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PRIVILEGE TAX t I To Ee Divided Between Clemson i \ and Winthrop Colleges. t ( HOW MEMBERS VOTED. J 1 1 ( flow Much Wluthrop Will Oct It a Mat* I i ter for Conjecture as the Tax I 1 is Coming in Comparatively Slow t this Year. I After ?no of the hardest fights In the last d( zen years In the general as- 1 sembly the house Ti esday passed the 1 bill to let Winthrop participate In the privilege tax on fertilizers, all of 1 which rovenue now is paid to Clemson. The opposit'on to the bill gained considerablei trength Tuesday, and the bill was pissed by but live majority on a test v)te. It was an Issue In which the alignments were not well detlned and every member appeared to be votirg just as his convictions dlotatcd. Leaders of the house divided and many foroeful B.Ku>ucuu) wuro ac vaneea by both lies, all tho speakers seeming to be ai xious to vote intelligently and honestly. There was less small practice It the tight than any other whloh has t? en made In a long time. Following la the way the house divided on Mr. Lyons' motion to s'rlke 01 t tho enacting clause?or to kill the bill. Ayes?Speaker Smith and Repre s? ntatives Ashley, Baker, Kinks, E isfi, Royd, Ilratit, Bruce, Galllson, C If'.or, Cole ck, Cothran, Culler Des C lamps, I)oar, Dukes, Edwards. B iust, Flshburne, Ford, Graham, I). L. Green, Haskell, J. E. Herlert, I eyward, lrby, Klrven, Lester, Littie, Lomax, McColl, McFaddin, Mc Master. T. J. Mauldln, Miller, Moses Nance, Nicholson, Prince, Pjatt, Havdlnson, Richards, Riley, Seabrook, Sheldon, Stoll, Trlbble, M. W V/alker. J. M. Walker, J. B. Watson. Total, 50. Nays?Messrs. Ardrcy, Arnold. Ballcntlne, Beamguard, Bradham, Brantley, Brlce, Browning, Cloy, DeVore, Ear hard t, Kptlrg, E. J. Eiherodge, , L. B. Etheredge, Foster, Fraser, j Frcst, Gaston, Gause, J. P. Gibson,, Gray, W. McD. Green, Gyles, Hall, ; Hairison, Harley, Hemphill, I>. O. Herbert, lflgglns, Kccnan, Klrby, . LaFitte, Laney. Lawson, McCants, I Masscy, L&ban Mauldln, OttH, Parker, Patterson, Pitt mail, Pollock, Poeton, Reaves, Sanders, Saye, Sellers, Slnkler, Splvey, Stronir. Taylor, Tcole, Turner, Verner, Wluaberly. Total, 56. After the house had decided to kill the bill It accepted Mr. Hemphill's! amendment, which modltled the of feet cf the bill very much. The original bill In section 3 provided that 50.000 should be given to Wlnthrop. Ah amended at tho suggestion of the conrmlttee, UiIh dt Unite amount was changed to 40 per cent. Subsequently the entire section was knccked out and tbe fol'owltig was Inserted In lieu thereof: "Section 3. That from and after the approval of this act tho treasurer of this State shall tlrst pay from the fund arising from the p Ivl'.ego tax on fertilizers sixteen thousand six hundred and seventy-one and 84 100 ($16,671.04) dollars en the order of the board of trustees of Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical College of South Carolina, and shall then pay annually upon the order of said board of trustees out of said fund the sum of sixty tlve thousand ($05,000,000) dollars, and shall pay out annually any balance remaining In his hands on the order of the b ard of trustees of Wirthrop Normal and Industrial College of South Curollna." On motion of Mr Price thin was further amended so that the $66,000 for operating expei ses was Increased to $75,000. The bill was taken up first thing Tuesday under the head of unfinished business. The mo ion made by Mr Lyon Monday was to strike out the . enacting words. Mr. Lyon explained his opposition to the privilege tax being divided in the ratio of 2 to l between Ciemson and Wlnthrop. Ila showed that the privilege tax collected In January, 1904, was $.'15,000 and but $10 000 In J&auary, 1005. If 40 per cent, of this be paid to Wlnthrop, Ciemson v/ould get but $9000 this month. Purthermore, the constitutionality of the vhole tax would be Jeopardized by this diversion. Mr. Laban Mauldld favored the bill. He is a farmer and helps to pay tire t ix, but Wlnthrop is also a fa mors' e >llege and the farmers will agrco to give Wlnthrop partof that prlvll<ge t tx If It hurts Ciemson financially, t \e money caD be returnoci by approI rla.lion next year. Mr. Vornor declared this to be an eld hobby of his to place some limit on C lemsou's expenditures?and Ciemson it In his county. He argued in favor cf the bill. Even If the privilege tax te decreased this year, there wl 1 be t o $42,000 bulldidg to pay for. Jle declared that prudence, economy and toll should be taught, and not ex* iravagance. ne nau aiwajs taken this stand, and would continue to do ho, although his personal interests lie c tnorwlse. He thinks it Is a shame for cne college to get unlimited income and another but miserly $30,000. He had been opposed by Olemson college In ills race because he had always argued thus. 1 Mr. ICptlng of Lexington declared that the people of ills county think there is < xtravaganoe at Olemson. He spoko of the olalms the common schx)ls have on the State and the claims that other colleges have. Every college cries that it is getting too little. The people of his county can't understand why It is necessary to speid $300 on every boy at Olemson. Mr. Gibson of Marlb?jft.4?ao spoke In favor of the bill. THIB was this Hist appearance on the floor and he was glvon olose attention. He did not Bpeak at length, but, quite pointedly. Mr. Prince expressed bis firm belief that the farmers this year will stick to their determination to reduce the cot x>n acreage, and this will reduce the use of fertilizers 26 to 40 per cent, i This will be a dangerous time to make any ohanges. In reply to Mr. DeVore ' he admitted that the $42,000 spent ^ j for permanent Improvenr eats last year ait would not be spent this year but the ' income would be reduoed an equtva lent figure, no doubt In 1006. The agrloaltur&l hall had been built by an * ?. AxroregAtfi of surpluf. Teohnloal ihA reeeuws*. m* caching coat* more than literary a< ralulug. He declared himself a de- pi lomlnatlonal college supporter, and he higher the State colleges are a, aUed the higher will tho dcntmlna- H\ ,tonal colleges be foroed to rat e them* elves. He wanted to kcrp Wlnthrop tl mder the guld^noe of the legislature, p ind this proposition would make y IVInthrop responsible to nobody, as n Jlemson now is. U Mr. J. A. Banks of Orangeburg de- p glared that he had listened to the dls- u suasion with a mind open to oonvlc- r, j'ou. He had been studying the mat- 5 [er and at first had favored the prop- f, jsitlon when Mr. Polllck introduced ills bill. But Mr. Richards had raised ei in objection which was iusurmouuta- n ole. Glemson Is looked upon by the 0 farmers as their college, and this tax j, which they pay goes to their college, 'j He would prefer to see the privilege 0 bax reduced rather than a part of it diverted to Wlnthrop. Mr. Hemphill of Chester In speaking In favor of tho bill declared that a the friends of different colleges should not be suspicious of each other. Ill# own Interest In the colleges Is uniform. This matter should be a settled by taking the Information t p'aced officially before the legislature, t Referring to the report of the legislative commltt.ee, ho showo 1 the annual c necessary expenditure out of the direct t tax t > bo about $85,000. He proposed l! an amendment to give Clemson $16,- t 000 to pay the Indebted less on the m agricultural hall, and then to give t Clomson $05,000 and the residue to e go to Wlnthrop. Ho doos not want t to cripple Clemson, but ho Is very 1 much In favor o?j?uttlng a check on s extravagance. There would be other 1 sources of Income In adlition to this 1 $05,000 which would give Clemson the necessary $85,000. < ( apt. John C. Sellers as a farmer 1 favored diverting a part of this tax s to the college where farmers' dangh* > tcrs are taught. We are confronted ( by a fact, not a theory. The State has 1 a detlcit, and this Is the. llrst bill he ( hai seen to reduce expenditures. If t Clemson should have a detlcit she I cjuld come before the legislature and get an appropriation by exhibiting her I tlnar clal statements. lie believes that ' the manngtment of Chmsoncan lie I wonderfully Improved. He believe\ i that no State college should bo In i competition with the graded >chools, I and It Is his opinion that Clemson i takes too many little b >; s who should be at home hi the graded sohoolH. < Mr. Nicholson of Kdgefield bad been i In favor of this bill at I ist, but now i ho Is opposed to it on principle. He 1 had thought that It wot. Id reduce ex penditurcs, but he has changed bis 1 views and thinks that It Is not an equitable principle to make a cl ss of pcop'o pay a tax to support more than ? one collcgo. ! Mr. Pol) ck, In r^ply to Mr Ptl c\ < dtc'ared that there would he to act of bad faith to take paitof this tag tax from Clermon. He read the act 1 j of 1800 providing for this tax to go f<-r i the erection and maint'nar.cj of the 1 college. One of the purposes of that i act has been accomplished?the woik t of enctlon. lie showid t he receipts of I privilege tax in former years and do clar d that if this was enough to < build, equip and run the c >llego, It < ought to be enough to run It now. Mr. Richards was more thoroughly convinced that this Is an unreason- ( ab'e request. Mr. Pollock wanted to , know should the prlvllc^o tux fall to $30,000 would Mr. Richards vote to \ make au appropriation sufficient to ( bring tip their revenue to the ennr mous expenditure of last vear Mr Richards replied that ho would vote for every dollar askvd for by the man- ' ogemcnt c.f Olemson as he would vote for the appropriations asked for by 4 Sonth Carolina college trustees, Win tiirop trustees or the Citadel tiu tets Ho read an Itemized Invoice of fertlll- 4 zers, showing that there Is evidence that the farmer pays this tax. Mr. Ihantley Inquired If the farmer , pays any more for fertll'zsrs In this State than they do In other States. Mr. RIobards thought not. He on J eluded by deriding the measure and . declaring that he would vote for It If all the State colleges should In made bencflclarles of the fund?and the farmer would support them all. He , also made light of Mr. Hemphill's ( amendment. Mr. Moses opposed the bill. This Is not a bill to help Wlnthrop. The State will always provide for Wlnthrop any- j way. Clemson did get ilong with a smaller Income once, tut It was a , smaller Institution then Mr. Moses quotod merchants to shew that there , is no demand for fertilizers and that proba ly less than 80 per omt. of last year's sale* will bo handled this vmr He recited the history of legislation i adverse to the South Carolina college, . and warned the legislature of the i danger of crippling Clemson. IfClom- i sou is extravagant It Is proper to re- < prima1 d the board, but not to tear i down the Institution. i Hy a vote of 65 to 50 the house re- j fused to strike out the enacting . words. .( The question then was the adoption < of the committee amendment to give \ Wlnthrop 40 per cent. Instead of $50 i 000. Col. D. O. Herbert moved to ( amend by inserting 33 1-3 per cent c This was accepted and the committee i amendment as amended was adopted, i Mr. Ashley's amendment to give the i overplus to the common schools was t killed by a vote of 62 to 10. t Mr. Hemphill's amendment then t came up. Mr. Prince offered to amend i the amendment to give Clemson $76,- i 000 for maintenance before anythlug t bo deduoted for Wlnthr p. a Mr. Haskell asked Mr. Po'.'ock a c number of searching questions as to 1 the tlnar.cas of Clemton. Mr. Pollock r3plied with seme asperity. Mr. Haskell in a spirit of pleasantry said something about Mr. Pollock casting : a small shadow. To this Mr. Pollock countered by saying that Mr. Haskell 8 was a very large, empty substance. K. Mr. n&skell wanted to know If Mr. . Pollcck wouldn't aco pt the statement of the president of Clemson college, ? made with almost the solemnity of an oath. Mr. Pollock replied that ho bad ? received his Information from the re- 1 ports of the State treasi rer. the State 8 superintendent of education and the committee from the legislature. Clem v son 1m hard to shake off from the teat, !J It has been getting the pap so long, ! and It is not to be marveled at that ^ the president will make this appeal. Mr. Pollock was trylDg to show that $05,000 annually would be enough for Clemson instead of the $75,000 propo* ? ed by Mr. Prince. Belr.g interrupted j1 at times by Maj. Haskell, he made some oaustlc reference which Maj Haskell reoetved in good nature. The difference between them was whether v or not the money paid by the govern- t ment for the experiment station is 1 used In part for salaries and whether t the interest from the Olemson bequest C is $3,500 or $5,000. ^ Mr. Prince, In a concluding appeal, 1 declared that Olemson cannot get $ along, with less than $76,000, for 1 Olemson must expand. Do not out too t | ? ,w?ani JM1IMV.MI I I I? ' *--? J I..* I cep at tlret. He dented that he would ursue roundabout p'acLloe to defeat 3e will of the majority of the house, ad his amendment Is offer 3d In all . ooerltv. Mr. Haskell stated to the house Hat he had Jus: been Informed by tho resident of the board of tru .tees (Ool. ?. W. Simpson) that the college gets o benefit from the funds from the lotted States government for the exoriental station. Mr. Pollock replied bat this Is disproved by the annual fport, whloh shows that about 17,00 Is paid for salaries out of this und. Mr. Prince's arocudment was adopt d and then Mr. Hemphill's amendment as thus amended. This kuoeks ut of the original bill seotlon 3 and nserts the paragraph printed above. ?he bill as thus amended passed secnd reading. A BRUTAL N?ORO Lttcmpti Outriko on a Lady In tho AuKuMa C? motarv. The following account of tha brutal .ttack of a negto on a white lady In he Augusta Cemetery Is taken from he Augusta Herald: While engaged at about half-past 12 t'cl ck Monday u paying thai devoIon to her dead loved ones by placing lowers on their last resting place In ,he city cemetnry of Augusta, and vlth her tender bands clearlr g away ,ho weeds and grassos that threatenid to crc< p over and oover tho shafts ,hat marked the last resting plaom of ler relatives, Mrs. Percy Spellman vas approached and seized by a burly legro, who Is us cowardly as he Is die. The screams of Mrs. Spellman julckly brought the cerrercry autho ltlcs to bor rescue, and when they irrived tha black brute had Bpecdcd iway and toaled the wall of the oi'y | )f the deal. Muchagllated th'sgood ady told In broken sentences to the jemetery ? ffl la s how she had been iclzed by the negro and had screamed for help. A starch was at once Instituted for the negro, but he had taken leg bill with a good long start on the authority s. However, a vigorous effort was made to apprehend tho a siilant of Mn SraUrtinn Siif. mlH. ^| uuv nivu ii?/ itou \j nu far as the authorltloi Information given the Herald goos. The assault was kept very quiet and anly this morning did the reporters get wind of tho occurrei C3. Aft-r a ileal of trouble reliable authority was feu id?a friend of Mrs. Spellman's? who told of the .occurrence ar Mrs. Spollman had related it to her. The negro assailant is named J..M pi Biown, and Wednesday was amploycd hy a h eal matbli yard to do *ome tombstone cleaulng at tho ocmatery. Ho happened to he near the section which Mrs. Spellman visited. Seeing tier alone ho oauttou-dy crept up to and seized her. Fortunately the spot where tire assault occurred was not in a remote part of the cemetery, so the screams o Mrs. Spellman soon brought the cemetery < flleers to t .o spot. Meanwhile Brown bad rushed towards the south wall and climbed )Vcr. The n.ble. The Bible is the ''boat selling book" n tiie world. One would be inclined A) doubt tiro statement when be reads ibout tho enormous editions of popu ar novels. And there Is a widespread reeling that tho Bible and religious Iterature Is golrg out of fashion. Rut the tiguies tell a different story. Never before has there been such a lemand for the Chr'stlan Sorlptuies. The recent report of tho British Bible lociety shows that si nee its establishment it lias distributed 180,000,000 30Dies of the Bible. T i? Am?ri,-.:?r? ^xe'ety In.a distributed 70,000,000. And 1 ?otli societies say they printed more copies last year Mian In any previous year. While prtsies are being pushed to supply a passing demand for current tlctlon they aro running the year around to suply the call for the Old and New Tcstameut. The Bible Is now printed In 450 languages and dialects. Translators are constantly employed in putting it In new | tongues. No, the Bible is not going out of fashion. Religion is a part of man's nature. While he will always busy himself with science and art and literature, rell> ion will always engage his thought. It is the thing that (ills his suprenicst need. Religion of some kind will always have its place In human lifo. And the religion of the Bible is tlx* best brand extant. | A Foolish Boy, Thonavy department has instituted a searoh for V idihipinan Milton W. Arrowood, who has been absent several weeks without leave from his station on the battleship Kearsarge. The lepartment has applied to the young man's father, who lives in North Carolina, for information on the sub leot. The case is a most unusual one. For private reasons the young man iesires to leave the navy and tendered his resignation a short tlmo ago, jut the d apartment refused to entertain it on the ground that the government, having educated him, Is entitled to the benefit of his set vices 'or a few years at least. It Is Intimated now that when the young nan found he could not get out of the lavy in the regular way he roturned ;o his homo in Njrth Carolina, where le is now said to be. Midshipman \riowood passed the requisite aoade nic course and has nearly comploted die regulation two years service at ica prior to his tinal graduation. In sase ho falls to return to his station 10 will bo dropped as a deserter. Hcnitallonftl Charges. Sensational disclosures In relation o the alleged use of Indian trust unds for the support of sectarian chools were made Wednesday by len&tor Bard In a statement to the Jiilted States Seuate Committee on ndlan affairs. In addition to the barge that Icoman Catholic schools lave received 98 per cent, of the mon>y expended under contracts made by he Indian commissioner, the senator aid he had been approached by rep esentatlve of a Cathollo association vlth the promise of carry ng certain lumber of districts in Oa Ifornla for ilm In return for his influence In ringing about a continueloe of such avorable oomraots. Senator Bard [uoted a circular Issued by M. K. inlff. n, secretary of the Indian Bights ssociation, charging that disorlminaion in favor of Roman Catholics was >y direction of the president. Out on Ball, W. B. Rowell, the State oonstable rho shot and killed Jonas C. Blount, he Atlantic Coast Line detective in Florence in December last, and who tas been oondned in the Florence krnnty prison ever sinoe, was released Vednesday night. Judue Purdy havng granted him ball in tbe sum of 4,000. Dr. William llderton and J. 1. Humphrey, of that county, are his tondsmeo. V - A - HfcKSONAL. |f FARMERS CAN WIN. Jj ti The Cotton Problem Discussed by 11 Mr. 8heppenon, of Boiton. j' d AdflM* Parmer* to Hold Their Cot- 1' fa ton Like Stonewall Did the Liluo* at Bull Kan. Mr. Alfred B. Shepperson, of Bos- t ton, Mass., who Is an authority on the cotton question advlsis the farmers to hold their cottton and they will win the light. Here Is what he says. t R'ad It: J The farmers and merchants of the g south who now hold ootton are con- ^ fronted with the fact that tho yield j of the prest nt orop has been more j than the world's requirements of () American cotton for this season The t prlc% is now somewhat less than one- t lialf qf the quotations of a year ago. j . .When there Is an ovcrsupply of any 43ffftnodlty and a serious drollue In j pries from that cause, the ;lrst sug- a geston of common sense Is to curtail r production and thereby ru uce the supply to proportion of the demand | and jhus restore ihe prloetoi.n eqult- v able basis. This simple ular has al ( wav sncoceded wlthoitton. M*. John L. McLaurln, formerly a t senator from South Carolina, In a let- j ter 1q the New York Sun of 17th Instant, so >utK the ldiaof a reduction , of a? reage and urges that the grant ( lug of subsidies to United Sti.tes ves- x sell would In some way, so vastly In- ( crease our exports of outtoa goods ( that the resulting greater demand for . the raw mitcrlal wou d take at full v, prlc ?s all the cottou our country o>uld ( procuco. 1 e tells us that 'h.rade fol lowt tho 11 g," and says a fr reat op ( port unity I; open to us In tho Intro j duct Ion of our cotton go >ds Into China and t hat '*a market it waiting J theie whlcl will onab'e us to sell 20,- , 010,000 Ins ead of 10,000,000 bales of ( cotton abov j ten cents per oound, as ( li should i )t be dlillcult to teach a , thrifty peo >le the advantage of cot J ton goods.' As a matter of fact, cotton oloth , was manufactured In China as early as A. 1). 1200 from cotton grown in that country, and Is now the only clothing for all seasons of the year of ( the great maj ?rlty of the Chinese , population. Ootton cloth was not made In tho Unitol States until more than 600 years later. Jn the year eud:ng June JO, 1003, more than one-half of our exports of cottou cloth , were to China, and In the previous J year the quantity was tiver three- , tifths. Our exports to China are principally of coarse, unbleached cotton cloth, of which tho chief iloment (jf est Is tho cotton Itself. Mr. McLaurln says that "tho oh , sta.de to trado with China Is lack ol transportation" au1 high freights There arc actually greater shipping facilities between the United States and China and lower rales of freight than ever before. There are now , probably mi re vessels, and certainly j a greater carrying capacity, fur the , world's commerce than at any prevlous time. O ^an freights are exoeed Ingly low and far below tho rates of a , few years ago. "The flag" or the nationality of the j vessel has nothing whatever to do , with the selling of commodities anywhere. The only factors In tho mat tor are the suitability of the articles . aiid the reasonableness of the prices demanded. If tho commodities o^ not suit the markets in which thev are offered they cannot be sold to any oxtt nt even at a very low prlca. Our i commodities cannot be sold In foreign ; markets for any more than similar articles from other countries. Our flag has entered the Pnlltpplncs and Is now tho flag of that country, but trade has followed It at so low a paco that during the last fiscal year I the Imports of ootfcon goods from the United States were only 0 1 2 per I cent, of the total nuanMt.w uumia m I " ???? Great Hrltaln furnished 45 per cent., > Sapln 15 por cent, and little Swltzer- I land 7 14 per cent. I The chief obstacle to the Increase > of ( ur exports of cotton manufactures | Is t re hi^h tariff on textile machinery and on tho che jilcaN, dyes, 3tc , usen i i In the manufacture of bleac led, dyed i and printed KOods. On ai count of i the e tariff taxes, the equip Dent of a I cot <on mill hero costs abc it 50 per i cent. more than in England, and the < cotn of the manufactured product Is < so y really Increased that we cannot successfully compete with European mil s anywhere outside of the protec tion walls surrounding our own coun- 1 try I Cur cotton mills, If worked to their ' full capacity would produce vastly i mo?e tfoods than <x uld be u.red in the 1 Untcd States aud an expl osion of ' fori lirn trade Is greatly needed to 1 tak y the su plus production. i l uring tie past season the world's l spinners onsumed only 10,100,000 I bains of American cotton owh.K to i the hltfh orlce and limited supply, I while 11,01 ),000 bales were jonsuraed j In the seas n of 1899-1900, when the i nuriber of iplndles was 7,35 ) 000 lei-s I A cab'e* ram on the 20tii Instant 1 from Most s E llson Company of 1 Ltverpml stimates the world's con- i sunpil'uo Amerioan c >tton this sea- ? son at 1 1 3 -7,000 bales, and says that European nllls may take 300,000 to 400 000 iuorclo add to their stocks. It may bs safely assumed that the ' world's mills will consume fully 11,- * .160,000 bales or American cotton. ' Should they buy an average of only v four weeks' supply beyond their ac 1 tual requirements, It would make 1 their entire purchase for tho season * about 12,220.000 bales. If our ''commercial crop" should b 1 as much as 600,000 bales more than c this, the addltl n to tho stocks in 1 American and Kurcpmn marktts a should not unfavorably alTeot pries. v I think cotton Is too low, and that a the great decline has been largely due 9 tosp oulative Influences. Surely t ie a spinners did not expect so great a do- (l clinc or they would not have bought e so freely earlier In the season when prices were several cents per pound dearer. An advai 03 of a cent and a ^ half per pound would undoubtedly promote the Interests of a majority of t the splnne rs as It would cause a stead* a lor market and larger demand 'or cot- -] ton goods. At tho advance there t wotld be a better demand for cotton f for spinning and for Investment than u there is today. * The course of the market for the t next few months rests entirely witn g the present holders of cotton in the t South. If they will market It slowly and only as they aotually require the money from its sale, it is likely a reaction to better prices would occur. v In the season of 1898 99 fully 400,000 d bales were held back in the interior until the following season and the tinanolal condition of the South is infinitely better now than at that time. Let the sou; h-rn owners of ootton < hold it with the "Stonewall" tenacity CLEANING AND '1th which Jackson's brigade held tie llue of battle at Bull Bud, and io tils tight over the price thev will gain he victory they deserve. A substantial reduction of acreage, owever, is essential to a pernnneut mprovement In price, an<1 such rcuctlon can be safely left to the gool udgraent and self-Interest of each Outbero farmer. HE WANTED TO KNOW. Vhjr * StrtnKer lteocntljr Visited the Slate Dlipnniar;. "I want to know," said a visitor at he stato dispensary last week. ilia ard announced liiui to be Frank J. iheridan, of Washington, special gent of the UDlted State) bureau of abor, a branch of commerce and labor, le was a very pleasaut geutleman, if a most inquiring turn of mind He las traveled fcr and wide throughout he United States aud observed dosoy wherever ho went. While Mr. Sheridan's official home s Washington, he Is a native of Iowa, i stale where the prohibition farce is nore than a law?It Is an lotegril >art of the commonwealth's conitUu itou. Mr. Sheridan explains 1 his rlslb to the si ate dispensary by sayi)g his curiosity had been aroused. It isd forcibly smu :k his attention that ihe l'q lor ovil was m re conspicuous* y ab ent f.om Columbia than from my city of similar stzc he hat ever dslted He saw no signs of drunkenless and no place where drinking was nade ittractive. He Is from a pro nbltlo i state, but nowhore in the ilties of bis state had he ovsorv?.d iuch satisfactory conditions. And he wantec to know what was the law i/hat produced such results. As a result of the a.isw r that South Carolina had the dispensary law ind that the headquarter.) of the dls pensar / system was In Colurab a. he went to dtspi tisary headquarters for rurthe* Information. He was wel corned by Commissioner Tat urn and spent feveral hours at the dispensary, asking most pertinent que.-tions as to the dii peusary law and Its opeiai Ions. He ve.y freely expressed the opinion that the dispensary law, Judged by what he had seen of Its workings, wan the best solution of the llq'uor proble n that had ever come under his observation. Judged by practical results for sobriety and order, he pronounced It far better than the pro hlbttlon law of li s own state. According to Mr. S icridan, the prohibition law of Iowa Ins become such a farce In the cities and towns of that state that no attempt is mafic to enforce It there. Prohibition being constitutional In Iowa, the b irrooms are not licensed, but a compromise system hat been worked out under which the "virtuous''prohibition law remains on the statute books while the barkeep rs continue busl ness, being periodically arrested and lined. These arrests and fines ire so manipulated that a barkeeper pa * ii lines In the course of a year a >out what he would have to piy ft r a license ill a license state. The r ult Is nothing like as satisfactory as t lat obtained by the dispensary law o.csordlng to Mr. Sheridan, who 1 in unpr judlced observer. The Impns ?lon made up m Mr. Sheridan is that made upon practloally all visitor* to South Carolina, particularly ladles, who are delighted t) be where they jan walk upon city streets with iut Having to pas* barrooms.?Columbia Itecord. Murder and Huieldo. A tragey in which four men lost their lives occurred In N gales Ail zona, Friday. William Walters, a gambler, entered the Palace saloon owned by M. M. Conn, walked to a poker table, and without a word of warning drew a revolver and opened (Ire on the dealer, known as "Cowboy" Johnson, firing tvso shots Ihrough his head. 'Walters then turned on Corn, ti e proprietor, who was making tils way toward the door, drooling him thiough the head and heart. The murderer then turned his weapon toward the monte dealer, diootlrg him through the back of the head. He fired a shot at George llendle, a cattleman, which grazed the lalter's face, and r.bnn tun orl ?.?m revolver on himself and sent a bullet through his own brain. All f the violins died heforo being t ble to make statements. Walters had been employed by Conn, but bad been dis3ha' g :d a few days before. Atttckctl hy ? Cat, Mr. J. W P. Hope, of Yoikvllle, wash idly bitten and clawed by an nfurUted cat at his residence on Thursday af.ernoon. Mr. Hope was ilttlng on a chair with his right hand bangl lg down when the cat, which was lying urder the chair, spr ing at bin hand in a savage manner, biting ind scratching it quite severely. In irying to dra w his hand away from the at Imil it was pulled through the oundiof the chair and Mr. II >pe bad &o ohi ke It (ff. Miss Lucy Smarr, a ^oung lady boarding with the family, was also severely bitten and c. ?trhed yy tl o cat In her (flirts to r lists VIr. Hope. The cat has bson i i the 'amllj for a good number of year-, and was 1( oked upon as a pet, M r. 1 ipu ittenc lng mostly to Its feeding. Halo OrackerH. Burglars broke Into the" st:ro of dlller Bros, at Stone station on the Hcnn Springs railroad Wednesday light, and after blowing open the sife vlth dynamite thoy r iled Its con ents, securing 138 in raoaey belongng to the Messrs. Stone and about 118 belonging to the postofllce, which s located at the store. Alo g with ,hc money 200 two cent stamps, 1,000 me cent stamps and 400 one cent tleces were taken. A batch of notes tud mortgages taken from tho safe vere found in a woodland about half . mile from the storo. This work of the afe craokers was successfully planed .nd carried out, and the authorities to not believe that It was participate d in by novices. e trail! of .'Smallpox. Representative E heridge Introluced a resolution in the II use on Thursday to exclude all visitors from he ilo?r of the House on ec *.ount of ,n epidemic of smallpox in Columbia. Fhe resolution failed, as It was bought to have been Inspired lets by ear of smallpox than by a desire to et rid of visitors on account of the tolse of conversation. Riohland me niters of the House protested that the ooal'pox situation was no worso there >hao elsewhere In the State. Fatally Injured. The man struck by a Southern railway train near Trenton on January 31 lied Thursday morning at 2 o'olcck. To has been Identified as Milton J. 'aimer of Augusta, Oa. He has a rife and one ohlld residing In Augusta. Lottng Coroner Brunson held the In[uest. Ills remains were taken to Logusta for burial. The Old Standa Grove's 1 has st>ood bhe t*es over One and a Hi I of merit* appeal i?c i Enclosed wit.li every both** ** RitlcU I?> aTrnin. A dispatch from Grteul'oud to The State tays Mr. M A. Brawdy, whose homo was In Beaufort county, was killed there Wednesday by tho fast mull. Mr. Brawdy and his wife had been to Walts rboro to attor.d the fun- ^ eral of their daughter and were returning to their homo at Dale, In Beaufort county. While waiting at the station hero for the local train Mr. Brawdy went across the track for a few mluu'es, end hearing a train c in og, supposed It was tho train he was to take an I attempted to cros* the track. The fast mall flying along tho tine stretch of t ack, struck the man, killing him almcs* lnotaotly. Mr. Brawriy was not a angled, but never spoke after the ei gtne struck him. Mr. Brawdy was al out (J3 yeurs old. n | (Jlvf Yniir Sionmch a Kent. Your food must be properly digested and assimilated to t>- of any value to you. If your stomach is weak or dise used take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 11 digests what you eat and gives the stomach a rest, en ahling it to rcoupoiate, take on new life and grc w strong again. Kodol cures sour stomach, gas, bloating, heart palpitation and all digest ive disorders. L. A. Soper. of Little Bock, Ky., writes us: "Wo feci that Kodol Dyspepsia (Jure deserves all the coininen l.ition that can be given , it, as it saved the life of mir little gii 1 , when she wfas three year:, old. She is , now six and we have kept it for her c?nist;ii tly, but of couise she only takes it now when anyth ng disagrees 1 witli her." Sold by Dr? E. Norton. litLiii .. i% .. ?>?. ? u >11111 ii j iMimrH. A dispatch from Betl uno to The i Stito says several hunr red c owlles were burned about two mile* we-t of tint t wn last Sunday night an! while they were turning the Sea board's Florida limited train, to which was attached Vanderbllt's special car, . was c?np lied to stop on aooount ot the tire. Most of ti e ties b donned ! [ to John M :Gougan, a white man who was out b<8ide the railroad trying to i put out the lire. Mr. Vanderbilt, who saw that ttie tiro would mem a heavy loss to McGougm, walked up and preseuted him with lifty dollars 1 In cash. Thai iicklniu In the Throat. One minute after taking One Minute Cougl f Core that tickling in the throat is gone, it aet In the throat - ' Snot t he stomach. Harmless good for '! children. A. L. SpolTord, p .'master at Chester, Mich., says: "'Our little girl was unconscious from strangulation during a sudden and terrible attack of croup. Three doses of One Minute Cough uuro half an hour apart speedily cured her. I cannot praise One Minute Cough (Jure too much for what it lias done in our family." It always gives relief. Sold by i)r. E. Norton. Want llaiiHom. A dispatch from Manila says leaders of the hand of Lab rones, which re ' cently attacked the town of San Fran de Malaban, and caplu-ed tho wife and two children of ex-Gov. Trias, now demand ransom for the release of their captives. The Siinfcliine ? 1" prlii^. The Salve t hat cures wit hoot a scar is DeVVitt's Witch Hazel Salve Cuts, Burns, Boils, B uisesand Piles disap. pear hclore the use of this salve as snow before the sunshine of spring. Miss II M. Middh ton, Thebes, ill., says: "I was seriously atliie ed with a fever sore that was very painful. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salvo cured me In less than a week." Get the genuine. Sold by Dr. E. Norton Norfolk has a phik sophical negro man who saved his per onal apparel the other day at the ra ritice of two coiorea women who were burn d to death In an ar'J lining 100m. Whet) asked whs1 he had not g me to the re lief of the victims of the the he answered that he '"had to voik too hard to buy hip clothes to lose them saving women." Deserved Popularity* To cure Const dpat'ou and Liver troubles by gently moving the bowels and acting as a tonic to lie liver, take Little Early Risers. T.iese Famous Little l'ills are mild, pic sant and harmless, but elTcotive and sure. Their universal use for many years is a strong guarantee of their popul irity and usefulness. Sold by Dr. E. Norton. ?* Early Risers The famous HttHe f'lig. DeWITT'S WITCH HAZEL SALVETHE ORIGINAL. A Well Known Cure for Piles. Cures obstinate tores, chapped hands, eocema, akin diseases. Makes burns and scalds ?>alnless. We could not Improve the quality f paid double the price. The best aaive that experience oan produce er that money | can buy. Cures Piles Permanently DeWltt'a Is the original and only pure and genuine Witch Hazel Salve made. Look for the name DeWITT on every box. All other* are counterfeit. ..... nuinnsi; *T ^ K. O. DeWITT A CO., CHICAGO. Dfj _K. .Norton. 1 H. H. WOODWARD, I Attorney and Counsellor at Law, CONWAY. 8. C. I R^BTsCARMOUGf^ CONWAY, S. 0., ATTORNEY AT LAW. 1 ' [To Cui Take Laxative Brom Seven MQllon boxes sold In past 12 mo rd asteless Q it. 25 years. Aver ilf Million bottles. ! >yon ? No C?re, n Ten Cent Pickaje oi GROVE'S liLAC It&HaZSXBSTCBP ^SJSrtftT/W .^.aSE Dr. Hathaway Cj Your Owi tVrite this Skillful Specialist About Y< Expert Opinion Free, Which Will What Your Local Doctor Wi HIS SYSTEM OF HOME TI No rxtro charge T??r urdlolui't." I . " If yon nre fooling ill, and <1 > not know just J what is thomatter with you, do not ma'>o tlus mistake of calling on your local doctor for | L'onsulUition bu just nun* ly writo to Dr. J. * Now ton Hathaway, 88 lay.an Bldg, Atlanta, j, tin,, of just how you btilYor, ami ho w 11 coun- , * sol and advise you for n thing, whilo your . homo doctor will charge you anywhere from J ?1 to ?10, tor tho same service, and again, D^. J 1 lathaway's advico is worrh ton times more to J you, for Ids wido experience in the treatment J of diseases (twenty five years), enables him t" , *. lit once understand tho exact nature of your i. tr nitdo. He will also send y >n a Self-Kxaini- I nation Blank nnd a valuable hook on your|8 disease, of which ho is the author, free of t H charge. * 8 Dr. Hathaway'n specialty is diseases of a chronic and lingering nature, and those he has ' successfully treated for over twenty five jv years, 'lira success t o Iimh mot with is some- | \ tiling romarKnoio. mo tins reaclioU the t e id j ' of his profession mid his title of "the rot-tig- 1 ni/.oil authority on Chronic DIboarob" justly * belongs to hi in. Not only has hi> ouroti thous- ! ' niul of siifTororH who call nt his office f->r trout- 1 inont, lint nonrlv every State in the Union is ' represented on liis list of cured patient- whom | ho was able to euro by his method of home * treatment. He has had s"Oi iul sueceM in cur- v ing eases of long standing an 1 of a complicate L ni nature, after several doctors had given them ' up as incurable, but whether vonr case is of * long standing or not, you should at once seek j 1 the advico of this groot specialist. It will lie ' mFYRK kilfyS That Is exactly what It is. aFu day at the Stato Fair showing Its lirt Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw Mi property should have them. For sal COLOMBIA SI Coltiinbia, H O The mac Southeastern Lira* CMABLEST Building Material of all kin "KUBEROU)." \ The Guinahd I C:OI^ljivii * Building and Re-Pros-od Brick. vSpfc Terra Ootta Fluo Linings. Prcpar for millions. Whlsko | Morphine I Clgaret Habit, | Habit | Habit Cured by I 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Oolui r> VI i~* fx C/\l /1/1 II" m " " - "?i THE BEST I; MEDICINE 11 fo* WOMEN 11 If you aro nervous and tired out B > continually you could havfc no B < cloarcr wamino of tho approach I | of serious female trouble. Do not wait until you suffer un- fl y bearable pain before you sock treat- B | ment; "You nee<l Wine of Cardui I now just an much as if tho trouble I ' wero more developed and tho tor- B 4 turing pains of disordered men- fl '? struation, bearing down pains, I : leucorrhoea, baekacho and head- fl vt ache wero driving you to the un- M * failing relief thatA\ ine of Cardui I has brought hundreds of thousands fl 9 of women and will bring you. IWine of Cardui will drive out fl ! all trace of weakness ana banish B 4 nervous spells, headache and back- B ache and prevent the symptoms H from quickly developing into dan- B gerous troubles that will be hard fl to check. Secure a $1.00 bottlo of M Wine of Cardui today. ' If your I j dealer does not keep it, send the I , money to tho Ladies' Advisory I I Denl Tbn r'UoH. **?1: v vimtvauwgtt iiU'UlCllH) M Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., and the I medicine will bo sent you. 1 HUMERI ( CAR QUI G .FaEDSTALVEY * A Attorney and Counsellor at Law, ^ CONWA Y, S. C i ii )r. K. Norton. Av I *e a Cold in One 10 Quinine Tablets, j* r ?th?. This signature, ' ?? ? fe^Vy * iill Tonic sge annual sales Does t^his record No Pay. 50c. K^^ERPjU^^ ) an Cure You at i Home. >ur Trouble, Ho Will Give You Ilia IV> Worth M )re to You Thau II Charge $5 or $10 for. rAi\YU:NT IS PERFECT. "No mlnle*(ltnjg 'ftl'1!!!' Ill ? P tlCC- p? 11 Vf propoHitionH allowed in my ndviuo>f groat benefit to you, ?ven if you do not ike treatment. lie baa m p > itivo and permanent euro for lianas s of m n and w unon su h as I.OST d \NII1 >()!), STItK ITJ <K, VV'ICO 101,10, < 10 ItVOU S I > 10 It I . IT V. 1 vN' T - A HO HI) PROS* I'VI IC, RI110U.M U'lSM, SPKC1BLOOD 'OISON, K I I ?NI0Y AND BL \1)DI0R TltOU51,10. IIIOAUT DISIOASIO. STOMACH AND JOWBLL TltOURLB, DIAIJ I5TKS, tit OUTS DISK ASH, ITRINARY THOUM.K. IONLAHOHD PHOST VTH, THMALH ntOUBLH, WOMB TltOUBLK, OVARIAN I'UOUBLH, LHUOORRIIIOA, 10 IV , and if you iro alllioted with any of tin so diseases, you ihoiiM loao no time in consulting this famous pcialist. Ilis treatment for these diseases is based on >vor a quarter century of close aludy, and vhen ho once discharges you as cured, you 'end have 110 fe .r that you will ver l>o trou>1 d with your disease again?hiactiroa are pernan nt. Dr. Hathaway is the author of eig^ nlua' le medical hooks which ahould In in he hands of every one alllioted, or every head > it i iimy. mm no win scnu ? i?y one nf these * 111 Oth t > y mi o" i '. i i|> ??f y??ur name and nd!,<>s i. I.'its .us.m nt tlif thront had 1'lnps; !. Id Inevn and urinary tract; It disonsoH nf voiin-ii; 4. k-in, mml, rheunmti in; .r> Idood miaou; (i, iKirvoua d Mlity and vi ill woaknens; ', Rlrirt'irn; 8. vnricocple. If you do not nilTor vuirs.olf Bond him tho nann of N>m ? ono Iim t doos. Do not fornot tl < addrosa.? I. Now ton Hathaway, M. D, 8'J linnan Bldg., \ lant i, Cia. kTPkilfyreT^ i Cilltr. i) i a i uori&i>\ ovary ; lighting nualllics. II, Glnnory and any ono owning IPPLY 00.; hinery Supply house of the State e & Cement to OH, S. C. da High Qiale Hoofing Vrifce for prions. Brick Works, I A, C. olal Sn ipes to order. Fire Proof od to till orders for thousands or | A11 Drug and Tobaoqo I IlaMts. itiHtitiite, oi' ?. C. obia. H. CJ. Onfldotitdal oorre?vonr T. S. LliYMAN M. D." TflK SPECIALIST. v I Cures a 1 diseases of mon. Lost i an hood, sy phi 1 Is (blood poison), onorhoea gleet, stricture, varicocele, ydrocele and all priyabo diseases of aen. Catarrh In all forms cured luiokly. Piles cured without operaIon or detention from business, loder guarantee. Booms 421 and 22 Leonard oulldlng, Augusta, Ga. Vrlto for heme Lreatmei t. Ofll.e 'cuts: 9 a. m. to 7 p. m Sunday's a. m. to 2 p m. 1 * ; Makcjlome Happy. | Good Music Will Do This. You want a aweol-tonod Piano, g J or you may pr?for a line Organ. S I Wo n proB**nl tlio Hni ulnrd q , M?k r". Our prices and torms Z I will appeal to you. Call on or ad- I ' drees # MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, g J In Opera House Block, g COLUMBIA. S. C. g s-V^r/S j / J GUARAW / T?D tc AAft lUNK OFPOS'T J J Railroad F .re Paid. Z ^ MIKE C urses Offered V'TCiiKSypJWW B uhtCcM wrltaQutd f ORfiiA.M !?*n r BUSIUIS.SCOIU Gt. rdacon.G* 'Anwav-RpftuliAw g D rv 11 II U J UVWUilVH XV XV DAILY SCHEDULE. MyrtleTkaeh 1 a .m r Convraj 7 .40 a..? T 0>nw*y 9.60 a. n r Myrtle Iteoch 9:45 a. ok Myrtle liMtch 1:30 p m r Oonwey 2:15 p. m v OotiWfcy 5:30 p. m r Myrtle Beach 6:10 p. m i T%n\r CarM CH* 1 ? l/Ujf In Two Day*. I 7py on every 1 box* 23c* E