INVESTIGATION OF VILUAHSBUIG . I
COUNTY DISPENSARY BOARD.' 8
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vA. i cannot say that I did.
? ' * Q. Did you ever tell anybody ^
that you did? ti
A. When I fir3t went into this *
thing I naturally auspicioned every- 1
body and I had had a little intimation
made to me from the outside of c
>^bi8 being certain places and I heard f<
of him in Florence and Charleston.
s Q. Did you ever make an agree- J
meat with MrGilland to go to Sa- #
" vanuah? ti
A. No sir, I did not. t
Q. Did von advise him to go? 11
A. No sir, that was left optional *
.jrith him. t
Q. Did you or did you not award lj
a contract to a New York house af- a
A
ter Mr Parker's visit there? ?
A. I don't know whether'it whs
after his visit or uot f
> Q. Up to that time had yon ?
bought any stuff from W P Ives Sc v
A. No sir. ?
Q. Did you buy any stuff from c
Rosen eg k Brewing Co about that
. time? a
A. No sir. . ^
Q. After that1 trip you appear to J
have made several awards to Rose,
oegk Brewing Co. ?l
A. ?aa*r. V
Q. Also to Bluthenthal & Bic- ^
Wert who are now in Baltimore. *
' A. Yes sir. g,
Q. Did you promise Mr Gilland o
you would pay part of his expenses
?> UO P
w oavauuaii;
A. No sir, when we talked about j
this I do not know that Savannah t
was mentioned. t
Q. Did vou tell him about if any *
thing was coining you would be will- ?
ing to share with him? #
A. We talked about what we sua- u
' pec ted and that if there was we li
would like to find it out. Uilland d
epoke of going somewhere?I don't ^
know where?and I told him if he ^
found out anything I would pay
part of his expenses.
V Q. But as to any agreement, you
<leoy that?
A. Yes sir.
Q. Do you know how those letters
written by Mr Gilland came to %
jou from Orangeburg, to you and ?
Mr Snowden? *
o
A. I don't know; I got mine out ^
ot my mail.
Q. Do you know whether Mr p
Parker got copies of those letters? "
A. I do not know. He says he 8
did not.
A. Had Mr Gilland ever mentioned
his having suspicions as to a
Mr 'Parker's illegitimate trans- w
-V.* actions to you? J
A. Yes sir, we talked about it. ^
Q. Did you believe Mr Parker
wae guilty of any illegitimate trans- n
actions?
A. 1 had no cause to suspect c
him except that 1^ had heard of his 0
being in Charleston and around aud
felt a little suspicious. That was
right in the beginning?and since
then I have not.
Q. How long had yon been a ^
resident of Lake City before you re- r
ceived these letters? t
A. I had been there about a ^
Month. Went there inJXovember. n
Q. What is your postofflce ad? a
<lress on your official letter heads. p
A. Kingstree. )'
Q. Do you remember the Jwhis- I1
key man's name that you saw be- ^
fore you qualified as a member of j]
" 1 JO ' ^
me ooarur A
A. His name was Mr Blank. 1]
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[Continued next week.] t
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Kodol For Dyspepsia has helped
thousands of people who have had
stomach trouble. This is what one
man says of it: "EC DeWitt & Co.,
n ^ Chicago, 111.?Gentlemen?In 18971
* ? - V J1
bad a decease of the stomacn anu i
^Toowels. I could not digest anything I
I ate and in the Spring of 1902 I v
bought a bottle of Kodol and the ^
benefit I recieved from that bottle
all tne gold in Georgia could not rj
buy. I still use a little occasionally
as I find it a fine blood purifier and S
a good tonic. May you live long ahd \
prosper. Yours verv truly, C N ^
Cornell, Roding, Ga., August 27,
1006. Sold by W L Wallace. ^
Read the Farmers ^Merchants C
Bank's ad. this Issae. \
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..THE DAHLIA.
Itory of the Plant's Strange Introduction
Into England.
Not long ago there appeared on
he table of a lady who is an enhusiaatic
gardener a dish which
ntzled her palate. She could nol
ecitle whether it were a singularly
ornipj potato or a remarkably poatoey
turnip, and whichever it was
be did not like it. She summoned
be cook, and inquiry presently re
ealed, to ner dismay, mai u was i
either, but some of her choicest
actus dahlias, innocently mistaken
or a vegetable.
The error was less disastrous than
he famous one of the Duteh houseeeoer
who during the prevalence
f toe historic tulip mania accidenally
boiled for onions a handful of
ulip bulbs worth a fortune. But it
ras certainly vexatious as well as
*?ny.
According to historic tradition,
he original introduction of the daha
into England occurred through
n error exactly opposite in chancer.
It tras imported for a vegetale
and turned out a flower.
A little over a cehtury ago, so the
tory rufes, Lady Holland, traveling
a the aouth of Europe, trtu regaled
pon a ioup of delicious flavor,
rhich her hostess informed .her waa
tiled "Palestine soup," beet ate its
hief ingredient was the Jerusalem
ftfcb?ke.
Lady Holhmd, always on the
lert for interesting novelties, orered
a root of the artichoke to be
sat to her gardener/at Holland
louse. This was done, as eyeryody
supposed, but v" the strong
boots, thrusting up .xjftUy in the
Qgeiahie garden, and, tended under
be watching eyea of gardener, cook
nd great lady, arrived at maturity
nd bloomed, they bore a new and
plendid flower, inedible, but gloriua.
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The plant was transferred to the
arterre and became the pride of
be garden, although at first Lady
lolland's feelings were mixed, for
he did not like to lose her 'Talesine
soup/' But when a London
eedsman came to look at it and ofered
30 guineas for the root her
ist trace of disappointment vanishd,
and her husband's graceful tribte,
which was soon passing from
p to lip through the fashionable
rawing rooms of London, added
be final touch to her satisfaction,
/ord Holland, who had a pretty
? t?
iste in Terse, wrote gallantly:
The dahlls you brought to our Ulo
Tour prtiiM ferovor shall spoak
In (trdtni as swoot as your smile
And colors as bright as your chock.
?Youth's Companion.
A Fro* A font.
Althongh the old gentleman with
red face and choleric temper had
pened the car window fire times
ith much Tigor, he had found it
losed every time he waked from
is doze.
He felt perfectly sure that the
erson to blame was the man beind
him, who gave vent to a stifled
roan each time the window wa3
pened. At last the choleric gentlelan
turned in his seat.
"Sir," he said indignantly, "you
re evidently one of those persons
'ho cannot bear fresh air, but may
ask you who controls this window,
he person beside it or the one beind
it ?"
''If you could stay awake a few
linutes," responded his neighbor,
you'd soon discover that nobody
an control that window, sir?not
ven the brakeman or the conductr."?Exchange.
Origin of the Dogwatch.
The dogwatch on shipboard is
ither of the short spells from 4 to
o'clock in the evening or from 6
o 8 to break the monotony of the
egular four hour watches, so that
he same men will not stand watch
uring the same hoars every day.
f, however, you should ask the most
autical person of your acquaint*
nee or, indeed, all the nautical peole
you know why this is so called,
ou would probably find them unfile
to tell you. The true answer
s this: Dogwatch is a corruption
f dndcre wntrh The doirwflteh was
o~ o
atroduced to prevent the same men
rom always keeping watch the same
ours of the day; hence on these ocasions
the sailors are said to dodge
he routine or to be doing dodge
natch.?Philadelohia Record.
Read the Farmers & Merchants
aak's ad. this Issue.
Local Views.
The latest in post cards local
iews, at the People's MercanileCo's.
Following is theseies:
Bank of Williamsburg, Street
cene, Academy street, Hotel
an Keuren, Steel Bridge, Court
louse, Kingstree Graded School
luilding.
All in beautiful color work,
lall and see them at People's
lercantile Co's. 3-19-tf
DWARF TREES.
Tho Proceco by 'Which They Arc Produced
In Japan.
On the outskirts of Tokyo, Japan,
there is a little colony of native
artists who make a specialty of
growing dwarf trees?oaks, maples,
beeches, apple trees and many others,
perfect in every detail and proportion,
biit do bigger than shrubs,
grown in jardinieres and used as
ornaments for dining tables. Of
the process a writer says: "Exactly
how these tiny trees are produced
lenno n on! v to a score or so of in
diriduals. But the quality essentia!
to the nucceiwfnl dwarf tree
gro.rer is patience. iuHuite patience,
backed by a fund of calm
resignation unknown !<? the western
mind. Fifty years is named aa
the shortest period in which a really
good and salabie dwarf tree may
be grown, while a lifetime is not
long enough to produce the highest
examples of the art. Dwarf trees
are produced from seed or, in eases
Where this is not practicable, from
carefu'~- selected cuttings. When
the yc uxg plant begins, to grow it
is ten ed with cess efess care, and
from toe commencement of its carter
its natural tendencies are subjugated
to the will of its master.
Bach twig, each loaf, as it makes its
appearance becomes the object of
the closest scrutiny. Shall it be
oerraittcd to grow and, if so. in what
direction? May it not be advisable
to cut it away altogether and encourage
growth elsewhere?
'These and a dozen similar questions
ocoupy the mind of the Japanese
artist, and upon their correct
solution depends the ultimate value
of the tree, lor to be perfect tbe
dwarf most possess a shape and balance
equal to the best life sized
models. Tbe artist has at bis disposal
several centuries of transmitted
experience. To this be adds the
quality that Carlyle mistook for
Siua?an infinite capacity for takpains.
He cuts and prunes his
ject, often mercilessly, but al
ways with infinite care and forethought.
At times, with cord or
wire, he draws a wayward twig into
its ordained position. Then after
two or three years, when the trend
of the branch is fully established,
the bonds are cut away again.
"From time to time, too, the tree
la carefully repotted, and on such
occasions its roots are subjected to
a careful examination. In their turn
they receive as much attention as
do the branches. Unnecessary
masses of fiber are cut away, leading
rootlets are freed and encouraged,
and the whole is then carefully rearranged
is a fresh soil. Everything
is done, in fact, to concentrate the
life of the tree within the narrowest
possible limits. And at last, after
years of unremitting labor, the tree
begins to respond to the touch of its
master. It lose# its tendency to
shoot forth lusty and far reaching
twigs. Its leaves become tiny and
proportioned to its dwarfed
tranches. It surrenders in the
fight for liberty."?Chicago News.
Very Much Mistaken.
"I beg your pardon," said the
youth who had knocked at the door,
1 thought this was Mr. Miller's
house."
"I am Mr. Miller."
"Then I am glad to find that
when I thought that I was mistaken
I was mistaken in thinking that J
was mistaken."'
"What?"
"I say when I thought I was mistaken
I was mistaken in thinking 1
was mistaken, and, being mistaken
in thinking I was mistaken when I
wasn't mistaken, I was glad to find
I was mistaken when I thought I
was mistaken, because I wasn't mistaken,
or, rather, I was mistaken
when I thought I was mistaken, and
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so i commi t nave ueeu xuiouukcu.
Well, at any rate, I'm glad. Looka
as if we were going to have rain,
doesn't it ?"
Euy Bookkeeping.
A Chicago woman had served acceptably
as treasurer of the club for
a little over a year, and that was an
exceptional record.
"Don't you have difficulty in balancing
your books ?" they asked.
"Oh, dear, no!" she replied.
"Why, it's the easiest thing in the
world. I just add up what I have
received and subtract from that
what I have paid out, to show what
is due the cluo, and then I make my
husband give me a check for the
amount. There's really nothing
hard about keeping books when you
know how."
A Different Kind.
A gloomy looking wagon had
drawn up in front of the home of
the pastor's most devout and liberal
parishioner.
"Dear me, dear me I" cried the
food man who had just turned the
corner. "That looks very much like
an undertaker's vehicle. I must
hurry forward and see what the
trouble is."
And he arrived just as the funereal
looking driver took in the beer.
?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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FEIGNING DEATH.
| A Trick Resorted to by Animals to
Shun Their Enemies.
The feigning of death bv certain
! animals for the purpose of deeeiv- j
H|g their enemies and thus secur-;
! ing immunity is one of the greatest J
j of the many evidences of their in-1 j
' xti* a a: rpi, !
letngent rauuuiiiauuu. iuu siiuu* , <
lation is not confined to any particular
family, order or species of ani-!
mal, but exists in many, from the | '
rery lowest , to the highest. It is ^
found even in the vegetable king-1 '
! dom, the well known sensitive plant
! being an interesting example. The
! action of this plant is purely reflex, ,
! as can be proved bv observation and |
experiment, and is not therefore -a j
process of intelligence. (
An experimenter, writing in Wis- <
sen fur Alle, says that he has seen <
the feigning of death in some of '
the lowest animals known to sci- 1
ence. Some time ago while exam- '
ining the inhabitants of a drop of !
pond water under a high power
lens he noticed several rhizopods >
i?ii_ ? 11.. "
OlUUiy IBCUlUg Ull Hie luiuuiu VUU9
of an algo. These rhizopods suddenly
drew in their hairlike filaria
and sank to the bottom, to all ap- .
pearancea dead. The cauae waa
found to be the presence of a water ,
loose, an animal which feeds on ^
these animalculae. it likowise sank .
to the bottom and Wter looking at !
the rhiropoda awam away, evidently
regarding them aa dead and unfit
for food. I
f This waa not an accidental occurrence,
for the observer haa seen
the seme wonderful performance
wice since. Through the agency of s
what sense, he asks, did these little L
creatures discover the approach of
their enemy? Is it poeafble that
they and otfeer microscopic animals 1
have eyes and ears so exceedingly
small that lenses of the very highest
power cannot make them visible, or
are they possessors of senses utterly
unknown to and incapable of being
appreciated by man? Science can *
neither affirm nor deny either of *
these suppositions. ?
Most animals are slain for food
by other animals. Most of the car- *
nivora and inaectivora prefer fresh- j
ly killed food to carrion. They will *
not touch tainted meat when they *
can procure fresh; hence when they j
come upon their prey apparently ^
dead they will leave it alone and go |
J in search of other quarry unless <
they are very hungry. Tainted J
substances are dangerous to get into *
the stomach. Certain ptomaines
render it sometimes very poison- e
ous. Long years of experience hare (
taught this fact to animals, and '
therefore most of them let dead or '
seemingly dead creatures alone.
Toaat to Laughtar. *
Here's to laughter, the sunshine "
of the soul, the happiness of the 1
heart, the leaven of youth, the privilege
of purity, the echo of inno- 1
cence, the treasure of the humble,
the wealth of the poor, the bfead of ^
the cup of pleasure. It dispels deiection.
banishes blues and mangles *
melancholy, for it's the foe of woe,
the destroyer of depression, the en- l
emy of grief. It is what kings envy |
the peasants, plutocrats envy the
poor, the guilty envy the innocent. J
It's the sheen on the silver of
smiles, the ripple on the water's delight,
the glint of the gold of gladness.
Without it humor would be
dumb, wit would wither, dimples
would disappear and smiles would ^
shrivel, for its glow of a clean con- ]
science, the voice of a pure soul, the j
birth cry of mirth, the swan song of^ ^
sadness.?Life.
Qfethes and Seasons. '
Like the blessed wild goldfinch, f
who sometimes stays with us all
winter, I feel a stirring ere February
is out to shed the gray outwalk J
disguise my soul has all along been ^
wearing and to come forth in bright k
aureate splendor of full summer t
Elumage. I wish to wear a green irtle
when the grass burns emerald ?
and even the sunset dues assume \
chrysoprase. In the wBer were it ^
ft\T ctftrfftnc t.hft ffood folk I $
o D |
would go everywhere in the hibernal <
attire of the wise little ermine. In 5
autumn ? no; there the analogy 1
itops?I would not array me in car- {
mine or imperial orange, though na- {
ture is thus minded to do. In the f
autumn, 6ven in the late summer, a <
psychic revulsion, from this rule of ;
sympathetic or protective coloring i
is experienced.?Atlantic. ;
8poilod th# Metaphor. ^
A very self confident young bar- <
rister was once introduced to Sir ;
Henry Hawkins and throughout his '
conversation boasted of what he \
hoped to do in the future. \
"Ah," said his lordship at last, <
"so you hope to be famous some '
day, eh?" <
"Yes," replied the barrister, "some j
day I hope to have the world at my i
feet." $
"Why, what have you been doing
all this time," inquired Sir Henry? \
"walking on your hands ?" j
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That hacking cc
Because your sj
your powers of resi
Take Scotf s
? It builds up and strengtl
a It contains Cod Liver Oil
J prepared that it is easy to
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Wilting to Exchange.
The man who hud purchased some
jurraut buns at a bakery vaa dia- ,
tressed on starting to eat one to .
Snd that it contained a Hy. Return- .
?g to the bakery. he made ati in- /
iigusnt complaint, demanding an)ther
bun in place of the inhabited
>ne.
"I am sorry, sir." scid the saleswoman.
"1 can't gire you another i
>un, but if you will bring me back
;ha fly I will give you a currant for
t."?Kansas City independent. '
lotlce to Far Mrs' Loyil Otitis
of lillfaaskin Cmty
A County Union will be organ ^
zed at Kingstree on Wednes- 1
lay, April 8, at 12 o'clock. A
ull delegation from each local '
mion is desired. Anyone desir- 1
ng a local union, organized in 1
lis community can arrange the ]
natter by calling on the writer <
it the hotel between the hours
>f 9 and 11 o'clock on that day. [
Respectfully,
T C WILLOUGHBY, ]
Member State Ex. Committee.
t-26-2t
Kei4 the Faraersi Merchnts
ink's H. thie isaie. c
Wmm. \
Everybody in Sontb Carolina is
eligible.
Did people stooped with suffering,
Vliddle age, courageously lighting,
if oath protesting impatiently; {
Children, unable to explain; ]
Vll in misery from their kidneys. 1
Daly a little backache first. 1
Domes when you catch a cold. t
3r when yon strain the back. c
Vlany complications follow. c
[Jrinary disorders, diabetes, Bright's y
lisease. [
Doan's Kidney Pills cure backache, j
Dure every form of kidney ills. i
J W Powell, proprietor of a gen- J
>ral store a> d coal, wood and ice <
lealer of Waverlv, living at 2010 i
^landing St., Columbia, S C, says: i
'My son has beeu afflicted with kid- '
ley and urinary trouble from childlood.
beins? unable to control the
rcretious especially when asleep.
miu* using Doan'3 Kidney Pills he
jas entirely recovered.'*
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
;ents. Foster-Milburn Co, Buffao,
New York, sole agents for tha
L'nited States.
Remember the name?Doan's?
ind^take no other.
\lways That I can save
Remember you money on
SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS
AND OTHER
BUILDING MATERIALS. "
Wholesale Prices Direct from i
Factory. Eyerything Guaran;eed
to come up to Specifica:ions.
9.J. EPPS, Kingslree, S. G.
^presenting Cberav Door * Sasb Co.
Title, Mortgage, Bill of Sale,
l?ien on Crop, and Lien and Bill of
Sale combined blanks for sale at
his nffiop. 2-13tf
I THE BEST PAINT ,
^ Applied by skilled mechanics 3
' is worth a fair price. Cheap } il
* mixtures slopped on by cheap j * J
* painters are dear at any price. J
* We expect to receive a reason- 3
' able equivalent for crar labor. J
' But we give an honest dollar's r I
' worth for every dollar we get, r
' ana. we enaeavor u> jwiuaucut- ^
* ly satisfy our customers. )
I ALFRED WELLS,
| Painter and Paper Hanger, )
\ KINGSTREE, S. C. \
^ Leave orders with)
| Kiogstree Hardware [Co. I
4*
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ugh continues I
rstem is exhausted and A
stance weakened. 2
Emulsion. 4
UCUI JVUI oumv K
I and Hypophotphites to A
take and easy to digest A
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Tha rtialariaw'a Siaa.
Macanlay was deatituta of bodily
iccompliahmonU. He could neither
iwim uor ride nor drije nor f?ij$a
aor-ahoot. ' But ha viewed hia d?Irienciea
with indifference toteM
junior. l"'
When in attendance at Windier
i? a cabinet miniater the historian
ras informed that a hone was et
lie diepoeal.
"if W majesty wiahee to aee ae
fide/' eaid he, *%he mwt order Ml
in elephant" " '
Hereafter We positively re
Fuse to publish any communication
received at this office later
than Tuesday, noon, except lo?
:al and personal items, which
fvilljnot be.available later than
Wednesday, noon, for the current
week. By trying to be ac
:ommodating we are thrown late
;very week and we are tired of
it. This notice applies to
EVERY BODY.
4-25-tf.
FOR SALE. I
Srlck In any quantity to suit purchsa
ir. The Beat Dry Press Machine-made
Special shapes made to order. Corr*
jondence solicited before-placing ysur
>rders, W. B. PtJKK,
Registration Votiee.
Theofflce of the Supervisor of Beg
stration will be opened on the' Ant
tfonday in every month for the par>ose
of the registering of any person
oho is qualified as follows:
Who shall have been a resident of
he State for two years, and of the
:ounty one rear, and of the polling product
in which the elector offers to
rote four months before the day of
election, and shall have paid, six
nonths before, any poll tax then due
ind payable, and who can both read
ind write any section of the constituInn
nf ?nhmitfx) tn him hv th*
Supervisors of Registration, or who
:an show that he owns, and has paid
ill taxes collectable on during the
jresent year, property in this State
issessed at three hundred dollars or
nore. J. T. McGILL,
Clerk of Board,
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