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f . " I* I ( 'I' l'? 1| I' ^<'U II > IM t I '..u/ASItft r.Mr.tinil r, , f ied fcvery Wednesday and Saturday . '< V'.*' "V V>'W ,x 1 'nterurve rMiMishin* Company A. J. CLARK Wdltt.r. O c 'ear . . 00 S Months, 50 ct? T Months. 25 ct? In Aijvunrp. , >> Wednesday, Jan. 3. IttOO j. . * THE FALLEN LEAVES. "I wonder why", said dimple eline, "the leaves fall to the ground;"? She had some pretty ones with her which nhe that morning found. Her grandma said, with bought fill face; "Their work i- finished now. And 'neath each grew a little hud, that pushed if from the bough; ? But. ere they fell the frost king came, and gave them dresses new ? Some of bright and smne of brown, and some of golden hue. T.eavescover well the little seed from , the roueh winter's cold, A I'd 'neath them insects are as safe a? sheep within the fold." Makoarkt A. Kiciurii Columbia, s. (\ NO DRUNKARDS. Mr Schu'inan, provident of O'Tinvoll I'nivorsi y and chairIran of 111"nmmission sent t<> the Phillipines l?v President McKin'ey, in i p ct'iii article irivon t" 'lie |?1* ss, eniit'nl "Our < I 11 \ . to tin" Phi lipines'', makes litis statement ; "I have i ever iccii a Ki'lipiit" drunkard. I regret till' lll?? Amefio-iits a'lowed the S'llrtotis tii I'd -I f? n it lw 1111 nil tin. is':?n?Is. Tli;it lii's hurt the Americans [in tin1 i'vhs of iln> Kibipinnsl more than ??nvthins pNp, and ihe spectacle of Americans drunk awakens disgust in the Fillipinos." Is it anv wonder that such a si?jht "awakens disgust in the Fillipinos", when you stop to think that the Americans are there attempting to civilise the Fillipinos! The Liquor Problem. Under the above caption, Hon. A. II. Patterson, a member of the legislature from Barnwell, writes the following; timely letter to The Baptist Courier, which we endorse in toto ; Owing to the recent dispensary scandals there is a great hue and cry being made, bv its enemies, that the law should !? repealed. As one who has always been in favor of the dispensary system, i I believe that now is the time for its friends to speak out. Before one commits himself against the dispensary he should consider the matter from evety stand point. Suppose, for instance, that the dispensary law i^ re pealed at the next session <?| the legislature, what are you going to 1)'. .11 i'~ td tee ' *Thei ) are ImiI 111r?*?* ways, un dor the constitution. In regulate the sn^p ol into\ic:itinir 1 i?|?u?r-* in South Carolina, I >ne is under the dispensary sy-tcni, I lie s-roml under the license >y-tein, and the third to prohibit the sale entirely except lor metlieiiiai purposes. Consequently it the dispensary law is re pea !> (! \ on have either t(t so hs | i | ut e the license system in its st< a 1 or prohibit the sale ol' liquor out ii < ! v While prohibit ion nriv hi de> suable, and I lor one would advocate it it I deemed it pr.ieti cable, yet experience lias taught us that it cannot be en fore *d and that it would virtually mean tree Jb :> v j^v . liquor ! j *Th? evils of the licence s\s ein |< ' we have seen' and I hope w.111 j never he forgotten?when ever\ i town in tliit? state hud twi> or ? more barrooms with gambling I hells attached, going nLli' nd * day, debauching the \outh and ? impoverishing tiie homes <?t" our i I land. Common sense ttll* us 1 ! that it the license system is?, t adopted thrt constitution 1 re |] siriotions, such, as not. selling j I alter sundown, not allowing liquor i J to lie drunk upon the pr<m s \s j > and the other good feat or* ? ? 11 ilie dis|?en-ar> <aw, would ig-|? nored by i he barkeeper. a ever yu plaee ihe sd'- ot liqu >r * mi the hands oi a private imhviu- I ual, whose interest is t.i make as .. great a profit out of t, is ne can, f lie will violate the law i Upon (tie other hand what are ? the general resuhs ol the disp. n i sar.v law ? t Although it has been t uignr t from th'? time of its enactment, t and every obstacle h.is been a thrown in the way of its ert'orce- I nienl, vet I believe llur I c hi j I truthfully say, without t? ir ot ? contradiction, that it has reduced ( J t ho consumption of' liquor and t 11lie commission ot criin ' arisitiu ( I from it .r>0 percent Look at the I j towns in '<ru* slate helore the , adoption of 'h? dispensary sv? s loin, anil rememtier how common < J it was for drunken men to tie 5 J upon the streets an ! what an u i- s usual thini; it is now. . Take the town that I live in. ? for instance, ami see what e|l'.?ct i the dispensary law has had upon j it. Under the license system we j had four or five barrooms, iron- t erally with uamhline dens at i (ached, and almost every one of t them was the scene ot a murder i and numerous bloody fights. | Since the adoption of the dispell- < sary law there has been but one ( homicide committed in this town, and that was not due to liquor, and there is not now a gambling house in the incorporate limits of the town. Trior to the passage of the law rows and fights upon salesdays were common occurrences, now they are rare. Christmas now seems like* Sunday, before it was a day of drunkenness ?tnd debauchery. I have no doubt the' experience of Ifarnwell has been i 'that of most of the towns in the > I state. Tile disneiivtrv law has releira i j I<?<I (o the rear ;i|! of IIm- allure I moot- of the license system, surli as the hand-oruo ?rl;?ss mirror-,1 i the liilli:ir>l and poo! t:ih!es and the e;irtl tables, ami. Worst of all. the social habit of Ireatin;:, which has caused the ruin ot .more' i yoiinir 111on th in any feature of t lie old harro'uii system. It is not necessary to inenHon i other jjood feat tires of t lie d i-pen ; wary, as those alreadv named will cause men to he-itato before i | adopt inir * l?o license sy-toni, which once it is inaugural oil will soon deyenerile into the old bar-: room with all o| it- attendant ji-vils. 1.('I u- I.mk iii I lie >iisjirii-itrv i 1 r< tin I In* | >< > ii 11 o| \ iew tliiil is ' now ;ivriI;11i114 tin tnin'ls nf iln* 1 jici >| i|?* oil ii is Si ,i' i . | ' SIioiil.iI tin- - v-tom In' 11io|i -In 11 on ;i? r r?11uj n! till' roront h':mi<I;iIs 'in 'In* Sliiio ili.s|i'Mis:iry .ii Co- I liitnliiu ' j i I say l>y no iiicnn>. W liile I I ^iliui that such scandal* p,ro Cftlnjated i?> injure the dispensary, a,nd especial}* so as there a'e men who have t'ouseht it trom ita reation fvom personal and po litio I mot'ves and who are eatfer o lav til--b' one upon the sys'em tnd not upon the officials, \et 11 v faith in the s\sfem has never een shaken and I still believe ;hnt it is the host solution oi the ifjlior uriihp'jn that lr?s ever e-'ti adopted The people of i South Carolina are too laoii'ia' i v t'? the (rood result* "f tf>e di*- i lensary is to wish to destroy i' o r? ouot of the nwa'iiy o jl ; niie oi i s offi. ials You had as I *o'l arirne that the hanks should I ie rinsed on account of the ah-h conditio ol cashiers with the i unit-, oi tlia' the St ite pen I t?oi? isrv sh.ou'd he abolished t?e- i hii-c ot the recent shortage o'" I be snp< nnb-ndont, as t<? say I hat tin- diaponsarv law should I ?* r- poalod on account of tho ] ni-roniltj?*t ?>f tho fommi^iitncr I iii'I other di-ponsnry offioials I I >o'i?v- thif a thunder storm I oirities the atmosphere. so wi'l I to recent ox p'\surers of micron i loot olarifv the dispensary svs- j "fii a??d th'?' uood will result hoi''-l?y to ho oeoph*. 1 ?iIs*? i vo 11 a t r I? - wol a'o oi t lull o? u- iry will bo adyano?*d i> a j) . ia' "ommittoo similar 'o 'li?-? n* tha' in viKt iira'o-l the i >? n tort bo appointed at tho next i ion oi tin- Lo..islaturo whose 1 ut v it shall bo to turn on tho o'Hi liirhts and make a very j 111 tl't in "ll iltviiiitiiriiMi.il niiiu'iirn iiti? ill" management ami work ] ngs of tlio State dispensary. and i (i expose all misconduct and ras aids' ??f any of the officials, and hul their report he followed hv i ndiotment of the guilty parties. [ have too high a regard for the < h racier of the people ?f South Carolina its to believe that it is mpossihle to select men to man ?ge the State dispensary who will lot steal ami he bribed. Tore peal the dispensary law for any mch reason would he a disgrace ; o the honorable name of South Carolina. We have any number ( >f business men in South Car .1.'.,.. ...Iwv ...... CIl ?ll ..f *1. >iill i nnu Uflll llll <111 <11 I III' positions under tin- dispensary aw and who, upon t he expiration >f t heir terms of ofliee, run leave he same, like Pjesar's wife, ahove uispieion There are some weak points n t he dispensary law that have) jeen made apparent hv the receni | scandals whieli should be cor ' eefd, one <d' which is the crant ! n<4 of beer privilege*. They are lireetly contrary to ami in vio- ] ation of the very spirit and! d.ject of the dispensary system. I'liev are nothing more nor less b in bar rooms and in the larjre! ities they are said to be adjuncts | if "blind timers." There should >e no distinction made between vhiskev and beer; both should >e sold only by the regular oiiniv dispenser. The idea of' , . . .1 ! :iverm:; iiccr. a- now prnrlm il ?y tin* beer <li~pon>ers, t ? c<>nminer-* ;il llicir places <>l' bus i i e s s, Hereby ci roura'iinj; llio ?>ii-.mijj)tinn of 1 i?111?>r. i? repug nun in iIk* law ;i11?I obnoxious ? its friend*. Therefore I hey diould he ;ih<dished by l;i\v. 1 !; recent dispensary scandals lave also shown Iho (lander of illowing Hie names of liquor liouses and their private brand- j 5F(Wl rti * * . , , * 1 to appear upon the labels of the dispensary bottles. It is but an open door to fraud and corruption. Nothing should appear upon the label of the disp *haary bottle except, thebrand of the state dispenshrvMffftl' words or marks showingTTl^TuHl of liquor, the grade, price, hat- it has been analyzed. There is noth in^ new in this suggestion, us it is but returning to the rule adopted bv the board nl control under Governor Tillman's administration. There is no reason why the name or brand of the house toiii which' the liquor is bought should appear upon the hot tie. The dispensarv law was not adopted for the purpose of advertising liquor houses Prohibit the appearance of these private brands and names ot liquor houses upon dispensary hot ties entirely and you wil therebv prevent dishonest commissioners and dispensers from hoos>ing and creating demands for the liquors of particular houses. My object in writing this letter is to expose the fallacy of the irjrument of the enemi- s of the lispene-irv that became some ol its otlh'ial* h tve done wrontr tlfat, therefore. tl>e whole s.xstem is rotten an I corrupt and that it should be aholi-h '!, win r?*as I he facts show that the morals ol n:r people have been improved under the dispensary law and that to repeal it would 1 e retrograding to i he old barroom, which was the bane of the state. I believe the dispensary will stand I he storms of the future just, as it has weathered those of the past, ami that safeguards will ho< thrown around its management that will prevent the recurrence of the scandals referred to. County Alliance. Tlie Lancaster County Alliance will inert in the Court House on the second Friday in January at 10:30 o'clock. A full delegation is requested to attend this meeting as important business will come up for consideration. K. B. Linoi.k, Pres. J. M. Kniuht, Sec. am Hale and Hentty How9m j writes C B. Hill, of Marshall, Mich., j "a living proof of the ellicacy of I )r. Miles'Heart Cure. I have suf- I fered 2o years from heart trouble, j and became so bad I could not lie j down to sleep. Physicians failed to help me. :nd 1 was advised to try 1 )r.Miles' 1 le irf Cure, which henetited me from the tir:,t. 1 continued using it and now am i:i perfect health." Eft. MILES' Heart Cure is sold l>y all druggists on guarantee first bottle beneltts or money bark. Hook on heart and nerves sent free. Cr. follcs Modical Company, E!khart. Ind. Kodol Dyspepsia* Cure. Digests what you eat. It artificially digests the food and alda Nature In strengthening and reconstructing the exhausted digestive orgaas It is the latest liscovered digestant and tonic. No other preparation can approach It In eMctency. It Instantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea Sick Headache, Oastralgla,Cramps,an< all other results of imperfect digestion. Prepared by E C DcWitt A Co., Chicago. CRAWFOKll H II Auditor's l\lotio< l.ANOASTKK ' ' H , ' / 1'eceniber fi, 1801) ) VJO'1 I K ih hereby given * l< ? 'nig1.V olllce "ill he open Iron. 1 h? 1st day oi .1 \NU.\KY to the 20tli ?t ? of FKItltU v It Y. 11)00, Tor the porpo of receiving tin* ret urns of the ts\tv <-g of I.messier coiintv. A II persons having proper!> ? ? ir pos-es-ion or roi'rol, a? nin-iye-a^ holder-, or us husband, parent, g. rdiiio. 1 ri, .?eet ex?color, admit'!.-.* r, receiver, accounting cfflc?r, age 1 ,t.. tor mi-\, nr f net i>r, "ii f li KI '>Tda <>f .1 A \ l' U(Y, IfliH). hpi' require" Hi ii-t (tin -sine f'?r taxation within the tun? require" r? \ l>w, or incur the pi-oa'ty of * I FTY f"-r crnt , vt Melt *tf n'-he- in x_ ('HfM* ' I f?l|llrM fl' lit The |io>| t hx of oNK I i \K ig In mi ii |iiiii tt M.xl.K prPMiini hi-twi-fO the hbi'? ot 21 it11if (M) t6?r",ritr,i'p' person wh are lottiniHil and unanle to earn h ?ii^liiii i; also. on fed-'rale ^oldie r~ alt v?- 'he au" of 50 year ' he a ii 'I i t e , p an a-si^lani vtil attend the following plane- ill tile county on ?he days named below for the coovenieiice of the pllhlic: Oseenhi?Tuesday, January 0, 12 .ill. Pleasant Valley ? Wednesday, January 10 Belair?Thursday, .Tarnary .11 Van XX'yek? Friday, January 12 Dix e, a. in.. Dwight, p. m?Monday, January 15. Tradesville?Tuesday, January 1ft. Taxahaw?Wednesday, January 17. Flat Creek Church?Thursday, January 18. Dr. C. C. XX'elsh's?Friday, Jan. 10. Primus?Saturday, January 20. ? Haile Hold M ine?Monday. Jan. 22. ' Kershaw?Tuesday and XX^ednesday, January 2J and 24. Heath Spring?Thursday. Jan. 25. Ph-asant Hill?Friday, January 2ft, to 2 o'clock p m. * ; Dry Creek?Monday, January 29. I Under an act. of the legislature, all (irimmn navm* a grand IDCOUIP UI or more, are required to make a return of the name to the auditor at ^ the time of making their other returns. It will be to the interest of every taxpayer to make hin return promptly of all personal property; also of all transfers or improvements on real estate, and save the penalty of 50 per rent., which attaches after the 20th of Febru ry. Kenpectfiilly, JNO. A. COOK, County Auditor. MONEY TO LOAN! Ill A V K made arrangements with Brokers in New York City through whom I am able to place loans secured by a llrst mortgage on improved farms for five years time, payable in instalments, at the low rate of 7 per cent, interest per annum. The brokerage and the charge for abstract and inspection are small and at the expense oi trie borrower. R. t. WYLIE. Atty-at-Law. Sept. 27, 18ft9. t>m. , Notice. rnilKRK will l?>- a meeting of the J Stock holders of the Kickshaw I Mxiicam i i.k t 'o. held in the office of the I.ancxsi kk M krcantii.k Co , Lancaster, s. on Monday the 22d day of January, UKm, for the purpose of changing the name of said corporation | from Kershaw Mercantile Co to Kkkkiiaw Mkio'antii.k and Kankino Co. Hy order of the Hoard of directors. K. E.t'i. ?fi?, Secretary. Anyone lending n skrli li ?n<! description may quickly atiyrialii ?>?ir oDinion fruv nlmtlier iui I Invention n iirnliablrplli ntahtn. fi>riunuiilra> I Unit if i-icl It ' nlldcnt IhI. 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