usc force die Boroamed so loudly that the men iBoame frightened and ran ott. Tho (tri went at once to the mill and .oportcd tho 8ff>lr to Mr. S.'Ott. The girl's parents, who are respec ;abie negroes, went bef?te Mag s'rate Barby and nad a warrant issued for jho men, but they have left town and ia vc not been apprehended yet. Tho '.rime was premeditated, for they i-rled to indues another young man to jo with them an assist in tho assault >n thc girl. This ls a case that oalls for severe punishment, and If the men are not captured soon a reward should bo ottered for their arrest. Mlmnld ho I'unlflhcri, A dispatch from Gaffney to The State says lt seems that Cherokee must appoar before the public In a bad light. The lust horror herc ls the arrest of a white man attempting to criminally rssault a negro woman, and failing lo tho attempt shooting her. The charge ls that Scruggs stole a Winchester rifle at the Cowpens bat tle-ground on Saturday and carno back by Cowpens atation, where ho bought ?orne cartridges. Ile walked on back towards town, coming b> Tnlckety, where he attempted to buy some long onrtrldgcs A negro woman, about 2i.years old, Lois Glover, passed and Scruggs followed hor for two miles. Scruggs says that ho mado a proposal to her whee she cursed him and drew a pistol from her stooklng and pointed it at htm, when he loaded his guu and shot her. She lay In tho road for some timo before she was found and carried to her homo. The authorities were betided abd from tho description giv en Scruggs was arrested. Ile was carried before lila victim, who identi dad him. Hold Kohbory. A dispatch to The Stato from Greenville says Bj Fowler, a truste i driver or thc Batesyillo M inufaottir ing company, was held up and robbed Of .20.20 by two unknown white men In Court Btreeb near the corner of Court and Falls street Friday after noon abtut 2 o'clock. Fowler had Just r* odved a quanti ,y of goods at Laurens depot, and was on lils w.?y with his four-horse team to the Southorn freight dopot, where ho WA? to got other merchandise to complete his load, whoo ho was approached l y two unknown whlto mon, about 2.r> years of ago, who engaged him In con voraatlon for a moment, aftor whloh they BP I %?d him and beneath the white canvas rover of his wagon tock from his pockets tho amount of money named, all he carried, whloh belonged to thc llatesvlllo mill. Killen lilitifcolt Chas. G. Mnar, charged with cm bc //.Ung $20,000 from his omployors In San francisco, Cal., committed suicide on a Cunard liner just as lt was entering Now York hp.rbor. Ile was being bri tight baok from Liver pool, whero had boon arrested, WANTED A BOY. GIRL CAME lN<mO.\D AND THIS FATHKltGOr MAD. Used Violence On His TJnweloomed Child and is Held For Trial. " Stepben ??oinbold, of New York, twenty-eight years old, was up before the court recently on a charlo of as. sauting the baby ?Irl that can o in placo of the boy he desired so much. Mrs. Helnbold, a ploasant faoecl, matronly ye ung German was in ocurt with the baby. She said they had ueen married throe years and have a jomfortable homo at 987 S o md ave um. Tho husband is an upholsterer ind earns from 918 to 830 a week. The woman said their marriage was i love match and that their home was i happy one until the birth of the lecemd child, Ave months ago. Tue lrstborn was a girl. The father wak llseapointed because the baby was lot a boy. Ills wife consoled him by laying the next child might be a boy. .'Stephen was a good husband, as <lnd and loving as a man could bc, in'' 1 saw that ho was greatly doubled about a son,"said Mrs. Hein mid. "I told him toat a learned pto essor at Harlin euld that you oouli ?ave a boy or girl by eating oertain dads of foul, and I asked him to get ue tho.se thiugs that aro mostly what ihe professor called cvrbom c ous." Then began tho experiment whloh t wa* hoped would bring an heir to he Helnbold household. Mrs. Hein ?old had egg nudeln at breakfast. A' Liooheon she devotod herself mostlj o pumpernicklo and oharlotte russos nd at dlnnor she ato schwerbrod un it her appetite craved for a change f diet. The parents wore hopeful of suo ess until early In May they were dis urbed by tho published opinion of Hrector Smith of the central Park lenaRor.e, who said that from his ob ervation of the animals In tho Pe.rk e believed that S?x could bo predo ermined but that hydrocarbons would redispose to a boy. Peanuts were ood for that. Bread and oake3 ant. uoh thiugs contained albumen and redlsposed to females. Tho Hoinbolds saw that they had , cen worklug tho theory upside down, 'ho food Mis Helnbold had boen eat 3g was considerably albuminous and ivorablo to another girl. After the> ot over their dissapolntraont nhl barted on the Smith theory and had eanuts for dinner, luuohcon and rcakfast. Kuly in August tho fcoond child ows was re o jived without re J doing, iccording to tho woman's story, hi eoame moody, seemed to lose Inter st In his family and would not caress ho seound child t s ho had the first After a while he would scowl ever) Ime bis eyes happened to fall on the aby. Tho baby was ohrlstoned Step anio, after its father, but ho was ever heard to mention the name. He outlnued to hand over all his* waget-, t i?he end of tho week to his wife, but ie began to treat her coldly and ?lu nderstood that tho cause of the thole trouble was that the baby wa* ot a boy. She went to the court and oom dallied that her l.uibaud had struok he biby In the face with his Hst, ano ho was afraid ho might do it some erlou8 lr j iry. Tao oise was turneo vcr to Agent O'Connor of tho Ohil lien's society to investigate. O Cor. l?r made an investigation, arrestee ho husband, and he and the woman old tho story to Magistrate Whitmai n ooiut. Mrs. Helnbold said that tin dow from the man's fist made tin ?aby'snose bleed and blaokenel its left iye. "Was he drunk?'' aBked the magls rate. "No, he doesn't drink. His habits :te good In everything else, excep' .hat he can't bear tho sight of the )aby," she replied. "That's a very pretty baby. n< night to be proud of lt," remarket ihe court as he looked at tho unwel somcd Infant that the woman held lr 1er arms. The blue eyed fat infant smllee! ip at his honor. "What do you want mc to do with ..our husband?" The magistrate isked. "Something must be dono to change Us mind before ho gets worse Its all jccaii!>e tho baby was not a boy," she responden. Helnbold was asked what ho had LO say. Ho said he did not strike tho child with his Hst. lie only slap ped lt with tho back of his hand. Tho woman said abo had monoy ?nough to get along without her hus band for a timo, and perhaps if no was lockod up for a whjlo he would became reconciled to the girl hood of the baby. ? " I'll hold him Iii SHOO bail for trial In special sessions," announced tho magistrate. The man luid no bondsmnn handy und was looked up. To III? mtal HobHloiif.. Tho J lint legislativo OimmitteO appointed to look Into tho abeged,Il legality of the proceeding under whloh tho "biennial ses-dons" amoudmcutto tho cou 'tltutlon was adopted by the logislaturo two yoars ago and ratified hy the peoplo at the general eleotlon in 1804, Thursday submitted its re port., lu Ulis dooumenb it I? set forth that tho constitutional exactions and rcei o ire monts wore not observed in tho enaction of this J lint resolution, and the Joint oommlttoo rooommonds that tho wholo transition bo started anew and that) the matter be again submitted to tl)e poople for ratifica tion. Tiil.H will postpono biennial ses Bions or tho legislature a fow years. AlAiiKlixl by Tram. At Fido, Pa., Frank Hlnrunui and John M?rast, employee-* ot a luOai malt house, wero instantly killed at German stroot ovosslng of tho Like Shore railroad Wednesday morning. Tuc men stepped from one traok to another In front of a passenger train. Their bodies were horribly mangled. SERIOUS m Made Against Farnum in Connect1 tion With Certain Letter, WHICH IS P?lNTBl) Below. And Which Involves Hlgb Dlgpen? garv Officials, Ihe R.chlsad DId?l cry and Prominent Mea In a Scheme io Control a Cer tain Newspaper. Thc Columbi* State says quite 6 sensation waa created Wednesday morning when Senator Miels Chris tensen ot Beaufort, member ut the llsponsary investigating oommltee, mbmlttcd an atlliavlt In v/h'.o'i he preferred a serious charge, agaln.it J. 3. Farnuro. It will bo recalled that when Senator Oirlstonsen read the oommunloatlon a few days ago ho re marked that it was sumo what Uko aa expurgated edition. Ho observed the ibsenoe of doouments to whioh he had jailed attention in his tilllavlt last lummer. Wednesday through Senator Hay and Mr. J. Fraser Lyon, tho following Ulla vit, was eil ired to the supreme jourt: Uho Stato of South Oirolina, County of Charleston-In the supreme Icourt. The S jato ox roi. J. T. Hay ct al., petitioners, olatntlffs, against J. S. F*ruum, respondent, defen dant. Mandamus. South Carolina, Richland County. listore mo personally appeared Neils Christensen, Jr., who bel?g dulv sworn iiys: Tuat the letters dolivered by th court to the petitioners are not Wi) or; ' t,h? letters contained in dispensary \ No. 12 tn tho city of Charleston and/' io which petitioners consider them solves entitled under the proceedings ?ereln. That the deponent saw in the eua? vjday of tho said J. S. Farnum in laid dispensary No. 12, a letter ot whim tho following is a copy: Richland Distillery Company, Maoou, Qa., April 22, 1006. Mr. J. S Farnum, Columola, S. O. Dear Slr: In reference to lerner of Introduction forwarded to rn* 'om dolbies, bog to state that op/ ad? vico of several ol I was . V .ary Etlbe, Jr., Mr. Selbles aLe agreed tu ,ake a similar amount. It was uuder ?tood that li mus, Tatum, TowHl, and [toyLin were also to take stock in thia i>9por and several other parties who felt an interest in the welfare of tho llspeus?ry. For this reason 1 consent id to take tho ato?le as stated above. Besides I believe that Mr. Rio J ls a power In South Carolina and eau be of much help to us aud also to the llspensary. Trusting that I have explatned the Inatter thoroughly to you, and tha it meets with your approval. Yours truly, Thc R'uhland Distillery Company,1 N. M. Black, President, p. S.-Beg to lncloso you the letter. Sendos taken this amount out of stock iud paid for lt. N. M. B. That dc p ment ls of the opinion ,hat said letter ls pertinent to the. natters to be investigated by tho oom? I ralttee. Nells Christensen, Jr. j Sworn to beforo mo this 9 th day of January, 1900 B. A. Morgan, Notary Public, South Carolina. This is indeed a gravo oharge and l, may mean imprisonment for Far num. A great many people Wednes day expected that it wtutd moan im mediate tro'ible for the aooused. Tho court Wednesday afternoon tn_. tho consulting room deliberated over tue rut.lt cr and passed tho following order: "On reading the affidavit herein ot Nells Christen-An, Jr., dated the 9th ^f January, 1900; "On matlon ol' J. T. Hay and J. F. Lyon, attorneys for potltloners: "lt is further ordered, that said J. S. F.irnum do show cause beforo this court at Columbia, S. C., at 10 o'olook ! a. m. on tho 15 th day of January, i 1990, why he should not be attached for contempt of this court for failure tb deliver the letter dcsorlbod in ibo jtlldavlt of Nells Christensen, Jr.^.ao required by previous orders herein. "It is further ordered, that a copy of this order and also of said alli lavlt of Noils Christenson, Jr., bo served on said J. S. Farnum." "Y. J. POPK, "Gulef Justice. ' 'Jaom?y 1?. 1000-" Mold a Gravo, Tho gravo in whloh Hos the body ot tho man sho called husband was yes? terday dduded away by Mrs. V. J. Dubois, of DJS Moines, for 910 to Mrs. Mary Dubois, of Denver, whose claim as wife of tho same man has bee substantiated by tho courts. WL the transl cr goos tho Desmois we man's claim to the body of tho prom! nontand wealthy Des Moines contrae-1 tor, IO. T. Du iola, who was found to navo th reo wives, one in Des Moines, ono lu Don vor and one in New Orleans. It is said that Dubois also had family ooiincotlona in New York and Phila delphia, lt was only that the tit e might rest with tho legal wife that tho transfer was made. Mrs. V. J, Dubois, firmly bellvlng that tho oil er women wero Impostors, had purni . ascd tho lot in tho oemetary, and the possession of tho grave remained with her until thc courts d?c?ued that the legal rights rested in Mrs. Mary Du bois of Denver, and sho then parted with tho rw>ialns of her supposed hus band for 540. Many killod. A oa^legram from Tokio, Japan, says that on tho Ith instant an ex plosion sot tiro to a mino at Ak?ts on t io main Island of Japan, au< that 101 persons lort their live?,