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WEEKLY LETTER FROM WASHINGTON. L S8Ci.il, POLITICAL AND lilVlRAL NEWS STEWS GATHERED IN THE V- CAPITAL CITY. Special CoMV'j'oii'ifUcc A'f the County Kkcokd.) Washington. D. c, May 1 lilt positively is astoundingto people h-ic i(. Washington w!w kno*?v f resident Roosevelt, at short range, to lead about his popularity i.i the country at large, and the farther away the more popular he seems to be. There must be something in that Saying thit "distance lend* enchantment to the view." The closer yon get to the man ibe less you will like him, for I do not know of one lovable tra't he posseses, although he catches many men by his impulsive ways of doing things. He impulsively tells one man that he will do what is wanted of him, but the minute the man's back is turned and the man who does not want that thing done gets his ear, he just as as impulsively goes back on what he said to the other man, and tells the ? ? _ L second man that it shall oe as ne wishes. Thus, he is all things to all men and nothing very long. He has made grandstand plays about doing things that the people wanted, but name one thing he has done or advocated that has been <>f any^practical benefit to the people, and 3 will name you a number that he has advocated and done that have been or would have been a detriment So the interest of the people. What good, so far. has the railroad rate bill been to the consumers and ship ^ pers of the country? Every suit that has been brought onm hi firms or the IK ltdl C1IV VVUi v* ? ? ? vow -v railroads, has been brought through I the Elkina law or the Sherman ant** trust law, two laws that were on the E statute books before the enactment g| of the railroad rate law and simply had never been euforced. W The people of this country have got the idea into their heads that Mr Roosevelt is after the rich, the predatory rich, and that he is giving tiieui a taste of the big stick. Well, he is not hurting them eo bad as he is the people who are dependent on tile gtowth of the railroads and i heir expansion and their ability to haul the to market. Mr Roosevelt did not hesitate to take the money of the predatory rich, duriug the last presidential campaign, when he was cheek by jowl with the whole bunch of them, hobnobbing with them as to the best way to win the election. However, he tutns on them and, in order to make a grandstand play, he . v assents that he is going to do things to tliem which scares capital into hiding and the railroads cannot borrow any money to make extensions or build new lines that are needed to haul the commerce of the country. Regulation and control of railroads is all right. It is Democratic policy and Democratic doctrine stolen by a Republican administration to made it popular, and its popularity J? " 'J ^?v/%lI/l.vkfrittaa LO?UUV IS IKWfU VI1 |f\/UVIV9) vtuw V * Itivwj and ideas stolen from the Democratic platform. TheDem cratic platform, however, never advocated eontiscatiou of property, or tried to wield the big stick to scare capital off the face of the earth. That is what Roosevelt has done in order to create a little cheap popularity. You can take niv word for it, the veueer will be washed off this political tin deity before his term expires and the people will know him a> do the correspondents in Washington and the membeis of Congress He has not a dozen friends in Congress, on either side of the political fence, but they are afraid to say their soul is their own, on account of th>* patronage s ick he wields. T.i-y, also. are piava ? mc j/v. they dare not express their honest fc^^opiriion?. If they had the courage to do thev would be astounded to kno*/tbat four-fifths of the men to whom they express themselves would agree with them,and tnus the s)-called popularity of tn? President would vanish 9^H servile sycophancy if the nic-mbers of congress that maintains the pop nlaiiucfthepresiie.it out in the I country, added to the servility of the jdaiiy pi ess of the country in giving circulation to ail tile ideas and schemes hatched in the white house. i i Whenever he wants t<? head off some one or som- thing that interferes j with his pla^s; whenever he wants j to get t<? tile people with a grandi stand {day, he sends down for a I bunch of newspaper correspondents, j for the papers that clobber on him and hasthezn up to tile white house. Then he pats triem familiarly on the back and tells them in a heart to heart talk what he wants to get be- ( fore the people, always making them write the matter in the third person I He then is in position t> d-uy anything that may come on: that is not pleasing to him, which he does with a flourish of trumpets and thereby adds new members to his Ananias Club. He cannot and does not tool ; a lot of the older correspondents here. They have looked in his trunk and they know him. But it is very flattering to the young correspond-! ents to have the President of the | United States pat them on the back and call them "old bovs," and tellj them what they believe to be the innermost secrets of the White House, j They all go awav and print the sto-. ry, thus heading off the story as it should have been told in the interest ot the truth. Everybody sees the same story in the papers ail over the country, and thev believe it to be true, else why j should all the papers ha*e printed it' simultaneously. The man who, could have told the truth about the' matter has uo show. He does not, occupy the position of President of the United States, and if he were to come out with tne truth the people! would not believe him. So, what's' the use, as the skunks said to one another when they smelt an automobile as it passed them on the road. Chas. A Edwards. A Pleasant Ontiog. The local correspondent of the News and Courier thus graph- j ically describes a very pleas-j ing affair which took place last Friday afternoon,May 10: This afternoon Mr Louis Ja' ?1? 1 fViQ KAirr? r*f i | COOS, CUctllUidxi ui mc uuui ? ui | I trustees of the graded school, I entertained the faculty of the school, the young ladies of the 1 graduating class and a few specially invited guests, with a j delightful sail down the river in! Mr C Constine's new motor boat, i the '"Mercedes." The merry par- j tv boarded the launch at the bridge and were soon speeding1 away towards the Georgetown line, if not with a full sheet, at ieast with a sea tha^ followed j fast. During the evening a re-I freshing course of cream and| cake was ser\ed, while the: beautiful reaches of Wee Nee j echoed to the merry laugh and lilting song. About dark the party retuined in high good humor with themselves after giving Mr Jacobs a vote of thanks i for a most delightful evening. : iiSii a ! W. L. Bass A. C. Hindi BASS & HINDS, Attorneys-at-law KINGSTREE, S. C. 9-20-tf. I HNS IHIIi. m Lake City, S. C. ! Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. All Work ftu?rantedW. L, IB ASS Attorney at Law i LAKE CITY. S. C. Dr E J McCabe I Dentist. IKIK33T1EE, - 3. C. % MATTERS OF INTEREST NOTED AT SCRANTON, LADIES TO GIVE BALA.AR-VISITORS COMING AND GOING-PERSONAL NOTES. Si liANTOX. May U:?The Ladies'Sewing Circle of Seranton will iiivt* a bazaar at Mr R K McKuiulU*? stole on Railroad street Friday evening, May 'v4, beginning at 4 o'clock p rn and lasting until 10 p m. There will be many valuable and nandsonic homemade articles fot sale. Music and refreshments will be provided. A silk quilt will bv awarded lu tile most popular lady *a >d a satin sofa pillow to the most popular gentleman present. Votes will cost only o..e cent each. The aim is to raise enough money to erect a fountain on the school-house grounds and every body is cordially invited to attend, conie along and enjov the evening, and if you haven't any pennies don't let that keep you away. Bring along your friends and a few dollars and we will make the change. I)r and Mrs Chas H Pate entertained quite a number of their friends at their lovely little home on Kail road stieet Friday evening, May 10, in honor of Miss Rosa Tallavast of Dock, S C, who was Mrs Pate's room-mate while at college. Miss Tallavast is a very handsome young lady and has made many friends here. She will leave for her home tonight. Mr Douglas Singletary of Cowards has accepted a position as salesman with Dr C H Pate. We welcome him to our little town. Several of the olu soldiers of this section attended the Veterans' reunion at Columbia last week. Also a number of them attended the Memorial day exercises at Kingstree last Friday. They seem to be deI i or k mi? i f Y> fk a k/\ ?i /*? n Af ? A P knu nfl . ugiiicu 1*11,11 tuc kjl uiauuful flowers given to them in Kingstree. Mrs Margaret Pate, an aged lady of Hannah, Florence county, whc has been troubled for I he past six months with her eyes and for foui months has been totally blind, was taken to Charleston Sunday night for treatment by her attending pnycian, Dr W S Lynch; but after Di Parker made a through examination he foun 1 that no good could be dow bv an operation and she was brought back to Scranton Monday night. Mr R E MoKnighr went to Charleston 0:1 business one Uav this week. Mr E M Low man. cashiei of the bank of Scranton, spent Friday in Timmonsrille with his parents. John G Siagletary, formerl. of | Not better the but bettei i One trial order will convinc you get the best for the nioni j ONE QUART OF [ One Dozen Good S SNAP 1. i 4 Quarts Acorn Corn $2 CO 1 Quart Old Mononjrahela Kve free. SNAP 2. 4 Quarts Surnuf Corn &>.0C ! 1 Quart Old Monongahela free. SNAP 3. 4 Quart Hygrade Corn $4.0( ' 1 Quart Old Monongahela free. SNAP 4.W ! 4 Quarts Corncob Corn S5.CK 1 Quart Imported Claret Wine free. SNAP 3. 4 Quarts Eayle Gin $2.0( 1 Quart Old Mononjjahela free. SNAP 0. 12 mixed Quarts Wine $3 U( 1 Quart Old Monontrahela free. "morris du l\io. # S. Front St. P. 0. Box 243. this place but now of Effingham, | was in town Monday. i Mr Willie Asking of Li'<e City was in town between trains Moudav. Mr R FMcKnight of Charleston : snent Sntnluv :n lown with parents' 1 and friends. ! Mr E.igene Buskins of Timmoas- j i vilie was seen on our streets today, j Mr and Mrs W Wright spent a; few days in Columbia last week. I Mr3 J A Gaunt of Florence is visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs P. A Parker, at this place. Mrs SO Byrd and children are i visiting friends and relatives in Florence this- week. Engineer Tom B Cole and wife, accompanied by their little daughter, Irmal, of Savannah, Ga., spent several days in town recently with Mr and Mrs X M Graham and other relatives here. They left Sunday for Indiantown where they will spend a few days with Sheriff Geo Graham before they return ham-. M R M Pressing Club Notice. I have removed my Pressing ' lub into the tirst floor of the Gourdin building, formerly Mouzon's barber shop, where I will be glad to serve my patrons. 1 .1 F Fulton. 1-15-tf | mi | I I I I II II I __ WHENEVER You Have Any ! KIND OF BUSINESS In Real Ett&te See STOLL BROTHERS, Kingstree, - - S. C. The Largesi, and Most f k.mplete , Establishment South. . GEO. S. HACKER I SON, ?MANUFACTT'H :R* OK? | . Fash, Doors, Blinds 1 Moulding and Building Material, Sash Weights and Cords CHARLESTON, S. C. ! _ . in the best, r than the rest. e you that it pays to deal where; IliwiOAHELA! 1*1-1 1 . naps wnue tney last. 1 - i i snap i 4 Quarts Mongram Rye $2.00 : lQuart Old Monong-ahela free. * SNAP 8. 4 Quarts Black Fox Rye $3.00 I > 1 Quart Old Monong-ahela free. : SNAP 9. 4 Quarts Square Deal Rye $4.00 ) 1 Quart Imported Claret wine | free. I SFAP 10. ) 4 Quarts Gold Seal Rye $5.00 1 Quart Imported Claret Wine free. SNAP 11. 1 ) 20 Bottles Pale Export Beer $1.50 j SNAP 12. ) 5 Quarts Cream of Kentucky express paid. SO.00; HILLING, CO. ! i, Wilmington IS. C. j 5 :; jj THE TWO is the thin^ this i year. Long, low iapels, semiforni-titting backs and fronts nearly straight give this model a remarkable j slylish appearance. We can supply this model in half a dozen different fabrics and scores of handsome patterns. You can get these suits in any weight here, and and we absolutely guarantee the quality?they are the famous SCHLOSS-made garments. I'oae aid see thea?we can fit you perfectly. All grades, $12 to $35. Also a full Hie of lew things la Mel's Sprlig Fnrilshlifs just received. "A little better for a little less." J. L. C. MOORE, LAKE CITY. SOUTH CAROLINA. u J IF YOU WANT A BUGGY ?r WHY NOT BUY THE Best on the Market? WE SELL THEM -THE TYSON & JONES. WE HANDLE ANUMBER OF OTHER STANDARD MAKES, ALSO WAGONS, HARNESS, LAP ROBES, HORSE BLANKETS, ETC., all the best on the market F. C. Thomas, . ZECing-stiee, S. C. j Ml:JL'JL'i "M."s' A"a"a*<A"a."A.' A R THE _ JI Offers to the Insuring j| ^ 1 public safe, reliable, econ- \ * Palmetto Mutual j ?^' protection at the ^ lowest cost. \ Fire Insurance countr^risks a specialty. g Correspondence solicited. ^ j rnmnanv II Atients wanted. kL i ii " r It " E J P. O. Box No. 370, | i CHARLESTON, S. C. I i t i. i| 4-25-tf. H * H ? mmmmmmmmmmmmmmtd I WITCH !IS ALWAYS 1 r- !V 11 X U JLX UIV JL JLJUJ II IX X KS ? FOR ANYTHING JN'J HE WATCH LINE. WE CARRY 3 | Watches of All Kinds, All Grades | | HANDLED BY F1S5T-CLA55 JEWELLERS. |f ^ Being Watch inspectors lor the Southern, George- 3 ? town and Western Railroads, also Consolidated 2 ? Street Railway, we are obliged to keep a variety of 3 EE Watches. We will he glad to have you call ar.d see Es ? them at anv time or to till y.ur Mail Orders. 3 ? Watches and Jewelry Repaired. ZS 1 S- THOMAS & 3RO. 1 ? 257 KING ilL ELT, ChAfiLE/ICN, 5. C. 3