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Established in 1869. Vol. 40.No. 27 Published Three T?nes a Week. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Entered as second-class matter Jan. 1, 1008, at the postoffice at Or angeburg, S. C, under the Act of Congress of March, 1879. Jas. L. Sims, Editor and Proprietor. Jas. Izlar Sims, - Associate Editor. Subscription Rates. One Year.$1.50 Six Months.75 Three Months ....40 Advertising Rates furnished on application. Remitances should be made by checks, money orders, registered let ters, or express orders, payable to The Times and Democrat, Orange burg, S. C. The whole system of protection is wrong and should be wiped out. It ic a scheme to plunder the mas ses for the benefit of the classes. It is hard to say who has the best press agent, Teddy on his African lion hunt, or the Congressmen who O.zim the credit f>r 1 v'iing that tar iff tax on potash. _Lm This whole protection business is little short of legalized robbery. It robs the farmers, who are the back bone of th-e whole country, for the benefit of the manufacturer. Mr. Williams, whd" has been ap pointed to a good fat office by Presi dent Taft for flopping to the Repub lican party, compliments South Car olina by putting himself down from North Carolina. President Harahan. of the Illinois Central, says prosperity won t return until legislatures cease their attacks on railroads. Republican prosperity is so delicate that most any little thing can knock it out. Why should the man who makes cotton be taxed to make the man who Bells lumber or anything else rich, when he has to sell his product in a free market? Answers to this ques tion are invited. We can respect any business man who changes his politics and votes the Republican ticket from principle, but when the new convert reaches out for and accepts an office before it is generally known that he has changed, we rather suspect that the flop was for revenue entirely. In the current issue of Everybody's Magazine Emerson Hough atacks the Magazine Emerson Hough attacks the effort to convince the people that it does not make good, and that the country does not get its money's worth out of it. This may he true of the weather bureau, but is it the only delinquent governm-nt bureau? The Independence Party Club had a meeting in New York the other day, and listened to an address by the Hon. John Temple Graves. The Augusta Chornicle says "whether or not the twenty-eight Georgians who voted for the Independence Party candidates in the last election were invited does not appear?but they should have been." The cotton farmers is taxed on all sides by the tariff law and gets no benefit whatever from it. He has to pay a tax pn the cloth he uses that is made out of the cotton ho makes and sells in an unprotect ed market. Why should he vote for a man who helps foster such an un fair system on him to represent his interests in congress? In sneakin? of Senator Simmons voting for protection on certain ar ticles Senator Tillman says "if this mix-un continues there would not be trough enough for all the hoes tn i?*?t th ir snouts into." As the Florence Times says the North Car olinian may snuirm but the Pitch fork Knight has stuck one of the tynes of that instrument right Straight home. Tf it is riebt to tax the public through a tariff law for the benefit of the manufacturers of cotton, why is it not right to tax the same public for the benefit of the farmer who makes the cotton by letting the gov ernment eive him a bonus of two or three cents a pound on the cotton he makes? The public pays the tax In both instances, and if one is rieht we see no reason why the other should not be. The Florence Times, in comment ing on the appointment of Mr. Wil liams as Civil Service Commissioner by President Taft, says "it can see no honor to the State in appoint ments which rennire that men shall renudiate the faith of their fathers who put almost every thine: that is good in this government, and who consistently opposed everything that | Is not good until this latter invasion the sentiment of the North, which Is more dangerous and effective than the Invasion of armed hosts. Sometimes we see it stated in Dem ocratic oapers that what Is needed in South Carolina is a good, strong white Republican party. We take no stock in any such stuff. We hon estly believe that the policies pursued bv the Repub'L-an party in govern mental affairs are ruinous to the best interest's of this country, and. go believing, we think there are too | many Republicans now. Instead of baving more of\theiu, we would like to convert some &ood friends of ours who are Republicans to the good old Democratic party. \ Where the Tariff Pinches. Some politicians who misrepresent the masses in Congress, and draw over five hundred dollars per month for doing so, can afford to vote for a light tariff, as they get ample mon ey out of the people to meet their increased cost of living caused by their voting *to protect nearly every thing that the masses have to buy. The Richmond Times-Dispatch says [ those politicians who hug the flat j tering belief that the tariff is a lo cal question and that their seats are secure so long as they please their locality will find out some day that the tariff is a class question and a moral class question at that. For example, in a recent letter to the Milwaukee Journal, a poor woman who is trying to live on less than $500 a year, says: "My husband gets $11 a week for eleven and a half hours' work, where others get $18 for the same work. Now, say rent is $13, coal $8. food $20 a month and poor food at that. Count in that with five or six in the family, and where do the doctor, medicine, shoes, clothes, insurance on life, insur ance on furniture, school books, and the Lord knows what else, come from? As for a piece of candy or cake, or pie or the theatre, what can you do with $44 a month?" This is not the opinion of a trained political expert or even of an office holding statesman; It is just the bare statement of facts from one who is trying to live in a country where every article of necessity is oppres sively taxed in order that overgrown giants may have that protection which was once thought necessary for struggling infants. And when the talk is over and dene about the tariff helping th? workmen it's worth while for the workmen to stop and consider how much of this oratory is hased on truth and how much of it is mere claptrap used to obscure the real facts and to maintain a burdensome and killing tax on the poorer classes of a community. For example the poor wear clothes, and yet the tariff on wools is 11 cents a pound, and woolen clothing and blankets carry a tax that varies from 134.97 on the cheapest to 94.32 on the highest grades. We have been nourishing and protecting our cot ton manufacturing industry for near ly a century: yet the average tax on cotton today is 49.40. and when the amount of cotton cloth used by the poor is considered the weight of this tax stands out in all its se verity. Th'ire are 80.000,000 people in the United States and they all wear shoes, but congress and the politic ians have taken small note of this fact from the wearer's standpoint, for there has been an increase of 25 per cent in women's shoes alone in the ten years between 1890 and 1900. The raw material for shoes is hides, and W. L. Douglas, the great shoe manufacturer, who wss also Democratic governor of Massachu setts a few years ago, is authority fdr the statement that $30,000,000 per annum could be saved the people of this country by taking the duty off hides, but the duty stays on. The fact that a man is poor does not make him any less desirous of living in a houses yet every stick that goes into his humble dwelling is taxed under a lumber tariff. This means according to the estimate of the labor bureau at Washington that it would cost 41.4 per cent more for material alone to build a house in 1309 than it would have cost in 190S. Nor does the tariff hold its hands with what we have enumer ated. Practically everything that is consumed or worn or used levies an oppressive tax on the poor in or der that the government may gain some revenue, while favored bene ficiaries amass stupendous fortums. The tariff is not only unwise; it is unjust, and some day the people who are bearing that burden will find it out and then the national sovcrnment will reduce its expenses and change its source of revenue un til the cost of living is made to harmonize more nearly with the in come of the gr^at body of the citi zens, ft was just such a letter as the on? we have printed above tha' made the workingmen of England rise sixty y< ars ago and break down the bread monopoly of that country. The workingmen of America also will rise some day when they understand tne true inwardness of the tartT monopoly in this courtly. "Sickening Slush and Twaddle." The Florence Times says: "Con gresman Lever is very much injured because the papers of the State have poked fun at him for his hurrah over the removal of the duty on pot ash and the more the matter is en quired into the more foolish it turns on* to be. Lever's press agents are blamed for it by the Anderson Mail now. winch lets the congressman down easy. As a matter of fact there is more sickening slush and twadlde worked off through the press cor respondents in Washington than any wh re else on earth, and our good Democrats, our South Carolina rep resentatives, are right in the push. From all that we can learn nobody deserves any credit for that potash business, the framers of the bill found out themselves as soon as they were shown its pre-?n"e hi the ed column, that they were taxing tin ir friends, the manufacturers, and they feii over each other in their haste to get it reprinted on the other side. The boy that stood on the burning deck was not a star in the flag of glory to the South Carolina congressmen who 'fought, bled and died' to get that duty removed." From what we have read in papers outside the State we would infer that the fertilizer trusts were the potent factors in having the tax on potash knocked out 'of the tariff bill. Congressman Lever no doubt kicked up a big racket about the tax. and is honestly of the opinion that he had much to do with its re r-juval, but. as a matter of fact it would have been removed if he had never opened his mouth. As soon as the trust found out about the tax they got busy, quietly, of course, and the tax was removed, but they did not herald it to the world, as that is not their way of doing business. It must have caused them to smile, however, when they saw the credit for the work they had done given to certain congressmen. Statement of the Condition of THE PLANTERS' BANK, located at Orangeburg, S. C, at the close of business April 2Sth, 1909. Loans and discounts ....$59,194.39 Overdrafts ... 24 6.30 Furniture and fixtures . . . 2,895.51 Due from banks and trust companies . . . . 8,943.64 Currency. 568.00 Hold. 500.00 Silver and other coin . . 776.-42 Checks and cash items .. 338.95 Total.$73,463.21 Liabilities. Capital stock paid in ...$27.100.00 Surplus fund. 1,000.00 Undivided profits, less current expenses and taxps paid. 1.199.32 Individual deposits sub ject to check. 30.229.90 Savings deposits. 13,663.99 Cashier's checks. 270.00 Total.$73.463.21 State of South Carolina, County of Orangeburg. P.?fore me came W. G. Sease. cashier of the above named bank. I who. being duly sowrn. says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. W. G. SEASE. Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 5th day of May. 1909. J. A. BERRY, Correct?Attest. Notary Public. Wm. C. Wolfe, Philip Rich, . W. K. Sease, Directors. Statement of the Condition of THE BANK OF NORTH, located at North, S. C. at the close of business April 28, 1909. Resources. Loans and discounts ...$42.913.24 Overdrafts. 1.099.2S Furniture and fixtures . . . 1,858.08 Due from banks and trust companies. 3,709.03 Currency. 1,817.00 Silver and other coin ... 126.48 Total.$51,523.11 Liabilities. Capital stock paid in ...$ 7,250.00 Surplus fund. 2,000.57 Undivided Profits, less current expenses and taxes paid. 2,395.33 Due to banks and trust companies. 349.60 Individual * deposits sub . ject to check. 20,252.33 Savings deposits. 19.275.28 Total.$51,523.11 State of Soutl/Carolina. County of Orangehurg. Before me came R. H. Jones, of the above named bank, who, be ing sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true con dition of said bank, as shown by the books of said bank. ? R. H. JONES. Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 4th day of May. 1 909. J. C. PRTCE. Correct?Attest Notary Public, J. R. Leysath, J. M. Davis, E. M. Livingston, Directors. Salesman?We are desirous of secur ing the services of an exnert sales man on a salary to begin with of $100 and expenses per month. No one excent a hustler who can give good reference need apply. We offer the right man a good con tract. National Loan and Trust Company. Tifton, Ga. Notice to Creditors. All persons holding claims against the estate of J. E. Bull, deceased, will present the same properly veri fied. and all persons indebted to said estate will make payment to the undersigned. N. H. BULL. Administrator of the Estate of J. E. Bull, deceased. May 0th, 1 909. 5-8-4t Notice of Final Discbarge. Notice is hereby given that Anna Kinard. as Guardian of the estate of Jessie Spires and Julius W. Spires, minors, has made application unto me for a final accounting and dis charge as such Guardian and the 15th day of May. .909. at eleven o'clock a. nr., at Orangeburg C. FT. [ has been fixed for the hearing of said application. ROBT. E. COPES. Judge of Probate for Orangeburg County. S. C. April 13, 1909. Notice of Discharge. On May 14th, 1909. we will file with the Judge of Probate, for Or angeburg County. S. C, our final account as Executors >of the last will and testiment of Geo. L. V. Shuler, deceased, and will on that day ask for our discharge as such executors. THOMAS L. HUTTO, C. O. SHULER. Executors of Geo. L. V. Shuler. Deceased. April 13th, 1 909. Wanted to Buy. I will pay in cash 10 cents per pound for hens; 12V?c for fryers: 15c for turkeys; 16c per dozen for eggs; also will givo best market prices for hides. Bring them in to me. S. J. DLERY, 3-lS-6t Neeses, S. C. Can You Afford The Spring TO MISS THESE CHANOES T O DRESS BECOM INGLY There is no clothing store that has such a run on stylish men's wear as "Joe McNamara's store. ' We make it a good point to have what young men and elderly men want and that is three quarters of any business. THE BEST THING ANY ONE COULD WISH is one of our business suits These suits are of hard finished cloth, of best worsted yarns and colors that are pleasing, such as tan, gray, blue, browns, etc. Kuppenheimer makes them and that m?ans good work. $10 and upwards. If clothes make the man, trousers are half the man. "Crackerjack trousers" $3.00, $s.so to s.j.oo. STRAW HATS When you put on one of ours, you'll spell it the finest. , $2.00 and upwards. "Regular Oxfords" that make your feet happy, in pretty ideas of styles in tans, ox bloods and blacks $3.50 to $r>.oo. Joe McNamara, Outfitter for Man and Boy. ORANGE BURG. S. C. Hardware Needs AS NOTED BY J. W. SMOAK. The part a hardware store plays in taking care of the good health of the family is not thoroughly ap preciated by the public Read these few wants and then get to buying the every day goods of the family health necessities. GOOD WATER COOLERS? Made of the best, true and non rust materials. $1.00, $1.50 and upwards". WIRE DOOR SCREENS, WIRE WINDOW SCREENS? They keep out the festive fly. 50c, $1.00 and upward*. HARRISON'S "TOWN AND COUNTRY PAINTS? All colors and quantities, at very reasonable prices. Let us quote you an order. NO SPORT LIKE FISHING? We have the kind of lines and tackle you like. Make this store your headquarters GARDEN TOOLS? From spade, hoe to hose and lawn mowers. Have you what you need? J. W. SMOAK, 'The Hardware Man" ORANGEBURG, S. C. FIRE, LIFE, BURGLARY, TORNADO ? 4 ALSO ? 4 I INSURANCE!!} ft ? 4 I ?l C. Wanoamaker f A I represent companies that's know to be good. ? Give me some of your business. ^ & 4 SURETY BONDS) 4 Written toy An Opportunity to Secure a Useful Article. Beginning today I will give away to my customers Rayo Lamps with cash purchases amounting to $20.00. The Rayo Lnmp is manufactured by the Standard Oil Company and is the best lamp for all round household purpos es; gives a clear, steady light. Handsome, sim ? pie, satisfactory and guaranteed. In order to se cure the lamp you must save your cash slip that you get with your pur chase, and as soon as they amount to $20 you are entitled to the lamp. Sonn, customers are asking for the lamp before trading out the $20 and in (his event I will let them have the lamp, but they must deposit the $20 with me, when I will open an account witli them and they can trade out the amount as they like. The prices on goods will not be changed to offset Hie price of the lamp, and there is no fake whatever < 'une in and inspect. The Edisto Savings Bank, \ {ORANGEBUItG. S. C. < Capital.8100,000.00. Surplus. 130.000.00. < B. H. Moss, President. J. M. Oliver, Vice-President, I F. S. Dibble, Vice-President. Wm. L. Glover, Cashier. 0 DIRECTORS " M. 0. Dantzler, J. M. Oliver, W. R. Lowman, W. F. Fairev. { B. H. Moss, T. C. Doyle, Sol. Kohn, J. W. 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