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PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK Tuesday and Friday. -, Vol. 40. . . . . . . . . . . .No. Sd. ? "Entered as second-class matter j fan. 1, 1908, at the postoffice at Or angeburg, S. C, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. fas. L. Sims,'Editor and Proprietor, faa. Izlar Sims, - Associate Editor. Subscription Bates. One Year. .. .. ..$1.50 Six Months.. .. .. .. ... .. .75 Three Months.. ... .40 ?i Advertising Rates. Transient advertisements $1.00 per Inch for font insertion and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion . Business Notices 10 cents per line for first Insertion and 5 cents per line for subsequent Obituaries, Tributes of Respect, Notice of Thanks, and all notices of a personal or politi cal nature are charged for as regular advertise SMfitS. Special Notices, entitled VAinted, Lost, Toosd, Far Rent, not exceeding twenty-five words, one time, 35 cents; two Utuea 50 cents; three times, 75 cents and four times 81.00. Liberal contract made with merchants and others who wish to run advertirements for three xroiths or longer. For rates on contract RdTer?sing apply at the office, and they will %? carefully furnished. Remittances should be made by checks Btoney orders, registered letters, or express or te?, payable to The Times and Democrat, Oraneeburg, S. C. The News and Courier says "if the people of South Carolina prefer Mr. Bryan they should eject a Bry an delegation to the Denver Con vention." That is. exactly what they will do. Tillman sees no us- in instruct ing our delegates to Denver as he says they will vote for Bryan any how. But the Senator, to insure the ? State for Bryan, says the unit rule should be adopted. The Times and Democrat heartily seconds the nomination of Col. Tfcos. F. Brantley as a delegate from this Congressional District to the Convention. He is a true blue Bry an man, and should he be sent he should need no instructions to make hit?:, vote for the great Commoner fiist, last and all the time. THEGaffney Ledger says: "The ?editor who fails to attend the press meeting next month must have a good excuse, else we intend to cut his acquaintance. We know that will be awful, but we shall not waste our substance and affection on an ingrate." Look for us. Brother DeCamp. We shall report for duty. "The nomination of Mr, Bryan is as good as an accomplished fact," says the Charleston Post. "There 's no good end to be served by Dem ocrats kicking agajns} the pricks. It is Bryan or a Republican. Those who want a Republican for Presi dent may continue to oppose Bryan, but all others will-accept and sup port the Nebraskan." In speaking of the interview that has been repudiated by Senator Till man The News and Courier says "the amazing feature" of it was the Senator's reference to Mr. Cleve land. It certainly "amazed" Sena tor Tillman's friends here, but j many of them did not believe the Senator was correctly reported, which proved to be a fact. Hearst started his party because he said the two old parties were boss ridden, and now little John Temple Graves has been turned down as a delegate to Hearst's nat ional convention by the committee because Hearst said he must be elec ted. This bnssism on the part of Hearse is causing trouble and tho^e in a position to know say that the Hearst party is about to go to pieces. The State says as Mr. Kent cruel ly suggests to The World, "it al most seems as if you had been in a measure mistaken in your conclu sions that Mr. Bryan was politically dead and buried." The News and Courier missed the mark just about as far in South Carolina. The Dem ocrats of the whole country, and many Republicans, wish Bryan for President. That is the weight of the testimony. Tbe Florence Times advises those farmers who have their all tied up in cotton to sit steady in the boat, keep the faith, but do not be surprised if the bears make another raid soon, as the brains of the world will not give up a ffght so 9asi[y In connection we call atten tion to a letter from Mr. J. E. Wan namaker in this issue. Every far mer should read and act on the good advice it contains. The News and Courier says "the light that has been made against in structions by nearly all the influen tia1 newspapers of South Carolina has been worth while, no matter what the event may be." If it is true as The News r.nd Courier says, that "nearly all the influential news papers in South Carolina" made a fight against instructions, the result proves that the Bryan sentiment must be very strong with the peo ple. Otherwise they would ha\c followed the advice of the "influen tial newspapers" and refused to in struct for Bryan. Most Popular and Powerful. The Richmond Times-Dispatch says "beyond any peradventure of doubt, the two most popular and powerful citizens in ' the United I Scales today are i'neouox'u Reusescit and William Jennings Bryan. Both are feared and abhorred by many of their-party leaders, and both are idolized by. hundreds of thousands of their fellow citizens. It is this per sonal prestige and this enormous hold on the masses that have given President Roosevelt and Mr. Bryan their extraordinary position as lead ers. The remarkable feature in I the career and power of these two I men is the fact that neither of them are deep thinkers, wise counselors or trained statesmen. "There must be some reason for the ^almost reverential attitude which the real followers of Mr. Bry an and Mr. Roosevelt feel towards their leaders, and the explanation is to be found in the fact that these two men have risen up to teach morals at a time when morality was more needed than statesmanship. In preaching their crusade against materialism both Mr. Bryan and Mr Roosevelt have been led into decla. mations with which The Times-Dis patch can not agree. Both have made charges which can not be proved, and both have offered reme dies which would be entirely ineffec tive or disastrous. "But despite these mistakes Mr. Bryan and Mr. Roosevelt alike have stood for manhood before money, and for the inalienable and glorious rights of the individual to live his own life under that freedom for which the fathers of the republic died. But the heart of the Ameri can people understood and sympa thized with the real motives of both preachers. And the good sense of the American people ^pierced through the frequent claptrap and demogogy to the underlying princi ple. Again we have seen it demon strated that the heart has its reasons which the head does not under stand." . The Charleston Post says "that is unquestionably the condition of' the people's mind today, and that ac counts for the prevalence of the Bryan sentiment and presistence of the Roosevelt legend. There is an essential difference between the two, however, for while Mr. Bryan has been spreading an evangel Mr. Roosevelt has been capitalizing a sentiment. Mr. Bryan is a sincere, devoted radical, and, in many things misled, reformer. Mr. Roosevelt has caught the trend of the public mind and put it to political purpos es. To the end Mr. Bryan will con tend xor what he thinks is right for and beneficial to the people. Mr. Roosevelt will contend for what he thinks the people want?untii they change their minds or he changes judgment of their views. And this distinction the people are finding out. Has Senator Tillman Changed. The Columbia correspondent of The News and Courier quotes Sena, tor Tillman as saying that if the Democrats could get a man who stood for the same things that Grov er Cleveland stands for in .national politics he would sweep the countrv for President. We believe the cor respondent misunderstood Senator Tillman, for there has been no more bitter hater of Mr. Cleveland perso nally nor more violent opponent of Mr. Cleveland's policies and politi cal actt. than Senat or T?lman. Yet according to this correspondent he is made to say that Mr. Cleveland is now the exponent of the popular sentiment. The correspondent may nave so understood Senator Tillman but we do not believe he said or meant any such nonsense. If Senator Tillman has changed his views on Mr. Cleveland and his acts while he was President, as this correspondent says he has, we are sure he is wrong in supposing that the people of this country want a man of Mr. Cleveland's type and persuasions to preside over the af fairs of the republic. A man of Mr. Cleveland's beliefs would have no chance of election tc the presidency today. Such a man was Judge Par ker, whom the Democrats nominat ed four years ago in the persuasion that the country would elect a con servative candidate for the Presi idency. The error of that estimate was fearfully and forcefully demon strated at the polls. If Senator Tillman really believes that Mr. Cleveland is wanted by the American people he is certainly wrong in his opinion that William J. Bryan can be elected over Wil liam H. Taft. Mr. Taft is a Repub lican and not a Democrat and his theory of government is essentially wrong," yet he undoubtedly repre sents more nearly the views uaer tained by Mr. Cleveland as expressed in his actions while President than Mr. Bryan does. In fact, tn.ere is no similarity whatever between the views of Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Bryan. They are as far apart as a friend tt the classes and a friend < i the mass*c can well be in their ideas j of government. Senator Tillman J will have to confirm what he is quoted as saying about Mr. Cleve land before we will believe that he was correctly quoted. A Tost of Strength. A Rcpuuiican liom Vermont puts the matter so clearly that we adopt his letter written to the New York World. It is good tonic for some of South Carolina's weak kneed Democrats: To the Editor of The World: I am not an admirer of W. J. Bry an, neither am I a Democrat, but the result of the poll made recently by the Success Magazine somewhat amuses me. Last January that pe riodical sent out about 12,000 votes, to be returned with preferred can didates for the next president. The subscribers to this magazine must admittedly be men of more than the average clear-headedness and ability. The total number of Democratic preferences returned was 1,404. Of these W. J. Bryan had 1,178: Gov. Johnson 191; Folk 22, and Judge Gray 12. Or, in other words, Mr. Bryan, the gentleman who you are saying every day can carry only one small corner of this country, received 83.8 per cent, of the total; Johnson, the Democrat who you seem to think is as liable as any to carry New York and Pennsyl vania, 13.6 per cent., while Judge Gray, the gentleman for Delaware whose "carrying abilities you have been expounding to a considerable extent, received .8 of 1 per cent. From this result, gathered from all parts of the country, the East as well as the West and South, it al most seems as if you had been in a measure mistaicen in your conclu sions that Mr. jJryan was politically dead and buried and that Johnson or Gray should take up the standard he had let fall and bear it on to vic tory. Dorman B. E. Kent. Montpelier. Vt., May 4. Favors Unit Rule. It is hard for Senator Tillman to please The News and Courier in what he says about the delegates from this State to Denver. The Senator and the News and Courier both agree that the delegates should not be instructed bat they reach the common conclusion from different motives. The News and Courier don't want them in.-;'ructed because it hopes to slip in an anti-Bryan del egate or two, while the Senator dont want them insi ructed because he thinks "it is foolish to tie up the men who go to Denver when we know that they would vote for Bryan, anyhow." The Senator went on to say that he believed in the unit rule, which means that a majority of the delegation would determine for who our eighteen votes would be cast. As a majority of the delegates will undoubtedly favor Mr. Bryan they would cast South Carolina's eighteen votes for him, even should The News and Courier manage to slip in an anti - Bryan delegate or two on the dele gation. Therefore The News and Courier says the "Senator's notions that the delegation, or the State Convention for it. should adopt tha unit rule is illogical and unreason able." Those papers that can find comfort in Senator Tillman's posi tion are easily comforted. Will Be For Bryan. The State Democratic convention, which meets next Wednesday will be for Bryan. As Senator Tillman has said, whether or not the conven tion instructs delegates to Denver to vote for Bryan, it will express a sentiment favorable to the nomina tion of Bryan so strong^that the del egation to the national convention? which will certainly be bound by the ? uv?it rulf??can not fail to, support the Nebraskan most earnestly and sincerely, unless it would misinter pret the sentiment of its constituen cy. We agree with the Charleston Post that no man who is not prepar ed to work hep.rtily and cheerfully for the nomination of Mr. Bryan at Denver should offer or be offered to the State convention for the office of delegate, and if such a candidate should be presented the convention would almost certainly reject him, as it would have the power to do, and as it would be justified in doing. The State convention is going to be a Bryan gathering and it is not going to send forth as its represen tatives any other than Bryan expon ents. The editorial headed "Has Till man Changed" was written before the Senator had repudiated the in terview. It will be noticed that we doubted the correctness of the state ment in reference to Cleveland at tributed to him before we had seen his denial of its correctness. Hydrophobia Increjising. It is reported that hydrophobia is increasing alarmingly in the United States. This is the conclusion reach ed by Government experts, who have examined the subject. They say the disease is not confined to any partic ular section of tbe United States but is generally prevalent throughout the country. The report on the subject] strongly recommends that all dogs be muzzled, and the declaration is made that the disease cannot be stamped out until the dogs are muzzled for a period of several years. The exper ience of some European countries is cited to show that only by the muz jzling of dogs can the disease be ab solutely eradicated. ! CONGRESSMAN MEEKISON COMMENDS PE-RU-NA. "I have used several bottles of Peruna and 1 feel greatly benefited! > thftfihv fmm mv catarrh of the head. I feel encouraged to believe that If j i thereby from my i / 1 use It a short tin time longer I will be fully able to eradicate the disease of thirty years' standing. "?-David Meekison. OTHER REMARKABLE CURES. Mr. Jacob L. Daria, Galena, Stone county, Mo., writes: "I have been in bad health for thirty-seven years, and after taking twelve bottles of your Peruna I am cured." Mr. A. E. Kidd, well-known architect, 5477 Jefferson Ave., Chicago, 111., writes: "J. have had catarrh over half of my life. I tried nearly every catarrh remedy advertised, beside a great many physicians' treatments, all of which failed.. I had heard and read of Ternna and decided to try it. I have taken seven bottles of it and weigh 172 pounds." A SINCERE RECOMMENDATION. Mr. D. 0. Prosser, R. P. D. No. 2, Shelby, Oceana Co., Mich.Jwrites: "Two years ago 1 was badly afflicted with catarrh of the stomach. I had had a run of typhoid fever, was very depleted, 1 could find nothing I could eat without causing dis tress and sour stomach. Finally I came to the conclusion that I had catarrh of the s tomach and seeing Peruna advertised, began to take it. It helped me soorn and ?.fter taking three or fonr.bottles I was entirely cured of stomach trouble* and can now eat anything." Wm. V. Izlar. J. Stokes Salley. Fire Insurance. izlar & salley We represent the The Home Insurance Go. Liverpool and London and Globe German American Continental Northern Assnrance Phoenix and Georgia Home. The Strongest Combination in the THE BANK OF SPRINGFIELD. Undivided Profits. 12.000.00 Capital.. .$30,000.00 Officers. L. M. Mims, President; Jno. McB. Bean, V. P.; J. B. Smith, Cashier; Edith Phillips, Asst. Directors. L. M. Mims, Jno. Bean, Joe. A. Berry, L. B. Fulmer, W. P. Hut to, J. W. Jumper, H. A. Odom, T. L. Gleaton, O. C. Salley. All business Intrusted to us re ceives careful, official attention. Leave your Surplus funds with up at four per cent interest. For Sale by j. w. SMOAK. THE MAY SALE AT V Moseley's WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE'ENTJRE MONTH. DON'T STAY AWAY. COME EVERY TIME YOU NEED ANYTHING. WE HAVE BEEN BUSY, BUT WANT TO CONTINUE IN THAT STATE. TO DO SO AVE MUST STIMULATE BUSINESS. WE HAVE PUT LOTS OP GINGER IN OUR EFFORTS AND USED A LARGE KNIFE TO CUT OFF PRICES. COME IN ASD .JUDGE THE RESULTS. IT WONT COST YOU A CENT TO LOOK, AND WILL HELP YOUR CASH VERY MUCH SHOULD YOU DECH)E TO TRADE. TO ENUMERATE ALL WE OFFER WOULD BE IMPOS SIBLE. UST A FEW ITEMS: 200 pieces of beautiful Lawn and Cambric Embroidery Edges that sold from 12)?c 35c a yard are all of fered now at. . . . .. .10c. 27in flouncings at 75c that sold for $1.00 $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00 a yard. All over Embroideries that formerly sold at 75c to $1.50, your choice at.v.65c a yd. Ahl Colored Lawns reduced 20 per cent. This includes all the New Stock. 40 in. White Lawns at 7}?c, that sold for 10c a yard. Persian Lawns at 12 1-2, 15, 20 and 25c, that tire extra good values. All Ginghams and Chambrays, that sold at 12 1-2 and 15c. are now.,.10c a yd. 2,1)00 yards of a fine 40 in Sea Island that wa s formerly sold at 7c, is now on sale.5c. One Case of Apron Ginghams. Good goods that was selling at 7c. We have them now 5 cts. These ore wide perfect ginghams. 30 in. Bleaching at 7c, that was selling at 10c a yd. Colored Linens worth 15c, we offer these while they last.10c. Vnl Laces, Linen Laces, Maltese Laces,, Chnney Laces, ull in the May Sale. How abobut a net waist. See us if yon want one in, white, cream or ecrue. We will surprise you. Everything sold for cash at these prices. ' Come during the MAY SALE. Moseley's. Why buy an Organ from the Peddler? When you can buy a superior organ from your factory representative Tor less money, and on easier terms, and have absolute protection in the guar antee given by the makers. We make low prices and grant from one to two years, without interest, for settlement and only bind tb? organ as security. We save you money and supply Organs that will prove a life long pleasure. Write at once for catalog and special prices and terms to theoldestablished MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, Pianos and Organs. Columbia, S. 0. Land for Sale. We offer for sale the land of the estate of the late Miss Sarah Kate Rives, in and near th town of Rowes ville. They consist of two tracts, v.ith the home tract contaning 51 acres and the swamp tract contalnng 103 ac-os. Apply to P.owman ar.d Bowman. Attys. for owners, Orangeburg, S. C. good cultivation and the balance Is very well timbered. For Information apply to the undersigned or to Glaze & Herbert, attorneys, Orangeburg, South Carolina. Isham S. Shumaker, tl-7-tf. Elloree. S. C. .Plantation For Sale. I oCer for sale my plantation in Lyons Township, containing* 100 j acres, of land, with dweliirg, good! barns and staples and tenrnt houses.' A portion of this plantation ie in' Notice. All persons having claims against the estate of R. A. Jeffcoat, deceas ed, will prsent the same, duly itemiz ed and attested; and all persons in-j debted to the said Estate will make payment as required by law; claims may be tiled with or payments made to either Wlliam D. Jeffcoat, Julius; A. Jeffcoat, Qualified Executors,, North, S. C, or Wolfe and Berry [ .Attorneys, Oraugeburg, S. C. Winthrop . College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award of vacant Scholarships in Winthrop Col lege and for the admission of new p';,j.'i>n?o v.n >>e V?d tit the 0-unty Ctiurt Huuse on Friday, July ;J, at & a. m. Applicants must not be less than 15 years of age. When scholar ships are vacant after July 3 they will be awarded to those making the high est average at this examination, pro vided they meet the conditions govern ing the award. Applicants for scholar ships should write to President John- , son before the examination for Schol arship examination blanks. Scholar ships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 16. 190S. For further information and catalogue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock nill S. C. Hight School Election. A petition having been signed in accordance with law, by forty per cent, or more, of the freeholders of North Providence School District, No. 72, in Orangebui^ County, S. C and filed with the County Board of .edu cation to hold an election to deter mine whether a High School shall be established in this district in accord ance with the recent high school law, we, the trustees of said school dis trict,, under the authority of the County Board of Education hereby order an election to be held for deter mining' this question at the North Providence School House in the dis trict on Saturday, TCIay 23rd, 1908, polls to be opened from 7 o'clock a. m. to 4 o'clock p. m. The said election shall be conducted as re quired in Section 1208 of the school law. D. S. Evans, H. O. Shuler, S. P. Shuier, Trustees of School District No. 72. ? Eggs for Hatching. From choice Rose-Comb White Wyandottes, $1.00 per 15 eggs. 2-27-3m* Thos. L. Gramling, |R. F. D. No. 1. ?rangeburg, S. C. Land For Sale. 163 acres of L^a Nonn or Or angeburg and within thirty minutes drive of the Court Honse, 100 acres upon clay sub-soil, remainder wood land. Will sell as a whole or in tracts. Apply to Robt. E. Copes. ^ Land for Sale, 346 acres of land fronting on Col umbia and stage roads, 2% miles north of city, for sale. For further information apply to Sifly and Frith. I Orangeburg, S. C. ! 9-26-tf. Notice. If you have to hold the book or pa per at or nearly arm's length to read consult the optician. M. J. D. Daritzler, M. D., l0-31-6m. Optician. Lands for Sale Near liowmun. The Richardson lands, (566 acres) have been divided into ten tracts, varying in size from 41 acres to 95 acres, and are offered for sale o desirable actual settlers, on reason able terms of cash and credit. For particulars apply to I. W. Bowman, Orangeburg, S. C. ? or to Samuel Dibble, Bowman, S. C. _Agents for Owners. Cabbage Plants! Cabbage Plantst One million Cabbage Plants for sale by ,C. W. Prescott. Buy at home and save express1 charges. Prices same as those quoted by the growers. 500. $1.00; 1,000, $1.50; 5,000, $1.25; 10,000, $1.00 per 1,000. Best island plants grown from the best seed obtainable. Land for Sale. We offer ror sale the land of the estate of the late Miss Sarah Kate Rives,.in and near the town of Row esville. They consist of two tracts, to wit, the home tract containing 51 1-2 acres and, the Swamp tract containing 193 acres. Apply to Bow man & Bowman, Attys for Owners, Orangeburg, S. C. 3-3. For Sale. !67- acres lspendid farming land 3 miles east of Norway in Willow Township,' $3,200. Also house and two lots in town of Norway that are in nice locntion. $700. Terms to suit. Apply to H. S. Garrick, Nor way, S. C, or Glaze & Herbert, Or angeburg, S. C 3-13.tf. Horses and Mules. Fresh car load horses and mules just received. - A. M. Salley. Notice Guardian's Discharge. Notice is hereby given to all con |cerned that I will apply to the Pro bate Judge of Orangeburg County, [at his office in Orangeburg on the 25th day of May, 190S, for my final [discharge as guardian of William R. I Carroll und B. Rivers Carroll. Anna R. White, Guardian of William R. Carroll and B. Rivers Carroll. |Notic of Application for Letters of Dismissal. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will on the 19th day of .May, lDOS, file her final account with the Judge of Probate for Orangeburg County, as Administratrix of the es tate of John P. Fersner, deceased, [and will thereupon apply for Letters of Dismissal. Olivia M. Fersner, |Apr!l 16th, 190S. Administratrix. To the Voters of Orangeburg County: Notice of Dismissal. Notice is hereby given that all p. r sons holding claims against th^ es tate of the late John P. Fersner, de ceased, must present and prove the same on or before the 1 Stb day of May. 190S; and all persoi s indebted to the estate of the said John P. Fersner, deceased, must make pay ment to Glaze and Herbert, Attor neys, or to the undersigned on or before that date. Olivia M. Fersner, April 16th, 1908. Admiaistratrix. Wanted. A good hustler to canvass this county and take orders for the Hyde Diverse Cultivator. Apply W. S. bar ton, Jr., Orangeburg, S. C. 5-1-5.