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THE NEWLY DISCOVERED.
Gospel of fPeter-Translated from
the Original Greek BY Profes-
sor j. Rendell Harris, F. .P.S.
. Cambridge University, England,

g But none of the Jews washed
their hands, neither did Herod
|s.or any of his judges, and when
they would have washed them,
|Pilate rose up: and thereupon
|Herod the king bids that the Lord
should be taken off, saying to
them, Do with Him as I bade
you do. And there was come
|thither Joseph. the friend of
PLATE and of the Lord, and knowing
that they are going to cruelty Him
he camo to PLATE aud begged the
body of the Lord for burial. And
,.Pilate sent to Herdo and
asked for His boy; and
Herod said, Brother Plate even
if no one had asked for Him,
we should have had to bury Him
for already the Sabbath draws on:
for it is written the law that the
sun must not go dywn upon a
murdered person, on the day be-
fore their feast, the feast Of un-
|lsayened bread. But they who
Had taken the Lord were pushing
Him along at run, and saying
lstus hale the Son of God, now
that we have Him in our power;
AID they clad Him with purple,
and theo seated Him on q seat of
Judgment, saying Judge righteously
dKing of Israel and one of them
bfough. a crown of thorns and set
itnpon the head of the. Lord.
6 sAnd others standing by spat on
His face, and others again struck
Him on the cheeks; others pricked
Ham with reed, and some were
scourging Him and saying, This
isSthe honor wherewith we will
honor the Son Of God. And they
brought two malefactors and cruci-
the Lord between them. But He
was silent, as if in no wise feeling
pain: and when they set up the
cross they inscribed the words,
"TAis is the King of Israel" And
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Mr.. EDITOR: In colnpiiauce
with your request ''to give my
views upon the Dispensary law for
publication" 1 cheerfully submit
the following hastily written reply:
First of all I desire to say that
said law did not have it's origin
with me, although 1 was consulted
as to it's general scope and pro-
visions before its introduction in
the Senate by Senator John Gary
Evans, and gave my consent to
support it with my influence and
vote for it in preference to what
was known as the "Roper-Nettles
Prohibition BILL" which had just
passed the House and come over
to the Senate for consideration. |
carried out that agreement and
have seen no cause to regret my
action.
1t must be remembered that leg
illation is largely the result of a
compromise of opinions among
Legislators; that few measures, in
volving important changes or mod
ificat1ons of existing laws or the
enactment of new ones, are ever
carried through the ordinary chan
neIs of legislation without amend
ments, additions, or abridgments
of some of their provisions. So in
this case, the passage of the pres
ent Dispensary law was the out
growth of conflicting opinions and
demands as to the license laws as
they existed and were enforced.
The more | have reflected upon
this new law as a whole, the more
/ am satisfied that it will meet the
favorable consideration of a ma
iority of the citizens of South
Carolina when once they have wit
messed its practical operation.
1t meets my ideas of the justice
and wisdom of distribution of the
revenues arising from the sale of
vinous and alcoholic liquors as
provided under this Dispensary
law. The only class of people
who will be materially affected by
the operation of this new law is
that class now engaged IN tho sale
of intoxicants either as wholesale
or retail lealers-more seriously
the former (and 7 must say that |
appreciate the apparent hardship
upon them). But they must re-
member that they engaged in the
business with knowledge Of the
fact that they had no organic
shield against Legislative interfer-
ence with their business. If they
presumed that the policy of the
State would not be changed SO far
az their business WAS concerned, it
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.uUu, una. evil mas He sdoneI and
1.-THE Jews being provoked at him
commanded that his legs should
not be broken, in order that he
might die in torment. And it was
now midday, and darkness
covered all tho land of Judea, and
they were troubled and in anxiety
lest the sun should be setting, since
He was yet alive; for it is written
for them that the sun should not
set upon q murdered man. And
one of them said, Let US give Him
to drink gall mingled with vinegar,
and when they had mingled it
they gave Him to drink; and thus
they brought all thing to . fulfil
ment, and filled up the measure Of
.heir sins upon their own head.
And many went about with
lanterns, thinking it was night, -.
and they fell down. And tho
Lord cried out, saying, Ny Power,
my Power, hast thou forsaken me?
And when He had said this He
was taken up. the And same hour
the veil of the temple Of Jerusalem
was rent in twain; and then they
drew out the nails from the hands
of the Lord and laid him on the
earth and the earth was wholly
shaken and great fear came upon
them. Then the sun shone out,and it
was found to be the ninth hour. But
the Jews rejoiced greatly, and gave
the body to Joseph to bury, for he
had been an observer of all the
good deeds which Jesns did. And
he took the Lord and washed Him
and wrapped him in a linen cloth,
and brought Him into his own
tomb, which was called Joseph's
Garden. Then the Jews and the
elders and the priests, when they
saw what an evil deed they had
done to themselves, began to beat
their breasts and to say, Woe to
our sins, for the judgment and the
end of Jerusalem is at hand.
And I with my companions was
grieving, and being wounded in
heart, we hid ourselves, for We
were sought for by them as male
factors and as men who wished
to burn the temple. And we were
fasting over all these things and
sitting down, grieving and weeping
night and day, until the Sabbath.
And the scribes and Pharisees
and elders were gathered together
for they had heard that all the peo-
were murmuring and beating their
breasts and saying, If such
mighty signs are wrought at His
death, consider how righteous a
man He is The elders were afraid
and came to Plate, beseeching him
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formers prying into the household
to see what the inmates eat and
drink, or if they have intoxicants
in suspicious quantities, 10 confs-
cate it without redress. What
quantities will the lords of the
Philistines allow US to keep with
out elimination? Such law is
undemocratic, and l shall. be very
much disappointed in the temper
and spirit of our people if they will
tolerate such interference with
their liberty and personal rights.
1t is altogether outside the func-
tons of government to engage in
any Kind of merchandise.
Respectfully,
JAS. CALLIsoN.
Callison, sc.
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THEY THINK. OF 1T:
A Number of Letters on the
Evans Dispensary Bill:
From j. nj. Gaines, Esq.

Mr.. EDITOR: Yours to hand ask
ing my views of the new Dispen-
sary Law. Pressure of other mat
ters forbids my entering into an
elaborate discussion, but | give a
few of the points that impress me
most forcibly.
On principle I am a prohibi-
ZIONIST.
] believe that whiskey has done
the world much more harm than
good, and that the liquor traffic
under the saloon system is one of
the saddest reflections on our
Christian civilization. But | am
confronted with the conviction
that public sentiment on the ques-
tion has not yet reached the plane
where straightout prohibition can
be practically enforced, and that
it is unwise and futile to under
take to legislate far in advance of
the moral sentiment of the people.
When the Dispensary plan was
first brought to my attention last
fall by newspaper article, 1 was
impressed with the idea of it's
being the most practicable solution
of the liquor question, and have
since advocated it in private con-
versation.
The Dispensary plan strikes a
happy medium between the in
iquitous har-room system and the,
as yet visionary, demands of ultra
prohibitionists.
AS prohibitory measure tho
strong point of the Dispensary
plan lies in the fact that all per-
sonal profit is taken out of the
business, leaving no inducement
to push and abuse he sale of
whiskey.
The Dispenser" will get a fixed
salary, without reference to the
amount of sales, for conducting
the Dispensary according to rules
fixed by the Board of Control, and
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JORDAN.
Asa piece of temperance legisla'


Asa piece of temperance legisla-
ticn the Dispensary law is not
satisfactory. A years time is re-
spectfully asked for before attempt
ing to answer the question whether
it will lessen the use of into1icants.
1t is not necessary to charge the
faults of the law to the General
Assembly. They asked for an ex-
preston of the peoples will at the
August primary. Had a majority
voted for prohibition our law
makers would hardly have had the
hardhood to defy the expressed
will of the people, at the risk Of
their political heads. prefer to
believe that they would have obey
ed it gladly.
Presumlng that a majority of
our white voters favor prohibition,
it is to be hoped that they will
have another opportunity to say SO
at tho ballot box, and that it will
not again be neglected.
With the fact before them that
only about one-fourth of the voters
asked for prohibition, our law
makers turned their attention to
the revenue value of the liquor
traffic, as three-fourths of their
constituents seemed to require
them to do, and any one has in-
vented plan arger promise to
distil revenue for the State, he
ought to have a patent and a pen
sion.
Morally, the Dispens.ry law is
no worse than license and that is,
perhaps, the best that can be said
of it. License makes the State a
partner in the liquor traffic, and the
profits are shared. Now the other
partner can turn his talent to other
pursuits, and the State will sweep
all the shekels into it's own till.
Nor is it morally any better than
license, and that is, perhaps, the
worst that can he said about it.
At any rate, sit is as well to be
hanged for an old sheep as for a
lamb" and if South Carolina is to
rest under the reproach of this
awful traffic, I see no good reason
for sharing the spoil with any one
who may be willing to swap one
dollar for twenty or fifty or one
hundred.
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and saying. ;'Give us soldiers, that
We may guard His tomb for three
days, lest His diciples come and
steal Him away" and people sup
pose that He is risen from the
dead, and do US i'll. And Plate
delivered to them Petronius the
centurion with soldiers to guard
the sepulcher; and with them
there came elders and scribes:to
the sepulcher; and they Wild the
centurion and the soldiers who
were there all together rolled a
great stone and laid it at the door
of the tomb, and they plastered
seven seals, and pitched a tent
there and mounted guard.
And early in the morning, as
the Sabbath was drawing on, there
came q crowd from Jerusalem and
from the surrounding country to
see the tomb which had been sea-
led.
And in the night when the Lords
day was drawing on, as the soldiers
were on guard, two and two in
each watch, there was a great voice
in heaven, and they saw the heav-
ems opened, and two men descend
thence with great radiance, and
they stood over the tomb. But
that stone which had been cast
at the door rolled away of itself
and withdrew to one side, and the
tomb was opened, and both the
young men entered.
When those soldiers saw this
they aroused the centurion and
the elders for they also were present
OH guard); and as they were
relating what they had seen, again
they behold three men coming out
Of the tomb, and two of them
were supporting the third, and a
cross was following them; and the
heads of the two men reached to
the heaven, but the head of Him
who was being led along by tAem
was higher than the heavens. And
they heard a voice from heaven
which said, Hast thou preached to
them that are asleep? And a res
ponse was heard from the crnso
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has proven to them an unwar.ant-

has proven to them an unwar.ant-
able presumption, and they are
like the man who has been elected
or appointed to lucrative Office,
and, under the presumption that
he would be continued in such posi-
tion for successive terms, has made
considerable outlay in providing
for such expectation, but when
the next biennial or quadrennial
election comes around he finds he
has failed Of his expectations and
has therefore to "get up and get"
to some other employment.
AS to the moral question of the
Dispensary system, about which
certain moralists raise their hands
in "holy horror" l would say
there is no new principle of NOR
ality involved, peculiar to the new
law. since the old license plan be-
galized the traffic. imposed a
license fee, and the state received
a pro rata Of the same. In any
event, the difference is only one of
degree, or of amount Of income de-
rivable from the practical opera
tion of the law.
1t is true this Is an untrisd
system in this state, but we have
the experience of other countries
which have tried a plan somewhat
similar to this to encourage us in
its trial here. refer to the Dis
pensary laws of Norway and
Sweden, and to the monopoly law
of Switzerland which has proven
30 effectual in that country in the
thre relations-fnaneial, po-
litical, and moral.
Now l do not persume to claim
that the Evans Dispensary law is
perfect il its provisions, but that
when it is put into operation it's
defects will become manifest and
can and will be corrected by
subsequent legislation, or that if
the law, when tried, should prove
to be unwise and impracticable
Gas some suppose it. will doubtless
be repealed and such other legista-
ton had as the dictates of expert
ence and wisdom may suggest.
hone, Mr.. Editor, the above
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Gaines, sc.
From Ex-senator Calllson.


Mr.. EDITOR: In reply to your
reques: for my views on the Evans
Dispensary Law, allow mo to say
that it is legislation run mad. In
attempting TO make 3 thing q
CRIME, that no one will believe it
to be crime, tho Legislature OF
South Carolina has forged the
greatest crime against the individ-
ual and reserved rights of the
people in passing said law.
1t was conceived in malice and
born amid the throes of. Draconian
and factionai hate against the
towns and cities of our State. No
liberty-loving people, or self-re-
specting man will ever sign a
petition for the establishment Of a
County Dispensary, or 60 with that
in one hand and a petition in the
other, crowding before His High
ness, the Dispenser, to purchase,
it may be, pint of whiskey for a
sick brother. No, Mr.. Editor, our
people will not submit to such
degradation and boss rule, or to
have their civil rights trampled
upon in any such manner. The
Constitution authorizes the Legis-
lature to levy tax upon the prop
erty of the people sufficient to pay
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~ ueu lnOse who were vita

uen lnose who were with
the centurion by night saw these
things, they hurried to PLATE,
leaving the sepulchre which they
were guarding, and they related
all which they had seen, being
greatly distressed and saying,
Truly this was the Son of God.
And Plate answered and said to
them, am pure of the blood of
Son of God, but this deed was
your good pleasure. Then they all
drew near and besought him and
entreated him to command the
centurion and the foldiers to say
nothing of what they had seen.
For it is better for us. they said
to be guilty of the greatest sin in
the sight of God, than to fall into
the hands of the people of the
Jews and be stoned. Plate there
upon ordered the centurion and
be soldiers to say nothing.
And at the dawn of tho Lords
day Mary Magdalene, disciple OF
the Lord. who, being afeard Of the
Jews because they were infamed
by anger, had not done at the
sepulchre as women we're wont to
do over the dead and those that
were beloved by them, took her
friends with her and came t. the
tomb whore he had been laid; and
they were afraid lest the Jews
should see them, and they sli'
though we were not abio to keep
and bewail Him IN that day when
He was cruciied yet now at the
tomb let us do so.
But who shall roll us away the
stone which was laid at the door
of the tomb, that we may enter in,
and sit by Him and do Him His
due? For the stone was q great
one, and We are afraid lest some
one should see us, and if We are
not able Ito carry out our plan j,
let ns cast down al the door what
we are carrying in..rener'hrance OF
Him, and let us weep and vail
until We reach our own homes.
And. they came there and found
the sepulchre opened and drawing
near thither, they stopped down,
and they zee a young man sitting
in the midst Of the sepulchre,
beautiful and clad in a most daz-
cling robe, who said to them,
Wherefore are ye come? whom do
We seek? Is it the one who was
crucifed7 He is risen and gone;
and if ye do not believe, stoop
down and see the place where He
was laid; for He ia not here; for
He is risen, and has gone to the
place from whence He was sent.
Then the women fled away IN
fear.
And it was the .ast day of the feast
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Representative w. r. Parks.
Callison, S. c.

Representative w. r.. Parks.
Mr.. EDITOR: In answer to your
request for my opinion of the
Evans Dispensary bill, 1 will state,
that the said billy, in my opinion,
while not strictly prohibition, is
the very best that could have been
passed, and I think it is daily
growing in favor.
Some look upon the measure as
a compromise. Admit that to be
a fact, and all conservative think
ers must agree. that the bill is
prohibitory in its nature, and
good results will follow if sympa-
thizers and prohibitionists will
do their duty.
The Evans bill deliminates many
of the evil influences common to
the bar-rooms. Probably there
are defects in the bill, but it will
be an easy matter to make amend
ments after the State has once
taken hold of the monster. First
give the matter a thorough test,
then should it prove failure, alb.
solute prohibition would follow,
but at this time, in my opinion,
such a measure is absolutely un-
attainable.
The passage Of the Evans bill
was long stride and radical
move toward the governmental
control of one of the great political
influences which if continued will
sooner or later overthrow our Re-
publican government, Not only
our State, but our National Legis-
lature, should enact stringent laws
that would regulate whiskey and
other monopolistic influences.
There are two classes who OPP
pose the measure. First, the bar
keepers, ard very naturally, be-
cause of the stoppage of their bus
iness; sec ondly, because after said
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under the new dispensation they
Will get their corn and rye juice
pure and unadulterated, and not
be poisoning their systems with
vile decoctions Of atrychnine, cop
peras, etc., and if they persist IN
worshipping occasionally at tho
shrine of their favorite, it is to be
hoped their orgies will be charac-
terized by "tanglefoot" jollity,
rather than "popskull" and "iim-
jam" devilment.
Our lawmakers have been Sc
verely criticised for alleged incon-
sistency in enacting law which
condemns and cl)ses the bar
rooms, and at the same time puts
the State into bar-room business.
Now, it seems to me that the adop-
tion of the Dispensary plan puts
the State in a much stronger posi-
tion morally than the old license
system. Under the old plan the
Stat, assumes the moral respon-
sibility of the liquor traffic BY le-
CALLING the lar-rooms and selling
them licenses, and yet shirks its
responsibility and insures the
abuse of the business by allowing
unscrupulous men to control the
sale of whiskey and put enormous
profits in their own pockets by
blasting the manhood and de-
stroying the homes of their neigh
bors. Under the Dispensary plan
the State, while assuming the
moral responsibility o. the liquor
business, endeavors seuarely and
honestly to meet that responsible
ity by taking the business directly
under control and adopting judi:
cious regulations to prevent abuses
and exces.es while according due
respect to personal liberty.
Again, under the Dispensary
plan the State will receive some
compensation for the evils of the
whiskey traffic by using the profits
for the benefit of the whole people,
including those who may still,
perchance, suffer from its abuse.
And this reminds US of another
strong point in the law, which is
that every tax payer will be direct
ly interested In it's enforcement,
and in the detection and punish
ment of any who may try to handle
whiskey in evasion of it's provis-
ions.
Some point TO the bitter opposi-
tion Of the liquor dealers as evil
dence that the Dispensary plan
will prove good prohibition. !
attach but little Importance to
this, as / doubt if the liquor men
trouble to look much beyond the
fact that when the Dispensary
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plan goes into operation ''Othello's
occupation is gone," and this alone
is sufficient reason for their fight.
No doubt when the plan is put
in operation, experience will sug-
gest desirable amendments, but ]
look for the Dispensary idea to
sweep the country, and in years
to come for the people of South
Carolina to point with pride to the
fact that she vas the first State to
adoptit.
1 believe the Evans Dispensary
Bill will be accepted as proof of
the sound craftsmanship of its
author and promoters, and will
worthily mark the Legislature
whichpassed it.
]. M. GAINES,
Gaines, sc.
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bill has had thorough test, the
wisdom of the bill will'be SO gen.
orally admitted. that no power
can overthrow the law.
The other class are the extrem-
lists who can gee no good in any
measure passed by the present ad-
ministration. I am glad, however,
to admit that there are but few
that are so extreme as to oppose a
measure which is virtually the
same as the one which was ad-
vocated by them during the last
campaign.
Yours respectfully,
W.*R. PARKS.
Modoc. s. c..
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If. unleavened bread, and many

Of. unleavened bread, and many
people were going from the city
to their homes the feast being
ended. But we the twelve disci-
Piles of the Lord wept and grieved,
and each of US in grief at what
had happened withdrew to his
house. But l Simon Peter, and
Andrew, my brother, took our nets,
and departed to the sea, and there
was with us also Levi, the son of
whom the Lord. 4
END OF THE FRAGMENT.
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Constipation will find safe, sure
and speed relief in Ayers Pills.
Unlike most other cathartics, these
pills strengthen the stomach, liver,
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to normal and regular action.
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Final Settlement and Dis
CHARGE.

NOTICE is hereby given that there
IN will be final settlement of the
guardianship estate of NJ. L. Thinner
man in the Probate Office at Edgefield
on the 18th day OF February, prox.,
and at the same time application will
be made for discharge as guardian of
said estate.
w. III. ZIMMERMAN.
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w. III. ZIMMERMAN.