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Democratic Flatform , Adopted io M Pall Text of Documer corns Tax and Free age of Silver Nam? The platform adopted by braska Democratic conventi?i follows : We, the Democrats of N< io convention assembled, do reaffirm and endorse, in wnc in part, in letter and in spi platform adopted by the Den National convention held in C 1896. We favor amendments to t eral constitution specially a ut h an income tax and providing election of United States sena a direct vote of the people oppose government by injuncti the blacklist, and favor arbitra a means of settling disputes b< corporations and their emplyee We observe with approval tl port given by Democrats throi the country to the movement l< towards the municipal owners municipal franchises We favor the principle of tl tiative and referendum whene can be applied We are in favor of liberal pe to deserving soldiers and to dependants ; we believe that j upon the pension roils should i arbitrarily dropped, and we be as stated in the last national plat that the fact of enlistment anc vice should be deemed concl evidence against disease and di ity before enlistment. We are in favor of the imme construction and fortification ol Nicaraguan canal by the U States We condemn the Dingley law as a trust breeding and exto inviting measure, skillfully de\ for the purpose of giving to a the favois which they do not des and of placing upon the many dens which they should not bear. We welcome the opportunity o ed this year to take the Fed government oct of the hands of Republican party, which bas al doned American ideas and Amer; ideals an 1, at the command of ? porate wealth, has plotted aga the financial independence of the dividual and now contemplates nullification of the declaration of American independence We pledge ourselves to wage unceasing warfare against all trusts-the money trust, the ind trial trust and the international ia grabbing trust. Instead of a system which wo chain oar nation to the gold stand, and compel it to participate in ali t disturbances which come to Eu pean nations, we demand American financial system, made the American people for tijemselvt to be secured by the immediate r toration of the free and unlimit coinage of gold and silver at t present legai ratio ci 16 to 1 withe waiting for the aid or consent of ai other nation The Republican administration h adoji?ed the gold standard to be u satisfactory by appointing a comm; sion to solicit foreign aid in restonr the double standard, and a Republic? congress, even while trying to mal the ^o'd standard permanent, h confused judgment against tl standiid by attempting to revive tl delusive hope of international bime ailis m Instead of the ey strm favored b the republican party, under whic national banks are to be permute to i?boe and contri.! ine volume < pap- r .wcr.ey for the:: own profit, w reiterate our den and for that finar; cia! syrens which recognizes th government's sovereign right to issu ail money VTe demand the retentio of the greenbacks as they now exis and the retirement of nationai bani note? as rapidly as greenbacks can b substituted for them - We believe that privste monopolie; are indefensible, are intolerable, aiu we condemn th? nationai adminietia tion io - its faiure to enforce the pres ent law agaiut the trusts or to recom mend a more effective law We favor a ?tate constitution which will prohibit the organization of a monopoly within the Mate and also }>revet>r. a monopoly organized elsewhere from doing business with in the state ; but we furtner believe that cyag?eas should supplement the efioris of the ^tate by legislation which wit; rt-Quire every corporation, beioi? engaging ni intestate com meroe, to HLOW that it has no water in irs stock and that it has neither attempted ::i the past no.- is attempt ?rg to monopolize any brar.ch of buai ness or the production of any article of merchandise In its p?alforra o? 1850 the Repub? lican party declared that the main tenace of the principles promulgated in the declaration cf Independence and embodied in ti e federal constitu? tion (viz : That ali men are created equal ; that they arc endowed with inalienable rights: that governments are instituted to secure these rights, and that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed), is essential tc the preser? vation of our republican institutions, i that party under the present leader- j ship, is endangering the preserva- j lion of republican institutions by placing; the dollar above the man ia tbe construction of gov ernment, and by violating- tho princi pies that it once declared to be es? sential We condemn the Puerto Rican Tariff bill recently passed by a Repub lican house of representatives as a bold and opeu violation of the nation's organic law and a flagrant breach of good faith. We assert that the constitution foiiows the flag and denounce the doctrine that an executive or a con? gress created and limited by the con 6titution, can exercise lawful author ity beyond that constitution, or in violation of it Believing that the nation cannot long endure half re? public and half empire, we oppose wars of conquest and colonial pos? sessions The Filipinos cannot be citizens without endangering our civilization; they cannot be subjects without en? dangering our form of government, and, as we are not willing to surren? der our civilization or to convert a republic into an empire, we favor an ! immediate declaration of the nation's ! purpose to give to the Filippinos, ! first, a ?table form of government ; second independence, and third, pro tection from outside interference, as it has for nearly a century given protection to the republics of Central and South America. We favor expansion of trade by every legitimate and peaceful means, but we are opposed to purchasing trade at the cannon's mouth with human blood ; neither do we believe that trade secured and held by force is worth the price that must be paid for it We are in favor of extending the nation's influence, but we believe that that influence should be extend ed, not by force and violence, but through the persuasive power of a high and honorable example. We oppose militarism It imposes opoo the people an unnecessary bur? den and is a constant menace A small standing army and a well equipped State militia are sufficient in time of peace ; in war the citizen soldier should be a republic's de? fense We believe, with Jefferson, in peace, commerce and honest friend? ship with ali nations, and entangling alliances with none, and we regard with apprehension the doctrine, advo? cated in some quarters, that this na tion should in its dealings or diplo? macy show partiality toward any of the European nations., not because of hostility to England, but because we believe in the principles of a repub? lic and reject, as did our forefathers, the theory of monarchy." We sympathize with the Boers in their heroic efforts to preserve their national integrity The failure of Republican leaders, who four years ago expressed sympathy iGr the Cuban patriots, to feel an interest ic i the struggle of the Dutch of South Africa shows the paralyzing influence of the imperial policy to which tue administration is now endeavoring to commit the cuntry. Hil? Life Was Saved. Mr. J. Es Lilly, a prominent citizen of Han? nibal, Mo., lately had a wonderful deliverance from a frightful death. In telling of it he says: i-I tvas taken with typhoid fever that mn into pneumonia- My lung-; became h-rdetitd. I wa? ?o weak I couldn't evsn sit up in bed. Consumption, when I heard of Dr. King's Kew Discovery. One bottle gave great relief. I continued to use it, and now am well and strong. I car/t say too much in its praise." This marvellous medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all throat a'-.d ung trouiilc Regumr sizes 50 cts and $1.00. Trial bottle free at J F. \T. lieLorrnc's I>rug Sture, every bottle guaranteed. 2 - Mill j -1. o- -CP- I - SITUATION SERIOUS. Ponce, Puerio Rico, March 22 - The situation here is now more S.T?OU3 tb?n at any time before or s:.oce the terribie hurricane Ic many peaces tbe poor are starving The price of rico, beans and co??*h have increased from 50 to 100 per ci-nt. Demonstration against the Ceiay of the Uaied S-ates government, in set? tling political questions have recently beeo beld at M avag?ese. Yucaco. Arri? bo, A^uidalla, Fagardo, Guam and mao? orher towns. The people ate unabl;! to understacd the deby, ard they condemn al! American? indiscrim? inately. Bid feeling is arising '.cbich it will take years to overcome Ev< n r'iou are threatened. Trouble is almost inevitable unless the peritioLers are ! relieved Even wealthy iand owners j canuot cotiiicand r?.*?dy cash, and many j Americans are penniless, beit:^ glad to j worfe for their board. Tho Por?o Rican Bili Adcp?ed Washington, March 23 -Thc senate today adopted the conference report on j the Puer.o Ricin roir-.: bill bj a vote cf j 35 to 15. oracticaiiy a strict party ! ai?gomcut. N > demetra.: voted fur thu I report. But Mr Stewart, of Nevada, voted with, the republicans. Thc tit^e of discussion v?as consumed : principally ny Xic :'i!:rj:*n. v?ho made a fierce attack upon the measure as j agreed upon if? conference nii? accused I thc republican senators ar:d the repub lican party of indi^crctiou, hypocrisy ! and "dirty work" His ppecch t?as j quite characteristic 'ind was listened to : with ioterest by his colleagues oe the j floor and the people io tbs galleries. Dewey in Savannah 50,000 Engaged io thy Great Demonstration. Savannah, Ga , March 21.-Fifty thousand persons on tho street here this afternoon gave Admirai George Dewey as enthusiastic a weV?me a* was ever accorded to any public mac j anywhere The admiral had recovered j from his indisposition of yesterday suf I fioien?y for bim to take par: io the military parade aod review arranged in ' bid honor, and as he rode through the streets with Mrs. Dewey at his side, ringing cheers rent the air and waving colors made tbs scene ono to be long remembered. There were present and in the parade five military companies from Charleston under command of Maj. H. Sohatche ; ODO or more companies of raval re serves each from Charleston, Mount Pleasant and Beaufort, S C., and Brunswick, Ga., sod military orgaci zatioDS from Colombia, Pe!z:r and Ttmmonsviiie, S. C , and Augusta, Brunswick aod Thomasville, Ga. There were in ail 17 out of towo organizations. Adding the local miitia there were nearly 4,000 men io line The review took place io the park extension where an admirai'8 salute was fired ty the Chatham artillery, from brass pieces presented io the organizion by Presi? dent George Washington. Business, public and private, was I suspended from noon in benor cf Admiral Dewey. Tho climax of the ooeas"oo occuned at the banquet at the DsSoio hotel tonight, where the admirai was pre? sented with a beautiful silver V3.-e on behalf of tba city of Savannah by lion F. G- DuBignou. The vase is elegant? ly engraved and stands nearly three feet high on a marble base. At the banquet tibie Gen Nelson A Miles, who arrived io the city rbis evening, too late for the military parade, sat next t) Admiral Dewey Whiie the main function was in progress a oommittee of 50 ladies entertained Mrs Dewey at a banquet in an annex adjoin lng the banquet hall. Upon the con? clusion of tbe dinner the ladies were accommodated with chairs io the main room that they might hear the speech? es Among the speakers were Judge Emory Speer, of the United States court, Surgeon General Wyman, Con? gressman Brantley, of Georgia, ex Attorney General W 0. Smith, of Hawaii, and others. STARVING INDIA. Perhaps the readers of the Mes eenger are not aware that the great? est, the most devastating lamine known to the world in recent years is now progressing in India, a vast country with more than 200,000,000 of penpie, and a part of the Em press Victoria's great dominions. It is reported that millions have already perished, and it has beeu going on for years. Great Britain is now feed? ing 4,000,000, but there are many other mii'ions who need help to save them from dying of starvation The famine embraces a territory equal to five states of the size of North Car olina, and it contains a population more than h?lfet the totai population of the United States now Outside of this tremendous area more thau SOU.000 equare miles, there is a dis? trict tUat is threatened with the same most direful calamity, and perh3Ds will soon fall a ready vic?im to the j awful doom of humanity. This dis- j trict is said to embrace 145,000 square mile6, equal to turee large i states of our Union and with a pop- i ulation of 21 000,000 Great Brit-j ain would be doing indeed a great j and beneficent work if it was spend j ing in bread and meat as much to j feed and keep from starvation Vic j toria:s subjects in India as it is ex pending to kill and subdue the weak Boers -Wilmington Messenger Hester's Weekly Statement.. New Orleans, March 23 -Secre tary Hester's weekly New .Orleans cotton exchange statement shows a decrease in the movement into sight compared with the seveu days end ing this date last year of ,29,000 bales, a decrease under the same time year before last of 15,000 For j the 23 days of March the totals show j a decrease under last year of 28,000, I a decrease under the same time year : before last of 125.000 The amount brought into sight during the pa?t week has been 118, 230 against 147,330 for the corree j ponding date last year The move j ment since Sept 1st shows receipts at ail United States ports 5,961,466 j against 7.546,069 last year ; over land, across the Mississippi, Ohio! and Potomac rivers to north-; ern milis and Canada 1,090,731 j against 1 ,.14:0,357, interior stocke, I in excess ol those held at the close of the commercial year 113 118, against 342,373 year before last and 152,299 thc same time in 1>97 ; southeio mills takings 957,892 against 870,292 last year. 816 60S year before last and 716,493 same time io 1S97 Foreign exports for the week have been 158.355 against 76 oSl las! year, making ;i t<>t:t'i thus *.:r for the season, 4, 542,655 against (5,119,695 last year -MO? -cl m White Ink a?d Conn of ?copire papar Ask to see tbe latest ?tries in paper for fash- j ifjibie correspondence -ii. G. Osleen & Co. i SGPvOF?L? flKD SIS ftlF?t HORRORS -CUliKD BY . Johnston's Sarsaparilla QUART BOTTLES. A. IttOST WONDERFUL CURE. A Grand ?Id Lady iiivt-.s Mer Experience. Mr?. Thankful Orilla Hurd lives ia the beautiful village of Brighton, Livingston Co.. Mich. This venerable and highly respected lady was "born, in, the year 1SU2. tho year cf the great war, in Hebron. Washington Co., New York. "Sue came \o ?Sitnigt?a frk isw, \htr yrar "Ti^ecaxioe and Tyler too." All her faculties are excellently preserved, and possessing a very re? tentive memory, her mind is full of interesting reminiscences of her early life, of the early days of the State of Michigan and the interesting and re? markable people she has met, and the stirring events of which she was a wit? ness. But nothing in her varied and manifold recollections are more mar? velous and worthy of attention than are her experiences in the use of JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA. Mrs. Hurd inherited a tendency and pre? disposition to scrofula, that terribly destructive blood taint which bas cursed and is cursing the lives or tiiousands and marking thousands more as vic? tims of the death angel. Transmitted from generation to generation, lt is found in neary every family m one form or another. It may make its ap? pearance in dreadful running sores, in unsightly swellings in the neck or goitre, or in eruptions of varied forms. Attacking the mucous membrane, it may be known as catarrh in the head, or developing in the lungs lt may be, and often is, the prime cause or consumption. Speaking of her case, Mrs. nurd says: "I was troubled for many years with a bad skin disease. My arms and*limbs would break out in a mass of sores, discharging yellow matter. My neck began to swell and became very unsightly in appearance. My body was covered with scrofulous eruptions.. My eyes were also greatly inflamed and weakened, and they pained me very much. My blood was in a very bad condition and my head ached severely at frequent intervals, and I had no appetite. I had sores also in my ears. I was in a miserable condition. I had tried every remedv that had been recom? mended, and doctor after doctor had failed. One of *the best physicians in the state told me I must die of scrofulous consumption, as internal abcesses were beginning to form. I at length was told cf Dr. Johnston, of Detroit, and his famous Sarsaparilla. I tried a bottle, more as an experiment than any? thing else, as I had no faith in it, and greatly to my agreeable surprise, I began to grow better. You can be sure I kept* on taking it. I took a great many bottles. But I steadily improved until I became entirely well. All the sores healed up, all the bad symptoms disappeared. I gained perfect health, and I have never been troubled with scrofula since. Of course an old lady of 83 years is not a young woman, but I have had remarkably good health since then, and I firmly believe that JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA is the greatest blood purifier and the best medicine in the wide world, both for scrofula and as a spring medicine." This remarkably interesting old lady did not lok to be more than sixty, and she repeated several times, "I believe my life was saved by JOHNSTON'S SARSAPARILLA." MXCECrGrAy COaiPASVY, DETROIT, SUCH. I /5p| /ralA as Applied co Sewing .Machines. 5 \. ir4Jl ( Uti!! ^n or?g*"2- "pitt -inder which you can obtain & ? t. ^^^^^??^11 easte? terEs"?n?TSetter yatee in the purchase of f K thvTv^orid famous .> White" Sewing Machine than jr $ NsS??4?J ever before offered. \ 4 Write for our elegant II-T catalogue and detailed particulars. How ? ^ we can save you money in the purchase of a high-grade sewing machine ? ^ and the easy terms^ cF payment we can offer, either direct from ? & factory or through our regular authorized agents. This is an oppor- ? ? tunity you cannot afford to pass. You know the .?White," you know ? T its manufacturers. Therefore, a detailed description of the machine and J \ its construe lion is unnecessary. If you have an old machine to exchange K ^ we can offer most 'ibera! tcrrns. Write to-day. Address in full. ^ i mm S?W?riS Brait COMPfiNY, (Dep t A.) Cleveland, 061?. I IHODOC MCEWEN, bamber 3S7S5. Standard Bred Trotting Stallion, Registered inf Volume 15,LA.merican Trotting Register. Will stand the season in Sumter at lot in rear of Osteen's Book Store. PEDIGREE ?IOBOC IHcEWJEN, 32785, - ii rr. r t? ti to * Q. a VTw^S cr c -5 - _ . a 2 ~ ~ T to ~ 3 2 "*? S3 ?* r? 3 JX-iM?J*- r" O 9 ? B : " ^ CH 60 ' W258 CD _ TT1 ry- - _ ' <-? * ' ?. 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'< ^- - ~- e-r MODOC McEYfEIv, 32?85-Chestnut st;illionr foaled May I ]S'.?2, hands high. One of the finest bred stallions in the: State: bred for size: style, speed and beauty. He is of kind and j " gentle disposition. A sure foal getter. F Service fee $15, with Jreturn privilege, j i Engagements can he made [at Thc Daily Item oilice, or\ j address by mail. ! 0 ll. fe-OSTEEBi, Sumter, S. C. A FINE PIANO. U s High Price ls E-->??y Found, But Fine Pip.DOS Like the At our prices. ?.re only found in our ware rooms. They present a bar?pj combination of ??ceileoce, irr::>r.-"?ihle to surpass elsewhere. Oatiucaue und Book of Suggestions for the laking; TERM?3 ACCOMMODATING. SECOND-HAND PIANOS. TUNING, KEPAIRING. CHAS. M. SHEFF, Warerocme. S North liberty Street. Factory-Block of E. Lafayette Ave., Aiken aod Lao vale streets. Till & ? Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE; HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capitr1 -epresented $75,000,000. Feb 28. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY;, SUMTER, S. C. Paid np Capital.S 75,000 CO 3urp!u3 aod Profits - - - - 25,000 00 idditional Liability of Stock? holders in excess of their stock. 75,000 00 f?tal protection to depositors, $175.000 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Special attention given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 aod opwards received. Io ereRt allowed at the rate ot 4 per cent, per innom, on amounts above $5 and not exceed og $300, payable quarterly, on first days of anuary, April, July and October. R M. WALLACE, L. S.CABSON, President. Cashier. THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. 3ity and County Depositary lapital stock pa d io, . . $75,000 00 redivided surplus, . . . 16,000 00 ndividual liability of stockholders in excess of their stock, . 75,000 00 Transacts a general banking business ; also ag a Savings Bank Department. Deposits of i and upward received. Interest allowed aj ie rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable ?mi-annually. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTS, President. ARION MOISE, W. F. REAME, Vice-President. Cashier. Jan 31. a!e8mao Wanted. Enclose stamp for particulars 7ill straighten curly and kinky hair without injury to the scalp or hair. Price <>$ O C ? Per box. ANTI-KINK, Indorsed by i:he United States Health reports Darragh & Rich, New York, Sole Manufacturers. Feb 14- 12t Onion Sef? AND Garden Seeds. L supply of Onion Sets, of choice arieties, and fresh Garden Seeds for he season's planting, DOW on hand. . FULL LINE OF MEDICINES, PERFUMERY ind Fancy Articles, Jsually found in a first class Drug Store. Prescriptions carefully com lounded at reasonable prices. J. P. W. DeLorme. Oct 25. Life and Fire insurance. ?ill on me, at my residence. Liberty treet, for both Lifo and Fire Insu iuce. O my reliable Companies rep? resented. Phone No 130. Aasdrena dioses. Oct 25-o. Isiate of Joseph M. Cooper, Dec'dt ' WILL APPLY -o 'he Judge of Probate of Sumter County on Mareil I4tti lfOO.'for fina! Discharge as Administrer C T. A. f tbe Estate ot' s*id deceased GEORGE G. COOPER. Feb 14-4t Administrator C. T A.