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eoe ag XLIII. NO. 52. ~~NEWBERRIY. S. 0. TUESDA-Y. JUNTE 26. 1900)TIEA.EK 1 0AYA TIME TO STATE POSITIONS. Candidate Cole. L. Blease Says- I1 Time for the Other Candidates to Show Down. News and Courier. Hampton, June 23.-For the fin time since the campaign opened, tl lines between the positions of ti ar ions candidates for governor hai been clearly and.sharply drawn, ar C. L. Blease, of Newberry, canidida for governor,on a straight dispensai platform, was the man who drew tl lines. About seventy people wet Spresent. Up to the meeting here today t1 various candidates for the highest pi sition in the state have rocked quie ly along, speaking of education, goc roads, drainage, and various othi matters of'more or less general inte est, and occasionally alluding to tI dispensary in rather polite terms. Bt after today it is probable that moi severe language will be used. State Senator Blease, in his fir sentence, spoken in his usual empha ie manner, said: ''I think it is tin for some gentlemen whe have intima ed that the dispensary is not what should be, who have said that thei was corruption in it, and that thei were thieves in it, should come oi with proofs in regard to those statl ients. And if there has been stea ing let. these men say who are t:1 thieves. And I challenge them I prove, at the campaign meeting c Monday that there has been corrul tion ili the dispensary and to nair the men who have been benefit N thereby.'' He said that some of ti candidates for governor were in fav( of a substitute, and lie wanted I know what that substitute was. Now;', if there is dishonesty in tI (dispensary, let the candidates who F state come forward next week al prove it. If you, fellow citizens, bi lieve in prohibition there sits Jol Britison, a man who has had ih courrue and the maiihood to come o flat-flooted for prohibition. Bri son does not come here with n ha: tUrd law between a county and a stal dispensary. Yoi canI see where I stanids; he is not on a split pla form.'' Continuing, Mlr. Blease saii ''Liquor is an evil. You can't ki it, and the best thing to do is to cot trol it. And I believe that the dii pensary is the best method to contr< it.'' Blease stated that lie believed Bo kin and Towill hoiest men, despil the ittacks that had been made ( - thel by the Iewspapers an1d in t1 hiea1rilgs of the investigating con iitee. Tle speech produced a pr< found impression on tle lilel preselr anild it is believed that it will serve I briii( out somne interestig develoi ments next week. The speechl of M Blease was the feature of tle (lay i that it. marked a distincet changei the tone of the campaign and serve to crystallize matters. Ragsdale 's Attack on Lyon. J1. W. Ragsdale, candidate for a torney general against J. Fras< Lyon, also came in for his share c pub)lic attention when lie intiimat edi no uncertain language that Lyni while working on the inivestigat in committee had received two. salarie: one as a member of the committee an another as a member of thme generi assemb)ly. The charge created som<i thing of a sensation, 'and when h stated that Lyon stood in the way a bill to prevent graft, at (lie saw time pretendiing to be fighting graf there was ani intense silence. He sai that Lyon, whelmn elected to the genei al assembl1~y was favorably (dispose to the dispensary, and that he bli changed while in thant b)ody, andl thIi while he was elected as being favort ble to theI dispensary, when lie t.urlt ed lie did not retire from thant body He argued that Lyon might underg a similar change should lie he eleete to (lie office of attorney genera Rlagsdale stated that his platform wai integrity in omiee, consgistenlcy in pu: lie life and a desire to carry out th will of the people. Lyon Contradicts Ragsdale. After Ragsdale 's intimation tha Lyon had been the recipient of a dou ble salary Lyon arose to a question o personal privilege, and Chairman Me Sweeney granted him a few minutes in which to reply to the charges. le Z then read a letter from T. B. Fraser, wiiici .in part was as follows: ''The committee certainly did extra work And ourl. information at the time was that the extra work was extra hazar ;t dons, and that you and Senator Chris je tensen especially were in danger of e death daily. I have no doubt in my pe mind that the legislature would have *d voted the pay as a matter of right te and not as a mafter of favor. My in y formation is that as highly honor 10 able men as have graced our legisla e ture for years have taken double pay for double work.'' ie A letter from J. T. Hay, to the gen eral effect that Lyon had not been lhalf paid, was also read. Mr. Hay, d it will be remembered, is,ehairman of r the dispensary investigatit)g commit .. tee. Ragsdale, in his speech, stated 0 that lie understdo'd that Lyon's ite tmized expense account had never been filed. To this Lyon replied that the statement was absolutely false, and that it had been filed with the chair t man of the committee, as required by law. These two candidates will be in the centre of the stage next week, and the fight promises to be a very bitter one. Genial as Ever. it Ex-Governor McSweeney, county chairman, met the candidates at the - depot aid proved himielf the same . genial citizen that he was when gov 0 ernor of the state. He' enertained a 11 mber of the candidates at his resi-: - dence, anild exerted himself to render le the meeting pleasant to the candidates d I and the representatives of the news ie papers. 0 Items From St. Paula. St. Pauls, June 25.-The council ie and members of St. Pauls church have decided to give a barbecue at Sth ie church on July 27, the proeceds i- to go towards the indebtedness on the (. e1mreh. C The St.-Pauls people have a wide tt spiead reputation for having good Cues. Everythiinig this year will be (one to make this tie best. The fol c lowing coninittves have been appoint v d Mei:-Pastor Slih, Messrs. J. 1). Sheely, J. A. C. Kibler, L. I. Epting, J. C. Aull, .1. F. Richardson, .1. IT. 1 Livingston, G. B. Aull, T. A. Epting, S.1. W. lichardson, J. B. Bedenbaugh,. L. A. Sheely, E. M. Sheely. Ladies:-Meksdameis. J. A. Sligh14 J. 1). Shicely, L. I. Epting, J. A. C. Kihler, J. F. Richardson, J. C. Aull, C Ella l. Bedenhaugh, T. A.. Epting, 1 L. A. Shecely, E. M. Sheely, J. W. Richardson, G. 13. Aull, A. A. Sing ley, .1. 1). Livingston, J. F. Wheeler, - J. C. Singley, J. A. Counts, A. L. t AudI. The ladies are to get up the butter, eg-S, pickies, etc.; the men to get the meats and other things. Arrange ments will be made for the edndi d (ates to speak. There will be a meeting of all the commnitt.ees on .July 17, at the church at 9 o'clock, a. am. Aniy pers5on wishing to giv'e any r thing toward the cue can give to any Sof the committee. 11 The members of thle St. Pautls All i ance mtat at the church Saturday in answe int a not ice of thle trustee ~st ockholder -of said Alliance to thle mstate exchange. I By resolution thle amount in thle hands of the trustees wa dlonatedl to Chelp liquidate' the dlebt on St. Paulhs Schurch. M ~iss Earluth Powell, of Augusta, a has been visiting friends in this com mnunity. SIhe also visitedl Newberry duirinig commnencemenit. R11ev. T. B. Epting, of the Sumter ~charge, returnied from a visit to his tfa ther's and( also took in the comn meoncement. - Meulssrs. A. J. -and( Berley Bedenm *.baughi,Loriek Kihler, Curt is and Ber Stie Epting are home from Newberry Scollege. -The Woman 's Missionary Society will meet at the home of Mrs. WV. S. -Seybt oni Saturday before thme flrst Sunday in .July, at 4 p. m. Little Edna Richards' health is iam priov'inag. - The board which adopted the books ffor use in tihe public schoo~ls is as fol -lows: A HAPPY OCCASION. Masonic Banquet Given in Honor of Completion of the New Fraternity Hall. Given in honor of the iear comple tion of the handsome new fraternity hail, the members of Amity lodge, No. 87, Ancient. Free Masons and their friends enjoyed an elegant ban quet on Friday evening. It had been intended to serve the banquet in the new hiall, but it was found that it vould not accommodate as many as would be present, and it was given on the second floor of the Newberry Hardware company's new store. Marking as it did the success of earnest work for a suitable home for the lodge, the banquet was a very happy occasion. Many of the Ma sons of Prosperity were present, and there were prominent visiting Ma sons from elsewhere throughout the state. The presence of many ladies added much to the pleasure of the evening. The repast was served by the Bachelor Maids. The new fraternity hall was erect ed by the Masons and Knights of Py thias (if Newberry, and both order. will occupy the third story, the first story being used for stores and the second as the -liome of the new con nercial club. It is a Imlodern and handsome three-story briek strutiure, and a credit to tile secret orders and to tle city of Newberry. Tihere were several happy post prandial addresses on Friday even ing. Worshipful Master 1. 11. Hnnt' toast. master, briefly welcomed those present. He spoke of this as the brightest day in the history of Amity lodge, and of the fact that at the last Ieeting of tile grand lodge the lodge ranked fifth inl South Carolina. It was going to make the goal of today lie starting point of tomorrow, lie said. le called upon Past Masler C. T11. Wyche, of Prosperity, who re spon(lded on belalf of Prosperity lodge, speaking of th lie unity existing betweenl the cities of Newberry and Prosperity. Dr. (. 11. Mayer told the ladies the seerets of Masonry. Soloion, he lid, forimed a society of all mIen born inl tie month i of May. That was the way May-so oigiilated. le brought ill the May pole, and that was the reason Masons bad beei elimbing greasy poles ever since. He made the order secret, so lie wouldn't have to tell eatch of his three lundred wives every time lie went home. Dr. Mayer said le didn't know much about Ole Masonic sadldle horse. Sir Williaml the loat, so le called upon the H[on. 'Julills E. Boggs, of Pickens, to tell about the goat. IM[r. 11oggs said the goat was a very ohl goat. It was tihe identical anld onlv O.oat that subsisted on shoe heels and cigar stumps, which was tle rea son for its immortality. He had nev er heard of the goat dying. It didn't even (lye its whiskers. Mr. Boggs spoke eloqujtently (if the teachings of Masonry. The buildinig (If the frater nity' hallI, wherein brethlrenm should dwell togetheri ini unity, was merely a symbolism, r'emindng of Kiing Solo moni's temiple. which was itself mere ly a smiylbolismn, reminmding oIf :hat temuple inot made wvithi lhnds. Ie referired to thme fact thant that temple was maide wvithout the sound1( of hammer. or the sonig of the saw, which was poss5ible beca use of thle prepamrat ion thaiit had gone blefore. Ini closing lhe paid trib ute to woman. Capt. WV. S. L4angford introduced :hie Hon11. Geo. E. Bryan, (of Green v'ille, who spoke (if the foundations of Masoiry. it was a noble ordler fond-. ed upon truth, thle Holy Bible being. its giuidhing star. Tou be good meni amid true was its first teaching. It. taught the Fatehood1 of God andl the lBrothlerhood of Mam, charity and hove. t taught 'respect for and the prot ection11 of wom'eni, and should1( haive their alpproval. Mr. A. C. Jonue.1was initr'oduced by D)r. Van Smith. Mr. Jones spoke of the poIsition a Mason should occupy as a citizen ini thle community in wicdh lie livedl. The order stood for tl:at which was highest andl nolesCt and est. Mr. Jones' address wvas ap)propriate, and lie spoke wvith much force. Mr. E. B. Wilbur introduced i J. C. S. IBrown, who has been a son for more than half at centi Col. Bsrown was received with phulise. lie was proud that this ni le Salw a bright futuire for Masoi ite spoke of his connection V Masonry, aid of tle principles the order. Past Master George S. Mo was introduced by the Rev. Geo. Wright its one wliQ had done as i for Amity lodge its any other man, who was now grand junior v den of the state, the first oflicer of grand lodge from Amity lodge Newberry county. Past Master M er brought greetings from the gr lodge. le said lie camte bearing congratulations of tle grald lo on account of the growth and p) perity of Amity lodge,. He congr fitted Amity lodge in being fiftI South Carolina. Hie spoke of standards of Masonry and of the ( of Masons I.o uphold those standa The grad lodge occupied the si position to the sulbordiniate lodge did Nelson to his ships when at T altgar lie ran up the signal, ''Eng] expects every man to do his duty. Dr. Win. Hayne leavell was in duced by Mr. B. L. Jones. Dr. L< ell gave some of his experiences w le was b aein made a Mason in York some thirty years ago. father had beeni a Mason and a it her of Amity lodge, and lie was ai tionls to be a Mason. Dr. Leavell liappy talker and his audience very thorlouIhly entrtaied di the recouiting of his experienees. told another secret of Masoi which was of interest to the lad It was an eleemiosylnary iinstitut and promotive of matrimony. It true that lodges elee.ted only mar men to offiee, but if they did elect unnmarried iman.wrshipfl maste was on conditionl that lie should miri11ried during the year. and if ti h11d been noticed any I undue haste the part of the p:esent worshii master lie -was tirvilng to fill his v After Masons were married they 'd in harmonly with their wives, auie they never vetold thelm anytlI Whe Owives didn't already know. I.envell's talk w\as especially hap One of the most pleasant fentl of Ite eveing was tile piesentlo of a past master's jewel to Past AN ter (;eorge S. Mawer. The presei tionl was made by the IHon. F. Dominiek, who spoke eloiuently Mr. Mower's services, and whose dr1ess was altogether approprilate. DIninick said inl part : I rise to speak not abiut MAiso partr iularly, lit to talk a little al M lason. All of Vou know what I sorl has gone (Ilrou-hi in Newbei Amiit v lodge hais the honior of r1 inl- fili among all the lodges in sI ae. We now have a Imebihoer. ol rorm 150 to 175. Amity lod.-e so has tile holnor of having one her past masters -rand junior war in thle grand lodge of SouithI Carol: iIe is it man who about live year's dulrinig the monthI of May, was; ahead of me when we were both Ii in. our Master's degree, and( I d<( think T ever shall forget thle frien nudge and( the chuckle lie gave mu we weiit in together. Since that we have gone thro(uigh Masonry getherca, both of tis having reached Shrine in Chariot te. He served years as master of the lodge. Wi lie has done for it is known of all youi. iIe has brought thle lodge its liresent efleiec and made it I sible for it soon to occupy its homeii. lie reoirganiized the Chazi and Masonry in Newberryv rec(i an 'impetus which has made it, a shaoiuld be, thle leading order in city and county. As a sli ht to'keu their appreciation oif his services htis worthI hiis friends have de'cided preseii h iim withI thIais pautst mast<a ,jewel.'' Turning to Mr. Mowver Doaminiek priesented(( the jewe(l u thiese words: ' 'May its purity coimposittin and( its lustrie as wvear it 01lways -remind yon of purity oif life and rectitudi(e of ( duet, which we k now you have alw pract iced, and by which alone we expiect to gain admiission into IIoly ofi [olies abov'e.'' Mr. Mower respondled with mii feeling. To feel that his brethI felt him faithful, he saidl, was great reward. This occasion' wo n.lwava remnini as a heanc.- matin 2ol. rays u1ponl his pathway to encourage \%a- and14 to guide him as he went through Iry. tie pil-rimiiage of life. An ap ght The Gubernatorial Race. iry. 'he following is a portion of an -ith editorial il it recent issllo of the ni of News and Courier: 'State Senator Cole L. Blease, a ize wer member of the dispensary investiga- a s A. tion committee andi a candidate for Itch governor, is satisfied with the dis- jt one pensary law as it stands. Of the can- do aar- didates for governor advocating the doE the dispensary, Mr. Blease has bad the ed or best oppertunity to become familiar we ow- with the subject. To the best. of our cel and understanding, Mr. Blease holds that p0 the tle Dispensary is an established sue- of 3ge cess, that. it. is no longer an experi- o0 r'os- mlieIt and that the people of the state re Itu- should, of course, sustain it. Messrs. in McMahani and Maniting, on the other thI the haid, admit that the Dispensary as it chi ity stands is a failure that ought not to w r ds. be sustained but that its cetitral idett io Iue of state control is sound and good, ill ' as that the old system should be prac- Illm af- tically torn down and that a new sys- ha and ten should be rebuilt around this " idea. In other words, they conteitd of tro- that after thirteen years of Iusatis- Iej av- factory experiientiationl, a brand-new co: hen experiment, involving radical and be New wide depa ces from file obl, should da IIis be unitdertakenl., em- The antagonism bei ween the Blease n ii- a n Mannini-McMahan ntoions is t lh is a about as shar s oell (-i imIgine; me WaI yet hi e are all statimeh statle dispel- IT!, ing sarY men. 1f Mr. lease is right, tho. lie then his dispensaiy opponents are ex: I, traitors to the disppnsary; they are anii ies. its enemies in disguise. If Mr. Blease be ion, is wrong, then they are making a piti- ti was fully Weak attack on his positiont. If ,ied the dlispeiisariy is the corrupt thinig gi al that Mr. Blease says it is Iiot, they ph r it ollglt to (lelotlice it, they should not he )0 1 e1t(ir wilIh the issue. Otherlwise 11M'. i erv e Iflease's position as agutinst theirs (O Onl %.ill be vin(licatvl. As a matter of he fil fact Mr. Blelse itt relationt t them Th o(W. is gon.winitg strongeri eaclh day ; for, ('IOi liv- th'se geitleiei seem to be hopeless- Iel Ie- ly inicer ta i about the dispeilsary's I In I cI orru'tption. Mtr. AINnIIin-'s expres- fie Dr%imns abotit corruption are- picketed mne IV. at tile NorthI, West, East 4 Souh i vaI IIeCS with ''Whethers''. 11nd( ''fs.'' S(o ill ''T hee is muhl ''viitrII-e inl an if.'' ('1 as Mi. McMAtalian totielies lightly (oh, so ly ita- o ighily!) o dispensary corruption , II and as for Col. Sloan. there itrv lmut- at( of tois on Ihe points of his f,oil. ofl ad- Mir. Blease d'enies that the dlispen- e Mr'. Sar y is a1 corru-pt instiltutionl andI thle Th'l contraditio fl-oti omn lessis M ing in I'Y an McIMlhanai are too Ifeeble to dle- (.d OUt ser-ve conlsidleraionl. The emnpa11ign is h%( da- still young but if,it roceeIs it the ry- present gait tle dispensary element. uk- will rally to Mi. lIlease as the only I I.e camflidate whose attitude is vliir and hip )pfositi Ve. al- Mfeanwhile, Messes. iAnsel, Jones 'f and iirunson slait from a comionil len point. The point is that the state it naf. dlispenisar mu tist he abolished. Theired o,posit ioni is uniequiivocall, no( man11 tist qutestionis its intterpiretiation. lit ~ New Wall Papers., ~ * dySome of thte most fasciinating bed- lilk as0room papers are the quaint little Eiig- br' lish floral designs, part ictilarly ap the propr0)1iate for' Colonial rooms11 with (11d to~ mahiogatny ftirnitre. liat Tlhese Eiiglisht floral patpeirs are ke ofespecially tempting (ln acconut of them to ~ftniess of coIlor' as wvell as the oi'ig- (Ii nialtity and airtist id simtplicity of the hi wdesigins. For bedrooms theire are also 1cer, the chiintz effects, large floral designs u'et withI htingings to match, and many it pretty sat in stripes with self-toned Itle fi'2'ties ori moire srinpes wiith a white of gr'oundi and dainty little floral fes- tie to The pap)ers part'itilarily adapted to p 'r''s th li inig room or l ibra ry atre the ir. self-toned( fabriie ef'fects in soft, richt da ithI coors. One known as thle btu'lap (10 ini weave is pai'tieiilarly effeetlive. These roti av'erage abottt ninitely centts an Eng- a hat. I ish roll in the best quality. o (li- If onte wants a gr'eein, a blue or a a.vs Ired it is bet ter' to g('t (lie best qualiity yani but1 these bet teir paper's areC being copl the Iied in the chieapei' American paper1s at possiblhy forty cents a r'oll, aiid if '2"3 ti one wishes a yel lowu or a brown it is ren qutite safe to ttse (them. The plain a catridge paper's are a snare and thn utld shtoutld be avoided usutally, unless otne ait its irt ready to chtange paper evey year. yol OHARCOAL AS MEDIoINE. Antidote for Poison and a Good Household Remedy. h1arcoal as a home Iledicinle has ny uses, says Medical Talk. 'For all foris of poison pulver d clialrcoal is recoinienlded to act if by magic.'' )Ir opinion is that these accounts t. now are greatly exaggerated. We 1ht very m1uch whether a poisonous ;o of strychnine would be antidot by chalcoal. At the same time, believe eharcoal to be a very ex lent remedy, especially in ptomaine solling. All kinds of fermentation food wiithin the stomach or decoin ition of food are inmiediat.ely cor ted by charcoal. 1'or imany years we have been in habit of prescribing pulverized ir-coni for clholera inlfaituml. This add to tile milk or other fluid arishments which the child is tak r. Thle dose is immaterial. As ich its el be takenl wvill do no 11111.% We believe that the frequent use chalcoal ill most cases of dy. psia would be beneficial. Char 11 is perfectly harmless and can taken freely without the slightest haoiacoa acts as i disinif,ectanlt., I absorbent of lioxiols -ases 11111 >r-ouglyIv elealses tie wlole ali niary 4n111111. 'Ihleref'ore, wIlile we ,Ian.( thlese recent avemiunts about cur11ative virtues of, cbarcoal as rtmion, we arte g'lad so iiino.Cent SUSeIftil at ieietdy its chiarcoal has n1 br-ouight into promlinencee by 411. We recoilmlmend our readers to -e ilvvrized chlareol i pronllen1lt. 1ce ais a household remiedy. It call mnad1e by lthose who utse wvoodI as it -1. 1ard wood is the best. The it shouild be a clean onv. I Icnn pilverized with a rollin'- pil. OSV whlo dIo not hiavv necess to its enll pin-chlase flhe ( -c1r11n ilal (IN' pulIx-verized it it-e d u store. I is 1 eblellp rmivdy. It is an efe iilt remidylv. If is 1a harm1-11less re dycN, an1d it is a rmeildyN that we I thlor-ouly.1N revonnilelid inl all mnaeh andl( intestinal disor-ders. Inl P Where it does no good it (erfain will (o nto hanrmn. f we Were present at a1 Case of idental poisoning and had no er 3111ti(lote colvenienl wf shlould tuinly utse pulverized chareoal. trefore, it 1a11y lhe vell to hvar this m11ini. Shoul any one he poisol in ithe household a doetor should iinvilimitely sent for. The Reward of Industry. \ group of sviiators whoi have been )1iminent inl rate le."islatIionl were enssil' n fite a1teronth1 1 of erilifismll 1f has. bef,allin some of, themi. rthe y .en4atior Alricli is being ered r1 w.ith a great victory.. is mentio n - accor'dinig to t he New York Times. I am afraid some of us, '' saidl mn Carteor, ''are going to get a re r'd for 0our woirk for eighteen1 hours day thle last. thre ie monltbs aiboiut n Judi~ge Smith's nigger' Sam's akfast. 'How 's thaitt?' ' asked two or1 three 'Whyi~, the judge 1had oneC old darii r. When the judge got uip in the rnminfg abhoult 9 a. im., lhe would go and( hunt up Saum. Whlen lie found t a colloquy ab)out like this would 'You haven 't chopped thle missus nd.' 'Yes, massa,l1 I 's' donec chopped wo,too.' ' IInve y'ou wVeeded( the onion teh ?' ' Massa, T wtork{ed fi'ee hours on injunli pachl, and( T don11 go dat '1, to. ' 'elh, I bet youl were too lazy to up that fenice on thle back lot.' ' Over' in de yuthier' field '? Yes ;s, T dlone dit r'at 'for sun up. 'I'Did you maitke my julep?'9 ' ' Sure', massa5.' ' Then yoti lazy niggei', you have ('vermythlin g all done up,l' have' 'Yes, imassa.' ' 'Then1, Sam, you can go over' to persimmon tree in the pasture I get' your breakfast. Be off with t no0w.' ''