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WILL GET MONEY. Claims Against State Dispensary Will J?ow Be Paid-Coirunittee's Vote Recorded. The payment of the claims due by ' ?he State dispensary to certain, liquor ^houses has been placed in the hands o? the board of directors and the com? missioner of the State dispensary. Messrs. Hay, Blease and Fraser voted that way at the last session of the committee. Col. Spivey, who passed through the city the same - night re? corded his vote with the majority and Mr. Gaston has voted with them also. The sub-committee, consisting of Mr. Lyon and Mr. Christensen, were alone in this matter-although they had been on the field and had seen the "situation with a closer scrutiny than, -other members of the committee and ihad felt that if the claims should be held up longer there might be an op? portunity to put a finger on the real fraud. The wincing of certain people ?who had been investigated made the sub-committee feel that there was a . sore spot near at hand. This particular avenue of acquiring information has been shut off unless ihe new board of directors, through its ?attorney, Mr. J. E. McDonald, should "be able to find some fraud in the pur? chases made by former hoards. And while the board is making its exami xation there is one provision-a man -datory provision-which has been vio? lated flagrantly in the past, which -probably will receive consideration. This provision reads: "Provided, ""hat thK? said directors of the dispensary shall not purchase -any liquor of any person, firm or corporation who shall ?"solicit any orders, either by drummer, agents, samples or otherwise, except ?s hereinbefore provided." ? Mr. Gaston's Letter. . Mr. Gaston has furnished The State with a copy of his letter to Chairman J. T. Hay, in which he gives his rea? sons for voting for the payment of the claims. Mr." Gaston says: ."On the resolution introduced by | Mr. Hay on July 2, IS06, a copy of "which I received by today's mail, T vote aye in favor of the adoption of the resolution; for these reasons, to "wit: The embargo placed upon these Accounts hy this committee, under legislative authority, was for the pur? pose of compelling testimony in re ijaxd to the same. The committee has ?brought out ail available evidence in regard to these suspended accounts and to the methods used in making ?ales by liquor dealers to the State of South Carolina. "The work of the committee is at an end; its labors have extended over a period of 18 months; its work.has "been arduous and exacting; through ?s sub-committee its members have endeavored to use every legitimate means to probe to the fullest into all , "the details of the dispensary business; ?we have exhausted every effort to get t-6 the bottom-of irings- and arrive afc the truth and the facts; we could, therefore, have no i.urther purpose in withholding payment of these ac? counts. "Properly, by law the authority for paying such accounts is vested in the liquor commissioner who issues his warrant upon the State treasurer. The commissioner and the State board of ?directors are the lawful custodians of the State's interest in the liquor busi? ness and are the proper parties to make payment of the State's indebted mess. It is the proper thing for this committee to restore to these State of? ficials the authority which we have temporarily withheld from them pay these accounas, or otherwise set? tle them. It is eminently proper that the board of directprs be governed by advice of counsel in the settlement of these claims. "They have the record of our work and the evidence before our commit? tee. It is for them, as officers commis-* sione-d by the State, to be governed by the evidence before our committee and to make such settlement, or ad? justment, of these accounts as the in? terest of the State demands. With every confidence in their rectitude.of purpose as sworn omcers of the State, l am in favor of placing in their hands the business that by law obtains to their office and which -.ve have tem? porarily suspended. *T ask that my reasons for voting go in the record of the proceedings of this committee." Thc Act. The legislature deliberately placed j these claims in the hands of the com- j mittee. The act is very specific. Sec. .5 declares: '"Sec. ".. That said com? mittee be, and they are hereby, au? thorized and directed to order the commissioner of the State d >i unsary to withhold the payment of any claims against' the State dispensary or any of its officers which they may hem advisable until same is July proved by thr production of the books oi original entry and all documents or correspondence relating to all their tratasactio? s with the Stat- dispensary, and to require the person or persons in custody or possession bf sahl books, documents, papers an! correspond? ence to produce th ? same bet?re said committee in person, and when such proof has been submitted to and ap? proved by the said committee, and the State treasurer 5s hereby forbidden to pay such claims upon written norie from the chairman of said commit tee." Section 3 of the act gives the com mittee additional authority, as fol lows: "Sec. 3. The said committee be. and the same is hereby, authorized to send for and to require the production of any and all books, papers or other documents or writings which may be deemed relevant TO any investigation and to require said person or persons in the custody or possession of said papers to produce the same before the said committee, and any person or persons who shall fail or refuse to act j on the order or notice of said commit? tee to produce said books, papers or other documents or writings shall be deemed guilty of contempt of said committee and be punished as pro? vided in section 2." The members of the sub-committee contend that it was improper to order these claims to be turned over to the dispensary officials.-State, July 5. Electing the General of the Jesuits. The recent death of the general of the Jesuits renders it necessary that the society should eleci a successor to him, and it may be interesting to explain how and under what condi? tions the election takes place. The so? ciety is governed by a general, aided by five assistants and a monitor. They reside with the general, and the as? sistants are called respectively the as? sistants of Italy, of Germany, of France, of Spain, and of England. These districts are divided into provinces. There are five provinces in the district 0 Italy, five in that of Germany, four in that of France, five in that of Spain, seven in that of England. These districts have existed for long; thus the' district of Spain embraces nearly all South America, the district of England all Xorth America and Gambia, the district of Germany Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Galicia and Hilland. At the head of each'province there is a provincia, and in each province there are colleges, schools, homes for professed Jesuits, others for those go? ing through their novitiates, and mis? sionary stations, each with a head. In the German district, according 'to a return the correctness of which I can? not guarantee, there are 3,790 Jesuits; Italy, 1,S74; in that of Spain, 2,949, in that of France, 3,011; in that of and in that of England, 2,437. But whether this includes only professed Jesuits who alone must be priests, or what in another order would be called lay brothers, I do not know. The genera1 resides at Rome. Be? fore his death he appoints a vicar, who acts on the death of the general as general in regard to current business until a nc.v general has been elected. It is his business to convoke \ a general assembly. This must meet within six months of the. notice Each ^.ovincial on receiving the notice convokes the re'etars, the lo? cal superiors and the professed Jesuits in assembly, and it is decided which of the rectors and the local superiors are to proceed to the general assembly. Besides this two deputies are elected by each province.^ So soon as they have all reached Rome, the vicar exhorts them to act in the best interests of God and of the society. The three next days are left to consider separately who would bc the best man to elect, but they must not decide even in their own minds for whom they will vote during these three days. If any Jesuit asks for a vote, or it is known to any person that he is intriguing to become general, this must be notified to the vicar, and the Jesuit so offending becomes in? eligible should the accusation be proved. On thc fourth day they are all shut up in a room, and they remain there .without food or water until the gen? eral is elected. Sometimes the choice is made by a common inspiration. When this does not take place, each voter writes the name of his candi? date on a piece of paper and signs it with his own name. The vicar then collects the papers, aided by his assistants, and if any one obtains more than half of the suffrages he is declared elected, and the election is confirmed by all going for him. If none gets this majority ?he assembly elect* five electors, and these five elec? tors select the general. - London Truth. Tin- Devil (Justed. Ex-Gov. Mcsweeney, after acknowl? edging the arrival of th^ candidates, asked a preacher !.> say prayers. This was well. \V- know- that the opening of political meetings or the beginnin j ? of horse races with prayer h enough j t?> make "the old boy"<go out of busi? ness. Just think "i a !..* of politicians making a mockery of religion.-Abbe? ville Press and Banner. Will Interest Many. *Everv person should know that good health is impossible if the kid- j heys are deranged. Foley's Ki 'ney ..ase in every form, ?ind will build u]> j and strengthen "hose organs so they ? wili perform their functions properly. ; Xo danger of Bright's disease or dia? betes if Foley's Kidney Cure is taken ? n time. Durant's Pharmacy. HONEST HOME G HUB. Let Ls Eat It, Knowing Then What We Eat. Some time ago we made a few re? marks intended to convey the impres? sion that down here we wanted some? thing to eal. We roused a lean and hungry rhetoric, crooked gracefully a fat and suppliant elbow to strike poetic phrase from a gastronomic lyre; and our poetry fed by hog and hominy with f?at biscuits on the side, rung so naturally, sounded so with sense, or was so artfully hidden, that not a subscriber kicked us or an ad? vertiser railed at us. We feasted joy? fully on fricasseed words and fried visions. We lived a couple of minutes on boneless ecstacy garnished with whipt dreams. But fiercely we have been driven from our chortling fantasy of fault finding. Soon are we chased to the solid ground on which Paul estab? lished the Corinthians "whatsoever is set before you eat, asking no ques? tions for- conscience sake." For verily are we straying far from home and hope, when we bewail the olden days of unsuspicious plenty and honest quality. We turn away from that memory to be thankful we are alive, to praise the special providence which watches over children and idiots, that we live far in the back woods away from the fearsome atmosphere of Chi? cago packing houses. Just listen: Mir. Neil and Mr. Reynolds, specially designated by the president cf the United States to investigate the Chi? cago meat packing industry, made their report a few days ago. "We saw meat shoveled from filthy wooden floors, piled* on tables rarely washed, pushed from room to room in rotten carts, in all of which processes it was in the way of gathering dirt, rplint ers, floor filth, and the expectoration of tuberculous and other diseased workers." Its to these woods for ours. We may not know with what human company this flesh we feed upon kept from death to ,its state entombment, but we may be happy if our honest neigh? bor knew its mother and its grand? mother. It may be as swivled and swunlv as the colored gentleman's catfish, it may be as* sinewey strong as the joint of mountain lamb, but we can smile and be happy in the knowledge that it isn't from Chicago. What's the use of working very hard to ge: a little money to buy Chicago dirt; let's go a fishing.-The Field of Conway. I"o Not Neglect Your Bowels. ?Many serious diseases arise from neglect of the bowels. Chamberlain's Stoms.ch and Liver Tablets are a pleasant and agreeable laxative. They invigorate the liver and regulate the bowels. For sale by all druggists. Formation Versus Reformation. Evidences multiply that we are on the eve of radical transformation in our treatment of crime. The old habit of letting the individual alone until he develops into the hardened criminal is being pretty thoroughly exploded these days and attention is being centered upon the causes of crime rather than its effects and upon the boy instead of the man. Our criminal authorities are becoming possessed of the conviction that where society fails is in making criminals through neglect of boys who could be made ?ood citizens with proper atten? tion i:i their formative years.-Chi-' cago Post. Old Chronic Sores. *As a dressing for old chronic sores there is nothing so good as Chamber? lain's Salve. Whiles it is not advisa? ble to heal old sores entirely, they should be kept in a good condition for which this salve is especially valuable. For sale by all druggists. The Laziest Man. ..The laziest man I ever saw," sala a traveling man. as the Philadelphia Record tells it, "was -a station agent in a little one-horse town in Idaho. After I had finished what business . I could do in the town, I went down to the railroad station to buy a ticket LOT my next stop. The lazy station, master sat on a broken-down office chair, his feet on the desk. When 1 asked for the ticket, he slowly reach? ed up in the rack, drew it cut. handed h t<? ir.e. and took mv money without ? bestowing a glance upon me or mov- j lng from his chair. 'That's the laziest j thing H ever saw,' T said To him. Tf you caa do anything lazier than that j hil give vou a dollar.' Without the ? slightest curiosity or even interest the 5 loafer drawled, 'Put it in my pocket,* j and 1 did." Only S2 Years Old. *"I am only $- years old and don't j r-xpeet even when I get to be real -dd | to feel that way as long as ? can get Electric Bitters.'' says Mrs. E. H. Brunsen, of Dublin, <m. Surely, there's ; and mickes the weak as strong as this tic medicine.. Dyspepsia. i n t \ a m e d kid ; : cys o r mstipation are unknown af- ; ter taking Electric Bitters a reasona? ble time. Guarant< ed by S!bert's Dru:; Price COc. SUMTER MEMORIAL ACADEMY Will Be Opened cn the 17th of Sep? tember With Three Teachers. ?Editor of The Item: As there are a good many rumors I afloat about the Gen. Sumter Memorial i Academy and its future prospects, you I will please allow me space to say that I th? school will be opened on the 17th ! day of September, at 9 o'clock a. m., with a corps of three teachers. That, I in addition to the usual course in j country schools, there will be taught' ! in this academy Latin, GreeTc, type 1 writing and stenography, sight-sing? ing, vocalization, and instrumental music on piano and violin. Be tho fund that, the school is allowed large i or small, the same number of teach? ers will be employed and the same work carried on, and that with equal thoroughness. The difficulties that are now besotting the school are not un? usual in the upbuilding of rural High schools. What is needed in emergen? cies like this is a band of teachers who love "the cause in which they are en? listed enough to wait, while they work, for their reward and to have as the chief feature of that reward the proud satisfaction of knowing that they worked faithfully on very small salaries while the school was being built up to the point where it could pay good salaries. The Sumter Me? moral Academy has such a band of teachers at ats command, and hence it has nothing to fear in the struggle to meet and overcome the usual ob? stacles that beset enterprises cf this kind. "What," says an eloquent writer, "is difficulty? Only a word indicating the degree of strength requisite to over? come some given object. A mere no? tice of the necessity for exertion. A bugbear to fools and to cowards, but only a stimulus to true men and wom? en." John J. Dargan. . Stateburg, S. C., July 1, 1906. JOHX HEXDERSOX TO DIE. The Supreme Court Has Refused His Appeal. Columbia, July 5.-In an opinion filed today, the Supreme Court decides that John Hen larson, the Sumter negro, who stabbed his wife, Mary, to death in December, 1904. will have to hang. John's attorney was appointed by the court. Laurens county will have a straight anti-dispensary ticket out this sum? mer. Twenty Year Battle. *"I was a loser in a twenty year battle with chronic piles and malig? nant sores, until I tried Bucklen's Arnica Salve ; which turned the tide, by curing both, till not a trace re? mains," writes A. M. Bruce, of Farmville, Va. Best for old ulcers, cuts, burns and wounds. 25 cents at Sibert's Drug Store. First Xew Bale. Xew Orleans, July 4.-The first bale of cotton to be shipped from the 1906 crop in the United States was tonight reported on its way here from Browns ville, Texas. It was consigned to the A Hard Lot * Of troubles to contend with, spring from a torpid liver and blocked bow? els, unless you awaken them to their proper action with Dr. King's Xew Life Pills, the most pleasant and most effective cure for con'*ipation. They prevent appendicitis and tone up the system. 25 cents at Sibert's Drug Store. ?_!_ Senator Tillman will speak with Lumpkin in Columbia, but wants to sp^ak from the State house steps. Makes the Liver Lively. *Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup>, gives permanent relief in cases of habitual constipation as it stimulates the liver and restores the natural action of the bowels without irritating these or? gans like pills or ordinary cathartics. Does not nauseate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Remem? ber the name O;ino and refuse substi? tutes. Durant's Pharmacy. FRECKLE REMOVED AM PIMPLES Days. Nadmola Tts Complexion oe r:.u;:vier is en . i by -.H.-;usanc?5 . ; cli-.l ladies, and ?:'.'cd- to remove ~.i i.i.-ai Jit.;jlora ??ons and restore the Beauty of youth. THe worst cases in twenty days. 50c. and Si.00 at all leading drug sr,; res. or by mail. Prepared by NATIONAL TO.'i.r.T CO.,* Paris, Tena. Slakes Kidneys and Bladder Right ?grat CKICHESTER'S ?NGLISK PENNYROYAL PILLS S?-<jr"X. _ , Original nn.l Onlv Genuine. thJ&&k for CHICHKSTEK'S ENGLISH A^<i?ZSyr. a. , <;u,,j ".".,.;.. . M, ja ST Wa rja 1 lueri! :- 'I ?ke no other. Refute Tri *^ *2iJ) J'aneorou? ,?ii?>Kt!tu!..>r.? and Imltu j / m tn>r.?. Buy of your DrujgM . r ^ . ??... ;n I J? W ?Aap? for PrtrMfH?ur*. Testimon?ala V V* ff *c ' '* Rc'lef for I.n<)ii-? " titter, tr re? turu Mull. lO.iMMM ?umontal*. SoVlbj ,. \ ??l .?nsgc???. CM~h<>?t?-r Chemical ?o~ ktetioniM?pfc^er. Uadi?oi. >Ua..rc, l'HILA.. ??L Girlhood, Woman! The first lesson that the young girl has of womanhood is usually a painful i one. She learns to know wjiat head I ache means, and backache, and some j times is sadly borne down by this new i experience of life. All che pain and misery which young S girls commonly experience at such a time may, in almost every instance, be entirely prevented or cured by the use of Dr." Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It establishes regularity, lt'tones up the general health, and "cures headache, backache, nervousness, chorea, or St. Vitus's dance, and other consequences of womanly weakness or disease. MOTHER OF THE FAMILY. The anxious mother of the family oftentimes carries the whoie burden of responsibility so far as the home med? ication of common ailments of the girls or boys are concerned. The cost of the doctor's visits are very often much too great. At such times .the mother is invited to write to Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., for medical advice, which is given free. Correspondence is held sacredly confidential. IT STANDS ALONE. * Favorite Prescription" is the only medicine for women the makers of which are not afraid to print just what ' it is made of on every bottle wrapper. It is the only medicine for women every i ngredient of which has the unan? imous endorsement of all the lead? ing medical writers of this country, recommending it for the cure of the very same diseases for which this "Pre? scription" is advised. A MOTHER'S LOVE. A mother's love is so divine that the roughest man cannot help but appre? ciate it as the crown of womanhood. However, motherhood is often looked forward to with feelings of great dread by most women. At such times a woman is nervous, dyspeptic, irritable, and she is in need of a uterine tonic and nervine, a strength builder to fit her for^the ordeal. No matter how healthy or strong a woman may be she cannot but be benefited by taking Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription to prepare for the event. It makes childbirth easy and olrten almost painless. DR. PIERCE'S FAVORITE PRESCRIPTION is a powerful, invigorating tonic. It imparts strength to the whole system and tD the womb and its appendages in particular. For overworked " worn out," * run-down," debilitated teachers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, "shop-girls," housekeepers, nursing mothers and feeble women generally, Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the greatest earthly boon, being un? equaled as an app?rtizing cordial and restorative tonic. A STRENGTHENING NEKVTNE. * Favorite Prescription" is unequaled and is invaluable in allaying and sub? duing nervous excitability, irritability, nervous exhaustion, prostration, neu? ralgia, hysteria, spasms, chorea, or St. Vitus's dance, and other distressing, nervous symptoms commonly attend? ant upon " functional and organic dis? ease of the womb. It induces refresh? ing sleep and relieves mental anxiety ?nd despondency. A SCIENTIFIC MEDICINE. 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"Favorite Prescription" is a positive cure for the tnost complicated and obstinate cases of leucorrhea, exces? sive flowing, painful menstruation, un? natural suppressions and irregularities, prolapsus or falling of the womb; weak back, " female weakness," anteversion, r?troversion, bearing-down sensations, ! chronic congestion, inflammation and ulceration'of the womb, inflammation,, pain and tenderness of the ovaries, accompanied with "internal heat." HOW TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL. Young women or matrons should not allow themselves to look sallow and wrinkled because of those pains and * weaknesses which become chronic and are the result of colds, tight lacing, and the imprudent care of the womanly sys? tem. Many a woman would look beau? tiful, have healthy color and bright eyes if it were not for those drains on her strength and those weaknesses which; come all too frequently and make her life miserable. There is a ready-to-use Prescription, used a great many years by Dr. R. V. Pierce in his large practice as a Specialist in women's diseases, which is not like the many " patent medicines " on the market, as it contains neither alcohol nor any narcotic, or other harm? ful drug. It is purely vegetable. It is known as Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre* ! scription and is sold by druggists, * - -" ???? ' - j DE', PIERCE'S PLEASANT PELLET? cure biliousness, sick and bilious head? ache, dizziness, costiveness, or con? stipation of the bowels, loss of appe? tite, coated tongue, sour stomach, windy belchings, " heartburn," pain? and distress after eating, and kindred derangements of the liver, stomach and bowels. Persons subjected to any of these troubles should never be without a vial of the "Pleasant Pellets" at hand. In proof of their superior excellence it can truthfully be said that they are always adopted as a Household remedy after the first trial. One little * Pellet" is a laxative, twa are cathartic. They regulate, invigor? ate and cleanse the liver, stomach and bowels* As a R dinner pill," to promote digestion, take one each day. To re? lieve the distress arising from over? eating, nothing equals one of these . little. "Pellets." They're tiny, sugar? coated, anti-bilious granules, scarcely larger than nrustard seeds. HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. How to live i:a health and happiness,, is the general theme of Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser. This j great work on medicine and hygiene, containing over 1000 pages and more than 700 illustrations, is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 31 one-3en? stamps for the cloth-bound volume, or only 21 stamps for the book in paper covers. tog'a Fence rid size of wire must be n? also tte CONSTRTTC e best galvanizing are ERICAN, and the quan e on farms is good evi m the American allows 1 EXPANSION, to with ?e pressure from contact bendings stays, the fence ,ce the instant pressure lng fence is the AMER 1RDWARE CO. 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