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' ~: ... - ?lets and Flashes. Hope enables a man to accomplish ?wonders-in his mind. People would have more faith in a reformer if he would furnish proof of his sincerity by beginning with, him self. "When a man stands at the marriage altar he gets as nervous as he does when watching the bulletins of a base ball game. Walking is said to be the best ex ercise a mah can indulge in. Perhaps that is why so many men walk home from the races. Molasses in Tank Wagons. A New York concern has embarked upon the enterprise of distributing mo lasses by tank wagons, fitted to carry 1,000 gallons and prepared to deliver in quantities as small as one quart. It is proposed to make the price as lew as 20 cents per gallon at retail. The same concern will ship goods by rail hy means of tank cars similar to those in which kerosene is transported. Raising Minks for Their Fur. Charles Elliot of East Barnet, Vt., has a scheme to raise mink for the 'fur. He believes in his idea and has placed an old hen house on the banks of the river as a start in the business. Woven wire will keep the animals where he can find them and a part of the strc-am thus fenced off will give them the water required. __ Four Facts For Sick Women To Considet JLydiaE. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ? ?{t.r^Jfas anUnequalled Recozd of Cures :lfrs. Pinkham's Advice Is Confidcn ?Ss ?&iia%-$Frec, .and always Helpful FrasT.-That almost every operation in our hospitals performed upon women becomes necessary through neglect of such sj'mptoms as backache, irregular and painful menstruation, leucorrhcea," displacements of the uterus, pain in the side, burning sensation in the stom ach, bearing-down pains, nervousness, dizziness and sleeplessness. '^SECOND.-The medicine that holds the record for the largest number of absolute cures of female ills is Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It regulates, strengthens and cures diseases of the female organism as nothing else can. For thirty years it has been helping women to be strong, curing backache, nervousness, kidney troubles, all uter ine and ovarian inflammation, weak ness and displacements, regulating menstruation perfectly and overcom ingyts pains, lt has also proved itself invaluable in preparing for childbirth atffl^tlie. change of life. . TSTRD;-The great volume of unso i^i2^:l?cite<r?nd grateful testimonials on file at the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn, - ? Massl, many of which are from time to time published by permission, give ab solute evidence of the value of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Mrs. Pinkham's advice. . FOURTH. -Every ailing woman in the United -S?a'.es is asked to accept the following invitation. It is free, will bring you health and may save your life. ' Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation to Women.-Women suffering from any form of female weakness aro invited to ; promptly communicate with Mrs. Pink ham, at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received, opened, read and answered by women onlj'. From symptoms given, your trouble may be located ancLthe. quickest a*rd surest way of recovery advigt??/,"Oufc of the vast volume of ex lence in treating female ills Mrs. Pinkham probably has the very knowl edge that will help ymir case. Surely, any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if she does not take advantage of this generous offer of assistance. so. as. *~ PAPA'S JUDGMENT WAS OFF. His Boy Very Much Like Other Boys, * After All. On the day The .Boy was eleven years old he visited an artist iriend who likes boys. The artist enter tained him royally. He gave him a gun and cigarette coupons worth; $2.50. The Boy was proud of the gun, but he thought still more of the cou pons. "What are you going to get with them, son?" asked Thc ?oy"s mother. "I don't know," said The Boy. His mother was about to offer a few suggestions but The Boy's father interfered. * "Just you let Bob alone, he said. "Let him pick out his own r^e. He. knows what he wants." .. " "But he'll get j=rjmething foolish," argued the practical mother. rgued. the practice !^Njfc??s^?f?n't," said the father. "That boy's got the best judgment of any boy I ever saw. He won't thro^v his money away. He'll come heme with something useful-something that he needs right on the spot. 1 wouldn't be afraid to bet on that." So the mother finally gave inf On Saturday- The Boy went down town to -exchange his coupons for a prize When he came home the family wa: gathered at the dinner table talking about him. "Come, dear," said his mothar, "show mama what her little boy got." They sat expectant while the boy ..s^unwj?apped ?is prize. After a little they spoke. The mother said, "Oh! oh! oh!" and the father said, "Well, Til be blessed!"* The boy had bought a razor. . WANTED TO SLEEP. Carious That a Tired Preacher Should Have Such Desire. A minister speaks of the curious ef fect of Grape-Nuts food on him and how it has relieved him. "You will doubtless understand how the suffering,, with indigestion with which I used to be troubled made my ^wp.rk^an almost unendurable burden. i?A Jiiaad why it was that after icy Sabbath duties had been performed, sleep was, a stranger to my pillow till nearly day light. "I had to be very careful as to what * I ate, and even with ali my care I ex perienced poignant physical distress after* meals, and my food never satis fied me. "Six months have elapsed since I be gan'to' use Grape-Nuts food, and the benefits I have derived from it are very definite^ I-no. longer suffer from indi gest?on/and ? began to improve from th* time Grape-Nuts appeared on our table. I find that by eating a dish of ???It after my Sabbath work is done (and I always do so now) my nerves are quieted and rest and refreshing sleep are insured mc. I feel that I could not possibly do without Grup.e-rCuls food, now that I know its value. It is inva v^vrriably on our table-we feel that we , need it to complete the meal-and our childreff^'ill cat Grape-Nuts when they cannot be'persuaded to touch any thing ^Tstit" Name given by Tostum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. . There's a reason. .Read the famous little book, "The .Eo?ii to Wellvjjle," in each pkg. S y..-'- ? ?:. '. ? TILLMAN'S VIEWS ON DISPENRARY The Senator Answers Some Questions Propounded to Aim MUST BEA GENERAL OVERHAULING Father of Law Shows His Position and Tells of Sins Which Make People. Oppose and Fight lt. In an open letter to Francis W. Hig gins, of Newberry, Senator Tillman comes out squarely against the move ment against the dispensary and de clares" that the several counties should not accept prohibition until the Legis lature has been given a chance to re form the institution. It is as follows: Trenton, S. C., July 1, 1905. Mr. Francis W. Higgins, Newberry, S. C. Dear Sir: I have your letter of June 27, propounding certain inquiries in re gard to the anti-dispensary movement in Newberry, and to the dispeD -ary and liquor question in general, and to my own attitude towards it. The question you ask relate to the most important subject now agitating the minds of the people of the State, and in order to cover the ground at all satisfactorily it will require me to an swer at some length and to discuss the subject in its various phases, and this becomes the more necessary as you no tify me in advance that you desire my answer for publication. I shall preface what I write by lay ing down certain general principles .which will be disputed only ?y those who are fanatical and unwilling to consider any subject from any other standpoint than that of bigotry and prejudice. Most men will agree to the following: 1. All men love stimulants and are usually slaves to some one kind, as witness the strong appetite which pre vails for coffee, tea, tobacco, beer, wine, brandy, whiskey, morphine, qui nine, cocaine, etc. With the exception of some of the drugs mentioned there are no injurious effects immediately perceptible and none of them intoxi cate except those containing alcohol. Alcoholic beverages in moderation are no more harmful than tea or coffee, probably less so. , 2. The abuse of liquor by men drink- ' ing to excess has caused as much or more crime and misery than any other one thing. 3. The proper policing and control of tbe liquor traffic so as to minimize its abuses is one of the most perplex ing and troublesome questions with which any government has to deal. Men have never agreed as to any ono method being best and never will, and there is a constant agitation of the subject in scrv.e form going on all the while in almost every State in the Union. ? 4. Experience shows that some men will have liquor as a beverage and that no law has ever yet been devised which will prevent them obtaining it. Wise men are therefore content to re duce the evils of liquor selling and liquor drinking to the minimum, and the question at issue in South Caro lina now as it has been these fifteen or twenty years past, is how to do this. There is no need for any heat or pas sion in discussing the subject and we should divest ourselves of all preju dices in its consideration. Three poli-" cies have at one time or another been adopted in dealing with the question. License, high or iow, prohibition and the dispensary system. Since 1S93 the last named has beeu the method fol lowed in this State, but all along there have been staunch advocates of the other two systems embracing within their ranks many of the most intelli gent and best people we have. It is, therefore, eminently proper that we recognize these earnest, honest advo cates as having just what, we claim for ourselves, no other purpose than that of the public welfare. And those of us who have been the supporters of the dispensary system must meet them in argument and show from the experi ence through which the people of the State have passed as well as with force and logic that the advocates of both prohibition and high license are in er ror. You ask, "Have you lost faith in the dispensary system and do you consider it so inherently defective that it cannot be purged of corruption and made to serve its original purpose?" I answer most emphatically, no. I believe the principle of the State control and thp sale of liquor through bondedo^rtfrs to be the best that was^??r*revised ; that it comes nenr&yjo the ideal idea of teaching rnj^ro use liquor instead o f-abws+ng It.an d throwing around it safeguards which will be the best for the cause of temperance. There is no inherent defect in .the scheme, and if there be corruption and mal-adminis tration in the enforcing of the dispen sary law it is directly traceable to the Legislature and to those who have been placed in charge of its sxecution. In the absence of any positive proof of corrup tion we must await with deep interest the investigation which is now under way and urge those in charge of that important work to earnest, thorough, and speedy action. The people believe there is corruption and a great deal of it. Very many tftings go to show that this belief"has good foundation in fact. We ought to know aa soon as possible just what and how fnr men have been guilty of unlawful behavior. , The suspicion which now hangs over the dispensary like a pall will cause many to hastily vote for itse destruc tion, who are still or have been strong believers in the dispensary system as a means of controlling the sale of whis key. So I would say to the gentlemen who arc in charge of the investigation that they can do the people of the State a great service by le tting in the light and probing to the bottom. We want to know what is wrong and we can then determine how to provide a rem edy, while the criminal courts will, or ought to provide punishment for the wrongdoers. The dispensary law has been under fire in the courts arid on the hustings ever since the system was inaugurated. There has been only on r general elec tion in the State, the las': in which it was not an issue. It won rlctory after victory for it was .he main issue in the election of 1894, in the election for the constitutional ^convention in 1885, and in the State elections of 1396," 1898, 1900 and 1902. Those candidates for public office who carried its banners were al ways victorious. . What then has caused the present upheaval? Why are petitions circulat ing in a dozen or more counties ask ing for an election to vote it out under the "Brice law, and that too in coun ties which, in the past its known ad vocates have always had large major ities? Have the people any greater faith in prohibition than they have had I all these past years? I do not think so. Are the advocates of high license any stronger than they have been? I do not hink so. I am bound to believe that the existing dissatisfaction and desire to destroy the dispensary comes from the well-night- universal belief of the people that there is corruption in its administration and because the last Legislature failed to take any ac tion other than that to appoint a com mittee to Investigate. There were charges, with how much truth they were made . I dont know, that the dis pensary influence in the Legislature Tvas paramount. Anyhow, the friends of the dispensary and its ei joined forces at the last session t vent any action, and nothing was and unless public opinion shall the Legislature at its next sess: some reform action which will the atmosphere there is no p( doubt that all elements of oppc to the dispensary, aided by ma its old friends, will combine i next,election and kill the syste do not hesitate to tell you franki; if it has become, and is to rem corrupt political machine as is ch; I cannot defend it and will not i but will join the ranks of those seek to kill it. I believe it can 1 organized and purged of corni with safegurads thrown around prevent the recurrence of the pi unfortunate and disgraceful com of affairs. I cannot now go at 1 into the details and give reason; I will state briefly the causes as them which have produced the pi situation. The purchase of liquor by any ex-officio or otherwise, should be ped. The original scheme which hastily gotten up made the Gove attorney general and the compt general ex-officio the State Boa Control. This was changed very after I left the Governor's office the Legislature assumed control b election of the- board; and in n stance since has my advice and op had any weight in shaping its mai ment though I have tried to jiri some things being clone and have i others without success. It stanc ! reason that men who have to *de upon the suffrage of the whole p< to get high office are or ought to b higher type with better characters in every- way better fitted for reas sible positions involving the ham of public money than those who petty salaries are elected by the L lature. Politics always enters in legislative election. People who for Governor vote for him bec of other qualifications chan that would make a. good dispensary d tor, and for this very reason the i ernor is the best possible man to i in such a responsible position, the law is fatally defective in re to the purchase of whiskey in specifically defining in the most mi and binding manner just what k of liquor shall be bought and ho shall be bought without leaving i the discretion of any board. E detail should be worked out and 1 the law would execute itself as fa that feature is concerned. The bi would then need only to supervise conduct of State and county dis] saries, the same as the asylum penitentiary are run. Now as regards the proposed ? tion to vote out the dispensary. If dispensary is to be voted out it she and must be voled out of the State, out by individual counties. Of coun recognize the deep seated love of people for local self government ar would not compel any county to rel the dispensary or have one establis therein if a majority of the citiz want prohibition with its acknowle failure to prohibit. But judging sim by the facts in the numerous electi that have been held on the subjee believe that a large majority of people of the State are- as strong lievers in the dispensary system a am; and that they are only cast "about now for a method of rel ie v themselves of the corrupt mach which is said to be in charge in Coll bia. Many States in the Union h; had corruption in their State gove ments and their State treasurers hi defaulted-have sometimes stolen hi dreds of thousands of dollars-but man has ever thought of abolish ! the machinery of taxation because this. We have got to deal with liqi in some form and provide for its gitimate sale or we know it will f illegitimate sale. Shall we have high license? I ? No. That gives the monopoly to 1 wealthy man as against the poor m and we know from experience w bar-rooms that it will.be impossible 1 give any man the right to fill his ste with liquor, to sell and then have h comply with the constitutional requi ments and not sell it at night and i have it drunk on the premises. If t dispensary is abolished I will stui the State for prohibition rather th see high license. I have said this a it is the reason probably that the sto is going the rounds about my stumpi for prohibition. But before wt ha prohibition or high license either I e peet if my health continues good, give a very earnest discussion to t subject of how to reform tho dispe sary instead of destroying it and showing the true inwardness of tl present movement. Let us suppose that the present car paign against the dispensary by conn elections, shall progress victoriously ? it has thus far and that the majori! of thc counties in thc State vote it on Will the question bc settled? By r means^Thc alliance of prohibitionist ^?^^n^?nsejr^?pi^e and-:-blind- -tige; which is now w?grr.g successful wc will have to continue the war betwee themselves after the dispensary is di funct. Sensible men will not lend the: aid to any crusade which only gives i "confusion worse confounded" and prc duces a chaotic condition with no corr Densation. > Under the decision of the Unite j States Supreme Court, prohibition an no other State regulation can preven 1 liquor from being shipped in by es press for personal use of individual! and thc jug country traffic from Wi) alington to Charlotte, Atlanta. Angus to and Savannah will be immense un der prohibition, and the money whic now goes into the dispensary for th use of the towns and counties of th State and thc school fund will be sen out of the State to enrich the dealer and distillers bf other States. Still will be run in every swamp and wag ons will peddle liquor all over th country. The only fight worth enlist ing in South Carolina is between pro hibition as rigidly enforced as it cai be and the dispensary as honest]} ea forced- as ,it ought to be. High licensi is not to bo thought of for a moment Yet the prohibitionists say they prefe; the dispensary to license and tin license people say they prefer prohi bition to the dispensary while th< blind tigers want prohibition because they know it means free liquor. The elections now being held in thc counties to vote the dispensary oi:l are very different to the Democratic primary elections which will settle the question finally. In the first place the vote in these counties where elections have been held against the dispensary liar, been very small as compared wit* the regular vote. It requires a certifi cate of registration to vote at such an election while in the primary the club rolls of the Democratic clubs govern. Then men are indifferent as they were in the prohibition election in 1892 when only^sixty thousand out of ninety-two thousand voted in that box. There are probably thirty thousand or more good Democrats in the State who from one cause or another are not able to vote in the elections held under the Brice act. That law was shrewdly drawn and for the express purpose of killing the dispensary I have been told. These thirty thousand will determine the question in the future as they have in the past because they will elect the Legislature and the State officers in the State Democratic primary in spite of any combination such as is now giv ing us prohibition by a negative pro cess. Voting out the dispensary not because the people want prohibition but giving us prohibition because some people want free liquor, some people prefer to buy illicit liquor and a return to the old barroom system, while many people will do anything to kill the dis pensary with the hope of profiting by its destruction. I would advise every advocate of j the dispensary who is in doubt to vote j against putting the dispensary out of ! his county until we see what the report of the investigating committee is and then whether or not the Legislature at 213 South Prior Street, ATLAXTA, GA., March 21,1903. T suffered for four months with extreme nervousness and lassitude, ? had a sinking feeling in my stomach which no medicine seemed to relieve, and losing my appetite I became weak arid lost my vital ity. In three week* I lost fourteen pounds of flesh and felt that I must find speedy relief to regain my health. Having heard Wine cf Cardui praised by several of my friends, ? sent for a bottle and was certainly very pleased with the result.-. Within thrco days my appetite returned and my stomach troubled me no more. I could digest my food without difficulty and ibo nervousness gradually diminished. "Nature performed her functions without difficulty and I am onco more a happy and well woman. t OLIVE JOSEPH, Treas. Atlanta. Friday Klent CWb. Secure a Dollar Bottle of Wine of Cardui Today. its nex't session will purge the corrup tion out of the'dispensary system, and put safeguards around it for the future. I say unhesitatingly it can be done successfully. The dispensary system has shown its strength hi past elections because people thought it was honestly administer?*! All that is necessary is to have then' understand as they will un derstand by 190G that they must kill the law in order to get rid of the cor ruption and they will make short work of it. It must be made clean or it must go. At present the campaign to vote it ?out county by county only brings about confusion, encourages blind ti gers and causes the counties and State to lose money, and settles nothing, and it is impossible to settle the question in this way. I repeat it can only be settled at the general Democratic pri mary when all the people have heard all sides u.i? have made up their minds intelligently. I desire to add in conclusion that practically I am a prohibitionist be cause I very rarely drink any liquor of any kind. If I believed that prohibi tion could bc enforced, understanding as I do most thoroughly the great evil attending tho abuse of liquor I would be a prohibitionist but knowing from the most searching investigation and from the official record of the United States government that in Mahu and Kansas where prohibition prevails that there has been a most dismal failure to enforce the lar I prefer to the dispen sary as the lesser evil, and as I have often said in the past I believe that State control comes nearer to the ideal management of this troublesome ques tion than any other. I have no personal interest in view and am only actuated by a sense of public duty in taking the position I have occupied in the past and which I shall continue to occupy. . / I have always believed in the -rule of the majority. But I want it to be* the majority of all the Democrats-in the State.. B. R. TILLMAN. Wholesale Killing in South Carolina Columbia, S. C., Special.-At a* big barbecue at Gaston, 16 miles south cf here, in Lexington county, Mack Jcrrett, Rembert More, Elliott Pound, T. E. Reese and Joe Reese, all of whom were drinking, undertook to settle some old quarrels, of several years' standing, with the result that T. E. Reese was shot in the abdomen and will die. Mack Jerrett was fatally cut in the back and side, and Joe Reese-was dangerously m shot in the hip. The fight is said to have com menced by Pound knocking Jerrett down, the latter drawing a revolver and beginning to shoot as he arose. Others had pistols and knives in play, and for a time excitement ran high. Hulk In Way of^avigktioir.--~ Jacksonville, Fia., Special.-E. L. "Montgomery, master of the schooner Robert McFarland, reports that on June 29, about 12 miles off Hatteras, he passed a three masted schooner on beam .ends, hull awash, with top masts about 15 feet above the water, pointing north-northeast. The hulk was right in the course of steamers: north-northeast of Diamond Shoal lightship, 20 miles distapt by log. More Mutiny. Vienna, By Cable.-A telegram from Kustendki, Roumania, states that the Roumanian steamer, King Carle, re ports that all Russian merchant steam ers from Alexandria to Constantinople are arriving with crews in mutiny. The Russian torpedo boat, Strelitelny, has left fdr the southward. Two iron-clarls, awaiting orders, are lying twenty miles off shore. They are awaiting the ap pearance of the Knaiz Potemkin. Bee Keepers Hold Convention. Savannah, Special.-The Southern Bee Keepers' Association met here Wednesday and discussed methods of bee culture. The convention was but lightly attended, by ing to crop condi tions, which demanded the attention of many members. S. Cheatham, of Edgefield, S. C., was elected vice pres ident, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of a former incumbent. President J. J. Milder, of Cordele, Ga., presided; The next meeting of the convention will be held in Atlanta next November. 200 Dead at Guanjuato. Guanajuato, Mexico, Special.- -Gov ernor O'Bregon estimates the loss of life something over 200. Bodies of the victims of the cloudburst "which flooded this city are being recovered. The hospital -was flooded so quickly tnat the patients were drowned. The magnificent Juarez Theatre was flood ed to the floor of the first balcony and soldiers who had taken refuge there had to climb to the upper bal cony to save themselves. The power plant is damaged and the city is in darkness. The property loss is now estimated at $2,000,000. Senator Mitchell Guilty. Portland, Oregon, Special.-U. S. Sen ator John H. Mitchell was convicted after a long and tedious trial. Amidst a din and clatter of fire works exploded in honor of the national day of the country he had served as United States Senator during twenty-two years of his life, he listened to the words pronounc ing him guilty of having violated the -law which precluded him as a United States Senator from accepting pay for practicing before the departments of th? federal government. I SENATOR TILLMAN SPEAKS The Senator Declares That If Corrup? tion is Not Extradicated He Will Stump the State to Kill the System. Greenville, S. C., Special.-Thc South Carolina Legislature has got to reor ganize the dispensai'}' and make it de cent, declares Senator B. R. Tillman, or, says he, "I'll stump the State to kill it." Outside of that, which remark he had made in effect before, there were no startling revelations or sen sational ulteianccs in the senator's speech at Greenville, Many of the crowd who had come from afar were somewhat disappointed that the sen ator refused to "cuss" for publication, and that his pitchfork lay so placidly and peacefully up against the door of the crib of mildewed forage which he might have turned over. However, the crowd had already got wind of a let ter he had written on the dispensary and that was pronounced sufficiently warm for a fourth of July speech, so .they were in a sense appeased. Thc speech itself was a calm, dispas sionate, impersonal, wholly good hu mored and most un-Tillmanic perform ance, supposedly dealing with the cot ton situation, but really dealing with nothing. The crowd laughed with him and enjoyed his fascinating presence, but very few seemed to think he was making a speech. Occasionally some fellow in the crowd would try to get up a little enthusiasm by yelling, "That's right, Ben; give 'em hell," at which everybody, including Tillman, would laugh. THE OCCASION. Upon the advice of President Harvio Jordan, of the Southern Cotton Asso ciation, the Fourth of July was cele brated in Greenville by a grand rally of farmers. A telegram was read by Mr. G. H. Mahon, mayor of Greenville, from Theodore H. Price, giving it as his belief that in view of an expected crop of not much over 10,000,000 bales, cot ton "will immediately go to 12 cents a pound and stay there." This, together with the rise in the past few days, was sufficient to insure the good humor of the crowd and an enthusiastic atten tion to anything which was meant to "whoop them up" or "pat them on the back." About 2,000 people heard the speeches out in a grove, down in a hollow, away off in the woods, where you could get only by walking a mile from the fur thest end of the car line or paying the traditional quarter for hack fare. Yet people went, even a, goodly number besides those who heard the speeches, for barbecues, picnics, horse races, base ball, were among the festivities of the Fourth. The Piedmont fair grounds was the place. The speaking began at about 1 o'clock and lasted till 3: 30. At thc close Mr. R. Mays Cleveland presided over the meeting. After a brief speech stating the object of the meeting he introduced Senator Tillman, Next followed Mr. E. D. Smith, after these two regular speeches, Mr. G. H. Mahon, mayor of the city, addressed the crowd a few mnutes. Then fol lowed Mr. J. T. Johnston, Member of Congress from that district. Then, af ter a little impromptu collection for the association from which about a hat full of nickles was realized, the meeting broke up. . SENATOR TILLMAN'S SPEECH. Senator Tillman, after a few pleas antries about the crowd, the occasion and the weather, and after declaring that this was not the time or the place for him to make political utterances, starter in to talk to the farmers as farmers. "We are not here as citizens of the United States, but as farmers," he said. He spoke first of the Southern Cotton Association and said that while he was willing to concede that it had done some good in helping on an agita tion, he did not think it could rightfully claim all the credit for the present rise in the price of cotton. He said: "Tom Smith, Bill Johnston, John Williams, and the others saw something was wremg, so they joined the cotton asso ciation and went to resolving and re solving, and resoluting and resoluting, but Old King Grass was the man who came along and choked the cotton out. That's what raised the price." Then he added, amidst the hilarity, "So Prov idence takes care of its own." Senator Tillman ambled on, appar ently somewhat at a loss what to talk about. Some one suggested corn, "I've got the best corn crop in South Caro lina; I don't care who he is." "You ain't seed mine, ls you?" cried a tall, hearty-looking man in broad brimmed straw hat. Thc Senator laughed,' so did the crowd. "No, I haven't seen yours," he said. --".Well, you come up to Chick Springs and lemme show you some sho nuff corn as is corn," said the man. Even if the speaker had had a set speech .to make, he could not have made it in that crowd, for some one was constantly trying to side-track him into politics or something in which he might have occasion for his pitchfork. He did finally touch just a little upon the dispensary and his "former friend, John L. McLaurin," though very little about the latter, saying, with a laugh, "De mortuis nil nisi bonum." He said McLaurin was dead, even if he did manage to get his many speeches these days in the newspapers. | But speaking of the present move ment and politics, he compared it with ! the former farmers' movement in South Carolina. "These newspaper men," he j said, "think they smell fire whenever the farmers begin to organize." The crowd laughed boisterously when he explained the difference between the two movements, saying "that other movements years ago was quiet differ ent. We openly declared then that we were going into the swim, and we went in. They said we would get into deep water. We did get into deep water, end we drowned more politicians than any fellows that ever went a-fishing." THE DISPENSARY. About the dispensary Senator Till man said the time and place to settle any issues on that score would be the next Democratic primary. The Legis lature, he said, had been tampering with the dispensary, and he indicated very clearly that he thought somebody had got it into somewhat of a mess, for, speaking of it, he said, "We've got to clean this thing. If necessary put it in a pot and scald it. If we can't do that, I say kill it." He made it very clear that when the next election comes around and the people are elect ing another Legislature to clean the dispensary, he would be on hand. "I'll be a candidate," he said, "unless my health fails. I'll meet the men who manage the dispensary face to face, as I've always done." He said, too, that he would do this in the same old way, saying. "I have always called a spade a spade and a thief a thief, and I haven't got a forked tongue or been lulled completely to sleep up there in Washington." Then he declared again; "The Legislature has to re-organize it and make it decent or I'll stump the State to kill it. They've got to TTl?lkC lt clean or they've got to let it go. That's my position." $1,000,000 Relief Fund. Louisville, Ky., Special.-It is the in tention of the executive committee OE ministerial education and relief of th( Southern Presbyterian Church to raak? the $1.00,000 gift of an Atlanta citizen the neuclus of an endowment fund of ? quarter of a million dollars for minis terial relief. The committee has hat for a long time $25.000 intended foi this purpose, and siuce the donation o $100.000 was received, several largi contributions have been sent in. Thi name of the donor is withheld. SAVED BY A MIRACLE. Bicyclist, Riding in the Dark, Misset. Death by a Hair. Some years ago I had an escape that seems almost incredible. I had been for a lon?: bicycle ride, and was returning home very late at night. It was pitch dark, and, to make matters worse, my lamp had burnt out, and, being of a reckless nature, I continued to pedal along swiftly. All of a sud den I felt myself bouncing about as if I was on a spring board. The mo tion stopped after a few seconds, and [ alighted and struck a match. The scene horrified me. I had crossed a corner of a quarry on some planks that were laid across for the men to wheel over. Had I swerved a hair's breadth I should have been dashed to atoms. I dare net ride again that night, but sat down on a stone and pa tiently awaited daybreak, when I found that, instead of keeping to the highway, I had entered through a gateway that led direct to the quarry. I could not have accomplished the. feat of riding over that bridge by day light if offered a thousand pounds, and the incident so unnerved me that I have never ridden a "bihe" since. C. R. F. in London Answers. WATCH TWELVE YEARS EXPOSED Found Among Some Brush-The Hands Rusted Off. Frederick Wolfinger of Oxford, War ren county, found among the brush a few days ago a gold watch and chain, says a dispatch from Orange, N. J. About twelve years ago Nicholas Lompshire lived near the place, and his daughter, who was then 14 years of age, got as a birthday present from him a gold watch and chain. One day while in search of chestnuts she lost the gift. A vain search for it fol lowed. When Mr. Wolfinger found the timepiece the other day he took it to Mr. Lompshire, who lives on Bel videre avenue, Oxford. Mr. Lomp shire identified the watch. The hands had been rusted off and the works were in bad condition from dampness, but the case was in excellent condi tion. Mr. Lompshire has sent the watch and chain to his daughter, who is now Mrs. Eveline Buckland, the wife of William S. Buckland, a manu facturer of Reading, Pa. A Nightingale School. In Russia, when a person happens to possess a nightingale which is a good singer, the bird is made a sort of teacher of music to others of his kind in the neighborhood. Many Rus sians seem to be in the habit of keep ing pet nightingales; and the neigh bors bring their cakes to the owner of the finest one, th.m thc inexperien ced birds may listen to the singing of their master. The birds are reported as keeping quiet and listening intent ly. Then after awhile they venture a note or two, then another, and anoth er, till they have caught the song and can go through with it. It is said that the nightingale sits in apparent medi tation, as if inwardly rehearsing and then bursts out into song. -1 WASHING KNIVES RIGHT. Never put the handle of knives in to the water, for thus the handle "would be discolored and the blade loosened. Instead, dip each blade in to hot water with soda and dry it at once. Another method is to have a large tin or basin with a tin or wooden cover. In the cover slits are cut, through which the blades of the knives pass to the water, while their handles rest on the top. Cures Blood Poison, Cancer, Ulcors. If you have offensive pimples or erup tions, ulcers on any pnrt of tho body, ach - lng bones or joints, falling hair, mucous Eatckes, swollen glands, skin itches and urns, sore lips or gums, eating, festering sores, sharp, gnawing pains, then you .suf fer from serious blood poison or tba begin nings o? deadly cancer. You may be per manently cured by taking Botanic Blood Balm TB. B. B.) made eitpeclally to cure the worflt blood and skin diseases. Heals every sore or ulcer, even deadly cancer, stops all aches and pains and reduces all swellings. Botanic Blood Balm cures all malignant blood troubles, such as eczema, scabs and scales, pimples, running sores, carbuncles, scrofula. Druggists, SI per large bottlo, 3 bottles S2.50, G bottles ?B5, oxpress prepaid. To prove lt cures, sample of Blood Balm sent free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice sent In .sealed letter. The Oldest Kuruc lu Georgin. Sirs. S. E. Kennedy, one of the oldest and best known nurses in Georgia, states that in all her experience with bowel troubles and children teething, Dr. Biggera' Huckle berry Cordial is the best remedy. Sold by all Druggists, 25 and 50c. bottle. Lots of men who figure on schemes to make millions would be surprised to find themselves in possission of $5 in real money. FITSperm an cotty enrol. No fi ts o;r n ervous . ness after ilrst day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nervoltestorer,$2trial bottleand troatido free Dr. B. H. KLINE, Ltd.,931 Arch St., Phila., Pa. Alcohol is cominir into considerable use for illumination in France. Use Allen's Foot-TCase. It is the only cure for Swollen, Smartint;, Tired, Aching, Hot, Swoating Feet.Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allon's Foot-Ease, apowdor to be shaken into the shoe3. Cures whUo you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe S!;ous, 25o. Don't accept any substitute. Sam^'.e sent FREE. Address,Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.?. A librarian declares there are more than 1,500,000 novels. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, soften the gums.reduces inflamma tion.allays pain.cureswlnd colic, 25c.a bottle Jn 1750 diamonds were sold in Europe at $40 a carat Piao's Curooannot be too highly spoken ot asa cough cure.-J. W. O'BBIEN, 322 Third Avenue, N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6,1900, The German flag waa first unfurled in 1887, A LOVELY COMPLEXION. Now York Xarly Proves That Every Wo man May Have It by Usine Cu tl cur ?i. Soap. Mrs. R. Reichenberg, wife of the well known jeweler, of 146 Fulton St., New York, says: "1 had a friend who was just ly proud of her complexion. When asked what gave her such a brilliant and love ly complexion, she replied, 'A healthy woman can bc sure of a fine skin if she will do as I do, use plenty of Cuticura Soap and water.' She insisted that 1 fol low her example, which I did with speedy conviction. 1 lind that Cuticura Soap keeps the skin soft, white and clear, and prevents redness and roughness." Odds and Ends. Honeysuckles and the sweet girl graduates bloom simultaneously. More women would go in for vocal culture if they could buy things for a song. After singing the boy to sleep a wc mon proceeds to talk her husband to sleep. About the only fault the average wo man has to find with her past is that it's loo long. Buring the courtship a young man is never out of danger till the girl says '"No" three times. CONSTANT ACHING. ile a gf 32 Si- HI linio ! Back aches all the time. Spoils yonr appetite, wearies the body, worries the mind. Kidneys cause it all and Doan'a Kidney Pillsrellcve, and- cure it. H. B. McCarver, of 201 Cherry St., Portland, Ore., in spector of freight for thc Trans-Con tinental Co., says: "I used Doan's Kid ney Pills for back ache and other symptoms of kid ney trouble which liad annoyed me for months. I think cold was respo: ble for the whole trouble. It seemed to settle in my kid neys. Doan's Kidney Pills rooted it ont. lt is several monti s since I used them, and up to date there has been no recurrence of the trouble." Doan's Kidney Pills are for salo by all dealers price 50 cents per box. Foa tcr-Milburn Co., Buffalo.. N. Y. . . Midsummer Comfort. Those who have found the summer vacation problem a difficult one, from thc standpoint of economy, will find some practical suggestions in the chapter on "Cooperative Housekeeping at the Seashore," by Isabel Gordon Curtis, in the August Delineator. The matter is gone into in detail, and facts and figures demonstrate the advan tages of the scheme. Other features of the magazine, which appeal partic ularly during hot weather, are "Cold Tit-Bits for Hot Days," pictured and described, and a variety of seasona ble recipes in cookery under the ti tles, "A Dozen Fresh Fruit Pies." "Tartlets," and "Iced Deliciousness." Summer fashions and reading com plete the numbtr, which is unusually interesting and attractive. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA. Its advantoses for practical Instruction, both In ample laboratories and abundant hospital mate-rials are unequalled. Free access Ls Riven to the Rrp.it Cliarlty Hospital v.lih AM beds and 3i"',00Q patient? annually. Special Instruction is (riven dally at tlie bedside of the sick. Thc next session begins October lOMi. I1?U5. Foi cataloRue nnd Information address l'KOF. S. E. CH AIL I.E. D;, Dean. P. O. Drawer 2?!. NEW ORLEANS, LA. FOR V/OSV1EN troubled with ills peculiar to *s38& their sex, used as ? douche is marvelously suc cessful. Thoroughly cleanses, kills disease germs, G toes discharges, heals inflammation and local soreness, cures leucorrhoa and nasal catarrh. Paxtine is in powder form to be dissolved in pure water, and is far more cleansing, healing germicidal and economical than liquid antiseptics for ail TOILET AND WOMEN'S SPECIAL USES For sale at druggists, GO cents a box. Trial Box and Book of Instructions Free. Tuc B. PAXTON COMPANY BOSTON. MASO FOB THE LIVER MID BOILS Nothing can equal MOZLEY'S LEMON ELIXIR.. It promptly cures constipation; biliousness, Indigestion, sour stomach, mid all derangements of tho stomach and bowels. 5uc a bottle at all drug stores. SS?BBa^gBBBBBEBBBSBBB Three two dollar shirts for five dollars. MADE TO YOUR MEASURE. Writ? for samples and measurement blanks, MODEL SHIRT CO.. Dopt. S, - Inutaiiaiioli?, Iud. ess ' mWt 11 M ? I ll ll HI ll I l/ll' f CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. . I Best Uouga Syrup. Tastes J ood. Uso jgj Intime. 8old by druKjflsts. *P-1 III 1 ? h I I hi ll I -H LEADER" AND "RE Carefully inspected shot and wadding, give invariable rest: ity of Winchester Factory Loaded ? Reliability, velocit are determined and practical e THE SHELLS Th BSKBSggygggsagsgB That you want LIO?T 1 being a square man, will thing else. You may no What About the Unite of housekeepers who ha for over a quarter < Is there any stronger p am LIO lee: din wli car ag? ls < sec yo? it I? llb Lion-head on < Save'these Lion-heads SOLD BY GROCEF TV ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY Sixty miles from ] FOR YOUNO LADIES Mountains. Establ AND MISSES L?nTpurS Course; graduation is attainable in eitbei omy, are branches of special interest i pectus sent on application. Address Sister S uperior, St. Joseph's Act 51.00 evi Sample - TO FARMERS AN HICKEYS you cannot spend years and do! buy the knowledge required bj cent.';. You want them to pay t them as a diversion. In order to hand'le tiling about tin ni. To meet this want wc of a practical poultry raiser for (Oniy 2i n nm ii who put all lils mind, and time, a en ralsiiiK-not is a pastime, but as a bus ly-ilvc yen rs' win k, you cnn save many C earn dollars fur you. The point ls, that Poultry ?JJII as soon as lt appears, and k teach you. lt tells how to detect and eui fattening; which Fowl:; to save for bree you should know on tbs subject to-make "iva cents in s.amps. BOOK PUBLISHES Assisted by Cuticura Ointment, thegreat Skin Cure, for preserving, purifying/and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stop ping of falling hair, for softening, whitening,and soothing red, rough, and soFe hands, for baby rashes, ' itchings, and chafings,N in the form o? baths for annoying irritations and inflammations, or undue per spiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative, antiseptic, purposes ' which readily suggest themselves, as well as for all the purposes~of the toilet, bath, and nursery. Sohl throughout thc world. rotter DniR !: Chem.Corp. Boston. as-Mailed free, "A Bool: for Women._ ".1 bad tron?lo with tny borr?is wiiich made my blood impure. My f nco was covered with pimples which no external remedy could remove. I tried your Cascarete and great was my joy when the timples disappeared after a month's steady use. have recommended them to all my friends and ?Uitc a few have found relief." C. J. Pusch, 967 Park Ave., New York City, H. I. Pleasant, Palatable Potent. Tasto Good. Do Good. Nevor Sicken. Weaken or Gripe. 10c. 25c, Mo. Nev?* sold in bulk. The genuino tablet stamped C C 0. Guaranteed to cure or your money back Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N.Y. 6oo flgHUALSAjj, m mum BOXES THE DAISY FLY j?Plg^g^g comfort to every linnie-In dining room, ulcering room nnd ail piuco? wher? tilca uro trouble-' nome, ('lorin, neal un il will not soil or injuro anyihtnjr?tty them once and you wi 11 ne vor br. without them. If n?l kept by ^_ dcalor8,sonti)repald tor 20?. UAUOLU SOBEOS, UP DeKalb AT?.^r?okl,n, H. T. SO. 28. if afflicted with weall eye?, uao Thompson's Eyo Water ? S I E :PEATER" SHOTGUN SHELLS l shells, the best of powder, loaded by machines which lits account for the superior "Leader" and "Repeater" Smokeless Powder Shells, yr, pattern and penetration by scientific apparatus xperiments. They are IE CHAMPIONS SHOOT COFFEE always, and he, not try to sell you any t care for our opinion, but id Judgment of Millions ve used LION COFFEE of a century ? roofof'merit, than the Confidence of the People 1 ever increasing popularity? N COFFEE Is carefully se ted at the plantation? snipped set to our various factories, ere lt is skillfully roasted and ef ully packed in sealed pack is-unlike loose coffee, which exposed to germs, dust, in ls, es c. LION COFFEE reaches i as pure and clean as when eft the factory. Sold only in .packages. every package. for valuable premiums. EVERYWHERE r00LS0N SPICE CO., Toledo, Ohio. 3altimore at the base of the Blue Ridge Iishedl809, Incorporated i816. Healthful ly lawns, modern equipment throughout, me either the Classical or the English r. Music, Painting and Domestic Econ n their respective departments. Pros a,demy, Ernmltsbvjrg. Maryland ves Days of Misery srywhere bottle free Checker? Medicine Company Wlnston-Salem, >'. C. D POULTRY MEN! - AIR N MONEY If you eIve them helP AiynnuilCiI You cannot do thia unless you understand them and know how to cater to their requirements, and lars learning by experience, so you must ? others. We ofter this to you for only 25 ;heir own way even if you merely keep Fowls judiciously, you must know some? ; are sellinfe a book giving the experience ic.) twenty-five years, lt was written by ,nd money to making a success of Chlck ilneos-and if you will prollt by his twen ?hicks annually, and make your Fowls you must be sure to detect trouble In the now how to remedy it. This book will 'e disease; to feed for eggs and aiso for ?ding purposes; and everything, indeed, i it profitable. 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