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Bailey marched up the hill and
down again.
It is clearly a case of too much
Lorimer with Bailey.
Bailey's defence of Lorimer lost
?him Diany friends among the Demo
cratic Senators.
Liberty does not give us the right
to do as we please, but the right to
do the right.
It Is not the burden of today that
crushes a man but the piling of to
morrow'.;, burden upon that of today.
The season for baseball is at hand
and it will be necessary for lovers of
the game to furbish up their knowl
edge of baseball vernacular.
Lorimer must enjoy to the fullest
his success in bamboozling the eleven
Democratic Senators who voted to re
tain him in his seat in the Senate.
No oiie has a right ic think of a
future heaven for himself who does
not try to make this world heaven
Hke for his fellows. Heaven is not
for selfish people.
By far the greater part of the gov
ernment revenues of every nation Is
spent for army and navy purposes to
show ether countries how greatly I
they art loved and trusted.
trhe best attitude we can display
towards the discordant sounds and
disagreeable sights in this world is
not that of disgust and shrinking, but
*? disposition to remedy them.
The Democratic Senators repudi
ated an agreement Bailey made with
the Bepublican Senators to have a
Tote on :he tariff board measure, and
that is what caused him to play the
J-tby act.
Why is it that whenever the Re
publican party "gets In bad" there Is
always a Democrat?or Democrats?
to let down the windlass? Put the
Republican party in a hole, and we
always have Democrats heading the
rescuers. Why?
It may seem a contradiction of
terms, but it Is a fact that the only
enjoyment some people take is in be
ing miserable. They take untold
pleasure in recounting their aches
and pains and in complaining about
everything under the sun.
Five states in the union have de
clared for woman suffrage. The thing
is getting to be rather alarming,
isn't it? asks the Anderson Advo
cate. May be so, but they will vote
right, as a certain deposed mayor
out in Seattle will no doubt testify.
The advocates of woman suffrage
may "point with pride" to the influ
ence of women a3 seen in the results
of the recent elections in Seattle. The
power which they there exerted will
doubtless stimulate their efforts
throughout the country for posses
sion of the franchise.
Canada has given notice that she
does not want any negroes to settle
In her borders, by refusing to let
some that wanted to do so cross the
line. The negroes will find at last
that the Southern white man is about
the only white man that wants che
negro to live in his country.'
Senator Root, in his speech in the
Lorimer scandal, challenged the
Senators to deny that in their hearts
they know "the whole movement of
the corrupt and venal crowd that fol
lowed Lorimer's agent Browne to the
vote, ought to be treated as no valid
basis for a seat in the Senate." That
was a poser.
Mr. Bear, the coal baron and rail
road magnate who achieved notoriety
during the great coal strike by his
assertion that men such as1 he have a
divine right to control business mat
ters and the relations betwjeen capital
and labor, is naturally very much put
out that the railroads are not per
mitted to raise freight rates.
Russia in its treatment of the Jews
within her borders continues to show
that with all the veneer of t civiliza
tion upon the surface there Is a good
deal of savage barbarism in her char
acter. If Russia were as vulnerable
to at:ack and as weak as aro some
small nations probably the more civ
ilized nations would in the, interest
of humanity interfere and put an end
to th; persecution just as this nation
did with Spain in the matter of
Cuba. )l
In dealing with most people who
are in poverty it is not so much char
ity t'^at is needed as a wise helping
to a higher social and moral life. One
great, trouble with many poor people
is their apathy which leads them to
be content to exist rather than to
live. To create a healthy discontent
with their condition and awaken
some- ambition is oftentimes'the most
needful thing, as frequently it is also
the znost difficult thing to do.
French Spoliation Claims.
These claims, which have been dis
cussed and voted on in CongresB
time and time af.ain, have quite a
unique history, which seems to be
unfamiliar to most people. The trou
ble that lead up to them began as
far back as 1793, at the beginning
of the second term of Washington as
President of the United States. In
that year M. Genet, Minister of the
French Republic to the United States,
arrived at Charleston, and, taking
advantage of the feeling of the peo
ple of the United States in favor of
France, which had just thrown off
the Rourbon yoke, and was battling
with England and other countries to
establish the French Rerublic, en
deavored to excite them to hostile
acts against Great Britain.
He issued commissions to vessels
of war for fitting out privateers to
sail from the p<.>rts of the United
States to cruise against the enemies
of France. Upon this, President
Washington issued his famous proc
lamation of neutrality. M. Genet
disregarded the j, roclamation of the
President, and persisted in his
course, with threats of an.appeal from
the President to the people. For this
violation of intel national law, Pres
ident Washington demanded his re
call. M. Genet's commission was
withdrawn, and M. Fauchet was ap
pointed Minister of France to this
country in his r;tead. In January,
1795, he was succeeded as Minister
from France by M. Adet.
The object of Adet's mission
seems to have been to embroil the
United States with the European
powers with which France was en
gaged in war. He brought with him
a flag of the French Republic, which
he presented to President Washing
ton, accompanying the presentation
with an address 'vhlch was doubtless
Intended more for the public than the
executive ear. A suitable response
to this artful address imposed a dif
ficult and delicate duty on President
Washington, who, a^-all times, proved
himself fully equal- to the require
ments of the occasion. No one sym
pathized more than;he did with the
French in their struggles, but his
duty to his own country demanded
that he maintair a; neutral position.
In his reply co the address there
was the fullest assurance of the pro
foundest sympathy for France, but
not the slightest intimation of a pur
pose to render the United States a
party to the wf;r then going on in
Europe. Washington's reply, so
timely and pendant, checked the de
signs of IM). Adet of alienating the
people from confidence In Washing
ton, by representing his cause as pro
ceeding from a v/ant of sympathy for
France in her struggle. Mr. Adet
afterwards behaved worse than M.
Genet had done. He issued an ad
dress to the people of the United
States charging the Federal admin
istration with a breach of faith to
their former allies, the French. His
effort availed nothing, as the people
believed In the President.
On March 4, 1797, John Adams
succeeded Washington as President.
The relations existing between
France and the United States were
now becoming sot only complicated
but decidedly unfriendly. The con
duct of M. Adet had led to a sus
pension of diplomatic intercourse be
tween the two Republics. France had
issued orders q.iite injurious to the
commerce of the United States. The
course pursued by the revolutionary
government of France towards all
nations was so "iolent and offensive,
that the observance of a strict neu
trality, in the opinion of President
Adams, seemed to be impossible with
a due regard to the interest of the
United States.
Congress was called in extra ses
sion and active preparations for war
with France was at once begun.
Washington was called to the head of
the army and our little navy was put
in commission. No declaration of
actual war was made either by
France or the United States against
the other, although for some time, a
state of quasi war existed on the
high seas, and several engagements
cook place between their ship3 of
war. France had also seized some of
our merchant ships, and this is
where the claims against France
originated. A.)out this time great
changes took place in France. The
Directory had been overthrown and
Napoleon Bonaparte was first con
sul.
Commissioners sent over by Pres
ident Adams was most favorably re
ceived by Napoleon and articles of a
treaty were agreed upon, which wer?
afterwards ratified and confirmed by
both governments. On March 4,
1S01, Thomas Jefferson succeeded
John Adams a: President. In 1S02
he received information of the ces
sion of Louisiana to France by Spain,
in a secret treaty In 1S00. He im
mediately instituted a commission to
treat with France for the free nav
igation of the Mississippi river by
the people of the United States. The
mission war, more successful than had
been even hoped for. Napoleon was
ready, not only to negotiate upon the
object sought, but for a cession of
the entire territory.
A treaty to this effect was made
on April 30, ISO?,, by which the
Fnited States were to pay $15.000,
I 000, for the territory, as follows:
I $11,250,000 in money to the French
.government, and ^3,750,000 for the
?claims of the American citizens for
, the spoliation of their commerce by
I French cruisfrs, during the quasi
! war with the- United States. The
! $11,250,00 to the French govem
! ment was promptly paid, but the
$3,750,000 estimated as the amount
of spoliation due to American clti
J zens by France has never yet been
J paid by the government of the United
; States, which assumed the debt as
j above stated. This is a brief history
j of the "French Spoliation Claims,"
J which has been before Congress for
I many years. Some of these claims
were held by the citizens of Charles
ton, Beaufort and Georgetown, whose
commerce was destroyed by French
cruisers.
Will Make Banks Safe.
The State Banking Law of Okla
homa, which protects the depositors
in State banks from all loss by reason
of failure of any bank, has vindicated
the wisdom of its enactment, and is
now stronger with the people of that
St.ite than ever before. This law does
not control, regulate or include na
tional banks in any way. Any State
bank can escape its provisions by na
tionalizing itself, but the law has
worked so much to their advantage
that none of them has done so. But
several national banks have surren
dered their charter and become State
banks to share in the benefits of the
law. I
Some of the national bankers of
Nebraska, Oklahoma and some other
States have been fighting the law ever
since it was enacted, and will con
tinue to fight it, because it does their
banks harm by taking away their
deposits and putting them in the
State banks. The national bankers
fought the law through the courts
clean up to the United States Su
preme Court, which decided unani
mously that the law was constitu
tional. Failing in their efforts to
break up the law by means of the
courts they are now attempting to
have the law amended by the legisla
tures of the States that have adopted
it. Their hop- is to finally overthrow
the law.
It is claimed that In. Oklahoma,
where the law has been In force
about three years, the deposits in the
State banks have increased from
seventeen million dollars to fifty-five
million dollars in that time. During
the three years several State banks
failed, but not a depositor lost a
cent. Why should not this law, that
has worked so well wherever it has
been tried, work well in South Car
olina? It would greatly strengthen
the smaller banks and make them
perfectly safe by inducing them to
adopt modern banking principles in
the management of their business.
The workings of this law are worth
looking into by other States than
those that are now using them.
Bailey and the People.
In his speech on the floor of the
Senate defending Lorimer, Bailey of
Texas, in a most dramatic manner
asked: "Have we fallen to such a
low estate In the United States sen
ate that we must.stoop to the earth
and kiss the ground our constitu
ents walk upon?"
In commenting on this remark of
Bailey's the Commoner says "no one
expects senators to "kiss the ground
their constituents walk upon," but
it is an old-time Democratic notion
that senators, as well as representa
tives, should show due concern for
the well defined principles for which
they stood prior to election day. It
is also an old-fashioned Democratic
notion that when a man discovered
(as Lorimer must have discovered)
that bribe money was used in electing
him to office he would not wait to be
removed from office (provided he
were innocent) but would retire in
defense of his own honor. No, Sen
ator Bailey, the people do not asa
senators to "kiss-the ground their
constituents walk upon." They do
ask, however, that they refrain from
licking the boots of trust magnates
and doing the bidding of systems
that prey upon the people." Bailey,
like a great many others, thinks he
is the master and not the servant of
the people. The quicker such men
are taught their mistake the better.
As One Man. |
It was a stormy night, and the
audience of Prof. Cheatum, mind
reader and prestidigator, was com
posed exclusively of men and boys.
The lecture had begun at 7:30
o'clock, and it was nearly an hour
later when Prof. Cheatum began
his exhibition of mind reading.
"There is a man in this hall," he
said, gazing at the ceiling for inspir
ation, "whose mind I can read like a
book. He means well, is a good
father and a kind husband; active In
the church and all town affairs. He
has only one fault that I can see?he
is forgetful.
"This very niglu his patient,hard
working wife asked him?"
There was such a sound of scuf
fling and tramping in the hall that
the mind reader paused, and lowered
his gaze. The men were fleeing, and
the boys were moving up toward the
front.
"It's yeast cake night," cried one
small boy. " and the store'll be clos
ed in 10 minutes! Say, mister, read
our minds before they get back."?
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Found Notices Free.
Wanted?To buy at once a gentle
family horse. B. iM. Foreman, 225
East Whitman. 2-21-6*
Plymouth Rock Eggs?75c per set
ting of 15 Apply to Mrs. Isaac
Bennett, Jamison, S. C. 1-31-14*
For Sate?Tools improved cotton
seed. $1.00 per bushel. Cash
with order. J. A. Weathersbee,
? Norway, 3. C. 2-4-12*
Money to Lend?We are In position
?to negotiate loans on improved
real estate In Orangeburg City and
County. Glaze & Herbert. tf
For Sale?Two hundred bushels of
Simpkin's Improved Cotton Seed.
$1.00 per bushel f. o. b. North,
S. C, by F. A. Wolfe. 3-7-4*
For Rent or Sate after May 31, 1911,
house and lot, 110 feet fronting
on Russell Street, No. 213. Depth
729 feet. Appiy to Geo. V. Zeig
ler.
Wanted?500 to 1,00 0 Cords Short
Leaf Pine Wood, delivered at
Cameron, S. C. Write Wesner &
White Manufacturing Co., Camer
on, S. C. 2-16-lin*
Let us collect your rents. Prompt
attention given weekly or monthly
collections. Small commission. F.
R. Simpson Real Estate Co., 33 W.
Russell street, up-stalrs, Oranien
burg, S. C. 2-4-lm*
For Rent?After April 1st one house
and lot on Amelia street, No. 100:
Apply to Mrs. M. I. Collier, 165 E.
Russel Street. 3-4-4*
Notice?Anyone having clock repair
ing to do will oblige me by giving
me their patronage. I can now
see well enough to do repairing.
Parties can find me at city hall. A.
D. Powers. tf
Wanted?You to list your city and
country property with us for qui:k
sale. We turn it into cash and get
your price. F. R. Simpson Real
Estate Co., 33 W. Russell street,
(upstairs), Orangeburg, S. C.
Wanted?to sell a nice 10-room
house No. 50 E. Glover Street on
Lot 90x220. This is a desirable
piece of property close In. .See
me quick. F. R. Simpson Real
Estate Co., Orangeburg, S. C. lm
For Sale?Eggs for hatching. Mam
moth Pekin Duck eggs. Price
$1.25 per setting of 11 eggs de
livered at your house in city or
express office, $1.00 if you send
to my residence for them. J. L.
Phillips, 85 Sellars Ave. 2-11-tf
Wanted-?to sell a nice 6-room
house on E. Palmetto Street on
lot 65x200. Good barn and gar
den. This property will not stay
on the market at the price we are
offering. Terms to suit purchas
er. F. R. Simpson Real Estate
Co., Orangeburg, S. C. 2-16-1 m*
To the Democratic Voters of Or
For Sale?2 mare mules, 5 md 6
years old, 1 bay mare, 2 cows, 1
Top Wagon and Double Harness,
1 Top Buggy and Single Harness.
If not sold privately will sell at
public auction at Mr. Gerlach's
place, Bowman, S. C, March 10th
at 11 o'clock a. m. 1911. P. Ger
lach, owner. 3-7-2*
angeburg County.
At the suggestion of several of my
friends, I hereby announce that I am
a candidate for Judge of Probate and
Special Referee. Should you see fit
to entrust this office to me I Leg to
assure you that I shall use my best
efforts to discharge the duties of this
important position carefully and ef
ficiently.
Yours very truly,
L. K. Sturkie.
For Judge of Probate and Special
Referee.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for Judfe of Probate and
Special Referee for Orangeburg
County, made vacant by the election
of Judge Robert S. Copes to the Cir
cuit Bench.
Andrew C. Dibble.
To the Democratic voters of Orang'i
burg county:
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for Judge of Probate and
Special Referee of Orangeburg coun
ty, and pledge my best services to
the people if elected.
Edward B. Friday.
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Lorimer ought to be known as tne
?jack-pot" Senator, as some sort of
scheme like that was used to get him
elected.
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Do you like cheese? I like
cheese when it is go? cl cheese. I
will tell you how 1 .'ike cheese. I
ike a piece of cheese with a piece
of pie when I pet nea>ly through.
Papa says chee?e makes his coffee
taste betl er, and his cigar when he
smokes. Until I went to the groc
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Swiss cheese for 30 cents a pound
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