Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, January 18, 1899, Image 1
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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.
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AFRICAN j
Limbless Cotton Seed.
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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'.?:?.
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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*.
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GOV. ELLERBE'S DUPLCITY.!
KltUAKS V WKITTFN DLFlMiF
M ADFTOTIIKKI; tiFYiu:>1
AN.
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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...
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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
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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
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JANUARY 18, 189<).
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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 :
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NO 81
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( 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.'.".!
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rv p., mm fmRRiu1
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