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P.^.., That Grow and Bear Frail, i Write for our fio pase IIgjfe'g lustrated Catalogue and 40 >Hije pamphlet, "How to 4 ^ Plant and Cultivate an Orhard,'.' Gives you that in^ /S?ormation you have so long A*?nted: tells you all about hose bis red apples, lucious peaches, and Japan plums vith theirorien'a! sweetness, A ill of which you have often A'oudereit where the trees 'iini! front that produced ?V?RYTHIN8^G00D IN ^ Unus.il fine st< ck of SILVER MAPLES, you pit. thrifty t?ees 4, vk. & >mootk andstrai ht. thokiud hatlivo and Kr<>w off well, so old. rough trees. This is i<T&UiiUr he most rapid growing mai>Io *nd one of the mostbeau^ifal shad* trees. 'J&k^rV' Write for prices and give -- &rg&kjf? list of wants. 9E|gg? [. Van Lindley Nursery Co., POMONA. N. C. When writing mention the Dispatch. Fire, Life and Accident Insurance. Oaly First CIas> Companies Represented, See my List of Giants: Assets ATHA FIRE, of Hartford, Conn $13,019,411 MAMTiuruTi , nnr \ bunimeniAL irint', v* New York 9.809,660 PHILADELPHIA UNDERWRITERS , Phila., Pa-. 16.528,773 /?TNA LIFE, of Hartford, Conn 47,584,967 FIDELITY AND CASUALTY, of New York 3,482.862 1 My Companies, are Popular, Strong and Reliable. N o ODe can give your busi- , ness better attention; no one can give you better protection; no one can give yon better i rates. ^BEFORE INSURING SEE-SBJi jtiice B. Harman, 1 General Insurance Aeent, 1 LEXINGTON ...S. C. 1 When writing mention the Dispatch. I IffiMHAMBAI! OF SOUTH CAROLINA State, City & County Depository COLUMBIA, S. C. Capital Paid in Full $150,000 OC Surplus 3%000.01 1 Liabilities of Stockholders 150,000.00 ^ > $335,000.00 k SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Interest at the rate of 4 per centum per an nam paid on deposits in this department l. TRUST DEPARIMENT. This Bank nnder special provision of its charter exercises the office of Executor, Administrator, Trustee or Guardian of Es tales. SAFETY DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. Fire and Bargiar proof safety deposit for rent from $4 00 to $12 00 per year. EDWIN W. ROBERTSON, President, a. c. haskell, Vice President J. CALDWELL ROBERTSON, 2d Vice President G. M. BERRY,Cashier. February 12?ly. When writing mention the Dispatch. the csmusimiiuiii . ' COLUMBIA, S. 0. f capital $100.000 00 i surplus 30,000 00 f ESTABLISHED lb71. C JAMES WOODKOW, President JULIUS WAIKER, Vice President 1 - JEROME H. LAWYER, Cashier. t DIRECTORS?James Weodrow, John A. Crawford, Julius H. Walker, C. Fitzsimluons, W C. Wright W. H. Gibbes. ? John T. Sloan. T. T. Moore, J. L. Mimnangh. E. S -Joyces. ( This bank solicits a share, if 6 not all, of your business, and will grant every favor consistent with safe and ? 6onnd banking. fanuarv 29. 1897?lv. When writing mention the Dispatch. i Saw Mills,! Light and Heavy, and Supplies. CHEAPEST AND BEST. 1 . wn.!, 1?n Lombard iron works and Supply Co., AUGUSTA, GKOKGiA. anuary 27 ? "When writing mention the Dispatch. . GEOB&E BRI7NS MAIN ST., COLUMBIA, S. C., JEWELER REPAIRER ?' Has a splendid stock of Jewelry, Watches, Clocks and Silverware. A fine line of Spectacles and Eyeglasses to fit every one, all for sale at lowest prices. Iv Bepairs on Watches first class qnickly done and guaranteed, at moderate prices. 60?tf. When writing mention the Dispatch. W 4 RECKLIi\G, AETIST, J COLUMBIA, S. C. i TS NOW MAKING THE BEST PIC- . JL tares that can be bad in this country, ! and all who have never had a real tine pic- ! tare, should now try some of his latest styles. Specimens cun be seen at his Gallery. up stairs, next to the Hub. Wheu writing mention the Dispatch, "beeswax wanted IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES | I WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MARket price for clean and pure Beeswax. Price governed by color and condition. RICE B. HARMAN, At the Baza*r. Lexington, S. C. Remember that you can always find nice candies, cakes and fruits, at the Bazaar. <y> - I J*.: A fjJ tO^sfff rss* A> i vs. if4" - ?' '- ? titrpno *-r UPU/DCDDV I H t VUlt numitno MI UtiiDtnni. For the Lack of Funds Whitman Retires from the Canvass. The State campaign party aired j their eh (pence before a Newberry audience last Friday. We give below a synopsis of what the candidates ! for Governor said, as reported by August KohD, in the order named. The first speaker was G WALT WHITMAN, who said in all probability this will j be his last meeting this campaign. It was impossible to go further. He -a- -1 was Ui LUCQUS. lie nuuiui | however, be in the race to the end ! and hoped for triumph on the 28th of August. What he had done in politics he had done with an eye single to the people's interest and would continue to the end of his life. If ; he had to pay his hotel bill here and were not entertained he would have to get out of town by personal locomotion as he had't another cent. He said he could have been elected secretary of state or superintendent of education provided he let his educational policy drop, but he fought for principle. He went for the people for not purging the rottenness in this State by electing such men as Archer and himself. He said he would rather drink the liquor than talk 1 about it every day. If he had self- 1 ish purpose and was looking out for ( bimself he would not talk as plainly. ' Eie knew that be would be elected 1 without going around. 1 ( GARY'S LIQUOR POSITION. j Frank B. Gary spoke feelingly of 1 ois kingsmen having fought side by J aide with the men of this county. ' 3e had do quarrel with the honest * ninisters who were aidiDgCol. Hoyt, * Dut they were misguided and then * or the others assisting Col. Hoyt he 1 lad no patience. He reiterated his )osition on the liquor question and ook up the Charleston incident. His position to allow counties that want)d prohibition to have it was not in- 1 5onsistent with the dispensary policy c ind he was fceing endorsed by the * )est advocates of the dispensary, tie anticipated Patterson's reference ,o his record and family in office. ] PATTERSONS PROTEST. i A. Howard Patterson protested I 8 tgainst making a twenty minute * ipeech made necessary by the extra 1 rj rain leaving at 5 o'clock. He lost J io time telling about Gary not doirg T inything while in the bouse for the >ld soldier, instead of talking about 1 he offices cf the Gary brothers, and ? hat same Charleston "straddle." Giry and Patterson bad a tilt ^ ibout the Charleston incident and j jary told Patters n if he were any iort of a lawyer be would know that t defendant, as Patterson tiied to nake him, did not furnish proof igaiDst himself, but there was no -j ->rr>r?f orsrt the nhar<?e he said would | i /4 vv* ~ ? J 39 dropped by a lawyer who koew lis business. The whole prohibition mveinent, Patterson argued, was ( lothingbut antffort for the offices and j hen he took up CjI. Hoyt's "coali- ! : ion" editoiial. He insisted that j j jrovernor McSweeney was not for the ; 1 lispensary because he has anti dis- j j Densary men running his paper. He j < ielegraphed to Caaileston to know j -vhy bar fixtures were not seized in j j Charleston and a constable answered ; . aim: "Have never received instruc- j iions to seize bar fixtures, but have i , : 1 nstructions from chief constable not I :o do 60. J. M. Scott, "State Constable.'' m'sweeney wades in. Gov. McSweeney waded right into the Charleston situation, on which ! , he had been attacked, and insisted j j that he had done as well as any j , other governor. If he were a law- J ) yer he would be ashamed to talk about Charleston, when it is known , that true bills are not brought in ] and no case can be brought other- j wise. The attack on him did not [?; show any qualification of others. If j aDy one could show any unbusiness- < like act on his part be would retire. He took up the Pods and other i cases involving the pardoniug power. He took up the cbpensary at.d i prohibition arguments, favoring the disp<nsary. He took up item by j item to snow now tne mw nus ueeu , enforced ia the various towns and ' Si 0. *w. 1020 mAirs' st: jf^jj Solicits a ? U J cities, and other data to show hie work. A large basket of flowers was presented Gov. McSweeney. PRINCIPLE, NOT OFFICE Col. James A. Hojt, said tbat no matter what others said he was fighting for a principle and not for the the office. If he were not standing for a principle he would not be here. He briefly and hurriedly explained his position, and said Patterson continues and persists in trying to make his "coalition" editoiial appear different to what it was. It has been explained time and again. All the other candidates differed, but they all agree in firing at him, and two lieutenant governors fire at him, and recently Tillman joined in the fight on him. He was not uncomfortable and was fearful Tillman would be accused of being out in his interest. He really believed Tillman had been of great" sei vice to him and would Help turn more. He took up prohibition and promised if elected to enforce the prohibitive features of the dispensary law, if* the law stood. He said Blease's argument for the dispensary was the best made, not excepting Tillman's. TILLMAN SHOULD HOLD HIS BASE. He wanted Tillman to keep Lis place in the Senate and not interfere in a family quarrel. It has been proposed to scratch Tillman because Df his inteiference. He begged his friends not to do so. Senator Till man had not treated him fairly and right, bat that is no reason why he should not be just and generous and fair to Tillman. Let us be united ind rebuke Tillman by a united vote. He for one would vote for. Tillman Decause he thought it right to do so ind because of his services to his State in the United States Senate. Jul. Hoyt spoke with feeling on this natter. How is This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that ;annot be cured by HalTs Catarrh Jure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. We the undersigned have known T. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, ind believe him perfectly honorable n all business transactions and finincially able to carry out any obligaion mado by their firm. iVest & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Foledo, 0. Walding, Rinnan & Mar'in, Wolesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken interlally, acting directly upon the blood md mucous surfaces of the sjstem. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills are the best. Reduced Rates. Montreat Bible Conference: Black Vlouotain, N C., August 12tb, 2Gib, 1900: On account of this occasion, Southern Railway will sell round trip tickits from all Stations on its Lines to Black Mountain, N. C, and return at ate of Oue First Class Fare for the ound trip. Tickets will be sold August 9tb, 10:b, 11th, 12th and L3tb, with final return limit August 28th, 1900, inclusive. Black Mountain, N. C is located n the heart of the ''Land of the Sky," md this will give all a fine opportunity to visit that beautiful summer egion. 39 Manual Convention, National Baptist Asscciation, Richmond, Yd., September 12 20, 1900. On account of this occasion, Southern Railway will sell round tr'p tickets to Richmond, Ya. and return, it rate of One First Class Fare for Lhe round trip, from all points on it3 L'nes, except from Washington, D. C. and Alexandiia, Ya. Tickets will ba sold September 10ih, llib, and 12ib, with final limit September 22, 19,00 inclusive. For further and detailed information as to rates, reservations, schedules, etc, call upon or write any agent of the Southern Railway or its connections, or to S. H Hard wick, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent, 5v\43 Atlanta, Ga. Pay your dues to the Dispatch. GLOBE DRY H:. i^oi^rc^iT BEET, Share of Your Valued Rock=a=Bye Baby These are sweet words, but how much pain and suffering they used to mean. It's different now. Since Mother's Friend has become known expectant mothers have been spared much cf the anguish of childbirth. Mother's Triend is a liniment to be applied externally. It is rubbed thoroughly into the muscles of the abdomen. It gives elasticity and strength, and when the final great strain comes they re pond quickly and easily without pain. Mother's Friend is never taken internally. Internal remedies at this time do more harm than good. If a woman is supplied with this splendid liniment she need never fear rising or swelling breasts, morning sickness, or any of the discomforts which usually accompany p'egnancy. The proprietor of a large hotel in Tampa, Fla.. writes: "My wife had an awful time with her first child. During her second pregnancy. Mother's Friend was used and the baby was born easily before the doctor arrived. It's certainly great." Get Mother's Friend at the drugstore. $1 per bottle. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. Write for our free illustrated book. " Before Fuby U Born." | Prohibition In Maine, Edgefield Advertiser. It is well known, and has been asserted by every temperance lecturer, iu.t ? 1 j lUtlli pi ULliUIHUU UU3 UttU J13 UCDl I'p" portunity to succeed aDd has met its best success iD Maine. It has been oil the statute books of that Sts.te! for over forty years and has seen two! generations grow up under its operations. There has been no legal sale of whiakey in Maine during that period. Are the people temperate, more than in other places? Has it been enforced? That conditions in Maine are fur worse than in South Carolina, or even in Stites where high-license prevails, all fair-minded men must conclude. A few years ago an association of fifty of the leading preachers, college professors, educators and literary men of the country was formed to investigate the success of the I efforts being made to curtail the consumption of liq ior. This association sent agents to a number of the States of theUnion, including Maine, Sou:;h Carolina, Iowa, Massachusetts and Pennsjlvania. Their agents spent months in these and other States and made thorough investigations taking nothing for granted and accepting no information but what they could verify themselves. Ooe agent reported that in the city ot Portland, Maine, having less than forty thousand inhabitants---, out mue largei tuuu uuiuujuio?uc I had found one hundred and tight3^two places where liquor was sold, "not including pocket peddlers, houses of illfame, express compaci-1 ies, clubs and certain ojster resta:i-| rants.That, "while the present J investigation was in progress several j new bars were opened." That the j Sheriff of the county explained the j non-enforcement of the law by ask-1 ing him: "If a landlord cannot re-! strain one tenant, bow can four; deputies deal with four hundred rum se^er^?,' The Portland Ex ! press, io the issue of June 21, 1891,1 contained the following protest of certain liquor dealers of that cit;t;' "Some liquor dealers complain that j their profits are cut down by the; competition of shops allowed to exii-ti in the vicinity of their own places of business and that the regular collection of protection money may also be made of them. These demands are in some instances also said to be i so excessive that the dealers say they swallow up the lion's share of the profits aDd sometimes actually mate them run more disreputable places than they otherwise would, in order , to get in money enough to be able to, ! respond to the perpetual fq?ieezlng.v j The conditions all over Maine were j found to correspond with the sta:e of affairs in Portland. Every town ?the best and most orderly of the.o ?had its dozeus of piaces where the sale of liquor was optn, notorious aDd unopposed la Arostook county, with 4!),587 inhabitants and no considerable towns, <5/> United States GOODS OOMP '03ST, TI5., Patronage. Polite an( 'revenue licenses for the sale cf j whiskey were taken out in 1S95 .Ellsworth, v\ith 2.:>00 inbabiiants, contains 14 bars and 4 other places ' ' 1 i \ i l' , (spotnccary snops] wuere mjuor is ;8olJ, or one to about 219 inhabitj tauts. ''Gambling was going on in : soveral saloons visited by the agent ; of the committee of fifty. In j Augusta, the Capital of the State, { sixty-two places were found in operation, or one tc every 170 inhabitants. Throughout the entire State the same sickening array of figuies come -the same account that one dirty, iltby hell hole, uheie the vilest quor is sold, is maintained to every wo hundred inhabitants of less. AVhat has been the resulif How has it t ffected the people of Maint? The published report of the committee of fifty, compiled by a subcommittee, consisting of the famous anti-whiekey-reformer, Seth Low, of : New Yoik. President Charles W. ; Elliott, of Yale University, thegreat est college in America, and who cannot be accused of a desire to oppose prohibition, and of James C. Carter, admits the following: "The conclusion must be that it , is impossible to state from the j statistics adduced just how far they i n fleet greater or less public inebrie- j ty. The general impression is that ! drunkenness is as prevalent now as ! ever before the constitutional amend- j meet went into e fleet, if not more so. ! "The toleration of an open dffi- j ance of the laws and constitution indicate, not merely a widespread ! lack cf sympathy with prohibitory j measures, but a callousness of public I sentiment which of itself is grave, j Citizens have become so accustomed j to this defiance that little attention ; is paid to the continuance or violation of the liquor statutes or to the J contempt for law and order generally ! which is an inevitable consequence. | A local Judge, in speaking of condi- j tions under a prohibitory law not en- j forced has said: The value of the oath has been ieduced 50 per cent | in this State. Peijurj (for which j the maximum penalty is imprisonment for life) is so common that it no longer attracts attention. And it is not confined only to the liquor ! element; the effect of it is far-reachiDg and growing. People talk of it ; openly and without a blush.' "Members cf the Supreme Judicial Cjurt have said substantially the same thing and prosecutions for peijury committed duiing the trial J of liquor cases are not frequent. 1 Closely akin to peijury is the hypoc licy engendered when two people are called upon to support a Jaw that they uo not believe in. The support i of prohibition at the polls and in j party platforms, when it is so ill-en- i forced, can be explained only on the | >.? ' i i i i ground mat men nave oeeome nypociitea. A Judge of the Supreme Ceiiit, as quoted in public news papers, referring to conditions in ! Cumberland count), Maine, said: 'It is a quettion whether the probibi- j tory law makes more drunkards. If j would have peihips been more just j to say. 'It is a question whether j more become drunkards or hypo crits under the prohibitory law." " | The Uuited States Government in j a report of the liquor traffio recently issued declared that in the State of j AT i??no fV\orA wore ?99 pst?V>lishment3 engaged in the liquor traffic who 1 paid all Uaited S:ate3 taxes. In j South Carolina '109 are reported, in ! number only greater than Alaska ! and Iudian Territorj ! Yet we are ' asktd to adopt prohibition of the j Maine stamp! Thus are conditions in Maine, ! which State is held up to the people j of South Carolina as their rule and guide, and whose law the Prohibitionists in 1893 sought to pass, and ; which the recent prohibition conven- ; tions which nominated Col. H t, i again recommend to our people. ! The Maine "prohibition*' law?this j parody of the wisdom of our prohi- j f.torwlo i? thp Smith Carolina 1 UUUU ' I dispensary law, without the bever- i age feature. Tbe State sella the hquor there, but forces the buyer to J say that he wants to buy the whiskey for medicine. The State is in the liquor business there, as it is here, , and CJL Hoyt does not propose to ' take the State out of it. Ho admits ' the failure of prohibition except ' where the State supplies the legiti- ! mate need cf stimulants. I ANY, ZLT^-GKEIEe, COLUMBIA, S 1 Prompt Attention. Of I PROHIBITION' IN IoWA. i I )wa is another State which is I held up to South Carolina as a guide on t ho prohibition questiou. What was the result of the investigation of prohibition there by the committee of fifty ? The same sickening array of open violations, until the people in their wrath wiped the law practically from the statute ; book", in the face of a constitutional amendment prohibiting the license of | whiskey. Thus is the story told: The prohibition experiment has j probably never had a fairer test, nor I a test uuder more favorable coni dititions than in Iowa. It is an agricultural State with no large cities; I : the largest is Dps Moines, whioh in I | 1890 had 50,093 inhabitants. The i population is mainly Puritan by de| scent, with inl erited Puritan habits i and traditions. Public sentiment is, j and has been from an early day, I strongly opposed to intemperance ' None of the surrounding, Statep, ' with the possible exception of Mis| souri, has had so small a percentage of foreign immigrants. Iu consequence of the decision by the Supreme Court that local option under L the Constitution is barred, every voter has been forced to declare him- 1 self for general license or for prohi ; bition. The Prohibitionist, have, therefore been able to swell the number cf their nominal adherents by representing that opposition to prohibition meant subserviency to the saloon. The cause of prohibition has had, besides, the inestimable practical advantage of an ; alliance,offensive and defensive, with the political party in power. More than that, it was for years the domi nant faction in that party, dictating its platform and controlling its legislation in opposition to the liquor interests. It held this vantage ground for ten years, a period long enough to demonstrate the wisdom or folly of the attempt torestrain ard govern an animal appetite by law. The end was defeat. To day, in the face of the Constitution, open bar rooms are in operation all over Iowa by sanction of the 1 Legislature. Under the Constitution they are not allowed to license them, but accomplish the same purpose by levying an annual tax upon persons engaged in the liquor business, prohibiting prosecutions of those paying the tax. To this miserable expedient have the people of this State been forced to lid themselves from the incubus of freewhiskey under the name of prohibition. May South Carolina ever be relieved from the necessity of seeking such a refuge. IN CONCLUSION Is it any wonder, then, after their * * . t vi /* investigation c I me miseraoie iaree of prohibition in other States that the agents of the committee of fifty were disgusted with prohibition and came to South Carolina expecting nothing from the dispensary law. With some criticisms, however, after this investigation, they summed up the situation as follows: "While the unbiased observer cannot fail to be impressed by the change wrought by a system which has closed the saloons and nearly suppressed the liquor traffic, thou ? -3 - ? ? ? " " Irt t Via m T h a I sauus reLuaiu unuu iu kutm. ^.uv i political opponents of the dispensary j authoiities most often deny that j aught good has been accomplished, j The Prohibitionists vvill frequently not even admit that drunkenness has | been reduced. The system never : had nor can have any i ffilialion3 with radical temperance r< formers."? j Xemo in News and Courier. A Life and Death Fight. i I Mr "\V. A Hines, of Manchester, J Ii, writing of his almost miraeu-, lous escape from death, says: "Ex- j posure after measles induced serious lung trouble, which ended in Con- ! sumption. I had frequent hemor- i rhages and coughed night and day. All my doctors said I must soon die. j Then I began to use Dr. King's Xew j Discovery for Consumption, which completely cured me. I would not j be without it even if it cost $-3.00 a l? til? ?e0,l if /,n UJliltr. UUUU1TU9 uoic uotu IVI UW my recommendation and all say it ; never fcils to cure Tbroat, Cbest and j Lung Troubles.'' Regular eize ?>0o j and $1.00 Trial bottles free at J. E K lufmann'b D.ug Store. ''' ' r Y-; 4 ^ i I IIIM I 1.1 -1 I ! A Mother Tells How She Saved Her Little Daughter's Life, : I am the mother of eight children i and have had a great ileal of experii euce with medicines. List summer ! my little daughter had the dysentery | in its worst form. Wo thought she | would die. I tried everything I | could ehiuk of, but nothing seemed j to do her any good. I saw by an j advertisement in our paper that Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was highly recommended and sent and got a buttle at once. It proved to be one of the very best medicines we ever had in the house. It saved my little daughter's life. I am anxious fur every mother to know what an (xcellent medicine it is. Had I known it at first it would have saved me a great deal of anxiety and my little daughter muoh finffprinfr?Ymno O fc> ? ^ V- * ^ truly, Mrs Geo. F. Burdriek, Liberty, R I For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. Doctor Was Too HastyConcerning a late popular phjsi ciaD, maDy stories illustrative of his quaint, kindly qualities of head and heart are told. One cf the most amusing was about a runaway. The doctor, as the tale goes, was sitting in his surgery one Saturday afternoon, when he heard a terrific hubbub, and, looking out cf the window, Raw a runaway horse dashiDg down the street. S-izing his hat, he ! hurried out and found a big crowd collected about the curb. "Anybody hurt?'1 he asked. "Y*s, sir,'' replied a bystander, "the driver's almost killed." The doctor pushed his way iuto the throng and caught sight of a young man whose head was twisted to one side and whose body was beDt ha'f double. "Ab, ha !" he exclaimed, wrapping one of his powerful arms around the unfortunate's neck, "this is evidenfly a case of dislocation of the shoulder. I'll reduce it at once." Suiting the action to the word, be gave him a herculean wrench. The victim howled vigorously and ms.de fantic (ffjrts to sj e k. "Ob, doctor!" he grasped, "please stop ! Oh, stop him somebody! He's killing me!" "Be quiet, you fool!" said the doc tor stearnty, "can t you see im reducing the fracturt?" "But doctor?oh, doctor, I w?w ?want to tell you," stuttered the young man. ''that I was b?b?born this a-way!"' "Born this way !'' thundered the medico, suddenly letting him go. "Weren't you hurt in the accident jlist now?'' "No, sir,'" said the ctipple, humbly, "they're takiu' that feller in'o the hotel The Growth of the South. The Northern Bidget (Troy. N. Y ). Throughout the South there has been going on quietly, but steadily, an unsurpassed development of n dustrial productiveness. With the introduction of the cotton mills ad ho o.'iffon fiotds flio Srillfli J 4 V> V. AJ W v\y tuw * <v vvvyM M V*V*. J ^ has leaped forward in its output so that it is an example of industrial prosperity, and in that respect the past year south of the Mason md Dixon line has been an unprecedented one. In manufacturing possibilities and in the utilizing of the raw material that is grown in the South that section of the country has presented an amount of enterprise hitherto deemed impossible. It has been thought for a long time that a great deul of the cotton gocds manufactuiing industries which have been the principal fea tures of the the New Eoglaul cities 8Dd towDs would gravitate to the South and that section would be the great cotton manufacturing centre of this country. Last year the cotton raistd in the Sou'h and used by these mills, was neaily 000,000 bales greater than that cf tea }ears ago, while the increase in the North was only 100,000 bales duiing the seme time. At this rate, New England, which has loDgclainud the monopoly in the matter cf cotton manufactures, j will noon lose that claim and the j South will be the great cotfon manu- i fuctuiiug district of tLe Uoited \ Vltofno k j ia ivo. The value of the output of lie ] southern states for the past year is estimated at ?1,500,000 000 Of this cotton naturally heads the list, with a total value of $350,0; 0,000; com j and lumber come next, with a valua | of ?130,000,000 and .<100,000,000, respectively. The value of the pig 1 P'ayi nrA/1iw?f 5c rvlnnr.J *i V f -T AAA AAA i 4 vyu J/A VU ?iV-t ?C piOLCU oc g2?;,VVViVU^i of coal at $15,000,000, and coke, the ! lowest on the list, at $10,000,000. j The southern fisheries and tobacco products are valued at $25,000,003 each, bog product* at $80,000,000; sugar at $10,000,000, and wheAt at $55,000,000. According to I ho Textile World s directory for 1900, just issued, the cctton industiy now operates a total of 21 057,085 spindles and 400,389 | looms. Massachusetts is still in the lead with 8,012. 831 spiudloc; Rhode Island second, with 2 090,138; South (Jiroliua third, with 1,701,057; North Carolina fourth, with 1,409,540; New Hampshire, with 1.313.023: Georgia, with 1.218,504: Cuuueetieut, with 1,040,1C5 The southern group of | states now operates 5,815,429 spindles, and tbe northern mills 15,242,554 In 1800 the South had 1.232,082 spindles and the North 12,721,341. The actual increase in number of spindles in the South iu ten years is 3,87,447, a gain < f 217 per cent. The actual increase in northern skates is 2,521,213, a gain cf 19 8 per cent. There has been a net gaiu also of shout 5,GC0 lccm8 on woolen gocda in the last two years. Glorious News Cjmes from Dr. D B Cirgile, of Washita, I T. He wtites: "Four bottles of Electric Bitters has cured Mrs. Brewer of scrofula, which had caused her great suffering for years. Terrible sores would break out on her head and face, and the best doc tors could give no Leip: but ner cure is complete and her health is excellent/' This shows - what thousands have proved,?that Electric Bitters is the best blood purifier known. It's the supreme remedy for eczema, tetter, salt rheum, ulcers, boils and running sores. It stimulates liver, kidneys and bowels, expels poisons, helps digestion builds up the strength. Only 50 cents. Sold by J. E Kaufmann, Druggist. Guaranteed. CAMPAIGN MEETINGS. 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