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HSW Fea ?!6?f UGOtSE. A SOLUTION OF THE LIQUOR EVTL OFFERED. __ ? ?5?. Morgan Will Introduce an Impor? tant Bill in the Legislature-Full Text J?ere Published for First Time. Columbia, Jan. 19.-Mr. Morgan's . 'high license bill being the most impor? tant liquor measure so far proposed is of vital interest. It is now being en? grossed for introduction. What^chance it has for passage is altogether proble ?matical, its sfat? cannot be guessed at with any degree of satisfaction until -there is a vote of some kind on it. Following is a copy in full of the new bill: Section 1. On and after the 15th >day of September, 1905, the manufac? ture, sale, barter, or, exchange, receipt ?or acceptance for unlawful use, deliv -^ry, storing and keeping in possession withm this state of any spirituous, tna?t, vinous, fermented; brewed <whether lager or rice beer).or other liquors, any compound or admixture thereof by whatever name called or fenown, which contains alcohol and isp >a beverage, except as is hereinafter provided, is hereby prohibited. Any person convicted of violating this Sec? tion shall be punished by imprison? ment at hard labor for a period of not less than three months, or pay a fine, of not less than $100 nor more than 350$. Sec 2. The state treasury is here? by constituted the:, agent of the state ?and shall execute and perform the -duties hereinafter required in addition to -the duties now prescribed by law ?Cor that office. .Sec. 3. ?o f?cense shall be granted Sor the sale of any such liquors out? side Qt an incorporated city or town In this state nor in any city or town other than the county seat, having a population less than 1,000. .Sec. 4. On ted after * the 15th of ^September,. .1905, upon payment ;to *the state. treasurer of the sum of . 53,000 by any such person as herein vafter prescriben, rand filing with the estate treasurer a bond for the use of *?he county and such other uses and ^purposes herein provided, with good *aad snfQeient sureties conditional for the payment of the $5,000 . to said* ! county and to respond to such obliga? tions as may be charged against the isarne in the event of violation of any '?tithe provisionsof this act, the said j --st?te treasurer shall issue such person . ^? license authorizing him to conduct v>ae place in <Sbe city or town consti .^uting the county seat wherein such licensee desires to do business, v/here -a?cohe'ac lossers and beverages may be sold under the regulations and re ^strictions herein provided, and every **such license so issued shall specify the building, giving the street and number, ilonatioh -as weU as the length of -time ft ?haa -te of {Coree, which in no * event shall be-longer than 12 months. r -Provided, that such licenses may at ?any time be revoked hy said state treasurer upon* such showing as he ?eems sufficient. Provided, further. That no license shaft be issued for the sale of liquors in any county where .*u -majority of the qualified electors in special election cn the question , of '"acens?** ?er ***o licenses" have vo?ed -faur **ao :Jieeose/* nor until a majority "ot such electors shall thereafter vote -for "license" in ? special election on * ?Tae aforesaid question. And provided farther. No such election snail be held oftener than ?nee ki three years. 'Sec SL Such licensed persons be? fore selfing or delivering any alcohol? ic liquors or beverages te any person whomsoever, shall receive from such .person a written request therefor pr??rted or written m ink dated of the true ?ate, stating that he or she is of -a?e, the residence of the signer for ?Those use it is required, the tpxantity and kind required, and his oar her true name so signed, and at? tested by the licensee or his agent, -Saet? .requests shaM be filed and pre ^rve?^5or-12 -months and open to the , -. ^Stf^pcet?on of any person. But the re '<%otst snail be refused and no sale or ^delivery be matfe if the person selling . itt 4kaews, or -has reason to believe, ?Saa*. 'tiffie {person -is a minor, is in toxi - osead, ?r ?s *a thc habit of using in .ftea?caSsg liquors to excess, or if the Banst, husband, wife, committee or apssrdian of such person has made ?rSBen request that no sale or deliv? ery be Tnade to s*oh an^^cant. Sec -6. The licensee h?fqre receiving ?ny liquor fer ?ale qr delivery', except 2a?er beer, cause the same to be put Into packages ot not.less than one-half pint or more than five gallons and se? curely seal the same, -and k .shall .be tinlawful forany person to break any of such packages or open the same for any purpose or reason whatever, fie shall sell by the package only, and no person shall open the same or drink any of it on the premises. Provided, this section shall not apply to malt liquors shipped in cases, kegs or bot? tles thereof shipped in barrels, and such malted liquors may be sold by the licensee ia Quantities not less than >cne pint, Provided, the same shall not be opened or drunk on the premises. A?ry room, shed or place in the same Building er under the same roof or <coB*aected therewith by an opening or .?jrertare, or not removed therefrom so that at least 15 feet of ope; space shall intervene, shall to al tents and purposes of this act b< 'premises/' Sec. 7. No ?sale or delivery -pe ted under this act shall be mad Sunday nor any other day prohi by law, nor before sunrise or .sunset on any day. Sec. 8. No l icense shall be issue cept upon app lication, and such a cation shall be by petition addr< to the state treasurer, signed sworn to by the applicant, which tion shall state the applicant's n place of residence, his present 1 j ness and in what engaged in the j two preceding years; that he is a c ified eector if this state and is a ident of the county; that he has n pleaded guilty or been an judged g of violating any law relating to ir icating liquors and that no ch therefor is then pending against .that he is not a keeper of a res rant or place Of ;pnbhc knyisement is not addicted to the use-crf intoxi ing liquors as a beverage. Sec. 9. Every person licensed to the liquors herein referred to s seil the same in a room frontin public street, without mirrors, pict or any ornamentation whatsoever side or outside, and without any sci curtain or other device preven .Jhe passing public from fully" viev what may be transpiring within, shall restsaurant, pool or billiard r< or any other form of public ami ment be run or conducted theres nor shall any opening communical with any such be permitted... Sec 10. Any person, firm, or < poration complying with section 8 this act and the otjher provisions he in, upon paying to the state treasu the sum of-;-- dollars and SI with him avbond in the sum of dollars with good and sufficient su ties conditioned for the faithful co pliance with the law, for the use the county wherein it is conduct shall he licensed to manufacure liqu mentioned in section 1 of this act the cities or towns wherein sales ? permitted, but it shall be unlawful : such manufacturer to sell the same packages containing less than 10 g Ions (and he shall sell by the packs only) or to any person in this ste other than those licensed to sell t same as hereinbefore provided: Pi vided, the state treasurer may revo such license for causes shown. Sec. ll. The governor of the sta mayor or int en dent of any city or to^ &rp hereby given the authority cause the places where sales are pc mitted by tais act to be tempo rar. closed as often and for such time as t public good may demand, and it sh; be unlawful to open such places or sell or deliver any liquors after heil required to close and before being pe mitted to reopen. Sec. 12. Incensed "druggists conduc lng drug stores or manufacturers i proprietary medicines are hereby ai thorized to purchase intoxicating Ii< uors, not including lager or rice bee for the purpose of compounding med cines, tinctures or extracts that cann< be used for a beverage, and may se such compounds. Nothing herein coe tained shall be construed to authoris the manufacture, or sale of any prej aration or compound which may b used as a beverage, or which is intox icating in its'character. \ Sec. 13-. Any parent, husband, wif< committee or guardian giving the no tice or request provided for in sectio: 5 of this act shall have the right o action against and licensee violatin; such notice or request and may su for and recover damages therefor, an< the bond required of such license shall respond to the payment of san* if the sum cannot be made out of th property of such licensee. Sec. 14. If for any reason the bone herein required shall be impaired oi exhausted before the expiration of th< license, such a licensee shall discontin ue business under his said license, o; file or a new bond in like sum anc kind as herein provided for bond ol licensees. Sec. 15. Ail-places where persoiu are permitted to resort for the pur? pose of drinking alcoholic liquors arc hereby declared common nuisances, and the keeper or manager of such place shall upon convitiqn be pun? ished as is provided for other viola? tions of this act as hereinafter pro? vided. Sec. 16. Nothing in this act shall prevent growers of grapes or berries from making wines for their own use. Seo. 17". Whenever one-third of the qua??ed electors within any incor? porated city or town, except the coun Ay seat, in counties where liquors are permitted under the provisions et this act to be sold, and having the popu? lation required by this act sh?li in ! writing on or before the 15th day of August in any year petition for an election upon question of "license" or "no license" for the sale or io prohibit the sate of such liquors mentioned in section 1 hereof, the council of such city or town is hereby authorized and requiredto submit such question to the qualified electors thereof at a spe? cial election to be held within thirty days thereafter and conducted as are other special elections as provided by law; Provided, such an election shall not be held oftener tlian once in ihree years. If a majority of such electors vote in favor of "license" the sale of liquors mentioned in section 1 hereof may be manufactured and sold in said city or town under and in strict i conformity \yith the provisions herein ; for the permit and sale in the county j seats. If a majority of such electors j vote in favor of "no license" such liquors shall not be manufactured or sold tn such city or town until a ma? jority of such electors at some subse? quent election shall vote in favor of "license." Sec. 18. Whenever one-third of the qualified electors in any county in this state wherein alcoholic liquors are be? ing sold by authority of this act de? sires such manufacture and sale to be prohibited in said county and desire an election as provided in section 4 hereof shall upon filing a petition in writing signed by them with the coun? ty commissioners of such county on or before the 15th day of August in any year, the county commissioners .shalt ..thereupon order a special elec? tion which shall be had within 30 days' therefrom and conducted as are all other special elections provided by law. Sec. 19. Upon conviction of any per? son for the violation of any of the pro? visions of this act where punishment is not specially provided for such per? son shalL be fined or imprisoned, at the discretion of the court; Provided, the fines shall not be less than $100 or the imprisonment less than three months. Sec 20. It shall be the duty of the board of directors of the state dis? pensary to dispose of or. have disposed of as much of the, liquors owned by the state as shall be practical without sac? rifice, and all not disposed of on the 15th day of September, 1905, be with? drawn from saleas soon thereafter as possible, sold and shipped oat of the state, and the proceeds of so much as is sold by said board directly ?haH be turned over to the state treasurer and become the funds of the state. Sec. 21. The money received by the state treasurer for licenses shall, after appropriating 10 per cent to the uses and purposes of state as provided by the constitution, pay one-half of re? mainder to the county treasurer of the county in which the license is issued and the other half to the city or town in which the manufacture or sale is licensed thereunder. Sec. 22. The usual repealing clause. Bankers, Merchants and Farmers' Committee. New , Orleans, Jan. 21.-A Joint committee- composed of bankers, .mer? chants and farmers has been called to meet at the St Charles Hotel at 11 o'clock on January 25th to consider j a plan for the warehousing of cotton to be submitted by Hon. Eugene Wil? liams, vice president of the Southern ; Cotton Growers' Protective associa? tion. Mr. Williams is from Waco, Tex? as, and his proposition has become known as the "Waco Plan." Writing to one of the New Orleans papers Mr. Williams says: "At the New Or? leans convention I shall present what ls known as the *Waco Plan,* for or? ganizing a cotton warehouse system, but should the convention or the three committees of farmers, merchants and bankers, acting jointly, decide that some other plan should be adopted, T earnestlyvtrrge prompt action in. hay? ing it executed, on part <ft the:'.con- , vention and these committees? and dil gent work begim immediately after the adjournment of the. convention. The newspapers of the whole country have so generously aided this work that I here acknowledge their great help and again request their continued editorial support, addressed at present , to the single object of securing cer? tain action at New Orleans." London, Jan. 18.-It is stated that three vessels flying the German flag left Hamburg and Bremen during the past fortnight each loaded with arms, ammunition and stores for the vessels of the Russian Baltic fleet. This war material is to be put on board the Rus? sian warships at some unknown lpace in the Indian ocean. London, jan' 1 The Centr?t News has a disaptch from Tokio stating' that an official message received there states that in the engagements near New Chwang January 14 and 15, the Russians wore Chinese dress and were accompanied by regular Chinese troops. Mukden, Jan. 18.-The Chinese population is beginning to leave this section in anticipation of the expected Japanese advance. Natives report that 40,000 Japanese from Gen. Nogi's force at Port Arthur are marching northw?rd to join Field Marshal Oya ma'8 army on the Shahke river. Upon the arrival of th?8 reinforcement the resumption of active fighting is ex? pected. As soon as you fall down on your New Year good resolution, jump right up and make it again. You may do better next time. The""i?Vrr*yV' When you've got a bad cough just say "MURRAY'S." If a druggist gives you anything but Murray's Horehound, M allein and Tar you're not getting the best and surest cough I iemedy. Make him give you Mur? ray's. Acts quicker and you get a 50c. size bottle fdr 25c. Every druggist has it. I SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS NOTES. Items of Interest Condensed and Par? agraphed for Quick Reading. Spartanburg is working to elect a man from that county as judge of the Seventh circuit to succeed Judge Townsend, whose term expires soon. Judge Townsend is-^. candidate to succeed himself. The postoffice ?t Williamston was entered by burglars Sunday night, the safe blown open and about $50 in cash and $75 in stamps taken. The ex? plosion alarmed the neighborhood, but the burglars escaped. Scott Clegg, the 16-year-old son of Policeman Clegg of Greenwood, was shot and killed by some unknown per? son while on a trip in the country with his father and younger brother. It is rumored that his father shot him. George Smith shot and killed Will Bostic at a negro frolic near Cul breath's gold mine in Saluda county Saturday night. ' Judge W. C. Benet has been com? missioned special judge in the superme court in the case of the Western Union Telegraph Company vs. the town of Winnsboro. Justice Eugene B. Gary is disqualified because he heard the demurrer. Charleston is shpping a considerable quantity of fertilizer by water to the Gulf States. A few weeks ago, the bar ketine sailed with 1,000 tons for Gal? veston. Since then, a schooner with another 1,500 tons sailed for Pensa? cola and another with 960 tons for Mobile. Fertilizers have been shipped in the past from Charleston all through the gulf section, but so many large cargoes by water in close suc? cession have not before been sent south. William A. Law, of Spartanburg, was Friday elected cashier of the Merchants' National Bank, of Phila? delphia, succeeding Cashier Baker, who was advanced to the vice-presi? dency of that institution. Mr. Law left Spartanburg nearly two years ago to accept the position of assistant cash? ier of this bank. The Merchants' Na? tional has a capital and surplus of over $1,000,000, and carries $15,000, 000 on deposits. Dr. Filmore Moore and wife, of New York, have been in Aiken for sev? eral weeks, stopping at the Norris cot? tage. Dr. Moore is trying to locate a site for an open air sanitarium, and is now at Montmorenci examining sev? eral places. Dr. Moore is a physician of 18 years' practice in New York, and hV believes in the open air and. special. diiet treatment for plumonary diseases. He desires to locate his sanitarium among the pines.- He will establish his patients in tents, and thinks he has found the proper site for his en? terprise in the old Camp Butler place, near Montmorenci Gen. Matthew C. Butler, formerly United States senator from South Car? olina, and Mrs. Walter Whitman, of New York, were married on Saturday in Grace church in New York, by Rev. H. McKim. Only a few friends of Gen. and Mrs. Butler were present. The bride was given away by Patrick Cal? houn and Perry Belmont was best man. Gen. Butler's home is in Wash? ington. Jv K. Breazele, a prominent citizen of .Beldon* committed suicide Monday by hanging himself. He had been*sick'" and very despendent. R. E. Ligon, general manager of the Anderson cotton mills and Crogan mills, aggregate capital SI to,OOO, has been elected president of the Gluck mills, succeeding R. S. Hill, deceased." R. S. Ligon was given the late Mr., Hill's seat on the board of directors. The American Surety Company caused the arrest Tuesday of W. J. Pooser agent of the Southern at Per? rys. He is now in custody in Columbia. A representative of the American Surety company gave the matter his ^personal attention, as the company makes no compromises. The case was worked up largely by Mr. F. D. Fant, the route agent of the Southern Ex? press cornpany, and Mr. Geo. D. Zeely, th? traveling auditor of ..tb^ 'So?t?iern. railway. Pooser is $771 short in his; accounts; $300 of this amount ls due the Southern railway and $471 is due 1 the Southern Express company. Another big cotton mill operating j thousands of spindles and employing | hundreds of hands Is to be completed j and in operation by next fall at Lock- j hart shoals, on Broad river in Union county, unless something unforeseen j occurs. This is the Lockhart Mill, No. j 2, work on which has been going on quietly for some time, though it was not pushed as much as might possibly have been otherwise done had not the price of cotton last year been so hard on the cotton mills. Few persons realize that in Union there is a big furniture factory, known as the Bailey Lumber Manufacturing company, which employs 42 men, oc? cupies several large buildings, makes thousands of dollars' worth of furni? ture per month, and ships it in car lots as far distant as Oregon and Califor? nia. The wholesale grocery establish? ment of Welsh & Eason, in Charleston, was damaged to the extent of $10.000 by fire Tuesday afternoon. The warehouse of Mr. S. J. Wake field, who lives at Autreville. in Abbe? ville county, was burned Monday morning, the loss bc-ing $1,000. There was no insurance on the building. The residence of Mr. I. T. Ballentine in Laurens, was totally destroyed by fire last night shortly after 9 o'clock. One of the cotton warehouses of the Belton Cotton mill was partially burn? ed Wednesday morning. The loss was 201 bales of cotton and 70 bales of cloth, valued at SS.000 to $10,000. The city council of Charleston has accepted a bid made by the Evening Post to publish regularly the council proceedings for one year and print in pamphlet form 125 copies of the Jour? nal of Council for the sum of $1,000, and to publish all, other city adver? tisements for 6 cents per line. A white man named John Taylor was tried before Magistrate Kirby at Spartanburg for using profane and obscene language on the public high? way in the presence of white men and a young, lady. lie .was .convicted and fined $20, which he paid. Thomas R. Colclough, formerly a baseball pitcher of much reputation, has been elected to the Charleston council. The bondsmen of L. L. Copeland, late postmaster at Bethune, who is serving a term in the federal prison in Atlanta for embezzlement, were sued in the United States court in Co? lumbia last week for the amount of Copeland's shortage. The names of the bondsmen were forged. The historical commission, which is composed of J. B. Cleveland, H. M. Smith, W. A. Courtenay, W. C. Benet, James E. Tindal and J. T. Gantt, met in . Columbia Tuesday and appeared before the ways and means committee of the legislature and asked for an appropriation to cary - on the work. The bill provides for the appointment of a secretary with a salary of $1,200 per year. He shall keep the books and minutes of the commission and devote his entire time to the study , and col? lection of historical matters. The bill, it is understood, will be reported fa? vorably and there is every reason to believe that it will pass both houses. It is stated by a reliable railroad of? ficial that the contract for building the railroad from "Wards to Saluda has been given out and work will begin on the grading within 60 days. Judge of Probate B. H. Henderson, of Georgetown county, died Thursday night, aged 32 years, of heart trouble. Judge Henderson attended the Wof ford college and later graduated in ?.law at the South Carolina college. The contract for the building of the new court house for Kershaw county was awarded to T. C. Thompson & Bros., of Birmingham, Ala., on Tues? day afternoon. The firm's bid was be? tween $31,000 and $32,000, that being the lowest bid out of seven. Work will commence at once. M. V. McGee's big barn, the largest private barn in Anderson county, was burned by incendiaries Thursday morning. Bloodhounds were used and two negro suspects were committed to jail. The loss includes two blooded horses, three mules and forage, corn, etc., to the value of $1,500; insurance, $509. Numerous incendiary fires have occurred in Anderson county recently, and incendiaries will be vigorously prosecuted. . :<**' '?. p, .. 'v ...... A peculiar accident occurred v ifr Newberry Thursday night, which resulted in the death of a young man While Mr. Joe Hargrove, of *the Whitmire section of Newberry county, and a Mr. Ferguson w?re rolling ten? pins in the bowling alley on Caldwell street, in the rear of Hipp's store, Mr. Ferguson's coat fell off the nail in the wall, and a pistol in one of the pockets was discharged, the ball striking Mr. Hargrove in the heart and killing him instantly. A negro woman living in town of Greers had some salts in a bottle, at the bottom of which there was a little nux v?mica. The woman took the last of the salts from the bottle, took a dose herself and gave some to her little child. The child died in a short t? me. The 'mother has been critically.) ** '- ?.*- : ?? 3>.?;.. ') ?... . - v . -j ill but may recover. * .'. 4 Joseph L. Caughman. Jr., a well Farmers' Bank of Edgefleld, died sud? denly of heart failure Friday night, aged 35 years. Mr. James E. Vaughan. Jr., a well known young man of Camden, met with a serious accident at Belmont, a few miles below Camden Friday. As he was getting out of a buggy he took hold of the muzzle of his gun, and it was discharged, striking him on the hand and inflicting such a wound that amputation of the right hand was necessary. Senator Depew says the foreign title chases the American girl, lt does if there ls a heavy purs.? In sight. NOTICE. Notice ia hereby given that the health of the people of this county is in imminent danger and must be taken care of. It has been decided that every precaution be taken to prevent prolonged cases of pneumonia, grippe, etc. The best thing to do is to give a good cough mixture as soon as tte cough starts. Get MURRAY'S HOREHOUND, MULLEIN AND TAR. Only 25c. a bottle. At all druggists. Garden Truck can be raised profitably only in soil containing plenty of Potash. All vegetables require a fertilizer con? taining at least io per cent, actual Potash Without Potash no fertilizer is com? plete, and failure will follow its use. Every farmer should hare our valuable books on fertilization-they are not advertising matter booming any special fertilizer, bat books of authoritative information that means lam profita to the farmers. Sent free for the asking. GEBMAN C*T.T WOKKS New York-98 Massae Street, or Atlanta, Gs.-22Jf South Broad Street -?-1,000 ty Young ita TO GU AL FY FOR GOOD rOSITIOJSS GUARANTEED IN WRITING. ?06 FREE 8CH0^SHIPS OFFERED OA.-AU1. BUS. COLLEGE. MACON. QA WE WANT ALL INTERESTED IN MACHINERY TO HAVE OUR NAME BEFORE THEM DURING 1905 Writo us stating what kind of MACHINERY you use or will install, and wo will mail you FREE OF ALL COST A HANDSOME ANO USEFUL POCKET DIARY AND ATLAS OR A LARGE COMMERCIAL CALENDAR Gibbes Machinery Company, COLUMBIA, 3. C. A STOCK OP HORSE POWER HAV PRESSES TO SE CLOSEO OUT At' SPECIAL PRICES f?SSSE?**? ?cus* C^*^Swi2.S?0^ *S.W a?a?i?e box? m*ua. JSk s? ?3 b,a*.Taie Bo ?'Jfce*- ?*ft?s TT? *W Pan-i ? - *ybtlt?tU?? QMA tait?. $100,000.00 Capital. THE FIRST (M?. BINK of Sumter, S. & THE Comptroller o? the Cannae?' ing approved the increase of the Capital of ?his Bani fe $100,000.00, ^posters now have as security for their depos&e '1, Capital, - - $100,000 00 StookaolderV Individual Lia '00,000 00 bility, - Surplus and Undivided Prof its, - * 25,000 00 Total Security for Depositors, $225,000 00 ONLY NATfONLA BANK \h CITY Of SUBTEK. Largest Capital of any Bank in thia section of South Carolina. Strongest Bank in Eastern part o:? thia State. Interest allowed on deposits to a limited amount* BOABD OF DIBECTOBS. A. J. CHINA. President. NEILL O'DONNELL, Vice President. H. D. BARNETT, E. D. LEE, G. A. LEMM0N, JOHN REID, E. P. BICKER. " R..L. EE MUNDS j Cashier. ;AB. D. LEE, Solicitor.' .' ~ BOOKKEEPERS. J. L. MeCsllum, D. J. Winn, Jr. Oliver L. Yates. THE BANK OF SUMTER. SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depository. Capital stoek paid in, $75,000 00 Undivided surplus, 18,000 00 individual liability of stockhold? ers in excess of their stoek, 75,000 00 Transacts a general banking business; also has a Saying Bank Department- De? posits of $1 and upward received. Inter? est allowed at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, payable semi-annually. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. R. L MAHBIBO, W. F. RHAXB, Viee-Presideat. Cashier. Jan. SI. TIE sera ? H? HORACE HARBY, President. I. C. STRAUSS. Vice-Pr?sident, OEO. L. BICKER, Cashier. Capital Stock, $25,000 Liability ci Stockholders, 2*,000 j For the transaction of business is afford? ed those who deposit their money with The Sumter Savings Bank, Important papers can be drawn up and signed in a private room set aside for nae of our clients and any information de? sired will be cheerfully furnished by the management. Savings deposited here draw interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum. $2.00 ^ will open an account and secure a bank book*