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STHE EOPLE'S JOURNAL VOL io.---NO. 3o. - PICKENS S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1900- ONE DOLLAR A YEAR Co the Readeris of' We invite you t( and boys we Our line of Mi ()ur Boys' Kue AMen's Pianti fr( A comli)lctc lii felt and sti 'Tlle best $3.50 Every thing in line of unla known to t We will take 1) best stock section, and Yours trilly SMITH & ] GFREE RUBBER TIE We put on the best at & You are cordially invited to e Fine Carriages Wagon Our Prices Are Right. The Greenville G. W. SRIlNI. Supt. - - RIPY4Y TO TILLMAN. DR. C. S. GARDNAR HITS BACK. The Greenville Minister Answers Sena tor Tillnan's Speech About Him. Dr. C. S. Gardner has given the fol iowing to the press: I am very sorry that imperative en gagements, formed long before Senator Till man's announced purpose to rep>ly to my sermon in Greenville, compel ed me to be absent on the occasion of his speech there. Some of his remarks call for a reply, which I can make, though not present, as I have a stenographic re port of what he said. The Senator rotors to me as a mnan who went into the pulpit to make a po litical speech. That is something which I never did. I preached morality and righteousness, and I propose to continue in that business; and I have no idea of asking Senator Tillman to choose mny themes for me or to mark out for mec the limits of my ministerial functions. I have a notion that I understand my business a little better than he does Whenever it comes to the p~oint that 1 cannot lift up my voice as a minister of the Gospel against the liquor traille, whether engaged in by an individual or by the State, I shall leave the pulpit as unworthy to be a preacher of righteous ness, When politiclans lead the State into an "unholy alliance" with the whis key power, yes, into a business that is mnfestly Immoral and degrading there will be found a great host of preachers who have respect enough for their ofico to condem'u it. Of course there wvill be a host of politicians who will cry them down and malign them for it. But what difference does that make ? When the State legislates upon01 matters that are specifically moral in their character, matters that immediately and powerful ly affect the religions welfare of tihe people, shall the appointed moral and religious teachers or the pleIl suIfer their mouths to be padlocked by the politicians'? Har dly. There is freedom of conscience and religion in this coun try yet. I'll tell you what is the matter with Senator Tillman. As between pro hibItion and the dispensary, the preach ers are against the dispensary. If they had preached In favor of Ils pcet liquor traflic, he would never have sneered at them as going into thme pulpit to make p~olitical speeches. They are not ac cepting his dictum in the mnatter ; that is where the shoe pinches. I agree with Senator Tillman that a political preacher is a very offensive character. Hie is apt to make a fool of himself ; in fact, I do not know of any character that is more utterly silly and foolish than the political preacher, ex cept one. That is a politician who un dertakes to interpret the Bible, as Sena. tor Tillman is doing. Hie says the preachers have set him to studying the Bible-well, lhe needs to. I earnestly recommend thlat lhe start to Sunday school and join the Infant class. I assure him that he hias miuch to learn, judging from the use lhe is making of thle Bible In his speeches. If there were a twelve year old boy in my Bunday school who could not beat him in tile Interpretation and application of tile Scriptures, ] should feel discouraged about the child, The Senator quotes Paul's advice tc Timothy to take a little wine as a mcdi cine and attributes the language to Solo men, and draws the inference that be. T1'ie J'oural: come to see us for anly thing that mIen m1's Suits run from $4.00 to $25.00. Pant Suits $1.50 to $0.0). )im $1.00 to $7.50. of Meni's and Iloys' II ats in both aw goods. Shoe mude for Imen. Underwear, amnon1g which is the hest andered white slirit and colored shirts ie trade for 50 cents. leasure in showing you through the )f goods inl our1 iue ill the 'iedmont the prices are all right 3RISTOW, :NVILLE, S. C. .ES* ;HORT NOTICE. Kamine our Stimmer Stock of Buggies, i and Harness. Our Goods Are Guaranteed. Coach Factory. - - f. ARK LE-Y, Prop. little wine to be taken medicinally there fore we ought to perpetuate the State whiskey-selling establishenint of South Carolina. His lack of knowledge of the Bible, displayed in this quotation, is dis graceful, and his logic in the application of it not less so. Jesus summed up the whole moral law in two great commandments : "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy strength and with all thy mind ; and thy neighbor as thyself." Is the whiskey traflic obedience to these command ments ? Some time ago, I talked with a young man about the habit of drink lie was forming, and pleaded with him to give it up for his own sake, for the sake of his father and miothe~r, for the sake of the honorable name lie becars. Tears tilled his eyes as hie told me how it was gaining the mastery over him and how hie knew he was bringing pain and sor row upon01 his paurents and would ulti mnately bring ruin upon himself unless lie should quit it ; and yet, lhe said that, so long ais lie could get it, it was next t~o impossib1le to let it alone. Now, siup POse I should sell that young man whis key and1( Put tihe p~rofitBs in my p~ocket. Would I be keeping the commament to love God withl all my soul and strength and mind y God1 loves that younig mani; is trying to save him ; has sent 11 is son into the world to save hiimi from just such a fate as the whiskey tralic 'will bring upon him. Now, in selling him whiskey, would [ be co* operating with God for his salvation or co) operating with the devil for his damnation ? Would I be0 obeyin g the commlandmient, to love God with all my power, if I sell him whiis key ? Would I b)e loving my neighbor ? Would I sell liquor to my own boy, if lie should contract a taste for it ? Would Senator TIillman sell whiskey to his owni boy to drink as a beverage, if he had the craving for it ? Would he desire that anlybody should (10 it ? Are we, tilen, loving our neighbor as ourselves, when we are solling it, to somebody else's boy or brother or husband who loves it ? Why ask such questions ? Can not any body see that the whiskey03 trallec is against the whole moral law as .Jesus taught it ? 1t is directly antagonistic to both the groat commandments in which our Master summedl up the whole law. Trhe Senator criticises my use of my text. He claims that I loft out thme part which makes it harmonize with the dlis pensary. Let us8 see :"That thou mnayest look onl their nakedniess." The Senator explains that to mean, "That you may eheat him or bamboozle him when lhe is drunk." That Is mnot what it imeanis. But supplose It were. Is not the State of South Carolina doing that very thing? I hold that every man who buys liqumor to drink as a beverage is "cheated anid bamboozled " IHI gives his good money for that which not only has no value, but (does hinm the greatest hiarml. If the State is going inito business, it ought to give value received. But It dloesn't (10 it in the l iquor business, But the real meaning of the expression Is this ; that dIrunkenness tends to bring a man to poverty and rags and nakedness. The writer supposes that that must be the purpose when you furnish liquor to a man ,to get drunk on. Hlabakkuk did not live to see the time when U~nited1 States Senators would go about over the country preaching that .the liquor trallic is a benevolent and moral Institution But sensible men know yet that, if poy. erty andl nakedness are not the end1 to be anticipated. And every sensible man who advocates the traflic in aIn form must conteijplate that as a result if not the end sought. And dispensary whiskey makes men drunk and misera ble and ragged and naked just as well and quickly as any other sort of liquor. Nobody denies that there is a proper use of liiuor. It is right to use it for medicinal, chemical and mechanical pur- a poses ; and it is right to sell it for these U purposes. That is not the question. I Nor is the question before us the use of 1 wines at our tables in moderation and c the sale of it for such purposes. Much 8 is made of the fact that Christ made 8 wine for people to drink on one occa- 1 sion. But when a man, because Jesus 1 made a light and harmless wine for peo- a )le to drink at a marriage, infers that i therefore we are right in selling for a : profit mean whiskey for people to drink c to the ruin of their bodies and the dam- 8 nation of their souls, he had better go to I school to learn a little logic, or a little I c(0111ommon sense. S I repeat with renewed emphasis that the sale of whiskey as a beverage is an s immoral act ; and I declare that he is 1) either a religious ignoramus or a relig- I ious imposter who tries to bolster up1) r the whiskey traflic with the Bible and e cover up the shame and guilt of it under a the sacred name of Christ. When a man tells me that the whiskey fi traflic is .a "necessary evil," 1 can have s somie patience with hiiii. But when a I man of influence tries to protect this c monster evil from attack by hoisting b over it the pure banner of Christ, it is C time for all who love the Bible and the v Savior of men to lift up their voices in o indignant protest against such a desecra- f, rion of things sacred and divine. 9 The Senator, it seems, is expecting ai v apology from me. I am sorry to disap- a point him. But, unfortunately, he dis- a appointed me first when he made the I false charge about an unholy alliance t between the preachers and bar-keepers o We had a right to expect that, as sooni ' as his attention was called to the injus- 1 tice of the language, he would be iaily s enough to withdraw it ; instead, he has 11 deliantly reasserted it. He has a very a sanguine temperament if lie expects an t apology from me, under these circum- f( stances. Who started this unpleasant affair ? So far as 1 know, there was not a a preacher in South Carolina who had ut- i tered one lpublic word in criticism of a him, or contemplated doing so, until lie gratuitously flung a wanton insult in N their faces. Did lie think they lacked the manhood to resent it ? eiator Till- r man knows that the great majority of n the preachcrs are standing where they r always stood. They have always been r (or prohibition and against the whiskey tratlic ; and they are not deluded into 1 believing that it is no longer the whis- I key trafic because it has been christened a "l)ispensary" by its proud "god father."' lie knows that the word "alli ance," in its common, popular and pro per meaning, implies a compact ; and he v knows that no such relationship now exists or ever has existed between preachers and "bar-keepers." Again, the Senator declares that sonic of the preachers are trying to take charge a of the politics of South Carolina. It is not my business to speak for the preach era of South Carolina as a body. But I know the Christian ministers of the h State far better than Mr. Tillman does, 11 and I say that this charge also is abso- t lutely false. There is no truth in it. In y their ministerial capacity, they are hay- e ing nothing to (10 with politics exeept in b so far as politics overlap the sphere of 11 morals and religion. If a preacher can not preach morality and religion, what can lie preach ? Perhaps the Senator would not grieve if they should quit al together. At any rate, it wouldl be to I tie advantage of his whiskey itjaillc. s lie thinks I ought to produce certilicates a in pr-oof of certain things I said. I will, N the day after lie Produces certificates ofj pr!oof that some preachcers are making - all effort, to take char-ge of the politIcs e of the State-giving the names of the f' hpreacfhers so dloing, with the proof of the a charge. Abundant proof of what I said ly is to be found in the speeches which he i has made in this campaign. It, is true j that asseartions of his respect for pr-each- a ens are sandwiched ini between the most i conltempltuious ex pressions concerning o thbem, in which lie pretty nearly exhausts a his copious vocabulary in this line. But i it is a matter of noi imnportancee. Who cares whether lie feels contempt, foi- the a pr1eachiers or not ? Cei-tainly niot, tihe c preachers. If lie respects them, vei-y a well. If lie does not respect thiemi, y equally well. But, I would like for the people to give 3 a momient's attention to the Senator's v i-emark that ''prohibition is no longer a umoral question.'' If this foolish re-markc i means anything, it means that, it, was once a moral question, but has ceased to be so. When did this question Lose t its momral character, and why ? I supl p)ose his idea is that it was a moral qpaes tion before it began to be discussedI upon the hustings. Before that,, it was ai (questioni of right and1( wrong ; no0w it e is niot a (fuestion of night, and wrong. s Grieat is pl)Oitics I The moment a moral I question is brought, into the arena of 1)01itics, it loses its moral (fuality and moral bearings. It is my dleliberate e oiniion that a man who can seriously set, forth a proposition like that, would --well, I hesitate to draw the inevitable conclusien. Common senise teaches that' t if it was a question of right, andl wrong I seven or ten years ago, it is a (fuestion e of i-ighit and wvrong to day. t C. S. (Guanumin. Itichniond, Va., Aug. f11, 19)00-. -loatrice Hlarraden, it Is said, wields a saw and planlo with as much L skill as her poen. While living on a r ranch in California for her healfth's 11 sake, she became (fute expert, as af carpenter, helping upon occasions to t build a fence. She set out, with her '0 own hands, a small orchard and at- t tended to the grafting and pruning. It a' was also her proud boast~ that she could harness a horse ns well as any cowboy. --An i mportanmt part, of the money power In New Y'ork State is the 2, 03ti,0l: depositors in the savings banks, t with credits exceeding $922,000,000. The averare deposit last year Increas-t ed from $431.6Ai1 to $45i2.69- t -The daughter of the famous Coin- I mandlant General Louis Botha, of the I B~oer army, is now at a school in North I London and has been there for some time past. She is young and exceeding- I hy pretty. BIOOKEI, AND DIERIHAM. 'he lo14 Is Passe(1 anl a Figlt Nar rowly Avorted. The following Is from August Kolm's ecount:.of the campaign meeting at *dgefild on Thursday : Evoryone who has been reading the ecounts knows that there has been riction between Mr. Dorham and Mr. trooker and that they have been browing rocks at each other in each thor's estimation. Mr. Derham In lists that Brooker started the mud linging by dragging his father and is reputation into the cortest and Mr. Irooker claims that Mr. Dorham tarted the racket by publishing a card a which he spoke of his " pocketing" inking funds and overdraNing his ac ounts. So they have boon going from tumip to stump. At a previous mot ig they assumed a fighting posture ud today it took half a dozen on the Land to stop a genuino encounter. Yesterday at Aikea Mr. Brooker aid he would no longer indulge in ersonalities and call things quits. Io had nothing to apologize for but ugrotted having said anything un alled-for but would not admit saying nything unfounded. Yesterday it was a pleasant cross ro but to-day it broke loose in good yle. After the Aiken meeting Mr. lorhan was handed a copy of a cir ular letter which ho supposed had eon given general circulation. Mr. lerhamn was the first speaker and 'hen he got up he was trembling all ver and he had the ofoending circular AIded in his hand. Mr. Derham in arting out in his speech said lie ished to say something about himself nd then told that he was born in 18t6 nd how he was elected county super. itendient, State senator, member of Lio constitutional convention and to ther places, continuously since 1888. 'his was to show the confidence of his copie in him and then he relatel the Lory of his father, being a one-armed ian and coming horo from Ireland nd turning over his funds to Hamp in and that he was not responsible )r his father, but had himself always con a Democrat. Then opening the folded circular, he iid Mr. Brooker had promised not to idulge in personalitieN yet here was circular that had been handed him. n the corner of the circular was the lasonic emblem. by what authority e did not know. He did not care to cad the whole circular, as lie was too iuch wrought up but just wanted to oad this one paragraph, and then cad the following from the circular: lasonic To Democratic Voters. .mblemi Norton W. lirooker, (andi n corner i date for Comptroller General. Two paragraphs omitted. *x * * x s * , Who is this man J. 1'. Derham who vould now try to drag me down and biked to be continued in the highest Allce of the State? The people who iave been deceived and defrauded by tim have just right to know. He was ,rn in arm with the negro against lie white people in the dark days. Ls a matter of record (see State reasurer's office) his father, .1. H. Dor am, not a native of South Carolina, appened here and was appointed -easurer of Horry county by Rtobt. K. cott, governor, Jan. 7th, 1869, and 3rved under Scott, Moses and Cham erlAin until kicked out by Governor [ampton in lb7(. Three paragraphs omitted. (Signed) Norton W. Brooker. After reading the paragraph quoted Ir. Derham turned on Mr. Urooker, tting inear by, and eried out :" It is slander ; it is a lie; I say it is a lie." ir. Briookor, who was sitting near by, imped up), stepping forward and said Now, sir." Lie said nothing more, Ut the evidences were he was making >r Mvir. Derham, but as he took one top forward Senator Tillman caught im on one shoulder and Mr. Wharton n the other and pressed him down. Sdozeon men rushed up on the stand und Chairman lainsfordi told everyone .a be quiet and sit down. i''our or live ut in the crowd cried for "' Derham,'' nd '' Go it, Derhan," '" Let him light , out," and the like. Senator Sheppard was the first to )eak and he said that it, was always baracteristic o'f 1'6Jgelild people to bow fair- play and he hoped such ould he the case now and he bogged veryone to sit (down and listen. Trhen I r. Diorham went on to say his heart 'as too full to speak and tuoen he broke own anmi hogan to cry and tears rickled dlown his cheeks. Turning round he said he thanked God he had ever dealt in such stench and filth as his man. ieo wanted to tell these copio1 andi the peopl)1 of the State lie ad been a faithful servant of the peo0 lo and would siandor no one and then .c took his scat. Many went up and hook Deorham's hand at what he had aidl or to restore his feelings and cart, for he was still nervous and hewed his feeling. Mr. Blrooker was then presented nd stepping up to the table was as ulet and collected as a man can be. 10 said ho was calm and deliberate, ut, he need not have said that and hon ho entered into his usual argu ent, that D~erham had absented him olf from his oflice beyond excuse, that he tax booms throughout the State, n many instances, were in a mess ; hat he had been stopped, more by )orham than anyone else in prosecuit ig his cxpert work in collecting back axes and then he went on to say he ever courteod a light ; that he was not belligerent man, but, that, he would ght if necessary and never ran from rouble, but he wanted it understood noe and1 for all time that ho was not :)he intimidated by Mn. Derhami or nyone else. Mr. W. D). E~vans and Mr. J. H. Vharton had a good natured cross-fire bout Mvr. Wharton's services as a Tomber of the board of directors of the oniteontiary, under the Neal adminis ration. M r. E~vans alleged that Whar rm was not more likely to be a success s a commissioner than as a peoniten lary director and Mr. Wharton said here was no record, proof nor was it a act that he had ever mismanaged the natitution non had he made any mis akes and Mr. E~vans had no right to nake charges without such a report, as o rep~ort or p~roof was ever made on he time wh ile ho was a director of e Ponitontlary during Col. Neal's term of oflico. After Mr. Brooker's speoch Capt. Ituuso of Charleston made a pretty lit tle talk. Gen. Floyd sent regrets and was absent because of sickness of a child. Col. James iU. Tillman presented Col. John T. Sloan who spoke briefly. Ho paid tribute to Mart Gary and the peo ple of Eidgelield. Mr. McMahan did not care to say much as his oppunont was absent con ducting an examination in Columbia. McMahan outlined his work and why he was anxious to Oa ry out his well developod programmo and purposes. Maj. Lt. 13. Evans said according to custom ho would not speak today but present his opponents. lie then in turn plonsantly presented Thos. N. Berry, J. N. i'ottgrow, W. ). Maylold, W. 1). Evans and J. H. Wharton. The only feature of the railroad discussion was Mr. Evans' query about Mr. Whar ton's membership of the Neal board of directors and Mr. Wharton's spirited reply that nothing wrong was charged for the time he was on the board, and then Mr. Evans' retort that he had lot Mr. Neal run things his own way. Barnard 13. Evans received a largo bouquet of flowers. G. Walt Whitman mado a couple of futile elTorts to have hand primaries. locidentially in his attack on the gov ernor he said that the governor might as well not be in Columbia, and then lie held that the raco was betwoon Hoyt and Tillman. Then Whitman got on his funny clothes and jollied things along as well as he could. Mr. 1rank B. Gary said that the cam paign liar and emissaries were out and wore telling that lie was opposed to the dispensary, and that this is false. The lax enforcement of the law will Ir tI imo bring about the repeal of the aw' Mr. Gary said lie never fired 1 n a flag of truce. There was no agrLuajent as to the facts in the Charleston Inci dent and he simply wanted to impress this. He did not intend saying any thing more about the Charloston affair. There had already boon a dificulty about the matter and lie had shaken hands, and it was underztood they could not agree as to the matter. lie thought the Incident closed, but yes torday Mr. Patterson mentioned the matter and gave his version of it. It was not his intention to repeat the mat ter, but simiply wanted to say lie and Mr. Patterson did not agree on the facts and that he wanted this understood in advance and that was all. He then resumed the regular trend of his argu ment. Gov. McSweeney, he Insisted, had no claims on the oflice and had no higher lnim thuani any. one o0 . The only things McSweeney pointed to with pride in his record were the refusal to pardon Pous and appointing a factory boy as a page. Had he pardoned Lon he ought to have been burn6d In efligy, and as to the appointment it was not as much as he had done, and againal these was the tktai non-onforcement o! the dispensary law. After Gonzale and others had ransacked the recordi they could find nothing against hin except that he was a Gary. Mr. A. Howard Patterson said Mr. Gary hed not discussed the real issues, but anticipated what ho had' to say. H1 then took up the old soldiers and said Gary had missed his opportunity and had not presented a bill in his 10 years' experience to help the votorans. Then he took up the veterans. Then he took up the Gary matter and want ed to know who but he defended his first cousin In the convention against the attack on Gonzales. lie said it was too much power to put in the hands of the Garye. He alluded to the Charleston matter several times since the liaurens affair. le disagreed and the audience Is to be the judge. All he said was that Mr. Gary dId not answer him in Charleston, and that was the place for Gary to show his colors. Hie was the only mian standing Ilat-footedly for the dispensary. Hie never chiangcd front. lie commnenited on not seeing a drunken man here and very little throughout the State. Hie then jumpIJed on the prohibition platform, which was not for real prohi bition. He took up the "'coalition" editorial about which so much has al ready beeu said. The last section of his speech was devoted to rasping Gov. McSweenoy for appJointing newspaper men and his administration of the is pensary. Gov. M~cSwooney sp)oke of the fight for G aorge D). Tillman for Congress and then wanted all to considor what charges and proof had been olfered to show that his opponents were better qualified. He then took up the Charles ton situation and said nobody could do more than he did. The man who says he was in any combination with llquor men or neglocted his duty told a false bood. There have boon no scandals since he was in ,fllce. lie believed ho was right and as long as lie did he was going right ahead, He knew lie was as good a business man as any of his opponents and had proven it. He was not going to be forced to appoint addi. tional constables and ho was not going to be dictated to. Hu wont over his record and Insisted that he wanted to be elected entirely on his record. He rapped prohibition. Hie said his had been a business, non-factional adminis tration throughout. Col. Jas. A. Hoyt sp)oke of his many friends here and spoke of the many on his back and how difionlt it was for him to reply to so many. lie then vi g orously dlefended prohibition in Maine and elsewhere and declared that the pieoplo in Maine are satisfied. County prohibition has been made a success. He then emphatically denied that his campaIgn had any purpose of ever re turning to the license system and thal it was all intended to befuddle and bamboozioe the public to say that prohi. bition would ever lead to free lIquor or licence. He insisted that the prohibi tionists had in no election been in minority but that prohibition would certainly win this time. There was but little excuse for Till man being here, but I he had any views he could have nresentod themn and not reiterated the arugmient. hlut, he heard after every meetIng that Till man's intorference had turned votes to him and done him good. Hie believed Edgefield would resent this Interfer ence in a family quarrel ; that is what Tillman said of H ampton. Heo thought in 1890 Trillman was right as to Hiamp ton and ho now believed Tillman was wrong. Ho know plenty who were no prohibitionists or bar men who were going to vote for him. He know tha Tillman could not get a majority of thi conference so that he could preach He thought Tillman had botter start a gospel of the dispensary. le wishet tbe vote could be had without inter forence, as this Is a groat moral issue lHe rapped Tillmian's interferenei sharply. He received many bouquets CMl. Tillman Introduced the candi dates for lieutenant governor, wh( were C. I. Winklcr, Coo L'. Blease an Knox Ihlvingston, each of whom deilne< his poition. I'Ellison Capors, Jr., defined his posi tion and refrained from referring t< his opponent's views and simply wish ed to present himsolf. Dr. Timmernman presented Capt Jennings, who spoke on a high plano. 'Senator Tillman was recolved very. (lulotly and said for six hours the audi. once had listened. The other candi. datos spoko of their opponents and he wanted to review the whole situation, and spoke of his endorsements here ant] said h thought he had greater majori. ties than in l-dgelolId, but he value his home endorsement more thanl all else. Constant absence mado him al. most a strangbr in his county and thc now faces were too numerous for lim to know them. lie thon took up the logic and necessity of tohe people at. tonting those campaign muotings. He was discussing principles and had nc favorites and was not discriminating among men011. Col. lloyt said he would have ad. vised him not to say anything, as it got him in hot water. lie was born in hot water and twenty-iivo times he had re poated the very words which had made so many rear up and paw about. lic had, no purposo of rowing with thl mimtatOrs for he know they would al ways have the last word. When a inaa gets to choosing and picking words he is getting ready to try to be a hypo. crito. And then Tillman reiterated hh "6unholy alliance" story, and he gol mad and said hi would light it, to the end. He bet lie would be taken into th( Methodist church to help pay tht preacher. These peoplo knew hi and his religon. Tlion he piled int4 The State and it's favoring license am still being the prohibition organ, thil itself proving the alliance. Thon he took up his quostions frou the Bible and they wore laughed at a if they wore jokes. Then he took ul the prohibition address in whkhLi th scalawag administration comparson I made. Then he admitted the substitt tion of the dispensary for prohibitio anil gtavn th n al reiason for th change and wily ho had not accepte the "bribe" to kop quiet. If he wer making Iloyt votes every day whv doc he and Gonza!os got up every day an protest against his being in the can paign. Then lie wanted to read Dr. Gar ner's sermon to an l'dgetleld audion and commented on it. Then he jumpt on the lRev. Mr. ltichardson's "pot cal cormon" and thc h took up 11 reasons for doing "his duty" to t] people, and why solfishnees would ha, dictated his keeping quiet. The dispensary law only noods ti support of all dceent poOple to makce the host law ovor passed. Edgefiel tried prohibition and what did yo have but seven drug stores with do( tore standing in the doors with penol and tablet and every one with a belly ache, and more drinking than eve before, and the town anxious to sto its dry regime. He mot Iinisters every day who toh Im r11o)rhlbition was a dreamn and the were bobind him and the dispensary le then defended the dispensary fror a Biblical standpoint and urged that, hi was a practical prohiitilonist. In discussing tibe question some1 timi ago some one asked whether he wouki take a drink, and in tihe heat of reply lhe saidi a loading prohibition candidat, had been drunk two or thbroe times an( knocked out of the box. lie wanted tt withdraw these worda and all refer once to the miatter. lie mentioned nm unimes andl reforree to no particula candIidato and was very sorry he hat made use of the expression and had ni purpose in wounding anyone's feelings Admitting that tile dilspensary is no enforced it would do no) good to tr3 prohilbitlon. Theki people1 of Charlest,0r can bie taughlt to obey tibe law anm Charzcston can be taughlt she is it South Carolina. lie pictur'ed the worn of the, (dispensary in i'Xgollid ain< speaking over an hour lie retired am excused himself for declaying the crowi which listeno:1 patiently, quietly, am indillorontly. Folowers and music. 'Solicitor Thurman and Mr. Mille sp~oko as candidates for solicitor and Congressman T[albert spoit e brielly. ItOUSsvIA':I' WNib! CAM I'AIU.N..--Ac cordling to l'erry S. Iheath, of the ie puhblecan national committee, the cam paign tour planned for Governor Htoosc volt wIll break all records in the annal of presidential campaigning. l'roz iaabor' Day, when Governor ltoosevel will make his first big speech of th camparn in Chicago, until Septembe: Gvro ioosevelt will sp~end h time west of the Mississippi river. A of the month of October will be occup led ini hard campaigning in the 'Stat( of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan an Ohio, with the exception of a few day in West Virginia, which tihe Itapubll can managers express high hopes o carrying. Two or three days at, the end of October will 1b0 spoent, in Nov York and that, small period will be al: the east, will seo of lioosovolt, durini the campaign. OUlt OIWKATIC8S RPECIAL~IST, F~or 20 years i~r. J. Newton Ilathmawa3 lias 8o sIiucsfu~lly treated chronic dis'as es that hie is acknowledlged today to smtn at the headI of his5 professioni in this line liiis cxclie mi'ethod0 of treatment foi Varlcoccle and1( St ricture, without tule aid of knife or comutcry cuires in 90 per cent. ol all cases. i n tihe t reatmenat of the loss of Vital F~orces. Nervous D isorders, Kidney aind tiriniary Complaints, l'aralysis, Blood P'oisoning, Rhle umnatism, Catarrh , anid dis, (cases poc'tliar to women, lhe is elually successful. Dr. hlathaway's piractice b more than double that, of any other sec. lalist. Cases p~roniouncedi hlpiess by ohe p hysiciane readily yield to his troatment Write him todlay fuliy about your case. He makes nio charge for consuitation 01 advice, either at, his oillice or by mail. J, Newton Hlathaway, M. D)., 22% Bouth: Broad street, A tlanta, Ga. QUALITY AND PRICE. Prices never cut any figure when quality is missin. It is our rule to have both. Rightt Prices and Right Quality. If you understand values you'll quickly avail yourself of these here shown; if you don't .uiderstand them you can put your trust in, us and buy liberally. Odds and Ends Of White Ooods and Colored Dimities will be put on our seven cent counter. m)on't miss seeing them. White Lawn I ii remnants for 10c a yard, worth 15. Forty aich White Lawn loc. Shirt Waists. Shirt Waists. Two special lots-Lot No. 1 at 26c, worth ('a id Mc. Lot No. 2 at 50c, worth $100 and( $1 25. You sh ould not fail to see these two lot@. \oi could not buy the material for what we ask you for the Walst ready to put on. White Organdies. - - to 72 inches wide. A small lot in remnants; goods that are worth 40 to 60 cents. We make the price to close out the remnants at 1o a yard. On Wednesday We will otfer all remnants of 25c to 40c Mating to close out at 15c. Gonic quick, onlyi a limited lot. Also same day cut prices on Rugs. Specials for the Week. 400 cards of Pearl Buttons, all sizes, o a dozen, two dozen to a card, not less than a card to a customer. These buttons are worth from 10e to 20c per dozen. Full size Sheets, best quality, at 57%c. Pillow Cases loc. Bath Towels, large size, 9c, worth 15, 24x54 inch Damask Towels, all linen, at 25c, worth 40c. % Table Napkinsi$1 17%, worth $1 50. Twelve yard s best Bleach ing $1 00, the 10 (ent quality And inany other things too numerous to R. L. R. Bentz, Cash Dry Goods and Shoes. J, MiPLTON KING, Manager Easley Branch. Greenville Store, %...... ... Corner entrance, 201 Main St. 1M-~ Agent for !'utterick Patterls . The Following I Goods to go 'B6BELOW COST! d All Latest Style. No Old Stock. 3 Ladles' $300K T1ani Oxfords at .......$200 Lad ies' $2 00 Tan Oxford. at .......$1 60 Ladies' $i1 50'Tani and Black Oxfords $1 00 Misses' $1 25)Tan and Black Oxfords $1 00 Childrean's $1 00 Tan and 1Ulk. Oxfords 80 PRIDE &_Pr:10N, 106 S. Main Street. GF First door above Lipscomib & Russell's PIT T'S Antiseptic Invigorator! Cures dyspepsia, indigestion, and all atom achi or bowel trouibles, colic or cholera morbus, teething troubles with children kidneiy troubles, bad blood and all sorts o sores, risings or felons, euts and burns. [t is as good antiseptic, when locally apulled as any thing on the market. 'Try it and vou will praiso .it to others -i your druggist doen't keep it, write to .Pitts' Antiseptic Invigorator eo. T H OMSON, GA Dl .OARPECNTER BROS., t (lrWeenvillo, I. ii. -It isl significant th at physicane who have boon examining the eyes of pupil. of one of the public schools of New ~ Jersey have found that out of 351 ohil dron examined only 69 had perfect sight. The parenta of the children 8whose vision is at all imperfect will be ~compolled to get glasses for the little ones. As this New Jersey school con tains just an average gathering of children, there is surely a lesson hero for school boards and parents every where. -The Now York Press says: "Moon light bathing at Narrangansett Pier girls in Brant Rock, (Mass,) going to the postoflice in bathing costumues Larchmont women wearing duck trousers, Chicago women attending church without hats, people eating "hot corn" where the butter is put on with a paint brush, all these one can - believe, but think of 'sockless' Jerry simpson yelling himself red in the face for shirt waists for men!" -One of the most confirmed ernan sionlsts in the country Is Conrad Urich, of Myoedale, Pa., a 13 year old boy, who, though little more that four feet tall, already weighs 170 pounds and is ofily adding to his avoirdupois in spite ofal ieforts to restrain his growth. Ten pou~nds a month is about is aver- c age increase.