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? (IQV. mart??i T. Ansei to.-?he State L?gislature, S?iTE DI'- PKNBAKY Should be Abolished lo Obedience to the Will of thc People, He Say?. Die cusses a Number of Othtr Questions of Inter est to the People. Governor Ansel's Inaugural address io the General Assembly last week was as follows: Gentlemen of tho G moral Assembly and My Follow Citizens: In obedlei.oa to tho will ot tho peo ple of thh h hi to. as expressed at the ballot box, 1 am bote to-day to take the solemn oath ot office as governor ot South Carolin?:., and to assumo tho dutton of this high and responsible position. I am deeply grateful to the people for this manifestation of their oonfl* dence, and when I survey tho vast responsibilities and duties connect o i< with the samo, I realizo deeply my In ability to fully meet them. Feebly however, that 1 shall havo ye ur full oo operation and support, and relying Upon.your help at all times, I assume these duties and rcKpinsibtlltltSi promising to give.to thom my;..bcJia Judgment and talents, and all tho pow e?8 with wblob tho great God bas on dowod me. And, Gentlemen of the General As semhly, while tho responsibilities as sumed by ibo aro groat, yot the same will ot tho people has called you to the performance of duties equally Im portant. To my mind, there ia no greater honor that oan bo bestowed upon a oitlzon than that of bolLg a "law maker " lt bas boon wisely provided In our constitution that tho government shall bo -divided into three depart ments: Legislative, Executive and Judleial. To you is committod the sacred power of making the laws un der which all tho people shall live and by which thoy shall be governed. How groat then ls your function and bow oaroful should you bo In enacting wisc laws, beneficial alike to all our oitlzmsl Our industrial development bas boen coin monmir atc with the progross of the ago, aod our educational Inter ests have not l&ggod behind, yet there are great things to be done and great responsibilities to bo mot In tho va rious duties that wc owo to our state, Lot us all. therefore, with courage and oonildence, bc truo to our oaths of ollloo and strive for all thole tilings that will olevato aud 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 messago of Governor Hoy ward mado to you at this session of tho legislature, gives you full in formation of tba condition of all oui public affairs, and I desiroto congrat ?lale him and the State on the gen -eral measure of prosperity that bas come to the State during his wise ad ministration. I fool lt lu my duty at this time and in this presence to call to your attention ocrtaln legislation which I think neodful to bo enaotcd at thc present session if tho Legisla ture. Jt was my privilege, during the past summer, when making the cam paign for the honorable office whioh I this day assume, to discuss before thc people certain measures, whioh I now desire to oall to your attention. EDUCATION. Our state constitution requires that we shall "provide a Uboral system of freo publio Bcbools for all chlldrou be tween the ages of nix and twenty ono." Whon wo consider the great powor and lr. il uenoo of an educated people and that the strength and prosperity of a state depend ultimate ly upo~t Hie. intioili genoe of tho av jr ago citizen, we oan ;e*>llzo tho mind ot the framers of this organls law. It therefore, behooves us to onaot suob laws as will fully carry out this wise provision of the utate constitu tion. J Thor state institutions of higher lear tiing are all well equipped and fie rVfjing a great work in tho eduoation ?fr many of our girls and boys, but Aboso fortunato ones uro but a meagre .Vten per cent, of those within tho school age; the other ninety por cent, are wholly dependent upon the oom mon sohbols. It lo true .that many of tho graded schools are kept open for nine months In tho year by tho holp of tho speoial taxes voted upon thom sol voa by tho tax payers of the particular achoo! distrlot, but many of the small schools in the rural distrlots aro In session but for three or four months in tho yoar. Itoallzlng that most of tho ohlldrcn, who&ttoud theso sohcols, aro reoolv lng from thom all the Eobool advant ages that they will ever get, aro wo doing our full duty to them? Are we thus titting them for all of tho duties of an intelligent citizenship? Wo are building for tho futuro and wo should seo to lt that wo build Btrong and woll. You havo no moro important matter that will come bo foro you and I recommend that llboial appropriations bo mado for the com mon EOhools. I also ask your especial attention to .and oonBtdoratlous of thc establish ment ol high schools In connection with and as a part of the free sohool system of our state. Many ohlldrcn will be able to attend a state oollogo, and many others will be bottor pre pared for oollogo after having attend ed thu high school. It ls a step In thc dlreo.lon of giving to tho boys and girls better opportunities In their sohool life and for making thom bet ter oitizons. LIQUOR QUKSTION, Ono ot the most important suhjoots that you have before you for consid - eration, Gentlemen of the Honorai As semhly, ls thc liquor quoitlon. Tho pooplo of thc state have spoken of, no uncortaln sound, and wc oannot mistake tbolr meaning, that tho state dispensary system must be abolished and that thmo must bo onaotod lu its stead, a law providing for looal county option as betweon county prohibition and county dispensaries. In making my oampaign this prat Bummer, one of the principal issues before the people was tho question of state dispensary or local county op tion as botweon county prohibition and oounty dispensarlos. The phok in my platform upon]i "I am opposed ta the system of a ] state dispensary. I am In, favor o* lo- j cal county option, between oouoty i prohibition and oounty diapt?ns%r?es. t hit ed?h county ssy fer U?S?' fcaetfc i er it desires that liquor shall bo sold In that county, or that lt ?ball not > bo sold therein. This system has been, and ls now tbt law In several of the stales around and near us, aud it is regarded with satisfaction so far as 1 bave been able to loam. You know what you had rather have In you, county, and you should, then fore have a right to say so, and not let other oounties vote upon what your oounty should have. You manage >our own county affairs In every thing else, why not in this matter? "I favor eaoh county voting upon shut question for themselves. If thc vote is for liquor to be sold, tben let a emily dispensary be operated in tl.-it countv under the restrictions now thrown around- tho sale of 1'quor v. i iii auoh other regulations aB th* legislature may deem b?st. Int tho 'ounty board of ojutrol bs appointed v>y the governor and let the board BP 1 appointed have charge of tho whole mattor for that oounty, said board to leport to tho Judge at each term ot the circuit oourt for that oouuty of all of ito aotlngs and dolngB, and thc. .ot tho Judge hand that report to the srrand jury for their inspection and Investigation, wiUi buoh lnswruo^iom aa he may bhh.k proper. Whatever profit ls mada will go to tho oouuty Let tho dispensers be paid a sali* y and uot a o Immission on what they sell. If the voto Is for prohibition then allow no liquor to be sold in suoh bounty, aud pa^s a stringent law pro viding for the punishment of all .blind tigers' aud other violators o' ibo law, and make lt the duty of tHe .county sheriffs, deputies, constables, marshals, pollosmeu, and other pence omo^rs to see to it that this law ls ec forced and all violators are brought tc justlco and punishment. "I would be glad If no liquors wort sold aa a beverage, but tho condition! are such at this time, that I boltev< i this to bo the best way to deal witt the question." I stand upon that platform to-day add I urge that you enaot a law abut Isling the state dispensary system am give to tho people of each county th right to voto upon the question o county prohibition or oouuty diaper Bary. The best way of controlling tho sal ofillquor has boon agitating tho miud of1 tte purple ot this country for mau years; the salo of lt has boen declare an evil by the highest oourt of th land and the question for us now wbioh ls the best way of controlling ! Itv this state, ..Tho state dispensary system wi adopted, and, after a trial of thlrtec y?ars, a great majority of the poop of tho state have said that they wit lt abolished and that each oounty sh? bo allowed tho right to say wheth they will have prohibition or cuan dispensaries. Thc will of tho people is suprov and wo should beod their demam Many cf you were oleoted upon t same platform and the matter is nc before you gentlemen, lt ls for y to sa"y whether tho will of the peor, shall be oarrled out or not. Let do our duty without fear or favor. MJCKicT sitora* Another matter that I desire bring to your r.tteutiop ls thc enai mont of a lan'preventing tho oper tlon of what kro known aa "Huck Shops, " or ootton or ?toek exohang? This is a species of Rpaoulablon that taking thousands of dollars from tl state, ls demoralizing our olt?/.sus, a is bringing many of them to povci and to ruin. The states of North Osrollt a u Georgia have already prohibited tnt from doing buaiucBS within tb boundaries and wo owo it to ouraoh and to the good nam* of tho stn that we folio * tho example so worl Hy sot us. Wo now have on our st ute book an aol dedaring "unlawf contracts for tho salo of articles future delivery, made under oorti circumstances," etc Let us now follow this up with Act} prohibiting any buckot ohop cotton or stook exohange or any otl exchange of Uko charaotor from do business In this stato. A88 AU LT ETO. 1 further wish to oall your atteut to another matter which I cont ii as gravo importance at this parolen timo in our history, and that is i enaotment of a law providing t death penalty to any male pert making an assault upon a female w Intent, to ravish, granting tho rlf to the j iry trying tho case to Ux I punishment at life imprisonment the Stato Penitentiary if lu th judgment the facts warrant a 1 punishment than death. Iii this day when wo read of man> assaults of this character be made, lt behooves us to wake up the situation and mako tho penalty uovere that the woman of this st may bo protected from this holm orlrrio and tbjuoerpetratora pun'.s) so severely that all will be deter from committing the name. I further recommend that au ? bo pvdsod providing tl:At in ail oa of rape or assault with Intent to r i sh, the female may be allowed to I tlfy In private, bofore the Judge, the iproBcnoo of the counsel for i stato and dofendant and tho defe ant himself, and that tho tc ?timi so takon ?hall bo read to the jury tho evidence of tho said wltnmm thc trial oi the case. This is the in, a't least ono, If not moro, of states of tho union, and should ba law in this state. In this connection, I think it portant also to ask that you pass, sot making it a misdemeanor to i jr display in any public placo or any stroot or highway Indcoent ] turcs of fomales. lt 1.', an ovil t has beon growing in tho laot few ye and one that call? for action on part. It is not neoesnary for me call to your attention the reasons i this aot should bo passed, lt is obvl to all right thinking persons. I rcsuootfully recommend tha syntom of mounted polluo or pu for tho rural districts bj est?bil?! This ls no now ide*, but ore thi being oarrlod out with groat ano in many countrloH. When there so many vagrants and idlers roan about, and thors is so muoh n work to be done on every side, work or move-on system should established, and thot oin be ca out bettor by suoh mounted patn pol lee systom. than by any other p Glvo them authority to arrost violators of the laws of tho St and oarry them bofore tho noa maghitrato for trial or commltu for trial to the Oourt of Genoral slobs. lun.uoAm. Whoa wa bear BO muoh oompl \ rom io many souroes of the negleob ir ommi?aion o? the railroad oom ]anl6B dolug business In this state, ot B riving to the people propor passenger md freight ftoommodatlons and rates ?tfd Rccurato information o? delayed tai?is, ib is very evident to every minklng person that tue railroad 1 )ommlsslonors should have power to ( lorroot these things and to give reliof ? vhoro it is fair and Just between tho i railroads and the people. The rall- ( rond corporations should be dealt , with fairly and Justly but at the ( ?arno time the ocoplo's rights should . 'jo provided for and respeoted. I, therefore, recommend that such addition al powers be given to the rail? road commissioners as will enable kheri to compel the railroads to com ply with suob reasonable rules and orders as may bo Just and proper. In thin oonneotlon, I would recom mend that the aot now of foroe re quiring the Balarles ot the railroad oom missioners to be paid by tho rail roads be repealed. Tho oflHe of rall road commissioners ls a State oflloe ?nd the salary ought to be paid bv bho State. CONFtDlSHATlC VJSTKK?N8. It is a duty that we owe to oursel ves and to our itato that we pr?vido liberal pensions for our needy Oonfid erat? Voterans-those who for laok of mean? or who hy roasou of age or Infirmity are now ?hie to provide for ti ' io) of! ol von. I, thor c foro, recommend fiat you make liberal appropriations for thoso vetorans to bo paid to them under suob rules and regulations as may bo Just and proper, HOADS. . The road question is one of para mount importance and ono that should have our most oareful atton Hon. Many of the counties of this' tato aro^now engaged in tho laudahlo nidortaking of building good roads end others are beginning to preparo for grading and macadamizing their prlnolpal roads. When wo oontom plato'tho great good that ls done to uj greatost numbor of our peoplo by this work and the bonotlts to bo de rived thorefrom, it behooves us to en courage, in every way possible our peoplo to go forward with this un dortnklng. I thoroforo recommend that you rc quest our sonators and members of Congress to urge the pas age o' such an act as will give to our state a liberal appropriation in money for tho carrying on of this work. Thin money supplemented with our oon viet labor would HCOU give us good roadu in ovory county in tho state. BUI*KUM K COU UT. I desire, Gentleman, to oall youi ittontion also to tho mattor of tac necessity for helter accomrnodatlom for our supremo oourt. The spaoc ll I cd In the State IIOUBO for thc HBO of tho supremo Court baa all baor takon up with the library anc rcooids, exoopt ono consultation roon and tho court room. 1 respectful^ ask that you look into this matte; and provide for tho necessities of tin court in this rogard. UKAUT1FYING STATE H0U8K GROUNDS I would alao urgo that somo step be taken toward beautifying and lm proving the grounds that surrouui this Capital Building. With tho ox ppndlturo of a littlo monov a grea improvement eau bo made and 1 fee asBurood that their state hong gruundu phall bo beaut!Hod and lm < preved. IMMIGRATION. Thcro'is po question of greater mc mont to our matorlal and industria lifo than that of Immigration. Th labor question ls very serious one Many thousands of acres rf lands ar now lying idle for tho want of laboi ors, and many other avonucs of trad aro offering work to the work ors. T my mind the best solution of thi question is tho bringing In of hom seekers, homo builders and deslrabl workmen. I, therefore, reoommeud that yo take such steps as may to you seer .vise to fjstor and sustain tho Depart ment C f Immigration now accoir pllshlng so muoh work ou thlH lino. STATUTE OF JOHN 0. CALHOUN. While many of thc Btatos of thl Union havo honored themaolves b plaoing In the Itali of Fame, In th Capital at Washington, D. C., statue or one or two of tholr honored an eminent sons, who havo dono nobl work f?r tholr statOM and for tho UJ ion, South Carolina's place has re or.r.hiod vaoant. 1 roBpcotfu.ly rc commoud that you glvo this matte your oaroful attontltu and give sud consideration to tho same that at n dUtant day tho statuto of* John C Calhoun may adorn that Hall, for b thus honoring that noblo son of Souti Carolina, wo will honor ourselves. Suoh other matter, gentlemen, n may bc propor to bring to your atter tlou during tho oresonb session, shall allude to in special messages. CONCLUSION, Allow mc to add in tho words c that eminent statesman, Thoms Jefferson, who whon oallod to th chico of Prosldent of tho Unite Statos, oloaod his inaugural addrcit in part as follows "I repair then follow citizens t thc post you havo ssslgnod mo, wit exporisnoo enough in Biibordlnat cilices to have seen tho difficulties c this the groatoat of all. I hav loamed to expeob that it will rurel fall to the lot of imperfect man t retiro from this station v/itn thc rc potation and the favor whioh brln him Into lt.I shall often g wrong thrcugh defect of judgment when right, 1 shall often be though wrong by thoso whoso positions wi uot command a view of the who! ?round. 1 shall aok your indulgouo for my owu errors, whioh will neve be intentional; and your supper against tho errors of others, who nu condomn what thoy would not, If nco in all of its parts. My sollcltudo wt bo to retain tho good oplulon of thOB who havo bestowod lt in advanos, t conciliate that of others by doln thom all tho good In ray power, an bo bo instrumental lu tho happinee and freedom of all. "Uglying then, on tho patronag af your good will, 1 advance wit tbodienoo to work, and may that Ic liulto Power, whioh rules thc death les of the Unlvorsn, lead our council to what to best, and glvo them favorable issue for your poaoo un prosperity." M. F. A NSKL. January 16, 1901. Y ard m Anim- Killed. Ohas. Ji. Wooton, yard master e Jio Southern, was run ovor by a mglno in Columbia on Wed-esdai [Io had been In tho omploy of tli road for 20 years, a large portion c ibo time as oonduotor between Ci umbla and Augusta. II tho farmers of Mu South wool also all i bo com and moat thoy iw cotton would never sell below Hf too :cnts pcripound. d WAS MU?D?BBD. ? lr, John Afooie, ?hot by Uh?nown Panie*. * Passengers of sha Augusts Southam oar!, returning from Keysvllle Thurs* lay aftornoon, brought tba news to VuguHta of the ?r?yetorious murder of At. John Mooro, i young white mau * high standing ot that town, who swell known in that.city. An in juest was hold over the body, and loath was attributed to a pistol nround made by unknown party or purtles. It appears that Weduesday after soon Messrs.-Thomas Moora and John Moore went to V'plaoe about eight miles from Keysvllle to prooure a JOW. Returning, the elder of the two crothers led tte oow, and the young )r man di ove the horse. It waa agreed that he should mako a nuir' or of itopj and then walt for the ono with iho oow at a oertaln point. . When Mr. Thomas Moore arrived it the designated place be did not find bis brother, so continued on his way bo Keysvllle. Friday night tb? young man did not make his appearance and tils relatives grow apprehensive lest be bad happened to a serious aooldent When morning carno and he did not Domo, a searohing party was sont out tor him. .* - ; ' ' - ! rite Friday afternoon Jibe, search ers oame upon the body of the young man ona little-used road, about three miles from Keysvll?o-, the'horao tied to a bush. The body was lying almost under tho horse's feet and an exami nation disclosed the fact that a pistol ball had penetrated the temple, pro duolng death. J Mr. Moore is supposed to have boon killed by one of a orowd of negroes, who lt is known ohorlshed an 111 feeling against the young man.-Au gusta Chronicle, THIS DISPENSARY. How tho Bonato and Mousei Stands Ou it. Tho Florenoo Times Bays dispensary legislation is oomlng lt oould not bo brought tn at the jory outset bf the session, as muoh as ?ho people of the state might have wished to see lt, but it will be in good and strong from now on, eaoh faction will havo bills and thoro will be an endlos? varloty of measures proposed unloss the various faotlons that afttfeo moat nearly get together and oondenso their views Into some measure that will suit lev oral phases of the question. All re cognize that tho people of tho state demand a reformation of affairs and the surrounding of tho state dispen sary If ooo duo ted with euoh st'? guards aud restrictions as will bib lt above reasonable reproach. It ls generally cnn ceded that tho senato has a narrow majority for the sfcato dispensary, and that the bous - ls about evenly divided, but both sides olaim a majority. It ls admit ted that the an ti-dispensary faction has a smaller voto this year than they had last year, and tho dispensary men claim that tho ourrcnb ls tending again tiieir way now Miat tho peoplo dave registered their protest, but the responsibility 1B ou them to moot tho criticism of thc sytitem with rotorms that oannot bo doubted. It is hard to seo that the reoont mutations moated by the obarge that the directors had'ovorloaded the state with liquor in vlow of their going out of oflloe and the v<*ry positive declara tions of tho-governor eleot havo had auy efl?ot on tho representatives Each man stands just where he stood boforo. The house pissed a resolution ordering the directors to suspend or dors for liquor until'after the mooting of tho assembly which was nothing In tho world but a slap, considered gen erally as lnacivised, at the board. They havo ordorod all that thi y in tond to crdor and if they havo erred in tho matter tho way to treat them, lt ls held, would have been'to elect somebody eloo to tholr plaoos if tho institution is continued, which ls moat probably, -with tho senate in its favor KILLED BY HIS WIFE. Sito Olalme lio li?tl Throatonod to Moat Uer. MoGully W. Mair, a conduotor on the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad, was shot and killed Thurs day afternoon at- his home, at No. 1,010 Marlon street Columbia. His young and handsome wife la hold un der surveillance pending the conclu sion of the Inquiry into-thc manner of his (loath. ! ' lt is undoratood that after he was shot, and shortly bofore his death Hiatr mado a statomont that his wife shot hito, and that tho pistol used bo longed to a person whoso name tho authorities have not yet disoloaod. Mrs. H lr. lr admits that tho pistol was in her hand whoa lt was tired, hut she saya that her husband threatened to beat hor, and she warned him oil with the pistol, which was fired In tho see llb willoh followed. Tim shooting ooourod shortly affcor 2 o'olook Thursday afternoon in tho room uooupled by Mr. and Mrs. Wah at tho house whore they lived? Pair was tu ls on to Knowlton's Infirmary soon after being shot, but he died within thirty minutes; aftor bolng moved. Ho was shot in tho ab domen. Tho neighbors state that four shots were flrod. Mr9. lllalr before her marriage was Mles IO&hol Wade Harrington, of Oroonsboro. Sho has two small oblld ron. Sho 1B an exceptionally handsome woman. hlalr had returned from his run Thursday morning and was on the streets until afternoon. He has suif erod groatly fron: osuoer of the stom ach for some time and sometimes took opiates to relieve his pain. Mrs lilah ls now in a state of ner vous collapse and tho physician at bond'ng her states that sho carn ot be moved to night. Tho man to whom tho pistol is sal1 bo bolong is a paaaongor conductor running between Rlohmond and Wash Ington hy tho namo of Arms, who was tiaro some time ago, and with whom Mrs. lllalr had boon friends boforo coming to Columbia from North Car bina sovoral years ago. She and lllalr had not lived happily for some time. Dont li ofSonator flay. Ex-State Sonator J. T. nay died luddei ly at his homo in Camdon of heart trouble on Wednesday, in tho iiuth year or his age. Ho was a law yer and stood high in his profession. lie was chat mun of the committee ll mt Investigated tho dispensary. A statistioah says New York hhs j ipent $70,000,000 for autbiudblles, b lt falls to say how much tho funerals ^of Ibo victims cost, .1 >????-?? .?? ?? .? " ; ' ' 1 1. MiVft? ttilill? AI'fcVTOg ?(\nMi;UH 'fellOUM) l> I VIO KS I KY ? HAYS IVMOiyRHSOK NIOIY?S&N. . io Conutry ou Xarth Kver Had a o Forihanent Growth . ou " E ". ? . One Crop . i The Olemsou oar waa ab Springfield t )n Fridaysa*oe>Mr. Jas. Henry lVce, i Tr., in The Siate saje the oooaslon t was notable by reason of two Roturen, . >ne brHJ?l." NtWman, tho other by. . 3tewarti 'Col. 'Newman's lc oWf* was sxosptlbht'hyilneoovorlng nsw ground ( antlrely ?nd*somethlrig not toubh?d?n before. Stewart acquitted himself with honor and delighted his audi ence, hut by request he was oompelled to go oy or ?mob ground already oov ered In previous looiurers, since every body wishod to hear about the San Jose soale and pear bllgbb, Gob Nowmft'n addressed himself squarely to the capabilities of the oountry. Tho substance of what he said ls contained lu the following, al* though nothing less than a stenog rapher report wobld do justloe to him and bis subj?ot, This country is oapable of raising more thlOK'j.th'an cotton. There will be vastr"increase in returns if we di verslfy/Ko' oountry on earth over had permanent growth on one orop.. The groat whoat ^areaa of the West fur nished an oxtVmplo of this, as dtd the oltrus fruits .ot Florid*. Where the boll weevil had ravaged Texas most of the oountry was now most prosperous hy reason of .the fact that farmers th?re vV?r^compoll?d to diversify. They are now shipping fruit, straw berries, hogs, turkeys and so. on,.. The orange growers of Florida, bad tho same experience and when they ooased roly lng entirely on tho. orango they. bega*u-Ito 'prospor. The farmers eau grpW'.p?aotlady anything and'havo somethtng-.gfowlnK tho whole year round. h'1 '. There was", ?80,000 worth of hay oarrl?d out bi. this town for farmers. Thoy do not raise lt. The nitrogen gathering legumes, suob as peas, al faifa, baahs, trio votohes and clovers were of this .plas?. A ton of oottoc seed meal costs $20 and one aero ol legumes will supply as muoh nitroger as the ton of cotton seod meal, or af muoh nitrogen-as 12 to 15 tons of ?ta ble manure. Legurnera will also sup ply- 'th&A. wJhljch.is so much needed li Southern soils-namely, humus. Tho destiny of tho plant is to per feet aoed, but when wc raise grass fo hay we do'hpt wish lt to roach. :.tlm st?ge. tf?f?v?f "timothy/.ijtioks frc m tho Northwest, when wo cai raise peas, alfalfa, etc , and tmprov lind, at the same'tim r In arts wer tu'a question bot, Now man said alfalfa would do asWeil her as anywhere; if land were properl prcparod and the alf.-.Hf. Bowed in tb fall, In drill. Plant pip.B, two to thre bushels to kb? acre, bofore tho alfalf and you cih'cut Ono aud one half tou of hay por^a?re-while alfalfa ls cone lng up. .*. V: .-. ' ' Alfalfa, onoe started, will not-hoc n>othor sowing luiiO year. Alfalf dllljrs In time of harvest from olovi and peas. Clover is out when the ?in blossoms develop, bu ?alfalfa* sboul bc harvestpd-aft'soon as lt begins t bloom. .Ho advised planting a sjoa area tl rat and then watohlng thal Inoculation Of tho bed 's done by gol ting from-ltO tc 20? pounds of so from piaf? wboro alfalfa has tee grown aud sewing this on propose ?eld. Tho farmer can caw Hy get froi 6 to (! tons per aora, Judge- Whittier1 of Andereon ha? patch of alfr?lf??.whioh has been grov lng on the ?ame ground for 50 yea; and he is still getting profitable ure* from- lt. Middle country hore ls tho hoi plaoe In the world for raising stool but mlBtako. was made in not pro vii lng pastures ht fore getting stool There ar? 'speolally fortunato oond tiona hore for raising stook. Ferme oan grow pork at a oost of 2 1 2 ccu per pound. Thoy oan al?o grow i oanned gooda, wc now buy, havh them fresh aud pure. Grow- peas for pasturo grass, su< as Bermuda. There ls uo clangor fro Bermuda, as b$ planting two bushc of peas td -tho aero after winter Bbl ring of gr?Ba'ydu can kill lt, Bormui munt hav?'sihi to live. During sur mer Bermuda*would keep pork in iii ahape without Corn. Vetoh in fal on Bermuda^ .will give tine stook foi all wlntor while ?ormuda is dead. Bcaides gralns.plant peas, awootc tatocs, Spanish.peanuts, or aorgbur Alternate from plat to plat or abo for hog?. Soja beans aro-good ah they will Holf-aell and hogs oat the whon thoy are seftonod by rain. " Tho Jorosalom artlohoko ls t moBt produotlvo of all tuber crops. I has gathered 541 bushels from an ROI nogs delight to root for thoa.. Wh not as nutritious they aro as good Irish potatoes.1 * Ohufo$-.arec*aHOther orop of"hi| value The ita-Ui makes tino hay wh the roots aro vory productive He h gouton from'250 to l,h0 nuts frc ono plants'.. Pr lop for the dry roots very high. Here tho speaker book a digressi to advlso against tho exclusive feed cotton Hoed ?neal and hulls. It kills e lmals If k?pVfab for moro than thi months. In hogs'and single-stoma animals it is almost Immediately : tal. When ground poas aro fed pl exclusively tho. mont docs not oi well and la tat fi fed. If they are i on sweet potatoes, peas and oom, t meat oures well and is good. The lecture* was full of meat a pith, invaluable'to praotloal farmo Mr. J. G. Foy of thia commun tried tho Williamson corn plan li year and averaged 48 bushels to t aoro on laud which had uovor bef< exoocded 20 bushels on a single aor Thc gradod school building v orowded Friday night to hear Pr Morrison's leoturo on Industrial ci cation. Prof. Doggett gava a lot now views that wore vory entertain! accl Instructive. Hhows fri> t)id Hoard. Mr. J. E. McDonald, who was c ployed a* spooial attorney by I preBont dispensary board to report the legality of certain purobaHos ms by tho former' board, uanslstlng Chairman H. H. Evans, John I Towlll and L- W. Boykln, has ?i? his roport. Tho roporb shows tl $200,0DO worth of liquor was boiq in excess of tho*institution's needs the former hosie], and the report the dlrootbrs states that of t amount $110T24*?.7'4 waa roturned rest belncr lu?etv* Most of theso v ohasos, Mr, Mob?nald declares w lllogally made and, as waa broiq out by the tnvostigatlrg commit! ordors were frequently gi von by olerk of tho board over tbs telepbo or without. ?ra$r,\tro*i the. hoard resolution of. theboard empower the olerk to do'bl Ah whenever ib \ deemod neoessary nonf?WT TAO Twrnnw li tl li fi bo Ht?vte Dlapeovarjr Board to Bo | pi Juveatlgated. Th? feature, of iaefe week's session f the lc?lulntuio hts hoon the Obits* innen resolution calling for the ap* ointment of a commission of Uva to avestigate at oroo tba doings of the resent state board of dispensary dh eotore. The resolution was prodloa ed upon a letter from Commissioner ,'atum to Senator Christensen-writ en ?at the request of Mr. Cb riot onsen dlreotlng attention to the fact'tb at be dispeniary is being overstocked vlth great, quantities of unsalable [oo 1s. The new committee was ap min tod beoause lt was feared the old llspensary committee might be pow irlees under tho law after the new egislature oonvened. It is given con tompt powers and is authorized to io)d up any claims lt deems advisable, jartloularly these not proved by orig nal entries on the books. The houie un on dod tho resolution by requiring ibo committee to report baok in tan lays, which amendment was aooepted j y tho senate. The new committee will therefore be ready to got to work ?arly next weak. In the meantime lt a likely that the dispensary light ID 30th houses will be held baok pending \ report from this committee. ' It is admitted that lt tho ohargcb Drought by Commissioner Tatum are brue the members of thc board ma) Oe indicted, and a sensational out some ls expected by the antl*dtspen my people. Your correspondent was bold at the state dispensary bookkeep Lng department today, howover, thai the resolution would amount to notb lng; that the alarm about the thirty llvo oars of whlskov remaining on the outside for laok of a place to put them was idle talk. Formerly, lt was ex plained, the HI eh land distillery ' warehouses were used, the old board giving an order for several hundred bar rein, to bo shipped in loti of 26 to BO barrels ia week. Now that this bulk stuff ls bought elsewhere it accumulat es in tho yard;. At any event the report of the oommitteo will bo eagerly anti ol pated, Both houses passed tho resolution by overwhelming majorities. Onlj Senators Bleaie, McGowan and Tal bert voted against lt In the senate, and Senator Talbert explained that he thought enough oorruption had al ready been shown to demonstrate the uselessness of any more invertigatlng. Uroak tho Bond. .'Although lnMiis message to congress the president did not deign to notico thc tariff qnestion, indications that that question is conspicuous in thc public mind multiply. Jn the lan ga?go of Senator Rayner of Maryland: "The bond between thc protected ben eficiaries and the treasury of the United States should be 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 aniioun see tlie doctrine that the govern of the United States has the right to take the hard-earned savings of the people collected hy taxation and still further enrich its., pro tected favorites. It is an attack upon tlie rights of the people lor thc benefit of tlu>ir financial oppressors. It is In thc interest ol' tue American Protec tive Tariff league, which, notwith standing tlie respectable membership that composes it, represents every monopoly on the American continent that ls plundering the homes of thc American people. No Whlbkoy for Him. The national Temperance League Of Japan In annual convention recent ly at Yokohama adopted thc follow ing: "That tlie convention send greetings to thc Hon. William*- Jen nings lilyan, and hereby express sin cere appreciation of tlie linn stand he took for tlie cause of Temperance, while in Japan a year ago, hy refus ing to drink wine at banquets and by wearing 'our' tercperrncc badge in public, tims showing his staunch championship of thc great temper ance movement in tlie world. Banzai to Mr. Bryan! Signed for and In be half of tlie National Temperance Leaiigno." Mr. Bryan is one man who is prominent In the eyes of lils countrymen who is not afraid to con demn whiskey drinking at public functions, IT is stated that (?ow Ansel will probably appoint Mr- Hermie Otten dorf, of Charleston, cblof constable in place of Mr. flammet, who has resign ed. Mr. Ostendorf is a good man for tlie place as he is fully qualified to till it cl Ile i.-I il ly. HAVING been frozen out of King Leopold's good Hiing jn thc Congo, Mr. J, Pierpont Morgan feels it to bo his religious duty to protest against tlie barbarities being practised in that far oil country. 11 is wonderful what a good conscionce-rouser this being "frozen.out" is. ? * . Several judges have decided that trusts cannot cOlUect debts duo thom because being orginized to restrict trade, they are illegal combinations without standing before the law. This seems to hit the frauds "right where they live." It lt will force them to either quit entirely or do business on a strickly cash basis. Perhaps these judges have lound the real solution of the trust problem. Unless the government pays the rural carriers better salaries, it will be impossible to keep competent mon in the service. His unreasonable to ask these people to work for nothing and lind themselves. This is peculiar ly a farmers' matter and every farmer Should urge his Congressman to vote for belier pay for thc carriers. We ire pleased to sec that Postmaster ricncrai Corlolyou strongly reccom mends thc increase in his recent an oual ropOrs. A man would as soon think of put Ling on a cork life preserver to get through a snowdrift as some of the dothes women wear to keep warm. Chicago's health com missioner avers bhat if the provisions of thc pure food law are rigorously carried out boiled rice will bc the only food that can bc legally eaton. It ls said that tho two housos of bbc Icglslataro arc divided on tho llspensary question, thc Scnato hoing tor and thc House against lt hy a wry small majority. Tho Atlanta Journal asks how many ?op?o know that pirates once infest 1 thc Inland sea? of A >w probably, unswor? tho Journal, id yet as lato as tho year 1866, there as a pirate vessol operating upon ako Michigan, under the command : the notorlus Captain Strang, lu* ?rest in this vessel has been rovlved y the discovery of tho hull, partly urned, and almost completely burled 1 thc sands of Beaver Island. Strang as. called "Tho Pirate t?Cirjg" and ls boat was named "The Eclipse." t was his custom to sally forth from loaver Island aud Ho In walt for the nforunate vessel that passed, capture bom, plundor thom, and make their rows cithor conform to tho peculiar ustomsof thc Inhabitants of . his Isv md retreat, or elso murder thom, train* had a kind> of -a religious, or i religious, sect of his own Invention n that /island, ls is said ,that thc alth bore something of a resemblance o that ol' the Mormons. Perhaps the omplcto recital of thc horrors of Beav r Island will never be written, but ?neigh has' been discovered to show hat no buccaneer of tho Spanish lain ever lead a m ore bloody' arid pirti leai existence than this. Corsair of he Inland sea. Numerous skeletons, lave been dug np by tho residents of lie island, and these are supposed-to >o tho romain? ot tho murdered vio lins of the pirate Strang., A great nany o.d hulks aud hulls have bjgon Uncovered beneath Ibo waves near ?he Uland. Those are thc wrecks of ho ships willoh Strang sent to thc >ottom. Strang was finally put out di justness in 1855 by a force of s'ab'e of leers. Ills boat was captdred , but mt until after ii bloody light. It was mt allic. But Strang, who had fio lither virtues, seems to have had thc virtue of gameness, at least. Hloise and all lils crew died lighting. m /V Hm? hVh.* ic ?nt uir^o.Mon ?ff. A dispatch from Calveston, Texas, announces that an orglnlxatien witli thncc thousand members has been formed of the "better class of negroes' of. the state fer thc suppression bf crime." The existence ot the orgini zation was brought to light by the surrender of a negro who was wanted rora crlihe. This is a step, in tho right di reo1 ion. The good negroes have su tiered a great deal because of thc action bf brutal and lawless ne groes. The whole race has suffered because so many negroes have spent their time in denouncing mobs and violence without denouncing the .crimes I hat called fort h mobs and violence. As soon as it becomes known that tlic better element of the color ed race is willing to help suppress crimes committed by members of the race, there will be a different feeling among the whites. President Roose velt's action in suspending the ne gro troops was due tojthe fact that the Innocent ones refused to give tcstimo ny against the guilty ones. -Tho Commoner has recently referred to an orginization In Alabama similar to the one in Texas, lt will be a proin isliing sign for thc future relation of t hp two races when there is such, an organization in every-conifnunity hav ing considerable colored population. Hani to 1*1 on HP. Some of the anti-dispensary pap?is' that were busy during Che last Cam paign spreading the unfounded and silly report that tile dispensary was in a bankrupt condition aro npwfroth ing at th? mout h because thc dispen sary has paid sixty-three thousand dollars Into the schoal fund and wiped out its indebtedness tc the schools. This is a clear case of "damm if yob do" or "damm if you dont." We are glad that thc dispensary has paid thc school finid up in full, If people will drink whiskey, we know of no better purpose to put the. money than to ed ucate their children. .. V Ml JA One 25-horse power Tal bott, second.ba been overhauled. This engine ls In f bargain for au y one who is in the marke vVe are headquarters-for anything prompt attention will be given to all caro, Write us when you are in the m our prices before placing your orders el COLUMBIA SUPPLY ;CABBAG1 1 I bfivo lind severn abd nil ut'ior kinds i ready for shipment < Jersey Wakoflol<jn, 1 s ons, t lioso being I .rlenoed truck fm mo will stand severo col at $1.00 per I OOO, Wo liavo spoclal bow F.xpre All plants will bc shipped ?. O. 1). unices you j will have my prompt ond porsonal attention, (rial order. L guarantee satlafactlon, Addrea B. J. DONALDSON, - Chronic p Succesi If suffering orr.mi I I'M, Varioooolo, Si Liver, Stoma Disorders, Ki to women, etc I 20 years' Kxp V ReputatioU Ai our books "Bi and "Meu'a C advised. Man KzOort opinlt blank. Adda Inman liulldii I. XlrttOH 0 llUlWiT, H. a Grtdgite Dirt mouth Htd.CoV |jg?l8Sl.h.Pi?i.Olcb. Mad.Society. li. MemUr SUlo Med. PA, Boue ' t?Heillb,?u, furij?. Early Cabbage Plants Guar ? ? ARLY JERSKV CMAWLCOTOH * IIUCCE WAKEFIRL? tAUC.E TYPS ) Th? Karlis?? WAKEFIELD Tho Karl Cabbage Grown Ueoond Karllost Hoad Vi PRICE: Inlott ol f to4 m. at $1.60 ptrm.,6 to Or r. O. ?. YOUNO'ft ISLAND, 6. C. My fi GtiAr.inhv* I ?"?-'?ntec. Clanto to Rive pnroh UnraiUCC ?rio? to p.iy customer who In (ld -jrown In tho ripon field, o i Hear-,,?nt nf Aonth .rowing the hardiest plant? that cnn bo arrow ?sot In tho Interior Of the Monthoin Hinton <p leren. They win aland ?ovo, o eoi<i without h j/?(fs Two to Throe wooka aoonor than lt you [ramon. (?? My ?i?rK$5* Customer* are th? Market Oar .he South; Their prent dopend? upon '"hom ha ohano my plant? fo. tlielr oropn, 1 niuo grow a full Uno of other lMantu end Y tato Plant?! Apple, l'caoh, Pear, Plum, Chow, . ^^?u't?rftsWHmfliwaaraiV-wiiehia Vjf/IVyT ( tax*? c Bi ihn THU TB?S?. ?S l^porlbnoo of AK?(1 ?ntl We't-beloveif PgejiQhov, No other man in tho community is 0 well beloved or whoso words havo ?ch weight us tho m "ulster, who lius levoted lils Ufo to tho service of miwi ilnd. In Maryland ono of tho most, toted Methodist ministers in thc State ?utfored severely . with rhoumatibtn. lip found no relief until a friend recom mended UIIRO ,)1(? J f0 was B0 (ie. iglrted with the. results that for tho 'j?nollt o? other sufferers, as a duty to nanklr d ho te ls his experience in ,hc following letter: k "Heistertown, Md.. February 27 th ..1 was taken ..witlr inilamatory Rheumatism In my left hand amt UKII In the beginning of this winter and m n'o red greatly. A genttoman in 11*1* tihnorc ,.wl)0 bad tried RIIKUMACJOK for Rheumatism recommended it to ne. I scoured t l?rec bottles and took it In 8mallor doses than proscribed, did am now entiroly cured. Can uso troth hand arid foot without tho least nconvonioncs. "Yours respectfully, "J. lt. WlJKKIiKU, Pastor, Reistcrston M. E. (Jhurcb. , Your druggist sells end recommends KilKUM ACIUK. Gov, Ansel w'.ll assume tho high office to which ho lias been called this wcoi, and it is the duty of overy citi zen of the state to ho?d up bis bands and help him make lils administra lion a grand Riioeesi. .Til H "trust-busting'' goes ob but wo haven't board of any trust retiring from business, . folley, seem to luivo the nine lives of a cat and when you think you have tho "critter'' killed lt >? breaks out In a new place .TUB Kentucky farmer who bought a man at public auction and-paid a dollar for bi's services for live months, (viii probably wish be.oro lie gets through with thc tramp, that he liad spent h?s dollar for a coon dog'.' TUB state dispensary has made a clean-sweep of thc debt to the school fund and made it at a most opportune time for the Interests of that institu tion, That may turn , the edges of isoino of tho ^knives that are out for |-that Institution._, A summary of th? farm crops raised ' in the United States during the past : ydaVr shows that corn is-still king in acreage, bushels and valuation. This Isvu billion dollar corn country. Our ? farmers sh?u.d make'more of the king1 orop than tliev do. David Graham Phillips declares that one per cent of the people of tho United States control DU por cont of tho wealth. And thc oue por cent _seems to think its membership lias a vested right in the 90 per cent. Pr seems that just as soon as it dawned upon the ral lund managers that their failure to deliver coal was Increasing the'demand for government ownership, they found away to break the coal famine., lt is wonderful what can be done when self Interest de mands it. BANK OEPOSS? R.R.Far*>7al& HttMtM?I 800 PBEBCODMB* BoirdrtCort.WrtteCM?? l?lA-M AB?MA?U83KF.88C0aBea.llM??W(N THE WORLD'S BEST PIANOS, SUPERIOR ORGANS, for ?thc Homes Or the Churches at low prlcp3 and on easy terms. A* GOOD. HOLIDAY PRESENT can be had, either of a plano or an or gan on easy terms at a special price . ; AT MALONE'S .1 * _ Write ot oue? to Malones Music (louse, Columbia, S.C., for catalogs, pr! oes A roa ..FOR Sill nd -engine in stock which has recently irst-ckus condition and will bc i\ great it for such a size engine, in thc way ol Machinery Supplies, and Inquiries and orders outr, stcd to our urkot 'or anything, and bo sure to get sc where. CO., - COLUMBIA, S. C. ilP?Zl^^ SALE 1 years oxporlenco tu growing onbbngo plaufs >f vogotablo plants for f bo trade, And now havo 'cet plants and Cabbage plan?o na follow?: liarly Largo*Type Wakefields,and lion toraon l?iicooi Lhe b< BI known roi able varieties to nil oxpe ts. Thoso i lani-. n*o grown o* t in opon air and ld without Injury. lMco $1.50 por 1,000. Big lots isa ralos on vegetable pleats fi ora this point, nofer Bending rooney with orders. Vouir ordern rWhen In noid of v^getftblo plants glvo mea gan orders to i - > MEGGETTS S. G. ???^???????????????e?ee>e?-e*? iseases Of Men and Women | sfully Treated. from Itheumatism, Speol?o Blood Poison, lUHtion, Doblllty, Break Down, eto., Catarrh ;rioture, Gleet, any disease of the Heart?,' ch, Bowols or Lungs; 8kin Dieofluea, Bloody duey or Bladder diseases, lliseasca peculiar; j., call on or write us. We hare bad overj orionco in the. treatment of those diseases^ rinly established. Examination Hank and' -aihand Nervo Exhaustion", and "lleallh"! UseasoB" sent freo. Personal examination*] y oases ourablo by our homo treatment plau-J >n of your case free. Writ? for examination, ?IM DR. HATHAWAY & CO., .Suite 83- ' ag, Atlan^GeOjr?la.^^ T ante&l te Sat?s^Purcliasaf SQIOrl AUGUSTA SHORT STIMMtO fi TRUCKER FLAT DUTCH J? lenk Plat Allttlolatar Largost and Latast < arlety ; than OncoessJon Oabbaga S m at 11,26 per m., 10 m. and over, at $1.00 par m, 3 Ipeclal Rxpreaa Rate on Piauta lt Very l?tw. g asor satlafaotlon, or will roOmd tho rut reata* mntUrlfld a*, ead of ??Mon. ThoAo plant? nra Osrollna. In a ollmato tn?t la Jiiat anltod to daners near th? Interior towna and olttsa of vlng* Karly Cabbage(for that reason |htjr par? mit Trees, snob as Strawberry and ?rw?et.Ptt? y and Apricot Tteos, Fig Buehaa ?nd Graps m CtGERATYt yp^-a WAWD, Ma jj