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Sie Stete Rtt? jSgsacttti. Established in 1869. FOL 40.No. 27 Published Three Times a Week. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Entered as second-class matter Jan. 1, 1908, at the postoffice at Or angeburg, S. CM 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 Democratic party is not now, nor has it ever been, a free trade party as some uninformed people seem to think. It has always been in favor of a tariff for revenue. The Columbia State says it would have no objection "to a strictly reve nue tariff on tea, and if such tariff incidentally aided tea culture here, so much the better." We can't see much difference between the position of The State and Senator Tillman. If the fertilizer trust had been in favor of taxing potash salts it would have been taxed regardless of what Mr. Lever or any other Democrat said or did to the contrary. This being the case, who is entitled to the credit for having the tax re moved? The inability of Senator Aldrich and other Republican Senators to explain certain schedules of the tar iff bill they are trying to rush through the Senate, proves very plainly that the bill has been framed by the representatives of the special interests that have already grown rich at the expense of the consumer. The Times and Democrat believes in the Democratic party, and we be lieve that it will some day be the means of saving this nation from the clutches of the huge trusts and un lawful corporations that now has it by the throat, and restore it to' the people. As long as the Democratic party lives we have hopes for the Republic. If Mr. Lever wants to do some thing for the benefit of the farmers that should be done, let him buck the cotton tie and jute trusts and have the tax taken off of cotton ties and jute bagging. He seems to think he has wonderful per?u.KHVe powe -s with the Republicans, and he could use it to no better purpose than re lieving our farmers of this tax. The Columbia Record says "if the Democrats of the district are dis satisfied with their congressman we have an idea that Orangeburg is willing to furnish his successor." We know of no candidate at this time for Congress from Orangeburg. Our idea is that Mr. Lever's suc cessor, whenever he has one, will hail from Columbia. The Greenwood Index says "Con gressman Lever seems to have stirred up a bigger muss than the press bu reau can suppress. The Orangeburg Times and Democrat, as faithful and loyal as can be in the past, says he will have to run as an independent next term. Lever voted for a tariff on lumber and thus went back on the party platform." The Times and Demcorat is per fectly willing for Mr. Lever to "ev ercise his judgment and be a man," but he ought to have done so before the election and not afterwards. He should have "exercised his judg ment" and told the people before they nominated him that he intend ed to bolt the party platform. That would have been manly, and we would have applauded him for it. If Mr. Levet can prove that the fertilizer trust wanted that tax on potash salts retained, and that he had it taken off in spite of the trust, then he would be entitled to the credit lie claims. But as he and the trust both wanted the tax removed, we are rather Inclined to 'the opin ion that the trust had more to do with taking it off than Mr. Lever had, because trusts of all kinds are the special pets of the Republicans and generally get what they want. In speaking of a tax of ten cents per pound on tea proposed by Sena tor Tillman the Jacksonville Times Union says: "We believe that good business and good politics are one and the same thing. A tariff of 10 cents per pound on tea would raise a revenue o f $9.000,000 1 year, and would give a protection of $1,500 a year. The people would pay $9. 001.500 and get $9.000.000 in rev enue." We have no desire to rob Congress man Lever of any credit that is due him, but we do not believe that he had any more to do with taking the tax off of potash salts than the man who is said to live in the moon. We believe, as he claims, that he flew around and made a great to do about the maiter, but the argument that took that tax off was made by the fertilizer people last summer when some of them contributed liberally to the Republican campaign fund. The tax would have been removed if Mr. Lever had never said a word about the matter. The Republican party has a way of taking care of those corporations that help it out in a pinch. You Are Dead Right. After quoting the editorial squib in which we said "Should Congress man Lever run again for congress from this district he would have to run as a Republican or an Inde pendent, as he cut loose from the Democratic party when he voted to tax the people for the benefit o f the lumber trusts in direct violation of the Democratic platform adopted at Denver, and on which he was elect ed to Congress," the Calhoun Ad vance says: "Judging from the above The Times and Democrat will fighjt Mr. Lever should he run again for Congress. The trouble with some newspapers is that they never ex pect a man to exercise his judg ment and be a man; they expect 'a jumping jack' out of their rep resentatives, vbut Mr. Lever is not one of this kind. He does what he thinks is best for his con stituents regardless of what some newspaper, says about him. Pity we haven't more of his calibre." The Times and Democrat took part in all the Democratic primaries last year and helped nominate all the Democratic candidates, including Mr. Lever, and the delegates tp the State Democratic Convention, which elected delegates to the National Democratic Convention, which met at Denver and nominated Democratic candidates for President and Vice President and adopted a platform for the guidance of all loyal Democrats. Having taken part in these prelimi nary primaries and elections of the Democratic party we feel bound by the platform that was adopted at Denver for the guidance of all loyal Democrats. One of the planks of that platform demands that the tariff tax be taken off of lumber. This platform was adopted before Mr. Lever was nominated for Con gress. He knew that it demanded that the tax be taken off of lumber when he accepted the Democratic nomination for Congress. When he voted for candidates in the primary he took an oath to vote for all the candidates nominated by the Demo cratic party and to abide by the rules adopted by it. The plank in the platform demanding that the tax be taken off of lumber was one of the rules adopted by the Democratic party, and Mr. Lever, as a participant in the Democratic primary, was bound by it. And when he accepted the Democratic nomination for Congress he was doubly bound by it, from the fact that the Democratic party made him one of its active agents in carrying out this plank of the platform when it entrusted him with a nomination for Congress. If Mr. Lever felt that he could not support the platform of the Dem ocratic party loyally he should not have sought an important office from it without putting it on notice that if elected he would repudiate its platform as he has done. Before he was nominated was the time he should have "exercised his judg ment and be a man" by coming out and telling the Democratic party that if elected he did not intend to abide by the party platform, but would vote as he saw fit on all questions. Had he done this, does the Advance believe for one second that Mr. Lever would today be the representative in Congress from this district? The only way he got there was by en dorsing the platform he has since repudiated by his vote. Whether this comes under the "jumping jack" class spoken of by our con temporary we leave it to say. The Times and Democrat does not deal with men, but with principles. It has no feeling whatever against Mr. Lever as a man, but objects to him as a Democratic Congressman, because he refuses fo be bound by the platform adopted by the party for the guidance.,, of its members. The Democratic party has hundreds of loyal members in this district who can represent it as well or better than Mr. Lever does, and we are free to say, as a loyal Democratic newspaper. The Times and Democrat will support any one of them who will be loyal to the party platform after, as well as before, he is elected, in preference to a man who repu diates the party platform after he is elected, be that man Mr. Lever or some one else. We could not sup port Mr. Lever against a loyal Dem ocrat and stiii continue to be a Dem ocratic new: paper, because he has d serted his party by repudiating its platform. Much Ado About Nothing. We gave considerable space to a letter from Congressman Lever in Saturday's issue, and we do the same thing in this issue by printing anoth er long winded letter from the same source. From the first, The Times and Democrat bas believed that all the fuss and feathers stirred up about the removal of the tariff tax on potash salts was disgusting and out of place, and we are free to say that since reading Mr. Lever's two letters we are more of that opinion than ever. While Mr. Lever may have done all he says he did to get the tax removed, we do not believe he had any more to do with getting it taken off than the man in the moon. We believe, as has been reported from Washington, that the putting of potash sails on the protective list was a mistake on the part of the Republican trainers of the tariff bill, and as soon as it w;.a pointed out by the fertilizer trust that the tax would pitch its toes the tax was taken off by the Republicans to help the fertilizer trusts and not the farmers. All that was necessary was for the big fertilizer trust to point, out to the Republican com mitt-e that if the tax was allowed to remain it would lose considerable of its profits and the committee took off the tax at once. This is the whole reason why the tax was taken off so readily by the Republicans. As the Florence Times says. "It is true that Prof. Harper was watch ing the bill for items of interest to the farmer, and that he called the attention of the Slate agricultural department to it, and Watson called Lever's attention to it, and then every cock in the barn yard woke up and began to crow, and there was talk of a big fight and much speech making and a general hustling over the stage to get in the lime light, and a general much ado about noth ing," which no doubt delighted the Republicans, as it gave them a chance to help the fertilizer trust and at the same time get credit for helping the farmers. The Republicans and the fertilizer trust are perfectly willing to have Mr. Lever given credit for killing the "b'ar" all by himself, as neither the Republicans or the trust would care for the people to know that the influence of the trust was what re moved that potash tax. Trusts are very modest. As long as they get the benefit they don't care who gets the credit. If Mr. Lever had bucked the jute trust and got the tax off of jute, or the cotton tie trust and gotten the tax off of cotton ties, then we would admit that he has great influence and would be entitled to credit for whipping out the trusts for the benefit of the farmer, but we do not think he is entitld to one particle of credit for having the tax removed from potash salts, as he had the fertilizer trust to help hin: in that fight, and the trust would have had the tax taken off if 'Mr. Lever had never opened his mouth about it. Senator Tillman in asking a tax of ten cents per pound on tea did not violate the tenets of th? Demo cratic party or its platform. The Democratic party has always been in favor of a tariff for revenue, and the tax on tea will raise nine million dollars revenue for the government, and hurt no one much. The fact that the tax incidentally helps the tea industry in this country by im posing a duty on foreign tea does not alter the case. A woman's tears often are so full of scheming that they deserve to be mentioned as the "briney deep." KILLS YOUNG WIFE WITH AXE. Man, Apparently Insane, Commits Heinous Crime. Eugene Peeples, an iron moulder, apparently insane, Friday killed his young wife, before the terrified gaze of their little child, by striking the woman over the head with an ave, as she sat in her sister's house on Main street, Norfolk, Va., writing a letter to her mother, telling of her hard lot in life and of her husband"s unjustified jealousy. When struck with the weapon the woman's head was split open, killing tier almost instantly. Peeples was irrested, confessed his crime and ex pressed a desire to die. P.eples went to Norfolk a week ago from Savannah, Ga. His wife, who was Miss Narcissa Brizzel. of Augusta, and 27 years jld, went there previously with her two children. The couple had been married six years. Peeples had been unable to obtain work in Norfolk, and became despondent. The in juest was held Monday, and Peeples probably will be examined as to his sanity. ? cussiMd^luIn One-half Cent a Word Found Notices Free. Wanted Pupils on the Violin?Miss Lula Kate Mewbourn wishes a few pupils on the violin at her home, 53 Amelia street. Reference, Henry Kohn. 5-22-8t Salesman Wanted?One who is quick, honest and not afraid of work. Apply at once to M. T. Sifley, Orangeburg, S. C. For Sale?35 or 40 bu. Smiley Peas, delivered f. o. b. Orange tnirp:. $1.25 per bu. Address R. F. D. Box 15, Jamison, S. C. 5-17-3t Salesman?We are desirous of secur ing the services of an expert sales man on a salary to begin with of $100 and expenses per month. No one except 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. Wanted?A contractor to build a church at Jerusalem near Elloree, S. C. Call on Rev. A. L. Lesley, or Dr. A. C. Baxter for plans and specifications. All bids must be in by June 1st, 1909. For Sale?1 double-box r-volving cotton press, 2 70-saw Vanwinkel gin feeds and condensers, 1 suc tion elevator system complete, 1 Lidell sawmill and circular saw, 1 30-h. p. Lidell engine. 1 40-h. p. Ret tubular boiler; only run two ginning seasons. apply to J. W. Smoak. Orangeburg, S. C. letters of Administration. State of South Carolina. County of Orangeburg. By Rob-rt E. Copes. Esquire, Pro bate Judge. Whereas Frank P. Griffith and J. I"). Griffith made suit to me. to grant them Letters of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Kesnu Margaret Griffith, deceased. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the buid Kesiah Margaret Griffith, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Oranseburg C. H., on June 5th. 1909. next after publication thereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have?, why the said Administration should not be grant ed. Given under my hand, this 21st day of May Anno Domini. 1 909. (L. S.) ROBT. E. COPES. Judge of Probate. The greatest Southern Story "THE DARK CORNER" BV ZACH M'GHEE "A story that will make any person reading sit still until it is finished. It is a le of present day back woods life in the pinelands of the South depicted in a delightfully viv id way some of the most picturesque scenes and personalities in American life. The school faker, the ignorant preacher, the pompous statesman are ill there, with the appropriation and familiar trappings along with a fasci nating love story. PRICE $1-00 NET Sims Book Store j FIRE aid TORNADO j I INSURANCE!!; City and Country I Bisks ALSO SURETY BONDS. ? OLD LINE COMPANIES. j I APPLY TO 0 I PHONE NO. 7. NATURE TELLS YOU. As Many an Orangeburg Reader Knows Too Well. When the kidneys are sick. Nature tells you all about it. The uriae is nature's calendar Infrequent or too frequent action; Any unuary trouble tells of kidney ills. Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kidney Ills. Orangeburg people testify to r.bis. J. H. Dukes, ex-shenff, of Orange burg, S. C, says: "Several years ago I was bothered by pains across the small of my back and the kidney secretions were very Irregular and scanty in passage. Being told that my kidneys were disordered, I pro cured a supply of Doan's Kidney Pills at cJL)r. Wannamaker's drug store. After I had taken the contents of three or four boxes, I obtained relief. Since that time I have always kept them in the house and when I no tice any symptons of a return of the troubles, I take a few does and am soon benefited." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buf falo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?DoaD's? and take no other. Notice to the Voters of Orangeburg County. Office cf Supervisor of Registration. Orangeburg County, Orangeburg, S. C. May 2, 190!). Th? last legislature created two new townships, to-wit: Bowman, which comprises school districts Nos. 65 and 88, also a portion of Middle and a small strip of Branchville, with the voting place at Bowman. It also changed the voting place of Cow Castle from Bowman to Ebe nezer. It also created Limestone town ship from portions of Caw Caw, Elizabeth and Orange township, with the voting place at Raymond. A new voting place was Jtlso established in Orange township at Stoke's, situ ated two and one-half miles from Orangeburg on Five Notch road. All qualified electors residing in above territory are hereby tiio^fied ahat they must appear at this office and have their certificates changed in order to qualify them to vote at the special election to be held on the 3rd Tuesday in August. 1 909. We have only two more days for regis tration before the el ction, to-wit: first Monday in June and July, 1909. J. A. EDWARDS, W. V. CULLER, J. L. GIBSON, Supervisors Registration, Orange burg County. Longfellows poems?Sent prepaid for :i0c. Sims' Book Store, Or angeburg, S. C. Egg^ for Sale. Singie-comb Rhode Island Red eggs, $1.00 for 15.^ J. F. EVANS, Cameron, 3. C. Listen. If you have nothing else to do, write to C. W. Giddens, Valdosta, Ga., and give references and he will offer you a position that will Interest you. For Rent. 1 store n?xt to L. E. Riley's bug gy house. Apply to L. E. Riley. 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