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Hi! Will Also Receive Nebraska's Electoral Vcte. ENTHUSIASM FOR THE TICKET Prospects Good For a Democratic Vic tory In Iowa and Wisconsin?Merits of Various Men Mentioned For Na tional Chairman?Tho Waning of Hearst?Republicans Torn by Dis sensions. By WILLIS J. ABBOT. When the Democratic national con vention met in Denver two-thirds of Its work was already done. There was no reason to anticipate the nomi nation of any man for the first place except Mr. Bryan. There was no pos sibility of any platform save the one .which Bryan approved. Never was there a convention more thoroughly in accord with the principles of the mass of the Democratic voters than this one. Of course there was a certain amount of contention in the committee ?o resolutions and on the floor, but in the end it was a Bryan -invention, standing for bis nominal n and for the principles in which he believes. Moreover, it was a convention ani mated by the purpose of making a :winning figh. next November. So much tor the convention. The people in Denver and in states neigh boring to Colorado believe that the Democratic ticket has a fair chance vt election: I personally think that it is sure of election. But it may be well to qualify one's prophecies. Never have 1 seen so much enthusiasm 5n a convention crowd as has been manifested In this beautiful city at the eastern edge of the Rockies. There was no talk in either the hotel lobbies or the convention hall hostile to Bry an. He controlled not merely the or ganization "of the convention, but the impressions of the people gathered in the convention city. Some months ago a Denver man, member of the house of representatives, said to me that if ?we could carry the state of Colorado he would concede the United States. 1 hope he will remember this proposi tion, because I am thoroughly con vinced after a careful investigation of ?what is doing in the state of Colorado that we will carry this state for Bry an without difficulty. The Democratic party will carry also Nebraska and ?will make a hard and, I believe, a suc cessful flgbt for Iowa and Wisconsin. Selection of a Chairman. Much of the power and strength of a national committee depend upon its chairman. Senator Jones of Arkansas was twice Installed in this position. Thomas Taggart of Indiana succeeded him. Today there Is no Insistence or determination upon the next candidate lor this most important place. Prpba bly the selection will not be made un til two or three weeks after the con vention. There are several candidates Whose names are being discussed among politicians. This is the list: Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleveland, O. Tom Johnson's chief fight is being made for the reform of municipal gov ernment He understands national af fairs and is a strong man in the Dem ocratic side of politics. But I am in clined to believe that Johnson has his own fight to make in Cleveland, and, having known him and worked with him in politics for at least twelve years, I am confident that unless a really Macedonian cry was sent out he ?would not take the chairmanship of the national committee. He is doing his work and doing it. well in his own state and his own city. And if we Democrats can find some one else to manage the national campaign we will make no error in leaving Tom Johnson to attend to his own knitting. But who else Is there to be consider ed? I am not urging the candidacy of any one man. I am taking advantage of this opportunity to suggest many men. One of the first of whom I would speak is D. J. Campau of Michigan. In 1896 Mr. Campau headed the con testing delegation from Michigan which was seated In that memorable conven tion. Since that time he has been a member of the national committee and at all times has been a most loyal Democrat?1 might almost say Bryan Democrat?that could be Imagined. It is quite true that in 1904 Mr. Cam pau carried his state delegation for' Judge Parker. He then believed that there was an opportunity for the elec tion of Parker. lie did not in the slightest degree desert Mr. Bryan, for he held then that the Parker nomina tion would put the Democracy once more in power and that out of the elec- j ' tlon which he fondly hoped Mr. Bryan might come into power later. Of coarse he was wrong. His error was j. ene of the head and not of the heart.' and those who remember what he did In the campaigns of 1S9? and 1900 hold no antagonisms toward him for what may have been done In 1904. Mr. I Campau is not a speaker, but he is a j worker. I have had some experience with men at the head of the national J committee. If Mr. Campau should be j given this place the committee would { .be a working one, and there would be no frills about the work. It would be a I careful, systematic organization of tho ; Democratic workers in all the doubtful states. Loyal Democrats. And. agaiu, consider a man from Wisconsin, Tim Ryan. Mr. Ryan has ' been a member of the national com- ; mltteo for eight years. He has been i and sf!U is a representative of the type j of Democracy which is now dominant and in the saddle. lie conies from a I state which this year for the first time ! Is likely to be made debatable terri- I Rev. I. W. Williams Testifies j Rev I. W. Williams, Huntington,' W. Va., testifies as follows: "This is to certify that 1 used Foley's Kid ney Remedy for nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble, and am free to Will do all that yon claim for I t. Dr. A. C. Dukes, Lowruan Drug, Co. j - Never say d'ft! I ? L. L. L. Buy Lowman s Liver Lifters. Take Lowman's Liver Lifters. j Use lowman's Liver Luters. Try I ,wmati'?i Llrer Lifters. Harris Lithla W'ater. For sal* by j Lowman &. Lowman. I tory nerween xac two parties. v?rnen A. J. Hopkins, the thoroughly discred ited senator from Illinois, In reporting the platform to the Republican' na tional convention described the planks offered by La Follette's friends as so cialistic and demagogic, he opened the iray for the Democratic party to march I;:to Ai'lscijaeili to ?. .1 .? Uujt Btri. for its owu. The f>u<ecliJ.i Li ?.ir. Ryan as chairman of the national com mittee would aid materially in carry ing that state. And the choice of him could be^ndde with perfect confidence that in the future, as in the past, he would be loyal to Democracy as it now stands, loyal to the great leader of the Democratic parry, William J. Bryan. But it is not necessary to look alto gether to the" middle west or to the northwest for a chairman. Down where the Potomac river brealcs through the Allegheny mountains, down where the richest mineral de posits in all the east are to be found, lies the state of West Virginia. It is a state which should be Democratic, but which for years has been Repub lican. It has been Republican be cause there was no fighting quality in the blood of those who professed to be Democratic leaders there. To day the Democrats of that state have a new ambition and find new encour agement in the fact that they have new leaders. Out of West Virginia may well come a chairman of the Democratic national committee. Wil liam E. Chilton of Charleston has been a fighter for progressive Democ racy for many long years. He is an organizer and when need be an ora tor. He would be able to swing that little group of states that nestle about West Virginia Into the Democratic column if a proper ticket were pre sented. Nobody is urging Chilton's appointment to this important place, and yet out of the uncertainty which now hangs about the chairmanship it would not be remarkable if the ap poiutmeut should be banded to him. The suggestion of Hou. D. R. Fran cis of St Louis appeals very much to the practical politicians in the Demo cratic party.. Mr. Francis was not "right" in 1S9G, but no man has given clearer indication of his desire to come back Into the Democratic ranks and to fight for the cause of Demo cratic success than he. Frankly, I do not expect that Governor Francis will be chosen for this position, but, it would not be an unwise thing for the Democratic party to give more atten tion to his qualifications for the place than todcy it appears to be willing to give. The Mystery of Hearst. This is the first convention since 1896 at vhich Hearst and his political power ha ^e received practically no at tention whatsoever. Of course, men are asking here and there what Hearst is going to do, but it Is a mere mat ter of gossip. The usual answer to the question Is that nobody cares a continental what he is going to do. The feeling among the politicians gathered at Denver is that the erratic course of Hearst has utterly destroyed his political influence in the nation. This is a Democratic convention, and the Democrats here gathered are not inclined to look with favor upon a man who, having received a Demo cratic nomination for governor of New York, continued his political activities the next year by fusing with the Re publican party, dominated by Odell and E. H. Harrlman. There is a story that he has wearied of paying all the expenses of his personally con ducted party and that his trip abroad was taken for the purpose of enabling him to gently, after the Hearst man ner, evade the responsibilities which he has incurred. Charlie Walsh, who used to be secretary of the Democratic national committee and who now, to the regret of his friends, is a mere salaried henchman of Hearst, stated I the other day that the convention called for July 27 would be indefinite ly postponed. Hearst's private secre tary told Hearst's political reporter at Denver to deny this and say that the convention would meet and put a ticket in the field.- But it would seem, in view of the dissension among Hearst's owu people, that the descrip tion of the Hearst movement by the correspondent of a New York newspa per was fairly descriptive. He said that He irst was the "on again, off again, gone again Finnegan" of Dem ocratic politics. And. indeed, that is the position whicn Hearst occupies to day before this convention. Nobody knows where he is, and few eara. The general feeling is that his influence, even if because of personal pique it shall be directed against Bryan, will be trivial. The Republican Organization. For nearly three weeks after the Republican national convention ad journed the Republican organization had no head. No chairman bad been selected not any secretary. No head quarters had been chosen, no execu tive committee had been appointed. What is the meaning of this? Does it indicate that the Republican party is so torn by dissension that it could not even provide for a proper organi zation to couduct the campaign upon which it is about to enter? Does it mean that there was nobody in the old Republican organization that Sec retary Taft was willing to trust? Of course we well know that it does not mean lack of money, for In the Re publican treasury there is now nearly $200,000 left over from the last cam paign. All that It can imply Is Re publican dissension. The Republican party will go into this campaign torn with disseusion. racked with personal jealousies. The Democratic party will go In as a united force, marching shoulder to shoulder, with no thought except t ? charge upon the common | enemy and to sweep the foe into po ll?cal oblivion. Denver; Colo. Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts gently upon the bowels and thereby drives the cold out of the system and at the same time it allays inflamaion and slops irritation. Children like it. Sold by A. C. Dukes, M. D., A. C. Doyle & Co. Post Cards at Sims' Hook Store. .Acrid-ms will happen, but the best-regulated families keen !)??. Thomas' Electric Oil for such emer gei'des. It subdues the p:dn and heals the hurts. SUMMER VACATIONS. If You Live In the Country; Visit a City. # If your time is limited and your purse light, do not dream of impossi bilities in the "way of a vacation that ... ? t)(. rn?lijrp(i; M;i;? yo'?T Ulilid to ^.i ; :;:. i . \rhivif U(i( to take most of your time and mouey getting there. On the other hand, go far enough away to get change of air. A visit to the suburbs will give you rest, but will not give you the tonic of change. Try In your vacation this year to get off from the beaten truck. You want change of scene and thought as well as of air. If your home is in the country, then, despite heat, you will get more real pleasure and recreation In a week in the city than anywhere else. Get a room high enough to be above the street noises and dust, and you will not be unbearably hot at night, while the day is always endurable, even for sightseeing, unless you are unlucky enough to strike an extra hot spell. There is much to f and see, and in these days of trolleys and cheap water excursions there are plenty of chances for outings when you are tired of shops, museums and roof gardens. The girl who Is shut up in office or store needs the country?not crowded summer resorts where there Is no re lief from people, but the real country, with green woods and pure air, fresh vegetables, fruits, rich milk and cream and absolute rest. She does not want.to keep on the go. She wants to rest, to build up her health and to get color into cheeks. The gay vacation for the worker may be exciting, pleasurable, and the girl thinks she Is getting all that is coming to her in the way of rest, but generally she comes home more tired than she leaves and finds too late that her long looked for v::<-ation was a mistake. Do your planning wisely. Don't think it necessary to half kill yourself get ting ready.' If your wardrobe is scanty go somewhere where few clothes are necessary and save the extra money for taking short excursions into the country or down to the shore on Satur day half holldavs and Sunday during the rest of the summer. IRRIGATION SCHEME. To Protect Life of Plant-While on Holiday Trip. Holidays are very pleasant incidents fn life, but they have their disadvan tages. Should one possess plants there PLANT ALWAYS DAMP. is always the difficulty of keeping them watered. This may be overcome in the manner shown in the accompnnj' Ing picture. Stand a vessel of water near the plants and then beg, borrow or otherwise procure some pieces of thick wool. Place one end of each of these in the water and the other in the flowerpot. The wool will absorb the water, which will drip slowly on to the plants. Gift to Jean Reid Causes Guessing. One wonders what kind of wedding gift the Roosevelt8 will send to the daughter of Whitelaw Reid when she becomes Mrs. Ward. There are hints that the president is not enthusiastic about international alliances. He was positively angry toward Theodore P. Shonts when that man's daughter The odora was married to the Due de Chaulnes. When the duke and duchess were In Washington in the honeymoon the duchess, who had been on terms of Intimacy with the Roosevelts, asked permission to call and present her hus band. Miss Hagner sent a curt intima tion that Mrs. Roosevelt would not be at liberty to receive the duchess at any time in her stay in Washington. There was great chattering in society about the incident and more still when it be came whispered that the president had expressed frank opinions to Shonts about the marriage. So there is guess ing a bor.! the greeting for .Ie.m Reid, who Is to be married outside the charmed circle of Harvard men, Re publicans and rough riders, all Amer icans. A Delicious Icing. Put ?n a cup of granulated sugar with a half cup of water and let it boil without stirring until it spins a heavy thread.* Beat very stiff the white of one egg and into it pour slowly the hot sugar. Let the sirup cool a little before put ting It in the egg or it will cook it. Beat steadily until the icing Is smooth and creamy. Just before it is too cold to stir long er add one ounce each of candied cher ries, chopped citron, candied pineapple and blanched almonds. The Four T's. There are four T's too apt to run, "Pis best to set a watch upon? Our thoughts: Oft when alone they take them wings And H?llt upon forbidden thinps. Our temper: Who In the family controls ft best Soon has control of all the rest. Our tongue: Know when to speak, yet be content When silence is most eloquent. Our time: Once lost, ne'er found. Yet who can say He's overtaken yesterday? The World's Besf Climate is not entirely free from dir;., se, on the high elevations fevers prevail, while on the lower levels malaria is encountered In a greater or less ex tent, according to altitude. To overcome climate affections lassitude,! malaria, jaundice, biliousness, fever and ague, and general debility, tho most enective rem?'ly is Elecvic Bitters, the great ullerative and blood ] tirifier; tl.c r otidote to every form of bodily weakness, nervous ness, and insomnia. Sold under guarantee at Dr. J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co., drug store. Price 50c. ( How Petroleum Is Used on Top of a Macadam Bed. 1 A FI.'iE Sw..f?E CIITAIXS. Eetter Than Asphalt, Does Not Crack and Lump?Rolling Must Not Be Done In V/et Weather or When Ground Is Soft. The old system of "oilintr roads and streets" is cleurly a flat failure except for a moderate improvement of some of the worst thoroughfares. The new system of "making roads with oil" is proving a success whenever proper methods are pursued. The oil and natural soil no louger go where real results are wanted. The. use of the heavy ten to eleven gravity petroleum has become quite general. Its superiority has been well demonstrated, but there is a wide dif ference between different oils of this gravity and with the same amount of asphaltum. Some of that sold is well nigh useless, although it is nmpies tionably of the specified gravity and contains the required percentage of as phalt The oil must rassess the ad hesive quality and be able to bind the rock and asphaltum together?in other words, the necessary petroline. The best roads are undoubtedly the macadamized .highways found in older sections. The building of such thor oughfares with the use of oil on the surface to form a top dressing and BOAD BEADY FOB OILING. present a surface like asphalt pave ment is just in its infancy in southern California, says the Los Angeles Times. In Pasadena there are a num ber of streets of this kind, notably Madison avenue, prepared at a cost of \12 cents per square foot and with a depth of seven inches of foundation. Blocks of this street are scarcely dis tinguishable from asphalt paving. There are others similar, but some are not equal to this. At the same time they are superior to those prepared in the old way. The new method of macadamizing and oiling as laid down hi a set of specifications used for a number of streets may be outlined substantially as follows: For the foundation grading is done by the removal of all earth, stone, loose rock, cement, shale, bard pan, etc., to a depth of seven inches below the intended finished surface and to a farther depth of two feet be low the subgrade whenever mud, sand or other soil material is encountered, the space to be refilled with good earth or gravel. The whole is rolled with a roller of not less than twelve tons In weight until the surface Is un yielding, all depressions made by the roller being filled up and rolled again. All portions that cannot be reached by the roller'must be tamped solid, and the rolling must not be done In wet weather or when the ground is soft and muddy. This subgrade must be checked by the street superintendent before proceeding with work. On this grade a bottom course of macadam is laid consisting of stone not exceeding three Inches in diameter and not less than one and a half inch es. This layer will be five inches in thickness and is rolled with a twelve ton steam roller untU the stone ceases to sink under the roller or to creep in front of it. ' A top course of stone between three fourths of an inch and an inch and a half in diameter will cover this to a depth of two inches and will be rolled as before after a first coating of oil (one-half a gallon to the square yard'i is applied evenly so asvto saturate the entire top layer. Then all voids are filled in with rock screenings of the fa nie material as ihe mnendnin not ex- I ceediug three-quarters of an inch in diameter, with a top dressing of the same material laid to the depth of half an inch, after which there Is given a second coating of oil to the same amount as before and the whole rolled and tamped until no evidence of the oil remains on the surface except as shown in the color of the screenings Sharp sand is to be sprinkled wherever any oil remains to absorb it. These specifications provide that oil shall be of 10 to 11 gravity, with SO per cent asphaltum at SO penetration and with not more than 2 per cent water. The Taclfic Electric and Los Angeles Interurbuu railways are using this method on their rights of way in Pasa denn, Long Beach and one or two other points. It is said to be better than the use of asphalt, as it gives with the pressure of the rails under weight of cars and can be taken up and replaced without difficulty. It does not crack and lump, as does the as phalt It is hard to tell It from the latter, sometimes impossible, for the average person. In Long Beach the result has been very good. New Road Machine. C. A. Baldwin of Pasadena. Cal.. is experimenting with a new machine, built on the principle of a disk plow, for the purpose of keeping oiled roads in condition. Get my "Book No. I For Women." It will give weak women many vr'u able suggestions of relief?ami v. | strictly confidential medical advice! is enPvely f'*ee. Simply write Dr., >boop, lacine, WIs. The book \o. I i tells nil a' >nt Dr S! ?>. "s Night i C.;re an ho 1 tl se .- ?<? ' 'us heal ing, antiseptic supposiiori s can be sit nUy appli tl to correct those w nknosses. Write for the booi.. The Nighl Cure is solo by Dr. J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co. Even the wi e l ii r isn't always able to rent you next. Over Twenty-three Years Ago baby had Severe Attack?Years Later Grandfather Suffered Torments with the Disease?Virulent Sores Developed from Knaes to Toest BOTH OWE COMPLETE RECOVERY TO CUTICURA "In 3.9S4 my grandson, a babe, had an attack of eczema, and after trying the doctors to the extent of heavy bills and an In crease of the dis ease and suffering, I recommended Cu ticura and in a few weeks the child was well. He is to-day a strong man and ^absolutely free from the disease., A few years ago I contracted eczema, and became an in tense sufferer. A whole winter passed without once having on shoes, my ankles and nearly from the knees to the toes being covered with virulent sores. I tried practitioners, specialists, dermatol ogists, etc., to no purpose. My daughter in-law reminded me of having prescribed Cuticura for my grandson more than twenty years ago. I at once procured the Cuticura Remedies and found im mediate improvement and final cure, till to-day, though well along in years I am as though I had never had that disease. I am well l.nown in.the vicin ity of Louisville and Cincinnati, nnd all this could be verified bv witnesses. M. W. LaRue, 84.5 Seventh St., Louis ville, Ky... April 23 and May 14, 1007." The agonizing itching and burning of the skin, &-= in eczema; the frightful scaling, as in psoriasis; the loss of hair and crusting of scalp, as in scalled head; the facial disfigurement, as in acne ?all demand remedies of extraordinary virtues to successfully cope with them. That Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills are such stands proven by testimonials of remarkable cures when many rem edies and even physicians have failed. One set is often sufficient to cure. Cuticura Soap (25c.) to Cleanse the Skin, Cuti cura Ointment (50c.) to Heal the Skin, and Cuti cura Resolvent (50c), (or In the form of Chocolate Contcd Pills, 25e. per vial of CO) to Purify the Blood. Sold throughout, tho world. Potter Drug 4 Chcm. Corp., Solo Props., Boston, Mass. na-Mallcd Free, Cuticura Book on Skin Diseases. Just to Rush Business Is the reason why we make for 10 Days special prices on these very seasonable goods 1250 yards qj .vhite Persian Lawns that originally were worth at whole sale 10c to ISc a yard. They are 32 in wide, and are;what is termed "Torn Selvedge", that is the edge is not all exactly smooth, otherwise they are perfect; your choice of these lawns at.. .. .?!.-.-. [?;?: i?? h*i t. ? 10 cts. This [is a grand chance CONE GET ALL YOU NEED. One case of bleaching, the kind that brought 10c the first of the year. Special cut price for a short wiiile at.?}itv yd Side P.and Lawns at 12 l-2c. 3Sln Sea Island, Extra Good, ?c. New colored Lawns. . ...">, 8 and 10c Special prices on a new line of Umbrellas. ft.*s nut much use using your little] linger to uplift the race when youl are using your tongue to run your] brother down. The function of the kindneys is to strain out the impurities of the blood which is constantly passing through them. Foley's Kidney | Remedy makes the kidneys healthy, j Tliej will sir,tin <:>;;t nil waste mutter] from the blood. rakc Foley's Kid ney Remedy aud t will make you v Mr. A. C. Dukes, Lowman. i rig, Co. Plain Talks on Fertilizers How to Get the Greatest Possible Yield per Acre Tt i.*- a y.-eiV-^nown scientific' fact that in order to produce the very greatest possible yield from any soil it must contain an actual excess over and above all demands that can possibly be made on it by the plants. Many farmers will feed their Stockas much nourishing food as they can possibly assimi late, yet will starve their crops on the mistaken notion that they are "economizing" on fer tilizer. The experience:, of farmers, government experts, and agricultur alists every where confirm the fact that plants, like ani mals, need the fullest possible amount of nour ishment that they can obtain if they are to be developed to the utmost. The economy in fertilizers is not in the amount used but in the ratio of quality to cost. Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers are the best in the world for the least money. More than one million tons were sold to Southern farm ers ia^t year; and every year the demand be comes greater. The best results in producing corn, the good old stand-by crop of the South, follow the application of 200 to 300 pounds of the right izer. Virginia-Carolina Fertilisers will greatly "in crease your yields per acre" of corn or any other crop, even on poor land?and the most wonderful results are produced through its use on good land. Write today to the nearest office of the Vir ginia-Carolina Chemical Com pany for a copy of their latest Year Book or AImanac,alarge 130-page book of the most valu able and unpre judiced informa tion for planters and farmers. \TRGINIA-CAROLINA CHEMICAL CO. Richmond, Va. Durham, N. C. Norfolk, Va. Charleston, S. C. Columbia, s. C. Baltimore Md., t Atlanta. Ga. . ' Columbus, Ga. Savannah. Ga. Montgomery, Ala, Memphis, Tenn. Shreveport, La. j PIKE'S Midsummer Clearance Sale. Beautiful figured mu.slines.5c. Rest 10c chanibrey.6}? Apron Gingham.5c. JOc and 12.J?c Musline. . .8 1-3 best. Dotted Swiss 12i?e. All calicos. .3c; 25<: Turkish Towels.15c. Black and Tan Hose 5c per pair. Ladies Vest. . .5c. Childrens Handkerchiefs 2)$cpricc .One Cent. Taper, Childrens Hells, 10c. black white and red. Good Towels ?86 inch.5c. Corset Coers 12i?c each. Pants 15c and 25 cready made. Waist.25c. Boys 25c Duck Caps.15c. PIKE'S Next Door to Ceo. Zeigler.21 RUSSELL ST. ' PROPOSITION You may al first be puzzled to decide what vehicle t<> buy when seeing so many different makes represented by as many diffrcnt prices and con sider ibis a bard proposition. You will however Ix- surprised bow easy it is to make a selection when examining all the qualities together, as we haw (hem on display, and decide thai the real "Hard Proposition" lay in ^electing make*, with more behind them to be proud of than these viz: "COUKTLAXD," "HOCK HILL/' "HEXDERSOX," /COLUMBIA," "WHITE HICKORY" and "LlOX" BUGGIES AXJ) HABXESS in all styles and prices, sold on terms to >-iiit everybody. Sec us befow Imvina ami save time and money. SIFLY AMD FRITH. i n ill M fs P&> i THE ORIGINA1 &?Z>^&*?fr$mSi> -SiAa&i HONEY and TAR Croup, La Grippe, Asthma, Throat jn the revents Pneumonia and Consumpti'*** jXELLow packagi| ilr. -*.. C. dukes. low: i IX drug co.