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CANDIDATES AT FLORENCE. r t Tiie Audience Was Not Large, but the People of Florence Treated the Office-Seekers Most Hospitably. I * - Florence, July 17.-The campaign meeting here today was not well at? tended. The meeting was held in the city Opera House and was attended very largely by ladies.. The real spice of the meeting was ir. Mr. Lyon's ad? dress. He insisted that there was evi ? dence enough for people who wanted ^ to prosceute to take action. He had the admission from an Atlanta liquor house that they had sent to Hub Evans a car load of furniture. That was direct enough for anybody. He also declared that the houses which are now being paid off by the State board, and which they had tried so [ hard to get paid off in spite of the pro? tests of the committee, were those represented by Farnum and Director John Black. How did they dare, he asked, to carry on such iniquitous business? Beyond this the meeting was un eventful. Mr. Lyon got the most pro t nounced applause here that he has had on the campaign yet, in the opin? ion of one of the party not favorably inclined to his candidacy. The can ddi dates were entertained at the Central Hotel by the board of trade and the citizens of Florence, and have really enjoyed their day here.. The candidates for governor, as usual, poked at Mr. Ansel for his India rub? ber platform, but when he spoke as if he had as fixed a platform as any of the party. He would give each county the right to say whether they wanted prohibition or county dispensary, and hoped eventually to achieve prohibi? tion. He pointed out the success of the county dispensaries of certain Georgia and North Carolina towns, which had paid their whole taxes. Mr. Manning got Mr. Blease's ad? mission that he was for the dispensar?? as it now stood, and then showed that the bill which carried his name had been agreed upon by the committee and friends of the dispensary as nec? essary, that Mr. 31ease had tried to have the dispensary bill amended and failed, and that the present bill.repre? sented the sentiments of the ' friends of the institution, who wanted to see the opportunities for graft removed. If, then, Mr. Blease was satisfied he edd not stand with the friends of the dispensary and had been inconsist? ent. In his? reply Mr. Blease read the re? cords, showing where Mr. Manning had been, declaring; that what he said v;as very inconsistent from time to time, and charged that he had taken ir.p the dispensary, because it looked as if it was the road to the Executive Mansion. The other speches were about as usual. In the speaking of the candi? dates for railroad commissioner Mr. Cansler said that he had used a mat? ter, 'presumably the charge of giving free passes \o rural free delivery dele? gates, which had been shown him to be a scheme of an opponent of Mr. Z nanon, and he withdrew it, because he did not wish any unfairness in the campaign. He thought that the mat? ter ought to be proved. Messrs. McCown and Ragsdale only announced themselves, being at home, but both were heartily applauded. The meeting was good tempered and liberal in its applause to all the candi? dates.-News and Courier. Do Not Neglect Your Bowels. ?Many serious diseases arise from neglect of the bowels. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are a pleasant and agreeable laxative. They invigorate the liver and regulate the bowels. For sale by all druggists. PEACE IN GUATEMALA. Washington, July 18.-The Guate? malan minister has been advised by a cable message from his government of the appointment of three peace commissioners and a secretary to the commission. They will go aboard the United States cruiser Marblehead to? morrow at San Jose. The minister has also been advised that an armis? tice between Guatemala and Salvador went into effect this morning. .Does evil still, your whole life fill? Does woe betide? Tour thoughts abide on suicide? Tou need a pill! Now for prose and facts-Dewitt's Little Ear'y Risers are the most pleas? ant and reh'able pilis known today. They never gripe. Sold by all drug? gists. London, July IS.-Lady Curzon, formerly Miss Mary Leiter, of Chicago, died at 5.40 this afternoon. Bowel Complaint in Children. ?During the summer months chil? dren are subject to disorders of the bowels which should receive careful attention as soon as the first unnatu? ral looseness of the bowels appears. The best medicine in use for bowel complaint is Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, as it prompt'" controls any unnatural looseness the bowels. For sale by all druggists. CANDIDATES IN MARION. BLEASE MADE ANOTHER ATTACK OX MANNING. Mr. Manning Shows His Sense of Duty-McMahon's Sensible Views. Sloan After Ansel-Other Speakers. Marion, July 18.-County Chairman Stackhouse presided today. Railroad Commissioner "Wharton took np the Sunday train complaint in this section, declaring that the commission is not responsible xor its continuance, as they had issued copies of the law to every railroad official and it is cow up-to th?*grand jury to prevent the violations. Mr. Cansler said what he objected to is that the railroads carry Armour goods free. This is the home of Candidate John C. Sellers and he cut his speech short with the announcement that every? body knows him and testified to the geniality and extreme cleverness of all the candidates. Mr. Sullivan thought he could aid in correcting railroad discriminations. Mr. Summersett was evidently born under a rhyming planet, as will be seen from the following couplet: "All the votes that Sellers doe's not get I hope, you'll give to Summersett." 3ianning Answers Blease. Mr. Manning answered the Blease criticism of his vote or the Jim Crow car bill by stating that when it was first ' introduced its provisions were glaringly defective and actually inde? cent, so that he and others felt that they had no course but to oppose it and'it was defeated. Afterward, when these defects were remdied, he voted for it. He has served in the legisla? ture a long time and he certainly could not take the position to please everybody. He had only considered whar. was right and had always sup? ported those measures that he regard? ed as in the interest of the people. Xo office in the gift of the people could tempt him to take a position because of its popularity. . He would never violate his consistency advocating a measure unless it had his honest Con 'victions behind it. He declared that the advocates of county dispensaries offer no plans to safeguard them from the very evils that exist in the State dispensary, while he did offer a well digested scheme for purifying the present state dispensary. \ Mr. 3IcMahan Follows. Mr. McMahan stood for a system of education that shall be complete from the university at Columbia to a school in the poorest districts supported by the State if necessary. He was em? phatic in the declaration that he stood for progress to bring about that better stale of affairs which is within our grasp if we but have the courage to reach it. The moralist had raised his voice against barroom license money, so the cry of tainted money for the schools from the dispensaries 'is far? fetched. The position of dispensers is not disgraceful, so good men will take it. The prohibitionists had made a fatal mistake inculcating the con? trary idea. They ought to have united with other good citizens in seeking the appointment of men who would en? force the restrictive features regard? less of profit. Sloan After Ansel Some More. Lieutenant Governor Sloan pictured Ansel as holding a glass of whiskey in one hand and a glass of water in j the other, saying, "boys, have ?orne- j thing." He did not care .which they j took if they would elect him governor, j "I would rather be governor of South Carolina he declared," than to be the ! emperor of Germany or the king of ? England, because I would have as my subjects the grandest an* greatest people on the American continent." Mr. Ansel Presents Himself. . Mr. Ansel said he had served for twelve years as the law and order rep? resentative of his district. H?e had no claims to present but -Resented him? self. The county officials manage other things and they ought to man? age the whiskey. They are having county control in Virginia now and it is coming in Carolina. Marion As Object Lesson. Mr. Blease referred to Marion hav [ ing voted out the dispensan.* and de? clared that today there is no scarcity of liquor here. Go to the depot and watch the train and you will see li? quor left hero in jugs and you will also see that instead of you people ! getting the profits they are going to North Carolina and Georgia, while the people are drinking liquor just thc same and some of these people that aro hollering the dispensary down are some of the first to get jugs when the dispensary is gone. May be I have more friends in Marion than I ought to have, but I have been offered four drinks since my arrival here three hours ago and ? declined them all. (Daughter.) If T wa.s a drinking man Vd be drunk now and you know it. Xow you have vote.j out the dis? pensary, but you will find the differ? ence when you look at your express office when the time comes t>> pay taxes. He again read the platform of the Sheppard and Orr convention ..md vigorously pointed out Manning's connection therewith. As to corrup- j tion in the State dispensary it is a cry i of wolf when there is no wolf, and Gen. Youmans, whom all South Car? lina delights to honor, has advised the governor that he will not bring prosecutions because there is no evi? dence to convict. Manning Replies. As Mr. Blease concluded Mr. Man? ning came forward and made the statement that he had never concealed his views from any man. His posi? tion as a conservative was known of all men and ~he left it to those who knew him, being willing to abide by the result. Recess for Dinner. At 12:30 there was a recess for din? ner. The candidates leave here to? morrow morning, and as they have an off day they will spend the time at Myrtle Beach, assembling at Conway Friday for the meeting there. Five Hundred Present. This county mustered nearly five hundred persons for the campaign meeting here. From the standpoints of attentiveness and intelligence it was nearl3r a homogeneous audience. It stands out prominently as one of the Very best crowds that the State campaigners have faced. Eight months ago the dispensary was voted out here, so that Marion has been experiencing county prohibition. The feattires of the meeting, were Blease's declaration that the jug trade is lively despite prohibition and his attack on Manning.-Columbia Rec? ord. *A prompt relief for croup, One Minute Cough Cure, cuts the phlegm, allays the inflammation-the cough syrup with a reputation. Sold by all druggists. A BA1TLE FLAG ROMANCE. ? Gov. Stokes, of New Jersey, to Wed a North Carolina Girl. Gov. Edward Ca?per Stokes, of New Jersey, is reported to be engaged to be married to Miss Annie Green, of New Berne, N. C. If it had not been for a certain Confederate battle flag he might have remained a bachelor all his life. Two young women made the Con? federate battle flag, 'way back in 1861, and presented it publicly to a compa? ny about to march north into Virginia. This happened in the little town of Beaufort, on the coast of North Caro? lina, and when the Beaufort company left for the front the flag went along, too. At last, like many another Con? federate battle flag in the last six months o' the struggle, it was captur? ed by the enemy. A New Jersey regiment took the Beaufort flag, which was all shot-tat? tered by this time, and, after ,Appo matox bore it in triumph to Trenton!. There it stayed, along with other relics and trophies for more than thirty years. Then New Jersey decided to give back the' tattered battle flag to the State whence it came. Of course there had to be ceremony connected with the return-a war banner must not be shipped like 1 some ordinary thing-and a delega? tion of promiftent New Jersey men, led by the governor of the State, jour I neyed with ? the flag two or three months ago to Raleigh. There they j were met by Governor Glenn Chief Justice W?lter Clark, Gen. Julian S. Carr, and. other old North State celeb? rities. Up from New Berne and Beaufort, which are near to each other .at the east end of North Carolina, came a. party to see the transfer well done, and in the party were two gray haired women-the same who had made the flag. Another person vvho came was Miss Annie 'Green, a handsome young woman of New Berne. There were speeches, and after the speeches, handshaking. That was when Gov. Stokes was introduced to Miss Green. The day after the Raleigh ceremony the Northerners went down to New Berne, and there they had .some more speech-making, and inci? dentally, Gov. Stokes and Miss Green had a chance to become better ac? quainted. Since that time Miss Green has made two or three visits to New York with her mother. Now, it is said, ev? erything har; boen arranged except th.-: date of the wedding. Even yet, however, close friends of the gover? nor have not learned of his intentions. Governor Stokes, who is 4 0 years old, has never married. He was born in Philadelphia, and was graduaU-d from Brown University in 1883. Af? ter that he became a banker in Tren? ton, and later entered politics, be? coming a. State Senator in l$i>2. He ".vas elected governor of New Jersey in 1901, and re-elected last year. New York Tjm.>s. *Try a little Kodol for dyspepsia af? ter your meals. See the effect it will produce on your genera! feeling by di? gesting your food "and helping your stomach to get itself into shape. Many stomachs are overworked to the point where they refuse to go further. Ko? dol digests your food and gives your stomach the rest it needs, while its reconstructive properties get the stom? ach back into working order. Kodol relieves flatulence, sour stomach, pal? pitation of the heart, belching, etc. Sold by all druggists. The soda cracker is an ideal food. Uneeda Biscuit are the ideal soda crackers. Indeed, the Only soda crackers rightly made in the first place, rightly protected first, last and all the time. J3$ In a dust tight, ^Jp moisture proof package. NATIONAL BlSCUtT COMPANY Horses arid Mules All sizes and prices for cash or approved paper. Buggies, Wagons ? Harness Agent for DEERING HARVESTING MACHINERY and Repair Parts in abundance. Disc Harrows, Disc Cultivators, Stalk Cutters, Peg Tooth Harrows, Binders, Mowers, Rakes, &c. Agent for JOHNSTON HARVESTING' MACHINERY and Repair Parts in abundance. S. M. PIERSON, 69 8. and 9 South Harvin Street. I have for sale more than 50 tracts of farm land scattered through? out Sumter and Clarendon counties, ranging in price from $10 to $60 per acre. A few are briefly described here : 400 acres, 200 cleared, 4 miles from Summerton, 5 settlements, per acre $22 50 264 " 100 " 33^ " " " 3 " u - 20 00 800 ci 300 " ll " u ? g u u 10>00 231 " 100 " 5 " " Sumter 4 " K 25.00 648 " 550 " 10 " w " 20 u " 50.00 80 " 45 " ll " " ?*gL " 2 " " 60.00 70 " 40 " ll " ** " " 2 " " 5600 492 u 350 " 6 " " " 4 " " 36.50 295 " 340 " 3 u " Alcoln 4 " * 41 22.50 667 " 400 " 14 " " Sj&fer at Borden 7 u " 21.00 85 a 35 ? 4 " i" ^Sumter 2 " kt 35 00 Every place above ?3 on a public road. For fuller information call on or write o me. R. B. BELSER, Real Estate Broker. No. 29 North Main Street. - J* - - Sumter, S. C. Orangeburg COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE Has recently closed what has been by far the most success? ful session in its history. It is a fine place to educate your boys and girls. **We will gladly send you a copy of our new catalogue. It is free for the asking, and tells all about the school. Send us your address. . W. S. PETERSON, President. Jure 20-13t-9-12 Orangeburg, S. C. THE PEOPLE'S BANK. We make an earnest effort to accommodate all classes. Our aim is to make this in every respect the People's Bank ; a bank where all may feel at home ; a place where those of moderate mci'ns may expect the same treatment as those more favorably situated. Deposits June 30th, 1905, Deposits-June 30th, 1906, A word to the wise is sufficient. 5110,000 5; 10,000 ii UKI n AN ADVERTISEMENT PLACED IN THE ADVERTISING COLUMNS OF THE DAILY ITEM WILL BRING RESULST. ****** ?ut wj***m*.t> m i*towmtnmmm*n/mim Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera & Diarrhea Remedy! ' Almost every family has need of a reliable remedy for colic ot diarrhea at tome time during ina j year. This remedy is recommended by dealers who have sold it for many years and ?mow its value. It has received thousands ti testimonials from grateful people. It has been prescribed by phy* sicians with the most satisfactory results. It has offen saved life before medicine could have been sent for or a physician summonei It only costs a quarter. Caa you afford to risk so much for sa kde? BUY rr NOW. Weah Hearts Are due to indigestion. Ninety-nine of every one hundred people who have heart trouble can remember when it was simple indiges? tion. It is a scientific fact that all cases ol heart disease, not organic, are not only traceable to, but are the direct result of indi* gestion. All food taken into the stomach which fails of perfect digestion ferments and swellsthe stomach, puffing it up againsf the heart. This interferes with the action of - the heart, and in Ihsr; course of time that delicate but vital organ becomes diseased* Mr. D. Kauble, of Nevada, O , says: I had stomach, trocble abd was in a bad state as I had heart trcubi* with it. 1 took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for about fogy months and rt cured me, Kodol Digests What You Eat - and relieves the stomach of all nervous strain and the heart of all pressure. Bottles only. $1.00 Size holding 2Ys times the tris} ' size, which sells for 50c, Prepared by E. C. ?eWITT &CO., CHICAGO* For Sale by a?! Druggists. Cures Colds j Prevents Pneumonia HOLLISTER'S Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets A Busy Medioino for Busy People. Brings GoLlen Health and Renewed Vigor. A specific for Constipation, Indigestion, Live and Kidney Troubles, Pimples, Eczema. Impure Blood, Bad Breath, Sluggish Bowels, Headache and Backache. It's Rocky Mountain Tea in tab* let form, 35 cents a lx>x. Genuine made by HOLLISTER DRUG COMPANY, Madison, Wis. SOI.nEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE THE "BOSS** COTTON PRESS! SIMPLEST, STR0M6EST. BEST. THE MURRAY CINHIHG SYSTEM V Gifts, Feeders, Condensers, Etc. 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