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...THE... SEMI-CENTENNIAL Wo want every ponton who possibly can, to visit Walhalla during tho.Semi centennial in August. It will bo a groat old timo. Everything for tho pleas ure and comfort of our guests will bo done, and there will bo no lack of amusements. There will bo moro people here then than over before-and all will bo well taken caro of. 185(). Welcome. Tho Semi-Centennial CJolol>ration of tito X^oiinclirig- of o,Ui tilla, August 33d ?nd 2 4. til. Welcome. lOOO. ...THE,.. SEMI-CENTENNIAL August 23 and 24-tho dates for Walhalla's Semi centennial Celebration will soon bo bore. Let every oitizon put forth an effort to make tho outire town attractive, and when our visitors como let us all feol that as individuals and as a town wo cannot utforti to lot a singlo guest bo anything loss than de lighted with tho old town. TO THINE OWN SELF BK THU Bl AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THK DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THEN BB FALSE TO ANY MAN. HY J A YNES, Will: LOK, SMITH ? 8TF.OK. WAL.UAl.LiA, SOUTH CAKOLINA, AUGUST 18. lOOO. NEW SE1UES, NO. 124.-VOLUME LI.-NO. 33. Can t W EVERYTHING NI HATS, GO WELL A! FROM TI LINE RIG Phone LT. A WORD FOR HIGH LICENSE. The Dispensary a '. Dismal Failure," bul High License Would Provo a " Blessing." COI.UMHIA, S. C., August 13, l?d?tors Courier : Tin1 people ol' this State are receiving a series of free lectures on a very great question-a question that has attracted the at tention of some of our greatest men ami one that legislators have ?grap pled with for many years without Kliding a solution. The question is whiskey- not good whiskey, had whiskey or indifferent w hiskey, hut j simply plain whiskey. This perplexing question, ol' which no mau yet has found the proper solution, has heretofore been dis cussed in this country from the pul pit, or temperance platforms by men who hud either the welfare ol' the people as their purpose or personal notoriety. This year, however, we are treated to a series of spectacular lectures on the whiskey question under the guise ol' Slate campaign meetings, and the lecturers oro :t score of men seeking the highest gifts at the hands ol' our people, and wini hope to bc placed in ollice one way or the oilier hy this same whis key question. The appetite of man is indeed a great controlling power, and, il seems, has overshadowed ?ill other questions relative to the honor and welfare of the Slate. All her great industrial questions ; hot' increasing cotton industries ; her large and un developed agricultural interests, and her growing and burdensome laxes are hist sight ol' ami it narrows down to the one issue-How the people ol" this great common wealth shall be supplied willi drink, if indeed they shall have any al all. Il is no use to write of the evils ot' whiskey, livery one knows the ourse that lurks in it; how it saps thc life of our young men ; blights happy homes and causes misery lo over spread our land. The writer, too, well knows these things and so docs every intelligent person. This part ol' the question is not being discussed in the campaign now being waged. The purpose for which the dispen sary law was originally enacted has been lost in some way or stowed away in some candidate's pocket. The moral feature is a dismal fail ure, ami it is now being used for the advancement of personal ambition and gain. A man dare not tamper with whiskey in any torin, be ho dealer or consumer, without being morally contaminated. It is ll wily devil that presents itself to men in luring guises of pleasure. It, brings forth a glorious halo of joy and makes fl man forgot sorrow and care for a time, but, like old phantoms, it. soon turns to pain and remorse. The artificial glow ol' pleasure it produces soon pales and becomes haggard, leaving its victim like a tree, the sap of which has been drawn away. A Stale dare not tamper with this sly monster any more than the individual, for as surely as it robs the individual and causes dis grace and abandonment, just so sure the samo fate will overtake that Slate which tampers with it. This part ol' this question is lost sight of by the men who are to-day standing up and telling us why the Stale should deal in liquor, and why they arc each Ind ter lilted than any one else to run the liquor business for the Stale, and that means every mau who favors it, every man who voles for it ?S nothing moro nor less than 0. liquor dealer, even though hr go to church and sit in the amen corner every Sunday in thc year and abuses his poor fellow-man tor drinking thc viii? Hill ff every day in thc week, These men dare liol discuss the moral side of this dispensary quos lion or the whiskey question ; for if they did it would return :i mighty wave that would crush them out of existence. They prefer to indulge in personal abuse and vituperation lu order that mon's passions may bo aroused and their minds kept from the real truth. And when ono of the purest men in our State dares tc CW IN MEN'S HA" ?LF OR OUTING 3 A COMPLETE : IE MANUFACT?E rHT THROUGH ! ?land up and discuss this terrible curse and paint it in its natural col ors, his character is assailed; ma licious intrigues are brought forth and untrue accusations are made against him in order to attract the attention of the people from the tiling itself and center them not on j the issue, but on the man. Hut you ! cannot fool the people all thc time. ' While these things are being tobi and the financial point is discussed j I w ill try and tell of some of the ! things that go on here at the seat of government, which I have observed during a residence of nearly a year. It is to be supposed that here in Columbia, under the very eye of the Chief Executive officer, that the dis pensary law would be carried out to : perfection, If not here, where? In the city of Columbia to-day are not less than 160 blind tigers that run open, bold and above board. The difference between the tiger here and places I have been elsewhere is that here they are not blind, but have good eyes. They do not hide away in tin- jungles and steal upon their prey, nor do they go prowling around at night. The hunter has no difficulty in locating them, nor does he need an experienced guide. The little half-grown fellows that live around in the suburbs, side streets, alleys and outskirts I will not notice. These are the ones that get their subsistence from the dis pensary during the day, and after ?Inly mixing and adulterating dis pense it at night. They are not strong and have not had the experi ence of the older and tamer animals ami are therefore easier to capture. They arc very necessary to the State constable, for without them he would be out of a job. Ile swoops down on them with a terrible whoop, and parades the act as a great deed in the enforcement of the great moral institution of our State. I pass these by ; they arti but young cubs and are too weak to injure any one. In the very heart of this city, on .Main street, in the business center, within tho space of three Mock?, are seven blind tigers, full grown .'?nd strong. They are cunning and sly, and, like their name-sake, beautiful, liach mark is perfect, and they look as innocent as limbs. The entrance to these places is from Main street. Voil will find till the fixtures of a lirst-blnss|bar-rooin, counter, looking glasses, and, in some of them a white aproned bar-lender. Von walk up to the counter, call for what you want, pay your money and get it. These places are run day and night, some ol' them having night attend ants as well as day. You can get anything you want, from plain beer to M II m m's extra dry. Yet there IH no effort made to close them, and until the campaign started and hot shot began to fly it was a ran; thing they were visited by a constable. I Jut ing tho past few weeks the constables have been making regular visits, but what doe? it amount to ? I know personally that they have found men drinking at the (iouhtcr and caught thc at tendant in the very act of handing his whiskey on the counter, yet not an arrest is made. They seize a few bottles of beer, kept there espe cially for the constables to get, and that is the end of it- Five minuten aller they are gone, tht! placo is running in full blast. I slood at thc floor of one of these places, saw them make a raid, and, as they walked out I walked ?ti, called for a glass of beer and got it. This is no secret. Thc whole ol' Columbia kllOWS it, Yet they ?tty they can't convict these people ; therefore, it is of no use to arrest and put the Slate to the expenso of frying them. They say the grand jury is to blame be cause they won't lind bills against (hom. What an admission of ut lei failure? The ( Jovornor of the State, tm advocate of this haw, who now asks re-election on this very ?pies 11 ion, admits this much. It, has brought about a sad ?tatt of affairs, Mon forget themselves i their honor and trust, ail becaum ou a Ha rs-LIGHT DRIVI HATS, WITH FA LINE OF STAPKE I.ER. COME IN A C. W. Bi of a bad law that lias no respect by tho people. Thc local authorities say the State is in the husitust for tho .notley that is in it. Lut thom look after it. The opinion is abroad in the land that a man who buys whiskey from a blind tiger and then testifies against it is a traitor ?md not worthy of belief. That is the way the grand juries look at it, and this state of affairs is brought .about solely by the disrespect tho people have for the law. If they will allow the same system to prevail by putting the dis pensary in the hands of private indi viduals and keeping the State out of the liquor business, a different state of affairs will be brought about. If a prohibition or high license law is passed men will respect either, and blind tigers will not have an easy existence. The dispensary law is used as a shelter by these men. They hide behind it and shelter under its pro tecting wing. Prohibition will not prohibit ; but it is better than the present law, for people will rcspcot a prohibitory law when they will not the dispensary. G'tVO tts high license and make il high. Let the man that loves tho merry cup and will have it pay for it and pay dearly. A sutVicicnt reve nue will be derived to give a good police system. I'se the money thus derived for police purposes, and, for the sake of decency, take it away from educational purposes. Don't let us educate our children with We are detern in order to do so, h go for cash. 8 to 12-ccnt PERCALES at All Organdies, cost. Anything in Straw Hats Ali Lad ic At prices that are ?. determined to sell next season. We get what you want xvLopv blood money ; better that they re main ignorant. Under a high license system tho liquor dealer himself, for business reasons, would see that the blind tigers did not ilourish. The local authorities would see to it that drunkenness and rowdyism were kept from our streets. A respect Would bo restored and people Would not purjure themselves as they do now. The dispensary btw is a failure-a dismal failure-not only as a police measure, bul from a moral and finan cial point of view. It corrupts good men and sheds innocent. blood. Think of these things well when you cast your vote in tho coming elec tion, and, if any of you doubt these things, cot .-to Columbia and I will take pleasure in showing you for yourself. It is said that "seeing is believing." <Jrv T. GltO'VK. PISO'S CURE ?anrr Von will never lind any other pill HO prompt and so pleasant as hewitt's Lil tie Karly Risers, .1. W. Hell. I? NG HATS, DRESS NOY BANDS, AS ] HATS, DIRECT ND INSPECT THE AU KN IC HT. SIX REASONS WHY A Proiniiicnt Citizen ot Greenwood Will Vote tor Mcsweeney. I'M i tor Columbia Record : 1 am going to vote for McSweeney for Governor, and I'll toll you why. 1. I liho bim personally. Ile is plain, unassuming, and at the same limo affable and sociable. Ile is a friend to those who are his friends and is without vindictiveness towards those wdio are not. 'J. 1 agree with his polities. I en dorse his position on the dispensary, on the educational question and on other questions of State policy. 3. He is an elliciont executive, lt is admitted that Utld?r his adminis tration the dispensary law has been better enforced than it ever was be fore and he has done it quietly and in a business-like manner, without the blowing of horns or beating of drums. Ile believes in enforcing the law. Take his action at Beaufort, at Florence, and in the Fons ease. Ile had no friends to make in either casi', ami ran the risk of making many enemies, ami yet he did his duty fearlessly ami saw that the law was enforced. A less courageous man-a man with less moral courage -would not have taken the (ionise that he did. 4. lie is his own man. Since bei has been in the Governor's chair bel has been Govornor, Ile is the crea-J lure of no man or set of men ; he isl ING ( lined to close out o ave marked them a! :YI to s cents. 10-cont Dimities, Figured ] Embroidery and LE trsost Given Av ss' and Childrc ;ure to move them, for cash at a sacriii< mean business, and . while you have a ? 3ctfully, not tin- manikin that jumps when the master hand pulls the strings. ?. This administration has been characterized by business-like meth ods .'md enforcement of the law. If the people of South Carolina want prohibition, and will elect a Leg islature that will pass a prohibition law, McSwccney will enforce that law as thoroughly and efficiently as Hoyt or any other tuan. Indeed, it strikes me that McSweeney would he the best man to enforce a prohi bition law. Hoyt, it is woll known, will receive practically the solid vote ol' thc hi i lld-tiger element. Il' lu is elected, could ho be very vigorous in enforcing the law against those who put him in office? Il' I wen; a prohibitionist, mid wanted to HOC tin law enforced, I would vote for pro hibltionists for the Legislature to psss tho law, and vote l'or McSweeney for Governor, so as to have au un trammelled, courageous man to en force ii. li. I am going to vote for Mcswee ney foi Governor as an encourage, mont and incentive to the poor boys of the Slate. McSweeney was left a friendless orphan at an early date ami his liest money was made ?is n newsboy on tho streets of Chatlos ton. Ile is now tho Chief Magis trate of tho State, and he lias risen by his own efforts and his own merit. I want to seo him re-elected, so that I can point to him and BIIOW to my boys that thc brightest station and honor aro possiblo for thom if they will strivo for them and deserve thom. CAROLINIAN. (J reen wood, August 7. Roturn Riplings. HKTUHN, AuguBt 13.-Crops aro onc-tbiul to half short, and forage ?own after harvest is very nearly worthless. -'Some few spots arc fine. Mr. Sam Piekens has moved his shingle mill on Mr. Julian's farm. Mr. John King, of Hulton, was through our section hist week on his way home in answer to a telegram. Quito a number of this burg nt tonded tho campaign at Walhalla last week. Mrs. M. .1. Hayes, who has been very sick, is some better. Mr. Wheeler Hayes and youngest daughter, of Town ville, spent several days with his son, Mr. ('harlie Hayes, last week. Mr. Amos and Misses Jonie and .Martha .lidian returned last week from an enjoyable trip to Picketts, Greenville and other places. Mrs. lillie Hopkins, of Anderson, is visiting relatives mid friends in Coonee. Mr. Willie Ertzborger visited in Franklin County, Georgia, last week. Miss Cleler ('rooks, of Anderson, is visiting in this section. Mr. Levis Hayes, of Poisser, is visiting relatives hero. The protracted mooting will begin nt this place next Friday night, the 17th instant. II. P, II. Millions will be spent in politics this year. We can't keep the campaign go iii;; without money any more than we can keep tho body vigorous without food. Dyspeptic! used to starve them selves. Now Kodol Dyspepsia thoo di gests what you oat and allows you to eat all the good food you want. It radi cally cures stomach troubles. J. W. bell. A gentleman must kiss every lady ho is introduced to in Paraguay. It is tho custom of tho country. ur entire stock of S Ll down to prices tl LAWNS at 7 cents. Lawns, and all light tee at cost. /ay ! in's Oxford Tic These and many 01 2e rather than carr; it will pay you to ijood stock to select I An interesting feature in tho Presi dential campaign was the declination last week of ('liarles A. Towno as the candidato for Vice President, j who was nominated by tho Populists lin May last. I Io withdraws in favor Adlai K. Stevenson, tho Democratic nominee. If leaves the pince to Bryan on both Democratic and Populist tickets. hook^ yourself! Is^^u^^ce^ covered with pimples? Your skin rough and blotchy? It's your liver! Aycr's Pills arc liver pills. They cure constipation, biliousness, and dyspepsia. 25c. All druggists. Wont your moria! AC he or brunt ? beautiful bru? II pr rli'li I.lui li V Then uno BUCKINGHAM'S DYE tf?. More than 0,000,000 persons in India are still receiving government aid, but tho condition is slightly im proved by tho rains ill some sections, ACCEPT THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. 1HE PBRflMOUNT ISSUE OF TBE Campaign is Imperialism-Congressman Rich ardson Mado tho Notification Speech. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., August 8. Tho city is a mass of bunting, Hags aro Hying from every house and bands aro ploying on all the princi pal corners. Fifteen thousand strangers arc hort) to witness tho no tilieation exercises. Mayor Taggart made thu address of welcome at 2.0*0 1*. M. lo Senator .Ionen and mem bers of thu notification committee. Chairman Richardson notified Bryan of his nomination at ?1 V. M. Bryan responded inn speech of acceptance. Later Stevenson was notified and accepted. Thc exercises were hold in Military Park. When tho HUM arose this morning it shown out upon a olear sky, thus rendering it quito certain that tho programme for conducting thc exer cises in thu upon air, ns originally decided upon, could he carried into effect. The weather was hot, to bo sun?, even at the carly hour of sun rise, and the heat increased propor tionately as Old Sol drove his char iot across tho heavens, hut this cir cumstance appeared to have no in fluence upon the throng of Demo crats, local and foreign, who had come out to hear their candidates for the presidency and vice presi dency formerly notified of their se lection to bb the standai i bearers of tho party and to see them started in the race for tho high goals at tho further end of the course. To be sure the people perspired, but all ac cepted tho occasion for this physi cal phenomenon as one of thc inevit able consequences of the season and nothing more. There was, therefore, no undue ill humor at the hot weather. Both Mr. Bryan and Mr. Steven son arose early and both expressed ummer Goods, and, lat will make them 10-eent MADRAS at 7 cents. Summer Goods at *s and Sandals bher goods we have y them over until come at once and from. & co. themselves as greatly refreshed by thi! night's sleep. "We are <juite prepared for the ordeal of tho day, if it may he called such," san1. Mr. Stevenson, ?'and it looks as if all would transpire most auspiciously." Both of them re ceived a number of callers during the forenoon, Thc exeorsises ot the day were inaugurated by a monster parade to the Military Bark. Sena tor James K. Jones, Chairman of the D?mocratie National Committee, presided al. tho exercises. Mayor Taggart, called the meeting to order, made a short speech welcoming the visitors to tho city and then turned tho meeting over to Chairman Jones. Congressman Richardson, of Ten nessee, mado tho speech notifying Mr. Bryan, and GovornorThomas,of Colorado, made the speech notifying Stevenson, to which ihe candidates replied. Mr. Brynn spoke, in part, as fol lows : "When I say that the contest of HIOO is a contest between Democracy on the one hand, and plutocracy on the other, I do not mean to say that all our opponents have deliberately chosen to give to organized wealth a predominating hill uenoo, in the affaira ? of the government, but 1 do assert that on tho important issues of the day tho Republican party is do minated by thoBO influences which constantly tend to olovato pecuniary considerations and ignore human rights. "In 1859 Lincoln said that tho Re publican party believed in tho man and tho dollar, but that in caso of conflict it believed in tho man be fore the dollar. This is the proper relation which should exist between tho two. Man, tho handiwork of God, comes first; money, the handi work of man, is of inferior ii .por tance. Man is the master, money the servant, but upon all important questions to-day Republican legisla tion tends to make money the master and man the servant. "The maxim of .Jefferson, "equal rights to all and special privileges to none,' and the doctrine of Lincoln that this should bo a government 'of tho people, by tho people and for the people,' are being disregarded and the instrumentalities of govern-1 ment are being used to advance the interests of those who aro in a posi tion to secure favors from the gov ernment. "Tho Democratic party is not mak ing war upon tho honest acquisition of wealth ; it has no desiro to dis courage industry, economy and thrift. On th? contrary it gives to every citizen the greatest possible stimulus to honest toil, when it promises him protection in the enjoyment of the proceeds of his labor. Property rights are most secure when human rights are respected. Democracy strives for a civilization in which every member of society will share according to his merits. "Republicans who used to advo cate bimetallism, now try to convince themselves that tho gold standard is good ; Republicans who were for merly attached to the greenback are now seeking an excuse for giving national banks control of the nation's paper money ; Republicans who Ubed to boast that the Republican party was paying off the national debt are now looking for reasons to support a perpetual and increasing debt ; Republicans wdio formerly ab horred A trust now beguile them selves with the delusion that there arc good trusts and bad trusts, while, in their minds, the linc Viet ween the two is becoming more and more ob scure ; Republicans who in limes past congratulated the country upon the small expense of our standing army, are now making light of the objections which are urged against a large increase in the permanent mili tary establishment ; Republicans who gloried in our independence when the nation was less powerful, now look with favor upon a foreign al liance ; Republicans who three years ago condemned a 'forcible annexa tion' as immoral and even criminal, do not oppose forcible annexation, That partisanship has already blinded many to present dangers is certain; how largo a portion of the Republi can party can be drawn over ,to thc new politics remain? to be seen. "In attempting to pass economic questions upon the country to thc exclusion of those which involve tin very structure of our government thc Republican leaders give new evi dence of their abondonment of lin earlier ideals of tho party and o their complete subserviency to pe cuniary considerations. "But they shall not be pcrmittoi to evade tho stupendous and tar reaching issue which they delibera tely brought into the arena of poli tics. When tho president, Supporte? by a practically unanimous vote o the House and Sonate, entered upo the war with Spain for the purpos of aiding tho struggling patriots c 'Juba, the country, without regard t party, applauded. When the wn was over and the Republican load01 began to suggest tho propriety of colonial policy opposition at one manifested itself. "Destiny is the subterfuge of th invertebrate, wdio, lacking tho com age to oppose error, seeks som plausible excuse for supporting i Washington said that the destin of the Republican form of govert mont was deeply, if not ll nail; staked on thc experiment entr?ste to the American people. How di feront Washington's definition ( destiny from tho Republican del nition. Thc Republicans say th: this nation is in tho hands of dost iin Washington believed that not on the destiny of our nation, but tl destiny of the Republican form 1 government throughout thc wor was entrusted to American hand Washington was right. ThCdostil of this Republic is in the hands its own people. SPRKCII OK HON. ADLAI STKVKN?ON. lu responso to tho itotifioation of ?is nomination .for tho vice presi dency, Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson spoke in part as follows : "Thc lavish appropriations by tho present Republican Congress, should challenge thc attention of all thoughtful mon. Subsidy bills and all unnecessary taxes are condemned by our platform. The accumulation uf surplus revenues is too often the pretext for wasteful appropriations o? tho public money. Tho millions oi money now accumulating in the treasury should remain in the pock ets of tho people. To this end, the Democratic party demands a reduction of war taxes to tho [government, and a return to the policy of strict economy in all gov ernment ox [lend i tures. "BcHvoing that wherever thoro is a wrong, there must be a remedy,' tho Democratic party will favor such legislation as will curb tho spirit of monopoly, and place an effootivo bar rier against the unlawful combina tions of capital which now provo an insuperable obstacle to legitimate en terprise and investment. Tho deadly power of the trust is felt in all chan nels of trade. This is but the be ginning. Is it too much to say, that unless restrained by Wholesome laws, wisely and efficient administered, tho langer becomes appalling? Fos tered by the Dingley tariff law, tho trusts during the present Republican id ministration, have enormously in creased in number and in power. A :lotormimod effort for their suppres sion must now be made. Delay would still further endanger every lawful business interest of the coun try "lipon every phase of our foreign policy the language of the Demo cratic platform is too clear to admit nf misconstruction. It favors trade expansion by all peaceful and law ful means. We believe that liberty as well as tho constitution follows thc Hag. Democrats, in common with many Republicans, opposes the Porto Rican law as a violation of the constitution, and thc flagrant breach of good faith toward a de pendent people. It imposes govern ment without consent of thc gov erned. It is in conflict with that provision of the constitution which declares that "Duties, imports, and excises shall bo uniform throughout tho United States." Bolioving that this constitutional provision applies to every part of the United States, WO condemn the tariff taxation im posed by a Republican Congress upon the helpless and distressed peo ple of Porto liioo. Such legislation -inspired solely by greed-is indeed tho harbinger of evil to the Republic "The Democratic platform con demns tho policy pursued by the present administration toward the Philippine islands. This policy-in spired by tho great spirit of com mercialism-bas embroiled our gov ernment in an unnecessary war, sac rificed valuable lives, and placed the American Republic in deadly antag onism to our former allies in their effort to secure their liberties. For the first time in our history wc are bodily confronted with thc question of 'imperialism-the spirit of em pire.' "This is indeed the supreme ques tion to which all others are of sec ondary importance. Before wc break irrevokably with tho past, and abandon the doctrines of thc fathers, it is well that we deliberate upon tho consequences of a permanent de parture from the settled govern mental policy of more than a cen tury. The success of the imperial istic, policy foreshadows tho empire. Shall tho closing hours of tho cen tury witness the American peoplo abandoning the sure pathway in which past generations have won prosperity and happiness, and em barking upon that of aggression and conquest, against which wo are warned by tho wrecks that lie among the entire pathway of history'? "As a necessary corollary to im perialism will como the immense Standing army. The dead hand of militarism will be felt in thc now world, as it is in the old. The strong ?inn of power will be substituted for the peaceable agencies which for more than a century have made our people contented and happy. I twas Jefferson who 8??(l ! "A well discip lined militia -our best, reliance in peace nnd for the lirst moments of war." The following extract from Bry an's speech is signi fi cant of bis po sition on imperialism : "If olected I shall convene Con gress in extraordinary session to recommend a stable government in thc Philippines, giving independence to tho Filipinos,and to protect thom from outside interference whilo they work out theil destiny, just as wc protected the Republic, of Central America and aro by the Monroe (loo trino pledged to protect Cuba."