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i????pmt A SEVERE ARRAIN6MENT. Funeral Discourse of the News aid Cenriar over the G M I. The State dispensary with all its corruption and knavery and outlawry, and its brutal domination of the political affairs of the State will no longer menace the public peace. For thirteen years it has been tne controlling* influence in South Carolina and brought only shame and disgrace to the State. Its course from beginning to end has been stained with blood. Corruption has stalked in its shadow, fortunes have been made on its credit, reputations ha% been destroyed in its service, education has been dishonored by its tainted revenues, the people of self-respecting communities have been denied the right of local self-government because they would not touch the unclean thing. (Jourts have been overthrown in order that the constitutionality of the institution might be established and small men have been elevated to places of distinction in the public service because ot their "loyalty" to the Whiskey Machine. At last the people of the State realized the character of the business and rendered their \erdict against it. Not even the wonderful hold of Senator Tillman upon the confi dence of the people could save his pet scheme from destruction and in its failure lie is condem ned. There is no way by which the dead who were sacrificed to the dispensary can be brought back to life, no restitution that can be made for the outrages committed upon the rights of citizens, no legislation that will restore the reputations that have been lost in the State whiskey business; the written record will remain.?yews JCourier. HOW THE DISPENSARY WAS BORN. Came into the World Fourteen Years Ago?Changes Since Then. .Columbia, February 9?Special: Iu the Senate chamber this morn, in;: when the Carey-Cothran bill O J passed its second reading by a vote of 21 to 15, killing the State dispensary, not one of the Senators in the chamber was a survivor of those who passed the bill on its second leading creating the institution at 6.20 o'clock on the morning of December 22, 1892. The present clerk of the Senate, Gen. Hemphill, was the Senator from Abbeville at the time, and he, with one or two reporters (one of them the writer) saw the legislative birth and .hat seems to be the death of the Great Moral Institution. The Senate had been in session through the long night, having assembled Wednesday afternoon. Ii was understood that Senator John GarV Evans* dispensary bill had bee.i agreed upon in caucus <u the reform Senators :yid was to be hurled through as an amendment to the ''Roper" prohibition bill, which had passed the House by an over's. u:u lining majority befoie Saturday, the day fixed for adjournment, but the seven ''Conservative .Senatois and ope or two Reformejs had de termtued to fight stubbornly against it. Senator Smythe, of Charleston, was in charge of their forces, seconded by Senator l?uist and Senator John T. Sloan, of Richland. Mr. Buist began to speak soon after midnight and was still speaking a 4 o'clock. Numerous motions aud roil calls had been had and tinally, long after days'* dawn and when the morning newspapers were on the streets the opposition surrendered*, and the bili was voted upon. The eight opposing votes were: Senator D. E. Finley, of York, now Congressman; Senator A. H. I -t ~ "Williams, of Williamsburg, Senators Buis't and Smvthe, of Charleston; Wa|ter Hazard, of Georgetown; W. J. vWdier, of Beaufort; J. T. Sloan, of Kichlaud, and Hawkins I . X "f; BB? A Grippe or Influei 9 to call it, is one o J diseases known. 9 Scott's Emti ' X Liver Oil and Hypo X' gested form, is the g A known to medical sci ^ It is so easily dig q the system, making i i A ana strengtnening nc I Use Scott'%1 ^ A Influenza. ^rfecgr Invaluable foi J flM ALL DRUCG,S1 K. Jenkins, of Berkeley, Senator J W. Moore, of Hampton, vote against the bill but was not presen at this particnlar roll call. Th first two named, Finley and Wil liams, were "Reformers.'' Thei counties have voted out the disper oowc mt/loi* tKa Rrir?o luu' anrl fspp oai J W1IV4V4 VUV IU '? y M?V? ?. ator Finley's successor, Senate Brice. was the author of that mea< ure, the first body blow that th : State system has received. Senator Blease, who may bo cal ed the leader of the State dispell sary forces in the Senate now, wa a member of the House when th original bill was passed.?Xeics t Courier THE TRIAL BALANCE. A Monthly Test of the Correctness o the Bookkeeper's Work. Ask a l?ookkeeper what his "blacl beast" is, and he will tell you th< monthly trial balance. Gome of yoi know what that is, of course, bu the majority of you perhaps do not i Let us explain briefly. In doubl J entry bookkeeping, the only kin< ! that deserves the name of hook keeping, every debit must have jt credit?that is to say, every iter that is carried to the debit of on account must he carried to the cred it of another. Say, for example, you buy a bil of goods from a merchant. lie en ters the amount to your debit 01 his books and at the same tim credits an account called "merchun disc," this .account being debitei with all the goods brought into th stock and credited with all th goods sold from it. When you pa the bil! you are credited with th amount, and an account calle "cash" is debited, because it re ceives the money. Tft;s w::j explain ro me umniuai I cd the meaning of the term "doubl entry," and it will also explain win after the entries have all been cai ried-to the ledger and balances hav been struck thereon, the debits an the credits will agree if the book have been correctly kept. To tes j the correctness of his work th ! bookkeeper takes off every mont ; a trial balance, which consists siiti j ply of the debit balances in on i column and the credit balance* i } another. If they foot up the sam ! the work lias been correctly don< ! If they vary he must look for an find the error or errors before th next month's business is entered o j the ledger. Yon can readily under?-ail therefore why the trial balance i the bookkeeper's "black beast." \Y have known eases in which triflin errors have eluded the most carefi search for several days and nighl and even for weeks, torturing th soul of tlie bookkeeper almost pa< endurance, hut he has to stand i for the erroi; must be found. Nerve. Atkln- ? That fellow Smithei ' who lives next door to ine hasmoi confounded check than any man over met. Brijjgs?How's that? Atkins?Why, yesterday he can: over to my place to borrow a gin Said he wanted to shoot a cat. Brigg.s ? Well, where does tk cheek come in? Atkins?Why, it was my cat li , wanted to shoot. ? London Teh graph. Bee's Laxative Honey and Ta the original laxative cough svru] acts as a cathartic on the bowels, is made from the tar gathered fro the pine trees of our own eountr therefore is the best for children. ' is good for coughs, colds. crou| J whooping cough, etc. Try our off< i *' . - ' -. ; ... > u .. $4Q4444$444666 iza, whichever you like a f the most weakening 9 \lston, which is Cod 9 phosphites in easily di- V greatest strength-builder T ence. X [ested that it sinks into Y new blood and new fat, X :rve? turn uiiuucs* n r Emulsion after X r Coughs and Colds, X TSs 50c. and $1.00. j REFUSED" TO STRIKE.d! ~ An Incident of the Shorter Hour Moveit ; ment In Russia. e During a period when the waiters |. j and chambermaids were forcibly J out of the" Warsaw hotels and resj taurants on strike many of the servants in private houses flatly re'* i fused to leave their work, and those r who did go into the streets soon rci-! turned. e | A servant in the employ cf on^ j old nobleman, who does not cxai c : much work from his household, rei ceived the men who had come to ! ! persuade him to join them, reclines ing on a sofa. e "What do you gentlemen want?" ^ i he asked languidly when the four delegates were ushered into his ! presence by the scared kitchen maid. "You must come into the streets." "But what for?" f "To join the general strike for a j uniforin eight hour day." i The servant sprang from liis sofa, e "How dare you even suggest such i a thing?" he demanded indignantly. o O J t "I never heard of anything like it ;. in my life! Eight hours, indeed! e Why, you won't find a self respect] ing footman in the town to support - such a movement!" s! "How many hours do you work?" n asked the astonished delegates, who e.| looked upop all domestic servants - as white slaves. "Two or three at the most. 1 ,1 j spend much of my time on this sofa - reading the newspaper?, which are I a verv interesting just now. I can ! just see myself walking about the . muddy streets "to get eight hours' [1 work a dav! I'm not fool enough * , ^ e j for that, gentlemen!" e ! "Then give u? some money for v i the committee," the deputation e j urged. j ; "Xever! 1 should be acting ! against all my principles if I gave ; as much as i cent toward supporij ing an organisation which is in fae ; vor of doT.H'- + :e servants working r> ! eight hours a day!"?Pall Mai! fiaj zette. ( J! A Hcpclarc Cko. ' ; Carlyle v.;:.- terribly bored by the * j persistent optimism of hi< friend ; Emerson. "1 thought," he said, j| ; "that 1 would try to euro him, so 1 ' j took him lo some of the 1 nvest l" parts of London and showed him all e i that was going on there. This done, 11 1 ! turned to him, saying, 'And noo, e nlan, d'ye believe in the deevil noo?' j i 'Oh, no!' he replied. 'All these pco1 pie seem to me only parts of the c : great machine, and on the whole I i think they are doing their work . very satisfactorily/ Then," contini ued the sage, "1 took him doun to the hoose o' commons, where they | put us under the gallery. There 1 1 showed him 'ae cliiel getting up aft\ er anither and leeing and leeing.' "" Then 1 turned to him and said, 'And noo, man, d'ye believe in the ' j deevil noo:* JIc made me, how' ever, just the same answer as be fore, and I then gave him up in (le- ^ spair."' I rs j Cr.J Manners and Quick Wit. The little viscount is receiving a , few friends in his bachelor quarters. Among them is ISoireau. The. : latter, having allowed liis cigar to " i go out, throws it without ceremony ! on the carpet. In order to give I i * 1 him .a lesson in good manners the ' little viscount stoops to pick it up, ie : but Boircau, feigning to misunder? . . ' stand his intention, interposes: i "Oh, leave the butt, my dear fcl| iow. Take a fresh cigar." And he hands him the box.?Par^ : is Figaro. p, j A sour stomach, a bad breath, a It I pasty complexion and other eonm j sequences of a disordered digestion v, i are quickly removed by the use of It 'Ring's Dyspepsia Tablets. Two p, days treatme't free.?Sold by WL ?r Wallace. BANlHorTNGLAND NOTES. The Enormous Output and the Safe guards Against Forgery. The Bank of England refuses to use color for its notes on account of the fact that the authorities believe that its whiteness and apparent simplicity are the greatest safeguards against forgery. The whiteness of a Bank of England note is different to that of any other paper and is obtained by using only the very finest linen rags in the making. At Laverstoke, a little village in Hampshire, the paper is prepared, and at the mill there every blank is as Z'-:!o. sly g cr ied as if it were already o?'irrnv? livery workman or workwoman ioyed at the mill is bound to ser.-r, and the secrets of the mysterious water mark and texture of the paper are known only 1 by the most tried and trusted of the workmen. It is; not generally known that every bank note bears a private water mark, which is* constantly being changed in a way known only to the head oiliciul^ and which is discernible throvtii?i a microscope only. And it sa\< much for the vigilance and skill of the Bahk of England cashiers that, although they pay on an average ?27.000 in exchange for notes every day, they have never yet paid a forged note. The easiest way to defbet a forged note is by dampening a corner with the tongue. If genuine, the water mark appears very distinct. In counterfeit notes it almost disapTKar-. On a genuine "fiver" there is a siur'.I vhite dot on the right side of the Old English "I" in the word "Five." Th^ fail of the letter "F" in the sentence "For the Governor and Company" is also left in an incomplete state. The ink with which bank notes are printed is made of charred husks, and stems of Rhenish vines, and the recipe, like the manufacture of the paper, is a carefully guarded secret. Each bank note costs about a halfpenny to produce and on an average is in circulation about seventy days. After being paid the notes arc stored by the bank for five years, at the end of which time they are destroyed bv burning in a large furnace. Eighteen millions of money thus disannear in the course of ev I 1 erv year. Once a note is returned to the bank it is never reissued, and after being canceled by having the signature of the chief cashier torn off it is placed in what i- known as the bank noto library for purposes of reference. There are no fewer than 1?0 clerks i:i this department, and to perfect is their system of filing that any one of the 77,745,000 notes which form the usual stock on hand can be reached in five minutes. .Vtogether the Bank of England has some ?15,000,000 worth of notes in circulation and issues between ">0.C00 ami 00,000 notes of various denominations each day. There are seventy or eighty kinds of Bank of England notes of different values. Every year about 3,000 of the notes issued are lost or destroyed by the owners. At any rate, they are never returned to the bank and represent a clear profit. While it is true, however, that if a note never comes back the bank profits to that amount, they never can tell when these so called missing notes may be presented. Some people possess a weakness for hoarding bank notes, and\the result has been that frequently the bank is called upon to cash dirty, crumpled notes which were issued years ago.?London Tit-Bits The Piilstar's Claims Sustsiii United State3 Court of C:.a.::;3 Tho Publishers cf Websltr'i international Dictionary allege that it "is, in f-ict.tho | lar Unabridged thoroughly re-edited inovt rv detail, and vastly enricbod In every p irt, n ith tho purpose < f adapting it to meet tho Iji a r nnd severer requirementscf another pa:..'-- .tion." We, are of the opinion that this rllosrai in : most clearly end ucourntely descrilies tJ:. work that Las been accomplished and me result thathasbeeureached. The Dictionary, as it now stands has l>ocn tiiorowrhly w edited in every detail, has l>een cor re.: ' i:i every pnrt.aud is admirably adapted to meet tl.p larger 'find severer requirements of a veneration which demands more of popular pn.iuiojricai xuowieti ;ro i::m ary uuou t hut the world haseverc atai: < 1. It is perhaps needless to add ihat we refer to the dictionary in oi.r judicial work as of th? kiyhasfc authority in accuracy of delitiitieu; and that in the tut ureas in the post it will be the source of ennstaut reference. CHARLES C. NOTT, CLiof Jontice. LAWRENCE V. IILDON" JOHN PA VIS, STANTON J. 1'T'VM.K. CILUUJta 1L llOWKV, JtldgM. The above refers to WEDSTni"S JNTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY TrIE GRAND PRIZE ?lv-hi"'K'-t award) was (riven to the Interna lonal at tlic World's Fair, :st. I.ouis. &ET THE LATEST AND BEST "'.. \ interested in our X . inuii woes, tent free. f v/ \ I WEBSTER S 1 ~ S. C. WE3RIAM CO., Utebvctonau FUULICHZRS. \WCT?NaKY/ SPRINGFIELD, MASS. ?I Nn BUZZARD IARDWA8E CO. IS THE HOUSE. * # H 11/E are headquarters for al* ? tl.jL W kinds of Hardware, Guns *< - i?J?J?J-M4- Cutlerv. PumDs. Piointr. Steam, i-~ "i | - 1 jj| ~ Fittings, Belting, Pittsburg P*r*| | | Z feet Fence, Baib Wire, Crockp|?:=z'=\ | j-ffi ery and Glassware, Cooking 1 ' T 1 l- J - 1?Stoves, Builders Material of all kinds, N. C. Pine Shingles, Paroid Hoofing, Sash, Doors, B'inds, Lime, Cement, Paint. Farming Implements, Stalk Cutters Cole Corn and Cotton Planters. Guano Distributors. : : : : SEE US BEFORE PLACING YOUR ORDERS. Yours verv truly, BUZZARD HARDWARE CO. V LAKE CITY, S C. TOOTTT Fill ill Ellin. We have just closed our third year's business, and take this opportunity to thank our friends for their generous patronage. Our stock is larger and more varied, and we feel sure we can save you money. Don't forgot we have a nice assortment of reliable "FAVORITE" Ranges and4<0 K" stoves. When in need of Sash, Doors, Blinds, Turned Work, etc., we would appreciate the privilege of giving yon prices; from our increased sales of this material our prices Must be Right. Remember where you buy "Anchor" Lime you get the best. If it is good paint you want, buy "Benj. Moore & Co. V? pure house colors. Yours for Business, Lake City Hardware Co., , LAKE CITY, S. C- S LOOKOUT! V ^ / I am at the same , | old Stand with \ the = GOODS and PRICES. 4 Yours for business, * WT Wilkins /WtVWVVVYYVVVW?YVVWVVWWVVVVVVVVVVVYVVWVVX ^ FS'RNITURE! FURNITURE!! FURNITURE!!! 5 Immiihomewi $ Is easy aiid costs but little if you get in the ^ right store with good reliable furniture < | At Prices ? *-1 which will surprise you, if you have never 5 ^ called on us before. ? | Bod room Suits $17 50 to $45.00. ^ I 'Ook Beds 2.50 to 15.00. | j? iron Beds 2.50 to 14.00. | ? Foding Spring SI.75. P . \ ^ * < I ^ Above we give you a few of the many thing's we v ^ ^ have at the right prices. ? MATTINGS, RUGS, WINDOW SHADES, ? LAMi S,CLOCKS, CHAIRSand ROCKERS. ; ? AT THE = | | Lake City Furniture Co's | > J M TRULl-CK, L 0 HOLLOW AY. L M BELK, < ^ President. Vice-President. Manager. ^ XAMA*AAAAA,WAAAAAMA*.*AWMfAAS*AWAMAWAAAy ( - I ! ' - t ; 1 - Or*..