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PUBLISHED TWTCE-A-WEEK Tuesday and Friday. VoL 40. . . . i .. ...No. 45. "Jsiniered aa . second-ciasa matter *an.l, 1908, at the postofllce at Or aageburg, S. C, under the Act ot Owogreaa ot March 3, 1879. L. Staus, Editor and Proprietor. 9**. Izlsr Sims. ? Associate Editor. Subscription Kates. Oae Tear.. .. .. ....?1.50 MX Months... . . .75 dree Months..40 Advertising Rates. Tjcaosient advertisementa $1j?0 per inch for first insertion and SO oenta for each subsequent hwwrtion ? ; . BusineSB..Notices 10 cents per Ihr tor first baextiori. and 6 cents per line for b.:-deqaent insertions Obituaries,' Tributes of Respect, Notion or Thaulra, and all notices of a pe:nonal or politi aol nature are charged for as regular advertise Special Notices, entitled Wanted, Lost,! Ji/und, Far Bent, not esceediag twenty-five irords, one time, 35 cents; two times 50 cents; 'three thnea, 75 cents and four times $1.00. Liberal contract made with merchants and othere who wish to run advoruVemsnts for three meoths or longer. For ates on contract advertising apply at the office, end they will *a carefully famished. Bemittances should be made by checks anaey orders, registered letters, or express or fiers, payable to . The Times and Democrat, Oraneehure, S. C. \ The romancing on the political outcome should be confined to the doubtful States. The artful colored brother has a good opportunity in this campaign to buncoe the astute Republican oliticuni. Tfis is the silly season in politics, and the wise man will only believe what appears reasonable and appeals tf> his com non sense. Hearst's Independence Party has only one member in South Carolina, but he is a jolly good fellow, and will vot i for Bryan. The failure of the Roosevelt Ad ministration to bust the. Fertilizer Trust will hardly help the Republi cans to break the solid South. There is no getting away from the fact that the Republican poli ticians can evade publicity of campaign contributions if the want to and no one doubts they will want to. Tom Watson will lose what few Populists remain if he attacks Mr. Bryan for not doing things which the official record shows he did do ram. ly, vote for Mr. . Crisp for Speaker. Mr Bryan has very effectually sooiled Mr. Taft's "after election" Publicity. The only thing left for Taft to do is to order the publica tion of all contributions immediate ly upon receipt. The fashion editor of the Wash ington Herald thinks that crimolines and bustles will follow the sheath gown. The Augusta Herald says if that he true, may the sheath gown have a long inning. All at sea in Ohio the headlines say. But Mr. Vorys declares the Republicans are cemented and de termined to elect the ticket by one hundred thousand majority. But how about Foraker and the colored brethren, and the Labor vote? The "piazza politicians," whose thoughts center on campaign fund collecting, are laughing" at the Re public in treasurer's lack of know ledge of the Federal law against corporations "organized under any law of Congress being allowed to contribute. The Charleston Post says "joy ous indeed must be the heart of Hearst, fitting in his own national convention, cheered by his own em ployees, listening to his own plat form and declining his own nomina tion to the Presidency. Who would have ever thought that Willie Hearst would ever have achieved such heights?" A Pennslyvania man died the oth er day from the effects of swallow ing a table knife. This should be a warning to the Republican mana gers of Minnesota to watch Jacob sen, their candidate for Governor, whose greatest claim for election is that "he eats pie with a knife." One would think that the Repub lican party would have selected SDmeone as their candidate on the national ticket who was not known as "Short Weight Jim. Yet Mr., Sherman earned that sobriquet by I defending short weight in his jam \ pots in a speech in the last Con gress, The personal organ of the Taft family, the Cincinnati Times-Star, acts very much like the boy whist ling to keep up his courage while passing by a grave yard when it says: "The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and William Jennings Bryan has again received the Demo cratic nomination for President of j the United States. Why shouldn't i Republicans be happy?" aaas ? ? . ? - - Taft Totties In. w>en Mr. Taft went up to Oyster Bay to submit his speech of accep tance to Mr. Roosevelt he said that he went because he had the highest regard for the President's j \;dg-1 merit regarding the bubjecls to ue presented and also "a keen appreci.. ation of his wonderful ability for forceful expression," says the Char leston Post. "He certainly did/not avail himself largely of the Presi dent's talent for expression. There is nothing striking in the form of the candidate's address, no great weight- though much bulk--of words in his speech. The whole ut terance is labored, the argument is | halting and the expression is dull. Mr. Taft does not leap lightly and confidently upon the stage; he tod dles in from the prompter's wing uncertain and afraid. "Mr. Taft has his mind on the Democratic platform, and he casts envious glances upon the strong clear expressions that were put forth at Denver. Some of the utterances of that platform he appropriates out right, without so much as saying by your leave. With these he attempts to color up the lifeless platform his #vvn party built at Chicago for him to stand upon, and ne makes a sor ry result." Like a trained elephant he attempts to execute the Roosevelt carmagnole, with ludicrous effect. Mr. Taft is a conservative; he has a judicial mind; when he discusses the anti-injunction idea he speaks with profundity and impressiveness as to Ithe legal aspects of the things that are, but when he attempts to pre sent the things that should be he looses himself in a political maze that he can not thread. "An example of Mr. Taft's at tempt to aDpropriate Democratic doctrine is given in his treatment of the Denver platform's declaration in favor of a physical valuation of railway properties. The Republi Can platform contained no such dec laration, though that has been one of Mr. Roosevelt's pet demands, says the candidate, "the Republi can platform recommends legisla tion forbidding the issue in the fu ture of interstate railway stocks and bonds without Federal authority. It may occur in such cases that the full value of the railway, and, as an element thereof, the value of the tangible property of the railway vvuuld be a revelant and important factor in assisting the proper au nority to determine whether the stocks and bond? to be issued were .o have proper security behind them and in such case, therefore, there i>hould be the right and machinery make a valuation of the physical property." There is labor for you, to read into the platform something tnat is not there, the absence of which hurts the candidate in his dearest prospects. "Mr. Taft repairs the ommission of his party to declare for publicity of campaign funds by a very clear d? c aration to the effect that if elec ted President he will "urge upon Congress, with every hope of suc cess, that a law be passed requiring a filing in a Federal office of a state ment of the contributions received by committees and candidates in elections for members of Congress, and in such other elections as are constitutionally within the control o " t-ongress."But that is merely with in his power of recommendation. The pame party which deliberately refused to declare in its platform at Chicago its desire for a campaign fund publicity act and which, at the iaat aedaiun of Congress, rdu&ed to I enact such a law, would reject the [ recommendation of Mr. Taft if he were President as surely as it has ignored the demand of the country for such legislation. Mr. Taft can only promise to recommend, but he knows v*?ry well that his party would not heed his adviee on a mat tor like this. Revision of the tariff? Of course, Mr. Taft is for it. But it must be carefully done and the Republican party is the only constituted author ity for sacn a delicate task and the Republican party in the House is and may continue to be Mr. Speaker Cannon and Mr, Dalzell of Pennsyl vania, and a few others of that type of standpatters, who will see that the tariff is revised so that it will give no relief to those who bear the burdens of its iniquities. Mr. Taft can't revise the tariff and his party Wunt. Mr. Taft insists that the Demo cratic party is destructive in its ten dencies. Mr. Hearst beat him by 12 hours in the expression of such a sentiment. These two are in agree ment?and, we doubt not, Tom Watson will make it a trio?as to the character of the Democrotic party. But that concurrence of Re publican-Hearstite-Populist opinion is uot going to hurt the Demoracj nor prevent, the the election of it* national ticket in this year of grace. "Mr Taft has spoken his piece ami has formally taken upon himself the leadership of the Republican party in this campaign. He has made a confused and unconvincing plea for his party against the Democratic party. He h- s exposed his own and j his party 's weaknest.es in a score of j places, His speech ofacceptance is a \ political document of unusually poor quality. It is convincing in ere re spect only, namely in its proof of the candidate's own per.-uaMon that ne has a imgiity pour ca.-*:. Dis<-p pointment and despair are written through the speech, and Mr. Taft has at least, been keen enough to see the defeat to which he is doomed if he has not bpen elf ver enough to hide from the world his knowledge of the fate impending. A Pitiful Figure. The News and Courier says "Mr. Hearst's speech in Chicago bris.led with epigrams but failed to convince. Nothing lias appeared in Mr. Hearst's career to prove that he is a singularly good man, nobler and purer than his fellows. He has signally failed to win the confidence of the people. He was a Democrat and remained a Democrat until the Democrats clearly showed a fixed resolution not to trust him. He was the only Democrat on the State Democratic ticket in New York two years ago who could not be elected. As a candidate for Mayor of New York he was defeat ed. He whined long and painfully about fraud, and finally, when the votes were recounted the fairness of the count was demonstrated. Mr. Hearst is a pitiful figure. A few years, in the role of violent Protes tant, he was consistent and rather interesting, but having been defeat-1 ed repeavdly he is now no more than an angry little fellow biting at the heels of Bryan and other men who have a real work to do. Bolstering Up Prosperity. The St. Louis and Pittsburg Sun shine Clubs must have missed con nection somehow. Their tales of prosperity do not seem to bear in spection at close range. Mr. John T. Milroy, t'i Jersey City writes to the New Y-.ik Post that: "Nine wi-eks ago I lost my place in the business office of an iron com pany on ace-unt of dull times and about two w rks ago, after search ind in vain !or work. I went to Pittsburg fi r work. I was led to make the trip by a newspaper dis patch which :-aid that 50,000 men has been put back at work. I thought thiii if this was true, I would surely he able to get a place. "When I go: to Pittsburg, I found the newspaper report to have been absolutely untrue. There are thou sands of men out of work in Pitts burg, and I was told at two factor ies when I applied for work and made inquiry about the calling back of the workmen that it made people feel better to have the newspapers print sunshine news. Maybe this is sunshine news to many people but it cost me $28.50 that I could not af ford to spend. I am back here and still out of work. If the newspapers would print the truth I think it would be better or at least if they cannot set forth the real situation, they might better remain silent." For the benefit of others who may be deceived like Mr. Milroy was, it is necessary to say that the stories emanating from Pittsburg and other centers about resumption of work by factories are much exaggerated. There has been a slight improve ment in some lines of business in the East and some factories have start up, but there wiil be no general re sumption until after the crops are assured and the result of the com ing el?ctinn i3 known. In the Ag ricultural States, We'st'Ci the Mis sissippi, there is comparitiveiy good times in consequence of the big prices of farm products and the favorable prospect for the new crops. The sunshine Clubs are inspired from railroad sources and are said to be investigated for political and stock jobbing purposes it being nec cessary for Harriman and others to bolster up the Wall Street specula tive market and for the Republican politicians to lend a hand to offset the effect of the panic and business depression on the voters. The Cost of Living. The average price of all commo dities has advanced 1.2 per cent from June 1 to July 1, but the decline since July 1 1907 to July 1, 1908, has been 13.4 per cent. Eighty seven cents therefore buys as much now as one dollar did a year ago. Thus the Republican panic has added 13 per cent to the incomes of those who have as large incomes now as they had a year ago, but those who have no income, it spells disaster. Read the Advertisements. Read the announcements of your merchants in this issue. Many a dollar has been saved by a careful 'persual of a merchant's ad. When u business man advertises for your patronage he not only has a line of goods that "speaks but there may be some article or articles listed that you desire and that it may be ad vantageous to buy at this time. In after years women discover that mirrors are not what they used to A NEW INCENTIVE ABANDONED YOUNG BABY. Heartless Attempt of Negro Woman at Rock Hill. A heartless attempt was made at Rock Hill Thursday by a aegro wo man named McFadden to abandon her month old infant. The girl, whose mother is a servant for a gen tleman of that city, came from Char lotte on the early train, carrying a month old baby in her arms. Walking down the railroad to White's pasture in the neighborhood of the ice company's plant, she plac ed the baby in a clump of grass and too"k her departure. Some one saw the child and reported it to the po lice. They at once thought of the girl, who got off the train with the baby and proceeded to looft her up. It was a shrewd guess on the part of the officers, for the woman had no child with her when found. She denied knowing anything about this or any other child, but when they toid her she would be locked up un I*ss she found her child in a hurry 1 she gave in and proceeded to where she had deserted her baby. The baby was apparently none the worse for the experience. When the inhuman mother was found by the officers she was singing as though as happy as a lark, and with a con science "void of offence." She .is now on the inside, looking out. * SOUTH IN SPLENDID SHAPE. Southern Railway Officials Gratified At Business Conditions Here. At a confrence held In Washing ton last week between President Fin ley, executive offlcrs of the Southern railway company and affilated com panies, and officers of the traffic and operating departments of the South ern railway system, general condi tions of business in the south and prospects for the future were thor oughly discussed. It was the con census of opinion that there' was a trend in the direction of improve ment of business throughout the southern states. The agricultural outlook is en couraging. Southern fruit and veg etable crops have generally been giod and have found a ready mar ket at prices which, although, in some cases below those of former years?, have been profitable. The .?'.?<>< hi \ii di';i?>.i <> ike ?? tii?n c.i and the gram .crops of the south are good. If there is no deteriroa tion in cotton between now and the J close of the season the yield will be. large. As a result of the general pros perity among the farming commun ities retail business in most southern towns has kept up fairly well. Mer chants have been buying conserva tively, however, and the effect has been a curtailment of wholesale bus iness and depression in some lines of manufacture. Goods of all kinds in the hands of dealers have been reduced and, with the good agricultural outlouK, hen is reason to expect a gradual im provement in all lines of business. * KIDNAPPED AND DROWNED? Authorities Unable to Account Other wise for Young Lady's Condition. Late Friday night at Pittsburg, Pa, Miss Clara Konter, 18 years of age, who, it is believed, was kidnapped and detained for twenty-four hours by persons unknown, had not regain ed consciousness. The young woman left her home, near Shousetown. about 15 miles from Pittsburg, Monday afternoor to make several purchasers. She failed j to return and while the entire com munity were searching for her, Mrs., Konter, the girl's mother, found her lying across the bed of her room at home. Physicians have worked with the i girl since Tuesday night In an en deavor to bring her back to conscious-j ness without success. According to Dr. Kerr, of Shousetown, a powerful j drug, the nature of which has not, yet been ascertained, was administer ed. Whether the girl was kidnapped and mistreated is not definitely known. ? HE TRUST AND THE WHISTLE. FOR CALLING THE WORKMEN E PEACE MOVEMENT GAINING. i Congress Now in Session in London Much Encouraged. "Many signs of the increasing im portance of the peace movement have developed during the progress of the Universal Peace Congress," said Ben jamin F. Trueblood, of Boston, presi dent of the American Peace Society and head of the American delegation now in London, in an interview. "First, we have seen the number of delegates grow until every civilized nation of the world now is represent ed at the Congress, and by men of standing in their own countries. The meeting of the Congress have been exceedingly well attended, and the greatest interest has been displayed, the most important of which was that on the subject of armaments. "Make it clear," said Mr. True blood, "that we are not urging im mediate disarmament, but a scheme by which the increased expenJiturc for armaments can be stopped. "Another incident showing the growing importance of the Congress was the recognition of the delegates by King Edward, a precedent which doubtless will be followed in the fu ture. The British Government has ably seconed his Majesty by inviting the delegates to the congress to a banquet Friday evening, there will be speeches which will advance the cause which we have so much at heart. These and other attentions we are receiving from the official heads of Great Britain insure the success of the Congress in the future. "The discussions in the Congress, while they are doing much good, have not had so much effect as the impressions we have received from rulers and political leaders of conn tries so vitally interested in the main tenance of peace." * FOUND MOTHER MURDERED. "Woman, Sixty Years of Age, Shot Six Times by Unknown Party. A dispatch from Tampa, Fla, says Mrs. J. W. Platt, sixty years old, was murdered by unknown persons Mon day at noon at her home near Gil christ Institute. Discovery of the crime was made by her son, Walter i Platt, who, going home for dinner, round his mother's body nn the k'tchm floor with si:-: hr.'let wo?-.-'? in her head. Her daugluer, Miss [Mattie Platt, a teache.- at the Inst itute, had left home thirty minutes, before. -. j SLIPPED OFF HER ROOF. New York Woman Lost Balance, Fell Six Stories and Was Killed. In a moment of forgetfulness, I while sitting on the edge of the roof of her home, Miss Annie Mc Nulty, 19 years old, of 239 East 122nd street, New York stretcobd out her anus in exercise, and losing her balance, fell to the street, six stories below. She died shortly after reaching the hospital. Citation Notice. The State of South Carolina, County of Orangehurg. By Robert E. Copes, Esquire, Pro bate Turtee. Whereas John D. Shuler has made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the j Estate of and effects of J. E. Corley, j deceased: These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred j and Creditors of the said deceased, that they be and appear before me. in the Court of Probate, to be held at Orangeburg C. H., on August 11, 190S. next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause. If any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 2Sth day of July, Anno Domini, 1908. (L. S.) Robt. E. Copes. judge of Probate. For Sale. Mason Porcelin Lined Fruit Jars, with extra caps and rubbers; can make prompt shipment at low prices; send us your orders. I. M. Pearlstine & Sons, 201 and 203 East Bay St., Charleston, S. C. vVm. V. Izlar. J. Stokes Sal Joy. JACK TO THE MILLS. ?De Mar in Philadelphia Record. Fire Insurance* IZLAR & SALLEY U'e represent the The Home Insurance Co. 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