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TOErLa Ve tas. VOL. XLII. NTO. 75 NEWBERRY. S. C.. FRIDAY JUNE 9, 1905. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 YEAR GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Items of More or Less Interest Cot densed Throught the World. The international situation ove Morocco is growing more acute. A transfer of troops from the Unii -ed States to the Phillippines is plar -ned for the autumn. The president has decided that th remains of John Paul Jones shall b taken direct to Annapolis. Mayor Weaver, of Philadelphi. has removed the assistant directors c pubfic safety and works. The Russian admibalty compute -that the Russian navy lost fully io 'coo men in the battle with Togo. -The Rockefellers are said to be ot -of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Con -pany directory, leaving George Goul -in control. Servia has demanded an apolog from Turkey for her violation of th Servian consulate at Monastir, Mace <donia. In his 'message to congress Presi -dent Castro, of Venezuela. discusse the claims of the allies *and the a -phalt imbroglio. The British government sustaine a crushing refeat in a Yorkshire eleci -ed in a conservative stronghold. Geo. Clevenger, white, was shot an killed near Nacogdoches. Tex., b Bob Davis, a negro. as the result c -a dispute over five cents. The n( gro has been arrested and is in jail. Engineer J. F. Lumkin of the Geoi gia, Southern and Florida Raiiroa< was shot while in his cab runnin his engine. He has been taken to hi home in Macon. Three men were killed by the sud <en rush of steam from a boiler a Cleveland. Ohio. William Zeigler, the promoter c Arctic explorations, left an estal valued at $30,000,000. King Edward met King Alfonso 2 the railway station in London* wher the two monarchs embraced. President Roosevelt was presente it.,a a-statuette representirg him a colonel of the rougf riders. Harvey Godwin, a 17-year-old bo whik diving into water fell too nea the shore and broke his neck. Military honors will be paid by tb national government at the funer of the late Gen. H. V. Boynton. James K. Polk, a law partner of VI C. Crawford, who was indicted fc connection with postal frauds, test fied in favor of Crawford. Negotiations for the settlement< the teamsters' striks were renewe and President C. P. Shea and anoti strike leader were arrested. Advices from native sources stal that Warmbad, the German hea< quarters in southwest Africa, has bee captured by natives, the garrisc perishing. Secretary of War Taft declined tli application of the state of Missou to take possession of the M'erchant Bridge, adoss the Mississippi riv at St. Louis. Joseph Ramsey, Jr., in an inte view at Pi ttsburg, stated negotiatior a.re under way for the acquirement< the Littre Kanawha Syndicate's proi erty by the Wabash Railroad. Three white men were badly cut a fight with negroes in Louisvill The negroes were trying to take i< from a wagon driven by one of ri white men. The Southern Cotton Growers a sociation charges that there was leak in the cotton acreage estimate the d'epartment of agriculture, whi< was used by the bears for their be: efit. Judge Lafontaine, extradition cor missioner of Canada, ,has order< John F. Gaynor and B. D. Greene. f gitives from the United States cour in Georgia. to be returned t:o- th state for trial. The parties fought e: tradition for five years. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. . Items of More or Less Interest Con densed Throughout the State. The ministers of Greenville by resolution of the ministerial union of that city have called a mass meeting of all those in the city and county a * opposed to the dispensary to be held next Tuesday. e Mrs. S. T. D. Lancaster, wife of e Dr. S. T. D. Lancaster, died at her home in Spartanburg county the first t, of the week, having been stricken If with apoplexy just before the mar riage ceremony of her daughter, s Miss Bertie Lancaster and Mr. d . Westbrook, of Mrlboro county. t] The former state senator, E. L. tl it Archer, of Spartanburg, says that he will not be a candidaate to fill the d unexpired term of Hon. D. E. Hy drick, who will resign to become Cir cuit Judge. r The Glenn Springs hotel was open. c ed on Monday for the season. The s hotel has been leased by Bryan s Lawrence of Ahgusta. c The statement is given out by the s authorities of the State Hospital for s tihe Insane, that the institution is crowded. In the first four days of d June, thirteen patients were admit ted, and the average runs above twelve hundred and fifty. Dr. Bab- p it d cock, superintendent. and Dr. Tay- i 7 lor president of the board of regents t I have written Gov. Heyward in re In gard to patients who have no legal t right to be there. The petition which was recently C placed in' circulation in Charleston e g asking an election to vote out the S dispensary. ihas been temporarily withdrawn. The sentiment of Charleston is not in favor of prohi t bition, and inclines toward the dis pensary as a substitute for the s liense system. which the police il e favor. 0 Miss Addie Sims. of Union. died e Lt at the age of eighty years, on Tues- q e day. She was widely known as' an authority on matters of local history e d and tradition, as well as a woman of c broad culture. At the commencement of Clemson 0 Y college during this week, forty v young men were graduated in one class. a * ,e It is reported that the South Caro- b 1 lina college has been approached with P the proposition for a Carnegie library. e If so, no word of the scheme has Sleaked out. It is usually the plan Sof Mr. Carnegie to ask cooperation in the way of maintenance or by pay ment of a part of the sum necessary to erect the building. . .C ~Governor Heyward 'as received a C letter from C. E. Robinson of ?ickens ' eC in which it is stated that the returns of the dispensary electior, have been nsent the state board of directors and t n that as yet no order has been re- I ceived from them to close the dis- ~ epensary. This is r,ot a matter for the ri governor but for the state board and ~ s' the letter was accordingly referred C to them.0 Gove-nor Heyward Monday morn ring received a check from William J. t Bryan for $400 for the Sout,h Carolina I Scollege. This is a part of the Bennet ' *u bequest in which a number of cot nleges were left a share of $20.000. ~ nThe proceeds of the money invested I ego toward prizes. e M.P. A. MtCraw, overseer of the I tweaving room of the Olympia mills ~ for the last year, has been forced to resign on account of ill health. He'is a succeeded by Mr. John Anderson, :who was there in the same capacity :two ye ars ago. "' Thomas Walsh. an insuratice agent, went into a barber shop in Albany, 3 " Ga.. and asked to see a good razor. : One was shown him, whereupon he -went to a mirror and slashed his ts throat from ear to ear, dying in a at jfew moments. Non-success in busi Kness is suipposed t' 'have caused the 1deed. i THE FAMOUS BRICE LAW. 'erms Under Which Dispensaries May be Voted Out. The following is the Brice biiH re uMating the removal of dispensaries: Sec. r. Be it enacted by the general ssembly of the state of South Caro. uc, That Section 7 of an act entitleA, An act to provide for the election f the state board of control, and to 2rther regulate the sale, use, con umaption. ti:knsporfation and dispo. ition of into.,dcating and alcoholic quors in this state, and prescribe irther penalties for violation of the ispensary laws," be stricken out and nat the following be inserted in lieu ereof: There may be one or more county ispensers appointed for each coun r. the place of business for each of rhom shall be designated by the Dunty board of control, but the :ate board of control must give con nt before more than one dispenser n be appointed in any county, and hen the county board of control de ignates a location for any dispen. try, 20 days' public notice of which iall be given, it shall be competent >r a majority of the qualified voters f tihe township in which such dis ensary is to be located to prevent s location in such township by sign. ig a petition or petitions addressed ) the county board, requesting that o dispensary be established in that )wnship. A dispensary may be lo. ted elsewhere than in an incorporat d town in the counties of Beaufort nd Horry. and no otihers. excepi .ich as are authorized by special act f .the general assembly. Any county may secure the estab shment of a dispensary or dispen aries within its limits, in the follow g manner: Upon the petition ol ne-fourth of the qualified voters o ach county fo: an election upon the uestion of the establishment or re oal of dispensaries therein being fil d with the county supervisor of each ounty, h shall order an election sub fitting the question of "dispensary' r "no dispensary" to the Iualified ters of such county, which shall be Dnducted as other special elections, nd if a majority of the ballots cast e fo6nd and declared to be for a dis ensary, then a dispensary may be stablished within said county: bui Smajority of the ballots cast be4 ~dand declared to be against the ispensary, then no dipensary shall e established therein, and any dis' ensary already established shall be losed. Elections under this sectiori annot be held oftener than once ir sur years. No dispensary shall he established 1 any county, town or city, whiereir he sale of alcoholic liquors was pro ibited prior to July 1. 1903. excep1 s herein permitted. Provided: That where dispensaries have bee: stablished in such county, town os ity. they shall remain as establishe4 ntil removed or- closed as permitted r this act; Provided: That A tax of one-lhali- mill is hereb.: evied upon every dollar of the valut f all taxable property in all counties oting to remove or close the dis mensaries, as above provided, for th< urpose of defraying the expenses o be enforcement of the- dispensary aw in said county, under and by di ecion of the governor, said tax to b< ollected as other county taxes an< orwarded to the state treasurer, t< >e expended or so much thereof ai nay be necessary as now provided 6b: aw for such purposes. Any balance re naing unexpended at the end thi 'ear to be returned by the state 4eas rer to the county treasurer of sue. :ounty for general county purposes .nd that the value of all confiscations o ~ontraband goods .seized in suci :ounty as determined by the stati >oard of directors, shall be paid t< LATIMER IN WASHINGTON Junior Senator Talks About Good Roads and Immigration. The Washington correspondent of the Charleston News and Courier sends that paper the following under recent date: Senator A. C. Latimer, who is jnst back from a visit to the Greene Cop per Mines in Mexico, stopped over in Washington en route to New York on a business trip. Senator Lati mer says the mines are doing ad mirably under the many improve ments which have recently been made and are now on a dividend paying 'basis. Senator Latimer says he is great ly interested in the subject of immi gration in the south. The growing industries of the south are badly off for reliable labor. It is almost im. possible to develop the natural re sources of that section with colored labor alone. There has been. a great change in the colored laborer of the south during the past few years. It is difficult to get them to work the plantations as they used to do. They are eager to get into the cities and towns and pick up a living without doing any hard work if they can. avoid it. Senator Latimer favors resorting to all reasonable means to induce a de sirab:e class of immigrants to come to the south, but he does not believe in making the south the dumping ground for the off-scouring of Europe. who are brought over to this country as immigrants. While in New York he intends to give some attention to the sulbject. along the lines set forth in the. resolutions adopted at the South ern Industrial Parliament, recently held in this city. Senator Latimer is preparing to ease up on 1his crusade in favor of ood roids. He still believes that the doctrine of good roads, w1hich he has so earnestly preached in all parts of the country is sound, but he pro poses to leave the question of govern ment aid to be decided by the people. He contends that if the people in the rural districts.'who are to be direct ly benefited by good roads, will in sist upon congressional action, it will surely come. Tlhe $5o,ooo damage suit of the Statesville Distillery against the Richland Distilling company of Co lumbia came up before Judge Braw. l'ey in Charleston Monday and a consent order was secured, providing for the taking of testimony in the case. The plaintiffs allege that the IColumbia concern has infringed upon its patented labels and bottles and the suit is brought in the Federal couart on a'.count of one of the.,.art ies being of another state. R. Ha Mc Neill represents the North Carolina Distillery company and Captain John G. Capers the Richland company. A tive-year-old girl in Chicago died after putting some toy beads ~in e mouth. An examination showed that the beads contained arsenic. They were said to have been made in Ger many. Preliminary peace negotiations are f believed to be under way between Russia and Japan, and it is conceded that President Roosevelt will not act Sas mediator, but as a friendly channel of communication. Sthe fund raised by said levy for the enforcement of the dispensary law, shall be refunded to the state treas ury upon tihe collection of the tax above levied. Any county voting out a dispensary shall not thereafter re ceive any part of the surplus that fmay remain of the dispensary school funds. after the deficiencies in the va rious county school funds have been made up. as provided by law. .Ap. ~ prved eb.25. 904 PRAISES CONGRESSM-AN AIX11 Address by Man Well Informed on Economic Problems. Gustave H. Schwab, one of the best informed men on economic questions in this country, recently delivered a masterful address before the South ern Industrial Parliament on "For eign Commerce and Ocean Trans. portation." Though a. protectionist in time past, he admits the crying necessity for a more general application of the doctrine of reciprocity. It must be gratifying to those who have stood consistently for a moderate "tariff for revenue," to hear one of such recognized ability admit that recipro s city, on an extensive scale, is a nec essity; for reciprocity is a subterfuge from the too glaring evils of protec tion. It is the democratic doctrine dwarfed, maimed and in a new garb, but nevertheless an improvement on existing conditions. There is l'ittle wonder, however that leading men in the republican party beginning with the president, recognize the necessity for taking a few brick from the tariff wall, when the retaliatory protective idea is gaining such strength in England, and when Germany stands ready at the expiration of our present trade agreement to strike us from her list of favored nations. This would mean millions of loss to this country, but, fortunately a very small portion of the loss would fall on the South. Mr. Schwaib advocates the reduction of tariff as the best means of increas ing and expanding trade and too without a loss of revenue. Another feature of this very inter esting speech was his comprehen sive review of conditions in the South. He dwelt at length on the wonder ful resources of tbie South, developed and tndeveloped, and the great future that- is before her, now somewhat dormant for lack of intelligent labor. He favored the introduction of the better class of immigrants, and we say in passing, that he commended in the highest terms the bill intro duced by Representative Aiken pro viding for the intelligent distribution of the better class. He quoted the bill almost entirely and also quoted freely from Mr. Aiken's speech in support of the bill. Amongst other paragraphs of interest quoted fron his speech might be mentioned the following interesting figures --"The land area of the South is 585,310,000 acres. In 19oo the total farm acreage was 387,690,426 acres. The total imn proved acreage was only 145,185,599 This leaves about 242,ooo,ooo acres of farm lands to be put into profitaible cultivation. The unimproved farm lands of the South give a greater area fort settlement an2d cultivation than ~the total area of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas combined. Over 100,000, ooo acres of this 'and lies east of the. Mississippi river, anid there is corn paratively a small amount of it which is not available far crops of some kind." While Mr. Schwab's speech was very complimen-ary to the south, ihe pointed clearl-. and distinctly to those things which retard develop ment. In his discussion of the tariff he depricated the selfishness of the manufacturer' in resisting necessary general 'refbrmers because the im mediate result would appear to re duce the bounty given him by tihe government. He advocates the larg-~ er policy of developing friendly rela-. tions and open ports for our goods abroad rather than by an unfriendly and( exorbitant tariff have the doors of our best customersclosed in retalia tio'n. This from one of the oldest disciples of protection indicates, in no small degree. the modification of public sentiment on tariff the ques tion which is and has been the divid ing- line between renublicani m and democracy.-Abbeville Press and Banner.