Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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_,_ PTJBLIBHED TWICE^A-WEEK j T^egday and Frida?. , i "Vol. .40;...... ....-. . .X?. SO. "Entered, as., second-cjass _ xnatter ffao,a, 1908, at the iostpiBce. at Or Wlgehurg,-S. C, under- the Act of Congress of Maren 3, 1879. fas. JO. Sims, Editor and Proprietor. $?t~ ?lar .Sims,- - Associate Editor. , Subscription Bates. ??e Year...fl.50 Sta Months., v. .. "... .. ? -75 ffhroe Months., .. ...? ??*<> Advertising Rates. Transient advert isemente $1.00 per inch for fast insertion and"50 cents for each subsequent Ins?*?00 ? - ?Bosinees Notices 10 cents per line for first Insertion and 5 cents per line for subsequent fcnBrtio&A ? ? (Obituaries, Tributes of Kesoect, Notice of Shanks, and all notices of a personal orpohti eal nature are charged for as regular advertifle ' Special Notices, entitled Wanted, Lost, losn&Far Kent, not exceeding twenty-five words, one time, 35 cents; two times 50 cents; three times, 75 cents and four times $1.00. -Libers! contract made with merchants ana ?Oers wbo wish to ran advertdfiementa for three months or longer. For rates on contract advertising apply at the office, and they will it carefully furnished. . Remittances should be made by checas tooaey orders, registered letters, or express or tet, payable to The Times and Democrat, / Oraneeburg, S. C. Columbia seems to have a winning j team this year._ What is the matter with Charles- j ton? Her baseball club has not won j a game yet._ The public debt of the United "States increased $9,299.591 during March. More Loud issues immi nent. A new deal would pe an improve ment on the old "square" one, which has become rotten. Give us] a new deal._ The President is said to threaten a veto of the public buildings bill in order to force Congress to pro vide for four new battleships. ? Why should any one Vote to pay tariff taxes for the benefit of the trusts, when the only real necessity for a tariff is to raise revenue? We may be on*the verge of war with Venezuela, and there is a little war cloud in Manchuria involving this country, Russia and Japan, . Gov. Johnson did not seem to ex. cite much enthusiasm on his jour ney from Minnesota to Tennessee, wh^re he made a speech last week. Had the dispensary funds been left in the State Treasurer's hands, where it rightly belongs, Judge Pritchard would not .have dared in terfere with it. The right of the people peaceably to assemble does not include the right of persons to assemble with bombs in their pockets, ready to kill the police and the bystanders. After a married life of eight years and four months, Mr, and .Mrs. Sidney Sluder of Leicester township, N. C, boast of thirteen children. Twins have been born to them four times. . As the Republicans claim they created prosperity, they, cannot ob ject to having the panic and the pro longed business depression charged up to them. Logically they, can't escape the dilemma they have creat ed by their boasting. The situation in Ohio is extreme ly interesting. One Republican Congressman has declined to stand for re-election, on the ground that the factional fight among the mem bers of his party make it.useless for a Republican to seek election in his district. Secretary Taft predicts a "gi gantic struggle of Labor and Capi tal coming," which may be true if the Republican politicians continue to control legislation. But with the Democrats in power and with fair dealing to both these great interests | there should be no strife. John Patterson, head of the Nat ional Cash Register company, has moved to New York to escape the J32ries of remarkable persecutions and annoyances following what he declares to be a malicious attack by a Dayton, O., newspaper. He says he feared for his life. Now, what do you think of that? All the trouble with Pritchard about the dispensary money was caused by its removal from the State Treasurer's hands into the banks. This was done on the advice of Attorney General Lyon and there fore he is responsible for all the trouble which may cost South Caro lina one hundred thousand dollars. John Sharp Williams, the Demo cratic leader was too much for Payne I and Cannon who, he said, resembled "Falsta'T" and "Old Man Afraid of I hi.s Horses." Mr. Williams declared the Democrats had been held up as filibusters, but he denied that was I true. He described the "filibuster" as the man engaged in preventing I legislation. "We," he said .amid! Democratic applause, "are engaged 1 in the business of trying to force] legislation-.-^ Dodging Mr. Bryan. jfiepfew (t?rk L^ocr?ts who fire trying to dodge 'JbLt. Bryan as the-party'g nominee ^oi..the Eresi deney are having a'hard time of it, sayjB^e^C^leston .Pos.kJ^ejpem ocratic.Cluh sonie time since resolv ed to give aigreat dinner on Jeffer son day, according to its custom, and it arranged to make Gov. Johnson, of Mnnesota ?he.. bright particular; star of the occassion, inviting him to deliver tltie'chief "speech after the feeding. That was''hailed widely as a slap at and a slur upon Mr. Bryan and there was rejoicing m the anti Bryan camp. But Gov. Johnson, de clined the' invitation, whether be cause he feared to put his fortune to the touch thus sharply or just be cause he had other engagements i? not quite clear. At any rate he de clined and then the club took up again the question of asking Mr. Bryan and it deterrnined upon a close vote to send him an invitation to attend the dinner. That was hail ed by the Bryanltes as a reversal of sentiment in New York most agree able to them. But, it was explained, Mr. Bryan had been asked to eat but not to speak. Now the idea of Mr. Bryan being at a gathering where oratory was on the program and not contri buting a sample from his stock is unthinkable, and the attempt to pre sent such an entertainment caused a sensation. Further complication ap peared in the announcement by Mr. Bryan that he would speak at the dinner, and there was fine misunder standing and conflict of emotions all around. Well, it has come down now to the point where Mr. Bryan has declined to attend the dinner al together, because of the embarrass ments that might result from his appearance. He has also positively prohibited his friends in New York from organizating a counter demon stration at which he should be the chief attraction on the night of the Democratic club's dinner. The effect of all this jias been an enhancement of Bryan political stock. The attempt to discredit the Nebraskan made by the Democratic Club has been a bungle and it has only served to reveal the fear in which he is held without showing any courageous disposition to op pose him. That is and has been the trouble all along with the opposi tion to the nomination of Mr. Bry an. There are many Democrats who don't want him nominated for President, but there are mighty few who have the nerve to stand out against his nomination. The result is a mere dodging out of the Ne braskan's path that serves no pur pose except to expose the timorous spjrit of his exponents, and, by con trast his own dominant position. It is about time to make an end of this sort of thing. If the anti-Bry anites have the courage of their con victions they should come out in op en and make a real demonstration rgainst the Nebraskan. They should not be content with slinking about and whispering against him. As the case stands now. Mr. Bryan is certain to be the nominee and his chances bf election should be made the best that may be. Bryan Nearly There. The New York Herald has made a very careful and exhaustive canvass of the Democratic Presidential nom ination prospect and it presents the conclusion that Bryan is so near to having the nomination assured that there is scarcely any use in talking about the possibility of defeating him at Denver. In the Denver con vention there will be needed 672 votes to nominate. There have been already instructed for Bryan, according to The Herald's finding, 155 delegates. Five hundred and two delegates to be elected are clas sified as probably for the Nebras kan, the sentiment of their States being unmistakably ? favorable to him. This leaves only fifteen votes for Mr. Bryan to get. There will be 1,008 delegates in the Denver convention, and, if Mr. Bryan ht.s 657 of them practically pledged to his support there re main 351 from whom he has to draw but fifteen votes. That he should be able to do, especially as of the number it is said that only 207 are committed against Bryan, while 144 are doubtful. In the doubtful col umn, it is interesting to note, The Herald puts the representation of South Carolina. That is a conser vative classification. The probabilities are that the delegates from South Carolina will be elected without instructions, but with a distinct Bryan atmosphere about them, and by the time the Denver convention meets they will, very likely be ready to vote for the Nebraskan. There will he eighteen votes in the convention from South Carolina, and as the unit ruie pre vails in Democratic national conven tions generally, they will probably f all be cast for one candidate, If they go to Mr. Bryan he would have three more than the number &? votes The Herald holds that he needs. Irf the language of the Charleston Post, from which paper we.t?keJ?ie above, once , more we t^ay that "the nomination of Mr. Bry an at Denver is a foregone conclu 4sipn and,that the chances of his elec tion are by no means hopeless. IA Word to Sooth Carolina Democrats. Who is deserving: 'of confidence? If advice is heeded, if a leader is wanted, should the faithful or the unfaithful be heeded? Should the falthful or the Unfaithful be entrust ed with thejjarty!s standard? To break Bryan's strength, and prevent his receiving the necessary two-thirds of the votes in the Den ver convention, the Republican and asistant-Repablican anti-Bryan ma chine is working along three lines: To get several Southern States to give complimentary votes to favor ite sons, to capture some western delegations for Johnson, and some Eastern delegations for Gray. To what end? To establish, if possible a deadlock, out of which they hope to win the nomination of a man suit able to them?a man certain to be an easy victim for the Republicans. That is the secret of their strenuous campaign for uninstructed delegat es. Instruction will balk them. In pursuit of that policy, the "Gray boom" has been loosed in Washington. It is significant that publicity bureaus,with salaried agents are required to tell the public about the virtues and stren^ln. of all save Bryan. Now Mr. Gray, like Judge Parker, is an excellent man, but he stands less chance of election than Parker The latter was "retrular;" Gray was not. He bolted the Bryan nomina tion, and supported Palmer and Buckner. The world. She Sun, The Times, and all the other New York papers that are now attempting to soft-soap the South and to choose its candidate for it, deserted the Dem ocratic party. In South Carolina, The News and Couri-T assailed Bry an, the nominee. We do not recall whether its vote was cast for Pal mer and Buckner. Were those that were unfaithful when the party was in need, now to be trusted guides and leaders? We commend the above editorial from the Columbia State to all Demo crats, and especially those in South Carolina. Tariff and Labor. If it were true, as the Republicans declare in platforms and speeches, that the tariff protects labor, Pitts burg should be a paradise for work I ingmen. Yet in spite of every man I ufacturing industry in Pittsburg be |ing protected by the tariff we hear of thousands of men being unable to get work, and that great distress prevails there, and the local author ities have been compelled to vote money to keep many from starving. Wages are also being reduced for those who are working, but the cost of living is stil! nearly at the highest I point; in fact, meat of all kinds is dearer than ever. And yet most of these Pittsburg w kingmen and many elsewhere vote to elect Repub licans to Congress, and elect state senators and representatives, who in turn elect Republican United States Senators, who standpat and refuse to reform the tariff that pro tects not. only the Steel Trust' but the Beef Combine and all the other Trusts and Combines. These unfor tunate conditions under the present tariff are forcing the Republicans to promise to revise the tariff ""after election," but the promise has a string to it, for the latest platform provides that maximum tariff is necessary, which means a still high er tariff. Bribery and Corruption. Charges of bribery were made at the meeting of the committee on rules and p^rnianent. organization: of the Irid&na Republican convert: tion. Chairman Hayes of the Com mittee declared that, a, delegate he. knew had been offered $50 by one of his candidates for governor for'his votej'ana'various other stuns Vere "'beingpaid." Triis is nothing hew [at Repubii&n 'conventions, except the smallness of the price, but when the brethren get together at Chicago we may "expect to Hear of a much higher tariff. But why should the Indianaplatform declare'that: ' 'The Republican party notes with pleas ure the growing determination to eradicate political corruption from whatever source the same originat es" when the delegates and candi dates were buying and selling their votes? Perhaps, this plank againt cor ruption was added to the platform to smother the exposure of the fact that some of the Indiana Republican leaders are rotten to the core, and that "the Strumpet of Corruption stalks in naked horror through the land." Remember you will have until Sat urday the 18th to get your'bargains at Ransdale's. Saturday, the 18th, will be the last day for special bargains at Ransdale's Special bargains every day at Rans dale's until Saturday, the ISth. CANDIDATE CARDS. FOR SHERIFF I hereby announce myself as a candidate in the coming primary for re-election to the office of Sheriff of Orangeburg"" County, subject to the rules of the Democratic party. Respectfully, JOHN H. DUKES. Superintendent of Education. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for County Superintendent of Education subject to ratification by the Democratic Primary this Summer. E. H. HOUSER. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for County Superintendant of Education subject to ratification by the approaching Democratic Prim ary. / D. H. MARCHANT, Jr. I hereby announce myself a candi date for the office of Superintendent of Education of Orangeburg County, subject to the result of the Democrat ic Primary. L. W. LIVINGSTON. I hereby announce myself a can didate for the office of County Super intendent of Education of Orangeburg County, subject to the result of the Democratic Primary. EDGAR L. CULLER. THE HOME NEST you have made for your lived ones should be protected against fire. What you have worked so hard for should not be left to the mercy of the unmerciful flames. Have Us Insure Your House against fire today. Then if fire does come you will have the means to make another home without delay. Don't put the matter off. Many a man has put off insuring just one j day too long. See ZEIGLER & DD3BLE today. ?Tommorrow may be too late.. 9 999999 ? DO YOU KNOW? Do you know why our store is growing more popular each day? It is because wc make a special study of the wants of onr customers and .save them from 10 per cent to 30 per cent on every bill they buy from us. We have a full stock of fresh and stylish Spring goods at prices that are sure to please. Give us a call and we will do you good. THE ORANGEBURG MILLINERY PARLOR is now located at our store and Mi s. George Fairey and Mrs. Angle Wilson can supply you inline Millinery ?t prices cheaper than tlie very cheapest. Seeing believing, ('"rue und let ? shew you. . P 'oreman-Kickenbaker Co. MONTHLY STATEMENT OF DISPENSARIES IN ORANGEBURG COUNTY FOR MONTH OF MARCH, 1968. . ? . . ... ? ?? *. ':*'|T -???? ?? ,' AH Stock is Given at ^Consumers' Prices. Dispensaries at Total Invoice including stock on hand first day of month. Fort Motte, S. C.$ :t.9^2.95 Branchville, S. C.3,592.20 Livingston, S. C. . .. .. :5,834.50 St. Matthews, S. C. 7,327.00 Orangeburg, S. C.13,739.60 Springfield, S. C. 4,708.90 Elloree, S. C. 4,874.95 Total. $39,000.10 Total sales. S 3.16S.10 1,982.95 1,396.80 3,054.95 7;441.30 954. S5 1,864.85 $17.763.80 Operating expenses of each dispensary. $ 102.42 110.10 74.25 115.59 209.41 72.91 99.37 $794.05 Djv. breakage. 15.10 11.45 11.10 33.38 37.00 11.35 14,55 $133.85 Consumers Stock on hand last . day of month '$ 2,739.75 1.594.S? 2,526.60 4,235.30 3,241.30 3,691.90. 2,995.55 $21,00(5.20 State of South Carolina, Count? of Orangeburg. . _ . Personal^"appeared H. C. Paulling, J. G. Smith, T. R. McCants. Members of the Orangeburg County Dis sary board, who being each duly and severally sworn, deposes and says that the foregoing statement is true and correct. ^ Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 8th day of April, 1!)0S. J. H. Claify, N. P., S. C. ortant Ne or You LADIES AND CHILDREN'S OXFORDS The Kind You Want Big Cut In Prices Sale Now On Lasts till Saturday April 18th $3.00 Oxfords for $2.38. $2.50 Oxfords for $1.98. $1.75 Oxfords for $1.38. $1.50 Oxfords for $1.19. $1.25 Oxfords for 89. It is important to come early to get your choice. Hardware and Furniture ORANGEBURG, S. C. Hardware, Guns, Sporting Goods, Tinware, Belting, Machine Fittings Piping Cut and Threded. AGENT FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRST CLASS RELIABLE FARM MACHINERY: Johnston Mowers, Rakes and Disc Harrows. A fuU line of repairs ior these machines always carried in stock. The Celebrated Farmers Favorite Grain Drills. Red Ripper Hay Presses. Oliver chilled Walking Plows. Oliver Sulky Plows. American Field Fencing. Ira?iey inn baw riiers. also sell the Great Majestic Rang; e. WUl not Crack, Rust of Crystaiize. Entire body one SoUd Piece Asbestos Board, not Paper. Not chea pest, Imt least expensive in long ran.