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The Prohibitionists Issue an Address. Prepared by the Committee Elected at January Cod fereooe. Tbe prohibition conference bold in Colombia on the 12tb of Jto. 1900, adopted Iba following : Resolved. Tbal Joel K Brnne?n, J 8 Moffttl, S D Smith J A Hoyt, F H By on, W ? Thotneon oad Jere ?lab Smith bo nod bereby are op poleted to prepe ? an oddreee lo the ? of South Caroline, totting too work and ieooee before at, ted to pleo for nod perfeet on organi set ion of the prob?bitiooiot| fur tbe costing osmpeigo. I? eooordeooe with tbe above, we tobstit tbe followiog oddreee : To too People of 800th Carolina : Too prebibitiooito of tbe Stole ere eeoooreged to moke another appeal to tbe vote re for a en pre me effort along tbe line for tbe abolition of tbe aiaoofootore eod eale of liquor in South Oorolioe. For maoy yearo tbe seen nod woaaeo of oor State been toiled earoeetly to e&ct legal pro bibitioo of tbe liqoor traffic, end gfotifyiog progreee wee* being made 00* ooly ia banishing the lioenoed soJoo* from all tertitory without in eorporaied towoo end cities, bot there woe moob being aooompliobed in tbe way of reducing tbe number of eel 00 a a bere eod tbere. and eleo to eeeoriog ooetrol of tbe amaller sssmioipelities through too ballot box or rettrmtive legtslstion Tbit prog ffoae vi tempereboe reform iodoeed an eppiioatioo to too rtgoltrly oooatitot od aotboritieo of tbe Democrat party la oootrol of tbe eleotion machinery * of tbe Stale for a separate box in wbiob lo vote for or against prohibi tioo, sod tbis privilege woe granted io tbe primary election of 1898, reseltiog lo on overwhelming majori to for too legal probibitIon of tbe liqoor traffic, eod along witb tbis result tbere woe obtained a oleer majority of mem be re io tbe lower bo one. who posted a etriot prohibi lory metture io oooordsoot witb tbe verdiot of lbs people. This measure woe defeated, however, and io its rl wse sobetiteted tbe diepenosry for tbe regulation tod control of too trafflo, aa importation that was reoogoised so oontrary to tbe wichet of tbe people eod io direct conflict erkb tboir teoerttlned verdiot. Tbus toe diepeooary begoo itc career tt a tepplteter, tad it hot made ocean years of uncanny record, marked by Woody esd disgraceful steps frost tbs beeristiog Too present ooodition of tbe liquor basism too hardly be aaid to bo SOtiofsetory to a aingle intelligent petooe ia tbe Stole When tbt dit peooary low wee flrst sdopled, tbou soods of oor booeet people boped for. ted ex peeled moob from it. Tbey were told tbet tbe restrictive foot or st of tbe row woold be en foroed by sober ' Stets offioiels, wbo. 004 having toy toeecitl inttreet at stake, weald labor to redooe tbe con sumption of liqoor end moke the dis pooeery eyctem s steppiog stone to ptobibititioo. Tbe Dispeostry btd been ia operetion but e short time befors tbt grted of gold begun to osaeifsei itself smoog bigh officiate, eod preeture was brought to bear upon ditpenstrt lo iuorette sties Toe annual taltry paid t common scanty ditpeoeer would buy thirty betet of cotton, tnd rfe wat given to onderetand that bio diepenaary moat be profitable lo tbe Slate or it would be oloeed eod bimeelf diamiaeed from tbe eervice The eatee increased at once tnd bsve increased month by ssooib svsr siuoe ; 00 that tu.lay the Stele ie eelliog oearly 99 such liquor soever did tbe old barroom^ in their palmiest deys. And bow could it be otherwise ? ' Tbe eppeiite for drink ie the eome aod oetry bindrtnee to the sale of liquor but bc*n owopt away. Tbe door of tbe dispenetry etande wide open to serve every ooe that will buy No knowledge of the purchaeer neces tsry, no inquiry tt to ihe purpose for wbiob Ibt liqoor ie wanted, and no signature to tny reqntst ; simply pay yoor money tnd take your liquor, tt stoeb so you csn carry, if you like 80 indifferent end demoralized btvt become oer State tnd county officials, tbat oltboogb theee violations of law are known to all of them, tbey have neither menlineee nor moral oooroge to try to briog tbe offeoders to jus? tice. Toe'tei* hotel pnflieget aod beer sbepa bave bceo. aod are ?till, conduct? ed under ibe very nocc of the goveroor of ibe State without a ehedow of law, aod to effort made to prevcot it Dtepcoaer after diepeoeer baa eiuleo or loci tbe moeey of Iba Slate aod tot ote baa ever bceo poeteb'd or eveo proeeetied, except it ote or too ittaoece. Coooimiodi aod rebatee nod brifcee sod tbefte aod mordere have fceee ibe oatoval product of tbieevetem of Statt liqoor eelliog, aod after yeara of eecb work, ita maoagcre etlll plead witb at lo "give 11 a fair trial " Tboct who weoage 11 eay tbe diepeoeer y paid lael jeer $180,000 to ibt education of ibe ebildrco of Ibe State, but tbey did tot tell tbe startling ftot ibst 'he diepeoeer y bad die wo from tbs people of ibe State at least iwstty times st mtsb aod spent it is fo! eel ante ttd otber eapeasss, por ctjteec, At. tf tbt liqtor eyctem ll stay be seed tbsi ie tedittee to lbs f 130.000, tbt ooaotiea ?od towns reoetved ? smell ton ?tob. ?od to this ws reply : The expenses ioeurrerl by the eoeeties aod iowoi io the triel, oaoiebment tod support of erimiosis. wbo be?e beeo made sooh by the liquor ?old then by the State, will for more then beleooe the money received from the diepeoeary We ttate it modeatly when we say the present system of liquor selling io robbing the people of the Stete of twenty dollars for every dollar paid to the State treasurer for educational purposes The 8tete board of eoutrol is aeudiog out of our Siato aaab year at Isast one million dollars aad ia exoheoge for it bringing into lbs 8tats and distributing to our people Its times the amount in poverty, wretchedness, disease aod death. Wa appeal to every newspaper in the State that has a sense of hoossty aod fei roses to lose eight of the few dollars that may aome to it through those who Iota liquor ; to forego the imaginary pleasure of holding up the haods of those who ory. "pereonel liberty," when tbat personal liberty is violative of the rights of others, and to joia with us ta the effort to remove* that aeerused l:quor traffic from our State. We appeal to the good women of the State, aod wbsu have the* women of South Carolina ever failed io a good eause T You oaooot vote, it is true, but yBu cao give stpression to your opposition to the trsffio by wearing the badge aad by a thousand sots of your life, and it may be your band tbat shall drive the "tent oailM through the head of the monster that-h now aotually eating your offspriog. We appeal to the Christian ministers of be Stets. Shall those wbo preaoh tbs gospel eater the field aod speak agaiast liquor selling ? See the Master with a scourge driving out the mooey ahaogera from. the temple, overthrow the tables aad pouring out tbeir money ; and hear him ory, "Woe unto eoribee and Pharisees, bopoorites ; ye serpents, ye gsaerariso of vipers, how sen ya esoape the damnation of hell V9 and you will aee tbat He did not seem to have a sort of oamby pamby cttiieo ship, uor to have beeo afraid af offend? ing agaiast the proprieties of life Rsmember thai this liquor sellieg aad liquor driokiag is the oae great battery of hell, manoed chiefly by the Devil himself, aad ie ehelliag the ohuroh of Christ, slaying your brothers all aroood you. and you stand ae watchmen on the walle of Zton end meet ery out with warning to thoee aroood you. Arise ae soldiers of the eroee aod aileooe foa ever thie destructive agency of the Devil. Light the tree of prohibition on every hilltop ia the Stet? ; let the raye go gliding down the valleys and float? ing on the bosom of every stream until the healiag beams shsll penetrate every nook aad eoraer, every ersek aed ore? iee ia the homes and hearte of our peo? ple "Theo shall the earth yield her itereeee ; aod God, even our own Qod, shall bless us" Joel E. Bruosou, Cbm'o, J. 8. Moffett, K. D Smith, Jas A. Hoyt, F. H Hyatt, W C Thomson, Jeremiah Smith. FROM THE^WiRES. Praokfort, Feb 20 ?The houee hes adopted the resolution prssed by the senete yesterday, ratifying the former croceediegs by whieh Goebel and Bsok ham were deolered io effiee. The republieaoe refused to vote on the orig? inal call, hoping to break the quorum, but, seeing that it bad been carried, they weot oo record Jsckson, Miss. Feb 19.?A concur* reut resolution has passed both houses of the Legislature inviting homo, and foreign capital to invest in manufacturing enterprises, especially cotton factoriea, aod eetting forth tbe advantages of Mississippi as a manu factoring State Bills to exempt new established factoriea from taxation for tbe period of teci yeira are pending and will be passed puringtbe present week. Washington. Feb 22?The next naiiooal demoeratio convention will be held at Kaosee City. Mo , Jcly 4 This was the deeision cf th j democratic oatioeal oouimittee wbioh met at tbe Hotel Usleigb today to fix tbe time sod plaee of holdiog the eooveotion. Mil? waukee wee the only other oity whioh oompeted for the honor of entertaining the convention, aad the poor showing she made when tbe vote was taken (tbe result being Kansas City, 40 ; Milwau? kee, 9) eaused general eurprise. The clems of the tival cities as to hotel accommodations, railroad and telegraph io faeilitiee were presented in opeo session by representative of eaeh city end eubetquently in exeeutive session. Ki Qov Stoae, oo bebelf of Kansas City, aod Nstiooal Commiiteemao K. C. Wall, oa behalf of Milwaukes, explsioed the financial iodueements whioh the oities they represented were willing to make Kaon offered the eommittee $50.000, but io addition Kansas City was willing to fornisb hotel oceommodeuooe for the members of the eommittee and the hall with decoratioos aod enuuo free of expense to tbe oommittno II? r*oole?l Surgeons. All doctor* t?Ul Kenlrk Hamilton, of Ws* .UrTsMork, O , sflsr ?uffrring |H m<>nih* from Rectal Fistula, hs would die tints** s costly oporstion wsi performed , hut b? cursd himself with flvu hoiss of Buck Isn't Arnios dslve, the ?urset Pi's curs oa sartb, sad the best rislre io tbe world. II oeals a boa Sold by J. P. W DeLerase, Druggist 4 PRICES DECLINE. DUNN'S WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW. New York. Fob 23 ?R G. Daoo k Go's Weekly Review of Trede tomor? row will toy : Prioee of materials are yieidiog. If oot the beat news postnbh ?or some speculators, it is tbe best that oould ooo?e for tbe oouotry, etoce itidostries oould not lorg prosper with out resotioo from tbe extreme pnoes oaused by aotual or supposed soaroity of materials last year. 8ome help oomee from oew troo furosoes that have opened or spproaob oompletioo. Some from tbe famine in India, which sends hither shiploads of hides, eome from tbe muoh iooreaeed flocks of sheep wbiob have weathered tbe winter, and some from tbe opening of oew iron, xino or copper mioes I be causes are many, but the revision of quota? tion gives promise of greater activity in all the ebief industries Tbe greet iron industry has been embarrassed by prices for pig and billets, wbiob were no looger sustained by tbe gradually yieidiog prices of products Considerable transactions are now reported at Philadelphia $1 to $1 50 per ton below reoent quotations. At Pittsburg 200.000 toos Bessemer have been sold and 75,000 tons billets, both iron aod steel being reported $1 per too lower. The new furnaces tup plying foundry iron have beeo com? peting sharply at tbe east, and small sales of Bessemer have beeo made for Pittsburg delivery at 00 to 65 oeots balow previous quotations. Sheets are etrengthed there by the new combine lions, though it does oot embrace some large works, but with this addition of 500.000 tons yearly aod its sales to the hoop aod tin plate companies, the National Steel has seoured large and rch mines in Minnesota. Plates are still weak, as most con? sumers ars provided far ahead, but a Paoifio order oovers 2 000 tons aod tbe Chioago and Northwestern has plaoed orders at ths east for 5.600 toos bridge work, and better business enables tin plate works whioh have been idle to rasume. Cheaper bides aod leather enable boot sod shoe makes* to tsks contracts for split goods at 2J) lees'tben prices rrocotly asksd, anu some large sales have resulted, giving part of the shops work fer some time. Others are get? ting very few orders aod some are stopping or expeoted to stop in two weeks. Tbe yielding in split leathsr bfgao early this month, and in hemlook sole a week earlier and has reached 1 cent per pound, while this week union backs and kid and giovs grsio upper leather are obeaper. Hides st Cbiesgo have agaio yielded, making 8 per oeot fall in a month and 7.3 per eent einoe Deo 13 Supplies accumulate aod on berves at Jersey City 250,000 bides were Isnded from India Shipments of boots and shoes from the east bsve been in three weeks 28.193 oases agaiost 243 379 in 1898, the largest previous year At last it is sdmitted that wool quo? tattoos so long held are fully 3 cents per seoured pound higher than prices in large sotual sales lsst week and siace, the deelioe cohering grades be? tween one quarter blood aod lower, whioh is in demand aod scarce, and fine fleece graded XX or above. The explanations are many ; tbe faot is that when mills msde enormous sale of hesvyweight goods aod then bought no wool, the fable that tbeir stocks were exhausted ceased to have foroe In fine medium territory, selling at 58 cents sooured and oiber wool down to the low grades, tbe fill is general, aod English markets are also weaker Goods of fine grsdes have been opeond with much less advance io prioo than was made in obeaper grades, but om oellations continue numerous Prioes of cottons are still advancing, the Fall li ver oommittee having raised all its goods an eighth, and in spite of heavy port receipts, spot ootton ad vanoed to 9 06 cents. Failures in three weeks have been (7.241.230 agaiost $7.129,780 last year and $7.2^3 439 in 1898, but in the previous years they exceeded $10.600.000 Manufacturing were $2 856 536 against $3 643 864 last year, and trading were $3,822 930 against $3,237.472 last year. Failures for tbe week bave been in the United States 201 against 191 last yesr, aod 33 in Canada against 40 lsst year. sj> ^ CUBAN RELIEF run s Colic, eurolglaj ami Toothache in five minutes. Sour Stomaoh and Summer Complaints. Prion 25o. Sold b? Hoghson Ligon Co Floreooe, Fob 20 ?At Effiogham Sunday night Charlotte Kirby was aeoidontally shot by Davis King. Both parties are negroes Constable Dennis arrested Davis yesterday after nooo while he wss watching by tbe bedside of the woman he had shot, and the negro is now io jail Raleigh. NC, Feb 19 ?Southern Pines, a witter resort forty miles from here, hsd a $20 000 fire early this morning;, tbe Alfa Hotel, with ail its contents, being destroyed The thirty guests escaped, but saved little of tbeir property. A bank, tbe post office and public hall were located in tbe building; The mail was saved, as was also tbe bank's books *d& CUBAN OIL euros Cuto, k Bontai BrulaeO| Rheunuv tisn: and Sores. Price, 25 cts. Sold by Hu|bsoo-Llgoo Go. liaa^M Darltogtoo, Feh 22 ?James Gerd oer committed eoieidc et Mechanic* vetle lest night by teking strychnine Disappointment io love wee the oeose. Mr Gardner was from North Caroline it d was 55 years old He wilted all bie property to the girl who rejeoted him The asoretary c-f Ma*e Thursday issued a oommiesioo to J R. B rroo, of Rock Hill, 8 W Heath, R L Bleokman and ? D Biakeoey, of Kersbaw, Laooaater County, as corpo ratnre of the Kerbbaw Cotton Milt, which is to be located at or near Kersbaw The capital stock is to be $125 000, divided ioto shares at $100 eaoh. "After doctors failed to cure me ot pneu? monia I used One Minute Ccugh Cure, and three bottles of it cured me. It is also the best remedy on earth for whooping cough It cored my grandchildren of the worst cases," writes lot. Berry, Logantoo, Pa. It is the only harmless remedy that givss im? mediate results Cures coughs, colds, croup and throat and lung troubles It prevents consumption. Children always like it. Mothers endorse it j.H Hugbson A Co. A special from Ortende, Fla, says : The thermou eter registered 25 degrees here Saturday night Praotinally all teoder vegetables are destroyed The strawberry crop has Buffered eomewbat. The orange, peach and pineapple output will be shortened, but the extent of the damage wiii oot be kooto until warmer weather. New York Fcb 22 ?A special frcm Hoog Kong, Britsh China, to The Eveoing Woild, says : "United States Consul Wildman has ioformatioo that three members of the Filipino junta, Lobao. Poooo aod Agcooillo, brother of the envoy, left reototly for Japan to moeL Agoioaido. This gives oredeooe to toe story tbat Aguioaldo escaped from the island of Losoo to Formosa wbeo huoted by Gen Lawtoo'e expe dititioo through the northern part of island. ?Word to Doctors We have the highest regard for the medical profession. Our preparations are not sold for the purpose of antagon? izing them, but rather as an aid. We lay it down as an established truth that internal remedies are positively injuri? ous to expectant mothers. The distress and discomforts experienced during the months preceding childbirth can be al? leviated only by external treatment?by applying a liniment that softens and re? laxes the over-strained muscles. We make and sell such a liniment, com? bining the ingredients in a manner hitherto unknown, and call it Mother s Friend We lenow that in thousands of cases It has proved more than a blessing to expectant mothers. It overcomes morn? ing sickness. It relieves the sense of tightness. Headaches cease, and dan? ger from Swollen, Hard and Rising Breasts is avoided. Labor itself is shortened and shorn of most of the pain. We know that many doctors recom? mend it, and we know that multitudes of women go to the drug stores and buy it because they are sure their physicians have no objections. We ask a trial just a fair test. There is no possible chance of injury being the result, be? cause Mother's Friend is scientific? ally compounded. It is sold at $i a bot? tle, and should be used during most of the period of gestation, although great relief is experienced if used only a short time before childbirth. Send for our il? lustrated book about Mother's Friend. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA, GA. *S\ki vivfc\li vw vii vlni; \m \hiU v./ \L V*\l vi\h O lil ?i/iVJ?<?. I Three Papers a Woek I 1 FOR ABOUT T51E I % PRICE OF O/MZ. % This paper and the Atlanta | Twicer Week Journal for I a $2.00. I Here you get the news of % the world ft ml all your local f> news while it is fresh, paying * very little more than one paper costs. Kit her paper is 3 well worth $i.00, hut by ape 5 einl arrangement we are en- $ J ablod to put in hoth of thorn, | 3 giving three papers ft week s> I For this low price. You can- % * not equal this anywhere else, * 3 and this combination is the ?> ? best premium for those who % 3 wftnt it great paper and ft | 4 home paper. Take these and t I you will keep up with the % t times. I ? Besides general news, the t> I Twico-a-Week Journal has | * niMch agricultural matter * ?s and other articles o*' special t i interest to furniert. It lias + 3 regular contributions by Sam f 3 .Jones, Mrs. \l\ U. Fol ton, t 3 .lohn Temple ?raves, Hon. * C, H. Jordan and other dis- | tinguished writers. * Cell at this office and leave your * subscriptions for both papers. You t can get a sample copy o( either pa- ? per here on application. t MODOC McEWEN, Number 32785. Standard Bred Trotting Stallion, Registered in Volume 15, American Trotting Register. Will stand the season in Sumter at lot in rear of Osteen's Book Store. JVIODOC HeEWBII. 327S5. 9 O 50 ? H x - o s; CD ?. ^ 9 ? ? 4? -r tC tC tC OD q,3 I 5?8ei S- SI OB *o''t*0 o i O? , t a D ? 4 _ jo 35? ? P> ? ? 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He is of kind and gentle disposition. A sure foal getter. Service fee $15, with return privilege. Engagements can be made at The Daily Item office, or address by mail. 11. Q. OSTEK?, Sumter, S. C. ^yaterman's Jdeal pTountaiii pen, Which is oopoeeded to be tbo best Fountain Peo made, was Grst enld in Sumter by us fivn years apo. Wo in? troduced it H?d at firtl 'bo 6alo wa:: ^low?tho positive guarantee given wit? < cch pen and their auperio? merit made them go after a short licao We have told hundreds ct proa during (ho part fivo ycais and are still selliog tbov. Wo uavo a larger and moro complete ansortcie.)t of Kicse pens now tbto ever before ?>:. J from the many eiyles of Dibs we can 6uit all pen-users. WATERMAN'S I&AZES IT'S MAUS AHOUND TSE "^^ELD E 6. Osteen & Co., Liberty Street. Notice of Renistration. The State of South CarolioK?Sumter Coun? ty?Office of Super?ipora of R^gidtrtttion, Sumter County, Sumter, S C , February lei, 1899. Notice id hereby given that in Accordance with au Ac. of the (Jeoeral At>arroblv, ?od in conformity with the requirements of the State Constitution, the hooks lor the registration of all legally qualified voters, and for the issuing of transters, etc,, wi!l be open Ht the office of Supervisors ot Registration in the court bouse, between the hours of 9 o'clock a m . and 3 o'clock p. m , on the tirsi.Mon day of each mouth, until thirty days before the next general election. Minoia who shall become of age during thai period of tbirt) days shall be entitled to registration tcfore the books are closed, if otherwise qua,iSed. The requirements tor a qualified voter are that the applicant tor registration shall be able to read and write correctly, or possess in his own name property to the amouui of three Duodred dollars, upon which he pays taxes. I. P BURROWS, T. D DuBOSB, , J. M KNIGHT, Supervisors of Registration Sumter Co. Men 1 50 YEARS'^ EXPERIENCE I RADE rVl AKFV 3 Designs Copyrights Ac. Anrona spn^Wj? a nketoh and description mar quicklv tfcsjrtaui our optPkM free whether an Invention in probably patentable. Commanteav tloi^Rtrlettvontl.loiitlal. Handbook on Patents sent free. OMe?t nepnry for eecuring patent*. Patentii taken thrown Munn & Co. receive iptcial nofkf. Without charge, tn the Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest clr Term*. $1\ m dilution of any ecientitlc Journal, year: four monthj, 91. 8old by all new^dealera. MUNN & Co.?New York Branch Office. 625 K HU. Waahtuaton. D. C. Kstale of Joseph M. Cooper, Dec'd* 1WILL APPLY 'o the Judge of Probate of Sumter Ccuity on March Uth 1P00, for a Final Discbarge as Administrator C. T. A. of the Kstale of said deceased. GKORQfi G COOPER, Feb H?4t Administrator C. T. A.