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,LAN VOL. VIII. WASHINGTON CONQUERED. * <?It!I*T AliES T11 ti CI1 V IN ITS I HON (ilMSI\ Government .Machinery Almost ut a Standstill ? Kuonmnu Per rentage ?t Employees Stricken with Laiirippe?t apitol at the Mercy ol t he Plague. 1'he Grip epidemic is raging in the Gapitol Gity, and fully om third of the government ? in plovees are sick or sull'ering from the dread disease. Violent head aches, lever and chills, sneezing' and running at the exes and no<c together with the hone-racking! A aches and pains and a general exhaustion are the rule rather than the exception. The host way . A 1o light the Grip is Jo ^irengthen the nerves and build up the resilive powers so a< to li.iow oil the ' deadly disease germ>,.and no! h ing will do this so .jui> kly and j .01 rol.v as I >r Miles' Neivino. II | has re.?to red iieaith ! ? tlion-and-' of (Jnp sull'erer> afin < very othei I remedy had failed . y When the Clip loll me I w I'll broken dmvii wreck. both iih-ii tal and phv-do.d. .Mi i: tvos \\ i i. completely un.-trun:.. my appt , life (ailed, could iml --1? * j? and became ?o despouht lit thai ! despaired <>i ever t??*ltintr well ! Iterran In improve with lite lir i liellle ol I >t .Miles" \i rvine nut wh'Mi J had taken seven hoi lie- ! j^ was completely cured Have I., en nw shone and well ovr since and weieli more than I ever did he j lore." Sa.MI I I. I'd I'll SON. S|;, IIIII on. V a. All <lrueeists are authorize 1 to sell ! ?r. Mill's' Ner\iue on a jiuur ante* that first hot tie benefits .. r inoncy refuniled lie sure and ::et Dr. Miles' Nervine. Dooklet on! X heart and nerves sent free. \d dress |)r. Miles Medical Co . KM; hart. Ind. M i AFRICAN j Limbless Cotton Seed. r I will ittlVr for :i limifcil ;itn<>tiriT uf t hoso >< ? ?! at tli>- ri'iiu'l v I? \v l?ri?M* uf $10.00 per Bushel, ^ $;.(?) " Beck, j^or 60 cts 41 Bound. I rai-t-.l mi my farm pounO- < ! I111I I ruin one ImsliH of I. porchastMl l>> mo la^t year, al a < 0 1 .t $100.1 Mi. A tl?l T. U. ? I WIM.IIA M. I.nui .blor, s. ? . Jan. Is'. ls'.?:?. 11 / fc1 i NO*IGB! r|lil I! chairman or at lca?t one iiifin1 her of tin- Hoard of Trn-dees in I 4^. each school district will please W[ with me in my ollicc oil Friday the ^ in-t, at In o'clock, ('oine pre? . jLired ?o??ivethe enrollment of your ^ jK'speotive districts. ^ I Respect fully, .. ? J. II, Thompson. ? County Snpt. of Kilncat inn, I,, e. \ 'HEN on ask for DrWItt n Witch Hazel Sa i don't pt a counterfeiter imitation. There are more cumis of I'iIci lieiuc cured l?y tkla, than all oihara continued. Crawford ISro*. 4) ASTE I .A X C AST I '. R, S. GOV. ELLERBE'S DUPLCITY.! KltUAKS V WKITTFN DLFlMiF M ADFTOTIIKKI; tiFYiu:>1 AN. I Mi-. N. (?. (ion/ales Toils of liis I'lan lor the Settlement ol the Liquor Question in (liis Stair. I.oral Option by Counties?Tin' Conference at .Mount Airy? (ioTornor Kllerho's Fxtraordinary Change in Sentiment Immediately After a Visit troin Senator Tillman?How the I Fear ot DrlV-at Drove Governor Fllerhe to l'ledge llinisell in Writing and How Alter lieuliijtl ian li*k Tl? ?!*? !).... ?? I...... * i? \ mni ait hi rn i l Ulllin > To tlio Winds. CMl'invl I'Mitoi i.k' in the ('mIhiiiIii . s: .v > j Tic nature of tln? editorial i statement is such that it i- host j i n a do over my si^nsit ur<\ 11 do a Is , with rov siots as si citizen :is woII ! as uii wditor, stud c iiiuot widl !> * j written except from the personal | st a mi pom t. So tin' stimnior of 1><?7 si plan, for tho settlement of tho !:r|iu>r; issue in South t'irolina '.vis mu I jested to in" hy I frii'iid. to w11ooi it I..id Iiceii communicated hv :> I i m i n e n! citizen a i, t iii'istir i li? present remain unknown.! l.irue-t eon-idcralion convinced mi*1 t !l it t it was lint Mlilv tin* best' solution of t :iv?.\intr i.-stte, hut the only oiic wlucli wiK :?11:tiit ) i able. It provided for local option by comities; a lioice I?v ballot of the people of each county he-1 fweoti tho dispensary, prohibition and high license systems, the' elec ioop to be led ! in ill countie--' on the same da\, a day distinct, from the Detnocr itic primary, or '.'- in r.tl election day. and the settlement reach d to be ol torcel for a t* i in of i ivn or tour years. Thi? plan I submitted to sever ! a 1 men in polities, anion" them Mr. I rank II. Weston and Col. W. A. Seal. The former at once accepted the plan as practicable and desirable, (ad. Neal had, been a warm advocate of the dis-' petisnrv, but lie expressed a wil-i linpness to make conces-ioninp, the promotion of peace amontr1 the people, and. although at first! preferring a sett lenient of hi? own devising, he presently came toap prove this local option measure. We discussed the matter several times! in the snmm<>r and earlv fall of Isft", and *Me r- N oil and Weston undertook to do what they could to influence < iovernor I'lllerhe t? favor this solution. 1 About that time I lii-t proposed t In- pi.i is ed i tonal I v. 11 was in the 1 it ler j art of < i.-tober, I think, that a eonfer... . .. ... I...I.I I . ... - ii. .ii in-IM ii i ttirn .'rum i Mrl.tnr ii ?who had just returned from Mount Airy. N. <\, where' In- had been recuperating after In- physic d ii akdoVf >k during. the cainpii^ii (iovernoi ! llerhe. < id. Nt'ul, Mr. Weston and my* self, having for its i hjeot the adopti n of m roc enmn -ti polirv in regard to the Icjuni question wtiicli viioiild i-c urged in the 1 , , . t roveriioj s mes-nigo. \ arumjdahn were dismissed, the local> option one, however, meeting > wi.li more favor than any other, j All of us, except Governor KUerbe. were suhstantialy agreed | upon it, and after I had explain-1 .. I R Eh S HIM I - W K K KI \ Y. C., WKDNKSDAV, od it fully the (Jovernor said Mm it struck him more favorably thai any solution he had heard, am asked rue to write out for hitn i detail my views for carrying on the proposal,as lie wished to stud the matter carefll.v. With th i the conference broke up. Not loop afterward?about fsii week, I think?Senator Tillma eaine to Columbia and visite (Jovernor Kllerbe. He had hari Iv left the city when the (invert or, about 10 o'clock at night. teh phoned th" reporters, summon in them to the Kxecutive mai;?ioi and thero pave out an interview in which he committed lum<e absolutely to the maintenance < the dispensary system. I believe at the time that Tillman, bv som secret hold he had on th" Kxeei five, had forced him to do thi Not until after tin? interview ha been given out did any of usMcl.aurin, Neal, Weston or m\ tie 1 f?suspect that lie had had nic a purpose. We were taken b surprise at this abrupt ending < our project to take tlie (piestio out of politics and -cttle it den erratically according to the j>ni eirde of local ?*-? ! * poveriiment. ? m course, TMH emle-l our hop of iiitliionriti^ (Jovrrixir Kllerl to ta !<o th<> leadership i!i the ma tor I?v proposing in Pis fort neon inn J utiiiuul message ;? fai ami rational readjustment of tli olio i?cin? which rem lined to d viilc* our people. II *ii.tr muc disappointed at the outcome ratln-r avoided (inventor Klleri; after that. A day or two before the la iri lative sesion closed, however, received a message from thetioi ernor asUimr nn> to call at tli Executive, m i'ision that nicht. did so. and we had a two horn ?1 l- t i. i i ? i t i ?? I r\ . MMiriimi r.iM'l nr U IM vionsly much ?i i?t r??.*sr?il ;in alarmed at the several defeats li had sustained in the l.egislaturi 2111(1 SOllght to Indue* me to piedj> him the State's support for r< nomination, i told him thiit h dispensary's views stood in tli way; that I would not and cowl not support anv man eomimtte to the maintenance of that dii honest, tyrannical and ahum liable system. He pleaded pi eously for support, which mad the interview extremely unpleu' an! to me : hut I held out. an left him between In and 1! o'cloc ;ipparoiit!v almost broken dowi When I \v:)s about to start earl last May for Tampa, with a vie to taking part in the t'nban can paign, I lelt instructions tliai tli State was not to commit itself t any candidate in the pritnar I'll 111 fill I I'M -.Hill In li.M'io I 11 r was impossible to tell in ad.am ilmi to I'rrirnl I'm- II moll ill. You arc perhaps a ware tin pneuinoiii.i always results froi a cold or Iroin an attack of I grippo. I turnip tlu* epidemic <>l I grippe a few years ago w hen many eases resulted in pdiemm ma, it was unserved that the a tack w s never followed by th< disea e when ('liatnherlain Cough Uemedy was used, counteracts any tendency of cold or la grippe to result in tit: dangerous disease. It is tlio be: remedy in the world lor bad cob and la grippe. Ilverv bottle wm ranted. I or sale bv J. 1". M.e hi A Co. r ITERF JANUARY 18, 189<). | yt ^ 4BS0LVTEU Makes the food more r W)'<t OKINO n (1' ( who wrh111! I>?? thf? competitor* aixl what plcducs they m i <ch t I make, and I f?ar??d it 111paper sim>ui<i no committed m mv al> ii i | pence to ;i mm or a policy moon"**; smtoitf with its record and mv coil V let loll p. Mv belief that tlm l! war would ho a short one, to h< ended in three month*. causec < i, , , I mt* to anticipate a return to < o! 1 i ii in In a before the primary elec * 11ion. 'j Ketmmm; from <hiha. ! reach Key We-t on the r.ijrht after tin tir-1 primary, ami on mv way tr ^ I'anipa on ?h?* Ma-motto two dav; liter i reel in a Jacksonvi11< N oare r lli" I'murcs of that election It was the t rsr information I h >< 1 that Mr. I'Va t lierstoue had hect : candidate. Mv disposition a "I that '.iiv w t? to -upport him n J the .. com"; primary,as 1 preferrei o! I rohii*it ion ;>* toe itiiiki* v. >p . j I arriv>-i in <'? !nmhta nt. Me 'V?M?in:r of Septc ti: ' *er I*at. i !: ! I iim myself in almost total iv.noi ilice ' what I* id i*a? period t? South t'iif oima ami tin* worli situ*" about tie* miildle of .lone I :t<. 1 Iin?. somewhat "dn/ed" h\ a ret urn to ? i vi'ization, ! did 'im ie 1 at odci' re iiiin1 mv editorialjwork intending to study tip a week ot . two hetoro a t tempt inn it. .. I j <?u Soptninher 7. however, tin . Spartatthitr?r llerald made an ;it t od; on t ho dispensary sv-ten 'H ( 1 und ealled on me to oin in tht ) i , , tiuht, a lid that ntjiht I wrote at <1 edttoria'. whieli appeared uttx e i 1 day in the State, divine m> "hearty ass. nt to the proposition :e. , 1 -ii tti'll p.t I?\ the S111 rt a n lui i; Herald,** hut -tatinu that on ae IS ; count ot tnv laek ot iidorniat ioi ie 1 . a- to the ratnpaimi. the pledger d .. . . . . . . j ui the * iinliilttti'f, 11 i -*11 pliitfoiini ; and their alliances I would b? d- : j ''compelled, with regret, to lie i a bvstandor." In addition t( t-1 i these ?tated reasons 1 had twi p I other#. ( I t t'ontrarv to niv in Ij structions ;to editorial mildly on dot ?Mit; tiovornor Kllerhe Inn boon t rioted m tin* State durini n. my ab-fuoo, and it -eerned to to my li 1111 i - : and (J) ! wa-inform I'd that Mr. rent In Intone hai pledged Intn- if to ont.oral pro hibitioj, and u ithin^ but that. > i :ri ?111i -1 i:. that niado tm? evn rtioro liop?l o? tho protuotioi 1 of in\ In. a! option plan tliroiiul Inm than tlii'oo^b i overt) or idler ~ bo, breame i v, is sure .Mr. [ atli erstono .vonId do 'a hat in- -al l it and 1 w i- not sure (bat iiovornol n I'dim I would. |H 1'iiat a ftonioon, S-t.mbmwlioti 1 wont to tho State olliee 1 , found a noto on my table Iron I tlo? oa-hlor -latin.' thai Mr. Weill ton and * 'ill No .! id boon to tin . i ^ Wim c i ' ? ' " ill i" .i ? ? i' ? i II ^ l <11 I * i It to <!o so, asked in.-? to !>? sure t( a moot t!i??111 that oiclit :it Mr. Wos ton's l?Hiik otlice. I kept the sip nt pointmont. |, Wo talke I lor nearly an liom r. <>u indifferent topics. At lasl <'ol. Neal said to me, slappin, (Ins knee : % >RTSF . NO 81 k| Baking " p?wnr ( Pure delicious and wholesome POT.f .? CO., MM to?fc. BaanHHBmvnHaMHaaaaHaMBiHBMk* _S p .! "Well, let "s conic .low 11 to busii ness. Nearly every paper iti the Statu is jumping on the (ioyernor; he's pretty hndlv worried, ' j and i? very anxious for you to r 1 help him out. Can't von do it?'' I replied that I had told (iov ernor K tier he all alone that 1 1 won hi not support hi oi for re. nomiuutioii if he Rtuok to the dis i peti-Hi v. and. he had stuck to it. Mr. Weston said: "The simple fact of the matter is that thefiov ernor I'cel- he i* obliired to have > the support of the State, and we <. have asked you lu re to find .*out 'Ion what conditions you wiil sup. | port In;ii." ! Without hesitation, and on the ij spirit the moment, I replied: t "It" li<? vv:il pledge huiikeli jto me i in wilting p? ii:i*e tlx' Legislature i , to pas-; a local option law, allowing ear . county to decide for it* sell . hicli license, prohibition. and the dispensary, I will -iir.| f.r? I.iui." Hii* idea had t ii.-t'ii v. iii. in" lor a vcar; it had ijbeen the object of nil my etl'ort tlx previo i- l.ill and winter, and . il came sr..?ntnncnusly to my lips. . I did not stop to coti-ider the price i mi^hf have to pay in pubr li?* mi-understandim: ?if niv rno11 vt- it' li" elicit !.i u 'epl m.v terms. .Mr. Weston looked at Col. Neal , and then - 11; 1 : "1 don't think there will he much trouble about ^ : , that: '!'? >011, Colonel ?" And . < "til. Neai replied, to tne; "1 , think he'll do it easv enough; #'t i h"'s not to do it it vo1 vb, V'tJt." ^ . Mr. \Ve?ton then asked' ;vJ<v if ~ ., ?; ,i verbal as-iirnnce would satisfy ^ : me- 1 toh) hiin mo; tln-re had *<| - been t ->o much <]uostion about i Kllerbe's verbal assurances al? *> J ready : I mu-t have it in black ?> s and white for my own protection i |?hut he could fell the Governor ' i: that I would not show the pledge > | to anybody unless he failed to ^ > i observe it, in which ea-e I would. i -iTIifii Mr. Weston asked: "Would - von object to having the letter 1 addressed t.. me? 1 am going to r Charleston to try and help the <_ Coventor down tliere, amis I ;v o 111 d liU** t" he a hie to show if4 I !?. -ome o* the politicians." 1 austere! t! i :* t i v.ouid not object , i t.> that, hul that alter he h id used ? it in Charleston I must have the V. i custody of the paper. 1 i I't.e conference broke up with _ the a-- irane- that they woul 1 see Co (iov.'inor nexfp.d.ty and bring , nie hi- a :isw er. ^ j ?-? ? , v. I tie next dav. Kri lav. Sentoriv.V. ^ ' lioi t,erMr. Weston carne to r a: 1 hart led me an env< lopridr< | bi ar i tig the famihar e.nv?""i'?< ?' oa.'.".! 1 . . ., - .\UJ? muilf r? K|?iKaj { h'ttppinji. Soii'^wr # rmw * 4>## Iina. I'.XPcutix * < 'h:i ?n "j/v1 m Ilia." Mint .i(Mro?^y.i : i NVentoii. ?~?-?(' ? -? ' rv p., mm fmRRiu1 1 of S _ \ ^ 'five <;i,an>M-s."'vni"X?'leeP Isoptembpr,,,);;-;'''!""'1 " ^ up TOniA, f Ihe X?nd You Haw Always '.V*