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o? GO CO co oo co oo co co C^'w o<*? oo oo oo oo oo Copyright, 1500, By James R. Peny. By JAMES . RAYMOND PERRY ???ft?P co co 00 co co co oo oo oo oo oo OO CO 00 GO co oo oo <^ w co co co g;win ^- ?SUELDOM or newer had po g iitical feelings in a presi I . ? dential campaign run so high. Principles, policies. fg?g||5p^ and personalities were all lsgg|?lSE5| sources of prejudice and VwMBi^' hatred. The candidates of the two principal parties were as un? like as it is possible to imagine, and the principles and policies of the two party platforms were as opposite as the mind . could conceive. As the campaign progressed with ev? er intensifying feeling, charges and <5EEETED WITH CEIES OF "HELLO, OLD BOGUS: ' countercharges were made-some well founded, no doubt and others utterly ridiculous. P?rsons -acquainted with the two candidates knew these stories and similar ones to be utterly false, but the fact that such stories originated and 9 gained currency illustrates bow high public feeling ran and into what -depths "of credulity its prejudices al? lowed it to be carried. One of the most ridiculous and at the same time one of the most persistent rumors in circulation was that which averred with all solemnity that one of the candidates, who was stumping the ^country from Maine to California-in this most unusual of campaigns ail states were doubtful, and all alike i needed the presence of the party nom? inees-was not the candidate at all, but a man of much greater intellectual and oratorical ability who bore a strong physical resemblance to the actual can? didate. The reports concerning this mysteri? ous substitute of the real candidate were somewhat conflicting. According to the more conservative versions of this improbable story, the substitute assumed the part of his principal only upon occasions when the genuine can? didate was too much exhausted to him? self address the expectant crowds as he passed from one raliway station to another in his speechmaking campaign. This theory was given some color by the extraordinary number of speeches which the candidate succeeded in crowding into a working day of 12 or 35 hours. There was no stopping place so small but that he would find time and words to make at least a little speech, and to such as gave no cre? dence to the theory of candidational substitution it was a constant marvel that the mau's voice and strength didn't give out. Thus there were many persons willing to believe the candidate had a physical duplicate to spell him in his speechmaking who would not go so far as to believe, as another version of the story had it. that it was the sub? stitute who was making all the speech OS and that it had all been arranged before the nomination of the candi? date. This version stated in terms as explicit as was compatible with an avoidance of libel suits that the man put in nomination by the convention was so inferior intellectually that he was totally incompetent to make the brilliant speeches which the party's salaried substitute was going about making. This version of the fairy tale would have it that the genuine candi? date had gone into the most secret and secluded retirement immediately after the convention had nominated him and that he would not issue therefrom un? til after the election should have car? ried him up to a triumphant victory or down to an inglorious defeat. In the heat of political campaigns the most improbable tales will find cre? dence, and there were found among the duller class of intellects many men who actually believed the real party candi? date had never been seen at a political rally and bad never made a speech since the beginning of the campaign. This belief no doubt accounts for the interruptions that occurred now 3nd then near the close of the campaign when the candidate would be greeted with cries of "Hello, old Bogus!" and similar remarks. But while no person of education and intelligence for a mo? ment supposed that the real candidate was not daily appearing before thou? sands and making speeches there were many who believed it not impossible nor even improbable that be had with him a substitute bearing a personal likeness to himself, whom he suffered to make short speeches at some of the minor and unimportant places at which the tram stopped. It may be as well to state here bow j the story cf the double started, accord? ing to the explanation given by the can? didate and his managers, an explana? tion, by tLo way,, that was accepted with reluctance or not at all by many of the opposing party. Then, too, as is always the case when sensational sto? ries gain currency, there were many who heard the story who never heard the explanation of its origin. According to the explanation, one day when the train was passing through a city of considerable size a gentleman came aboard who bore a rather striking resemblance to the candidate so far as features went, but who was a much smaller man and one who could not possibly be palmed off upon the public for any length of time as the real can? didate. This gentleman and the presi? dential aspirant were presented to each other, and the stranger remained talk? ing with his distinguished companion until the train had carried them out in? to the rural districts, and as the train was slowing up at an unimportant little station the stranger laughingly sug? gested that he should take the candi? date's place on the rear platform. The candidate good humoredly ac? quiesced to the proposal, and the stran? ger actually, showed himself upon the rear platform to the little group wait? ing at the station, while the real candi? dato remained within the car unseen. Contrary to the terms of the proposal and its acceptance, the stranger even made a little speech, the temptation to do so apparently bemg too great for him to resist. The speech was merely a brief restatement of some things the candidate had already uttered in one of his printed speeches and so would have done no harm even if it had been re? ported for the press and again printed, which was not done, as the place where ; it was delivered was regarded as too unimportant to make appropriate its publication. And that was all there was to the story, according to the candidate and the party managers. The stranger soon after left the train, and he and the can? didate had never seen each other since. This was all very well as an expla? nation, said the candidate's opponents, but if true, how was it that the candi? date was able to make such an impos? sible number of speeches? And, fur? thermore, how was it that on one occa? sion, due to somebody's blunder, the candidate and his substitute both hap? pened to be making speeches at the same hour in two towns a few miles apart? To the first question the an? swer was made that the great intellec? tual and physical strength of the can? didate made so many speeches possible. And to the second question the re? sponse was that the assumption upon which it rested was absolutely base? less-a fabrication pure and simple. And so things went on. with ever in? creasing bitterness upon both sides, to? ward the end of "this most momentous of all presidential campaigns. To such extent was feeling aroused and to such length of bitterness did it go that, as the end approached, the more extreme partisans were ready to resort to almost any means to defeat their opponents. There were rumors cf plots to assassinate one or the other or both of the leading candidates, rumors which, when traced to their sources, it is pleasant to be able to record, were found to be wholly without foundation in truth. But the rumors served to ex? cite and inflame still further the ani? mosities of persons whose hatred had already, reached fever heat. lt was at this critical stage of the campaign that certain hotheaded parti THESTRANGER SHOWED HIMSELF UPON TnE PLATFORM. sans hatched a plot to kidnap the can? didate who was rumored to have a dou? ble. They would kidnap him about a week before the day of election, thus compelling his paid substitute in the interval to appear at all public func? tions and make all speeches for which the true candidate had made engage? ments. After election, should he prove to have received a majority of the elec? tora! votes, the candidate was to be held a prisoner until after the succeed? ing 4th of March, which would compel the successful party to either inaugu? rate a spurious president or admit that the man elected was not to be found and therefore could not be inaugurated. Or. should developments after the elec? tion make it seem wiser to restore the elected candidate to his party before March 4, a heavy ransom could be de manded, which would repay the con? spirators for the risk they would run in kidnaping him. The election would occur on Tuesday. On the evening cf the preceding Thurs? day a final great political rally was to be held in a large hall of one of the chief cities. This rally would practical? ly end the campaign, such meetings as were to be held afterward being of less? er importance. The candidate credited with having a double was to address this great political meeting. There was to be a torchlight procession first, and in order that as many persons as possible might catch a glimpse of the great man it was arranged that he should ride from his hotel to the hall in an open carriage at the head cf the pa? rade. The conspirators of the opposing par? ty, knowing of this plan, decided that the best time to kidnap the candidate would be just before the hour set for the meeting. It was hoped by them that the salaried substitute would be unprepared for taking the place of his principal before this great gathering and would in his embarrassment and unpreparedness leave a bad impression on the voters. The plotters therefore decided to permit the candidate to pass from the hotel to the hall as arranged and seize him just as he was entering the hall by a private entrance. Two dozen picked policemen were to be on guard near the entrance, each of whom was to be a sympathizer with the con? spirators and secretly act in conjunc? tion with them. Plans were carefully perfected, and it seemed reasonably certain that the abduction could be suc? cessfully accomplished. With a substi? tute available the managers would cer? tainly have the mass meeting proceed with an address by the spurious candi? date rather than endanger the chances of the real candidate's election by mak? ing public the fact that he had been captured and carried away and that it was not known where he was or when his person could be recovered. But on the very morning of the day when the abduction was to occur and when all the plans for its execution had been arranged the startling news came to the conspirators that the secret had leaked out and that the candidate and his managers would be prepared for the kidnaping. A traitor to the enemy straight from that enemy's camp A BAND OP HOBSEJIEN BABBED THE BOAD. brought the conspirators the news. He also divulged the plans the enemy had prepared for outwitting the conspira? tors. It was to be a case of fooling the fooled. From this time on the salaried substitute could well be spared, and the pian of the enemy, as revealed by the traitor, was to have the spurious candi? date ride from the hotel to the hall in the open carriage at the head of thc pa? rade, while the genuine candidate should proceed to the hall in a closed carriage and enter the building through another entrance. The conspirators should be suffered to carry out their plans, only instead of the real candi? date it would be the substitute whom they would capture and carry away. This news brought consternation to the conspirators at first, but after the first moments of discomfiture and be? wilderment the leader exclaimed: "Why, all the better then! We will let them see that we can change our plans as quickly as they can theirs. W will let them continue to think wc arc to do as already planned, but in reality we will let this substitute of theirs enter the hall, and we will capture the candi? date in the closed carriage. The re? sults will be the same as first plan? ned." "Ha, hal" shouted the other conspir? ators and proceeded to rearrange their plans accordingly. That evening, with limelights bring? ing his features into strong relief, there rode in an open carriage at the head of a procession through double ro-vs of cheering and shouting spectators a smiling and hatless man who strongly resembled the presidential candidate. He bowed and bowed, and few besides those in the secret dreamed that he was other than what he seemed. At the same hour a closed carriage was driven rapidly from an alley in the rear of the candidate's hotel and rolled swiftly away through tho more desert? ed streets roward the hall where tho meeting was to be held. When about half the distance had been covered, a band of horseman suddenly dashed from a cross street and narred the read In front of the carriage. One of the horsemen quickly mounted the seat with the driver, and. the others lining up on either side of the vehicle, the carriage and the little cavalcade Sur? round ing it sped swiftly away toward the environs of the city. The occupant had made no outcry. An hour or so later, vhen the great hall was echoing and re-echoing to the ringing tones of the presidential candi? date and to the respondent cheers of his audience, a little band of swearing con? spirators were disgustedly kicking about an effigy of straw that their lead? er had just pulled unceremoniously from a closed carriage. The darker the cloud the brighter th? sun when be breaks through the rift In our Fal! Announcement w~ presided a !>;te ar;d consequently a short season, and we beiievo the resulte so Ur have proven ?he truthfulness of . >ur prediction We n<*ve a very !*!gf Ptock of goods which weare anxious to couvert into money ?od wiii do s>> on a? reasonable a margin of profit as kginmate merchandising will justify o^Ho^?e Have no Speoiai Sales For Special Days*o*o*o*o*o But parp?se mak?'g every day from now until Christmas, one of Spacial aies We realize that the needs of our country friends nest ye?r will be much more than usual, owing to rfcp failure of tba corn crop, and we are willing to Sacrifice Our Profits T**at W(i raa> be able ,o assi8t tbem - We can't buy Corn with Clothing, Shoes and Hate, IT TAKES MONEY Therefore every dolUr you epend with us enables us to help you. Our Clothing Department ?vooidd,i credittoanexclosive - city store Here you wili fiod suits to fit, from the smallest bey to the 300 pounder Our buyer bought 200 BOY'S SUITS, s^zes 5 to 15. "under the hammer"-Goods worth from $1 50 to $2, but the price paid for AU. XTf^^^ HpntQ them iaeti?es us in selling them At g^gggElg ^^n^S> There are several styles, come early or the cboicn may be gone Oar better grade of Boys' suits from $2 up, have double knee and double seat. Every mother knows where a Boy's Pants first gives way, 60 this feature ongbt to be appreciated We have Boys' Overcoats, sizes 5 to 12 years, from $1.00 to $5.00 Youths' Overcoats, sizes 12 to 19 years, from $2.50 to $8.00 -OUR LINE OF Men's Overcoats *8 probably the largest and best assorted yon - will find to select /rom, the prices run from $2.50 tO $30.00 Tfae man mD8t be vei7 fastidious, indeed, who -cannot get a suit to please him in our eetab iishment Oar line embracee a full etock of Plain and Fancy Worsteds, Mel tone, Cheviots and Graoitee, in slims, 6toots and regulars from $2.50 to $20 if you need an extra pair of PANTS, you will find our stock a good one from which to select, as we carry them as high as $7 50 per pair. We had about 200 PairS PantS slightly water damaged in transit There were -$-;- some worth $2 per pair, none les? then $1 50, we put them ali down At ninety-five cents per pair. kV bile we are devoting most of this ad. to Clothing, bear in mind we are not neglecting our Dry Goods and Shoe Stock \ca wi",fiud departments ---=- thoroughly op to date and no brtter values for the money to b* had in the city Our facilities heretofore prevented our carrying as complete line of Ladies' Cloaks ^9 our ,rade re9aired. ?at we Dave no hesitancy -:- in saying now that our stock will compare favor? ably with soy in the city. From 8 $1 50 Jacket to a $20 Automobile Coat we can suit you. Remember we will not be undersold and our motto shall be, "Sell as Cheap as We Gan, Not as Dear as We Might." O'DONNEL WHISKEY $m GALLON. _: We claim to be the Lowest Priced Whiskey House. We really sell whiskey j a's low as $l.io per gallon, and mind you ; distilled whiskey-not a decoction j of chemicals-but of course it is new and under proof. Our "Mountain Dew" 5 year old whiskey is a liquid joy ! It is actually pro- '. duced by honest Tar Heels in the Mountain Section of North Carolina, by the i old time hand process. Every drop is boiled over open furnace wood fires, in j old style copper stills, in exactly the same way as distilled by our grandfathers a century ago. First rate whiskey is sold at $5 to $6 per gallon, but is not ! any better than ''Mountain Dew." It is the best in the world and must please j every customer or we will buy it back with Gold-and the Peoples National ! Bank of "Winston, North Carolina, will tell you our guarantee is good. To more fully introduce "Mountain Dew,v we offer either three or five gallons (in plain i sealed box.) at the special price of ?1 95 per gallon cash with order. Positive ! ly no larger amount shipped. On future shipments we will require the usual : price, viz : $2 95 per gallon. Express prepaid to all regular customers. We j have branch warehouses in Denver, St. Louis, and Cincinnati, but all orders and i remittances (in stamps, cash or by check, etc.) as well as requests for confi j dential price list must be addressed as foliotes: W. S. CASPER CO., Winston-Salem, 27. C., IT. g. A. Main Office and Warehouses: Nos. 1145-46 Liberty and I, 3, 4, 5, Maple Sts. wira ?In Season. Do You Run a Gin or Machinery of Any Kind ? Then come to us for BELTING, either Leather or Rubber, PULLEYS or other fixtures, Machine Oils, Gin supplies in general. Your attention is invited to our fine line of SADDLES, HARNESS, WHIPS. Full stock of PAIMTTS AWD OXL.S And everything in the Hardware line at reasonable prices. Lt. B. DURANT, The Hardware Man of Sumter, Sept 18 -x ?tianuc Coast hm* .?ILHTNGTO?, COLUMBIA ?S! GUSTA RAILEO Ai). Condensed Schede!* Datfcd Dec 10, 1901 TRAILS GOING SoUTi . No. 56 No. 36 No 21 p. m. H m jtuve Vi ilnairigtcr- "'3 4t jo 00 ..?ave MarioD |5 40 8 45 !.."rive Florence ;7 25 9 25 p. m. a. cs. cave Florence 8 CO ?3 25 1 rive Sumter 9 15 4:8 TNo. 52 .j ve Seater 9 15 *9 42 . 10 40 ll 10 . c. SC runs ?hfbuga ?rcra Gberfaiir ? t .ne? 8 15 s m. l?aontGg 9 C6 a a TRAJS3 G?fSG K?RTE. So. 51 Nc . No 50 a. ic. p. ia. save Oo?nm6:a . *? 55 ?-4 40 rnve Sumter *8 20 8 13 No. 32 s. m. p. ic. .save Sumter 8 20 *6 24 irrive Florence 9 35 7 35 a, m. pm ,eave Florence 10 10 | 7 40 cave Marion iO 53 8 4 ..rr.ve Wilm?ogto? 1 40 ll cG> ?Daily, t Ml? except Sunday. No 53 ru as through to Charleston, jf .a Central B. R., arriving Kening 6 C6 p u .Lanee 7.4 *?j> m, Charlestcc 9.2) p m. Trains on Conway Branch leave Unadbcnrc i2 Ol a m, arrive Conway 2.20 p tn, retaVc Dg leave Conway 2 56 p m, ari ive Chac; -muru 5 20 pm, leave Chadbourn 5 35 p CL *.rrive Elrod 8.10 p m, returning Ieavt;ElroG> 3 40 a m, arrive Chadboum ll 2 .am Dail except Sunday. ? R. KSNLY, Gen' 1 Manager. T. Si "SMBP^ON, Traffic Manager.: 1 U fc'%'WRLSOV apn'l Pa?; Aaec Northwestern Railroad. TIMS TABLE NO 4 ID Effect Sunday, Nov. 24, 1901 BETWEEN WILSONS MILL AND SUMTER Sc-nt.hboc.nd Daily ex Sunday Northbound 73 ' Mixed 72 p H STATIONS p * 3 00 I 9 Sonner 12 30 3 03 Som Jcnctiob 12 27 3 17 Tindal ll 55 3 30 Paskeville 113C 4C5 Silver ll Ot v$ ?.??- rcs 5 00 Summerton 0 10 5 45 Davis 9 40 6 00 Jordan 9 27 6 46 Ar Wilsons Mill Lv 9 IO BETWEEN MILLARD AND ST PAUL 7S 75 Daily ex Sunday 72 74. PM AX Mixed AH PH 4 15 10 15 Lv Millard Ar ?0 45 4 40 4 20 10 25 Ar fct Pad LT . 10 35 4 30 BETWEEN SUMTER AND p 4 M DEN 69 .71 - Mixed 68 70 PH AH Daily ex Sunday .> M AH 6 25 10 00 Lv Sumter Ar S 3 > 9?<M> 6 27 10 02 N ff Jonction 5 28 8 58 6 47 10 22 Dalzell 5 00 8 25 7 05 10 32 Bordeo 4 40 S 00' 7 2) 10 59 Rimberts 4 28 7 40 7 35 10 f 5 Ellerbee 4 23 7 30 7 50 ll 20 Soo Ry Jauctioo 4 10 7 i 0> 8 00 ;l 30 Ar Caradeo Lv 4 00 7 oC pv AH (SC&GEx Depot) PH A y* TROS WILSON P^sidAnt Mc Coast Line Railroad Company of Mi Carole. ^t*m jSSggfi ISnb?pti?? CONDENSED SCHEDULE. In effect Janoary 13:b, 1901. SOUTH. SORTE No No No Nc .35 |57 f53 ?32 7 55 Lv D&riingtotJ Ar 8 15 8 38 Lv Elliott Ar 7 50 9 1? Ar Sumter Lv 6 50 I 0" Lv Somter Ar 6 \ 52 Ar Creston L" 5 fe 5 45 Lv Creston Ar 3 60 9 15 Ar Prevails Lv io 00 3 16 Orancejjurg 5 10 5 55 Denmark 4 3? 7 55 Aueusta 2 4C a m a m p m p ?Daily. fDaily exept t>u day. Trains 32 and 35 carry throU2? PcMciar Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars betwefti Ne* York and i?acon via A ajusta. T M EVERSON. H M EMERSON, Trafrie Manager, f^en'l Fa??. Ag? R if?N'LY. ?ipn" . rater. Estate of Eicfrd E. Singleton,, Deceased. I WILL apply to the Judge cf Probate of Sumter County on|November 30th, 1901, for a Final Discharge as Administratrix of aforesaid Estate. A. ELISE SINGLETON. Oct 30-4t Administratrix. FIRST' RATIONAL ?ANR~~?F SUMTER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. P*i(i op Capital.$ 75,000 CO Surplus ?nd Profits - - - - 25,000 0O AdditioDal Liability of Stock? holders in excess of their stock. 75,000 OG Total protection to depositors, $175 000 00 Transacts a General Banking Business. Special attention gi*en to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT? Deposits of $1 aod upwards received In terefU allowed at the rate ot 4 per cent per annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed? ing $30t', payable quarterly, on first days of January. April, July and October. R M. WALLACE, P. L. T^MUXDS, President. Cashier Estate of Miss Eebecca T. Thomp? son, Deceased. I WILL apply to the Judge of Probate of Sumter County on December 20th, 1901, for a final Discharge as Administrator of aforesaid Estate. JOHN N. SCOTT, Nov. 20-4t