Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK Tuesday and Friday. VoL 40.'.".. . .No. 57. Entered as second-class matter tan. 1, 1808, at the postofflce at Or angeburg, S. C, under the Act of Congress of March 3. 1879 _ fas. L. Sims, Editor and Proprietor. IrJar Sims. ? Associate Editor Subscription Rateo. On Tear.. .: fl-SC dz Months. .7." Mstw Months.. .. .40 Advertising Rates. Xraniiient advertisements $1.00 per Inch foi ftzat insertion and 50 cents for each Bubeequen' foB3rti<-'h [ ' x' Badness Notices 10 cents per line for first jpasjrttoa and 5 cents per line for subsequent fssstcions Obituaries, Tributes of Respect, Node ol "f^iMtlra,, and all notices of a pe sonal or politi oa! nature are charged for as regular advertise 5B*ata? Special Notices, entitled Wanted, L^si Toond, Far Bent, not exceeding twenty-fiiv> words, one ?ime, S5 cents; two times' 50 cents three times, 75 cents and four times $1.00 Liberal contract made with merchants anr Othe>s who wish' to rin advert! ementr foi three mouths or longer For r tes on c> ntmc sdvertising apply at the office, and tbey wi" asoarafnlly furnished. Remittances should be made -by oheckh aionsy orders,'registered letters, or espressor Jot, payable1 to The Times and Democrat, Oraneehure, S. C. Bryan's, election will eliminate the renegade Hearst as a politic*! factor In this country. Senator Foraker is a bettor man than renegade Hearst, and that Is not paying'much for the Senatoi. The Augusta Chronicle thinks "at any rate, Mr. Hearst's party onght to be able to count on the safe cracker's' vote." When Bryan Is looking around for a good,, reliable Democrat for Judge we would commend Alton B. Parker. Ho is all right. Hearst has proven himself to be such a liar that no one believes any thing he says unless it is supported by documentary evidence.. It looks now as if Bryan will be elected by a large majority ,but if Teddy tnkes the stump Bryan might go. in by a unanimous ote. Wherever roads have been perma nently improved it is found that there has been a very great increase in value of the adjacent property. Every Democrat should vote in the general election this year, and give iever such a majority that the most rabid Republican could find no ex case to question his right to a seat in Congress . JPour years ago MatTighe. who is now'in this State as a Hearst mis sionary, was here trying to capture the South Carolina delegation to the i National Democratic Convention fori Hearst. But fortunately South Caro Una knew Hearst. The- first lie that Hearst started was that Gompers sent him a cable asking him to support Bryan. This was promptly squelched, but he has hatched a dozen campaign lies since, and will continue to hatch them un-| til the election is over. A friend remarked the other dav that The Times and Democrat was Bryan struck. That is true. We have been Bryan struck since 189C. But we are not the only one. Thera I are others?the editor of The Co-1 lambia State, for instance. The New York Evening Post says many of the people lost 'confidence in Roosevelt's morals, others are repelled by his manners, while sti-.l more are alarmed and disgusted by his methods: And yet the Post is doing all it can to elect "Me Too" Taft. ? The Hearst party seems to find it- hard to get candidates in th's State. Our good friend, Mat Tighe. who> has been led astray by the Hearst ?-vagaries and dollars, has been traveling up and down the State trying to get out a ticket, but is evidently making slow progress. When Little John Temple Graves challenged Mr. Kern for a joint de bate, the Democratic candidate for vice president replied that the. only subject that he and Mr. Graves dif fered on was baptism, and as. that was not a paramount issue hv^fche campaign he asked to be excused1 from discussing it. . , Judge Parker, speaking in Balti more, said the President, by the us-* of an old trick, had endeavored to cast- suspicion on Mr. Bryan because of the allegations against Governc Haskell, and, said heK "if there is one man in the country who has earned the right to be saved from such an insult, as this .that man is William Jennings Bryan." The "Bal timore Sun Says: "At this*the crowd jumped to. its feet as one man and for two minutes there was the wild est kind of enthusiasm." { Some days ago we received a cut of the Hon. .lohn Temple Graves through the mail. It came from Chicago, but why it was bent to us we *r, vnow. Possibly the Hear-1 j>arty expects to become active *a this section and hustle for votes. We were invited four years ago to help along the Hearst boom, but for obvious reasons declined. The re ception of this cut is the only evi dence we have that the Hearst party intends to seek votes in this county. The fellow who sent the cut evi dently has-not been a close reader of The Times and Democrat lately or he would have saved thlB postage. "Creatures of Tillmanisiu." The News and Courier comment ing on the exposure of McLaurin, says: "Some of our esteemed con temporaries vauit to the conclusion ' 'that exposure of ex-Senator Mc Laurin's relations with Standard Oil Is cumulative evidence of the great ness and goodness of Senator Tillman, with whom Senator McLaurin in 189S quarreled and fought . L,est history be perverted, it Is just as well to re mind our contemporaries that Mr. ? McLaurin was one of the creatures ?f T!llmanism, and but for the Je??*? 1 ings and methods of Senator Tfllnfan, ? a man of his equipment probably ' would not have been elected Attoreny ' General, Representative In Congress and Senator." 1 McLaurin, as The News and Courier says, may have been one of i the "creatures of Tillmanism," but Senator Tillman wa- not necessar [ ily responsible for all the freak things that took place during the time he was* fighting his way to power in South Carolina. It may ? be true that McLaurin would never have been heard of had it not been i for the Democratic primary that was ? inaugurated by Senator Tillman. It is also true, that the Democratic pri ' mary is the very essence of Tillman . ism, and, as McLaurin won all of his offices through .that primary, he might be called in that sense a "creature of Tillmanism." But so was Governor Heyward, one of the most popular' Governors the State ! has ever had. We believe that even I The News and Courier will admit that Governor Hayward, compara tively unknown politically as he was when he was nominated in the pri mary, would have stood no chanc"1 in the State Conventions that use to "fix things'' before the advent of Tillmanism. So it will be seen that good as well as bad men profltted by the reforms that Senator Till man instituted. But if Senator Tillman is to be held responsible for such "creatures of Tillmanism" as ? McLaurin, he should be given credit for such, "creatures of Tillmanism" as Gov ernor Heyward and scores of other bright young South Carolinans whoi would never have been elected to of fice had it not been for the Demo cratic primary that we now have in South Carolina because of Till manism. There are other "creatures of Tillmanism" besides the good and bad men it put in office. There is Clemson College, one of the bo^t schools of its kind in the whole country. It is a "creature of Till manism." Then there is WInthrou College, a school that is the admi ration of the leading educators of the entire country, and where s:? many of our noble young women ar? equipped for thp battle of life. It is another "creature of Tillmanfsm." Then there is the Charleston Navy Yard, which, when completed, will be one"of the best in the world, and .in which The .News and.Courier takes so much commendable pride. It is another "creatures of Tillman ism." These are all "cumulative evidence of the greatness and good ness of Senator Tillman." While"^ a few unworthy men may have slipper! . into office by swinging to Senator Tillman's coat-tail, South Carolina will, never be able to repay him for all the good things he brought her way. It may shock The News an I Courier, but we venture the asser tion that when the impartial histo rian comes to record the acts of the public men of South Carolina of the 1 time when Senator Tillman lived and acted on the political areua, he will be classed with the greatest and the best of her statesmen. The News and Courier says "McLaurin was a Tillmanite of the 1 Tillmanltes, and Senator Tillman owes much to him." McLaurin ; never was a Tillmanite. He was 1 simply a coat-tail swinger, and, like many others, he knifed Tillman when he could no longer stay in office ; by swinging to the Senator's coat tail. . Senator Tillman owes McLaurin ' nothing. It really made no differ- 1 ence to Tillman whether McLaurin ; was for or against him. He tri umphed over much abler men than ? McLaurin. / 1 Precept and Example?A National 1 Disgrace. ' An Associated Press dispatch from Washington, under date of October 6, said: Paul W. Cox. a substitute clerk in the Robinson, 111., post office, has been removed from office and H. B. Thomas, clerk in Orangeburg, S. C, postoffice. severely reprimanded and re duced in salary form $900 to $800 a year, beginning last Thursday, both because of "per nicious political activity." Cox, while a clerk, refused to with draw from his active canvass as ?i a prohibition candidate for clerk '\of Crawford county. Illinois, paying he understood it was none of the department's busi ness so long as he performed his duties satisfactorily. Thom as was chairman of the district Republican committee, and the commission sustained com plaints against him of obnoxious activity. Another Associated dispatch from Washington, under date' of October 6, said: The political situation at large and particularly prospects for the State and national ticket in New York were carefully gone over at a prolonged conference at the White House tonight. Those who talked with the pres ident were William L. Ward, the New York member of the Repub lican national committee; Sec retary Root, Secretary Corte lyou. Postmaster General Mey er, Secretary Loeb and Assistant Secretary of State Bacon. The conference began about 10 o'clock and lasted until mid night. One of those who took part said that a review of con ditions showed that the general situation was very encouraging to the Republicans and that especially good reports .were coming- in as to the chances of the New York State ticket to win. ' The campaign for Judge Taft hrd brown eft the last vestiage of lethargy, he said, an ! was being pushed with all tne vigor of previous national contests. Incidentally the ques tion of campaign finances came i" up, as n result of the visit of Treasurer Sheldon to he White House during the afternoon, j "What insolent hvp^crisy," says I The State. "As a blind to the feols ithat accept the "cU^n in good faith, ? a substitute clerk In Illinois, who has gone from the Republican- to the Prohibition party, is kicked out. and the salary of an Orangebur-j postoffice employe Is cut for belli;? chairman of the district Republican committee. "'Pernicious activity' is their of fense. Yet John. G. Capers, a Feder.il official came her openly, and - willi Roosevelt's' consent, if not by his orders, and swallowed the whole Re publican convention ana . carried it off' for Taft! "And while these petty clerks are being disciplined, the White House Is. Republican headquarters, with Roosevelt as pianager, and the mem bers of- his cabinet, paid out of th-i national treasury^ acting as assista-a managers!. ? '.'-,' . "And. President and cabinet dis cussed 'finances,' not the finances of the United States, but of the Repub lican campaign. Treasurer Sheldon, not the treasurer of the United States, but of the Republican nat ional committee, had called 1n the afternoon, and it was because of that call that the President of the United States and, his cabinet dis cussed the question of finances. "If the-two billion dollar Congress had left anything but a hole in the treasury we would dread the temp tation now confronting an oligarchy that will balk at nothing to retain power. : "Roosevelt's activity is pernicious and It is", a' national disgrace. And William H. Taft is complacently wil ling, if not actively willing to be the personal beneficiary of this stig ma .upon American politics and Amer ican square dealing." Uneven Bnt Brilliant Fight. Under the above caption the Co lumbia-Record says "it is very sig nificant that in the present campaign Mr. Bryan has had arrayed against him not only Taft, hut Rooscolt, his ally Hearsjt, Tom Watson, Debs, Governor Hughes and a hostof lesser lights. Every one of them ha.? singled out Bryan for attack, who has had to fight them a*y single handed and alone. Now, why this, if it be not that/fhey regard him as the most formidable candidate in the field and are compassing heaven and earth to bring abouC his defeat. They realize that the people are with him, and hence they.: are resorting to.all the tricks known to politicians to' run the tide that has set in in his favor. .! "The President has descended .from his high estate and sought to asperse his character by trying to make it. appear that he knowingly chose for treasurer of the Democratic cam paign a Than who could secrue funds from trusts and corporations. Hughes', on the other hand, says Mr. Bryan not .being a judge of men al lowed himself to be deceived as to the character of Haskell, and thai, if elected president, he would make such mistakes when it came to fill ing positions- of trust. Hearst has presented Mr. Bryan as a man of bad faith and not to be relied ou. while Watson and Debs has tried to blacken his reputation. All ar^ working tootn and nail against him, and, possibly with the exception oi? Hearst, in the interest of the Re publican party, which, we believ". is financeing the campaigns of both Watson and Debs. "The truth of the matter Is they are scared. They see which way the wind is blowing. Their united attack on Mr. Bryan shows it, and this to us seems the most promising sign of Democratic success. And how has Mr. Bryan met their combined onslaught? In a most wonderful manner. Roosevelt has been forced to retreat. Taft he has put in,a hole, especially in the matter of publicity of campaign funds: Hearst has been ?horn of his strength to harm now that Haskell has resigned from all connection with the prestant cam paign; and as for Watson and Debs, they are discredited men and what they say amounts to nothing. They are like small dogs that merely bark and have no power to hurt. "Of course the attention of the whole country has been drawn to this onesided fight, and the masterly way in which Mr. Bryan kept up his end of it has undoubtedly won tin admiration of the people. No ordi nary man could have done what he has done. The country is forced to acknowledge his exceptional ability. It was an extraordinary encounter, out of which only an extraordinary man could come forth with flying colors. It is hardly worth while to say that Mr. Bryan has gained in strength because of it. Many will vote for him who don't intend doing so at first. The President and all the rest of them have helped! rather than injured his chances, and the help would have been still greater could Roosevelt have had his way and gone on the stump." The Depositors Guaranty Law. The Depositors Guaranty Law. which is one of the planks in the National. Democratic platform nas now been in operation in th:? Staff of Oklahoma since last February, and is working to the satisfaction of the banks as well as to the de positors. Here are some facts in connection with the law as is oper ates in Oklahoma that will be of general interest: When the report was made in. August there were 556 banks under I the law and 251 national banks that refused to participate in its opera tions. From-December 3. 1907, when the law was enacted, to February 14, 1908, when it went Into operation, the deposits in the unsecured banks decreased about an even half million. The secured national banks for the same peiord gained in deposits about $o20,000. State banks (ail secured; for the period from December 11, 1907, to February 29, 1908, shows an increase in deposits of $716 749,47. For the period ending May 14 the secured national banks show an in crease In deposits of $645,413.61. i State banks (all securedl for pe riod ending May 14 show an increas-i in deposits of $2,355,602.14. For the period ending May 14 the unsecured banks (all national) lost in deposits $600,807.86. State banks (all secured) for*, pe riod ending May 14 show a decrease) In both classes of banks as follows: j jln secured banks, $21,533.50; in unsecured banks, $669,919.76. Four hundred and ninety-nine State banks for the period ending I July 15 show an increase of deposits | of $828,639.91. ..*?.? .' .. Fifty-four" secured national banks for period ending July 15 shows a decrease in deposits of $557,183.48. (This decrease, it is claimed, was caused by the comptroller command ing several national banks to stay out of the guaranty fund, leading to the belief- that national banks- that were under the law .would be forced out, which has since proven true.) Two hundred and*j fifty-one un secured national banks for the pe riod ending July 15 show a decrease In deposits of $964,680.28. For this same period deposits of State, funds, show a decrease in: both classes pf banks as follows: In se cured banks, $257,824.69; in unse cured banks, $252,529.10. "... Total increase- of deposits in all secured banks December to July per reports, $4,509,221.65. Total decrease of deposits in all unsecured banks, December to July per reports, $2,065,488.14,' Total decrease of deposits of State funds in all banks, last period, $1,200,807.05.- .. . So it is apparent that there is $3, 644,540,56 more individual deposits in banks in Oklahoma than before the depositors guaranty law was passed with all of this increase de I posited in banks secured by this Jaw. On August 14 the depositors guar anty law had been in effect six months without a dollar's loss to the fund. Views of a Trust ljawyer. Sarauel H. Utermeyer. the New York lawyer who represented the policyholders in the recent flgbi against the old line Insurance com panies, says he has been "deeply interested in the obvious change in opinion in the East concerning Mr. Bryan and his policies. Among the conservative element he is no longer (regarded with distrust, even among the most partisan of his political opponents, and his sincerity and abil itly are conceded by the fair-minded men of all parties. It has rarely been, the good fortune of any public man out of office so successfully to I withstand the test. For years ho has occupied the center of the stage, and he is today a bigger man and better beloved than at any oth er time in his "career. He has lived to see his ideas of corporate con trol, for which he was denounced and derided and his good faith attacked, appropriated by his opponents. It is true I am a corporation lawyer, but above all I am a citizen. As a corporation lawyer I know something of the abuses of corporate manage ment and the necessity for greater control than now exists. On the two great issues of tariff reform and more i effective corporate control now be- , fore the people it seems absurd to , expect the people will get as fair treatment or that it will be as easv to inaugurate the drastic reforms that are needed, under the guidance of the Republican party, which is dominated by the interests that aref| to be affected, as under the Demo cratic party, which has no such af filiations. Among the deafening clamor of the tooting of horns and r the shrieking of whistles about the puuishment of wealthy offenders against the law very little has been done, and only a few of the least pernicious abuses have been abated. The real work is still to be done to bring the powerful corporate and other law-breakers within the law " ? Mr.' Utermeyer is right. Reform, if J it ever comes, mast come through the Democratic party. The Republi- ( can party is owned and controlled by the trusts and law-breaking cor porations. Republican Hypocrisy. There seems to be two grades of "pernicious activity" according to [ the standards of the Roosevelt dy- ' nasty. John G. Capers, a Feder;-1 official, comes down to South Caro lina openly and takes charge of the Republican State Convention an.1 carried it for Taft, after knocking a , "nigger" or two off the platform j for expressing a preference for Foraker. For his "pernicious activ ity" the Immaculate Capers was sou' on a pleasure trip to Europe at government expense. But for his pernicious activity," as chairman of the district Republican committee, H. B. Thomas, a colored clerk in the Orangeburg postofDce, is docked one hundred dollars on his year's salary. Why let Capers off? It is all right to punish Thomas, hut why not punish Capers? We think that the Roosevelt dy nasty did exactly right when it pun ished Thomas for his "pernicious activity." No ollicial of the govern ment should be a partizan. He is the servant of all the people, and should let others run the political machine. But there are others who should be punished. Roosevelt him self should be kicked out of his high office, not only for "pernicious ac tivity," but for political corruption and down right lying. The "niggers," as Capers calls his colored Republican brethren, don't have much of a show In the Repub lican party. Capers did not want any of them on the electoral tickoi and a colored official is- punished. to illustrate the great hypocrisy of the Mr.W.F, Clow Kidney Affection, Asthma. Mr. W. P. Clow, 428 E. St. Vrain St., Colorado Springs, Col., a retired" real estate man, writes: 'I am a roan of over aevtnty years and feel that.I owe mj pres ent good health entirely to Peruna I began using it about a year ago for asthma and kidney trouble, and took several bottlos. I have not felt better for years. ' "Differontmemberaof my family'hav'1 j used it also, and have only words of praise to speak for Pernna." Attributes Health to Pe-ru-na. William Bailey, 58 I St., N. E., Wash ington, D. C, Past.Col. Encampment No. 69, Union Veteran Legion, and prominently identified with many of the great labor protective associations in Chicago and New York, and Secre tary of one of the largest associations in the former city, had for nearly thirty years been afllio.tod with kidney troubles. Within a short period he has been persuaded to try Peruna, and his present healthy condition is attributed to his judicious nso of that great remedy. He considers himself now quite cured and in excellent physical condition. People Who Object to Liquid Medi e=ni=na i Kidney Trouble. =51 So Writes John N. Watkins, St* Louis, Mo* Read What Mr. Clow, of Colorado, Says. A Man Over Seventy Years Old. Kidney and Bladder Trouble. Mr. John N. Watkins, 313? Shenan? doah Ave., St. Louis, Mo., writes: "Among all the greatly advertised medicines for kidney and bladder j trouble there is nothing which equals I Peruna. I suffered for several years I with this trouble, spent hundreds of dollars on doctors and medicine and all to no purpose, until I took Peruna. '?One bottle did me more good than all the others put together, as they only poisoned my system. Peruna cured me. I used it for four months before a com plete cure was accomplished, but am truly grateful to you. The least I can do in return is to acknowledge the merits of Peruna." eines ShouEd Buy Peruna Tablets Peaps of Fleecy Ney Blankets and . Quilts! .????* * ? ? ? This., time* of year'finds most ?. i; everybody, a-wheezing and a . sneezing. Some call .it merely ''k bad cold,,'.' .others, "hay '?: fever"*-^and all ? wonder how i .they got rjt?j f'?hi . > ? ? - We";can tell, you?You caught your cold during these damp, chilly nights of early autuma simply because you did not.hare sufficient bed clothing over you. What you' want, is a good warm Blanket and one of our splendid Quilts to keep out the penetrat ing dampness which is so pre valent these foggy nights. Our stocks are very complete-,, and, as always, nothing but thoroughly reliable goods will be found here. Full weight Cot con and Wool Blankets, and fine,, soft Quilts in a wide variety of pretty blue, gray and red de-, signs. Prices arc most reasonable for such good qualities as we offer at $1.50 to $5.50. MAIL ORDERS'FILLED. KOBN'S EMPORIUM, Orangeburg. S. 0. \ MONTHLY STATEMENT OF THE DISPENSARIES IN ORANGEBURG COUNTY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPT All Stock is Given at Consumers' Prices. Dispensaries at Springfield, S. C. Elloree, S. C. Ft. Motte S. C. Branchville, S. C. . Livingston, S. C. . St. Matthews, S. C. Orangeburg, S. C. . Total Invoice including Btock on hand first day of month. .$ 4,284.75 . 5,021.85 3,548.30 . 4,070.25 . 4,545.24 . 5,190.50 . 12,552.19 Total .$39,513.08 Total sales. $ 1,257.72 3,039.75 1,799.15 1.997.65 1,939.89 3.769.G5 8,807.56 $22,611.37 Operating expenses of each dispensary $ 75.88 100.92 91.17 105.84 78.12 152.ao 2G7.27 $872.15 Inr. breakage. $ 8.95 lu.30 2o.l5 8.20 ' 5.70 12.85 23.55 $99.70 Consumers Stock on hand last day of month $ 2,982.20 1,966.8ft 1,724.00 2,063.45. 2,597.4 > 1,708.On 3,721.OS $16,762.9i State of South Carolina, Count? of Orangeburg. Personally appeared J. G. Smith, T. R. McCants, L. A. Carson. Members of the Orangeburg County Dis Bary 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 6th day of October, 1908. J. H. Claffy, N. P., S. C. ' _ ioosevelt dynasty. It will be no iced mat trie "nigger gets it m he neck every time. Scores Teddy. Among the anti-Bryan newspapers hat have felt called upon to Speak ern against President Roosevelt's at itude in the present campaign, the Cew York Sun administers one of he most stinging reLiikos that has teen offered: "The fact is,"' says ."he Sun, "that in this as in most jf (is controversies, Mr. Roosevelt, i.is shown a shameless disregard of ruth and fair reasoning. Mr Bryan, vho, with all his economic vagaries, las shown himself in this contro versy to be a gentleman and to have ome distant respect for the truth, lill soon find that it is impossible o continue a dispute with an an tag mist who resorts for his facts to his magination and whose insistent idvocacy of the 'square deal' is a nonumental hypocrisy of American listory." The Sun comes very near expressing the same opinion about *ryan and Roosevelt that The Times ind Democrat expressed a tlicrt time igo. The Sun is a Republican papei md is supporting Roosevelt's Friday, nit it does not mind telling the tiuth ibont the very unreliable gentleman hat now happens to be President of he Republic. FOR SALE?Elloree Baptist Church property .located in town of El loree. Comfortable dwelling and out buildings located on lot. Large lot well drained, running [rom street to street. Price reasonable. For terms and par ticulars apply to Clerk of Board of Deacons, Elloree, S. C. 10-1 0--; W. H. BROWN, D V S. DOCTOR OF VETIRNARY SCIENCE. The only graduate In Orangeburg County. All calls answered prompt ly. Day or night. Lameness, Dental md Operative Surgery a specialty Terms strictly cash. Office 1'2V2 Ilroughton St., Phone 20?. Orangeburg, S. C. For Rent. The Boarding House now occupied by Mrs. J. B. Riley will be for rent ifter October 1, 1908. Apply to L. j BS. Riley, Orangeburg, S. C. The New Vertical Lift Deering The lightest running and most durable mower made. 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