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SOME HOT SHOT.
Tillman Defends Dispensary and
Dcmsads Some Arrests.
SOME PLAIN TALK,
Says Brice Law Elections ls Not The
Voice of the Pespie."^ Scores the
Old Board for Violating (he Lew,
Thinks Another Political Ring
ls Forming.
Senator Tillman hasta.ued an ad
dress to tue people of South Carolina
on tho dispensary situation in thc
state. It is a characteristically
strong statement of his vlow of mat
ters, and it will be read with interest
by the voters of tho stato. The ad
dress follows:
Fellow Citizens: It ls only from a
sense of the highest public duty that
I feel oallcd upon to add ross you at
this time, Burdened us I am with
national concerns nothing but obliga
tions to tho people Induce mo to take
upon my shouldors tho additional
work of dlreotiug your attention to
mattors affeotlng the state alone.
But I have never felt or believed it to
be the wish and Intention of thc peo
ple of South Oarolina that my elec
tion to the senate should causo me to
lose all Interest and c mcern ab ut
home ?,11'Uifi. I was a citizen and
taxpayer bofore I ever held any ellice
at all and I will bo a citizen and tax
payer after I shall ceose to hold office.
Therefore, it is unnatuial and impro
per from my point of view for me bo
take no Interest and have no thought
about what is golig cn iu South
Carolina.
NO DICTATION OH HOSSISM
I have received a gnat deal of ad
vloo recently (rem the newt-pnpers of
our state to the c ff cot that 1 should
attend to my duties in Washington
and leavo others to dlsouss and direct
affairs at home. The common tree1
of all of this advice is that 1 should
dlsouss national questions in the com
ing stato campaign, bc re ch uted io
the senate, with or without opposi
tion, and not stir up strifo. I am
warned and threatened should 1 not
heed this counsel, but In spite of il
all I feel compelled to speak to the
people with my mual frankness aud
bluntness and let them determine the
whole question. I have never Bought
to dictate to the people; I have only
told them the truth as 1 see lt, given
my opinions for what they wero
worth, and 1 am always willing n
abide by their action whatever that
mav be. It Is so in this instance. Ii
gives uno no concern that my return
to the senate mav bo Jeopard ?/. <}.
There are tilings more to ba dreaded
than the loss of a seat In the senate,
ono io the loss of my own self ra peet
I h?.ve been trusted hy lite people of
South Carolina and have been honor
ed by them far beyond mv des ri ,
have boen chosen as cbdr leader and
boen followed loyally. N JW, if affcu
sixteen years 1 should, from sollis!.
motives, betray their confidence ano1
allo v ambiiion to draw me aside from
tho path of duty, 1 would deserve ai r
expoot to rectIvo their oontemptand
punishment at the polls. I, tbt re
fore, scorn all suggestions of c -hard
ly no-iulorferenco In state ?.ilUrs
The people know me too well to ba
fooled by the assertion ibat it I? my
desire to bf ss or dec?ate, for my sols
purpose ls to give them the benefit of
my experience and koo sledge and
offer such advice as in my judgment
will bc conducive to the public wt 1
far?. Thou I will abide cheerfully by
whatever conclu don they mav reach
"Teach the people and trust the pt o
plo" was J( ff orson's motto; teach the
people and trust the people ls cq'iall)
my motto and that ls all I shall at
tempt to do at this tim-.
RING KULI? TIIKKATKNKD.
Sixteen years ago there was a revo
lution In South Carolina which ga/e
the common neople of the state for
tho first timo In Its history that re
cognition which was their duo and
made them In reality the masters of
our public affairs. The old rinn was
overthrown; thc primary system
which gave every man, however poor
ar.d humble, an equal vote with every
other man, however rieb and high
followed; the new state constitution
gave us temporary immunity from
negro domination; the utmost free
dom of discussion in all political BC
tlvlties was assured; and under these
new Impulses the s: ate has bounded
forward like a race horse along all
progressive lines. Thoro are not
wanting, however, Indications that
sinister influences are at work and
that a few men are socking to obtain
praotlcal control of thc sta o govern
ment and to dominate In our affairs
The corporations have not regained
tho sway willoh tiiey once held, but
are gradually gottlug more and more.
Influence and direction in '?ur p .lille .
There aro evidences of more than
"incipient rottenness" in tho state
and if tho sobemos of certain men are
not thwarted in the coming primai y
eleotlon, lt will be only a short time
before another "state ring" will have
full sway in our air.ilis with Its head
quarts in thc State nowspapor oilier In
Columbia.
There are several things In connec
tion with our state government that
I will discuss In the coming campaign,
but in this address I shall treat of
only two of the things the people of
the state should earnestly c riskier
now and take im mediate action about.
Ono is the settlement of the whis
key question and the other ls the con
trol of the Democratic party of tho
stato by a majority of all of thc D m
oorats ratl er tuan by a s : all fraction
of the voters. The two Id.?as are In
terlookcd and cannot bo r?par?t erl
and, therefore, I shah treat tbcm to
tether.
"BLESSINGS OF PROIllhlTION."
At this time by elections held under
the Brice aot Hf teen counties In the
state are enjoying tho blenslngs of
prohibition. (Two have always boon
dry). No whiskey can he lawfully
Bold within their borders. But any
oltlzen living in thot-e counties has
only to keep his eyes open and bink
Around him to soe what the results
bave been. First? let every man who
reads a newspaper printed In those
counties search Its columns and see
advertisements ot whiskey houses out
side- ot thc state and then !et him go
to the express oihoes along the lines
of the railroads and see how much
liquor is hoing daily brought into
those seventh n counties. Then let
this citizen follow up tnis liquor and
Heil out who drinks it, but before dc<
lng that turn to the editorial paxes of
theso newspapers and see fie eon
staut ai lu ions to tho "blessings of
prohibition," "quietude," "freedom
from drunkenness," "peace and good
ordor" that ate proclaimed Of course
there aro exceptions to this bright
and beautiful pioture as shown In tho
news Hems about tho recent murder
m a blind tiger in Greenville, follow
sd by a similar occurence lu O lum
bla, but upon the whole a mau would
be very much horrified to know how
muoh money flows into the coffers cf
these jourua's from whiskey advertise
ments, while the same papers are ex
plotting prohibition and sobriety.
A ll tl le oalm consideration without
blas or prt jud'oa will som con vir 09 a
man of ordinary som o that tho wills
key trofllo now as compared with the
whiskey traillo under the dispensary
is something like this: L'auor used
to be sold by V o pint and q tait main
1 ly through tho dispensaries; lt ls now
lold through the express o?io?s by
tho galion and keg, while tho retail
lng is dono by tho drink almost every
where as in the good old barroom
days. Thc moonshiners are, cf oourso,
getting In their work unmolested.
There may be less drunkenness,
thc ugh 1 doubt it, under the present
regime than there was uudor tho dis
pensary, but what ls the actual condi
tion? Tho poor man cannot get his
liquor from G orgia or North Caro
Una, but must buy from tho follow
who brings lt in by express or from
tho moonshiner who peddles it about
the country. Tho rloh mau has no
such trouble and it makes llttlo dif
ferenco to him whother the supply
comes from tho dispensary or expr?s?
otllce. How was this situation brought
about? Is it by thedireotion or under
the orders of the whole Democratic
party? Oh, ni. Did it como to pass
by thc votes of tho prohibitionist?
No. How then? Thc three clements
opposing the dispensary, prohibition
lsts, high license men and moonshin
ers or blind tigers, all combined to
vote the dispensary out. To make
this thc more olear, I have prepared
a table whioh will be understood at a
glance by any man who reads lt and
wldoh will show conclusively tbU
fact: that a majority of the Dem- ora
tio voters In no one county declared
j gai ns t the dispensary system anc?
that tills prohibition whioh we now
havs lu these lifteen counties is in no
sense the will of the Democ-acy
Why didn't the people vote at theso
elections under the ilrlcelaw? The
ar.swcr is easy. Many of them could
not h cause they were not qualified
electors and moro of them would not
because they were disgusted by the
mismanagement aud corruption which
lave been shown to exist lu the stat
dispensary and lu some of tho county
dispensaries.
8PK0IAL IMSP1CNSAUY EJECTIONS UN
1>KK THU BUICK ACT
Total
For No Total vote
County Dispon- Dispen- for Gov
sary sary in i!)04
Union.412 701 1,178 2,f>!)4
Newberry.316 815 1,221 2 tilt}
Manon....281 1,118 1420 3,200
York.131 725 854 3,168
Hoi ry.322 854 1,170 2,003
Lancaster.120 050 1,082 2,557
Florence.743 038 1,381 2,300
Darlington.201 (?so !?7l 2,403
Oconee.80 007 703 2,018
Spartanburg.410 2,1 li 2.530 7,080
Greenville.383 858 1.211 o 707
Anderson*.7io 1,148 1,807 6,003
Fair held.374 205 57!) 1,574
Kdgclio d.108 425 023 1,730
.Saluda.238 371 600 1,065
WnHarasburg....447 688 1,035 2,ind
Laurens.772 818 1,600 3,104
Totals.0,315 13,800 20.115 64,730
Tue 0 aie the elli dal figures obtain
ed from the < Oleo of the Secretary of
nate in Columbia, and from the re
cords of the Democratic State com
mit tee.
Tho above table shows that less
than one. half of tho people voted,
while only one-fourth of them worein
favor of no dispensary.
NET PROFITS VICOM DISPENSARY VOR
FISCAL Y KA ll ENDINO. NOV
EMBER 30, 1905.
Profit Special
from Dispcn'ry
County. Dispen- School Total,
sa rv. Fund.
Anders'ti.$32,708 03 $4,020 70 $37,410 30
DMIngt'n.. 14,764 44 2,020 58 10,76602
lidgclicld.. 6,354 10 2,582 O?) 8,030 28
Gr'nvlliO.. 34,533 40 4,374 02 38,006 08
Ilorry. 3,822 74 4,223 13 8,045 87
Lano'stcr, 10,057 30 3,004 60 13,00102
Marion.... 16,000 30 3,150 50 18,828 8!)
N'wberry. 7,838 44 2,424 33 10,202 77
< leonel!. 7.730 0S 2.700 03 10,635 71
Pickcns.... 2,270 18 1,071 32 4,241 50
Saluda. 3,078 80 2 008 00 0,017 40
Spart 'IjV. 31 ooo 22 5,330 10 30,030 41
Urion. 12,825 2 0 2,181 80 1 5,007 12
York. 3,604 60 3,543 35 7,137 85
Toi als..$188,137 20 $45207 01 $233 334 21
The above amounts of profits only
shows thc money received by the
counties. An equal amount went Into
the town treasuries, so that instead
of being $188 000 it is double that, or
$370 Ooo and tho grand total would
be 8421,000 for theso fourteen conn
Mos. Tnis su n represents profits
al ine. A great deal moro than this
ls being lient out of tho state to pay
for liquor now coming in by express.
We have 8ll the evils of liquor drink
ing and nene of tho benefits, but if
the people arc satisfied, that is their
bust noss.
BRICE LAW ELECTIONS NO SETTLE
M KNT.
Having studied these two tables, 1
desire to olreot attention to HUBS
points: tha elections u dor tho Brice
act, and under which tho people are
now living, have In no souse settled
the question In those counties. Un
less our peoplo h vc lost all capacity
for self-government and are no longer
able, to think and act for themselv.*;,
they will see to lt that Strong, honest,
rollahlc men are nominated lu caob
county for tho legislature and that
each candidate that di es not pledge
himself to carry out tho will of the
majority of tho people in regard to
whiskey s;iall be. defeated. The blind
tigers, thc ban oom dement and pro
hibltlonlstd will doubtless all combine
and suppirt anti dispensary candi?
dates as they have hitherto dono, for
they will hardly put up candidates
pledgel lo their several policies.
It ls therefore the dispensary against
tho Hold and tho ot.ly complication
likely to came trouble ls t he division
nmong thu dispensary advocates of
bl 108O who want each county to buy
liquor for itself and those who think
It oau be more cheaply and honestly
done through the atabe dispensary.
There ls therefore danger of the dis
pen s ar y forces being divided Into two
factions and tho advocates of the
oounty dispensary system aligning
themselves with the other three ele
ments. . v
COUNTY AM) STATIS DI8CKN8A1UK8
Let us outsider for a moment tho
relative advantages and disadvantages
of county dispensaries and state dis
pensary. I dcolare most emphatically
my belief that by proper ohanges In
the law al mer the linos suggested In
the fUysor Miunlng bill tbat all pos
sibility of stealing aud bribery in the
purchase of whiskey for the stato o fin
be prevented and lt stands to reason
that If the liquor is purohased at wuolc
sale by ono board, shipped by tho car
load, and bottled at one establishment
tbat there will be a great saving In the
expense. Tbe county dispensaries
would have no faolliti s fer handling
the whiskey, buii leaving alt of this
out of o- nsldoration tho ono crucial
'.est cf tho relative merits of the two
systems, state dispensary or oounty
dispensarle is simply this: If wt
oannot by law so hedge about and
oontrol one state board as to prevent
stealing how in the name of common
sense will we bo able to.watoh and pre
vent thirty or forty boards from do
ing it? IJeoause the retiring stat?
board and its predecessors has ecgag
ed in questionable practices and waa
guilty of suoh gross mismanagement
and malfeasance in (Mic is no argu
ment to show that the law oannot bc
ohanged so as to destroy all oppor
tunity for such praotlces. No law will
execute Itself, whon those ohargod
with the exeeution of the law fail ut
tcrly and there ls ncgleot from tlu
highest to the lowest, lt follows, as s
matter of course, that it ls the dut)
of the people to elect men who wll
not Hinch or neglect their sworn du
ties.
OUTUAOKOU8 CONDITION,
It ls therefore obvious that the peo
pie must look moro to the Integrity
honesty, truthfulness of tho oandl
dates who ask for their vote than ti
the moro capaolty to speak glibly
and tho plauslhlo address of the oil;
politician. Tho people should bli
fcuoe s* raddlers to got to tho rear
they should demand outspoken dc
olaratlons of policy and no man win
failed of his duty in the past shouli
Oe again entrusted with ctllce. Lool
at tho present disgraceful and out
raiieous condition in Columbia. Th
old board of directors O
the state dispensary has loaded dowi
the K ale with about ?5700,000 wort
of lquor, bought on credit, in ope
and dlrcot violation of tho Jaw. Wh
are not these men arrested for ma
feasance In c Bloc? Why were the
not removed last summer when th
evidenoe of gross incompetency an
mismanagement waB llrst mado pul
ile? Why did the legislature evt
elect such men? Why lu tho face <
absolute proof lu the letting of gla:
contracts and in the purchase <
labels to say nothing of the purohai
of whiskey tnat they were guilty <
gross misconduct, why I say did tl
legislature refuse to change tho la
when the house found that thc sena
would not consent to the abolition i
the htate dispensary? IJ was b
cruso of the inllucnce of, the Sta
newspaper.
MILK IN TIIK COCOA NTT.
There ls every reason to believe tl
house stood out to the last and rofe
ed absolutely to amend or altar tl
law In any particular in bbe hope ai
intention to have tho state dispensa
so far disgraced before the peop
that In the coining election it wou
be destroyed, D;d tlu.se legislate
discuss thc question of abolishing tl
state dispensary when they were ru
nlng for oflloe in 1904? Did they ha
any authority from thc peopic to abc
Ish the state dispensary becausoof tl
mismanagement of tho men the leg:
laturo itself had electee? Was not tl
failure of the house to accept ai
measure of reform In order to prove,
fraud and speculation in the futu
due entirely to the influences of tl
new Columbia rinn? Was It not clea
ly 8liown that tho palmary ol jict w
to destroy the state di pensary ai
thus pavo the way for licensing t
sale of ilquor in those o unties whl
wanted lt even providing for who
sale license In Charleston with tl
purpose of having Charleston sell
the county dispensaries Instead of ha
lng the Btato dispensary supply t
neccessory stock? Was there not a ht
pain between the prohibitionists a
the old barroom or high lloenfe e
ment and ls there any man lu the stn
so brazen as to stand up and oall tl
honest politics? Can thc men w
with their oy?s opened to conn ?tl
refuse point blank to reform tho sti1
dispensary have the Impudence to a
the mle to trust them again?
Follow? ol ti zens wc need some iv
ost politics In South Carolina; we nr
some straightforward, plain speaklt
we need agrr sdvc and honest actl
by the masses to protect themselv
Phe people have been asleep. Tl
have been Ixllod Into Inaction by t
honeyed words of adroit polltlcu
and it ls time for them to a wal
Eternal vigilance ls the price of 1
erty.
INYKSTiaATINO COMMITTEE).
Look at the present situation al
A. new hoard is elected to manage t
state dispensary under tho old la
That old law was fatally defeiblvo
some particulars, but it has not bt
obeved in the last two >ears. at lea
with regard to competition In biddi
for thc right to supply tho state tl
pensary with whlskoy and in other I
portant part iculars. The now hoi
comes into otlh o Unding an Immo
stook of liquor bought on credit, n
practically all ol lt bought contrary
law. Tho leghdaturc gave to thc
vrst'gatlng o mmlttcc full control t
authority in regard to auditing r
passing upon these accounts. Thee
board then ls subject to the Invci
gating commltteo and the. situai
sooms to be this: Tho authority
managing and directing thc affairs
tho dispensary ls now divided, thc i:
beard of directors having some, of
and the investigating committee
balance. There ls something 1
3(100,000 worth of debts hanging i
tho state dispensary. Unless this
quor bought on credit v/as boup.ht
oording to law ls thero any obll)vat.
anywhere to keep lt and pay for
Is there not plenty of opportunity
more graft atul secret transactions
regard to the settlement of these
counts? Will not thc legllatlvo or.
mlttco bo suggested of corruption 1
docs not get In tho middle of thor'
aud stay there, that ls stand hy
law, obey lt 1 ts? if and require all ti
ors to do so? Why ao much delay 1
DKM AND PUNISHMENT.
I mention th!:; thus early lu oi
tn direct the attention of thoso nt
Interested to this onnditlon In
hope that the state's rights and im
)
eats may bo pr?teotod by all those now
In ol mr KO, and to ?cr vo notice that so
far as 1 am oonoerned I oxpcot to spare
no man In orltlolsm whose aotion In
this er.?!? shall not bear the olonest
scrutiny and, if there is oontlcued neg
llgonoe and no attempt made to pun
lsh those responsible for thin anoma
lous and extraordinary state of affairs
lt will certainly show that the people
n?ed io be aroused U?d u^otue* revo -
lution ls in order. I cannot lead it as
a oandldato for a state (Oho, beoause
lt ls not Immodest in me to say that
1 behove 1 can be of great uso to the
people of tho state lu the senate, but
If I misunderstand the temper of the
people and they shall resent my effort
to open their eyes and point out thcBe
glaring evils, I am perfeotly williup;
to abide their wlshoB and will gladly
retire to private life rather than to
remain silent against tho-promptings
of my sonso of duty.
VOTJSUB MUST WATOH OUT,
There is ono more matter upon
which I beg to warn the people. There
are evidences lu plenty to show thal
tbe same citano or ring willoh ls light'
ing the dispensary and which has al
ways fought me intends or hopes to
oring about a ohange in our primary
regulations so as to prevent any Dem
uorat from voting lu the primaries
who is not at the same time a quillfi
od voter. Thoy hope to use tho club
which has proved so effective In the
Brice law, that of oonflning the elco
tlou to quallUod eleobors to obtain
control of the Dsmooratle party to re
sumo their sway, undisputed until
18U0. I warn the farmer and all othor
Denaoorats, especially operatives, who
aro busily engaged and have little timo
to devote to politics, to attend the
next mooting of tho Domooratio clubs,
fourth Saturday In April (28th,) and
get their names on the rolls and send
dolegates to the next county conven
tions who will represent them. Tho
allies and dlrcotors of the now Colum
bia ring will bo on the alort and carry
all of their forces to these club meet
ings and unless thc people take more
Interest than they did in the Brice law
olcctlou8, tho next state convention
will be controlled by this element and
the posslbllltlee are that tho regula
tions of the D?mocratie primary will
boohangedto sultthoir purposes. The
alliance men of 1890 need not be re
minded of tho old aneodote of thc pe
ll tlci an who told the farmors to "plow
on" ho would attend to their public
nfl! dre. Let all of the people take an
interest in politics this year, whloh is
their duty in order to proteot them |
solves against tho sohemes cf these
tricksters and all will bo well.
I have felt lt my duty to give this
warning and whatever tho result I
will bow to popular will without mur
mur. If the people want prohibition,
either tho aotual article or the hum
bug which we now have, I do not ob
ject I if they want county dispensaries
instead of a state dispensary, I do not
object; what I d ? obj^ot to ls that
obey shall ne^leob to inform them
selves and be le^ hythe nose by de
signing men, Whon the Democratic
party has spoken authoritatively, 1
will bow to tho will of the maj >rlby,
but let lt bo all of the Democratic
paity and net ?* small ?aofion which
olalms to represent cur bdsb peoplo.
B. R. TILLMAN.
LIVER A BALL P. AYER.
Mi. (DP.tm* of Tomicbnoo J' ;jj|?j? Ulm fov
ille To? m. j
According to a Washington special
to the Utileigo Tribune, Chairman
Tawney of the appropriation commit
tee and John Wesley Gal?as of Ten
nessee were engaged In a heated dis
cussion the other day In ono of the
capitol cloak rooms. I? WM? not poli
tics this time, but the natl:/?al sport
wliicb was the subject, and Mr. Gaines
demurred to tho idea that tho North
ind West wcro the best plaor-s for de
ve'.oping base .all teams, giving the
idea that big leaguers como South
?very year to get Into condition. A
free for all discussion onsued and Mr
Tawney said he could get 13 North
ern and Western men in oongress who
o mid dcfi at a team picked by Mr.
Gaines from the Southern Represen
tatives.
One of the tlrrt mon Mr. Gaines
ploked for his team was Representa
tive A. F Lever of this district. His
other men were:
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi,
Morris Sheppard of Texas, Mrs. Min
or's champion, Fred Talbott of Balti
more, Md., Representative Dovenor
of West Virginia, Judge Underwood
of Alabama. Mr. Sparkman of Flori
da; Virginia's solitary Republican,
Mr. Slomp, who waa paired with Mr.
Blackburn, who enjoys thc samo dis
tinction from North Carolin*,; Mr.
Brundldgo of Arkansas, with Mr.
Meyer of Louisiana, as the thirteenth
man.
Mr. Tawney ohose for his side:
Henry Clay Sulz>rof New York, Prec
irient Roosevelt's son-in-law, Nloholas
Longworth of Ohio, Chairman Foss of
Illinois, head of tho naval affairs com
mittee; Mr. Sullivan of Boston, Mensis.
Bich and Townsend of Wisconsin and
Michigan, respectively, Representa
tive Litrlclleld of Maine, Cy Sulloway
of New Hampshire, the tallest roan In
the house; Jim Shorman of New York,
thc new ohalrman of the Republican
congressional committee; Julius Kahn
of Sin Francisco, and Charlie Landis
of Indi .na.
Dud for lier Oh I kl.
A terrible tragedy occurred at
Ttiomasvllle, Ca.. Thursday night,
when Mrs. S J. Klngsloy laid down
tier own lifo to .favo that of her ohlld.
Mrs. Kingsley was sitting quietly In
her ooalr at home, with ber little In
fant playing about the roora, when the
lat!er drew near a table on which
stood a lighted kerosene lamp, and
pulled tho tablecloth to tho door, pre
olpltating thc daming lamp with it,
and carrying the baby off Its foet right
Into the blaze. Tuc loving mother,
frantio with fear, hurled tho ohll 1
from danger, but succeeded in saving
it only at tho prlco of h'r own lifo,
The lamp exploded and the blazing
oil enveloped tier In a sheot of living
dome. Assistance was Immediate, of
no avail. The heroic woman lingered
In horrible agon> for hours. Mrs.
Kingsley was a daughtor of Sheriff
lilgbi of Thomas county.
Au <>U1 Mau M mtonocd.
In tho United States olroulu court
at Ciarlestou Thursday John W, Car
ter, 00 years of age, of Mullins, S. C..
was sentenced to servo ono year at
hard labor In the prison at Atlanta,
on tho charge offorgery, In the prose
outlon of a pension claim He was a
membor of a company of tho First
South Carolina regiment in the Span
ish American war; and he forged tho
namos of six of his comrades. After
indictment ho confessed to the crime
and wa? given tho minimum penalty
of tho aot. Ills hair and beard aro
white and he is bent with ago, but
tho law ls no rtspeoter of persons.
CURES AF
RHEUMACIDE has c
had failed. Rheumacide
Johns Hopkins Hospital, t
of Salem, Va., and D. H. <
remedies and the doctors
Almost a Mirado In This Case?
? ,t . ^, , .Dillon,8, C. AU?
Bobbitt Chemical Company:
Centi?me?;-In Septcmbor. 1P90. I took
mat ism in a very bad form (inflammatory),
month niter thu disoaso started I had to K'\
my work and BO to bed. It continued to
worse until my arms ?nd hands were
drawn, so much so that I could tiot uso i
My ens were drawn back till my feet toi
my hips I was as helpless us a baby for i
18 months. 1 ho muscles of my arms ant
Wera hard and shriveled np. I suffered <
many times over. WM treated by six cl i fr
physicians in McColl, Dillon and Mario!
none ol them COU ld do me any unod, until
I'. Kwiitir. of Dillon, carno to see mo. Hi
me to liv your R 11 KUM ACM DE. He pot m
botUe of the medicine ami I began to ta
and before thc first bottle wns used up II
to Bet better, I used b? bottles and was
plctcly cured. I hat was years ago an
liealth h is been excellent ever since,
had no symptoms of rheumatism. WU
further that I bedail to walk in about six
nfi.-r t began to take RHEUMACIDE wit
aid of crutches; in about three months ii
bew in to take it 1 could walk as irood ai
body, and went back to work airain.
Yours truly. JAMI?S WILK
IN ERUPTION.
People in the Vicinity of /Womit
Vesuvius Terror Stricken.
<i RE AT IA VA STREAM
Running Down on thc Pompeii Side.
and Cities of Twenly and Thirty
Thousand Inhabitants T?rmt*
ened With Destruction by
Emption of Volcano.
A dispatch from Naplos, Italy, says
the inhabitants of the villages in the
vloinlty of Mount Vesuvius are In a
condition bodoring on a panio. Many |
bemrs have been abandoned
for tho open air, althou h there has
been a thlok fog all d.iy and tho at
mosphere has boen dense with "oloan
io ashes and the fumes of subterran
ean lires. The churches ar? crowded
day and night with people praying for
deliverance from au Impending p>ril,
manifestations of wnlc'i are heard and
f?lt In ccploslois which resemble a
heavy cannonading and lu tho trem
blings of the earth which aro constant
ly recurring.
The main stream of lava proceeding
from Vesuvius ls '200 feet wide, and
lt advances at times at tho rate of 21
feet. In a minute, the Intense heat de
stroying vegetation before tho stream
reaches it. The peasaut? of Por biol,
at the west foot of Vesuvius, cleared
their grounds of vineyards and treer,
In thc elf >rb to lessen tho dangor from
tire, and resisted the progress of the
lava to their utmost. The population
of Hcsoobrecf.7,, on tho southern de
clivity of the mountain have sought
safety in Hight, and Bosco lt mle, to
the eastward le also threatened. Wem
en of this village, weeping with fright,
carried a statue of St. Anne as far as
they could go the ll >wlng lava, im
plorlng a miracle to stay the advance
of tho consuming stream.
The cemetary at Bosootrcca7. has
been invaded by lava.
Too scene at night ls ono of mingled
grandeur and horror, as from the
summit of Vesuvius there loaps a
column of lire fully a thousand feet In
height, tho glare lighting tho sky and
sea for many miles. Occasionally
great masses of molten stone, some
weighing as much asa ton, areejested
from the crater. Tho village of Torrre
del Greoo. which has been eight times
destroyed and as often robuilt, ls
again threatened and the inhabitants
are in oxtremo terror.
Signor Matteucol, dlreotor of the
observatory, ls working Indefatigably
Ile has had military engineers estab
llsh telephonic connection between
the observatory and points within
range of tho volcanic activity. The
director said to the Aasoolai.ee Press
Friday evonlng that although erup
tion presented a grave monaco, he
did not believe lt would reach the
villages. Indeed he said the present
voloa lo aotlvlty was nob altogether
unmlxod with good, for if lt had not
come to paas, a violent and sudden
eruption, having a far wldor radius,
might have ocourred.
Tho eruption of Mount Vosuvlus ls
now most violent. On tho Pompeii
side the malu strep m of lava has di
vided into two, one threatening
Ottajano, a community of 20,000 tu
habitants, and thc other threatening
Torro del Qrcco, with a population of
30,000.
Tho dangoi it: booomlng serious and
calls for the immediate evaou&olon of
II scot rec*/, tho nearest vi I Iago to the
crater, which has the population of
9,000 souls.
Uhot Herself.
Mrs. ESdith Ooopor, whoso address
ls given as 2330 Oormantown avenue,
Philadelphia, oommlttod suicide
Thursday In tho Palmor House Chic
ago by shooting herself through tho
head Sho went to the Palmer House
early Thursday with a man about (if)
years of ago, who registered as IOmo
iiardelcbon, of Now York. Tho wom
an registered as Mrs. Bardolobon,.
They wero assigned to a room and
Hardelbon left the hotel. Ho lotnrn
od three hours lator and found tho
room looked. Tho door, was forced
open. The woman was dead on the
Moor, with a revolver on tho carpet
bey Xher,
TER THE DC
;ured thousands of cases of I
cured John F. Eline and <
he greatest hospital in the w
Olmstead, the Norfolk, Va., c
had given up hope. Rheurr
of rheumatism she hi
; ,a Hughes, of Atkins, Va.,
There is a reason why
ilia' cal science, and while
[veup of the blood, it op?rai
badly most delicate stomach
them,
lilied
learly
I Ices
[leal li
orcnt
i. but
Dr .J
o told
0 one
Ue it
oejiai
com
(1 my
PS$ JWEEPS ALL. P
dava A purely Vegetable ren
liter I cure8 by rcmovinfi the cause.
1 any Sample bottle and booklet fr
?BS. BOBBITT CHEM!
DONT WAN I1 HIM'
PEOPLE KIO II: AGAINST BARNES
BEIN? THEIR POSTMASTER
And Senator Tillman ia Picked to
Prevent ??ia Confirmation by
Ibo Ponate.
As if by common causent, the peo
pie (if Washington, the budness peo
ple, otlloeholders, residents and others
haye turned to Senator Tillman pre
testing against the Senate continuing
tho nomination of B P. Barnes, to be
postmaster of that city. Their ap
peals could not havo fallen into nure
willing ears, for it will bo remembered
that a short time a?o when Mrs. Mi
uor Morris was violently choted from
the White House under the direct or
ders of Mr. Barues, Senator Tillman
electrified the Senate with a thrilling
narrativo of the noone and center? d
his biggest shot against B.une'. Ile
and be alone, according fco *hat Sena
tor Tillman said at that timo, was I
responsible for the disgraceful BCOIIO|
that happened in thc ex cufclve otllces
of the White House, and tho Sonator
did not sparo wj.ds in telling his fe -
low members of the upptr liouso of
Congress what he thought about the
matter.
Tlie appointment of Hames to bi
post roaster of thin oliy was no less
l surprise to S natur Tillman than tu
tho other 300,000 inhabitants of Wash
ington. The mannor of tba appoint
ment ?vas out or the ordinary way that
appointments aro generally made aud
there were few people ber.; who culd
at lirst understand the motives of the
President In selcotlug for Washing
ton's postmaster a mau not iden titi d
In any way with the city's Inr.erestH,
and practically unknown to Washh g
ton residents and business men. Tao
appointment was not an agreeable ono
and lt has b;en siirmls.scd that lt was
made entirely from a standpoint of
personal popularity witli the Pred
dent.
Ten thousand women, representing
every section of the United States aro]
said to bc behind tho tight that Sena
tor Tillman will make against Barnes'
oontirmatlon by the Senate. As pow
erful as thc h03ts of the temperance
cause, they are planning a vigorous
light against the man whom they be
lieve guilty of a groat indignity level
ed at ono of tbolr sex. They have not
forgotton thc White House ?(fair, and
although, by direction of the President |
tho matter has long since been eon
sldered a "olosod incident," at least
from an olllolal standpoint, they say
that lt will never .bea "closed inci
dent" as long as the women of the
United States have a right to vn'co '
their sentiments ard as long as thero
are men lu thc Senate who will stand
up for them in the tight that thoy are
making.
Sonator Tlllma: has ?.'.ready given
notice to his fellow members of the
Senate that bc will exercise lils power
to block Marnes' con Urination. He will
bo opposed by Sci a'o/s Lodge and
Halo both right lr nd men of the
President, and while, it hi not thought
that Senator Tillman will bo able to
keep tho nomination from eventually
going through, he will necessarily
hold lt up for a while through hi?
L Hurts.
"Thoro aro many menin Washing
ton more worthy of receiving the ap
polntmont as postmaster of that oity
than Harnes," tho Senator says, "and
the time bas long sinoe passed when
fat oillces were distributed among car
petbaggers." The fight will be a llvo
ly ono whllo lt lasts.
Crashed t<> D i H.,
A dispatch from Gainesville, Ga.,
says: "Ah London, well known In
Hall and Lumpkln, mot doath in a
horrlblo manner between thia plaou
and Dahlonega, ile was unloading a
wagon of a heavy Ulegraph polo
when lt fell on him and crushed bis
skull' to p'coes and broke his neck,
ile lay pinned down until a helper
could go several miles for assistance.''
Aoo?lontAlly Killed.
Mrs. Lena Orabb was accidentally
killed by the sheriff of Laurens coun
ty, Goorala, on last Thursday while
being oa-rled by him to Dublin Jail
on tho charge of abandoning hor
ahlldron. lits pistol fell from his
pocket and oxpludcu, the ba" striking
tho woman, killing her Instantly.
Kiiimi IIIH Brother.
John Miles killed his half brother
J. G. Supp with a felice ral? near Baz
ley, Ga., on last Sunday. They were
nareling about renting a house.
Rheumatism after all the doctors and all other means
ithers, of Baltimore, after the famous specialists of
forld, had failed. Rheumacide cured Austin Percelle,
lontractor, after they had spent large sums on other
lacide cured Mrs. Mary Welborn, of High Point, N. C \
ad endured for 20 years. Rheumacide cured W. R.
after the most famous New York specialists failed,
it cures : Rheumacide ls the latest discovery of med?
powerful enough to sweep all germs and poisons out
[es by purely natural methods, does not Injure th?
u and builds up ?he entire system.
OISONS OUT OF THE BLOOD.
icely that goes right to the seat of the disease and
Your druggist sells and recommends Rheumacide.
ee if you send five cents for postage to
CAL COMPANY. Proprietors. Baltimore.
CURES
Rheumatism,
Jolattca,
lumbago,
Rheumatic Gout,
Indignation.
Constipation.
Liver Trouble,
Kidney r rou Ne.
La Grippe.
All Blood
Diseases.
0
Nervous Debility-(Lost Vital
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If you have dull headaches, foll blue, have
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- to., yon Hhould consult Dr. Hathaway at once.
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Remember, when you consult Dr. Hathaway
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evidence of a crime. These stories
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i brought them forth from hibernation.
, Tiley measured three feet each and
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