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Taft's Long Record on the Gov \ eminent Payroll. ?THE SECESSION OF HEARST. independent Party Convention Little More Th.jn a Joke?Its Candidates Arouse No Enthusiasm ? Movement Inspired by a Spirit of Revenge?The .* pompers Cablegram. I \ By WILLIS J. ABBOT. ' GfVen Norman E. Mack, the owner W the Buffalo Times, for chairman; tTJrey Woodsou, the owner of the ?wousboro Messenger, for secretary, and Governor Baskell, formerly a newspaper man of Oklahoma, for treasurer, it would look as if the Dem ocratic party r.as going into this cam paign pretty weil fortified by working members of the press. Mr. Bryan 'himself bas not ,been lucking In his newspaper activities. Sometimes, in deed, he bas been jeered at by the Op position because in 1S9G before he was nominated be was wri..ng articles for the Omaha World-Herald. It seems curious that the only thing a ma i can do without being ridiculed by the Re publican press is to be a federal judge and issue Injunctions against labor, as did Mr. Taft, or to be a corporation lawyer and take fees from the Stand ard Oil company, as did Mr. Taft's as sociate on the Republican ticket, Mr. Sherman. j A Persistent Job Holder. So there go into the campaign two parties, one of which stands, so far as its candidates are concerned, as the representative of the working element of this country. We can match at any .tirse Mr. Bryan against Mr. Taft as a man who has fought his own fight, ,wou his own way, never held an ap pointive office of any sort, and who, if never yet elected to office, except in 'his early daya to congress, bas made 'his way successfully by individual ?and intellectual effort to his present position. It is not necessary to say anything hostile to Mr. Taft. It is fair, however, to recount his record. For eighteen years he has never failed to be on the government payroll. Once only be ran for an elective office, and that was after he had held that same position by the power of presidential favor. As a persistent and long time occupant of federal jobs there are few ?who can equal his record. There will be boys almost able to vote in the com ing election who were born when Taft was holding I1L3 flrst federal job and who have not seen him out of one. As a pet of fortune Mr. Taft certainly leads the list As a real executive he has yet to be tested, because he has al ways served absolutely under the di- J rection of a bigger man, or at least a more dominant man, who told him .what he had to do. And I have found that iu the middle west at least the feeling that the more dominant mnn will continue to dominate is hurting the Taft chances very materially. One man's acquaintance,- even though he tries to extend it as far as possible, Is, after all, but a slight'Index to pubic sentiment Rut I think that here in Chicago, which I should regard as not at all a friendly city to the Democratic ticket, I have met not less than thirty Republicans who have resented the Taft nomnation more because they felt it an affront upon their party and a violation of the right of the party itself to pick its standard bearer than for any other reason. Hearst's Secession. ' The Democratic party goes into the campaign facing, of course, a serious lack of funds, for that is always its lot. But it goes in this time with absolutely no apparent dissension among its lead ers. The Hearst secession was made ou!y ridiculous by the convention held in Chicago. The Republican conven tion was held at the Coliseum, which seated 14,000 people. The Democratic national convention was held at Den ,ver in a convention hall which seated seveu more aud was packed to the doors. The Hearst convention, .held last of all in Chicago, was in a hall that seated S0O people, and one man .was able to make so much of a clamor against the Hearst programme that the convention was nearly carried away, aud It became necessary to call out Mie police reserves to save the sin gle delegate who asserted himself from the riot and the wrath of the Hearst em; !? >yecs. There was never so trivial or < ? futile a convention held. But its fear ..res are worth chronicling here be cause of their humorous character. A delegate who offered a resolution de claring that the convention was free aud untrammelcd by any individual iwas howled off the floor by delegates from Arizona. Missouri, Arkansas and other states, most of whom were rec ognized to be drivel's of the Hearst de livery vagons in Chicago. The unfor tunate delegate who dared to mention 'Mr. Bryan's name was so roughly han dled by the same forces that It re quired a detail of police to protect him. I A Ono Man Party. I And yet at this writing, only a few "days after the convention of the so called "Independent" party has ad journed, one cannot find lu any Chi cago newspaper the most casual ref erence to its recent existence or to the ticket It put in nomination. Doubtless lone could discover Information of this sort In Mr. Hearst's own papers here, ibut people lit politics have long ceased to look to them for the expression of any public seutiment whatsoever. It ?was Mr. Hearst who said not so many (years ago that he didn't want any promineut men associated with him ?because he would have to consult While Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is especially recommended for children, it is, of course, just as good for adults. Children like to take it because it tastes nearly as good as maple sugar. Its laxative principle dri/es the cold from the system by a gentle, natural, yet copi ous action of the bowels. Sold by A. C Dukes. M. D., A. C. Doyle & Co. Riches may have winks, but don't. Bit down and wait for another man's riches to fly your war. them and he intended to consult no one in conducting his politi -al cam . paignsi The danger is likely to !>e that 'few people, whether prominent or otherwise, are going to consult Mr. Hearst's newspapers as to how they shall vote next November. Movement Lacks Vitality. I No .one can really tell what the Hearst movement?for it is a Hearst and not# a Hisgen movement?may ! amount to. One of the strongest fac tors in Hearst's newspaper organiza tion announced cheerfully that they would poll 2.000.000 votes, but he was the same newspaper manager who de dared that Mr. Hearst would be elect ed mayor of New York by 1.">0.<X)0 votes. Arthur Brisbane, a more cau [ tious compiler of political statistics i and not a less enthusiastic servitor of I his great chief, is quoted on trust worthy authority as saying that the ticket of HIsgeh and Graves will get in the neighborhood of 750.000. And yet Mr. Brisbane in making this proph ecy .figured that even if the Hearst ticket got 120.000 votes in New York state it would hurt rather than help the Republican ticket. The last state ticket for which votes wore cast in New York left the Independence league candidate the trifling amount of near ly t.OOO.OitO rotes In the rear. Prior to that' time, of course, under fusion Mr. Hearst's Independent party plus the Democratic party was able to elect all its ticket save Hearst alone. He was beaten by 57.000. As a result there is a feeling that even though Hearst himself Is not a winner as' a candidate the men whom he se lects are even less strong. Inspired by Revenge. The really humorous phase of the Hearst convention came from the ac ceptance by John Temple Graves of the nomination for vice president after the clamorous Kansan had been throwu out Mr. Graves is justly cele brated for being the man who at a banquet some two years ago warmly urged that Mr. Bryan should arise In a Democratic convention and put Mr. Roosevelt in nomination for the presi dency. Yet Mr. Graves took a nomi nation from a convention which net merely refused to hear Mr. Bryan's name, because be did not happen to be a member of the party, but nearly killed the man who mentioned that name. I do not know what a Repub lican convention would have done un der such circumstances' or what a Democratic convention iu like case might have uone. My guess Is that the man might have been ridiculed, but that the whole body of delegates would not have risen as one man to assault him nor that the police reserves would have been necessary for bis pro tection. And that incideut more than any other seems to me to justify the belief that this widely heralded move ment for absolute Independence in pol itics amounts as yet to nothing, be cause it is not truly independent, but wholly under the control of one man and bis hired men. Parties, like poets, are born and not made. They cannot be created for the purpose of justifying the whim or the malice or even the revenge of a mil lionaire, even it' he owns a number of widely circulated newspapers. Opening the Campaign. I have not the slightest doubt that many readers of this letter will Won der at what may seem to them and has seemed to others the delay in open ing the formal campaign of the Dem ocratic party. At this moment the Democratic national headquarters ure open at the Auditorium Annex, Chi cago, and any Democrat who desires to eo-operate will receive courteous re sponse if be communicates either with any of the officers whose names are mentioned in the first paragraph of this letter or wilh me. Thus far the Republican headquarters have not been opened: but, as that party is always well fortified with funds, they have maintained a certain organization be tween the campaigns. In what shape the Democratic party will be as to funds will depend upon the individual Democrat. At Mr. Bryan's instance and wilh the very hearty and sincere co-operation of the national commit tee If has been determined that no contributions will be received from corporations, that no individual contri butions oT over $10,000 shall be re ceived and that all contributions in excess of $100 will be reported to the public pr.-ss prior to the election. If I may urge upon Democrats who may read ibis letter the absolute necessity of contributing in accordance with their menus, however small, I would suggest that they send those contri butions either direct to tlie Commoner at Lincoln. Neb., or. if their local Dem ocratic paper has started iu response to the appeal of Mr. Bryan himself a campaign fund, send it rather there Slips will be sent out from the national poinmittee :'.s fast as contributions | come in. giving full credit to every; contributor. Moreover, every news paper joiuiug Iu this efTort to secure a campaign fund which shall not be drawn from the coffers of trusts and I monopolies will be given a place on j the roll of honor. Hearst and Gompers. The issue raised between Mr. Gom pers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, and Mr. Hearst is n curious one. Mr. Hearst sent a bitter message to his papers, purporting to be in answer to a message sent by Mr. Gonipois. The latter says he never cabled Hearst on any subject. Query: Who sent the forged Gompers cable message? Was any Hearst em nlryee capable of doing such things ! either to deceive his chief or to get a rood bit of news? Certainly that Is the ? only way in which the Invitation to j Hearst to attack Gompers and Bryan ? rrom Paris by cable could ever have been made effective. Chicago. How to Avoid Appendicitis. Most victims of appendicitis are those who are habitually constipat ed. Foley's Orino Laxative cures chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels and restores 1 the natural action of the bowels. Foley's Orino Laxative does not nauseate or gripe and is mild and pleasant to take. Refuse sbustitu tes. Dr. A. C. Dukes, Lowman Drug Co. Never judge a girl's beauty by her photo. j Handy Utensils \o Use When Pre paring Roadside Luncheons. CLOTHES FOR A WEEK'S RUN. Every Member of the Party Should Kzve Ono of the New Ccllapsibls Drinking Cups?The Small Alcohol L.-.r-.-.p indispensable. The httroduction of the nutomobile Into practically universal use has mittle it necessary to invent a collec tion of ntem?s th.?r may be used on long trips, when luncheon must be pre pared by the roadside. The principal feature of these bandy implements Is their compactness, for it is necessary that they should lit into the smallest THE COOKING OUTFIT. space possible. The travelers, or auto tourists, of course need garments nec essary for perhaps a week's trip, and they must include for the women not only the blouses and necessary change of underwear aud neckwear, but also a semldressy gown that will do to don In the evening at the hotel where the party stays for the night. For such a trip only one hat is necessary, and one short skirt is practically indispen sable, and. although one need uot take a great array of drugs, those simple remedies that any one might need at any time it is well to have along. Perhaps one of the bottles should con tain brandy, in case of accidents or cold, and the other three may be used as the owner sees fit. A new drinking cup, which is of a decent size and at the same time FOR LETTERS AND MAGAZINES. easy to place in a tiuy case, is col lapsible and1 with a handle. This cup | is so useful that it would be well for every member of the party to number one among his or her belongings. For such letters, magazines and books as the travelers require may be purchased a sort of envelope ease that will easily contain any and all of those paper comforts that help to while ' away a weary hour while the puuc-1 tared tire is being mended or the gaso-1 line is being bought iu some neighbor- j lug township. Uf course, not the least Important of j the traveling aids is the little stove, where one can make coffee, boil eggs | or prepare such eatables as may be needed. The little alcohol lamp gives the maximum of heat with a minimum of fuel, and it includes as many appli ances as possible for the cooking of a variety of foodstuffs. It is doubtful if it would be possible to broil a bird or to cook any game that may be found \ by the hunters of the party, but neigh boring trees and a few matches will provide a lire that will cook anything from an ox lo a rabbit. I Misapplied Mathematics. Gladstone, a Jamaica negro, was as sistant to a district physicia'n in the canal zone, and as he was rather poor in his Latin and bottles had been numbered for his benefit. One day a Spanish laborer came in for medicine, and tlie doctor told his assistant lo give him two pills out of Xo. C. After he had gone the doctor asked,. '"Gladstone, did you give the man a dose of Xo. (j?" "Oh, no, doclor. Numbah six war finished, so I just give him one pill out of numbah f- .b and one out of numbah two.'*?-Lipplncott's. My Treasures. 1 dreamed last night an angel came to me And placed within my hand the golden key Of fortune. "XJfe'a best treasures wait For thee." quoth he, "beyond the sunrise gate." I wandered through the night with visions raro Of finding stores of gold and silver there, Of drifts of lustrous, sclntillallng gems Fit to adorn some monarch's diadems. Then when the dawn lit up the eastern sky And I awoke to find (lie dream >jone by I Tho sunrise gate before mine eyes swung: ope. And there my treasure lay?love, health ntid hope. -John Kendrick Bangs in New York Sun. "Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil is the best, remedy for that often fata! dis ease?croup. Has been used with success in our family for eight years."?Mrs. L. Whiteacre, Buffa lo, N. Y. Life sn't worth living for those who think it isn't. For a mild, easy action of the bowels, a single dose of Doan's Re gulets is enough. Treatment cures habitual constipation. 25 cents a box. Ask your druggist for them. A WEDDING SOUVENIR "Bride Books" Are Quito the Thing Just Now. "Bride books" ure quite the thing just now for some member of the wed ding party. Stationers carry these books ready to be Glied iu, or one can be made out of any good looking blank book. O.J the first page put the bride's namii and the ih.te of the wedding, aLd if you can get a picture of the bride and groom together paste it un derneath. Any picture will do. but a kodak picture is more appropriate, as it is mere personal. After this get a picture of all the bridesmaids and ush ers in a group, if possible; if not, singly is just as good, and get them all to sign their names below the picture, the best man and maid of honor head ing the'list, i Then put in any clippings you have about the engagement or the wedding , or anything pertaining in any way to, the happy occasion, the invitations, for instance, or any particularly interest irg ansTTcr cr telegram received and the cards from the flowers. If you choose to fake a great deal of trouble, but trouble that will al ways be repaid in appreciation, you can make a full list of all the wed ding presents received, with the name of the present, the sender and where j it came from. Some members of the bride's fam ily will have kept a similar list, and it can easily be copied from hers. On the following pages put some flowers from the bride's bouquet and. if you can get it. a bit of the wedding dress. One bride book that the maid of honor had made for the bride had tiny samples of all the dresses in her trousseau and a little design of each. It was very effective, but of course took a great'deal of time. Then, to finish up the book, put in a picture of the bride's new bouse or apartment, with an appropriate piece of poetry underneath. HISTORY OF THE PANSY. Its Rise From a Humble Flower of the British Wayside. Of all garden (lowers uoue possesses so much of the personal touch as the pansy. Its quaint little face suggest ed to our forefathers all sorts of pet names for it. There were, for in stance, heart's ease, and none so pret I ty; johuny-jump-up and three faces I uuder a hood, and that one which Shakespeare has handed down to us, "love in idleness," which lingers upon the lips of Warwickshire folk to this day. It is a far cry, however, from the modest little flower that took captive the hearts of our ancestors to the [ wonderful productions of modern flor ists, and plant historians have never yet settled to their satisfaction just j how the pansy originated. It was known as a garden (lower in England' fully three centuries ago, and the probability is that it was developed from a certain species of tiolet with trlcolored petals, which is still to be found growing wild along British waysides and in other parts of north ern Europe. This violet is quite variable, and one of its varieties, with rather incon spicuous Mowers, has made its way to our shores and is established in many parts of the country. The old herbalist Gerarde, describ ing the "pansie. or heart's ease." as I THK PANSY OK TODAY AN1> YESTERDAY. he knew it. says quaintly that it has i ??flowers In form and figure like the violet am! for the most part of the same bigiicsse. of three sundry colors ? thiit is 10 say. purple, yellow and . white or blew?by reason of the beau J tie and bravorie, of which colors they are very pleasing to the eye. For ; smell I hey have little or none at all. ? The rool is nothing else but as it were j a bundle of tlireddy strings." I Good Master Gerarde. though he I had a keen sense of the medicinal I value of herbs, seems not to have ap ' preeialed those "thioddy" roots. ' The modern pharmacopoeia finds j them possessed of very decided ca j Ihartic and emetic properties and ad mits them into the orthodox list of ? things medical. A Masculine Idea of Leap Year. "If every year were leap year and women could be brought to avail them selves of the time honored privilege of proposing to the men of their choice Instead of waiting for the men to pro pose to them, we should be far along the road toward a regenerate society." Such is the statement made by Dr. Dens low Lewis, president of the Med ico-Legnl Society of America and chair man of the hygienic section of the American Medical association. "Only in the human race Is the right of se lection arbitrarily giveu to the male. Taking the divorce records of this country for the last twelve months as a guide, we can hardly believe that be has made n brilliant success of it. Left to herself aud with no hampering Con ventions to interfere, the woman would be the most discriminating chooser." No one is immun-- from kidney trouble, so just remember that Fo ley's Kiduey Remedy will stop the irregularities and cure any case of J kidney or bladder trouble that is not J beyond the reach of medicine. Dr. I A. C. Dukes, Lowman Drug Co. Many an aggressive man strikes an attitude and lets it go at that. Stops itching instantly. Cures piles, eczema, salt rheum, tetter, itch, hives, herpes, scabies?Doan's Ointment At any drug store. | Mass of itching, Burning Humor on Ankles?Feet fearfully Swollen ?Opiates Alone Brought Sleep Many Treatments Failed but TORTURES OF ECZEMA YIELDED TO CUTICURA "Cuticura Remedies are all you claim them to be. I had eczema for over two years. I had two physicians, but they only gave me relief for a short time and I cannot enumerate the ointments and lotions-1 used to no purpose. My ankles were one mass of sores. The itching and burning were so intense that I could not sleep. I could not walk for nearly four months. One day my husband said I had better try the Cuti cura Remedies. After urlr.g them three times, I had the best night's rest in months unless I took an opiate. I used one set of Cuticura Senp, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent Pills, and my ankles healed in a .short time. It is now a year since I used Cuti cura, and there lias been no return of the eczema. "I had a small lump in the corner of my eye for over a year which was very painful and got larger all the time. I thought I would try Cuticura Soap and Ointment on it, and now it is gone. I am seventy-three years old and have lived on the farm I now occupy for twenty-seven years. Cuticura Reme dies are the safest and most reliable I have ever used for all skin humors. Mrs. David Brown, Locke, Crawford Co., Ark., May 18 and July 13, 1907." DISFIGURED For Life Is the Despairing Cry oi Thousands Of skin-tortured and disfigured vic tims of humors, eczemas, tetters, and rashes, who have tried and found want ing many remedies, and who have lost faith in all. To such Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills appeal with irresist ible force. They are absolutely pure, sweet, gentle, and wholesome. They afford immediate relief in the most dis tressing cases, and point to a speedy cure when all else fails. Complete External and Internal Treatment for Every Humor of iDfantH, Children, and Adults consists or Cuticura Soap (25c.) to Cleanse the Skin, Cuticura Ointment (50c.) to Heal the Skin, and Cuticura Rf Kolvcnt (50c), (or In the form of Chocolate Coated Pills 25c. per vial of CO) to Purify the Blood. Sold throtichout the world. Potter Drug <fc Chcm. Corp.. Sole Props.. Boston. Mass. &r Mailed Free, Cuticura Book on Skia Diseases. School Days Are Nearly On Hand Have you given a thought to getting your boy and girl ready. We have been looking after this for you : : : : Sheeting or sheets either for single or double beds. White sprendds the kind for school wear $1.00 and $1.25. Towels at all prices. Kinioiia Cloth ior the girls, these are all new just received, every color Fancy and with side bands. Madras for waists, white ground and small black figures, and stripes, the kind that wears well, and what you must have for school wear at 12i<> cents. Kiegoiit line of Pcrcnls in light and dark colors at 10c full inch wide. Come for what you need we can supply your wants, good 30 inch bleach at 8 1-5 cents. Best :5(J inch Berkley Cambric lO cents. :J0 inch Tiger cloth for fancy work 10 cents. I will leave for New York on August 10th to fill in my stock for Fall and Winter. The store will 1)0 getting in new goods every day, come right on. We are waiting with mnay surprises, beter values than ever this fall. Moseley's. People who never tell anything j but the truth can't help lying about how htey do it. Pain anywnerestopped in 20minu tes sure with one of Dr. Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets. The formula is on the 25-cent box. Ask your Doc tor or Druggist about this formula: Stops womanly pains, headache, pains anywhere. Write Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis., for free trial, to prove value of his Headache, or Pink Pain Tablets. Sold by Dr. J. G. Wanna maker, Mfg. Co. 1 Cures all Kidnej The Greatest Possible Cotton Crop ^Egptig' ?f the best possible quality, is the aim of every enterprising cotton planter. And "it is as easy as rolling down hill" if you only use enough VifgMa-Carolin^ Fertilizers Is there any reason why you cannot do just as well as Mr. James M. Swint, cf Chipley, Ga., who used COO lbs. per acre of Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers on his cotton crop? He gathered one and a half baies of cotton per % acre, and there were more bolis yet to open, jj^y * This is the experience of hundreds of other cotton ff> planters. Careful preparation of your soil, and liberal use of high grade Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers will surely "increase y??ryields per acre." Numerous un prejudiced authorities tell how it is done in the new Virginia-Carolina Farmers' Year Book or Almanac, a copy of which may be secured from your fertil izer dealer, or from our nearest sales-office. An interesting picture of Mr. Swint's cotton will be found in this Year Book. Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. Richmond. Va. Norfolk. Va. Columbia, S. C. Atlanta. Ca. NEWS OF THE CORRECT FALL STYLES If you want to know what styles in women's, misses' and children's clothing will be the vogue this fall, call or write to us for the AUGUST LIST OF NEW "STANDARD" FASHIONS We will send it to any address, free; also the monthly fashion sheets without charge. "Standard" Patterns are the best and easiest to work from?the styles are exclusive and sensible, yet extremely chic and always cor rect. "Standard" Patterns, 10 and 15 cents each* Anything you want,, sent by mail. Write us, it will pay you. Take your pen up now, be fore you forget it. KOHL'S EiPORIUM, The Center of Shopping Interests in Orangeburg, South Carolina. c?>?A/oT~t?jfi>Aj Your. There is nothing more disastrous than the rear view of a man who is putting up a front. The mule has a reputation because it knows which end of its ability to use while your reputation at times may de pend upon your ability to appreciate this fact. In selecting a vehicle don't turn your back on us as the mule but exercise your real ability and make a wise selec tion. We carry over one hundred vehicles in stock and want everyone within reach of Orcngeburg to see them before buying as we can better any offer you have had and make the terms to suit everybody. "Tyson and Jones," "Rock Hill" and "Anchor" bug gies; 1 Studabaker's Big Four harness and "White Hickory" wagons are our leaders. SIFLY AND FRITH, Post Cards at Sims' Book Store. r and Bladder Diseases?Guaranteed Dr. Kt O. DUKES. LOWMAN DRUG 00.