Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

PRESIDENT sa -i e ??"WB His IPersonal Cfrarac cial 3?ro< Pr?sident Boosevelt bas been chief executive loqg enough for some of his policies to be outlined, irrespective of any official - statement as to them. Much of the president's time since he came to the White House has been occupied iu disposing of the innumer able applications for office. He has carried out the few promises which wore made by his predecessor. As to other appointments he has pursued an independent and in some cases un usual course. It can be aaid without reflection upo* tho heads of the dif ferent utpartm^nts that appointments have been made in nearly all of them without consulting the cabinet officers. The president wishea to be personally responsible for his aotsl1 He has made his o wj inquiries and reached his own conclusions except in judicial appointments. In these he Las taken the recommendations of Mr. Kuox, the attorney general, as final. In making appointments the president has insisted that recommendations to him be made in person by senators and representatives. He has dis couraged written recommendations, realizing how easy it is for public men to sign a letter and relieve themselves of further responsibility toward their ambitious constituents. The presi dent chooses to have recommendations made in person, so that he can ques tion those making them and reach his own conclusions. The president has taken a deoidedly independent course in dealing with his party in the South ern StatcB. Ho hns gnid f W in mak ing appointments there his idea was to build up respect and confidence among the masses. He olaimn to have found he oouldnot do so bj Tallowing the re com inondations whij? he believed were made to him by professional, place hunters. "This has led him to ignore the party organization in nearly every Southern State and plaoe it in open opposition to him. The possi ble exceptions to this are in North Carolina and Virginia. The president is the most persistent horseback rider in Washington. Eve ry afternoon at 3.30 o'olook his horse is brought to the private entrance of the Wljite House and in a few i - ments the president appears. He wears a broad-brimmed "rough-rider" hat, a complete suit of khaki, yellow leggins, tall riding shoes and regula tion cavalry spurs. The afternoon rides of the president are the bane of seoret service and police life in the sapital. The subordinates of both services are charged with keeping the president constantly in sight and pro renting possible assaults upon him. [t has been found necessary to call upon the war department for co-opera tion. A oavalryman is constantly de tailed s'<i the White House stables. Fhe president will countenance mo mrveillanoe. When his horse is or lered saddled the oavalryman rides >ut and;qwatches the"exits from the ?Vhit? House grounds. When the president leaves the oavalryman fol ows at a respectful distance. The loldiers who have this detail say hat the president is a hard rider to tallow. It has h*en found that only ihe best of them oan keep in sight. For a time members of the bicycle iquad of the capital police tried to guard the president on his rides, but 'ound this impracticable. As a pe leotrian, the president is as strenuous lb he ie as an equestrian. Only a few lays ago a o-?oot seoret service officer rhowaa assigned to follow him on >e9 of *his walks over the long bridge nto Virginia beoame exhausted after he first hour and was forced to return ,o the city on an eleotrio car. Since his succession to the presi lenoy Mr. Roosevelt has endeavored 0 carry out some of his civil service ?form ideas. He has done so through 1 number of exeeutive orders. Thus far hin moves relative to the service s$?e been marked by a conservatism finoh has been pleasing to his friends ind a surprise to those who expressed ? fear that he would be misled into attempting to apply theories and se sure an ideal system through imprao tioable means. The president has slaasified the rural free delivery em ployes, of. the postoffice department. So his also placed on the classified leryioe temporary appointees in other lepartments, and has given his ap proval to orderB which will prevent Bvasions of the civil service laws. He has insisted from the first day of bis administration that merit alone shall govern all promotion. This has been most marked in the army and navy. Some of the moat influential senators and members of congress, bave been told positively and directly that their indorsements will count for iaught in making promotions. Only )bo records of the men involved will >e ta*cn up by the president. While ;his has caused Borne grumbling, it ms been rather favorably received on ROOSEVELT. toristics and his Offi ;eedings. the whole. One of the departures of the president in the army and navy promotions has been his announce ment that he will not consider sen iority except where the law specifically directs. Neither does he believe in the custom that has been in vogue of promoting men to hjgh rank just prior to their retirement, so that, after serving a few weeks, they can retire j at the advanced grade. Tho manner of the president in greeting his visitors is different per haps from that of any of his predeces sors. Visitors assemble in the wide east corridor of the White House.. Cards are sent to Mr. Cortelyou, sec retary of the president. He learns the mission of each visitor, and ad mits them to his office until from 15 to 20 have assembled. While this "weeding-out" process is going on the president is receiving in his office those who have advance engagements with him. These engagements are made at hourly intervals. Between them the president enters Mr. Cortel you's office, and can dispose of 15 or 20 callers in as many minutes, no mat ter what their business may be. Mr. Cortelyou gives him a name and a hint as to the object of the call. With a few rapid strides he orosses the room, shoots out his right arm co grasp the hand of the caller, and in a few explosive sentences inquires as to de tails. He permits no set speeches, nor does he listen to any but tho briefest laudatory messages. The president is not a good listener. Haif a dozen sentences give him the infor mation he desires, and in a trice his decision is made up and announced, his visitors dismissed, and he turns to another. There is nothing stiff or formal in the president's manner. He laughs heartily, moves about with surprising vigor and talks in a clear and sometimes loud tone. He is usu ally dressed, while in his office, in a convential Prince Albert coat, low, lay down collar and plain black bow tie, light striped trousers and broad toed polished oalf shoes. The presi dent has not lost the peculiar nervous twitching of his mouth, about which so muqh has been said and written, since his accession to the presidency. It has often been desoribed as a "grin," or indication of mirth on his part. This is not correot. The presi dent has a way of setting his, month very strongly while talking, and this 1 is followed by an involuntary twitoh- I ing of the lips, which exposes his : teeth. As indicated, the peculiarity is not one indicating mirth or emotion ] [>f any kind. It is involuntary, and observable at all times when he is en- 1 gaged in conversation. The president is accessible at all times during the ' regular hours at the White House, j ind even receives tourists who are , prompted solely by the desire to grasp the hand of the president, even > though they come unheralded and without an introduction. There is a general understanding aero in Washington that the president \ will be a candidate in 1904. Efforts j ative been made to discover in his ao- : Aoas indications of his ambition in mis direction. There has been muoh talk of a "Roosevelt organization," ind of the breaking down of the old party organization. If the president s governing his actions hy political jonsiderations of the future no one has leenable to discoverhis plan or method. When the first Southern appointments vere made and'the party organisation gnorod the action of the president iras heralded as a direct assault upon the Republican national committee ih laenoes. In spite of this no one tould figure out what element the president had. drawn to himself in place of the organization whioh he gnored. He consulted with business. Democratic, Independent and Repub lican advisers and reaohed his conelu dons from what he heard from all. Sis insistence that federal officials ihall not become offensively partisan n the participation in party work oan jo accounted for by hiB desire that nerit and dignity shall characterize die conduct of public badness. 2*o >ther significance is given to his action in t?ii': direction, even by those who vouVl willingly assail him. A quietus iras placed upon tho talk of hostility to cht Republican national committee interest with the*recent appointment >f Mr. Henry C. Payne as posmaster general. Mr. Payne is recognized as loo of the moist valuable members of the committee, and a practical politi cian whose ability is second to none. His personal relations with Senator Banna and. other associates on the national committee are so generally rccognizod that there can be no ques tion as to what influences the presi lent recognised in making the appoint ment. Mr. Payne's qualifications as i business man, and his familiarity through practical work with postoffico affairs precludes the possibility of. an ajsautt being made upon the appoint ment from the standpoint of merit and fitness?Washington correspondence St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Fooled the Colone!. The oolonel, or "Old Daddy," as he was called, had a habit of strolling round the campa at most unseason able hours. Sentries had to be con tinually on the alert, for nothing would have given "Old Daddy" great er satisfaction than to have pounced on some luckless one who might think the midnight hours suitable for a quiet snooze. Paddy Brannigan made that mis take once. There in tho quiet moon light he sat, all unconscious of the colonel's presence, his rifle laid against gthe tent, himself buried in slumber. Gently the rifle was lifted from its plaoe. But some good angel woke Faddy in time to see the oolonel mak ing his way to the guard tent. Poddy missed his rifle at once and followed the colonel with the caution of prairie cat. Outside the guard tent stood the j wooden rack which held the rifles of the guard, and into it "Old Daddy" placed Paddy's rifle, himself entering the tent to call the sergeant in charge. This was Paddy's opportunity. He grabbed his. rifle and was back at his post in an instant. The colonel brought the sergeant outside and or dered him to count the rifles. "All correct sir," said the sergeant. "Nothing of the sort. There is an extra rifle there. That I am certain of, for I put it there myself." "Come with me?come with me this instant, and I'll soon let you know what I mean." "I beg your pardon, sir; but the number is quite correct," again re plied the somewhat amazed sergeant. The sergeant followed his ohief, wondering what was going to happen. "Halt! Who goes there?" rang out olear and sharp in the night air from the now wideawake Paddy. This was more than "Old Daddy" ever dreamed of. For a moment he was paralyzed. Then he marched straight up to Paddy, gazed into his sweetly innocent face, and with a "Well, I'm blowed," turned on his heol and vanished.?Scotsman. ? Basil Duke Story. General BaBiLDuke of Louisville, Ky., is very absent-minded and walks along the street, as one of his friends says, "as if he was searching for dol lars on the sidewalk." It is even said that ho has passed his wife in the Btreet without recognizing her. A short time ago General Duke's son, who is a oivil engineer, returned to Louisville. He boarded a street oar to go to his home. Soon after his father got on the same car, and the young man rose and extended his band. Seizing it the General sb A it heartily, saying: "How are you this morning, and bow is your father?" The loud laugh with which several [>f His friends, who were ia the ear, greeted, this remark woke the General from his reverie sufficiently to recog nize his son. _ Scrofula, Ulcers, Cancer, Skta Roubles. At LaBt a Cure?Trial Treatment Vree. Is your skin palid, pale or blood ..hin ? Are you easily tired or as tired in the morning as when you went to led ? Is there loas of strength ? Are pou all run down ? Aohes and pains n bones, joints or baek ? Weak eyes )r stye on the eyes ? If so, you have >he poison of scrofula in your blood, ind the leaat Biokness, scratch or blow frill bring to the surface all the horri ble symptoms of this terrible blood liseaso?ulcers, swellings,eating soreB, :oul breath, bumps or risings boils, iboceasc3, white swelling, itching skin lumors, eruptions, aohes in bones, ioints and musel?s, oanoer, catarrh, )to. If yon are tired of doctoring, making patent medieines sod are not jured, then try B. B. B. (Botanie Blood Balm.) It is made especially 'or obstinate, deep-seated blood trou >leB, and cures the worst oases after ill else fails. B. B. B. makes new, ich blood and builds up the weakened jody, stops all the aohes and pains and leals every sore, giving the rioh glow >f health to the skin. Over 3,000 voluntary testimonials of cures of >lood and skin diseases by using B. 3. B. Thoroughly tested for 30 years. Large bottles $1. Trial treatment ree by addressing Blood Balm Com !>any, Atlanta, Ga., Describe trouble ind free confidential medical advice riven. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co., kVilhito ?r Wilhite and Evans Phar naoy._ _ ? Mrs. Wederly?"John, aren't >ou ever going to get up and light the ire?" Wederly?"My dear, I don't nind hearing you talk, but I draw the inn nt. fiioco incendiary speeches." A Good Recommendation. "I have noticed that the sale on Chamberlain's f>omaoh and Liver Ta blets is almost invariably to those who bave opee used tbem," says Mr. J. H. Weber, a promit: ~ut druggist of Cas cade, Iowa. ' What better reoommen lation cou.a any medioine have than for people to oall for it when again in aeed of auoh a remedy ? Try them hen you feel dull after eating, when roa hav? a bad taste in your mouth, feel bilious, have no appetito or when troubled with constipation, and you ire certain to be delighted with the prompt relief which they will afford; for sale b> Orr-Gray & Co. Decline of Rum as a Drink. It would bo hard to find a more striking example of the changes of fashion in regard to drinks than tho gradual disappearance of rum from tho list of supplies necessary to the house hold. This particular form of strong drink at one time, and not many years ago at that, so universally known and so commonly used that it became a synonym for all kinds of hard liquors, is now scarcely ever heard of except for cooking purposes, a. few hot drinks, and as the traditional foundation of punches, according to the testimony of the dealers in tho finer grades of wines and liquors thero is no demand whatever for rum of really good qual ity for use in privato houses. Thero is practically none of this liquor stor ed in the wine cellars of Now York, and only at rare intervals does rum of any great ago or line quality ap pear on the lists at auction sales. The oldest authentic rum that has come to public notice recently is prob ably some Santa Cruz that changed hands at a sale hero a few years ago, and which dated back fully a ccntut ', ! but lots of that kind are rare. The oldest Medford rum is probably some that was sold in 181)6 in this eity which dated from 1875, and was bot tled in 1888, and another lot of that same year which was still in the cask. Hum, of couse, like other liquors, im proves with age, and becomes darker and much thicker. Iu fact old rum which is very strong is almost like a liquer, and most delioious in taste. Besides the Jamaica and Santa Cruz rum there is also what is called Old Dock Bum, so named from the fact that originally the liquor was shipped to London, and stored for years in the dook vaults to age it. The name finally beoame a title to dis tinguish a certain grade, and quality of rum which is still on the market. Our own New England rum, famous in colonial ticses, and until the period of the oivil war, was generally a rath er poor grade of liquor. Bum is distilled from molasses, the skimmings of the boiling house on sugar plantations, and the refused juice of cane sugar manufacture. In times past these products were ship ped from the West Indies to New England, and enormous quantities of *he fiery liquor manufactured there. As early as 1670 this business was under way in New England, and in such quantities that in 16S6 it is said that rum, rhum, rumbullion, rum booze, or kill-devil was so oheap there that o. man could get intoxicated on it Liver and K DIRECTIONS?One every i By mail. EVANS : D. S. VANDIVER. YANDIVE MIERCH ANT TO THOSE INDEBTED TO WE are compelled to co in order to pay our del either Note or Account, w or some satisfactory arran days, or such claim will b of our Attorney for collec Yours truly, VANDF VANDP NEARLY Piano T SELLS US i WHEN you look over the list of fi long list of actual and delighted buyers the South for their acknowledged artist itanding?you will know the reason. If you need a? See our large stock. We represent as c *?. GRAPMOPHONES and Sup _THE C. ? -Slightly Disfigured bi YES, we have disfiured the Hayes but still have some Bargains left in? Shoes, Hats, Pants and [ am adding on a Stock of? Groceries, Sugar, ( Try a Barrel of Braasford, Clifton or Sr pleased. White Wine Vinegar 25c. per G. M at a coat of a penny or two. Now England rum in 1719 was worth about throo shillings a gallon, two ponce less than the price of the West Indian brand. When the slave trade began and cargoes of rum were sont to Afri ca to be exchanged for slaves, this American product was so oheap that it soon put an end to tho trado in French brandy, whioh was at first the great medium of exchange in that - business. In 1814 there were fifty million gal lons of rum manufactured in the Uni ted States when tho population of the i country was about 8,000,000 people. At that time rum was as common a drink as beer or whiskey in these days, and it continued to hold its own fairly well until tho period of tho civil war. Since theu other drinks have supplauted it ami during receut years the importations of rum have shown a steady falling off. doubly significant in view of the rapid inccase in population. In 1S1?7 tho importa tion was 30,378 gallons and 1,177 cases, and in 1000 only 22,722 gallons and 705 cases. The amount varies from year to year a good deal, but grows steadily less in the long run. The largest <iuantity at present goes to the hotels for cooking purposes, and to a certain extent for punches and hot drinks. A good deal is used in the hospitals, but this liquor is rarely more than eight or ten years old old. Hum, according to one connois seur, should be at least eight years before it is drunk at all, and improves steadily from that time on. A year or two ago thero was a temporary re vival of the use of rum in afternoon tea, but that has gone out now, and was never great enough to affect tho trade to any extent. These facts apply equally to Great I Britain, where tho use of rum and the I amount imported have both steadily declined during recent years. Rum was never bo popular on tho Conti nent, and with its abandonment by the Anglo-Saxons its fato as a drink is probably sealed. The ohanges of fashion in these matters are bo great, however, that it would not surprise some of the wine merchants, if ever a fad for hot drinks instead of icod : ones should arise, to see rum regain ' its position as the most important of spirituous liquors.?New York Even ing Post. Aching in tho small of the back is an indication of Bright's Disease. The proper course in such cases is to take a few doses of Prickly Ash Bit ters. It is an effective kidney remedy and bowel regulator. Evans Phar macy^_ Pills. night. PHARMACY. E. P. VAN DIVER R BROS., IANTS, )ERSON, S. C, January 8,1902. US: Uect what is owing to us >t8, and if you owe us, e must have the money 4 igement in the next few e placed in the hands tion. iTER BROTHERS, and TER BROTHERS & MAJOR EVERY Ve Sell ANOTHER. iraoua builders we represent, and the ?men and women famous throughout ic culture and social and political ;ood as the world has produced, tplies also. .. REED MUSIC HOUSE. it Still in the Ring ! Stock considerably the pa5.* six weeks, Notions of ail Kinds. Coffee and Flour. k>tles8, and I am sure you will be gallon. !. BUCHANAN, Masonic Taipp?s. 3 Attention, Farmers ! We have just received on? Car Load of Fancy Winter Grazing Oats. Come quick and eecure some of them before they are ?11 sold. O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. FUED. nnovyy, Pres. and Trous. l'KKNK A. BURBIDQK, Su peu inlomletlt. OFFICE OF 1?. E. BTJRRI8S, Socrotary. ANDERSON FERTILIZER COMPANY, - MANUFACTURERS OF - All Grades Fertilizers, Acid Phosphates, -- AND IMPORTERS OK ? German Kainit, Muriate of Potash and Nitrate of Soda. \Yo use Tennessee Kock, which runs higher in Hono Phosphate than any other Rock in the Country. wheat growers, take notice ! And Enter your name for the following Prizes : ITlrst Prize Offer. First best yield on Six Acres of Wheat? One Fanner's Favorite Grain Drill, worth $70.00. Second best yield on Six Acres of Wheat? One Ton Standard Guano, 8-2 4?1. Third best yield ou Six Acres of Wheat? Half Ton Standard Blood Guano, 8-2 J?1. Second Prize OiVer. First best yield on Three Acres of Wheat? One Ton High Grade Super-Phos., IG per cent Ava. Second best yield on Thrco Acres of Wheat? Half Tou High Grade Supcr-l'hos.. 16 per cent Ava. Third best yield on Three Acres of Wheat? Half Ton High (?rade Super-Phos., IG per cent Ava. Tli Um I Prize Ofl'er. First best yield One Acre of Wheat?One Ton High Grade 10-2 Acid PhoB. Second best yield Oue Acre of Wheat?Half Ton High Grade 10-2 Acid Phos. Third best yield One Acre of Wheat?Half Ton High Grado 10-2 Acid PhoB. The following terms must be complied with by those entering contest : 1st. You must fill out tbo blank hereto attached, sign your name, and cut out this advertisement in full and return to us. 2nd. You are to choose one disinterested neighbor, we aro too choose one, and the two are to choose a third. You will enter the name of your represen tative in the blank space found below. 3d. Tho three men named will act in tbo capacity of judges, measure the land designated by you, which must be in one body, see that nothing but the 1 .ands of the Anderson Fertilizer Company are applied for fertilizing, and finally to measure the wheat when threshed, place the result in a scaled en velope and mail to us. 1th. None other than the products of the Anderson Fertilizer Company shall be used by tho.se entering this contest on'land designated. 5th. All contestants must fill out and sign this advertisement, and return to this oflieo before tho first day of December, 1901. 6th. ICach winner of a prize is required to write out in detail how tho re sult was obtained by telling us how the land was prepared, with what imple ments, how much fertilizers aud grade wero applied to the acre, what crop grown on the land previous to sowing tho wheat, when planted, and anything of interest that will show the best method to produce wheat in this State. 7 th.? .S. C,. 1901. Anderson Fertilizer Co., Anderson, S. C. Gentlemen : I will enter the contest for one of the three prizes offered by you for the best yield in bushels threshed from.acres of wheat as per terms set forth in your advertisement hereto attaohed. I name . .as my representative. (Sign here) . 8th. The three judges of each contestant should be his neighbors. State in blank 'apace left for same, whether you aro contesting for the Six Acre or Three Acre or One Acre Prize. After all results have been received by us we I will aie a day, not later than August 1st, 1902, to compare results, in the presence of such contestants as may be here, and award the prizes. Yours truly, ANDERSON FERTILIZER CO. LANDRETH'S FOR FALL PLANTING, ? AT ? Orr^Gray & Co. CELEBRATED Acme Paint and Cement Cure Specially used on Tin Roofs and Iron Work of any kind. For sale by? ifiur nn!&B-p ? rSTSwaCMT Pfl Mb ram mm I & btmtul LU. Reference : F. B. GRAYTON & CO., Druggists, Anderson, S. C.