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PAID FOR_JOBS. Members of the State Constabulary Bought Places. SENSATIONAJ TALK. The Names of Prominent Gentlemen in Public Life in South Carolina Figure in Dispensary Investigation on Hearsay- Testimony Before Committee. In the dispensary examination in Columbia on Thursday Division Chief Fant, of the constabulary fnro.?. mdo some sensational statements. A good deal of it was hearsay, and this is unfortunate, but perhaps it is just as well for everything to come out, al though hearsay evidence is often embarrassing and proves utterly groundless. Mr. Fant, lu his evidence, gave the distinct impression that certain parties in Spartanburg were regularly bartering positions on the constabulary force, from tne smallest to the highest position. lie said it was reported that Mr. William McGowan, of that city, was oredlted with having a regular constabulary mill and that he had the record of 28 men wfoo had arranged with Mr. McGowan to get jobs on the constabulary, and that the offers for the positions ranged all the way from $20 to $300, and that at one time when his position was in jeopardy he had Tolaud otfer Mr. McGowan $300 for the position of division chief, but this was done merely to gain time to puncture the scheme, and that he never Intended paying a cent for his position, but that he wished to expose the atfalr. He then went on to say he reported the entire matter to Governor Mo Sweeney, and that he was retained in his position, but that Governor MoSweeney could not expose the affair, and that then he appealed to Mr. Geo. E. Prince, and later on to Senator Tillman, to expose the affair, and, he said, ho offered cbem the evidence. Senator Tillman 'wrote him that he had turned the matter over to Col. James 11. Tillman, but that nothing came of toe repeated efforts to secure publicity. Again he testified that he had told Mr. McGowan one day that he was very much annoyed by persons asking him for jobs on the force. Capt. McGowan had told him to turn all such applicants over to him and he would take them off Capt. Pant's hands. The grim old chief then narrated with evident satisfaction that he had in writing the names of 28 persons who had applied for places through Mc Gowau and the amounts paid by eacn. lie had a record of the clrcum stances. Mr. Mctrowan waN ruurung the mill up there," ho explained, "but he had a helper down here in Columbia. Private's places on the force were going at 825, and for the place of chief the bids were from 8250 to $300." Capt. Fant then continued that he wrote to Gov. McSweeney, giving him all of this information. "The ill treatment of myself which had been going on for along time was stopped then," he declared, "and I was given enough men to enforce the law." Mr. Fant said that the claim was made in Spartanburg that Mr. Mc Gown had a worker in Columbia, and finally, when pressed tDname who this worker was alleged to be, said that it was merely lieresay, but that the name, used was that of Mr. IJ. X. Gunter, Jr., then assistant Attorney General. Mr. Fant did not know that any one had ever paid for a position on the constabulary or that it had been got ten through the alleged mill in Spartanburg, but that he was prepared to show that 2tf men bad taken the matter up. Mr. Fant fnrbher alleged that it was reported to him that Chief Howie paid $275 to Chief Clerk W. W. Harris for his position, and that William Gross alleged that he paid $125 to get on the county board of control. These matters will be heard from and the other side presented. Mr. Kant and Mr. Seay test)lied that tney had given $60 and $40 each to Mr. Dillingham for alleged expenses in connection with the candidacy of Governor Heyward in the primary. Mr. Fant and Mr. Seay stated that they paid Mr. Dillingham this money u?i wnaij uaey unaersGOoa 10 do trie representation that Mr. Dillingham had spent i ver $1,000 in the election of Governor Ileyward and that they were asked to share in that expense. They both stated that? it was a voluntary offering on their part but that It was with the understanding that it was to pay election expenses. JOIC SKAY TESTIFIES. Joe Seay, an ex-consiaole whose name had been mentioned before, was next put up. lie explained the pistol Incident referred to by Capt. Dillingham. He was trying to buy a pistol. There was nothing crooked in the , transaction, he declared. When Ileyward was running for governor, he had gone out and worked for him be- \ cause Russell Gaffney had told him to go ahead and work hard for Ileyward ( and after the election Mr. Dillingham ( would pay him. He had favored Gov. , Heywaid anyway. Mr. Dillingham ' gave him $2 for his day's work at the ( polls the ilrst primary. He met Mr. j Ileyward tyftat same day and was asked to work in the second primary. He J had oarried all but three votes out of 107 at his box lor Ileyward In the sec- | ond primary. V Mr. Dillingham had then offered him a position on the oonBtabulary Witness said he dtdn't want the Job, but afterwards concluded that if there was a oertatnty of getting the Job he would take it. Dillingham then told him to go home, rent his place and move to town. He complied and with others waited in Spartanburg to get Jobs with Dillingham's assistance. He had waited and waited until he got in debt for rent and rations and had got to the point where he was praying for a job. Gave Mr. Dillingham a note for 150 to help bear the eleotion expenses. Paid $10 the first month he was' on the force. The second month when he went to pay another instalment Dillingham said, "Joe, have you got that reoelpt?" Witness produced the receipt for the first $10. Dillingham said, "Give it to me and I will return your note, I didn't want anythiDgout in black aud white in this transaction." Witness was given back his note but continued to pay on it until he had paid $40. He then asked for a suspension on the last $10, as he had helped Mr. Dillingham around the stable when he was waiting for the job He had never heard of Mr. Dillingham complaining of Ewbank selling liquor out of his stable. Knew nothing of any reports of that kind. When questioned by Dillingham, he told how he had lost his Job. They had been on a long raid and he got too much whiskey and expressed his mind about the other men going off and leaving him on watch. WIIAT DILLINOIIAM SAYS. Mr. Dillingham, on the other side, admitted that Mr. Pant, had nairi Mm $50, that Mr. Seay had paid him $40, atid that lie had collected other money, but that it was no part of any expense in connection with the n imin&tion of Governor Ileyward and that Governor Hey ward had absolutely nothing to do with it. He insisted that he was paid this money because in helping Fant and Seay and others get their jobs he had to lose time from his business and make visits to Columbia and that it was a recompense for his time and work, and that those who paid him understood it that way, or he tried to make it so understood. He said that whatever expense he incurred in helping the candidacy of Governor Heyward by authority of Mr. Law, as the representative of Governor Heyward, was returned to him, and that he felt that whatever legitimate expense he went to in this campaign was with the approval of Governor Heyward and Mr. Law, the freind of Governor Heyward in his compaign. If Governor Heyward, with the ad vice of his friends, thoug.it it judicious and prudent to expend a limited sum for legitimate campaign expenses, that is his coucern, but he never authorized any approximation to the sum of $000 Or $700. which Mr. r)llllni/hu.rr? muu felt be had a right to expend in his enthusiasm to see Governor Ileywad gain the nomination. Successful campaigns these days require money here and there for neoessary legitimate ex penses. GUNTER DENIES IT. Mr. Gunter Is sick with typhoid fever at the hospital and with his clean record as a man and cttioer It Is unfortunate that his name should have been mixed up with this scandal on mere hearsay. Mr. W. H. Townsend, the assistant attorney general, was aiked for a statement in behalf of Mr. Gunter and gave the following interview which he had had with Mr Gunter. "The hearsay statement of the witness Fant was shown Attorney General Gunter at the Columbia hospital Thursday evening; and he said it was infamously false that he had asked, received, expected or wanted any compensation or reward for aiding anybody anywhere to obtain a position or otllce connected with the dispensary or any other governmental agency. Why his name should be connected with such statements he cannot conceive. That he has never Imp irtunel any of tbe governors for sucb favors, as will be borne out by the governors themselves. No truthful man can be found who will say that he ever paid him anything. Of ourse, his uame may have been hawked without his knowledge by designing persons: If so such person should, and must be, held ac countable, and, ho Intends to use every effort to tlnd out If such Is the case, just as soon as he is able to leaye the nospltal." JUDQK l'KINCK S VKKSION. Judge Prince says that lio pipers or evidence and no specification of charges were ever filed with him by Mr. Fant or by any one else. He bad never heard of any being filed wl h G >v. McSweeney or with Senator Till man. Judge Prince says that so f^r as he can remember, Mr. Faot never mentioned t> him In any way the management or conduct of the constabulary force at Spartanburg hut that in a casual conversation Mr. Fant did onc? ar.^t.e t.haf. nnmo ? ? ? ? ? ? w-?v.w wuni/M? bles, perhaps a chief constable at Greenville, whose name escape 1 the judge's memory, had been guilty of some misconduct. The Judge advised ' Mr Fant to get up atli lavlts about the 1 matter and tile ttiem with the gover ( nor. He afterwards hearcTno more of ( tne matter. CAIT. MCOOWAN'8 REPLY. A dispatch from Spartanburg to The State says Capt. McGowan, who has been out of town sinse Wednes* ' day afternoon, on arriving went to Ohlef Kant and asked the names of 1 the 28 men who had applied to him 1 (McGowar) for positions and cousta- j bles. Chief Fant replied that it was 1 i rumor, but he would get up the ' names if he could. Capt. McGowan'a uonneotiou with dispensary tflicials has always been in the capacity of attorney. At one time, he said, he rep j resented a member of the board of ( aontrol before the county delegation * In the general assembly. I The milter wis tarried to the State board and he was paid a fee. Afterwards he was aotive Id eeourtng the appointment of two constables and these persons paid his expenses to Columbia and in eaoh oase this amount .. was not over $10. He said thathe al- ' ways signed petitions of persons asking for positions on the constabulary force and was of the opinion that other members of the bar did the same. Capt. MoGowan said that B. L. Toland had never offered him one i cent or given him any Inducement to have Chief Fant removed. As to Attorney General Guntor and dispensary appointments, he said that he had never in his life spoken to Mr. Gunter about such matters, except probably once. A man named Groce, who claimed to oe a good friend of Gunter and Chief Flammet, applied for a position and asked him to speak a good word to Chief Hammet. Capt. McGowan Raid that all his connections with constables had been as attorney and he will represent any and all of them If they can pay the fee exaoted. He thinks that the ringing in of Mr. I Gunter was oruel and unnecessary and 0 this opinion is shared by a large num- ' ber of people in Spartanburg. KEPT HIS PACT d b Alter Shrinking From It For Throe t DayH ami Nights. c "I am going to my grave where I J should have been on the 17th with t Thompson, Oh, how I wish 1 had gone s ?still I put it off till the last minute, a but now it must be done. 1 hope my \ brother will see that 1 am cremated. c If he doesn't then I give my body, for a consideration for use of my children, v to the Jefferson Hospital, Eleventh ( and Sansom. t "There will be no use of opening me as I died of cyanide of potassium. "And may God have mercy on my t soul. Amen God forgive me. Amen." Shrinking with dread for three days c from carrying out the terms of a sui- c cide pact he had made with hlsohum, e Joseph A. Thompson, member of a t family of millionairs and relatives by j marriage of the Pittsburg Thaws, who \ endei his life on Thursday by taking f cyanide of potassium in Fairmount c Park, Philadelphia, Pa., William Webster Hoopes finally swallowed a j dose of the same poison at Strawberry , Mansion in the same city. IEs lifeless c body was found by a park guard with r the a>)ove letter in his pocket. Tue death agreement was made c more pathetic by the fact that August c 17, the dty agreed upon, was the first c anniversary of the death of Iloope's a wife. Tae men had presumably de- B elded upon the drug and the place in a which to end their lives. Iloope's body !, was fouud at the same spot in the park jj wliere Thompson's was discovered. Hoopes's life since his marriage tif- j vcmi yuiirs u^u nan oeenone or trouble. ^ A religious disagreement was the tirst ^ rock upon which the family split. (] Then came the wife's death, following j directly from their disrupted home life. r For fifteen months Iloopes had oeen ^ unemployed' and the savings of years tJ ebbed away to procure sustenance for t him and his two children. d The last chapter of his life was j written in his own hand and was found v in the pocket of the dead man. OruHlitul to Death. 11 A special dispatch to The State 1 from Williamston tells of a horrible [] accident that occurred at the 3 u >h- l! em station there on Wednesday after- j3 noon, which resulted in the death of James J. McKenzie, ilagman on train ^ No. 72, a through freight headed for a Columbia. This train had just ar- 8 rived at Williamston and the brake- a man had detached the engine and 8 eight cars from the train and was j3 coming in the siding to pick up a car, *' when Mr. McKenzie attr mpted to r couple the car to the eight others to c which the engine was attached. He 0 failed in the first effort. Then he L gave a signal to the engineer to pull c ahead and as the train moved ahead f about a half yard's length, the unfor- 1 tunate young man walked over in the e centre of the track to adjust the e knuckle of the coupling to which he 8 Intended to couple the car he was picking up. As he was walking back- c wards with his face towards the en- ^ edne, he failed to observe that the ^ car he wanted to pick up was slowly a rolling towards him and thus before ' he had adjusted the coupling and 8 stepped from the track, as was his intention, the two cars moving In op posite directions caught him, the au- u tomatic coupliogs striking him with o deadly force, crushing his left lung Into a jelly, breaking his ribs la and c bruising both arms terribly. s Kllle<l in Wreck. J A dispatch to The State from g. Greenville says the local freight going 0 to Greenville on the Greenville and jj Laurens railroad was wrecked Wed- ^ nesday morning near Larksdale, four u miles north of Laurens, at about 11 C] a. m. The negro tireman, Henry S) Jackson, was killed and J. L. H^ar- 5 den, the engineer, badly Injured. The a engine and tender and seven cars wore demolished. Tuere have been three u wrecks at prao ically the same place within the past six months. There z was apparently nothing wrong with L] the track in either instance and the \y Dplnion has been advanced that oome- p thing must have been placed on the t, track. A large Iron holt was picked ^ up on the ground, which had the apparance of having been run over by t,| the engine. Railroad Commissioner ^ J. II. Wharton was on the scene look- f( ing into the matter. tl Sailor Kills Himself* 01 Guy Earle Ilowett, a yoeman on the l< receiving slilp Franklin, at the Norfolk navy yard, committed sulcile J Tnursday by shooting. No explanaLion was given. THE BRIGE LAW * [o Be Carried Into the Conrts and There Tested vs to its legality. his Also Involves the Legality of the Recent Election in Union County, and Judge Townsend Has Ordered the Dispensaries There to Remain Open. A special dispatch to The State from Jnion says Jud^e Townsend Tuesday f last week Issued the feliowiutf rder: "It is ordered that the defendants lo show cause before me at my chamfers at UDlon, S. C., at 11 o'clock on he UUi day of Sep* ember, 11)05, why hey should not be perpetually u j >in d from closing the dispensaries as a esult of the recent election held on he 15th day of August 1005. That he said defendants are hereby retrained and enjoiued from closing ,nd ceasing to operate said dlspensares until the further order of this ourt. "Let a copy of this order be served vith the summons, c >mplaint and afidavjts upon each of the defendants lerein. "JD. A. Townsknd. "Circuit Jucipe. "At Chambers, Uniou, S. C., 22ad ^utfust, 1905." liy the is- ulntf of the above qu >tcd trder, a delay has b ;en put on the larryin^ out of the wishes of the votsrs of Union county, as expressed In lie election held Tuesday, August 5ih, when they declared by their balots of "dispensary" 412 and "no dlsipnsftrv" 7G1 t.hat. t.hov u.l?hprl t.h?> lispensary to go. The action was brought by W. Hoyd Svans and Lawson D. Melton, atiorleys of Columbia and the complaint lovers 11 pages of closely typewritten natter. No Interference was made in thedeilaring of the eleotlon by the election lommissioners, as had bjen antic! patd; but about 4 o'clock the attorneys ippeared before Judge Towusend and ecured tills temporary lnjunc; ion on , complaint made by Carrie Harnett. . well known farmer of the county, Iving near HulTalo. The defendants are it M Fincher, Clzle Kelly and W. D. Wllkius, couny bond of control, and 0. C. May, J. }. Ilowell and J. It. Askew, county ispensers. Under tills complaint Mr. iarnett alleges that he Is a taxpayer, estdent citizen, and q lalitied voter of Jnion county; that the defendants lamed have under their custody, conrol management and direction three iisepnsarles for the sale of lntoxicatng liquors in this county. That by Irtue of an alleged act of the general .bsembly entitled 11 An act to amend ection 7 of an act entitled 'An act o provide for the election of the State ioard of control, and to further reguate the sale, use, consumption, trans lortation and disposition of intox catng and alcoholic liquors or liquids in his State, and prescribe further pennies for the violation of the d its pen ary law, and to police the same.' " pprovtd March Utb, 1890, and as tuenled by the general as,erub!y of louth Carolina at its r< gular session n January, 1904, and approved Febuar> 25th, 1904. T. J Betenb&ugh, ounty supervisor of Union county, rdered an elect'On to be held; subxdtiug to the qualiiied voters of the said ounty of Union the question of "dis leusary" or "no disp -nsary," on the 5th day of August, 1905. That the lection was held on the day prescrib d, and the county boird of com misloners have today declared the re?ult n favor of "no dispensary;" that said ounty board of control and dispensers lave threatened aud declared their inention to close the said dispensaries nd cease to operate the same, clalmng It is their duty to do so as the reult of the said election. Til K GROUNDS. This the plaintiff al'eges wou'd be inlawful, unconstitutional and void, n the following grounds: (i) That this section 7, as above ited, is in direct violation of the con moumun'fu luiiiuiuiuu uuii<aiut*u ju ivriole 3, Rectton 34 clause 11 of thectn* fcltuLton of South Carolina, 1905. That aid section is an attempt on the part f the general asemb'y to pass a spec il law to limit the operation of the ispensary law to certain special local des, and the act being deprived r f Its haracler as a general law becomes a pecial or local law. That the election eing made under said section is llleg1 and void. (b) Tnat by virtue of articles 8, secion 11 of the constitution of 1895, 4e State cannot delegate to its culms any special localities determed by tieir votes as to whether they shall e subject to the exercise of the said oboe power regarding the manufac jre, sale or prohibition of liquors or everages. (c) Tnat the act popularly known as ne lirice bill is unconstitutional, as ie general assembly failed to provide ir the holding of elections at which ime such questions as "dispensary" r "no dispensary" can be submitted p the people, and has failed to pre;ribe the manner in which such elecIon shall be held and results ascerUned. (d) That under the general election law the election abould be held the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, 1890, and each second year thereafter; that If It should beheld under this law suoh special questions as ' dispensary1' or ' no dispensary" 1 should be submitted to the people, then such election could only be held the first Tuesday of November, 1906 i and tbatT. J. Heteubaugh had no authority to order said election for any other time. (t) By virtue of a majority of the votes being for "no dispensary" levies I a special tax upon the tax payers of Union county, whloh is in violation of article 1, section 7 of the constitution. Furthermore, that this bill originated In the senate, when under the const! 1 tutlon, article 3, section 15. "Bills for 1 raising reveuue shall originate in the y house of representatives, but may be ( altered, amended or rejected by the senate, and all other bills may orlgl- * nate In either house, and may be al ' tered, amended or rejected by the ( other." , The plaintiff aMeges upon informs- ( tion and belief that the petition for | an election on the question of "dis | pensar>"or "no dispensary" was not signed by onc-foith of the qualified i . # IT..1 * ? ' vuvwro in uuiuu o^umy, ann mat trio | supervisor ordered it without a>-cer tabling same; that the plaintiff is in formed and believes the election was fraudulently and illegally held and conducted, in that many persons who wore not qualified voters were allowed i to vote, and many persons who were qualified voters were not allowed to vote; persons were allowed to vote at precincts other than those at which they resided; no registration books were furnished the managers, as re quired by law, and in marry ways the raw was not complied with; ?and as a result of this fraud and these Irreyu larilics the election resulted in "no dispensary," whereas, if it had been conducted according to law, it would have resulted in favor of the dlspen sary. That the plaintiff, as a ciUzmi , and resident of Union county, has a right to purchase intoxicating liquors form said dispensaries, and if same are closed, as threatened, the plaintiff and other citizens of Union county will he deprived of their rights and prlvlh ges , to purchase alcoholic liquors, as he or they desire to do, and the county will bo deprived of the revenue it is entitled to under the provlsons of the 1 dispensary law. i On these grounds the plaintiff prays I that the injunction be issued to pre vent the said dispensaries from oios lng, and the election to be declared unconstitutional, illegal and void. Following this are till lavlts signed by J. II. Wilbanks and a. B. Burgess, mill operatives, and J. F Wllbanks, a farmer, who alle ge that they did not au ihovlze the signing of their names to the petition, and that as taxpayers they will be damaged because the tlec tion oust the county $300. Tlllfi SUrKUVISOU'8 TAUT. The ntxt affidavit is that signed by G. U. May, beer dispenser, and J. G. Ilowell, dispenser, who allege that they, with W. Boyd Evans, visited Supervisor T. J. Betenbaugh on the 1 nlcrh rtf A nrniuf 1 1 Hi ? -1 ,1~1 v/4 4i unu AjLUII) dllU lll&l/ DUlOIl' I baugh ?alci in their presence that when the petitions were tirst present , ed to him there were about 1,000 slg- , natures to said petitions, and that he took them and carefully examined toem for several days, and of the 1,- t 000 signatures to said petitions he found only 274 qualified voters to said petitions, and tnat he refused to order 1 the election and returned the petl- f tlonsto tiiose who had presented them; that those interested took the peti- I tlons and went over them, and said ' they had found 50 or 00 additional qualified voters, but that he did not i investigate to see whether or not this ( was correct; that later the same petitions were presented to him again, ( with less than 200 additional slgna- ( turos, that he took ttn petitions and ordered the special election to be held in Union county on the question of "dispeDRary" or "no dispensary" on 1 the 15th day of August, 1905, without further investigating the said peti tlons to see whether they contained , the one-forth or the qualified v iters, , as required by law, or not. At the , same time he ordered the special eleo- ( tion he did not know whether the petitions contained the one fourth of | the qualified voters or not, and did not know them; but that he ordered j the said election because those who presented the petitions said that they , had the one-fourth of the qualified , voter*-; that If he had known what he . knew then, that it was not his bus! , lies* to find out whether the petitions , con ained the one fourth or not; that , the supervisor of registration did not j make an afildavlt that the petition , contained one-fourth of the qualified voters, neither did those who present ed the petition the last time make such an afil lavit, that he only took 1 their wcrd for it, that he b; s been 5 over the boiksof the snpri ,i?or cf * registration for Union c nty, and ( that he knows that ther? ..re at least I 1,800 qualified voters in i.ie couuty of I Union; that he c u d not make an af- i fidavit at time he ordered the election ( or then that V.e petitions asking for r an election contained one-fcurth of h the quailfl d voters of Union county; t that ho w mill make an affidavit. to ' thlsefT ct mxt morning, August 12th, a 1 *.>0.1 when no came to his otlioe; that e Instead of making said atlldavlt next a morning, as above stated, he refused, stating that he preferred to go to his ctlUe and write out a history of the whole matter, in the form of an attl- ? davit. Instead of going to his own otllce, he went to the ctllee of J. A. v Sawyer, where he spent the whole morning, and about 2 o'olock that afternoon, August 12th, he sent a ? letter to W. Hoyd Evans stating an ' entirely different thing than that stat s ed tlie night before in the presence of 1 them; that the said letter Is affixed to the affidavit. The letter referred to has already been published In closing It he says: "At the time I ordered the election I was H&tlffied that the petition contained one fourth of the qualified voters of the county, and 1 am now go satis tied." A WORD TO YOUNG MSN. Don't Go Too Faaf, My Boy, (t Will Not Pay. Young man slow up. The pace you ire setting Is a killing one. You may 'ancy that vou are making a stunning itart in life, but It Is a start that will llstance you in the end. Don't go XX) fast, my lad. "Slow and sure" :ias taken down more purses than any )ther racer that ever went round the track. You are smoklr g half a d( zen jlgars a day?slow up, that means a dome In twenty years. You are buying all the c'othes that come to town ? slow up, that means a farm in twenty years. Besides all the rag* in the world never yet mule a man. You are taking an occasional drink with gcod intentions not to 1* c< me a I abitual bo< // r. Slow up?the road to hell is paved wltn good intentions. You aro winning the su lies of some silly girl by ( pending all you can upon her. Slow up?a wife won In this way Is worse than the seven-vear itch because It last louger. You are gambling a little now and then, just taking a few chances for the fun of tiie thing, Slow up -suckers arc small tish and never grow to he very large, but they nre first class nibblers. You can hlc w yourself out of the running before the lirst quarter Is readied by just trying to keep up with the pacemakers. Contract bad habits, keep foollah company, listen to had advice, spend all tou Ojii and run In debt, swell arou td and act the dude and you'll lie a failure just as uro as effect is the r< suit of cause. You'll hav8 a good time for ten years and a had time for sixty. 11a wise and clean and economical that life may be large, tine ind splendid to you Moiiho atml Noiitfottae, Many a girl's usefulness has been polled by some fool friend who told tier she wan pretty. Learn to ! ay "No." It will tie of more, u io to you than to be able to read Latin?Spurgeon. Probably more men w< uld drink ioda water If It weren't for the name the KtutL Many an embyro statesman lards n jail before tie has a ohanoo to make <o< d. G merally a man can grumble about ts b ing too hot when tie Isn't grumb* iir?K atiout it being too cold. It sometimes happens that when a jirl rej-ots a young man's proposal be jelebrates his lucky escape by getting rull. A girl Is old enough to know better when tier mother cant tell her anything sho thinks she docsn's know. There is no telling where a slnnr will land when he begins to monkey with a hshing outdt on Sunday. In the raee for wealth the men who ire distanced often reap the greatest oenelits. ui Some churches that talk about evivals would better talk about re?urrectlon8. The pecketbook nerve of some men s much more sensitive than taeir tomestlc nerve. ci i __j We have never bead of a business man going to a pool hall in search of an itllce boy. rn i_ i _ i I I " ? " - - ? j.nis wouici Dota nrearv world indeed f there were no rainbows to chase occasionally. II Salvatlon'l.s to bo had for the asking, but it costs work and money and sacrifice to retain It. What Oov. Ila) wtrit Says. The S ate says Gov. II*yward returned from Virginia Wednesday night and was at his desk Thursday morning. Ac appears to bo in fine health and spirits since fits needed rest but Is tflad to return, for ho says he felt unsr ttled witheut occupation. He was asked for a statement as to the developments in the dispensary investigation but merely said: "I do not think it necessary or propose as shief executive to make a statement at this time. Tie committee was appointed by the legislative department jf the government and is doing its work. I hope that and believe that they will do their duty and make a thorough investigation." Killed iwo Men. Oliver Lott, a negro laborer at the lumber mill of G. Talley In Tunnell Springs, Ala., during a quarrel with John and Harry Helton, over a debt, ^vir. * I. 1.111I ir-i /|? UbU 1Kb \JlJ IIICU1, KI11IIJK >1111111 IIOIion, and seriously wounding Harry Helton. The negro then Had and bar icaded himself In a house. A pofcsa of jitizens under the^ leadership of O. falley attempted to arrest him. They lurruunded the hi me, but L)tt refusal to surrender, and tiri d on the crowd. L'aUey was mortally wounded and died i few hours later. The posse then 11 rd on the negro and his body was afterwards found riddled with bullets. Where who Ijivom. The widow of JetTerson Davis lives >n the seventh floor of a quiet New fork hotel, a white haired woman vltb keen eyes, tense manner aud a oft voice. Her apartmeuts are crowdid with mementoes of "the lost cause" md never a day passes without a visit 'rom oue or more of the men who in lome way were closely tdentitied with the Confederacy. /