The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 19, 1909, Image 5
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MUCH RED TAPE
In Making Awards of Scholarships
in Colleges,
v A CHANGE SUGGESTED
Wintlirop Makes a liwai ivccoru.
There Were Tliirteen Hundred
and Twenty-four Scholarships.
Fifty Thousand Dollars Paid for
Scholarships in the Schools.
That tlie entire method of allot-<
ting beneficiary scholarships in ihj
several State colleges is wrong, is
the view of the State superintd 1cent
of education, Mr. J. E. Swearingen.
The cost is several hundred
dollars annually, the exact amount
being unknown because the county
^.r iiioiitlnti nr>? nniri out
uuai uo ui cuuvuviwu ~ i
of their respective county funds and
not out of the State treasury.
Mr. Swearingen says that all of
the examinations should be held the
same day and that the papers should
be examined for award by the faculties
of the respectiv institutions.
This Is the law with reference to
the scholarships at the University
With reference to Clemson
the county boards of education
are the arbitors, even after
the papers have been graded by the
Clemson faculty. This means possibly
all additional meeting of the
county board, for which each member
gets $3 per day. There are two
appointive members of the board in
each county and this would aggregate
$256 for the boards to meet
to ratify what the faculty had already
decided de facto.
The scholarship appropriation of
the State'are as follows: Clemson
$16,600, Winthrop $ 1 2,400, university
$4,200, Citadel $17,000. Total
$59,200.
For the vacant scholarships at
Winthrop this year there were 1,300
applicants. It has been an immense
undertaking to grade the papers.
livery applicant xiusi nuiKe aii average
of 60 points on each branch
of study. Some have excellent
standing in some studies and fail
In others. Furthermore the county
I boards of education must ascertain
if the applicant conies within the
restrictions of law as to property
qualifications. ' The legislature intends
that these scholarships shall
be given to worthy and needy girls.
The Winthrop faculty is now grading
the lepers, some 6,000 of them,
and the report will be in the hand6
of the State board of education early
in September.
Tho recommendations from the
South Carolina university faculty are
already completed.
Daily the State superintendent is
gettling reports f^om 'the county
pupeilintentfents wjth reference to
the Clemson scholarships, but the
entire list is far from being complete.
Mr. Swearingen would like
for the county superintendents to report
at once as he can not require
this information from the Clemson
faculty or trustees.
The county boards are required
to give preference to those applicants
for Clemson scholarships who state
that they wish to take the agricultural
or textile courses, and the
^ spirit of the law is to encourage the
study of agriculture, but the law
does not make this mandatory in
giving the scholarships.
The board of visitors of the Citadel
met on the 29th of July and
granted permits for 8 2 young men to
stand the examination for Citadel
scholarships. These examinations
will be held on the 13th of August,
making an additional expense
upon the counties of $3 per day for
each examiner. Mr. Swearingen has
found what he considers another injustice?a
youth will be successful
in standing an examination for
Clemson and will then in August
try for the Citadel vacancy.
And yet one other condition which
Mr. Swearingen seeks tb correct is
the inequality in the amounts appropriated.
lie thinks that VVinthrop
and the university should he
011 the same plane as Clemson.
Wlnthrop has 124 scholarships at
$100 each; Clemson 166 at $100
each; the Citadel 68 at $2 50 each
t and the university 4 2 at $100 each.
There* is frequently a vacancy
from a county. In such a case Mr.
Swearingen suggests that there
should be authority given to the
faculty of each institution to a low
some worthy, deserving and needy
young man from another county to
become the beneficiary?for the year
year at least. Such an arrangement
could be designed "scholarships at
large."
In brief Mr. Swearingen suggests
that the matter of scholarships could
be resolved into a much mote sini*
pie arrangement. All applicants for
all scholarships should appear at
the respective court houses on the
same day. The county boards of
education could see that tho restrictions
as to property qualifications
were met. Tho questions could be
answered and forwarded to the respective
faculties who would grade
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ROLLS DOWN BANK
THREE CARS FOLLOW LOOOMOTIVK
NEAR Ml DAW, TENN.
Nobody Killed, as by a Miracle
Ten I*er?on? Hurt, On? Probably
Fatally.
While going down grade at the
rate of 4 0 miles an hour, the Washington
& Chattauboga vestibule
train, southbound, left the track on
the Southern railway, two miles
west of Midway, Tenn., at 1 o'clock
ThnruHov n rtiipiin/m 'I'lin
M. 4t ill uuu J uivviiiUVii. 1 HV UU^IUU
turned over and rolled 30 feet down
a bank, followed by the mail and
baggage anil express cars. As if by
a miracle nobody was killed, but ten
people were injured, including Engineer
Samuel Bush of Knoxrille,
who is believed to be fatally hurt.
He had a leg crushed and a hole cut
in his head. Others seriously injured
are: The fireman, scalded;
John R. Shields, express messenger,
hurt internally; Fay Price, postal
clerk, crippled.
Many of the passengers were
shaken up and releived bruises and
scratches. The engine and four cars
are a complete wreck. Tho coaches
were torn to splinters without seriously
injuring any of the passengers.
The mail car was split in two
and the floor hurled 40 feet into a
lipid, wnn rosiai uierk. k. \n . mint
and Fay Price clinging to it. The
fact that the cars In front rolled
out of the way of the Pullman cars
probably accounts for the escape of
so many passengers. The wreck, it
is said, was caused by spreading
rails.
TWO GREAT MKN THERE.
Statues of Washington and Lee in
Hall of Fame.
Bronze statues of George Washington
and Robert E. Lee, Virginia's
contribution to the nation's "Ilall
of Fame," were Tuesday placed in
Statuary llall at the Capitol, at
Washington. Formal ceremonies attending
the unveiling will take
place at some time yet to be determined.
Both statues are beautiful works
of art. Lee is pictured in the uniform
of the South, and his statue
stands between those of Robert Fulton,
inventor of the steamship, and
J. L. M. Curry, of Alabama.
Near the statue of Lee are those
of Gen. James Shields, of Illinois,
and Gen. Philip Kearney, of New
Jersey, in the uniforms of the Union
army. The Lee statue was designed
by Edward V. Valentine, of Richmond,
Va.
Washington's statue was placed in
the southeast end of the hall, between
the statues of Gen. Ethan
Allen, of Vermont, and Gen. Peter
Muhlenberg, of Pennsylvania, a distinguished
soldier and statesman of
Revolutionary times, and a brother
of the first Speaker of the House of
Kepresentatives. me wasnington
statue is a replica of Houdon's famous
masterpiece now at the Capitol
in Richmond.
FIGHT IN I)AHK ROOM.
An Italian and His Wife Rattle to
the Death.
At Chicago, after locking their
two children in a bed room and fastening
all the doors of their flat,
Antonio Spizzirri and his wife, Anna,
went into the darkened parlor
and tried to kill each other.
The woman was shot twice and
stabbed twice with a stilletto and
died before the police arrived. The
husband was shot twice also and he
were found near the sofa on which
may die. A revolver and a knife
the woman lay dead, and another
revolver was found beside the husband's
body.
The disordered room indicated a
luiuine snuggie. opizzirri lurnea on
his side as the police, called by
neighbors, broke into the room with
a sledge hammer. He tore a letter
into bits before the police could stop
him. This letter, when translated
from the Italian, may solve the mystery.
It is thought that Spizzlrri
was jealous of his wife.
"Lumber King" Killed.
George VanDyck, of Lancaster, N.
II., one of the best known lumber
men in New England, and his chauffeur,
Frederick B. Hogdon of North
Stratford, Vt., were fatally injured
when an automobile in which they
were riding plunged over a 75-foot
cliff into the Connecticut river at
Riverside, opposite Turner Falls,
Mass., Monday. Both died of their
injuries at the hospital. Mr. Van
Dyck was known as th? "lumber
king of New England."
them. These papers would of course j
be signed by number and no one
would know the number until the
conclusion of the examination of the
papers by the faculty. The State
board could then declare the result
upon the statement of the county
hoards and the recommendations of
the respective faculties.
HURTS THE SOUTH
SECRETARY WILSON GIVES COTTON
A 11LACK EYE.
Much Harm Has Been Done by His
Interview in Which Ho Said Cotton
Was Normal
President Ha vuv Toi?t>n of
Southern Cotton Association, enters
formal potest against ; receut interview
with Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson, which appeared
in the New York World, and which
that paper claimed to have Just had
with ,'tho secretary on crop pros
pects ror the present year. The exact
language reported to have been
used by Secretary Wilson is as follows:
"The crops will be good everywhere.
There will be a superfluity of
work for everybody on the farms?
more work than the farmers can
And hands to do. The corn crop
bids fair to surpass any other crop
In the history of the country. The
cotton crop will be reasonably good,
and the balance of the crops above
the average all along the line.
"Prosperity is not going to wait
on the tariff or anything else. If
any disturbance of conditions arises
in the body politic it will have to
come from somewhere else than the
agricultural district. It is not coming
from the farm."
"The monthly condition report was
due to come out on August 2, just
one day after the publication of the
above interview with Secretary Wil
son," said Mr. Jordan. "I realized
that the interview would be bcarislily
construed by the entire cotton
trade if not corrected at once, and
I immediately wired Secretary Wilson
the following telegram:
"1 notice an interview attributed
to you in the New York World of
August 1, in which you state the
following: 'The cotton crop will be
reasonably good.' Are you correctly
quoted? Is not an immediate denial
of this interview in order? Otherwise
incalculable injury will be done
the cotton growers of the South by
speculative interests which will construe
you to forecast a normal production
of cotton. All private reports
issued to date indicate a considerable
deterioration of the cotton
crop condition from the last month's
condition report of the Bureau of
Cotton Statistics. The Journal of
Commerce condition report, issued
this morning, shows an actual deterioration
during the last month of
three and seven-tenths per cent,
making present conditions 73 1-10
which is the lowest condition ever
reported by them.
"My own opinion is that the present
condition of the cotton crop is
the poorest in my recollection, and
that, any authoritative statement
from you at this time, that the c?ton
crop will be reasonably good is
not only a wrong statement of actual
facts, but will be used to the great
injury of the constituency I represent
in the South.
"My apprehensions regarding the
effect of Secretary Wilson's statement
regarding the cotton crop have
been fully verified in the depression
of the cotton market this week of
$3.50 per bale, or practically $40,000,000
in the value of the crop.
It is well known that the bureau report
which was issued the next day
after Secretary Wilson's alleged interview
in the World, indicated the
lowest cotton condition for August
ever made by the Bureau of Cotton
Statistics, and that the report of
the bureau was emphasized by every
private report that came in the last
week of July.
"The cotton trade has evidently
placed more weight and value on the
statement of Secretary Wilson as indicating
a normal production of cotton
this year than it has on the extremely
low condition reports issued
by the Bureau of Statistics last Monday.
There can be no other logical
explanation of the recent hammering
of the cotton market operators on
the cotton exchanges. It is to be
hoped that Secretary Wilson will not
longer delay remedying the very serious
mistake which he has made.
Sentiment in favor of abolishing or
making drastic changes in the Department
of Agriculture regarding
the publication of the bureau reports
has for some time been developing,
and if the head of the department of
sensational interviews is to nullify
the effect of the bureau reports the
sooner the work of the department
is regulated by congress the better
for the agricultural interests of the
whole country."
Kyeg (jou^l Out.
Further particulars concerning
the Moharftmedan uprising in the
Shensi and Kansu districts, China,
state that the revolt was due to the
severo methods taken by the Chinese
local magistrates to suppress
the opium habit. Ho seized one of
the local users, who was an opium
smoker and his eyes were gouged
out and his arms taken off. The
people then rose in rebellion and
attacked the magistrate in his yamen,
killing his son. To save himself,
the magistrate jumped into a
well. , ,
'??W iC.
WAR TO THE LIMIT
WITH NO QUARTER ASKED OR
GIVEN WITH LX>NTROL
Of the Republican National Organisation
a* the Stake Is Declared by
tlio Progressive Republicans.
War to the limit with no quarter
asked or given and with the control
of the Republican national organization
the one great prize at stake
is officially declared b ythe Progres
sive Republicans.
The Republican National Convention
of 19 12 is the promised field of I
the spectacular battle of the campaign
already initiated. The tariff i
and how to revise it furnishes the
line of demarcation between the opposing
forces. A dispatch from Chicago
says:
Senator Albert R. Cummins of
Iowa homeward bound from Washington,
flung down the gauntlet and
for all practical purposes oflicially
and formally delivered the political
ultimatum which opens hostilities
between the Progressive and the old
order, which has aligned in Washington
by Senator Aldrich.
The big items emphasized by Senator
Cummins as critical points to
bo pushed to the foro by the Pro- |
gressives are these:
1. Placing in control at the head i
of organized Republicanism men 1
who will stand absolutely by platform
pledges.
2. Struggle for this policy at j
every convention, local, Congress- 1
lr\iA o 1 or Cto A KAI " *? ? -1 1 A 1 0 -
IVJ11 ill v/1 Ifiuiu ucmvcil liuvv ill HI i y 1 6 j
where there are enough Progressive
Republicans to make It worth while.
3. No general revision of the tariff
for perhaps a decade, but revision
from timo to time In particular
schedules as expert Investigation
demonstrates to bo necessary
and at the same time conforming
with the broad principle of protection.
4. Appointment of an expert tariff
commissioner at the earliest practicable
moment to furnish this Information
to Congress.
6. And, particularly, no opposition
to President Taft?whom the
Progressives believe to have a thoroughly
progressive program In hand
for his administration?at least until
the Presidential policy demonstrates
the contrary.
"What Immediate step will be
taken by the Progressives?" Senator
Cummins was asked.
"We shall present the issue flatly
to every Republican convention between
the present and the National
Convention of 1912 where it is possible
for the issue to bo presented.
That issue is: Shall the men now
in control of the party's destinies
be permitted further to disregard
plain party declarations?"
T1IK JKWISH ISKW l'KAK.
Mark the Beginning of the Ten Penitential
Day s.
The year of 5670, in the Jewish
Calendar, is drawing to a close, September
15 will be New Year's Day,
and will mark the beginning of the
ten penitential days, the last of
which is known and observed as
Yom Kippur or the Day of Atonement.
As the religion of the Jews
does not recognize the divinity of
Christ, their calendar dates from the
Creation, as recorded in Bible history.
As the term implies the Penitential
season is one in which the good
Jew is given an opportunity under
the teaching of his religion to make
an enumerated confession of his
sins, and pray the forgiveness of the ,
Eternal. If during that time he |
overlooks any sin which he committed
in the year just ended, he has
an opportunity on the last, or Day
of Atonement. .
By fasting and excluding all earth
ly inougnts, trie believer devotes his
whole mind to a review of his year's |
work, and profound contemplation
of the Eternal. He confesses all the :
small mistakes, forgotten, perhaps, j
n the recollection of graver wrong
doing and invokes Divine forgive- I
ness.
The service continues all day. It
is very beautiful and characterized
by many symbolic passages. It is to
the believer one of the most slg- j
niflcant and important events of the
religious calendar, and is observed
generally by those of the Jewish
faith.
Iluracd to a Crisp.
At Cincinnati, Ohio, a man half
clothed, with his flesh burned to
crisp In places and screaming from
the pain as he ran through the :
streets aroused the neighborhood
following a tenement house fire
there early Monday. Ho fell unconscious
at. the door of the City Hos- .
pltal and died soon afterward.
Fireman Fatally Ilnrt.
At Cleveland, Ohio, Lieut. Farrell
English was fatally injured and
seven other city firemen were hurt
when the roof of the Ohio Sash and
Door Company, Mervin street and ,
Columbus road, collapsed during a
fire there Sunday. The losa is estimated
at $7r?,0ftft. The orgin of
the fire is unknown.
DROVE 1HEM AWAY
l>K. DOTV, OF STAT FN ISLAND,
CONQl UltFD THE MOSgl IIO
lly lk'stroyinK tlit5 I'Iimi'm Wh(r?
i'liey Laid Thvir Funs and Brooded j
'lhoit' Voting.
'1 ho people of St a ten Island, Now
V I \ I U I ? >. V ' ? I '
W. ? Minv UIOV.V* I I I'd U lU'llC"
laclor in Dr. Doty, w lio has rid them
cuurci) oi the stripeu legged uiosuuito,
uiai, ocstues driving awh>
tu.ui) potential residents, has tiulieito
111.tile lile a burden (lining tue
summer months to those. residents
who remained, ami he has all but
annihiliateil the anopuelcs, its malaria-carrying
relative. The comjuclb >
of the mosquito has increased the .
value of real estate on the island
by hundreds of thorn-anus of dollars;
now houses are going up 1
throughout its length and breadth, t
and residences that have long been |
nliabited only by care takers are .
being rented.
Dr. Duty's researches show that ^
the water in which inorquitoes breed *
must be continually uresent for s
about two weeks in order to allow
of the full propagation of the insect, H
and that they are not produced in '
water that may accumulate for two v
or three days or a week. They will 1
oreed, however, wherever there is
standing water. The anopheies lar- 1
viie are frequently found in tin most
unexpected places,. such as old glass
and tinware, wooden recupticuls, defective
roof-leaders, and the crotch- '
es of trees.
As, with the exception of the sollicitans
variety, mosquitoes do not *
go far from their breeding places,
if any other are found about the
house it is almost certain that a
breeding-place exists in the immediate
vicinity. Filthy water or that
which contains an excess of organic
matter is generally preferred by the
anopheles mosquito for this purpose,
so that obstructed cesspools, street '
gutters, and similar places are found
to be the favorite breeding spots.
The mosquito deposits its eggs
on the surface of the water, usually ^
at night, and from fifteen to twenty
hours afterward the larvae are '
released. Although the larvae can 1
livo only in water, they are entirely
dependent on air for existance, and J
must rise every minute or so to the
surface and project above it their
respiratory apparatus. Pretroleum- 1
dose not poison the larvae, but kills '
them by suffocation, as the oil on
the surface of the water plugs up 11
the respiratory apparatus and pre- ^
vents the intake of air.
The campaign against the mosquito
does not stop with Staten Is
land. The genua culex s doomed
throughout the rest of the city. At "
Flushing, in the Borought of Queens,
which has suffered almost as much
as Richmond from the ravages of
the sollicitans, the work of drain- J
ing the great swamp comprising
2,200 acres that stretches from 1
Flushing Ray to College Point is all 1
hut completed, and the marshes at *
Douglestou Creek are being ditchod.
J
Similar work is going on in the
five thousand acres of swamp land f
ulong the Bronx river, and in the r
Borough of Brooklyn ditching has 1
begun In the marshes that stretch f
from Spring Creek and Jamaica Bay f
to Remson's Landing and from
Gravesend Bay to Bergen Beach. j
With the completion of this work the
mosquito will have been deprived of
living-in-accommodations in the five
boroughs and New York city will be j
entirely rid of the pest. *
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SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
Believed to Be Victim of Neighbor- I
hood Feud.
A telegram received at Baxley,
Oh., tells of the ambushing and
killing of W. A. Belcher, a well
known and well to do young plainer
whose home Is 20 miles from that
place. Back of the killing is a 1
story of feud and it is believed that
ho is a victim of bad feeling that
It is asserted has existed between
him and others in his neighborhood, t
It was stated that the young man ,
was given no chance for his life, a j
llllllot f !'/"> !?1 51 fllimn l\t tror>o onil ,tr?
w ? ? . ? v> ? i*i I' \/? i ? v, ki (% II 14 nilderbrush
ending his life almost Instantly
near his home eurly ,
Wednesday morning. Belcher was ?
formerly a resident of Screven connty.
i
Later it was learned that the c
shots were fired by B. S. Taylor and k
that Belcher's little girl was with <.
him In a buggy. Two shots struck
Belcher, and one the horse he was i
driving, but the little girl escaped ']
unhurt. It is alleged that Taylor ,
followed his victim for five miles \
before he opened fire. It is stated
that tho slayer has not been arrest- (
ed. (
Fooling With Pistol. i
nascomb Ilanna, a respectablo i
white man, about 20 years of age, i
of Prospect neighborhood. Williamsburg
county, Tuesday killed him- I
self accidentally. He was handling i
a pistol carelessly, when It went off, <
tho bullet entering near or Into tho
heart and death resulted In thirty
imlnute3
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IsiTeat benefit"
The Irragition Congress at Spokane
a Success.
PLEA FOR WET LAND
Itci lamittioii Miidc by Sou (Ik Caro
linil's Delegation IU'('(tKiii/0(l by
tin* Meeting its of <ii'4'iit Iim(K>i*?
inner ? W'nt son Makes (i'oo<l
SjM'tM'll 1111(1 I'lTM'lUs ({(Solutions.
Col. August Kohn writing to Tho
sews and Courier from Spokane says
he South Carolina delegation, Iweny-four
strong, has made quite an
mpression sit tiie Irrigation Convenion.
South Carolina , wants wet
and reclamation and that platform
s likely to be incorporated in the
general policy of the Irrigation Congress.
Commissioner Watson,
.funding under the South Carolina
lag, whooped tip tilings in great
ayie iui rtouui v;aronna in mo uesi
tpeoch of the day. Tim Congrcsa Is
,nry largely attended and gives
lromlso of results.
At the meeting of the delegation
ruesday the following selections
ivere made: 10. J. Watson, chairnan;
A. J. llethea, secretary; 1). F.
doom, executive committecu all;
biinue] (I. Stoney, roniniitteo on
esolutions; Samuel Dibble, comniitee
on organization; James C'os;rove,
although absent, was elected
lonorary vice-president.
The delegates from South Camilla
enrolled are: 10. ,J. Watson, Coutnhia;
A J. Ilethea, Columbia; D.
<\ Moore, ftrunson, Samuel (}. Stomy,
Charleston; August Kohti, Counihia;
Samuel Dibble, Orangeburg;
!\ M. Raysor, Orangeburg; I>. W.
dcLaurin, Dillon; Win. I). Melton,
Columbia; W. J. Montgomery, Maron;
George H. Cornelson, Orange
tirg; C. J. Shannon, Jr., Camden;
V. D. Deloach, Camden; Samuel
)ibble, Jr., Orangeburg; J. P. McJalr,
Aiken; A. L. Rerry, Spnrtan?urg;
J. A. Llghtsey, Crocketville;
ones Williams, Hamberg; J. C.
dghtsey, Hampton; S. M. Clark,
CRtlll; L. A. Manning, Jr., Lattu.
Our people at home havo litt!o
ealizatlon of the Intense interest
he West is taking in irrigation and
iow freely it is spending barrels of
noney for that purpose. South Oar Una's
efforts to reclaim wet lands
h appreciated out We?t. All is well
n the party. On the strength of
3ol. Watson's fine address, he was
nvited to address the National Conservation
Congress at Seattle on tho
18th.
Tn tho Congress Wednesday Com*
niHsioner Watson presented strong
esolutions relating to Federal aid
or drainage upon the ground of
mblic health. These resolutions
vere signed hy Watson, as chalrnnn
of the South Carolina deletion;
Oovernor Ollchrist, of Florida,
ind members of South Dakota, Ida10
and Indiana and Minnesota delegations.
Col. Watson also presented
a resolution relating to forest
denervation, which was likewise
itrongly backed. Tloth resolutions
ire In the hands of the committee.
At 10:30 o'clock Wednesday
Eolith Carolina delegates were enertalned
at a banquet by the Ml
Paso, Texas, delegation?an elegant
iffair. President Tlarstow was
present and nresldinir with Fnl
Watson on his loft and tho chairnan
of tho Texas delegation on h>?
ight. There were noteworthy
oasts and responses, all ringing
vith the progressive spirit of tho
South. The South Carolinians will reurn
the compliment to tho Texan*
lpon arrival in Seattle.
AUGUST KOIIN.
LOCKER CLUBS TABOOED.
Mahama UaHM** Stringent Prohihition
Law.
Gov. Comer, of Alabama, signed
he Carmichae! prohibition law pass d
by the Alabama Legislature on.
d on day.
Under this act it is unlawful to
ell or store any liquids containing
nore than one-half of 1 per cent
ileohol. Locker clubs are illegal
md the possession of n United States
nternal revenue license shall bo
:onsidered prima facie evidence of
juilt. Truly, Alabama is a drv
Jtate.
The Fuller bill ami the Ballard .
>i 11 arc still pending in the house,
i'hey are more radical than the Carniehael
bill and are designed to aid
n the enforcement of the latter.
ll?e Fuller bill prohibits any sort
>f liquor advertising and throws
very safeguard around the law.
The Ballard bill provides for the
mpeachnient of officers who fail to
put the law into efTect. Both of
these bills will be passed.
The contest over the bill submitting
to the people in November an
amendment to the constitution excluding
liquor from Alabama forever
will come up in the senate later.
Both sides to the contest claim victory.