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?io? IVIC??M?C 1 ' *- ; M (j&V; M?U'Un P. Anse! to.'M?e I State Legislature, Should be Abolhrnsd ia Obedience to the Will ol ile People, He Say?. Dla CUB8CB a Number ol Other Questions ol Inter* est to the People. (3 over nor Ansel's Inaugural address io tb? Gone ral Assembly last week was aa follows: Gentlemen of thc G ?moral Assembly and My Follow Citizens: In obedloi.od to tho will of the peo plo of ?bi i state, as expressed at the ballot box, I am bote to-day to ta* tbe solemn oatb of ortioe as governor ol South Carolina, and to assume tbe dutlOB of this high and responsible position. I am deeply grateful to the people for this manifestation of their oonfl denoo, and when I survey the vast responsibilities and duties oonneotcd with the samo, I realize deeply my lo s ability to fully meet them. Fee lp// however, that 1 shall have ye ur full co operation and support, and relying upon.your help at all times, I assum these duties and r,spr.nBlbtl1tlfs promising to give to them my;..bpa> Judgment and talon ts, and all tho pow .rs with wbloh the great God has ?en dowod me. And, Gentlemen of the General As Tm_Beinuly, while the responsibilities as sumed by rho aro groat, yot the same will of tho people has oalled you to the performance of duties equally im portant. Tc my mind, there U no greater honor that oan bo bestowed upon a oltizon than that of beluga "law maker " It has boon v/lsoly provided In our constitution tbat tho government shall bo divided into three depart ments: Legislative, Kxeoutive and Judicial. To youls committed the stored power of making the laws un der which all tho people shall live and by wbloh they shall be governed. How groat then ls your function and bow oaroful should you be In enaoting wisc laws, beneficial alike to all our Oitl'/.'USl Our industrial development bas] been commensurate with tbe progress of the age, aod cur educational inter ests bava not lagged bebind, yot there aro groat things to be dono and great responsibilities to bc mot In tho va rious duties that wo owo to our state. Lot us all. therefore, with courage and confidence, bo true to our oaths of miloo and strive for all tbotc things that will olevato and educate our citi zenship and give that peace and pros perity to our people that tho/ aro en titled to at our bauds. The annual message of Governor Dey ward made to you at tbls session of tho legislature, gives you full in formation of tba oonditiou of all our publlo affairs, and I desl?o to congrat ulate him and the State on the gen oral measure of prosperity that bas oonoo to tho Stato during bis wise ad ministration. I fcc! lb lu my duty at this time and in this presence to call to your attention certain legislation which I think needful to be enaotcd at the present session cf tbe Legisla ture. Jt was my privilege, during the past summer, when making the oam palgn for tbe honorable o Alee wbloh I this day assume, to disouss before thc people certain measures, which I now desire to oall to your attention. ICDUCATION. Our state constitution requires that we shall "provide a liberal system of free publlo sohools for all childrou be tweon the ages of six and twenty one." Whon wo consider the great power anet influence of an eduoatod people and that the strength and prosperity of a state depend ultimate ly upo^ the Intelligence of tho av jr ageeltlzcn, we oan realize the mind of the flamers of this organls law. It therefore, behooves us to enact suob laws as will fully carry out this wise pro>?Blon of tbe state constitu tion. / Thor state Institutions of higher learning are all well equipped and fie Jling a great work in tho education many of our girls and boys, but tose fortunate ones aro but a meagre ,Jtt per cent! of those within tho school age; the other ninety per cent, are wholly dependent upon tho com mon unhook-. IG io true .that many of the graded Bohools are k?pb open for nine months in tho year by tho help of the speolal taxes voted upon thomselvos by the tax payers ot the purtloular sohool district, but many of the small schools in tho rural distriots aro In so&slon but for three or four mouths in tho yoar. Realizing that mos ii of the children, who afcto-id these sohools, are reoolv In? from thom all tho sohool advant ages that they will ever got, aro wo doing our full duty to thom? Are wo thuB Utting them for all of tho duties of an intelligent olV/.?iishlp? Wo are building for tho future and wo should seo to lt that wo build strong and well. You have no moro Important matter that will come be fore you and I recommend that Hbo? al appropriations bo made for the com mon EOhoola. I Also ask your espooial attention to ,?ud oonBidorations of tho entaDllah 'ment of high schools in oonnectlon with and RB a part of the free sohool aystom of our state. Many ohlldren will be ablo to attend a state oollego, and many others will be bettor pre pared for college after having attend ed the high sohool. It ls a step in the dlreoUon of giving to the boys and girls hotter opportunities in tholr sonool lifo and for making thom bet ter oitlzons. LIQUOR QUESTION j One of the most important subjoots that you have before you for consid eration, Gontlcmenof the Gonoral As Bombly, is tho liquor question. The people of tho state have spoken of, no uncertain Round, and wo oannot mistake their meaning, that tho state dispensary system must be abolished and that thoie must bo onaotod in Its stead, a law providing for local county option ?3 between county prohibition and oounty dispensarles. In making my campaign this past Hummer, one of the principal Issues before tho people was tho question of state dispensary or local oounty op tion as between oounty prohibition and oounty dispensaries. L / -??in H*jmm*-~ The plank la my platform upon li ?nat question IR as follows: < "I am opposed to. the system of a j ?tate dispensary. 1 am In favor ol lo* i ;al county option, between county jrohibUlon and oounty cliapeoaatleu. >r lt desires that liquor shall bo Fold n that county, or that ltBhall rot 30sold therein. This system balbeen, md la now the law In several of the itatta around and near vu?, and lt ia regarded with satlifaotfon eo far as 1 lave been able to learn. You kuow what you had rather havo In youi jounfcy, and you should, then fore lave a right to Bay so, anet not let )ther oountlea vote upon what your sounby should bave. You manage ?our own cunby affaira In every thing doe, why not in this matter? 'T iavur oaoh county voting upon ihat question for themselves. If thc vote is for liquor to he sold, tben let % Uvu?ty dispensary be operated lu that county under the restrictions ttow thrown around the sale ot 1'quor with auch other regulations as tin legislature may deem b?st. Lib thu 'ounty board ot ODntrol bo appointed hy the governor and let tho beard BO appointed havo ohargo ot tho whole mat tor for that oounty, said board to leport to the Judge at each term of the clioult court for that county of all of itu aotlngs and doings, and the., .ot tho j nd.(VJ baud that report to the srrand Jury for their inspection and investigation, with nuoh Instruction: is he may tull,k proper. Whatever profit ls made will go to the oounty. Let tho dispensers he paid a salary and not a oniualaslon on what they tell. If the votb Is for prohibition thou allow no l'quor to bo sold in such oounty, aud pa^s a stringent law pro viding fur the punishment ot all .blind tiger*' aud other violators o' :he law, and make lt the duty of tilt oounty sheriffs, dcputlos, constables, -.narah Ala, pollosmen, and other ps ncc u'CAc-irs to see to it that this law is cn forced and all violators are brought t< justice and punishment. "I would be glad If no liquors won sold aa a bevorago, but tho condition: are such at this time, that I bellov this to bo tho boat way to deal witt the question." I stand upon that platform to-day ??ld I urge that you enaot a law abul isling the state dispensary syatom an give to the peopio of caoh county th right to voto upon the question o county prohibition or oouuty diaper Bary. Tho beat way of controlling tho sal of i liquor baa boon agitating the minc" of'tr e ps: pie of this country for mau years; the sale of it has been dcolarc an evil by the higheat court of tl land and the question for na now wbloh is the best way of controlling lu this state, .Tho state dispensary system w? adoptedr tw?, after a trial of bhlrtci years, a great majority of the poop ot tho state bavo said Lhat they wit lt abolished and that oaoh county alu bo allowed tho right to say wheth they will have prohibition or ooun dispensaries. Tho will of tho people ls suprer ?Dd we should hood their domanc Many cf you were elected upon ii same platform and tho mable ts nc before you gentlemen, lt is for y to stfy whether the will of the poor shall he carried out or not. Lot do our duty without fear or favor. nuciucT snore) Another matter that I deairo brlug to your r.tteution is the ena mont of a lav: preventing tho opex tlon of what uro knowu as "Huck Shops, " or cotton or stock exohang? This is a species of spaoulation that taking thousands ot dollars from t: state, ls demoralizing our olt'/?us, a ls bringing many of them to povei and to ruin. The states of North Carolk a u Georgia have already prohibited th from doing business within th boundaries aud wo owe it to ouraoh and to the good niuo1* of tho sta that we folio v the eiample KO wor ily sot ua. Wo now have on our st ute book an aot declaring "unlawf oontraota for the anio of arti oles future delivery, made undor oorti circumstances," eto. Let us now follow this np with Aol) prohlblbing any buckot shop cotton or atook exohango or any otl exchange of Uko oh&raotor from do business in this state. ASSAULT ETO i 1 further wish tooall your attent to another matter which 1 oontl ih grave Importanoo at this parbleu timo in our history, and that IH l snaotmeut of a law providing 1 [loath penalty to any male peri making an assault upon a ?omale w Intent to ravish, granting the rh to the jary trying tho ocao to fix I punishment at life imprisonment ilia State Penitentiary If lu th udgmont tho facts warrant a 1 ?unjahmont than death. Iii this day when wo read of nany assaults of this oharaoter be nade, lt behooves us to wake up ?he situation and mako tho penaltj evere that the woman of this st nay be protected from this boin irimo and tharcerpotratora pun'.sl :o severely tnat all will be doter rom committing the bame. I furthor rooommend thal an i )0 paused providing that in all o? tf rape or assault with intent to r sh, the female may be allowod to I ilfy in private, bofore thoJudgo, be prosenoo of the counsel .for : tate and dofondant and tho defo .nt himself, and that tho tc ?tl tm o takon shall be road to the j irv he ovldence of tho said witneys ho trial of the case. Thia la the ri, a't least ono, if not moro, of tatos of tho union, end should ba nw tn this state. In this connection, 1 think lt lortant also to ask that yoi: pasa ot making lt a misdemeanor to i r display in any public placo or ,ny atroot or highway indcoent | urcu of females, lt la au evil t tas beon growing in the laut fow ye .nd one that oalls for action on ?art. It la nob neoesaary for me all to your attention tho reasons t bia aot should bo paaaod, lt ls obvl o all right thlnklrg poraons. I resnoobfolly reoommend th? yatom of mounted pollco or pt or the rural districts bs establlsl I'hiB la no now Idey but ore tin lelng oarrlod out with groat ano n many countries. When thero o many vagrants and idlers roan .bout, and thora ia BO muon, n rork to be done on ovary aide, rork or move-on system should st.-.blished, and that oin be ca ut bttter by auoh mounted patn olioc Bystom, than by any other p Uve them authority tu arrost lolators of the laws of tho St nd oarry thom bofore tho noa ?aglstrato for trial or commit? ir trial to the Oourt of General lons. HAu.iio Ans. Whon we bear HO anion oompl \ from BO matty source? nf tho neuleeh )r ommlKaion of the railroad oom" sanies doing business la this state, ot i living to the people proper passenger \ud freight acorn modatlons and rates md aooiuato information ot delayed "rains, lt ia very evident v?u every thinking person that the railroad 1 lommissloners should have power to < Qorroot these things and to give relief , where lt is fair and just between tho railroads and the people. The rail road oorpotations should be dealt with fairly and Justly but at tb? samo time the oeople's rights should be provided for and respected. I, therefore, reoommend that suob additional powers be given to the rail road commissioners as will enable them to oompel the railroads to oom? ply with suob reasonable rules and orders as may bo Just and proper. In this oonneotlon, I would reoom mend that the aot now of foroo re quiring the salaries of the railroad ooromlssloners to be paid by the rail roads be repoalod. Tbe oflHo of rail road commissioners ls a State o??oe and tho salary ought to be paid by the State. CONFEDERATE VETEUANS. It is a duty that wo owe to oursel ves and to our state that we pr?vido liberal pensions for our needy Gonfid orate Voterans-those who for laok of means or who by reason of agc or Infirmity are no? able to provide for theimolvcs. I, thorefore, reoommend that you make liberal appropriations for thoso vetorans to be paid to them under suoh rules and regulations as may bo just and proper, HOADS. ,Tho road question 1B one of para mount importance and one that should havo our most oaroful atten t lon. Many of the counties of this tata aro now eugaged in tho laudablo mdortalflng of building good roadb cud others aro beginning to prepare for grading and macadamizing their principal roads. When we oontem plato'the great good that ls done bo uj grcatost number of our peoplo by this wotk and tho bonollts to be de rived t.h emf rom, lt behooves us to en courage, In every way possible our peoplo to go forward with this un dor taking. I therefore recommend that you request our sonators and momborft ol Congress to urgo the pas ago of suoh an act as will give to otu state a liberal appropriation in money for tho oarrylng on of this work. Thlt raonoy supplemented with our oon "lot labor would seou give us gooc roadu in ovory oouuty in tho state SUPREME COU UT, I desire, Gentlemen, to oa.ll youl ittontlon *lso to tho maxtor of tn? itt?ce?.?lty for betbor accommodation! 'or our supremo oourt. Tho spaoi liol cd in the State Houso for thi uso of tho supreme court baa all bsoi taken up with bhe library ant rcooids, exoopt ono consultation roon And tho court room. 1 respcobfuli; i ask that you look into this matte and provide for the necessities of th court In this regard. BEAUTIFYING 8TATE HOUSE GROUNDS I would also urgo that somo step be taken toward beautifying and im proving the grounds that surroum this Oapltal Hulkllng. With tho oi pcndlturo of a littlo money a groa improvement oan bo made and I fee assureod that their state lions grounds shall bo beaut!tied and lix proved, IMMIGRATION, There ls rio question of greater me mont bo our material and industrie lifo than that of immigration. Th labor question ls very serious ont Many thousands of acres cf lands ai |uow lying lola for tho want of laboi ers, and many other avonues of trad are offering work to the workors. T my mind the best solution of th: question is tho bringing in of hom Bookers, home builders and desirabl workmen. I, therefore) recommend that yo take such steps as may to you seei Misc to l istor and sustain tho Dcparl ment e f Immigration now accon pllshlng so much work ou this Uno. STATUTE OF JOHN 0. 0AMI0UN. While many of tho states of bbl Union have honored themselves h plaolng in the Hall of Famo, in th Capital at Washington, D. C., statue of one or two of their honored an eminent sons, who have done nobl work f?r their stu tos and for tho ?J lon, South Carolina's place has re mr.luod vaoant. I respeobfu.ly re aommend that you give this matte your oaroful attention and give sue rsonsldor&tlon to the same that at n distant day tho statine of John C Calhoun may adorn that Hall, for b thus honoring that noble son of Sout Carolina, wo will honor ourselves. Suoh othor matter, gentlemen, ? may bo propar to bring to your alter tlon during the oresonb session, shall allude to In special messages. CONCLUSION. Allow meto add in tho wc rds e bhat eminent statesman, Thomi Jefferson, who when oalied bo th jftloo of ProBidenb of the Unite States, oloaod his inaugural addrosi In part as follows "I repair then follow oltizous t iie post you have assigned mo, wit .xporlenco enough in subordina* :,lilli.1.s to have seen the dltlloulblcH ( jhls the greatest of all. 1 ba\ earned to expect that it will raiol 'all to the lot of Imperfect man t atlro from this station with the rt ititabion and the favor which brin dm into it.I shall often u wrong thrcugh defect of judgrueni ivheu right, 1 shall often be thong): vrong bj thono whoso positiona wi lot oommand a view of tho whol {round. 1 shall aok your indulgonc br my own orrjrs, which will nove ie intentional; and your suppoi against tho errors of others, who mt loudoun what they would not, If nee u all of Its parts. My solicltudo wi JO to retain tho good opinion of thos vho havo bestowod it in advance, t ionolliato that of others by doln hom all tho good in my power, an o be instrumental in the happinef ,nd freedom of all. "R?lying then, on tho patronna f your good will, I selv?tico wlb bedienen to work, and may that ie Inlto I'owcr, which rulos thc desth os of the Universo, load our connel o wiiab 11 best, and givo them avoraiila issue for your poaoo an ?rosporlty." M. F. A NSICI.. January 16, 1007. V?r(liri*ueor Kilioil. Chas. II. Wooton, yard mastor t ho Southern, was run ovor by a nglno in Columbia on Wed-esda: Io bad been In tho employ of tl oat! for 20 years, a large portion < be timo as ooudtictor betwoen Ci imbia and Augusta. II the farmers of the South woul also all tho. edin and meat they us Otton would never sell below ll flee rois porlppund, it WAR *TTRTiWR?n > dir, John ?tooio, Bhot by Unknown I'AVtlCH. Passesgroro of tb* A ugusfc outhom oad, returning from KeysvlUe Thura* lav afternoon, brought the news to Augusta of tho mysterious murder of Mr. John Moore, a young whito man )f high standing of that town, who swell known in that, olly- An In niest was held over the body, and , death WM attributed to a pistol ?round made by unknown party or parties. ? Ti _^ -_A.1_i. ?T_ J..?"J?." ?fe # . . K ( e It appears that Wednesday after noon Messrs.-TlWmaa Moore and John Moore wont- to .* 'p?aos about oight . miles from KeysvlUe to procure a1 DOW. Returning, the elder of the two brothers led the cow, and the young er man d.ovo the homo. It waa agreed. that ho should mako ? number of j stops and thou walt for tho one with1 the oow at a cor tain point.* When Mr. Thomas Moore arrived at the designated plaoe he did not lind his brother, so continued on his way to KeysvlUe. Friday night the young man did not mako his appoaranoe and his relativos grew apprehensive lest ho had happened to a serious accident When morning oamo and ho did not oorao, a searching party was sent out for him. Lite Friday afternoon tho. aoaroh ors oame upon the body of tho young man ona littlo-used road, about three miles from KeysvlfieV the horse tied to a bush. Toe body was lying almost under tho hone's feet and an ezaml nation disclosed the tact that a pistol ball bad penetrated the temple, pro duolng doath. J Mr. Mooro is supposed to havebeeu killed by one of a orowd of negroes who lt is known oberlshed an lil feeling against tho young man.-Au gusta Chronicle, THE DISPENSARY. How tho Soiiftto and llouso HtamlM On n. Tho Florence Times says dispensary legislation is coming it oould not bo ? brought tn at the yqry outset bf the ' aoF.alon, as much as ?he people of the state might havewlBhod to see lt, but| lt will bs Sn good and strong from now on, eaoh faotlon will bavo bills and there will be an endiosa variety of measures proposed unless the various faotlons that aftto'e most nearly get together and oondonse their views into some mcaauro that will suit sov oral phases of the question. All re cognize that thc people of tho state1 derar.nd a reformation of affairs and the Hurroundlug of tho state dispen sary if cdt emoted with euoh sa'e guards fend reatriotl.ma as will lift li above reasonable reproach. It ls generally ootcodod that tho senate has a narrow majority for tho stato dispensary, and that the hous. ls ahout evenly divided, but both sides olalm a majority. It ls admit ted that the autl-dlspeneary faotlon has a smaller voto this year than they had last year, and tho dispensary mon claim that the ourronb ls teudlng again their way now that tho peoplo have registered their protest, but the responsibility ison them to meet tho criticism of tho ayate rn with reforms! that oannct ho doubted. It is hard to ace that tho reoont ensatlona oieated by the charge that the dlrectoro had'overloaded the state with liquor In vlow of their golug out of oflloe and the very positive declara tions of thc-governor elect have had any effect on the representatives Each man Stauda Just whore he stood boforc. The house passed a resolution ordering thc dlreotors to suspend or dcrs for liquor tnit?l after the meeting of tho asaembly which was nothing In tho world but a atop, considered gen orally aa inacivlsed, at the board. They have orderet) all that tht y in tond to crdor and it they have erred lu tho matter tho way to treat them, It ia held, would have boen'to elect somebody eluo to their places if the institution ls continued, which ls most probably, -with the senato in its favor KILLED BY HIS WIFE. Sho CUlnie Ho Had Throatonod to Iloat Hor. MoOully W. Blair, a eonduotor on tho Columbia, Nowborrv and Laurena Rvllroad, was shot and killed Thurs day afternoon at his homo, at No. i,010 Marlon btreot Columbia. His young and handsome wife ls hold un der surveillance pending the oonolu alon of tho inquiry into-the mauner of his doath. ' : It ls understood that after ho was allot, and shortly bofore his death Blair mr.do a statomont that his wife shot him, and that tho piBtol used bo longed to a person whose namo tho authorities have not yet disoloacd. Mrs. Hlalr admits that the piatnl was In hor hand when it was llrcrt, but sho says that her husband threat ened to beat hor, and alie warned bim off with the pistol, which, was tired in tho scuilla whioh followed. Tho shooting oooorod shortly after I o'olook Thursday afternoon in thc room coon pied by Mr. and Mrs. Blair s.t tho house whore they lived. Fair waa takon to Knowlton's Infirmary toon after being shot, but he died within thirty minutes; aftor hoing no ved. Ho waa shot in the ab lernen. Tho nelghboia state that 'our Bhots wera flrod. Mrs. Blair before her marrlago was ?lies IC&hol Wade Barrington, of iroeiiHboro. Sho has two small ohlld on. Sho ts an exceptionally handsome woman. Blair had rtturncd from his run L'huraday morning and was Gu tho treeta until afternoon. Ho baa .ff trod groatly from oanoer of tho st <> . .oh for aome time aud sometimes took iplatca to relieve his pain. Mrs Blair la now In a state of ncr -ons oollapao and tho physician at ond'ng her states that she oaur ot be uoved to night. Tho man to whom tho pistol is sal ' 0 bolong ls a passenger conductor mining between Klolimond and Wash ogton by tho namo of Arms, Who waa tero MOIOO tl ino ago, and with whom lira. Blair had been friends beforo urning to Columbia from North Car llina sovoral years ago. She and Blair tad not lived happily for some time. Doath orSonator flay. Ki-State Sonator J. T. Hay died uddei l y at his homo in Camdon of toart troublo on Wednesday, In the Oth yoar of his ago. He was a law? er and stood high In hin prof casi .m. Ie was ohalrmin of the Committee hat investigated the dispensary. A Rtatlstican say? New York bias pct t $70,000,000 for automobiles,' b it tills to say how much tho funerals (of ho victims cost, M VS ?IX I* \A + f\S*S **MJ V A.\JJ&* JJ A Yb l^UOrESBOH NM W MAN. . fo Conntry on Earth Kv or Mad a Pernunent Growth ou ". * ? One Crop . Tho Olemsou oar was at Spring field m Frl?ayr abt? 'Mr. iw. Henry Wee, r., in Tho Seato aa) s the occasion 11, vas notable by reason of twoleotures, ?ne by H3t)l.' Newman, the Other by. Hewart! 'Ooh 'Newman's leoV?? was ixoeptlbnaVly-fine oovorlng utw^puod intlrely ftnd-something not touched on )efore. Stewart acquitted hirusolf with honor and delighted his audi moe. but by requoBt he was oombelled 10 go oyor uandi ground already oov ?red In previous leoturers, einoe every lody wlshod to hear about the San lose foale and pear blight. Ooh NowmtVn addressed hlmsel iquarely to the capabilities of the Kountry. Tho substance of what he laid is contained In tho folio win g, al shough nothing less than a stpnog rapber report wobld do Justloe to bim ind his subject, ? This oount.^y ls capable of raising more thlrigfj.tb'An cotton. There will JO vastr"inorenso in returns If we di verslfy/Ko' country on earth over had porman^.t growth on one orop.. The great wheat, ?areas of the West fur nished an oiamplo of this, as did the jltrus fruits .et Florida. Where the boll weevil had ravaged Texas most of bhe oountry was now most prosperous by roasou of .the fapt -that farmers thdro wero^fompoll?d to diversify. They aro now shipping fruit, straw berrieSj hogs, turkoys and so.on,.- .? The orange growers of Florida, had the same experience, and when they ooased roi y lug'entirely on tho,, orange they.bega'u-lrO'prospor. Tho farmers oau grpW.pcaotlady anything and'havo Borne thing-.growing tho whole year round. < h'< ". There was j 180,000 worth of hay oarrled oub bj", this town for farmors, Thoy do not Valso lt. Tho nitrogen gathorlug legumes, such as peas, al faifa, baahs, tho vetches and oYoverB were of this*!as-*. A ton of ootton seed meal costa $20 and one aero of legumes will supply as much nitrogen as the ton of cotton seod meal, or as much nitrogen-as 12 to 1.6 tons of ?ta ble manure. - Logumers will also sup ply 'tha^V wJ?ioh IB SO much.needed- in Southern soils-namely, humus. Tho destiny of tho plant is to per feot ?ead, but when wo raise grass for hay we clo' ?ipi,, wish it) to roaoh .that st*ge. '^iMibiiy "timothy..slicks" fri. m tile ?vntliwcBu, when we oan raise peas, alfalfa, etc , and improve lind afc ^-he same'tim ? In ang kor tu a question Gol. Now manuald alfalfa, ./on- ! do as Weil hero as anywhere; if land wera properly prepared and th? alfalfa sowed in the fall, lo drill. Plant pir.s, two to theec bushels to j.'..... aero, bofore tho alfalfa and you cih'i.ut Ono and one half tons of hay ?fer'-acre- while alfalfa .is Com ing up. .*. Alfalfa, onoo started, will nert-heed brother sowing in 50 year. Alfalfa dilfjrs in timo of harvosb from olovsr and peas. Clover is out when the first blossoms dr>yalop, bm alfalfa' should be harvested-as- soon as it begins to bloom- .Ho advised planting a small area first and then watohing that. Inooul&tlou Of tho bed 's donc by get ting from "leo to 200 pounds of s.pil from piaf? wbere alfalfa has Veen grown aud sowing thia on proposed Held. Tho farmer can easily get from 5 to ? tons per acre. Judge- Whlttaei of Andereon hoi a patch of alfalfa.vvhloh has been grow tog on the same ground for 50 years and ho is still getting profitable orops from it. Middle country here is the best plaoe in the world for raising stock, but mistake was made in not provld ing pastures before gottlng stook. There aro" specially fortunate condi tions boro for raising stock. Farmors oau grow pork at a ooat ot 2 1 2 cents por pound. Thoy oan al?o grow all oanned goods, wo now buy, having them fresh and pure. Grow. peaB for pasturo grass, suoh as Bermuda. There ls no dangor from Bermuda, as by planting two bushols of peas tb tho aero after winter slu ring of gr^s'ydu can kill lt. Bermuda must havfr sdn to live. During sum mer Bermild?,would keep pork in Hue shape without corn. Votch in fall, on Bermuda^, will giv.o tine stook feed all winter'while Ilormuda is dead. Besides gratns.plant peas, aweot po tatoes, Spanish.peanuts, or sorghum. Altornate from plat to plat of abovo for hog?. Soja beans are-good also; they will self-sell and hogs cab thom whon they are softened by rain. " Tho Jerusalem artichoke ls the moBt productive of all tuber crops. lie bas gathered 541 bushels from an aore. Hogs delight to root for thom. Whi.e not as nutritious they are as good as IriBh potatoes;1 * Chufes arec-another orop of high value. The stalk'makes Uno hay while the roots aro very produooivo. He has <0'.tan from'260 to 1,li 0 nuts from jQO plant. J, Pr top for the dry roots ls miry high. Hero tho speaker took a digression Lo aovlso against tho exclusive feed of lotton seed meal .and hulls, lt kills an male if k?pVfrp for moro than three months. In hogs'and single-otomaoh inlmals it is almost immediately fa ;al. When ground-poas are fed pigs ixoluslvely the. moat does not euro well and is taihtCd. If they arc fed m sweet potatoev, poss and corn, tho neat cures well and ls good. Tho leoturb* was full of meat and iltli, invaluable'* to praolleal farmors Mr. J. G. Foy of this community .ried tho William?- 11 corn plan last roar and averaged iii bushels to tho iorc on laud which had novor before xoocded 20 bushels on a single aore. Tho gradod Hohool building was roweled Friday night to bear Prof. A orison's lecture on industrial edu ction. Prof. Doggett gava a lot of tow views that wore vory entertaining xd Instructive... BhoW &p\>r<J Board; Mr, J. Eh McDonald, who was om iloyed av speolal attoruoy by the ?reaont dispensary board to report on he legality of oorbain purohases made iy tho former board, consisting of )halinun H. 'H. 15vans, John ihll towlll and tu W. Boykin, has made i ls roporb. Tho report shows that 200,0JO worbh'of liquor was bought a excess of tho"Institution's needs by he former board, and tho report of bo dlroctbrs states that of this mount $1 lo:24*?.74 was roturncd the est being used." Most of those pur hases, Mr,' Mc??uald declares were [legally made and, as was brought ut by the Ipveetlgatlrg committee, rdor8 wore frequently gi von by tho lerk of the board over the telephone r- without oraer/tfrorn tho board, a OBolutlon of. khe-board empowering he olerk to do biO? wh?nover lt was oemod neoetisary. BO?*?H? TOC1 H I? O H ?be Minto Dispensary Board to Be ( Investigated. * Tim fCAS?kX.cr lOSt Wfl?k'S Si.??iO? c ?f tho Icglslttute nae been the Chris* \ Krisen resolution oalling for tbe ep* 1 lointmout of a commission of live to c nvestigate at once the doings of the t present state board of dispensary d!< 1 leotors. The resolution was predios- 1 ,ed upon a letter from Commissioner 1 L'atum to Senator Ohrlsteosen-wrlt j i6n?at the request Of Mr. Uhr luton ?cn ', -dlreoting attention to the faot'tbat . iiio dispensary ls being overstocked with great quantities of unsalable 1 KOO ls. The new oom mit too was ap 1 pointed because lt wai feared the old < ilsponsary oommtttee might be pow < orlons under the law after the new legislature convened. It is given con- . lompt powers and is authorized to j bq)d up any claims lt deems advisable, particularly these not proved by orig Ina! entries on the books. The house amended the resolution by requiring the oommtttee to report baok in ten < days, which amendment was aooepted by tho senate. The new committee will thoroforo be ready to got to work early next week. In tho meantime lt is likely that the dispensary fight in both houses will be held baok pending a report from this committee. ' It is admitted that if the ohargc* brought by Oommlssloner Tatum are true the members of tbe board HIM be indicted, and a sensational out oome is expeeted by the anti*dispeu sary people. Your correspondent waa told at tho state dispensary bookkeep ing departmbnt today, however, that the resolution would amount to noth lng; that the alarm about tho thirty live oars of whiskov remaining on the outside for lack ot a place to put them was idle talk. Formerly, it was ex plained, the Blohland distillery's warehouses were used, the old board giving anorder for sevoral hundred bar rels, to bo shipped in lots of ?6 to 50 barrels ia week. Now that this hulk stuff ls bought elsewhere lt accumul?t OB in tho yard< At any event tho report of the oommtttee will be eagerly anti olpatod. Both houses passed tho resolution by overwhelming majorities. Only Senators Bleaie, McGowan and Tal burt voted against lt tn the senate, and Senator Talbert explained that he thought enough corruption had al ready been shown to demonstrate the uselessness of any more inver ti gating. 11 ron h tho Mo in?. 'Although lu'bls message to congress the president did not deign to notico the turill' qnestion, indications that that question is conspicuous in the public mind multiply. In thc- lan ga?gc of Senator Raynor of Maryland: "The bond between thc protected ben eficiaries and the treasury of Hie United Slates should bo broken. Thc contract between them should long since have expired by limitation. This is a renewal in a new form of this unholy combination. It announ see the doctrine that the govern or the t'nited States has the right to take the hard-earned savings of the people collected by taxation and still further enrich its., pro tected favorites. It is analtack upon Hie rights of Hie people tor the benefit of tlu>ir financial oppressors. It is in the interest of tnc American Protec tive Tariff league, which, notwith standing the respectable membership that composes it, represents every monopoly on thc American continent th;it is plundering the homes of thc American people. No Whiskey rbr Him, The national Temperance League o? Japan in annual convention recent ly at Vokoharaa adopted the follow ing: "That tho convention send greetings to the lion. William* .Jen nings Bryan, and hereby express sin cere appreciation of Hie firm stand he look for the cause of Temperance, while in Japan a year ago, by refus ing to drink wine at banquets and by wearing 'our' torr per nice badge in public, thus showing his staunch championship of Hie great temper ance movement in tho world. Banzai lo Mr. Bryan! Signed for and in be half of the National Temperance LoaiigUo." Mr. Bryan is one mah who is prominent In the eyes of lils countrymen who is not afraid lo con demn whiskey drinking at public functions. IT is staled that Gov. Ansel will probably appoint Mr' Hermie Osten? dorf, of Charleston, chief constable In place of Mr. Hammel, who baa resign ed. Mr. Ostendorf is a good man for the place as he is fully qualified to lill il elllcicntly. HAVING been frozen out of Ring Leopold's good thing in tho Congo, Mr. J, Pierpont Morgan feels it to bo Iiis religious duty to protest against the barbarities being practised in that far oil country. 11 is wonderful what a good conscience-rouser this being "frozen out" is. Several judges have decided that trusts cannot colllect debts duo thom because being orginized to restrict trade, they aro illegal combinations without standing before the law. Tills seems to hit Hie frauds "right where they live." lt It will force them to cither quit entirely or do business on a strlokly cash basis. Perhaps these judges have lound the real solution of the trust problem* Unless thc government pays the rural carriers bolter salaries, it will be impossible to keep competent men In the service. His unreasonable to isk these people to work for nothing md lind themselves. This is peculiar ly a farmers' mattel-?ind every farm?r diould urge his Congressman to volo for bolter pay for thc carriers. We ire pleased to see tint Postmaster* Senora) Cortoiyou strongly rcccom neilds th? increase'In his recent an Ulai repors. _ A man would as soon think of put ing on a cork life prosorvci to got /brough a snowdrift as some of the dollies women wear to keep warm. Chicago's health commissioner avers ,hat if thc provisions of thc pure food aw arc rigorously carried out bolled Ice will bc thc only food that can bc cgally eaton. _ It is saki that tho two bousos of ,ho loglslataro are divided on tho llspcnsarv quotion, the Senate hoing or and thc Ilouao against lt by a rory small majority. * The Atlanta Journal asks how many >eoplo know that pirates once infest' id tho Inland seas of America? Very ew probably, Answers -t-be Jour hs?j md yet as Jato as tho year 18?>5, there vas a pirate veascl operating upon. Jake Michigan, under the command, >t tho notorlu8 Captain Strang. In crcst in this vessel bas been revived >y tim discovery of the hull, partly )urnod, and almost completely burled n thc sands of Beaver Island. Strang' vas. called "Tho Pirate t KJug" and Vis boat was named "Tbe Eclipse." [p was his oustom to sally forth from Heaver Island and lie in wait for thc inforunate vessel that passed, capturo ihon'i, plunder them, and make their jrows either conform to tho peculiar customs of tlic inhabitants of . bis is-, and retreat, or else murder them. Strang had a kind*of <a religious, or irreligious, sect of bis own invention >n that 'island, ls is said ,that tho faith boro something of a resemblance to that of the Mormons. Perhaps the completo recital of tho horrors of Beav er Island' will nevor bo written, but enough ins'been discovered to show that no buccaneer of tho Spanish Main overload a moro bloody and pira tical existence than this Corsair of thc Inland sea. Numerous skeletons have been dug np by the residents of Hie Island, and these are supposed-to bo tho romains ot tho murdered vic ti?ms of Hie pirate Strang., A great many o.d bulks and hulls have bj$n discovered beneath the waves near tho bland. These are thc Wrecks of tho ships willoh Strang sent to thc bottom. Strang was filially put out di" business in 1855 by a force of s'at? of ficers, nts boat was captured but not until-lifter ii bloody light.' It was sot afire. But Strang, wiro had h'o other virtues, seems to have had the virtue of gameness, al least- Himself! and all his crew died lighting. /Villip In th? lt gilt Dirt oUon *>?...< A dispatch from Calveston, Texas, annbuuecs thal an orgtnhtatieu with thiice thousand members has -been formed of Hie "better class of negroes of- the state fer thc suppression "Of crime." The existence of the orginl zatlon was brought to light by the surrender of a negro who was wanted Coria crime. This is a step Ju tho right di rec' lob. The good negroes have suffered a great deal because of thc action Of brutal and lawless ne groes. The whole race lias suffered because so many negroes have spent their time In denouncing mobs and violence without denouncing the .orj.mes thal called forth mobs and - violence. As soon as lt becomes known that thc better clement of thc color ed race is willing to help suppress crimes committed by members of thc race, there will bea different fec?rigf among tho whites. President Roose velt's action in suspending Hie ne gro troops was due loathe fact that thc Innocent ones refused to give testirao j ny against the guilty ones. Tho Commoner lias recently referred to an orgl?ization in Alabama- similar to the one in Texas, lt will bea prom ishing sign for Hie future relation of t ho two races when there is. such an organization In every-community hav ing considerable colored population. Hard to Plomer. Some of the anti-dispensary papers that were busy during thc last Cam paign spreading the unfounded and silly report that Hie dispensary was in a bankrupt condition aro now froth ing at Hie mouth because thc dispen sary has paid sixty-three thousand dollars Into the school fund and wiped out its indebtedness tc Hie schools. This is a clear case of "damm if you do" or "damm if you dont." We are glad that the dispensary has paid the school fund up In full. If people will drink whiskey, we know of rio better purpose to put Hie, money than to ed ucate their children. A II?VI One 25-borse power Talhott, second.bat been overhauled. This engine ls In ti bargain for anyone who is in the marke >Ve aro headquarters for anything i prompt attention will bo given to all I caro. Write us when you are in the mu our prices before placing your orders el? COLUMBIA SUPPLY CABBAGE I I bavo lind sovornl abd nil ot'ior kinds o ready for shipment ( S Jorsoy Wakefield^, iv s ons, tho.so hoing tl ?rip need truck fm m fl will Blond Kovovocok at $1.00 l>or I.?00, Wt> hiivo special bow Expr?s Ali planta win be shipped '-5. O, \). unless you pi will have my prompt und,personal attention? ' trial ordor. L guaran tes sat Ufaetion, Address B. J. DONALDSON, - Chronic Di Success If Buttering i Un lill I I'M' U Vnrloocole, Str Liver, Stomncl Dioordors, Kid to women, oto. I 50 years' Kxno .f Kopulation fin f r our book? "Brr 1 and "Men's DI ' advised. Many KxOort opinioi blank. Addroi Inman Hulldlu ? ??????<-??? 1. NI? IOU ll Al ll? WAY, M. a Gr?dutt* Dirt mooth !' I. Col I , ??(???il. El iv '.i-'" '?. Mid.Society, li. HtmUr SUI? Hid. Sc, tous t<B?ltb,?U, j Ea?p Cabbage Plants Guart r \ M ?ARLY JERSEY CHARLEOTO** ?UCCE8 WAKEFIELD LAnOE TYPB > The Karlie!? WAKEFIELD Th? Harli Cabbage Grow? Scoond Barlloct Hoad Vsi PRICE: InloUoM to4 l.t. fd $1.60 perm,, 5 to 9m, r. O. Ok YOUNG'S ISLAND, ft. C, My Sf Cinonlp/* 1 ?arantes Planta to glv* pnroha v.iuaranice pries to any customer who u dial -rown In th? cY..-.n Sold, un H-.>?ooaat of Honth i .rowing tho hnnlloat plant? that can bo prrown Bant in tho Interior of thu Houthorn Htatoa Oui Thoy will ntan<l ?overo colcl without ho Two to Three wooka sooner than lt yon c A*. l?re&?.% .Onatomers sra,the Market Qawl .ho Honth. Their profit rtooonda upon '..hom hav .base my plant? tor their croon. I ?IBO grow n full lino ot other Plant? and Fr to Plantat Apple, Peach,, Pear, Plum, Ohocry >?^tatrr-?eea<maiwfc???fct?acta* \Y7N? f Wllf ta*HUMMsssataUga?. ?WM, V UlUSTJUt : TOLLS THB TKt 'otruoMKi Fxporlbiiot) of Aneri We'LlieloVoil P??IOlVS: No other "mau lu tho commun . 0 well beloved or whose words have ?ch wolght as tho m'nlstcr, who baa lavoted his life to the Service of nmn 'Ind. In Maryland ono of tho most toted Methodist ministers In tho State jufrered - severely-- with -rhcumaUs??.' [lo found no relief until a friend rccom nended IVIIR-UMAOIDJW n0 was so de Ighted with the inulta that for the quollt of other sufferers., as a duty to nankli d, ho tells his expedience tn ,he following lotter: ? "HolstortownrMd.. i Vhruary 2Hh. "1 was taken ..with Jntlaoiatory Rheumatism In my left hand tina toot, n tho beginning of this winter und m tiered greatly. A gentleman in Hal* J11 lore wi jo bad tned KIIKUMAOIDM , ' 'or Rheumatism recommended lt to ne. I secured three bottles and took t in smaller doses than prescribed, ind am npw entirely cured. Can uso . joth hand Und foot -without tho least nconveniono9. "Yours respectfully, "J. lt. WTlKELKU, Pastor, Iteisterston M. 10. Church. . Your druggist sells and recommends [UlJSUMACIiJ|K. Gov. Ansel w'.ll assume tho high ofQcc bo which ho bas been called this Woeand it ia the duty of overy citi zen of the state to hold up his hands and help him make his administra tion a grand succor/}. .-. . Tm,? "trust-busiing" goes on but wo haven't heard of any trust retiring from business...,'Jj*hpy scorn to have , thc nine lives of a cat and when you think you have the "critter''killed lt >. ,. breaks out In a new place KJ-... , ? ? .TIIK Kentucky farmer who bought a man at public auction and ?paid a dollar for his services for five months, wlil probably wish be.oro he gets tliKough with the tramp, that he had spent iv?s dpllar for a coon dogV TIIK state dispensary has made a ; elean-sweep of tho debt to the school fund and made ll at a most opportune t time for the Interests of that institu .tlon, That may turn, the edges of some of thc "knives timi* are out for .that institution. A summary of the'f?rm crop3 raised "' in the United States during the past yd?T shows that corn is-still king in acreage, bushels and valuation. This lava billion dollar corn country. Our - farmers should make inore of the kin# crop than tljev do. David Graham Phillips declarea that one per cent of the people of tho United States control 5)1) por cont of the wealth. And the one per cent sec/ns to think its membership lias a vested right in Gie 90 per cent. IT seems that just as-soon as it dawned upon tho rai hoad managers bhat their failure to deliver coal was increasing the'demand for govcrmnenb ownership i they found a way to break the coal famine, lt is wonderful what can bo done when self Interest de mands it. $5,000l^? ^ - y ^ soo PH BB co?tasse 'jBDBkQBBSKSREMi ??oudatCort. wrlttptit?! ?R?aaia-AIARAMABUIINESS COUSt&tf*?*,?* THE WORLD'S BEST PIANOS, SUPERIOR ORGANS, for ;the Homes ?r the Churches at low prices and on easy terms. A* GOOD. HOLIDAY PRESENT can be had, either of a piano or an or gan on easy torms at a special price AT MALONE'S ?1 *? Writ? at once to Malones Music House, Columbia, S.C., for catnloga, prices & ms SAME id engine in stock which has recently rst-clavs condici?n and will be a great L for such a size engine, n thc way ol' Machinery Supplies, and Inquiries and orders outr, sled to our ,rkob for anything, and be sure to gel >c where. CO., - COLUMBIA, S. ?. fpL?NTS FOR SALE years oxporlonco in ?rowing oabbago plants f vegohablo plants for I ho trade. And now have oot plants and Cabbage plan's aa follows: Karly ?rgo'Type WukollobJs, and lion lonion t?uocoi xa bi st known roi able varieties to all oxpe s. Those t lnnttt a?c grown o> t in opoo air and 1 without injury. Prlco $l.r>0 por 1,000. Big lots s ratos on voftotablo plant? f.om this point, ofer sdiiding money with ordois. Vojir orders When in noid of vigoUblo plants gtvo rn? A all orders to I - r MEGGETTS S. G, seases Of Men and Women fully Treated. from Rheumatism, Spoolflo Blood Poison latiou, Debility, Break Down, eto., Catarrh ?i turo, (Moot, any disease of the Heart, I), bowels or Lungs; Skin Diseases, Blood noy or Bladder diseases, Diseases peculiar , oall on or wrllo us, We luwo had ovor ricuoe in tho. treatment of thoae diseases, nly established. Examination Hank and dnand Nerve Exhaustion".?nd "Health" iseasos" sent free. Porsonal examination cases onrablo by our home treatment plan.' i of your ease freo. Writo for examination 8 DR. HATHAWAY lt CO., .Suite 88- j tr. Atlanta, Goorfda. .. . "... " ? ???? ???? *ctt ? V ? y' \ - ^} mt??i to Satiety Purchaser. ff i 8ior? AUGUSTA OMORTOTEMMIO I TRUCKER FLAT DUTCH ?si Vial Allttlolater Largest and Latest rlety i than HucooMlon Cabbage i at II.?6 per m., to m. and over, ?til.00 per m. icrUl Ilxpresa Rate on Plants If Very Lew? ger satisfaction, or will refund tho purchase ii?tinOovt at o:-.;? of noanon. 'i'noso niant? ara (larpltna, In a climat o that in just autted to In tho United Mates. Theso plants can b?> .lng th? months of January, February, and In? Injured, and will maturo a head ot Oatt frew your own plants in ho? bod? ?nd eol<t [enera near the Interior towna ?nd eltlas of lng Karly Oabbagoi tor thai reason $hay pur* ott Ttees, enan as Strawberry ?nd Sweet Va? and Apricot Trees, Fig Hush?? and tirapo 1 G?fe:ATY ?O* 86 . ? v?-3**^^ 1 I s YOUNO ! IStAMA,*,?