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too, if only the organized politi-
cal whiskey machine would let
the n. Let us quit trying to de-
ceiye ourselves with hypocrltical
pretenses of abstinence from
liquor.
"County license, with local
option and proper safeguards,
would not only afford every
reasonable privilege in regard to
whiskey, but it '<- re-. , ,"' II
strengthen the public finances.
Governor Ellerbe in his last mes
sage, says: The finances of the
State are in very unsatisfactory
condition. 1t never occurred to
the governor to abolish free tut
tion in the State colleges, nor to
reduce the immense and eXtrava-
CANT appropriations for Clemson
and Winthrop colleges, nor to
stop many other unnecessary
drains from the treasury. Nor
did it occur to him to secure ad
ditionaI:revcnue, by substituting
an economical county license for
the costly disponsary hrigade of
office holders, but what did occur
to him and to his dispensary al
lies, was to increase the State tax
levy a half mill.
"Even if the people are care
less about county and State pub
lie debts, they ought at least, to
have enough patriotism and grati>
tude to collect a county license,
and divide 1t in pensions among
tho poor old crippled and diseased
Confederate soldiers, and their
widows, instead of letting gang
of smugglers, and four or five
hundred dispensary sinecures ant
legalized robbers appropriate al
the profits of whiskey selling il
the State. In proportion to the
relative wealth and population OF
the two States, Georgia avs hcl
Confederate veterans more thar
three times as much pension mon
ey AS South Carolina pays hers.
CAS- the United States levies ar
internal revenue tax of 81 10 pei
gallon on whiskcy, mostly to pay
pensions to Federal soldiers, why
not let each county in South Caro-
lima pension its own Confederates
and dedicate its local county H.
censc tax to that purpose! If il
were done, every old soldier
wonld become an efficient whiskey
constable to suppress blind tiger.
without charging either per diem
or mileage for his services.
counsel the people to vote for NJ
candidate for any Office, unles
he favors county license, and i
against Il State bar of any sort
| \ county licensed bar room woulc
be governed exactly like the dis
pcnsary is governed now, so tina
all the good features of the dis
pcnsary would be preserved
They were taken from our oil,
license laws, anyway.
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\. LANCASTER, S. c. JUNE Is lS98

day each $4,000
20 constables at 50 per
day each $1,000
5 members State board
of control at 81 per
day each, average
S4oo 1000
dispensary commits
sioner's salary 1900
2 bookkeepers, 1 ship
ping clerk, each ST.
200 5000
lst assistant bookkeeper
5000, guager $500,
warehouse keeper
$500 1000
l State inspector of dis
pensaries 1,20O
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-i'F ~ o'0oeoio oIo, htSt STdutlnS IL
cense to sell W Risky in the towns
and then putting all the license
money into the county treasury
for county purposes, because the
town can collect either fines
enough or exact labor enough on
its public works to adequately
punish every petty drunken offense
against its ordinances, especially
as the county treasury at last has
to bear the whole burden of pun
ishing all aggravated offences as
well as supporting all paupers and
pauper lunatics, made SO in whole
or in part by too much whiskey
drinking. There may he some
color of Justification for town
that is not II county seat to license
the sale of liquor and then appro-
pirate the profits, but there is not
a shadow of right for court
/ house town to claim such n privi-
lege, because every county town
belongs to the people of the whole
county, and was established for
their benefit, and if n majority of
the voters, urban and rural, act
ing As one joint electorate, decide
to license whisky, and put all Ii.
cense money into the county trca
sury, they should he permitted to
do it. Such a course would sim
ply be asserting theGodgiven right
of self government, by local OPP
tion against the States present
huge monopoly of the whisky
traffic. For many reasons every
county should have Mt least one
convenient place for the people to
buy good inspected whiskey. And
what better place than its county
seat! But no town, whether n
prkS"te one, so to speak, or a
county seat ought in good con-
science to desire the ncighboring
rural voters of county to con
tribute to the maintenance of It's
local police, its streets, side walks,
public buildings, shade trees,
water supply, sanitation, etc, yet
this outrage was generally against
rural voters for long while prior
to the advent of the dispensary,
when no authority could grant
license to sell liquor except an
incorporated town, and when rural
voters we're deprived, not only of
all voice in deciding license or
no license but had also to furnish
most of the patronage to pay the
license tax while the towns got
all, or most of it, although the
county had to meet the whole cost
of furnishing all high crimes and
misdemeanors, as well as support
ing all pauper and paupor lunatics
supposed to have been made such
By licensed whiskey
1T was just such accumulation
OF iniquities as those that aroused
the former bitter prejudice aUd
jealousy of the country people
lagainst the towns which displayed
itself vigorously in 1890 and
again manifested its deep rooted
strength in 1892, where a major.
ity of the voters at side cleo
tion declared for prohibition and
it has Enthusiastically exhibited it.
self third time in patiently sub.
stitute for prohibition, and al
though that substitute has proven
an unwise, corrupt and extrava-
CANT failure yet rural voters are
still ready to try any other meth.
cd of licensing whiskey, than go
ing back to the old one sided plan
of having the towns boss the job
IL s.eoI~4 A. .z.oE1
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pensaries 1900
433 1902, 900
''Ilere are 1873 dispensary of
fccrs and employees admirably
well paid for the work they do
these hard times, and judiciousIy
scattered hithcr and thither
throughout the State to help one
another carry elections for the
'machinc.
81 repeat, our counties ought
not t" continue the helpless poll
tlcaI nonenhties they have been for
so many years in respec. to whis-
bics, but should assert the free
mans right of self government in
exercising local option about Ii
cense, pl ohimtion or free liquor
for the latter is practically what
the dispensary means now, aud
they should also put all license
money into the county treasury,
without dividing it either with
the towns, the public schools or
the State, as such revenues should
go TO the support only of the
jaiIs, the poor houses and the
lunatic asylums, most of whose
inmates are sent thlthcr by the
license sale of liquor, according
to the prohibitionists, and if they
are right, what better use can be
made of license money than in
repairing the direct damages
claimed to he done by its alleged
abuses.
"But deny that judieious
license increases its consumption,
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"a Sms, who is now in Washington
a.,>.S.nosS '5onhected with the
Cuban legation, has received
letter from a relative residing in
Havana which tells something of
the conditions In that city. 1t
Is dated at Havana, May 30, 1895,
and, among other things, says:
81 have now the opportunity
to write you a brief letter which
will let you know how we are
getting along and what the con-
djtiOn of affairs is in Havana.
This letter will he sent out by the
German man-Of-war Gcier. with
some of whose kind officers be-
came acquainted recently through
the COurtcsv of the German con-
sui general IN Havana. One of
them kindly consented to carry Il
letter for me, which | trust will
reach you in safety. All that |
can tell you about our own family
is that we are suffering from hun
ger to some extent, and, like Il
great many other people, are
greatly disgusted with the condi-
ton of things in Havana and
would like to be out of here. |
believe you know that we are not
now allowed to fish at -since
April %, as you know we have
had regular blockade, which has
made food and provisions both
very scarce ana very dear. Es-
pecially is this true as affects the
poorer people. ! have been rcli-
ably Informed that at this time
there is only food enough IN Hav-
ana for ten days, whi of course
Others maintain that the food sup
| ply will last for as many months.
! But then there is the constant
fear and bohcf among the people
that what food thee is will Short
/ ly be devoted to the soldiers alone.
not only in the city, but will be
sent away to those in the interior
and along the coast. 1t is alto
gether probable that you know
more of what is going on in Cuba
than we do here in Havana, be
cause all news that is not favor
able to Spain is suppressed by the
censor, and it is utterly impossi.
bic to rely upon anything that is
published in the newspapers of
Havana, and of course we see no
others. They publish nothing
bur victories on land and sen for
the Spanish. But it !, the opinion
of the better class of people that
these reported victories orc not
true, and they do not boIieyc what
the newspapers say, for they have
been telling us from day to day
that thc next day the Spanish
fleet would arrive from Spain and
raise the blockade. They have
told us that the American feet
world be attacked by the Spanish
ships from the rear and in front
by the forts, so that they would
be between two fires and be com.
pletely destroyed. Day after day
passes and we see nothing of the
Spanish navy, and, as it does not
come, hope vanishes in the hearts
of the most ardent supporters of
the Spanish cause, aud those who
have all along said that the block.
ade would easily be broken by
the valiant sailors of Spain are
beginning to despair.
|
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nee partially remedled by the
dispensary which is the only orig
inal redeeming feature that car
easily be ingrafted on county Ii.
cense system.
"Rural voters should ponder
wei: the present absurd state of
our dispensary license law, in that,
although the constitution seems
to torpid any town granting L.
cense, yet, such town can and
does still establish a State dispen-
sary bar, despite neighboring rural
voters, who are just as helpless as
they ever were about town grant.
ing license, and then getting a
large part of the met income for
town purposes 1t was intended
to hribc the towns to get, them to
support State bars against county
bars as the yricc for allowing the
towns 'Iocal option while deny
ING it to rural waters altogether.
Can the latter continue to be
hoodwinked much longer! Rustic
voters out of selfrespect should
punish such double dealing.
The forty counties in the State
by moderate license at each court
house, and at numerous other
clcgiblc towns, coUIdprobably pay
$500, 200 year into their sever
al county treasures. In July,
1898, according to Governor
Tillman's message of that year,
the amount of license money paid
into the towns and county trea-
suries of the State, in 1892, was
S215, 492, and if that big sum was
collected that year, when between
forty and fifty towns and villages
as well rs six whole countries had
prohibition, it is a safe presump-
tion that general and jIdicious
licensing of whisky sales at onl v
eligible places would now yield
/ pr, badly $500, 900.
"County bar rooms would
gather license money for county
purposes, while dispensary bars
would only save "net income, -
Cif any, partly t. educate the
Negro.
"Bosides, license money from
county bars would 90 to reduce
taxes, whereas, "net income
from dispensary or State bars OF
any kind, would yield mighty lit
tie income for public schools or
for anything else, because nearly
all, or at least about 5000, 600 has
o. o,o f,, t,,.,I,n;o. ,.,. g..
.hortoros ond s+ooIooa u ua
forr Or fyo hrnIroJ oa;,o,.,
accents. and emnlovees of ,bo Ii.
ncnsarv who rot +wioo or ,broo
tinos os r,,cb ro,, 80 Lo,. ,,,1,
and sbou,d ho moJo 60 hn.no Co..
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Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
netic full OF life, nerve and vigor, take Eo-To.
Bac. the wonder. worker that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, soc or 81. Cure guaran.
teed Booklet and Enple free Address
Storing 3eme,l" Co, GhiragO vr .'eH Yors
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ESTABlISHtD 1852
CONDITIONS IN HAVANA.
Food Scarce and Dear-News-
papers Print Nothing but
Spanish Victories.

Washington Dispatch, Sth, to
New York Sun.
Lieut.. Artiago of the Cuban
"a ps, who is now in Washington
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-02-24

Mis- Frances E. Willard. who had
hecn attending The worlds convention
of The w. q. 4. e.. says that better
ilealth for women is today "a moro ur-
gent matter than woman's suffrage.
She says: "Wnat women nj present
most need i,a better supply Of red
corpuscles."
From every section OF the country.
from Maine to California, come wcsl
attesied reports Of women, bloollcss,
dyspeptic. seriously run down
and in many eases so weak as to be
bed-ridden, who have been enabled 40
resume their places in the family cir
Gle and in social liic-hcalthy. rud,ly.
well-cured women. by the MD of HAT
great blcod-maker aud health-makcr
-Paine's celery com pound.
Mrs. +. A. Ward is one Of these
fortunate women whom Paine's cell
cry compound has saved from an all
ing, unhappy invalid condition, as
her letter shows:
2l3 Michigan Ave, Mason City. Ia
Sept. II, 1897. !
Wells & Richardson Co:
Gentlemen:-My greatest trouble
seemed to be a general weakness and
all-over tired feeling. am &c years
of age and ! did not expect to be ever
strong again, but used four bottles
of Paine's celery compound and was
greatly strengthened and my cough
seemed better so that | stopped using
the remedy and have not since felt the
need Of any further help whatever.
Very respectfully yours,
MRS. +. A. WARD.
Persons of large experience among
nervous women who. as IA rule. are
thin and lack blood, recommend
Paine's celery compound ms beyond
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-02-24

1t is possible that some explosive may
have been placed by an enemy either
on or under the vessel, but such a das-
tardly act is hardly ascribed to even
the Spaniards, who are none too well
loved by our people. The Spanish
seem to have done everything since
the event that could be done 70 show
sincere sorrow and sympathy. An IN
vestigation Is now being held to de-
termine the cause. ii possible. One
thing is certain. The Maine would
not have been lost. in all probability,
had She not been sent 10 Cuba and she
would not have been sent there but
for the disturbances resultant from the
instruction. The sooner this country
takes steps to put an end TO these con-
ditions the better for all concerned.
The day is not far removed when this
mtlst be done.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-02-24

STATE OF vERN oNTfIu Probate Court bee
~HAAIfoRD Di~SThIcT.sS " WOODSTOCK Hltfih y ID
>@1 Dislflct. on The Is d iaV ii February. AZ
Present. Hon. = O. Sezver, Judee- DE-
Mnertas Norman W.Sewall. admit isirAlI q
sal q Helen Z. Bennett. late q hsa
se.uNlsNlct deceased ntesfate. PROPOSES rem i
-ccoahl Of his administration and prestas-
.Sso.nl aeainst Sail estate for examinaiiel 1900
.neeata frotafe cssurt to he he'd a. N r%
D" sea district. on the llth day o. Marcel - fas
ehl whereas said Court has assignfN -
~ place Tor the s. ftlement Of "a a accgAAi
Nfte OF the residue Of said estate " NJ ne
neirs ~ sail deceased. and ordered tnsa
notice uereofhe given TO al persons 49, b
ia estate by pub ishinE a capH q Us Il o.
~ "tltr fhr q weeks sucrez~ixeiy- Prev. ur-
1seiKned. a. Aforesaid. tn ihe hh,e srrf
4 neUsI aier Published 1t Royalfon m .Hsa
Antf~isre. all persons concerned " Ff
Y isrehy notified 10 appear al the frueA
etaStock. in said district. on TIE tl ~srw
etefeszia. then and there L. contest $3.50
~. account. IL they see csnse. an t'lsaE
.Tertieh sas heirs l~exatees and laHfni
q said residue.
4 true recnrd. attest. NJ. SEANEh he
ANrne copy Of record. ssm
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-02-24

\ deep gloom was thrown ove the
country last week by the destruction
of the b~attleship Maine in Havana har-
Dor by an explosion. The dead num-
bered 260, or three-fourths of all on
the Inflated vessel. No such disaster
TO a war vessel ever occurred before
and its cause is a mystery. not I'M
mixed with gloomy suspicion. The
explosion occurred at about 10 o'clock
in the evening and seemed to be To-
Gated in the bow of the ship. which
was so badly wrecked as to sink al
most instantly. Those who were saved
were picked up in boats. The disaster
of course either the result Of acct
dent or design. Opinion seems to in
toward the former as the more
probable. Some part of the mechan-
ism may have been responsible. for
these modern w~arships are fearfully
made. The fire reached the forward
magazine and the explosion followed.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-02-24

all question the one remedy thai can
be depended on TO renew the yilaIy
Of feeble persons.
Thie settled confidence in Paine.
celery compound is not a le4rslyb BE-
lief, but rests in nearly every ease Ga
personal use on acquaintance will men
or women who have been restored @|
useful health by no other means. Tie
rapid change forthe better IN e5o,
flesh and expression of the face !, 9
unmistakabie that repairof the wasted
tissues might well be called a renewal
OF life.
The process by which Paines o-
cry compound is able 20 build q
health in the rundown body is leI
hard to understand when one obseHs |
how surely il disposes the bowels
act regularly, how it increases thea'I
pacity to take and assimilate food aHd
regulates the nerves all oter the body
The heavy, alarming pain in tie
back and loins disappears;the growing
paleness and loss of flesh is stopped
and a bright, buoyant feeling graiu-
ally takes the place of that amending
sense Of tire and depression.
paine's celery compound is the ez.
act remedy for that large class Of lee
Bile, thin-blooded, often hysterical pr.
ons whose greatest need isa thor
ough refurnishing Of their blood win
the red cnrpuscles upon which health
and Happiness in such large measure
depend.
The extraordinary virtue of Paine'
Celery compound TO increase the pro-
portion of red corpuseles in the blood
Is the source OF its great power ever
all blood diseases. rheumatism, neu'
ralgia. kidney diseases, backaches
loss of flesh and u general run down
condition.
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South Tunbrid ge.

Mrs. L. ID. Muzzey of Canaan, N. is
visiting at Chas. Howe's.
There were no services at the M. K.
church Sunday on accout Of the storm.
Al. Wills is spending his annual vaca
tion with his son and daughter in Boston
Mrs. Efie Morrill, has been very i'll with
a serious stomach trouble and the grip
but is decided y better.
The presiding elder, Rev. l.. L. Beeman,
will hold the las quarterly conference Of
the year at the NJ. +. church Friday o. M,
Feb. 25, at about 3 o'clock. A full atten
dance OF the board of stewards is nee ss-
sary and all others interested are invited.
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EVERYONE WANTS TO MAKE MON.

Ely Hhere is no denying this fact TEen
see or writeto an expert who has spent
TWENTY YEARS study ing speaulations
and investments. A broker who adver-
tised two J ears ago to BUY MANHAT-
TAN AROUND rs AND PAY FOR 1T.
AND PUTT AWAY INASAFE AND
THATIr wOULDPAY The INVESTOR
SIX PER CENTO ON HIS MONEY AND A
CERTAIN PROrITOF SIS PER SHARE
on HIS HOLDINGS BESIDES. ALSO
HE ADVISED TO BUY LAKE SHORE
AROUND S145 PER SHAREseALSO
WHEAT AROUND 55 EENTS6the A. N
HAITIAN is NOW SELLING = fiji
PER SHARE ADVANCE, AND LAKE
SHARE ADVANCE AND WHEAT Sl00
Per B~U56EB,OR 80 GENTS PER BUSH
ELADVANCE
These are cold uncontradictable facts
thai apps AIRED in public print and in mar
keT letter.. The same man now advises 10
buy cotton under six cents. corr under
80 cents aud LOUSY lie and Nashville rail
road stock under 500 per share. Every
share tina is bought and paid foT and laid
away in a safe will be worth q good many
dollars more inside OF oil year. Cotton
will show Sl,U09 profit Oh 10J bales bought
now, N Louisvil e q Nashville Will be a
four per cent dividend paying stock with
in one wear and will be Re ling at $50 per
share. Corn viii be selling at 40 cents be-
fore July next. Write to Z. Z. Knott,
stock AID cammis sion broker, Burlington,
VT. who has heen established in Bur
iineton since 1885, who buys aud sells
everything on the New York Stock Elk
aud Chicago Board OF Trace. and
he will give you further particulars. Nv
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-02-24

France is in a turmoil over what is
termed the Dreyius case. Three years
ago, Il Capt. Dreyius of the French ar
my was charged with selling military
secrets TO some foreign government
and was convicted ut a court-martial
held behind closed doors and sen
fenced to life-inprisonment IN desert
island off the coast of Africa. His
conviction rested principally on GER
tain documents said to have been Sc
cured by stealth from the Paris en-
bassy of the government to which the
secrets were alleged to have been sold.
These documents have never been
made public. Drcytus is a jew and
his conviction has been followed by an
agitation against all persons of that
race in France. But he is not without
friends, and many believe him inno-
cent of the charges. NJ. lola, the
author, has welded a trenchant pen
III HIS ldNOE anu Hds dCtustu lldl-
Esterhazy, another French officer, of
being the guilty party. Zola is being
tried for his utterances and will doubt
less be convicted of something akin to
libel, but such a turmoil has been
raised that in all likelihood the ORGY
fns case will be re-opened. 1t is in
effect the military against the civil
faction. The former holding Dreyfus to
be the guilty one. The affair has ex-
cited France from one end to the other
and serious results may ensue to the
government. Such a volatile people
are the French. In this country a case
of this Kind would produce hardly a
ripple.
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Nullh ~Tunbrlngr.

All the sick ones in this village are
on me gain at present.
Mrs. Geo. Lougee has one to Wales,
Mass, TO work in a shoe factory.
the series OF gosps Il meetings here was
continued till Tuesday evening with a
good interest.
W. w. Swan was Injured the other day
by bis horse kicking him in the side while
frolickiog as he was leading it to water.
Calvin Metcalf reports the death Of
Mercy, wife of A. T.. Austin, OF Martinez,
Cal, aged 20 years. Mr.. Martins people
were former residents Of this village.
Mrs DR.. Durkee has recently received
news of the death of Mrs. Lew Belknap,
her brothers wife, who died Feb. 18th in
Pittsburg, Kan, of heart trouble. Mrs.
Belknap was formerly Nettie Lamson of
Brook field and lived in Barnard for a
time before going to Kansas.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-02-24

Don't annoy others by your coughing
and risk your life by neglscting a cold.
One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs,
colds, Group, grip and all throat and lung
troubles. DreN q L.onarf. RaDdolp (;
Leavitt 3 Reed. Bethef; II. J. Sargent a
Son, So. Royaltoa; A R. Ho q & S9n,
Chelsea.