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VOL, WATTERSON ON THE OUTLOOI Tells Bryan What He Must Do if 1 Expects to Win, and He Express es Himself in Terms That Oan't Be Mistaken. Louisville Courier-Journal. Once-upon-a-time there lived a fa mier who had an hundred acres of goc arable land ready for the plow, but < the other side of the clearing was wood, and he insisted upon felling tI wood before he tilled the field, an whilst he was felling the good 0 rains came and the weeds grew, an 1A, the season was ended and tl chance of a larvest was gone. Once-upon-a-tiie there was a s captain whose ship had gon6 asho upon a reef of coral and silver, but I got her afloat again, and was turnii her prow homeward, when lie spi( above the distant waves beyond i iceberg; lie mistook this for a whal and harpooned it, and in seeking get it aboard his ship went down, ai lie with it. into the fathomless depti of the oceanl. Mr. BIyan, tihe Republican farle needs, Mr. Bryan. the Democratic sc captain, needs to read anew the hand ,,Ad horn-hook of human natire ati Yrmt1n sense, with its plain tabl( and, its holielV wisdom, even r Abraham L,incoln reaid it. whlen I Cnte to the head ofit affairs Ior] II resente oif thle Ilnitin. lst things in the world that at great tit simple, and Ione thing at time is an alt saying. i trying f( 1-1. nu114.h. We ten 1( lo4se all1. The p), litival sittatioll in the I'inited Stati at tlhis tim itt in a a hiid state. Pa fies find Iteiselves not a little I loo -e en)(ds. lith pt4piei have taken t I bit in their teeth. as it were. 'Il next 'reidenitiall election is. as tI -tilt fmlenl pirase it.' nybod's race. Ol isslies have pta'stedt away Ne Sie:-.n she o linti ll l th seteno tril:.et a t itrmawill.sttnlv:thc . the l~ is b -etill .,I el t . - u rn,iI a i th, - : o th1, e11- ' fako. Ill, back . ittitde. -1 td owe t:uo bre law st ri. t e, W it hme1. Selvts :ice ilte i ralIne .. t a th c .oT tt tin: h -: )e Illrthe 0ait d1iffel ene WhIch have larat oer t vot ionto partie . Fith rrn the tihe fewh 11.am1iltonl andit .eftersonl stocbd f4irtl Isr tn e elitilt t i ll f ae stro Federal isvernment, its power e l tralized ant its will abstlnte. the -ti as chlamin 1 a :t)vernment if limi tie and dele,g_,atei powers o be exe ised within thie letter of thle writte lanw strictly contstruet. The incidents; alone are altered. T1 enternal .struggle (if the mnany to pro Serve tile largi4'est area of liberty, Col Sonlant with government. thle few l Usmlrp the( fieititons and tippor-tunliti< of -n-verl1nmlent. is just is vital an as ieretayn as it ans. when i Johi n tAdamsli w t'owng en ini pisn t'nthr Seditioni anti ickn eidd Isi'i til litueniset god reoughs te iank iito corupltt the letratewti ton 'vnt a- hile eep aistocriy.i Its wat t'ulory nof teferst w'e mdid nit hte clff mregta f dckisondlr 'iiryanii sholint-yii ata bt ct a hiatr of b eothei. li and -ovIhe i uceso 'in ii aero s i p. t lieai that 'pyait i.Iweant ne i wtetlit i te a i W o ne. S it05 54\ teIandt el. hwnn etl tegetune r is he nt't libiglough andt broadn everu ts sbecahae the ountrailhy wantsc liivetinbliedentht nt ie ton himwn ay evtte,t-lntheye rally furnihin itly hot,to faulnt thials, wains,oting we geeall stylco advel teadtfuredothand savery capi hasand rtendito that cmax, no nw the bodom i and Diemocean the abolition afsli ar,r coess thess,ndar. Waeto oou gee hwever heouigts and ultiatevl piitte, ah nl rrsesbales nl\ Cuerats beliv that it ur day a lad on eteit, seeing heiexlPrsi otanbtte wtha les shallybu to i wila e nth ony of ahieing of Dem andy bo, appling to ht eax,ew shall say the time yemedial as distinguished I bv [. from revolutioning agencies? Is en- wi lightened statosimanslhip again to go h: :o down before the passions of the mobt to The country is.eertainly in no pres- in ent mood for revolution. The people hi at large do not. want or need a revolu- to tioi. They are so pleased by the per- a fumed goose-grease Theodore Roose- th r- velt has been slicking over the surface th ,d of affairs that many of them who do b< q tnt diserininate are talking about at a keeping him where he is. How much F le stronger the argument for putting Mr. w d, Bryan in his place, in case Mr. Bryan se te offers then the simon-pure as against al I, the spurioust - o to Ptublic ownership- of the railways at involves not only a revolution, but a a' ?a preposterous revolution. It means cen- st re tralization, federalism, officialism o1 to carried to lengths undreamed of by a' ig Frederick, by Napoleon and by Ham -d ilton. It would work a change as n sweeping as the abloition of property e, in land, or, the lection of the Presi- e o dent for life. Was Mr. Bryan bound a id to open up such a discussion with the di is situation full of living issues to meet tb and dispose of7 Can lie think that at r, the support of the faction of Socialists tc ,a who strike out so heedlessly and make , y so iuch noise, is essential to our Ei d suiccess it 1908 I Is not the field a I 's it is sufficient to our hand without ot Is goin. to the wood for timber, quiting ;t le the ready plow to take to tle waiting ., e ax handle. Have we ntot the last ten years made breaks enough? Or, must ti e we tro oi for ever mistaking icebergs if a for whales? te r The Cou ri ter-J turna I wishes to to speak witfi pri)per cotitesy. kindness pi 'and respect : but also witi becoming to -itierity and earnestiess:; because we pt it arBept Mr. Bryan's leadership iunre- if I ervedly, have considered no alter- ti native, shall labor unceasingly for his bit election and truly want him elected. p: That he never cani be elected, and di n.:ht ntit to he nominated, on a plat- i lor t otibliic ownership is our fixed if helilf. It is a remleY with no exist- m iw_- I-vil. ItI is at %%-III with thle phill'so- i bhy mihJit by .Jleffrst,ii. by .hvks-n ;1l1 by . Br-Van) himself. The sItg- w ltf,7,iton is e t:lw-di t tnowke the Sa-e of to 1(n tIlo i1un over inl his Irave. Old1 al Ihw-iry t-, sit upi inl his, eoffiin, anv-els to weep'i aild demli(Ints to, halulh: a conl- j suMtiln imossible of attainment extept througli despotism, degredation re m :l ruin: \ov. Folk has told us how Ti it w%-:is inl Missouri. So would it be on it a .i::antic scale in the country at large at No. no. a thousand tinies no, Mr. ei t- Brvai. Say at once to tihe tetmpter, si, 'yet belhii'd mil e. Satan.'' There 1 statids Theodore Roosevelt. Go for or hit. There lie stands on the bridge m of the pirate ship Subsidy. Every as thing for the classes, nothing for the hI masses. Itn the hold below lie hidden in all the old shans and scarecrows wait- E iig till thw storm blows over. Go af- th d ter them. p Lortd, whatt an i~omios gatherum ! pi l'iTher is the Tati ff Biaron who knows - his angerct atnd is will to exude still Ie mtore of htis fat-though lie liketh not ht the conineenit. There is the lHailway to t Magn at te, t rueulet butii si let, relyitng II nt lhe gty wolvyes of thle Setnat e to pt ifcte him thItrotu..'t Tete ar ith le kings n inancei t('. thle lortds of Itrust ism, with is thiir stutpid s at-e out tf steel-black w h'ees still-fted antd suigar-irefiined, who hi wou lb glpd to sweart but dare not-.t The 'hit stiek'' Ia id t hem lowv itt 1904 d and '' kep tetm itn their e'ages nlow. it hi And, there is Old Gunnitybags. sleek t ud Tshit ig,who says to thle ot hers, The lresient ill avets, nievera duate andh mtirursii, ' Pass the lveryt owan thetn Teddy himself t o downt arid whispers, ''?You lie still, a yufools dotn't you see what I am do img for ytout'' And, then they all echo i or ie wo rds of thle song thle winds sing or"netr mr lV'r Theodore,' 'a htoping son to set it thle music of t dr um atid fife, and marceh to it. ts aye, and again maybe not ; but t al, whehe Ro(osevelt coiInte upon the bridtge, otr gives way to another skip- a '. per he is tno Flyinig Dutchman, tnor it i, Itiy phattomt bridge. T o conttinute the nautical illustra Stion, this is the craft we must pursue adover'haul and capture, our boat not yet launtchied, nor manned, in poit at of facl still uponi the rocks. We are e- merely agreed as the captain. We ofhave chosen Captaitn Br'yan. We say to him ini effect, ''Billy, boy, if you cnn't run her down we don't known nwho cean. It is true you have not hto been a very lucky star. Perhaps you never went to sea in a luck boat. ieAll the same we are going to try you again, and we trust you to steer us atright. It is only safo. sailing in the bemid-ocean of deep-blue Democracy.a to Keep there if you can. The breakers ~ tof Populism lie periliously .near the C 1quicksands of Socialism, and among C the crags and in the caves beyond lurka the darger spirits of Anarchism. The tw xremes, luhtoerdey on "es -I..' Ifagents of our utndo' tr; hither il j hand, the nh nnih Lathw-r-twin r -the entranice to the harbor. Be ire equally of both. Though the ship s tthrice gone ashore, it is not yet a tal wreek. Her steering gear may ed, mending, but hull is intact. She is been carrying not too light, but o heavy ballast. All of us are reed to throw some of this over. I e work of reconstruction look to it at the decks are roomy and the tin rs sound; nor over much of paint id filigree either; just ''Home Rule, ree Trade and Sailors' Rights,'' or >rds to that effect, the familiar re ript of Republicanism versus Feder ism, of Democracy versus Whigism, the plain people, Who hew the wood id draw the water and pay the taxes id cast the votes, versus the ringed, reaked and striped tatterdemalions the money devil, whose aim is graft id whose ideal is Jack in Office. No Question About It. "Should Congressmen be re-elect 1'" asked a Spokane paper; and in column editorial the "question'' is scussed. The conclusion reached is e if a Representative is honest, able id ambitious, he should be returned Congress as long as -he manifests owth and the willingness to serve s party, his State and the Nation. it why should there be in the mind anyone a question about it? Dur , his first session the ''kid'' in Con ess even the "kid'' who goes to rashington with native ability an,d e experience as a lawmaker, is lucky he learns his way to all the commit e rooms in the bowels of the Capi . to say hothing of the more in rtint matter of learning his way tile hearts of chairmen of the in raut committees. He is fortunate he has the opportunity to do more an make a speech or two that will read in the columns of the ''home pers, and perhaps listened by in ilgently by some of the old guard the lIouse. lie is more fortunate he is assi-ned to places upon 414)n it te which play a part in legislation Sti ad 4 the (41im1111ittee 11ponl Vell alii anld acoulstics. or other bodies ich may neve- nieet from Decembler .July. and which performil nio import it function wheni they do meet. N() matter whether lie be of the ma 'ity or of the minority party. the ember of Congress does not become ally useful until after his first term. ic exception to the rule only pioves Statecraft is not learned in a lay d41 a measure of statecraft is need by the Representative upon their le of the House who would do things. he North, more than in the South West, it is recognized that the law fker should be a trained man just the successful lawyer must be. If cuts his parliamentary milk teeth a State Legislature lie goes to ashington with that advantage over e Rel)rcseiitative without such ex rience. If his first session's work oves that no error was made in se iWash-.o-exi SHRD YYQi -ting him to represent his district should be ret ained to delCiop hit enits antd his acquaitaniiceship-and e lat ter' is a thing o)f no small im ia nce in Washington. The salary of a memiber of Congrest niot large enoughl to temp)t the maz ho is most cap)able of representing a people creditably. The rep)resenta yes to whom the salary is the in iement are' m)embers of the major ., which, if not silent, is not listened when laws are b)eing made. Tot ani oh ability and( ambhit ion there i: op)port unity in representing a dis ~iet that will reward merit with nug term of office. To the districi at will keep a good man in Congres Slong as lhe wvill stay and can demon rate his increasing usefulness, thmere ant opportunity not only fo spr'' and such material reward: it an opportuitty to bcCome1 knowi a district which resires and sus iins creditable representation in th at ionaml lawmaking body. The ques ~on of ''whiet.her~ good members o tingress should be re-elect ed'' is no >enm to discussion.-Louisville Cour r-Journal. Drinks on Oity Man. It is thme boast of the country store :eper, the proprietor of what il tiown as the general store, that he rries everything that can be- fount a thme markets or in thme shops.'He ha: ry goodls and groceries, hardware ant tlery, crockery and glassware, tobac o and cigars, boots and shoes, canj; nd peanuts, agricultural implementi ad fodder, paints and oils, and every ling else necessary to supply th: pjnts of his customers. There is a general store in Esse: ~on., that is stocked with all thest ticies and many others too nuumer s to mention. A native once boast d to a city guest that he could .ge; ything lie called for in that store. 'I'll bet the drinks and cigars thai can call for,somiething he can't pro. ee,'' said the city man.. "And I'll take that bet,'' repliea 1 Co. Dry G COMPLETED THEIR STOCK othing, Dry Good One Cent per Spool Limited to Worth of Dress Coods. Gray Mohair worth $1.2E c., Green Mohair worth ! r 78c., Red Mohair worth, lelance Suiting worth 60< colors Brilliantine worth < y Venetian worth 6oc. for 48c., Wor rs, worth 35c. for 24c., Silk Brocades, h 30c. for 23 i-2c., Silkette Linings, all kssie Williams, who is with us now, -wil v a fine line of new Shoes worth froi 4I CO.'S DRY GOOE w Building, just below the Smith Co. ( W. E PELH) Reliable Ph; We sell Sure Remedie us is Reliable. We guar [I r faction with every packa When your doctor wr 0 e bring or send it to us. ' preparing medicines. \ practices; we use pures make our highest aim tc wishes. Our prices are i Pelham r Reliable Druggists, THE BANK OF - PROSPER] r apital Stock - - Undivided profits - Interest allowed at rate of 4 p Special attention to farmer. small, none too large to enlist our to meet and greet you. Call in. A. G. Wise, President. J.F. Browne, Cashier. Board of I N. L. Black. A. H. Hawk S. S. Birge. J. S. Wheeli C. P. Boozer. 0. Y. Hunte N ew berr Capital stock paid in Surplus . . . Deposits . . . . We do business an bi. We extend every co with safe and sound ba SFour per cent. paid c Department. F Burglar Pi ri JAS. McINTOSH, a Presideit. ~H. C. MOSELEY, President. M. A. CARLISLE, Vice-Pres. b aTHEP PEQPI.E'S I or 'PROSPEFR Paid up CidIr Stockhtolders' Liabllita Protection to. Deposit ye DIRECTORS: Bur'glar M. A. CARLISLE. Burglar ~' GEO. JOHNSTONE. PolIte ai JOS. H. HUNTER. We wani R. L. LUTHER. We invit -J. A.C. KIBLER.W d -. JOHN B. FELLERS.. pe. W. P. PUGH. p, G. W. BOWERS. We rec H. C.~ MOSEI.ElY. semt-atn The Smitl HAS Shoes, Hats, C1 J. & P,-Coats Spool Thread They are now sellinq hair worth 60c. for 48 Mohair worth $1.00 fo worth 60c. for 48c., N worth 60 for 48c., all cloth worth $i.25 for 98c., Gre 12 1 2C., Tricot Flannels, all colo Voile-blue, grey and black, wort all colors for 5c. to 15c. Miss ME any of her friends. We also carr: selling out cheap. THE SMITI Paysinger Ne the native. Together they marched over to ti store and the city man accosted ti proprietor. ''Have you any second-hand pul pits?" he inquired. The storekeeper liesitated for a mc nit and li then replied: ''Yes, I have. I've got just onc lef It's dowin in the barn there, and 1' sell it dirt cheap. You see,'' lie adde< 'whten the Congregational Church wz being fixed up inside a few years ar I purchased the olAl pulpit to help ti church along in providing a new on and it 's been inl my barn ever snei You can have it at a bargain.' The city man didn't want the pu pit, but he willingly paid the bet. Men who will not think anythiin profitable tha.-t is dishionest. Mrs. Susie Summer Halitwange who has taught successfully for sei eral years in both college and privat school, WILL GIVE LESSONS IN PIANOFORTE, VIOLIN, THEORY, ETC. to a limited number of pupils afte September 15.. For further informt tion apply at Mrs. Glenn's residenc Brick! Brick] For Sale by C. H. CANNON. Wood's Seeds PnOR FALL SOW1NG. Every farmer should have a copy of our New Fall Catalo9'Iue It gives-best methods of seed. ing.and' full information about Crimson Clover Vetches, Alfalfa Seed Oaits, Rye Barley, Seed Wheat Grasses and Clovers Descriptive Fail Catalogue mailed free, and prices quoted on request. Ts We Wood & Sons, -Seedsmen, .. Rlohmond, Va. eistI al ceanest qualtisotaina1e. andiHah EVIV RESTORES VITA Lil is ', "Madeo 'Well Mi THE ofis.g utroduices flue results in 30 days. It a Young me can reai their lost mh oodr i old me daeove thouthfu vigor ~ eaknes suc as Lost Power, Failing 'Meo exeess and indisc,retion, wih unfitabuse by starting at the sat of diease, bt isag proehintdisease. Insis on havina UEI n o other. it can be Carried in vest ~ket. give free adviee ad co unsel ro all w hs with guarantee. Circular. free. A.idree ROYAL. MEDiCINE CO., Marins Bldg., Chicago, GH.DER & WBBKS. t ed at hom e an W8EYra sent.U I )OdS St' OF s and Noti, I nd for e One Spool With Each "i .ror It if 40 i for 98c., Plaid"' e rost 1.00 for 78c., B ore casl 60c. for 48c., Zebila g :. for 48c., Brilliantin 'e* 35c. .for 24c , Bro Call t< sted, all colors, worth 25c. f Ofice all colors, worth 35C. for 24 colors, from ioc. to 25c., Outin I be glad to show. these goodste rn 25c. to $6.oo, which we a The iS STORE, Arocery Store. !rely first. b lyrics, im SON r'ing story armacists. n lette s. What you buy of. L -antee Absolute Satis' ge sent out. ftn sitm ites your prescription ter )ur main business is a Ve allow no slip-shod u t medicines only. We to carry out the doctor's reasonable. &.Son, Newberry, S. C. PROSPERITY, [TY, S. C. - - $25,000,O0 - - 12,160.00 ler cent. on time deposits. I' accounts. No account too best attention. It is a pleasure G. Y. Hunter, Vice- President. Hunt, Hunt & Hunter, Attys. )irectors: ins. P. B. Warner er. J. F. Browne. r A. C. Wise. y, S.C. . . $ 50,000.00 . . 25,000.00 . . 235,000.00 isiness principles, nsideration consistent .nking. n deposits in Savings ire Proof Vault. roof Safe. J.E. NORWOO@, Cashier, W. W. WHEELER, Cashier. CEO. JOHNSTOrjE, Attorney. ATIONALBDANK, TY . #2,000 ;ors . . .$r,8,500 00 Proof Safe. and Fire Insurance. id -prompt attention. b yout' business. e investigation. conselvative business .on business p la 6 SAVINGS I EP4'J'MENT.