The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, February 16, 1897, Image 1

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a mens VOL. XII LAURENS. S. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1807. IN IHM tlOUSK OF KBPIlGtSKNI*A? 11VBS. Separate Coaches for tho Whites und Blacks? The Clgnrotto F.vll Is Dolt Wich und a Tax Imposed. Mr. Gage's bill to prohibit tho manu facture and sale of cigarottes was takon up and passed ovor to permit Mr. ICpps' bill on tho same suhjcct to be cousldered first. Mr. Sinklcr said that the United States court of appeals had recently decided exactly similar bills uncon stitutional. Mr. Atbley moved to strike out the enacting words of tho bill. IJoth bills bad been unfavorably reported. Mr. ttpps thought thr.t it was tiuie to put a stop to tho lcjury that was being done to tho youth of tho State by the sale of cigarettes. He thought their lives were being endangered. Mr. Slnkler said, if any (.no could satisfy him that this law was constitu tional he would vote for the bill. The circuit court of appeals had decldtd adversely to such a bill. Mr. Winklor knew of no more dam nable habit to tho youth of this coun try than thut of stinking cigarettes. It was a bill to commend iteeif to the members of tho general ?sflombly. lie held that the Iowa decision covered a different ease. 11 i was satisfied that the bill would stand It it Injured tbn tobacco industry, let the tonaeoo in dustry uo rather than ruin the boys of the State. Mr. Gush man argued that the boys would purchase Booking tobacco aud use tLo worst kind of paper to make olgarettCS. Why not pass a bill if you are going to do this to include all kinds of smoking tobacco, cigars, etc. Mr. de Loach said that ull physicians agreed that cigarottes ready made were most dangnrous. That was the most harmful way in which t- bacco v.'u-< used. Mr. Sue r explained the position of the committee and declared himself In favor of tho bill. Mr. Porrltt said they had a law on this sub joe t which was not enforced. It was not the province of the general assembly to legislate parentage. Mr. Gage did not belong to that class of in in wbo wanted to lt\l<e cure of his fellowman, but ho wanted protection for tho people from this evil. One. groat evil was tho tendeucy to drink liquor; the other greatest was tho Btnoking of cigarettes. He eaid it was a curst. Mr. Patton rose when Mr. Gage asked uny one who did not think It a oursu to rulso his band, and said ho bad been ehowing tobacco and smok ing pipes, oi gars a.id cigarettes for 20 years, and ho submitted that ho was perhaps a better physical specimen th.in hlsfrleud. (Laughter.) Mr. P.k .ton. making a pretty quota tioh and application, went on to bay that some men were prono to attack the pet vees of others. Mr. Pattoo resumed his argument on the cigarette hill at the night session, saying tho worst thing about tobacco was its cost. Mr. Pattou was saying that a mother could do more with a shingle than all tho statutes to break boys from smoking cigarettes. Mr. dcLoacb asked Mr. Patton if , bo had experienced tho parental obli gation. Mr. Pattou?Mr. Sneaker, it Is roally a very funny thing, how all these newly man led young follows, when thoy haee been married a few mouths, think they aro the grand paront* of a whole tribe. Mr. Patton said thoy had reduced the prico of whiskey from 10 cents a drink to .". cents a drink ; now why would they raise the price of cigar ettes, the lesser evil. Ho said ho thought that tho Louse was going to refuse to prohibit the sale of liquor. Ho said this cigarotto law would not stand tho teht of tho courts. Tho young were already protected. If they would pass It as a revenue measure, then it was unjust und discriminating. Mr. deLouoii replied, Baying that the smoklogof cigarettes was not to he compared with the smoking of pipes. He argued that the dispensa j law de creases tho drinking of liquor. Mr. deLoaoh was a reformed cigarette smoker himself. Mr. do Loach's ambndmcnt to make the privilege tux H) cents Instead of 25 Cents was then killed, after being consldorrd again, there being tome doubt a* to its having boon voted upon at tho morning session. Mr. Ashley eft red to amend by adding tbo following words: "Nor shall any cigar besohl without comply ing with the terms of this act, or pipe be eold without a cane-root pipe stem ; nor shall any pip-' bo lined more than three days without bolng cleaned ; and further that no man shall chew to baoco more than once." This coated louil laugbV i*. Or course nothing was done with the amendment, Tho bill WU- I ? n ordered to u third reading in this shape : Section 1 That no package of eifisiv ties sold or offered for sale shall contain more th:tn five cigarottes, nor shad any package of cigarette paper sold or offered for sale contain more then lt'O leaves of length and width now usod. S c. 12 That every such package of olgarcttes or olgarotto paper shall I have thereon a privileged lax stamp I as hi rolnafter provided for, which ( shall be furnished to dealers in cigar ettes or cigarette paper by tho county | treasurers of the counties of this state | at a ( Ost of 2~> een's oaoh, ami the pro ceeds of tho sale of s ieh stamps shall beheld b, tho county treasurors sub ject tv> the warrant) of the boards of couuty commissioners like tbo funds for ordinary county expenses. s io. 3. That the privileged tax stamp for oigsrotlos or olgarotto paper shall b<) in form as follows; " Number?, Stato of South Carolina: This is to cortify that the privilege tux of this package has boon paid to tho county treasurer,-, Comptroller G' naral, S. C." Tho same shall bo litl. iph cd In tho handwriting of tho pi .sent comptroller genoral, and his successor In offl jc, as tho eamo are needed, and shall hoof convenient sizo and shape and muollaged in such convenient way as the comptroller general shall direct, and shall be furnished by tho comp troller general to tho county treasurers upon demand, who shall account for them and the sales of each yoar to the comptroller goneral. Seo. 4. That all persons violating any of tho provisions of this act shall. Upon conviction thereof, pay a line of not less than if>() no* inoro than $100, or Imprisonment with or without bard labor for not less than 20 nor moro than 30 days. THE jim CUOW CAU BILL. When Mr. Caughman'aJimCrow car bill, which had boon unfavorably re ported, was called up Mr. M-.tares moved to strikeout tho enacting words. Mr. Caughmsn defended his bill. He thought It w is thiir duty to legislate for tho benefit of the Cauoaslan race in tho future. He waa fully awaro that this hill hud been fought over evory two years since '70. Ho feared that as tho yoara rollod by interinar murriairoof the ruocs might como. Ho argued that tho railroads would not suffer. Ho urged tho fact that moat of tho other Southern States had such laws. Mr. Reynolds said that tho unfavor able report of tho committee was of course of weight in this natter. He aaid there hud been a growing feellDg that thla legislation was unnecessary. The course of such bills in 20 years showed that. The deBire for the bill grew out of tho race problem. It was the idea of the thing mo'o than tho reality which made some pooplo want t.'iia act. What was tho necessity for this radical change. Mr. Pollock, of tho rallroud commit toe, resented the statement of Mr. Caughman that tho enmmlttco had hoard railroad men on tho bill, when they hadn't notilied him of t lie consi deration. He auld that a railroad rep* rtftcntativo did appear before tho com mittee, but the committee ilidu't care to hear auything special on tho sub ject, because the subject has been dis cussed for 20 years and every man, possibly, hud hit mind made up on tho Hubpot. He could tee no ai-tfument in the fact that other States.iiud passed such a law. South Carolina was sup posed to be the best judge of hor own nccGn and there was no demand for such u bill. Usually the travel in tho State was not so large as to require separate ceaohes. Color was not tho only consideration any way. Ills ex pcrlenco was that colored men in Urat olnsH coaeiiea ulwuya behaved them selves decently and respectfully. Ho saw no necessity for the bill. Mr. Kinard, of Abbeville, said ho ho lievud in keeping tho negroes separate from tho whito gentlemen and ladies. The race question is a deep one and the only way to sottlo it ia to keep a well marked line botwecu them under aii circumstances. Mr. Cuahman said he had never heard any complaint ns to the opera tion of the law where it is in force. If the la^v is needed In other States, to much more do wo nood it, for our col or?d population is much greater in proportion than it is in other States. Lt would r< quire no hardship ou tho ruilrouds, because a simple division of u passenger car into two compartment s would he sufficient. Mr. Reynolds said tho trouble about n grocs was Infinitely greater on street oars. Make this apply to them and drive them out of business. Ml*. I^tii d said with all dmi deference to I bo colored man and his rights, he must raiso bis voloe in behalf of this bill. To v<>to to kill this bill w<.'8 to say that they upproved of negroes riding in cars with their v* ives and daughters. Mr. Rogers suid the te ndency of this age tvaa to deolde all such questions in tho light o( their utility. This wa* a question which roee far above utility and all qm stions of expense, Mr. S'urkle had always favored tho J im Grow car bill. Mr. Pollock went for Mr. Kinard in quite u warm manner in regard to his assertion that the practice of tho races traveling in tho same coaches was an incentivo to umalgaraation. Mr. Rogers temarked that if it wero possible ho would liko to see the ne groes blotted out of the Stato. Mr. Kmurd spoke of tho water closet problem, urging that matter. Ho said that none id tho arguments against tho bill wero sound. Mr. W. S. Smith said they needed the bill badly in the lower portion of the Stato. Ho argued for somo time. Tho previous question was th*?n call ed on the wholo matter. The House refused to strike out the enacting words by a veto of 80 to 19, aa follows: Ay^s?Anderson, Hedon, Childs, Col cock, Davis, C. M.; Davis, W. 0.; Gudsden, Gage, Hiott, HollIs, Meares, Mehrtens, Mitchell, MoKeowo, Pol lock, Pyatt, R ynolds, Thomas, J. P., Jr., Vincent ?19. Nays?All. Armstrong, Asbill, Ash ley, Austell, Uacot, Hailey, a inks, B ithune, Biy the, Broeland, Carraway, Careen, Caugbman, Crum, Cuehman, Davis, G. W.J ? deLoaoh, Dukes, Ed wards, Efird, Epps, Fox, Garris. Cas que, Glenn, Goodwin, H. P.; Goodwin. O. P.; Graham, J. S.; Graham, T. A.; Harvey, H v/alden, Hendor.ou, Humph rey, [Iderton, Johnson, Kennedy, Kd> lor, Kinard, H. J.; Kinard, J. D.; Lancaster, Lay ton, Lester, Limehouse, Magill, Mauldln, Miloc, Miller, J. E ; M?ler, J H ; Mlahoo, McDanlel, Mo Luii in, Mo White, Owen, Patten, Per rltt, Poi'lips, Piyler, Price, Prince, Rttinsford, Robinson, Rogers, Russell, Simkins, Smith, J. R.; Smith, W. S.; Spoor, Sturkie, Sullivan. Thomas, W. U.; Timmorman, Toole, Verner, Woll lug, Westmoreland. Wingo, TFinkler, Williams. Wyohe, Ynldell.?80. Mr. Pollock then offered to amend so as to give the railroad commission au thority to order Jim Crow cars put on when in their judgment it became nec essary. Mr. Smith opposod any amendmont from anybody or any of tho members of the committee. Tlioy wanted tho hill passed as It was. Aft?*r a littlo so..' b awe mi Messrs. Smith un.l Pol lock, the former moved to table tho amendment, but withdrew the motion to lot Mr. Pol look advocate his amend ment. Mr. Yeldell said that unless thia amendment went in. the bill would have *o ba ? xtenslvoly amended. He i uucht It should bo left to the rail road commission. Mr. Pollock's amondment wns tlion tabled. Mr. Mearen winfced to amend so m to make it eff ? > on November I, 1807. ns u substitute for thlf, Mr. S tinkle i fi -red to am >nd ho a to provide for nurses, v( itlbillod trains, etc., and to make iho uet eff ictive July l. 1SU7. Mr. Mearns Insisted on tho date bo hud suggested. Tho House refused to let it Stand un>,il November. Mr. Sturkio's amondmout wu< then agreed to. Mr. Gadsden then offered nn amend ment to do away with tho second-clans fares, in ordor to put this Stato on a footing with the other Southern States. Mr. Townsend moved to tahlo this, and It was done. Mr. McL-airin offered to amond so us to make tno road, carry separata sec ond-class as woll as first-class coaches. Mr. Sturkio opposed this, saying it would work a hardship on all roads. Tho amendment was then adopted. Mr. Own offered an amendment looking to the elimination of all rof eronco to slavery from the bill, but the House tabled it. Tho bill was then orderod to a third reading in this shape: Sec. 1. That all railroads or railroad companies engavrd in this Stato as common carriers of passengers for hiro shall lu>*nish separate apartments la first and second-class coaohos or separ ate first and second class coaches for the accommodation of whlto and colored pa4*ong?rs ; provided, equal accommo d ttions shall ho ftuppllcd to all persons, without distinction of race, color or previous condition, In auoh ooaobes. Seo. 2. That any liest or seooad-class cd .eh of such currier of passongers ? may be divided into apartments by a substantial partition, in lieu of sep arate euaehes. Sec. 3. That should any railroad or railroad company, its agents or em ployees violate tho provisions of this act, such railroad or railroad company shall bo liable to a penalty of not more than 1500 nor less than $300 for each violation, to be collected by ault of any eiti/.oi. of this State, and the penalty shall be equally divided between the citizen bringing the suit and the State of South Carolina. Sec. -4. That tbo provisions of this act shall not apply to nurses on train , or to relief trains in cases of accidents nor to through vostlbulod trains. Sec. 6. That tho provisions of this act shall not go Into effect until July 1, 1897. HILL. AUF AS A TBACHBR, The Coit of u Good Dinner?How Knowledge is Acquired and Ills setnlaated. There is no column In a newspapor that is so attractive and Instructive as that do; oted to questions and auswers. Indeed, if any whole page wore tot apart to tl.is mode of diffusing knowl edge, it would all be road. There are hooks enough, of course, but. tho masses of tho people have not got lht>m and can not buy them. Cy clopedias aro expensive, but almost every successful uowapaper is well t quipped with such works and can readily refer to thorn and answer tho questions correctly. 1 was ruminating about this hecuuso o' tho eagerness with wbiob my own family peruse all the questions in The Constitution and The liomo and Farm and then make research to answer thorn. I once bad quite a valuable library, but about thlrty-tbreo years ago some vandals calling themselves soldiers did feloniously tuke, steal and carry it oway, and I have not been able Since to supply Its place ; nevertheless, wo have more* books than tho avorago family and find greut comfort in them. Tho Evening Constitution promises its readers u symposium of ten histori cal questions every woek?and while the people are seekiug tho answers, thoy unftvoidab'y come across much interesting and valuable Information. My folks hud to read the biographies of ull the presidents, from Washing ton to Jackson, before they found out which of them was married twice to the same lady. This is a good method of diffusing knowledge, and it is grati fying to note hor/ many responses aro made by tho young people. It is a pleasant mode of teaching without constraint or discipline. Tho reward Is small, but tue a?Q'iMt'on of knowl edge is profitable and enduring. Then the re in a dare, a banter, a competition about it that makes it inviting. Nothing flatters an old man's vanity more than to be appealed to for infor mation concerning such thing?. He is proud to have the young people look up to him as a philosopher, a historian, a scholar. Solomon says: "Get wisdom; get understanding." Lord I3acon says : " Knowledge is power," and Shake speare says : "Knowledgo ia tho wing with which wo fly to heaven." Most of us get our knowledge from books? from the brain of other peoplo who have gone before; but that obtained from thoughtful observat'on and expe rience in the better kind. Long, long ago I kuew an old man who had no books and could hardly writo his name, yet his knowledgo of things around him?of the changes of tho moon and tbe forebodings of the weather ; tho growth of piants ; the habits of fowls and fishes, and tho structure of ani mals was remarkable. I was glad to be a pupil nader such a master. The other day I thought to show oil a Pttlo of my learning at the dinner table. It was not an extraordinary dinner, r.r.d I asked what did it cost. Thoy figured it out to be about 75 cents. Then I remarked that the capital in vested in procuring this unpretending meal was not less than five hundred millions of dollars and gave employ ment to tlve million men, for it takes many ships and many railroads. Tho pepper in this little box was grown in the Eaet Indiee, 10,000 miles away. It grew on a little vino about eight feet high and not less than five years old. It was green when gather ed, and was then dried in the sun until it turned black. The whito pepper is made by taking the black shell off before it is ground. Tho vino is said to be very beautiful and the natives use the root for a bevorago that intoxi cates them just like tho Mexicans use the magyar plant or tho Americans tholr rye and corn. So you seo that slnco the day of Noah tho peoplo of every nation have found something to exhilorate or make them drunk. Well, I it took a ship and 1,000 miles of rail road to brine this pepper here. Then hero is the tea that is brought all tho way from China and the coffee from South America and Mexico. The end fi-h we had for breakfast came from off tho coast of Maine. This piece of boiied ham came from Kansas City. This bread was made from Hour that wan ground from Dakota wheat. This salt, came from the Indian reservation In New York State. This Worcester sauco came from London. These can nod poaches oamo from California. Tho spices that aro in this cake, tho cinnamon and mace and nutmeg came from tho Moluccas or Spfoe islands in the Indian Archipelago. And tho cloves that you uso eamo from over there. Cloves, you must know, are the little short black hobnails that the cobblers drive in the heels of peasants' shoes und the spice resembles thorn so muoh that it took their name. Cloves are not the, fruit nor tho soed of tho troo, hul is the. bloom plucked and dried b :fv>ro it has quite oponod. A great naturalist says that the clove tree is tho most beautiful, tho most elegant and the most precious of all known trees. It Is about forty feet high and lives to bo 100 years old. Wouldn't you liko to havo one in tho front yard? And there is another fragrant fruit? tho citron of commerce ttiat you use in your fruit cake. It takes a big ship U> bring thut hero from Italy and the macaroni has to come along with it. Now here are the potatoes and rico and sugar and cneose thut come from abroad. Pleaso toll mo what we have that is homo made or homo gre.-n within the limits of Bartow county ? " "Corn bread and butter and butter milk," was tho roply. Well, wo could live on that," said [, " Suppose wo try it for a year and seo how it works. It looks like a shame to havo 1500,000,000 and fivo million men omployed to got us a dinner." " Suppose wo wait till next week ? " said my wif.*. " Wo aro going to havo compauy tomorrow. By tbo way, you didn't mention this linen damask table cloth that came from Belfast, nor these knives that Hogers made in England and the Ivory handles that came from tho jungles of India. All of these dishes came from somewhere up North, and so did this extension table and that side board." " No," said I, " wo never had any thing but negroes and cotton beforo the war. Tnoy tooki too negroes ' away from us and have run the cottor down to 4 and C cents, but we still livo, poor und proud, thank the good Lord for His moroles." "Yes," said my wife, "better is a little with tho fear of the Lord than threat treasures and troublo therewith. That is what Solomon says, but I want a good dinuer as long as I can get it." " And Solomon added another pro verb," aaid I, " that just fits our ease: ' Better is a dinner of herb.-? whero love is than a stall-fed ox and hatred thorewith.' " " Well," said she, " thero Is no ne cessity for tho dinner of horbs whero thero is no hatred, but if you wish to try tho corn-bread and butter-milk i you shall havo It every day. It will soon bo timo for you to plant your J garden and raiso tho herbs. Tho rest of us will take somo of tho ox a while longer." So you 8p.o how It Is. I have lost my Influeneo aud see no hope of family reform at the dinnor table. Bll.L AltP. WHAT SHALL WE KAT ? Tho Importance of Fruit and Grain in tho Diet?Tho Apple is tho Kin;; Of Fruits for lleultli. Augusta Ohrw.'-! I a\ - >/L.wu neurd my oeloved father 61 y : " If tho Master closes one door lie will open othors." All through l y sutlering lifo I havo found this \ rifled and particularly so in this \ jar's abundant supply of apples, the pouch crop being short. lu an emer gency the " fruit tablets, orange juice, or tho bowl of hot water with itsslico i f lemon " is of infinite service, as they j-ct quickiy, but as a rule it is best to eepend on tho daily use of fruit juices. Tho uso of fruit is increasing yearly ; only a littlo ar uinent is needed to ergo a more liberal use of it in sick ness and in health. Nothing Is moro grateful to tho convalescent than de licious fruit julcos, which have often proved a specific in various diseases. If our bilious friends would leavo tholr liver pills and study naturo in her most amiling aud bounteous mood and would ullow her to tempt them as Eve tempted Adam, they would take to fruit and try pleasant, natural and healthful methods. The best food Is the purest, tho most nourishing and that which requires tho least outluy of time and monoy in preparing and sorv ing. Nothing answers to this descrip tion more perfectly than fruit. The more dependence on fruit and tho lees on meat and other stimulating food tho better for tho health. If our diet is largely of fruit wo require very littlo I nddltionul liquid, and that contained in Jruit is tho nuiest sort. Tho app'o is tho king of fruits. It la even claim ed for it that if eaten at each meal it 1 will cure drunkenness. They should bo eaten before breakfast aud dinner to got tho best results. I do not think wo fully appreciate i tho value of tho applo as food. It is more nutritious than tho potato and is of special value to brain-workers and i peivons of sedentary habits. It la a natural antidote to most of the ills flesh is heir to. It is full of acids and aromatic qualities, which act as re- 1 frigcrants and antiseptic*, and is an l enemy to jaundice, indigestion and I torpidity of tho liver. It is a gontlo spur and tonic to tho whole biliary system. A good, ripe, raw applo is ' one of the easiest substances for tho > stomach to deal with, It was a favorite saying with Bron- l son Alcott, "Eat apples and live for ever." Without question, then, fruit and. ' grains constitute the ideal diot, the food on which the higher and more splrltnally-minded typo of humanity is to dopend for nourishment. Naturo is a hotter chemist than man and naturo has packed within envolopes of various forms and hues those cxquislto acids, flavors and essences which in some subtle way sustain every portion of tho system. "Comfort mo with apples," says Solomon in his song. " Amen," I add, and may wo all lind comfort in this do lightlul way. I halted at a pleasant inn, As I my way was .vending A golden applo was tho sign From knotty bough depending. Mino host?it was an apple tree? Ho smilingly received me, And spread his choicest, sweetest fruit To strengthen and relieve mo. Beneath his shade I laid me down, And slumber sweet possessed mo ; The soft wind blowing through tho leaves, With whispers low caressod n*o. And whon 1 roso and would havo paid My host so open-hearted, Ho only shook hlb lofty head, I blessed him, and departed. A STKANOHR. Monte Sano, January, 181)7. THB AVOUNl>ICI) OONPKDBRATB. Oen. Orant Itel'uHcd to Tuko tlio t hair of an Injured Prisoner. The following story is narrated by Gen. Horace Porter, in his stoiy "Campaigning with Grant," published in the Century Maga/ino : While riding about tho field Gen. Grant stopped at a house and express ed u desire to prepare somo dispatch es. A number of wounded wore lying upon the porch and in the rooms : they had made their way thero in accord ance with the usual custom of wound ed men to seek a house. It seems to be a natural instinct, at a house con voys tho idea of shelter and of borne. I walked with tho general into a back room to see whether thero whb a dry spot which be might take possession of for a short time, to writo mostages and look over tho maps. As wo entered thoro was Boon sitting in tho only chair a Confederate lieu tenant of infantry, who had been shot in tho left cheok, tho ball passing through his mouth und coming out near tho right oar. A mass of coagu lated blood covered his ftico and neck and ho presented a shocking appear* anco. Ho arose tho moment wo en torod, pushed tho chair forward to ward tho general, and suid, with a how and smllo, " Hero, take my chuir, sir." Gon. Grant looked at him, and replied: " Ah, you noed that chair much moro than I ; koop your seat. 1 see you uro badly hurt." The ofli.an- answered good naturedly : " If you folks let me go back to our lines I think I ought to bo ablo to got a leavo to go back homo and hoo my girl ; but I reckon she wouldn't know mo now." Tho goncral said, "I will aee that ono of our sur goona does all In his power for you," and then stopped out of tho room. He told one of tho surgeons who was dressing tho wounds of our own men to do what ho could for tho Confeder ate. Wo did not hear what became of him aftorward. Ho probably novor know that ho had boon talking to tho general in chief of the Yankee armies. Tho dlspatchos wero afterwards writ ten in unotner room. I ?Seven miles an hour is tho cam ol's limit, nor can It maintain this ruto ' over two hours. Its usual 8poud i, five miles an hour. THE HISTORY OF THE DISPENSARY LAW. HOW IT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT. Athens, Ga., Devised the I'lan to Pro vein a Return to tho Saloon System ?Larry Guntt Proposed it aft a! Compromise in South Carolina. Piedmont Headlight, Feb. 12. A great deal has been said and writ ten about tho dispensary law, und in order thut the true history of this at tempt to control tho liquor business muy bo known, wo havo decided to give an authentic uceount of the (irst law, and how it camo to ho iutroduced in South Carolina. For six years the city of Athens, Ca., had tried total prohibition, and the experiment was a farce. D?ring tho last year of prohibition there were over u hundred bar-rooms in tho plaou, many of them licensed by tho U. S. government, and run almost openly. Some of the drug stores also sold whis key, and boing operated by physicians, tho law could not reach them. When arraigned before court, they claimed that tho liquor had boon prescribed and furnished as a mcdieiue, and juries acquitted prisoners without leaving their soats. While many indictments were found with tho exception :>f a few negroes, not a single conviction of a man who could employ a lawyer was made. Those bar-room drug stores mado a great deal of money, and the proprietor of ono told tho senior editor of Tho Headlight that the last year prohibition was in force his not profits wero over $11,000. Any ono who de sired could buy all the whiskey ho wantod, only tho purchaser had to got a prescription, that would last ir.de liuitely. 'It is said that during tho prohibition era a stranger went into a drug store and asked tho proprietor to prescribe for him. "That's all right," was tho reply; "I'll Bet you straight in a minute," and wrapping up a quart bottle of whiskey handed it out. Tho customer opened the package, and seeing what It was replied, "Why, 1 don't want this stuff; lama prohibi tionist. I want a doso of pills as my liver is deranged." Tho people of Athens becamo thor oughly di?gusted with this farce of prohibition. Thoy saw that so far from liquor drinking decreasing, that It was oontantly growing, whilo their city was deprived of tho license from bar rooms. So another petition for an eleotion was gotten up, und soon it be camo apparent that the county would go by nn overwhelming majority for liquor. Tho Stato University is located in Athene, and tho Legislature threaten ed that if bar rooms wero voted back it would withdraw tho appropriation from that institution, which would se riously injure tho town. Many citizens and property-owners did not desire i this, but they also saw that their cause wus lost unless something could be done to divide tho liquor vote. But i they wore at soa. Tho senior editor of Tho Headlight was living in Athens at that time, and ono day, whilo walking up College avenue, wo wero called to the Ii. I. Smith corner by Hon. T. \V. H?cker, a prominent lawyer of that city, and now Assistant District Attorney in Georgia, who wa^ talking with Capt John W. Brumby, a leading citizen of Athens, ii an those gentlemen had supported- tho prohibition cause, and they wore vitally interested in the prosperity of their city. Mr. H?cker statod that unless some thing was done that liquor would carry tho election by a thousand majority, und that it would pull down the Uni versity and seriously injure the. future of Athens. Ho buid he had devised a plan by which ho thought a compro mise could bo made, and wanted to get our opinion thereon. He then outlined tho dispensary scheme, stat ing that he believed the peoplo would be satisfied with this. We heartily agreed to his proposition, as likewise did Capt. B uraby, and Mr. H?cker at once went to his ollico and drew up u bill to bo submitted to the Legislature, and got the promise of all the leading prohibitionists in tho county to work for ita enactment. And just hero we will state that this dispensary sugges tion was devised by Mr. H?cker before ho had heard of tho Gothenburg sys tem, and it is entirely original with that gentleman. Tho campaign was at ouce started on new lines, and tho prohibition speakers all began to talk dispensary. Of course it met with hitter opposition from tho advocates of barrooms. Hon. l'opo Barrow, ox-United States Sena tor, and now ono of the leading law yers of Savannah, denounced the proposition from the stump, and said lie would risk his legal reputation that such a law would not stand the test of the Supremo Court. Capt. W. H. Burnett, and other brilliant lawyers, fought tho proposition from every stump in tho county. But tho idea took with tho people, and many changes wore mado. The election came off, and both sides wero at tho polls. Tho vote was (dose and hotly contested. Mr. Will Dorsey took olT his coat against tho dispensary, und had ho been supported strongly would havo carried tho day. But when tho vote was counted it was found that the liquor mon wero defeated by only seven majority. In accordance with thoir promise a committee of Athenians went to At lanta to got their dispensary bill through. Hero again they met with opposition, but as tho members wero assured that it was a compromise measure, and tho will of the people, it was made a law, and the first dispen sary in America opened its doors. But there Is some difference bo tweon that Athens hill and our South Carolina dispensary law. In Athens tho receipts aro divided between tho town and county, in proportion to the taxes paid In each. There is a hoard of throe commissioners, who are paid ono hundred dollars each year, and in order to alienate business from politics thoy olect their own successors. Not oxcecding 50 per cont. prolit is charg ed on liquors. Any person can bring a carload of whiskey for h's own use, but whon a sale <a mado a lino of from $100 to $500 is imposed. This little Athens dispensary proved from the start a financial success, and in a coun ty with loss than 16,ouo Inhabitants, the not annual profits range from $12,000 to $15,000. There are no con? staldos omployod, and tho city police force are instructed to look after blind tigers. Whilo there is some dissatis faction over tho law, a large majority of tho people of that city endorse it, and tho liquor men havo never dared to call another election. The above Is tho true history of tho dispensary experiment, and to Col. T. W. H?cker, now a oltlzon of Atlanta, Ga., and Capt. John W. Brumby, aro duo whatovor praise or censure it morits. Now to tho introduction of this law into South Carolina. Tho first Legisla ture that convened after the senior odltor of this paper moved to Columbia was elected on tho prohibition issue. A separate box had been set aside for the voters to express thoir desires, and as the liquor men took but little part in tho contest they wero overwhelm ingly defeated, and h largo majority of tho members wore committed by their constituents to prohibition. Partisan feeling then ran very high, aud Gov. Tilltnan had auuounced his Intention to sign any bill tho General Assembly should pass regulating tho liquor traf fic. Wo believe that a majority of the members felt that prohibition was im practicable, and would prove a failure, but they pledged their people to obey their commands as recorded at tho ballot-box, and tho voters had decided on prohibition. Mr. Roper, afterwards private sec retary for Senator Butler, had pre pared a very lengthy prohibition bill of tho strictest character, and it went through the llouso like a Hush aud was scut to tho Senate, whero It would havo assuredly been made a law. We had seen, while living in Geor gia, probibltion tried, aud knew that it would do anything else than pro hibit. We urged somo of tho loading Reformers to let the thing alone, aud adopt high license, with strict police surveillance over bar-rooms, with no sales to bo made alter sundown, the license to be divided between tho tow- und county equally. Wo believed that this compromise could have been effected, but the members from sonic of our largo cities would not hear to any division of tho license fees with the country, and neither would they consent to rostrloting the number of hours. Wo stated to a lea ing Re former that did this Legislature pass the Roper bill it would bo farewell to the Farmers' Movement, for tho next coutest in our State would bo fought on the lino of Liquor vs. Prohibition, aud there wouldn't be enough of tho Reform movement left to wait a gun with. Seeing that no compromise would be made, wo wrote to Hon. H. C. Tuc'.c, mayor of Athens, Ga., to send us at onoe a copy of their disnensary act. lie did so, together with a oound vol umo containing a number of laws en acted in that State to regulate liquor. This book we presented to tho State, and it is probably now in tho library in Columbia. Wo carried this law to Gov. TUlman, who seemed impressed with it. He hud a conference with lion. John Gary Evans, then in the State Senate from Alken County, and tho result was the withdrawal of tho Roper prohibition bill and the substitution of our present dispensary law. Wh lo the bill was on its final read ing iu the Senate, we culled Senator Evans into tho rotunda, and told him to take his knifu and cut all of that red tape from around his bill and simplify it ; that there was no necessity for the constable feature, for If the State went into tho liquor business eho must ex pect to compete wth outsiders. Sena tor Evans partially agreed with our views, but remarked that the bill was a comprcctoo they had to make with tin prohibition is ts in tho Legislature ami to amend the same would be equivalent to its defeat. Well, tho bill passed, and is now a law in South Carolina. A SlNSAIION in the town of union. ATTEMPT TO IUJKN A NEW BANK BUILDING. Rosin, straw, oil and lighted. Candle In the Collar?Statement from Dr. W. M. Meador, Accused of Hie Crime. The most astounding sensation was sprung upon the people of Union on Tuesday morning, Oth inst., 1 elating to an attempt made the night before to si t lhv lo a handsome block of buildings just OJluplotcd. Tho New Era makes the following statement: Tho new hank building just being finished, is the largest, and by far, the handsomest building in town, be ing four stoiies high. The first and second Hoor was linishcd ti"st, and the Union Drug Co. went into one of the rooms and fitted up one of the lim st drug stores in the up country and the Merchants' and Planters' Dank have just moved into their handsome apart ments in the same building. It Is staled that Dr. Meador last Monday night after leaving the store, started for home, but was seen by a parly to return after a few minutes and unlock the door and enter without striking a light. The party noticed that no light was made, and ho awaited developments. lie siiy? he finally saw the De. come out and lock the door and departed hurriedly around the corner, and down the street. Suspect ing something wrong a key was ob tained, and a policeman was hunti d up and together they entered the dl'UjJ store, and began looking around, A lantern was found on the II jor discon nected, which aroused more- suspicions and they finally went down into the cellar, when only a few steps down a light was discovered in the cellar and upon investigation it was found to bo a short lighted candle and around tie candle was piled shavings or straw and rubbish, all of which were saturated with kerosene oil, and very near the candle stood a barrel of rosin also saturated with kerosene oil. Within a fow feet stood the oil tank, which whs surrounded by the litter also sat urated with oil." Loading from tuo camllo to the room where the various barrels of oil were kept there was a row or trail of rosin. The steps and landing was also noticed to be wet with koroseno oil. Tho candle was burning low and possibly in the short space of fifteen minutes more the mag nificent building would have been en veloped in Mimes. A policeman was left in chaiyo of tho store to await developments. Early Tuesday morn ing, about five o'clock, Dr. Meador came and went into the store and find ing tho policeman on guard, asked him what was up and wiiat he was doing there? tho policeman replied that ho had been left there to guard tho store on account of somo ono try ing to break in. Tho Dr. asked him who left him there and he was told that Dr. Smith and Collen had left him there. Tho Dr. asked why he had not been sent for? The policeman told him he did not know. The Dr., afi.or opening and shutting somo draw ers, went awav in a few minutes. The Union Drug Company was com posed of Dr. Moador and Dr. M. T. Smith, as well as wo can learn.. Tho co-partnership was dissolved yester day morning and tho keys wore turn ed over to Dr. Smith. Now tlie question arises who put that lighted candle in that dangerous place. Should tho building have caught thero WOUid have possibly b >en one of the greatest eonllagrations over scon in Union. It is impossible to estimate the loss that would havo re sulted. DR. MBAUOR'S STATEMENT. Monday night K. of P. wore holding a moottOff at their hall abovo tho drug store. While they were in BOSSlon I said to sonior olork of drug store, Wonder if anybody could see what was going on up then V" Said hodl ln't kno '? . I said that tho Woodmen of tho World mot thoro, and I wont out I into tho street, looked up and saw only I tho heads of two men ami I walked I back and told him what I had soeu. [ Wo stood there and talked a few minutes. 1 heard a uoiso upstairs in ttio hall aud then remarked again to this clerk that I was going up tho street to soe If tho windows would have to bo shaded. Went up as far as Carolina Drug Store and stopped and spoke to a man aud told him I wanted tosco if I could see iu the hall. I knew ahout tho workiugs of the Knights of Pythias, but wanted tos;?o if uocossary to shade the windows, 1 then started back, got opposite Carson's barber shop. Ho spoko about a bottle of hair vigor, I was gone something near !?"> minutes, und when 1 got hack and opened the door which muk?s consider able noise the clerk came from behind the entrance to tho cellar stairway. As 1 came near ho took out his watch aud said, " My, I didn't know it was so late?after 10." I then said it was time for mu to bo at homo. He blew out tho lamps. I went out the door first. Wo wout across to Col. Young's together. He went down side street. I went down Main street. Going on I found Louis Carson talking to some one and 1 asked him if be was going homo. Ho said yes, that ho would overtake me. When ho did so we walked together as far as my house. When I got home it was 20 minutes after 10. I get up before day every morniug, which is known. On that morning at 5 o'clock I wolce with a sick headache, which 1 occasionally have. I looked for medicine at home and finding none suitable, 1 dressed and went up to the store to got some. 1 readied the store about 5:30. When I got: hero 1 saw a light in the store. Knowing that some ono was there and taking it to ho Col ton or Dr. Smith I "helloed" to them, hut the voice of a policeman answored. I went on around to tho stove and the conversation took place as related ex cept 1 told him 1 was very hick and fc,ot tho headache medicine in his presence and then walked out and returned home. The same morning after break fast I came back to the store and told Will Colton the policeman said there i was something wrong last night and I wanted to know wbat it was. He re plied that lie did not know what it was. i The policeman having told me that in < the early part of the night Colton and Dr. Smith wore up there, I asked him if he .vas sure bo didn't know that anything was wrong. S-iid no ho didn't. 1 did not tiud out until Dr. Smith came. 1 My relations with Dr. Smith have I always been pleasant, but 1 can't saj us much in reference to my relations ! with one of the clerks. s I deny emphatically returning to the t drug store after leaving Will Colton on Col. Young's corner until ?.iio in the | morniug, when 1 found tins policeman | iu charge. Furthermore, I take this , opportunity to brand as an infamous ;i-id contemptible liar the person or , persons who by insitiU&viOfi.thus seeks ^ to blacken my life, when 1 have tried , for nearly lifly years to build up a name for honesty and integrity. About the candle, rubbish, straw and oil, poople ' will draw their own conclusion. I had nothing to do with their placing or ar- 1 rangemont. Since I have been in Union if any know aught against me let them say so. My friends will bear me out that my actions have always been to the plumb line and I have been fair and i square with all mankind, and those w no are disposed to give credence to , this falsehood damaging to me and mine stop and think that " he who btc-als my pui'SO steals trash," but be who HI olios from mo ray good name takes that which enriches him not and makes me poor Indeed. Tho above is my statement. The people among whom I have lived will not be busty in jumping at conclusions. Boforo God 1 nave given a straight account. Let justice rule. W. M. MKADOR. A CA HOL IN A GKN1US. A Native of Laitl'CllS County Invent ed the Telephone and Cylindrical Press. The publication of tbo alleged de tails of a gigantic trust to control the price of colton by means of round oales, and the establishment of gin series and ooraprosses all over tho south made by the Alliance organ at Kaleigh a few days ago, has brought to light tho fact that the mechanism by svhloh the round bales aro made, was patent ed by a Spartanburg county man, who, strange 10 rolalo, li .be real inventor of tbe Deli telephone. This man is Phomas M. Workman Uu is a farmer and tho ownor of u traveling saw mill. Tho samo year that the Bell telephone was patented, Mr. Workman, then at Liurons. S. C, showed several meu whose affidavits can now he bad, tho details of his in volition. Most of them thought him a 0*'ank wir bo lalkod Of transmitting the hum* oico by means of olectrl coy. Hut. .: -v. X. L. Holmes, a scholar ly and scientific gentleman, was* much taken with the device., and urged Mr. Workman to perfect his invention. He opened correspondence immeuiately with an electrical bouse in the north, With parties in Wusbillgton and liually fell in with Professor Alexander Gra ham Boll, whose letters are still in Mr. Workman's possession. At first he wrote to Boll reservedly in regard to what he had, but as further details were desired, and nothing seemed to promise from his repeated efforts to engage sympathy and assistance, hu decided to make a complete exposition of his invention, which he did, to the man who securod the most valuable patent on ' telephone. ICight years ago Mr. Workman con ceived '. he idea "f packing cotton in round bales, lie urged tno identical arguments now being used by tue cot ton exchanges and tho alleged cot ton trust. He went so far as to Invent and patent a pre s, winch would tu *ii out a round bale ol cotton in one-fiftieth of the time that was required to pack a bale of tho Usual shape, even by the swiftest presses on the market. Joe Uailey, a banker and captalist, of Clin ton, a. 0., became interested In the In vention and bought half interest which he stiil holds. If the threat', nod trust materiali/. :s, Mr. Work man may yet bo of as much i porvloo 10 the COtton growers of the I South as he has been to all who Use Hie Bull telephone. ?By tho latest report of tho comp troller of the currency, there are II,070 national bunk-. Toe number is con stantly changing, because of the cl s Ing ol old banks ami tbe opening of now one . ?A man wrote to a scientist that he had an apple which he. had preserved for .VI years, and on being requested to forward it for inspection, ho replied that lie could not, as it was tho apple of his eyo. ?To prevent a person from "acci dentally' taking the wrong coat and n u upon h aving a puKie plaCO a N.:w York man ha ? iVOiitod a coat and hat book which looks the articles fast, tho I ownor only being ablo to release them. WAYSIDK <J \TIIIHUNCS. Bits ot Humor und Nuiritots of Truth Tor the multitude. _ I ?An oxcollout wash for tho fuoo?wa tor. ?A good road makes short trips and neur neighbors. ?London's population iuoreascs about 70,000 every year. ?lo Germany tho census is taken every live years. ?Half of your worry today is due to N your neglect yesterduy. ?Religion is like mod lot no?it is tho overdose thut neutralizes. ?Laplanders often skate in one day a distance of 150 miles. ?Birmingham Ala., is shippiug pig iron to Birmingham, Eng. ?It robs tho world for a man of ability to live in Idleness. ? People who doserve criticism gen erally look on it as abuse. ?A good habit is a faithful eervunt; u bad habit is a hard master. ?St. Louis is tho largest tobacco manufacturing center in tho world. ?The popular idea of reform?'' You go out and let me como in." ?Au excellent thing to romombor is that every story has two sides. ?Simplicity of character is tho na tural result of profound thought. ?Consider well what you can and ought to do, and bo faithful lu per forming it. ?McKinley is another of tho long list of American presidents who woro not college graduates. ?Only about one in u thousand mar ried couples live to colobrato their golden wedding. ?There is a clerk in Marne, Franco, who has made 17 unsuccessful attempts to commit suicide. ? Every man knows of a position superior to his own that ho could fill much better than the incumbent. ?Newspapers are folded, wrapped and addressed by a machine recently patented by a man in California. ?A woman, tho manager of ono of tho leading insurunco companies in California, receives $10,000 a your. ?A Cincinnati genius advertisos for it situation, saying that "Work is not so much an object as good wages." ? Ono of the public schools of Gor many lias made it obligatory for all its pupils to learn to ride*the bieyelo. ?To have a family properly bal ineed the man should know bow to Accumulate and tho woman how to javo. ?There are moro wrecks in the Baltic sea than in any other place in the world. The average is ono wreck i <lay throughout tho year. ? Alfred Nelson, a Swedish million aire, gave ttio most magnificent Christ mas gift on record. Ho gave ireralty of Stockholm $1,000 l,or,u >? ?At< the recent election In'y'^ltt. ' the women cast 7,122of tho'*' polled, or less tbuti 33 per es about IU percent, of tnti eh'\|? men voted. " ''1IIU?J ?No man who is intoxicated, or whose breath is even tainted with strong drink, is allowed to take his post on a train on tho Grund Trunk railway. ? Millions of men in India live, mar ry and rear apparently happy children upon an income which, even when tho wiio works, Is rarely abovo f>0 conts a week. ?A drummer who has been in south Florida for the past week, says thut the beef in that section is so tough as to render it almost impossible to stick a fork in the gravy. ?The pipe smoked by the new Shah of Persia on state occasions is set with diamonds, rubies and emeralds of the costliest kind, and is staled to bo worth as much as $100.000. ?St. Petersburg is probably tho only eity in tho world where, from year to year, the death rate exceeds the birth rate. In the 125 years end ing in there wore 1,539,000 births and 1,772,000 deaths. ?When a graduate of Cambridge University, England, commits a crime iho authorities of tie; university take his degree from him and strike his name from the roils of the alumni. ?Mexico produces anything that can he raised in any other country. So varied is the climate that in the same Slate can be raised any product of tho tropics and of the polar regions. ?A caterpillar in the course of ono month will devour <>,000 times its weight in food, it takes a man nearly three months to eat a quantity of food qual to his own weight. ?St. Michael's church, London, has had a large telephone transmitter placed in tue pulpit, so that sermons may he heard in a number of hospituls ami other institutions. ?The superintendent of public grounds at the national Capitol reports thut i,315,4711 persons liavo aseondod tho Washington monument sineo it was opened to tho public eight yoars ago in October, 1888. Not a mile of railroad truck was laid last year in Nebraska, Wyoming South Dakota, Nevada, Idaho, Rhode Island, Arizona, New Hampshire, Now Mexico, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and only one mile in Kansas, Who Died Fikst ? ? Thore la going to be an interesting litigation in Now York city over $20,000 of insurunco on iho life of Aaron Goldsmith taken out in favor of his wife. He, his wifo and their three children were burned ito doath. His brother, Louis Goldsmith of Chateaugay, N. V., was appointed administrator of his estate by Surro gate Arnold on Monday. Goldsmith left two oilier brothers ami a niece. The question is whether Goldsmith-m or his wife died llrst. Kelatives of his wife coi.tend that tho money comes to them and that tho administrator of iier husband will have nothing to ad minister upon, and they say they will have an administrator of her ostato appointed shortly to tako ehargo of the insurance money. Counsel who have been consulted about the case say that under common law decisions tho law would presume that the husband, being probably stron ger than a woman, would survive tho wifo. Decisions which are pointed out in support of this view woro oases where a man and woman had gone down with a vessel. It was said that there is no such case on record with regard to a lire anil that the reason ing applicable to drownlog would not pertain to a lire. The proximity of each of tho porsona to the advance of the flames, tho character of the cloth ing they wore and their physical characteristics, it was said, would also play their parts. Moreove-, there may he < valence given to show that the wo man did, in fact, survive her husband. I; datives of the woman say they be Ltovo He y ciin prove that the woman was beard to scream after tho husband had been apparontly overcome by the llainos.?Now York Sun.