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? ~BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1900. VOLUME XXXV~.NO v> Lined and unlined Suits of a cloth that doesn't muss easily ; that if soiled cleans easily ; that if wet doesn't leave water marks THAT'S SERGE. Our kind is blue, extremely light weight-single or double breasted. Full Snits $7.50, $10.00, $12.50 and $15.00. Evans' $3.50 Shoes \ Are like a patent medicine, good for both extremes of all cases. They aro becoming to tall and short men alike. They are the correct Shoes for daylight and darkness. They are worn by rich and poor. Straw Hats. Our Straw Hats are made by the Brigham Hopkins Co., of Baltimore, and we have the exclusive sale for them in this territory. They are different frc n the ordinary Straw Hats in make, style and finish. If yon want an up-to-date Hat "we've got your company." IL 0. Evans & Co, THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. WHITE FRONT. WHERE TO BUY ? IS a question often ashed by people who want the BEST VALUE for their Dollar. We have endeavored to se\l Gooda at prices to suit the "times," and so far have been Euceesafiil. "We do not iutend stopping at this, but propose to give you more "sound" Goods for your Dollar* than we have heretofore WE WANT YOUR TRADE, atd if prices and equare dealing will help to get it we can keep it. We carry full lines in Dress Goods, Sommer Goods, Trimmings, Notions, Millinery and Shoes. In our Grocery Department you will find only the best Goods at low prices. Flour, Tobacco, Molasses and Corn. We guarantee Prices and Gooda. Yours truly, *. MOORE, ACKER & CO, DR. MOFFE??'S ? ?l?&^Jn?atfos, Alis GIses?os. F FT HIN BL ^^sHS Ba Ba I ll I IV rm ?uta Teething etty. (Teething Powders) JLJLTEETHINA Relieve? the BowsS Costs only 25 ce&ts at Druggists, ANY ACE. :K > Orm*U?5ecntatoC.J.MOFFBTTB M. D" ST. LOUIS. MO* CHAMPION' BINDERS, MOWERS, AND REAPERS. THE purchaser of a Champion Binder or Mower gets a written warran ty containing this CI?UEC : "The eccentric wheel on the Champion Binder is warranted to give.? gain of sixteen and two-thirds per cent in power for ^binding. The force feed elevator on the Champion Binder is warranted to waste le. s grain than the elevator on any other Binder. The Master wheels on the Champion Draw Cut Blower are warranted not to lift from the ground when the cutter bar meets an obstruction. Thc cutter bar on ihz Chasapioi? Draw Cut Mower is warranted to be adjustable, so that the on ter end may bo brought forward to keep the cutter bar in line with the pitman, and the sections maybe kept always properly centered in the guards" Think of it '2 These are important features on Binde? and Mowen. Ko other machine contains them. There are more genuine improvements on the Champion Machines in tho last few years than all of the others put together. There are more of them in use in 'Anderson County than any other make, and every purchaser is more than Satisfied. This speaks for itself. Wo have a Binder put up ready for operation at our Store, and we would be glad to show it to you. Remember that we ara the sole Agents, and Champion Machines cannot he obtained from ony one else in this territory. FROM THE NATION'S CAPITAL. From Our Oten Correspondent. WASHINGTON, D. C.. Juno 18,1900. The course ot tho United States in Chinese affairs will unquestionably be far different to-day from what it would be at some future time-say next sum mer-under similar circumstances. By the later time the election will be over and the President, whether he is Bryan or McKinley, will be free to act with out much regard to the exigencies of politics. To-day it is quite possible that McKinley may hesitate to carry out his obligations to protect British interests in China while she isattcmpt ing to crush the Boer Republics. He knows that for the United States to go to war whether with thc Boxers or with Russia for tho sake of England, would be very unpopular, and will probably drift along, hoping that all may turu out for the best. He has already gone as far as he dares, doing what no other President has ever ven tured to do before by committing the United States to the "concert ot tho Sowers," in fact, if not in name. In iplomatic circles here it is roundly affirmed that Russia is behind the H ccer rebellion and that she is trying to take advantage of the engagement of British in South Africa to establish herself firmly in the heart of China, shutting out the rest of the world. If the United States will not really op pose her seriously, the only power to st rt nd in her way is Japan and the uni versal belief here in government and diplomatic circles is that war between Russia and Japan, is likely to break out any day. While the Republicans pretend to be hostile to trusts, und passed a farcical anti-trust resolution in the House dur ing the closing days of the session, their real attitude on the subject is well known. If there were nothing else, their action on the armor plate proposition would be conclusive. Sen ator Hanna, as high priest of the armor trust, denounced with extraordinary vigor the proposition of Democratic Senators to fix a price for armor and, in the event the manufacturers would not accept contracts at the figure named, to build a government plant for the manufacture of armor. The Ohio Senator, who is also chairman of tho Republican National Committee, insisted that the time had come to "take the armor plate question out of politics" and to make it purely aud ex clusively a "business matter." This, it may be said, is also tho view of the armor plate manufacturers and monop olists generally. They are as anxious to get the question ot high prices out of politics and to moko it wholly a business transaction as the Republican ?oliticiaus. With tho assistance of the iepublican majority in both branches of Congress they have succeeded. The "discretion" of the Secretary of the Navy is all that stands between the United States Treasury and tho exorbi tant demands of the armor monopo lists. If Mr. Long decides that our navy must have the new ships author ized by Congress without delay tho Armor Trust will get any price it sees fit to exact. Mr. Long is a man of integrity; but under the act of Con gress he is authorized by the represen tatives of the Republican party in Congress to pay whatever he regards as a reasonable price, and he may con clude that any price the armor makers may demand is reasonable in the year of a Presidential election. This is the result of applyi-g what Mr. Hanna designates '"business principles" to transactions between trusts and the government, lt is an elegant arrange ment for the trusts, but a bad thing for the Treasury. The trusts should be willing to contribute handsomely to the campaign fund under such circum stances. In every Congress there are a num ber of men who devote more time to their private business than they do to the affair*: of the nation. This Bas de veloped into a crying abuBe, and Rep resentative Gaines, of Tennessee, thinks it ought to be corrected. He introduced a bill on tho last day of the session prohibiting a member of either branch of Congress from ? accepting private employment while holding publio office. Mr. Gaines1 bill was par ticularly aimed at the corporations, though the effect of it ultimately would be to cut members of Congress off* from all of the avenues of private employ ment. The theory upon which his proposition is based is that private business cares very seriously interfere with the public duties of thc lawmaker, to say nothing of thc influence upon his judgment and vote which connec tion with business institutions may have. "I do not expect to get my bili through this Congress," said Mr. Gaines, "though I am going to push it with all my vigor at the next session. I shall keep it before the country until the Democrats get control of Congress, and then my bill will become a law. I am convinced by my experience at Washington that no legislator can do his duty properly by serving two mas ters at the same time. When I get tired of Congress or my constituents get tired of me 1 shall quit and go back into business. But as long as I am a member of Congress, I propose to de vote myself wholly to my public duties. The record shows that the men who have followed this mle have made the best Congressmen and have remained here longest. I shall try to have the Democrats make this proposition an issue in the forthcoming Congressional campaign." Billy Mason, the rotund Senator from illinois, and President McKinley have kissed and made friends and both will null together to save Illinois to the Republicans this year. Billy will cease his attacks on the President, abandon the Boers, introduce no reso lutions nf inqsirj cr ?Ji?nmihv Wlthnnt I m-ob finding ont whether they will be agreeable to tho President, attend ?he Republican convention and take the stamp for McKinley. The latter, on the other hand, will see that Billy is restored to good fellowship and that he is admitted to the public trough and has jobs enough to make himself solid for re-election some two years from now. A most ingenuous story of the way the reconciliation was brought about is told. It is said that the Presi dent told no less a personage than Senator Hanna that while he regretted the attitude of the ?onior Senator from Illinois on the policy of the govern ment, bo believed Senator Mason was sincere, and notwithstanding the at tacks upon the ndministrxtiou he en tertained a warm feeling for him. This information, it is claimed, reached the ears of the Senator, who was natur ally pleased to know that he had not gained thcenoity of the President by the forions attacks made upon him-. Tho two mot at tho capital ou tho dav before adjournment, bowed, smiled, blushed, shook hands ana decided to let tho cruel war be over. - mm ? .?< - The State Campaign Begin?. Tho following is a report of tho tirst campaign meeting sent out by the As sociated Press from Charleston nuder date of Juno 14 : Tho State campaign meeting started out to-day at Orangebmg in red hot fashiou. Tillman said it waa a regular monkey and parrot outlook. lt is evident that tho plan outlined is to push Hoyt and Mcsweeney to tho wall. Patterson took thc lead iu tho attack and i umped on Mcsweeney vig orously. To begin with, Patterson accused Mcsweeney with being in polit ical league with tho blind tigers iu Charleston and Columbia and thou, to round ott' tho period, read a recent edi torial from the Oconce News in which Editor Vernor said he had tho proof againct Mcsweeney that he patronized tigers. Mcsweeney got up and em phatically said tho charge was false, and there that matter ended. The proof is tho next step if there bo any. Then Patterson snid every ene thought tho Governor was paying for all the papers ho was getting and pay ing for, but he found the State was paying for them all, and even paying for the Hampton Guardian and tho Herald and News. Mcsweeney ex plnined that it has been tho custom, and ho wanted data on State affairs. Patterson also jumped on tho Gov ernor for paying $20 for a picture of the Governors of tho State. Gary favored dispensary, but wanted each county allowed tho chance to say what-it wanted. Patterson and Gary both jumped on Hoyt for an editorial in Tho Mountain eer last January, in which he is al leged to have written in eft'ect : That prohibitionists and opponents of the dispensary should go together as far as they could and destroy the great whiskey machine, which is the emped imcnt to prohibition, and let's agree as we can upon a plan which will give prohibition a major part of tho terri tory wrested from tho common enemy. Col. Hoyt was in this thought to be in sincere. A. Crane Jones entered tho race for Senator and made a brief speech Tillman was received with old time ardor, and ho said ho would go to South Dakota or elsewhere and enter contests if he could do auy good there. He will attend but few meetings. Jones mndo a general argument, mak ing no attack. W. D. Evans, J. H. Wharton, J. N. Etheridge, J. E.Petigrew, H. B.Evaus, and T. N. Berry entered tho race for railroad commissioner. B. B. Evans wns lively. Ellison Capers, Jr., and J. J. McMa han had a "bit of a scrap in their con test. J. H. Mooro is running against Bel linger, but does not expect much. lt. H. Jennings and Dr. Timmerman are having a pleasant race. Derham and Brooker livened up bit. Sloan, Blease, Winkler, and J. H Tillman are in thc race for Lt. Gov ernor. Tillman got after Blease and Wink 1er for buying Harris Lithia water. The Election in Cuba. HAVANA, June, 17.-Gen. Alejandro Rodriguez, Nationalist, was elected mayor of Havana yesterday, polling 13,073 votes, against 0,643 cast for Senor j Estrada Mora, independent. The total vote fell about 4,500 below tho regis tration. Tho National party elected its entire ticket, eighteen councilmen, the treas urer, ono correctional Judgo and three municipal Judges. The other correc tional judgeship fell to rn independent candidate, as did also the fourth mu ncipalj ud geship. Of the six other coun cilmen, four aro Republicans and two Nationalists, who ran independently. Reports from every part of the island go to show that perfect order prevail ed at the polls. Not a shot was fired, nor was there any sign of distorbance anywhere. m9>-*i-mmm - The attorney general has given out an opinion in which he holds that county boards of dispensary control aro without authority, unless the mern? bera hold commissions from the Gov ernor. Up to. this time none of the newly appointed members of county boards have been commissioned, and consequently all are without authority. - Mr. H. H. Beard, manager of the Southern express office at Yorkville, released 07 carrier pigeons at daylight ? on Monday, 11th inst., for a flight to New Egypt, N. J. A postal card from D. W. BuHson, manager of the pigeon loft, stated that one of the birds arriv* ed at 7:84 p. m. the day of their release? Three other birds got in before dark; bnt the remainder of the flock did not report until next day. Catarrh Canst bs Cared ?Uh IiOCAL APPLICATIONS, aa they ?Minot reach tho neat of tho disease. Catarrh ia a blood or COMM t atlonal dise wo, nd ht order to car? It ira mast tan Inters*) remedies. Hair? Catarrh Care le taken Internall/, and acts directly on the blood and mucous carnee*. Hall a Catarrh Core la not a qnaek medicine. It waa prescribed by on* of the beat physicians In thia country for years, and la a rentar prescription. It is com posed of the best tontos known, combined with tho best blood' purifiera, acting directly on tie anneal surfaces. The perfect combination of the two Ingredients Ia what prod aces auch wonderiul resulta in curing Catarrh. t?;nd for testimon?ala freo Soli by Druggists. 75c. Hair. Family PtUaJare the bast. STATE NEWS. - The capital of thc Lancaster Cot on Mill is to bc increased to one mil- 1 ion dollars. 1 - One ot' tho candidates in an upper county carries a hoc around with him 1 u his buggy. 1 - lt will not be more than four weeks now before South Carolina will ( [lave some new tobacco in the market. 1 - Mr. Walt. Whitman has been ruled out of the gubernatorial race, lie could not raise the $50 assesssinont. - The Greenville Kew? says that farmers in that county will have enough wheat this year to sell and bring them $75,000 to #100,000 in cash. - The colleges of the State in the recent meeting of the executive com mittee at Columbia "set down" ou all paid baso ball players for the comiug year. - It is said the Atlantic Coast Liuo is about to reconstruct tho Port Royal and Western Carolina road, straighten out its kinks aud put it into tirst-class condition. - There is a fanner liviug within four miles of Newberry who never bought a thing in his life ona credit and has not purchased a bushel of corn within twenty-five years. - In Darlington County a white boy killed his mother a few days ago for the sake of her pension, which she had just drawn. At best he did not get more than twelve dollars for his bloody work. - The board of trustees of Wofford College has persuaded Dr. Jas. H. Car lisle to act as president for another year. Tho announcement created great enthusiasm and general rejoicing in tho State. - Tho fact that Edmund M. Rhett, of Charleston, stands fourth in this year's graduating class ut West Point shows that the Southern cadets still make their marks at our national mili tary academy. - George Calhoun, colored, who lives on Mr. Janies Steitle's farm near Bradley, unhitched his mule from tho plow aud iode under a tree to take shelter from a storm when a thunder bolt killed Calhoun and the mule. - A little sou of Mr. C. F. Tillman, of Edgeticld county, about ten years old, was bitten in tho back last week by a mule suppossed to be mad. A mad-stone was applied to the wound, but it did not adhere. The mule has since died. - Mrs. Mattie Hughes, who has been tried four times for killing her husband in Greenville aud who is under bond on half a dozen indictments for selling liquor, has disappeared. Her stock of goods is worth $10, and is mortagaged for $040. - Dr. E. H. M ur fee, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has been elected President of the Greenville Female college to succeed Dr. Riley. Dr. Murfec is a graduate of the University of Alabama in the class of 18(10 and has been en gaged in college work all his life. - Dispenser Brown, of Cheraw, has been found $305 short in his accounts, and, upon further investigation, it has been discovered that Mr. Brown had given no bond. It is thc same old story over again and the State will probably be th? loser os usual. - Mr. Jas. H. Moore, of Charleston, who is n candidate for Attorney Gen eral, is advancing some very sensible propositions concerning the policy of the State government. A local option law for liquor control and a penitent tiary term for Col. Bill Neal arc among them. - At Winona, near Florence, a freight train ran over two little boys, sons of Henry Grout. They were asleep on tho track between the rnilB and must have raised up their heads as tho engine passed over them. One was killed outright, and the skull of the other was horribly crushed. - The eight months old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. CriBp, of Garys, died after suffering for three months or more from a peculiar accident. The little fellow was given a box of buttons to play with, and got a button or hook in bis windpipe, from which he suffered for several long weeks until death re lieved him from pain. - The death of Lewis Kinard, a col ored man living near Saluda Old Town, was caused by an accident in handling a shot gun. He was mounted on a horse and when the gun was handed him by a companion, it was discharged in some unaccountable way. The load took effect in his left arm and he died from the shock and loss of blood in a short time. - Hon. Thos. N. Berry, of Darling ton, who ??B chairman of the Prohibi tion conference held in Columbia on tho 33rd of May, was authorized to se lect a committee of five who will have charge of the campaign in the State on behalf of the Prohibition candidates. Mr. Berry has made the following selection:' Jos. A. McCullough, of Greenville, chairman; C. C. Feather*' Btone, of Laurene, W. P. Houscal, of Newberry? J- W. Hamel, of Lancaster, and D. J. Bradham, of Manning. This committee under the terms of the res olution providing for its appointment will look after the county organiza tions. In a number of the counties there are campaign committees already at work, but it is intended through this means to perfect an organization that will effectively urge the cause of Prohibition in every township of thc State: (Jouerai New? Item?. j - Ono Georgia fruit grower liasor lered 5,000barrels in which to ship his e )ear crop. *? - four men were killed and fourteen J ivere badly shocked by lightning at ,1 Jacksonville, Fla., .lune 7. - It is estimated that the Egyptian 1 ?ottou crop this year will be equivalent to i,000,000 American bales. - In Philadelphia dining the month of dune marriage licenses have been is sued at tho rate of 128 per day. - The governor ot Arkansas lias ottered tho Hoers 5,0oo.ooo acres ot hind it* they will colonize in that State. - lt is estimated that the increased price of cotton this season has left two hundred million dollars more in the South. - The acreage in cotton is more than a million acres greater than last yern as estimated by Lathan Alexander & Co. New Yolk. - It is reported that John K. McLean, of Cincinnati, has sent his personal check for $25,000 to Bryan to be used in the campaign. - Dr. Broughton says there i.s a di vorce for every twelve marriages in Georgia and an even larger ratio in the citV of Atlanta. - Nearly six million people are being fed by the world's charity ill the famine district in India. Kain lins fal len there at last. - A census enumerator in Philadel phia was informed by a woman living in the Sixth ward, with smiles and pride, that she was the mother of 21 children. - The largest number of immigrants ever received at un American purl in j one day arrived at New York on May 17. They came iu six ships and num bered 5,082. - Among the few congressmen who have been uuanimonsly renominated John B. Kcscham, of New York, holds the record, having been chosen by ac clamation sixteen times. - W. D. Bender, who died at the College Hill Sanitarium at Cincinnati, Ohio, n few days ago, destroyed $43, 000 worth of Government bonds beforo his relatives could interfere. -- The U. S, court ot* claims has de cided in favor of Admiral Sampson against Commodore Sedley, in Samp son's claim for the prize money on ac count of the destruction ot* the Spanish licet. - Governor Mount, of Indiaua, has refused to honor the requisition of Gov. Beckham, ot' Kentucky, for the return of "NV. S. Taylor, holding that the man could not get a fair trial in Kentucky. - Levi Brisson, of Danville, Ct., is the father o?" forty-two children. Ho isa French Canadian, 72years old, and weighs 110 pounds. His present wife is his third. Ilia iirst wife bore him six children and his second twenty five. - Belle Boyd, the famous Confeder ate spy, died at Kilbourne, Wis., Juno 12th, aged 57. She did good service foi the Confederate army during tho war. After the war sho married a Federal oflicer named Hardinge. For several years past she supported herself by lecturing. - Out in Weat Virginia twelve Ital ian laborers were found dead in thc woods. A contractor who was build ing a railroad lost provisions from hit store house. The negro cook put ral poison in flour and meat which was also stolen. There was some connec tion between the stolen meat and f he dead Italians. - ltobert Avery, of Winsted, Conn., who had his clothes stolen while iii bathing, wandered in the woods ad jacent to thc stream for two days anti 1 nights. Ho was shot at and chased by I dogs as a wild man whenever ho ap peared, until finally ono courageouf mnn got close enough to hear his story and bring him some clothing. - Ono of the most remarkable lawf ever passed will soon go into effect ii Winchester, W. Va. The city council of that place passed a law requiring overy citizen to pour kerosene oil oi every open pool, and that every opei rain barrel shall have the spigot at th? bottom. The town is infested witl mosquitoes, and the law was enactet in order to make the place an at trac tivc resort for summer boarders. - When women go to buy a dress ii Japan they tell the shopkeeper thei age, and if they are married or not because there arc special designs fo the single and double relations of li fi as well as for ages. The consequenci of this painful custom is that you cai tell the age of every woman you mer and know whether she is married, p\c cisely as though she wore labeled. - A full-blooded Jersey cow, owuet by the members of the Oak Island life saving crew, performed a unique feat near Babylon, L. I., the other day The cow became possessed with a de sire to return to her home on the main hind, and had been running wildly ui and down the meadows for some days Suddenly she plunged into tho lagooi opposite the station and struck out fo the mainland, five miles distant. Thor was a strong wind blowing and a heav; sea rolling, which broke over the co\ nt every stroke she took, but she mad tho distance and climbed up ou mead ow land on the country sent of lien jamin Stephens, a New York million aire, where sho was overtaken by mern hers of the crew who had started ii pursuit. Tho^cow seemed uninjurci bj' her ndventure. It took twenty-tiv minutes to swim the five miles? Municipal Ticket. Mit. LlttTOlt: Allow nie in tin? inter st ot good KO vern men t ami a wise, conomical adminiKtration of the af iiirsot the city to surest the follow ug ticket tor municipal offices, to serve ining the next two years: For Mayor-J no. Iv. Hood, 'or Altiermeii: Ward 1-Fred tl. Brown. Ward '2-Dr. .1. C. Harris. Ward 51-C. S. Sullivan. Ward 4-Jim. T. Harriss. Ward ii-1?. Iv. McL'ullv, .Jr. Ward 0-ll. IC. Ligon.' VOTER. A Pica far (iooil Hoads. GOOD Hon:, S. (;., June li). Mn. EDITOR: Will you kindly grant is a small space in the columnsot your ?inper, in which to prcscut to the Hon >rable Board of County Supervisors i>t And er p on County the condition ol' the public roads in tho Corner Town ship, with the hope that they may see tit to have some needed improvements made on them. We have refrained up to tho present from making complaints with tue hope that our roads would be worked out, but as very little work of any conse quence has been done, and as our roads, as a whole, are in a bad state of im provement, and seem likely to remain so, it is our conscientious right as tax paying citizens to inquire why out roads have not been thoroughly over hauled and put in first class condition. The middle of Juno has passed and July almost upon us; our taxes have been collected, some paying $1,00, delinquent tax payers paying $1,50; and not withstanding all this not a singlo road has been worked over with a scrape, and ns to convict labor, we can scarcely expect that, as they are utilized in tho Piedmont and Pelzer section, or some other portion of upper Anderson County. Now, such things ought not so t J be, and it is tho duty of the County Supervisor to seothntwe get good roads, and as we have elected iilm to that ollice, aud as he promised to give us better roads, wo certainly look to bim and not to any one else to give us what we ask It seems as though other portions of Anderson County have been more highly favored, especially those living on the main thoroughfares leading in to Anderson, for a radius of about 0 or S miles ont, therefore wo cannot un derstand why it is that wc caunot get our roads put in the same good condi tion. Our taxes, as we have said, have al ready been collected, and yet in tho ;dace of the good roads that we ought to get for it, we have only a mere pr? tention at roads, in some places not much better than an ordinary Indian trail. True, our Township Supervisor has had a few deep holes tilled up, but as to any work of any consequence having been done, uone has been. Now we ask the County Supervisor to look into this matter ami seo that our roads are j put in lirst-clnss lix. Last summer I and year before our roads were only run over in August or September anil dusted, and if such is what we are to {jet this summer, we would be glad io mve the scrape kept out, as snell roads are worse than no roads at all. Now, if wo have a road law in An derson County requiring all public highways to bc worked out and put in good tlx and ns we have paid our taxes to thc same and as tho timo has come ! and passed when they should have boen worked out and as they are needing it, then it is our right to demand that tlicy bo worked or know tho reason why they are not, and to know what has become of our money. A prominent gentleman of Anderson spent two days in tho Corner recently and traveled over ail tho roads and he expressed surprise nt our had roads, and said they were a disgrace to An derson County. i We hope that our Supervisor will see his way clear to send hands into out Township nnd have our roads worked out an wo are tired, yes, worn out and disgusted, with what wc have. Also we would bo pleased to see some places widened, as there is scarcely room for two buggies to pass. The law gives 30 foet. Hoping to get better roads at a very early date, and wishing tho same to the rest of tho County and tbnnking you, Mr. Editor, Wc are, very respectfully, J. M. STACKS, ALBERT S. BOWIE. A New Suggestion as to the Whiskey Question. MK. EDITOR: AS prohibition is going to bo ono of the issues in the campaign this year, I do hope the candidates who run on tho prohibition platform will give us some feasible solution of tho liquor question. As a prohibition ist myself 1 claim it just as much harm or sin to buy as it is to sell liquor, for no man can sell anything except there be a buyer; besides the wrong consists not in the, buying and selling, but in the abusivo use of alcoholic drinks. Everybody admits there is no harm in tho use of whiskey for medicinal pur poses. Now, Mr. Editor, a* it is no moro harm to sell than to buy, and no mancan sell except there bo a buyer, just let our Legislature members see to it that a law bo enacted to mako it a crime to buy, sell or drink liquor, except for medicinal purposes strictly. Now I know full well that this will not suit some, and possibly most of the so called prohibitionists, for they only want to prohibit the other fellow from drinking while they can still satisfy their own hAnatiy \n*i at pleasure, j Now, Mr. Editor," as to the mode of Iiunishment for the breaking of the aw, say, for instance, drunkenness, let ino punishment be six months (br a greater or lesser period) on the public works of the County, and if the ono who is drunk will furnish sufficient evidence to 'convict tko one who sells' him the intoxicant, then give him half of the punishment, otherwise let tho drunken one pay the full penalty, and let the same rule apply to buying and selling. Of course, wo all know wo will never have the old barroom system in vogue again, and if we cannot have prohibition that will prohibit, lot's keep the dispensary and keep on inl {vroving and enforcing it rather than lave prohibition in nnme only. I make these suggestions that tho peoplo may ponder thorn. Of conrse there aro a great many miuor details not described hero in refereuco to the enforcement of tho above propositions. VOTER; - The new tax on cigarettes has al* ready paid $0,500,000 into the treasury*