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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.