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ul)o Thou Liberty Great. Iiu^ire Our Souls and Make Our Lives in Thy Possession Happy, or Our DoatUs Glorious in Thy Just Deicnoe."
VOL, XXV.
BENN E TTS VI LLE, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1900,
NO. 22
AN ADDRESS
To The People of the State of
South Carolina
FROM THE PROHIBITIONISTS
Tho Dispensary Law Assailed in
Unmeasured Terms and Many
Crimes Laid to Its Door.
Tho following is tho addrcstt to tho
Prohibitionists of South Carolina to
tho pcoplo, which wi? prepared by Col.
Hoyt:
"Tho prohibitionists of South Caro
I lina in appealing to tho Doinooratio
Vteiojq to join them in supproBsiug tho
nquor^hvflsi* io thin Slate, Geom it
f?roper and right that they should olear
y and unequivocally (dato their posi
tion with roforonco to tho business con
duo tod in tho name of tho common
wealth, which thereby makes nil its
oitiuons responsible in a mensuro for
tho oontinuunoo o? this traffic, which
wo believe to bo n crime against hu
inanity and a incanB of degradation to
tho pcoplo.
"In tho first place wo hayo chosen to
moko this contest at tho Doinooratio
primary booauso wo aro members of
this political organisation, which in in
virtual control of ali tho affairs of tho
Stato.
"Wo havo tho right to raiso this is
8UO within tho party linos buoauso tho
machinery of tho Slate government has
boon used to oonstruot and oporato a
system of liquor soiling, whioh has for
its chief objoot tho constant increase
of tho consumption of liquors by tho
oitixons of tho Slate, mainly with tho
viow of milking money out of tho busi
ness in whioh tho Siato is ongagod.
Wo would violate consoienco and provo
rooroant to doty us good citizens if wo
did not protest against this ioiquitous
method of obtaining money through tho
Bcnsual iodulgonoo and debauchery of
our citizenship, and wo aro making this
protest in a fuir, manly and consistent
way, appealing to tho higher instincts
of humanity, and pleading for tho so
cial, do m en tic, moral, religious and po
litical elevation of our whole pcoplo.
By banishing tho evils now fastened
upon tho State in consequence of tho
eyetom under whioh tho salo of liquor
is oonduolod, wo would protect our
young manhood, bring rolicf to wronged
and suffering women and children, and
inaugurato an ora whioh would eventu
ally rid our homes of tho blight follow
ing tho uso of liquor as n bevorago.
Tho Stato ia now encouraging this uso
of liquor -on tho part of its citizens
whon it should by every means discour
ago that whioh wastes the resourcos,
paraljKCB tho energies und destroys tho
manliness of those who should bo Ino
shield and protection of our homes.
Tho Stato is engaged for profit in n bus
iness that strips tho homo of comforts
with as muoh certainty as a oyolono
mows down tho mighty forest; a busi
ness that opens tho g tics of perdition
to lost souls; a business that tho genius
of hell has never fu?hioticd a moro com
pleto method of recruiting its ranks; a
business that hus borne Irotu timo im
memorial tho budgo of diseraeo in civil
ized and Christian communities, und
that is now exalted in tho sovereign
and enlightened commonwealth of
South Carolina to tho dignity ol govern
mont servioo and government protec
tion, BO that our youth aro taught by
tho example of tho government, itsolf
that tho manufacturo and salo of liquor
?B an honorable and deniable occupa
tion. VVhonoo carno this usurper of
govcrnmontul authority? Did tho oiti
sons of tho Stato dcerco its introduc
tion as "tho boat solution of tho li juor
question?"
"Eight years ago tho Prohibitionists
of South Carolina asked tho privilege
of testing public opinion us to whethor
licensed saloons should bo prohibited
within its border?. This rcquost was
mado of tho managers of tho Domo
oratio election machinery, who consent
ed that a sep?ralo and unofficial box
might bo placed at each poll whero vo
ters oould oast a ballot for or against
{u-ohibition. Tho opponents of tho
iooneo s) stem wore without effioiont
organisation, but tho voters voluntarily
went to thc polls and rolled up a decid
ed majority against tho sale?os. Po
litical exigonocics did not favor a pro
hibitory law, aud although a majority
of tho house of representatives passed
Buoh a law, enough mem hers woro after
wards found to rejeot tho law whioh
tlicy had aided in (raming and a sub
stituto was discovered in tho present
dioponsory system. 'Yo asked for
broad and woro givon a stono; yo asked
for a fish ard wero givon a serpent.'
"Prohibitionists woro thon placod
in an awkward position and many of
thom know not what to do. Tho saloon
hud boon abolished, and this was ono
of tho objoots for whioh they had strug
gled in tho past, yet liquor soiling was
not stopped. On tho oontrary, tho
Stato had boen mado to engage in tho
business under tho pretence of con
trolling the tra thc and giving to con
sumers a commodity that was "chemi
cally puro," at a price that would not
admit of profit. This was coupled with
tho declaration that tho system thus in
augurated without tho consent of tho
pcoplo was "a ?tep towards prohibi
tion," and many acquiesced in tho leg
islation with tho belief that tho Stato
would really undortako to minimizo
tho consumption of liquor, lt was a
law upon tho statuto books, and many
of th? law-abiding and po?oo loving
citizens, though honestly opposod to
liquor soiling in any shapo, throw tho
weight of their influonco in favor of
tho oxooution of tho law.
\ "An* armed conslabulary was fur
nished with guns to shoot down oiti
/ons who violated tho liquor law, if in
tho judgniont of tho oonstablo it was
necessary to enforce their authority,
and thus began a long roignof violence
and turbulence in tho land, for tho
law-broakors wcro as ready and anxious
to shoot as tho men "clothed with a lit
tle brief authority," who aotcd upon
tho thoory that their own livos woro in
constant poril, and their surest dofonoo
was to tako quick and deadly aim. Tho
bloody oataloguo ncod not bo dwolt
upon, for it is tho most shameful re*
oord in tho history of tho Stato, with
tho [single exception of tho reign of tho
oarpot-bagger and tho scalawag. Moan?
while thc law waa oontouted at every
stop, and tho oourta woro invoked to
oouipa60 its dcstruolion, with tho rosuit
that tho main features of tho system
woro sustained by tho courts, and tim
statuto was unimpeded in itu progress
towards prohibition. Dispensers neg
looted to observo soino of tho most salu
tary foulures of the law and themselves
bcoamo violators whero thoy wore ox
pootcd to booomo guardians; minors
and drunkards bavo found it easy
enough to procuro liquor with or with
oui tho oouttiv&ncc of tho dispenser;
'ehemioaliy pure' baa booomo a by-word
and to moan tho v ient of tho vilo; tho
agents of tho State have dofraudod and
defalcated in largo numbers, and few
have boon made to fool tho penalties
? for their misdemeanors; tho Stuto board
of ?oniroi has moro than onoo booomo
1 an exhibition of oxeceding offence ia
tho nostrils of tho good pooplo of tho
commonwealth, so that time and again
it was necessary to make changes and
bring about reformations; scandals al
most without number havo traokod its
pathway; oharges of dishonosty havo
been constant, and tho publio was
mudo familiar with rebatos and tho
Bamplo room; in a word, tho entire
systom has boon pormoatcd with sus
picion, distrust and oausos of offence
in strikihg contrast with tho honorable
record of South Carolina's glorious
past.
"Has tho systom provon 'a stop to
wards prohibition?' Not in tho souso
that originated thia phraso, but lu an
other and truor sonso tho domand for
actual and honest prohibition of tho
liquor I m (Ko has boon largely inoroasod
by thc. failuros and shortcomings of thc
dispensary systom, which has boon
''weighed in tho balances and found
wanting." That is tho indictment wo
bring against it today, and to tho Dem
ocratic votors we turu fur a verdict. Ia
its stead wo would oflor thom ?till fur
ther restriction of tho liquor traffic, do
stroving tho profit and bovorago fea
tures of tho prosont system, and limit
ing tho salo of alooholio liquors to B ti id
ly necessary purposes, suoh as medici
nal, mechanical and sacramental uses.
This substitution would tako away tho
odium of tho Stato's boing engaged in
a business that ia prostituting tho youth
of tho country, wasting tho resources
of tho pooror olasaos, bringing disgraoo
and dogradation upon families, impov
erishing tho homes of our citizens, and
withholding broad from tho women and
children who aro cursed with tho
blight of tho drink demon. Prohibi
tion offers an opportunity to work for
tho olovation of tho ontiro pooplo, tho
hotter instruction and training of tho
young, tho oreationof incentives to in
dustry, and tho moral advancement of
tho Stato to keep paco with its material
prosperity.
.'Tho bonofils of a prohibitory law
will not bo fully realized in a yoar or
oven in fivo years, for tho longer suoh
a law is in existence with reasonable
clmnoes of enforcement tho groator will
bo tho benefits dorived from its pres
ence as a permanent policy of tho
State A generation that shall grow up
without any knowlodgo of liquor sa
loons, whether operated by individuals
or tho Stato, will bo a population notod
for its sobrioty, which will bo tho rule
and not the oxoeption among tho younp
mon. Onoo firmly rooted and grounded
in tho minds of tho pooplo, a prohib?
tory measure will como to bo regarded
as a necessity. Moro than a genera tim
has passed sinco this law was enacted
in Maine, and for a long time then
was a vigorous fight against its continu
anco, but at this 'timo both politioa
parties aro plodgod to its maintenant
afl tho settled polioy of tho State Tin
cry of repeal has boon frequently raisce
and not many yonrs ago ono of tho po
litioal parties mado rcpoal a plank ii
its platform, with tho result that no
more than a half dozen mombors wen
elected to tho houso of reprosontativei
which has ovoi ono hundred in it
membership, and tho fight for ropes
was an ignominious failure
"OOH. Neal l)ow, who was tho aposth
of prohibition, a man of upright ohai
aotcr and irreproachable veraaoity, i
his testimony boforo a Canadian oom
mission on tho liquor tartha, acolare
that there was ho State in tho Unio
whore moro liquor was oousu m ed i
proportion to population than in Maine
prior to tho passage of tho prohibiter
law. It waB then ono of tho poorci
SiAtes, and under prohibition it has be
como ono of tho most prosperoui
largely tho result of savings by tho poe
plo from tho discontinuance of th
liquor traffic Ho said it was quit
within tho mark to say that not om
twentieth OB muohliquor is sold clan
dcntinely in that State as was sold b
tho saloons beforo this law was pass?e
Portland, its chief oity, whore Gei
Dow lived and died, had sovon disti
lories and two browerioB, whilo man
carg?os of rum wero brought ovory yoi
from tho Wost Indies, and now liqui
is sold there on a vory small soalo, tl
quantity not a hundredth part of whi
it was in the oldon time His ostiraa
was that thcro is a saving of $21,000
OOO annually, which goos to inorcaso tl
prosperity of tho masses, and ho d
dared that it is far within tho trath
say that $1,000,000 would pay for t
liquor smuggled into Maino and sold
violation of tho law. This is tho to;
tiinony of a man who Bpoot tho ho
years of his life, ovon down to cxtron
old ago, in advocating a oauso that 1
know WAS bunolloial in a moral, roll
ious, industrial and finanoiai sonso,
whole generation has grown up tho
without boing witnesses to tho e Hoot s
liquor, and there aro grown mon and w
mun who have nover Boen a drunk?
man. Is not suoh a stato of affai
worth striving for, ovon though tho t
tain mont of such a rosuit involves sao:
flee, toil and endurance on tho part
it? advooitoa? Christian mon and w
mon can woll afford to mako tho sao
tico and boar tho toil, booauso it is
tho diroot lino of obodicnoo to tin
Master.
"Tho oontcst wo aro entering upon
not child's play. Tho prohibition Doi
oorals of South Carolina aro not i
sponsiblo that tho issuo has to bo ma
on tho politioal hustings. Thoro is
ohoioo loft to us oxoopt to abandon t
field, wheroin wo would provo roorcfl
to tho most solemn obligations that n
upon a christian pooplo, obargod wi
tho moral and religious olovation
those around us. To relinquish t
field moans tho continuation of t
liquor trafilo under tho aegis of our 1
loved South Carolina, and perpetua
a system that is undermining tho pi
lie weal and destroying tho probity
our publio men, a system that na
tions with tho broad seal of tho St
an annulment of tho divino njunotii
'woo unto him that givcB Mu neighbor
driuk, * * * and makes him drunken
also.' Every day, and ovory hour
through tho day, tho Stato of South
Carolina is vending that whioh do
stroys tho souls of mon, and tho ser
vants of Clod cannot remain indifferent
or unconcerned whilo thia law is con
tained in tho ?tatuto books 'Right
eousness cxaltoth a nation, but sin is a
roproaoh to ami pcoplo' any tho hid
eous enormity of this sin of drunken
ness fostorod by tho Stato must no*
longer stain tho proud ctcutohoon of
our co m mou mother. Wo must pro
tost against this anomalous perversion
of governmental power hy whioh every
oitizon of tho Stato is mado rovponsiblo
for a trafiio that is abominable in tho
oyes of God. Tho mc. .is of our protest
is through tho politioal ni gooey with
whioh wo aro in part entrusted aa cit
izens of ?South Carolina, and wo como
now to mako aa appeal to our fellow
oitiions that they will join us in re
storing tho old commonwealth to a right
relation wheroby tho liquor trafilo will
bo put under han, so that our rulers
aud lawmakers will ho ?pared tho ncoos
sity of legialatiug to inoreaso tho sin
of drunkonnofs within our borders. To
do this olfcotually wo oro compelled to
mako this issue at the Democratic
primary, and heneo to have representa
tivos of our principios who will contend
for thom before tho pcoplo, and 'seok
to obtain oonlr >l'of t ho executive and
logislativo di pari incuts of tho State
government.' This is no unworthy aim
or objcot and wo proclaim tho purposes,
whioh aro not hid in a corner, to our
politioal associ?tes, demanding thc
right to mako tho iseuo at tho primary
polis, and insisting that fairness and
justioo requires tho roooguition of our
representatives inside tho porty lines,
where ov< rv other issue is settled for
tho maintenance of good government in
this State, Wo dony that any class of
De mooral s havo peouliar and special
privilogcs accorded to thom under tho
constitution and laws of thc party, and
wo will maintain our right io bo hoard
on tho hustings and lo cast a free, un
trammeled ballot nt thc poll."
Tho reading of tho address was at
tentively liatoncd to, and greeted with
applause.
Reads Li ko Fiction
Ton thousand people, mon, women
and children, witnessed tho unveiling
of tho monuraont erected to tho memory
of Franos Slooum, tho Indian captivo,
and moro generally known as "Tho
Whito Rose of tho Miami's" at tho-Mi
ami Indian burying grounds, ton milos
from Chiaogo rocontly, Tho ovont is a
notablo ono in commemorating tho his
tory of this woman whoso story reads
liko ii o t ion and has bceomo ono of
national interests ard history. She
was tolcn when a ohild of five years
from hor homo ot Wilkcsbarro, Pa., in
tho fall of 1777. Brought west by her
abductors to For* Wayne, sho was
adopted by ono ul tho Miami Indian
ohiofs and broujiht to tho Osago vil
lago, bix miles from (Jhioago. She
grew up to womanhood to all intents an
Indian. Sho was married to ono of thc
principal chiefs of the nation. Through
Uol. G. W. Ewing, an Indian trader,
her identity beoamc known, leading to
a visit of two brothers and ono sislci
from Wilkcshairo. Sho recognized thc
relationship but refused to return with
thom, dying hero March !?, 1817 ab thc
ago of 75, aud wan buried where thc
monument now stands.
A Brute Lynched
A dispath from Pueblo, Colorado,
Bays a mob of fivo thousand pcoph
lynchod Calvin Kim bl o rn, a Negro whe
assaulted and murdered two 1 it I lo white
girls, inmatos of tho Pueblo Orphan I
home. The lynohing took placo at half
past ono Thursday morning. Women
ohoorcd as tho Negro was swung to i
telegraph polo. Tho officials of lin
Rio Orando had ordered all trains l<
bo rushed past tho stations for fear tin
mob would board tho train and soissi
Nogro. Hut tho mob plaocu tics on tin
track and stopped two trains before il
found tho ono tho Negro was on. H<
was dragged with a rope around hil
neck to a telegraph polo and tbrioc
strung up boforo tho ropo hold.
A Terrifio Explosion
A torriblo explosion occurred in th
Cumnock minen, located somo fort;
milos from Greensboro Wednesday al
tornoon. Twonty-thrco miners wer
killed and thirty injured. Ot' thc desi
oleven wero whites, including severa
foreigners, and tho remainder oolored
Tho causo of tho explosion ia utiknown
At 6 p. in. all the bodios had boen ro
covered, and surgeons wero workin
ovor tho injared, many of whom wer
fearfully mangled._
Domocrats Will Win
Mr. Arthur Sewell has boon intel
viewed. Ho said, ''I am positively ou
of it" and thon io mako his words g
straight to tho heart and bring oonvii
tion, horcpoats, ''I am positivoly ou
of it." Mr. Sowoll moans by this tho
ho would under no circumstances lisle
to a suggestion that ho again becoino th
oandidato of his party for tho vioc
prosidonoy. Ho boliovcs that th
Demooratio party oan win in New Yor
if a campaign without mistrkesis mad(
Turned Tablo On Him
At Chattanooga, Toun., Thursda
night will Adams, a desperado, al
tompttd to rob tho Traoy City bani
whioh has a vault enclosed in pla)
armor a quarter of an inoh thick, ll
entored tho bank building and coi
coaled himself, awaiting (ho arrival <
tho cashier, with tho intention of holt
ing him up whoa the safo was openct
Ho was surprised and oapturcd by tl
cashier and constable.
fitroot Car Officiais Indiotod.
A dispatch from Augusta says D I
Dyor, president of tho Augusta Kai
way and Klootrio oompany, and 10 (
Jofteraon, a oonductor on a oar on whic
Whitney was shot by a Negro, ha?
boon indicted by tho grand jury for a
loped violation of tho Stato law in r
quiring a soparation of tho races on tl
cars. Stnco tho death of Whitney ll
oompany has boon carrying Nogro pa
songors in trailers._
Killed by a Falling Trco.
Adispatoh from Cullodon, Oa.,
tho Atlanta Journal, says: "Charl
King, a well known young man of th
oounty, WAS instantly killed and hon
bly mangled last night by being oaug
under a falling treo. Whilo a party
his friends wero outting down n b
troo, King went to sloop. His bot
was broken and mangled in a frightf
manaor. Death was instantaneous."
NAMES A TICKET.
Tv/onty-two Counties Out of For?
ty Send Delegate's to
PROHIBITION CONVENTION.
Col. J.18. A Hoyt Nominated for
Governor and Col Trib
ble for Lieutenant
Governor.
Tho Prohibitionists hold a Stato Con
vention in Columbia last Wc.dnosday.
Thc Conforcnoo was oallcd lo order by
Stato Cbaiman A. C. Jones, of Now
berry. Ho read tho oall under whioh
tho Convention assombled and empha
sized that only thrco delegates wero
asked from each oounty. Chairman
Jones announced that tho first business
was tho election of a lomporary chair
man. Mr. C. D. Stanley named Mr.
T. N. Berry, who ran for railroad com
missioner two yoars ago. Mr. B?rry
was unanimously oleotcd. lie was es
corted to the obair by Mossrs. E. D.
Smith, of Sumter; Li B. Mayne*, of
Lexington, and Joseph Spratt, of Man
ning. Chairman Berry oallcd upon Dr.
O walt noy to open ibo formal exorcises
with prayer. Ho prayed that tho sins
and blunders of tho past bo forgiven.
.Mr. B?rry thanked tho convention for
his election and said bo was ready for
work. Prof. A. B Stallforth, of
Q roon vii In. was elected lomporary sec
rotary, and on motion of Mr. C. C.
Featherstone Mr. B. E. Nicholson, of
Ed go fi el di, was oleotod ossistaut sccro
retary.
Mr. Joel E. Brimson suggested that
each oounty bo called and that tho en
rolment bo named from tho floor. This
plan was approved and tho roll was
handed in as follows:
Abbovillo-M. L. B. Sturkio.
Aikon-C. li, Jones and J. F.
Philip.
Anderson-J. L. Hall, lt. P. Clink
scales and J. W. Qiiattlcbautu.
Barnwell, Beaufort and Berkoloy
No representation.
Bamberg-W. E. Johnson.
Charleston-J. E. Kirby, E. O.
Watson.
Chester-No representation.
Cbostcrfiold-.J. T. Hurst, F. M.
Cannon and J. G. Rivers.
Clarendon-Joseph Spratt, 0. M.
Mason and D. J. Bradham.
Cherokco and CoUotou-No ropro
sontativo.
Darlington-T. N. Berry, Bj O. Bris
tow, J. F. Howlo and lt N. Howie
Dorohestor-S. Utscy Walker and G.'
M. Davis,
Edy.efiold--L P. Gwaltneyaud B. Bi,
Nicholson.
Fairfield, Floronoo and Georgetown
-No representation.
Greenville-Jamos A. Hoyt, A. B.
Stallworth and W. W. Keys.
Greenwood-J. G. Joukins.
Hampton-No representation.
Horry and Kershaw-No roprosonta
tion.
Laurens-Robert Abercrombie, 0. C.
Featherstone and J. M. Friday.
Lexington--L. B. Haynes and J. S.
Abercrombie.
Lanoaslci-W. T. Gregory and Wad
dy C. Thompson.
Marion and Marlboro-No represen
tation.
Newberry-A. 0. Jones and tho Rev
J. W. Spoako.
Ooonec-No representation.
Orangoburg-J. it. Fulla>or.
Pickons?*~J, E. Boggs.
Richland-T. J. L.imotto, C. B.
Stanley. M. Spoigncr, Frank Roberts,
G. J. Huffman and J. L. Borg.
Saluda-No representation.
Spartanburg-C. T. Soaifo, J. B.
Stopp.
Sumter-E. C. Ilaincsworth and E.
D. Smith.
Union-S. M. Rico, of EiBt Union.
Williamsburg--Jool E. Brunsen, T.
O. Epps and E. B Rhodus.
York-S. M. Grist, F. M. Whison
ant, ll. C. Strauss.
Tho number of counties represented
in the convention is twenty four. Tho
number of counties not represented is
sixteen.
When Aikon was readied it was
stated that Ibo two delegates prcsont
woro volunteers, not having beeu clod
ed. They woro eloctcd to member
ship. Whon Bamberg was reaohed a
del?galo announced tho namo of tho
Rev. W. E. Johnson as a dologato and
ubked that ho bo enrolled.
Tho temporary oflioors wero naado
permanent, and Mr. Waddy C. Thomp
son was eloctcd vioe-prosident. Mr.
Fulmcr, of Orangcburg, then moved
that ibo convention hoar tho address
prepared by tho campaign, or excoutive
committee, which was in tho hands of
Col. James A. Hoyt, of Greenville, and
prepared by him for tho committee.
This motion provailod and Col. Hoyt
road tho addross, whioh is published
clsowhcre Tho addrcuB was reoeived
with applause
Mr. Abercrombie moved that a oom
mitten of live bo appointed to scloot
such portions of tho address as woro
deemed ad vi sahl o and uso tho samo as
an address.to tho people
Mr. Rice, of Union, wanted tho ad
dress amended so an to address it to tho
Prohibition Democrats and all other
Dumoorats.
Mr. Fcathorstono thought somo of tho
expressions used woro too rough. Ho
thought it unwise to say that tho dispen
sary reign was tho worst in South Caro
lina oxocpt reconstruction. Ho opposed
suoh sovoro expressions, booauso thoro
wero honest and sincoro mon who advo
cated tho dispensary. Ho fought and
worked for prohibition, but thought tho
addre.sushould bo toned down in a few
particulars.
Mr. Hoyt thought Mr. Fcathorstono
was mistaken in his interpretation as to
tho comparison.
Mr. Haynes wanted to ovoid conten
tion with tho dispensary. It would bo
best, ho thought, to leavo tho dispen
sary alono and plead for prohibitiou
alono.
Col. Hoyt said his oomparison waa
simply as to tho shooting of citizens,
and that reign of torror and turbulcnoo
and killing was what was said to bo
scoond only to tho reign of the carpet
baggers in South Carolina. Mr. Hoyt
road tho paragraph and insisted it was
warranted by history.
Mr, A. 0. Junes thought it host to
refer tho address and all other papers to
a couiruittco 01 ono from caoh county
represented.
Mr. Hoggs and tho Rev. E. O. Wat
son urged that this would Biinply moan
a doubling of tho discussion and delay
work. Mr. Watson wanted to adopt tho
paper an a whole, word for word. Tho
strong s ta te mo ii ts appeared to him as
being exactly oorroot. Ho did not want
to wako up moro snakes than oould bo
killod, but ho was an opon fighter. Ho
wanted no emasculation. Let tho paper
go forth just as it roads.
Mr. Abcrorombio said ho did not
want to arouso any soaro. Ho ojootod
to tho paragraph comparing "that gang
to tho carpet baggors." Ho thought it
would bo just an woll to loavo that out.
Mr. Scaife, of Spartanburg, wanted
an aggressive fight from now on. Tho
very point oritioiscd in that address and
and he was all. Ho thought voting down
tho nddrofls waa takiug away, their
s t rc- gos I wc a pon.
Tho address was thon adopted, word
for word, with tho exception of insert
ing tho word Democrat after tho word
Prohibition throughout tho address, so
as lo road Prohibition Dc moor at.
Mr. Jool 10. H run son, to test tho sonso
of tho Convention, moved that tho Con
vention suggestoandidatOB for Governor
and Lieutenant Govornor. Thcro woro
Homo opposition to making nominations
but thc convention filially rosolvcd to
do so.
After tho adoption of a resolution
endorsing Ibo Charleston Exposition,
tho platform was proBontcd by Mr. E.
D. Smith, and it was adopted, lt roads
as follows:
Wo, tho Prohibition Democrats, of
tho Slate of South Carolina, io confer
ence assembled, heroby doolaro tho fol
lowing platform:
1. That ooinpotonoy, honesty and so
briety arc indispensable qualifications
for holding office
2. That tavos should bo made as low
as possible, consistent with effioionoy
of govcrnuiont.
3 That tho salo of intoxicating liqu
ors for beverago purposes is not a func
tion of government, but a disgrace tr
Christian civilization; a dishonor to
manhood, and a political wrong of un
paralleled enormity; that it is au awful
orimo against tho wmnot.- and children,
against tho homo, against tho Church
and aeainst God.
4. That prohibition of tho salo of in
toxioating liquors, for beverago pur
poses, is tho truo, consistent remedy
and to this end wo demand that tho dis
ponsary systom bo shorn of its ovils
suoh ns Helling intoxicants as a bovcr
agc; and that authority bo givon by th<
General Assembly for tho State to sol!
alcoholic liquors for only medicinal
mcohanioal and saoramcntal- purposes
NominatioiiB for Governor and Lieu
tenant Govornor was now gono into
Col. Jas. A. Hoyt and Mr. Joel li
Brimson woro plaood in nomination fo
Governor. A ballot was taken whio
resuUcd: jv. noyt 30, Joel V
Bruiison ll. Tho Hov. Mr. Davi
moved that nomination bo mada unan
mous by a rising vote Adoptod an
all rose
Col. J. L. Tribblo was thon nom
nated for Licutcnant-Govornor withou
opposition.
At 12 o'clock tho Convention wi
ready to adjourn, when Col. Hoyt ws
oallcd for. Ho said it was too lato t
make a spcooh. Ho would appear i
ouch county. Ho would do his utmo
to gain a victory and bcliovod it wou'
bo had. Tho oonferonco then ad jour nc
A Large Lake Vanishes.
A special from Guadlajara, Moxie
says: Many buildings in tho town
Autian, situated in tbo southern pa
of tho stato of Jalisco, wero domolisln
by tho recent earthquake, Whon tl
first trembles wero felt tho inhabitan
fled to tho mountains. Had they r
mainod io tho houses ibero would ha
been heavy loss of lifo. Much darna
was also dnno in Tusoaouosoo ai
Tonitapa. Tho water of a largo la
near tho town of Zapotalan disappear
io a great lb;H uro in tho earth, whi
seemed to bo produood by a seco
shook that honed about ono minn
Tho bcd of Ibo forinor lake is now di
and fissure can bo plainly soon. It
over thrco milos long and from ono
thrco foot wide The tidal wavo whi
swept in from tho ocean af tor the she
did little damage.
Wreck Near Laurens.
Tho wreck of a froight train on I
ChalcBton and WoBtorn Railroad n
Laurono Wednesday morning oaui
tho iustant death of Engineer Willi
Mooklin and tho colored brakom
Charley llaynoa. Tho train w
twclvo loaded oars was moving on i
twenty miles rato, when tho eng
suddenly jumped tho track, turi
over and plowed into the deop emba
mont, a distanoo of about fifty yai
As tho engine turned o\\.r, MoKin
and Haynes, who was on tho scat v
bim, wore violently hurled against
furnaco and ooverod with coal. T
woro literally roasted to death. '.
fireman who was on the opposito sid
tho origino from tho onginocr osoa
with slight injuries.
A Big Failure.
Prico, MoOorinack & Co., ono of
largest brokorago houses in Now Y
failod Thursday with liabilities <
mated at thirteen million dollars,
finn is a member of tho stock, oo
and produjo exchanges and of tho <
e>KO stook exchange, and has br?
offices in about 30 cit io i throughout
United States. Tho failure is asor
to tho faot that tho firm was long
cutten in tho faoo cf a fast falling t
kct.
Shell Did Explode.
' A special ditipatoh from Gulle
I Ga., to tho Atlanta Journal says
littlo children of Mr. and Mrs. ]
patrick woro playing with an 1
loaded" shotgun sholl yostorday a
noon, when tho sholl oxploded. A
lion of tho Hying missilo passed thn
tho window, striking tho infant o
which was in his mother's arms,
childron woro badly powdor-marke<
Hovero Coaot Btortt,
From reports rocoivod at Ast
Oregan, from points along tho ooi
is thought that moro than four
wore lost in Thursday af tor noon's st
Tho galo which suddenly sprang
tho southeast was the worst that
provailed on this part of tho ooa
this limo of tho yoar. Tho
reached a volooity of ovor 60 mil
hour. Pishormon woro every who
tho rivor with their nota out.
SENATOR TILLMAN
Oets a Bauquet from Rev. Sam
P. Jones.
HIQHEST SORT OF PRAISE.
O. rout est Senator South Carolina
Has Had Since tho Days
of John C. Calhoun.
Hov. 8am I*. Jones, tho great evange
list, writes as follows from lialtimoro
to tho Atlanta Journal:
Thero aro no dull days now. Tho
reoord of any day's happouings would
mako a book. Political conventions,
Mothodist goncral oonforouocs, Baptist
conventions, soldiors' reunions, raoo
oournos, oto., bosidoB a thousand other
things to fill tho columns of nowspapors
and satisfy dosiro for tho sensational.
Tho two winga of tho "Pops" have
hold thoir conventions and nominated |
their oandidatos and adopted thoir plat
form, and adjourned.
A. fow days later tho old regulars,
tho Democrats and Republicans, will
gathor, ono in Philadelphia, tho other
in Kansas City, annouooo their plat
forms and nominale! their candidates.
It ia a foregone conclusion, that tho
Republicans will nominato McKinley
and tho Democrats will announce Bry
an as their candidates. Thou will como
tho tug of war.
Tho present outlook makos things
look brighter for tho Democrats. Thoro
is a growing fooling among tho masaos
that Mr. MoKinloy is tho tool of cor
rupt political bosses, and that thc Re
publican party is iu lenguo with tho
trusts and combinations, and that it
moves to tho tap of tho drum of tho
moneymongors. If tho Democrats
won't aot tho fool and will put a live,
strong man na chairman of their na
tional committed, they stand a good
chance this limo to put in thoir candi
dates. If thoy ? ill put thosilvor ques
tion in tho baokground, favor expan
sion, donounoo imperialism, champion
puro Dotnooraoy, and fight paternalism,
Bland for principles and li^ht protec
tion, and lcavo out a few of tho nones
sential planks of tho Chicago platform,
then they havo a chanco.
Strikes and dissontions aro already
multiplying among tho laboring masBoa.
Tho Ropublicau party is constantly
making tho .most egregious blundors.
Bossism growing moro unpopular daily.
Doss-riddon and monoy-riddon and
trust ridden as tho Rc publican party is,
still it's a powor. A party with moro
brains than oonsoienco, moro prcjudioo
than prinoiplo, a party perpetuated by
pensions and mastered by millions, may
still bo moro than a match for tho
Doraoorats.
Senator Boo Tillman, of South Car
oliua, spoko iu Baltimore two nights
ago at a Democratic rally of tho several
wards of tho city. Mc said somo true
and strong things. I give you a fow
Bontouocs of his spcooh:
VI am fresh from tho sonate cham
ber at Washington, where I havo worked
hard all day today to provont tho treas
ury of tho United ?States from being
lootod of eight million dollars by two
armor pluto factories. When tho treas
ury is looted, it is you debased, igno
rant DomooratS and Republicans who
possess heads but no brains, you men
who havo votos and put mon in offioo
who steal and you haven't honost sonso
enough to oatoh thom or manliness
enough to expose thom. If tho individ
ual is oorrupt and ignorant ho will soud
mon to tho halls of legislation who aro
thiovos and who will roimburso them
selves out of tho publio treasury for tho
expenso of their oleotion. Dcmooraoy
means government by tho people It
docsn t moan that tho pcoplo got ordors
from some bosB or instructions from a
fow loaders. Arc you going to stick
your fingers in your mouths and bc
bossed hy tho samo? Boss riddou,
nowspaper-ridden, oorporation-riddon
loaders? Get on your knees ovciy
timo you pick up a newspaper; it ia full
of lies. You must think for yoursolvcB. '
Thoy aro subsidised by tho wealthy
olasses, and tho purposo is to havo tho
editors fool you."
These aro plain words and no doubt
true words as thoy apply in many in
stanoos.
I have watched with somo i ni crest
tho career of Bou Tillman and 1 bo
liovo in him beoauso ho is a man who
has tho oourago of his cou vidions. Wo
need him in tho United States sonate
with his pitchfork and al). Bon Till
man is a biggor man today than any
day in his lifo. Ho is moro highly es
teemed by his friends and moro feared
and hated by his enemies, lie and old
Sonator Hoar say tho strongost and tho
truest things that havo been said on
tho floor of tho nonato si neo tho days of
lion Hill and RoROOO Cockling. Jion
Tillman doesn't contribute much dig
nity to tho senate, but ho is a mixture
of mule aud billy goat. Ho kicks with
ono ond and butts with tho other, lion
Tillman has as much brains and moro
backbone than any man iu publio lifo
today. Go it, Hon, you aro a joy to
your frioudd and a doBO of oalomel to
your enemies. You made South Caro
lina a good governor and nineo tho days
j of John Calhoun sho has not had your
equal in tho senate.
Old Senator Morgan of Alabama, and
Hoar, of Massachusetts, have woll nigh
run thoir moo, but thoy aro loved and
honored by a gratoful constitue u oy and
may dio in tho harness if thoy choose.
Thoy scorn to bo puzzled for running
matos for McKinley and Bryan; oaoh
party wanta a tail to tho kilo heavy
onough to steady tho kito as thoy fling
t it to tho political broczos.
Toddy won't play tail to McKinley's
kito, and Towno may bo tied ou to the
Democratic kilo. Tho Republicans
may havo a Long tail to thoir kito.
Bair- '.?, Jones.
Converts With XL. J o //ord.
Tho situation of Christians in Ar
menia is rapidly boooming intolerable
Tho Turks aro forcing Armenians by
tho hundreds to orubraoo Islam,, and
outrageous vexations to Christian resi
dents aro of daily o oour rc noe
. Cr tu bed te Death . . ,"
Adispatohfrom Romo says in tho
great or uah in tho canonizing coro
monioa at St. Potor's Friday pibrning,
to which ovor a hundred thousand pil
grim? flocked, two persons woro killed
aud many o th ora fainted.;
LIGHT AT EVENTIDE
A Beautiful Prose Poem That io Worth
Reading,
Below wc publish ono of tho bounti
ful prono poems that hes made A. B.
Williams, Editor of Tho Groonvillo
News, famous. Hoad it, and thon cut
it out aud put it in your sorap book.
Hero it is:
Whou wo grow hoyond tho freshness
of youth and have not yot bcguu to know
the decay of old ago wo aro in tho land
and timo of prose No poet sings of us,
,no puintor paint3 us-exoept portraits
for whioh wo aro rcquirod to pay-no
novelist puts us in his storios oxoopt as
filling and baokground. They do not
maleo horoos or horoinos of us, and our
trials aud sorrows and triumphs and
adventures scorn to bo of inteiost to no
body, lt is just at that timo whon wo
aro old to tho very young aud young to
tho very old that is called middle lifo,
where- wo bogin to know and bo part of
real lifo that all thoso whoso businoasis
with fanoy and poetry negloot us.
Youth and ago havo oaoh their spooial
graces aud beauties, but wo botweon
thom aro allowed noither, Ono is loved
and tho othor vonoratcd, but wo ero
meroly useful. It is tho privilogo of
youth to dream doauliful dreams and
look forward longing to rainbows broad
aa tho firmament aud distant, statoly
alabaster tomplos, toworingamid purple
hill tops and tinged with thc hues of
tho sumiso clouds, glowing in thc
glory of tho dow risen sun. It is tho
happiness of ago to dream yet moro
beautiful dreams of a past softonodand
glorifiod by thceilvor mist of thc gather
ing yearsj tho far roocding temples
ubini tig with tho light of tender' memo
ries, tho fragr.vnoo of old joys stealing
across tho bhadowed bill tops in thc
deepening silenco and tho subduod
radianoo of tho sunset timo. It is tho
part of middlo ugo to be, to do and to
sutler-to bo tho verbs of lifo, giving it
meaning, to boar tho burdon aud tho
strain.
It is tho limo of strength and ripo
ncjH and produotion aud valuo, for mid
dlo ago must bo tho holp for tho young
and tho prop for tho old. It is tho
timo, too, ol' struggle and weariness and
discouragement whon tho first impulso
and eager, sanguino hopo of youth have
gone and tho restfulness and resigna
tion of ago have not yet como, lt is
the timo when mon and women aro said
to bo in their primo, and they need to
bo, for all thoir power and strength aro
dcuiandod by tho over gathering weight
of responsibilities. Yot it is the timo
whon tho least holp and sympathy is
given. Everybody is kindly and toler
ant to youth, its follies and faults aro
readily forgiven and sympathotio hands
and hearts aro ready to raino it from its
falls aud aid it in its progress. Old
ago appoals to ovory instinct of benevo
lence and ils foibles,and exactions and
sins aro condoned with prompt com
plaisance. For tho middlo aged thora
is no allowance Tho man who goes
dowi) at that timo of lifo is in evil oaso
and must recover by his own strength
and oourago for tho world is busy help
ing and pitying tho old and tho young.
It is all light. It is just that in tho
timo when our strength is greatest tho
burdons should bo heaviest and that wo
should bo tho helpers of thoso who are
ooming after us and thc props of thoso
who have gone beforo us, and somo of
whom bore burdons for us in thoir day.
But somobody ought to writo some
poetry or paint some pictures about us
or niako UH heroes and horoinos of somo
novols. Wo aro not yot ready to bo
voneratod nor do wo want anybody to
pst us on tho hoad and focd us sugar
plums or make lovo to us, but wo tiro
I now and thon-all of us-of being so
entirely prosaic Wo want to bo con
, sidorcd somehow as something moro
than tho world's working people and
draught animals and general burdon
boarors-things to bo mado uso of with
out hoing admired. Yet brethren and
sisters-wo who aro living in the lato
spring and tho full summer and ripe
autumn -let us not repino bocause wo
must bo tho proso part of tho fctory
of lifo and lookod on as tho general
bearers aud carriers and hclpors. Sure
ly thoro is no plaoo moro honorable.
Lot us do our work staunohly and
sturdily and with cheerful and hopeful
and olean and wholosomo hearts,
For tho summer will begin to wane
presently and glido gontly but swiftly
into autumn and from autumn to win
ter. Littlo by littlo tho light of tho
sun and tho moon and tho stars shall
he darkened and tho clouds g kt her after
tho rain and thoso that look out of tho
windows shall soo dimly and tho strong
men bow themselves and tho keepers of
tho house shall tromblo and fall moro
and moro aud tho grasshopper bo a bur
den intolerable on tho backs now broad
and strong. Let thoso of us who must
bear and oan, rejoice that wo oan, look
ing to that sure time, if wo bo spared
to it, whon wo oan not-that timo when
tho goldou bowl of lifo shall bo wearing
thin to its inovitablo broaking and tho
silver cord shall vibrato but foobly to
tho faint and failing melodies of tho
daughters of music booauso it is about
to bo loosoncd.
It will bo good in that timo to know
that tho knees bending bonoath our
own weight havo boon strong aud will
ing to boar tho burdons of many and
swift ?,o noswor wlioro thoro was need.
It will bo comforting to know that tho
hands trembling impotently havo in
thoir timo dono muoh work and builded
welland beon powerful to lift and raiso
and held and prop. Whon tho oyos soo
but dimly what, is about thom it will
bo poaoo and glory to look baok through
tho voil of silver mist of tho gathering
[.years to tho far oil whito tomples of our
HU ii vi so dreams and know that while
droams woro beautiful and havo van
ished work woll dono shall onduro. So
in tho de?poning silonoo and darkening
shadows and fading glorios of tho sun
set limo' and tho wintor tho memories of
tho noon and summor days shall live in
the soul and illuminato and gladden it.
And thoro shall bo light at oventido.
They Will Vaoate.
A disp?toh from Frankfort, Ky.,
says Republican Auditor Sweonoy sont
for Deniooratio Auditor Coulter Friday
morning and notified him ho wan roady
to turn over tho H tat o record s and pos
sessions of tho'oflioo in tho statohouso
without waiting for ?otion by tho court
of appeals. "It is understood tho othor
Hopublioan officials will do likewise in
tho next day ov* two and that by next
wock tho statohouso will bo oluoorod ex
clusively by tho Pomoorats, _?;??
THE SMALL POX.
Gov. Mcsweeney Review? the
Situation In the State.
HE OFFERS 8UQOE8TIONS.
They Are Basedon a Letter Re
ceived From Ono Who Has
Watched Course of Things
Closely.
In talking of tho smallpox situation
in tho Stato whioh has rcquirod so
much attention for sorao timo, Gov.
MoSweonoy Wednesday said:
"I havo hoon very muoh interested
in tho effort to .otmnp-out smallpox in
this Stato and all oasos reported to mo
hayo boon promptly roforrcd to Dr.
Jamos Evans, scorotary of tho Stato
board of health, and by him givon ira
mediato attention. In spite of thoso ef
forts the disoaso still lingers in tho
Stato aud if not oheokod or stamped
out may oauso muoh trouble during tho
ooming fall and winter. I ant afraid
our pooplo do not roalizo tho import
aneo and ncocesity of vaccination. Tho
Stato board of health has endeavored
to impress tho importance of vaccina
tion as a proventivo and has empha
sized tho faot that through vaccination
was tho only way to prevent a sproad
of tho disoaso and to stamp it out ef
fectually. And yot wo havo boon un
ablo to eoouro oomploto vaccination. If
tho managers of our cotton mills and
tho operators could bo mado to rcaliKo
tho iinportanoo to thoir own oommuni;
tics and to themselves and thoir propv
orty of vaccination I am sure they
would not neglcot it any longer. Com
pulsory vaccination is not only not
popular but tho uso of force is not al
ways tho best way to aooomplish ro
sults.
"In faot I doubt'tho wisdom of ?a ro- .
sort to foreo oxoopt it may bo in ox
tro mo oasos whore persons porsistontly
and stubbornly refuso to submit to
vaooination. My purpose now is to oall
tho attention of tho people to tho im
portanoo of this matter and to argo
upon thom tho good jud/;mont in as
sisting tho suppression of tho disoaso
by submitting to vaooination. I would
bo glad to havo tho managers of the
cotton mills to oall tho attention of tho
mill communities to tho importanoo of
vaooination and I am sure if it ifl dono
in tho propor spirit thoro will bo no re
sistance or objootion to vaooination.
Sohool trustees and tcaohors and su
perintendents oould also aid in thia
work by requiring ovidenoo of tho vac
cination as a requisito for tho entrance
of pupils to tho schools. 1 hopo all the
people of tho Stato will uuito in an of
fert to stamp out tho disoaso.
"Some days ago I received a letter
from Col. J. B. Olovoland of Spartan
burg on this subject whioh statos tho
case very plainly and whioh I recom
mend."
Tho following is Mr. Cleveland's lot
ter roferrod to by tho governor:
Hon. M. 1$. MoSwoonoy, Govornor of
South Carolina, Columbia, S. C.:
Duar Sir: I am afraid that tho Stato
will havo muoh troublo during tho fall
and winter with smallpox. Thoro aro
so many moro centros of cffoolion now
thau thcro woro a year ago, and from
what Ioamloarn, they are .inoroasing
daily.
1 do not think our pooplo aro edu
cated as yet up to tho idoa of compul
sory vaooination. Thcro is a woeful
laok^ of knowledgo of tho benefits of
vaccination. In tho town of Whitnoy
it has been shown conclusively that
vaooination givos perfeot immunity
from tho disoaso. In ono house whioh
was a hoarding houso, thoro woro somo
twenty pooplo all of whom woro ex
posed, soventoon oaught tho smallpox,
and tho throe that did not tako it woro
tho only ones that wero vaocinatod.
In tho Gorman ompiro whoro they
havo compulsory vaooination, thoro aro
only eight deaths in ten thousand from
smallpox. In England whore thoy have
not oompuhory vaccination, thoro aro
ono hundred and thirty deaths irom
smallpox out of ton thousand. Statis
tics taken from oflioial documents in
Germany show as against eight deaths
from smallpox, thero aro four hundred
aud fifty deaths from typhoid fover out
of ton thousand.
In faot, out of sixteen different dis
eases whioh aro onuaioratod, tho death
? rato from smallpox is muoh lower than
that of any other disease.
This to my mind ia oonolusivo that
tho only way to stamp out tho disoaso
is by vaccination. As I havo said? I
do not think compulsory vaooination
would bo popular, but thoro is ono way
that I think it cnn bo dono and that is
for tho trustcos of every public eohool
in tho Stato to lay down tho law that no .
child shall ho enrolled in tho Sjhool
unloss va joinatod, and tho proof of tho
vaooination shall bo a woll dofluod soar.
I think this rulo oould bo enforood and
tho result will bo that in a fow years
our ontiro population would bo vaool
natcd.
Tho making of suoh a rulo is not a
hardship; it i i simply making the pa
ronts do what thoy should do.
Tho sohools for tho fall soaslon will
bo open in a fow months, and if it is
possiblo for you, tho Stato board of
health or the Stato oominiasionor to
tako up tlii s matter with tho di (feront
sohool trasteen, and soo that suoh ft
regulation is made, it would do moro
to stamp ont smallpox in this State
than any other plan.
If this mattor oannotbo handled in
this way, I am going to soo what eau
bo dono in tho mill towns about it.
Yours very rospcotfully,
John B, Cleveland.
Political Untold?.
Tho Spartonhurg Herald saya: "Law
ronoo W. Yoemans is getting ooh! com
fort from tho wcokly proas for his Ul
timod effort to stir np strifo in tho
stato oonvontion. If ho had only had
tho good senso to seo it, thoro might
hayo bcon a futuro for Yoomans."
? Out Hor Throat. i
Mrs. Anna Ohisolm Gilmore, wife of
Major J. 0. Gilrnoro, assistant adjutant
gonoral of tho National guard of Penn
sylvania, committed suioldo by cutting
her throat with a rifcor at Philadelphia
Thursday. 8ho dlod in her husband'?
arms.
