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APPEAL TO PROHiBlTIONISTS. '^.lessrs. Joe? E. Brunson.and Others Issue-* Stirring Address Resolved. Tl?f Joel E. Brm?soii.J Mollat.i. E. J). SmitU, .1. A. llovt, I". 11. Hyatt. \V. C.'l bom son and Jer <tniah Smith be and hereby are ap, oinred to prepar" an address to the o? ojtle <ef Sout h Carolina, setting fort li ii,e work and issues before us. and to I ian for and perfect an organization of i !.e prohibit ion?>ts for the coming earn f'<J 114II* In accordance with tii?* above, we -nlimit the following address: 'Pin prohibitionists of tin* State are vnconra.re'l to make another appeal to lie voters tor a supreme ?iVbrt uIodm lie line for the abolition of the manu-' !;t> tuie ;i'id sain of liquor in Smith t'.r o.jna, For many years the men and women of our Slate have toiled earu vstly to ell'eet legal prohibition of the liquor traffic, and gratifying progress was being made hot only in bumdiiug 1 he licensed saloon from all territory w ithout iueorporateit towns and cities, but there \va> lunch being accnmplish" 'I in the way of reducing the number 1 t' saloons here and there, and also in ^citing control of the smaller nutnic. iijsitities through the ballot box or reThis onuTc^s in MHUK 3. < inperaiice ref- rm induced an applieaiion to the regularly constituted authorities ot the democratic party in -vontml of the election machinery of the State for a separate l>ox in which to vote for <?r against prohibition, and t It's privilege was granted in the primary election of iyh2. reuniting in an overwhelming majority tor the legal prohibition of the liquor trailic. and .3iiong with thus result tliete wn< ob* . tained a ciear majority of tl?e members in the lower house, who passed a strict prohibitory measure in accordance with the verdict of the people. This measure was defeated, however, and in it- stead wa-'substituted tie* dispensary Jaw for tbe regulation and control of - . .... : .....8,.., ?!,.,? llit? iraine, an unjnu i.?i i?>n mm. .... recognised jus contrary to the wis ho* of . i.'to Itiople, and in direct conflict wi'li aiioir ascertained verdict. Tints the >di>pensary began its career as a snp'jrlantcr. and it has made seven years of uncanny record, marked hy bloody and disgraceful steps from the h ginning. Tiie present condition of the liquor business can hardly l>e suiu to be satistactory to a single intelligent person in .the State. Wi cn the dispensary law "vvus first adopted tiiousjinds of our hon ^ st people hoped for and expected ti -much ftoiu it 'J'hey were told mat the * restrictive features or the law wouia <? < n forced by sober State ottieials, win . : not having any financial interest at stake, would labor to ret luce the enn< - sumption of liquor ami make the dispensary system a stepping stone to proiiibition. The di-pcnsarv had U-eu in operation but a short time tie fore the greed of gold began to manifest itself | .xiuiong high officials, and prt-sure was torougnt u* bear upon dispensers to increase sales. The annual salary |aid va coin mow county di*|rtniser w-upd buy luiriy bales uf tv-ttnn, ami he was given ,*& to understand that his tdspeusiry iuu?t I be profitable i<> the State or ii would be i to.?etl and hira-elt di>nus-ed from the ?s*rvice. The sales increased at oi.ee -atnl have increased month by mouth ever since; so that to-day the Sta e is filing nearly us mueu uqum .i.-? ^ i did the old barrooms in their palmiest ti KlaVS. ^ .kiid how oouJd it he otherwise? The . appetite for drink the same,- au;i every hindrance tu the sale ??i liquor ha* l?een swept away. Tjic door of the di? pensary ctands wide open to serve every ??ae that will buy. No knowledge ot' the purei;user necessary, no iti<|inry ' ti:e purpose for whieii th<* hqu <r is wanted, and no signature to any re-'quest; simply pi* your money ami take ' > onr liquor, a- much a< you can um\. if you like. So iudirft-renr and demor .ulized have become our State and -county officials that although some violations (if law a:e known to all of tllem. - iaey have neither the manliness 11 >r t moral courage to try to bring the ol< -lenders to justice. Tourist hotel privileges and beer shops have been and are still. condttrti cd uuder t he very nose of the g >vcne?r fc -'of the Stale without a shadow of law, - .a t,, j, re vent it. Dis iu uv riK'i v .Jjfeuser al ter dispenser has stolen or io?i tIk? money of tlie Statettnil ik t one has ever lieeii punished or even prosecute I, !*; . exeejvr in one or two instances, t'om ijiissions and rebates and bribes and thefts ;uid murders li tve been llie natural products ut this s\stein of State injuor soiling, and, after years of siien !- work, its manager, stilt plead with us \ - to *iri>* it a lair trial." Those wiio manage it say the dispensary paid last year flau.uuu to . the education of the children oi ; tiie Stat , hut they did not tell the ; startling tact that tac dispensary had f..Vv -nruwn troin the people ot ihe Suite at -mi rime>jis much and spent it in . lat salaries au?i other cxpuises, purchasrs, etc., of the lijltor system. It iuay lie said that in addition to tl>?* t- $>130,000, till! counties ami towns re; , -ceived a small siim each, an I to this we reply: Tin* expenses ineumd hi tile Counties and t?.i\:;s in the trial, puuisinnent and support of i riininais. who have been mane such ov the the liquor sol'' them hy the State, will tar . aH/re than halai ee the inuney reeehed irom the dispensary. \?e suit.- it moo u-iiHii hH tile nre?enl system i : <?l i.quor selling is robbing the people i;f the M ile of *-t? for ever.' dollar paid ' io the Mate t-ea>urer for educational purposes. The Mate board oi control sending out of our State each y? ar at 4 asi $l,000.(KK?. and in exchange for tt bringing into the Mate and distributing To our profile live times the amount in poverty, wretchedness, disease and -death. We appeal to every newy paper in the ^St:?te tliat hits a Sense of honesty and iairne.-s to l?>?e sight of the few hollars lhat may come to it through those w ho Sftc liquor: to forego the imaginary ^liuaiUt'e id liol.tiiTir up the loud*-of 4 "7 % * < -,x. r iinr nni n in in >m i hiimii I tlio-e who cry "personal liberty,' i when tli.it personal liberty is vailatioi J of tin- riulns of others, and to join with j us in the effort to remove the aeetirsei i liquor trallie fr?m our State. We appeal to tin- jfotid women of tin State, ami when have the women ol South Carolina ever failed in a pnw cause? You cannot vote it is true. l>ul j you eau jjive expression to your opposiI lion to the liquor t rttfJie by w. ariiif; tin ; bad?fr and by a thousand acts of you t life and it may lievourhtnd that shil drive the tent nail" through the head I of tin* monster that is now actually car; injr your oif-jn iuo. We appeal to the Christian minister' ! of the State. Shall those who preach the o<epel cnt-r the Held and sjieak against 'liquor selling? See the Master with a >eour^e driving out the money ehatu* ' crs from the temple, overthrowing th< ! tables and Jlouriiijf out their money: land hear IIim cry, "Woe unto.sciiluv 'and Pharisees, hypocrite-: ye s. rp> nts, : ifi< ?! nf vin IiiiW call Ve CS "I - cape tl?<* damnation of hcl!? ' and y<?n | will see that lie did not com to have a | sort of nam by pamby citizen 'hip. not to have heea afraid of nlt'cudiug u?;iin>i j tbo proprieties of life. Ih'tnoinlier that tills lupinr selling and liquor <1 r; iikin<j is tile one it'eat hattery of hell, manned chiefly oy the devil himself. and is Shelling tiie church of Christ, slaying j your brothers :'ll around you. and you I stand a* watchmen on the walls of '/Auu [and must cry out with warning to rims* around you. Ari-e as soldiers of til * cross and silence forever this destrucj live agency of the devij. Liirht the tires w proamnion un? >? !.> hilltop in the Staic: li-l the rays ^ I ;jlidin?r down the valleys and floating Jon tlit? hosuni ??f every stream until tin ; healing lvams shall penetrate even nook ami corner, every eraek and crevice in the homes ami hearts of our people 4'Then spall the ear;h yield liei increase; and (Jod/cven our own (iod, shall bless us." .loel E. ltnmson. Chairman. S. Moll'att. E. I). Smith. James A Iioyt. F. II. Hyatt. W. C. Thomson. Jeremiah Smith. i Messrs. Kennedy and Campbell Repl) to Dr. Wallace Kin^stree, S. C., March o, 1900 Dr. Wallace Sir: We are sorn to see in your last article that wadic now answer your inquiry to suityoiu fancy. Now we will take up tin inciter and trv to make it plain. You ?aul i? your first article that il might interest the taxpayers to know why they have to sustain a loss oi marly $50. Now, Dr. Wallace, let's see how this statement of yours will tally with your bids tiled in this office. If you had been successful your bill for 1809, $100, and youi bid for 1000. $25, would have mud< a total of $185. Now, doctor, yon see it would have oust the taxpayer; j of the county $185 in two years if | you had been awarded the contract. 1 - - ' - ti.. ,i:.i [ Now, lot lis see wiutic acmauy uiv 'cust t ho taxpayers fur the abov<i } nuiitiontd titne.. Jii J 8f)U, it was le j to Dr. J. C. Fultiiore fur $100; ii J 11)00 to Dr. W. V. Jimckinton foi I $73.7total $173.75. These (i^nre I show that instead of the taxpayers o! I the county losing nearly $50, as yon ! stated, we have saved for tlieiu $11.25 i The records in this oiHce will show the above statement* to be correct Now, Dr. W. L. Wallace, we ask yot to show to the taxpayers where we have caused them to sustain any los: at all. We .suppose that where vol succeed in your plans the taxpayer: save, but where you are run successjftil the taxpayers have to suffer n I heavy loss. Oh! my. You said you did the work ii i 1808 for ?25. Then, if vou could di j the work it; '08 for $25, why did you j want .*32 for doing one-fifth of tin j same in *99? Why was it worth si much more to do the practice in '01 than it was in 08 and 1000? Now as to vottr statement that we rtn tin ; whole matter over the ad vie. j of Hon. Thomas M. (Jillaml. < this we brand as untrue. We liar no advice from Mr. (Jillund what ever when this mutter was up befon | the board. 1'lease look into tub j matter, doctor, and have it corrected. 1 S?^ Mr. J. J. J>. Montgomery, our | clerk, and lit will give you the ficts 'of the case. 1 After unking if Dr. Brockinton hud stuck to the combine, von inj quire what "unstuck'' him? We sup |K>.?e that the mucilage of your cone ! bine was too weak to resiiek him Then you ask the question, ,4I)idyoi buy him off? fcdiarne! Shame! doctor for you to ask such a question ubou a high-toned professional man: oiu who is a member of your tnedica profession, which yon claim that ?v< have so outraged, yon being a mem ' i her of thut honorable profession l We did not buy off l)r Brockinton 1 but we tliink we sold out one of tin .; gas bugs of the medical profession ol f Kingstrce. Von say from the shuffling made we were pledged to 1 >r. | Brockinton to give him the practice .! at $7^, even if you had offered to d< I' it for nothing. It is an old and true '; saying i hat the cheapest is not tin ! best. I, Kennedy,, never had any1 thing to say to Br. Brockinton in mv life on this subject until after tin ; contract had been let to him. I, * j Campbell, did ask i>r. Brockinton to put in a bid. Now. Br. Wallace, did you not try to get the members 1 - ! i of tiie medical profession to go int< i, the same agreement again this year, but make a complete failure? Dr W. V. Brock in ton V: certificate, wliicl I follows, will show that you did: ' This entities that Dr. \Y\ L ' i Wallace came to me on the morning i j of ~~d day of January, 1900, am asked nie if I intended to stick ti | the agreement or combination mad< last year, or for the year 181U), and i ?i told him frankly and emphatically ;, no, that I intended putting in my ' i own and separate bid, and that In * con Id do likewise. "\V. V. Brockinton." - j Now, if Dr. Brockinton had gotu i. . ... J into this combination with yon, yon ! would h ave fought us to the last foi j&lGO; but as lie would not enter youi j combine you, through malice, offered : to take it at *25. Now, doctor, t< ' jirove that it was malice, you refused r to take the praatice in 181M) foi $50 [i and, as Dr. llruck in ton's certificate shows, you were fighting in 190( . for $1G0. Now, doctor, if it was no malice, what was ii? Now, doctor I! as we are aware of the fact that vol ; like to rush into public print fo: ': notoriety, we would just say that i i is very disagreeable to us and w< I don't propose to pay any more at . te.ition to your blowing, but will re , spectfully refer the taxpayers to tin r| records of our office. Who have beer J trying to scare the taxpayers, you Oi i! we? liespectftilly, ;: W. W. Kennedy, '! W. II. CAJII'hei.U County Commissioners. Millions Given Away. ti It iscertainly gratifying to the j?iil> i lie to know of one concern in the lane j who are not afraid to l?? generous t< ' the needy. The proprietors of l)r *.; Kite's New Discovery for Consunip f lion. Coughs ami Colds, have givei , 1 awav ov?*r ten million trial hottieso: 1 I th?s great iiiedirine; ami have the sat ' ; isfaction of knowing it has Absolutely ! cured thousands of hopeless cases . J Asthma, ItrouchitK Hoarseness, nix i! all diseases of the Throat, Che>t am Lungs are surely cured hy it. t'allot Wallace Johnson, druggists, a :d gc a free trial bottle, Regular si/.- .Vi< 1 atid -$l Every bet tie guaranteed <>i 5 price refunded. Unclaimed Letters. L _____ Will be sent to t,he dead lettei 1 j oflice il not called lor within J i days. Lens Jacojjs, Postmaster. wollkn's list. Mr?. Oatliaiine Bunow?, MrSallie Chandler, Mrs Mary Unites. .Mrs. Serena Gibson, Enieline Patt* lerson, Mis. Nancv Shaw, Misse: : ? i K. L. Brown, M. J. Shaw, Binai ; ' , Wiison, Meure Deraent. i MEN S LIST. I , J. B. Boddrie, Archie Cannon (2), , Walter Chandler, Tom Cooper , C. F. Fulton, Charley McCrea, iGe:>. Patterson, II. S. liodduu K. S. Shaw. Red Hot from the Gun Wa? the ball that hit (i. it. Stead j man of Newark. Midi., in the civi war. It reused lionil>le ulcers that n< treatment helped for 20 years. Tliei j Hue Men's Arnica Salve cured hiiu t j Cures(. ot?, Bruises. Burns, ltoiIs. Fel nils Corns, Skin Fruptions. Hcst Pi!< ^; Cure t?u earth, 2fi centra 1m>x. Cur< j guaranteed, Sold l?y Wallace & John | - son, Druggists. > 1 Necessity knows no law, and i: i - j usually too poor to hire a lawyer TWl r! Call your attention to our low prices deep, but this time we have gone to the with bargains and leaders that will i all competition. We challenge any hou? selected stock of all kinds of goods. A g | convince you that our prices will squash -A.11 -<fi.tt3nn.pts at 1 j wliichare 1,"? t;? 2o per cent, below all oth< A full line of TTI.1BO OI- n Twri I ill 111 ? UBV HUM! gqm an . It' LJ Jrvtxl X . ' Stsckley's C j -X^N - v M Look to Your 'I For Special llar^aina in :Mesi A 2nd Boy ' j In onler to Make room for Spring' (Jon A nice Hoy's Suit at * J.fi *, A nice Man's Suit at *2.. Men's Underwear at iWe Ladies Under Vests at U Ladies' Capes at 4(?c to $ ? i I must close out my winter stock of i ! spring Goods. Also, a big lot of Men's ai r| Moil's Plow Shoos at $i.lo to 1 I lluttun nt 5H?o to $1.:} ">; Parties, Fine Shoos too numcro [ Cull and oxuinano Wilkins' complete lin t I A bij; lot of Flour just received. A c< , | Staple Groceries. Cal 1 Yours to please, 3 Wll ! A. W. (JAGG W. B. OLlVt : ctagg, OLIV DKALKKS 1 * j General Merchandise, Agri AND Shipper* orPIiuitailon Prodnr. 1 ,j I\ III2??DLI . i Having purchased the entire stock a 11 Smith and added largely thereto, we be^ _f! we are ready to supply their needs at pri " I ': be sold. All we ask Is to call and give u A. W. G'c i __ i! Tin* woman who marries a man lo reform him, has a lile-time jo!: M , of twenty-tour hours a day. 9 The curvature ol the eaiili )V t # ' , ci.ulit inches per mile. 1 a rj - 7 i ? Brave fv'en Pall ! Victims to stotnach. liver anil kidney i troubles as well a> ivoacn. and all feci _ _ i ; tin* icsults in los- of appetite, poisons | in the hliiiiil. Itackacrc, nervousness. J)U headache ami tired, listless, run-ilown j 4-gj feeling. Tut there's no need to feel j k ': like that. Listen to .) W. Gardner.!,^. "! Idaville, ind.. lh* says: ' "Electric { * jj ? Kilt rs are just the tiling lor a man; '1'he , wliea he is all run down, and don't jpnr care whether he lives or dies. Jt did ' clia* - ~~jI as a nioiv in give me new strengui ;mu; - ^ ) good appetite than anything I could , , take. I ran now eat anything and iiavr ; w*.p a new least* on life. Only 50 cent's, at i Wallace & Johnson's Ding .Store, j (S Every hoi tie guaranteed, ! Kverv gem known to the lapi-! jilary lias been fonntl in the United | States. F Working Night and Day. ' I . Not j The busiest and mightiest little1 ' thing that ever >va? made is Dr. King's j 1 New Life l'ills. Every pill is a sugar *. runted globule of health that ehanges j " weakness into strength, listlessness into r energy, brain-fag into mental power. j ' T! ey're wonderful in building up the co^t( health. Only 25 cents per box. Sold by i Wallaee.& Johnson. , i ?i rc sj A nan who is true to himself is TH '.Ja friend to everybody. V ,i_vi " ; i tills season. We always cut marrow. Our store is illl< cl ? ilDo-wm. :( in the town to show a better lance through our stock will 1 ; Competition :ts. MuwarniLim^Mt^ ash Store> interest! ? Clotclkiitjigo xl* J will mention u few ]?riees: 111 10 y^.>. ill to $lo0. to 4:lc. k' to 2-k*. I , Dry Goods to niake room for id Uovs' Hats that must go. ES. Ladies l)onp?la and Glove Gents and Children's us to mention, e of miplete stock of Fancy and 1 and see me. LKINS. :ii C. (i. HARPER Ell & CO. is icultural Implements IZERS ' x. I.nmbrr nail Sliiu^ie* , S. Co if goods lately owned by E. L. ; to announce to the public that ices as low as honest goods can s a trial. igg, Manager. Founded 1842. 57? 'Sing their own praise." it in justice to ouiives we are forced to blisli the fcLowing1 f* 1 iwAnio I Charlotte, N. Feb., 10th 100;). ('has. M. .stiolf, ear Kir:? ssTIKFF PI A NO which we chased from you, giving in exit ge an I vers and Pond I'pright i partial payment, has given ensatisfaction, and we would not hange for aav Piano with which are acquaiiit'd. Yours very truly, ijjned) Mr. & Mrs. O. S. Mess^r. or particulars write us. OHAS. M. STIEFF, Piano Manufacturer, Baltimore, M. I) . airtory branch wareroom, iltf th Tryon Street, Charlotte, N'.C C. II. WILMOTH, Mamisnr. cotio.^ i*i.a .vn'ixs r> arc inteiestcd in hijrh prices for mi next fall can hear something to r advantage by sending a iKHta I at once to E ADAMS COTTON COMPANY Charleston, S. C.