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We do not care ; "* to take the responsibility of acting ; in the matter without consultation ! j with the tax payers in each township, | and for the purpose of determinii g , what action the tax payers desire to ! take in the matter, we hereby call a j meeting of all tax payers in Saluda township, to be held at Pine Ridge j Academy, on Friday, July 17tb, at 3 o'clock p. m. A meeting of all the ! tax payers in Broad River township, to be held at Harman Amick's, on Saturday, July 18th, at 3 o'clock p. m. A meeting of all tax payers of j Saluda township, to be held at Irmo, ! on Saturday, July25,at3o'clock p m. J. H. Hiller, Ch. T. B. Saluda, ! P. B. Lever, Ch. T. B. B. Pviver, J. P. Lin&ler, Ch. T. B. Fork. "We live in.a i^oabtry of which tl e j principal scourageis stomach trouble. It is more wide spread than ai y other disease, and, very nearly, mo:e dangerous. 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The story goes that an Irishman, knowing this cus .orn, succ <de 1 in g getting his pockets filled a short time agoAfter losing a small sum at the gaming-table, he suddenly jumped *ip, exclamed, *'I am ruined!" and pushed into the gardens. Almost immediately afterward the guari s beard a pistol shot and then a cry cf pain, and. rushing to the spot, found the Irishman apparently dead. It was dark, with no one about, so they filled his pockets with money, and left, hiui to be discovered iu the jmrning. They had scarely gone out of sight, however, before the Irishman was on his feet again, and the next train conveyed him to Paris, en route /or bis native country. I BRYAN NOMINATED ! ON Ml BILLOT The Eloquent Young Nebraskan Swept All Before Him. DICK BLAND STAETED OFF WELL ! Hat MiMontTn Favorite Son Lost Steadily After the Klnt ltallot, State After State Joining the iiryau Procession Until the Fifth, When tlio "Hoy Orator of the Platte" Received Several More Thau the lire Hundred and Twelve Votes Necessary to a Choice. Chicago. July 7.?All roads lead to the i Coliseum, where at 12:o0 o'cl.ick Chairmau Harrity called to order the Democratic national convention. The vast structure is appropriately named after that where Roman gladiators contended. ?I HARRITY CALLS CONVENT/ON TO ORDER, for this is a battle royal which promises to.add a memorable chapter to American political history. The gavel dropped 10 minutes before 1 o'clock on a hall that had a dozen rows of empty seats at the edges farthest from the platform. The appearance of Chairman Harrity, as he stepped forward to the desk attired in a flate colored summer suit, provoked a rouud of applause from the Texas delegation, reinforced by many of the southern white metal men. When Mr Harrity commanded the convention to be in order, his voice easily carried over the tumult to the I art nest corner, testing m? iiauusuu qualities of the hall with most satisfactory results. The figure of the chairman faced the assemblage :*>r several minutes, while the ushers swept the aisles clear of knots of conferring delegates. "Gentlemen of the convention, all rise for the prayer," the chairman said, and there was a clatter of chairs as tho body in the center of the hall came up to its feet with a considerable concussion. The chaplain, Rev. Dr. Edward Stircs, stepped forward and prayed. Hill Announced For Temporary Chairman. After the prayer, Cbairmau Harrity stepped forward, and after a sharp rap of the gavel, gave the announcement of the selectiou of David 11. Hill as temporan' chairman. Secretary Sheerin of Indiania, for secretary, and John Martin, for sergeantat-arms. were also announced when tho convention had quieted down. "What is the pleasure of the convention?" asked Mr. Harrity, calmly. Mr. Clayton of Alabama then presented the minority report of the national committee, nominating Senator Daniel of Virginia for temporary chairman. It is as follows: To The Democratic National Convention: The undersigned members of ihe national committee respectfully recommend that the name of the Hon. John W. Daniel of Virginia be substituted iu the committee report for that of David 14. Ilill of New York, and that Hon. John W. Daniel l>c chosen temporary chairman c! this convention. Tho :-eport was signed by the silver members of the committee. McDermott Speaks For Hill. Chairman Harrity recognized Delegate Waller of Connecticut when order william jennings bryan. ! was restored, but the latter yielded to ! Mr. McDermott. "I pay tribute to the Hon. John W. | Daniel," he declared, and then went on I to praise the services to the party of the j man who knew no faith except "I am a Democrat." The partisans of Senator Hill sent up a shrill cry when the New Yorker's watchword was fiuug across the convention. A fter several other speeches for and j against Hill, the roll call was ordered, i The total vote was announced by tho chair as follows: Yeas (Daniel), 55G; i nays (Hill), 349. The chair then stated that the motion offered by the gentlemen from Alabama ! substituting Hon. J. W. Daniel of Virj ginia fcr temporary chairman was 1 adopted, and there was a great muni; testation of applause. When the various committees had : been appointed the members of them withdrew for organization and the convention adjourned until Wednesday ; moruiuc at 10 o'clock. THE SECOND DAY. Senator White Made Permanent < hairman?Gold Delegates Unseated. Chicago, July t?.?The second day of i rViA rr.iivpntinn onened brie-lit and cool. I * 1 - " I with the continuance of that refreshing I breeze which has made the work by day I endurable and has given delegates a { chance to sleep with comfort under j blankets during the scant hours allotted } i to rest The shouters seemed to rest content with the showing already made j and are allowing the workers to settle | I down to serious busines;. The crowds j were moving towards the Coliseum j | early in the day, as the time of meeting j was* 10 o'clock and the experience of ! | the prcvions day warned the people that ! i time and patience were required iu j ! gaining admission. j At exactly 10:50 Senator Daniel rapped : for order. The minions of the sergeant! at-arms hod some difficulty in clearing j the aisles. When all were seated and order was obtained, it was found that the spaces reserved for the New York, Massachusetts, Maiue, Maryland and New Jersey delegations were practically Feed the Nerves ! Upon pure, rich blood and you need ) not fear nervous prostration. 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Mahoney, one of the gold dele- j pates from Nebniska, made a brief j speech of protest. He and his colleagues, lie said, well understood that they were i to be thrown cut, and at the head of the delegation they marched out. The re- j port of the committee was adopted by a , viva voce vote. Ex-Governor Russell of Massachusetts 1 at first demanded a rollcad, but subse- | quently withdrew it. After a lull of some minutes Mr. Marston of Louisiana moved that Sen- j ator Ben Tillman of South Carolina be requested to address the oouvention. j No one heard the motion on account of t the bustle. After 10 minutes the chairman an- i uounced that the convention was in re- j cess until o o'clock. When the convention reassembled the committee 011 credentials presented its completed report, admitting to seats the j contesting delegates from the Fourth j and Ninth congressional districts of , Michigan and recognizing the right to j their seats of all the other delegates from Michigan. The effect is to transform the delegation to a silver delegation by 15 to 18, and as the unit rule prevails it giv<.; ' Michigan a solid siiver vote of 28 in the | STEPHEN M. WHITE. convention and creates a two-thirds sil- j ver majority there. The chairman put the question on the j majority report of the committee 011 i credentials and declared it adopted The report of the committee 011 permanent organization was then presented by Mr. Finley of Ohio, naming Senator White of California as permanent presi- i dent of the convention, and Thomas J. Cognu of Ohio as permanent secretary. Senator White then made a speech, after which the convention adjourned until 10 o'clock Thursday morning. THIRD DAY'S WORK. Senator Tillman Wanted a Devolution Adopted Denouncing Cleveland. Chicago. July 9.?Lowering clouds hung over the city at the beginning of ! the third day of the national convention, indicating a break in the perfect j weather thus far enjoyed, and suggest- j ive of the gathering of the storm within | the convention halL | At 10:52 a. 111. Chairman White ! dropped the gavel. The indescribable buzz of thousands of voices gradually subsided and the delegates took their seats. At 10:55 the Rev. Mr. Dean of Cedar Rapids, la., the Episcopalean minister who delivered the opening prayer Wednesday, performed the same service ; Thursday. Ho prayed that the convention might take action for the good of its country and the glory of God. Chairman Wiiite handed the gavel over to Congressman Richardson of Tennessee. a slender, scholarly appearing j man. who announced the committee 011 ; resolutions ready to report and called Senator Jones to the platform, who made the committee's report. Senator Tone's, who had been in the thickest of the silver fight since the forerunners of the convention began to assemble in Chicago, is a familiar figure to this convention. He looks like a soldier, and but for the fact that he was a soldier of the late confederacy, might be a strong presiEON. BENJAMIN RYAN TILI.MAIT. dential nossibiiity. He is a strongfaced man with a fierce silver moustache and chin whiskers aud white hair, which falls over all of the ton of his head. He adjusted a pair of go d > >wed spectacles and began to read the fi laucial plank of the platform, which Colonel Charles H. Jones, the St. Louis journalist, had written. The report of the minority was read by J. H. Wade of Ohio, a former reading clerk of the house of representatives. The gold people rose and cheered, hnt after the outbreak of Wednesday, these forces were faint. Senator Ben Tillman of South Carolina mounted the stage to open the great debate in behalf of free coinage. He introduced himself to them by saying that he came before them not as j "the lying newspapers had represeted Always in season, Hopkin s Steamed Hominy (Hulled Corn.) Elegant 1 lunch in milk. Ask your grocer for it. D.WID B. HILL, him to be." A round of applause from the pit greeted this announcement, but it was drowned in the storm of hisses from the galleries, which was increased to a perfect whirlwind of sibilant sounds as he added: "I came from a state which was the home of secession." "Secession," he continued, while the galleries hissed, "brought about the war, the war which emancipated the negro. The storm of hisses issued forth again when lie repudiated the denial that this was a sectional contest. "I say it is a sectional issue," ho cried, "and it will prevail." The Ilesotn!lou Denouncing drover. "Now, I want you all to listen," Tillman shouted, and then he read the substitute resolution, which follows: We denounce the administration of President Cleveland as un-Democratic and tyrannical, and as a departure from those principles which are cherished by all liberty loving Americans. The veto power has l?eon used to thwart the will of the people as expressed by their representatives in congress. The appointive power has been used to subsidize the press, to'debauch congress and to overawe and control the citizens in the free exercise of their constitutional rights as voters. A plutocratic despotism is thus sought to be established on the ruins of the republic. We repudiate the construction placed on the financial plank of the last Democratic national convention by Secretary Carlisle as contrary to the plain meaning of Kuglish words and as being an act of bad faith, deserving the severest ensure. The issue of bonds in time of peace with which to buy gold To redeem coin obligations, payable in silver or gold, at tbe opt ion of . the government of the United States, the proceeds to pay the primary .expenses of the government, are both unlawful and are usurpations of authority deserving an impeachment. Senator Tillman concluded by pledging the solid vote of South Carolina to any good straight silver candidate. As he descended from the stage the delegates set up a great shout for Hill. But suddenly the commanding figure of Senator Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the resolutions committee, mounted the stage. Senator Jones Makes a Speech. He held his hand out for silence. The noise fell away before his strong presence. In clear tones he apologized for appearing before Senator Hill. He had not intended to say a word, he said, but lie could not allow the charge of Mr Tillman that this was a sectional issue to pass unchallenged. "I am a southern man," continued Senator Jones. "I carried a musko' JOHN W. DANIEL* during the war. I repudiate the suggestion that this question knows any section." Flying flags, hats and handkerchiefs and the approving roar of iy,000 throats answered. The New York, Massachusetts and other eastern delegations joined heartily in this rejection of the extreme Tillman sentiment. After this emphatic repudiation of Mr. Tillman's assertion, Senator Jones left the platforfh. Ovation to Senator Hill. Senator Hill ascended the platform amid a perfect storm of applause. He shook the hand of the presiding officer, and then, with a smile, bowed his acknowledgment to the shouting, gestic* ulaling crowd. Men on their chairs waiving handkerchiefs, flags and tossing hats in the air. The first volume of applause would no sooner die away than it would again be taken up and cheered and re-echoed through the building. "I believe." declared Senator Hill, "that the course for us to take is to declare for international bimetallism and stop there." Senator Vilas and ex-Governor Russell followed in speeches supporting the minority report of the committee on resolutions, and ex-Congressman Bryan advocated the adoption of the majority report. THE FOURTH DAY, \V. J. Hryan of Nobra-ka Nominated For Prescient on the Fiftli Pallet. Chicago, .July li.? xne ciocks were cleared for the balloting which began when the Democratic national convention reassembled at 11 o'clock. Tho real struggle opened with the delegates wiought to a i intense pitch ovsr the sensational developments of Thursday night when, after the platform had been | adopted, the Bryan wave swept through j the convention and threatened for a time to stampede it then and there. It had disturbed all calculations and had thrown the ranks of other candidates into confusion. If the convention had not been compelled to adjourn at midnight on account of the electric lights riving out. the eloquent young Nebraskan would have undoubtedly been nom inated for president. Bryan's great speech, favoring the adoption of the | platform as submitted by the majority ! of tiie committee on resolutions, turned an overwhelming tide in his favor, and, as before stated, had the vote been taken Thursday evening, he would have won i easily. The Convention Called to Order. Chairman White, who had recovered his voice, stepped to the front of the stage. Running his eye for a couple of seconds over acres of people, he glanced down at the delegations in the pit and with a heavy whack of the gavel called the convention to order. The chairman then announced that the first business was the call of states for nominations. Thereupon Mr. Har? j rity of Pennsylvania; the chairman of th?.. national committee mounted bia Did You Ever i Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles? If not, get a bottle dow and get relief. 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A rustle of excitement swept over the hall, succeeded by an intently ea^er quiet. Before tho rollcall began Delegate Smith of Ohio arose to announce on behalf of the Democrats of Ohio the death of the eloquent and fearless Democrat, Frank Hurd, and said: "We sorrow for tho loss of our associate." Then Alabama was called and the chairman said that five of her delegates Heine irold standard men desired to vote ~ ?r ?-? for that "splendid type of the New England Democracy. William E. Russell of Massachusetts, but under the rules he cast their 22 votes for Horace Boies." The announcement brought out a banner bearing the likeness of her governor from the Iowa section and cheer after cheer greeted it. The 16 votes of Arkansas, announced for Bland b3* Senator Berry, gave the supporters of "the great commoner," as he designated him, opportunity to yell, which they improved. California's vote was much scattered, 9 for Blackburn, 2 for Boies, 1 for Campbell, 2 for Bryan and 2 for Matthews, and Blackburn's name was given a cheer, while the others failed of recognition. The result as announced by the reading clerk was as follows: Bland, 2213; Bryan, 105; Boies, 88; Matthews, 27; McLean, 54; Pattison, 95; Pennoyer, 10; Blackburn. S3: Campbell, 2; Tillman, 17; Russell. 2; Stevenson, 12; Hill, 1; Teller, 8; absent and not voting, 185. The request of the chairman that there be no cheering during the an i itrifU o >i /I llOUIlCtMIieilC \Uld i;vnupiiuu nitii, tiuu, strangely enough, there was no demonstration at the close. Delegates were too deeply interested in their business, spectators were too intent on the figures to interrupt the convention. Coldwater was on a chair shouting that the two-thirds rule be abrogated, but he got no attention. Tlio Second Itoll Hog in*. The second roll was begun and furnished a sensation at the outset, for Alabama shifted her 22 votes for Bland to Bryan, and the young Nebraskan's friends waived their handkerchiefs. Bryan gained 3 in the California delegation on a poll. Colorado's votes for Teller were again hissed and cheered. Vice President Stevreson captured one of Bland's votes in Florida. Wyoming changed her (? votes from Blackburn to Bryan. John McLean los 4 in the District of Columbia and Bryan captured 3 of them. The name of Minnesota on the second call brought a stentorian shout from Daniel Lawler. "Minnesota stamis only 7 present and not voting." The result of the second ballot was announced as follows: Blaud, 28l; Kbies, 67; Matthews, 34; McLean, 53; c-ij k/jh\\'u I Bryan, 107; Blackburn, 41; Patfison, ! 100: Pennoyer, 8; Stevenson, 10; Hill, i; j Teller, 1, Absent and not voting. i60. | The third ballot resulted: Bland, 201; j Boies, 26; Matthews, 84; McLean, 54; Blackburn, 27; Pattison, 07; Stevenson, i 0; Hill, J; Bryan. 210; not voting, 162. Tiie fourth ballot resulted: Bland, i 241; Boies, 8?; Matthews, 86; McLean, j 40; Bryan, 280. Bryan was nominated on the fifth bal| lot, and on motion of Senator Turpie, j the nomination was made unanimous. I The convention then adjourned until ! 6 pm. ^ ^ All the People i ! Should keep themselves healthy aDd especial care should be given to this matter at this time. Health depends ! upon pure, rich blood, for when the i blood is impure and impoverished | diseases of vaiious kinds are almost ; certain to result. The one true blood j purifier is Hood's Sareaparilla. 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During j all these years the Democratic party has j resisted the tendency of selfish interests j to the centralization of government power, and steadfastly maintained the i integrity of the dual scheme of govern- | ment established by the founders of this republic of republics. Under its guidance and teachings the great principle of local self government has found its best expression in the maintenance of rights of the states and its assertion of tiie necessity of confining the general government to the exercise of the powers granted by the constitution of the United States. The constitution of the United States guarantees to every citizen the rights of civil and religions liberty. The Democratic Qarty has always been the exponent of political liberty and religious freedom, and it renews its obligations and reaffirms its devotion to these fundamental principles of the constitution. MONEY QUESTION - Recognizing that the money question is paramount to all others at this time, wo invite attention to the fact that the federal constitution names silver and gold together as the money metalscf the United States, aud that the first coinage law passed by congress under the constitution made the silver dollar the monetary unit and admitted gold to free coinage at a ratio based upon the silver dollar unit. We declare that the act of 1873, demonetizing silver without the knowledge or the approval of the American people, has resulted in the appreciation of gold and a corz-esponding fall in the prices of commodities produced by the people; a heavy increase in the burden of taxation and of all debts, public and private; the enrichment of the monev-iending class at home and abroad; the prostration of industry and impoverishment of the people. AGAINST GOLD STANDARD-We are uualterably opposed to monometallism, which lias locked fast the prosperity of an industrial people in the paralysis of hard times. Gold monometallism is a British policy, and its adoption has brought other nations into financial servitude to London. It is not only un-American but anti-American, and it can be fastened on the United States only by the stifling of that spirit and love of liberty which proclaimed our political independence in 1776 and won it in the war of the revolution. FREE COINAGE DEMANDED-We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. We demand that the standard silver "ollar shall be a full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts, public and private, and we favor such litigation as will prevent for the future the demonetization of any kind of legal tender money by p:ivate contract. We are opposed to the policy and practice of surrendering to the holders of the obligations of the United States the option reserved by the law to the government of redeeming such obligations in either silver coin or gold coin. AGAINST BOND ISSUES-We are opposed to the issuing of interest bearing bonds of the United States in time of peace and condemn the trafficking with banking syndicates which, in exchange for bonds and at an enormous profit to themselves, supply the federal treasury with gold to maintain the policy of gold monometallism. Congress alone has the power to coin and issue money, and President Jackson declared that this power could not be delegated to corporations or individuals. We, therefore, denounce the issuance of notes intended to circulate as money by national banks as in derogation of the constitution; and we demand that all paper which is made a legal tender for public and private debts, or which is receivable for dues to the United States shall be issued by the government of the United States and shall be redeemable in coin. A REVENUE TARIFF-We hold that tariff duties sh uld be levied for purposes of revenue, such duties to be so adjusted as to operate equally through out the country and uot discriminate between class or section, and that taxation should be limited by the needs of the government, honestly and economically administered. We denounce as disturbing to business the Republican threat to restore the McKinley law, which has twice been condemned by the people in ! national elections, and which, enacted j under the false plea of protection to home industries, proved a prolific breeder of trusts and monopolies, enriched the few at the expense of the many, restricted trade and deprived the producers of the great American staples of access to their Uatural markets. Until the money question is settled, we are opposed to any agitation for fur: ther changes in our tariff laws, except such as are necessary to meet the deficit in revenue caused by the adverse decision of the supreme court on the in- ! | come tax. But for this decision by *i.e ! j supreme court, there would be no deficit j j in the revenue under the law passed by [ | a Democratic congress in strict pursu- ; I ance ol uniiorin aecisions 01 mac court j for nearly 100 years, that court having | in that decision sustained constitutional j objections to its enactment which had i previously been overruled by the ablest I I judges who have ever sat on that bench, i We declare that it is the duty of con- j | gres3 to use all the constitutional power j i which remains after that decision or , Cannot ba Without It. Jamison, S. C, Sept. 2, '00. Since the people know I keep St. i Joseph's Quick Relief they have taken i j it all out but one bottle, and that one j ; I cannot sell until I get in some ! more, for I cannot be without it my- j self. It is beyond doubt the best medicine for cramps, colic, and all J kinds of pain on the market. Send | me three dozen bottles per express, j R. D KITTRELL. For further information call on J. j E. 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We hold that the most eflicieiit way of proA 1.1 it? tt\ f the importation of foreign pauper labor to compete with it in the homo market, and that the value of the home market to our American farmers and artisans is greatly reduced by a vicious monetary system which depresses the prices of their products below the cost of production and thus deprives them of the means of purchasing thcjjroducts of our home manufactories, anfTas labor creates the wealth of the country, we demand the passage of such laws as may be necessary to protect it in all its rights. We are in favor of arbitration of differences between employers engaged in interstate commerce and their employes and recommend such legislation as is necessary to carry out this principlo. The absorption of wealth by the few, the consolidation of our leading railroad systems and the formation of trusts aud pools require a stricter control by the federal government of those arteries of commerce. We demand the enlargement of the powers of the interstate commerce commission and such restrictions and guarantees in the control of railroads as will protect the people from robbery and oppression. __ REPUBLICAN WASTE ?We denounce the profligate waste of mouey wrung from th> people by oppressive taxation and the lavish appropriations of recent Republican congresses, which have kept taxes high, wliilo the labor that pays them is unemployed and the products of the people's toil are depressed in price till they no longer repay the cost of production. We demand a return to that simplicity and economy which befits a Democratic government and a reduction in the number of useless offices, the salaries of which drain the substance of the people. FEDERAL INTERFERENCE?We denounce arbitrary interference by federal authorities in local affairs as a violation of the constitution of the United States and a crime against free institutions, and we especially object to government by injunction as a new and highly dangerous form of oppression by which federal judges, iu contempt of the laws of the states and rights of citizens, become at once legislators, judges and executioners, and we approve the bill passed at the last session of the United States senate and now pending iu the house of representatives, relative to contempts iu federal courts, and providing trials by jury iu certain cases of contempt. "Vo Hicoriminnfirm chnnlr? ho indnlcorl by the government of the United States in favor of its debtors. We approve the refusal of the Fiftythird congress to pass the Pacific railroad funding bill and denounce the efforts of the present Republican congress to enact a similar measure. AS TO PENSIONS?Recognizing the just claims of deserving union soldiers, we heartily indorse the rule of the present commissioner of pensions, that no name shall be arbitrarily dropped from the pension roll, and the fact of enlistment and service should be deemed conclusive evidence against disease and disability before enlistment. NEW STATES?We favor the admission of the territories of New Mexico. Oklahoma and Arizona into the Union as states, and wo favor the early admission of all the territories having the necessary population and resources to entitle them to statehood, and while they remain territories we hold that the officials appointed to administer the gov- j eminent of any teritory, together with i the District of Columbia and Alaska, should be bona fide residents of the territory or district in which their duties are to be performed. The Democratic party believes in homo rule, and that all public lauds of the United States should be appropriated to the establishment of free homes for American citizens. We recommend that the territory of Alaska be granted a delegate in congress, and that the general land and timber laws of the United States be extended to said territory. THE MONROE DOCTRINE-The Monroe doctrine, as originally declared and as interpreted by succeeding presidents. is a permanent part of the foreign policy of the United States and must at all times be maintained. SYMPATHY FOR CUBA?We extend our sympathy to the people of Cuba in her heroic struggle for liberty and independence. TENURE OF OFFICE?We are opposed to life tenure in the public service. We favor appointments based upon merit, fixed terms of office and such an administration of the civil service j laws as will afford equal opportunities to all citizens of ascertained fitness. We declare it to be the uuwritten law of this republic, established by custom and usage of 100 years and sanctioned bv the examples of the greatest and wisest of those who founded and livve | maintained our government, that no i man should be eligible for a third term ' for the presidential office. IMPROVE WATERWAYS ? The j federal government should care for and fmprove the Mississippi river and other j great waterways of the republic so as to | secure for the interior states cheap and j easy transportation to tidewater. When j any waterway of the republic is of sufficient importance to need aid from the i government, such aid should be ex- \ tended upon a definite plan of continu- ! ous work until permanent improvement j is secured. . SUBMITTED?Confiding in the jas- ! tice of our cause and the necessity of its ' success at the polls, we submit the foregoing declaration of principles and pur- i poses to the considerate judgment of the ! American people. 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Alternate, Albert Rod gers. 2:00-3:00. Second query?"How to get young men to attend Sunday school?"?Opened by D. J. Knotts. Alternate, S. E. Berry. Miscellaneous business. Adjourn. SATURDAY. Meet at 10 o'clock. 10-10:30. Devotional exercises. 10:30-11:30. Third query?"Should the young ladies exeit their influence in interesting the young men in Sunday schools?"?Opened by C. H. Corbitt. Alternate, C. D. Gunter. 11:00-12:00. Sermon by Rev. S. J. Riddle. 12:00 1:00. Recess. 1:00-2:00. Fourth query.?"Is it not as much a church member's duty to attend Sunday school as the regular church service?"?Opened by J. G. Fallaw. Alternate, Dr. E. C. Ridgell, Miscellaneous business. Adjourn. SUNDAY. Met at ten o'clock. 10:30. Devotional exercises. 10:30-11:00. Fifth query?"Should we not strive to cultivate a spirit of love aDd unity in the Sunday school?" Opened by W. B. Fallaw. Alternate, It. G. Able. 11:00-12:00. Missionary sermon, by ltev. N. A. Hemrick. T rirflff i ~ ' I ltosa Belle Itawl, Committee ^ Maggie Goodwin, ) I # ' "i May all of the schools in the county | be represented at the meeting of eur | beloved convention, and let all come | praying that the Lord be there and i that to own and bless. God grant | that this convention may be a great i power in saving the boys, girls and young men an women from eternal ruin. Brethren and sisters, let us rally to the work and save the boys and girls for Ckrisf. God bless the convention. J. G. Fallaw, Secretary. Condensed Testimony. Chas. B. Hood, Broker and Manufacturer's Agent, Columbus, Ohio, certifies that Dr. King's New Discovery has no equal as a Cough remedy. J. D. Brown, Prop. St. James Hotel, Ft. Wayne, Ind., tes**'* .1.2. '? r\( a rVinoh tines mat ne was tuicu ui ? of two years standing, caused by La Grippe, by Dr. King's New Discovery. B. F. 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