Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ ; a prohibitionist we don't j propos-- to malign or abuse those opiicsed to us. We doll t pro- j po-c 1o :i|)po:d to past political afliliations: we don't desire to draw factional lines, for that would l>c neither honest nor man Iv. We expect to stand flat-footed upon the justice of our cause and attempt to convince by argument. The voters of Orangeburg county we take to he honest men, who desire to know the right in order to do it. We don't propose to make an unjust war upon the dispensary law, for we realize and appreciate its benefits. We freely admit that it is a greut improvement over the bar room system and that its benefits would have been* more apparent had it been given a fair and impartial trial. Had we to choose between the dispensary and the old system, a thousand times would we take the dispensary, and we have an opportunity to choose between the dispensary and prohibition we would a thousand times prefer prohibition, because we honestly believe that as the dispensary is an improvement upon the old system much more would prohibition bean improvement upon the dispensary. THE NEW BISHOPS. Drs Candler and Morrison Elected in Baltimore. Special to The Daily News. Baltimore, Ma, May 17.?The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, to Jay elected two bishops. The Rev Warren A Candler, D. I)., of the North Georgia conference, and the Rev H C Morrison, D. D., of Kentucky, were chosen. I)r Candler is president of Emory college and Dr Morrison is the tiissionary secretary of the c lurch. Roth are able men, peculiarly equipped for the high positions to which they have been called. Their election will give general satisfaction to the Southern Methodist church. Terrible Result of Cyclones in Iowa and Illinois. Chicago, May 11).?Forty two jiersons are known to have lost their lives and 28 others are reported dead as the result of the tornadoes which devasted portions of eastern Iowa, western Illinois and northern Wisconsin last night. The property loss is very large. THE LEDGER. ! ^ Thurlow S. Carter, EDITOR ANI) MANAGER. SATURDAY, MAY 21 1808. Sensible Views. Greenville Mountaineer. The St Matthews Gazette ex j presses sound and sensible views upon the prohibition of the liquor! traflic, which we heartily endorse, j There is no question that the dis- ! pensary system has been an im j provement upon the baneful pres- j ence of saloons, wide open day j and ni_rht, and liquor drinking j has been reduced largely in the towns and cities in spite of blind timers, but every obsei vant man must acknowledge that the. coun-1 trv people have been annoyed a! creat deal more with liquor sell inur and drunkenness. Tho State had a prohibitory law outside of towns anil cities, and in these local optinn prevailed. The country districts were, constantly im provhi'.j as regards sobriety and mora! inlluenccs, but this condilion lias been wofullv ch mured since 1 " and. we want to return 11? the former state of utl'airs by the ciKirtim-nt of tot:il prolhbi- ( lion. The < Ja/.ctto says: Deserter Shehane's Case. On Monday night Deserter Shohane of Company K was brought hack from Union by the detail under Lieutenant McGowan. All the men knew that his case was an ugly one, for at the time of his desertion ho was a sentinel on duty at night; he stuck the bayonet v>f his gun in the ground and left it there when he went, lie was brought in handcuffed and turned over to the ollicer of the guard, who happened to be Capt Watkins of company C. Capt Watkins had him hustled into the guard tent and detailed several of his most re liable men to guard him all night; he loosened the handcuffs a bit so as not pain the prisoner. When ho was put on the train at Union to be brought back he was of the belief that he would be shot, and his aged mother appearing and begging the ollicer not to let them kill her son made the scene a pitiable one. < When Shehano was brought into camp he turned his face away from the other men who crowded as near as possible to take a look at him. It was a trying ordeal for any man. She. bane gave as the excuse for his act that he had some important business at his homo which he wished to attend t.? and said if he had not have been arrested he would have returned t<? the city yesterday. The fellow does riot see i to be a" man of very much intelligence and the fact that ho went straight back to the community where he was known shows that he did not understand the penalty provided by military law for the art of desertion in tiim of war: in fact it is doubted whether he thought he was doing anything more than what the men who had loft after being accepted j had done. Yesterday morning the pris. oner was placed under a stronp guard ami sent to the ltichlam! county jail for safe keeping until such time as the war department orders the court martial for hit i trial and sentence.?The State. fatal accidents. Two Men Killed in Spartanburg County. Special to The Daily News. Spartanburg, S. c., May 18.? J G Spencer, known as 4 Doc,' ol Gaffney, fell from a load of ha) this morning as he was hauling it from the dejiot and broke hii neck. He was dead when the tirst persons reached him. At Limestone Springs, al>out i mile from Gaffney, Sam Dunno vant, colored was killed by a truck car breaking loose and running down an incline over him. Hi wa? hauling lime rock to the to[ of the kiln on a sort of track. T*ar Llvtr. Liver trouble* quickly result in *erioue eonaplieatioaa, and the man who negleeta hi* liver baa little regard for health. A bottle of Browne' Iron Hitters taken now and then will keen the liver ia perfect order. If the disease has developed, Hrowne'Iron BiiUra will cure it permanently. Strength and vitality will alwaye follow its uee. Browns' Iron Bitter* is sold by all dealer*. A colored boy, Cardenius, 17 or 18 years old. on Mr T C Howze's place, near Bascomville, was drowned in Fishing Creek 1 ii wt Knnilov II A unru m KoI# .? ?v *v/ onwau ii?ii across the creek and sank, prob ably from cramp. Two white boya and two others colored were in the creek with him but could not save him.?Chester Lantern. ? AjerT Ikcrrg Ptciora 44 When the doctor* considered me incurable, Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral cured me of Chronic Bronchitis'* L. B. LARDINOIS, Roaiere, Wta. HALF-SIZE BOTTLES, goc. PROHIBITION IN MAINE. n ? tl Opinions of Men Who Know d What They Are Talking About. p tl The governors of Maine, for it over a quarter of a centnry, have, it without exception, bore witness N to the decrease in the consume ii ption of liquor and the ditninu- p , tion of crime and other evils p f (lowing from drink, as well as the material improvement of the d people of that State under prohi- w bition. w Governor Chamberlain (1872) f( says: "The (prohibition! law is as ii well executed in the State as any " other criminal law." d Governor Perham (1n72) says: II ! "I think it siifo In vi?iv tlmf I volume of the liquo" trade is very tl ' much less than before the enact- h ! inent of the law, probably not f: more than one-tenth as large." e< Governor Dingle v ( 1S74) says: Id "In more than three fourths of ! f< the State, particularly in the ru- i tl ral sections, open dram shops are ' ii almost unknown, and secret sales t< are comparatively rare." e< Governor Connor ( 1S7<?) says: h "Maine has fixed conclusion on tl its subject." ' 11 Hon das (} Blaine, whose testi- imony as that of an astute politi- <? cian should have great weight, n said in 188*2: 4,lntempernnce has t decreased in Maine since the tirst t< enactment of the prohibitory law, it until now it can bo said with it truth that there is no equal nuin r Iter of people in the Anglo-Saxon t< among whom ho small tin amount ti of intoxicating liquor is consumed \> as among the inhabitants of Maine." Senator Wm 1* Fry (181)0) l says: "Today the country por- 1 * tions of the State are absolutely i free from the' sale of liquor. '} Poverty is comparatively un L' known, and in >ouie of the counties the jails )>een without ; ; occupants f<\ "*irs at a time: j 1 The law is a failure, it has ^ 1 been, on the other hand, a won- : l . derful success, r ? Senator 1 iA.le (1890) said:'' "The Maine people believe in j prohibition liccause they are every day witnesses to Its good etfects." I President William W Hyde ot s f ? - ifowiloin college, savs: 4 We Ikj- \\ lieve in prohibition for ourselves, J and we wish that wherever con. v ditions similar to those in our own p - State exist, those States may ex- ? f perience its benefits." ? rl Ex-Vice President Hannibal .. I H t Hamlin, of the United States, ^ * says: 44ln the great good pro- j ? duoed by the prohibitory law of j Maine, co man can doubt who has ^ * seen the results. It has been of j immense value." t And the late Gen Neal Dow, \ ? father of the prohibition move* ' ment and author of the Maine j] > law, in a report to the royal com t mission >n the liquor traffic in Montreal l?ore this testimony to ^ the conditions past and existing n in Maine, said: J, "I suppose there is no State in J" the Union where more liquor was K consumed, in proportion to the " , population, than in Maine. That c , arose very largely from the fact ,, ' * -a_5- ? ui n?w i^rwi, uiuiiHiries oeing car " ried on there?one being the (um. T l?er trade and the other the fish- * cries. The lumbermon were em I ployed in the woods during the | winter cutting down trees and I drink formed a regular part of their rations. The reaults were ? that poverty and pauperis n were ? with the people of Maine. There were a great many distilleries and breweries in Maine, and there baa J not been one for a good many 1 years. * # ? Now there is not " a brewery nor distillery in Maine. * * * Th<> result of the change hrs been this, that while Maine Q was undoubtedly one of the poorest States in the Union in the ol- " den times, it is now one of the I r; 1 lost prosperous. The volume of io liquor traffic is greatly rcuced. The savings of tho poo lo from that traffic are such that io State has become very flouriliing. * * * Tho liquor traffic i not entirely excluded from laine, but it is sale to say that J i more than th ee-tourths of the opulation the lipuor trallic is ' radically extinguished. "Drunkenness today is deemed isreputable in the very quarters hero only a little while ago it as looked upon simply as a mis- | irtune," writes Edward \V link, j i tho Ladies' Home .Journal. ' Every line of business shuts its oors absolutely to the drunkard ; L has no use for him. Business j tin petition has become so keen i mt only tho men of steadiest abits e m litid employment, l'his ict the habitual indulger in al.lw.i:.... i A- i ..... . -< iiiwuin ii:i> X'lllIUl Ulll, !H1<I IIIO ilfercnt 4'euro" est iblishmonts >r drunkenness?and Godsends jov jiro to humanity- -are today llod with men who have oomo > a realization of tin* e!ian?jod mditions. Tho mm of steady aluts is tho man of tin- h Mir, and io drunkard realizes this. In ie social world <h Stmo thin. > true, t in? oxeosdvo in In I .rone f even a fow yours o jo? xvould <?t he tolerated at ?y dinner day. Society ha henoma inilorant o tho hallux ior which heritably results fr u xcossivo iduloooi'o in drinking; and men i'UU/.o Till*. It is I?;??1 maimers nifty to dmiK tt> OXecsH. (iootl iste is sMff!i.ijti_r, and mod.'nil ion . nci:i's>irilv following." ltcnuty if* K1<)( u I>ecp. Clean I Kin I iiii' inn n < in :kin. No ratify wiiiuuu il. .iMaici*,t'undj I ..lliaiif i lean your l>lood ami lnr|i il dean, l>> 11rt ii -i ii.' Ilm 1.1 > I; i il l 'Invim: .i.i iminitios troin llio l.odv. lifcin to-day to >auish pimples, IioiN, bioli li< s. blackheads, ml ilint sickly bilious coniple ion by takitu; 'awarets,?ln'nnty (or tni i en <. All drugibtM, ualisfuotion guaranteed, Ilk1, 'ioc, j'Jc. $1,000 for the Bakers. Washington, May 17.?The ouso committee on postoflices as Agreed on a hill appropriating 1,000 for the relief of the family f the murdered postmaster at ..tike City, S. C. i A boy defined salt ns ,4thc tuff that makes potatoes taste ad when you don't put it on." le was twin brother of the Iniy /no said that pins had saved a ;reat many lives by not lieing wallowed. The origin of the phruso <4to ;we the cold shoulder" is said to iAve been due to the custom in "ranee of serving a cold shoulder nstead of a hot roast joint to ;uests whoso visits had lusted too ?nKIIOOReward SIOO. 'l'he reader' of thin paper will he dented to learn that there I* nt leu*t ne dreaded disease lh it science has een able to cure in al' its singes. aud hat In ('a'arrli Hall's Catarrh i "ore * the only positive cure known to the uedicMi fraternity, (.'atari h being u onsiiiudonal disease, requires a e ill ? litutioiial treatment HmiI'm Catarrh 'ure la taken internall, acting directy upon the blood and mucous stirMPita i\t f llU lit utMiri I li?e. Ku iig the f miimImiIon of ihe. di?eu*e mot IwJuii ! he pstlent trtOKth bv building p the coiiHtiiution and annUling ?a* lire In doloK it* work. The pro rietorn have ho much faith In It* cumIvr power*, that they offer One Hunred DoIIium for auy ca*e that it fall* >cure Heud for 11*1 of teMtur.oulaln. AddretH. F J CHKSKY A CO., 'oledo. O. OTHold by Driest*!*. 75c. DYSPEPSIA MVor dx year* I waa a victim ofdya>epala In It* worst form. 1 cool a oat nothing ut milk loMi, and at llmaa my stomach would ot retain and d leant area that. Last March I cyan talcing i'ASf'AKKTN and alnce then I are at*adlly Itnprorod. until I am aa wall aa I rer waa In my llfa." David H. Mdnphy. Newark. O. CANDY W CATHARTIC MvwVvVVWvV raaei mmm Plaasaat. Paiatahla. Potant. Taata Good Do soOtttr Hlrkrn. Waakrn. or tirtpa. Mr. Ma. Ma ... CURI CONSTIPATION. ... rWsf IwiN Hit'*. r>lw|i, I*. Baa tat. Ml -TO-IIO XSWKV-83i5i'i^*' 5.. / \ A mother, trying to get hei little daughter to sleep one night, said, Anna, why don't you tr> to go to slcsp?" "I am trying," she replied. "But you haven't shut vour eves." "Well, can't help it; urns comes unbuttoned.'1 llattie?Young Jay soil nmkei mo weary. Kiln?In what way! "Why, he's always trying to kls? mo when we aro alono." "Well, don't you want him to try?" "Yes; but I think ho might tr} hard enough to succeed once in i while. j U W I m t Every mother feels an i n d c scribable dread of the pain and danger attendant upon the most critical period of her life. Becoming a mother should be a source of joy to all, but the s u ff e r i n g and danger of the ordeal make its anticipation one of misery, MEETS FRIEND is the remedy which relieves women of the great pain and suffering incident to maternity; this hour which is dt ended as woman's severest trial is not only made painle s but all the danger is removed by its use. Those who use this remedy are no longer despondent or gloomy; nervousness nausea and other distressing conditions arc avoided, tlie system is made ready for the coming event and the serious accidents so common to the critical hour ar< obviated by the use of Mother's rntnu. it ts a otcsstng to icoman ei.OOrr.HPOTTLZ at all Drugstores, or e^nt by nxproaa on receipt of price. GOOKS CnntalnitiK invaluable Informal Ion o rnrr intercut to all aouion, will lie ton fntt to any aiiilrest, iiprfli application, In The IMiiliVihl.li RF.CCLATOli CO.. Itlaata. fit Bargains ] IFe are still ret every train ai cil to make r i " In order to <lo so we are goi of 11 K ill PlllChS. Our huyer, hap just rolurned from tho Nortl Infger Jortion of his time there, pick up stutT at almost his own p on a few things : MEN'S'. YOUTI ! AND E mmmm m*. X&T The CHEAPEST ev? Men's Suits at $1 85. Men suits $.'1 25. All wool Clay Woi Hoy's Suits from 20 cents u For $2 05 suit of clot! Standar the 5 cents kin Derss Challies yanl.ht'Omc v.! Double-width Dress Novelti ounce Men's good Sunday shoes 9 J cents. Ladies tine lace shoes 40 38 cents. Children's shoes from Overall qants at 23 cents. Boys knee pants 13 cents per pai We also have a nice line of DRESS 600DS, SILKS, SATI TN I JUST RECEIVED ! t noli from 38 cents to $3. Another n on the $1.00, among them a nice manufacturers cost. We have many other U forbid mentioning. Come to see the counter. Respectfully Yo Shannon-F Stationary 1>oi1k are rarely , found in the houses of the Jap* anese. When the hour for re-? ' tiring has come, mattresses and) t bed-coverings aro brought out t from chests, where they are stored ' during the 'lay, and spread otv j the matted floor. I A coquette is a rose from which i every lover plucks a leaf?the , thorns are left for her future husband. r x u ' CASTOR IA ? i For Infants and Children. 1 The Kind You Have Always Bought , ^ Signature of i | NOTHING LIKE IT in these 4 counties has ever been ofTorcd before. Wo will repair your watch throughout excepting case repairs for ;| $1 ((. ami guarantee same to give entire i sausiucuon mr i*j months, jnst us it' regular price bad been pnitl. I H l^ltADT'S GUARANTEE b I hacked up by his many jears of i experience, by bis rating, and (1RKATKST of ALL, by bis fari reaching, un<piestii nablo rcpu?a 1 tion. : i Tins rosrnvKLY sacku [ FIC'iNCi OFl'l'H will bold good ' j until ; .! utio il?<? 1 ?-*t only and is done to test tbe value of ? . tins newspaper space in your sec ; tion. j Dozens responded last week. How many know a good tbing when they see it ibis week. R BRANDT. "ST t t inter I own clock, c'he^ier, rS. 0. t ^ _ [ ? I'jv your subsorintion. il Bargains ! eeiving them on id are compelloom tor them. ng to knock the HOCK l>ottom out , Mr. T .1 Shannon, of Monroe, N. C., Iiern markets, and, spending the with the spot cash enahlcH him to rice. We quote you prices t>elow ITS IQYS' CLOTHING ?r brought to Lancaster. ?F1 i's all wool Suits $2 75 Men's,plaid sted Suits, $;} 75 pto $7.00. tea, nice pair of shoes and hat. d prints 3 cents, d. All styles of ?> 0_ A ^ jm ceuis per tiile it lasts. e? at 9 cants, worth 15 cents. SHOE l cents. I^wlies fine button shoes 45 cents. Old Ladies common Sense i 10 cents per pair up. Kain Overall suits only 45 cents, r. NS, ETC., CHEAPER AN YOII CAN BUY ELSEWHERE. d cases Unbrellas at prices ranging ice line of Sample Hats at 50 cents lot of Stans. Yonrs at less than argains that time and printer's ink us and let us quote you prices over urs, underburk Co.