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*1'ij , ..." T 'T'A I A: On. I iDMUND YEi[L. A *iihvay station in South Caro lina at a little clearing in the pino t ; a horse-power pump ; a hugo ank ton feet alove the ground ; two small houses ; a plantation road cross ing the track near the tank, these were the principal featuros of "Station 41 " in the year IS-. The place was so insignificant that it never had a name. Tio region around was known by the number. Even the circuit ridor's liarge was called "orty-one." Nearly all the engines took water at this pitceo, hence the pump was going most of the day. While the horse toiled on at his dull task, the driver, seated in the centro of the circle, played it fiddle. The grating cogwheels and the measured throb of the pump fiurished an accom pan i mont. As he worked and 11(1(110(1 o)n Sunday he was sometimes called " the wicked tank minder." "Forty-one" had religious privileges. Once a month a Methodist preacher held services in a schoolhouse, half a mile distant. In a long cherished Leud between Methodists and Baptists the tank mindor took sides with the Baptists. I-e never went to church. But a religious life is not necessary to )artisanship. He expressed his roll ous views by thrashing each now lethodist minister on the way to his first appointment. After that he would thrash any man who interfered with the preacher. le always challenged to an open fight and was always victor. If the preacher refused battle he would thrash him for cowardice; if he ac copted for his religion. That year whoa the )io1101) hat Ie ported to conference the variois as signmonts, tho preacher assigned to "41' " arose and said, " i f it pleaso the bishop I would prefer another charg. Everybotdy knows what a man iutit take bofore he hegins work there." Hereupon Brother G. arOse briskly and said, " i'll tiako -Il, if the bishop will allow 111." 1lis proposal wias ac copted. Tle quiet (f the next Sunday morn ing was vexed by the tank minder's fiddle. lIe wis sitting in, his acustom (d pilacle. Ilow fiercely lho played " The Devil's dream," "' Go to the Devil and shake yourself," and tunes with simiilar themes. Ti strings fairly shrieked. This very day the now minister was expected. And dowi there under thbe shadO of the dark pines lie was coming. Tie nearer he caie the liercer and anrmior grew the tones (f the fi TIde. 1he 1, iaO lse d su((1enly in an explosion as the rider rentehleil the tank. Hie s aited with, "Good morning, sir and howdy! "tight yeL!.t, thankeo ! Ai' yot ai' the new AlethodList par'son, air ye ? Wall, I'm powet'fil glad to mect ye. Git down offetn your critter an' we'll hev a specrenec mueetin,' afore yo go any furder." M Aly friend, it good expieineu is always intresting, but it is neat' time for tmy servlice. I'ut down yout' fiddle, stop your horso and come along with mec." "Now, par'sotn, none of yourt 'zortlin. Me an' you hey got to tackle right niow.. lleah ?" " 3uit, siri, should we tackle now how wvil liur clothes look Y In what, frame c f mind will we be in after' out' tackling experience ?" ''NO morot' fool talk, parsotn. GJet down. Pull off your coat. D~on't try to sneak out 'on it till I git throutgh with youtr nisiation to -11. " Wecll, sir', if I muist, atccept y'our till on0 (of u5si isurenoirs."' A solitary white mnt witht a hymni hook: and Ia fow negr'oos at a rnfo d is tanice were looking (on. The prIeatcher quiietly tied his horse, threw hiis coat over the saddle and faced his ad versary with a calhnness that was surpr)tising. But, the e xcitedi aggresso', contfident of easy victotry, rutshted nt htis opp)onent,, only to receive a blow like the kick of a mule. He found himself lying ont his back. Mad and chagrined he arioso to renew the batttle. Hie aimed a fear ful b)low at his antagonists' heiad. it wvas parr'iied. A countlter' blow laid him' ag~ain in the dust. iustantly tile prIeac'Ier's knee wats upon the breast nd( his strong hand1( gr'ippjed txho hair' of the fallen Goliatth. A blow of no mean1 emphasis fell upon his nose. Then a pau~lse. 'iThe preacher said, "' Son of lHelial, we have tacekled ; shall we continuie this exp~erlenco mooeting ' I guess I amt initiatced now. You must pr'omliso me to come to preachling titis mor'ni1ng and ntevor again1 to med die with Methodist pireacher's." A sullenou g'growl answered, "' I'll seo you it hi (shool) first.'' "Then,''satid the prieach 0e, "'you need deopor01 eonvictiont.'' Blow after blow fell on the htelpiless man 's face. lie could endure it no longer, atnd cr'ied out. "' Inough;I pr'omise." Hie was r'eleasedh anid kept his wvord. Brother' G. before his conlversion hatd been a trained pulgilist. That tmorni ng service began a little late. Still latter ciamo tile tanuk minderci. lie was sadly diliigure'd. 1il1 was not recogn ized. Seine one said, " lie fav'ors the wicked tank mninder." An other r'omarked, "'Sents liko 1h( dont't know hisself."' But thte old negro sexton said, "' Dats himn; won 1 wuz~ ei'cummiln long, hinm and do lleverondi wuz. argifyin 'bout sumini. Den doy~ tackle. An do pahson dono1 buts' 'im wide op)en." The tank tminder was anl attentive listener, lie appropriated the truth to his own hoar't. At the othoir it)- I pointments of the lighting prteacher lhe became a r'egular' attendant. "' T1he 1 prteachler," he said, "' seems aimuing at i mue ali tile time." Sootn he was underi' real conviction of sin, t'epontod, and was converted. Thoutgh forcibly u'n pressed by the expounding of Mos o dist doctrine, his convictions led him to join the Blaptist church. After a few years of consistent life he felt 1 called to preach. lHe was ordained,( atnd tendered good service fot' his Master many years. By his people he was honored and beloved. In ripe old age he fell on sleep and was mourned I many (days. The means of grace which God blesses are as varied as spiritual gifts. My deacon who told me the story saId:' "I know him well. Ho married my wife anhd me. And it has always seemed t,, me that Eider F. had salva tion liter'ally beaten into him." -A metal worker's mag azino says that laltinum wires have been drawn so fine that two of them twisted togeth er coiuld b'e inserted ini the hollow of a human hair'. U -Sussian scietntists report that the white poplar tree acts as a natural lfi tning-r'od, as the~ discharge seoksI lyb preferen ce to other trees. BILL AIRP'S P1HLOSOPHY. He Has a Controversy With Mrs. Arp and Meets With Ills Usual Defeat. The peafowls stirred up a small garter snake down In the grove and they raised such a rumms as to attract my wife's attention. 'J. ho reptile I'mo slippng along through the grass to ward the house and she screamed for me, of course. It came in the front yard and I killed it by the stone step, but my wife never believes a snake is dead as long as its tail wigglos. I had to koop on killing it to satisfy her, and then hang it up in a tree to make it rain. It is awful dry up here, but now I reckon it will just pour down some time. This is the second snake that has ever been seen here, but mc wife says she knows that the place is just haunted with them. They always gc in pairs, she says. " Moses muiention only one," said 1, "and dident mention any until after Hve was created, Probably Adam lived and worked iv that gardon alono for many years anti he got as sick of it as did Robi nsor Crusoe. Then ve was created foi Adam's express company, and they gol along very well until the berpent be. gulied her." "1 Yes, and the poor wo man has to baur all the blame of o1i sin andi misery," said my wife. " Ad daiim said 'The woman Thou gavs1 mo did give unto me and I did oat. Why dident Evo say the man Thot didst mako me for did not protect m from the wiles of that smooth-tonguot serpent. H1o lot me eat lirst and tak< all the risk of the danger. The ol1 autocrat. No telling how long he hat boon acquainted with the sorpent foi he ,knew all the animals and hat mingled with them and had dominior over them and had given them al names long before Evo was created. " No doubt of it, said I, " for Josephui says that the sorpont lived In the hous< with Adam and was very handsome anl very smart and could talk. 1erhap. they played marbles togethemr anm went In a-washing." "1 Yes," said Mrs. Arp, "1 and th( Lord gave the commiand to Adam abouil the forbiddou fruit long )efor EMv was born.'' Sho waseit, born," said I. Pity she was not," said she. "Thor she would have had a Ither w lh o would have protected 1her from the serpent aid from Adam, too. The 1001' Women0i nevelr evel had choice of overs nor a courtship nor a wedding." " Nor it trousseau nor hier picture in th papeirs,'" said I, " and she dressed reminarkably thin considering that the elimlta the0,O is about likIe OUrS. I reckon that Adam's family ex penses were very light about those times. Hut lateor Oin lhe cIuglt it, foi' .Josehu)1s mays ie had twllnty-threo dlaughter's, tnd, of course, somebody put up a dry goods store in the neighborhood and solh finiery. Pig leaves played out early." " I should liko to know whore they got any dry goods and linery or any money to pay for it," said she. " The liblo says the Lord inado them gar ients of skills." " Yes," said I, " made them for Adam and Elve, but two or threo hun dred years aifter that they Iado orna mnits of gold and hald precious stone and made money, too, for Moses say in the second chapter of Genesis that one of the four rivers fiowed thr'ough I land whero the gold was good ant thOre, tot), was bdullim and the onvy stone. Oh, they caught~ on to nowv fashi 11)ns5 mighlty fast, and cut upl scanalous anid Josephuils says' the. sons of Go were falleon angels and they saw tha the daughters of men were fair to lol upon andit they nmatecd with them an raised aaccrop of giants, andt every bod got demoralized except, Noah and hi faumily3. "Moses tells how that ' wise-hecarte womienl spun1 with theIr hands and mad beau tifulI ornaments for the taboernacle Sonmc of tile necklaces takeni from th mumielis are as5 ino as aro over seo at Ti lany's. The ancients were nc huh ind uts ini iinl fabrics anid ornamior tal arts. We read of an ancient, llindo, princess who camoi init) o i'ut, on state occasion antd her father said ' g hack, imy dIau ghitelr--go back and dros yourself.' A nd she repliedl, ' 1"ather 'I have on senu suits,' bult they wcere o mnusl in, so) delieately ine the king couhi see through them."' "Well. that, wvill do no0w,"' said mu wife, " The baby is waking Iup. Blrinj her to me, please. T1he poOr litth thing can't sleep long while she I cutting that other' tooth. She is thn best and sweetest child id the world I wish she wouldi cry and be cross little soettimes. Somiehiow I am11 afrii sho)~ is too preciouas to stay here long. Tum11 here to your dan-ma, tdar'ing. And little Caroline puts out hot' arm and smiles and coos, and her' dan-tm feels heri for'ohoad and says I'm afrah she has1 a little fever and has taken I cold. When you walk out with her youm wIll not pult on her bonnet. Whet a child( is teething you can't he to< calrefuil with them. T1he other day my wife was lookin~ all around tihe room for her1 spectacles When suddenly she disacoveredi that she had thoem on and she exclaimed, " Well, 1 do reckon I'm the biggesi fool in the world !"' " No you ain'1 grratndma," said anlother gr'andlchildl. You are the bessast fool in thec world." Her spectacles have got too youing for' lhor, and 1 must get anothet pair. What a pity It Is that these old ratunmother's have to wear' out and )iass away ! Mother 1Eve dlidn't. Goodl r~tacious !what a time she had with l.or pioster'ity, .10osophus says she had inxty childrcn, and if they" hatd sixty ilpicce andi so on down the lino and she ived as long as Adam did, there wore dight generations ini sight, and that vouldi make millions of peop1)1. It vould make a hundred mill ions If each onoirationi had only13 ten apicco. Bunt I mulst stop ruminating about hose speOculatlons, for' I hear Mirs. Arlp alling again on the piazz~a. "' is it he other snake ?" saidl I. " No ; but he baby is fretting and wvants you to ake hera and walk In the garden. lHe ur'o and keep her bonnet on. She is uinning at the nose now, and she neezed awhile ago." " Sneezing is a good sign," said I. It is a sign the cobmi is getting better," mat I don't make my wife beliove It. I lon't believe she knows as much about aisin g grandchildren as she dId her1 >wn chlilldron. Certain It is that she vor'ries mor'e about them. When Car'o ine's mother goes visiting my wife is dfraid something will happen to the uhild before she gets back. Oh, my ountry-it makes mel so tired. BILL ARP. --"I don't know how I'm going to make out"' said the agricultural states man who had been retired. "i've got to depend on the old farm for a living now, and i'm blest if I feel anyr certain ty about making it pay." "But you used to make your constituents very proud of you by showing off what you knew about farming," said his wife on couragingly, "I k'now It, Mario. But don't forget this: iarming for votos and farming for crops are two di Iferent things." WEKLY OROP DUtLETIN. The Reports aroBettor than Expected -Untiusual Ihcat. in A pril. The following bulletin covers thu weather and crop conditions for the week ending Saturday, April 25th, and in its preparation wore used reports from one or more correspondents In each county of the State . Hot weather continued the entire week, but with a gradual tendency to wards lower temperature. Thorm was more cloudiness, also, that tended to make the heat more tolerablo than dur Ing the previoup week. The excess in temperaturo averaged ton degrees per day over the normal, ranging from 8 on the coast to 12 in the western por tions of the Stato. Th'e heat was very evenly distributed: thirty-two stations, reporting mean temperature, did not dilfor more than 3 degrees for the week. A maximum temperature of 98 was recorded at Gillisonville on the 20th, and the week's minimum of 57 was recorded at Greenville on the 21st, and at Society Hill on the 25th. Tihe dry weathor was greatly rellev ed in places by rains that covered the entire Stato during the afternoou and night of Friday, the 24th, with thb ex coptions of parts of Fairlield County, where no rain fell. The north central counties, includ ing Richland, lairfield, Union, New berry, York, Lancaster and Sumter, had east rain with amounts in no0 Ilaco exceeding 0.50 of an inch and gunor - ally less tihan 0.25 of an inch ; in tlhe extremo western counties the rain was somewhat hoe-vior, and ahso in the Sa van nah Valley, wIhile in thO easturn portions of tho Stato tho rainfall averaged from 0.50 of an inch to 1.8m inches. More rain is needed and no crop has had enough. The beneficial oflects of the rain wero increased by the genirally cloudy weather during the lattor portion of the week. The first of the week was albost cloudlss. The sunshine aver aged about 7-1 per cent of the possible. The thunder storms of Friday ove ning (24th) were accompanied in many places by vivid lightning and high win(s, the latter having reached al most tornadic forco In Aiken County, with considerable damage to fencing, forosts and to buildings, but crops were too small to havo sutfered injury. ii1gh winds were quite general on that day, but thbe resulting damago, if any, was slight,. There is little change to record In the general condition of crops, except where thu rainfall was most copious, all vegetation was freshened and vi talizod, but over the greater portion of tho State the need of rain has not been materially lessened by the amounts that fell, which in many places gave only surface wetting. The northeas torn counties fared best In thematter of rainfall, and there all crops and voge tation Were0 looking well at the close of the week. lavages by insects are this week ro ported from various portions of the Stato Coloradobeetles in York, %har leston and B3eaufort counties: a small beetle has attacked the,tobacco plant, cut wor3s are destructivoe in the fields and gardens in LOx ington County,,and other reports of lests specifie nature in dicate the prevalence of Insect pests over a large portion of the State. - The majority of correspondents r port corn in line condition, with good stands, he althy color, and growing oTY ~well, in view of the dry weather. But tmlands~ arc yet to plant lrgoly, but more i-atit is needed to soften the gr-ound before it can he pirupared, 10Early ptlanted cortn is in somne instancet receivinzg its second( working. Latei piilanttinzg comning up) slowly hut satis ,factory ones, while lateri planting timc -,Is in a ver-y line, proemfising conditiot over the untitre State. Cotton lantting has progr-essed fairl) well, having booni restimed since th< riatins, and Is nearly finiished : dIi foren' sect ionis reportL from 10 to 25 per cent Syet to pilant. That of earliest planting Is upi to pr-etty goodl stands, hut har-dil satisfactor-y ones, while lator planiting is cominzg upl very slowly, but wIll bt helped by the rains whoe heav3 onoutglh. T'ho cotton cropi has gener-all) madoe satis factor-y adlvance over the , prevlius week, and has, whore up, ii .good, healthy color, and Is receiving its lir-st 1plowing. Some tobacco has been transplanted ithe nor-the'astet-n counties whert the rains muade the ground wetoenough, to make tr-ansplanting safe, and so thih woz-k was not puishbed during the week, Rep~ozts from Kortshaw County statt that man y beds failed, that in cease quence of the scarcity of plants lande that wor-o for-tilized and przepar-od foz -tobacco will be planted to other ctrops, pr-incipally cotton. Generally tobaccc plants are looking fine. Wheat Is heading low, bitt retains ii god olori. Fall Oats az-e heading very low ; were greatly helped lby the zrains, bitt need more rain. Spt-inzg oats con tinute to fail, and any amounts of i-aln wold sear-cely bring It inito a condition to make a erop). Rico, sugar--c)ao, maelons and the usual milnot- drops az-u being largely planted(, and where up) are gr-owing well, but with these, as all other seed, guirzmination Is ver-y slow. in places sweet potato slips are readly fot- setting. Fruits look przomfising generally. and apphies par-ticulaz-ly so, in the wester-n counities. Wild black horrzies az-o blooming finely and( prom Iso to ho plentifutl. IFat-z wvork Is well ad vanced andI Is upl with the needs of the crops, 1Jp) land paisturecs are falling for- want of ralin. rlTo advanitago in cr-op conditions now rests with the castei-n portions of the State, whIle on the prev ius week it was with the wester-n poz-tion, the i-ains having causedl the di Iferonce. ,J. W. I3AUI:, Dir-etor. Bout Family Medicine Mr. C. N. Jones, Girard, Ala., says, May 16th, 1895: "I wats suffering from Catarrh In the head and was cured by King's Royal Germotuet-. \Ve keep it all the timO, andl believe that It Is the best family medIcIne thor-o Is on the rmarket today" Germoctuer- suits all ages In the home. It Is so pleasant to take that all likec It. It Is so har-mloss that the tendorest babe and most delicate invalids at-c always safe in using It. it curos whozn all else falls. Now package, lar-ge bottles, 108 dosos, $1. -Bill Nyc's pet stor-y was the one as to how lie was chaz-ged four dollar's for a sand wich In a village in NovW Jut sey. H e told the man who sold It that it was a hig~h priuo for- a sandwitch, and said that he had frequontly gotten a ton-course dinnorjwith four k inds of wine for- just making a speech, and liznally asked the snan why he charged fonr- dollars fpi- a ham sandwltch. "Well1 I'll to1tyout," said the sandwitch man; 'the fact is, by gad, I need the mionoy." No Dispensary Profits This Year. THIR PUBLIIO ScHWOj aS ONLY GICV NECT "iAitNINGS. SUpOriftendent Mayflold Says the Dilspeunsary Sytiemn is Too Costly lie Susggests a New and More 10co nornlical Planl 01' Selling Lignlor. Special to the News and Courier. The Suporintendent of FIducation has advanced a new plan of solving the liquor problem. Coming ats it does from one of the loading Reformors of tho State it will be special interest. Ln a recent address at the Alliance picnic at Cane Crook, Richland county, Mr. Mayfieid discussed the progress of education in the Stato for the past fkw years, and showed what had been done by citing Clomson College, Win throp college, South Carolina Colloge, the Citadel, Luriman, Wolford, New berry, Mrski no, Charleston and all of the female colleges of the State and the condition of the public schools. He then discussed the future prospects of the schools. Whilo discussing this he was interruptod by someone in the audience, who wished to know if it were true that the public shools would run six months. Mr. Mayfiold said it was not true, and showed why it could not be true by calling attention to the fact that the school funds could not possibly be increased more than one third over what they are now. lie stated that the amouut from the poll tax would not likely exceed the amount now raised from that sourco, and that the poll tax at present was'about one third of the whole school tax, and that the three mills would only increase the total tax by about one-third. Another porson then asked how a sullicient fund could be raIsed to run the schools as long as was necessary. Mr. Mayfiold stated that there were but two ways to do this. One way was for the country districts to do like the oitics and towns of the State are doing, and that is for the people of a district to vote an extra tax on themselves, which the now Constitution and the new law permitted them to do, provid ed they do not exceed four mills extra tax. Mr. Mayfield said the other way was to make use of the net income from the 1 isp',-n1a1y a; far 9s it went. This brought up the questioa as t( what the schools would receive from the dispensary fund this year. Mr. Mayfiold said that under the recent A ct of t he Legislaturo the schools would get nothing from this source this year. as the State's net profits were to be credited to the schools, but the schools were to be charged with an equal amount from the general dis pensary account and that the money would go into ,the Stato treasury for genoral purposes, and that the tschools would not got one cent this year from that source. Mr. Mayfliold responded to a further question by saying that the schools need not look for any revenue from the dispensary for at least, t%% () years, as the l)rOfit for this year would not equal the general dis pensary account with which it is being charged ; that the not dispensary income was such an uncertain quantity that it would not he safe to count on it for any purpose until it was already in hand, and therefore it would never do to run the schools and expect to pay the school claims from the dispensary net proceds. Owing to this uncer tainty and delay, oi Mr. Miaylicld said, he could give the people no assurance as to when they would receive any part of the dlispensary profit. Mr. Miaytield expressed great regret that the peo pie who had been depenting on the dispensary prolit to help) out the pol11 tax and thrcu-mill tax to give them longer sessions and better schools would have to be disappointed so) far as the dispensary prolits were con corned, lie sid the law and ci rcumi stances over wi hich he had no control made this the case. This brough1t up the question as tc how thiis uncertainty and delay could bec avoided. Ni r. Nlaylfield was asked to explain this if he could, and lhe re plIied, that uinder the pr~eent la1w anid the present system under which thec diaspensary hand to be runj there was nc immendiate relief that he could seo, Mr. Maytield strongly favored the en forcement, of the present dlispenisary law as long as it remained the law. Ho earnestly declared himself in favor of the dispensary idea. This state mont indicated that he favored aL dif forent lan to the 0one now in force, and in resp~onse to a qulostion lie re3 afli rmned that lie had al ways favored the ideca, but, d id not think. the presen t system the best one that could be found. Hec said lie hadl never thought that the best pilan for carrying out tht dispensary idea had been adopteod and that lie Ihad always favored another plan, which was aL very ditferent onc from th e one now in op~eration. He said it was not hiis p)urpose to criticise the p)rescnt dispensary law, but he thought his plan if it were given at trail would lprove to be0 a very much moro satisfactory ared hetter one. i~e gave an outline of his plan, saying that to go into details fuilly would ta~kO too Ilng. Briefly stated, it was as follows: MRt. MAYI~II:.s PLAN. There shoult d h~ a seiparatoe arnd d is tinict State depa)zrtmecnt creaited~ to look after this business, with a elhief ollicr who should be called State inspector: four I dlepulty inspec)Otors, wvith the power vested in the' State Inspector to appoint, ats many addi1 tionial depu~ity inspcctor-s as occaLsI ion migh t dlemland, (looking to the opening upl of the husins al~5lnd extra occasions,)aIllI to bo on salary and bonded ollicoras. lHoosti mated that the total cx pense of thIs depa)Irtment need not exceed $10.000 por1 annum i, which was aL very smlhl amount compafIre~d with what is spent in runningr the prose n t sy'o, .m. Th'Iat no liquor should be sold in any county, or city, or town, or' platc that was dry by staltute. That no liquer should ho sod OXCept wvithin infcorp)oratedl ci ties and towns which wore not dry hy law, and that none should be rold within such citics and towns until the qualified electors ol such cities and towns had passed on the question by a direct vote. That in those cities and towns where the qulestioni haid boon settled in favor of allowing it to beosold, the mayor and clerk should certify that fact, to the State inlspector'. That no liquor should be sold in the cities and towns which permitted its sale except by such uorsons as the mayor and county supervisor shoul.J app~oint, and that the mayor and coun ty supervisor should vouch for the good character and responisibility of each prIoposedl vender. Each p~roposed vender should give a good and sulliciont bond for his faith ful observance of tho law, with heavy fines imposed for its violation and wvithi the right of confiscation of the entire stock for repeated violations. That the maayor and county super-| vIsor should notIfy the State inspector of their antion when an appointment had been made by them, and the State inspector should send a deputy in spector to view the premises, with power to approve or condemn. That the proposed vender should submit to the deputy inspector three copies of the bill of liquors he proposed to purchase, and If the liquors were of approved brands the deputy inspector should send one copy to the State in spector, keep one himself and give the tiird to the proposed vendor and should give him a shipping po rmit for each package he proposed to ship into the Stato, each shipping permit to be dated, signed and numbored. When the liquors arrived and the vendor was ready the deputy inspector should test the quality and gaug6 the quantity. and authorizo tle vender to put the liquor into packages. That the liquor should measure no moro nor no less than it mcasures in bulk and the quality should be the same. That for the privilege to toll the vender should pay to the Stat a gradu ated privilogo tax according to the amouint in the package, and that the payment of this tax should be shown by a label which should be signed by the Stato inspector, countersigned by the deputy inspector, dated, numborea, haLVo the amount of the tax writtOn on its face and should be securely fastened over tile mouth of the package. That this tax should be something like two cents for each half pint, four cents a pint, eight cents a quart, sixteen cents a half gallon and thirty-two cents a gal lon. That for the Irivilego to sell the ven der should also pay to the cily agraduit ed tax for each package he proposes to sell, according to the amount in the package, and that the pnyieut of this tax should be shown by a label also placed over the mouth of each package and that the label should show the amount of such tax, be signed by the iuayor, countersigned by the clerk, dated and numbered. That the revenue to the cities and towns from such privilego tax should be expended for polico purposes by the cities and towns in such manner as they may docido. That the income to the State from such privilege tax should go first to the payment of expenses of thbe crim-i inal courts, jail fees, convict expenses, and the expeuses of supporting and protecting the poor inl the county in which the tax is raised Second, the remainder should go into the State treasury and the expenses of the in sane hospital should be paid out of it. ['hird, and the residuo should go to ic support of the free public schools of the State. No pool tables, billiard tables, no game of chanco, no loafling, no opening of packages or drinking on the prem ises, no selling to minors or habitual drunkards, should be permitted, and no liquor to be sold except in the day tuie and none on Sunday. The vender should be given the right to call on the city, town or State au thorities to protect him in his busi ii ss. 110W TiE PLAN WILL WOnK. M r. Mayfield said he believed in sobriety and good order, and while he did not favor liquor drinking he be lieved that this plan afforded the best restrictions that could be thrown around the trallic. He contended that this lplan would throw the responsi bility as to whether liquor should b sold or not directly upon the l)eople of cities and towns, and if they permitted it and gr-antedl the privilege Lucy would be b~ounmd in all law and morals to pro tect the man in his business to whom they grantedl the pirivilege; that the county receiving the privilege tax would be bound to proteet him in hid business and that the State having granted him the privilege to bell wouldi be also bound to protect huim in his busi floss. Mr. Mayhicld declared that under this plan each vendor woulhl purchaise his liqunors from whomnsoever- he pleas ed, provided they were of approved brands andl quality, become hsis own leakage and breakago loser, his own rent payer, his own insurance payer, his own clerk hire payer, his own bot tle buyer and bottler and make his own salary if he got any. In fact, the vendor would bear alt expenses and the income to the cities, towns, coun ties andl State would be almost, entire ly not, and the amount of this income~ wouldl astonish any one who would take the pains to make the calculation. The protit laid in dollars, he said, would reach from the picnic grounds to the p~uiblic road many times over. lHe re gretted that since the matter was up that he (lid not, have the number of gallons that had, been sold b~y the dispensary since it opiened so he couL show what the lnc'>mo to the counties, cities, towns and Stateo would have buoni based on Lihis plan, iic said that under the pro-senst plan the expen ses of operating the dlispensary were necessarily ;enormous, and there wna no way to koop them down, and thnere fore the prohits from the dispensary ,must, necessarily he small as comp lared -with the profit under the other plan. If it, were the purpose of the State to -make liqunor boar the burden of the evil it broug lht upon tihe country as far as such a thing was possible, he favored such a change as would make the revenue sullicient for the purpose, and favored app~lying that revenue strictly to polhce purposes and thereby relieve theo people from the expenses of supl porting the jil Is, poor houses, insane aisyImnus and criminal prosecuitions, and( hne favored apply ing the romainder there might be to the education of the young against, the use of liquor and prep)aro thenm for manhood and womian hood. Mr. Mayfleld said he thought this plan would overcome the most of the objections lie had over heard against, the dlispensar-y law and would bring to Its suppuort the religious e'ement of tho e ountr-y. As far as revenue' pur-poses wvoro conecirned he dlelared t. r.t there Iwere nio complarisons between tin1 - hul and the one niow in operation. - Maylield said a groat, deal mnore, bit, this is enough to give a falir idea of t..o plan he outlined. -Trho Supreme Court of Columbia handed dowu a decision refusing to grant a new trial to l'Xd. Grooen, con victed of the miurder of Carson In Spa tanburg C.unty. Mr-s. Garson is now serving a life sentence in the peniton tiary for compljlicity in the innrdeor, whieo Gre-en is undler sentence of death. --The ["rnanklin Circuit Court, Ken tucky, has awarded Miss Teinie Mc Ewan a vord(ict of $12,000 dIamhages against, the Louisvilloc and Nash ville ltailroad Company. Whliloe a Passen ger Miss Meldwan was shot by another pass5enge r. --Capt. Magnus Andes-son, who brought the viking ship over to the World's F-air-, hats roeturnod to the United States to make arrangements for the establishminent, of an agency for A muriean products in Christian'a. . --The Green wood, Anderson and Western Railr-oad has bought the Ulatesburg cotton mills, recently sold at r-ecelvvor's side, and will set the mia chines-y going again. SOUND MONEY OONVENTIdN. Self--Appointed Delegates are to Olhoose a Contesting Delegation. Col. 1P. W. McMaster, of Columbla, has issued the followitig address to the sound money inen of the State, proposing a voluntary convention to send a contesting delegation to Chi cag') : "It is manifest that a majority of the buinoss mon of the State are op posed to the free coinage of silver, and that If there Is a free silver plan in the Democratic platform the Republi can party inust win. " y Irompt action on the part of the business nmOn of our State wO may avoid the catastropho. "Lot a convention of self-appointed Jefferson Democrats mneet in Colurinbia at 12 o'lock i. May 13. Let ten rnonn come froin Charleston, livo or more from Columbia, Spartanburg, and Greenville, and two or mro fron every town and villago in the Stat. "Let this Convention, representing themselves to be truo I)emocrats, pass the following )latfori or eoune pael) ombodying the idea: " We, a Convention of citizens of South Carolina professing to repi-e s'it thi majority of truo Dniecvats in the State, ticclare that wo are in) favor of sourd money, and a ariT sullicient to meet the expensos of the Govern ment. "Tha t we heartily endorse the policy of our noble President, Clevoland, in maintaining our present gold standard, ind in preserving the credit of the nation. " That we are unalterably opposed to coining silvor at 16 to 1. "Let the Convention thus constituted elect lulegates to rel)resent the true Denoc-acy of South Carolina. Let these delegates go to Chicago and claim their cats on the ground that the Tillman delegatos are not )rno crats insomuch as they advocate chcap and therefore dishonest ioney. "If the delegates thus appointod by our busilesd nuen succeed in gaining their seats the National Convention may anti probably will have a tajoirity of votes for sound money. and the truculent Honjamni n will receive a stab under the fifth ril, and the weight of his mtailed hand being removed, his deluded saLeiiites wil flop over to true Democracy and South Carolina Will be delivered from l*:yg3 ptiall datrkness, F1. W. McMASTEu. Columbia, S. C." - mm . * 4m - -The Denark Times says Gen. R. N. Richbourg, of Columbia, wil be a cantlidate for Adjutant and Inspector General. --Why is a prosy preacher' like the middle of a wheel? 3ecause the fel lows round hito are tire d. -Thero are about twenty -three thousand Confederato Veterans in South Carolina. -Satan as a master is bad; his work much worse; his wages worst of all. -A boy baby is a thing that never comes almiss. Epilepsy 20 Years. Cured by Dr. Miles' Nervine. A few years ago, Mr. L. W. C aiilaer, was anl extenasive, successfuli exipert maunu facturer of lumber products. At a aeked with epilepsy, lho was oblIged to give tup his busi nauss. The at tacks camoa upon hiim rnost in opposrtunetly. Onte tlimo falliha froro a carri n~'e, att another down stairs, and often in the tret . Onicf he fell down a shaft in the tuallI, his !nr.;uries nearly proving fatali. Mr. Gailaher writes from Mllwaeukee, 1Feb.iti,'95. "There are none moore mniserable thant epi leptics. For 20 years I suffered with epilep tic fits, havin's as high as fivo in ono nlighat. I I rind any nutmber of physicians, payinag to) 01n0 alonae, a fuc of t500.00 andi havo done ilt tie for yeatrs but searcha for some~tilng to help mr1 anad haivo taken all thae leading remed :ted, bti receivedi no benef~it. A year ago my sont, Uhlas. S. Galiaher, druggist a~t 19A Reed St., Milwaukee, gavi me Dr. Miles' dtestorative Nervine, ant. I triedi it with gratifying results. IHave haad but two fits since I began taking it. I atm better now in every way titan I have beena iaa 20 years." Dr. M iles' Remedios are sold by d ruggists ona a positive guanranteo that the fri,~ ;>ottle will benelit or prico refunded. Biook on the Heart, anid Nerves, free. Address, Dr. Miles Medleal Co., Eilhart, Ind. Dr. Miles' Remedies Restore Realth. 3 A $25 COOKING STOVE i I i I t; v i6.o4 ~ lm8ichpthls . i have hA th sOvPET 00-ul7 f103 ta i Ofe ny $1 uo e 2.00.al te o I-1 f~htato al m 'ium ri b d thi veserand ia .ng ut.t t he I o -ct~ inalec f ees b lie 1 d ial''l on .t t re t o.8 2ooinge htvema t for ah' n -. Fi aaoated with stnt pati v, r. , c k aios 2 i t gri ddles, b ,aigna a t o i , iai ( .e,1 cnd - ,~flais i , , *er jp.r.I e'auliie ato s 1 ro t aiua kta1 tinia tinel estt No mio leus Stivem and ie, mi int, Ievery part of( wthe ISoutha, for the Pu rie-<oo of introduacing our Ibusinest new jool in, and to renew our We wll shi'p this so i'endld Coioking StoveI and the above descriat ed wr oa eo whnil ash cornes with the order. Thits stove is a good one, well ado~l arad will' give entire saisfart .*a Our illustrated Caitac of F'uroitu to, 8toves and Aiaby Carriages lailed free. Addres L. F. PA DGETT,' 846 Broad Street A..t.,-- .. 'I *4 -A woman horso thief was trested by the shorify of Nez Poros U'minty, ldabo, a few days ago. She() was frund to be ono of a gang whieb h a., bee~tn Operati1nif in tllat region for abjoutt. at . year. et Egu witlo nombers of till gang" wo Caught with tho womnvn. SeI Is nPOrtd to be good looking, 22 ears old and of fly (ispositiori Silc was droswd in W an'5 clotheies ald rodo h ,r bors8' a otibi(14l witih ge't s-kil. -'Thi highes' or iuxiirlou4 tr':tvoiig has" be'n achitvoud by tho Crina ol Rus i.t. The I- ,h npCzrina t is er- nii'ly uphlste .t'ivcato cair satin, and is light'd ti rot1e-)olt by electricity. T1 vleels of Ijo ot(by long comparti nents ait-' - e oi( te IndI-i-)' tirs. The jtrn it in housihodI, W1 hit'o stt-it ict n to *'dtiiit no o1e-not evenll officials. Non-Setters and the Greategt Layers on Earth. Pure I i xi . t'4 g 4 l) W lii i( .1.;G t it I N P 10 i0.4 ' lr ii: tiit l t lis a4kt mil:M hreluaagA ieul go !mt b1 P. 0, or, expi- 180 - registered itetter. No -ggs shIivppel t. - slittisft'ctionl guatrant m. Three t riotsoil y-oul I vchi ela-nis niow For. 41n e ali *33) 41r 11ri1. Th'e lii-st 11111n thalt solids lthe money gets the chickenis. 8. P,. Wkl F."IIS. ..01 l.est MveI Ive A %-. (Moent lonl this paper.] to r'emn jil., S.'l SOUTHERN RAILWAY. GndewAed Bohedule In Efroot V4111U1ARY 18rd, 1890. STATIONS. Na A ..............' \r. enviiy~~ - ...--........ ..4 -. -.. --.. --.. -...5 p in r. A - - . 2 00 pj) , d on t......................... 1 00 5 r. Donalds0......... ... .......... 1 07 y u. N'f,. . ...... . ~..- ~> " Ninot _..-.... - . 130 p i 93 wirr ... ............ >11 uIf Prospority.....-.... ........... 2 0 p ' Ar. Dou ma s...,...... .............. U107 1) laa l Wa ' . ,iunia .. -i~ l 0 a2v > ... . ; a : A.........".. . I 4 8a 1 ea "...... . Uni ....... " -, 1125p a 21C0 9 " .. ..... ... . ...... " ' i p 105 p 45 2 ixp Ar.. pr' anhnrg 1I 45 10 5 45a 811 tp 12'. . Spa0 rt:nu rg...Ar 11i 2 1 ' 0. 00.p 4l4$0pAr.... . Ashe-vi'(.....L8 8: inS "P," p. mi1 . "A!," a. rn. Trains 15 and 10 carry lgan PullmIan Sloepht~ ig cas bot wtein C'olumboia ando Ashoville, en.outo daily beee Jitksovilo and Cinoli Tra2is leavo Spartnhurg, A. & . divIsion prthbonud,4 6:18 a. mh., 11:22 p. mi., 4:1.4 p. mi., Vestibule iited ) )mthbound 1:0 aI . rn., :0 p. in., 11;17 a. m., b i \4'tibnI I .imbtiil.) Trains r la.vo Grenvilie, A. and (. 1ivision por tlhboundi, 5:25 a. in., 2:10 p. mn. and1( 5:30 p. im. (Vesitibult-d imitedt) ' 9 nthbound4))4, 1:5 a~ . m. 4:'40. pi. m., I 2:2. p. mn. (\osiihnle'd Limited). P4u1 lman Servcec. Pullnman 40 al') kwo 41 sleig ca.r5 -,n Trin::S35anm 86, tw7 andi iM. 44n A. andl C. divi i. W'. A. TI'RK1. S. HI. If .r 1{I)>Wl WAuimlet 1n, D. C. A I 1nt -1. 4~s 80UmERNRAILWA. PIEDMONT AIR LINE. Codensed Schedule of Passenger Traake, Northbound. No. 38 No 16' No. 12 N.. 18 Jan. 5, 1896. Daily IDaily Dah~'yE BUfii LV. Atlanta,C. T. 12 00m 11 15 p 7 50 a " Atlanta,1E.T. 100 p 12 15 a S 50a 5 3 "Norross. .... ........ 12 50 a 9 38 a 6 28 p " Gainosllle . 8 2 p -2 01a 10 44 a 7 4 u - ........ 2 23a 11 04 a 8 12 Co la ..... ........... ...1 g "Mt. Airy.-.-..... 250 a 11 30 a "Tocoa.. ..... ........ 315a 1153 a "' Westmiinster ..... 8 50 a 12 2l p " Bonea------- ----.--- 407 a 1242p " Central---.45P 43.3a 1201 "Oreenvillo ... 580 p 5 10 a 2 16p " 8 iartanburg. 6 18p 6 i8 a 8 2234 in's M......- ....63 a S 10 "(Gastonia.---.---.....7.3 528 '" Ar.Charlotto.... '820p 883a 620p .... " Dny ll . .. 1200a 1i80 p 11 25p A r. Rilchmnond.... 6 00tL a 640 pOa A r. WVashiiniton. 4 04a 4 y . " Baltmi'e. PRDI 8 05a 11 26 )..p ... "' Phiiildlphia. 10 25 a -3 00 ..... "New York.... 1253 n 6 20a a... .' V.s. FatM Southbound. N.. 4.7 No5No. 1 No. t y DailyDail Pully7 8( " Philado Iphia. 6 65 p 50s a..... " laIt imore4.... 9 20 p6 22 a " Washington . 10 43 p11 15 a LV. Rtichmond ... 2 00 a 12 55 p 2 00 a L.Danvilo...... 5 50 a 605 or 1,' 0 " Charlotte .... 9 85 a 10 55 p 1'J 20 34 " Gastonda.. .,... . 1 30 p 1 0 "KIng's Mt... ..........-..1--, " Ilacksburg .. 10 49 a 12 10 a 210p. "a Gany .. . . 12 23 a 2t 16)p " partanburg. 11 37 a 12 50 a 3 g5 p " Groonvti10.... 12 28 p 1 50 a 4 .44 3)p "Contral ....14 2 35a 5~ 40)t .;:: --occoa.............. -8a 0,45 " Toc. r.................. 0 18p . ": corya....................1 p......4 "Luula ...................7 4 1 (Iaincsvlte.. 881) 45a S 36 -) 10 "Norcrots. -.~41 2 Ar. Atlanta, E.T. 4 1p61 a 10 8$) p8M 4,v At!:anta1 C.TI . b 520 a 9 Nos. 37 and4 31-Washington and $outhwestera Vestibule Limnited. Thlrough Pullman slo~opg between New York and New Orlear-s, via Wses. ington. Atlanta and Montgomery, and also 3'. twoon Now York and Memp~his, via Washington,~ Atlanta and Ilirminoghamn. Dining care. Nos. 85 and 36--United States liast Mail. Fn1* nan sleepin care between Atlanta, Now Or leans and Now York. Nos. 11 and 12. Pullman sleeping ear betweea Richmond, Danville and Greenhbs~ W, H. (GRBEN, ... J. M. QULP Gen'1 Supt., 'Tramfo M'g'r, Washington, D.O. Washin'gtn, D. r\ W. it. RtYDER, Runerintendent, Charlotte, W. A. TFU K, , 8. H. IIARDWICI( Waibh i, D. 0. AtlantaQ