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? i i ip^?i?mm????^ x SENATOR TILLMAN SCORES DHL. He makes a Caustic Reply to the Notice cf Protest. I Trenton, Sept. 3.?Senator Tillman issued a statement dealing at length with the protest against his election filed by X. B. Dial. Xo notice of protest by Col. Talbert has been received by the senator. The statement deals . at length with the fact that protest is : based on purest technicality and alleges that Mr. Dial is ungrateful for many considerations shown him. The ? senaior s paxt iu piutcuuug Xiaaacn Dial, soil of his opponent, from the courts and having him reinstated in the army are told, and other circumstances related which tenffto show Mr. Dial's obligations to Senator Tillman. Senator Tillman on yesterday receiv ed by registered mail notice from Mr. N. B. Dial, of Laurens, that he had entered protest with the State Democratic executive committee against Senator Tillman being declared the nominee of the party. When asked if lie had anything to say, Senator Tillman replied: "I am surprised Mr. Dial shows so . little appreciation and has so little comprehension of the ethics which obtain1 among gentlemen. I have not spent a dollar on this election and have not paid out any money at all, except the $250 assessed by the State Democratic executive committee. "I do not know the exact grounds upon whciii Mr. Dial and Mr. Talbert are contesting my beitig declared the nominee, but presume it is some flimsy technicality too trifling to be noticed by sensible men. "I am now willing to let the people ' of South Carolina . know what manner of man Mr. Dial is. I have not made the facts known heretofore, because I do not fight that way and was content to let the people of South Carolina judge us on our merits. "Mr. Dial's son, Haskell, was given the appointment by me to the United [. V States naval academy some six or seven years ago, after a competitive examination in Columbia. This was quite a surprise to Dial because iiaving been a Haskallite and antiTillmanite he did not think I was liberal enough to give his boy a cadetship. I never made inquiry as to the boy's politics or those of his father, as that is not my way of doing things. He won it and I gave it to him and he entered upon his duties to be eduhi* tVici (rnvArnmpnt fnr a />arppr as a naval officer. At Annapolis he got into trouble for some reasons unnecessary to mention, but I had to exert my influence with the navy department to keep him from being summarily drooped from the rolls, which I did very cheerfully. A .little later on, for another offense, he? was dropped. ^ "Young Dial's training at the Naval academy was such as made it easy for him to stand the competitive examination for assistant paymaster in the navy, which I obtained permission for him to do and helped him get the appointment to that position. A year or two after he had been in the service as assistant paymaster he again smt irttn trnnhlo r?n appntint r?f v w ? age in his accounts and laid himself ^ liable to court-martial, dishonorable discharge and imprisonment for embezzlement. I interceded again and exerted all my influence I could command to.prevent his dishonorable discharge and allow him to resign. "Again and again I plead.with the secretary of the navy to look over the. shortcomings of the young man and not to disgrace the family by giving * mm a aisnonoraDie aiscnarge. I succeeded in getting him permission to resign after his father had paid up all; v / i the money he had misappropriated, i- m amounting to several thousand dollars. ffy "My friends who knew these things have felt aggrieved that Mr. JDial should have offered to oppose me at all for the senate. The people have yaaacu uu mat ui luj cuui c oauaiav- | tion and I hope to his. %But I do not' appreciate and I do not understand i how a man knowing all these things, > as he does know 'them, can stoop so Iowr as to enter into a contest on the barest shadow of a technicality. Even if there were merit in his contest, decency demands that he should bow to the will of the people. "The records on file at the navy department in Washington will bear out my statements; any one who is cu rious and who wants to know all the facts can secure same from Pay Inspector Samuel McGowan, U. S. N., Washington, D. C. "So far from having had any hand in advertising Mr. Dial's failure to file his expense account, when I was told by the clerk of the senate that he had not filed it and that it was too late. I asked them to notify Mr. Dial and it was only after this notification that he filed a technically legal expense ac\ ? count. I would have scorned to take advantage of him, but on such a technicality he has not hesitated to take advantage of a lesser one." ???^ # The Fair Deal. Yorkville Enquirer, Aug. 30th. The face of the returns and other in"? * ' * i-- i.1. ~ r* ATT dications poini 10 me ia.cc Lime u-uvernor Cole. L. Blease has been re-elected; but with such close figures as have been marked up, the issue is still in doubt, an?! final settlement remains for the official counts; butVhat we want to say is that whether Governor Blease or Judge Jones be declared to be the winner, we sincerely hope that during the next two years, he will get a fair deal. It-is not the purpose of these remarks to make apology for anybody. We have vet to see the public official, some of whose acts are not a proper subject of criticism'and even censure; but in a like manner, every public official does some things that are rights proper and worthy of just commendation. When men, from prejudice, interest or any other consideration allow their sense of justice to be blunted to the extent that they are not able to see the difference between rignt ana wrong they are inded i na bad way. "With all the fairness there is in us and with due respect to the opinions of others, we want to say that it has been our observation that Cole. L. Blease has never had a fait deal at the hafids of a majority of the South Carolina press. We do not mean to arraign the Dress as such or as a whole. We know the men who make the papers too well and we appreciate the situation as a whole too well for that. The preponderating newspaper opinion, especially political opinion, comes from very few J papers. There are several daily newspaper editors who do their own thinking and who express opinions of their own, but on some things political the ; majority of them are either consciously or unconsciously influenced by the opinion of others' and often they are led to conclusions that would not be theirs if they were more careful in j their own consideration of existing , facts. " . It has been our deliberate opinion for nearly two years that Governor Ccle. L. Blease has not been getting a fair deal at the hands of the newspapers of South Carolina. He has not ] been getting a fair deal at the hands of i correspondents who have been sending! matter out of the State. He has been dliberately misrepresented and ridiculed in scores of instanced, and as the result thousands of people are honestly holding absolutely incorrect opinions of him. We do not want to be understood by this as holding Governor Blease up as a model in any particular, but we do say that there are in the State many public men who are almost as prominent as Governor Blease and who are held by people opposed to the* governor, to be above reproach from every point of view; but who are reallv no better men than flnvornnr I v* 4.V* Blease from any point of view. t In view of the manner in which Governor Blease has been treated by the newspapers, we do not blame him, for the attitude he has maintained toward the newspapers. Some of the papers have treated him fairly, it is i I f true; but, it has not been practicable! for him to distinguish between them ' and his denunciation of newspapers as j a whole has been in a large measure j justified. And there has not been as j much small malice in this denunciation as has been made to appear. There was practical politics in it. rtey.nziag as ne aid tnat the irewspa- ; pers were unalterably opposed to him, \ and that they would not give him a I fair deal under any circumstances, it was to his interest to speak of them in a way that would impress the publie with the fact, that they were his \ bitter enemies. That idea was most I i conspicuous in nis famous inauguralj address, and equally conspicuous in; that message witl? which he accompa-; nied his veto of the libel bill. 6 I We do not want to be understood as ' ' ' I seeking to change anybody's politics. J The other fellow's politics is none of our business. The only thing we are, driving at is that the> first duty of a newspaper is to print the facts, all the ; facts as far as possible on both sides, j It is the privilege of a newspaper,; when it sees proper, to comment on i facts. The newspaper has as much i right to its opinion as any individual j has to his opinion, and so also has the individual as much right to his opinion as has the newspaper. The all important thing is that the opinions of , both be based upon facts. While there is supposed to be but; one party in this State, as a matter of fact there are two. Scores of newspapers and thousands of individuals j have all alone been trvins: to denv this I fact and they will continue to try to I ^eny it, notwithstanding the 'fact that everybody recognizes it as the j T>?nial of this fact by one side and re- i cognition of it by the other has heen i i I ? one of the most conspicuous features I of the campaign now on, and it has had more to do with the vote than any other one thing. But discussion of that is not our present object. All that we want to impress just now is that if the newspapers of South Carolina would render the State the greatest and most conspicuous service hereafter, no matter who is elected, they.must keep the people in close touch with the true facts. And if they would have the influence they desire and should 1 TV-.,,of co rnnHnPt f-hfvmselvfts iiavtr, iucj iiiuoc uv ?. ww that all their readers will be impressed with the fact that they are seeking to teach only the absolute truth. Rural Telephones. Durham, N. C., Sun. We are glad to notice that quite a number of farmers of this county have. y?i/->zir?+iTr inctallpd tp-lprVhones 1 in their 1 r ? ? country homes with connection with the Durham exchange. There is nothing that adds more to the comforts and pleasure of living in the country than a telephone. It brings to th,e home assurances of safety from many evils that come to the country; home. The telephone places the home in in- j stant connection with medical aid; U commands instant assistance in case of accident, fire or other calamity, and in cfcse of business it is of very great i importance. The farmer who Has a telephone in his .home saves his horses and teams many needless trips. He can know when to go to market by phoning and finding out the price of products on the day he expects to go to market. If j the* prices are low he can wait until! - . I next flay, or next weett. In fact the advantages of the telephone in the country home are so numerous that it is impossible to mention them in detail. We are glad to know th&t our farmers are waking up to their value, and we predict that as a few live, progressive farmers install these conveniences that others will fol- j low. At present we have several lines j running out from Durham. We, hope to see the day come when the entire county will be covered by rural phone lines. Pineapple as a Pepsin. The properties of the pineapple are extremely healthtul, its contents of | pepsin being of so high an average I that, of all the fruits, it takes the | highest rank among those possessing i the qualities that aid digestion. If pineapples were not so artificially | high priced it is a certainty that the citizens of the United States would discover in them a highly beneficial g food medicine, as well as a delightful j I rruit. A quarter or a pineapple taKen! at breakfast would afford more tonic j than two grapefruit. A glass of the | juice of fresh pineapple, taken during; a heavy meal, would furnish pepsin enougbkto make the afjrer-dinner pepsin tablet unnecessary, claims as authority. Pineapple juice is a drink practically unknown to Americans, but the people of South America where tl^e pineapples often sell for less than I 1 cent each, drink vast quantities of ? the fr pineapple juice. Peeling Oranges. Pour boiling water on orange and A let them stnd in it five minutes. Then i when you peel them you will find the bitter and indigestible white lining will come off clean with the skin. This enables you to easily slice and n chill them for breakfast. f limm v Now is the time to subscribe to The e a Herald and News, $1.50 i year. e CHICHESTER S PILLS J THE lMAMON?? BRANi>.. A 1 Ask yo, *r'jecrJst for /try TjjTi *'i?l-che8-ter's Diamond Tjran?i//\\ JMlls in Red and (?old niet:il!ic\\^/ 3 hoxcs? sealed with Blue Ri>>U>n?\ V/ Tnke n? other. Buy of y??nr 7 ~ fif I?rojrtrJ*t. Askf<?rCIU-CHENTERS }i \ < > Jf DIAMOND BRAND PILLS for Sio j vt* JS years known as Best, Safest, Always Retiat te jd V?A SOj n BY ORIifjOlSTS FVtfWWw d Only a Fire Hero j g but the crowd cb?ered, as, with burned hands, he held up a small round box, "Fellows!"'he shouted, "this Bucklen'e : 1 Arnica Salve I hold, has everything beat for burns." Right! also for boils, ulcers, sores, pimples, eczema, cuts, sprains, bruises. Surest pile cure. It | subdues inflammation, kills pain. 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This remedy is Dod- I on's Liver-Tone, a very pleasant tast- I d liquid that gives quick but gentle I piCd elief from constipation without the I ?ad after-effects which so often fol- S ^ ow taking calomel. eg Dodson's Liver-Tone is fully guarnteed to be a perfect substitute for 8 tA&ri alomel, and if you buy a bottle and j J t does not entirely satisfy you, Mayes rug store will promptly give you your H i aonev back upon request. I 1. It is lihe for both children and I Qfor Town people. t If you want news while it is news com ead The Herald and News. I M BEASO\ FOR ~~ I ^ ? I of y You Are Shown a Way Out. 9 There can be no reason why any | A * _ iVk A T?A?J 1 ? eaaer 01 mis who auu^rs uic whuiw ? f an aching hack, the annoyance of I rinary disorders, the pains and dan- I ers of kidney ills will fail to heed the I <"ord of a resident of this locality who I as found relief. The following is onvincing proof. Mrs. J. M. Wheeler, Prosperity, S. *" !ar., says: "My kidneys were'disor- least. I hai ered for a long time, causing terrible of ever beii ains through my loins and limbs, law procure "here was also a constant ache in my ney Pills fc ack and oc some occasions I could Son's drug carcelv get about. The kidney secre- they were g< ions were unnatural and annoyed me {induced i^e re?tly. -I consuls! ^"era! physi- j after I had ims and tried a number of kidney j boxes my I emedies, but did not imurove in the! and my kid I rry Savings Ba $50,000 itefWim O rmer, or a Miller, or a Carpc tat your trade or profession in the bank. It will help lay or a' day when yon ma] much as now. .*. .* I 1 Always Has The Mon :rest Paid on Savings Depos J. L NORWOOD, < C / III IIIIIIIIIMIIill ! ? /pmhjg! rrightsville 11-?.eii calling ^UU""uic ou cry out for you t vd. \ / * / o more delightful .< South Atlantic Co; boating, fishing sures. eaclied in a few [ ant service of. the \ST LINE RAIL idard Railroad of tl lections. \ (quire for rates, sc our local agent, or W. J. CRAIG Passenger Tra Wihr ?B?l Willi WW Ml BIBIM M 1 about given up the hope; their nor ig cured when my son-in- j mended ] d a supply of Doan's Kid-! ?* >r me at W. E. Pelham & | do sa" store. He had read that j For sa ood for kidney trouble and ! cents. ] to try them. I did so and X*w Tor taken the contents of two States, backache had disappears] * Retnem tieys had been restored to raice j0 c / % nk .00 f ' JS\ , . Si I ? I * 'M |>C5; x V - ' 'i 5 J r inter, , put yooN ' . f not 3 , K,; ? 1 ff iey M'u m, \ Cashier ? ? ' * ton x ? . * peach irf, the music, o follow the ' ' p/QQ eifjp rp?nrf ist, for bathand vacation \ ? t * <s. ' : * tours via the ATLANTIC ROAD, The le South, and I J hedules, etc., address i L tffic Mgr., J tington, N. C. I mal condition. I have recomr\r?or>'o TTirfnov PHI Is tn man v uvau o uv^ ? ? ?m lends and shall continue to le by all dealers. Price 50 ?oster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, . t k, so'e agents for the United i ber the name?Doan's?and A