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P TO THINK OWN SELF UK TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THEN BK FALSE TO ANY MAN. BY JAYNE8, S HE LOK, SMITH Afr STUCK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CA KOLI.NA, JUNK 21, lOOO. NEW SERIES, NO. 110_VOLUME Id._NO. 25. WE V y J We ar ^^vr?)Piques, Gin vou want a We ha is the leadi Phone 17. N. B.-Try on^. Cake of Soap, both June Days In Oconcc. Tho swoot month of May lias passed us hy, Anti .I tint; has taken its place, Anti the next tn CO1U0 is nhl July, With all its fruits to taste. "I.ay-hy time" is thawing neat Only another mouth : Anti theil we'll hang way tie gear Ami sentteh tie "rod hug humps." Kat peaches and blackberry pies. And watermelons, too, And lake a nap and knoek tie llics, And whisper, silo! sin?! De little melon has already come lt conics before tlc bloom. And it makes Hill's motif water To see (lom como so soon. lt won't be many weeks Itoforo we'll have dem ripe A ni bound to carry tho editor Olio, Anti those that set the type. ARP ON NEW WORDS. Bill Has to Consult Dictionary for Their Moaning. When WC were little school boys it was a big thing to spell "Baker." When wo roached "crucifix" wc bad visions of expansion and sus- : ponders and when wc progressed to "unintelligibility" and "incompre hensibility" we thought there were no nuire worlds lo conquer, lint there were, for :i way on near the last page was a catalogue ol' jaw- | breakers, such a "ph-l h-is-ie," which wc called "tisio," and "m'tohilim'tcki nae" nnd "bonny clabber," etc. Wc innocently supposed that the old blue back spelling book contained ? ?ill the words in the world, but by anti by we found out that we were ' only in thc rudiments. Thc little j dictionary and Knglish Kendor mid Murray's (irani m ar and Smiley's I Arithmetic were all ahead o? us,1 In course of lime, however wc learned to parse, which is a I ititi word taken from "quac pars orationo" -wdiat part, of speech. Then wc mastered thc rule of tinco, which is now called proportion, and so,m advanced to taro and trot, winch wc wdiisperetl was "enough to make the devil sweat." About this time wc began to wear shoos all thc year round and to blush our hair, and had picked OUt a sweet heart ami held her hand on thc sly when we stood up lo recite, and sometimes wc used the look'mgglnss to sec how tho downy beard \?as coming. W in n well up in our leons we were pro moled to tho institute and intro duced to Latin and (?reek and Alge bra ami History. I remember Ihc lirst sentence in the old "Historia Sacra," "Deus Crcavil eocluni cl terrain intra sex dicss"-Clod ere ated the heavens and the earth in six days. It was like a confession of faith and made a more lasting im pression, for we had to study it oui and parse it. I remember our his tory and how Thoinps Allan, who had been poring over Alcibiades, I'ericles, Th ney ides, Sophocles aol Demosthenes, suddenly came oil ll sentence beginning with Ihc word "besides," and he called it bes i des," and thereby gol tl nick name thal stuck to him through lifo. Hui would mell have long siioc forgotten our Latin and (?reek, except the small words that make up much of our modern Knglish. Kven ii limited knowledge of Latin timi (?reek is .a great lld vail t ?ge and great comfort in defining our language. It is of inestimable value tn profes sional tuen, lo doctors and druggists, botanists and horticulturists and those who cultivate Howers. Hui no one can readily read Latin ol (Jroek nowadays except Ihe Profes sors and teachers in our schools. Not long ago I pondered over a Latin preface in a very old look and had to give it up. I turned it o\ci to Professor Daves ami hr rendered it very beautifully ami no doubl cor rectly, hilt his good wife told mc tts a secret thal he worked on it ever) night till midnight for a whole week with his coat off and the pe rs pi rn lion OO/.illg from his classic brow. ! wrns ruminating about these things, because i caine across some words to-day that I never beard 0? VANT YO e now offering soi Lghamsand Percales, t 5 cents per yard, ve just received a li: ng one for 1900. ? of our 5-cent pack for 5 cents. i and had lo consult tho big dictionary I For a moaning. Of course wu nave to make new words ail lin-time to koop up willi inventions ?ind science, but these words are old, ?is old as .lohn Calvin, and ihoy seem to have cre ated :t mighty discussion in making up thc Presbyterian Confession of Faithjut Westminster Aliboy -?'?() years ago. I was perusing an edi torial in a New York paper in which it was stated that over forty Pres byteries of the Northern church were in favor ot' amending the Con fession of Failli and going back lo superlnpsariauism, which was tho doctrine (d' .lohn ('alvin. That the Westminster Confession was sttblap siuarian ?md not Calvinistic. That was :i revelation to nie, ami so I have been rending up on these abstruse things and lind that lhere was a long and biller discussion at Westminster ?is lo whether (?od decreed the doc Itjine of election before thc creation of man or aller he fell. CaKin de clared the former, which he called sublapsinarinnism, but tho West? minster Assembly declared that the decree of election and reprobation was not determined on by God until Adam had sinned and fell. I tell you, my Christian friends, those two long words are to the common mind as unintelligible and incomprehensi ble as were "unintelligibility" and "incomprehensibility" t ? ? mo when a schoolboy. 1 have got along with out them all these years and 1 am not going to strain my mind with them now. There is enough in thc Sermon on the .Mount to gnuie us and comfort us in the journey ol life. These old-time theologian* were di sperately in earnest on doc trinal malters, for they were in a mighty controversy with a might} foe and no man had a right to be lieve tts In pleased and be at pence Kven Calvin had Scrxclus arrested and burned as a heretic because lu denied the trinity of tho God Head, Serv?las was :i Unitarian in failli and ii good man in all the relation? of lifo. Sonn i inn s I fear we liav< loo much complexity of doctrine. I inean sonic of the preachers and theologians of thc schools. The people tire all i ight nod give them selves very little concern about doc iiinc They want preachers ti preach about life and duly, how ti live and how to die. 11 is not doc Irine thal takes converted peoph into this chu rob or thal church. I is association - predilection - ottl fathers wens lhere or our mothers ot our special friends, and wo wor shiped there or attended Sunday School when children, and we. let' more al hom" there. The pcmiliai doctrines rd' ibis church or ilia (.bundi are not considered. Not om member in lon can tell thc diff?rend between (Calvinism and A rm i niau ism ami I . I. ?ubi v bel her a di ly.en ( 'mi fission- ol' Faith can be lonni among the members of nov Presby t crian chu rc h in Ge? irgia, What tin- humble Christians < any I 'rot cstnnl church waul is simple Christian fail li ant anglei willi nbs!ruso doctrines ami lon words of learned length ?ind limn dering sound. They put on ITeavenly Kallicr away off almo, oui of reach, though St. Faul di elan s thal be is very m ar lo every one ol' us. I rec'd I some verses th; come lioinc to nie w 11cm. ver I he; a preacher indulging in doctrine concerning election, prenestinatio ?md free ugo ney and shouting awn over the heads of tho poi ?plo. A pin ish pi ?esl of Austin ly dimed up a high church steeple 10 hr nearer God, ami from there hm dow n 11 is word nillo 11 is people.. W hen l he sun w as high, When t he sun was low, ile sal unheeding sublima ry things, And with the Lord was ever plead i II S'ow ami again when he hean! the croi i il I he weal lu i vane a tin nine, Ile closed his eyes and said: "I know I'i om < .od I now am learning.'' 11 is pious though ts ho dillly w rot c, Thinking that they came from heave Ile dropped them down on his peoph heads Tw icc every day in RC veil. I II his old ago God called u ' id : "I Hine dow II and dio,1 And lie cried front oui Ibo sim , "Where ai t thou, bord ?" Ami thc Lord replied : "I)OWn here among My people.'' ne special bargains All the Yard-wic1 tie of KABO CORS C. W. B ages of Washing I That is a beautiful hymn that .Mrs. Adams wrote-"Nearer My God lo Thoo," and it would grieve tue to have il loft out of the new hymn book. She was very pions mid gifted woman, though she wiis a Unitarian. Complaint has been made that, the hymn ignores the trinity, but it was founded on the story of Jacob'? dream and there is no trinity in that. Let it slay there. Dr. Howe, Mrs. Prentiss and Mr. Charles Robertson have three others close by on the same subject that have llie same meter and enough of trinity to satisfy anybody. Many of thc most beautiful hymns in our collection wen" written by non-Pro testants ami non-professors. Some of thom are by Roman Catholic priests and some by Tom Moori', who was said to have been the most licentious poet in all Kngland and did not belong to the church. Ile wrote a volume of hymns and among them is, ..Como Yo Disconsolate." Who would rule that >;..l ? riiese reflections on old Father Jacob and his ladder provoke me to say that it must have taken a (loo? trine of election and some amazing grace to have kept bini in the favor of Clod, for ho was a selfish mau and kept an eye out for his personal gain. Ile began by defrauding bis brother out of bis birthright, and later on tricked his father-in-law out of his cattle, and after ho awaked from that dream at Bethel ho tried to make a bargain with the Lord ami said : "If Cod will bc with mc and give mc bread to eat and raiment lo pul on, ami I canne lo my father's house in ponce, then shall the laird be my (?od." Almost any sinner would do that now and even some church members will vow to give a hundred dollars to the chu rob if they make a thousand on a certain specu lation. Un.i. Ann. Hues it Tay lo Kuy ('houp A cheap remedy for coughs and colds is all light, hut you want something that will relieve and cu 1*0 tho more severe and dangerous results ol' throat and lung troubles. W hat shall you do? <?> to a warmer ami more regular climate? Ves, il possible; if not possible for you, then lu either ease take tho ONLY remedy Lhal has been introduced in all civilized countries with success in severe throat and lung troubles, "l.osehce's (?crinan ! Syrup." ll not only heals and stimu lates thc tissues to destroy tho gorm disease, bul allays inflammation, causes easy ox pi e'"oration, gives a good night's res!, ami cures tho patient. Try ONK bottle. Itccommended many years by all druggists in tho world. Kor sale by J. II. Darby, Walhalla. Thc Cost ol thc Boer War. lt is estimated thal thc cost nf the Hoer war lo England is about fri,000,000, 01 m. This is a pretty ligure for a racket of only eight months duration, but it w ill bc remembered that our civil wareost at. least slim,lion,ooo.nun. Thal great conflict wiped out our slave properly, and mil lions ?d' dollars were licked up ill the Ila ines. The racket Iud ween tho Doers and tito llrilish and bel w een our people and the Filipinos amounts to VOry little in (ann pal ison. Kill it is too early lo ligure up the tidal cosl of the Hoer war. Tho actual cost will ionic later, and in a more (aliphatic shape Iban ligures, ll will come in tho shape of n demoralized civilisation of a country dissevered, discordant and billig cl ent. The ( Ional lilli ion. All who sn Uer from piles will be glad to learn that DoWllt's Witch Hazel Salve will give them instant and permanent relief, lt will ( ure eczema and all skin diseases. beware of counterfeits. .1. W. Hell. President Kruger is reported lo have carried $10,000,000 with bini when be loft I'rotors, and thu Dallas News remarks : "Again tho cry goes Olli to him to come lo this country and live in il, if he is too old to grow up with it. Any State in the Union would boglad to receive an immigrant who carries such bag? gage." (loorg? Douglas Rouse, of (marles ton, is a candidate for Adjutant ami I nspector ( icncral, ? ?. I.'e|mi is show i hat over (Ifteen hundred lives have been saved through tho use of < ?ne Minute Cough ('ure. Mos! of these wer" eases of grip, croup, asthma, whooping cough, bronchitis and puen monia. Its early use preven?s consump tion. .1. W. Kell. siESS! ? in Lawns, le Sheeting ETS, which AUKNIGHT. 'owder and 5-cent C. W. B. Wc Need a Marriaqo License Law. A m nm ugo license hill was intro duced into the last (Jecoral Assem bly in tlie State and passed the House to meet defeat in thc Senate. The main argument employed to kill (he bill was that a marriage license net in South Carolina was a stepping stone towards divorces. Then the purely sentimental objection was raised against the measure that young folks should be allowed great latitude in their love affairs, and to require marriage licenses would be to restrain ami discourage the mar riages. These objections were all conjured up to prevent thc passage of a good law, like which nearly every State in the Union has seen proper to adopt. Who has not seen the unhappy consequence of childish and ill-advised marriage ? A man must be twenty-one years of age be fore he can reach man's full estate. This law is based on the experience and wisdom of ages and in the busi ness affairs of life it is recognized and obeyed, but in contracts involv ing the sacred and important mar riage relation it is too frequently ignored ',o the sorrow of all parties interested. The law in this Stale takes no stop toward preventing hasty and premature nuptials. It has no reliable method of keeping ti e records of marriages, which a proper license law could provide, and in order lo trace up inheritances this is often a matter of much conse quence. Under our present slack system a stranger is frequently known to drop in and marry some poor young girl ami her leave at will with no recorded evidence against him. The ceremony was performed before parents am! friends could investigate. An application for a license would give the matter some publicity, re stilling often in the exposure of these scoundrels. Instead of the adoption of a mar riage license law being an opening for a divorce law in our State the effect would bo just the contrary. Such a law lessens thc demand or need for divorces, because it will re duct; tho number of unfortunate mar liages, lt will prevent in a great measure the ii ii ion of youthful girls and boys who are not qualified men ially or physically lo occupy tho re sponsible relation of mau and wife. Candidates for thc General Assem bly might lind some food for thought and discussion if they will take up this matter tm the stump this sum mer. There is hardly a session of the Legislature that, does not witness thc introduction of Rome sort of a marriage license bill.-Anderson Daily Mail. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain .Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy tho sense ttl' smell timi completely derange tho whole system when entering it. through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never bo used except on prescrip tions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold ft) tho good you can possibly tieri vt; from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by V. .1. Cheney .V Co., Toledo, <>., con tains no mercury, ami is taken internally, noting directly upon tho blood and mu cous surfaces of the. system, lu buying Mall's Catarrh Curo be sure you got tho genuine. lt is taken internally, ami made in Toledo, Ohio, hy V, ,t. Cheney ?V Co. Testimonials freo. Sohl by drug gists, price 7."?c. per bottle. Hall's family Pills arc Hie host. I1',ven [ho Itopttblicail House passed an amendment 'o Die Sherman anti-trust act which would make tho law more ef fective, but tho Republican Sonate would not oven consider tim measure. Let. any mau dare lo raise his voice in tho 11 ni tod States Sonate against, tho trusts ami tho partners and agents in that body of organized grood rise anti smile him. SIMS WHIM Alt iLStfAlR I OIIKII Syrup. TUMM (Ioort, lino lo (lino. Snlrt hy rtriij/Klfttt._I The Alabama (beat Southern railroad sent a freight traill over half a mile bing into Chattanooga reeontly, lt. oaino from New Or leans, and was drawn by two loco motives. OASTOIIIA. iWri tho J$ IH8 KM Voil HM Always Bought WORLD COMBAT PENDING. Significance of Evonts Now Going on in China. [Jatuos declinan In Now York Journal.] It is no secret that tho six. groat powers of Europe have been steadily preparing themselves for tho breaking up of tho Chinese Empire. Japan and tho United States have also mndo ready for the collapse of the Manchu dynasty. Tho whole world will feel the shock of tho colossal events which are impending in Asia, and thc spray of missionary blood which has set fleets and troops in motion toward Ticn-Tsin, is but the first signal of a struggle that will probably involve every important nation. The assembling of war ships in tho Gulf of Pc-chi-li is not an accident. It is a part of a plan matured long ago. It is tho first step toward thc partition of China and her four hun dred million inhabitants among tho great powers. livery important statesman in Eu rope has predicted that thc political roof of Asia would crash in th is year or next year, and that tho first out break against Christian missionaries would set the process of dissolution in motion. The thing that is about to happen will chango the map of the world. It may overturn more than one king dom. During my stay in China last year I learned enough to know that civi lized Europe had officially decreed the death of the Empire. Ami when I reached Europe 1 found the Ame rican ambassadors in thu great capi tals had been instructed by Secre tary Hay lo secure from tho govern ments to which they were accredited definite pledges that, in the event of tho breaking up of China, the "open door" policy would hold in all new territory acquired by them. It was well understood that this agreement between thc powers of the world, scoured through tho efforts of tho United States, was made necessary by unmistakable evidence that (?Inna was powerless lo resist the all-en gulfing movements of Kessia. The fall of Poland gave tho Czar a window looking ont on Kuropo. Then began bo Russian movement toward Constantinople. The Black Sea was to bc the base of a great Kassian fleet. This movement was checked by England, and the triple alliance, formed under tho Presi dency of the Gorman lim poro r, has ever since resisted the efforts of Pan-Slavism lo force a military out let to the Mediterranean. Kassia turned ber face from im pregnable Europe to tho far east. Her engineers planned tho Siberian railway, a steam highway six thou sand miles long. This was to give Kassia thc outlet in tho Pacifie that had been denied to her in ICuropc. Then came the China-.l ap??ese war. Japan drove tho Chinese army out of Corea, and an army corps, under Field Marshal Yamagata, oc cupied the hermit peninsular. Japan crossed tho Yellow Sea and invaded Manchuria. Twenty-three thousand Japanese soldiers, under Pichi Mar shal Oyama, conquorod an empire of four hundred millions. Il is true that tho Japanese did not go beyond Port Arthur, Wei Hai-Wei and Tien-Ch wang, but there is no doubt that Oyama's coin pact little invading force could have inarched from one end of the ('hi?ese ICmpiro to tho other without meeting effective opposition. I accompanied the Field Marshal and saw every where complete and unmistakable evidence of the military impotency of ('bina. The treaty of Shimonoseki gave a province of Manchuria, including the powerfully fortified harbors of Port Arthur and Tal ion-Wan, to Japan. Russia, backed by Franco and Ger many, forcod Japan to waive these territorial rights on the Chinese main land. Then Kassia moved swiftly. Ky supporting the Emperor of Corea against tho rough domin?t ion of the .I ap??ese, the Czar's influence be came supremo in (.'orea, which ad joins Manchuria, and will furnish a seaport termination for the Siberian railway-a naval base, free from ice in winter weather. Kassia guaran teed and partly furnished, the money for the heavy war indemnity ex acted by Japan, and thus acquired a hold on China. Presently tho world was astonished by the news thal ('bina had coded, or least, for ninety-nine years-virtually a sale Talien-Wan and Port Arthur, with its gn '.t dry docks for battleships. The meaning of the Siberian rail way dawned on tho mind of Kuropo. Russian diplomacy was tireless, re sistless. Chitin yielded to Russia to build a railroad from tho main Sibe rian line down through Manchuria to Port Arthur. And thou Russia poured thousands of her soldiers under the thin pretence that thoy were railway police-into Manchuria. To-day Manchuria is in effect a Kus8ian province. Inside of a year or 18 months the great Siberian railway, which runs across tho top of Asia, with spurs touching Persia, Northern India and China, will bo completed. China is hopeless. Her Tnung-li Yamcn is lilied with doddering old Mandarins intent upon blackmail and careless of thc public interests. There is no national sentiment, prac tically no anny or navy, and no scheme of defense, external or in ternal. lt is tho past passively re sisting the present and future. The young Emperor is dither dead or a prisoner, and the ruthless Empress wields whatever power she can. All is confusion, corruption and decay in China. Strong European statesmen have attempted to save herby means of internal reforms; but thoy have had to give up the impossible task. The Chinese re former, Kltng Yu Wei-a really en lightened and broad minded Htates man-for a few days got control of the Chinese throne, when the young Emperor assumed power. I le began to apply modern principles to Chi nese probl?me in the hope of avert ing tho doom of his country. Too late ! Thc Empress seized the throne. Kong Vu Wei fled for his life, and all his friends were butch ered. The peace treaty between China and Japan opened many Chinese ports. As foreigners pressed into tho interior tho Chinese grew more and more hostile. Missionary blood was shed. The German Emperor seized Kino Chan and Great Britain took Woi-llai-Wei, close to the. Kassian bases at Port Arthur and Talion-Wan. The direct route to Pekin and Tien-Tsin lies through the Gulf of Po-Ch i-Li, past the Taku forts and up tho Polio river. Russia holds one side of this gulf; Great Britain and Germany thc other side. All are ready to strike. Japan has never forgiven Russia for taking away from her tho Man churian territory, ceded by Chinai The Japanese government bas almost bankrupted itself in effort to build a navy strong enough to resist Russia Japan has ber revenge in sight. Tho United States has interests in the Philippines and an eye for con quest or acquisition-which evor word may bo more acceptable-in tho threatened empire. And so thc forces of death, greed, international jealousy and sleepless ambition arc gathering at tho gate way of China. This may bc only thc preliminary movement. It may bi' succeeded hy months of diplo mat ic wrangling and intrigue. But one thing is certain. Tho pressure Oil China will grow greater every dav, tho riots and disorders will in crease, tho desire for territory and trade will set the imtnagination of all nations on lire, and then, this year, perhaps, the oldest, empire in the world will tumble down and every great nation will havo a Chi nese colony. Either that, or Russia will seize Asia. Di::zy? Then your liver Isn't acting well. You suffer from bilious ness, constipation. Aycr's Pills act directly on the liver. For 00 years the Standard Family PHI. Small doses cure. 25c. AU druggists. Want your litottllnclio ur bearii t\ beautiful brown or ril li nim-k ? Thon UM BUCKINGHAM'S DYE f?Ufi?V. ' 'j*-?-uj^!'ii''i-Si '' \?m &-c-?-?***"".*> m .'v.. Without warning 0,500 employes of the Illinois Stool Works have been thrown out of employment. Kvcn tho oltlcials of the company are saitl to he unaware of Impending shutdown, until tho order from Presiden! Gary came like a chip of thunder front a cloar sky. Tho number of persons involved in the (dosing up of the works cati hardly he hiss than 10,000 anti may he as high as 20,000. Other steel works are threatened with a shut down willoh may swell the roll of suffer* ors to 00,000 or 70,000-all more or loss dependent on these mills for work with Which lo earn their flail) bread. Tbl. the result of t rust, management. Th s is Mc K i uley prospority, Small in size anti great in results aro 1)0Witt'S Little Karl HiSOI'S, the famous little pills that cleayiiso tho liver and bowels. They do not gripe. J.W.Holl. GOV. McSWEENEY'S PLATFORM. He Stands on his Record and Successful Admin istration of Affairs. COLUMBIA, ?Tuno 12.-Soon after filing his pledge to-day Governor McSweeney made public the follow ing statement, which gives Borne idea of tho platform upon which the Chief Jixeeutivc will ask ie-eleetion at the hands of tho peoplo of tho Stato in tho coming primary election. The Governor will be at the first meeting at Orangeburg on Thursday and pro poses to attend every meeting of the campaign, unless prevented by im perative public business : "In entering the campaign as a candidate for the nomination of Gov ernor I expeot to stand on my record in the administration of thc ollice during the time I have held it. Upon that record I ara going beforo the people and ask their endorsement. If an administration has been success ful thc custom has been to endorse it hy are-election, andi invite the clos est scrutiny of the administration, and if it has not been successful and busi ness-like and non political then I do not expect or ask the peoplo to en dorse it, but if it has been business like and free from blunders; if the affairs of tho State have been admin istered by me as Chief Executive in a wisc and judicious manner and in such a way as to emphasize thc fact that I have endeavored to be tho Governor of all the people and have carried out my promise that I had no political enemies to punish and no political friends to reward ; if fac tional differences have been wiped out and the people have boon brought together ; if there has been progress and prosperity in the State under my administration ; if the law lias been enforced and peace and Ljood older have prevailed through jut the State ; if these things are and have been, then I feel that [ have a right, and it is my duty, to ask my fellow citizens to endorse my administration by giving me the nomination in the approaching pri mary. And I believe that the sense J? justice which characterizes the peoplo of South Carolina will give the endorsement I seek. I stand [.cady to meet any criticism of the administration, and I desire only to be judged by tho record. "Much has been done during the the past year to restore good feeling Among our people, and to bring all factions together, and to get the peo ple in harmony and working together for thc progress and development and upbuilding of tho State. "The State has gone forward more rapidly in tho past year in material ilovolopmout th aft in several years preceding, and every day wealth is seeking investment in our borders and new enterprises arc going up in ill portions of the State. The people are happy and prosperous. Business conditions are good. The adminis tration has the confidence of the business men and all of the State officers arc working in accord for the advancement and development of South Carolina. "Tho management of the State Hospital for the Insane is excellent and economical. "The affairs of tho Penitentiary are In excellent condition and the superintendent and board of directors have managed the institution with good business judgment. "ruder the reorganization of the dispensary the management has been good and entirely satisfactory. The board of directors and commissioner are working in harmony. "The chief plank in my platform is that I have honestly and faithfully tried to do the right as I saw it and to conduct the affairs of my ollice on business principies and free from politics, and to recognize in county affairs tho right of local self-govern ment. Neither have T assumed to discharge the duties of any other department of the Government, but have referred all matters pertaining to tho different departments to which they properly belonged. "AH to my position on those mat ters Upon which there is difference of opinion I refer to my annual mes sage to tho fiOgilatures. "The education of tho people is the bulwark of our form of govern ment. An educated yeomanry is worth more to the perpetuation of our Govern.neut than large standing annies or great navies. I favor tlx hearty and liberal support of our common schools, for it is only in these that tho great majority of om children can be educated. I am also in favor of sustaining our State in institutions of higher learning-not extravagantly and yet not niggardly The policy of the State in this mat ter is settled, and it would not bi W?BC now to oripplo or injure theta ty withholding what is necessary for hoir proper and adequate mainton ince. "In my message I recommouded a mall appropriation to mako soaroh br tho Black report, which wa? oon lidored necessary to establish the slaim of tho State against tho Gone al Government. This roport, aa a csttlt of this recommendation and ho appropriation which was mado las been found and forwarded to ,o Senator Tillman, and it is hopod ,hat it will supply the missing link lecessary to establish tho claim of ?he State and thus enable the State o pay the claim of the General Jovernment against the Stato and lave a considerable balance to our ired it. "As to the dispensary, my position m this question is well known. In a ?roular, which I issued in August of ant year lo the magistrates, I stated hat 1 believed that the dispensary lysteni, if properly and wisely on oreed, was the best solution of tho iquor question yet devised. I took he same position in my message to he Legislature and I have had no iccasion to change my views on this object. Muon of the opposition that orin orly existed to the dispensary ystera has now been changed into ts hearty support, and even many if those who still oppose it aro wili ng to give it further trial and havo teased their active opposition. "I also issued last, year a circular Otter to the mayors and intendants ?f the towns and cities of tho Stato isking their co-operation in tho en oroemenl of the law. They with me accord promised their hearty oo ipcration, and I believe tho records viii bear me out in the statement hat the law has been better enforced luring the past two years than ever lefore since it was put on the stat ite books. "I reduced the constabulary forco, ind in the selection of constables lave endeavored to neetiro men of iharador and standing, and I am {lad to say that in the enforcement ?f the law there has been no conflict ictween the constables and the citi ons. Tho constabulary force is now onsiderably smaller than itwaawhon came into ollice, and I believe I an truthfully say, without invidious lomparisons, much more eflicient. "In the City of Charleston by wise md discreet management we wero mablod to show that the United Status officers were using tho Cus om House as a storage for blind igor whiskey, and, without conflict >etwccn the State and the national LUthorilies, and as a result of the in .estigation in this case, the most no orious Republican in the Stato was emoved from ollice and another, and hope better better, man put in his dace. "Of course there are still violations if the law, but when it has come to ny knowledge that the law was icing violated, and the illicit salo of vbiskey was being engaged in in any lommttuity, 1 have promptly sont ?flicers there with proper instructions f possible to stop the illicit sales. "I know there are good and true nen ami Democrats wdio arc hon ?8tly and sincerely advocating pro libition, but I am fully convinced bat prohibitory laws will not pro note tom peroneo, the object sought >y these people, but on the contrary, f a prohibitory law was enacted ?lind tigers and the illicit sale of vbiskey would increase and tbero vould ho no machinery and no r?vo lue with which to put a stop to it. ?\>r this reason many of those who tro in favor of the open bar room and he sale of whiskey are advocating irohibition, because they are con ineed in their own minds that pro libition will be a failure, and if they ?an by these means repeal the dis icnsary law they feel that they will hen be in a position to secure what hoy want-thc sale of whiskey tin ier a license system. I do not be iovo that it would bo wise or good udgmenl at this limo to have tho State torn up by a change of system br the handling of the liquor qttes ion, and for that reason, if no other, t, would be better to let the dispon iary system stand. If the honest md sincero advocates of temperance .vould stop and consider I am suro bey would reach the conclusion that ,ho dispenssary system, properly nan aged and enforced, is a bettor eniperance measure than prohibition iVOItld bli. "In addition to this il is not tho ?rovineu of the Governor to enact aws, bul simply to see that those ?laced on thc statute books by tho Legislative department are enforced, md the election of a Prohibition Governor would not mean necessa rily tho enactment of a prohibitory law. "I will attend all of the campaign meetings where they do not interfore with my ollicial duties."