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fi? Marlboro '?OIT- ~"y ? ?? ?t?i?ai|ii'L"L^^,Tfi?.cv.'.B?-o-:.?^v,WT|lor-r: "?X) TGOV, GBBAT LIBB*TY, ESPIES 0T7B SOVL3 4?D ??SB OUR LIVES I'S THY ?CS3J23SIOS HAPPY OH OXj? DfiATHS OLOHIOTJS HT THY AUS?." VOt^SXI. BENNETTS VILLE, 8. C., FRIDAY. JULY 13, 1906. NO. 29 WHAT IT COSTS. People Killed and Wounded in Celebrating the NATIONS BIRTHDAY. Thirty*Eight Killed Outright arni Two Thousand Seven hundred and Eighty.Nine Injun d According to the Compilation of the Chicago T: i linne. Ou laBt Thursday the Ohloago Tribune published Its ninth anuuai summery of deaths and injuries oaus ed throughout the United States by the Fourth of July celebration. The following aro the lauree: Dead. 38 By Flroworks. 0 By cannon . 1 .By firearms. ll By explosives. 7 By toy pistols . 4 By runaways. 1 By drowning. 6 Iojured.2,789 By fireworks.1,099 By cannon. 261 By tl rearms. 393 By exjilo^lvos. _. 697 ."ii'y 'toy pistols. 304 By runaways. 36 Fire loss. $06 150. In Ohloago: Dead. 2 Injured. 16(> Last year 42 persons were kille: outright, but, when lec'ijaw and other diseases induced by li juries had o m ploted their work over 400 lives had been sacrificed. The tun ber of h.lined, 2,789, is in excess of last, j ear's figures by 36.8. ONE KILLED, ON IC INJ U UKO. Only ono death was reported in New York as the result of celebrating the noted day of the nation. Morris Sba* piro, a Belt'/jr water manufacturer, )was shot In tho head by a struy bullet as he was driving in Harlem. Ile died soon afterwards. The police wero un able to learn where the bullet came from. At the Sheepshead Bay race track, while standing In a crowd John Fowler of BuiUlo, N. Y., was wound ed in the head by a stray bullet. VIV10 BOYS AUK KILLED. Wanamie, Pa., a mining town, was thrown into a fevor of exoltement this . ... evening .when a loud report wan heard Similar to that of a mino explosion. Men, women and children ran to the scene, and se ou dtKcovored that ii vt boys were killed and nine others in jured by celebrating tho Fourth of July They had placed powder tn a pipe and it failed lo go efl!; They then forced a stick of dynamite into the pipe and began pounding it. A ter rille explosion followed. Four of the boys were badly mangled, and the fifth died on the way to the hospital. Some of the Injured are so bi;diy hurl that they may elle. UUKT BY OUAOKKUS, At Baton Bange, La., giant lire crackers h jure cl two nen hois of the Louisiana state legislature during t, Fourth of July parade of thc bouBe of representatives. The legislators light ed and discharged the oraok? rs as they marched. One exploded bofore the face of Mr. Charles B. Stroudbaok, O? New Orleans, tearing his hat and gashing his forehead. Another Loro two lingers of Representativo J. M. Hart, of Reservo. Previous to the parade, Starrel was placed In thc house charniers, wht-ie thc members had been in session, and giant cracker? were exploded in it, some of them big ^f enough to jar almost the ei.tlio state house. KOCK KI) TIIIC ItOAT. Boyish folly in rocking a boat led to the drowning July I, cir Plum Beach, Sheepshead Kay, L. I., of two loyr, herJamin (Joe ts and Poler m merman, and Ute narrow ci cape of four more, who j v. ore rescued by paSB lug oraft. KOOK PEOPLE KU.I,KO. Reports from diU'errnt parts of in diana bbowed f< ur fatalities and a large number of persoi e Injured as tin rcsultof the celebration of thc Fourth The dead: Boy Browning, 12 year.- old at 101b hart, Ind., bia- k oartiidge woui ri. John Huger, at Saith Bend, Ind., died of over'excitement, Clarence Gant, 20 years of cgp, at Mt. Carmel, Ind., ti io v nea at ? ionic Georgo Hem pera, at Mt. Vernen, diowntd in 0:i)o river. Fvitaily wean.(lcd: MihsAona Parham, 10 years of age, at LaPorte, Ind., shot in side. Mrs. William Snyder, at Bluff ton, Ind., stn.ck by piece of bomb. 81X LIVES LOST. Six bodies, those of live young wo men of Om?, ha, andan unidentified man wore recovered from the waters cf Lake Manawa where Wednesday night more than A h und rod persons, while watching a airplay of lire v/ojk.s on the lake, were precipitated into .wS'x.etn ffefct of wau r fi< in a lioatlDg ^dcok. Ligi,t perseus were reported missing. UUHNKD TO DEATH. At Nepuane, Mich., Josephine Krai/, 9 year.': old, was burned todi al h Wednesday h> llamea which commun. ioated to her cress from bursting lin orsokors. FLEE I . I .'A NU! At Lxcelelor, Minn., by thc prema ture explosion of aquautity of lin works in front of tho Casino late Wednesday nlgnt, U nih A I) ck anr IO. D. Thompson were sorloualy In jun d and in tho panic amoi g the 6, 000 people gathered tn witness tin display, Teddy Montgomery, 14 yo,ir? old, was tran, pied upon and bad I j hurt. SKULL CRACKED* Mrs. William Snyder, aged 31 years, while witnessing thc display o firoworks In Uh: IT ton, Ind., Wodnes day night, was hit on thc head by ai unexpeoted aerial bomb. Her skill was fractured and the accldout wll result lu her death. LOCKJAW F HO M WOUN?). At Elkhardfci Ind., Hay Browning, 12 years old, died Wednesday from lockjaw, resulting from a wound caused by the explosion of a blank cartridge. Frank Heaoh lost au eyo by a giant Urccrackor. THROWN INTO WATER, At Omaha, h..nearly ono hun* drod persons were precipitated Into about 16 feet of water at Like Mtrna wa, a pleasure resort on the Iowa side of thc river, by the collapsh g of a landlog dook Wednesday night. Mary Dlcrsler, cg'd 20 years, ls miss In?. Lan Rosenbloom was uncon scious when taken oui and had not recovered consol' usncss at a lato hour and Miss Ohamblin ls thought to be fatally Injured Internally. Thc crowd was watohlng a display of lifeworks on thc waler aud bathirg by eleotrlc llgnts w'c.en the duck suddenly sank into thc iako. All the victims live at Omaha. On * Mountain CiriMlo tn l'cnnuyl vanta IVovoil Mo?t VA?ni. Eleven men who were returulug from Portage to Puritan, both min ulng towns, were kii'ed on thc Mar tin's Branch, a spur running from Portage to Puritan, a distance of fuur unies, by a ruuaway car which bad bcLii stalled du wu the sleep mountain grade by some uuknown person. Tuc miners had becu to Portago and wore returning to theil homes. Whon thc car was finally Mopped mar Portage it was seen thai thc wheels were covered with blood and Bhreos of clothing, and an inves tigation dincl, std thc bodies of the men laving aiong tue track. Some ot tho bouits were a half milo apart. Not more than two oodles were tuUUd lu any ono Spot. The railroad track ls generally traversed by people guing Iiom Portago to Puritan. (Jars never run over the line after nightfall. The car crashed into a number of cars Standing on the track and was wrecked. An Investigation disclosed blood and parti?les o? clothing on thc wheels, ana several men were sent back over tho tri?,ok lo hce wnat had Started ibe car on its wild trip. Tiley had gone but a short dl?tauce wi en thty were horllied by seeing thc mangled remains lying baside the track.Going further another body was found, btvoral hundred foot up the deed ne, two bodies, huriibly mangled were ly lr g . on the t rack. O.i an? Mili OH the searchers weut and by thc time they had arrived at PurlLan elevrn bodies had beou counted; The aioideut is one of tho most peculiar that evor occurred lu the history o (?.iii^ult i'iv In tn ?fl a.fttt?ttfh ' over the Uno and tho bodies gathered and taken to a mining Eetilemrnt uear Puritan. Four or Uve men .vere Inj.ired, hut not seriously. O 111 dals of the Puritan mine who nave just b?cn reacned declared Tues ..ay morning that lt ls their bellet that toe c.'.r w.ts started down the hue by striker.1!, thc mines having started on a non union balds sovcia) weeks ago. vv iii ?wo? i> tho Country. At Abilene, Texas, Wednesday afton ooo, speaking io an audience of over 5,000 bJouator Halley declared lu elie moue emphatic and enthusiastic >\ay his desire anei belief that William J. Bryan will be noun tated and elec ted to tho pi rfd?..e?.cy of the Un ilea States In 1008 This declaration met with wild ar-plauso. Speaking of po litical contributions of thc insutauoe o t?panle?, I o said ihat the people's Monty was taken to eieot Hjosevelt and M K uley. Continuing lie said: "Hear mo, ali the money eiiat the In UfhUOa p testales have will not ba ,;l<.^ eo hwy ene election in 1?08 againso Wi liam J. Bryan. 1 tell you more, n.y countrymen," Senator Hail oy c. ntinuod, unless the H;pubnean party shall recognize the proud and Indignant judgment of the American ptoph and puss a law making lt a crime to buy au American president, Hijali's voie lu iuds will bo moro uuanlmcus than McKinley's was in 18U?. H tick Diamond IMgsby, a negro i.n. t r sentence to be banged! made a kepi rate break for liberty Wednesday wi i e bcinji conveyed from New Or h:a :> to P.f.quemtne, La., to be exe vtuied. lltgsnj and Gool ge Pjlndex tor, .SKci .t i negro, both under Hie death hun te nco for oho of the most .Dh. allouai o .orders In thc history ol tho Slates, were on H eir way to Pia ti i minc m.(-er thc guard e.f Sherill Petit o? 1 bei ville parish. Pet!t's pris i i rs i ad Leen brought to New Orleans from PJaquemine, thc scone ?A tit murder, to ei.cj.po threatened lynching, About 70 milos from Now Orl?ans R'giby suddenly produced a revolver nud s:.cf the sherill in the thigh. Thi eili ger struggled with his prisoner until an armen passenger sent a bullet through Higshy's liead, 'aid .hg him instantly. W ICM ri urning from Savannah to his homo ai G : in, ville, Tatuali coun ty, W 1'reslon O'Quinn Jumped ?roai i S. /v. L , train near Pembroke and breaking bl? nock, dice almost in stantly. O'Q Inn had been spending tho flay In tue city and dining tilt time bo was here securing some whis key < ) i bis way hack to his homo at Glennvtllo ho became obstreperous, and when mar Moldrlm bogan shoot ing his pistol hom Hie roar of the train, Cen notor Knowles, with ?ev Oial p e iCi gcrs, approached O'tjulnu md after a struggle got him tc go for ward to tho baggage car. Peuple b the car had dismissed tho idea ol watching tho young man, when without warning, he dashed for tlx ' door nf tho ear, and before anyon? oould stop him sprang to tho ground When the t rain was stopped and re turned O <? dun was found dead. t *t*,i Hato OMI Haw. A Rprolal to The Greenville Newi says as ibo result of a dispute over i j hast ball game, at Westminster on tin I [fourth of .Inly, Will Malloy cut Luki . Ferguson to death with a raxor j B lb parties are colorod and undo 1 age. WILD DA8H OF CAR. Alt? ll>|>tc-? to I . 0 (>... J ll Ul pi ?I 1 ?Olli Tl Aili. WANT HIM TO WIN. HOW THJIJMAN IS UH (JA ll OH I) or I SIDi: TH IO HT AT IO, Papers Pay His Defeat Would Be a Gioat Loss to Tho Whole Country. Tho Now Orleans States says: The Norbhorn newspapers have recently given much spaoo to disousslug the oandidaoy of ono Col. W. W. Lump klu, who, from all accounts, has ap peared ou tho hustings[in South Caro lina as an opponent to lion. Benjamin Ityan Tillman tor the United States Senate Without stopping to inquire as to who is Lumpkln or the strength or tho prospects of his candidacy the baltimore Sun takes t coasiou to pay thc following tributo to Senator Till man: "hut Senator Tillman is strongly Introeohed in thc admiration of tho people of South Carolina and it will oe tl i tUoult to dislodge him. That S 'Uth Carolina lias long thought well of Mr. Tillman lias been shown hy lils election for Hf teen years to the high est oilloes Hie State has to bestow. Hut thc country at largo, which at lirsb feared tho uutamed Hro cater with his pitchfork, has come to real "?? tile sterling virtues of tills rugged old Roman. Ills unimpeachable hon C8ty, his continual championship of the oausc of the pcoplo, aud lila un failing courage have won admiration and esteem even from his political enemies. Not only this, butin his management of tho important rail road rate bill-an houor unexpectedly thrust upon him - heexhiblted states manlike q mittles that revealed a new phase of his charaoter. "South Carolina has reason to he proud of Senator Tillmau and the poople of other Staten will ho pleased at his ro-eleoMon. He is a good man to keep lu the Senate. The Senate and the oountry need men of his type now more than ever before." In view of tho fact that Col. Lump kin lsmuoh better known to the cor poration newspapers of tho North that are very anxiom to seo the "pUo'ifotk" retired from the Senate than he is to thc people of South Car olina there is not much reason to fear that Tillmau ls in any danger of losing his seat. For instance, the Charleston N iws and Courier, willoh has never boon accused of harboring much ad miration or affection for Senator Till man, regards the Lumpkln oandidaoy as little more than a blt of political by-play and ls somewhat amused by tho lo toroid il hu? >".>.'!:?: 1 hi the North and tho pubiidat lons Micro of the prominence and influence of bhe Lumpkln family In Soubh Carolina. Our Charleston contemporary says: "As things now stand, Col. W. W. L impkin, who is running for United abates Senator from this State, does not appear to haye much, if any, chance of election; but ho is a good citizen nov/, as ho was a linc soldier In the war for Southern Independence and he is only doing wliab he had a right to do under the rules of the party. We do not know what lils platform is nor do we caro particular ly, except that he is a Democrat of long standing and of good reoord. Ho probably agrees with the views ex pressed hy Senator Tillman In his speoch In Pennsylvania the other day bi at 'you cannot keep politics healthy whon one party ls always in control.' However, that may be, and whatever bis reasons for making lils present campaign, tho colonel Is entitled to respectful consideration. Ile has not yet warmod up to his work, but tt Is hoped that lie will grow more cer tain of himself as the campaign pro ceeds." We do not believe lt is too much to say that there will be universal re j ilclng over thc fact that the activity of Lumpkln does not threaten to cost Mr. Tillman lils high and honorable position in the S malo. We do not believe that the American people would regret anything more at this time than the ch f at of the ruggedly hom st and fearless statesman from the Palmetto Stale. Ile has grown so In tho public estimation as to be come more than a S uiator of South Carolina, for the masses of the plain people hall him as a Senator of the whole oounbry, and especially asa champion of their causo and interests, lils defeat would come to them as a great calamity, because he has won their cor. ll den ce and admiration by all times standing like a Hon In the path of (Joi grossional corruption and chicano, Great as ls plutocracy's hatred of him lt ls nothing comparod to strength of tho affection ho ha^ won from the people, and ibis brm, as the Baltimore Sun says, that the whole country 'lias come to realize tho sterling virtues of this rugged old K ?man," and Its or ly regret ls that there are not more men like him In the Senate to denounce and battle against bhe schemes of fraud and cor ruption, ItoosevoK Dcoiiiiof?. William lb ge, president of bhe Commercial Ttavelers' Anti-Trust League, sent a letter to President. Itoosovelo ii.vitliig him to preside at tue reception te be tendered William J, Bryan lo New York upon his arriv al from ic (rope carly in September. Mr. [loge explained In his letter that the Commercial Travelers' Anti-Trust beag ne Is not a Democratic organiza lion, nor a partisan organization in any Neusa, and that the organistttlon regards Mr. Rio.scvelb as being as ' much opposed to the trust as If Mr. , biyan. Tho President declined thc i in vital lun. 1 iud I y ?hooked, At Trenton, N. J., David Crumbly IV years old, and several ompanloni of about the samo age were swimming in the canal when without warning . charge of lightning descended int.( tho stream nearby, electrifying tin rt water. Crumbly was km oked sense j less and the others were badly sheck ed. Some companions on the short ? rescued tho boys, tho oleotrlolty scorn . lng to loave thc wator almost a r quickly as it entered. Tho striokei swlmmors soon reoovored, THE FIRST GUN!! In Defence of the State Dispen sary Fired at Sandy Flats Bl SENATOR 1ILLMIN. Says li's Much Harder (o Kotp Forty County Dispensaries Pure Than One State Dhp nsary, and In dulges in some Plain Talk. CL rtaiu L gi? lal ors. Senator P. lt. Tl 1 man tired thc first gun In this campaign in defonco of the State Dispensary on Saturday at Sandy Plats lu Jreervlllo Uouuty. Ho was greeted by a largo and enthu siastic oro wo., and as urinal tho Sena tor prescntod his views with cloaruess and force. Ho does not helievo in County?Dlsp8nsarlts and gi vas hlB rea sons Ho outlines his ideas as to how the State Dispensary can be run hon estly and pays his respects to the members of the Legislature who re fused to v >te for measures to refjrm tho dispensary at thc last session. We print below the full text of the Sena tor's speech, and we feel sure lt will be road with interest: There ls but, one Important issue Involved lu this campaign so far as State al?alrs go, and as for my own candidaoy it rests on tire record whloh 1 have made since 1 entorcd public Ufa sixteon yearsbgo and thc Intimate knowledge which the people of the State have of my character, personal ity and quaillioatiuns. 1 am willing to leave it there without discussion or presentation. The light ls State Dispensary vs. County Dispensary, for no ono expects Hie prohibition candi dates, however worthy ned wei1 qual ified they may he, to reo?i ve very much support. With all their t l?jrt?; Cana ?hoy have beou many auel long con uuuec!) tho newspapers which have always fougUt tho dispensary have not been abie to drum up a candidate for G^vjruor who advocates local op tion straight as against dlspen?ary and prohibition, and only 1? Charles ton does that idea have any men - of, forlug for oilioo under lt. The looa! option ottered the people ls bel. y con prohibition and county dlspona.'ery. ?MU'th. MU?A*. *??h\> lt? 'tu 'dud bf ey the Stale dispensary llrst with no other purpose tuan to then obtain the priv ilege of reopening tno old barrooms under the new guise of liquor store "selling under consJ.utlcnal limita tions." Tho real light ls for control of thc legislature because the Gover nor cannot mako or change tho ).v..v and can only try to enforce thom. Ills only luiluence over legislation would be In the use of thc veto power. Hut it is all important to coi, a strong and good mau for Governor. The i,imo.i distinctly demand one. In any event some counties will stand by prohibition wltu its blind tlgerB and heavy jug trade by express. Other counties wnl voto for county dispensarle? and thc cities where the principal newspapers are puolluhed will havo the light on the issue ot atate Dispensary or County Dispensa ry with the ultimate purpose o? having the county oiapuusarios turned Into licensed barrooms If the county dis pensarles are abolished. Toe scheme AS to restore tho tia'c of liquor to pri vate Individuals rainer thad lei il re main in the Lundi uf state elllolals. Those who c a vor f jr cu i ty dispon .?aries lnsteauo? one Staate Dispensary must demons,rato now it is cashr 11 prevent e rtuptlou among ino tinny or forty county boaiUs than lo stop it in one fctdie Hjara. 1 nave great faith In toe i.<.,< . cooa mon sense of tnt people and do not u.:iu.ve they can hu persuaden lo dostioy thu S .ate Du pensury and kavo ??oh county to purchase aim sci: us own ? quor. Yet Tue Stale ui.d rho 1N.;.?" an.i Courier hhicli have aiVi?js ua?.cd u.o Diapen sary "Worse than Ibo de vii hates holy wa ter" are advocating candid ates who favo; county dispoiisuiiui. The only possi bly good reason that can he adv .need un inls Uno is thul the prohibition counties under the constitution ro coi ve a part of the prod ts whloh arise from the salo of hq ior lu the odier counties. This ls unjust as everyone must acknowledge, but it eau be rem edied very easily by having Hie Slate Dispensary make no proilisothor than a few thousand dollars above ?ts run ning expanses, thus ?caving the coun ties and the towns to divide the pro ills between them. This can be easily done and when we consider the ex pense of buying liquor In retail quan tities and paying local freights on lt instead of buying carload leis and paying through freights Hie county dispensary cannot stand thoo rupari son. Hut this ls not Hie greatest ob jection. The leakage or H teal age In battlii g of liquor al eacu county dispensary woulu bc immense ami 1 know ot ne way that lt could bc prevented, nor dc 1 know any by Willoh lt would bc pos ; slide to prevent thc whiskey bellin watered, bottles ri Ii 1 lor*, relabeled ann oilier hcnemcK of makii g money dis honestly, if the system wore adopted i lt is not possible io prevent lt aud \ do not think any sensible man win i considers the question will serlouslj contend that it ls. liven if one liai of the counties iii Hie Slate shook adopt thc prohibltion-bllnd-tlger-jUi i trade program it would lie better * more economical and there would bi l less possibility of coemption and pe t nutation in tho purchase and han i Mu. > of liquor in the Other dispensary conn ? Mes, If the buying, bottling and ship - ping should he done at ono centra ? dopot, Instead if In caoh ounty. s lt must not bo forgotten, because 1 was tho ii udora or.nd lng (and a haig iii s was made) during tho light in tho icu 1 islaturo last winter against tho Stat I Dispons u-y, that the ultlmato pui y ( poso is to have Charleston wholesale liquor dealer? supply tho couuty dis pensarles as well an the jut? irado by express lu dry counties; and whllnthls would ba better than In have this li quor shipped lu from N or th Carolina and GjOfgia, as lt now is, because lt would keep tho money at homo, 1 do not believe that tho people of tho State arc now willing or will ever bc willing to seo tho State Dispensary destroy td, with the Ino vi table result that liq-jor selling will gradually go back to tho old system of private con trol. I would be glad to have Char leston prosper, but lt ls not the loss of the Jlquor trade that has hurt Charleston, Ojher things aro to blame. ? The iqsuo between private control md control by state tindals inust bingo ab last ou tho question of whether or not the pooplc of S >utb Caroling shall dctermluo that wo can not Und ?honest men enough to carry ou tho dispensary system and devise laws to ?nako those who aro dishonest afraid. ;I Bay we can. 1 do not be lieve thuit evory man who handles whiskeyt must become a thief. 1 be lleve th.\t the people only need to sec and kno(v that tho dispenrary system can bo reformed aud cleansed of our ruption io mako thom stand by lt. I will proceed toglYocho plan willoh, appeals-to me after a great deal or thought and consideration, of sugges tions from very roany sources to be the best/ Wo will or.glu on the conn tics. County Dlsponsor.'i should bo elected In the J'omooratlo pr m iry the ?ame aa other otlloers. Tho?County Hoard should be composed of the Mayor ot the town in whloh a dispensary ls lo oated, tho Supervisor of thc County, who ls the. business agent of thc coun ty, and ?ope man appointed hythe Governor, Tho Couuty Dispensai should ho removable by the Goveruoi for cau&'). Tho State H ?aid of Con brol oui;Mu to ho eleoted by the lsgh lature, out Its duty should be con tin cl to genor al dlreotlon and supervision ol tho bud tess the samo as the Peniten tiary and Hospital for tho Insane art run. It; should nob purchase any whiskey pr anything else required ir tho bus.'hess.. Everything required inoludln ; tho whiskey, should b( bought -aider annual contraots made as follo\ at After the Stato Commis stoner ii i-j advertised In the manne) prescribed by law (and this ought t( bo very oloar and Bpeolllo, leaving nothiHj?lo tho'dlsoretlon of anyone and gt.jt ^ fully Into detail?) the bidi should t;i opened in publlo by thrci men so'.-oted just before tho date llxec by the Governor and tho oontrao made vi ih tho lowest bidder by Un year fo che supplies to bo ordered ou by the, .'onamlsslouer as neodod. Thesi ttfreo . :-j aro to serve only once an< aunui Y there shall-.be throO now mo? ohos* \ vi - . . -he contraots. Tai Oiac.i. \ not know who' Win rnak the a1 ?ros and therefore cannot eu tor lu t oclluslon in advanoo and cvei shoul; the Governor, which ls lnoou od val o, bo willing to select a boar, whloh vould aot corruptly, tho spool tloatlo s of tho bidding made will minuteness and tho publicity wcul prevent? any graft. No whihkey or liquor should h purchased except fruin Govornmon ounded warehouses. In tho caso c wines and beor thc brewers shoul alone furnish the lirst dlr- ot from tl breweries, and the small quautlty ( che other used could be hcd,:ed aooi lu tho advertisement so as to insu: honesty and the purest and best art eic. For thc Infor ma' Inn of those wi are not posted I will say that tl: Government bonded warehouses a under the oontrolof tho U dted Stall Internal Ku venue < molah eu holy ai whiskey deposited in - . rna oomoi d rcetiy from th i still eu i tho owner not perm.Hud td manipulate it? handle it lu a-.iy way until L ie tax pan: an i rc is removed. Wo Cue;:/ ? g..ai antee of absoluto purl tj wlthoi ^ .em.cal analysis and such i ij - uv. as muon staple articles of OOH norco as corn, wheat or bacon, lt ..no blended and reotl?ed whlfke that aro adultaratod and whore t ohtfatlng comes in. Tuc blending a mixing could be done in tho Stn DI pensary woore there would bc Inoeotlve to increase protits by ad cer^tl .ns, besides tho law would p vide .severe penalties for that kind thing. Tho County Dispensers hoing ole ed by tue people will bo anxious please the people as they win be beal at tue polis if they do not o! th duty. Tuc County Hoard chosen indicated will ho responsible to 1 pooplc also with ovary incentivo give a good administration, 'i whiskey purohascd lu fiat way i bc as pure and as good as can bo talncd under any possibl i 00 and tbcro ls absolutely n i waj which corruption can ori op In, if th is thc least effort ou Mio part o( people aud thc Governor io prov lt. The tron?lo with the Dispens now ls that our Governors have i looted their omi .s and haVO nub I supervision ov. r the w irkihgS O? local dispenser? and de stato Ho Kxouse may no found for this >>y ? ion thc legislature pul the Dispoi ry boyoud ibo iGovornor's cont Phis is true in a way and it was a groat mistake, yet the Govort oath of oiMae r <i tire . him to ' that the laws arc executed tn men And with thc power to appoint stables at ids discretion and ck ? lives also when needJd lt cannu . denied that tho detnorali? ilion corruption which havo boon so n : in evidence won! i I ave been pm i cd by tho Covern:.rs using till ? agents to keep supervision over Dispensary system and toe whf i the law was being Carried out. ? this, but my successors seem to t thought it unnecessary or toot I labor. 1 not only watched thc 1 penscrs, but I watcho I the const { ooo through a de too tl ve who rop< , to mo alone. The necessity for ES more rigid enforcement of all makes the corning . 1 ellon for fl < nor important. Things have boo too loosoiy and too little regard tO enforcing tho law. 1 ortbtol i one, but simply give the peopli facts as 1 seo them a.ul, of ci t moy alone can apply thc remod) Q should elect tho Uovornor who v I this and do lt fearlessly and /.cal 0 but there is ?till small apport " icr graft in tho soborno outlined vlded tho legislativo oomuaittee whloh superintends the other State institu tions and tho grand Juries of the vari ous counties pay attention to their duties. No government has over been dovlscd that would run Itself and j overy government ls an Index of tho intelllgenco, publlo spirit aud patriot ism of Its people. If the pooplo are Ignorant and Indifferent and ocaso to watoh and look after tbclr affairs, the governmont they glvo thomselvos ls inevitably had and they oan blame no one hub themselves. Tho ooudttlous in the dispensary now are directly traceable to tho blundering and neglect of thc l?gisla ture. That body placed the State Dispensary in tho hands of thrro poll? t'leians, elcoted without consideration to fitness, experience or character, threw uo restrictions whatever around thc administration, left tho door wide opcu, limited the salary to ?400 and uow we see thc rosult. 1 have always said aiid bellcvod lt was designedly dono to destroy lt. Polities aud not dtueus havo mont always controlled the legislativo oleotlous, but no amount of salary aloue would oure thc ovil of which we complain. The original Hoard was composed of tho Govornor, Attorney General and bte Uomptroller General, threo of our highest State ot?lclals elected by tue people, bub the vital mistake was In not making strlot rules and regula tiona for the purchase of whiskey, rue enemies of thc Dispensary declare that lb ls inherently vicious and bhat lb canuob bc purified. This cry is In iioatlvo that those who thus couocnd practically cDnfeSi that they have lost ali faith in the honesty of mau or of the ability of men to give themselves just and honest government. 1 for ono do not believe that all of the hon est mon aro dead. Tue pooplo are disgusted aud they havo a righb bo bo, out the one orlmc wnioh they should nob forgive ls the failure of the last legislature bo chauge tho law so as to prevent any furbher stealing and to restore bhe dispensary system to Its original purpose, that of controlling whiskey and miuimi/dng the ovils in separable from tts sale aud USO. Tue enemies of tile Dispensary were bent on klillng it and tue combination of political aud other influences in the House having failed lu vuab, euuipoll etl tho cleotlon of a new Board because they refused to ouaoge the la*v auu continued all of the old and proveu evils. lb was bhe most glaring betray al of bhe poople's interests bhab 1 havo ovor known respeotoble white men to he guilby of, ana while many of teem aro my fiionds, at least politically, 1 bake tho responsibility to say that very mau who refused to put safe guards arcudd tue purchase of whis key and change boo system of man agement in tho last legislature ought to bo left at homo. S jon mon cannot , bo trusted. They pub partisan advan tage abb Vc pub. io ? a by. Legislators are not the masters of bbc people They are their soi vmts and tho people had not lnsbrucbeo them to abolish bhe S^-bo Dispensary 'or tuero was no such issue when they were elooted; and when they them selves wero responsible or their prede cessors were responsible for tho cor ruption which tuey liad reason to be lieve exlstod, it is lucuinprononsible bo mc how any man With tho lease dca of obligations un tue people wno dec'cl him could acv as that legisla turc did, The people have a lignb bo destroy thc dispensary, out no mere representative of tue people baa a righb to assume such a resp jual billi) as that would havo buen without uaving a campaign and making thc isdue before Mle people and getting Instructions from them, Ad 1 hi.v. vor ati?t-d is to tiavo all of tuc whl!/c people pass on the question aud let the majority govern. 1 do noe behove in permitting newspapers to diotato to a t o w scheming polltloiaus aud io trade amoug ihGLu.-,oive.> and settle the H i '.s Jon. lithe pvopie of a county .vaul no liquor sold in it, lob them vote foi legislators to say so and for .ho oaudidate for Governor who ad vc oates that. Lot us be opcu and hon est in our politics and not vote foi fence slraudlers and cill?e seekers who will say and oo anyinlng to get ol coted. Paul io um. Ab Heathy ville, Ky., a sensation was oausod ab the ti lal of Former Judge Hargls and Former Sheriff Callahan of Hreathltt county, charged with the murder of James Mucus. Asbury Spicer, it was announced, bau m ado a confession implicating tho two chief defendants. On the day Marcum was killed Spicer was lu Jackson, K.y., he claims. Ile said that a f?w minutos before tho killing lie was sent by "Jim" Hargls to got "Tom" White, anti was lat^r dis* patched by "Fl Callahan to get Our bis Jobt. A f JV/ minute:! laior, while S,)'cor was lu the II irgls store, iwu shots rang out and Marcum fell dead in the front door of tho court house. Spicer sild that he was ( l?ored <5uo 0 kill Marcum. Poe i ll r, lie said ../ </, much a few daya boforo Maroun was k.iieo. Spie r said he nacl refused to kill Marcum and that he had also refused previously bo kui "J.m Gook rill. fc'oiir In t'.i'. ?I Ohiokon. The Laurens corrospondenb of The Slate says lait Saturday Mr. Sam Simpson, wiio lives about six miles below Ol Inion, brought q 11 tc a freali bo town In che way of a oitlcken, willoh had four well developed legs, ano touching the ground as the chicken stood erecb. O.ie of lbs legs oorao out just under tue left wing, one just abovo the "oil-bag" and thc otnoi two In their lmiuraj position. I) i h frOin ! il/: li. II i II;-. A severe rain and thundor storm which passed over Ballimore, Md., Wednesday evening caused two deaths. Fran 0. Schlock, while ona launch in the harbor, was struck by lightning and instantly killed, while Joseph Rudolph, wilone coat collai Schleck was In tho ant of turning up, felt no shock whatever. A At )ii Irater. , A story of a man eating blpopota , mus oomos from tho neighborhood ol Barberton, in the Transvaal. It lt. '. asserted that tho animal carno out j ol a rlvor, seized a small native boy in Its mouth, oruBhing him to death, ' Tho nativos then tumod out, killed . thc animal and ate lt. i AN IMPORTANT ACT. A NKI? Ii VIV AFFl?JOTING? BIAND ITO 1,118 IN THIS STATU. Revenue Licenses Can. Hereafter be Used Against Them in the State Courts. Tho Columbia Record says collcotor Mloah Jenkins of the internal revenue oilloo at Oolumbia has received from the treasury department at Washing ton a ocpy of a very important act passed by the recent congress that will al?eot tho testimony glveu by prosecu tors lu blind tlRor cases. It sbould bo explained that all or nearly all, blind tigers secure a retail l q lor lloon.se from the government before they at t.cnopt to violate tho Stato dispensary law. Tho government would not permit I,ho book oontaluiug the list of licen ses to be exhibited in the State courts, holding that tho govornuuont had ex clusive Jurisdiction over the govern meut books atc also holding that gov erumontolllclals should not be allowed to testify in tho State courts oonoaru lng tho lioomes Issued. Asa result State otllulals in States or counties where tho sale of whiskey was prohlb- ! itcd, could never obtain prima fac e ev?-lenee from tho government that would bo admitted lu any oourt. Some of tho congressman from the western States, however, g"t, together and had tho following act passed: "That ohaptor threo of the revised statues of tho U ii oed States bo and nereby is amended in section 3,210 so as to read: "EACII collector of Internal revenue shall, undar regulations by the oom missioner of internal revenue, place and keep o ninnie ously lu his oitic ., fer publio Inspection, an alphabetical Hut of all persons who shall have paid special taxes iu his distriot, and shall state thereon the time, place and bus iness for which such special taxes shall have been paid, and upon application )f any prosecuting ot?loer of any Stato, county or municipality he shall fur nish a certl?od copy thereof as of a publlo record for which a fee of one dollar for eaoh hundred words or frac tion thereof lu the copy or copies re quested shall bo charged." 'Ihls means that tho State cllblals here interested in the suppression of the blind tigers may obtain from tho colleotor of Internal rovenue oertlfled copies of all those who have obtained ir ;v nument Uceases aud that as they practically contain the seal of the govt ernment may bo lntroduoed In any oourt in the State and thus become au Instrument for conviction of tho law breaker. Tho oflloe in OolumbJa has ?0% ycit-Tocib'p&any r<"j?io*ls i&i en titled copies of the list of license hold ers In South Carolina probably because the law ls not generally known, but lt .?ill not be long bofore this kind of evidence will be used lu the State courts. No ohange has been mido in that seotlon of the aot forbidding gov ernment revenue otlloars from testify lng ooncernlutf the holdors of these licenses._ Crow IJOSC Tho loss of four men and of the three-masted schooner Elia G. Ells, of Rockport, Maine, bound from New Bedford to Windsor, ls reported in a nessage received froji Capt. breon, Of tho schooner, the only survivor. The schooner was wrecked ou Libby Island. When tho vessel as broken ap by the surf on the submerged ledge, the oaptaln and orew clung to a large section of the stern of tue .chooner. This was thrown against the rocks on Libby Island and all ex cept the captain were suoked back by elie uudertow and drowned. Capt. Breen grasped a rope thrown out by lifo savers and was drawn to safety. Sliot In >!i','.,<:>, A spec'.al from Waiesboro, N. C., ia>s. "Early Wednesday morning, just across the line in Union county, which borders Burnsvllle township, if that oounty, Wat Hill bhot and killed Marlon Burgess, Burges.', and lils wlfo were in a bu^gy together when bc was killed and Uie cause ol the killing could not be learned, but lt ls .supposed to have bceu the result1 of bad blood between the parties. Hill lives in U don oounty and Bur gess in this county. Burgess is said to have b?eu a notorious whiskey dealer and boars a very bad reputa tion. Oily a (cw weeus ago lie knock ed tiis wife in the head. Both men aro white." A GtdilorAl {Slaughter. A dispatcli from Warsaw, Russian Poland says the reoent rumors that tuc terrorists were organ//; hg a gen aral slaugnter of tho police, were partially corroborated when two policemen were shot doad and two were mortally wounded simultaneous ly in various parts of the city. In consequence of tho attack made on oho police tho latter havo boon with drawn from tho streets, which arc .10 w patrolled by Infantry. Terrorists shot and killen a gendarme and an infantry oaptaln named Tobolzjff, thc tattor having been accused by r?volu olonary papers of commanding pla toons at executions. Tue a?tassius choapod. _ Hay H IIB Bryan. At Greensboro, N. 0., W. W. Kit chin was unanimously renominated for congross by tho Democrats of tue tif.h alstrict. Mr. Kitchin has airead; served four consecutive terms In con gress. In his speech of acceptance Mr. Kitchin said tiiat much praise ot President Roosevelt was heard, but I.hut it was duo to tho fact that he Stood upon thc main planks of Un Domocratlo platform. Ito predicted n e nomination and election of WU a m J. ? ry WM n 1008_._ .Condition <>' Cotton, Thc crop reporting beard of tht bureau of Statistics, department ol agrloulture, finds from tho reports ol the correspondents and agents of tin bureau that the avorage condition Ol cotton on Juno 25 was 83 3, as coin ' pared with 81 0 on May 25, 1900, 7' 1 on Juno, 25, 1005; 88 at tho corres ' ponding date In mol, and ten yea avorage of 84 1. Tho condition li i Booth O&rolliia on June26 last was 7' 1 against an a -orago of 85 for tho pas ten years, HE DENIES IT Lanahan Says He Did Not Tell What Was Quoted on THE WITNESS STAND By Parker and Robertson In the Dispen sary Investigation About His Buy- , lng Boykln. Says 1 Those Qentlemen Misunderstood What hYSald. ? Mr. Wm. H. Lyles, a^prominent/.. lawyer of Columbia, appeared before the dispensary investigating commit tee v/bilo it was In session last week and made tho following statement: "Just as 1 carno in on the train, a paper was handed me by William Liuahan with tho request that* I make the statement to tue oommittee that tbey would be glad to have any of their matters investigated shortly. Tuao they had expected same to be investigated, but the subcommittee while lu Baltimore bad not oalled upon them and they would be glad to make any showing obat was wanted." Mr. Lyon made the following ex- ? planatiou why Liuahan & Sons were not investigated: "I woulu like to explain why the ?ubojiumlttee did not call on Lana nan & Sons. Tho list of oreditors that wo had that had been furnished Senator Christensen at Columbia had Lanahan & Sons down for $600. I anew that $000 was no lnduooment to Lauahan, and lt was reported to us that he said he would prefer to lose that tuan tuomlt to an investigation. We have heard siuco that time that nts claims were somewhere between iio.ooo and $12,000-that the state ment furnished us was not correot. I telephoned Mr. Tatum this morning j ?.o send lt up, and I presume he will scud lb up some time this evening." Mr. It. II. Weloh, another lawyer, who was present, arose and made tho foliowiug statement: 'I wish to introduce the affilavife of Mr. Lanahan in the matter of the oestimony of Lewis W. Parker and H. *. W. Robertson. I wish to Introduce it as a part of the record. I cannot pro duce Mr. Lahahau and this ls tho best I can do. Aili davits havo been acooptod nuder similar oho.iinstances defure ?nd 1 do not pee how lt can bo , refused." lu wlil bo remembered that Mr, Parker testified to Mr. Lanahan's en tire dissatisfaction with conditions at the State dispensary, as La?aban had thousands of do.lars invested in South Carolina. Tnis was corroborated by Mr. E. W. Ilooortson, and Mr. W. A. Clark testlUcd to other conversations of a Uko nature which he had had with Mr. Liuahan. Mr. Parker wont more Into djtalls and, testulod that Mr. Lanahan wish ing to remedy tho situation hal em* ployed Mr. L. W. Boykln to repre sent mm on the board, or at least it was tcstiiled that Mr. Lauahan had 00 stated. Furthermore he had be come dissatisfied with Mr. Boykin's services aud had employed another agent whose name has never been made public. Now, In reply to this testimony, Mr. Welch, representing Mr. L. W. Boykln, presented tue following Util Ia Vit from Mr. L malian: State of Maryland, County of Bloh land. Persooally came before me S. J. Lanahan who, upon oath, deposes and says that with reference to tho testi mony of Mr. Lewis W. Parker before tho dispensary investigating commit tee at Columbia, S. C., on tue Ooh day of June, 1910, he makes tho following statements: Mr. L. W. Boykln was employed by 1 ono linn of William L?nauan & Son as a salesman, but this was months prior to his elcitlou as a memoer of nie board of directors of the State dispensary; that Mr, Biykln had ievered his connection with said firm as said salesmau and otherwise about a yoar before his said election. Wnllo Mr. Boykln was lu our employ as said salesman he was paid a salary, of course, but this salary ceased tho mo ment ho severed his oonueotlon with the Orin as salesmau. lie nas never ooen in our ompioy since nor have I or any member of our Orin paid him one dollar or otherwise since ne sever ed his oouneotion SM above stated with our business. I never told Mr. Park er anything di li?rent from this. From what Mr, Parker has testllled to be t?re tho committee tie has evidently either entirely misunderstood what I bave said and moaut or his recollec tion of what was said ls absolutely erroneous. I never meant by any thing that was said to oonvey the lm i roSBlon that while Mr. Bjykin was a member ot the board he represented m<i or my linn or that wc were paying ukin ono cont. Samuel J. Lanahan. NM CAIHIIOH. A dispatch from London says after being imprisoned, six days in a Hooded uarauouvale of tho Wales Colliery, two i minors of tue six originally imprison ed were rescued an vc Wednesday morning and three bodies were brought O? G hy thorosouo party. Two reen rc.o.iod were discovered in the , old workings, having subsisted for a i week on a few candles. One of them : was able to walk and tho other waa i oeiinous during thc last part ot his imprisonment._ H?y? Wi lo KU lod Him. A dispatch from Charleston, W. > Va , says William Jarvis, 36 years t old, a prominent farmer was shot and f Rilled at lils homo on Cooper'a Creek ) Wednesday night. There were no i witnesses to the tragedy, but Jarvis - lived long enough after being shot to 7 uah lils children, tho eldest 12 yoare - old, to his sido, aud told them that r their moil io r had murdered him. The i cody lay in the front yard all night ? until tue coronet arrived next matu t lng, Mrs. Jarvis olalms the ?hooting was in soif-dofengt,