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RJ AFT'SCAMPAIGI ney Used Lavishly to Forc His Nomination. ILIC DUTIES NEGLECTE 8crotary of War Sponds Most of Hi trimo Travoling Over the Country I he interests of His Candidacy ,Print Paper Uscro Will Get No Re lkif From Congress - Concernin Yachts, Public and Private-Cot c. Our Naval Establishment-Plans o the Stand Patters. By WILLIS J. ABBOT. One of the curious featric ofne athingl h Wash ingtoila I the rapi ity with vhli a story, at irst in.r.; intriled at, [Ipa4ses quickly from th4 realm of rumaor to the polut of publi cation. A few days ago it was rui imored that the facts voncernc:ing thi enoi'!lIMs explelditutres3 of, mtIey beini: miade to sicure tihe noiniaion for thu presideciy of Secretary Taft were Eke ly to e imade the subject of invesiga tion by a -widely cireulated wevekcly pa per. Within forty-elght hours the Stor; of the Taft money camilpaigl wNas toh iII full inl at New York iewspaper. Secretary Taft Is fortluate In havin a trotlher who Is eatormously rich, wht attained his fortunte partly throug marrlage and partly because ! of i Vhrevd combialation of- polities aiw business and the successful autpipuhi tion of public service franchises in Ci clInlati. Two weeks ago people 11 WashingtollN who professed to knox told ine that the Taft (camflpaign foi th nomination was costing in the negi1 borhood of $so,000. The investigator for tile New York paper, proceedin! along, as I havs, reason to know, enthr; ly distinct lines. fix it at $750,000. Thh be It known, is the expenditure up t dlate, yet the real wor-k of control lln, a convention has only just begur While there have been men travelin all over the United States In the it terest of Taft, while lie has had lea( quarters in WashliUgtol and i Colun bus, yet what las been done up to th present time does not represent hail the expenditure that will nlecessaril have to be made if his brother Is I buy the nomination for him. The col vention is nearly three mouths off, an these three lmonthls will be the tilti that, if it does not try imen's souls, wl try their pocketbooks. Many people on the Republican sid of the house and senate think that Se retary Taft woild have done bett< to have miade his canipaign withoi this lavish expenditure of money. . Kentucky congressmlial living a1mo! directly across the river from lima sal to maae today that two of the issuc likely to be raised againstl Taft are hI apparent leglect of the dutics of III oile wh1ile traveliu till over the Uni td States in the itere'sts of hl., ca. didacy atnd the lav-ish use of aoney force his nomination upon an unwil ing p~arty.. At presen'at Secr'etar'y Tal stays nlothug han: answer to an~y cit eism, lbut 10 lhe shaall ibe nlominate ld b wvill have to expI~lilu wheance ctamie I11 money that paid lfur is extra vagam ca mpa igna nel huw heo wais able to s cure fr'oza a civil rervwice reforma precs dlent thec leisure to go to 11 allarts tile woridl for self ~adver'tisemenat an political p-urpboses. Dodging Free Paper. Tfhe 11 nwptaper pullhishers' and0 owa ers of tihe L'anted Slates who have bey pleadling withi thIais conigr'ets foar relki agalnst the extortions of the ipapt trust will no0 doubt shlout wvith jo whena thlay learnm that the lepulien miajoaity laos nareed to put ana Item I the nariculta l appropriatlon l t their baeniei t. lTe huige sumI or $10,0C Is to lbe aasked for the investigation< newl siubrtanaces fr'omi which papier ma11 be made. I happena to knaow thle proprietors< three or four diff'erenat naewspmaplers < circulations ranginag froa 15,000 to 2. -000 daily whao saly thait the ire'enat ii crease ina the price of plaper lana et down t heir not (earnmings from $15.0L to $20,000 aim~lIily. You Canl imazg1 whlat It mau'tI have' meanlt to pa! 1 like the (ic kago Trilmne. tihe Ni' Y~or'k Worl and the ilhibidelphia Nor Amner.lcii, wVithi Ii 1e ti .es thIat circee tionI. tioan aasked thatIII pilt paper~' L and til rtaw malteth;I aaecetsslary for the aman1 mlitted( to thais (country3 free of duit Theiy 5Qent a 'onunllitltee to ianter'vie Piden5((.lt itoose'veil ona thea subjiet and1( he tossed themt at willed boinOii bly saying. ill his ntext m lessage thIs this shloldt he doine ini order to prote our forests. T1hie ltepulican'il conagres or, rather, the five menu whao run it, d elded, however, that to touch'l the tari on paper or on wood1( pulp wouldi lbe openi the tariff qulestloon. Tlhe~refO nothaing Is to be one onl tile subhje except t ' apprtopiaionl of $10,000 seure t ion whlichl will b~e (1ui as n -I 'Ie paper' trust as Wi's vspapers n1ow gromt~ una y heel of that trust. Whl.' no Rtepublicani papers I ennnlihiio .. thn nieairlnnt whn 1 trayed tiem and for the congress which Ignored theim going to (10 about It? Yachts, Private and Public. A New York newspaler the other )3 day inltel half a page ,f pictures of -IIm yachts1 owned01 by mi:1!ionlaires ofe 'v that were ol'ered for sale the finaiial stringency niow Thyare b1uw., beshi: three of thle:: rqrn tic from thrty-eigit to fifty Ien. -ieor officers, and .!1 0emplo(yedl flr tIte cwnfout and luxury of one nian lid his gtests. They are blgger than fhe caravels with whIleh Coutlubus dis covered Ameriea or the shlp whlt ) which Com(modore 'e erry oplenl Japani f to v,*v.ste:'a, CIviliz'ati-In, b t they are I nothing nlore than floathig pleasure houses. If 'rosideit Itoosevelt laI! done noth Ing worre tIhan to cause a panic which comlimIled the iiillonaire owners of steam yachts to thro,0w thei oil Gie mar1iiket nothiI hg coulid he said a Inust isI; vol Ies. Tlue )uwl Is k:mi t:ie saime policy adopted by the Iepiubilean party which impels Mr. Vande1bilt t: sell his yacht cuts Tom an .1 .iu ind Jerry out of jobs. Meaniwhile the presiimlit suffers not In the sligttest degree. Ills salary and allowanees. which in all exceel $",00.000 a year. coltlinle withoit reduction. And om of his two yalxts. the Maytilower, Is even niow oil i voyage from IIIaimptonl R(oads to Yleksbutrg. Miss.. nearly 2.'00 miles, for the Imrptose of taking Mr. itoosevelt and I few friends to N&-A Orlemns, a distance of hatrely 200 iler. Tine was when a presitdenIt of th.. United States who used navy vesel . even for his own carrilage Iy anid dowi - the Potomac was not merely ridiculed - but deliouinced. Today whenl the pre-. I dlt himself goes nothing smaller than a battleship witli two cruisers I at * tendance wNil1 serve him. The presiden Ithl yachts are ordinarily useful only for the women and children o- the Roosevelt family. Expenses of War and of Peace. Naval eireles in Washington are In terested i the reports that come here concerning what seemlis to be an effort of Emperor William to check the rival ry of nations in naval expenditures. Of course every oine remoeilbers 1hat the first news of IEmperor Willitam's entrance upon this cause camtie when a letter froml him11 to Lord Tweedlmouith vas given a limiited pubiliity in 1lng land. More recently it. was gossip 0 about the Army and Navy lub here nid the various legatious that a Ilk( letter hail been sent by the kaiser to a disinguished Italian statesman. Gossip has it that other letters of the same sort are out. Of ciurse the professional navy man:1 insists that the reason for the em r ero'sx Ihiterest ih lim i ting sea arma it mI.nt Is due to the fact that German3V is net well Itted to become a iiav.I pomwer. Ifr Inirl'Irs ire fow, her p.) Spic not marl Ilitie. But all the sante her itavy is either the secoid or the tiuhhl In the world. I ler merchant iuwriune Is easily s!econl, and iII OHe line of 2lips. the lIII imhurg-A merleau, she hIa thle greateL.?. fleet of niichant ves .;ls afloat. TI I-imperor VIllht ni i, d1hilOmatticalIly trying to rednee ex 3t1(enitures( fo!.r wart vessels. he. cannot b e chia red wvith doIng it t hrough fear' or for pier on~al rea:sons onlyV. F 1ew peoiple unaderstand how great tare the emli tu~ttres made by conigress (cIt her In pay ment for past wars or In prepartion .xiifor futur an i'itd possily SImagInary wvars. Tloday out of the rev euines ofi the niain mtore thuau t05 pe cent goes to Uisins, to the army and1( the utvy andi for ntew naval ('rn1st rue tion. Mr. Iloosevelt hass aslaed for four nt ba Itleshlps fliis year. Illis requmest 1is '1not going to he accededu to, hut If It r were it would mean an approxpriation1 y of c'asily $50.000f.000. Understtand thtat n this Is merely for new contstruact ion. n for h)aftleshipsu- ounly, imiianting cruis r ers. lorpiedo boats and the suloanarines 0 whleh aret just at presenit the .0ource f of nmuch seanadal in congress. If1 one. y tenith of' the money Spent in payIng thu cost of past wars and1( in preparing foi f othera. which all hope will never ht i declared, could be used In dlevoin ix our waterwatys, in digging enalsxi It: -preserving forests and ineral lands t the comitry and Its people0 would lie 5( ii prospe'rous that If a 'foreigni dan ugo e should thlreaten It It would be bet tot -s able to meet the emergency. v Thle least esti nale h of the a pproprit h tions oif this session of (cong'ress h: $0 !iu')0. 0O. Tlhat Is the money whle! wvll be' apprboprhiated' in ai six imontths - sessIon jlust b efore ai preishiltilal ('l('( e tion. a t11me whlen the p litlIehIinas of' t h< i- miajori'ty par'ty arie t rylng very hardi t' I- he economleal. 'Tha t ineans, rough~dly .speakinug, $12 for every man1 i, wtnnu tv and1 (ch111( In the Utiltedl Stateus. (it t, (d101 dlon't pay ta xes. Thel ir lenb t must pa:y thiemi for themi, for of cours< it this mtioy must In some1 waiy h<i .t found. StatisticIans estimate the a ver s, age family as be'ing made up of tin' pecople. '[hat means that this s: ft months' conlgress wtIll cost flue aiverai :o man1 $(i0. Is there not re;.sont why hx, re should interest hims~elf in srecuring: tcongress which will reduce ftaxatIion 1o even If It redulces the spectautlar fea to tunes of the army and inavy in so do It lng? dTariff Reform in the House. Now, this Ia the cheerful agrement e- by which the Itepublicans of the huous< the' haflon. Mdreover, it is the shrewd plan by which the stand patters in thet same party are going to try to keep their tariff revision brethren i!t line. The plan Is to authorize the coinmit. tee oi ways. and means, whileh s of course the commuittee In ebat'ge of tar iff schedules, to sit during t!e' coming summnier, talking testituony andati her ing data with a view to tarff r -vision after O:ie next inauguratioi. ihe iiair. Ian of tImt committee is Serenio ''ayn of New York. Its most powe1u' me.n ber is Dalzell of Pennsylvaiia. high priest of protection. All the other Ite publican members down to Nchk I.ong worth of OhIo are aVowed high tariff mien and( stand patters. The se~venl Democrats, headed by Champ Clark, could do nothing to secure even fair hearings. Of Course the sehieimie is sinm ply to offer anl excuse for putting off any tariff legislation until after olee :on. 'i'hat p(wtpoleient will bel made with or witiotit atiny excuse. 1ut If this plan rhail he adopted no Mitizen of the Unitedl State.. who is restive under tariff t:atlon need look upon it its other thau a cheap subterfuge. Washington, D). C. 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I i a safe and never-niling re'gu lator. A t. Druggists or by mail 50c. Sampie p'nckage FitEE. Adlres, The Mother Gray Co., LeRoy, N. Y. f20t4 J C J McWA IN L AWY ER, Greenville, 5. C. Notico Final Settlement and Discharge Notice is hereby given that I w'ill mfakce apliIcatioin to J. B3. Newbery, Esq. Judge of I rob'ato for Pickens county, inl thme s'ata of South Carolina, on the 9th dlav of A pril, 190O4, at 11 o'clockc in t he forenoon, or as soon thereaifter as said aIp1i(ictionl (can be made, for leavy to miake final 5* s--tetet of the estate' Of Ci. Mil). T1roter. deceased, and obtain d iischarge' as admniListrator of sii I es tat--. J. W. TROTTER. March 12, 1905. Administrator. To B;reak in New Shoes Always Use Allen's Foot-'w, a powder. It pre vonts Tfighutneis and Blistering, CUrcsE swollen, Sweam' ing feet. At all Drug. Igists ilnd shoe sti'res, 2hc. Sample mail ed1 FR~EE. Addma se, A. 8. Olmistedl. Le Tur.v N.YV. febi20w4. O iIA III.E STON & WVERTElIN (CAfOLINA hAlLWAY. Arrival and D)epa~rturo of Traina., Green ville. 5. C. Ea'etive A pril 1.3, 1900. .630n , No. I8 dail~y exceplt Sutinhty, for Lau - tsa i n IIitermdi atIse stat ins, arrive at IP :15 p mn. No. 53~ dalily for Laurens, (Ullnton Newberry. I'oh.,, hini, a uter anid Charles. ton, co.nnctting at Sumptier with A. C. ,., Trint No.. 82 for itichmnd, Washlington Sill eatstern1 citis, a id at Iauireiis with C. A W. . Trin No. I for Spairitnurg anid rein Nt 2 for G;I'Ci e iod, A tugusti, etc. At iive tainuret S I:3 pt m,~ 'lmnton :2:i im N ewt erry :t.0 top. mi, C:olumbnitn 4:45 Sumote'r tl:20' P m, Cunriestoi 9:-10. h';.arlan burg1 3:30 p. ml, Gretenwoodt 2:-16 p mn, y' mt 4:10 p m Io'3 . ity ecpt Sundaiy. for Lau rentsiand inte 1m1 tlhite istations. A rrive at ATiivALH 1 0:'0 ia in No.857, daily except Sun dny frota ILii11u 1 iisl anditermedhtj~te staltiom,. .00i p mi, N o. 15, ditty exce(pt Sunda iiy, fromu Lnureins andIII nte:-iiedhIiteI slations. 3:25 p mn, No.52v. <htl from C2harlestoni Sar nter, Coluiasis New~ he rry, Chiton, 51pa1rtnunng, A~ ugustai, G rei.woodi L~aurenis. etc. Tmrains No. !'! and tE3 run through betwcon Cha rlestonl w.1ithotli I ha ige. J. W. Lion. Agt. Geo. TI. tryano Gen. .\gt. GREEtNVI L LE, S. C. Irniest Willhums, G.. P. . R. M. nraint. Traf. Mani. Anuin GnI. .'4 TATt1 to buy Bargain; TOWN LOTS: acre on Main Street in P i. ens. Price $400. 2 lots in the town of Callic, which can be bought dirt che< Within stone's throw of dep, $1 100. New 4-room hou. ideal location in town of Pick ens. Let us show you this. % 3acres in good residen. portion near the college. O. ly $6oo. We have also a few of thos nice lots left on the Robinso-. place. Desirable property.. I we will fill them. Taylor. and Stocks.-2..a i. Carolina. kens Drug Co. t . 4 1-4-4 8 = on Fertilizers Fruit-Growers The yield. willb. amount of plant fuoot e.you give your trees 01 plants-you can de pcnd on it. The bctter they are fed the greaiter and more valuable will be your crop). Fertil ize sparingly and you reap sparmngly. n The fact th'at over a milliorr o t o n s o f Virginia-Carolina Fertilizer were sold last year provcs them to bc without t equal. E.very fruit farmer, dl no matter what method ha -.now uses, should get the Vir-i r ginia -Carolina tCom pany's new Year Book or Almanac. It is free to all p t vho are inter r es ted eog towiefor it. Address us to 1'below. VIRGINIA-CAROLINA. CHEMICAL CO. flRchmondl, Va. Durham, N. C. " Norfolk, \T. Charleston, S. C Columbia, S. C. Baltimore, Md. Atlant a. Ga. Savannah, Ga. Montgomery, Ala. Memphis, Tenn. Shreveport, La REAL Now is the time FARMS: 120 acres near Central; 30 in cultivation, balance in timber; 15 acres in bottom. $i1.00 per acre. $1,000.00. 16( acres; good 5-room house and outbuildings; 50 acres in cultivation. 'I his place is known as the Parrott place near Antioch church io miles of Pickens. 256 acres original timber land with good houses and good orchard; only 8 miles from Pickens; fine strong land. Go ing at $4.50 per acre. This is a bargain. Let us know your wants, an< Holder 8 Real Estate Pickens, S Office over Pi< F.~~ A.Fnly i cke ns, . 4. 00 Fq X~ 0,0 F. A. Finley, Pickeiie, . V Plain Talks A Talk to You use a fertilizer of course, but do you use enough ? The yield per acre, and the profit therefrom increases in far greater proportion than the cost of additional fertilizer. What is an increase in cost of $2.00 to $10.00 per acre for fertilizer when the returns therefroi showv an increase of $50.00 $250.00 per acre ? The big Magnolia Fru Farms at Durant, Miss., teste the wvell-known Virginia-Ca olina Fertilizc in differen their strav 1.4,. berry c r op Result: wvhc 1,000 lbs. pc acre were use the profit wa $75.omforep acre than who 500 lbs. pc acre were used; This is modern intensive Cu ture, the method that is doul ling and trebling the crops < all kinds of fruit in either good or in poor and worn-out land all over the country-and in good soil, too,'