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BILL TO REFORM The South Carolina State Dis pensary. A OOHPLKTJfi 8Y??OPSIS Of the Raysor-Mannlog Bill. Which Wae Originally thc Work of Senators Ray8or of Oraogeburg, and Manning ol Sumter, But Is Somewhat Altered. The bill popularly known as tho Ray sor Manning, because it was the Joint work of Sonators R vvsor, of Or angeburg ?nd Manning, of Sumter, being tbe fruit of the matured tbought and labor of theBe two meo ; who con solentlouslv believing that tho dis pensary system, properly and honest ly conducted, off ors, under tho condi tions prevailing In the State, not only the best, bub the only practical and satisfactory means of controlling the Pquor traillo and minimizing the evilB tuat attend the uso of any and all Alcoholic liquors as a beverage, sought to frame a law that would purge the State Dispensary of the corruption believed to oitsfc therein and so to hedge about thc manage ment with the restrictions that the opportunity for graft ard dishonesty in the purohaso of liq mr aud otho supplies, whloh t no law as it scooo not only pormltted, but appeared to Invite, would be impossible. Senators Raysor and Manning with the same ot J 30t in view, viz: tn mak> the dispensary as nearly as possible a graf t> proof business institution, whioi> under tho exercise of the pohoe pow er ol' the State should centred and reg ulate thc liquor traffic, which is con ceded by all to be an evil that of nec essity neust bo regulated and curtail ed for tho public good worked inde pendently at first, each preparing a bill to bc introduced in the Sonate When tho legislature oonvenad they found that their bills wore drawn on similar lines aud they, thorofore, de elded to j dully prepare a new bill, utilizing the best features of each of the two previously prepared. Thc greatest oaro was exercised in draw ing this bill; information and sugges tions were sought irom Senators and ^Others who desired to purify thc dis pensary system and make it the in strument for gocd that it was and is oapable of being made. When tin bill was oomploted and introduced in the Senutc it at onco came to be known as thc Raysor Manning bill. Upon being refeired to oommittee in the regular order, the bill was giv en throughtful consideration and a ligid and patient analysis. Tho result of the committee's consideration was a substitute bill, which embodied thc dlstiuotive features of the origina' bill, that being med as a frame wor' and also the ideas of tho committee and others who had made huggestlon? looking to the perfection of the pro posed new diepansary law. Among the suggestions thus embodied in the. bill waa one mad*1 by Senator Ti 1 man that liquor be purohased from United States bonded warehouses ex elusively. This substitute bill, which was In faot, the committee's bill, although built upon the Raysor-Manning bill as a foundation, was still popularly known as the Riysor-Manning bill and by that title lt is yot known. This is the bill that tho House of Representatives rejected and practi cally refused to oonslder at all, after the effort to force the Morgan (House) bill through tho Senate had failed This Is the mr asure that is now the leading isiueln tue State campaign, and whloh ls tho dispensary plank in the platform of Mr. Richard 1. Manning in his campaign for gover nor. Ocoupying as it does so important a place amongst the issues of the oampaign, a synopsis of the bill will be hoth interesting and Instructive. Section 1 prohibits tho manufac ture, sale or keeping of spirituous, malt or other intoxicatingliqu >r that is used as a beverage, except as here inafter provided, under a penalty. All liquors sold or kept in the state, whether manufactured here, or Im ported, aro r(qaired to be tested by the chemist of thc South Carolina College to determine their purity, and all liquors not so tested are de ciar ed detrimental to the morals, good health and safety of the State, and all such liquors may bo soizsd where? ever found, without a warrant. It also prescribes the procedure co be followed by those who desire to im port liquor for personal use in order that they may do so legally. The ex pense of making tests of liquors to determino their purity are to oe paid by the State treasnrer, out of the funds of the dispensary in his hands and not by the board of directors as heretofore. Section 2 repeals Section 656 which oreates the State Board ot Directors and thereby abolishes that board, tho throb members of which are intrust ed with the management of a 900,000 bunine-.ii and paid only MOD a year apleoo. This ls i nc of the most important, as well as sonni bio and neoessary reforms contemplated by tho bill. The next seotlon (:i) ls tho mos1 striking foulure of the entire bill as ii oontains thc provisions that will wipe out tho graft that has attended the purohaso of liquor and other dis pensary supplies. It il rat provides for the election of a commissioner at a salary of iii,000 per year, who shall bc the executive board of the State dis pensary. Ills term of ellice Is fixed at two years. The governor ls em powered to suspend the commissioner for cause. The commissioner is required to ad vertise for twenty dayl., commencing the iirsb day of March in each year, IL two or moro daily papers of this State, and one dally newspaper In each of the cities of Louisville, Ky., Cincinnati, O., Baltimore, Md , and Pittsburg, l'a., for bids to supply the kinds and qualities of Illinois required for sale by tho State dispensary dur ing the ensuing year, the sime bMug specified in tho advertisement, These bids must be sealed, and without mark to distinguish thom ono from another and sent hy express Within ten days of the last advertisement to the State treasurer In whoso Custody they romain until oj cued on Much 31st, in public by a committee of throo oltlzans, appointed hy thc gov ernor on or boforo Maroh 20.h. Con tracts are to be awarded by this com mittee to tho lowest responsible bid flora for the several kinds of liquor and other supplies required. The members cf the committee are to be paid 910 ecoh per day and five cont? mileage for each mlle aotually travel ed, and they are In?ligible for re-ap polutment. All bl?dere are required rn ylv?: good and si flt dent' bond asa guarantee of good faith for tho per formance of *h? obligation, in the event of reoelvlng ;t contract. The oontraots must be approved by the attornoy general and the am unt of bond shall equal 20 per cent ot the estimated cont of the I'quor or other supplies to be purchased. The kinds of liquor that shall br purohased aro the roi lo wing: Pure Cologne Spirits, or deodorized atoohol, 96 per cont, from gove n mont bonded warehouses. Two Btamp whiskey, 50 per oent. proof from the bonded wtrohi usos of the United States, with the understanding that the State shall buy the whiskey on thc warehouse oertliloates and shall pay the revonuo taxes Itself in ordor to Insure its net beirg adulterated or tampered with. The three kind: of I liquors, oom, rye and bourbon, shall be purohased lu this way iu tim q ian titles, whioh In tho Judgment ol the oornmlsslcner, will bo required by the demand tn thio State. Itis perm i si bly to make contracts for eaoh. Ot tho four kinds of alcoholic prod lots above designated with different fer sons for the supply needed for th* year to bo ordered out by tho ct rn missioner, as lndloitted, ?nd the t ?d diug for the different varieties of whis key shall Indicate not loss than twon b> d Hirer i bunds of whiskey quo .ed on the murki t ia th? wholesale price? ourrent of tho various oltles d?sign?t od. No wtiibkoy shall be puro.nvsed for uso in this State that is less than one year old ns shown by tho ware* liou.se cet! HOD to. A reoord of all bids snail be kept iu boon provided for that purpose, 'lhe bids above designated shall include whiskey one year old whiskey, tb)se-yeal old, ilvc-year-old, md teosa whiskies of the ages cojig nated Bhall be a basis, when mixed with cologne spirits, or sold just a? Mioy aro received, for the different grades to tc furnished the county dis pens?is. The commissioners shall also in the same way invite bids to be opened ani c ?ntraots awarded at the same time and in tho same manner as hereinbefore provided, for Oognao brandy, California brandy, peach ano apple brandy, rum and gin In aitch qoantlbieK, with tho right to purchase more, as may ba in his Judgment nec essary to supply tho demands. Those bids shall specify tho kinds and quin titles of snob liquors, and bids for vines, liquors, and cordials shall be limited to suoli as mav bo advertised for by tho dispensary commissioner as hereinbefore provided, bids for beti ( o be advertised for, opened, etc., ah aforesa.f ) shall designate the alcohol lc contents not less than 4 per cent , stud the amount of malt aud hops to oe used In Itn manufacture, and no boer al all be purchased bhab ls not shown by chemical analysis no o to oontain salaolllo ucid, or any ( theo adulterant to prevent fermentai lou. No beer shall be purohased exocp > ex port beer, or that wbicn ls already in bottle and pasteurized and bot r in kegs aged at least three monti s in old storage. Bids shall also bo ad vertised hi the manner already pro v.ded In the purchase of liquors and at the seme time for Buppiylng the state dispensary with glass bot .les, demijohns, oorkB, labels, sealing wax, shipping cates, paper wrappers for the bottles aud all other needful sup ples required lu the conduct of the bunine; s or tho State dispensary, aud these Bhall bo let to the lowest bid der, In like manner as provided for thc bidding for liquors, aud a bond v/lth good and s; m?lent nu re Ur H shall be repaired for (?io faithful per f?rmenos of tho contracts. The commissioner having ordv,r.;d out thc whiskey and cologne spirits of thc kinds and quan tities designated, ls autboi zed and empowered to employ for a period of four months a skilled expert to blond che same under his direction aud BU pervision, in such a way as to Bupply as nearly as practicable thc llqi ors known to commerce but which Biiall nob in any way be adulterated by ad mixture, of any injurious or unhealth ful ingredients, and in order to do bhiB, he shall take out a rectilior s license from the I Jolted States gov ernment, and thus bo enabled to rec tify or mix toe 1 quors which arc re qilred fur bhe business. Such blend mg shall be tone upon a formula tnat soall tie posted in the com missioner's t 111 je, subject bo bhe per sonal Inspection by any cit zm. The liquors thus m'xed or blended shall be designated by the signs x, xx and xix ?nd the age of tho whiskey mixed with the cologne spirits shall constitute the basis, to wit: Whiskey one year old with the pro portion of cologne spirits used, ?Itali be designated HB X; three vears old as xx; and live >ears old as xxx; provided, That If there shall be a demand for the straight whiskey unmixed with cologne spirits, the same may be used Instead of tho blended goods, and the price bhall be governed by the relative cost of the hame and the labels Indi cato the character of liquor, whether blended or two stamp. There shall he another brand known BH XXXX whiskey, which shall bc whiskey bottled In bond, not less than sovou years old; or tho tame varieties of liquors as designated by tho distillers brand may be purchased from the bonded warohi u .es, F.B hore lnhftforo, provided, (n tho barrel, and mav be bottle j at ttie Slate dispen sary the same as other liquors are bottled. Tuero shall be no oaso whis key kept In stock at the State dispon stry. AU Buch purchases must be mady upon BpeoUl orders sent through the county dispenser-! bo the Stabe dispensary bv the pe?sou or persons desiring to Obtain s&uie and the State dispensary shall order the said goods shipped di root to the county dispen sary. All whiskey, whether "blend cd" or''straight" shall bc put up in bottles of (nil measure and labelled as hereinbefore provided, and tte proof, or alcohol lo cont? nts < f oaoh p; ok&ge shall be printed on said Ute), t geth or with the price as lixed hy the St:-'.to board, and ibc grade of the whiskey s'-iii ha blown In the glass as X, xx x X X, or \ X X X Provided this snail apply to only snob whiskey its may ho bottled at the d'ppetmry, and lt shall ba a misdemeanor for the com missioner to bottle, lab 1 or Bell any liquors willoh shall not be true to grade below into the glass punishable by line or Imprisonment In the discre tion of oourt: Ibovided, further that nothing herein o attained shall pre vent said commissioner of the dlspen ?ary from making distillers In this State contracts for the purohaso of liquors manufactured by them within t>hls Stato. Section 4 of tho bill amends .Sec tion 668 of bhe Code so as bo havo tho jalarlos of employees lixed by the gon ral assembly, Instead of by the State Hoard of Directors. Tho commission ir ls to bo put under $76,000 bond ap V 4 proved by tbe attorney general. The commissioner le charged with the management and control of tba State dispensary, (^b)oot to the provisions ot the dispensar/ law, and is empow ered to enter into oontraots and em ploy or discharge! the officers, and la ' borers necessary to the oonduot of the business. Ho le forbidden, however, to employ any per son who is related to bim by blood or marriage within the sixth degree. L'quor sold to the county dispensers Bhall be sold at a profit not ezooedlng ten per oent. of the oost to the Stato. Tho county boards ot oouutrol aro to bo appointed by tbo governor, by and with tho advice and consent ot the legislative delegation, or a ma jority ol the fame, from the respect ive counties, Instead of by the State board, aa hore toi or?. ; and the gover nor isgWen authority to remove mern bera of the county boa,.os for cause. Tho county beards of c. ntrol employ tho dispensers and clerks, who aro not to be related to them. The oom missioner, instead of the State b ard, is required to nttaoh a oertllloato as to tbe ohcmlcal analysis, purity, otc , to cv.nry paokage of llqu or Bold in, or brought into, tbe State. Any paokages of Hauor without such oertiiloate may be seized and sold as contraband, and the common carrier bringiug it in may be lined. Beer dispensers are hereby expressly prohibited. The use of request bianka by coun ty die pensers are rr quired but bore after tnese books shall bo furnished to the auditors by tho county board of control, Instead of the State board, and shall bc paid for out of tho fundB of the cm nt-y dispensaries. County boards of control are given authority to establish dispensaries and to designate their location, of which twenty days' uotloe shall be given The establishment of a dispensar; may be prevented by a majority of the voters of the township la which lt ls to be loo&ted ulgulug a petition .0 the county board, requesting that 1. bo propos?t! dispensary bo not estab lished. The failure of dispensers to perform their duties ls to be reported to the go /eruor, instead of the State boaro of Directors, aud ho ls rt q'Ired to forthwith institute proper proceed ings to enforce the law. Heavy pen attics aro rlxed for the violation of my of tho nq ihements of the law by dispensers Dispensers aro rr quired tOSCO tho request books, and report >o tho auditor ou or before the 10rh ti each mouth and to bubicrlbe to an oath that they have compiled witt, the law in this r? epiot. Tue salo o' liquor to minot8, intox oV.ed persons .r person In tho habit of becoming nt-, x teated is forbidden and fails to make accurate returns rs required by iaw, Bl owl. g the truo signature to every request) by him received and granted, or soils 1 quot to any person without drat rt qairing a writt? n re quest therefore, is liable to a Hint for $200 damages on th s bond ot suoh dis p UBer, to Ix broutfht by the solicitor, who ie required to bring suit when information is lodg'. d wita bini. Permits to manufacture liquor ma,} bo granted by tho commissioner under proper restriction, provided in sootlon 13, which amt nds sootlon 571. The payment o' tho Uglied S'.ales Utz as a 1 quor dealer cr notice of any kind io any pJr-,ce of resort or in any itoro or soop, indios ting that alcoho lic liquors ate thor? sold, shall be held as pi iou?, faule evioei ca that the dis pensary law ls bel?g violated, and a penalty of not less than ilOO nor more than $500 tine, or imprisonment for three to twelve mjntbs is imposed for suoh violation. Section 19, the last section of the bill, ls ono of the most important and is RS follows: Seotion ll) -That Stctlon 003, Vol, 2. (Criminal) Code of LawB, S. C., 1UU2, bo amandid by adding at the ond thereof the following: Tho salo committee shall haye the power to make, prescribe and promulgate, and the commissioner ?hall enforce such rules am regulations governing tbo conduot of the < Ulcers employes and methods of business of the Stato Dis pensary, as, in their judgement, may seem wise and proper not Inconsistent with law; so that when so amended tho Bald section sl'Sll read as follows: "Seotion 603. T ie presiding Millers of the Sinate and II' iis?; of tt'mre limitatives shah annually appoint a committee, consisting of two mem bers of tue House of li presculatlvf i and one Senator, whoo du'y it sba I bc to make quarterly examinations ol the books and linancl.%1 transaction!; of the State dispensary for the li.cai years beginning on tho ti:?t r**y of November previous to t.'io date ?f their appointment, and to make a written report cf such examinations to thc Qen.'al Ais'mb'y at tho ses sion next micccdlng after the appoint mont. J b shall be the duty of a least one member of said committee to bo presentat the taking of ibo inventory of th? stock of the S ,atl Dispensary at the end of each quarter. Eaoh member of said comm itt' shall recolvo the same per diem and mileage as members of thc General Assombly, to be paid cut of thc dis peusary funds by warrant of Dispen sary commissioner on the Stato Treas urer: Provided, That no per diem be allowed to the members of Bald com mittee for more than twenty-four days during any liscal year. The said com mittee shall-have the power to make, prescribe and promulgate, and the. commissioner shall enforcr, ?uoh rulos and regulations governing the conduct of tho t Ulcers, employes and methods of business of the State dispensary as, in their Judgment may seem wise and proper, not inconsistent with law. Poll llndor Oar Whoota A dispatch from Wilmington to The News and Courlor says A. P. Mil ler, a young man, was killed by an Atlantic GoaBt Line train Thu ri lay n'ght. Miller lived near tho Ninth street "Y," and at 8 o'clock Thursday night boarde d a north bound excursion train with tho intention of jumping oil as tho train neared his home. As he Jumptd he fell under the wbeeles. Ills head and both legs were severed, and portions of the body scattered along tho tr9.ok for many yards. The young man-was a clerk in thc audi tor's lillico of the Coast Linn. I'Mniiil Wanted. A negro liond on Monday attacked Q -ac?mila Magia, an Italian farmer, in hlH homo near Woodbury, and irimlnally assaulted Magh.'s wife af ter compelling her to give him all her saving's amounting to $107. Magia was beaton Into insensibility by the negro and ls dying at a hospital, ills wife In In a oritioal condition at their home. A man never knows what his wife ondures untlll sim goes eway for a day and loaves one of tho children to ao company him to his down town la bors ? BRIDAL TRIP In an Airship that Proved Tata! to Bride sod Groom. VkLh INTO tTHE SEA, 1 Mow the Bridal Baloon Collapsed In Mid* ( Air and the Count Nazzarl Lost His Bride of a Night in the Angry Waters of the Adiiatic. Sad Honeymoon. Tho most pitiful tragedy that ever resulted from tho perilous art ol' aortal navigation has jost thrown thc leading noble famille? of Milan, Italy, into deep mourn Um. A fair young brld8 of only a day lost her lifo In this great tragedy ? f tho upper air. Count N?zz&ri, the youthful head of an ancient and wealthy family of Milan, was Uko that other you nj.' millionaire, M. Sautes Duoaoi t, passionately devoted to aeronautics. II5 was perpetually experimenting with new dovlo3s for solving tin groat problem of aerial navigation, lt was his oonstant occupation, and he spent almost his entire inoomo upon it. Ila has hoon tho owner of twenty ii vt; balloons and alrsl ip?. Ho made asoouts in thom continually. Ile had a great many accidents, but alway came back alive after getting Into tho most perilous situations. Ile es caped boing smashed to p'.coes once by grabbing at a window stll as his baboon fell to the ground, and on an other occasion by olutchh.g at thc brandies of a tall tree. Ho got cul of so many troubles so luckily that his friends said ho hada oharrocd life Ur.uut N&ZZMI became eng aged to a lovoly girl, wno took fie greatest in (crest In his favorite amusement T my were both rcekltFP, daring, orl gina) and full of nigh spirits. They decided that, they would have a honeymoon quite different from any that had ever been heard of. Tl--ey would spend their honeymoon in the air. Instead of sneaking off mystcri ously to some unknown pl&oe, as wedded couples aie wont to do, they would rl^e tr um phau tl y into tho air before their assembled friends and .??owly fade away into the blue heavens. Count Nazzarl prepared his latest airship for thc journey-agiantoigar ahaped vessel with two fan-shaped nt* taohmentH for ttiering. She vas named the Regina Helena, o? Q teen ll .?ena, in honor of the promeut beautiful c? ,oen of Haly. She v.-a s tilUd wit!: every luxury that a bride who was willing to take an aerial voy* ige could expect. A little boudoir iras constructed for tho bride, finish ed with grein and gold cushions and curtains, aud buppllcd with many acoossorUs of the t Il?t. Tue airship was provisioned for two weeks, with dozeni of o dd chickens, pigeons, hams, sausages and bottler of old Chianti, while an ale >hol stove en abled thom to do light cooking. The airfchlp was moored in an open space outside tue ohiuo.i, whertf the wedding was celebrated In tho most brilliant f ?ahlon before a great abh oring of tho nobility gobion...,?J society ot Mdan. When lt was/.iver tho proud bridegroom, with his adi ant, black eyed bride upon his ai, marched down the alala to tho j kt west door, while the organ playee ie glorious Wedding March from ; aengrln." j There was a short al fresco break . fast in the plaoo where tho airship was moored. Toasts were freoly drunk. The women friends of the bride em braced lier and wept over her. At 2 o'clook the departure for the skies took pince. Count Nazzari oar ried willi him besides his bride one friend-Signor U molle, a fearless, ex perienced and enthusiastic aeroniut, Count Nazzarl needed some one he could rely on to handle tho airship .vbile he was giving tho necessary at l en Mou to tho bride. As ihc oalloon rose from the earth lt was surrounded by the merry, ex citable orowflof I'r.M n wedding guests o' eermf, leiighirg ai.d seeping, They doCiariiig 11 WUS lLo lovel'tat wedding they bad over dreamed of. They stood Lhere fascinated, with feet rooted to the ground and fao?s upturned, as the gr?i.t airship rose higher uni higher Into thc air and sped ?way to tbo southeast, until lt v/as only a speck in che caik blue iiullui s,ky. At last it disappeared altogether. Thc guests said lt was just like going to heaven for a h< ney mo^.n. Within tho snuggly titled oar all wan happiness f r a fow hours. If she shuddered a hule aa shu peeped over ?t tho (rtrth immeasurably beneath ncr she was reassured by tho wann pressure, of her husband's arms. Grave trouble soon menaced tue part.y. About biinset a atorm sprung up with the suddenness characteristic of the Ital ian oil mate. Too ba'loon was dr.v .'U rapidlyover Adriatic S^a. All night long she was driven over thc water. The steering apparatus proved utter ly useless against tills terrific hurri cane. In the morning tho balloon was sighted over tho Adrlatlo .Sea in the vicinity of Ancona. Finding that the wind was at laut blowing him near land Count Nkzzari made a des perate effort to descend. In his haste he opened the gas valve too wide and Hil?, ?oting togethor with a sudden Squall upset tho equilibrium of tho cigar shaped vessel so completely that tlie oar was turned upside down. The brido fell Into thc stormy sja. but the two men held on to the balloon by ro pes. Within a few momonts this fell into the water. Tue husband plung od into tho ocean in searoh of his bride but his companion remained on tho wreckage of the balloon, believing wisely that ?ie could be more useful in keeplh'? a lookout from that position. Torp do boats and fishing boats came out from A noona to tho rescue nf the party. After a long oearoh they found the floating wreckage with Sig nor Usuolli on lt. Ho thought thal both the others woro drowned hut a ?earoh was made and O JU nt Nv/./arl, i very powerful man, was found still Duff jtlng the angry wavis In the hope if duding his lout bride. Ho was pull ad on board a torpedo boat in a state if dellrlm. A watch was kept on the waters lu this vlolnlty for some hours, jut nothing could be seen of the young iride There was no doubt that sile was drowned and her body ws3licd far ?.way._ When a man ?tarta aftor something ho usually finds it oomlng to meet him. If ho wai* s for lt he usually sees lt fading away. SOME PLAIN FACTS j - rj IBOUT Till; W111BKEK QUK8TION o VliAlNl.Y STATU?. * fl \ Frohibitionists Whom the High } License or .Vanoom Advocates '' Can't Fool. 1 a Suitor Oolumbla Reoord: t To hear nonio people talk and to 1 read tbe comments of the different 1 editors obout over the state upon the 1 lispensary, one would naturally opn j .iludo tbat South (Jr roi Ina had been, , prior to tho onactmont of tho dlspen- , wry law, Inhabited by pure, sweot j ingello people oud not by mortal, , moan wicked mon. That these anti- ? dispensary follows were the 60ul of ( honor and the embodiment of every ? virtue; that in them was no gulle or ^raft and, like George Wafehlnuton, had never told a He. That 'vloo, ras oallty and crime wero unknown lu the land until a big devil came up some where out of tho woods, with the dis ponsary In his pocket, and turned lt looso among theso lambs. hut all this cdltorlallng and preach lng and speech making about the vir tue and Godliness of South Carolina, heforo Bon Tillman and the dlspen bary appen red upon the scene, fools nobody. No, hideod, South Carolina has never been an unspoiled Eden, ana I fear it will be the last placo thc millennium will strike, lloverse your think box for a few moments and take a retrospective view and you will bo reminded that South Carolina has been dead drunk and full ot rascals for two conturles. Every one knows, or should know, that a very high por osnt of her people, of all classes, were drunkards, murderers, Hara, grafters and robbers from the very start. The first beat that landed here brought Um germs of all these villainies with them from Europe. And it seems to me to bo dlslngenlouB and unworthy to write and talk and try to make pooplo believe tho dispensary oreated the germs, and hatched out ttie Urst brood of these villains ever seen here abouts. No, slree, some of us know bettor. Under the old barroom system the state was as much In tho whiskey business as she is today. Yes, she legallz ;d tho tra ile and farmed out the iniquity of selling whiskey to her eli,'/mn, and put the money in her treasury and used it for all purposes. Chaplain, who effcrod prayers to beaven ei c i morning for di vlue wis dom to guide aud direct cur general assembly, were paid with this same tearsoaked money. Aud yet we hear people Insisting that the state was never in tho rum business before aud that tho blowing of a palmettto tree in a glRss bottle put ber In this nefari ous business, disgraced her fair and spotless name and made liars and rogues of her oitizanB. M.\y the fool killer spare tiiese idiots and hypo crites. South Carolina was not ouly In this bell-born trefilo as a state bub many of her honored and respootccl olti/.^na, standing hiuh In the community aud oburoh, were silent money partners in lllloit distilleries and barroom-hells. Under the dispensary regimo many of this same class have made the rural districts drunk and dis rderly by furnlshlug dlrcy, laxy, worthless nig gers whiskey to sell, thereby jeopard zing thc lives and proporty of the Community. Rapid-li re, talklug-tubes of every caliber and press-batteries of all s zes have been trained upon the dispensary, and for what reason? How many of thom ever took a Bhot at Mr. Barroom? Certainly he was a bad man. Yes, he was a bold, wick cd man, who murdered more honor and killed more men and undermined theil character and destroy* d tho pro 8pects of more boys, and heart b.oko more women, In one year than the. dlsponhary has since lt was establish cd. Mr. High License is the same old Mr. Barroom dressed in anew suit of co lstltutlonals, and would certain ly prove just as bad. Did you ever think how funny lt sounds to hear people damning thc dispensary and cussing the labes and X s on the bottles and swearing at Hub Evans' beaver hat, who never lu all their pious and righteous lives ever raised their voices against the whiskey demon? Funny, Isn't lt? You must please excuse me If 1 get mixed as to whether they aro light In? whiskey a? an evil or tho dispen sai y for the same otter reason. Were drunks and crime of the bar room brand any better than thone of tho dbpensary labei? Were heart broken widows and poor orphan ohll dron of barroom manufacture lo; s helpless and pltiblc than those of the dispensary stamp? Some people think ?o. Now let us be honest and con sistent and go to lighting whiskey as the great enemy of pure manhood and womanhood, and stop this hypooriti eal scolding and railing at tho dispen sary simply to gratify some selfish ptcjudlce. Whiskey has been ono of the great orluoe breeders and man de ?it; oye.rs from tho beginning and its manufacture and sale should not be tolerated under any arrangement whatsoever, and would not bo If we wero Just one quarter as God serving md neighbor loving ns we pretend to be. If those wh. control tho trend of ?vents had fungi* half as hard to ban sh whiskey from thc state as one half A thom havo fought to destroy Mie lispensary and the other half to pro tervo that institution, there would not je enough whiskey lu South Carolina today to make a mint julop. Admit the dispensary management ,o be corrupt and then ask yourself ls /here any other management or busl less or system or anything in South parolina or anywhere also In these United States today clean of graft, In notice and rascality, and not more or ess corrupt? If, as many honest, fair mel unprt judlced minds believe, the lispensary ls thc best solution of the vhlhkey prc'olom, lt will be exoecd riKly unwise to destroy lt bectuse unie of the graft has developed In ho syhtem. 1 think lt very wonder ul that it has not been very much vorso In view of the way tho enemies if the dispensary have acted towards bat Institution. Cleanse the manage* ne.nt as far a? possible and let the yatem stand or enact a prohibition aw. In splto o' everything that has idell said or can be wald, hf?h license Imply means a return to the open, ttractivo, luring and Iniquitous bar oom system. The devil lias bern smiling with sat ?faction Hinco the day prohibition lost nd the dispensary beoamc tho law of great stato, but don't let him win ?Other victory by fooling you to rano cIT tho dispensary for high l? ense. Tho dispensary ls a part of ho government and if it bo true that part of the government ls corrupt nd oannot bc cleansed,then the wholo dust become putrid and rotten. This rould bo an awful and horrible fuot. do not believe lt, and think the dis tensar y ono be kept ?a olean as any ither dep;rtnct"t ci the government L'ho dispensary ls today every bit as ilean as the power that controls it hat power ls tho government or tato.- If the dispensary, and hot tho mvernmentci state, is to blame, then 'on have a clear ease of tho tall wag fing the dog. If the state allows the dispensary, 1er own dear son, to stay out at night md go to the ball, what makes you ?Muk she will love high lloense, who B only her stop-son, any better and crop a closer watoh on his going and urning. Men of South Carolina, if 'ou love the little boys and girls, and lave any thought or caro for thrir fu-1 ur?, never vote for a law carpenter who says that with my little saw and ratchet I will build a barroom. Do what you ploase with the dispensary Kick it down, tear it down, burn lt down, but in Q^d'n name never, never by your vote ht lp build up a barroom -and that is what you will do if you vote to send high license or looa) op tlon men to che legislature. FB?NOIS ELKIN V'ILI.IAMS. CONVICTS KILL GUARD. ?Mutlny ?nd Murdor ?t trio Charlo* ton County Htnckftdo. The Obarleston Evening Post says Herman G. Stello, a cbalu gang guard at tho Seven milo stockade, was killed Thursday afternoon at abtut 2:30 o'clock bv three oonvlols, Alor zo Goodwin, Hammond Wilson and George Kenny, who made their os oapo, and aro "how in tho woods on Charleston neck, with Deputy Sheilff Poul not at tho head of a pusse on their heels. Tho murder occurred at the stook ade camp. Stello's throat was out open. He was asked by the three men who ph yod sick Thursday and were left bohiud at camp shut up in a house with two truabics, to bring them a bucket of water. The trusties they looked up in the kitchen. When Stello approohod the men, they rushed upon him, overpowered him and out hie throat. The convicts overpowered the trus ties or o owed them, made their osoapo easily. The Imprisoned trusties out their way from the kitchen and ran to the store of Mr. ff ittlnger at Seven Mlle ll uno. iii immediately tele phoned tho no ws of tba murder and esoepe to Shei.IT Martin. Theshor'lT at onco ordered a posse to go to the Boone of tho tragedy. Deputy Sheriff Pouluot, with special deputies, Mesure. George I) UK las, Ll L Knox and Driscoll, and Rural Pjllocmm Burton and Killy, hastened up tho road by tho trolley line. It ls thought that the eBoaped oouvlcts aro armed. They are still In the woods. Every effort will bo made to oatch thom. Blood hounds will be put on their traoks. Mr. Stello was a man of over 5) years of age and married. He llvod at No. Itu Inspection street. Stello waa the only guard at the stookade, the others having gono out with the gang which is working on the drains. TH2 CO VT OF Ll VINO, 1">IK olAlly tn All Fond HunplicH MICH.illy InoroAflos. Figures prepared by the Depart ment of Labor show beyond doubt that retail urices o? food are on the ascenderoy and that year by vear the American housekeeper finds himself c%lled upon to draw more largely on his bank account to keep up his estab lishment. Statistics that are in every particu lar reliable have been Becured by the department from retail merchants In Charleston, Norfolk and other oltles from which the department figures out that the retail prices of food bi 1005 were at tho highest point during the sixteen year period covered by thc Investigation. The average prices of the twenty three of tho thirty arti cles ino'uded In this compilation of prices were higher in 1905 than in 1904 and the prloo of every article in cluded, except cc IT .ie and prunes, was higher In 1905 than in 189?, the year of lowest prices during tho last six teen years. The advance In bacon since 1890 has been 43 5 per cent; Irish potatoes, 43 1 per cent ; eggs 41 8 per cent ; dry or pickled pork 31.0 per cent; fresh pork 30 por oont; Hour 29.8 per cent; corn meal 28 0 per cent. The advance in food when eaoh of thc thirty arti cles are given a weight according to its consumption in the family of the workingman, has been 0 0 per cent since 1004; 17 7 per cent sluoc 1890 and 12 4 per cont compared with the avftrago for the 10 year period, 1890 to 1899. Attjtokml hy a Pun thor* Thc RmrtgO, Texas, News says last Friday a panther attacked tho little son of Mr. Hud May, a few milos north of town. Tho little fellow was a shoit distance from tho houso when the beast attaoked him. Ills cries of terror attiaoted au older sister who bravely went to the aid of the little fellow, snatching him from the olutohcs of tho enraged bruto. As she ran to tho house with tho hoy in ber arms, tho animal made several attemps to take him from her, Jump big over her shoulders in its frantic fct?orts. She succeeded in reaching tho house and shutting tho door In tho face of the beast, lb tried to force its wav Into tho house and falling, gave vent to tho most awful screams and eries. The child was sciatched, but not severely. lUyen linn! in Flro. At Buffalo, N. Y., Capt. Robinson, a veteran Lake Master, was burned to tleath, B. J. Johnson, sailor, was fa tally burned and a score of persons bad a narrow escapo In a tiro In a minding occupied by the BulTfclo Chandlery, supposed to have been 3&uscd by explosion. Toe lire spread bo tho St. Charles Hotel, tho ll *mes rolled high and muoh damage was lone. Liss Is $750,000. To lOxptoit Cuban IJHOUH. The Cuban Investing Corporation if New York, which will conduct a general agricultural and manufactur Dg bujlness in Cuba, has been inoor ) iratcd with a capital of $3,000,000. The directors of record include R, C. ft)0burgh, U.M. Kerr, L, W. Shoiton, ). il, Kayley, W. W. Doy, dr., Nor blk. Vi ; R. J. Camp, Franklin, Va.; ind C. T. Li (Ison, Atlanta. Ga. Itlind Timors ?nd Huntlay. D. S. Hammond, Darlington corros londcnt of the lUrtsvlllo Messenger, writing of tho whlskoy situation in Darlington says: "Blind tlgors and hinday sellors are having moro dsltors ou Sunday thau the ohurohes. larlington is ono of tho oounties that ian voted out the dispensary, but lt oems that prohibition falls to forbid t thore. Ruatlug out ls non resting. TWO NE?ttOfiOWH. ONK IN ANl ISKSdN AND OK 14 IN UNfON. I A Pol ig ie. us ?" ettieg ia Taon rounty Interfered Wi'h by Pre? k n Htu. , A rpcclal from Ai derson to thc Seato under dato of Avgust 15 says a negro asst Cation held a religious meeting at Shiloh Church on Wednesday Dil?> miles from that oity. Wedneeda: afternoon a young negro cursed a ne gro rx an and a regular fusilado of bul lets followed. Seven negro mm ar? shot ind one mule. It is pro..'?bi tbat three or more of tho negroes am mule will dio. Sheriff Green sent twe deputies to the soene Wednesday night to prc vent, further trouble. The row started three c'olook Wed ?enday afternoon and the tight tock plsoe right in a road In frc nt of th< oburch. Fully 2,000 negroes were li attend .roc at the titree day associa tion meeting and the deputies hi v ?..counut tho names of at least 17 ne groes thar, to; k part in tbe tight. A) together at. least 60 parttolpatod. Thc dvputy sheriffs returned to An derson Wednesday ni. bt ano got wa) rants and returned to the scene to ar rest all cone?n.od in the dlsgraoefu row. lt seems that an old grudge he been between several neg-oes for Bom timo and this grudge culminated b the row Wednesday. Anderson couut. bas s >-oalled prohibition and th rowdy negri es must haVi gotten drun> on blind tig6r whiskey, which can br nad at many places tn the county. Doctors were- qulokly summoned an-' the wounded negroes are reoeiving a tho medical aid possible Tho rov broke tho meeting up Tho leadlnf negroes of the association furnisher* the deputies the names of thc partiel pants, and lt ls be hoped that th* will be arrested and male an ex wop of. Disturbing religious meojlugs ar serious affairs. now AT A ouuiton. A dispatch from Union says nov i of a big row at a oolored churon nea? K alton out in the oounty has reacher tuat place, and one negro, Kelley Hoi ley, has been ojmmltted to jail foi shooting another negro at the churob. The row must havo been started by blind tiger whiskey as Uuion is a pro hibition oounty. It ls said that 26 or 30 shots wer* (ired in the ohuroh grounds Sund? afternoon, and that the orowd bein paulo strioken, many ran into th ohuroh building, where oue of the mr; was shot as he went lu the door. / ''big meeting" had just been Bt arter by Rev. O. H. Lee and A A. Sim., prluoipal of the oolored behool hen and report baa it that with other tboy did fast rune ir g when the ii ri nj began. It seems that James Keenan anr Davis Holley had a fuss at an lc cream supper at Dive .Smith's Satur day night wben Kienan shot Mos? Kolley, Joe ard W&din Holley. Tb* trouble was renewed at Bethel church next day, when Keenan was badi; '.hoi, by tbe Holley boys and ls In .? dangerous condition. Keenan aU( shot both AI se and Kdly Halley 26 r 30 shots being (ired, K ;euan is abou 17 years old and tho Holley brother are grown men. FIB?8 INTO STEHST OAR. A Fool Who Seems tobi Folio win? Dena' Aclvloo. The Columbia correspondent of Tin News and Courier says there was con Hiderable excitement in that city Fri day afternoon. It noms that M?nso) Hamilton, a negro porter at the Rid gevlllc Club, was riding out to Ridge wood on a car with some excursionist! from Clinton. He oooupled a scat ir the section for white passengers. The conductor went to Hamilton and tole; himto get in the Beats Intend: d for the colored, lt is said ho deolinec to do so and a row followed. Thc white passengers joined in and the re Bult was that Htunllbon was put off the car. Hamilton claims to hav been kicked and badly treated. Tbe conductor and others olaim that b> was simply put off tho oar. Tho oar passes by Hamilton's home and on the return trip Hamilton nut staudlng in bis door and shot into the car. The shot wont wild. A few small shot hit Mr. George Ware or the hand and a few hit Gonduotci Younginer. There was considerable exoitcmont in tho city and in sumt way the report spread that if Hamil ton were caught he would bo lynched He carno to Columbia quietly, won to the oounty jill and lb there now Tho eUlcers will v.grously proseouf Hamilton for his oombiet and foi shooting into tho oar. Fortunatolj no ono was at all seriously burt. Hamilton dalma that his gun went off accidentally. The passengers OE tho train claim that Hamilton dellb crate ly shot into the car. Hr milton ran and he was ohased. Superinten dent Wallace had a warrant swon out against Hamilton and soon a poste was bunting him. During the even lng Hamilton oamo to Columbia h company with Mr. Drown Hyatt ano surrendered. Ho is now In jill. BU only asked to Bay that the gun wem ( ll' aooldcntally and that he was badi treatod on the train. Killed by it-... r-, A distressing tragedy is rcportoc* from the village of llidla, neat bilbao. A ohild who was playing lr the garden of a oottage approached a beehive, and iunooenUy began to rak' it withal hooked stiok. Tao furioir bees rushed out and ot v*rod thl child with stings. Ho died lu great agony an hour later. What a man would call "cnthusl asm," ao applied to himself ho tin) i "gush" in others. A very short 'all will plunge a rnur so dcop In trouble that ho oan.t clim) out with a llfty-foot ladder. Insurance At A T. S. Scoso, President. 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