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TW STATE MINIS*. CAKDIIVVrKM VISIT COS WAY. Natatorial Campaign Party In Horry Friday. Conway. June 21?The senatorial ipulfti party, accompanied by four candldatee for congress and four for aohcltor. was here today. The meeting was presided over by County Chairman McDermott. opened ?Ith prayer by the Rev. A. H. Donk, of the Presbyterian church. An audi? ence varying at times from two to '?or Hundred listened very quietly to Use speakers. There was no demonstration. The speakers referring very kindly to the great progress being made by our county were ante to specify many particulars. Mr. Brans was especial? ly happy In his reference to Horry** aleae. for educational advancement asxd Sunday school organisations. Mr. Oeorge Johnstons discussed particu? larly on che development of the low oountry by means of drainage, the opening of the waterways to meet In rreasing traffic and to control rail read rates end the preventing of ar ttftetaJ low prices of cotton by means et federal supervising of the methods that produce them. Chi. W. W. Lumpkin paid his tribute to the Confederate veterans and discusesd principally, trusts and prohibition. Mr. O. B. Martin, be? sides the tariff and drainage, discuss? ed immigration, opposing the bring? ing of fee eignere to this State. - Mr. R. a Rhett s talk on the applt nation of busts see methods to govero iU and en the currency, was well dree, hut his criticisms of the mi? nority hi congress did net more so friend*. He wee the fh tor greeted with applause on lie _ D. Smith, Introduced "Cotton'* Smith, discussed aa lllus trattre ef Republican Influence on legislation, the poaltloa of the cotton crop in the markets of the world. ^Mr. J. O. Brans' speech was large Wif given to refuting the currency task ef Mr. Rhett A telegram from Mr. Grace waa re tetraj from the chairman regretting hit hmhf ttty to he present. Candidetee for congress. Coggshall. jrfMiHiba, ?edge and Ragsdslc. address pad the meeting. Mr. Murehtson Is still Hck. Mr. Bawsdeie read a telegram from Zsch Meies cooflr using that correspon eehte ef Mr. BUerbe's vote vlve voce to rates the oopgrsosmen's salaries, aag his rote nay on roll call. The gea for solicitor present were. Wells, Clayton, Quattlebaum Sellers. GOT. AJtSBX AT BARXWELL. hlltlty for High Taxes His Views on Other Barwwelt. Juee 2?.?About five hun? dred people attended the campaign meeting of candidates for State offices held hero today, County Chairman r H. F. Bulst presiding. Messrs Ulch ' erdson. Summer sett, Cansler. Ca ugh man and Fish burns addressed the sneering In the order named. Gover? nor Ansel woe present at the meeting today and Mr. Blease, who spoke Bret, stated that he had never since I the campaign began said a word against Oer. Aaeel personally, but he re? newed his criticism In detail of tie Administration of extra vegan t, and also criticised Oov. Ansel's liquor platform. Governor Ansel was received with applause He stated that he regret? ted that the duties of his office pre? vented him from attending all of the meetings He denied that It wss his fault that the taxes are so high. He stated that If his recommendation that taxes be collected at the begin ning of the year Instead of st the end. as at present, had been acted up? on the State would In this wsy slone be saved about 1*0.000 annually, as the Stets would not then hsvs to pay inters* on borrowed money. The money spent for the establishment of high schools and for the support of , the various higher Institutions of learning he pronounced a wise Invest? ment. He declared that he had been elected on a platform of local opinion between county dispensaries and county prohibition, and that he -till stood upon thst plstform. but thst he had changed his plan for enforcing It somewhat, as hoe already been ex? plained. The Governor was frequent? ly applaused. Comptroller General Jones spoke briefly, his opponent Mr. Brooker, not being present. Speeches were made by Messrs. Metltchemp. Blmors snd Hwesrlngen for Superintendent of Bducatlon, and in the afternoon the candidates for solicitor of this circuit, Messrs. Davis. Byrnes and Graham, addressed the votere To the long list of London clubs there must now be added the Poets' Club, which has been formed for the purpooe of revivifying the neglected art of verse making. VERY CLOSE tO MIT Sout!? Carolinian I? t\?nf7.uVmiul Sec? ret art . Washington, June 24.?A South Carolina man may become a figure In the next administration, should Secre? tary Tart be elected president. He Is James T. Williams, Jr., of Greenville, a son of James T. Williams, former msyor of that city. Toung Williams Is 15 years old and has been In the news paper business here and In Columbia, where he began, for five years. For a year or more he was Washington cor? respondent of the Boston Transcript, but he wss such an ardent admirer of Secretary Taft, with whom he had often come In contact In his newspa? per duties at 'he war department, that he resigned his position with that paper to aid In bringing about the nomination of Mr. Taft at Chica? go. He was assigned to duty at the headquarters of Frank H. Hitchcock, the man who managed one branch of the campaign. Mr Hitchcock got credit for nearly all the fine work for Taft, hut Mr. Williams should have been credited with a goodly share of It. His work was greatly appreciated by Mr. Taft and his supporters. When Mr. Taft left here a few days ago for Cincinnati to confer with his relatives and leaders as to selecting a chair? man of the national committee to conduct the campaign he took Mr. Williame along with him, the only man be did take. In the capacity of confidential secretary to Mr. Taft "Jimmy" Williams will probably re? main throughout the campaign. He will he with the Republican nominee wherever he goes and will look after Important matters. In the event Mr. Taft Is elected there are possibilities for Mr. Wil? liams that will please his friends. He llama that wll please his friends. He Is already talked of for private sec? retary to the Republican president. If there is one. The office of secretary to the president would be a stepping stone to the cabinet or to other high places. Secretary Cortelyou, of the treasury, went from secretary to' Roosevelt to hesd of the department of commerce and labor. Daniel La mant. who was with Grover Cleve? land, became a big figure In the rail? road world. Henry Thurber also went up In the world. There are tremen? dous possibilities In the secretaryship. William Loeb, Jr., has made good In the position and will be a member of thiT Taft cabinet, if he desires the place. He could have gone into the Roosevelt cabinet had he desired, hut i he has long talked of entering the business world and may d<> so when he winds up the term of Roosevelt. Mr. Williams Is said to have diplo? matic . aspirations, and If his chief should preside over the destinies of the country Mr. Williams will most assuredty get a fine place In the dip? lomatic service If he likes. John Capers, another South Caro? lina man. will no doubt lie honored under the next administration, as he has been under this. He has done great political work for Secretary Ti ft. work superior to that of Hitch? cock In many respects, for which he has received encouraging words. There Is little doubt that Mr. Cspers w u be retained as commissioner of Internst revenue under the next ad? ministration should the Republicans be continued In power.?Charleston Post. V MARKING TIME ON VENEZUELA. United States Government Simply Awaiting Course of Events. Washington, June 26.?The State department la marking time on Ven? ezuela. Events that have occurred have produced a situation that prom? ises little change for some time and this government Is awaiting the course of events. The gunboat Mari? etta will leave Curacoa tomorrow for Guantanamo with Mr. Sleeper, secre aady of the American legation at Car? acas, and Lieut. Francis A. Ruggle. military attache, as passengers. Senor Velox-Ooltlcoa. the Venexuelan charge at Washington, remains In this city, but tomorrow will take up his residence in the suburbs where he will continue.to be In close touch with the State department If neces? sary. Nothing had been learned at the Venexuelan legation today con? cerning the event In Caracas, so that no new light could be shed upon the diplomatic tangle Involving the two countries. Some Interest was attached to the fact of the^ ordering the Marietta from Curacoa to Guantanamo. No Instruc? tions were given for the return of the vessel to Venesuela. The reason given was that there was no further use of thf> gunboat to ploy between Porto Cabel'o and Wlllemstad. .liiHt Exactly Right. ?"I have used Dr. King's New Life Pill? for several years, and find them Just exaetlv l ight," says Mr. A. A. Fel ton. of Harrtsvllle, N. Y. New Life Pills relieve without the least dis? comfort. Best remedy for constipa? tion, biliousness and malaria. 25c. at Hlbert's Drug Store. ? Programmea and politics are vain without power. NO GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP. P-pjmii Platform lo steer Clear of it. Says .Mack. Lincoln, Neb., June 25.?No refer? ence to the government ownership of railways will be made in the Demo? cratic national platform. Positive confirmation of this de? cision was obtained today from Nor? man E. Mack, New York member of the Democratic national committee, after he had been in conference witn William J. Bryan for more than three hours. "I found Mr. Bryan," said Mr. Mack, "In a perfectly pacific frame of mind. I look for no fierce struggle at Denver over the platform or any? thing else. "The Bryan policies, many of which the Roosevelt crowd have, f >r years, been trying boldly to appropri? ate as their own, will find lodgment the Denver platform and after? ward In the laws of the country*. The Nebraska platform will be the basis pon which our national platform will be founded." "Who will manage the campaign?" Mr. Mack was asked. 'That is an Important question that will be left almost wholly to the na? tional committee after the work of the convention shall have been done,' was the reply. "Several men of great wealth and of broad experience In national affairs have been sugegsted, but Mr. Bryan Is so determined to keep the party skirts clear even of the suspicion of the taint of preda? tory wealth that he is exercising his undoubted privilege of saying who shall not manage the campaign. That the only part he 1st taking in the important matter of finding a proper campaign - manager." "Will municipal ownership, federal ownership of railroads or cognate subjects be touched upon in the plat? form?" "No, em phatlcally and finally no?" exclaimed Mr. Mack. "No, emphatically and finally no!" Bryan today I ascertained beyond the shadow of doubt that nothing upon which the party nationally Is not In substantial accord will go Into the platform with his assent. And you can bet that what Mr. Bryan says will be pretty apt to go at Denver." 4 The Problem of Sewage Disposal. "Sewage disposal Is probably the most Important sanitary problem now before the American public," says American Medicine. "It Is self-evi? dent that without the present system of water carriage of wastes, our dense city populations cannot exist. The trouble always has been the reckless? ness with which we pour the filth into a neighbor's water supply?as crimi? nal as though we kept our back yard clean by aweeplng everything into the well of the next yard. A century ago, when cities were small and houses scattered, and when sewage was unknown, every stream was safe drinking water, but now we have sud? denly awakened to the fact that we have ruined nearly all of them. For? tunately there are signs of a whole? some reaction. The Pennsylvania State legislature has recently passed a taw forbidding the pouring of un? treated sewage Into any stream used as a water supply. The treatment of sewage Is done so cheaply and effi? ciently that It occasions considerable surprise that cities are so slow in adopting this modern means. We hope to see the time when every city will be compelled to turn Its sewage into proper establishments where Its Impurities will be destroyed by bac? terial means either In septic tanks or In the surface soil. This may re? quire a separate system for rain wa? ter, but It will soon pay for itself. The most expensive foods are the nitro? genous ones, and they cost much be? cause the nitrogen fertilisers are so expensive. There are perpetual streams of nitrogen, In the shape of wheat and meat, poured into England from all over the world. The resulting nitro? gen compounds of the excreta are poured into the ocean, though they have an estimated value of $80,000, 000?a most serious waste In view of the need of more fertilizers and more food for over-crowded communities. If properly managed, the natural dis? gust aroused by sewage fertilization will disappear and the world be that much more prosperous. It will soon be a serious matter In America, too, where so many farms are being 'worn out* by deprivation of nitrogen. Per? haps, after all, the needs of agricul? ture will reverse our sewage policy, leave our drinking water clean and reduce our sickness and mortality." SS Cents Is the Price of Peace. ?The terrible Itching and smarting, Incident to certain skin diseases, is almost Instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain's Salve. Price, 25c. For sale by all druggists. Mall orders for merchandise a?e practically unknown In China and the East in general. ?Bees laxative Cough Syrup for young and old Is prompt relief for coughs, croup, hoarseness, whooping cough. Gently laxative. Guaranteed. I Sold by Slbert Drug Co. 7-l-2m THE BRYAN PLATFORM. WASHINGTON POLITICIANS AD MIT THAT BRYAN IS SU? PREME. \chra>kan Will Dictate Platform, Name Candidate for Vice President and Manage All the Details of the Denver Convention?A .Majority of the Delegates Delivered to Bryan Bound Hand and Foot. Washington, June 27.?With more than two thirds of the votes in the Democriatic national convention pledged to William J. Bryan, only the platform remains to be settled and it is a safe prediction, so great is Mr. Bryan's control of his party, that he will as surely dictate both as did Secretary Taft dictate the same Im? portant feature of the Republican convention. Already there is a small army of newspaper men at Lincoln and some wonderful tales are flashed over the wires from the Nebraska metropolis each morning, most of which will be taken by the sober minded Democrats with a con? siderable grain of allowance. For instance, one ordinarily reputable newspaper tells its readers that Mr. Bryan will not have Governor John? son on the ticket under any circum? stances, while another declares that former Senator Charles Towne has been chosen by the Peerless Leader for his runnlngmate, and another as solemnly avows that former Gover? nor Douglass of Massachusetts is to be the vice presidential nominee. Of course all this makes fairly Interest? ing reading, but those who know Mr. Bryan will not Imagine for a moment that he is confiding to certain news? paper correspondents, as differentia? ted from the entire press, these most Important purposes, nor is It likely that Mr. Bryan has himself reached any definite decision so far in advance of the convention. tee So, too, In the case of the platform. One correspondent gravely assures .the public that there will be no anti injunction plank in the platform, while another asserts with equal sol? emnity that the anti-injunction plank Is already drawn. Still another states that there will be no free silver plank and is In turn cotradlcted by a broth? er scribe. It Is true, however, that when In New York recently Mr. Bryan did say positively that there would be no free silver plank in the platform, explaining that this was not because of any chaange In his own convictions, but because of changed conditions which rendered unneces? sary at this time any reiteration of his well known views on this subject. It Is a further reasonable assumption that the platform will condemn the shilly-shally financial legislation of the Republicans and the creation of a **natlonal monetary commission" which, from Its very composition, is boundZto report to congress In favor of only such form of financial legisla? tion as Is satisfactory to Nelson W. Aildrlch, senior senator from Rhode iRland, and his Wall street friends. ? ? ? Prominent Democrats who watched the trend of events at Chicago?and among them, keenly observant though unobserved, was National Chairman Thomas Taggert?dec'are that never were the conditions within the Re? publican fold better for Democratic success than they are this year. The "Old Guard," as the old Hanna re? gime is termed, had radical Roose veltlsm shoved down their throats with a ramrod so to speak, and they by no means enjoyed the process. Speaker Cannon rushed back to Chi? cago to try to save the party and es? pecially his friends from the "wave of radicalism," as he called it, which was sweeping the old guard out of places of power, but even the speaker and the powerful Influences he con? trols were powerless to stem the tide, and the anti-injuction plank, a make? shift it Is true, but nevertheless a declaration in favor of an anti-injunc? tion law, a revision plank which made the old stand patter snort with rage and other Taft-Roosevelt poli? cies were jammed through the com? mittee on resolutions, to the inflnate discomfort of the old line, hard-shell Republicans. What will be the re? sult? The old fellows, the men who for years have protected their favor? ite industries and have extorted from them generous campaign funds in return, will sulk in their tents, Har rlman and the other "undesirable cit? izens" WIM lock up their check books and it will be found as difficult to carry a Republican election without funds as it is for Frenchmen to taflk without the use of their hands. nother factor In the Republican equation which seriously menaces the success of that party Is the split over a national chairman. Secretary Taft, the presidential nominee, wants to have Frank H. Hitchcock, the gentle man who guided the "steam-roller" at Chicago, appointed chairman of the national committtee. Secretary Taft's brother, C. P Taft, on the other hand, opposes Hitchcock and favors Arthur I. Vory's, the manager of the Taft forces in Ohio. "Brother Charles" is furnishing the necessary and abundant cash with which the campaign has thus far been carried on, which makes him a difficult In? dividual to turn down. Altogether, Jundge Taft is finding that the batt e is far from won when the nomination is secured and his experience in poli? tics places him at a serious disadvan? tage as compared with Mr. Bryan. THE AMERICAN FARMER. The Man .Who Tills the Soli Has Come Into His Own at Last. If the American farmer went out of business this year he could clean up thirty billion dollars., And he would have to sell his farm on credit; for there is not enough money in the whole world to pay him half his price. Talk of the money-mad trusts! They might have reason to be mad if they owned the farms, instead of their watered stock. When we re? member that the American farmer earns enough in seventeen days to buy out the Standard Oil, and enough In fifty days to wipe Carnegie and the steel trust off the Industrial map, the story of the trusts seems like "the short and simple annals of the poor." One American harvest would buy the kingdom of Belgium, king and all; two would buy Italy; three would buy Austria-Hungary, and five at a spot cash price, would take Russia from the czar. Talk about swollen fortunes! With the setting of every sun the money box of the American farmer bulges with the weight of twenty-four new millions. Only the most athletic imaginations can conceive of such a torrent of wealth. Place your finger on the pulse of your wrist, and count the heartbeats, one, two, three, four. With every four of those quick throbs, day and night a thousand dollars clatters Into the gold-bin of the American farm? er. How incomprehensible it would seem to Pericles, who saw Greece in her Golden Age, if he could know that the yearly revenue of this country is now no more than one day's pay for the men who till the soil of this infant republic. Or, how it would amaze a resurrec? ted Christopher Columbus If he were told that the revenue of Spain and Portugal are not nearly as much as the earnings of the American's far? mers' hen! Merely the crumbs that drop from the farmer's table (otherwise known as agricultural exports) have brought him to enough In foreign money since 1892 to enable him, If he wished, to settle the railroad problem once for all by buying every foot of railroad In the United States. Such is our New Farmer?a man for whom there Is no name in any language. He is far above the far? mer of the story-books as a 1908 tour? ing car Is above a jlnrlklsha. Instead of being an ignorant hoeman In a barnyard world, he gets the news by dally mall and telephone, and Inci? dentally publishes 700 trade journals of his own. Instead of being a money? less peasant, he pays the Interest on the mortgage with the earnings of a week Even this Is less of an ex? pense than It seems for he borrows money from himself, out of his own bank, and spends the bulk of the tax money around his own properties. Farming for a business, not for a living?this is the motif of the new farmer. He is a commerclallst?a man of the twentieth century. He works as hard as the old farmer did, but In a higher way. He uses the four M's?mind, money, machlney and muscle; but as little of the latter as possible. Neither Is he a Robinson Crusoe of the soil, as the old farmer was. His hermit days are over; he Is a man among men. The railway, the trol? ley, the automobile, and the top bug? gy have transformed him Into a su? burbanite. In fact his business has become so complex and many-sided that he touches civilization at more points and lives a larger life than if he were one of the atoms of a crowd? ed city. All American farmer?, of course, are not of the new variety. The coun? try is like the city, has Its slums. But after having made allowance for ex? ceptions, It Is still true that the Uni? ted States is the native land of the new farmer. He is the most typical human product that this country has produced, and the most Important, for, In spite of his egotistical cities, the United States is still a farm based nation.?Herbert N. Casson, In May Review of Reviews. Dr. Krause, of Berlin, has discov? ered a serum which cures the viper's bite. Senator Jeff Davis need no longer advocate muzzles for the money power.?New York Tribune. In 1904 Japan exported a little over $1,000 worth of human hair; the total export was valued at $60.000 In 1906. Large quantities are made into wigs in Paris. He is proficient in self-denial who can silence the mean things he had thought of saying to another. C?T LOOSE FROM ROOSEVELT. TAFT WILL AT LEAST PKETEND> TO I5E RUNNING BY HIMSELF. Would Avoid Appepjtjojce of Complete Submission to Uie President's DU reetlon, and There Will be Mute Outward Evidence of Association During the Campaign. Washington, June 27.?According; to information here, Secretary Taft will not give the Democrats opportu nity to charge that his campaign 1? being run by the man at Oyster Bay. After this week, by which time ho? will have concluded some conference* with the president on both official and political business, Mr. Taft will elim? inate Oyster Bay from his visiting lift and so far as the world will know tho possessor of the big stick will have dropped out of operations. The Republicans are going to have to meet the direct charge of the Democrats that the Roosevelt admin tration is perpetuating itself through its own selection of a nominee and that this is hostile to the American spirit. The charge will be supple? mented by further claims that the Republican nominee is a mere child In the hands of the greatest of politi? cal chieftains, Roosevelt who will bo accused of directing and handling tho campaign without much regard to what Mr. Taft may think or say. To avoid this last charge, which might influnence voters, Secretary Taft is to have a clear understanding with tho president, ;,t Oyster Bay this week, that the two men will probably not meet again during the campaign, un? less it is in Washington in October* after Mr. Roosevelt completes his: summer vacation and returns here* where he will be in constant touch? with leaders of the party as to the outlook. Those who know Mr. Roose? velt realize that it will be next to im? possible, in view of his acknowledge* leadership of the party to prevent his working in an advisory way for the success of the Republican ticket, but if he does this without understanding - with Mr. Taft the nominee cannot be held responsible for the activities of' the president. If Mr. Taft goes often to Oyster Bay he will be sure to be held up to* the country as receiving his Inspira? tions and suggestions from the pro? prietor of the big stick, and the only way to avoid this is to cut Oyster Bay off his traveling list. If the two men want to talk on real'y important political matters during the cam? paign the long distance telephone will be used. It Is considered entirely probable that Secretary Taft and President Roosevelt will not see each other for the next three months and. that, outwardly, they will hold no* communication with each other. When President Roosevelt left Washington he was determined to make no speeches during the cam? paign, and it is likely that he will not do so. He Is confident Taft will be elected without any big hurrah on part of the Republicans and considers * it advisable that he should keegi out of the fight except in a quiet, dfgnfcfied I way. He may find occasion to write ? a few letters to friends and penalty their being given to the public, but anything like set speeches, recognized to be for the purpose of political con? sumption, will be avoided by himv ft. -_ I I James Bennett Commit?? Suicide:N New York, June 26.?Unable to withstand the shock of losing part of his great fortune accumulated In the coffee business, James T. Bennett, known as "the coffee king," lies dead in his home at No. 881 St. John> Place, Brooklyn, today, after shootlnp himself. The members of the Bennett family were seated at the dinner table wait? ing for their father to dress for tho meal when they heard a pistol shot. Going to the bath room they found the man lying in the tub. with a wound in his forehead. Dr. J. R. Kevin, of No. 252 Fales avenue, was called, but Bennett was dead when the physician reached the house. The tragedy came as a terrible blow to the members of the coffee merchant's family. Although they knew he was despondent because of tb~ loss of part of his fortune, he still had sufficient money to main? tain the members of his family in comfort for the rest of their lives. He gave no Indication of a purpose to do away with himself, and when he left the family to dress for din? ner, he seemed to be less despondent than he had been in many years. When Bennett retired from business It was believed he was worth several million dollars. It was when Bennett forsook the business that had made him wealthy to Increase his wealth In Wall street that fortune turned agalott him. ?Foley's Orino laxative, the new laxative, stimulates, but does not Ir? ritate. It is the best laxative. Guar? anteed or your money back. Sibert'e Drug Store. An ignorant man's practice of piety does more good than the most learn? ed man's philosophy of religion.