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State Candidates Speak in Kingstree. ( Continue from first page.) to see the good people (there are no bad ones) of Williamsburg again. Complimented Kingstree upon her elegant new school building. Fought in Civil war aftor whirh hf tamrht school several years. Was then president of Furman and is now superintendent of education for Orangeburg connty. Thinks public schools are the founda^ttion of all education. Opposed to frequent exchange of text books on account of enormous expense. Opposed to any text book reflecting upon the South (applause) and believes in hand, heart and head education. His address pleased the people. Next speaker was Col J 0 Boyd, candidate for adjutant and inspector general. He claimed to be no orator or speaker and was only asking for the office upon his past record. He read several letters A ? of endorsement from different officers who he claims fought him bitterly in his fight for the position which he now holds. Said whoever said he had gone fishing instead of attending to his business told an untruth and was closely related to Annanias and Sopbrra. He placed bis record before the people and asked for their votes. Mr Henry T Thompson of Richland also candidate for adjutant a*jd inspector general, was the ' ? . -T H Al 4. smooinestieuow on uic rosiium that day. He explained away the fist story and added a frank apology. Had been in South Carolina militia for thirty years. Was private secretary to his father while he was governor. Has filled every station from private to colonel only man in the malitia that has done so. Was original agitator of the present plan of Confederate veterans receiving pensions. He I'-ead record of his good services jie of Darlington riot and explained his connection with Lake % Qity affair (applause.) He Fas told that he only had two minutes more, then he talked faster than two men could listen and we could not take down his words. He made friends here. "Cansler of Tirzali", was the first speaker among- the candidates for railroad commissioner, and he was full of fun from start to finish, and kept the audience in an uproar. Said some of the ' , candidates bad dene noble work ? during the war, but what in the pame of God have they done ? nee then? Was grateful for gooci vote given him here before, and if they did not elect him this time he was coming back in next campaign. So it is for the people to say whether they had rather elect him to office or have another opportunity of seeing him act as a clown on the stump. The next candidate tor railroad commissioner was Banks L Caughman of Saluda, who is asking for re-election. In reference to the Harpers letter he, said that he had only done his duty. Said if any honorable man or woman in South Carolina would say that he had been untrue to his trust he would retire from the race. Boasted of splendid schedule now enjoyed by our people and credited himself with bringing- it about. Said he did not call meeting about short train until he had consulted other commissioners by phone. TT ?-^ ttto 1 lr4-VIA frarlrc SU.JU lie waiacu iuv vi uvuo \^en inspecting roads and moved to Columbia where he could properly attend to his * duties. Is running on his record -"- 6 his merits. / y F C Fisbburne of Charles, falso candidate for railroad ^ssioner made a very reas* talk and took well with ople. Claimed that Caugh,iad not denied statements Harpers letter. Was anxto go through without any id words but it seemed imble, Said he did not pass im Crow law?that the legL (re passed it, but he was fc. ro legislature from Colleton 5L i county, lie drew up Olemson college bill and called attention to the noble work that institu tion is now accomplishing. United iip with interesting coon story with moral that he was a candidate because he wanted the office, and asked the people to vote for him. H W Richardson of Barnwell was also out for the office of rail road commissioner. Has never been in politics before. Is a successful farmer. Is an experienced and practical railroad man, having built railroads in rough countries of Tennessee and Virginia. Accepted Canghman's challenge to compare figures and would show him more about railroading than he ever knew. Mr Richardson is no small man by any means and ' i-L -- : pill IOrill till lllipuaiUf^ ance on the. stump. He told a laughable story about the old lady, her son and the new preacher. Applause followed him to his seat. The last candidate for railroad commissioner was Mr J A Summersett of Richland. He paid an eloquent tribute to the ladies present, which brought down the house with cheers. Said he too loved Kingstree people and would see on the 25th day of August how much they loved him. Compared himself to Mr Richardson as to which was a picture of malaria. He was from the low country and the biggist hill he ever saw was a sawdust pile until he was 21 years old. Is a practical mnn infl WrtlllH till t }l P lain uau Ulan uuu ??vui^ u.> ..... position of railroad commissioner to best of his ability. He made a favorable impression and new friends here. It was his second trip to Kingstree. A letter was then read from Governor Ansel stating that duties devolving upon him as governor of the State prevented his being present. (Prolonged applause.) Cole L Blease, candidate for | governor, delivered the closing address. His appearance on the platform was greeted with applause. Coley was at his best, and delivered a strong speech thirty minutes long. He attacked Ansel's administration and said it was the most extravagant since the days the Repubcans were in power. In the year 1900 "the appropriations were <t>AA>7 AAA 1Qna tlmra iroro <P?7I7I,WV auu 111 ii/vu V11V.IV n?iv appropriations to amount of $1,664,000 nearly double in eight years. If this keeps up eight years longer where will we be? He invites examination of records and tax receipts to prove what he says. He criticised Ansel for creating the office of insurance commissioner at a cost of $4,200 a year while the same clerk still does the same work for $1,000 a year. The office is useless and worthless to the State of South Carolina. He then bombarded the good ship W i 11 e k i n d which hrourht to our shores 16.000 ex iles and convicts, while we paid the freight and received them with open arms. Not one of them can now be pointed out who is making a desirable citizen. Our taxes were alrrady 2 mills and the last legislature added one more and Ansel wanted two more. He wants Ansel to attend the meetings and let the people see who he is. Wants to reduce expenses and appropriations and tax levy. Ansel wants a new mansion "manbion in the sky" and a new supreme court room. Wants salary of State officials raised his own increased a thousand dollars. Governor said he could not live in Columbia on his salary of $3,000 a year. Had to spend $1,000 of his own money to live yet he is running for the office again. The people are already oppressed. If they had money it would be different. Blease had rather have a poor government and a rich people than vice versa. Says Ansel changes about too much favored the State dispensary got it. Fa vored local option got it, and1 christened it Ansel's local op- j tion baby, and now before the $ baby is 17 months old not through teething he is trying ' to choke it to death. Blease ^ says for God's sake let the whis-1 key matter be settled. Let the ministers of the gospel preach j Lord Jesus Christ and Him cru- c cified. Let mothers teach chil t dren the harm and destruction c that will f(^Tie from it. If you t don't wan*-j?ipskey, vote it out.1 Let ,^2)^ j alone and talk c aboi thing else. c W good schools all over I the .. ; and wants teachers | r paid L ^salaries. Does not | c approve pending white peo- s pie's mor 'o educate the ne- I groes. M iase wound up his t remark^ reference to his 11 record iome and his political j 1 career, ? osing with the same ! little pot jc pearl which has ? been seen ii^*^ platform in the ? columns of the jVess throughout 11 the State. Blea >e made new c friends in this o JDtv and res j tained the old ones. i Of course, there is an Ansel 1 side to the questions at issue, ..nvfli-nnp nrac nnt nn ' 1 UU I LUC gvitiuvi " Wo a?w land to hold it up. Letters from Lieut. Go. Mo [ Leod and State Treasurer Jen** ; 1 nings were read, each regretting ( and explaining the cause of their absence. i WHICH WAS RIGHT? ' 8ee if Yoi: Can Untangle the Knots in , Thi? Problem. J A young man named Enathlus de- t sired to learn eloquence and art of j pleading, and he bargajr?d with Pro- , tagoras, the ancient Greek sophist, fo; Instructions, agreeing to pay one half i of the fee down and the other half on ( the first day he gained a case. It took the young man so long to learn that 1 his tutor came to the conclusion that ( he was delaying his start In business , to avoid paying the other half of the fee, so Protagoras sued him for the UlUUejr. When the case came up for trial Protagoras said to the young man: "You act most absurdly, young man, because in either case you must pay me. | If the Judges decide against you, you ( must pay, and if they decide for you you must pay, for you will then hare j gained your case." J "You are wrong," replied the young man. "I will win either way. If the Judges are for me, 1 will not have fo pay, and if they are agajpst me I will not have to pay, for this last was the very bargain between us namely, if I did not win my case." The Judges considered the case inexplicable, and as they could not see their way to any decision they adjourned the case to a day that never came for any of the principals. On Protagoras' side it was a case of losing when he won and on the young student's side winning when he lost ANIMALS AMBIDEXTROUS. Why Man Givet Preference to Right Hand Over Left. Right handedness and right eyedness came with genus homo. Dr. George M. ^ Gould has watched for them in squirrels that use their front paws to hold 1 nuts, cats that strike at insects in the t air or play with wounded mice and in ' many other animals, but he is certain no preference is given to the right side 8 over the left , i But In the lowest human savages all ^ over the world choice in greater expertness of one hand is clearly present I One cause for its development is in primitive military customs. In all ^ tribes and countries since man used Implements of offense and defense the t left side, where the heart lies, has been \ protected by the shield, and the left j hand was called the shield hand, while the right hand was called the spear t hand. t Next to fighting came commerce. ^ The fundamental condition of bartering w?b oonntincr with the low num- ^ bers, one to ten. The fingers of the free i or right hand were naturally first used, and all fingers today are called digits, as are the figures themselves, while 2 the basis of our numberings is the decimal or ten fingered system. Every drill ^ and action of the soldier from ancient Greece to modern America is right sid- ? ** * /Iftfoll ITlHntr frnm th A 4 cv* iU V,V4J UVV**M. ?. 4* I right shoulder and sighting with the j right eye bring the right eye into prominence.?Exchange. C Her Protector. t "Well, sir," explained young Mr. Sooberbs, "it was like this: I thought c my wife might be afraid of tramps, so s I bought her a watchdog. He was a ^ fierce looking bull, and I reckoned he'd about fill the bill. I got him in the morning and had him sent right out to the house. When I got home that night one of the toughest looking hoboes you ever saw was sitting on the e porch. 'What in thunder are you doing g here?' I asked. 'Well, boss,' says he, 'I t come look in' for a handout, an' de lady k she gimme 50 cents to stick around an' c pertect her from dat dog o' yours. ^ She's sure scared of 'im.' "?Kansas City Newsbook. J * / DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM | itatement of Principles Drawn Up by Committee on Resolutions. Denver, Col., July 9.?The democratic national platfoim: We,the representatives of theDemicrats of the United States, in na lonal convention assembled, affirm iur belief in and pledge our loyalty o the principles of the party. We rejoice at the increasing signs if an awakening throughout the( :ountry. The various investigations lave traced graft and political coruption to the representatives of prelatorv wealth and laid bare the uncrupulous methods by which they lave debauched elections aud preyed ipon a defenseless public through he subservience of those whom they lave raised to place and power. The conscieuce of the nation is iow aroused to free itself from the jrip of those who have made it a lusiness asset of the favor-seeking jorporation ; it must become again a leoDle's government. and be admin-1 n ' stered in all its departments accordng to the Jefferfconian maxim of 'equal rights to all and special privieges to none." " "Shall the people rule?" is i^1 jvershadowiug issue whici^B^^ tself in all the qoesti^1 liscussion. inj ' vark of our li ^ lone in our purp :e tr? ligmty. Our pa ty has given to the jench a long line of distinguished udges who havj? addwl4o the respect md oonfidenof this departnent must j maintained. IVe re.-"- ,e attempt of the Repubicun to raise a false issue reipecti udiciary. It is an unjust( eflect great body ef our jitizens to .ie that they lack espect for the courts. It is the function of the courts to nterpret the laws which the people ;reate and if the laws appear to work economic, social or political injustice t is our duty to change them. The mly basis upon which the integrity >f our courts can stand is that of mswerving justice and protection of ife, personal libel ty and property, [f judicial processes may be abused ve should guard them against abuse. Experience has proved the neceslity of a modification of the present aw relatmg to injunctions and we eiterate the pledge of our national datform of 1896 in favor of the neasure which passed the United States senate in 1896, but which a Republican congress has ever since efused to enact, relating to contempts in federal courts and providng for trial by jnry in cases of inlirect contempt. Questions ot judicial practice nave irisen especially in connection with ndustrial disputes. We deem that he parties to all judicial proceedings ihould be treated with impartiality tnd that injunctions should not issue n any cases in which injunctions vould not issue if no industrial dispute were involved. > The expanding organization in mlustry makes it essential that there >e no abridgment of the right of vage earners and producers to organze for the protection of wages and he improvement of labor conditions, o the end that such labor organizaions and' their members should not >e regarded as illegal combinations n restraint of trade. We favor the eight-hour day on til government work. We pledge the Democratic party o the enactment of a law by congress as far as the federal jurisdiciod extends for a general employers' iability act covering injury to body ir loss of life of employes. We [pledge the Democratic party o the enactment of a law creating a tepartment of labor, represented eparately in the president's cabinet vhich department shall include the object of mines and mining. RAILROADS. We assert the right of congress to xercise complete control over intertate commerce and the right of each state to exercise just as complete :ontrol over commerce within its orders. We demand such enlargement of I / J ' tbe powers of the interstate commerce commission as may be neces' ?arv to enable it to protect persons and places from discrimination and extortion and to compel the railroads to perform their duties as commou carriers. We favor the efficient super- j vision and rate regulation of railroads engaged in interstate commerce. To I this end we recommend the physical valuation of the railroads by the interstate commission, such valuation to take into consideration tbe original cost and cost of reproduction and all elements of value that will render the valuation fair acd just. We favor such legislation as will prohibit the railroads trom engaging in ousiness which brings them into competition with their shippers, also legislation which will assure such reduction in transportation rates as conditions will permit, care beiDg taken to avoid reduction that would compel a reduction in wages, prevent adequate service or do injustice to legitimate investments. We heartily approve the laws profa ibitingjhejpass .he rebate and we fa- necessary legislate rect and prevent .IFF. gg ,ne belated promise of jw affected by the Rejr in tardy recognition iousness of the Denion on this question; but .1 not safely entrust the ? this important work to aich is so deeply obligated .nKltr nrnf/ipfpfl inff-rpflfn An in 6"* i -the Republican party. We call attention to the significant fact that promised relief was postponed until after the coming election?an election to succeed in which the Republican party must have that same support from the beneficiaries of the high protective tariff as it has always heretofore received from them?and to the further fact that during years of uninterrupted power no action! whatever has been taken by the Re-1 publican congress to correct the ad mittedly existing tariff iniquities. We favor immediate revision of the tariff by the reduction of import duties. Articles entering into competition with trust controlled products should be placed upon the free | list; and material reductions should 1 A strong Direct Makes a go FARMERS & LAKE CI Dir*?< J S McClam J C 1 S B Poston "o tE v -t i (Prickly Ashi Poke miw poerrrvB cubes of r "TitsIcUm endorse P. P. P. an a tpleni'J comb liiatlon, and proscribe It With erect tatUfaction to the coraa of all forme and ttagae of Primary, Secondary B| i- d Tertiary 8yphilla, Byphllltio Bhens ati m, 8c rof alone Ulcere and So roe, ^BB r''--'*w1?l-Rwn1Ifwge Tt/L. ^^B it / C^mplalnta, old Chronic Uloen that rwfmBWMBHHHMB CATARRH n I? fcera resitted an treatment. Catarrh, 8Hn Dieeasea, Xcsema, Chronlo Female Complaints, Mercurial Poison, Tetter, %P Ec-ddhead, eta, etc. ?B P. P. P. is a powerful tonlo and an excellent ep pi titer, bn tiding np the eyetcm rapidly. If yon ars weak and faeble, and feel badly try P. P. P., and RHEUM ! fii ??? i? -V i. . ' "N \ /' be mud? in the tariff upon the neces- V saries of life, especially upon articles competing with such American mauufactuies as are sold abroad more cheaply than at home ; and graduate redutions should be made in such other schedules as may be necessary to restore the tariff to a revenue basis. I Existing duties have given to the manufactorers of paper a shelter behind which they have organized combinations to raise the price of pulp and of paper, thus imposing a tax upon the spread of knowledge. We demand the immediate repeal of the tariff on pulp, print paper, lumber, timber, logs and that these articles \ ' be placed upon the free list. TRUSTS. ^ # A private monoply is indefensible and intolerable. We therefore favor the vigorous enforcement of the nriminal law aoainst cuiltv trust n o~- J magnates and officials and demand the enactment of such additional laws as may be necessary to make it impossible for a private monopoly to exist m the United States. Among the additional remedies we specify three: .48 First, a law preventing a duplies tion of directors amoug competing corporations; second, a license system which will, without abridging tde right ot each State to create corporations or its right to regulate as it will foreign corporations doing, business within its limits, makes it necessary for a manufacturing or j J. trading corporation engpgea interstate commerce to take out federal . ^ license before it shall bepeimitted. to control as much as 25 per cent., of the production in which it deals,, the license to protect the public from watered stock and to prohibit the control by such corporation of more than 50 per cent, of the total amount of any product consumed in the United States; and third, a law compelling such licensed corporations to sell all purchases in all parts ot the country on the same terms after making due allowance for cost of transportation. PUBLICITY OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. We demand federal legislation forever terminating the partaership. [Concluded next week.] ~ 1 orate iod Bank. MERCHANTS ty, s. c. :tors: 0 M Kelly foung BW Stewart I I Mt mad PttuduL) XL TO EMU A3TD 8TAOE9 OT yon will regain fleeh and trengta. BWaate of energy andalldl*eaeeeraenltlx.g from overtaxing the ay>tam are cored by I 11110 u* of P. P. P. T-ajKaawhou ?T?hlTMMaMllflMd and 3whoeeblood Is la An Impure condi tiondue to menstrual irregularities are peculiarly benefited by tho wonderful tonio and I SCROFULA 3 -* a# p P. p_ Diooa CiWUBiug w .. _. _ ^ I Prickly Ajh, Poke Boot Mid F"tflt?' I gold by all Druggiatt. 1 P. V. LIPPMAN I Proprietor ^ I Savannah, Ca. I ATI SHI