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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-25
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Not only shortens
the time Of labor and
lessons the intensity
of pain, but, 1t
greatly diminislles the
danger to life of both
mother and child, and
leaves the mother in q
condition highly ia
,vorablo to speedy re-
lcovcry, and far less
to flooding, col.
.vuisions, and other
alarming symptom
incident to slow or
painful labor. Its
truly wonderful etica-
.cy in this respect en-
titles it to be called
M o ~ III T. RS
FRIEND and 10 be
ranked rs one of the
life. saving remedies
of thp nineteenth cen
fury.
From the nature OF
the case it will of
course be understood
that we cannot pub
fish certificates con-
corning this REMEDY
without w~eunding the
'dclicacy 0fthc writer's.
Yet we have hundreds
of such testimonials on
file, and no mother
who has once used 1t
will ever again be
without it in her time
of trouble.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-25
The Georrin Campoion.

Ex-Governor Jas. NJ. Smith opened
the State %lbernatorial campaign last
THURSDAY with a speech at Talbotton.
lie is not a candidate, but urged the
people to sustain the railroad commits
sion and elect no man to the Legisla-
tnrc who favored curtailing its power.
He charged the railroads with attempt
Ing to bride the Legislature.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-25
Statesmen wANTED

IN every n~eighborhOod, either to travel
or sell at home, Dickey's Indian and
reference. JNO. II, DICKEY. "
Feb16IAt Bristol, Tenn.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-25
ADVICE TO

MRS. WRsLow's SooTBtH syrup should al
rays be used Tor children teething. IL sOothes
the child, s0ftens the gums, allays ali pain,
cures wind colo. and Is the best remedy for
elarrhna. TWENTY-FIVE cents a bottle.
July1dLtyl
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-03-25

Wholesale Bribery of City Omccrs---&2O,.
600 for an Aldcrman's Votc---Twenty.
indictments Given Ont.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04
Individual Republicans.

The FREEMAN has in hand, this
week, too much Of good business
with the brave and true w. G. T.
U. workers and straight-out Prohi-
bition Conventions and Rallies, to
parley or spend time with great
party that wants to hide behind
the Individuality of its respectable
mem bers.
The Prohibition question was
the only matter Of Importance dis
cussed in the Republican Confer
ence in this city, last week.
A resolution by Mr.. New horter
was introduced, with some meat in
it, but it was SOON stripped and the
bone was at last handed out with
the "non-partisan' compliments of
"individuaL Republicans" and sent
as a long-refused and still begrudged
morsel to the anxious, watching,
starving homes of the State.
No, thank you, gentlemen the
Temperance people are awful hun
cry, but they have whet their ap-
petites for clean-cut Prohibition
steak, and will be satisfied with
nothing else. When your resolu-
tions measure up to the demands
of the times, come over into the
Prohibition camp and negotiate.
Cut right in for the best and slash
off such rich, meaty steaks as these,
DoaOn oOith the criminal Liquor
Traffic.
THE SALOON MUST Go.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04
The Republican Confer
ence.

We were in hopes that the Re.
publican Conference which met in
this city, last week, would make an
attempt to put the party on a high.
er plane with reference to thu
Liquor Traffic. The following ras
olution was all that was done with
the matter:
Resolved, That it is the sense Of
this Conference as individual Re.
publicans that an amendment IN
the State Constitution prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of intoy.
icating liquors should be submit.
ted by the next Legislature, to be
voted upon by the people.
1t seemed to be the opinion Of
those present that they had no au.
thority to pledge the party, or at.
tempt to influence it in any other
way than by the mere expression
of their opinions as individuals;
although this policy was forgotten
in the enthusiasm developed by
the offer of motion asking the
next Republican Convention to
pass specified resolution in the
interests of the laboring classes.
The debate upon the Prohibi.
ton question is said to have been
quite interesting; but. as the doors
were shut to all but Republicans,
THE FREEMAN had no reporter
there.
A resolution was offered which
would have placed the Conference,
as body, in a much more favora.
BILE position towards the Prohibi.
ton movement than any State
gathering of Republicans has yet
taken. This was supported by
the editor of the Journal, and many
others, but the majority, simply
"as Individuals" no doubt, thought
it more expedient to be somewhat
less radical in their declarations.
AS an individual Prohibitionist,
it is not yet evident to US just
what the Republicans of West Vir-
ginia are in favor of doing with
the Saloon.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04
Let's Have the Proof.

The FREEMAN is willing to open
its columns to all sides of a ques-
ton, reserving the privilege, OF
course, of dissenting editorially
from any opinions with which 1t
disagrees.
There are probably but few Of
our readers who VIII agree with
our correspondent, G. B. H., that
the Prohibition Party refuses to
do anything for the drunkard, un-
less it can be done according to
it's own plans" If our correspond
ent can furnish proof that there is
any body of men, anywhere, more
ready to do what they can to lift
up the inebriate than the men who
compose the Prohibition Party,
we will cheerfully give him room
to do SO.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04
Fatally Defective.

The town or city that for no
price, or for any price, permits a
business that corrupts its politics
and pollutes its youth, is fatally
defective not only in morals, but
in common sense.-7he State.
And the editor who can write
the above, and urge Temperance
people, at the same time, to sup
port party whose policy, in the
nation at large, and in almost ev'
cry individual State, has been
avowedly in favor of permitting
Just such business, is fatally &C.
fective, not only in logic, but also
in some other respects.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04
Scatter the Freeman.

We ask our friends to look up
Hon. T. R. Carskadon's letter III
last weeks FREEMAN and read IT
again.
The easiest, surest and cheapest
way to find and get Prohibitionls's
into line, is TO scatter Prohibition
facts and truths. The best ana
cheapest way to scatter these tac'S
and truths is to scatter THE FREE
MAN.
Send for 1t. 81 a year, so cts o
months, % cts 3 months; in lo'S
to hand out among neighbors, o.
per hundred copies. Send toT H.
THE SALOON MUST GO.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04
What Became of 1t?

The conference of Republicans at
Parkersburg, Wednesday, was
largely attended. About all that
was done was to adopt resolu-
ton favoring the adoption by all
Congressional Senatorial and Coun-
ty conventions, of a plank in their
platforms to submit the Prohibi.
ton Amendment to vote of the
people of the State.-Ritchie Ga
zette.
Brother Morris, please come
down and help US hunt up that
resolution. We've been after it ev,
er since you told US it was passed
and have not been able to get a
single glimpse of anything that
bore the remotest resemblance tc
it. Something must have hap.
pened TO it after you left.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04
A Correction.

Rev. M. W. Pendry has called
our attention to a mistake or two
in his communication of last week
which we gladly correct.
Of course the distilleries of Raj
eigh county do not pay in nine
tenths of the revenue, but the
drunkenness resulting from them
is the cause of about nine tenths
of the taxation in that county.
Also, the number of the Lodge
at Coal River Marshes is 4, and
not 40, as our type made it ap,
pear,
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04
The Difference.
Political Partyhood vs. Christian
Womanhood.

Two great organizations were
assembled in "Conference" last
Wednesday. The Republican party
of West Virginia met down in the
valley at Parkersburg; the W. G..
7. U. met on the mountain top at
Mt. Lake Park. Both had under
consideration, the great, stirring,
burning question of the Liquor
Evil. And the difference between
the deliverances of the two bodies
is both marked and marvellous.
The one is dull, evasive and
shifting from party to sndaviduals /;
the other, clear, Straightforward,
courageous and confident. The
latter is as high above the former
as are the tops of the Alleghenies,
whence it was proclaimed, above
the Ohio Vail ey, where the
SroVellng pollcles OF party exlgen-
cies were considered.
Here are the two resolutions:
Resolved, That it is the sense of
this Conference, as individual Re-
publicans, that an amendment to
the State Constitution prohibiting
the manufacture and sale of intox-
icating liquors should be submit
ted by the next Legislature, to be
voted upon by the people,-Par-
sersburg Republican Conference.
Resolued, That we will follow the
white flag of Prohibition, wherever
the Lord plants it, lending our in
tluence to that party which gives
US the best embodiment of prohibi'
ton principles and will most sure.
ly protect the Home w. c. T. U
Conference.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

The man who sent a dispatch to
the New York Times, to the effect
that the Chairman of the Prohibi-
ton State Executive Committee
attended the Republican Confer
ence and made speech in favor
of the union of the two parties,
should be placed on exhibition, az
the champion prevaricator of West
Virginia.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

Suppose that crowd of prohi-
bitionists should get together and
declare that Gas individual Prohi-
bitionista," they were of the opin-
ion that the Legislature should
submit Prohibition Amendment
to vote of the people and then
adjourn; would anyone think that
they were very much in earnest?
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

Some of the remarks made by
the State Journal, after the Confer
ence, seem to indicate that the
Ohio species of Republican har-
mony is breaking out in West
Virginia. Let US have peace,
brethren.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

If the records of the Recorders
Office do not show an extra amount
of "drunk and disorderlies," during
the past week, it is not because
there was any lack of the "raw ma
terial." A policeman who can get
through the streets without finding
them must be a pretty expert
dodger.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04
The Coming Conventions.

Who shall be nominated
THE FREEMAN has no desire to
attempt any dictation as to who
shall, or shall not, be the nominees
of the Prohibition conventions now
being called. 1t is for these bodies
to decide for themselves who are
best fitted to represent the Prohl-
bition cause before the people.
There is one point, however, on
which we would like to give few
words of caution.
1t should be remember that
while soundness on Prohibition
is the all-important qualification
to be sought for, yet there are
many other questions with which
an officer has to deal, and which
require a great deal more than
mere readiness to vote against the
saloon under any and all circum-
stances.
Our candidates must be men of
ability, men of keen business
sagacity, who will be able, in case
of election, to conduct the business
of their offices promptly and
intelligently. They must be equal
in all respects to any men whom
the other parties are able to nomi-
nate, and far in advance of the
most of those whom they a0iu
nominate.
We have such men, plenty of
them, and we cannot afford to
nominate any other kind. To
choose inferior men, however
sound they may be on Prohibition,
will discredit the cause from the
very start, and must not be done.
Select candidates of good address,
and business expert
ence, whom men can take pride in
supporting.
There will be reluctance on the
part of some of our best men to
accept nominations, but this must
be overcome. The certainty of
being denounced as "soreheads"
and "office,seekers" by papers
which were proud to honor you,
when you supported their party,
may be unpleasant, but must not
be allowed to deter you from the
path of duty. The abuse of these
dumping jack" papers which
know nothing but to dance when
the boss of the machine pulls the
string, is not going to do you any
harm. If, after due elaboration,
your convention sees best to choose
you as its candidate, accept the
responsibility thus placed upon
you, and do all in your power to
prove the wisdom of their choice.
We wish to be able to say, on the
eve of the election, that there is
not Prohibition candidate in
West Virginia incapable of filing
honorably and efficiently the office
for which he stands.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

Send Twenty-Five cents, Fifty
cents, or One Dollar or more, for
FREEMAN w. C. Il. U. Conference
Edition, of next week. Forty COL
unons of Prohibition for ONE CENT.
Send for lot to scatter at rate of
81 per hundred.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

The Atlanta correspondent of
the Southwest is very much cha
yrined because the people Of At
anita are not sensible of the ruin
hey have brought upon themselves
" adopting Prohibition. From
he tone in which he writes, one
would judge that the abrupt
change to cold water as bever-
age has gone pretty hard with
him.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

The Republican Conference re-
solved cas- individual Republicans"
when it touched the Temperance
question; but when it resolved on
Labor" and "Tax Exemption" it
just resolved, without any hiding of
the party behind individual mem
bers. Why was it thus?
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

Our Conference Special Edition
of THE FREEMAN next week will
be whole battery Of Prohibition
cyclones sweeping down from the
Allegheny Heights upon the sa,
looms of the valleys, Order a han.
dred copies for distribution for ST.
See notice.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

Every reader of this FREEMAN
ought to send for supply of next
weeks Conference Edition for dis
tribution. See announcement and
terms, 81 per hundred.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

Mr.. J. r. McGraw has been con-
firmed as Collector, at last, and the
Republican Intelligencer is happy
in this Democratic victory. This
is old party politics.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

1t is the sense of this CONFER
ence" as an "individual'' Prohibi-
zionist, that the Republican con-
ference of 1885, proclaimed the
party just about as far behind the
times as did the convention Of
1884.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

Huntington Prohibition Club"
See how our friends in this live
city are rallying for the conflict.
Now det them call a County Con-
vention, organize, nominate, and
push things.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

From letters received at this Of
fee, We learn that steps are being
taken to call Conventions in Jack
son, Boone and Summers counties.
That is right; let all wheel into
line as soon as possible.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

Hon. c. c: Watts, Of Charleston,
gets the District Attorneyship.
We are not advised as to what
Hon. D. H. Leonard is to get in
lieu thereof.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

"Tell The Truth" Republican
journals classifying Republican his
tory" &c. are among editorial mat
ter on inside pages, crowded over
from last week.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

In getting out 1000 FREEMANs
next week, our regular edition may
be a little late, but we'll push
things, and be out on time if posi-
BILE.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

"Will the Prohibition party Tri-
umph," is answered by Orlando
Jeffrey, of New York, inside
page.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

Read about the "Redeemed city,
of Charleston editorial correspond
ence, giving what business men
say of Charleston's Prohibition.
See inside page.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

An excellent Charleston letter
on the books for next week.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

Some cheering facts and news on
inside page, under head of "Along
the Prohibit ion Lines"
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

Liquor sellers are murdorers: so
says an Ohio Judge-See inside
page under head of, Justice"
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

"Must Take 1t Straight" is the
way the New York Sun puts it.
See in this issue.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

North Carolina Editors on Pro-
hibition. "-2S for to Is against.
See inside page.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

ga Voice from Roane," has the
ring of true mettle. In our "Jarvis
Letter." next, under, head, of, "Cor-
respondence.," inside, page, comes
up a voice from two years back in
the past. Bro. sc. B. H." will catch
up in the ''sweet bye and bye"
The advice to vote tor Temper.
ance candidates in old parties, is
nonsense, while the saloon controls
the parties and makes the candi.
dates. Let US all be honest with
facts and honest with ourselves.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

Inside pages of this FREEMAN
are rich with live articles, among
which not mentioned elsewhere,
we note, Sound Doctrine from
Laboring men," Beaten but still
Active" "Hold the Fort" Cold
Comfort" "a Democratic Paper
sees its Duty" "Sobriety among
the Jews Revenue" &c. &c. &c.
Look them all up and read.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

W. G. T. U. Conference Notes,
first page.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 4, 1886.
THE SALOON MUST Go!

Let US organize and make it 90.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04
PARK ersburg, ". Va.

ALWA VS. IN a1rting US about subScrip-
tio,eS Always giVe Z. o. at WIieh you receive the
paper. This aUiU sase as much trouble.
PLEASE iSUB,SCRIBE.-Let every friend
into whose hands q Sample Copy Of the FREE
MAN comes, take its coming as an urgent re-
quest TO subscribe.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

Conference Reports on Resolu,
tions, Plan of work, Finance &C.,
next week.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

What think you of the Test of
Republicanism, last page.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04

Mason County Prohibition Plat
form next week. See proceedings
of convention in another column.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-08-04
See editorial matter, first page.

See Conference FREEMAN an
nouncement, first page.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-07-07

ment. Hardly were we out Of the
woods, if indeed we were out, before
change in our plans was called for,
whether because those who desired
the change thought it would promote
our interests, OF because the aspiring
Office seeker deemed his chances bet
ter under the primary system, IS a
matter yet unsolved. = change was
called for, and in so far rs 1t has been
tried in Clarendon County, it has
certainly not worked advantageously.
Il has proven more cumbersome, more
expensive to our people, and less sat
isfactorily than the tried convention
plan. More i'll feeling has grown out
of it, and more evidences of tie dis
indignation of the party from one SIN
gle primary election than in all the
time that the convention plan was in
operation.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-07-07
A Portrait Of a Swell.

!Nerp01t Letter in Boston Herald.
White vests are very much the fash
ion Just now and a color turned sharp
ly down in front. Patent leather
shoes, trousers twenty-five inches
round the bottom, a four-button cut
away coat Of diagonal cloth, and a silk
hat with half weed are included in
the outfit of the modern Beau Brum-
nell, not to mention a bamboo stick
with buckhorn head and a pair Of
tan-colored gloves broadly stitched
on the back with black. He wears a
wide black silk ribbon with gold
buckle hanging from his fob pocket,
half dozen rings upon his finger, a
scarf pin worth a small fortune and
carries a single eye-glass, which he
seldom looks through and sees moth
ing when he looks. Such is the ex-
quisite youth, who has nothing in the
world to do but help to spend his
fathers millions aud marry girl with
as much more. He is ever present at
at the Casino, on the beach, in his
tandem dog-cart On the avenue, at
dinners, receptions and balls, and no
body denies that he is at once the
choicest and most remarkable
ducticn Of advanced civilization.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-07-07
Convention VS.. Primary.

The Convention that viii assemble
on the 31st of July viii consider and
determine whether it is better to con-
tinue the present plan of making NOM
nations under the primary system or
return to the old way of making nom
nations by a Convention of Delegates
chosen for the purpose by the clubs.
So far as we have been able to col
lect the opinions of the Democratic
voters of Clarendon the Convention
plan is preferred, and unless we are
mistaken in the conclusions reached
from hearing expressions upon the
matter, this plan viii be adopted.
Our people tried the Convention plan
at an hour when the gravest interests
were at stake. The control of County
interests and affairs of State was IN
the hands of a set Of unscrupulous,
yenal, designing leaders who iniueDc-
ed the masses ofignorant voters. mere
ly for the purposes OF their selfish IN
dulgences to the prostration AMI very
verge of ruin of the interests and vel
fare of the State. Our people, proud
of their State, proud Of the tradition
OF their fathers, and from that iDborn
sentiment that would not submit to
such condition of things rose up in
the strength Of a shoulder touch and
freed the State from the monstrous
government that had blotted its an
nails. TIE inspiration ofthe hour, the
wisdom of experience, and the pru-
dence OF thoughtfulness gave rise to
the formation of communities into
clubs, and their clubs acting through
well chosen delegates, managed to
give to the State and Counties offic-
ia!s, qualified in ability, character and
carefulness, to bring back to the State
condition of things not only .tolera-
bic, but promising future full Of the
blessings that come OF good govern
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-07-07

The meeting of the Agricultural So
ciety of Clarendon was held in this
place on Saturday last. Mr.. Sprott,
being the only one of the appointed
essayists present, opened the proceed
ings With talk on turnip raising and
cotton culture.
The chairman, Mr.. Tindal, then
stated the object of the meeting to be
the ascertainment Of the peoples sen-
timents on the several measures
adopted by the late State convention,
and the selection of Delegates to the
coming November Association. In a
speech which, with Mr.. Tindars per-
mission, we will publish in our next,
he supported the action of the State
convention, and replied to the strict
ures upon it, contained in Gen. Erat-
tons letter. After remarks from sew
erai other members, the association
agreed to have mass meetings at Sa,
lem on August LIST, and at Boykin's
store and Brunson's cross roads, at
dates not yet decided upon. These
meetings are to be followed by a gen.
eral one at Manning, which will elect
the delegates for the State meeting.
There were about Is or so present at
the meeting, which was most inter
estiDg one.