I SE? MUTER
TO THE DISPENSARY.
Gver Half of the Confiscated
Property BS Taken by the Repre?
sentatives of the Federal
Government.
Dispensary officials are wondering
what will oe the result of the conten?
tion between the State of South Caro
lina and the federal government in re?
gard to the seizure of packages of con?
traband liquor. If the matter is al?
lowed te ran cn as it is now, the State
will lose over 50 per cent, of the liquor
seized by the constables. In the month
I of February, out of the seizures made
bf the constables, $600 worth of liquor
was afterwards taken by the represen?
tatives of the federal government.
Mr. H. fi. Cram, the commissioner
of the. State dispensary, yesterday ex?
plained the. situation to a reporter of
The State. Up to the time when Maj.
Jenkins became collector of customs,
Mr. Crum had had an agreement with
the federal officials to the effect that
the State was to be allowed to keep all
liquor seized' by the constables unless
the liquors so seized were evidently
sold in violation of the United States
revenue 2aws>
But under a recent ruling the govern?
ments gauger at the dispensary, Mrv
A. S. Trumbo, is ordered to inspect
every package shipped in by the con?
stables and to seize ail such as have
sot the names of well known and repu?
table dealers as the parties from whom
the stug had been obtained.
Mr. Crum thinks this has been a
very arbitrary position for the federal
-authorities to take-for it throws the
burden of proof on the State, when
the State is not interested in fos?
tering violators of the revenue laws,
but is endeavoring to break up the
operations of law breakers.
During the month of January the
federal government, through its agents,
relieved the State dispensary of $500
worth of contraband, for the State
could not, under the ruling of the de?
partment, prove its own right to the
packages. In February the value of
stuff turned over to the revenue offi?
cers was even more than in the month
preceding. If this is kept up it will
become a great hardship in the dis?
pensary sytem, for not only does the
dispensary lose the packages, but is
not reimbursed for the express charges
paid on the seized liquors from the
point of seizure to the State dispensary ;
and furthermore the State is but hir?
ing constabulary to work for the gov?
ernment.
. The constabulary has for the past
few years paid its expenses out of
the value of the contraband turned into
the big vats at the State dispensary,
ont the proportion of stuff taken by
the federal officers is 50 per cent, of
the whole amount seized. The attorney
general's'office is urging Mr. Cram's
/claim for the return of the liquors
-taken from the State by the revenue
?officials. The dispensary commissioner
-does not censure Maj. Jenkins, but
rsays the latter is doing right to en
rfdrce the orders of the treasury de
?parfemec ta -State.
Mers to Buy Tip of a Nose.
"Fifty dollars reward for tip of a
nose-A woman of fashion, having
los? the tip oi her nose, will pay $50
ito the woman who supplies the tip
?for grafting. Dr. E. P. Robinson, 63
'West Tbirty-fifth street." This is an
^advertisement which appeared in New
v York paper this morning.
Two persons called at Dr. Robinson's
-oiSee today with a view of having the
ends of their noses transplanted, but
^nether proved satisfactory. The wo?
man's first quesition was: "O. doctor
wrfi it hurt?" The doctor said it
<wouId a little, ?na she left.
The other was a burly laborer, whose
"nose was large, red and spotted. "Yours
wiii not match," the doccor informed
him, and the man, much disappoint?
ed, left.
The woman who wants a new tip
to her nose, said the doctor, is about
thirty-two years old and beautiful. A
jear ago she fell from an automobile
and rubbed the end of her nose off.
It is now healed over, but is pinch
?ed and one-sided. The nose tip must
come from a healthy person, and
must match the injured nose perfectly.
-Chicago Tribune.
An idea of the distance of some of
the fixed stars is being slowly obtain?
ed. From observations six months
apart angles are found, having the
diameter of the earth's ?rbitas a base?
line, an? from these angles the dis?
tances are computed, the yard-stick
feeing the light-year, or distance that
?ghi,, at the rate of 1&\000 miles a
second, traverses in 365 days. This
light-year is equivalent to about 36,000
times the distance of the earth from
the sun. From the recent determina?
tions by Dr. Elkin and others, it ap?
pears that the nearest bright star is
Alpha Centauri, visible only in the
southern hemisphere, and distant a
little more than four light-years,
while the nearest stars in the northern
sky are Sirius, at eight and one-half
Eight-years, and Procyon, at IO light
-years. Arcturus seems to be about
25 light-years away; Regulus and
Betelzeuse about 140. Light measure?
ments indicate that the sun would
S? a first magnitude star if removed
to a distance of five lighc-years; and
that Alpha Centauri emits twice as
arah light as the sun. Sirius 25
times as much, Pollux 100 times, and
Alpha Cygni at least 1,000 times as
niuch.
Twenty-five acres are said to com?
prise the commercial ginseng grow?
ing area of tbe United States, much of
it being in two counties of New York.
George Vanderbilt has planted a fine
garden of the root at Baltimore. Two
farmers in Ohio raised on one-third
of an acre a crop that brought $15,000.
A farmer of this State who had been
raisJDg cabbage at $2 a ton drove into
town with a small buggy load of
srinseng for which he got 81,200.
There are 400,000,000 Chinese, and all
who can afford it use ginseng. The
mystery of the root is its wide varia?
tion in price. While some sells readi?
ly at $4 a pound, there are species
Shat bring $100 an ounce. Consul
Wildman says he has seen Mandarin
?ginseng that was worth 135 times its
owa weight in silver. The regular
price is f:om $50 to $250 an ounce.
[Exchange.
SEH??OS TILLNUN
IS IN CHARLESTON.
He is the Guest of Honor at Many
Functions.
Yesterday he was escorted about the
city by Mayor Smyth and prominent
citizens. Last night he was given a
dinner, at which the Mayor and Aider
men .were present. Today he will go j
to the Navy Yard. Tonight he will J
speak to the young doctors. Tomorrow
night he will be given a banquet by
business men.
SENATOR TILLMAN SPOKE.
Senator Tillman had to respond to
the call for a speech at the banquet
tendered him by City Council at the
Charleston Hotel last night. Mayor
Smyth, in introducing him, said that
the Aldermen wanted to hear one of
the Senator's characteristic speeches.
The Senator spoke briefly. He said
? he had come here as the guest of the
, Medical College faculty, and he added
that it afforded him great pleasure to
meet the people of the city once more.
"I have had the pleasure and dis?
pleasure of visiting Charleston on
many occasions and under many differ?
ent auspices," he said, "and in my
time I have had unique experiences
{here. I appreciate the courtesy ex
I tended to me however, and I can only
? express the hope that if we did have any
unpleasantness in the past it has ali
disappeared. I want to say in justice
to myself that I have been misunder?
stood by the people of Charleston.
The revolutiion of 1890 was run on the
principle that there were other parts
of South Carolina besides Charleston.
I thought that the rest of the State
had been in obscurity long enough.
But I never tried to injure your city.
I never allowed myself to forget
Charleston, or the part she had taken
in shaping the history of the State. I
had to fight you because you fought
me. (Applause.) In that respect I
was like the man who was once taken
prisoner by the Indians. They were
escorting him to the place where he
would furnish the amusement for the
dance of death, but he remembered
that he had a bottle of whiskey in his
pocket, and he quickly got them
drunk. Afterwards, he said that he
had killed as many of them as they
had killed him. And this warrants
me in saying that I whipped you as
o::ten as you whipped me.
11 When I was Governor I was not
allowed to deal with you like other
sections of the State. You were so
much in love with yourself down here
that you couldn't see beyond Ten
Mile Hill, and you didn't seem to
know that there was anybody else in
South Carolina. If I had to resort to
h.arsh methods, it was only done to
carry out the law.
"I want to claim for myself that
since I have been in the United States
Senates I have tried to represent Sonth
Carolina as a whole, and to look to the
best interest of every community. If
I have helped Charleston it was simply
a matter of duty and not because I
was trying to get you to change your
attitude toward me. I didn't care
whether you gave me your votes or
not. ? never wanted your support un?
less I could get it with your consent.
If I can ever serve Charleston, I trust
that you will always find me ready to
do it. 1 bear no ill-will to you.
"I want to say once and for all that
I recognize you as South Carolinians
and I hope you recognize me as one.
I have great love for Charleston,
just as I have a pride in the entire
State. But at the same time you must
remember that you are not the whole
shooting match down here."
Senator Tillman said he hardly
knew what to talk about, and he
wanted to be excused. He said he had
to make a speech tonight and he had
no idea what he would talk about. He
said that he would always have the
most pleasant recollections of his visit
to Charleston, and that if this was a
sample of what was to come he was
sure the subsequent proceedings would
interest him all the more.-News and
Courier.
A Delta planter tells the Jackson
correspondent of the New Orleans
Picayune that "the farming land in
the Delta, which is now covered with
water, will next fall have the most
magnificent cotton and corn crop on
it that one would care to see." It is
a mistake," said this planter, "to
think that an overflow carries any
gre?t loss to the planters, for it does
not. 1 estimate that the land that is
now covered in the counties of
Washington, Isaquena and Sharkey
will get out by the 1st of May, when
the plows will be set to work and the
crop will be planted just as soon as
the water goes down. Land that has
been overflowed makes a better crop
than land that has not been overflow?
ed. This is by reason of the fact that
the land is fertilized very highly by
the deposits left by the river. Most
all of the planters in the Delta are
prepared for these breaks in the levee,
and they have high places where they
can take their hands and their stocks
and wait for the waters to recede. I
believe that the damage by this break
in the levee will be lighter than al?
most any overflow we have had in re?
cent years." While the flood thus
brings little loss to the planters, and
that only temporary, it means an ac?
tual and considerable injury to the in
[ undated towns, their business being
[ blocked and property permanently
j damaged, while the demoralization of
j negro refugees is no pleasant incident.
The State supreme court handed
down an important decision yesterday
in the case of C. H. Norman against
the Southern railroad. The outcome
of the case is that if a person buys a
railroad ticket and does not use it on
the day of purchase, he cannot be
ejected from the train- when he does
present the ticket.-State.
A couple of evenings ago William E.
Flower, a poor dentist, ran away with
and married Miss Finora Lockhart,
daughter of Charles Lockhart, a Stand?
ard Oil magnate, worth $40,000,000.
Miss Lockhart was the recipient of a
check from her father for $1,000,000 on
Christmas.
The consumption of mineral waters
is increasing in this country. In 1890
47,000,000"gallons from mineral springs
ware sold, in 1901 55,775,000 gallons,
and last year 65,000,000 gallons;
valued at the springs at $10,000,000
and at $20,000,000 when they reached
the consumer.
RECKLESS BIDING
ON DANGEROUS ROAD.
Count Elliot Zborowski, of New
York Killed in France.
Nice, France, April 1.-Connt Elliot
Zborowski of New York was killed to?
day in an automobile hill climbing
race between here and La Tnrbie.
His chaffenr, Baron de Pellange, was
seriously injured. The course, which
is 15 kilometres long, is known as be?
ing the most dangerous hereabouts.
It runs around sharp corners along
the road leading from Nice to Genoa.
It was covered by last year's winner
under 17 minutes.
I The acicdent occured during one of
the trials, along what is known as the
corniche stretch. Just at the moment
the vehicle reached an abrupt angle
the car struck a small rock in the
pathway, causing a sudden swerve
which precipitated the two men
against a wall. Zborowski appears to
have struck head-first, as his skull was
smashed in by the violence of the
shock. Although the baron was also
hurled against the wall he did not
strike on his head.
Zborowski, who expected to cover
the course in 15 minutes, had a
machine weighing 1,000 pounds. He
leaves a widow, but not children.
The body of Count Zborowski was
brought to the chapel of his chateau
here and his wife was notified. When
she arrived at the chapel an affecting
scene took place. The trip today was
the first Zborowski had made over the
route and he was not acquainted with
its dangers. His machine was going
at a speed of 90 kilometres an hour
at the time of the accident.
The committee in charge of the
trial races has postponed the meeting.
Baron de Pallange, who acted as
Count Zborowski's chaffenr, died to?
night of the injuries he received when
he was thrown from the car. The
witnesses of the start of the race say
that Zborowski showed considerable
nervousnss while awaiting his turn.
Imprudently, he wore white kid
gloves, which prevented him from
having a firm grasp of the break. At
the signal to go, he started at half
speed, which was soon increased to
full speed. The accident occurred at
the first turning of the road. The
shock was terrific and Zborowski was
shot from his car and struck the wall
beside the road with his head
about six feet from the ground. He
fell to the ground dead with his arms
outstretched. Baron de Pallange was
thrown to the left.
At the same instant that Count
Zborowski and Baron de Pallange met
their death, another accident occur?
red at another point on the road. The
chain of Baron Gasteux's atuomobile
broke and the car was overturned
against the rocks. The baron and his
chaffenr were thrown out, but both
escaped with severe bruises.
WAS BORN IN NEW YORK.
New York, April 1.-Elliot Zbo?
rowski was born in this city. The
family came to this country from
Poland and became wealthy through
real estate transactions. Elliott. Zbo?
rowski married the divorced wife 'of
the Braon de Stuers, one time Dutch
minister to France. She is the
daughter of James Carey of Sioux
Falls, S. D., a granddaughter of Wm.
B. Astor.
Freight Train Broke Down.
The Atlantic Coast Line's passenger
train for Florence and points beyond
was delayed at the station in Colum?
bia five hours yesterday- on account of
a slight accident to an outgoing
freight train, tieing up the line out
of Columbia. The axle of a coal car
was broken near Acton and the train
was brought to a stop on the main
line. No cars were derailed, but it
was some time before a wrecking
train could be gotten there to clear
the track.-The State.
Due Notice Is Served.
Due notice is served on the public gen?
erally that Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve is
the only salve on the market that is made
from the pure, unadulterated witch hazel.
Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve has cured
thousands of cases of piles that would not
yield to any other treatment, and this fact
has brought out many worthless counter?
feits. Those persons who get the genuine
Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve are never dis?
appointed, because it cures. J. S. Hugh
son & Co.
The Town of Pacolet Burned.
Special to The State.
Pacolet, April L-Almost the entire
business portion of the town of Paco?
let was destroyed by fire which broke
out tonight and spread rapidly. The
origin of the fire is unknown. The
fire is now under control. It is im?
possible at this hour to give the
amount of the loss.
For liver troubles and constipation
There's nothing better in creation
Than Little Early Risers, the famous little
pills
They always effect a cure and save doctor
billa.
Little Early Risers are different from all
other pills. They do not weaken the sys?
tem, but act as a tome to the tissues by
arousing the secretions and restoring the
liver to the full performance of its func?
tions naturally. J. S. Hughson & Co.
Lettuce and Smallpox.
Lettuce is an absolute preventive of
small pox. No one is in the least
particle of danger of catching small
pox who eats a little lettuce every day.
Small pox belongs to the scorbutic
class of diseases. Sailors at sea, de?
prived of fresh vegetables, get scurvy.
Scurvy is a typical scorbutic disease.
Smallpox is another. Small pox always
rages during the winter season, when
the poor people are deprived of fresh
vegetable foods. Celery and onions are
good for this purpose, but there is
such a long interval between their be?
ing gathered and being eaten that
they lose most of their anti-scorbutic
properties. Lettuce is served shortly
after it is picked and hence contains
the valuable properties which will
prevent smallpox, lt is a thousand
times better than vacination. It has
no liabilities, like vaccintion to pro?
duce other diseases. We are willing to
stake our professional reputation on
the broad statement that anyone who
eats lettuce daily will not catch small?
pox whether he be vaccinated or not.
A C?N6AREE STEAMER
Will Carry Cotton Goods From
Columbia and Reduce Freight
Rates.
Columbia, April L-Mr. W. B.
Smith Whaley and the other officers
of the Olympia, Granby and Richland
cotton mills have closed a contract for
a steel hull, side-wheel freight boat,
to have a carrying capacity of 200 tons,
and to be ready for use on November 1.
The boat is to be used for the carry?
ing of cotton goods to Charleston for
shipment North via the Ciyde Line,
and will cut freight rates in half.
The officers, who are also interested
in the Columbia and Georgetown
steamboat company, decided upon this
a short time ago and the contract was
given out in the past few days to
the Stevens-Merrill Engineering com?
pany, of Jackson, Fla. The boai will
be known as the Washington A. Clark,
and will be 185 by 50 feet, a double
decker, the lower deck being for
freight and the upper for pilot houses.
The hull will be of steel and the
boat will draw three feet of water
when loaded to its full capacity, 200
tons. The speed of the Washington
A. Clark in still water is guaranteed
to be twelve miles an hour. The boat
will cost about 340,000.
. The boat will be used for the ex
clusive'shipment of cotton goods North
by watter, although, of course, on
the return trips other freight will be
carried. By this route it is estimat?
ed that cotton goods, which now are
shipped North by rail at 41 cents a
hundred, will cost about 30 cents.
As the same men interested in the
Columbia and Georgetown Steamboat
company are building, this boat there
will, of course, be no competition be?
tween the two, as it is thought that
freight shipped to Columbia as soon
as river navigation is open will re- j
quire several more boats, and the
Washington A. Clark on the down
trip will be nsed only for cotton goods.
PR?CTiG?L SILK CULTURE.
The Ladies of Goodwill, Sumter
County, Engage in it.
Special to The State.
Goodwill, April 2.-An experiment
in silk culture is being made by some
ladies here. They made some fine
silk twenty-odd years ago, but found
so much trouble to market the pro?
duct that they did not continue the
industry. In one of their former
trials they made the mistake of feed?
ing the worms on mulberry leaves of
a different variety, and the change of
diet crazed the little workers and
instead of spinning cocoons they spun
webs all around on the floor until
death came to their release. One hank
of their silk W3S exhibitd at the New
Orleans exposition and another was
made into an American silk dress that
was presented to Mrs. Garfield, soon
after the death of President Garfield,
this being the only South Carolina
grown silk that could be procured at
that time.
It is very interesting to watch the
silk worms in their various stages of
growth, and requires constant atten?
tion to feed them, provide suitable
frames for them and keep mice and
spiders away. The work is light and
pleasant, gathering the mulberry leaves
being the hardest part of it. But not
many persons would take the necessary
pains to make a success
The blind tigers have at least taken
down their signs of business and that
is some advancement in enforcement
of the law. Whether they are selling
as much stuff on the quiet as they
used to sell in the glare and bustle
of open trade is another one for the
constables to solve.-Charleston Post.
Notwithstanding the small number
of negroes in the state of Wisconsin,
the legislature of that state is rushing
through a bill to prohibit inter-mar?
riage between the two races. That
body is determined to have something
to do with the settlement of the race
problem.
The fact that President Roosevelt
carries but two secretaries, one doctor,
three stenographers, three messengers,
two secret service men, one poet-na?
turalist, representatives of three press
associations, representatives of three
illustrated papers, one official photo?
grapher, and two telegraph operators,
and will make but 200 speeches, rather
gives a quietus to the notion that his
Western trip is to be anything but an
unpretentious little outing for the
purpose of avoiding publicity.-Wash?
ington Post.
A Sweet Breath
is a never failing sigu of a healthy stom?
ach. When the breath is bad the stomach
is out of order. There is no remedy in the
world equal to Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for
curiDg indigestion, dyspepsia and all
stomach disorders. Mrs. Mary S. Crick,
of White Plains, Ky., writes : "I have
been a dyspeptic for years-tried all kinds
of remedies but continued to grow worse.
By the use of Kodol I began to improve
at once, and after tabing a few bottles am
fully restored in weight, health and
strength and can eat whatever I like." Ko?
dol digests what you eai; and and makes
the stomach sweet. J. S. Hughson & Co.
When George Smith was arraigned
in a Brooklyn, N. Y,, court for fail?
ing to support his wife he denied the
allegation. He left home he said not
because he didn't want to support his
wife but because his wife insisted
on boarding a big Newfoundland dog
and lodging that dog in his bed. If
that dog was to run the house he'd
be doggoned if he'd stay there.
'$ Pills
After eating, persons of a bilious habit
will derive great benefit by taking one
of these pills. If you have been
?RINKING TOO MUCH,
they will promptly relieve the nausea,
M HEADACHE_
and nervousness which follows, restore
the appetite and remove gloomy feel?
ings. Elegantly sugar coated.
ske Wo Substitute.
Tlie Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has boen
in use for over 30 years, has horne the signature of
and has been made under his per?
sona! supervision since its infancy.
Allow no one to deceive you in this?
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good99 are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children-Experience against Experiment*
at is CASTO RIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare?
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep?
The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend*
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Sears the Signature of
The Kind Yon Hare Alway
In Use For Over 30 Years.
THC CENTAUR COMPANY. 77 MURRAY STREET. NEW YORK CITY.
Sumter, S. C., Dec. 1, 1902.
JWST ARRIVED
eadh Coice
This shipment contains some of the smoothest and nicest
mules ever brought to this market. Come and see them,
whether you wish to buy or not. A look will be worth the
trouble. Respectfully,
ANSLEY ?. BARBY.
Sept 17
Carn. Oats Hay,
Staff? Hiili? and C. Seed
Meal. Carolina R. P.
Seed Oat? at
HUBBY & CO.'S STABLES,
Also full line of standard grade Wag?
ons, both one and two horse,
Buggies, Harness, Carriages
We also have on hand a full line of building
material, such as Lime, Cement, Plaster Paris,
Hair, Laths, Fire Brick, Terra Cotta Pipe,
Stove Flues, &c*
We want to give you prices when you need
any of above, and we will get your patronage.
Yours truly,
HARB Y & CO.
Aug 8
YOU MI?
A (rood Grain Drill ?
A Firs-class Hay Press
A Mower or Rake
A Good Horse or Mule,
A nice Buggy, Carriage,
Wagon, Harness, or any
Farming Implements.
If you do call on or write to me for
prices. I can supply your needs, and
the prices will please you*
W. B. BOYLE,
Oct 22 SUMTER, S. C.