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% vol.. XIV. P BEN Tl 1.1.MAX TALKS About the Disp^nsd'y at the Marlboro Meeting. BETTER THAN PROHIBITION Neariy all the Candidates Has Their Suy to the One Thousand l'arple Who Was Present. Tlio campaign meeting at H jnuetlsvillo last Wednesday wan attended by a thousand poople, who oaujo for utiles to hoar the candidates discuss the issues of the day. This is tho homo of W. 1). Evans, candidates for reelection as rail road commissioner, ami of Knox Livingston candidate for lieutenant governor. Etch was well reooived and will carry tho county solidly. K AI l.ltOA I * COMMISSIONER. The first speaker was Harney 11. Evans. Ho said that he had been iuuntcd with the fact that lie would not in Marlboro attack the reeord of W. D. Evans, lie renewed his charges today and said they wi ro direct at W. H.'s official record. W. 1). has do right to ride on a pass. Ilo must pay his fare and railroad refunds according to law. Daroy Huucau is the railroad commissioner. Mr. Horry said this county is pros porous bccau?c it is a prohibition county. Prohibition docs prohibit here. Hoi. Pettigrow was willing for W. L> ie *i-- * - ? - onus iu oarry tnu uouuiy, oui lie wanted tho votos not going to Evans. W. D. Evans, who introduced his competitors, had not intendcd to speak, but repliod to Harney. The rates are not driving mills out of t lie Slate. Five havo bcon established in this county sinoo ho went on the board Puoolet is building a new mill in Georgia because tho attitude of Cheraw is too low, and the mill now running consume nearly all tho cotton raised in the Stato. .J. II. Wharton proposed to correct evils of demurrage, overcharges, etc W. I). May Gold is not hero. Etlieridgo has not been with tho campaign for fivo meotings. GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES. Tho first candidate for governor to speak was Frank H. Gary. Ho said ho would not force a dispensary on Marlboro and ho did not want prohibition forced on Abbeville. Let each havo what it wants. IIo believed in the dispensary law. Thero has boon a tax enforcement. Have tho manhood to cn1'oroo it in Charleston as well as alsowherc. MoSweoncy is running on his rcoord and ho dosn't show Anything hut tho pardon of i'ons. No child would pardon a notorious bigamist. If tho governor would show some backbone, tho blind tigers would bo afraid of him. His sentiment that no Con fedcrato soldier should go to tho poor houso was ehccrt d. Wo cannot do too mnoh to foster the pub'.io sohools. Patterson asked Gary something about the latter's speech in Charleston. Garyroplied explaining fully his position on tho liquor question. Ho was cheered. Patterson was the r.cxt speaker. 11 o is not woll has hi en sick for throo days. Th'8 is tho politic al hirihplaoo of Hen Tillman. There is a powerful newspaper trust, and McSiccney -tried to get tho pull of the press. Patterson stated he had stuck to the disjensHry through tho scandal last fall, lie did not want to force tho dispensary on Marlboro, but prohibition is but a son timent here. In addition to Charles tOD's tiger industry, bo claimed thcro aro over -00 in tho city of Columbia. The law cannot bo absolutely cnfoiccd in Charleston, but ho would do it better than it is dono now or step dowu from office. All through his speeoh he took great pains to show his revcrcucc for Hen Tillman. Gov. MoSweeney said that all Pattor son wants is to fool the tho peoplo to put him into office. Patterson looked all over tho vouohois in the comptroller general's offioo and could tind nothing against the administration but warrants paying for a few newspapers. No man in South Carolina is so ignorant as to think that a newspaper's support can bo bought for a dollar a year. Kvcry governor had subscribed for papers? soino had even taken magazines, tie was oheorcd when ho roforrod to the Pons oaso. Patterson?"1 have a letter from a gentleman in Laurens saying that you are grinding out a lot of pardons." McSweoney?"Oh, well, that from soino follow who's in sympathy with you." (Applauso.) The governor continued that ho dotted any man to show whero a singlo pardon had not boon justified. Ho had , told his ohiof oonstablo in Charleston to enforoo tho dispensary law rigidly. The grand jury in Charleston, like the grand jury in Barnwell, whioh wouldn't believo Patterson in prohibition days, will not support tho offioiats in onforeing tho dispinsary law. The governor read letters from the mayors of Nowbcrry, Chester, Spartanburg, Saluda, Florenoo and Laurens, oommending his enforcement of tho dispensary law. lie furnishes proof of his administration?tho othors mako promises. MoSwooney made a very favorablo impression hore. Col. Walt Whitman oamo at tho eleventh hour, arriving from Cheraw. His quaint wittioisms kept tho orowd laughing. Tho Piedmont thinks it is time it is getting somo of the turkey it has been pulling down. Col. Jas. A. Hoyt is in aooord with Marlboro?a prohibitionist as long as Marlboro has bad prohibition. This oouoty has resented any attempt to ohange. Marion had been a prohibit tionoounty, but a dispensary wss cs\ it tabishcd there without tho consent of the people. Dill iota had tried to have the dispensary removed and oould not. It ill becomes a oaudidato for governor logo around tho oountry abusing tho papers for not supporting hiui. Patterson has boon into lt> oountios and it is a redaction upon him that uo paper has oonio to his support. Col. lloyt oould not ropudiato or rejeot tho support of papors that oppose prohibition, and yet they have taken hiui up on bis manhood. Gary pleads tho ouuso of tho Confedorato soldier. No one would do moro for them than lloyt, who was one of them. Thero oro largo uutnbors of families moving to town to cduoato their children, leaving thoir lands to tenants who do not know how to maintain them. The common schools should ho built up to maintain tho agricultural interests of the oountry and koop farmers from running to town. Col. lloyt was applauded. I.IEUTEN \NT UOV KKNOIl Col. Knox Livingston introduced his competitors, speaking in kiudost terms of each ni' them present, as woll as of Col. Tillman, who wired thut ho was left in Augusta. I'nln SJ \A':? 1. 1 Ol - wiu u. liivaru, ?i iumvi nuu uiuau each made a strong gpeeoh. Many people think there is as muoh eloquence among the oolonels as among the candidates tor governor. other states officers. Dr. Timmorman and ('apt. Jennings wero hero and spoko. .Judge Mooro spoko. Bellinger was absent. MoMahan v as not here, (tapers in ado a liit. Brookur and Dcrhsm had a little tiff Brook or accused Derham of perverting the rc?' Hd Derham told him he must not my that. Brookcr returned that Derham had exhibited a letter from Auditor Squicr of Columbia stating that some of Brooker's charges wero not truo. The latter wont to see Squire and tho latter denied writing it. Derham cxhibiltd tho letter from Squier. senator tii.l.man speaks. Senator Tillman was grcoted with cheering. In two weeks it will be 15 years since tho peoplo of Marlboro discovered Ben Tillman. Ho made his first speeoh hero in 1885, Their appreciation of his efforts then had much to .1 ^ mitt. : ? :_ a._it / % uu nun nua|iiu^ nilMirn 111 OUUIII V/UrOlina for tlio last lUycars. Ho had boon at home plodding along, reading papers and books, and doing a dovil of a lot of thinking, not knowing that ho had the gift of gab. There must havo bcon an occasion. Tho timo was ripo. Ho happened to stop forward when froo speech was swcot to tho pooplo. They had always found him right where ho had said he would bo. (Choors.) Tho State campaign is one of thodiroct outgrowths of tho Reform movomont. Tho people can get some idea of tho titnoss of tho candidates. There aro a lot of candidates for theso oflioos but nobody wants to bo senator. It is an honor to have the almost unanimous endorsement for a place of trust. His old frionds aro stioking to him and a host of new ones aro supporting him, Ho is weighed down with tho ruagnitudo of tho responsibility. If ho has accomplished anything at Washington it is because ho felt tho consciousness of tho support of tho peoplo at homo. Ho wantod to take tho liberty to give tho peoplo some ad vioo. If ho woro a politician ho would koep his mouth shut. Hut as a loader ho uiust say something. The State campaign is degenerating into something which is not good on account of the number of candidates. There is noocsearily a timo limit. They get up hero and say their Jittlo speeches and sit down. They cannot debato and show their mettle. Tho pooplo get a half digested idea of tho campaign. The peoplo aro getting baok to a condition of stagnation?the groon soum is rising over their heads. Tho peoplo of South Carolina aro doing wrong to gag tho candidates. The candidates aro not saying anything new or tho newspapers aro not doiDg tho squaro thing, (s it important for half a dozen mon to discuss railroads? It is bottor for two candidates to talk one day and two tho next if thoy talk their out and say something. If they have any brains it will show their mettle. Ho was going to tuko tho liberty of looking about tho dispensary. Not because ho wants to dictato, for tho pooplo will not submit to dictation. National issues noed no disousMion. Ho would not try to bias their votes. lleguluting tho Halo of liquor has boon tho oauso of more trouble than any other problom. If tho Stalo has tho right to inoddlo with the salo of whiskoy at all it has tho right to regulato its salo, Whiskey is usually drunk whtro bought?other articles of oommorco aro takon homo. The history of formor prohibition contests in this Htato is that town after town would go "dry," and then would go "wot" at tho next olootion. When a town was dry under prohibition, thoro was just as muoh drinking and no rovenuo. There woro 95,000 votes in 1802 and but 00,000 votes on tho prohibition question and tho orude prohibition quostion won by 10,000 votos. Childs introduced an ironolad bill. Tho legislature is always a skittish orowd. It passed tho Childs bill, do himself had takon this bill, had knocked out somo drastic features and inserted the olausos which allowed the State to sell liquor under dispensary regulations. This was passod by the sonato and later by the houso. It was an issuo in 1894 (and was adopted.) He himself had kept tho constitutional .convention from insorting tho law in tho constitution, body and breeohes. It was settled in 1890 and again in 1898. How many times must it be settled to be settled. Tho peopio must quit voting for personal preferences and settle this issue onoo and for all. The prohibitionists .are honorablo men and led by an honorable man. but they polled but 15,000 votes last time. r, ^ i f |pi CONWAY CharloHtou voted for prohibition in tho last election. Aro they onforoing ptohibition now? Thero is au unholy allianoo of preachers and barkeepers led by Col. Iloyt, and yet vou pooplo vote for thoir personal preferences. Vou ..i. ?. > t / T .....Ll ? \ mu uuv in iu vuiu. ymugimi ; Marlboro is ft model county, they say. Thoy have never Hold whiskey by law. ".Oh, you hypooritos! VVhon I was governor 1 heard of wagons oouiing down horo from North (Carolina. Whero do you got your liquor? T know you driuk it. You lovo it. You go down to the depot on Saturday evening and you will tind a whole express oar loaded with jugs aud demijohns." Tillman replied that this is a knotty question. The constitutional convention in its liberality to Charleston doelarod that there should bo a true bill by a grand jury boforo tbero oould be a change of venire. Tho grand jury in Charleston will never tind a truo bill against u bliud tiger and is lying. Hut if lie wore govor nor bo would put 60 eonstubles in Charleston and raise hell ou Cbioeo's stroot. lie called upon tho people to tnako tho candidates for the legislature dcolaro thomselves over their signature in tho eouuty papers, and run squaroly on the liquor issuo. If a man wcro licensed to sell liquor under constitutional provisions ii would he a failuro. llo would keep open Suudays, cirous uayn ana aiier sundown, and ho would soil as luoau liquor as ho could got. Behind the prohibitionists ooiuo the high 1 oonso people Oodz&Ios lea ling tho vau ? and thcynro marching against the oominon foo. lie disclaimed meddling and said ho hud only given his viows for what they wore worth." "What about Marcus?" inquired Botno one. Tillman then said that tho Demo oralio party had lined up and reunited. Wo have tho Republicans on ioo. Bryan has fivo ohatiocs of winning to his one in 18% After Hryau has boon in there four years and given them an honost ml ministration tho Republican party will not bo heard of in 25 years. Tillman's objootivo is tho tier of counties along tho North Carolina lino. Ho will go to Darlington Thursday, whole it is confidently expootcd Col. Hoyt will reply to him. lie will miss Camden and Lanoastcr, but will go to Chester and Yorkvillo and thcnco through all tho counties in Anderson. MEETINO AT DARLIN??TON. Tho oarapaign mooting at Darlington on Thursday passed off pleasantly. Thcro was about fivo hundred pooplo present. Tho spceohos wcro about tho samo as thoso at other meetings, except that Col. Hoyt took issuo with Sonator Tillman. lu referring to tho Senator's Bonncttsvillo speech ho said that it is vorv annaront that anninhnelv in onHin? vory unoasy ovor this olootion. Thoro arc too many things boing said about tho chances of Iloyt's boing olcotcd. Senator Tillman isdownhoro to weed out his crop of dispensary candidates. 1 hero aro too many candidates and ho wants to marshal his forcos. llo has been out west and porhaps has heard tho nows. Tillman courageously speaks his convictions, llo has not a bad memory. Did ho not in 1890 protest against Wade Hampton's coming down horo and taking part in Stato politics? And is this not tho vory thiug ho is doing now. Tho people who voto for Hoyt will not go to Tillman to get permission. He, Hoyt, had dono as muoh in 1880 and 1888 for primaries and for frco epocoh as had Tillman. Tillman has made a mistake, unless it is his purpnso to wood out these dispensary candidates. lie ripped ono of them up the hack at Bonnottsvillo. Hut it is not fair for him, tho United States souator, tho representative of all tho pooplo, to come dowu horo and disturb tho natural outoorao. It docs notoomport with his formor fairnerss. Tillman has a right to tho speaker's stand of oourso, but Col. Hoyt protested against intorfnronco. Ho invitod Tillman to visit him at tho exooutivo mansion. (Laughter.) SENATOR TILLMAN HI'KAKS. Senator Tillman was rooeived with applause. Ho had always received tho support of this oounty. Ho wanted tho people to sco how fat ho is gotting. Peoplo grow fat on abuso and pap. Ho had worked for ovory oont ho gots. From some words uttored hero today, soiuo might bo led to think that ho is meddling. That old gag oF coat (ail swinging baa boon heard auain. Ho had never posed as a bosa. Ho had always led tho people iu tho way thoy wantod to go. Col. Hoyt is an honorable man, who bears upon his porson tho soars of hattlo. Hut ho ought not to ob.ioot to Tillman's dilforing with him on public issues. Col. Hoyt had said something about Tillman protesting against Senatorllampton meddling with thelocal raoo, and tho infcrcnco is that Tillman is now meddling. Hampton was not at that time a candidate. Tillman is now a oandidato. Ho had not taken up tho oudgols for any ono man, and as a oandidato ho has tho right to bo heard. He ronowodhis protest against the timo limit hoing out down. Col. Hoyt in hiB address in Columbia at tho prohibition oonvention oharatorized tho dispensary administration as that of a scalawag, and a little short of radicalism. Tillman olaimod the right to dofend his administration which was thus attaokod. "Furthermore, it is my baby." Should ho romain quiot under theso oiroumstanoes? Ho is going to talk, and anybody who doesn't liko it oan lump it. Ho then wont into a discussion of tho disponsary versus prohibition. His interost would bo to koop his mouth shut. Ho would take orders from tho pooplo, but not from tho newspapers or anybody olso. People lovo liquor. If they aro estopped from buying it logally thoy will lie to get it. He rooognizos the evils of whiskey, but people will have it. It has boon recognised for time outof mind that thoro is the risht to regulate and to polioo its sales. IIo oallcd attention to the good featnres of the dispensary. If yon for I inni . S. C.. THURSDAY. ,)U l^*i i . i ? i .t oiu pcopio 10 arm* moy wind on anyhow. Why not try prohibit^? lift- ; cause it has boon pointed ou?. that it will tako foroo to enforce it.. .ud the , pooplo will not submit to ft Oreol tax , for its onforccmont. Tho arm- .of luiu- l isters wanting prohibition lnnji boa sido 1 by sido with tho high lioeuso 0 ? u. Do you waut barrooms? If you & repeal , tho dispensary law. Tho revalue will i thou bo lost nothing to co& ponaato for it and just aH muoh dru aounoss as now. Thoro will bo a still p overy ; spriug branch. It has been f^ n years sinco Tillman spoko at Darliu ton, but ; ho was roooivod today as then/ A RINGING APPRA/v To Democratic Clerks All ^vev the United 8tates W. H. Hearst, President ot tho National Association of Democrs 1ft clubs, has issuco au address to th* clubs iu which ho calls on them to 'publioly ratify tho uotniuatiou of William .Jennings Rryan for president and Adlai K. Stovonson for vioo presidout, and prepare to dofend tho rcpublio against the corrupt and corrupting spirit jf imperialism." Tho addross arrtN^us tho llepubiioAn party bitterly for its attitude toward "imperialism" and tho trusts and urges all patriotic tizons to organize to preserve the institutions of tho rcpublio. The addross cot tinues: "This is no ordinary year n Aiuorioan politics. Colonics bavo h'on established under tho Aincrioan fl u without tho oonsent of tho Amo/i<$in peoplo and in defiance of the constitution. Tho unlawful and brual polity of President MoKinloy and his advisors, involving tho abandonment of the prinoiplo of political equality on American soil, bus been confirmed by the Republican partv in its national convention "Tho Kopublicau party, uodor its present leadership, is attempting to oommit a hitherto pcaoeful and just na ??- -f : :-i -J * ? viisiA a uaiuui ui iiujiuiim lUVtlUllirO and oon<|UOHt. Its oouBorvatisui is disappearing and its main policy is dominated by a vulgar spirit of greed uuknown on this continent until now. The Republican party has become a pay of rovolution. It is attacking tho irreproacbablo and timo approved political, industrial and sooial systems under which this republic has steadily grown in strength and glory and has dishonored our flag and onr national obligations before tho civilized world. "It has trampled the declaration of independence under foot. The Republican party is tho promotor and agont of tho now and torriblo trust systoru whioh seeks to destroy industrial competition in America?anothor revolutionary movomont hostilo to froe institutions. "Tho ppiritof militarism marks overy act of tho national govornmcnt. Thoso radical and experimental changes in tho order of our national progress threaten tho cxistonco of Republican government on tho American oontinont. Subjects and citi/.ons cannot long ondure undor tho samo flag. Monopoly takes away opportunity and hopo for from tho massos of the people: it robs tho youog men of tho nation of all ohanoo to achieve their indenondenoo and fastens upon them a porpetual wago servitude; it oonvertH small proprietors into hirelings, and it puts into the hands of a fow mon the absoluto control of produotiou and prices. "Against theso new and dangerous polioioB?condomned alike by oxporionoo and by justice?tho Democratic party is exerting its wholo strength. Its candidates and its platform represent tho conservative spirit of tho American pooplo and their part in American institutions. They roprosont oppoitunity at somo as aguinst adventuro in Asia; peaco rathor than war inspired by tho lust of money; citizenship, not subjeothood; a homogeneous ropublio, not a hetorogoneous empire; a nation of prosperous, equal, liborty-loving citizens, unburdened by tho taxes of a great standing aimy, icading ultimately to military oonsoription. "The re-oleotion of President MoKinlcy will bo takon by tho Kopublioan leaders as a proof that the Amorioan pooplo approvo an imperial, military and trust-brooding polioy. "In tho presence of thoso impending national porils tho National Association of Demooratic Clubs calls upon all Dotnooratio olubs, sooiotios and associations in tho United States to organize their foroos for tho dofoat of Republican institutions. Patriotio oitizens, rogardloss of past political ties or prejudices, are oarnestly invited to assist in this work of prcsorvatioD. This tho nation must ohooso botwocn?the Kuropean and tho American theory of government." ^' The law holds both maker and circulator of a oounterfoit equally guilty. rno dealer who soils you a dangerous oountorfcit of DoWitt's Witch ilazol Salvo risks your lifo to make a littlo largor profit. You can not trust him. DoWitt's is the only genuine and original Witoh Hazel Salve, a well known oure for pilos and all skin diseases. See that your dealer gives you DoWitt's Salvo. Dr. E. Norton. Russian Cruelty 4 'The Japaneso correspondents charge the Russian soldiers with appalling barbarity toward the Chinese. Thoy deolaro that the Pei Ho River is full of of the oorpses of women and ohildron and that the Russians loaded 300hodios on a junk and burned them." It has been demonstrated by experience that consumption oan be prevent ed by the early uso of One Minute Cough Cure. This is the favorite remedy for ooughs, oolds oroup, asthma, grippo and all throat and lung troubles. Cures quiokly. Dr. E. Norton. - ^ i X *im ; fml I,Y 2?, HHX). I :'A VOTE 6ETTEH That Is What The Democratic Platform Is. HOW TILLMAN READ IT. The Impressions Made on a Wiiter In the Kansas City Times Who Heard Him Read It. Perry 8. Kodor, writing to thuKunsa* City Times, bays: This lias boeu the greatest oouvcution evor held ou Auierioau soil. The whole convention at Chicago in 1892, which framed the celebrated tariff platform and nominated a buooossful oaudidate for the proBidonoy, iuoluding Hpooeh making, parados,nominations, applause, ohoering, enthusiasm, did not equal the lull )imit*4 fron. .1 trt li n'ltlnnL woo - ? ? w .?w. M 1 V>?J WW ?' V WIWWIi J V" torday. No one can call to mind any two hours iu any other oonvoutiou ooui parable to thoso two. Tho spirit moved mightily among the pcoplo. It grow out of tho roading of tho greatest platform over framod by a uational convention, its most powerful roading by Senator Tillman, and its unanimous indorsement by a united party that four years ago was torn asunder by tho adoption of anothor noted platform, aud by tho appoaranoo on tho stago immediately thereafter of Webster Davis, "tho orator of tho administration" of Prosidont MoKinloy, until a fow months ago his assistant secretary of the intorior, to announoo that "I stand on your platform aud will sup port William Jounings Bryan." Thoro was an hour in tho convention of 189(1, when Mr. Bryan mado his groat apeooh for tho Chicago platform, when tho imrminf) anthimiaNin nnnalml ihiu l.nt thore wcro two bourn horo yostorday of tho most intouso convention spirit and onthusiasm instead of tho ono thoio. In theso two hours 1 havo not inoludod tbo domonstration whioh followed tho prosontation of Mr. Bryan's name by Mr. Oldham, immodiatoly aftor Davis had olosod, nor that cordial onthusiasm whioh attendod Sonator Hill's uttoranoos in sooonding 'Bryan's nomination?oithor of whioh easily equaled tho onthusiasm attending Clovoland's nomination in 1892. I havo not dono so for tho roa- 1 son that rnero or less domonstration always follows tho nomination of a prcsi- 1 dont, and it may not indioato anything 1 of ospooial importanoo. But it is a 1 rare thing that tho reading of a plat- 1 form carries a convention off of its fcot for two hours. No groat ohocring at- 1 tended and intorruptod tho roading of 1 tho (Jhioago platform of 189(5, although a mighty shout wont up when it was adopted, nor that of tho famous tariff j platform of 1892. It was tho reading of this platform yostorday whioh me as- ' urod tho high mark of enthusiastic 1 Aiuorioanism. ' Sonator Fairbanks road tho ropublioan platform at Philadelphia in exodlont voioo. But no oao listonod to him. The iuattontion and iudifforenoo was so marked that when ho had road about ono-third of it tho chairman, Sonator Lodgo, arose, stoppod tho ( roading and beggod and urgod tho dele- ( gfttos to liston to it, stating that it was tho important function of tho oonvoation. Fairbanks read on and when ho j had finishod about another third Lodgo again aroso, steppod to tho frout of tho groat platform and pleaded and boggod, , 1 I . 1 X J J At 1 ? ' urguu huu Bjuium oruorca mo aoiegatos , to listen to tho platform, but it did no , good. No odo oared anything about it. It foil porfootly doad upon tho oonvon- , tion and after "it was adopted tho mouth-pieoo of tho administration, ^ Grosvonor of Ohio, publicly, over bis own name, pronounced it a forgory and a fraud on tho oonvontion. IIow marked was the contrast here yesterday ?as difforent as tho prinoiplos of tho I two parties, as difforent as the Ameri- 1 oanism of this, and tho English tody- I ism and trust oant of that. Tho Phila- < delphia platform has already boon for- j gotton beoauso it arousod no manly son- i tiinent in any honest American heart, i The Kansas City platform has not only I already been dubbod another Deolara- < tion of Indopondonoe, but it has al- i ready aroused so muoh enthusiasm that ' the purblind trust-riddon newspapers will today show that thoy havo boon soared into oonniption fits by it. Thoy will say it surrenders 1<? to 1, and in that thoy will lie. Hut thoy must lio about it or moot defeat. Every ono listonod as Tillman read. At the strong utteranoc* and apt expressions the oonvontion jumped to its foot and shouted. Hut in a minuto his voioo oould bo heard to the furthest end of tho hall. Ilo is a remarkablo man. It is doubtful if thoro is anothor liko him in Ainerioa. He is tho Kobespiorro of America, who looks liko tho nusoand or Madame do Fargo, the koeper of the wino storo, in Diokens' "Tales of Two Citios." lie is a man of great power, physioal, montal and moral, though some of his enemies have no hesitanoy in saying he is lacking in morality He is a big raw-boned slugger, equal to any politioal contest with the world's groatest politioal gladiator. He loves liberty, he loves individual manhood, ha loves the plain people, but he more strongly hates tyranny, frauds, hypocrisy, oant, plutooraoy. Perhaps he never took mor# gonuine fdeasure in any work of his sf.bole pubio career than in reading this platform, whioh he secerned to know almost by heart. ' When he reaohed the end of t* ' | on imperialism, the first on' platform, and whioh is ahout the whole document, and -- ? ? (/ / / ' / J#* I / r ( jr "the importance of other questions now pending before tho American pooplo is in no wise diminished, and the Demo- , cratio parly takes no backward step from its position on thorn, but the ' burning issuo of imperialism wo regard as the paramount issue of the cam paigu," the audience cheered and cheered and cheered. As ho proceeded and reasserted and defined the Monroe doc- ' trine, denounced trusts, monopolies and militarism, painted out the frauds ami hypocrisy of the ll-jpublioan plat* 1 formdcclarod for oommcioial expansion, denounced national hank money, and demanded the free an 1 unlimited coinage of silver and gold at tho ratio of 16 to 1, every man in thoaudienco scouted to bo satisfied, and when ho finished 10.(tOO flags, on which wcro tho words, "Tho constitution aud the tlag \ Ono and inseparable, Now and forever, *; Tho flag of tho republic forever, ()f an empire never." oaiiin from nobody knew where or how, ( and from tho girders of the roof was lot ! down a llag fifty or Hoventy-fivo foot i long and half ni wide. Men mounted u-J?i...:? -> * i ! viivn uuiura, wuuiuu suouieu ana waved ! , thoir hands and hags old men looked , young again, and from tin throats of | 120,000 poo pi o there was a rushing, ! ( sweeping, roaring Hood of enthusiasm j that lolled through iho hall like tho breaking of a mighty storm. Had old Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, John B Henderson of Washington, Senator Halo of Maine, and tho hundreds of thousands of truo sons of Puritan fathers in Now Kngland boon 1 prosont thoy would have been swept iuto tho Domooratio party as was Wobster ( ( Davis, who likely ncvor mado a speeob bit ore which bo so muoh enjoyed. When this storm of enthusiasm, as , honest as a summer's rain from a wes- ( tern sky, had lasted for moro than | twenty minutos and tho audionoo had r sung tho ''Star Spangled Banner," "My Country, "I'is of Thoo," tho "Red, ,j White and Bluo" over and ovor again, 8 Davis had added .">,000 to tho Democratio j majority in Missouri and 50,000 in v tho entire oountry, Mr. Bryan was noiuinatcd, Sonator Ihll being ono of iIioho 0 who seconded his nomination. Ho * ??i. - - . - 1 iuuk uuuamud 10 express his approval ^ of the document. 4,Tho man who oan |, not ntand on thin platform in not ontitlod to be oallod a Democrat," ho Haid, ? and thero wan not a discordant note in n the entire hall. Tho work of the platform oomtnittoo a has not only been well dono, it has a been extraordinarily well dono. It do- d Horvos tho thanks of ovcry patriotic r man in America for its work. It has u framed a platform in harmony with its candidate, who is hiuisolf tho best plat- r form any party has had sinoo Lincoln, '1 and it haB shown exceedingly good taut and sonso iu so singling out tho import- n ant campaign isHuos now on, and iu not d repudiating or dodging any hhuo for t whioh tho party stood in 18%, that g ovcry broczo that blows botwoon this and Novombcr will bo freighted with g Rryan victory. o From this day tho Republican party g is on tho defonsivo. No party can long livo that will turn its hack on tho Dcolation of Independence and tho constitution. It must hhow that, thin nlinr.m is not truo. Forry S. Kador. ? ij Wo Lend the South H The Ualtimaro Manufacturer's Ho- I sord gives tho figuros of ootton mill in- 1 ?osemonts for tho first. six months of 1 1900 at between $20,000,000 and $25,* o )00,000. Tho number of spindlos addod h to tho ootton manufacturing is put at 1 375,308, aa follows: B Alabama 76,640 f GJoorgia 192,428 n Mississippi 41,240 c North Carolina 152,952 t South Carolina 349,252 a Tonnosso? 28,500 s Texas 35^256 b It in thus seen that this stato is a V long way in tho load, equalling tho next 0 ooxt two highest, Goorgia and North o Jaroliua, together. p Farmers Organize Tho Alabama Fanners Froteotivo Jongress mot in Montgomery on WodQosday. The purpose of this oonvon- t tion is to fix the prion of ootton and h jther produots at a fair prioo to tho g pioduocrs. Tho farmors of Alabama a *ro relieved somewhat by thoir movo* o mont since Goorgia and othor statos t havo organized similarly. Col. L. F. t Uulvcr oommissioner of agrioulturo, n md many farmors and business men 1 wero present. i rw% DR. IOFFE aksteeth JL (TcethinS Pov ^ hA ^?sts on'^ ? cen^s 1 Or mall 25cents to C. J* I vib< (| r ^ Write for our elegant II T cut do; m \vc can Mve 3 ouiioncy iu the jmrcl ? and the easy torniiT*)? payment ? factory ? r tlitoujji our regular*"untli ^ tunity you cannot 1 fTord to pass. You * <t? f nitfi;: < rot.?. Therefore, ali-Z ^construe ion urn. necessary. If you > /> ff " most liberal terms. \\ JUCHINtCOW^ * ^#oy Mercantile Co , A, . r 1 ii * <Vt < ' . ij # - - NO. 52. So.MK COO I) NEWS 2om*s to Washington from the Chinese Capitol. T COME5 FROM MR. CONGER Is Says that the Only Way to Prevent a Ganwrat M-tasncro is by Quick Relief. Mr. Wu, tho Chincao Minister at iVashington, reooived a cipher oabla lispatohon Friday froui United Htatea Miuinter Conger, who wa* reported nassuorcd in Pckinwith other foroignirs. It is in tho state department dphcr ami is transmitted through the I'suug Li Yauion and the Shanghai l'aotai. It contains about fifty words ind is signed in P.nglish with the name "Uoogor." At a quarter to ten Minister Wu liauded tho Conger dispatch to Hoore:ary {lay who immediately called in his assistant scorotarios and privato lecrotaryan 1 work was begun in transiting tho cipher. No doubt is oxprossed by tho stato lopartment ollioialn us to the authentilily of tho message. The translation >f tho Conger message is as follows: "In Hritisk legation, I'udcr oontin imil Hhot and hIicII from Chinoso troops. ^ lick relief only can provont goueral nassacro. Congor." Tho mcRsago in not dated, but it is indorstood that it was ?cnt from Pekin >n tho lHih. Tho following Htatomont las boon made at tho state departuont: "On tho 11th of this month tho state lepartmont communicated a brief mosago asking tidings of Ministor Congor n thostato departmenteodo. Mr. Wu mdertook to got this into Monger's muds if ho woro alivo. Ho has suaceded in doing this. Friday morning ho stato departmont roooived a toloram from Consul Uoodonow at Shangiai saying: "Tho govornor of Shanghai informs no that ho has roocived Friday a cipher ncssago from Congor of tho 18th." A few minutos lator Minister Wu ppoared at tho stato department with tologram from tho Taotai of Shanghai atod tho 20th of July, whioh has boon eooived by MiniHtor Wu at9:30 Friday lorning reading as follows: "Your tologram was forwarded as cquentcd. I sent a roply from tho ^aung Li Yamon as follows: "Your tologram 15th date of this noon (11th of July) recoivod. State opartmont telegram has beon handodo o Minister Conger. Herewith i? Voxor'a roply to tho state department." As soon as Minister Conger's cable ram had boon translated a cabinet ouneil was oallod in tho office of the oorctary of Stato. Betting on the Election. Hon. Joseph Uroen, of New York, ml Col. A. S. Henning, of California, olh rioh, mot at New Orleans, rooonty, disoussod the Novoinbcr olootions, nd ended with a hot. Green is a )cmocrat and Henning a Kouublican. ?ho lattor wan soconfidont of MoKinoy's elootion that ho gave odds to his pponont. llo hot $10,000 to $1,500 on lis man. Mr. Groon is confidant that 10 will win tho stato, and inasmuch as dr. Honning "expoota Georgia to vote or MoKinloy, this year," ho must be oaking some wild ostimatos. Mr. Groen lot only fools assuranoo of Bryan's riuuiph, but dcolaros that it will bo landslido for him. Ilis reasons for uoh confidonoo may bo premature, ut they aro forcible and sagaoious. Vo trust that ho will bo rioher by $10,00 next November than ho is at proa* nt and that Mr. Hcnning will be a forcer and wiser man.?Augusta Jhroniolo. Hot for Train Robbers. The now locomotives just put on by ho Denver and Kio Grando Railway iavo an uniquo attaohmont as a safe uard against robbers, in tho way of uozzlo on tho roof of tho oab. Those onnoot with tho hot water of tho boil r, and point at tho rear ond of the ender. The nozilo oau send a jet of nixed bteaw and boiliog water at 200 Ih pressuro, that would kill anyone n its range. ^ TT'S A Allays Irritation, Aids Dlsesttoo, I || /I Regulates the Bowels, / , III / A Strengthens the Child, / " I |i f-A Makes Teething Easy. / jj /ders) jUL.TEET11INA Relieves the Bowel :~ 4 Troubles of Children of It DrO^StS, ANY AGE, ^ , VIOFFETT, M. D.v 8T. LOUIS. Nl<fc I Change in Marketing Methods J pplied to Sewing Machines. 5 >1 plan under which you can obtain 0 r^TTotter value in the purchase of f >U9 ''Willtc'" Sewing Machine than W 'feretl. T '(ue and detailed particulars. How ?asc of r high-grade seising machine ^ we cun otTcr, either direct from f orized agents. This ij nu oppor- & know the "White,** yen know ^ ii led ditvri; 'i> u of the tnuclnue and J hove an oM machine to exchange J 'rite to-d;?/. Address in full. 5 IV, (Dep't A) CICVChBd, A , Conway, 8. 0.