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stands in startling' contrast to the passion
ate words of former occasions. The
troops arrived at noon from Darlington and
Florence and were at once drawn up in
line before Governor Tillman, who address
ed them as follows:
“Without a moment's notice, without a
moment's hesitation, you responded to the
call. When you departed for Darlington
the idea prevailed in the minds of the peo
ple that you were going to shoot your fel
low citizens. No such thought ever enter
ed the mind of a sane man. You were or
dered there for the purpose of suppressing
disorder and restoring law, to let those who
had done wrong be dealt with by the civil
court, and to prevent a mob from doing
more, and to see that the laws must be
vbeyed. You have been away from your
families, and 1 am glad to send you home
ward with the benison and blessing of
every lover of order and peace. 1 thank
you, fellow citizens and soldiers, for the
valuable services you have rendered to
South Carolina, and, in conclusion, let me
Bay it is time for this bitterness and ani
mosity between brethren to cease, and let
us, henceforth and forever, be one and all
united for the glory and honor of South
Carolina.”
Kenching nn i nderst :i nd Ing.
Mayor Fickcr, of Charleston, visited Gov
ernor Tillman today to have an understand
ing with him as to his control of the police
land the future enforcement of the dispensa
ry law. Concerning the conference the
governor made the following statement:
“I asked him to consult with his chief of
police. I don’t want to disorganize the
present forces. I do not intend to have
any more dodging or hesitating in their
enforcing the law. i have had an under
standing which is likely to prevent further
friction in Charleston. I may have to use
more than moral pressure tn some places,
but 1 do not wish to interfere anywhere.
There are places where I shall ask for re
movals and the substitution of other men,
as I know that some of them are not lit
to carry out the law.”
The governor declares that the trouble will
make the dispensary law stronger than
ever, and states that the search of dwell
ings, where there was reason to believe
that there was contraband liquor, will be
continued. Nearly every mail is bringing
him offers to organize new military compa
nies. Courts martial will be plentiful. Or
fleers who stood firm and whose men did
not will be instructed to muster in new
companies.
“This has been,” said the governor, “the
very breath of life io the militia of the
state. It has been like the wind to an old
tree shaking off the rotten limbs and leav
ing the solid trunk, from which new foli
age can blossom out afresh.”
tti xs ami <><•< i patios goxe.
The Soldiers XX ho Backed Out of the
War Are Disarmed.
Charleston, S. C., April 7.—(Special.)—The
fourth brigade today turned over to the
B l rder th< i . utrements, fa
tigue uniforms and ammunition furnished
bv the state. Assistant Adjutant General
John Garr Watts accepted tin offer ol the
German Fusiliers to make his headquarters
There and at noon the arms began to arrive.
The tl:s' w .gon 1< ; i. or lather two wagon
loads, cam- in charge of Captain F. W.
Jessen. They contained forty carbines and
foi tv sab. rs, the arms of the German Hus
sars. There were also a lot of cartridge
boxes and cleaning rods. < ‘Monel Watts
give Captain Jessen a receipt for the lot
and the guns, sabers, etc., were placed in
one corner of the drill hall. Captain David
.MacMillan came next with all the arms
and accoutrements furnished by the state
to the Palmetto Guards. These consisted
of Springfield Titles, bayonets, cartridge
box- s, fatigue coats, pant and caps and
were placed in a heap near the Hussars’
arms. The Fusiliers’ arms w« re brought
in from the racks and the uniforms from
the lock-TS and piled up for Colonel Watts's
pleasure. Captain Ogara, of th. Irish Vol
then appt it 1 with a wagon load
of the state’s property. Another pile was
an i mat k< I wit h chalk.
Th ■ m xt arms to arrive w. re from the
Pnmter Guards. Captain T. T. Hyde was
■with them and red ived a receipt for all
kinds of property. He also offered to send
them to the Northeastern depot, and this
offer was accepted oy Colonel Watts. The
Lafayette artillery, represented by a lieu
tenant. sent in their arms and also offered
to sen I them up to the depot. At the
Northeastern depot Captain F. M. Mixson
rec-ivel the property and had it pa ked in
cars. Thus disarment of the brigade was
«• complished and the arms and a<eoutre
ments wdl be sent to Columbia. ,
IS THE LAW CONSTITUTIONAL?
Carolina’s Supreme Court Has sin Im
portant Case Pending;.
Charleston, S. <’., April 3.—(Special.)—The
people of this city, as well as those in the
center of the state, are looking to the su
preme court of the state, which is in ses
sion at Columbia, for a possible relief from
the strained condition of affairs. Suits in
volving tin- constitutionality of the dispen
sary Jaw were ai jued before that court
three months ago and no decision has yet
been rendered. Gs the three judges of the
court two are what is known here as con
ge tives. Just M 1 ver and Met 1 >wan,
•it 1 the third, Justi e Pop... is an out and out
Tillmanite. who was elected soon after the
upheaval <>f IX9O. which resulted in the tri
umph of the Tillman faction. Justice Mc-
Gowan v s out of office in a few months
•nd w 11 b< succeeded by Eugene B. Gary,
an ther Tillmanite. elected al the last ses
sion of the legislature.
J isti'-i - lari will qualify in July, ami then
a m;' -rity of the court will be Tillmanites
in pi iti > .and a fat orable decision is ex
pected. nanites now ha ve control
of all the jn-Is-iai branches of the state gov
ernment, having at the last session of the
1 gislatare turned out all the conservative
juw.cs and elected Tillmanites in their
places.
Increasing the Dispensaries.
It is becoming more and more evident
that Governor Tillman is going on with
the di. I nsary. The comity board of con
trol held a meeting today, probably in
spired by the governor, and decided to
open four more dispensaries at once. The
are not asked to vote on the
«. Tin board simply adver-
tises for stores to rent and invite persons
who want to lie dispensers or clerks to
band in their applications at once. There
tir.- now four -li.-n.-nsaries here. This action
will double the number, although those al
lo .dy ~1-lished have not been very profit
able to the state.
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rfiiisiJift
Carrie Orene King
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arms and limbs would break out in a mass of
Bores, discharging yellow matter. She would
scratch the eruptions as though it gave relief,
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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. APRIL 10,1894
GENERAL BUTLER’S REVIEW.
The Senator Tells What He Would
Have Done.
Charleston. S. C., April 4.-Following is
the full text of Senator Butler’s statement
made yesterday to a correspondent of Ihe
News and Courier touching the unhappy
condition of affairs in South Carolina and
explaining the cause of the recent bloody
work in Darlington county. It is a true re
view of the whole trouble and is a sufficient
answer to the misrepresentations made by
Governor Tillman in his speech at Colum
bia yesterday. Senator Butler said.
•1 came down from Darlington this even
ing where 1 have been the past twenty
four hours. As far as I could learn, every
thing is perfectly quiet. The civil authori
ties are prepared to discharge their duty.
It seems that a number cf state consta
bles, or spies as they are called, had been
in Darlington for the purpose ot ascertain
ing if there was contraband whisky there.
In the searches which they made they
were supported by the mayor and civil
authorities of Darlington, and there was
not the slightest resistance to the enforce
ment of the dispensary law. On the con
trary the people of Darlington co-operated
with the enforcement.
“This was prior to Thursday, March *Jth.
It appears that the force of constables, or
spies, was increased on that day by a re
inforcement of about eighteen men armed
with Winchester rilles and pistols. by
this reinforcement of armed men should be
sent into a peacable, law-abiding communi
ty. where there had been no resistance to
law'. 1 cannot understand. It also appears
that th*s armed band were about to retire
from that community, where they had not
been molested or disunited, when a per
sonal difficulty arose between two young
men at the railroad station where these
'"The''difficulty, from what I can learn,
was an entirely personal matter between
the parties engaged, and in no way connect
ed with the execution of the dispensary
law. One of these armed constables, Mc-
Lendon by' name, interfered in _this private
difficulty. A citizen. Mr. F. E. Norment,
at the depot on business, made some re
mark and there was an exchange of epi
thets between him and this constable,
whereupon the constable opened fire on
Mr. Norment. with the remark: ’God damn
it bovs. let ’er roil.’ The firing then be
came general between the armed consta
bles and the few persons Who appear to
have been at the station by accident or on
business.
"The result of this firing was that two
young unoffending citizens were slain; < ne
constable killed, and this man McLendon
badly wounded; several other citizens Wire
shot and the chief of police, who was try
ing to preserve order, several times
wounded.
Pnrsnit of the ConMnfiles.
"The people of Darlington were naturally'
indignant at the extraordinary and vio ent
measures adopted by the authorities ot the
state, and, upon the information of this
eineute at the station, they tunu-’rt out and
pursued the men who they rightfully
thought had committed a wanton and un
provoked murder upon two of their best
citizens They pursued these men, 1 take
it. as long as there was a prospect of ar
resting them and we must assume of bring
ing them to justice for what they com'-ider
ed an unprovoked homicide. As a proof of
their const rvatism, the wounded mam Mc-
Lendon, who had shot Mr. Norment, was
taken to the jail and there protected .rum
further injury, although the people of the
town were greatly infuriated at his con
duct. 1 think it may be safely assorted
that there is not a more law-abiding, in
telligent community' anyw here in the United
States than in the two counties of Darling
ton and Florence.
"Now, it wmild seem to me that if I had
been governor of the state of South Caro
lina, 1 would have felt it to lie my duty
upon being informed of the occurrences at
Darlington, to have gone promptly to the
scene of the disturbance and assured the
people of that hitherto law-abiding commu
nity that they' should have fair play. 1
thick if Governor Tillman had done this
matters could have been composed *n twen
ty-four hours, and whoever should have
been prow n to He at fault would Iwe been
made amenable to the law. Instead ol that
he issmd a proclamation denouncing the
good people of these two counties as in
surgents and insurrectionists, and ordered
the - military ofi the state to camp upon
them.
"During my stay at Darlington I was
deeply impressed with the anxiety of both
the citizens and the military to keep within
the limits of the law’. I advised, as far as
I had the right to advise, that under our
form of government the mili
tary should be subordinated to
the civil power. and the use of
the military arm was onlv iustifiable when
the civil authority was proved to be pow
erless an 1 par-ilvzed. And. I think if Gov
ernor Tillman had. or would recognize this
constitutional relation of the powers of our
government, he would avoid many of the
mistakes which he has made.
Two Ways to Execute Law.
"There are two ways to execute any law—
the one by' wisdom and conservatism and
firmness; and the other by harshness, vio
lence ami an unreasoning disregard of the
I feelings of the citizens.
1 "I need not now express my opinion in
regard to the dispensary law, but 1 may say
that, in my judgment, the governor is at
tempting to enforce it in a harsh, violent
and ill-advised manner. ID ought to know
that the Anglo-Saxon, particularly in our
day ami genet ation, will not submit beyond
a certain point to be harried, repressed
ami pursued. The constitution of tie Unit
ed States and of the state guarantee the
citizens against unreasonable searches and
tin re is nothing in the dispensary law
that I know of which justifies an invasion
of this sacred right. Governor Tillman
must not imagine, from the patience and
submission of the people in the city of
Charleston, where he seems to have practi
cally unchallenged sway in the harsh ex
ecution of this law 7 , that the people outside
of that city, less accustomed to the re
straints of the municipal government, will
quietly submit to his invasion of their
rights, and it would be the part of pru
dence on his part to go slow in the rigid
enforcement of an unpopular step.
“I would not be understood as encourag
ing. in the slightest degree, lawlessness or
resistance in any form to lawful authori
ties. The people of Darlington and Flor
ence, as a rule, have not resisted the lawful
authority. There may be exceptional in
stances, as there are in every community,
but they do not justify the wholesale de
nunciation which he seems to have put
upon them. From what I observed in both
of these counties, there has not been the
least excuse or justification for ordering
the military to these points. He has done
so at an enormous expense to the taxpay
ers of the state, and, of course, he will have
to look out for that.
“While in Darlington T advised, as far
as I had the right to advise, that the
friends of the deceased who were killed in
the emeute at the railroad station, go
before the trial justices, make affidavit
charging the accused parties of the offense
which they thought they were guilty of,
demand the issuance of a warrant, let the
same be placed in the hands of a duly au
thorized constable or citizen, and where
the accused has fled the jurisdiction of a
warrant, that it be sent to the sheriff of
the county where they are found, endorsed
and served by him, so that the parties
might be arrested according to law, and re
quired to appear, give bond and answer
to the charges in the due course of ju
dicial administration. If resistance should be
made to the constable of the trial justice and
he should fail to make the arrest, he
should be required to endorse such failure
on the warrant, and then, and then only,
the civil authorities should call on the
military to act as a posse for the arrest of
the accused.
Illegal Orders Should Not Be Obeyed.
"I see by the papers that Governor Till
man, In a note to Captain MeCaughney, of
the military company, has stated that the
duty of soldiers -and the militia are soldiers
—called into service is blind obedience to
orders from their superiors, and not to
queston them in any way.
“To my mind this proposition is simply
monstrous, and is not true. No officer is
bound to obey the order of his superior
when the order issued is illegal. Nothing
is better settled in military law than that.
Suppose the governor had ordered Captain
MeCaughney to lire into a church filled
with women and children; suppose he had
ordered him to set tire to the town of Co
lumbia; suppose he had ordered him to
throw a railroad train full of innocent pas
sengers from the track. According to his
theory he would have to obey; and yet if
he had obeyed. Captain MeCaughney and
his w hole company could have been arrest
ed, tried, and, doubtless, convicted of mur
der or arson, or ncendiarism: and the or
der of the superior officer, the governor,
would not have protected him.
"This shows how wild, untenable and ab
surd is his proposition. I repeat, no officer
can be compelled to carry out an unlawful
order of his superior officers, ami if he de
clines to obey it the only penalty he in
curs is trial by court martial. I would not
advise an officer or soldier in the military
service of his state or elsewhere to acts of
insubordination or disobedience of orders,
but they are as amenable to law as other
citizens and should never forget that they
are subordinate to the civil power of the
government. We have had a recent example
of how sensitive tiie officers and soldiers of
the army are, at Denver, Col., where Gen
eral McCook, of Ihe regular army, re fused
to interfere at the instance of Governor
Waite saying that he was present with
his troops as preservers of the peace and
could not interfere with the civil powers
are paralyzed. This, T think, would be a
safe rule for the military of this and all
other sections.
"Governor Tillman has ruthlessly and
wantonly Insulted this gallant young officer
of Newberry. There is and can be no justi
fication for such cruelty. Captain McCaugh
ney is a gentleman, and exercised the right
which every soldier has of tendering his
resignation rather than serve under a
braggart or an incompetent superior officer.
He has a right to exercise this privilege
at all times, and the exercise of the right
does not justify or excuse this wanton in
sult from his superior officer. I cannot com
prehend what Governor Tillman means by
his wild and reckless conduct. The think
ing people of this state, of all factions,
are tired of dissensions and wrangling, and
of his fire-alarm, pyrotechnic style at gov
ernment. It is having a bad effect upon
1 the material and social interests of the
state. It is making us an object of ridicule
and a by-word with ali enlightened, in
telligent people. We want repose, quiet,
peace, order. And it will not do for him to
say that these disturbances are brought
about by an oligarchy, or an aristocracy
or ring. He has had undisputed control of
ever department of the government for
nearly four years, and it is very strange
that all of these disturbances and dissen
sions, and all of this wrangling and blood
shed should spring from his own adminis
tration. .
Something Rnilienlly M rong.
"Does it not argue that there is something
rotten, radically wrong, in his administra
ton? The people of this state are not fel
ons or outlaws. As a rule, they con
servative and law-abiding people ol all tac
tions In 187t> they arc.se in their power and
hurled from the administration of the state
government officials who had brought disas
ter and sorrow upon the people. J hey are
long suffering and patient, and he ought to
stop and think. He ought to call around
him in council the most prudent and con
servative men of all factions. Nobody
wants to thwart him in any honorable effort
he may make for the general welfare of
the people. He ought to know that he can
not run roughshod over the people or any
part of the people of the state. He says
he represents a majority. Does he mean to
have it inferred from this that he will
trample on the rights of the minority and
ignore them? Is he prepared to admit that
two or three or a dozen newspapers can
prevent his doing justice to all the people?
Will he say that, the newspapers can drive
him into extreme and resentful measures?
1 should be very sorry to see the governor
of this state in that position.
"Why does he continue in his efforts to
array class against class, country against
town? Why will he appeal to the prejudices
and passions and resentments of the peo
ple, rather than to their reason and wis
dom and forbearance one for the other?
We are one people, with a common interest
and a common fate, and it behooves him,
as It behooves all the good and patriotic
monos this state, to keep cool, to obey the
law, and to respect honorable differences
of opinion one for the other. There is no
occasion for the disturbances now existing
In this state. There is no occasion to call
on the military. Let him send them home
•ir.d administer the laws in mercy and jus
tice, and. my word for it. all will be well.
"I see by the papers tonight that Govern
or Tillman proposes to issue a proclama
tion taking charge of the, entire police force
of the state. How can he have the ef
frontery to do this, when the last legisla
ture. representatives of the people, refused
to give him that power. 1 cannot under
stand. Why ho should desire to destroy
home rule and local self-government, the
very foundation stone of our people’s insti
tutions, is equally surprising. He had better
leave to each community the right to gov
ern itself according to its own exigencies,
subordinate, of course, to the paramount
power and authority of the state. If he
does this; if he does take charge of the
police, ho will add fuel to the flame and
may precipitate bloody collisions and in
flict endless harm and injury upon the
whole state. I.et him attend to his own
constitutional duties, and leave the people
to govern themselves. He is not wiser than
all the people nor more patriotic than the
majority.”
ANOTHER MURDER AT DARLINGTON.
Spain Is in It Now if He Was Not
Before.
Darlington. S. C., April 4.—At the Cleve
land house here today Dr. Spain shot and
killed a ii uro cook, who hail reported him
as being one of those concerned in the
dispensary transaction which caused the
recent riots. Spain was at once arrested
by a. squad of soldiers, who were in charge
of tiie hotel and taken to police head
quarters. Everything is now quiet and
there is apparently no danger of furthe
trouble. Two companies or n'jlitiajm 1
double quir k from the e* zp, «
for the purpose of thoroughly policing tiie
city.
Til I man Commended.
Columbia, S. C., April 4.—(Special.)—The
state conference of reformers was held here
today. It was decided to hold a state con
vention of the reform faction on August 14th
to select nominees for governor and lieu
tenant governor. This will be after the reg
ular democratic convention.
An address to the farmers was issued.
Resolutions were oMopted commending Gov
ernor 'Tillman’s course in upholding law and
order in the dispensary disturbance.
A I’rohi bi i ion Convention.
Columbia, S. C., April s.—(Special.)—The
action of the state executive committee <>f
prohibitionists, which has adjourned, proba
bly means a state ticket in tiie coming cam
paign against the Tillman faction. L. ’>
Childs presided at the meeting of the com
mittee. Heretofore the prohibiticnisl shove
never been in the field in this state as a
political party. The committee issued an
address calling a state convention to meet
in Columbia in June. Said convention to take
into consideration the best means to re
move the liquor traffic from our state and
if deemed advisable, io nominate a full state
ticket to be placed bef.it e the democracy of
the state for election. The address is signed
by Joel F. Brunson, J. I'. Gibson and Thom
as J. Lamotte.
The Spring,
Os all seasons in the year, is the one for
making radical changes m regard to health.
J luring lhe winter, the system becomes to
a Certain extent clogged with waste, and
the blood loaded with impurities, owing to
lack of < xercise, close confinement in poorly
ventilated shops and lioniJi, and other
causes, 'i his is the cause ot the dull-slug
gish, tired feeling so general at this sea
son, and which must be overcome, or the
health may be entirely broken down.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla has attained the great
est popularity all over the country as the
favorite Spring Medicine. It expels the ac
cumulation of impurities through the
bowels, kidneys, liver, lungs and skit?,
gives to the blood the purity and quality
m cessary to good health and overcomes
that tired feeling.
TRADE OF TIIE WEEK.
Bi-adstreel’s Reports Dull Business, the
Gains Followed by Reaction.
New York, April 6.—Bradstreet’s tomor
row will say: -Special telegrams from im
portant distributing centers report general
trade quite irregular, previous gains having
been followed by shrinkage in many jn
stanqes. Only three ' out of six
of the more important cities in the New
England and middle states furnish en
couraging reports as to trade this week,
and not more than one-third of the citites
west or northwest semi corresponding ad
vices. Three-fourths of the southern and
southwestern cities regard the situation at
least as favorable as heretofore. New Eng
land shoe factories are running on part
time, but there is a better demand at
Boston for lumber. Some Philadelphia cot
ton men regard Hie outlook more favorably,
as do dry goods and notion* jobbers and
dealers in morocco and leather and shoes.
Balt.more jobbers have been pleasantly dis
appointed by the unexpected freedom with
v hieh North Carolina and Virginia mer
chants have been purchasing; sales of dry
goods, millinery and notions having been
heavier than anticipated. Collections in
South Carolina, however, are giving some
uneasiness.
There is some gain at Memphis, particu
larly in dry goods and plantation supplies,
which is true at Atlanta and Augusta as
well, where retailers and jobbers report
that cash sales are larger than for a long
time. Birmingham jobbers in groceries re
port increased sales, as those in dry goods
ami plantation supplies at New Orleans, al
though exports ot grain at the latter are
cheeked. Business at Chattanooga is also
good considering the season and few com
plaints are mail.? by leading merchants at
Little Rock, Galveston and Savannah.
Trade at Charleston, however, is reported
quiet, sales of lumber only being fair.
Itimage froif frost in the vicinity of Nash
ville a week ago was small.
The industrial feature if the week is
found in thirty-one strikes throughout the
country, involving 4,000 employes, principal
ly among building trades at New Y'ork and
Chicago, textile industries at Paterson
and New York, coal miners and coke opera
tives in western Pennsylvania and further
west. A noticeably large increase in the
number of small strikes weekly have taken
the place of resumptions of industrial es
tablishments. Manufacturers of print cloth
have marked the price up 1-1(1 cent and re
port demand brisk. Increased demand for
billets and bessemer pig is due to shaded
quotations. The trend of prices continues
1 upward.
There were 199 business failures reported
to Bradstreet’s this week, against 224 last
ASSIST NATURE.
Assist nature a little now and then, with a gentle laxative, or
if need be with a more searching and cleansing, yet gentle <*atha--
tic, to remove offending matter from the stomach and bowels, and
tone up and invigorate the liver and quicken its tardy action, -
1 pecially in the Spring time, and you there-
by avoid a multitude of derangements and
diseases.
X If people would pay more attention to
properly regulating the action of their
bowels, they would have less frequent oc
casion to call for their doctors’ services to
rfSkiy subdue attacks of dangerous diseases.
Hence, it is of great importance to know
what safe, harmless agent best serves the
sPn bwSmSI. purpose of producing the desired action.
That of all known agents to accomplish
this purpose, Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets
nre unequaled, is proven by tho fact that
once used they are always in favor. Their secondary effect is to
keen the bowels open and regular, not to further constipate, as is
the l case with other pills. Hence, their great populanty with
sufferers from habitual constipation, piles and their attendant dis
comfort anti manifold derangements. .
The “Pleasant Pellets” are far more effective in arousing the
liver to action than “ blue pills,” old fashioned compound cathartic
nills calomel or other mercurial preparations, and have the ii.i
ther’ merit of being purely vegetable m their composition and
perfectly harmless in any condition of the system. 1* urthermore,
particular care is required while using them. They uo not m
terLre hi the least with’ the diet, habits or occupation, and they
1 P Beffig compXl of "the choicest, concentrated vegetable extracts,
their cost of production is much more than is that of other pi Is
found in the market, yet from forty to forty-four of them aio put
headache.
E. VAHGASON, of Otter Lg/cG Dapeer Co.,
Michigan, writes: 1
have used your medi
cines for a number of
years and know that
they do tor meal! that
is claimed for lherm
I am emplovcd almost
constantly at my
desk, and not infre
quently have an at
tack of the headache.
It usually comes on
in the forenoon. At
my dinner I eat my
regular meal, and
take one or two of
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant
Pellets immediately
after, and in the
course of an hour my
headache is cured and (
no bad effects. I feel |
ft?
I /
E. Vargason, Esq.
1,. V AKIiASVA, l-’X’- no IKK! l-livrin. i
better every wav for having taken them—not
than their weight in gold, if for nothing else
than to cure headache.”
dyspepsia,
Or catarrh of Stomach.
Miss Mary Anguish, of Glen Easton, Mar-
shall Co., IF. Vn., says :
“Two years ago I
was pale and emaci
ated, food fermented
in ray stomach. A
physician pronounced
my cas©
the Stomach,” but he
could not help me. I
lived a month without
solid food and when 1
tried to cat I would
vomit. At this time I
began taking Doctor
Pierce's Pellets, and in
two weeks I was decid- Mi«s Anguish.
crllv better. lam now , . ...
hi good health, and never felt better m my life.
i fi better color, cut 111010,1101.
distress after eating—having gained thirteen
pounds since I began taking them.
week, 186 in the week a year ago, IGS two
years ago and 178 three years ago.
KANSAS CITY CO-OPERATES.
The Importunce of the Cotton State*
Exposition Is Recognised.
Kansas City, Mo., April 4.-
‘-’tnecial.)—The business men or
... City have perhaps as
many, and as well organized bodies of a
commercial characer as any city in the
United States. Their men are thoroughly
alive and progressive, and remind me very
much of the public spirit and the united
effort which characterizes the business men
of Atlanta. Whatever is for the interests
of the city they join togeth. r in executing
with an energy and unanimity which is
sleepless and untiring.
The Commercial dub having naa its at
tention called to the matter of the Cotton
Stat'S and International exposition, it
unanimously and entiiusiastically passed
the following and endorsement
of co-operation, which were introduced by
Hon. G. F. Putnam, one of the most prom
inent business men of the city:
“Whereas, The Atlanta Cotton States and
International exposition to be held Septem
ber. 1895. for four months. is intended
am* ng other large objects to sc -are to the
United States the trade of West Jr,dies,
Mexico and the seventeen republics of
Central and South America, of which Kur
fifths is enjoyed by other coun.ries, not so
near and yhieh by every trade law should
belong to this country, and
"Whereas, The southern borts of the
United States are natural inlets for this
great trade, to which Kansas City and
other western marts are directly linked by
shorter railway carriage than to any other
seanorts. therefore be it
"Resolved, By the Commercial Club of
Kansas Citv. Mo., that it heartily endorses
the AUanta'Cotton States and International
exposition as an eminently worthy project
for both southern and western good, and
for the enlargement of American commerce,
meriting western co-operation.
"Resolved, That as a practical movement
to multiply markets for our western bread
stuffs and meat products, to bring good im
migrants and investments of capital to our
cities and idle lands, to establish larger
trade relations not only with the neighbor
ing- south to which we join, but to the coun
tries south of the United States which are
our natural trade allies, and to increase the
imports and avenues for imports 'if our
national commerce, thus swelling our inter
national trade, we shall co-operate in every
way to carry out the valuable objects cf
said exposition and make it a success.”
FrenhetM Tluit Deluge
th<* lowlands breed miasma, the parent of
shills and fever, bilious, remittent and other
forms of malarial disease. I lorstetter’s
Stomach Bitters is a sure defense agairst
them all. Nor F it less effectual as a safe
guard against rheumatism and kidney com
plaints caused by a wetting. Dyspepsia, liver
complaint, constipation ami nervousness
are likewise eradicated by it. Take it reg
ularly.
FOUR MEN DROWNED.
They Attempted to Cross the Chattahoochee
River at No 1 Rock.
Columbus, Ga., April s.—Four men were
drowned in the Chattahoochee river oppo
site this city this afternoon. Five men
were out fishing in a boat and attempted
to descend the slough near what is known
as No. 1 rock.
The boat was capsized and all except one
man went down. The occupants were G.
\V. Diggers and his son Milt Diggers. Will
Adams, Will Lavender and Will Riden
hauer. The elder Diggers was rescued by
men on shore, who threw him a pole and
then pulled him in. All were fishermen.
The drowned men were unmarried with the
exception of Ridenhauer. Other fishermen
began dragging the river for the bodies of
the men, but only one body, that of Adams,
was recovered.
The river is very treacherous where the
men were drowned and many lives have
been lost there. A number of years ago
a. young lady committed suicide there by
leaping from’No. 1 rock. The water there
rushes down at the rate of twenty miles
an hour.
World’s Fair Awards.
The Whitman Agricultural Company, of
St. l.ouis, Mo., have received fourteen first
awards in their exhibits at the Columbian
world’s fair, having been awarded lirst
prize on belt press, full circle steel press,
hand power press, press grain drill, etc.,
afte field trials. Jn the field trial their
beVi press turned out a little more than
two bales per minute. This is a remark
able record, considering the very large
competition in this class or machinery.
TO THE BLOCK ONCE MORE.
The East Tennessee Is to Be Sold
Again.
Knoxville, Tenn., April 3.—(Special.)—A
distinguished part) of New York capital
ists arrived here today on important busi
ness. Among them were Samuel Spencer,
one of the receivers of the East Tennessee
road: General Sam Thomas, Mr. Joline, of
tin- Central Trust Company; Mr. Stetson,
late partner of President Cleveland and at
torney for the trust company, and Mr.
Coster, chairman of the reorganization com
mittee. Tomorrow United States Circuit
Judge Burton will be asked to order the
sale of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia system, and as the case is nra-e-
BEST PILLS FOR TME LIVER.
watts-toK
wt'j/''V‘ ; !''
R. Manson, Esq.
AS LIVER PILLS,
Nothing Can Compare wish Dr.Fierce’s
Pleasant Pellets.
Mr. Samufl Baker,
Sit., of A r o- MI Summit
Avenue, I’h till psbliryh,,
N. J., writ' s:
World’s Dispen
sary Medical Asso
c 1 a t i o n, ntlcmen—
There is nothing that
can compare wilii Dr.
Fierce’s Pleasant Pel
lets, as Liver Pills.
They have done more
good than any other
medicine 1 have ever
taken.
a'
V W 1
LIVE?? DISEASE.
“From early childhood I have suffered from
a sluggish liver with all the disorders accom
panying such a condition. Doctors prescrip
tion’s and patent medicines I have used in
abundance; they only afforded temporary re
lief. I was recommended to try Dr. I icrce s
Pleasant Pellets. I did so. taking three at
night and two after dinner every day for two
tBOIWO
for infants and ©hiSdren.
'• Cn stor la is so well tMapted to children that Castoria cures Colic, Constipation,
I recommend it as superior to any prescription Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation,
known to me.” 11. A. Archer, 51. D., Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di
111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. gestion,
Without injurious medication.
“The use of ‘Castoria i 3 so universal and “For several years J. have recommended
Its merits so well known that it seems a work your ‘ Castoria,’ and shall always continue to
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
Intelligent families who do not keep Castoria results.”
Within easy reach.” Edwin F. Pardee, M. D.,
Carlos Maf.tyx, D. D., 135th Street and 7th Ave., New York City.
New York City.
The Centat-r Company. 77 Murray Street. New York City.
tically an agreed one it is believed the I
order will immediately follow. •
Do i on Have AMhma
If you do, you will be glad to near that the
Kola plan:, f >iui'l on 'the CVugo river, vi-'st
Africa, .s reported a iposT.?-.' cure far the
d;-a«asc The K'd'.'i Impraxing < oiv.piny, 116!
Broadway, New York, have ->k<i faith in this
new (IDeovery, 4:hat they arc eendiag out free
bv mail large trial c.is.-s “f Ko t <'.miieiiind
no all sufferers from Astllimu. who send their
name and address on a (postal card. Write to
them.
.... —o
Tf»e Southeast<*»’n Ntncklio!<ler«.
Macon, Ga., April 5. —(Special.)—There
will li" a meeting of the stockholders of the
Southwest "in railroad on April l.'.th at the
office of the company in Macon. It will be
an adjourned meeting from the meeting
that was held at the Academy ol Music
last February, at which it was decided that
if in a reasonable time a plan of reorgani
zation of the Central railroad projn rties I
was not perfected by which the Southwest
ern’s interests would in* satisfactorily pre
served and protected, that the Southwest
ern would withdraw from the Central and
operate as an independent line. So far as
is known no reorganization scheme has
been framed. Receivers Comer and Hayes,
when they recently returned from New
York, are reported to have said that no re
organization plan has yet been given out
in New York. It is supposed that the
meeting to be held in Macon on April 15th
is to decide positively about the question
of withdrawal. Mr. R. T. Wilson, of New
York, is now president of the Southwestern
and will probably be present.
The Evolution.
Os medicinal agents is gradually relegat
ing the old-time herbs, pills, draughts and
vegetable extracts to the rear, and bringing
into general use the pleasant and effective
liquid laxative, Syrup of Figs. To get the
true remedy see that it is manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup Company only.
For sale by all leading druggists.
Was It the I.’o.ult <>f ills Ba(h.
Bristol, Term., April 7.—(Special.)—News
reaches here to the effect that Dr. John A
P. Baker, of Abingdon, was seriously in
jured wh.le in his bath tub. Dr. Baker is
known all over the United States as the
man who was tried twice charged with
murdering his wife by poisoning, that be
might get Mrs. Gilmer. The first trial
which resulted in conviction, lasted seven
teen days.
For 52.50
Wo have about one UuuUrea copies of the
life and speeches of the late Henry W. Grailv
and offer them in connection with The Week
ly Constitution for $3.50. That is, will send
you the speeches of Mr. Grady and The
Weekly Constltulion one year if you will send
us $3.50. Th" price of the speeches is s,'! r,Q
so by taking the two you get the paper one
year free. It must be understooii that we
have only about one hundred copies and o”
course, the first come will be first served
Semi your order et once to The Constitution
Atlanta. Ga. luuu.i,
Illaiiclinrd'N Successor.
Shreveport, La., April 7.—Democratic pri
maries were heb. -uday in the fourth con
gressional district, and indications point to
the choice of a majority of delegates fa
voring H. W. Ogden as Blanchard's suc
cessor in congress.
MnUlfceiWE
B.M.WOOLLEY,M I,
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up in each sealed cheaper aa’de pills.
Little Liver I’lll to tho . js Pellets ”nexcellence,
them, but none have appi oath hl. J, th " plea mt Pellets”
Foi’- all laxative and catharti< purpo.
are infinitely superior “ “ cn l)«i), laxative“ teas,” and
“salts,” castor oil, sffid in various frms.
the manvHither purgative sick and ttlious head-
Tho “ Pleasant PelkL _cu ti tion o f boweb piles, sour
ache, dizziness, 7 )S 1 tl . v i f i "^ s ’ l ? he art-burn.” pain and dstress after
stomach, windy Tn ,, nts o f th" liver, stomachand bowel*
eating, and k1, . ,,1re ' 1 n d^ ,a .troubles should neve bo without
Persons subject to any j n proof if their su-
a vial of the’ pl ? as ~ U truthfully said, that they are always
perior excellence it cani ft™ the first trial. Putup m glass
adopted as a household remedy a * ahv avs fresh aid reliable,
vials, hermetically seato ( l. th as a acting »ut search-
Whether as a laxative V plte« rlav or £ p,. rl e4, satisfac-
ing cathartic little P are catharic. They
aud boweS-qfckly tut
‘ L K%n„ur pill," to.
To relieve tiie ‘l‘stress at ising t * sugar-coated aiti-bilious
guX «»» Every CMd ’“ U
25 Cents a Vial.-AC cpt no > su»s /or rieP/< , r , be-
weeks I then reduced the dose to on*‘Pel-
Ft’ewerv day and continued this practice for
let • i, in months increased
• W °mM flesh twenty-six poumls. Im in
.I th than I have been since childhood.
’ rowsincss • : mipleasnnt feelings after
meata have completely disappeared.
// U S Insnector of Immigration,
' Buffalo, N. Y.
BOILS CURED.
Robert Manson, of
BT.st /inc, llockintjham
Co.,N. 11. , writes:
WOR Tub’s DISPF.X
-SAtiv SIEDiCAfi .Asso
ciation. (icntlemen--
Three years ago I
commenced taking
Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery: I
weighed HO pounds,
and now I weigh 175
pounds, so you see
how I have gained in
health and weight.
Dr. Pierce’s Pellets
are the best pills I
ever to o k so r the
liver. All my friends
say they do them the
most good.
William Kamich,
A'eb., writes:
“ I was troubled
with boils for tbir
ty y ears. Fo u r
'.ears ago I was so
afflicted with them
that I could not
walk. I bought
Dr. Pierce s 1 leas
ant Pellets, and
?ook one ’Pellet’
after each meal.
The boils soon dis
appeared and have >
hud none since. 1 .
have also been
troubled with sick
headache. When t
feel the hcadae.ic
coming on. I take
oneortwo’Pellets. _
anti am relieved ol it.
K i J
Mr. 8. Baker, Su.
BLEEDS IMG PILES.
Montgomery, Orange Co., N. F.
“T suffered untold misery with bleeding
piles I could get no relief night or day. um
F l I commenced using your ‘ Pleasant Pellets
now for two vcais or more, I na\e not
been troubled with the piles: if my bowe s
~,>t in a constipated condition, I take a 1
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, and the trouble
is ail dispblled by next day.”
of Minden, Kearney oc,,
Wm. Kamich, Esq.
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