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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-09-15
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1905.

Every one that understands South
Carolina politics knows that the cam
paign inaugurated by Ex.Sen. McLauren
to unite the liquor sellers and the ex-
IRENE temperance advocates in a CAM
paign against the present Dispensary
system of South Carolina is entirely, 80
far as he is concerned, matter of per-
sonal politics, that is an effort on his
part to regain his seat in the United
States Senate which he lost upon
charges made by Sen. Tillman that he
had allowed personal considerations to
influence his votes upon public questions.
Whether these charges were true or not
they were evidently believed by the
people of South Carolina who dropped
Mr.. McIauren and put in another man,
since which Mr.. McLauren has been out
side the walls, watching for an oppor-
tunity to get in.
We do not believe that the voters of
South Carolina will be hoodwinked with
this unnatural alliance of liquor sellers
and extreme temperance advocates; but
that Ex-senator McLauren will find
himself when he gets through with this
campaign, where he was before, outside
the walls.
Whether or not there may have been
some dishonesty in the management of
the very large business connected with
the dispensary system in South Carolina
we do not know. 1t is quite possible
that there has been some; although the
little careful inquiry which we were able
to make whilst in the beautiful city of
Columbia last spring did not show such
at the present time. But certainly so far
as the amount of money lost by such dis
honesty is concerned we cannot help but
feel as Lincoln did when told that Gen.
Grant drank whisky. "Do you know" he
asked ''where the General gets it for
would like to get some for my other
generals
The state of South Carolina received a
net revenue last year of seven hundred
seventy five thousand three hundred
seventy five dollars and ninety-five
cents. These figures are from the Off
cial report of the State Board of Direct
ors of the South Carolin a Dispensary
for the fiscal year 1904. AS is well
known the profits from the sale of
liquors are always very large; in the
license system the larger part of these
goes to the liquor sellers. and in the dis
pensary system they accrue equally to
all the citizens of the State for the re-
duction of taxes or extra improvements
This cannot be too strongly stated, end
We want every tax payer to realize that
such system will very materially lessen
every year his personal tax.
Sen. Beveridge of Indiana in the United
States Senate at about the beginning OF
the Observation-Disclosures war made the
statement that the profits from the sal.
of liquors in Russia,would pay all of their
expenses of the war The Register a
few months since had occasion to quote
from the New York Sun letter from a
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-09-15
The.Dispensary System.
(From the Brattleboro Phoenix.

The dispensary system, which was
advocated and supported as a desirable
law in controlling the liquor traffic when
Vermont changed to local option and
high license, is under fire in South Caro-
lima, where it has been in operation
several years. Senator McLauren is the
leader in the movement which is likely
to result in the overthrow of the law in
the coming campaign. Under the
system there has been widespread
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-09-15

government official at Raleigh, North
Carolina, relative to the Dispensary
system which has been adopted in this
and other counties of North Carolina, in
which, after speaking of the operation of
the system favorably, he states that as
concerns the profits they are six hundred
per cent greater than they were under
license. He repeats as follows: II do not
want any one to suppose that this is a
mistake of the printers. I mean what
say six hundred per cent"
In reference to the practical workings
of this system in South Carolina aside
from the profits we have never seen
the sale of liquor under better control
than in Columbia one of the largest cities
of the State. There are number of
dispensaries, but in all of them the
business is conducted upon the same
principles as that of any store. There is
absolutely no louuging or treating or any
chance for it. And these liquor stores
are closed at seven o'clock and also on
all holidays and other days of that
character. We think it will be evident
to everyone what great advantage it is
to have system operated by the strong
est power that there is, in the interests
of sobriety and good government.
The amount of liquor drank in the
United States as given in the Census of
1900 was s17.33 per capita; in South
Carolina under the dispensary system
S4.47.
! The cry of Ex-Sen. McLauren to take
South Carolina out of the liquor business
will deceive nobody. 1t is perfectly well
understood that if any change of law is
here made, it will be to high license in
which certain amount is paid to the
State for the privilege of selling liquor
AS every one can see, the State is just as
much in the liquor business in one
system as in the other. There is no diff.
ference in this respect in morals or in
law. The man that steals $1,000 is pun.
ished just as much as the one who steals
800 900. Nor is the ostrich any the less
visible when he hides or attempts to hide
his head under his wing. No intelligent
man is deceived by any subterfuges of
this kind. So that the only question is
whether we shall meet the issue like
men and adopt the best traffic possible
for the regulation of system which il
is found necessary in some way to regu-
late, or not. Is it wiser and safer to trust
the sale of liquors to those who make
profits from their sale, or to those who
do rot? We; do not think that either
South Carolina or Vermont will be de-
ceived in answering this question. Seven
hundred seventy five thousand dollars a
year will certainly be a good price for
South Carolina to pay to enable Ex-Sen.
McLauren to again become Senator
nor do we believe that Vermont will
elect for her next governor any man
who will oppose, or indeed any man who
does not favor the adoption of safely
drawn state control system for the sale
of liquors. For in other respects this
system being altogether more desirable
than that we have, or any other that we
could at this time get, the tax payers
will not care 10 pay from $500, 600 to
$500, 900 a year for the furtherance of
the ambition of any candidate for the
highest office in the State.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-09-15

being the 10th anniversary of his mar
riage. After several selections Mr..
Hatch invited the band into the house
where Mrs. Hatch and few lady friends
served ice cream, cake and coffee. Mr..
Hatch has been member of the band
since mere lad.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-09-15
That Beautiful Gloss

comes from the varnish in Devoes Var
nish Floor Paint; costs cents more a
quart though. Sold by A. Calhoun &
Son.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
A PARASITE ON BUSINESS.
Andrew Carnegie Thus Characterize
Stock Gambling.
(By the Associated PICS. }

New York, March 27.-AndreT Car
negie was the guest Of honor at the
annual dinner of the alumni of Stevens
Institute at the Hotel Ast3r tonight.
Mr.. Carnegie said in part:
II want to tell you gentlemen that
your career is much higher than q
speculative one. Stock gambling is not
a business, it is a mere parasite N
business.
"If l had a son, J should prefer to
have him enter upon q professional
career such as you CLOSE rather than
any other. / have been looking large
ly into small colleges of lIle AMI | have
entered into the college Business as
l not long ago entered into the library
business. l did a Tsp-rGaring busiie$s
at the library stand, but l could look
ahead and see the demand for libraries
slacken. My secretary says that the
demand is down to one library day L
think a young man Who goes to a snail
college receives a better education
than at large one. l like to see mes
not excelling in football or things pei
tanning to the foot ball but exciting
in head expansion. Sport is too gem
orally taking the place Of valuable
knowledge at the Dig colleges
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29

SIS and costs, for carrying a pistol
The judge said Medlin made about
$3.50 per da~- and Shaw about 33 1-3
cents, and fined them according to
what their wages were. The pistol
was also turned over to the State on
order of the judge.
Sanders Battle, colored, was fined
$40 and costs, and his son Adoiphus
Battle, IS and costs for trespass.
l.. G. Cox, white was fined SIS and
costs for retailing liquor without Ii
cense.
S. M. Lesson, the ex-Raleigh police
man, who struck Nick Deboy sew
eral times with his billy, severay days
ago, plead guilty to assault with a
deadly weapon. The Judgment Vas
reserved.
The William Bates, colored, bigamy
case was continued, as Bates is in the
pest house with smallpox.
VIM. Rogers, white plead guilty of
assault with a deadly weapon. Judg
ment was reserved.
Willie n. Davis, negro woman,
for assault with a deadly weapon, was
let off with the costs.
George Summerville, colored, was
found guilty by the jury in two cases
of larceny, but judgment was reserved,
as there is another charge against him.
Paul Ray, colored, plead guilty of
larceny, but judgment was reserved, as
there is a charge of burglary against
him
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29

ever, that the treaty should not take
effect for ten days.
Judge Somerville, who wrote the
opinion of the board calls attention
to the fact that the first clause in the
act of Congress of December II pro-
vides that the treaty shall go into
effect when the President has received
satisfactory evidence that it is the in
tention of the republic of Cuba to give
full effect to the convention, and issues
q proclamation accordingly.
Judge Somerville then says:
1.-The proclamation itself, however,
recites that such evidence has been,
received by the President. It's Ian
guage is. And whereas, satisfactory
evidence has been received by the
President of the United States that the
republic of Cuba has made provis-
ion,' etc. 1t is difficult, therefore, to
see why the convention did not, by its
very terms, become Immediately oper-
alive. We know of no constitutional
which would authorize the
executive to postpone it's operation a
day after this time. If he could defer
its operation for ten days there would
seem no reason why he might not do
So for ten months. 1t would seem
that he could no more postpone the
operation of a treaty. duly ratified,
than he could that of a statute duly
enacted"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
JAPANESE PLAY
VANISHING ACT
Is 0yama Pushing for
vIadivostock?
OR is 1T ALL A BLIND !?
For Thirly.Five Miles South of Gunshu
Pass the Russians Have Been I'm
able to Find Any Japanese.
Preparations to Continue
The War.
by the Associated Press.)

st. Petersburg, March 2S.-2:30 a.
m.-The impression prevalent in some
military circles that the Japanese, hav-
ing removed the possibility of the
main army in Manchuria assuming the
initiative, will now turn their atten-
ton to the next objective of the war,
Vladivostock, is strengthened by the
Associated Press dispatch from Gun
shu Pass announcing the withdrawal
of the japanese from the immediate
front of the Russian army for dis
lance of thirty-five miles south. 1t is
realized, of course, that this may be
merely blind to cover a thanking OPP
Grafton; but it is not Improbable that
the Japanese, having cleared southern
Manchuria of Russian troops and Sc
cured a position from whence expul-
sion would be long and difficult pro-
cess, may be satisfied to hold the Tie
Pass line without further extension of
communication.
While the voice of the Emperors
advisors is for peace, if honorable
terms are. obtainable, the government,
as is the part of wisdom, is going for
ward with all provisions for the con-
tinuance of the war. Preparations are
reported to be making for the mobi-
derstood that the guards would be re-
tanned at st. Petersburg; but some of
the officers of this crack organization
believe their services have been re-
Questioned and are making prepara-
lions to that end.
There has been a recrudescence of
reports of a change in the head of the
War Office. 1t was learned last night
from a usually well informed source,
that Lieutenant General Sakharoff
will leave very shortly and be sue
ceeded by General Riger, now chief of
the chancellory of the War Office. 1t
is also reported that General Polivan-
off and Ridiger are of the younger
school of generals. of high repute as
the thoereticians and administrators.
General Ridiger is the author of a
number of text books on tactics.
The government is advised that Chi
nese bandits are appearing in great
number along the Siberian railroad
and causing interference with the
train service
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
A TOWN IN RUINS
Wild Work of Wind in
Minnesota.
Louisburg Wiped Off the Face of the
Earth and Several Persons Killed
and Injured. Destruction
al EIdorado.
(Ry the Associated Press

st. Paul. Mimi, March 27.-A re-
port reached this city tonight that the
little town of Louisburg in the extreme
wester nportion of the State had been
practically wiped out by tornado and
that seven persons had been seriously
injured. 1t was also stated that from
two to seven were killed, but it has
been impossible to verify the state
ment.
Louisburg is town of about 100 in
habitants in Lac Qui Parle county, and
has enither telephone nor telegraph
connection with the outside world
Reports from nearby towns, however,
state that three store buildings were
entirely demolished and that every
residence in the town was more or
lass damaged.
Wichita, Kas., March 27.--At Edo
RADIO a tornado struck the business
portion of the city this evening, un-
roofing several business houses, wreck
ing a hotel and a school house. Mrs
Ida Madison was seriously injured by
her house falling and catching her in
the ruins. Loss $4,000.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
INTERNAL MACHINE ON UMBRIA.
The Man Who Placed it There Con-
victed of the Deed.
(Bv the Associated Press. }

New York, March 27.-Gessner
Russell also known as Gessner Ros-
seau was convicted today before Re-
corder Golf of having sent with malic-
ious intent an internal machine to the
Cunard steamer Umbria in this city on
May 5, 1908. The prisoner received
the verdict calmly and without COM
ment and was remanded to the Tombs
for sentence on Friday. The maxi
mum penalty for the offense is five
years Imprisonment. In his testimony
Rosseau said:
81 have made many Internal ma
chimes during my life, and during the
Cuban rebellion / sold a number of
them to agents for Cuba in this coun-
try. They were for blowing up Span
sh ships, and l gave full instructions
to the agents as to their use
Rosseau maintained that the infer
nal machine found on the dock here
was harmless. He said it was placed
there in an effort to demonstrate that
it would be an easy matter to destroy
an ocean liner. He admitted that the
mechanism was perfect and that the
box contained nearly 100 pounds of
dynamite but claimed that the eXplo-
sive power of the dynamite had been
removed and that the mechanism had
not been put in operation.
When Rosseau was arrested in Phil
adelphia in connection with the UNI
bria affair it also was charged that he
had been implicated in the attempt
to blow up the statue of Frederick the
Great at Washington a few months
ago. When asked concerning the
episode today, Rosseau declined to an
sWer on the ground that it would tend
to incriminate him and convict him
of felony.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
RAN INTO OFFICE
Runaway Cars Crush the
Brick Walls.
One Corner Of Wing of the Atlantic
Coast Line Offices in Wilmington
Demolished by the Impact
of the Cars.
In the Associated Press.

Wilmington, N. c.. March 27.-One
corner of the west wing of the smaller
of the Atlantic Coast Line general Off
ces in this city was struck by a string
of runaway freight cars on the yards
here tonight and the brick wall of the
entire four floors fell to the fround.
Fortunately only two of the large
number of clerks employed in the
building were at their desks at the late
hour the accident occurred, and they
were uninjured, though they had a
narrow escape. A caboose of the train
of cars was buried beneath the fall
ing walls. but it sbelieved no one war
in the car at the time.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
FOUR MEN WE'RE KILLED.
A String of Cars Running Wild Dashed
Into "a Freight Train.
lBv the Associated Press.l

Clarksville, Tenn, March 27.-Four
men were killed today when string
of freight cars running wild on the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
crashed into a freight train near here
today.
The dead:
John Murray, engineer, Bowling
Green, Ky.
Patrick Fox, fireman, Nashville,
Tenn.
Two unknown negroes who were
stealing a ride.
A stick of wood Is inches long was
driven through Fireman Foxs body.
The locomotive and ten cars were to-
tally wrecked. 1t is thought by rail-
road men that the switch had been
thrown for the purpose of wrecking
a fast passenger train.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
Adams Horn Wins the Handicap.
(By the Associated Press.)

Memphis Tenn, March 27.-The
stables of w. S. Williams & Company
furnished the winner of the Mont
gomery handicap. Adams Horn led a
field of eighteen contenders to the
wire, and finished two lengths ahead
of the fast coming Kings Trophy of
the Bennett stable. Jockey Grim
mings piloted the winner, getting his
mount off to a good start and assum-
ing the lead into the stretch, which
the Rams Horn traversed in a burst
of speed finishing with much to spare.
Montgomery handicap $5,625 added
money, mile and a sixteenth-Ram's
Horn to l won; Kings Trophy 10 to
1, second; Otto Stifel, 8 to /, third
Time 1:47 1-2
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
"THE MAN IN BROWN"
A Conspicuous Figure Mysteriously
Busy in the Grand Jury's Ante
Room.
(By the Associated Press.)

Chicago. March 27.-J. E. Shields,
of New York City. formerly an en-
.ploye of Armour & Company, occu-
pied today most of the time of the
Federal grand jury which is investi-
eating the workings of the so-called
beef trust. Interesting developments
are anticipated as a result of testi-
mony that Shields is expected to give
tomorrow.
Mr. Shields has been guarded close
ly by Secret ervice officers since his
arrival from New York. Tonight he is
closely watched at Ia hotel. 1t IS said
that Shields today underwent a severe
cross examination by District Attorney
c. B. Morrison who has charge of the
Investigation.
A mysterious imam in brown was
conspicuous today in the grand jury
ante room. He appeared to watch all
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
NEWELL SUCCEEDS LYNCH.
Line. Syndicate to Purchase Ice
Plants.
(special to News and observer.l

NCpeCIdl " NEWS anu ODSSINcEsl
Wilmington, N c., March FIT
was officially announced today that eff
fective April 1st w. Fl. Newell Super
intendent of the Norfolk district of
the Atlantic Coast Line, is appointed
to succeed as superintendent of the
Charleston division G.. c. Lynch, who
was appointed last week to succeed
Mr.. w. N. Royal as general superin-
tendent of the first division, E. r.
Wooten, of Rocky Mount superintend-
ent of the Fayetteville district. is ap-
pointed to succeed Mr.. Newell in Nor
folk.
Mr.. Wooten's successor has not yet
been named, though it is thought that
Mr. j. G. Murchison, of Greensboro,
will be the man.
Parties from Richmond Va, said to
be representing a syndicate formed
Tor the purpose of purchasing all the
ice plants in the South, recently visited
Wilmington and asked for options on
the two local plants with a view of
adding them to the combine. 1t is not
known here what success the move
ment is meeting.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
of Georgia.
,AtIanta. Aug. 10th, 1907

Atlanta, Aug. lOtn, lSO4.
ST have suffered more than twenty
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[ consented to try it to please him
ana l was better in one day. l now
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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
Trial of Nan Patterson.
lBx the Associated Press.l

New York. March 27.-The trial of
Nan Patterson for the murder of
Caesar Young will be begun before
Recorder Golf in the Court of Gen
eral. Sessions early in April. At the
request of District Attorney Jerome,
Justice Fitzgerald removed the case
from the Supreme Court, where it was,
to the Court of General Sessions The
reason alleged is that there probably
would not be a Supreme Court justice
at liberty to try the case at that time
and the trial must be held then I'M
less the prisoner were to be dis
charged.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
Broke Shoulder Bone.

Captain S. P. Fountain, a freight
conductor of the Seaboard Air Line,
was brought here Sunday morning,
suffering from a broken shoulder
caused by fall from his train near
Hamlet. Captain Fountain was walk
ing on top of the cars when he fell to
the ground, his shoulder being brok-
en-. He was taken to his boarding
house on Wilmington street, where he
is resting quietly and improving.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
No Japanese on. the South.
(Bv the Associated Press. )

GunShu Pass, March 27.-S D. NJ
The Japanese apparently have with
drawn from the region to the south of
the Russian front. Cossack patrols
which have been making extensive re-
connoissances southward found no
Japanese within 35 miles. General
Linevitch is dispatching scouting par
ties east and west TO guard against a
possible turning movement.
A number of Chinese bandits have
been captured, some of whom are
Mongolians
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-29
SiXty-twO Flags Returned.

Richmond, Va, March 27.-Sixty-
two battle flags, captured by the Fed
erals from troops of Virginia, in the
war between the State, were today re-
turned to the governor by the Score
tary of War.