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Lei Law Re?p4<Mers Vnlte. In July, twenty one counties now having dispensaries, will decide by popular vote whether they shall ve? to! a the dispensary system or experi? ment with prohibition. In this coi n ty. we suppose, the dispensaries will he retained. Every Informed cltlien understands that difficulties attending the enforcement of prohibition in Charleston would be Incomparably greater than thoee that would con? front the law officers In enforcing any pother mthod of dealing with the traf Bc In Intoxicants. We hope that the "referendum' In Charleeton will be perfunctory In character for the ob? vious reason that from every point of view the county dispensary rystem Is the beet liquor system that the peo lyple of the other countlee are willing for Charleeton to have at this time. However Immoral. Pharisaical and foolish Is the dictation of others In respect to the government of this county as those matters which con & eera only Charleetonlans, It remains r a fact to he taken Into account. Before the election Is held, the law respecting citisens of Charleston should assert themselves and make themselves a force to be reckoned with. They should let It be plainly understood that even In the event of |*She county voting for prohibition, de? termined, positive and persistent en? deavors will be made to have the law obeyed. A spirit of respect for lav Is more Important to Charleeton than fts revenue or any o;her consideration, OOd It should be plainly understood w that the people of this city will t supinely consent to the supplant? ing of the dispensaries by prohibition In order that a path may be cleared for persons who have contempt lor law to enrich themselves by selling whteaer Coder the operation of the county dispensary system, any man who craves whiskey or beer can get it. If the method be inconvlent, the lncon ; venlence affects all of us alike, and 1 bad though the plan be as compared with a high license system, one man in Charleston is no more entitled to Immunity from It than another. The dispensary system at least allows the I city and the county to derive a con? siderable revenue from the liquor j traffic. Prohibition would transfer I that revenue to the pockets of "blind tigers." Doe. a taxpayer, would sim? ply pay ten dollars additional in taxes In order that Roe, a lawbreaker, might have ten dollars additional In i his money drawer. I The voluntary adoption of prohibl j tlon for Charleston Is scarcely to be i thought of as a possibility, and it could be adopted only through the in? strumentality of persons bent pn eva? sion and violation of the law. It would be a surrender of the city to the ene? mies of law. To meet such a danger, an organization of citizens should he formed, -In the''event that circum? stances as they develop advise It, with the declared purpose of enlisting and uniting the energies of those citizens willing to elect municipal officers, members of the legislature and coun? ty officials who could be relied upon to do their utmost to enforce what? ever laws and ordinances be on the statute books. In every community there is good citizenship dangerous to lawbreakers when It Is aroused, and It can be aroused In Charleston.?The News and Courier. Scores of New York women are taklng out licenses for hunting moose. But they let their husbands hunt the ^mice.^-Pittsburg Qasette-Tlmes. I You cannot bless men until you be? lieve In them. LOOK! At i few samples of linseed oil in our show window and see the different kinds that are used in paint. At the same time examine the sample of strictly pure refined oil made by Sherwin-Williams Co., and sold by us, even if it does cost us more money. It is bad enough for a property owner to buy good paint and use cheap oil in it, but to buy cheap paint and use bad oil, is poor economy. This is why you see paint coming off of houses in from one to three years. Why buy brands of paint that have sprung up in the last few years just because you can get them for a few cents less per gallon, and run the risk of their standing, when you can buy ^e old reliable? Sherwin-Williams Which has stood the test for years. We quote herewith copy of guarantee which is print? ed on every gallon of Sherwin-Williams paint and is backed by one of the largest factories in the world. We guarantee that this Paint, when properly used, will not crack, 11ake or chalk off, and will cover more surface, woirk better, wear longer and permanently look better than other paints including pore white lead and oil. We hereby agree to forfeit the value of the paint, and the cost of applying it, if in any instance it is not found as above mentioned. If y nu let your painting contract to a painter and let the painter select and furnish material he will naturally buy the cheapest material to be obtained, put it on as rapidly as possible, and the lesult is your house will need re-paint? ing in a very short time. Specify Sherwin-Williams paints, use strictly pure refined linseed oil, have it applied by an experienced paint? er, and you will find after all this is the cheapest paint to use. r BEST PAINT VALUE i Covers Most Looks Best Wears Longest 3OL0 av Most Econom ical Full Measure Always Uniform Carolina Hardware Company. r flOMTER, s. c. The Liquor Kvil. Thi long drawn-out struggle be? tween the state-widers and the local optionlsts that has kept the general assembly In a tangle tot nearly a month and a half, was brought to a close last Saturday With a victory for the local optionists, ami we believe, some gain for genuine piohibition. While it is possible that we may he mlst:ik"n, as we see it, the principal laiUS In this fight WAI factional as? cendent y. rather than moral principle. Of ooureti Wf should not pretend to say that none of the participants were governed in tluir efforts by moral principle; but that the gen? eral casus belli was more a matter of polltlelal supremacy. And we think the people of the .State have cause to congratulate themselves on the healthy condition of public sentiment that poems to have been evident in the outcome. The Enquirer believes in prohibi? tion as the best way of dealing with the liquor traffic?not mere nominal prohibition; but actual prohibition as far as it can be accomplished. We do not believe that prohibition laws can be enforced unless* they are back? ed by an approving public sentiment. While the law in York county, for in? stance is not enforced as perfectly as we would like to see it, it Is enforced better than It ha,s ever been before, and that is because public sentiment the more strongly approves its en? forcement. In a county where the sentiment Is overwhelmingly the other way, the same laws would be a ,nultity. The people who brought about the condition whereby each county may deal with the liquor question as it sees proper, did more for prohibition and more for the establishment of law and order than has ever been done In this State before. We say this for the reason that experience has gone to show that where a ma? jority of the people have expressed themselves In the making of a law, that .same majority may be depend? ed upon to see that that law is obey? ed. However it may be in the future, we know that there are many coun? ties In the State where the sentiment In favor of the free and unrestricted liquor traffic is overwhelming. Wo are sorry that this is true; but that Is not the point. The point is that where there Is an overwhelming sen? timent in favor of liquor, the traffic cannot be suppressed. In such a county a State law against the sale of liquor would be a farce. The people of each county have entire charge of the enforcement of the law within their respective limits and they are not going to enforce laws that do not meet their approval. Under present conditions more than half the State is prohibition by choice of a majority of the voters of the respective counties. The law is not enforced perfectly In any of these counties; but it is better enforced in most of ther.i than it has ever been before, and in many of them It as well enforced as are the laws against mur? der, arson, larceny etc. According to our view, had the S'tate-wlde prohibition become a law, only a very few of those counties now engaged in the liquor business would have paid any attention to it. The disregard of the law would have been j so general that It would have been practically impossible to have com? pelled Its observance, and the result would be free and unrestricted liquor. The arrangement whereby prohibi? tion is to go Into effect in all the li :uor counties on the first Tuesday in August and continue or not accord? ing to the result of the elections to be held on the third Tuesday in August, looks to jUS to be fair enough. It Is quite possible that the majorities in some of these counties are ready to run out the dispensaries. It is to be hoped that such is the case. If they are, then the cause of prohibition is bright In those counties. If they arc not ready to vote out liquor of their own accord, prohibition forced on them by the general assembly, would do the cause more harm than good. The grentest danger to prohibition us We see It, Is lukewarmness in those bounties where prohibition now ob? tains. The appetite for whiskey Is M strong as ever. The lemptatlon to sell It for the profit it oilers is not less than It has always been. The Incen? tive to gain works more strongly on would-be violators of the law than docs the moral forces that actuates those who would Uphold the law. Complete tUOOeei III fighting the li? quor evil neeeatltatei eternal vigl lance; but unfortunately the only force by Which this evil can be sup preseed is ordinarily defensive in stoad of An aggressive force. It be OOUies Aggresive only when Its exist? ence is threatened and becomes quies? cent on the apparent subsidence of present danger. There are thOM who th' ik that much headway has been made In fighting the liquor evil, and It will have to be admitted that much has ! ten accomplished; but there Is a great deal to be done yet before the battle \n *nd*?d ?.-Y'^VvUIr Cfoqul flctid us your Job v/oik. FARMERS Ott? SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE! THIS IS \yoolard Saves Labor, Saves One Hand, Saves One Horse, Saves Incidental Expen ses Necessarily Pertain' ing Thereto. Call and see it. Every Farmer Should Have One A. A. STRAU5S & CO. P. S?The grass cannot catch you when you use a Woodlard Cultivator Harrow. The Lien Law Lesson. It Is possible that the lien law will never be repealed; that at its next session the present general assembly will repeal the act by which the law is to come off the statute books next January; but we should not advise anybody to presume on such a con? tingency. In view of the fact that this law has been a subject of controversy more than forty years, we think -it will be safest for every individual farmer to consider the repeal bill as final and that there will be no more of the lien business after this year. A word to the wise is sufficient. Now, suppose we assume as a fact that there will be no lien business next year, what is the best thing for the farmer to do in the circumstan? ces? We can suggest nothing better than that every farmer prepare him? self, as well as possible, to do without the lien law and put himself in a po? sition to reap such advantages as may come. The basic idea of the lien law was to provide means whereby prospec? tive renters and croppers could pro? cure corn and meat. Of course, the means provided was extended to in? clude every other commodity; but corn and meat were the main things. The cutting out of the lien law does not mean the cutting out of corn and meat. These things cannot be cut out. They will be Just as necessary next year as they were last year or any other year during which the lien law has been in existence, and the thing therefore, for every farmer to do this year, is to put in as much of his effort as possible In providing corn and meat. We do not like to be in the posi? tion of attempting to prophesy, for we know nothing about the future; ' but as we see things there is nothing else for it than that there will be a more pressing demand for corn and meat next year than there has been for years and years, and that the prices for these commodities will be higher in comparison with other things than they have been for quite a long time. Wipe farmers this year, will raise corn and meat.?Yorkville Enquirer. The business of soliciting order for the sale of whiskey in this State is to be made dangerous. The get)* eral assembly has passed the follow? ing: "Section 1. That each and every person, whether acting for himself or as agent for any person, firm or cor? poration, who shall conduct the bu-i neae of liquor drummer, soliciting or receiving orders for interstate ship? ment within any eount> within this State, except as now authorized by law. any spirituous, malt, vinous, fer? mented, brewed, whether lager or rloa beer, or other liquors or bever ftgeii or any compound or mixture thereof which contains alcohol and is used as a beverage, shall be guilty Of A misdemeanor, and on conviction lined In a HUm not exceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not feat?fedltig nil montha, or bub Mne and Impflaottfaeni >M th*? dlscre* tion Of tbc o >urt. REAL ESTATE The best time to buy Real Estate is when the market is in? active. Your money will go further, and your chances of bargains for ready cash are much greater. I am offering a number of nice lots on Liberty, Cal houn and Church streets that can be bought for less now than six munths hence. See me about them. N. B.?Have several funds of $500 to $2,000 to loan on income producing real estate. City Property, 1} O D?I CT?T> Mortgage. Loans. Farms XV. D. DLJL^oILlY, Money Invested. Real Estate Attorney. 26 1-2 N. MAIN ST. :: :: SUMTER, S. C. s Do You Walk or Ride BT BT BT BT BT BT BT ? BT BT The man who has a bank account and pays for everything with checks is riding, while the man without a bank account is walking. Better get in the "Band Wagon" to day. VVe will help you. ? ana ?? BT BT BT BT BT BT BT BT BT BT BT BT BT BT BT ? Fir^t National Bank, OF SUMTER. iiHiiimiHianiiHiiiiiiiEMii OUR BELIEF. We believe in the business we are doing. In the Roods we are handing out and taking In. We believe In honest prudent methods. That till business should Ik* done On a conservative ba>iN. We believe there is a living for every honest energetic man. That ft man usually gets what lie goes after. If tie foea hard e lough. We btilleve that patience, kindness and courtesy pays and we are profiting thereby. We I elieve in letting the world know where you are and whit your busi? ness is, provided you want to do business with them. A candle under a bushel gives no light on the outside. We believe that an account with a good st long hank is a vah able ISOOI 10 any man, We know that THI: FARMERS' BANK & TRUST COMPANY [iSracllM institution and wants your account Tlie Bank qf Sumter Solicits Your Patronage. Excellent Facilities. Farmer*! Accounts a Specialty. Policy Conservative, but i Liberal. .:. Careful Attention to Depositors .:. Capital JJ75.000. Surplus (ovor) $50,000 Deposits (over) $300,000. W. F, Rhame, Cashier, brill WiU, Mir.