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Intelligencer. Published every Wednesday. J. F. Cl>WK80ALE8, \ EDITORS AND V. Ti. CHESHIRE, f PROPRIETORS. TEEMS ? ONE YEAR, - - - - $1 50 SIX MONTHS, 75 WEDNESDAY, JULY ll. 190?. VALEDICTORY. With this issue of The Intelligen cer my connection with thc paper as editor and co-priotcr ceases. This step I have bceu forced to take on ac count of my bad health, and I rogret it exceedingly. In leaving The Intelligencer it is a pleasure to feel that I transfer tho paper in a healthy condition of pat ronage to safo hands, whoso expe rience and ability will warrant its readers to expect the influence and usefulness of The Intelligencer to grow. The Intelligencer has today nearly 2,000 actual subscribers, and MoBsrs. J. F. Clinksoales ?-nd Victor B. Cheshire, who will continue its conduct, may bo relied upon to make it an able and fearless exponent of thc interests of Anderson County. In leaving tho paper, thereforo, I feel that the readers and patrons of The Intelligencer will suffer no detriment. A retrospect of the past always uiingG before us more or less to re gret, and in this parting moment I desire to say to my brethren of the press, as well as to the people of An derson County, tb it in the eonduot of (The Intelligenoer I have endeavored to be fair and osndid at all times, and have never hesitated to apeak plainly and strongly where I . thought occasion demanded. If in so doing I have appeared in any case to be harsh, or have unnecessarily wounded the feelings of any person, I truly regret it. I earry none of die controversies of the paot with me, and hope that the same charity whioh I so freely extend to others will be ex tended by them to me. It hes been my aim to serve roy County and my State lu the conduct of The Intelli gencer. I have tried to advooste that line of policy whioh I believed to be best for the greatest number of the people of my County and State, with out roferenoe to the clamor of the timer, and in so doing have often, I knot*", aroused antagonisms whioh I would gladly have avoided, hut I did not feel at liberty to serve my per sonal preferences at the expense of convictions of duty. The publio know how far I have sussseded cr failed in the purposes whioh actuated me in my editorial oareer, and in tak ing leave of journalism, for awhile at least, I am confident that, despite many failures sud short comings, I will receive the oharitabls judgment of tbs people of Anderson County. The generous encouragement and support vr LI vu X have ::z?\rzl from the people of this County in my Jour nalist? oareer shall never be forgot ten. Trusting that the hand ?rhich con trols the editorial department of The Intelligenoer in the future will make it a greater power for good than I have been able to do, I respectfully bid the . press of the State and ths readers of The lutcHigenoer adieu, with the best ?wishes for tho prosperity and success of esoh and evory one of them. C. C. LANGSTON. ! THE MEW MANAGEMENT. Mr. C. C. Laagston, who has been tbs editor pf The Intelligencer sines 1888, has beenforced to retire on so count of his health and has sold hie interest in the paper to Mr. Victor B. Cheshire, of this city. Mr. J: F. Oliuksoales retains his interest in the paper, ?pd, with Mr. Cheshire, will continue the publication of the parier. Th? nsw s&?nsgerosnt will at onee equip the office with a nsw outfit, in cluding a linotype, a nsw press, fol der, et?., and just ss coon as the new machinery eau bs installed will print The Intelligenoer twice a week. Later en we will print a daily if the adver tising and business will j UBtif y -jjt and ws are conrdenk it will, i mm-t m mm ' Senator Tillman's Sandy Fistspeeoh last Saturday was a general rehash of of his address to the peopls through tho press of about two months ago.' He still says the dispoL^ary is the best solution of the liquor Question and that he believes it eau be puri dad. Ee suggests moro pians to run / thc dispensary, bat they all leave plenty ot room for corruption and ? .*".' '? :* : S*'V", . . . .. ?? ' ? ; ? Hon. J. Fraser Lyon, the man who .?'.<?? nts done BO much in exposing tue . graf tera of tba dispensary, And who ls ft candidate for Attorney Gen era! of fe the State, appears to bo the most , popular candidate in the campaign ' smarty had !s s? most ocrUiu io be the '#tie*t> Attorney General. CANDIDATES SHOULD DECLARE THEMSELVES. The ono groat issue in tho campaign thie summor ia whether tho Stato dis pensary shall continuo, either aa it is or in some modified form, or bo abol ished* altogether. At no ii.no since the dispensary system waa established bas the fight against it been BO strong and so persistently mado. Under tho provisions of the Brico law nearly one half of tho oounties in tho State have held elections and voted out thc dis pensary. Thia act gives to eaoh joun cy thc privilege of deciding for itBelf whether it shall or shall not ?eil whis key through dispensaries and thus modifies the law BO as to give thc peo ple a greater sharo of home rule. Along with thc fight for and against che dispensary system goea the con teat over the question of repeaUng ? the Brice law. Of tho candidatoa now in tho he'd for governor there ia only ono who stands for thc diapensary aa it is now administered. Tho other advocates of the system are in favor of modifi cations of the law wbioh, thoy think, will bring the desired reforms. Then I there are those who favor tho aboli tion of tho State dispensary and urge the establishment of county dispen saries, reserving the right to the peo ple of deoiding for themselves whether they shall have a dispensary or pro hibition. Othes are opposed to the dispensary or tho Bale of liquor in any form. So the difference io opinion goes. Whatever solution of the question ia reached, the matter largely w?th ibo m?mu?r? GI inc ?v^cf?l =s seinbly. The boase of representa tivo o has heretofore had a majority against tho dispensary, while the Senate has had a majority in its favor. It is highly important that tba voters, in order to cast their ballots intelli gently, should know jost how eaoh of the candidates who offers for the Leg islature stands on this issue. It is a common thing for some candidates to dodge a question like this. The de sire to win the popular approval and to get votes from men cf every shade of opinion naturally tends to make some candidates evade an issue. This is not right. The voters should know - ow eaoh candidate stands on any question before he has a right to ask for th:;ir suffrage. The candidates for the Legislature will be asked through the columns of this paper to state briefly, pointedly and emphatically their position on the following issues: (1) Do you favor the dispensary system; and, if not, what are your views in regard to the sale of liquor? (2) Are you in favor of the continu* ance of the Brioe sot: and, if not. why not? Upon this important issue tho can didates must make their positions clear. There is no excuse for eva sion. _ _ THE CITY ELECTION. ' > While the Intelligencer does not make a practice of espousing the cause of any man or faction in U???? cipal polities, still it has the . best in terests of the oity at heart, and .**?? this reason it reserves tho right at all times to offer suggestions SB to the betterment and permanent improve ment of the city. At this particular time when a new set of offioers are to be. selected by the people to serve in the capacity of mayor and aldermen for the ensuing two years, it behooves every voter to ponder well tho qualifi cations of tho candidates who offer for oleo lion. Character should bs the k.cyooto to every voter's standard. First of all ho should satisfy him self of the personal purity and honesty e? tho candidate who asks his suf frage. If dishonest mea and men of selfish aims and motives are elevat ed tv poaitiona of trust sud honor, It Ul becomes tho people to dsnounoe ia righteous wrath and indignation prac tices of graft and time serving and of the abuse of publie office for the building op of private interests. The maa who abuses his position ia this way is ss a rule no Wore? than his oouatituents as by their votes they say to the world: This is my representa tive, and so a o on a tituonoy is rightly judged by the class of mea it el ea ta to represent it. Again, simply oseante a man has msde s oompeteaoy for himself ont of' bis private business Should not be sn argument lo his fa vor against a mani who has not ac cumulated so much of earthly goods. Ills aol always the most s noe es Bf ai biBinesaman who is tbs best repr? sentative of the people or who ia hest acquainted with the*needs of the peo piel for there is no guarantee thai he will gi ve to his publie duties the samo attention that fas has given Ms privat*' affaira. Bat what is needed most is strong mea who have the courage of their con viotioRa and who will cot ba blown about With *Vr?y wind that blowe and mea who ?Iii ??i bow iU ^Waea^^sa?ti?^iX mind of tba voter, he can well afford to branch oat io tho consideration of the issues involved in the election, but issues as a rulo are a useless adjunct looysry election with tba av?f*g? vot? es* pe?^tf ^ *0 dictate tho choice of candidates the voters mind for he usually makes ' eseWtion ?a prejudice and alara, garda tho queatioas of inanes, ?ot ^dioe sad that ?ci candida^ ia a every issue and require the candidate who seeks bis BUpport to declare bis position on these issues dearly and without equivocation. First of all, there should bo a revision of the pres ent license ordinance, wonderfully and fearfully wrought as it is, that will equalise the burdens of taxation and require every business to pay a tix upon the amount of business done, or upon the amount of profit de rived therefrom, or any other fair and equitable arrangement that will do justice to every mun. It is manifestly unjust to make one olass of business men pay a tax based on the amount j of business done, while another favor t ed olass arc dismissed with a friendly flat rate an a nominal assessment. The present condition of a majority of tho residenoo streets of the oity should demand a change of policy in the street department. Quite a num ber of them are in a wretched condi tion for driving, while tho sidewalks aro well nigh impassable. We would not underestimate the valuo of our permanent improvements givon us by the present counoil and by its imme diate predecessors, for they are all good and they were improvements that were imperative; but now that wo have all that are actually needed, it is time to call a halt on paving ut.til somo of the streets on the out skirts of the city and some even nearer the square should hsve somo attention, ouch as the building of sidewalks and tho paving of drains. Entirely too much time and expense have beon inourred in the improvement of comparatively unimportant streets of the city-, and favoritism of this kind Voing only a species of graft, should be guarded agaioBt with all the zeal end ardor of the voter. Tho man with an ax to grind ia a mighty good man to keep o?r the counoil. Pub licity is the bane of all who would use public money to enhance their own private property; and so every candi date ohould be required to pledge his efforts to have an annual exhibit made of vhs rscsipvs aod e^pssditsrcs c! the oity government, showing the de tailed souroos of revenue and on what aooount expenditures were made. Again, the first aot of the new council should be to repeal the last sewerage extension ordinauoe, for the very good and sufficient reason that it is nevei too late to retrieve an act of bad faith. When the election for voting bondi for the installation of a sewerage sys tem was before the people of the oity, it was then charged by the opponent! of the measure that it would only be i short time till the use of the sewerage system would become compulsory bj aot of counoil, and ao persistent wat tbiB objeotion urged that it became neeeBBary for the friends of sewerage to pledge the votors all over tbe oit] that auch a thing was absolutely ridi onions and had never bean ooctem* plated. It was pointed out by thc sewerage advooates that it might bi made compulsory within the fire limit! but that it would never be extended beyond these limits. This was eon strued as a pledge by the voters of tht oity, and a pledge made by the most influential men of the oity oould -not be disregarded, and the votera having never been betrayed by those men aoaentsd the pledge and voted for th? issuance of bonds. Every man whose pledge baa hoon violated should UBI this very opportunity to keep fsitt with his friends by demanding a pledg< from the alderman who aspires to rep resent bis ward tb&t he will favor tnt repeal of the extension ordiuanoe anc let the people rest from their oontiu burden of enforced expenditure J on property. . As there will not bi * ?'<sy dispensary fund from which wi \ can draw now, it is mandatory up?i the voters to bear in mind tue rae that oity expenditures must bo on and that with a due and dieoreet se icctiuu uf ?ldcrus^ sud mayor whi will not be improvident and waatefu it is possible that a great deal of worl ean be done with the amount of mone; our usual levy raises, but at the out set it will be well for them to re mern ber that the next counoil will have t make haste slowly in making improve monta as it should do until it ean fin its bearings and find Just how muoh i will have to spend on th? ssversl de pertinents of tho oity. And ao itwil not bs fair to exsot pledges from an; candidate for work to bo done in au; section of the town exoept in so far a it relates to neglected apota tbs should have bsd attention long ago There may be other issues then thoa above set forth but in the mein ?hes are the most important and shonl* not be overlooked. The man who oai not givo a olear unequivocal answer t eaohoneof themis a dodger and cai be counted as an opponent of issn raised. He is the. man to vote agates sud to work against. Now is tue timi to purify the government if you thin! ia needs purifying. Don't ait on th small of your hack and wait to see whi ia going td bs elected and then g< about growling that "tbs ring ram every thing. anyhow." If there's au; snob thing ss a ring, and it'a corrupt takeoff your coat and go ont' am smash it. If you are anything of 1 man you oan hold your own With i and stars a ring of your own. ' 8toj wM iring about ring mle and get ou and go to hustling yourself, for ringi are nothing in the sud bat the rosnlti of hostliog. . . mi >?> ; :...-. .?fca.-y Bott. J. Ws Bryan ia stronger toda: with' nts party than he ever was be foro and it seems now almost ?veer tainty that he will receive the Demo eratic ? nomination in 1908, Ho hal abandoned the silver fallacy and wi! make the trusts thll paramount issue as itatoned .h's?. ^ ? ^ . ^ JJ ~'^s^pirais*^^ ^sotare ii trying to have the many birds that eal the boil weevil protected by Saw \t thngc^^r T. , ??tin! ML)/i^'N! ' "i,"Vi" i v? tenta CaroHoa Mlliiarr Abadesa*; ; ? Ornee cf th? Chairman" Board of Vlsi A girl committed suicide because she found it impossible to walk and carry all the bundles she could buy from BULES for $5.00. ::::::: 20 yards of good Checks for $1.00. 20 yard? yard-wide Bleaching for 81-00. Nice Summer Lawns, worth 5c, new 8tylest at 3?c yard. 20 Bars of good Laundry Soap for 25c. SILKS. Faille Brilliant Silks, cheap at 50c, in all the beat colors, at 39c yard. Printed China Bilks at 35c yard. China Silk, worth 50c, leading colors, at 39Jc yard. 36-inch 81.00 Black Taffeta Silk at 85o. 36-inch Black Taffeta Silk, cheap at 81.25, ovx price 81.00. HOSIERY. Ladies' Seamless Hose at 5c pair. Misses' Hose, worth 20c, all sizes, at 10c pair. Ladies' Lace Hose only 10c pair and up. Infants* 10c Hose, black and colors, at 5c pair. GOODS. Summer Lawns at 3io ya?d. Hice Brown Linen at 10c yard. 90-inch heavy White Linen at 51.00 jard. Fast colored Percales at 8c yard. Nice line of Fine Wool Dress Goods, Domestics, Sheetings, Table Linens, etc., 25 per cent under regular prioe. 8TBA? HATS. Misses' 50c Sailors reduced to 89o each. Men's Straw Hat?, worth 50o, at 10e each. Lsdiea' White Bailors, ^rith band?- at 10a each. Hen's Hats, worth 81.00, at 60o each. 1 .. Men's Hat* worth 91.50 and 82.00, at 98c each. Boys' Malaga Hats at 5o each. Shoe? and Oxfords. Edwin Clapp'* and other makes of 85.00 Shoes for mea at 40 per cent less tuan regular pries. Ladies' Blucher Cat Shoes $1.00 pair. , Men's, Boyo', Children's and Ladies' Shoes of every descrip tion at under price. CLOTHING. Men's Pants only?Oo pair. $1.50 Panis at $1.00. $5.00 Pants at $3.50 pair. Soya' Knee Pants, worth 60o, only 20c pair. Men's Alpacca Coats only 98c. Men's Bolts only 82.98 Bu ii. Men's Summer Coats only 29o each. Men's Fine Suits at 87.50 to $1000 Suit. _ FOR ONE CENT-Paper Pins lo, 25 Et velones lo, 1 yard BibboL lc, 1 Lead Pencil, 1 hall black or brown Ball Thread, 1 Thimble lc. ' THE BEE HIVE, SELLS POS LESS. Gm H. BAILE8. m m m :' lt A, Here is a letter front the manufacturera of DEAN'S FAT? SNT yLOTO that explains the wheref?reness of tie supe riority of that Flour over other Flours on the market. BEAN & BATLXPFE are the sole distributors of this brand of Flour, and their personal ^Garantee as to ita purity, added to that of the miller, makes it a gilt-edged proposition. It's simply good enough for anybody to eat. Her? is the letter : ? a w. BRAN8FORD, ;|||? ?f^S^?Si ^ Piropriator # / ? BRANSFOBD MILLS and ELEVATOR, , OrVXNSBORO, KY., JUNE 28, 1906* M| ? tn response te;yoMvvety e^jriime^ icgarding the quality of Dean's Patent we nave been shipping '.; ybn,;we desire tb say 't?^^ ?; will allow tho grade to run down in tho emallest partict??ar, andaa^ ly perfect and np to yonr ic^ufcesneots in every particular. We understand *hat you havo built np a remarkable reputation on md?^exact?n? w*sof? ^v?^^e8i Flours, ;on the ?^is^ ?s h?TO eve? BM ia tm>iS, ^m?m^Xff^T?VB^ 4 To close ont our entire Stock of HEAVY SHOES for a?d Wies we offer them at LESS THA? COST Avail yourself of this oj before it is too late. JULIUS H w?ig& m v. . 113 Granite Bow. ^ V I I We have a limited yimbfi: of dozen To at the foUowingprice??: We saved you t?faef ?a Cane Seed, and intend to do it