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COL. FEATHERSTONE ELATED. ?.%TS DRY COUNTIES MUST EN? FORCE PROHIBITION. The Organ lu tlon Candidate for Gov? ernor on Si ate-Wido Platform Gives Out an Interview That Serve* to Keep Him Before the Public. Laurena, Auk. 1*.?When seen this morning regarding the liquor election In the State, the Hon. C. C. Foither ??one. who v ill be a candidate next year on the State-wide Prohibition platform, in expressing his gratifica? tion at the results, said that while there should be grest rejoicing among the Prohibitionists, they should not :'orget thtt but a small part of the light has been won. "We have the form now," said he. "what w" want U the aubstai-cc. 1 want to urge our friends in tho dry counties to organist for the enforce? ment of the law. In my judgment there is where we must now concen? trate our siiergles. The substance, not thj form, to a bat we wsnt. In our reJol:1ita over our recent victories we are liable to folget that In reality only a smnM part of the fight has been'won. We most see to it that the law is enforc? ed, and to lo this we must continue to build up an anti-whiskey senti? ment. In iddltion to this. 1 would suggest the organisation of law and order leagues; under the auspices of each league appoint committees In each section of the counties charged with the duty of assisting the officers In the er. rcement of law. I want to emphasize the fact that ws cannot wholly rely upon the regularly con stfiuted authorities for the enforce? ment, and in some Instances they are not In sympathy with us, and even if they were, they alone cannot suc? ceed. "In my J idgment the great fault in reference t) the enforcement of law is In our Individual failure to give active assistance to the officers of the law. "What the next General Assembly will do I cannot say. but I believe It will pasa ii State-wide prohibition law. It wil not do to let the few re? maining w>)t counties destroy the ef? fect to a large extent, of prohibition In the surrounding dry counties. Take Richland, for Instance: She is com? pletely suirounded by dry territory; is It wise l> aUow her to sen to the counties that have said they do aot want It s*4d to their people? And the same argument applies to the other dispensary counties. The logic of the situation is that In self-defence em will ha ve to force the dispensary counties tc yield to a policy which is deetred by so great a majority of the poeple. Thirty-six counties are op? posed te oele; la it right that they atould yield to the remaining hIjs? . "When che General Assembly pass? et a 8ta:e-wlde bill, however, it ahoutd go alow, act with caution and gtwB as si ch a law as will enable us it> secure Its enforcement, especially lh those lections where lural senti? ment la Against it. Under a State aide law we cannot rely upon the l4?al authorities in all sections to en? force the law. "Again I say." continued Mr. Feath erstone. "we must concentrate our en eagles toward the enforcement of the saw; that is where the battle of the future must be fought To carry on this fight successfully we must or? ganise and keep organised We now have the form, let us have the suh LAW AS TO SALB OF AIXX)HOL. Act Paausd at Recent flnanan of the An important law enacted at the recent session of the legislature was that regulating the sale of alcohol by druggists i Section 4 of the act pro? vides th?t "no sale of pure alcohol, for medicinal purposes, shall be made by any retail druggist, except noon the prescription of a regular practic? ing physician of this State, who. be? fore writing such prescriptions, .shall make an actual examination of the person for whom the prescription Is lan* tied." A regi lar form of prescription is laid down In the act. and it is re? quired that it shall be substantially ss follows: "I, ? ? .a regular licensed and practicing physician under the laws cf this Mate, do certify that I luv examined ? ?, a patient in my charge, and I do hereby prescribe fof the use if said patient-alcohol and I firther ggffjfj that the us- of such ale >hol is. In my judgment, ab? solutely necessary to alleviate or cure the Hlnets or disease from which said patient is now suffering and that I am not Interested In the drug afore to which this prescription Is directed, nor In tb? profit* on the drug* herein prescribed " The a t Is very wide In its seone and binds both the druggist and the ph)siclan in a manner that is pr.i t, cally prohibitory to the sale of ale > h d In the retail drug stor-s of the State, bit one that has not been strictly adhered to in every instance. Legislature. TILLMAN LINKS UP WITH DRYS. Wants Dispensaries Voted Out of Six Wet Counties?-Blames ti e News ami Courier and the State. Greenville, Aug. 19.?ienat. r B. R. Tlllman addressed a large gathering of farmers at Fountain Inn today and spoke on general topics, discussing the negro question in its relation to the Republican party and compulsory education. In his speech he com? mented upon the results of the re? cent dispensary elections in the coun? ties of the State. In speaking of dispensary elections, Mr. Tillman said that he was glad the State was going dry and hoped that the remaining six counties which are wet will go dry shortly. He mentioned the News and Cou? rier and the State, saying that they had educated the people to such a point that they were ready to vote the dispensary out of the counties. He remarked on the attitude of President Taft toward the South, and said that Taft's purpose was to se? duce enough white men to make up a respectable Republican party in ? he South and bring In the negroes ^s a balance of power. To mobilize the negroes In South Carolina, he said, It was only necessary to slough off enough white men and register as many negroes as possible. Any step toward increasing the number of ne? groes who could read and write, was, in his judgment, the height of folly. This brought him to the subject of compulsory education, and he stated that he was opposed to compulsory education for the reason that the negroes would be educated along with the whites, since the Fifteenth iAmendment would not allow discrim? ination agalnat the negroes. The whites would pay the taxes for ne? groes* education. Mr. Tillman was applauded many times during his speech. GIRLS SPANKED THE PREACHER Just UN a Joke, But They Laid it on Pretty Heavy. The Rev. Howard W, Benedict, a popular young preacher of ffiaai Norwalk, was In bed and in pain laat evening, says a South Norwalk dis? patch to the New York World, when he should have been conducting the Union Congregational and Methodist tent meeting in Westport, and all be? cause some young women friends spanked him too hard Saturday night In celebration of his birthday. The Rev. Mr. Howard is able to get up and be out that afternoon, but It will he some days before he eats hi?] meals elsewhere than from the man? telpiece. It was no gentle birthday taps that were administered to Mr. Benedict, j They were good, sound cracks from barrel stave*. Many of the young women admirers of the young divine] wished tb remember him with sllp-j pers and other similar "homey*' giftsj upon his birthday, but all in valnj for Mr. Benedict resisted all fnsinua-< tions and questions which pertained' to the date of his birth. By a rase and the town retards the desired information , was finally ob? tained, hut by this time the seal of j the young women took ou a little rancor. They accordingly etotahie! barrel staves from the L'Hojnanedieuj grocery and watted In the shade of gj tree for Mr. Benedict to pass. The young minister had too much respect far the sex to nee force to bring about a suspension of the birth? day remembrance, and he was too dignified to run, so he took it Jnr the most part where his mother applied it in childhood days, but the effect was more pronounced and lasting. Witch hazel, arnica and ether pain killers were applied In the hope that he might get to that meeting Sunday, bwt all in vain. He was to) sore to pray, preach or sit down. _I shopping In Sassafras. Mrs. Maude Darreil Hoff man, a pi? oneer of country week work, was praising in Hartford the country va? cation. "A country vacation is betteT than a seashore one," she said. "You see things so much quaintv. And the further Into the country you go, the quainter becomes the things you see. "I once spent August in a village Called the Head of Sassafras, a vil? lage down in Maryland. The pott ottlce there was the general store. The morning after my arrival I went to ?he general store for my mail. "A little girl preceded me with an egg in her hand. "Gimme an egg's worth of tea, please.' I heard her say to the post matter atffrthttptri 'and may says ye might weigh out an egg s worth Ol sugar, too. for the black hen's a cluckln', and I'll be up again in a minute.1 ??- .Philadelphia Bulletin. 'Take KodOl at the times when yon fool what yog have eaten is not di? gesting, Kodol digests what you tai so you pail eat suftiehntly of any good, wholesome1 food, if you will just let Kodol digest It. Sold by all drug? gists. i#g I ul your Job work. MOUTH FOB CARRIERS. MR. HITCHCOCK ARRANGES TO GIVE POSTAL EMPLOYES FULL VACATION. Mail Light In Hull Months?So Letter Distributers ( an "Double Up" on Their Routes and Thus Double Their Vacation Time. Washington. Aug. 18.?At last the hard-working, but long-neglected let? ter carrier, the man who trudges around carrying the bundles and let? ters of all Uncle Sam's 86,000,000, is to get his dues in the matter of vaca? tion. This is being done in a way that Postmaster General Hitchcock believes will save $250,000 In the cost of letter-carriers' vacations during the present fiscal year. According to law postal employes are allowed each year 15 days leave of absence with pay. Most of the other employes of the Government, whether in the executive departments In Washington or elsewhere, get 30 days annual leave with pay. Mr. Hitchcock has gone on record In fa? vor of 30 days leave for postal em? ployes on the ground that there Is no excuse for discriminating against them, and this will certainly "make a hit" with the man in blue gray with the leather sack over his arm. In no other branch of the government ser? vice are the hours longer, or the whole wprk more arduous, or the con? ditions under which the work is done more trying upon the men. When he was First Assistant Post? master-General under Mr. Cortelyou, before Mr. Hitchcock branched out as a master-politician destined to be re? warded with a place in the Cabinet, he urged upon Congress the advis? ability of rendering simple justice to postofflce clerks and letter-carriers. The strongest argument trumped up in the past against this program has been the great cost of carriers' vaca? tions. For many years the practice! has been to emplo> a substitute car rier for every day a carrier was on leave. Aa there are some 26,000 of, these carriers In the service and the j cost for substitute service for the 15 ; days and two Sundays allowed the carrier for his vacation is about $40, the actual cost of the carriers' vaca? tion la a little more than S1,000,#V0. During July and August the vol? ume ef mail, especially in the larger cities, is considerably reduced, and the department has taken advantage of this by requiring carriers to "?dovWie up," so that in seme in? stances during these months two car? riers serve three routes. Tills enables one of the carriers to take his vaca? tion without expense to tlse Govern* rnturt. In residential sections where there are three deliveries* dally the number of deliveries has been reduc* ed to two, in the absence of the reg? ular carrier at the seashore or at the hills, and in some business districts ?Che number of deliveries by carriers has been slightly reduced during July and August. J Department officials say that no j embarrassment has *esulte^ front ; this temporary curtaOanent of the de ! livery service and wery few com i plaints have come from the public. The cost of giving tike 30,000 clerks I at first and second-class offices their , vacations has never been excessive, because it has been Sound feasible to grant clerks leaves of -absence during the dull season wttflhout employing substitutes in most cases. The entire appropriation for substitutes for clerks on vacation Is -only $120,000. The wise observers say in regard to :thls move: "Maybe Jtfr. Hitchcock hann't an idea or two, and maybe won't be strong wits fflhe carriers of the country If he ever .expands his politic:.! ambitions oat toward the Presidency." Postmaster-General Hitchcock left today for Toledo, Ohio, tie attend the annual convention of the National Association of Presidential Post? masters. He will be accompanied by Mr. Stesart, Second Assistant Post? master-General nnd Mr. De Braw. Fourth Assistant. AIKEN LEPER WINS Si:IT. Supreme Court Decide* Case i?i Fa? vor of MW** Mary Kirk wood. Columbia. Aug. 18.?Miss Mary Kirkwood, who contracted anesthetic leprosy, working as a missionary in Brasil, while living in Aiken last De cember, was ordered to the pest bouse, where smallpox negroes were kept. She had the health board en Joined, Today the State Supreme Court de? cided the case in her favor, oil the ground that In the first place such a form Of isolation In her case, she be? ing a woman of culture and refine? ment and aged and blind, was too harsh, and for tho further reason that her form of leprosy was not so dangerous as to warrant such ex? treme measures, President Taft, according to the newi reports, is busy with hie pen, May it be hoped that it is big enough to hold a few tariff hogs??New York American. TELEPHONE ACROSS THE OCEAN Channel Experiment Revives Specu? lation at to Transatlantic Line. New York Tribune. A fresh experiment is. to be made with a method of promoting subma? rine telephony devised several years ago by Prof. M. I. Pupin, of Columbia University. It consists of the intro? duction, at carefully computed inter? vals, in a cable of what electricians call "choking coils." These increase the distance at which speech can be made audible not by magnifying the sound but by lessening the rapidity with which electric vibrations die out. According to the London Times, the British government?doubtless in co? operation with that of France?has decided to lay a cable prepared In this manner across the English chan? nel. As it will connect land lines at Dover and Calais, it is expected to fa? cilitate telephonic communication be? tween London and Paris. Though use of Prof. Pupin's invention has been made in the United States to enhance the efficiency of the Ameri? can Bell Telephone company's over? land wires, it has thus far had only one trial under water?on a tele? phone cable which crosses Lake Con? stance from Switzerland to Ger? many. As for some reason the pioneer experiment has not proved entirely satisfactory, the outcome of the second trial under water will be awaited with exceptional inter? est. If in this instance the system should work perfectly it Is not un? likely that there would be a fresh discussion of the feasibility of trans? atlantic telephony. It has repeatedly been pointed out that even If all the technical difficulties in the way of such an enterprise ahould be over? come It might not prove commercial? ly successful. The hours during which a telephone line between New York and London would be patron- j Ized would be limited, and the cable1 devoted to such service would cost much more than one for telegraphy alone. It is to be remembered, how? ever, that a cable equipped with "choking coils" could be employed for telegraphy as well as telephony, it would not necessarily lie idle, therefore, when it was not used for conversation. Indeed, experts say that it would be better than any oth? er telegraph cable of the same length. The Woodpecker. We have "been noticing a lot o*f corn in front e? our home. The woodpeckers invatled it. There wpts several of them and they were very busy. They have sharp eyes and seem to be able to tell where the worm is In the corn. They rip up the end, secure the worm and leave. They were followed immediately by jaybirds. Thvy seemed to attack the ears opened "by the woodpeckers and they picked <off one-third of the corn from some of them. The English sparrows got busy also, but they will eat the com only when In Uhe milk Mares. Our opinion m theft wood? peckers do not eat com. We ex? amined fc. fiot last fall and the shuck wate opened up enough to get the verm in the corn. If any Banners have actually caught woodpeckers destroying corn they wHl pleas-- re? port. We consider them friends of the farmer, and we would Bke to have a 'thousand on our farm.?Ex. Warning to Sniffers. ~For th* love of man,"' a Tqpeka girl wrote, and then took carbolic acid and died. It was the reading of the incident that Atchleon doctors haw agreed was the cause of a uer tain Atchison woman's ?erious ill? ness. She give a sniff of contempt when she read of a girl who killed herself "for rtlhe love of man," and sniffed so hard that the sniff went in and effected her vital organs. Th?. woman is married, has seven chil? dren, works like a farm hand in har? vest, though her husband is in good circumstances, and hasn't had an outing in ten years. Doctors say that this sniffing in contempt is apt to prove serious when a woman sniffs so hard as this woman sniffed. She put in that sniff all the disap pointment, all the contempt, all the heartache of fifteen years, and the sniff simply shattered her whole system, and displaced half her inte? rior. Mary Brockman, colored. fired three pistol halls into her husband. At Reidville Saturday night. The wounded man is expected to die. Byrd Brockman. her husband, was Whipping his wife and the pistol dropped OUI of his pocket. The wo? man picked up the weapon and open? ed Are shooting three times. All three shots took effect, one ball passed through the intestines. The Government tests at Washing? ton of samples of the chain to he used on the gear of the Panama Ca? nal lOCka Withstood tensile tests of if.3,ooo pounds to the square Inch before the metal parted. IMPORTED PLANTS THRIVE. The Department of Agriculture is Much Encouraged. Washington, Aug. 19.?During the past year the Department of Agricul? ture has brought into the United States over 2,000 carefully selected plants from various countries in dif? ferent parts of the world, with a view to diversifying the products of the soil in this country. Especial regard has been paid to the introduction of plants that will grow in sections in which either the drought or the severe cold has made it nearly impossible to obtain crops of any kind. These plants have been placed in the hands of private ex? perimenters and official plant breed? ers. The results thus far obtained in domesticating them has been very encouraging. Some of the most important of the plants have been gathered from arid portions of China, and it is believed they can be adapted to the dry States of the Southwest. Among these is a Chinese date palm that re? sists drought and produces a valuable fruit. New seedless persimmons have been brought here, pears, apricots and cherries of especial value being among other Importations. A new clover from the Himalaya Mountains can be grown in the hot? test portions of the Southwest. Bam? boo from the Orient has been planted In the Gulf States, and it is be? lieved its cultivation will prove suc? cessful. Tropical plants, hitherto unknown to the soil of the United States, are being domesticated in the South. Officials of the department declare that only the Imagination can forsee what will be the result of this policy of the introduction of adaptable plants from every quarter of the globe. C, C. & O. CHARTER TROUBLE. Attorney General's Opinion Awaited! by Secretary of State. Columbia, Aug. 19.?In the opin? ion of Secretary of State McCown the Carolina, Cllnchfleld and Ohio people will get their charter under the new act without trouble in due time. He merely wanted to be on the safe side in having the Attorney General pas3 upon it. The Attorney General has not yet Klven him an opinion, though he said to Attorney Lyles that It was his guess without reading the citations that the act was unconstitutional. Mr. Lyon was expected back here this morning, and his opinion was looked for today, but he did not arrive. If he decides against issuing the charter the road's attorneys will apply for a mandamus to compel the Secretary of State to issue the char? ter. This will bring the act before the Supreme Court at once. How Uncle Sara Teaches Farming. The Department of Agriculture is maintained by trie United States, at an expense of eleven million dollars annually, to discover and teach im? proved methods of farming. Co-op? erating with it are sixty-three State agricultural cslleges with free tui? tion. And a farther important fea? ture of the system Is some four thou? sand farmers* institutes, by which the classroom ss taken to the field: wherever fifty farmers will gather to gether to hear lectures and experts, Sometimes these institutes are sent ou wheels; a railroad train is chartered and an entire equipment for demon? stration purposes placed aboard, ac? companied by horticulturists, ento? mologists and boftanists. At each lit? tle station a halt is made while the lecturers from the rear platform ad? dress the crowd that gathers round. Such are the "corn specials" of Ne? braska and Iowa, the "wheat special" of Washington and the "fruit train" of Idaho.?The Delineator. The Mighty Haag Railroad Shews, The Mighty Haag Railroad Shows have the only orchestrania in this country today. The orchestrania was Originally brought to this country by the German Government to place in the German exhibit at the Jamestown Exposition but arrived too late for the opening of the exposition and as the exposition did not prove success? ful the orchestrania was never used and after several attempts Mr. Haag was fortunate enough to secure it and then only to lease it for this sea ! son. as it returns to Wurtemberg, Germany, after the dose ot* the pres? ent season with the Mighty Haag Railroad Shows. For lot/era of good music there is a gl?-it treat In store when they heat the orcheetranl with the Mighty Haag Railroad Shoas which exhibit at Sumler on Aug. 31. A commission was Issued to the Muriou Cotton oil company of Ma? rlon. Capital $25,000. Under the new tariff law stockings that formerly sold for 19 cents will sell for according to a New fork dispatch. AEROPLANE ALMOST COLLIDED AMERICAN AVIATOR'S QUICK? NESS ALONE AVERTED AC? CIDENT. Skill and Clear-Ileartodnns of Glenn H. Curl Ian Adds Dramatic ivature to Aeroplane Trial Flights at Sun? down. Rheims, Aug. 19.?The American aviator, Glenn H. Curtiss, at sun? down today, added a dramatic fea? ture to the trial nights of the aero? plane entered for the contests for aviation week by skillfully guiding his machine above another aeroplane and averting a collision in the air that seemed imminent. The feat was accomplished when, for the first time in history three heavier-than-alr crafts were manoeuv ering at the same time. All were fly? ing rapidly when " suddenly Curtiss saw M. Dumansel', In an Antoinette aeroplane, approaching at right an? gles and on the same level with him. As quick as a flash Curtiss realized the danger, and elevating his planes, his machine instantly shot upward and soared safely over the French? man. The thousands of spectators who lined the aerodomc watched the manoeuvre with bated breath, but when they saw it successfully and brilliantly carried out they applauded the American wildfy. The third ma? chine in the air at this time was that of IT Tissandler. Second Thought, A well known Brook iy physician was examining a class of nurses who had served their appointed time in the hospital. The candidates filed past him, and to each he addressed a queotion calculated to show the nur? se's efficiency. In one of the questions he described the condition of a pati? ent and asked the nurse how much morphoine in her opinion, should be administered to the sufferer. "Eight grains," promptly replied the nurse. The doctor made no comment, and she passed, on. When her turn came agam she appeared greatly confused, and said to the examiner: "Doctor, I wish to correct the answer I made last time. I meant to say that one-eighth of a grain should be given to the pa patient." "Too late," remarked Dr. Mather* son, without looking up from his question paper. "The man's dead."? Harper's Weekly. The Curse of Divorcee. At Salt Lake last Sunday Arch? bishop Glennon of St. Louis spoke at the dedication of the cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene. On the subject of divorces he sand: "We are going through a crisis:. We have accomplished commercial' prosperity. We are a world power,, but what boots it if we are strong and powerful abroad, if we are weak and degenerate *at home. How long will it stand, this republic o? ours, if the home begins to fair". When the home falls the republic falls, the last support of liberty and progress' falls. "Our homes are overshadowed by divorce. With every divorce atf least one home is broken. Those" who have been victims in this sad process are exiles. "If we i would maintain the stand? ard of Christianity we must main? tain its sweetest blossom. the? Christian home. We muer oheckr this invasion of the home, whether it is caused by the desire for liberty or by a decree of the courts. The? home is a sanctuary that ie not to be torn . down by the designs of men." Where He Was Afraid. Little Tommy and his mother, re? turning home in the dark, passed a large tree recently blown over. As they went by he grasped her hand with all his strength and backed around against her sairt, facing the. tree. "Why, Tommy." she said, "are you afraid?' "Well." gasped Tom? my, "my front jacket ain't, but my back jacket is."?The Delineator. The secretary of the inland water? ways commission says that Mr. John D. Rockefeller charges loss for a? gallon >f kerosene after it has pass? er through varied processes, than ft spring water concern does for a gal? lon of mineral water that is merely bottled. The Beaton Globe think? that, notwithstanding this fact, that comparatively few people addicted to the spring water habit will take to drinking oil. TAKE NOTICE. * All persons aie recommended to take Foley's Kidney Remedy for backache, rheumatism, and kidney and bladder trouble. It will quickly correct urinary Irregularities whichv it neglected, may develop into a se? rious illness. It will restore health and strength Do not neglect signs oc kidney Or bladder I rouble and risk Bright*! disease or diabetes. w. v\ Sibert. Send us your job work. J