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STATE CAMPAIGN MEETING. C?iNDIDATES PRESENT THEIR CLAIMS TO A SMALL CROWD. The Meeting Was Divided Into Morn? ing and Afternoon Sessions-No Excitement, Little Interest and no Enthusiasm at the Morning Session. From ti/e Daily Item July ll. The candidates for the various State offices met. in the Opera House at ll .o'clock this morning, and addressed an audience of perhaps 200. The meeting was called to order by County Chairman John H. Clifton. Ko .introduced Rev. F. M. Satterwhite, "who offered prayer. Mr. J. A. Summerset, candidate for railroad commissioner, was the first ?ieard. His platfrom is first, a belief in the eteranl fitness of things. He thought that by his 27 years of prac? tical railroad experience he was bet? ter qualified for the office than any of "3-ia opponents. Col. J. H. Wharton thought that he -"bad discharged with efficiency the 'duties that the office of railroad com? missioner had devolved upon him, therefore, he felt no hestitency in ?skiing for re-election. He was instra-. mental in obtaining for Sumter her mew depot. James Cansler of Trizah announced I iis candidacy. The office does need j a practical man. The office requires | a man who could impartially settle gestions between the railroads and the people. He advocates reduction of xates. He said that Wharton never iad and never would do anything 'while in the office. He denounced the .giving ?of passes by the commission. John C. Sellers of Marion was the '4?ext candidate for the office. He is -exposed to sectionalism The board is mow composed of men from djoining -comities in the Piedmont section. He was the only candidate ocering from ?ny place outside of that small ter? ritory and he thought the Pee Dee ?hou?d be represented on the commis? sion. The next speaker was Mr. J. M. Sul? livan of Anderson. He was sorry that sectionalism had been introduced into de race He stood on his ability and ?Ma not desire to be voted for if it was thought that he could not discharge j the duties of the office. The office is j .much more important than it had .*crer been before. He comes before the people with the unanimous en? dorsement of his county. Hon. Thos. G. McLeod, the unop 4posed and irrepressible candidate for ?lieutenant governor received the first a-eal applause of the day. He said he liad made the first stump speech of . l)xs fife at Privateer in Sumter coun? ty, though he now lives in Lee county, and had represented that county in tbe Senate for the past four years, he .kad also tried to represent Sumter. Sis love for old Sumter was great and <deep-seated. He appreciated the fact that he was without opposition, and that the people of Sumter county had always reposed confidence in him. Col. Jno. T. Sloan was the first candidate for governor who was ac? corded the floor. He desired to ex? press his thanks for the flattering vote that this county gave him, when he first ran for lieutenant governor. He thought that he was the natural and logical. man for governor, as he had served faithfully as lieutenant gover? nor for two terms. He cited several incidents of elevation from the next nighest to the highest office within the peoples' gift. He has had a long political experience, which qualifies 2iim from the office. The chief issue ot the campaign is the dispensary, and "he regrets it. He considers it the best solution of the liquor question. It is charged that there is graft, rottenness and corruption in connection with the institution. Cannot the system be pu? rified? If prohibition would prohibit, it would be the best solution of the liquor question. . But it does not pro? hibit. He spoke of the violation of the "law in the prohibition States of Main 1jund Kansas. In the prohibition coun? ties the express companies flourish, and the dre;*? suit case game is re? sorted to. He is particularly inter? ested in education. He was instru? mental in the establishing of Clemson college. Mr. Martin F. Ansel of Greenville, candidate for governor, was next 3ieard from. When solicitor it was his esteemed pleasure to travel the cir? cuit with that grand and honored mian of Sumter county, the Hon. T. B. Fraser. He stands for good roads. He believes in leaving to posterity something that will benefit genera? tions yet unborn. It is one of the great factors in keeping people in the coun? try and preventing the great rush to the cities. His position on the liquor question is against the State dispen -eary and in favor of county local op? tion. L.t each county say what it -wants. Make the county board make quarterly reports to the ?:curts, and have the grand jury, to investigate the reports submitted to the judge. That system is followed in North Carolina and Georgia. He stands for some? thing higher and nobler and more elevating than liquor; he is in .favor of ingher education. He favors liberal appropriations for the old Confederate soldiers. He does not believe in reek less extravagance, but give them in their old age enough to eat and enough to wear. Mr. Cole L. Blease of Newberry was then introduced. He thinks that a man should oe elected on his own merit. A dictum has been laid down: "You should elect a man of good moral character, an honest man and a mau who is not a straddler." He thinks he comes up to that stand? ard, and he invites an inspection of the records to sustain him. He is ab? solutely opposed to the higher edu? cation of the negro race. Every time you educate a negro you ruin a good farm hand and create a loafer. He favors setting aside a sum not exceed? ing $5,000 annually for Confederate reunion purposes. Always has been in favor of good schools. The great question in this campaign is the whis? key question. He voted, for the dis? pensary in 1S92 and has supported it ever since. Was oposed to and is still opposed to the Brice law and did what he could to kill it. The Raysor Manmng bill was never voted on, the bill voted on was a substitute bill. He prophesied that neither of the Sumter candidates would be in the second race. Mr. Joel E. Brunson was received with much applause. He is working earnestly for the temperance cause. He told of numerous incidents of vice and degredation that he knew to have been caused by the use of liquor. He counted little the graft and scan? dal in the dispensary system, to the evils that the use of liquor engenders. Mr. W. A. Edwards of Saluda was next heard from. His presence before the people today is the result of a suit ! he brought against the Southern Rail? road Company. He related the facts connected with this suit and asked to be elected so he could continue the fight against the monopiy that is op? pressing the people of this State. ?X. the conclusion of Mr. Edwards' speech at 1:30 o'clock the meeting was adjourned until 3 o'clock for din The afternoon session of the cam? paign meeting in Sumter was opened with a display of renewed and in? creased interest. Fully three hundred people were in the Opera House when the meeting was called to order and more continued to come for it was un? derstood that the Hon. R. I. Manning was to reply to the charges made against his record by Cole L. Blease of Newberry. Hon. John H. Clifton, county chair? man, first introduced Mr. A. C. Jones, of Newberry, candidate for governor. Comes before the people as a plain business man, a man who| has always stood for the upbuilding of the Dem? ocratic party and of this beloved State. He is deeply interested in all branches of education. Does not be? lieve in collecting a dollar's taxes in excess of what is absolutely necessary for the functions of government. Op? posed td lobbyists in the general as I sembly. He denounced the dispensa I ry as undemocratic Its influences are the most evil. He is a prohibition Democrat. Allusion was made to the graft in the State dispensary system. He considered it a mistake to assume that the dispensary profits were nec? essary for the maintenance of the public schools. He wants to see prac? tical prohibition. ? Richard I Manning of Sumter, was accorded a most enthusiastic recep? tion when introduced by Chairman Clifton and the cheering continued for several minutes. Whatever may be the result of the campaign he will carry to his dying day a feeling of gratitude and pride for the manifesta? tions of confidence and esteem that have been shown towards him by the people of Sumter. He deemed it un? necessary for him to address a Sumter audience on questions of education, ? good roads and taxation. His position I is too manifestly known by his course of conduct in public life. He does not stand on any platform looking to rad? ical legislation. Had intended not to refer to any of his opponents, but since, the recess in the campaign he found it necessary to make a state? ment in order to set himself in a prop? er light before the people of the State. "I do not propose to be drawn away from my plan of campaign or into any controversy, but I intend to conduct my campaign on a high plane, without mud-slinging, for I do not intend to ask for the suffrages of the people of South Carolina by detracting from or injuring the chances or reputation of my opponents. But, inasmuch as mention has been made of my votes in the legislature on certain measures, I feel it necessary to kep the record straight. I will therefore have to cor? rect certain statements which have been made. "Mr. Blease, in his speech in Co? lumbia, spoke with a great deal of feeling when discussing the work of the investigating committee of the cruelty of injuring a man's reputation by insinuations or suspicions. He has not observed this rule in his reference to me, for it will be found that in giv? ing my record vote on certain meas? ures he has given only a part of that record on those matters, and has done me an injustice and created a wrong impression. He may not have intend? ed this, and he said to me that he would himself make the correctior which I called his attention in a sonal conversation, but he has not done so, and I will therefore set record straight myself. . "I wish to say, with reference to bill regulating the rate of ?nteres IS93, reducing the rate of inte from S to 7 per cent., that I v< against that bill. My only busines that time was farming. I was a 1 row^r of money annually, but I that if money lenders could not the current rates for money fi farmers that they would lend mo elsewhere, and the farmers, insteac getting mone:r from banks with wi to conduct their business, would forced to get advances from comr mission merchants on a lien at a i of interest running from 10 to 30 cent, for advances. For this reas I voted against the reduction in rate, and believe that that action : proved to be in the interest of the ricultural class. '.On the child labor bill of 190C voted agafns: the bill because of understanding had with Col. Jas. Orr, Mr. Lewis Parker, Capt. Elli* Smyth, that they would use their forts to have the mills regulate t matter themselves, if we did not p; the law. I "hen on that understai ing voted against the bill. They ms this effort with the mills, but fail The following year, 1901,- the act \\ again introduced and I voted for t bill, worked strenuously for its pj sage and spoke in support of the b as will be ::ound in Senate Journ 1801, pages 295 and 340. . "On the bill to prohibit trusts, Se ate Journal 1902, pages 4'62-472, i reasons for voting as I did are as fj lows: There was a section in the jp exempting agreements with regard the sale of agricultural products. B fore this, an act had been passed Tennessee and Texas containing similar provision. The act of Tex had been thrown into the courts ai had been passed on by the supren court of the United States. The d cisi?n of that court was to the effe that the whole act was invalid, ina much as this discriminating clause a fected the whole act in favor of oi class and rendered the act null ar void. "In the s?mate I moved to strike ot that section, because it would mai the bill unconstitutional, null and voit I was trying to save the bill Th senate refused to strike out that se( tion and I then said that in the fae of the decision of the supreme com of the United States, which was s clear and positive, it was simpl child's plajr to pass an act when w knew that the act would be null an void. "As I said, my purpose was to hav a bill that would stand the test of th courts and prohibit trusts and mo nopolies. "Mr. Blease again quotes from th record in ])art and does me an injus tice in the matter of the relief bill, opposed the bill when, it was intro duced because it was stated, both b; the railroad authorities and the em pl oyes of the road, that it was en tirely optional with the employe; whether they joined this relief de partment or not. But Mr. Blease fail1 to state my vote on the bill the nexi year. 'Tn the meantime I had investigated this matte:: and made inquiries among the railroad men themselves. I sup? ported the bill in 1903, because I was satisfied that it was not optional with the employes, but was practically a matter of compulsion that they should join this department or would lose their posici?n. My vote for the bill is found in the Senate Journal, 1903, page 243. "With reference to my position on the Caughman act of 1900, I will say I voted against a bill in 1S92 which provided for a partition in car, but gave no separate toilet accommoda? tion for the sexes, which would have been indecent. This bill failed be? cause of its glaring defects. "The separation of the races was provided for by the act of 1898, when I was not a member of the legisla? ture. When the bill was before the senate in 1900 to amend this bill, I voted against an indefinite postpone? ment, which would have meant the death of the bill. Certain amend? ments were put in in the senate, which did not meet my approval, and I voted against the bill as amended. On the report of the committee of confer? ence, th?3 house refused to agree to the senate amendments. On motion that the senate recede from its amendments, it was moved to lay that motion on the table and on that mo? tion to :able I voted 'Nay' which shows that I favored the bill as passed by the house and as finally passed, with one minor amendment, and which amendment I agreed to in committee of free conference. Sen? ate Journal 1900, page 412. "I was then put on the cimmittee of free conference on the Caughman bill. That committee, recommended that the senate recede from some of its amerdments. I as one of this com? mittee, of free conference, approved the bill as passed, which was satisfac? tory to the author of the bill, and I j voted fer it as it passed., "With reference to my vote on the J repeal of the charter of the Virg. Carolina Chemical Company, I d< to state that the hill provided for repeal of the charter of that conn without any process of law, which a proposition for which I felt th could not stand, inasmuch as sud action would be entirely illegal unjust and would destroy prop rights in an unconstitutional mai and would be a violation of my o In explanation of the authorshi] the Rayspr-Manning bill, Sen. Manning directed the attention of pbblic to the following staten from Senator Raj^sor: Senator Raysor's Statement. To the Editor of The State: In your report of the camp2 meeting held here yesterday, it pears I assented to a statement t the bili offered by the senate disr. sary committee, as a substitute for Raysor-Manning bill, should be c ed the Raysor-Tillman bill. This i mistake and it was not my intent to convey any such impression. W the committee's substitute contai: most of the provisions of the Rays Manning bill, for which Senator M ning should be given more credit tl I, it also incorporated the views Senator Tillman as to purchas whiskey from government born warehouses. It was really the co mittee bill, introduced by the co mittee as a substitute for the Rays Manning bill. The bill, a most exe lent one as a whole, did not in all particulars meet my approval, anc proposed amendments changing < tirely some of its most important p: visions. The mere fact that I fered amendments to it while its passage does not give me the rig to lay claim to its authorship. Tl may be unimportant, but I have desire to be credited for that to whi I am not entitled, and in justice those who labored so earnestly safeguard the dispensary from mi administration, it is well to keep t record straight. T. M. Raysor. Orangeburg, July ll. John J. McMahan. He comes o as an absolutely free lance, not t representative of any particular c ganization, to give the people of tl State an opportunity of knowing ?. views. All the candidates favor po ular education, but none have devi? the ways or means. He believes th all men in South ?Carolina should 1 made to respect the law. lt was h idea, upon which he had alreac spoken not less than twice, which wi today advanced by Mr. Blease in re erence to an appropriation for tl annual Confederate reunion in C< lumbia. He is opposed to local optio: to prohibition and favors a proper! conducted State dispensary. Unalte; ably opposed to county dispensarie To say that the people of South Care lina cannot put honest men in charg of the State dispensary is to brin shame upon the the name and cit: zenship of the State. Messrs. J. B. Morrison, L. M. Ragi and R. M. McCown announced thei candidacy for Secretary of State i five minute speeches. Mr. J. Fraser Lyon of Abbeville candidate for attorney general safe the burning issue before the peopl today is the dispensary. He is op posed to it, because he believes i corrupt and rotten to the core. H said that Mr. Douthit testified befor the investigating committee that liq uor was b'ought from the Richlam Distilling Co and from Bluthen thal & Bickert and sold at cost with out one cent going to the school func in order to swell the sales of thes< goods. The school fund is only th< sugar-coating of an unpalatable pill Mr. Lyon threw boquets at both of his opponents during the course of his re? marks. J. "W. Ragsdale, of Florence, candi? date for attorney general next ad? dressed the assemblage. Mr. Ragsdal? made one of the most vigorous and telling speeches of the meeting. He wanted it distinctly understood that he was running for the office of attor nerney general solely on his personal integrity and his ability and qualifi? cations as a lawyer and a gentleman. Although he thought it was time that Mr. Lyon was saying something pleas? ant of some one, he needed no com? pliments. If General Youmans was in the full vigor of young manhood, he would not have made reference to him in so complimentary a manner, for he (General Youmans) could under those conditions easily defeat both Lyon and himself. He had called Lyon's bluff when he suggested that General You? mans be given a clear field. Mr. Ragsdale's speech had telling effect upon the Sumter audinnce, and gained him many votes. A. W. Jones and G. L. Walker, can? didates for comptroller general and Major Lewis W. Haskell and Col. J. C. Boyd for adjutant general, closed the programme for State candidates. Congressman A. F. Lever who has no opposition, was introduced by Chairman Clifton in a cordial and graceful manner and was received with liberal applause. Mr. Lever spoke very briefly for he did not de? sire to keep the crowd long after so much speech-making. He spoke of his efforts to serve the people of the district and pledged his best efforts for the future. WORDS OF PRAIS BY A WELL KI So much has been written by the standard medicial authorities, of all the several schools of practice, in praise of the native, or American, medicinal plants which enter into the composi? tion of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis? covery, that in attempting to quote from the various works on Materia Medica one hardly knows where to commence, since they are so volumin? ous that only the briefest and most im? perfect reference can be presented in a short article like this. Briefly then let us say that the " Golden Medical Discovery" was named from the sturdy little plant Golden Seal, the root of which enters largely into its composition. Besides this most valuable ingredient, it con? tains glyceric extracts of Stone root, Queen's root, Black Cherry bark, Blood? root and Mandrake root. Finley Ellingwood, M. D., an emin? ent practitioner' of Chicago and Profes? sor of Materia Medica in the Bennett Medical College of that city, in his recently published work on Therapeu? tics, says of Golden Seal root: "It is the most natural of stimulants to the normal functions of digestion. Its in? fluence upon the mucous surfaces ren? ders it most important in catarrhal gastritis (inflam mation of stomach) and gastric (stomach) ulceration." Many other authorities as well as Dr. Ellingwood extol the Hydrastis (Golden Seal), as a remedy for catarrhal dis? eases of the nasal passages, stomach, bronchia, gall ducts, kidneys, intestines and bladder. Among these, we may mention Prof. John King, M. D., author of the American Dispensatory; Prof. J. M. Scudder, M. D.t in his " Specific Medicationn ; Dr. Hale of the Hahne mann Med. College of Chicago; Grover Coe, M. D., of New York, in his "Or? ganic Medicines," Dr. Bartholow of Jef? ferson Med. College and scores of other leading medical writers and teachers. All the foregoing eminent authorities extol the curative virtues of Golden Seal in cases of stomach, liver and in? testinal weakness, torpor and ulceration of bowels. Dr. Ellingwood recommends it most highly, "In those cases of atonic dyspepsia when the entire apparatus, including the liver, is stagnant and inoperative." He also extols it most highly in the many weaknesses and de? rangements peculiar to women and ?ays, "It is a most important remedy in many disorders of the womb." Golden Seal root (Hydrastis), is an important ingredient of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre? scription for weak, nervous, "rundown" women. But to return to the "Golden Medical Discovery " it may be said that its cur? ative properties are not wholly depend? ent upon Golden Seal, valuable as it is, as other equally potant ingredients add greatly to its value and in fact are not less important than the Hydrastis, or j Golden Seal. !" In all bronchial, throat, long and kindred ailments, Stone root, Black Cherrybark, Queen's root and Blood? root, each plays as important a part in effecting the phenominal cures of "Golden Medical Discovery" as does Golden Seal, All these ingredients b*ve the endorsement of prominent practitioners of all schools of medicine tor the cure of diseases of the bronchia, threat and lungs. E WELL MERITED ?OWN ARTICLE. Of Queen's root, Prof. Bang says: "An alterative (blood purifier) unsur? passed by few if any other of the known alteratives. Most successful in skin and scrofulous affections; b?n?ficiai in bronchial affections; permanently cures bronchitis; relieves irritations; an im? portant cough remedy; coughs of years7 standing being cured; aids in blood making and nutrition and may be taken with out harm for long periods." Queen's root, Golden Seal root, Stone root, Black Cherrybark and Bloodroot, all articles extolled by leading practi? tioners of all the schools, as the very best of cough medicines, are made es? pecially valuable when combined with chemically pure glycerine which greatly enhances the curative action of all these ingredients in all bronchial, throat and lung affections, severe coughs and kin? dred ailments. Who can doubt the efficacy of such a compound, when scientifically made up, as in Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery? Who can doubt that it is a most effective remedy for the several diseases for which its ingredients are so highly recommended by the formost writers on Materia Medica? It is in the cure of the more chronic or lingering, persistent, and obstinate cases of bronchial, laryngial and lune affections, attended by hoarseness and severe cough, which if neglected or badly treated would generally have run into consumption, that "Golden Med? ical Discovery" has won the highest praise from all who have observed iis marvelous control over these and kin? dred affections. It is no cheap com? pound made-up of trashy ingredients for free distribution,, that curious peo? ple may experiment upon themselves , as with the many fake nostrums so? commonly sent out as "trial tortles." It has a forty year record, embracing many thousands of cures behind it, is sold at a reasonable price and may be found in all drug and medicine stores in this and many foreign countries. It will be seen from the above brief extracts how well "Golden Medical Dis? covery" is adapted for the cure of all blood diseases, as, scrofulous and skin affections, eruptions, blotches, pimples and kindred ailments; also that it is equally good in all Catarrhal affections no matter where seated, and for all cases of indigestion, or dyspepsia, tor? pid liver, or biliousness and as & tonic and invigorater in all manner of weaknesses, and in nervous debility and prostration the above extracto amply show. ' Much further information as to tho Eroperties and uses of "Golden Medical .iscovery" and Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for weak women, will be found in a little booklet of extracts from standard medical ? books which will be mailed free to any address on request, by letter or postal card, sent ta Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, 2?. Y. All the several ingredients of Dr* Pierce's medicines will be found, from the reading of this little booklet, ta have the strongest possible professional endorsements and recommendations for the cure of all the diseases for which these medicines are recom? mended. No other medicinas for like purposes have any such endorsement. They are non-alcoholic, non-secret, sals and reliable. When Buying'a Fence The w eight per rod and size of wire must he taken into consideration : also the CONSTRUC tion of the FENCE. Heav3? wires and the best galvanizing are always used on the AMERICAN, and the quan? tity already in service on farms is good evi? dence of its merit. ; The HINGE JOINT on the American allows for CONTRACTION and EXPANSION, to with? stand sudden and severe pressure from contact with animals, without bendings stays, the fence springing back to place the instant pressure is removed. The most secure, lasting fence is the AMER? ICAN. 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