The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 02, 1906, Image 4
HOW ITJWORKS.
Impartial View of the Prohibition
Experiment as Seen by
MAYORS AM) POLICE
Of the Couniy Srais and the County
Officials Who Live There in Several
Countiv j*. T' e Experiment
Succeeds in Some and
Eails in Others.
Fifteen tf the 4 1 couutifs In South
Carolina have within the labt two
ears closed thedinpeosary by popula:
etc undor w>>at Is known an tin*
lirloe law." T icse ouuuths now
. eve prohibition, as (it) the counties of
Marlboro and Greenwood, whfoh have
never bad alspri^arii s Wishing to
obtain a fair, Impartial and accurate
Klia of the worklLg of prohibition
under this by stem of limited local
iml tin Thn Stutu uont t n lu >?n*v?s.
U| JL < V v-? vd IV l> WW I VUIlin
pondents in tho county scfats of the 15
counties the fo?lov*iriK ielter:
' Please obtain from the sheriff,
eupt.rvlsor ano superintendent of
education of your county and from the
major and chief of police of your
town a st&ti n.ent as to conditions
since and before the closing of tin;
dispensaries in your county, as to
soonety, law aud order. Ask the
sheriff and chief of police pailicularly
b8 to the comparative prevalence of
blind tlK?ra under dispensary and prohibition,
and also as to the 'jutf'
trade. Give impartially the sentiment
of the people concrnliiK conditions
before and after votlUR out the
dispensary, ai-kin# oa^h of these
ttlulals if lie considers that the peo
;le desire dispensaries reopened or
iresatlstiod with the present situajion."
The replies are presented bei%
and they bpeak for themselves.
Sl?AKTAN 1$UHQ COUNTY.
ShcritT John M. Nichous states
there is less lawlessness in the county
and that conditions Kenerally are batter.
"1 do not think that the people
desire |.he reopenlPK of the dlspen
sary. xue court records snow that
there are not as many blind tigers as
In the days of the dispensary."
Chief of Police A. 14. Deau, ol
Sparuuburg, in reply to a question,
stated that there is at present in
Spartanburg prohibition in every
sense of the word. The tigers have
been driven out and with the exception
of the "pocket trade" there is at
pnsent practically no illicit boiling of
whlbkey here. "The jug trade is still
heavy, although 1 think that there
has bapn a falling oil recently." Tne
connilions as to law and order and
sobriety are better, as the police docket
will show, and for the police department
matters are certainly quieter
than when the dispensary was
here. 1 do not ti ink that the people
generally desire the reopening of the
dispensary in Spartanburg."
Mayor John F. Floyd, of Spartanourg,
seated that tbtre was no comparison
between the number of drunks
and disorderlies which come up before
him now and the number whloh came
up during the dispensary regime.
? 'fin -J ? ' ' - 1 - -
xue present auixiiuistrauon or me
city's affairs is trying to give the people
praotloal prohibition and Is succeeding.
The general erudition ot
toe town in regard to law, order ana
sobriety Is much better than when the
dispel.&ary was In Spartanburg."
Mayor Floyd stated that the blind
timers had been driven out of business
and that they would be kept out.
Inquiry at the express olllc la regard
to the jug tiuJe resuhed in a
statement- being n.aoe that t> re is a
Blight diminution la the tr .tlU, bu,
this was thoughi to be owing to u o
hot weather. Tne express cilisia s
State that there is a regular iraoa
*hlcb varies but mtle. At time*
these si.ipixu-nts amount to tvr loo
galloD per o ?y. The oorresponden .
bays "in * hp city if Spirtaubu'g tnero
fre p;wOiicaly no ollna tigers, the
Illicit heelers hav'ng been dnv?-n out
by the city ad mm titration and the
tartanturg iorcc of State oonstabu
iry."
( CONKK COUNTY.
Mayor J ?i. Thompson, of W-.lh'ilK,
??:)K thai there have not be* u evi r
baif oiztn caMii befoio nnn lor
drunktLu.os sIlilo the dbpeiuruy
voted out. When n?e dispensary wry
here he fr< qjently had that m? uy p^r
week. Ti.iire are no active tigcs in
town. Ti e Jug Uuoe Is noi one-nun
dredth as muobab tnc dlspeubaf> sold.
wants r-o mo e aitpefsnry.
Chief of Puiloe Dj,v1?, of \V dhalla,
says chat ia / and order and ^otrleiy
havo Increased au leant 80 per sent,
since the dispensary wan ciobcd. ll.it,
arrested but one man fur drunknessin
the last three months. Ilo watches
express for jug trade. When a person
receives ihore than a half gallon
per week he must show what he is doln*
with It. liavu a town ordinance
to that effect. Don't want dispensary.
Prohibition Is a success.
Sheriff Will >Kay says conditions
have Improved under prohibition.
There are fewer timers and much less
drunkenness under prohibition than
under the dispensary. Considers
Walhalla the driest town of its size In
the State. L'.quor can soaroely bo
found here at all. The people over*
wholmingly favor prohibition.
Mr. J. S. Collens, county superintendent
of education, says: "As regards
the Information you desire oon
owning tbe dispensary and Iquor
t ifflo before and after tbe closing of i
toe dispensary, I shall say the condl*
tlooB are much better since the disp
near? closed than they were before,
^oe order of i ur town Is far superior
j.)w to what It was under the dlspenvy
system. Tne majority of the
ople of Oootus count) desire no dia
oennsrt s for the betlermeut of her
"oplc."
l'ickknb county.
Tho mayor of P'ckcns, J. MoD
Brio-., say*: "That the people are
* W illed and there Is less druckncig.
?nd 1 sh disorder, In fact not enough
of disorder t J istlfy the keeping of a
1 rnHco. The policeman was turned
j . IT after the dispensary was closed a' d
j *? have uot needed one sli cj. As
'or blind tigers, about the same;
there would be more jf It ?ere rot for
.-Stateo< nstahlew keeping them dowu."
Sher'tT J. C. Jennings say1: "That
sir.ee c osing the dlspens; r as there
are less blind tigers In the county
than t.! ere were when the d'spon^^ry
was In operation, there would be moi?
1" it were not for State constables.
There Is less drunkness and disorder
hv a large par cent. The people are
<atisfi'd with present c ndltions and
io not desire dispensaries reopened.
The supervisor, M;j Q M Lynch,
*avs: "That the peop'e are sati ti id
v 1th present conditions. There Is
1? ss drinking and disorder and not as
many blind tigers as there were when
dispensary was in operation.
Oountv Superintendent of Education
R. T. Ilallum says: "That the
ii ntiment of the nronle is m/slnkf. Mm
dispensary and they do not desire It
to be oponted. There Is less of druu
kenness and disorder.
LANCASTKKCOUNTY.
Mayor Wlhe, of Lancaster, <s ab
sent from the city and no expression
could be obtained from bim but the
actio# mayor, Warden T. S. Carter,
said: "There has be?*n #rent Improvement
In conditions of both town
and county. Virtually no blind
timers now. Rurely see or hear of a
drunk man. Remarkable Increase In
cash trade of town. People thoroughly
satisfied with prohibition "
Sherltl John P. Hunter says:
"There Is much less drinking and
drunkenness than when the d spensary
was here. Relieve a majority of
the people here want to see State and
county dispensaries wlp.dolf the face
or tue earta."
M. (J. Gardner, county supervisor
Lancaster: "Conditions over county
greatly Improved. Seldom hoar uf a
blind tiger. MAjorlty of peopie satistied
with prohibition."
I. T. Hunter, chief of police o*
Lancaster: ' Conditions wonderfully
Improved in town of Lancaster since
dispensary olosed. Records show only
live (5) arrests for drunkenness for tirst
six mouths of this year as against
tifty-four (64) arrests for same months
of 11)06. Fewer blind timers. Jug
trade somewhat increased. People
satlbiied with prohibition "
SALUDA COUNTY.
G. C. Wheeler, mayor of Saluda
says: "Thero Is far less drinking
and less disorder In tbe town of Saluda
since the dispensary was removed.
I believe this to be true In the cjunty
at largo. As to whether or not it Is
desired that dispensary be reopened
in this county sentiment is divided."
Dr. J. W. Pitts, ex-mayor, said:
"The amount of drunkenness and
rowdiness has greatly drcreasod since
the removal of the dispensary and 1
am sure tho majority of the people of
the town and county are pletsed at
these results."
13. F. Sample, Sr., superintendent of
education, staled that "there Is less
drinking In the town of Saind* ?in<<P
the removal of the dispensary, by this
1 mean that drinking on the part of
the people from the county, has decreased.
There are fewer arrests, but
no laxuess In the enforcement of law.
The town cffl iials are as rigid as ever.
I conM not say whether there is more
or less dilnking in the county at large
but do 1 -lleve there Is mora liilot
wlniskty bandied. In my oplnloD the
people of the county prefer the legal
sale of whiskey to the illicit sale of it
and would rather have the dispensary
purged of rottenness and graft than
blih i?.gers."
II B. White, treasurer, gave It as
his (pinion "that sobriety in the
town of Saluda has Increased at least
5u p r cent, since the dispensary was
voted out ana that tnere had t eon a
corresponding Increase In law and
order. Ilo further thinks the people
of the tou ty do not want the dispensary
reopened. There is loss lawless
oess In tho county and more sobriety."
B. F Sample, Jr., sheriff, said:
"Tnr.ro is consideianiy less drunkenqcst
la thr towu of Saluda than when
the Oi,ept isary was here. l)o not
| kucv. ' ow It Is la the county at large.
I Hu.- 1-. ? * - -
I lik cr :ei uer? is rrucn Deiter. T tie re
| much complaint about the way
I the dispensary was manHged and
1 many of our peooie In the county
i thl' k chat the dispensary, properly
and it neatly managed, if t hat can be
done, the best solution of the whiskey
question."
NKW11KUKY COUNTY.
Chief of Police W. H. Harris, of
Newberry says: "There Is no comparison
as to conditions now and
when we had the dispensary. The
police docket will show that lawlessness
has been greatly reduced While
the dispensary was here it required
i the work of two police to keep down
rowdyism and make a certain street
and oorner passable tne negroes,
mostly drunk, orowdlng the thoroughfare
so. Now that Is all changed and
no offloer is needed there. As to
blind tigers, there are no more now
than betore; in faot, there are fewer.
The condition! are better ten to one."
As to conditions in the oounty, Sher
Iff B afford sajs he 04a tell only *tiat
be hj?r?. Teal there h*v? been re
port< of blind tigers In different parts
of t ie cunty, but these reports were
also in circulation white the dispensary
was here.
ANDKHSON COUNTY.
Sheriff Green says that there has
been a great Improvement over the
county since u.e dispensaries were.
OiOftid Some blind tigers ex Uo 1 while,
the flDppusartes remained open, and
since the'r removal the numbrr of
tgersl as si'0*n some dt crease There
are a few blind tigers, but the officers
are vigilant ar.d suppress them a*
1 hey appear. Tnere have been blind
tige?s all the time. Fewer complaints
of drunkenness and shoot*r g and other
cl?ord? rs reach the c flics of the sheriff
dow. Mr G-een lives two mlies nori.li
of the city on the public reads. He
seJdcm scs a esse of drunkenness
now,Abut while the dispensaries were
operv.b en, noisy ana drunk* n, passed
aioug the read.
Mr L M Murphy, ohief of police,
of Anders; usays t'nat conditions have
Improved la the city. There has beat
some whisk.-) sold, hut this has beer
In small quantities and from jug ship
pM hero ic individuals. That Is the.
xr.ent of it. There have t ern three
convictions in the police court for
selling Ihjoor this year.
Mr. E. Li Nicholson, county superintendent
of education, thinks that
conditions have impioved since the
closing of the dlrpcnuary. He has not
serp rrrr?> than half a rif zen drunken
men since then. Drunkenness In the
country has been reduced greatly, his
observation leads him to believe.
union county.
The correspondent says in the city
of Union the pollen and State eonflta
blob are very active now, and have
the blind ti^er situation so well In
hand that but very little 1'quor is for
sale, even witn wnat blind tigers wold
in dispensary days. Police Sergeant
Evans, who ban been connected with
the 'orors off and on for the pas* ten
yearn, Hald: "As to drunkenness, It,
has generally decreased. The records
show arrests for drunkenness, June,
1U06, 1G; and June, 11)00, G. As to
blind timers, It Is naucu easier to control
them now, as more sentiment Is
against them and the people are aiding
the police more In breaking tiiem
up. 1 believe that If the people were
to vote again .they wt uld go stronger
against the dispensary than they did
as t year, for the majority do not
want It at all, and especially after the
wav it has been run. Quite a great
many pref .r h gh licei si to either proulbltlon
or dispensary."
Sheriff J. W- Senders, when asked,
said: "When the dispensary was here
ohe jail was nearly always full. Now
it is often almost empty. There Is
not one llfth the drunkenness in this
county now that there was in dispensary
days, and 1 do not believe the
majority of the people wculd have
uie aispenHnry nacs."
MARION COUNTY.
Mr. J. R Wilson, county superintendent
of education, when asked concerning
the situation, said that he
thought there was less liquor In the
towu8, but there seemed to be more
in the country In some places than
there was before the dispensary was
voted out. lie sain some had declared
themselves In favor of the dispensary
who had voted against it before,
and gave as their reasou that they
had to order liquor In too large
amounts.
Supervisor I. P. Stackhouse said:
"The results of abolishing the dispensary
In this oounty are, in my opln
Ion, in every way satisfactory and
hopeful to the friends of temperance,
reform and moral betterment "
Mr. PI C Rogers < f the Marlon police
ft rce thinks there Is leas drunkenness
and disorder on the street than
there has been for years. lie says it
is very rare that a man is reported
for being drunk () i being aske ' concerning
the "jug trade," he estimated
that between 16 and 20 gallons were
received here dally. Ho believes there
are more biiud timers than before the
dispensarv was vo^ed out.
Mr. S G Mile*; mayor of the tow.i
of Marlon says: "1 think that the
general condition of law and order Is
>vu lmpi~v meat. There la not aa
much drunkenness ah before the dispensary
vis vote1* out, although there
are live bind tigers now whore the~e
wi h ono before. The "jug trade" is
la go, but there Is nothing like as
mi ch liquor used an b-.fore."
Sheriff E/ans said: "Do nob bole
ve oundmons have been improver!
by removal of dispensary, blind tigers
gatorc; sentiment pro and con divided."
CIIKKOKKIS COUNTY.
Supervisor Wm. Phillips savs that
there is d cidedly less drunkennes*
now than bcfoie ihe dispensary was
voted out Does not know whether
or not the law Is anv bettor observed.
Mayor Little, of GatTney says that
he was mayor of Gatlnoy for two years
befor the dispensary was voted out
and he docs net hesitate to say that
thore were five blind tigers then to
one now. That the jug trade In his
opinion is now greater than then.
That In hlH judgment the people are
well satislioh with condition* a* they
stand and that under no circumstances
would they have the dispensary back.
That numbers of people whom he
knows In person who spent all their
earnings for whiskey at the dlspensa*
ry are doing well now and saving
money.
Ohiof of Folice T. II. Lockhart of
Gaffney says that there Is nothing
like as many blind tigers are running
now as when the dlsyensary was open
that there Is a great deal less whiskey
shipped to Gaffoey than when the
dispensary was ilrsfc voted out, that
he knows quite a number of people
who are doing well now who spent all
they made for whiskey before the dispensary
was voted out.
1IOKUY COUNTY.
Sheriff B. J. Sessions says: "I can't
say that 1 see any appreciable change
in Che citizens' observance of law and
order in Horry county since we voted
out the dispensary. Thi J ;? trade Is
enormous, liq lor is ordered In larger
quantities. and they seem to have
just much. I can't sav that there
are any blind timers, but I have every
reason to believe there are, and that
they are more plentiful now than before
the voting out of the dispensary.
Candidly 1 believe, from the expressions
I hear throughout the county,
that In the light of preseut conditions,
if the voie were again ordered,
the paople would vote to reopen the
dispensary.
County S iperyisor W. K Holt observes:
'1 oan't say as to conditions
In Conway, but my Impression is that
there must be less drinking through
out the rural districts of the county
since the voting out of the dispeusary,
>et the J ik trade is a great one.
Then, too, if they can't get tbe liquor,
they will make it anyhow. If whiskey
could be wiped out or kept out, 1
think toat would suit our people, l.u:
"onsldBring present conditions, 1 believe
the peuplo much prefer tho reopening
Of dispensaries in this county,
In Incorporated towns, howovcr,
for 1 don't believe they approveof the I
woods dispensaries. l i other words,
I Inar fr? q .'ent expressions that they
prefer the liispoos'^y liquor to bhnd
tig?r 1 quor, and It's one or the other,
.Toe u.ayor of Conway, Mr. H. L
Burroughs, speaks particularly of
Conwa>, and says: ''There may be
less drinking In C in way now than be
fore the dispensary was voted out of
the county, out we don't have asgoOd
order. The prevalence of blind tigers.
which I believe Is about 20 to 1
Increase, ket ps tho town lu a stir
The blind tigers are reinforced by the
enormous jug trade to which tho town
is subject. 1 know the people are not
pleased with blind tigers, and think
they prefer the dispensary. Were the.
vote a^ain had on the question of dis
pensary or no dispensary, 1 tbirtk
there would be little chautfe In the
result unless oomblued with the prlmary
when the people turned out?
then the dispensary, 1 think, wouid
he votpdbsck."
Mr. S. O Jackson, county supervl
sor, Is of the opinion that drunkeuness
has decreased In the oily, but has
shown an increase In the country dis
trlcts. lie says that there are a tfreat
many blind timers In the county.
Mr. It L. Keys, a^ent of the cxpre.-<s
company, estlmales the increase
in the "Ju* ' trade at 200 per cent. An
.. v >ra^c of about 50 gallons Is reoelvec
at the local rtiloe each dav, with an
average of 10 gallons per clay for the
same period iast year.
OUKKNVILLK COUNTY.
Mayor G. H. Mahon. of Greenville,
asked to oorapare the conditions In
the county before and after the volIng
out of the dispensary, said. "It.
is impossible to get whiskey. Toe
timers are under practially perfect
control. 1 believe I am safe in saying,
oiT band, that where there were
three arie-its for drunkenness and dls
orderly conduct as a result of Intcx!cation
under the dispensary, there Is
but one now."
SberltT Gllroath said: "blind timers
have not increased in number
since the dispensary reign. The jug
trade of liquor consumed now Is about
one-lifth of tbat consumed during the
dispensary reign The jug trade perhaps
increased slightly waen the digpensny
was tirsfc voted out. The
constables became exceedingly vigilant,
and the Jug trade dropped off
rapidly until today hardly as xuch
whiskey is shipped into the city
through the express cilice as was
shipped in immediately following the
abolition of the dispensary. Crime
has decreased very materially and the
arrests for drunkenness have dropped
off very dtc'.dedly."
Cnlef of Police Beoknell, of Greenville:
"Blind tigers are under control
and conditions in the city are
good. A decided decrease in rowdyism
and fewer arrests. Police records
show that for t.be six months ending
January 1, 1906, (under the dfspen
sar.\) there were 647 arrests, a..d for
the ?ix moDths ending July 1, 1906
(under prohibition) there were 337 arrests.
& falling , oil of nearly 5u per
cent."
DA ELLINGTON COUNTY.
Sheriff Blaokwell says: "A blind
man can come here and tell the difference.
In fact there is no comparison
as to sobriety, law and order. Taire
the Fourth o' July, for instance,
when there were several thousand
people here. There was not a disorderly
man here and I did not see one
under the influence of whiskey. All
blind tigers of any importance Lave
been squat bed. Of course there are
a numoer of pocket blind tigers, but
gueru in nog one genin 01 wnissey 801(5
as prior under the dispensary. And
there Is not any big sight of an Increase
In the 'jug' trado either. I
dou't know positively the sentiment
of the people, but 1 am of the opinion
that they are satisfied with present
conditions. I am confident they
don't want the dispensary again."
Mayor 0. S. MoOullough of Darlington,
when interviewed said: "We
have had a great deal better order In
the town of Darlington since the dispensary
wjb removed than before.
The records show that," said he,
turning to his books, showing a decrease
of fully one-tnird In
the (asas reoorded In the
same period of time before and since.
"We have less blind tigers in town
now than under the dispensary, but
the jug trade is some larger. I thlug
the sentiment of the town is that as
long as fiUorence, Tlmmonsville, Rishopvllle
and Oheraw are with dispensaries,
the people want one in town
her* to keep trade. But they really
prefer not to have a dispensary at all
end th'nk that other towns snould
vots it out."
Chief of Police A. E. Dargan stated:
''We have less drunkenness and
better order. There are more blind
tigers, but most of them are walking
ones. The Jug trade has Increased,
but 1 don't think the people want the
dispensary back. It Is my opinion
that they would like to have a high
license system so far as the town of
Darlington Is concerned "
Supervisor C. W Milling gave it as
bis opinion that conditions have Improved
under the prohibition regime,
that there Is bettor la* and order and
that drunkenness has decrra^ed.
The superintendent of education
was also Interviewed but he declined
to express an opinion, saying that so
far as he Is ooncerned he does not care
for l.quor in any shape or form.
10 PREVENT LYNCHING.
A Negro to Ud Hanged on Hoard An
Oyester Hoat.
A dispatoh from lUltlmore, Mi.,
says with the greaest possible secrecy,
William L/e, the negro who has been
ueid in trie city jail under sentence of
daath fur assaulting two women In
Souie-set county, some weeks ago, wa:i
on Wednesday placed aboard the
steamer Goverror it. M. McLane of
the Maryland Oyst r navy and started
for Somerset cjuuty to be executed
for his crime.
Lee's case has been ore of great
dj111 :ulty to the authorities owing to
the Indignation the crime aroused on
the eastern shore of Maryland. It
has been repeatedly demand that the
clliZems of that kcalli.y will nevrr
allow the negro to be legally executeo
and threats of burning at the stake
have been freely maoe. After the
Or.me Loe ft d to fchft rt.iutnrn uhnr? of
Virginia, arid lo protect him front
Maryland pursuers be was takeu to
Norfolk under guard of Virginia State
troops, thence he was brougnt back to
the city, tried and convicted promptly.
The law gives a convicted murJerer
20 days bet ween the day ol conviction
and his execution. This
period txplred Wednesday.
On board the Governor McLane the
officers having Lee in charge took a
gallows, coffin and all otner necessary
things, and, it Is said that the execution
will take place on board the
steamer as soon as possible after the
waters of Somerset o^uaty are reaohed.
This probably will not be until
early Friday morning. It is hoped
thus to circumvent those who swore
to lynch L^e.
lluAuiii-H ol l)iv??rco.
A special dispatch to the Agusta
Herald from Savannah says a marriage
that will attract attention all
over the state, if not thioughout the
south was that of Judge II. D. D.
Twiggs to Mrs Lucie E. Twlur^s.
They are now both residents of Savannah.
It wan a remarriage which
was attended by the daughter of the
contracting parties. Judge Twiggs
was married to the laay who is now
again his wife about thirty live years
ago In Augusta. About ten or fifteen
years ago there came an estrange
cent. Judge Twiggs moved to Dakota
and secured a divorce after a six
months' residence there, lie came
back to Georgia and married another
lady, who had been & client of bis In
Augusta. Sinoe then he has secured
a divorce from her. Not long since
uis love for his first wile was rekindled
and there came & reconciliation.
The result was the marriage.
The ltoAMon Why.
Backgammon boards are made to
look like books because Eudes, bishop
of Siolly tried to stamp out backgammon
In tne fifteenth century. Eudes
decided In 1467 that his clergy devoted
more time to backgammon and
chess than was good for their splrtual
welfare, and therefore ordered that
all brckgimmon and ohesa boards in
me Siodian monasteries shouid be
destroyed. Toe wily monks only pre
tented to obey, They Vour.d their
hoards in caif, put pltus titles on
their backs, and put them oa the
book shelves along with the monastic
works. Tnus Kudos w&ssatisli :d and
the monks not deprived of their innocent
games, and thin arose the cus
torn of constructing backgammon and
chess boards to resemble folios.
*'AtAl Aooidcni.
A special to The Macon Telegraph
from Li Grange, Ga., say,; "This
afternoon while young Willie Stewartu
in the employ of the Kin# Hardware
company, was showing a customer a
chisel, he dropped it inacise of dynamite,
oausing an explosiou. Stewart
was killed and several other men In
the?tore we*e badly hurt. The stock
of goods valued al> #25 OoO, was badly
damaged and tne storunouse, Masonic
hall and the Kim City olub rooms, all
overhead, are badlv damni/Ad
Alliance DiHliands.
Pursuant to & call issued by State
Secretary J. 11, Nesbitt of the South
Carolina Farmers Alliance, a meeting
of that organizitlon was held la Columbia
Wednesday night, there belsg
about 15 present. The alliance ex I
change fund having been distributed
acooruing to an order of the supreme
court, the members deotded to formally
disband, thus ending an organization
that was at one time one of the
most powerful In the South.
Doutilu Muioide.
At Marlon, Ohio, O. G. Johnston,
aged 24, was fouud dead Wednesday.
Ten days before Johnston quarreled
with his sweetheart, Cora White,
as the result of which she committed
sulolde by taking carbolic aold. Johnston
also took oaroolic aold, and to
make the end sure turned on the gas.
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DAMAGING HAIL BIOHM.
Crop* UalnQdy on the L>?a Falls
Heavily and Owners. v
A dispatch from Bpworth to The
State says Wednesday morning about i
9 o'oluck this community was com- 1
pletely swept by a terrible hailstorm,
nothing at all being left on the land.
Even the trees were robbed of most of
the foliage and ail fruits and vegetables
are gone. Today the fields are
as clean and barren as the public
road. One can not conceive o* anything
so terrible. Ib can not be described.
The hail stricken district is
about four miles long and from one
to une and one-half to two miles
across. There are many people left
in very, very destitute circumstances,
without any pri sions, no work to do
and nothing for the horses and cattle.
Ue loss Is estimated at 820,000.
Many Wr these families need heip and
need it ,?v?w. Any one wishing to
c ntribute^) the storm sufferers win
kindly send contributions to the Epworth
Supply oompany and It will oe
given io the most needy ones. Ep.
worth is in Greenwood County.
The State says Gov. Ilcyward has
nad a call for help made upon him,
and although his sympathies have
oeen very much touched he has no
contingent fund with which to help
the sufferers. Enterprising citizens of
the S.ate have started hall storm insuian.e
companies, two of them helug
operated success:ully and they
havepald out a iot of money tills
yeaA^'j people who have suffered.
The Tatter which Gov. lleyward received
is in part as follows:
"On Wednesday last our community
was visited by an awful hall storm
boat iulned everything. The crops
are totally destroyed. 1 have heard
old men say they have never seen
any tiling like it. The crops of cotton,
corn, peas?In fact everything?
arii completely wiped away.
Our people need help badly. There
is a difference between this and most
climates, lu most cases the Iosh 1h at
least partly covered by insurano?,, but
in this instance tuere is nothing to
be recovered. The si ffcrersare without
anything to convert into money,
with which fcn nav < tT
--??? ww r-/ vwl iuvn jtm o
supplies, or to buy any tiling to live on
until they begin another orop.
''The crops of about 40 plows have
b^en destroyed and many outlying
tields have been laid waste. I consider
8400 to the plow a conservative
estimate of the loss on cotton alone,
widen makes 810,000 for this small
area."
Soiuo iiood Advice.
At Jefferson City, Mo., Gov Joseph
W. Folk, in addressing toe retail
me/cbants of Missouri at their convention
tnere, spoke against toe maliorder
business aDd f..vjrod advertising
In town papers. He said, lu part:
"We are proud of our spleudld cities,
and we wnut tuem to increase In
wealth &l d population, and we also
want our country towns to grow. We
wish the clly mercaaius to build up,
but we also desire the country merchants
to prosper. I do not believe In
the mail order citizen. If a pl&ci is
good enough fir a man to live in and
to make Lis money in, it is good
enough Tor him to spend his money
in. ISo merchant oau succeed without
advertising in one way or another.
Patronize your town papers,
build them up, and they will build
the town up and build yon up increased
trade and greater oppurtuuities.
Do not be afraid that buboes* la going
to be hurt by recent exposuxes of
wrong doing iu the commercial world.
N j man wools doing an honest business
can be injured by the light. All
ouainess will be better for the cleansing
process it is going through and
for the stamping out of evil."
Alralti of Toxawny D?m.
N. A. Patterson, a brother of Congressman
j as. A. Patterson, of Barnwell,
writes to Governor Ileyward
rrom Arden, N. C., oalliug attention
to what he considers the danger to
Anderson and other South Carolina
counties from the big dam at Lake
Tcxaway. lie says the lake is a constant
menace and that residents below
it will some day have a Johns-O'/ti
fl .n/) fro. * ' * *- ?
ii ivu i/u yu turougn with. Mr. Patterson
also wishes a commissioner of
deeds for South Carolina appoiued iu
Asbeville. He says notarial fees tuera
are just douoie thoir amount iu thl:j
state.
Hover*! Drowntd.
S'x lives constituted the total paid
Wednesday by Chicago aud viciulty to
lakes and rivers. Two ooys were
drowned whi e swimming. One losti
his life iu au ? IT >rt to get a water lily
and a man fell from a bridge whllo
fishing. The tifch victim died from
injuries suffered by sfcrlkiLg a timber
while driving. The sixth toll luto th*
river while runulug to cat oh a ball 1 a
a baseball game.
Married M?HY.
A dispatch to The State says IV. v.
Alf Harrlsou Burroughs, tli" marry
Ing parson of Bristol, Teuu-Vv, bis
married his two thousandth eloping *
couple the count beginning 15 years H
ago with the establishment of his
Gretna Groen In the border city.
^Couple Mo. 1,99J) came from Tonnes- i
see and love-sick pair No. 2,000 came
from the Old Dominion.
t^iunlCOil Again.
President Roosevelt announces that
he is pleased with the oampsign plans
of the republican congressional ojramlttee
which met the ^resident and it
was decided that a ' 'stand pat" program
was the proper one. Messrs.
Taft, Shaw, Gannon and Beveridge
were agreed upon the big guns for
the stump. The committee will open
headquarters in N. Y. By agreeing
to stand pat on the taiifl question
the President flunks again, as he
has been pauh^^M^^^\reformer.