Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?'UBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK ruenday and Friday. Vol. 40.No. 57. Entered as second-class matter I fan. 1, 1908, at the postofflce at Or ftugeburg, 8. C, under the Act otj Congress of March 3, 1879_ law. L* Bimiu Editor and Proprietor, j fxa. Ixlar Sims, - Associate Editor. Sutecription Rates. Ore Tear.... ? .91.50 Hbt Months.. . .75 ffhree Month*.. .40 Advertising Rates. Transient advertisements $1.00 per inch for Bui. insertion and 50 oents for each subsequent insertion Badna? Notioes 10 oenta per line for first Insertion and 5 oenta per line for -subsequent Insertions 1 a Obituaries, Tributes of Respect, Notice of Thanks, and all. notices of & pe socaJ orpoHti. tad aatora are charged for ao regular advertise ?ryoclal Notices, entitled Wanted, Lost, Pound, Par Bant, not exceeding twenty-five ?rordoVont? Ihne, S5 cents; two .tiws 50 cents; tnxee times, 11 cents and four times $1.00. iliberal con tract made with merchants and ? ,??ers wiio wish to run advertisements for three.wonths. or longer. For ntcs on contract advertising apply at the office, and they will hm ewrefully fuirnisued. Bemittanoes should be made by checks ?oney orders, registered letters, or express or dert,payable to ? ?} ? The Tmes and Democrat, Oraneeburcr, S. C. On? week from today Bryan will bo elected President of these United States. Teddy Roosevelt and William Randolph Hearst is a fine pair to draw to. Chairman Mack predicts a Demo cratic landslide on Tuesday. We hope he will prove a true prophet. Hearst is by odds the most versa- j tile liar developed by the preseut j campaign. As soon as one of his j lies is run down he starts a fresh | one. Hobson ought to' have been over In Japan with the American fleet last week, when the Japs nearly captured our boys with old time Southern, hospitality. Every man. woman and child in the South are vitally interested in the price of cotton., and all should help along the movement for bet ter prices. . People should be warned against any sensatioual lie that may be start ed by Hearst or some other tool of the Republican party a day or twj before the election. The charge is freely made that the Republicans are raising a big1 fund with which to buy the election next Tuesday. This is the only way they can l>eat Bryan. The fact; that two cabinet officers will stump Ohio this week for Taft, is conclusive evidence' that tho Re publicans are afraid that the State may be earned by Bryan. Our young friend, George W. Brunson, is making a great success with the Greenville News, which has improved wonderfully since he took charge of it some months ago. If Senator Tlllman was able to take the stump he would be th* greatest oratorical as well as the big gest individual' financial contributor to the .nations! campaign from South Carolina. The Republican leaders are going to try to work the same old game. They pr? going to attempt to buy enough votes to elect Taft, and th >y will succeed unless they are closely ?watched. If any of the newspapers in this State took any of the Standard Oil moDey from McLaurln they shoold go to the mourner's bench at onc^ and confess, and not wait to be pointed out. ' I If the Republicans dared to pub lish the names of the trust magnates who have contributed to their oaiu-j paign fund and the amount each of I them gave, it would all be over but! the shouting. As the factory of the Republican candidate for Gove-nor of North Car olina is shut down he has plenty of time to tell his constituents of what prosperous times th** Republicans have bronght to the country. Teddy is very sorry th*>t the p^ae? fnl Japaiiese did nol blow ;-n Ameri can ship or two out of the watep while our flf'^'t was visiting them week. T: would hrv" he->n a splendid vote getter for his man Friday. Southern people should not buy Cnlliers Weekly, ft delights in slandering this sectlou In the foulest manner, rnd no respectable South ern family should allow it to' come iu the home. It is a South hater. Nothing could better illustrate th* fright of the Republicans at the prospects of a Democrat ie victory than the fact that Roosevelt has felt called upon to arrain attack V.r. Bryan in a letter to one of the tools rf the trusts. Roosevelt has gotten down on his knees to the ''malefactors of great wealth" and they have come across with the dough and the financial! stringency at the Republican head quarters have been relieved, and the election will be bought for Taft if! It can be. "Is this a Democratic or a Re-1 publican meeting?" asked Senator j Beverldge of the chairman of a big meeting in Salt Lake City when the crowd broke into cheers for the third time at tho mention of Bryan's name by Bevoridge. who was the' star actor of the occasion. Trost Boosters Threaten Panic. The Republican National commit tee is sending out a letter asking for "cash contributions," in which the declaration is made that "tne elec tion of Judge Taft and James S. Sherman is essential to the welfare of the country." Tbe letter is of interest by reason of the character of the men whose names appear on the letterhead, and who make this appeal. Here are the men who sign the letter informing the peop'e of the country that Bryan's election wili be dangerous: Charles F. Brooker, head of 'he the New York,.New Haven and Hart ford railroad, against which a gov ernment suit is now pending in the federal courts. Charles Nagel, of Missouri, one of the general attorneys of the Stan dard Oil Company. This Standard Oil representative is in charge of Re publican national campaign head quarters in Chicago. Frank O. Lowden, multimillionaire son-in-law of the late George M. Pullman and now the head of the great Pullman Palace Car trust, to which the traveling public pay trib ute." i 'T. Coleman Dupont, the head of .the powder trust', which is fighting a suit against dissolution. Boise Penrose, che political "boss ' of the corrupt political machine in Pennsylvania. , George R. Sheldon, the personal representative of J. Pierpont Mor gan, in the capacity of director in al. ...s trust companies, and who col lected trust money for the election of Governor Hughes of New York. William Nelson Cromwell, the le gal representative of Edward H. Har riman, and probably the greates trust lawyer in the United States. Fred W. Upham, the "fat fryer" tor the Republican party in the west, and the man who wrote letters to cor porations whose property he assess ed by virtue of his position as a member of the board of review '.n Chicago. This Is a fine outfit to advise the farmers and business men in the west, how to vote. Two of the signers are heads of corporations, which are fighting for their exlstance In the courts. Of course these men think Bryan's election dangerous; that is natural when one becomes acquaint ed with their connections. But there is not a legitimate business man in the nation, small or large, who has any reason to fear a Democratic vic tory. Some Searching Questions. The National Republican Commit tee sent one of its letters appealing for cash to a prominent manufac turer in Iowa, who is a Republican. He replied at once to the committee of "trust boosters," who are financing the Republican campaign. The reply puts some searching questions to "trust boosters" which they have n-.-t attempted to answer. Here Is the reply of the manufacturer: "We have your letter of the 8th inst. requesting an immediate sub scription from us, and that we take a day off and ask subscriptions among our friends. We regret our inability to furnish you immediate assistance, but if you will tell us hov; we can explain to' our friends the following questions, we will take the matter of raising funds for the Re publican campaign uuder consider ation: ?.. "Why did the Republican conven tion at Chicago vote'down the publi city of campaign funds, nine to one? "Popular election of senator , seven to one? "How can we expect Mr. Taft to prosecute the trusts when he granted a perpetual franchise to a corpora tion in the Philippines? 1 "How can . we assure the people that Mr. Taft, if elected, will not copy Mr. Roosevelt and use the of fice which belongs .to the people to name his successor? "Why thirty Republicans could not be fouud in congress, last winter, that would join the Democrats 'n causing the many good measures, talked of by Mr. Roosevelt, to become laws? "That Mr. Roosevelt was and is in good faith in his attempts to pros ecute the Standard Oil Company? "What assurance can we give them that tbe many good measures talked of by Mr. Roosevelt were not like his bear hunts in the South last au tumn?tame bear, as you will re member, shipped there for that pur pose? "Many other questions might be asked but these are the most per plexing, and unless we are fortified with explanations, which we are un able t6 give, we must decline to as sist you." They Bo Their Share. In speaking of the National Dem ocratic campaign rund being col lected lu this State, The News and Courier says More iban seven thousand dollars has been contributed by South Carolina Democrats to the Bryan and Kern campaign fund, and probably ninety per cent of it hns come out of the pockets of people in cities, towns and villages. Tne majority of the South Carolina Democrats live in the rural districts, and thous ands of them are well-to-do. They would contribute if they could be reached by canvassers, but it is their duty to pond in their contributions whether they be approached or not. The dry goods, grocery, hardware, bank, real estate and insurance clerks should not be l"ft to cany the heavier part of the financial bur den of the national campaign in . South Carolina. The News and Courier gives the country people credit for doing very, little toward raising the campaign I fund. Our contemporary loses sight! of the fact that a considerable po?-| tion of the money sent in from the' cities, towns and villages is collected from the country people, who, from | time to time, visit the cities, towns and villages on business or other wise. Over one-half of the funds collected by The Times and Democrat and sent to headquarters was con tributed by people who live in the country. All the towne people do noi contribute, neither does all the coun try people, but there are a good manv patriotic men in both country and towns who have contributed and have fully done their duty. Judging uy the contributions from the city of Charleston The News and Courier has no room to crticise any other par' of the State. We are satisfied that the business men and clerks of that city have not hurt themselves giving to the fund, as their contribu tions does not amount to three hun dred dollars. Before your own door needs sweeping, and we would ad vise you to sweep it before troubling yourself about other people"s doors. Favor the Plan. The Democratic National Com mittee has taken a poll of the bank ers of the Middle West, and they have by a large majority declared in favor of the Democratic plan for the guarantee! of bank deposits in preference to the Republican pla.i cf postal banks. As Mr. ? J. P. O'Malley, president of the People's Saving Bank at Perry, la., says it is a question of the postal savings bank or the insurance of bank de posits'and which is preferable. We are bound to have one or the other, and we agree with Mr. O'Malley that the insurance of bank deposits by the banks far preferable to t'u< postal savings proposition. j The poll w.'-s made without regard! to the political aURj'.itlon of bank ers;, whose were taken iron the National Bankers directory, and who are both Si.:1.'" and national bankers. The replies represent tlu preference of Republicans as well as Democrats. The result of the poll is announced by Judge Martin J. Wade, who received the replies. was as follows: For guarantee of deposits ... .1,345 For postal savings banks. ... 551 Non committal . 333 Total replies received ....2,1'29 The replies show that the major ity of bankers favor the guarantee of bank deposits. This . Democratic plank for bank regulation has al ready been approved by the Repub licans in their State conventions in Kansas and South Dakota and is fa vored by the rank and file of the par ty throughout the West. It follows that it is equally popular among the men who manage and direct banks. The effort of Republican managers to check the tide in favor of the guarantee of bank deposits has fail ed utterly. The growth of the senti ment in favor of this plan, which enables a depositor to know defi nitely that what he puts In a bnak he will get out, has been one of th-j remarkable features of the campaign. Keep the Record Straight. The News and Courier, of Friday, says: ? . "In 1S97 'Commercial Democracy was the Issue in the special primary contest, for United Sfcates Senator In this State, and Mr. John L. Mi Laurln was elected over^ the late Senator Irby and Mr. John Ga^y Evans. Senator Tillman did not op pose "Mr. McLaurin?on the contrary, it was generally understood that Senator Tillman was not unfriendly to Mr. McLaurln's- ambltins." The News and Courier is clean off in the above statement. In the cam paign of 1897 McLaurin did not promulgate his 'Commercial Democ racy.'' but swung tightly to the coat tail of Senator Tillman, and that is what elected him that year. la his canvas In 1897 McLaurin did not mention "Commercial Democracy," and consequently "Commercial De mocracy" was notlhe issue in that year. Senator Tillman neither on posed or favored McLaurin in so fa;* as we know. He let each candidate '?tote" his own skillet, and Mc Laurin won because he swung the tightest to the Senior Senator's coat tails. McLaurin promulgated his "Commercial Democracy" about the time his term in the Senate was I about to expire, and it was then thati Senator Tillman laid out the young gentleman at Cae Gaffney meeting. We notice this matter simply to keep the record straight. Missed the Truth. Hearst made the statement in his papers recently that in the 1S9'J campaign he had contributed one dollar for every dollar contributed by others to the Democratic fund. Hi- did not tell the lit-o-a! truth. He promised that for every dollar s?i<( to [he national committee h ? would give another. But when there came i:; son:" contributions of $500 and of $1,000, be notided the con tributors bis puropse was enly In duplicate the small contributions, not the large ones. Mr. Willis J. Abbot, who had charge of tabulating thesy contributions, says hi- was "directed to write the editorial in which M?\ Hearst explained he could not, or would not. carry out either the letter or the spirit of hi? proposition. No one was more ready than.be to give a dollar out of his multi 1 millionaire store to match a dollar; none more quickly stopped contributing when any one else proffered a thousand dollars. This is mere history, and it is up to Mr. Hearst to specify whether or not it is accurate history. If he questions my recollections. 1 can refer him to a certain editorial In his own paper." Hearst, of course, will not call on Mr. Abbot for his proof. He does not mind taking liberty with the truth at any time. A Meastcy Trick. The correspondent for the Cincin nati Enquirer, who traveled with Mr. Taft on his Ohio tour, wired ills paper as follows: "At iuingo Junction, Ohio, Judge Taft became nettled be cause he was permitted to make a prosperity speech from the front of the great Carnegie mills, which have been r'osed down for nearly a year wita the consequence that nearly two thousand hands are out of em ployment. Upon hearing this he wanted to know why Judge Hollingsworth had not informed him of the fact." This is what we would call a mea> ley trick, and we do not balme Mr, Taft for telling his managers that he wanted to know the exact con dition of things at every place wher^ he is expected to speak. Should Do Detter. The News and Courier is very fond of lecturing Tillmanltes and countrymen for not contributing more freely to the .National Demo cratic campaign fund. We are free to admit that more money should have been raised for the cause in the towns and the country, than has been raised, but The News ami Courier is not. in a position to lec ture the balance of the State outside of Charleston for our shortcomings in the matter. Comparatively speak ing Charleston done almost nothing in the matter of raising funds to! carry on the Democratis fight. The News and Courier cf Saturday said the fund in that city was nearir.gj the three hundred dollar mark, h not that a beggarly sum for a great commercial city like Charleston? According to The News and Courier the Charleston committee received three additional contributions on Friday. One from Mr. Townsend Mikel. of Edisto Isl'nd, one from Colonel Thrower, of Iti igeville, anJ oiio from Mr. Thc\ ;). Jervey, who had contributed twice before. Or the three contributions named above, two' of them are not residents of CnariusLon. These contributions swells the total raised in Charleston to $29G.S4, and The News and Cour-j ier says "inasmuch as the list will remain open all day Saturday, it is probable that the $300 mark will ba crossed. This last chance is given to real Democrats who want to be-| come real factors in electing a Dem ocratic President." Considering the I wealth of Charleston that city ought! , to raise not less than two or three thousand dollars for the cause of the! people. Judging her by her contri butions Charleston is not very enthu siastic in the Democratic cause. It is to be regretted that Senator] TiUman's health will not permit him to make a few speeches In the cam paign. He id one of the nation's most effective speakers and is very popular. He would draw big crowd*, put we would not have him to jeopar dise his usefulness to the State by making speeches. WANTED?Salesmen to sell our guaranteed Oils and Paints. Ex-j perience unnecessary. Extremely profitable offer to right party. The GLEN REFINING Company, Cleveland, Ohio. For Sale. 43 1-4 Acres of land '.one and a half miles from city limits on stage Road. Address Drawer K., Orange burg, S. C. Attention. Dimuess of vision, blurring of let ters, eye-Btraln, eye-pain, and head ache, and also very close or arms length reading, call for the attention of the optician. i M. J. D. Dantzler. M. D., Optician. I - 9-15-tf. Elloree. S. C. Land For Sale. I have for sale sixty-five (65) acres of improved farming land near the town of Neeces, S. C, with dwell ing and outbuildings thereon. L. P. Zeigler, 7-31-tf. Neeces, S. C. Country Rye Seed. For Country Rye Seed call at the stable of A. M. SALLEY. 10-22-3. Tax Notice. Office of County Treasurer, Orangeburg, S. C. Tax duplicates will be open at the Court House for the collection of Taxes from October 15th to the 3 1st day of December. 1908. as follows: State tax .5% mills County tax.3 Road tax .1 Constitutional school ....3 Total .L2'/2 mills Special Taxes? Mills B.D. District No. 10.2 (District Xo. 1 1 .2 j District No. 12. District No. 13.2 j District No. 18.4 2 District No 2 0.4 I District No. .21.2 ! District No. 22.-' ; District No. 23. 2 iDistiict No. 23.2 District No. 2 0.:'? 2 j District No. 2 7.I District No .28.3 District No. 33.3 i District No. 34.3 3 ! District. No. 3G.4 2 j District No. 3 7.2 ! District No. 38.-' [District No. 40. I District No. 41.4 District No. 4 2.2 District No. 43.3 I District No. -?4.'?> District No. 46.3 I District No. 47.1 j District No. is.4 I District No. 65.3 ! District No. 64.3 District No. 65.- 2 Dlsticrt No. CS.4 l District No. 70.4 2 j District No. 71.3 District No. 7 2.3 'District No 74.4 [District No. 7".. Dlstrict No. 7S.3 District No. S3.3 Commutation Tax for the years 1909, payable from October 15th, '903, to 1st March, 1 909. A. D. FAIR, Treasurer. Orangeburg Co., S. C. Oct. let, 1908. THAT "FULL" DINNER PAIL ?Froch in. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. For Women For $15.00 Not very .startling the first time you read it! You see $18, $20 and $30 Suits offered at $15 at some stores and It seems bigger. But wlien yon see the Suits side by side, it is different. $5,000 in green goods for 81,000 , real money looks good to the vic tim until he opens the satchel? then it is also different. Those $15.00 Serge Suits are New? fresh from the Tailors, In fact. The quality of material is there, the the Tailoring is there, and behind them the KOHN Guarantee. They are sold closer to actual cost than any Suits in town. When w-> say a real $15.00 worth we want . to emphasize the word "real." That's the whole point of the story. DON'T FORGET TO SEE US ABOUT YOUR GLOVES. In Kid. Silk?long and hsort?aH the latest shades?Cashmere and Lisle, all here and priced right. "Oushmerettes"?new for driving. 23c and 50c. Mail Orders Promptly Filled. KOHN'S EMPORIUM, ORANGEBURG'S SHOPPING HEAD QUARTERS. W. H. BROWN, D V. S. DOCTOR OF VETIllXARY SCIENCE. The only graduate in Orangeburs County. All calls answered prompt ly, ftay or night. Lameness, Dental and Operative Surgery a specialty. Terms strictly cash. Oflice l-}> Hrmtghton St., Phone 200. Orangcburg, S. C. Land For Sale. 84 acres of Land North of Or angeburg and within thirty mnutcs drive of the Court House. 100 acres upon cly sub-soil, remainder wood land. Will sei as a whole or in tracts. Apply to L. P. Zeigler, 7-31-tf Neeces, No. 2. s. c. For Sale. 4 00 Acres of land situated in Southern part of Orangeburg Coun ty. One hundred and seventy-fve aeies of cultivated land and balanre well timbered One dwelling, and out buildings suitable for farm ing purposes. Five tenement hous es. For further particulars apply to F. A. Fairey. 8-28-3mos.- Branchville. S. C. Come to the AND VISIT THE NAVY YARD With her large Battleship "Texas" and Torpedo Fleet in Port DON'T FORGET THE DATES November 16th-21st, 08 This is the Time of Year to visit the City by the Sea. Wednesday "Shriners DaY" Military Parade, Fantastic and Trades Display, Fire Department Parade and Hose Heel Contest, Automo bile Float Parade, Foot I?aU Game, Charleston vs. Savannah; Aquatic Carnival in Harbor, Street Carnival. Low Bates on Railroads ' I II! I ?, The New Vertical Lift Deering The lightest running and most durable mower made. Made in 44- and 5 feet cut. When you buy a Deering you will not have to waite on repairs carry full stock. Come in and jlook at this machine and find out the difference. JOHN McNAMARA.