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tnfdl ftttd reu. ?UMtBR WATCHMAN. Essabttahad April ISM. ?He Jost and Fear not-~Let all the ends Thou Aima't at be thy Country's, Thy God's and Truth's." THK TKUE SOUTHRON, Established Jon?, 1 <?>Hdated Aus. t. 8TTMTER. S. C., SATURDAY. APRIL 3, 1909 New Series-VoL XXIX. No 18 How to Obtain, Without Qpst, the Season's Greatest and Best Flower Offers These Flowers Will Bloom This Season of 1909 The Five Prettiest Rose? (Collection No. ICD Are the one* we bare chosen for your collection. Many t>f tin sc rose* when in bloom sell for ft.no to *?;!t tMt dozen at florista Any one of Hum is worth mor?- than a whole years subscription to y.\ KM AND PlRESIDK cost, but you can get absolutely withoutcosts all these five plant? the (TimbiuK Meteor. Bri?ht Red. Hardy Yellow Uambbr, Bright Pink. Pure W hite, e'ee our lib? eral offen beiow and opposite Five Fragrant Carnations (Collection No. 109.) The carnation was f resident McKinley's 1 te flower. 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We will imnn d ately send you postpaid all of the good thing* men? tioned opposite, as follows: Watchman and Southron one full year ; Farm and Fi -eside one full year "4 numbers and Any One Col? lection of Flowers Of this page. Be i re to give the number of JsllectiOO you want . $2.00 Pays for All The subscription to either paper n ny be new or renewal. Tbli is the greatest offer ever made by say publisher. Yon gel <?<> big papers and the flowers, all f<>r the pi Ice <<f One paper alone! It Cannot be duplicated anywhere in America. This Offer is Limited?Don't Delay! CARNATIONS XO. 109. lite C'UtuMa* Meteor Hot of Fraaraoce. Bower Foir Eltgint Ferns iCetlectlea He. IS* ) > Of all plants for pot ?r interior dectua ttons, fFrnS occupy th? place of favor. This collection con alstsot theleadlnsva* rtetles Ponton. Ew- /I trsld. Fountain and Asparagus. These ? arletles frequently sell foT 60cents euch. 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March SO.?Attorney Ooneral Lyon Is hopti? that the Uni? ted ftlates Supreme Court, on recon? vening Monday, will render a final decision In the dispensary litigation, which *iaa r ow beer In the courts, botn Federal sad *;ute. for nearly two ye ire. Tht case was arsjued be? fore nia f1n.il tribunal several weeks ago, und at that time from the ques? tions asked and front remarks made on the bench, It wss believed that the declaim will he made soon. BJnCi the death of Klrby Pugh from smallpox in the York Cotton Mill Village. Just outside the corpo? rate Mmtts of Yorkvtlle, about two weeks ago six other cases of the same disease have developed among those Who came Immediately in contact with the first caai before the disease had been diagnosed as smallpox. All who have developed cases, as well as sus? pect*, have been eegregated. and all others living la the village have been vaccinated, and a quarantine is be^ng negate in id agmiaot the,village by the TO 8FJJECT SILVER SKR VICE. Governor Ansel Soon to Appoint Commission Authorised by Legis? lature. Columbia. March 80.?Governor Ansel was this morning looking over some pictures of silver services which have been presented to various bat? tle Ships of ths ? United States navy. The pictures were brought here by Mr. Thomas, one of Charleston's Jew? ellers. The South Carolina, one ajt Uncle Ssm's best battle ships, will be pre? sented with a silver service when she Is commissioned next December. The launching of this boat took place at Philadelphia last July, when Gover? nor Ansel was present with an offi? cial party and the boat was christen? ed by Miss Ansel. At the session of the legislature Just ended Senator Slnkler, of Charleston. Introduced and there was passed a Joint resolu? tion carrying an appropriation of $&, 000 for a sliver service for the South Carolina. The commission has not yet been appointed; the governor is ex-onVlo chairman; one member will he the chairman of the finance com? mittee of the senate, another will Igi the chairman of the house ways and means committee; the two other members are to be appointed by Gov? ernor Ansel. Miss Delia Wlnteard, the 19-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wlngard, died at the home of her pa? rents, about two miles north of Lex? ington on Thursday afternoon, after a very brief illness. Miss Wlngard attended church on last Sunday, and while she had not been In the best of health for several weeks, seemed as well as usual. On Monday she was taken suddenly III, and soon became unconscious. She never rallied and the end came on Thursday. To know how to wait Is the great secret of success.--De Mails. PHOIIIBTIOX IX TENNESSEE. Stute Wide Law Has Not Impnired The Credit of That State. To the Editor of The Daily Item: The inclosed article from a Ten? nessee paper of March 16th seems to throw some light on the prohibition problem from the tax-payers stand? point. So many of our wise political economists say taxes will be increas? ed If the dispensary revenue is lost, that an article like the above is re? freshing. How any one con figure a profit out of a business that puts hors de combat its chief patrons. and\ makes them burdens on society, is more than I can understand. They tell wonderful tales about the profits, but do not say a word about the hun? dred thousand and more hard earned dollars that are annually sent out of the county and State for whiskey. But they never fail to harp on the many dollars that they say will be sent out for the jug trade, if we vote out the dispensary. There can be no question to any fair-minded man that there will be less whiskey bought and used under prohibition than under the dispensary. To deny this is to deny that the laws of trude are ap? plicable to whiskey. Prohibitionists do not expect nor hope to reform men wholesale, nor to bring about the mlllenlum by statutory enact? ment; but we do contend that there will be less money spent for liquor, less men and women pauperized, and made charges on the community; that some men now unfit for produc? tive labor will become producers of wealth, and that all these things will make us as a county richer in every way than the few thousands of reve? nue from the traffic. All this aside from the moral and religious side of the question. On this part of the subject, I think if the good woman who wrote the very thoughtful article in your issue of the 22nd Is true to the latter part of her article she would vote, If she could, and will use all her influence against this business which bras caused more sorrow and .crime, pau? perism, imbecility and degeneracy i than any other business that the! world has ever known. E. W. DABBS. Mayesville, S. C, March 30, 1909. State's Credit la Still Gilt Edge. Nashville, March 12.?The credit of Tennessee has not been in any i way impaired by the passage of the I State-wide prohibition law was made manifest yesterday when the funding board purchased $62,000 of the State's bonds at one cent on the dol? lar more than has heretofore been paid for them. The board has been in the market for these for several months but the prices asked were considered too high, the lowest offer? ed being at 97. The board had not paid such a figure and naturally hes? itated. Finally seeing that a better price must be paid than has been paid in the past the members decid? ed to offer 96 3-4 and at that price purchased the bonds. But that is one cent on the dollar higher than the last were purchased for. It shows that Tennessee's credit is getting bet? ter all the time and those who are fortunate enough to hold the securi? ties of the State are not going to part with them unless they can obtain a fine price therefor. Three per cent. State bonds at 97 cents Is high water mark for the securities of this and coming just after the passage of the State-wide prohibition bill is consid? ered very significant. The tourist business hi*? been very satisfactory in Camden this season. It will not be long now, however, be? fore the season will be over. The Court Inn and the Kirkwood will plots about the 22nd of April. The Y. W. Ci A. conference of the colleges of the State will be held this week with the Young Women's Chris? tian Association of Erskine and the Due West Female College. THE FLOHEVCE POSTOFFICE. Her, Joshua relieves He Will Rc mmim hi Ofllce Another Year. Washington, March 30.?Joshua Wilson, Florence's colored postmas j ter, came to Washington last week to j find out what was going on, sniffed ? I the air once or twice around the I White House, :'ound that apparently I he was good fc r another year in the I office ancl quietly slipped back home. Wilson's arriva in Washington was not heralded, and it was only by chance that a discovery of his pres? ence was made. He found that the I way things stand, with no agreement as to his succe-sor and with the out? look good for a fight in the senate over that successor's confirmation, he thought the best thing he could do was to go hone and let things rock along. Indications strongly point to his re? taining the offke for several months unless some agreement can be reach? ed and no flgh : made in the senate. Wilson, after remaining here a day or two and talcing in the situation, vvent home, saying that everything looked good to him and that as he appeared to be on top he would re? main so by sta;. ing out of the fight. Howard CajHPfll, who is trying to land the efflce, has filed with the1 president and v. ith the postofllos de? partment papers showing that he has been a citizen of Florence for the last five years, that he is the owner of considerable real estate in sur? rounding count es, and that better than all, he is engaged to one of the bast young lad! M In Florence Coun? ty. It is baltevi 1 these recommenda? tions are sufficient to eventually pull him through, but if he is named and his confirmation is fought. Wilson will for the time being be the victor and that is all he is now wanting. To commonplace people the extra? ordinary seems impossible.? Cardinal de Retz. DAXOER OF IflGHEll COFFEE. Senate Finance Committee Bent otr Defeating Alleged "Iiitere?ts." .Washington, March 30.?Recogniz w ing that Brazil is powerless to aus? pend her export tax on coffee, be? cause for the next several years, at least this tax is indissolubry linked? with her foreign debt, the senate committee on finance today decided! to strike out of the Payne bill the* countervailing duty proposed. Mem? bers of the committee said today that; if the' Payne provision is adopted, in effect, it will place a duty on coffee* imported from Brazil equal to tbm export tax nssessed by that country* and that the consumer would be compelled to <pay the difference iu cost. Incidentally the the senate com? mittee is seeking information about the alleged American syndicate cred? ited with having four million bass or coffee in storage t<? he held for Bj c_m? in price, which, it is believed, wo^rirtf Inevitably follow the passage at *ber Payne bill in L? piesent feror. A member Of the committee said to night that no fer1 unes SfOUil bo m.idi by the members of ?uch a ?yndirtAM at the expense * : the Aw*rv??? breakfast table it Hie if mfttfe am finance can prevent it. it is said that: there are interests now in Washing? ton promoting the movement tmr m duty on coffee, O? ailing in that. Wie retention Of thl Icurtervailing 4u>T A member of the committee asserted that the committee is in the wsy of procuring full'information as to th? personnei of the syndicate, and un? claimed that the movement ie ksHifjr to fail. Protests are being received fresst tobacco men in the Connecticut Val? ley against the admission tree' eft 150.000.000 cigars a yesr front the Philippines as is provided by the Payne bill. The Philippine schedulssv have not yet been considered.