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THE PICKENS SENT-Ou Buitred April 28, 1908 at Pikn, S. C., as seond lms matter, uder act of Congress o as 8 8 VOL.XXXV PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17 1906. BRICE LAW STANDS TEST OF COURTS. State Supreme Court Unani mously Upholds It, THE DECISION IS SWEEPING Only Part of This Local Option Law Rejected by the Court Was The School Fund "Rider." The Brie litw is consitiuional Such is thle itcision of the State (An preie colit. 'h(I dispeiariesI kept open by iljun1ictiona iaus. in mc'u.4-lni her eatti r and phii bitiot will pwevail in all of the 1i o ibwest portioan of the Mill e, from I'd ge-field to t le North Carolinla lin', .Ncept in Abbeville county whero no elhetion hasi beeii hel1. The calses argned before the su. preme court last M-Londay were decid ed yesterdiy and the court decrees that the law is constitutional with oue exception, an I that may be elim inated vithout affecting the law it self. The exception, singular to re late is the "rider' which was put on the Brice Bill by the dispensary peo. ple, the clause which provides that counties voting out the dispensary shall have no participation in the sur pins school fund accumulated from dispensary profits The State of S~uth Carolina, in the supreme court, November term, 1905: W. W. Murph, petitioner, against 13. G. Landrum et. al., respondents. Louis B. Cox, petitioner, against J.aues Hodges, et. al , respoidents. Joseph V. Coward, petitioner, against .1. H. l3lackwell, et. al., re spondents. ,John A. Weir, petitioner, against F. P. Walker, et. al , respondents. Iobt. E. Ligon, p3titioner, against F. H. Burriss, et.. al., respondents. Pickens county, petitioner, against A. W. Jones, as comptroller general, respondent. Oconee county, petitioncr, against A W. Jones, as comptroller general,. roespondent. Adam L. Aull, petitioner, again, A. V. Jones, as comptroller general, reRpondent. In each of these cases brought in the original jurisdiction of this court the question is raised as to the con stit utioi.ality of the act commonly * known as the Brice act, approved Feb. 24th, 1904, amending seCt.ion 7 oif the general dispensary law, approv od March 6. 1896. After emIeful consideration thsis court is o.f the opinion that said act is not unconastitutionaal ona any' of (134 r~ou n ds alleged except in so fair as saidl Brice act declares thait "any1 co.unty voting out the (dispensary shall not thereafter receive any part of the surplus that may remain of the dispensary school funds after the dellcienaces in the various county school funds1 have been mnade up as provid. d by law." Whbile the court cons1iders8 this provision uniconstitui * 11tional the court is of the opinion thgat it is s*eparable from the rt maind1( of the act, tand that said1 aict standis as c nistituntional with this parision traeated( a.s ol ricken out. Thisj con3cluhii )m rendlera it in ces sary to set alside the temporary in junction granted in the ,first live above entitled casea restraining the Cosing of the dispeniaries therein m.fentionled, and1( also tI a'. the tempo rar~y ijunction gianitedi in the remain. mng three above entitled cases re straining the comptroller general from drawing his oflicial warraint for the several sums arising fromI~ the sur plu- of the dlispen5Iar'y fund as therein mintioned be dissolveda anad comptroller general left free to dia burso said fund as it would have been disbursed be.'ore thle enact ment of the said Erice act, and it is nso ad judged. The r'easoni for thes conchlusions will be stated ij an opinion hereafte to be filed. Y. J. Pope, C. 3. Eugene 1B. Gary, A. .. Ira B. Jones, A. J., C. A. Wood, A. J. The action of the court means thit the dispensarieq'must be and must remamn closed in Greenville, Spartar;. burg, Anderson, La'urens, Union, Pickens, Newberry, Cheroke', *forr', Oconee, Darlington, Marion, York, New Liancaster, Edgefield and Saluda andi w Dounties. Greenwood and Marlboro Alise lhave never had disp'ensaries. WVil to coilh liamsburg voted the dispensary out, Mr. but the eleation was illegal aid the businei result wvas so declared. Ni Thus 19 otit of 41 counties have ed ne01 alre'idy declared against the dispon- Mr. lary system and in 20 others there ited he uns1 beeni no0 teetion. Two countie Mrs. Idave stood by the disp wary, Flor- Very' si ence and Fairfield. In several och M~r. rar the people want elections but are have ai kept from an expressin of their views, at Nor: Those counties which .now have Min Ilspensaries must contribute of their frienda icbool fund to the counties in which Whi ~here are no dispensaries unless an It corn mntirely new systemn be enacted -Co umbia State. . .. Rou, When you want a pleamant physic try only e Ch unberlasin's Stomach and Liver Tab. Salve, keep tC lets. .They are easy to take and produce for Er no griping or other unpleasant e~e Tho g Sold by Pickens Drug to. ~ -...........forms The Cause of Many Protrn .Sudden Deaths. ru Ther8 is a disease prevailing in this country mos~t doin erous because so decep. A t """""' '' tive. 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It stands the highiest for its won- er derful cures of the most distressing cases. Swamp--Root is pleasant to take and sold rp) by all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar lie so' sized bottles. You may of ai p have a sample bottle of this wonderful new dis--*r gr~ip. covery and a book that ~ '" I tii tells all about it, both iiome or swamp-Root. 'in til sent free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co. for Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention whuich reading this generous offer in this paper. eav'ed Don't make any mistake, but remember nurn the name, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer's andt] Swamp-Root, And the address, Binghamton, prieo N. Y.. on every hatl.nihta All of our friends an their liberal patronat just closed. We tru one of pleasure and all. Wishing you a Year, we are Yours Very HEATH-BRUCE-M Norris News. year has come and I will try! ite up a little ne'% s. No Alterations i Leila Balentine has returned ge ih. Atlanta. 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