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THE RtVSOR-
MANNING RILL.
SYNOPSIS OF THE MEASURE DE
SIGNED TO REFORM THE
DISPENSARY.
The Oriqinal Bin Was the Work of
Senators Raysor. of Oranqeburq,
and Manning, of Sumter, but in the
Final Form, as Reported Back from
the Committee. Were Embodied
the Suggestions of Others.
Tin.- bill popular]v known as the
Ruysor Manning, liocanse it was the
join! work of Sonatois U'lysor, of
Orane-'hnrp:. and Manning, of Sumter. |
hoinic the *'niit of the matured
thought am! labor of ihoso two men.
who conscientious!v believing that,
tin? dispensa-,■ system, properly and
honestly conducted, offers, under the
conditions prevailing in the State, not
onlv the last, hut the only practical
and satisfactory means of controlling
tile liquor traffic and minimizing tiie
evils th -t attend the u of any and
all alcoholic liquors a a beverage,
/-ought to frame a law ' ha* would
purge lie State dispen try of the !
corruption b-la ved to exist therein
ami so to hedge about the manage-j
ment with restrictions that 'Hm on-j
portunity for graft and dishoneity in
the purchase of liquor and other sup
plies, which tiie law as it, stood not
onlv permitted, but appeared to in
vite, would be impossible.
Senators Raysor and Manning, with
the same object in view viz: to make
the dispensary as nearly as possible
a graft-proof business institution,
which under the exercise of the po
lice power of the State should control
and regulate the liquor traffic, which
is conceded by all to be an evil that
of necessity must be regulated and
curtailed for the public good, worked
independently at first, each preparing
a bill to be introduced in the senate.
When the legislature convened they
found that their hills were drawn on
similar lines and they, therefore, de
cided to jointly prepare a new bill,
utilizing the best features of each of
the two previously prepared. The
greatest can* was erercised in daw-
ing this hill: information and sugges
tions were sought from senators and
others who desired to purify the dis
pensary system and make it the in
strument for good that it was and is
capable of being made. When the
l)ill was completed and introduced in
the senate it at once came to be
known as the Raysor-Mannin • bill.
Upon being referred to committee
In the regular order, the bill >\’as giv
en thoughtful consideration and a
rigid and patient analysis. The result
of the committee’s consideration was
a substitute bill, which embodied the
distinctive features of the original bill
that being used as a frame work, and
also the ideas of the committee and
others who had made suggestions
looking to the perfection of the pro
posed new dispensary Law. Among
the suggestions thus embodied in the
bill was one made by Senator Tillman
that the liquor be purchased from
United States bonded warehouses ex
clusively.
This substitute bill, which was In
fact, the committee’s bill, although
built upon the Raysor-Mannlng bill
as a foundation, was still popularly
known as the Raysor-Mannlng bill
and by that title It is yet known.
This is the bill that the House of
Representatives rejected and practi-
oallv refused to consider at all. after
the effort to force the Morgan
(House) bill through the Senate
had failed. This is the measure that
is now the leading issue in the State
campaign, and which is the dispen
sary plank in the platform of Mr.
Richard I. Manning In his campaign
for governor.
Occupying as it does so Important
a place amongst the issues of the
campaign, a synopsis of the bill wilj
be both interesting and Instructive.
Section 1 prohibits the manufact
ure. sale or keeping of spirituous,
malt or other Intoxicating liquor that
is used as a beverage, except as here
inafter provided, under a penalty. All
liquors sold or kept in the State,
whether manufactured here, or im
ported. are required to be tested by
the chemist of the South Carolina
College to determine their purity, and
all liquors not so tested are declared
detrimental to the morals, good
health and safety of the State, and all
such liquors may be seized wherever
found, without a warrant. It also
prescribes Ur procedure to be fol
lowed by those who desire to import
liquor for personal use in order that
they may do so legally. The expense
of making tests are to be paid by
the State treasurer, out of the funds
of the dispensary in his hands, and
not by the board of directors as here
tofore.
Section 2 repeals Section 556 which
creates the State Board of Director!
and thereby abolishes that board, the
three members of which are intrusted
with the management of a 98,000,000
business and paid only |400 a year
apiece. This is one of the most im
portant, as well as sensible and nec
essary reforms, contemplated bv the
bill.
The next section (3) is the most
striking feature of the entire bill, as
it contains the provisions that will
wipe out the graft that has attended
the purchase of Hquor and other dis
pensary supplies. It first provides for
the election of a commissioner at a
salary of $3,000 per year, who shall
he the executive board of the State
dispensary. His term of office is
fixed at two years. The governor is
empowered to suspend the commis
sioner for cause.
The commissioner is required to ad
vertise for twenty days, commencing
the first day of March in each >'• ar,
iu two or more dail. - "apers of this
State, and one daily newspaper in
e ach of the cities of Louisville. Ky„
Cincinnati, O., Baltimore, Md.. and
Pittsburg, Pa., for bids to supply the
kinds and qualities of liquors required
for sale by the State dispensary dur
ing the ensuing year, the same being
specified in the advertisement. These
bids must be sealed, and without
mark to distinguish them one from
another and sent by express within
ten days of the last advertisement to
the State treasurer, in whose /custody
thev remain until opened on March
31st, in public by a committee of
three citizens, apnointed bv the gov-
■ >mor on or before March 2bth.
Contracts are to he awarded by this
committee to the lowest responsible
bidders for the several kinds of liq
uor and other supplies required. The
members of the committee are to he
paid $10 each per day and five cents
mileage for each mile actually trav
eled, and they are ineligible for re-ap-
pointmr-nt. All bidders are required
* give good and suffic'ent bond as a
guarantee of good fai for the per
formance of the obligation in the
event of receiving a contract. The
contracts must be approved by the
attorney general and the amount of
bond shall equal 20 v-r cent, of me
estimated cost of the liquor or other
supplies to be purchased.
The kinds of liquor that shall be
mrchased are tiie following:
Pure Cologne Spirits, or deodorized
alcohol, IK) per cent, from govern
ment. bonded warehouses. Two stamp
whiskey, 50 per cent, proof, from the
bonded warehouses of the United
States, with the und islanding that
the State shall buy the whiskey on
the warehouse certificates and shall
nay the revenue taxes itself in order
to insure its not. being adulterated or
tampered with. The three kinds of
liquors, corn, rye and bourbon shall
be purchased in tills way in the quan
tities which in the judgment of the
commissioner will be required by the
demand in this State. It is permissi
ble to make contracts for each. Of
tin* four kinds of alcoholic products
above designated, with different per
sons for the supply needeo for the
year to he ordered out by tip* com-
missionef, as indicated, aie’ the bid
ding for the different varieties of
whiskey sliall indicate not less than
twenty different brands of whiskey
quoted on the market in the whole
sale prices current of the various
cities designated. No whiskey shall
he purchased for use in this State
that is less than one year old, as
shown by the warehouse certificate.
A record of all bids shall be kept in
a hook provided for that purpose. The
bids above designated shall include
whiskey one year old. whiskey three
years old. whiskey five years old,
and those whiskies of the ages desig
nated shall be a basis, when mixed
with cologne spirits, or sold just as
they are received, for the different
grades to he furnished the county
disnensers. The commissioners shall
also in the same way invite bids to
be opened and contracts awarded at
the same manner as hereinafter pro
vided. for Cognac brandy. California
brandy, peach and apple brandy, rum
and gin in such quantities, with the
right to purchase more, as may be
«- his judgment necessary to supply
the demands. These bids shall speci
fy the kinds and qualities of such
liquors, and bids for wines, liquors,
and cordials shall be limited to such
as may be advertised for by the dis
pensary commissioner as hereinbe
fore provided. Bids for beer (to be
advertised for. opened, etc., as afore
said) shall designate the alcoholic
contents not less than 4 per cent., and
the amount of malt and bops to be
used in Us manufacture, and no beer
shall be purchased that is not shown
by chemical analysis not to contain
salacilic acid, or any other adulter
ant to prevent fermentation. No
beer shall be purchased except export
beer, or that which is already in bot
tle und pasteurized and beer in kegs
aged at least three months in cold
storage. Bids shall also be advertis
ed in the manner already provided in
the purchase of liquors and at the
sam'* time for supplying the State
dispensary with glass bottles, demi
johns, corks, labels, sealing wax, ship
ping cases, paper wrappers for the
bottles and all other needful supplies
required in the conduct of the busi
ness of the State dispensary, and
tl.ese shall be let to the lowest bid
der. in like' manner as provided for
the bidding for liquors, and a bond
with good and suffleent sureties shall
be required for the faithful perform
ance of the contracts. The commis
sioner having ordered "out the whis
key and cologne spirits of the kinds
and qualities designated, is authoriz
ed and empowered to employ for a
period of four months a skilled expert
to blend the same under his direction
and supervision, in such a way as to
supply as nearly as practicable the
liquors known to commerce but which
shall not in any wav be adulterated
by admixture, of any injurious or un-
healtful Ingredients, and in order to
do this, he shall take out a rectifier’s
license from the United States
government, and thus be enabled to
rectify or mix the liquors which are
required for the business Such
blending shall be done upon a formu
la that shall be posted In the com
missioner's office, subject to personal
inspection by any citizen. The liquors
thus mixed or blended shall be desig
nated by the signs x. xx and xxx and
the age of the whiskey mixed with
the cologne spirits sir H constitute
t v - basis, to-wlt: Whiskey one year
o 1 ’ with the proportion of cologne
spirits used, shall lie designated as x:
three .years old as xx; and five years
old' as xxx; provided, That if there
shall be a demand for the straight
whiskey unmixed with cologne spirits,
the same may he n’-ed instead of the
blended goods, and the nriee shall be
goverened by the relative cost of tiie
same and the labels indicate tiie
character of liquor, whether blended
or two stamp. 'There shall be anoth
er brand, known as xxxx whiskey,
which shall be whiskey bottled in
bond, not less than seven years old;
or the same varieties of liquors as de
signated by the distillers brand may
be purchased from the bonded ware
houses. as her in before provided, in
the barrel, and mav lie bottled at the
State dispensary the same as other
liquors are bottled. There shall be
no case whiskey k< pt in stock at. the
State dispensary. All such purchases
must lie made upon special orders
sent through the county disnensers
to the State dispensary by tiie person
or persons desiring to obtain same
and die State dispensary shall order
the said goods shipped direct to the
county dispensary. All whiskey,
whether “blended'’ or “straight.” shall
be put up iu bottles of full measure
and labeled as hereinbefore provided,
and the proof, or alcoholic contents of
each package shall lie printed on said
label, together with the price as fixed
by the State board, and the grade of
! 1 '■> whiskey shall be blown in the
glass as x, xx, xxx, or xxxx. Provid
ed tills shall apply to only such whis
key as may be bottled at tiie dispen
sary. and it shall lie a misdemeanor
for the commissioner to bottle, label
or sell any liquors which shall not be
true to grade blown in the glass
punishable by fine or imprisonment in
tiie direction of court; Provided, fur
ther that nothing herein contained
shall prevent said commissioner of the
dispensary from making with distill
ers in this State contracts for the pur’
chase of liquors manufactured by
them within this State.
Section 4 of the bill amends Sec
tion 558 of the Code so as to have
the salaries of employees fixed by the
general assembly, instead of by the
State Board of Directors. Th£ com
missioner is to be put under $75,000
bond approved by the attorney gene
ral. The commissioner is charged
with the management and control of
the State dispensary, subject to the
provisions of the dispensary law. and
is empowered to enter into contracts
and employ or discharge the officers,
employees and laborers necessary to
the conduct of the business. He is
forbidden, however, to emply any
person who is related to him by blood
or marriage within th~ sixth degree.
Liquor sold to the county dispensers
shall be sold at a profit not exceed
ing ten per cent, of the cost of the
State.
The countv boards of control are
to be appointed by the governor, by
and with the advice and consent of
the legislative delegation, or a ma
jority of the same, from the respect
ive counties, instead of by the State
lioard, as heretofore; and the gov
ernor is given authority to remove
members of the county boards for
cause. The county boards of control
employ the dispensers and clerks,
who are not to be related fb them.
The commissioner, instead of the
State board, is required to attach a
certificate as to the chemical analy
sis. purity, etc., to every package of
liquor sold In. or brought into, the
State. Any packages of liquor with
out such certificate may be seized and
sold as contraband, and the common
carrier bringing it in may be fined.
Beer dispensers are hereby express
ly prohibited.
The use of request blanks by coun
tv dispensers are required, but here
after these books shall be furnished
to the auditors by the countv board
of control, instead of the State board,
and shall be paid for out of the funds
of the county dispensaries.
County boards of control are given
authority to establish dispensaries
and to designate their location, of
which twenty days’ notice shall be
given. The establishment of a dis-
ensarv may be prevented by a ma
jority of the voters of the townshin
in which it is to he located signing
a petition to the county board, re
questing that the proposed dispensary
be not established.
The failure of dispensers to per
form their duties is to be renorted to
the governor, instead of the State
board of Directors, and he is required
to forthwith institute proper proceed
ings to enforce the law. Heavy pen
alties are fixed for the violation of
any of the requirements of the law by
dispensers. Dispensers are required
to use the request books, and report
to the auditor on or before the 10th
of each month and vo subscribe to an
oath that they have complied with
the law in this respect. The sale of
liquor to minors, intoxicated persons
or persons in the habit of becoming
intoxicated is forbidden and fails to
make accurate returns as reouired
by law, showing the true signature to
every request by him received and
granted, or sells liquor to any person
without first requiring a written re
quest therefor. Is liable to a suB for
$200 damages ou the bond of such
dispenser, to be brought by the soli
citor, who is required to bring suit
when information is lodged with him.
Permits to manufacture liquor
may be granted by the commissioner
under proper restriction, provided in
Section 13, which amends Section
571.
The payment of the United States
tax as a liquor dealer or notice of
anv kind in any place of reaort. or in
any store or shop, indicating that al-
colohic liquor* ate there sold, shall
be held a* prima Cade evidence that
GEORGE HALL CONVICTED.
the dispensary law is lieing violated,
and a penalty of not less than $100
r'-**- more than $50(i fine, or imprison
ment for three to twelve months is
imposed for such violation.
Section 19. the last .seet.ion of the
hill, is one of the most important I Salisbury. N. C., Friday night in con-
arui is as follows: nection with lynching of the three ne-
Section PK That Section 0<i3. Vol. I srroes at Salisbury Monday last and
2. (Criminal) Code ot Laws. S. C., j given a term of i5 years in the State
19"2, he amended by adding at the penitentiary.
Member of Salisbury Mob Tried and
Convicted—Gets Fifteen Years.
Salisbury, N. C., Aug. 20. --George
Hall was convicted of conspiracy at
nd tin
reel
; the
follow]
lug:
Tin*
sa: d
The
Ilf*
arin
:r of
th
e case began
commit
tee
shall
have
tiie
po\v<
*r to
; when
cor
irt opened
a
t 10:30 Friday
make. 1
in.s
ci ihc*
and pi
•omn
Igite,
an 1
; morning.
At
6:15
P.
m., after bear-
the col
nmi
sioner
• sliall
eiifi
irce
such
* tng s<
•vet
al
wit ne:
sse
s establishing
rules and
regnlat ions
cove
ruing
the
Hall's
pa
rticij
lation
in
the lynching
conduct
ol
the 0
Ulcers.
eni|!
iloyes
and
: the cii
se
was
given
to
the jury. Af-
method:
s of
business of
the
Stab
• dis
ter he
ing
out
2o m
inn
Jes. a verdict
pensary
. as
i, 5 U
their judgment
may.
of gui
Ity
was
•Bgro
■d
upon and th**
M*em w
ise 1
und pi
•oper n
ot mconsi
stent
! maxim
urn
pc
■nalfy
fOi
the. offense
INFURIATED POSSE
HOT AFTER NEGRO.
HE ATTEMPTED TO ASSAULT A
YOUNG WHITE GIRL.
The Negro Went to a Store Where
the Girl Wa s Alone and Aft er Bar-
terinq a Few Minutes Seized Her.
- - charged was imposed by Judge B. F.
tiie said section sba" read as follows: j ;,(ing Court adjourned for the day
“Sections <) ,, 3. Tiie presiding officers ; at 7- m p n i.
el Hie Senate and Hop-p* ot Repre- This is said t< lie the first conv ! ct-
sentatives shall annually appoint a ion <>f the bind ever secured iu North
committee, consisting of two members c.nolina. although a number of ef-
of the House of Representatives : forts have been made to bring mom-
i one Senator, whose duty it sliall be , G f niobs to justice.
to make quarter!
' e
x i min
ati«m
> of
'1
'he St
air
* -prang u surprise in the
the St;
Lte dispens
1 v
for t
he 1
Is cal
t rir
1] wh
n
t re offense against the
year b'
eginning on
'!)
' fils
1 da
y of
pri:
-oner
*w
as changed from murder
Noveml
K-r previou
< 'o
the
late
■ of
to
const)
i ra >
cy.
tie ir a
1 ppoint ment.
a t
id '0
nia!
Ce a
When
tin
* court was called to order
writ ten
report of
,-uc
h e\.<
,iiina
t ions
II.)
n. T.
J,
Kluttz announced that his
to the
General A
■em
■il> at
tl •
s e fi
(•]’>
mt wi
uui
d contend that the court
:;io 1 m
■xt succeed!
llg
after
limit
at i-
wai
s unla
wf
til it was argued tha f the
pointnn
•nt. ^1 sha
il i
ie tile
(hit
V of
' o\
'em or
could not sien a commission
at least
one niemli
<T 1
if -air
1 con
imi’-
!(tr
-uch
a 1
court unless he was in the
tee to
be present
at
tile
takin
g of
S*. :
■i\ an
d i
t was claimed that he was
the iir
century of
t he
sloe!
A Of
tie
a:
\ 11 a n
tic
Citv, N. J. Mr. Kluttz
State r
lisp' nsarv a
1 .1!
!e eia
l of
ea -h
, M h l
md th
at
a subpoen- be issued for
quarter
(in'
- . Gle
nn.
and have him brought to
Each
member <
if s
aid (
olilIU
i ! 1 ' * ‘ ,
‘ ( M
r! to
te
stify. This was done and
shall n
iceiw the s
aim
■ per
ditMii
chiel
e
xecu ive of the State was
mileage
* as menibi
r.s
of tin
• (lellerii
- \V<
>11! ;
i!l<
i questioned about his
Assemi
ily. to he |
laid
out 0
l tin-
dl>-
All
I'eaV
I’lt
s on the !7th of July, the
pensan
r funds bv
war
rant <
if di-
■ipen-
<la>
• that
tl
ie call for the court) was
sary commissioner
on
the St
ale t
reas-
ma
do. Hr
* s:
aid that he was in Atlantic
tirer: 1
Provided. '11
nit
no pei
• diet
11 be
< 'ii
V
J.,
but in order to do what
allowed
to the me.
nbe
rs of
said
corn-
could
I t
•> prevent a lynching, he
mittee
for more* th;
ai t
\\ ellt.-'-
four
days
; Wll
ed hi
S !
private secretarv to issue
during
any fiscal
V(
#
ar.
File
said
r to
1 the
coni’
1): -
-ion and sign Ids name to
commit
tee skall h;
live
the i
powe
1 it.
T! is
, h
<- considered the proper
make,
prescribe ai
id !
ironiul
gate.
and
: tin
llg to
d<
i.
the commissioner sliall etibec**. ue!i
rules and regulations governing in
conduct of the officers, employes and
methods of business of the State dis
pensary as. in their judgment, may
Tilt objecMon of the defendant was
overruled ami the trial proceeded
The first witm-ss was David W.
Julian, a deputy <h riff, who testified
that lie saw Hall leading a mob of
seem wise and proper, not inconsist- a | )!nit ;;p aien. some of whom the wit-
ent with law. ’ m-ss knew. The officer had in cus
tody a man he had arrested at the
Ravenna Notes.
Ravenna, Aug. 15.— Miss Blanche
Littlejohn, a charming voting' lady
of this community, is ill at her home
with typhoid fever. Her many friends
will learn this with much regret and
we hope her case will not prove se
rious.
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Brown and
children, of Jonesville. were guests
of their parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Brown, Last Sunday.
Mr. T. G. Chalk, principal of the
Grlndal school, paid his family his
usual visit from Friday until Mon
day.
Mrs. Lou Pate, of Cowpens. after
spending a few days with relatives in
this section, left this morning for
Jonesville. where she goes to visit
for a few days.
Mrs. B. G. L. Pettit is at Corinth
this week, attending the meeting
which is being held at that place.
Miss Jennie Sims, an attractive
young lady of Cowpens. accompanied
by her brother. Morris, visited rela
tives here Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilkes F. Thomas
and children, of Spartanburg, were
guests of their parents. Mr. and Mrs-
M. W. Littlejohn, last week.
Mr. George S. Goforth, of Cedar
Springs, spent last Tuesday night
with hi* cousin. Junle A. Goforth.
Miss M. Addle Brown spent several
days last week at Cedar Springs. She
attended the meeting while there.
Mrs. Luther D. Bonner has been
staying a few days at the bedside of
her sister, Miss Blanche Littlejohn.
Miss Edna Brown, of Gaffney, who
is visiting her parents here, spent a
few days in Jonesville last week, the
guest of her brother, Mr. George E.
Brown.
Mr. Clarence T. Chalk left last Wed
nesday for Greer, where he has ac
cepted a position.
Misses Estelle and Belle Pettit, of
Gaffney, have been visiting relatives
here for several days.
Mrs. Wallace Harvey and Mrs. John
Hancock, of Gaffney, are the guests
of Mrs. C. E. Burgess.
Mr. Loyd D. Goforth, formerly of
this section but now of Jonesville,
visited his parents. Mr. and Mrs. K.
R. Goforth, last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Bonner and
children, of Pacolet, passed through
here last Sunday to visit their pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Bonner, at
Goucher.
Several of our young people are
thinking of attending the association
which convenes at Blacksburg Thurs
day. Friday and Saturday.
A great number from this section
attended the speaking of the State
candidates at Gaffney last Thurs
day.
There will be no services at Gou
cher Saturday. On Sunday Mr. Hick
son will fill his regular appointment
and services will continue through
out the week.
Brown Eyes.
jail, Hall, said tiie witness, carried
a hammer and threatened to brain
< him if lie did not liberate the prisoner.
; Mr. Kluttz objected to this testimony
j in its entirety.
Other testimonv was offered in the
i afternoon and the case speedily given
the jury.
A Sunday School Picnic.
The New-Midway Sunday school
will have a picnic on the New-Midway
school grounds Saturday, August 18.
A number of Sunday school workers
are expected to be present and will
make short talks on Sunday school
work.
The public is invited and a special
invitation is hereby extended to the
Sunday schools of the countv and to
those interested in the work.
Let us not forget to provide am
ple baskets. Refreshments will be
served on the grounds and. as a mat
ter of course, good order will pre
vail.
Lewis C. Waters.
Superintendent.
Death of Mrs. John Austell.
Mrs. John E. Austell passed away
at her home In this city on Thursday,
after an illness of some length. Her
remains were laid to rest in the Petty
Graveyard on Friday in the presence
of a large number of sorrowful rela
tives and friends. Mrs. Austell was
in her fiftieth year and was a devout
Christian lady. She was well known
in this section, having been Miss
Thomas before her mariage. A hus
band and five children mour their
great loss.
Greenwood. Aug. H.-—At 11 o’clock
j tonight a boss** varying in number
trom •>bn to 1,000 men is searching
Greenwood county in hot pursuit of a
negro rapist. Bob Davis, i\ho this
morning attempted to desecrate the
body ol .Miss Jennie Brooks, a young
lady 2'i years old, who lives near
Greenwood. Davis later assaulted
a negro woman.
The blood hounds of the county
are being used by tiie mob. and when
ever the dogs strike the trap the men
become almost frenzied in their im-
I patience to get in view of their quar
ry. The sheriff of Greenwood county
accompanies the crowd, but it is
generally believ. d that the negro will
never reach Mi*- jail alive if he Is
caught.
The crime for which Bob Davis Is
now fleeing for his life was a most
brutal one.
Miss Jennie Brooks is the daugh
ter of Mr and Mrs. J. B. Brooks, who
live about four miles from Green
wood near the Mt. Mariah church.
Tiiis morning Miss Brooks was iu
her father's srore. her parents having
gone to church. She was alone in th?
building and a younger sister was in
the home some fifty yards distant.
During tiie morning tiie negro. Bob
Davis, who has been employed in a
brick yard in Greenwood, entered
the store, ip- said he wanted to buv
some shoes. Then he wanted to
look at som. trousers.
When those articles had been
shown him he .-aid lie wanted to buy
some bacon. When the girl turned
to get the bacon the negro seized her
and growled. “You are what I want.”
Given a great strength in her blind
terror, the crlri threw the burly ne*
pro off. I!* blocked her way, how
ever. and seized her again. She
fought desperately, and the negro
seized a big knife used to cut the
meat. The girl tried to snatch the
knife away from him and two of her
fingers were almost severed. Then
the negro siu-beu the girl’s throat,
the gash being four inches lon£. hut
despite tiie loss of blood and tha
choking fear, the girl fought on. and
was making some headway towards
the door when a Mr. Tolbert drove up
in a buggy. The negro brute heard
the wheels and 'lashed out of a rear
door. The girl called feebly to Mr.
Tolbert, and fainted. She was car
ried by Mr. Tolbert to her home not far
distant. Mr. Tolbert drove oue mile
to a telephone and summoned a phy
sician and also notified the authorities
in town of the deed.
The news spread with incredible
rapidity and within a few moments
an angry posse, headed by the big
dogs of the jail, were hot on the
negro’s trail.
Two miles from the scene of the
first attempt the posses found that
the same negro had assaulted a ne*
gro woman.
Several times the mob has come up
on traces of the negro. He has been
seen in yarious places and with tire
less patience the posse is following
each clue, confident that at last they
will run their quarry to earth. At
midnight he had not been oaptjired.
One rather unusual feature of the
case is that a brother of Bob Davis
was lynched twelve years ago for as
saulting a white woman.
The End of the World
of troubles that robbed E. H. Wolfe,
of Baar Grove, la., of all usefulness,
came when he began taking Electric
Bitters. He writes: “Two years ago
Kidney trouble caused me great suff
ering. which I would never have sun
v*ved had I not taken Electric Bit
ters. They also cured me of General
Debility.” Bure cure for all Stom
ach. Liver and Kidney complaints.
Blood diseases. Headache, Dizziness
and Weakness or bodily decline.
Price 50c. Guaranteed by Cherokee
Drug Co.’s drug store.
Mrs. Arthur Bridges Dead.
Mr. Arthur T. Bridges was in the
city Wednesday. Mr. Bridges has
been saddened by the death of his
wife, which occurred in Kings Moun
tain on Tuesday. This is the second
bereavement of Mr. Bridges, as he
lost hi« infant child only a few months
ago. A number of friends from this
citv attended the last sad rites of the
deceased lady.
A Barbecue.
Mr. J. L. Martin will give a
barbecue at W. H. Martin’s mill on
the 24th inst. The Hon. D. E. Finlay
and the Hon. Joe Johnson, members
of congress, will address the citi
zens on this occasion.
Galveston’s Sea Wap
makes life now as safe in that city
as on the highest uplands. E. W.
Goodloe, who resides on Dutton 8L,
in Waco. Tex., needs no sea wall for
safety. He writes: “I have used Dr.
King’s New Discovery for Consump
tion the past five years and it keeps
me well and safe. Before that time I
had a cough which tor years had been
vrowing worse. Now It’s gone.”
Cures chronic Coughs, La Grlppa.
Croup and Whooping Cough and pre
vents Pneumonia. Pleasant to take.
Every bottle guaranteed at Cherokee
Dn’~ Co.’s drug store. Price 50c and
$1.00. Trial bottle free.
—It coets you nothing to try for
that $5 offered by the Gaffney Drug
Co. tor the largest turnip grown from
their seed. See that your name la
registered.
—Get your Turnip and Ruta Bega
seed from the Gaffney Drug Co. and
Incidentally make that $5. Gaffney
Drug Co.
—All wagons sold at coat during
month of August. Gaffney Harwdare
Co. Aug. 1-1 mo.
SUMMER CATARRH
Hot Weather Seems to Have Bad Ef
fect Upon Some People.
It Is generally recognized by physi
cians that many people suffer more
with catarrh during the summer
in the winter. The hot, dry weather
and the change from the hot days to
cool nights seems to have a bad effect
upon the disease.
Even after the usual methods of
treating catarrh have been unsuccess
ful. the Gaffney Drug Co. guarantee
that thev will refund the money if
Hyomei fails to cure the disease. This
seems so fair and reasonable that it
should Induce all catarrh sufferers to
take the treatment.
In niany instances Hyomei has
cured catarrh when the patient has
suffered since childhood. Quite a
number of people in Gaffney who for
years have been unable to get a good
night’s sleep on account of the dis
agreeable tickling and droppng at the
back of the throat, have obtained
quick relief from a few treatments of
Hyomei and the continued use has
made a complete and lasting cure.
There is no stomach dosing when
one uses Hyomei. Simply breathe Its
medicated air through the pocket in
haler that comes in every outfit and
all germs win be killed and the m«-
cous membrane will be healed.
The complete outfit costs $1.00, ex
tra bottles. 50c. Remember that if Hy
omei does not cure, the Gaffney Drug
Co. return your money.
Scrub yourself dally, you’re not
clean Inside. Clean Insides means
clean stomach, bowels, blood, liver,
clean, healthy tissue in every organ.
MORAL: Take Hollister’s Rooky
Mountain Tea. 36 cents. Ten or Tab*
lets. Gaffney Drug Co.
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