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1RYAN TELLS A STORY WELL. Draws Frequently Upon Large Fund Of Anecdotes-He Has in the Course of his Recent Travels Augmented his Store of Stories. William Jennings Bryan is a good story teller. Besides punctuating his speeches with homely anecdotes he en livens his conversation by recounting stories possessed of the merit of hav ing a good point. Mr. Bryan's stories fall into two classes; those lie has gleaned at home and the recent acquisitions from for eign sources which he carefully select ed and stored away for future refer ence during his rtip around the globe. The anecdotes that smack of the.. red soil of Nebraska are the best for pol itical speeches. The tales that come to him in Japan, India or Turkey he reserves for the private ears of his friends. In his speech at New Haven and again in Newark Mr. Bryan says the Republican party has been doing to excuse its failure to curlb the trusts. When he launches this yarn lie pulls down the corners of his mouth in a quizzical manner, affects a drawl and slowly moves his head from side to side as if his was the task to recite the obituary over the body of one lately departed. ''There was once a man," goes Mr. Bryan's story, ''who was sued in Court for returning with a crack across tile bottom of it, a kettle lie had horrowed from a neighbor. 'I'he neigh was very angry. ''The man who was sued put up three defelnces. First lie said that lie hadn't borrowed the kettle. When that failed lie sai(l that it lie kette was cracked when he borrowed it. And finally when his second argument was disproved lie said that lie had menled the crack before lIe retirned tihe ket tIe. ''And I ha ,'' on l tides Mr. Bryan, is tlie way the Republialn pary de felds itself lgaiist ile elnrges of not keepilng its proimlises on tile sub jeel of trust regu11lation.' The Neb'askanl 's argunt11., thin tile Republicans dra111%w eampaign funds out, of lie pockets of the men who find the high tariff to their advantage he finds well illustrated by a story which is not altogether new. After explaining his belief that no Republi can dare touch the present, tariff for fear of offending those who, lie al leges, contribute the money for the campaign work, Mr. Bryan tells the following: There was once a man who went in to a clothing store. Ile tole a coat and starte(I to run down the street. The clothing dealer hurried out into the street and shouted. '' Stop theif I but the thie' would not stop. Then tIe clothier appealed to a policeman1 and thle 1)01iceman shout'ed ''Stop thIileft '' the thief would not stop. Then the policeman drew his re volver and( shiouted to the fleeing thieif, ' 'Stop, or l' 'll fire !'' Then the excited clothier cried ont to the police mani: 'Shoot him in thle panuts ; the coat belongs to metl'' 'So t here y'ou are',''concluides Mir. Bryan after reciting t his anecdote. '(The Republican piarty' don 't dlare to shoot the thieving t rusts in the coat, because thle coat helongs to t hem. Th'ley don' t dare'c to shoo11t lie t rusts in thle p)ants beenuse tihe pants belonig to them. They don 't dare to shoot any where, for' fear of' hitting something that belongs to them.'' Mr. Bryan sometimes makes jokes at the expense of himself and of the issues on which lie has met, defeat. While lie was being t aken over to Newark on the thirdl day' of his stay in New Yor'k he told the newvspaper men this taile: ''My former campaigns and the re suIts t hat (came of them reminud mne of a nmn who caime out to Nebraska to take up a far'n,'' said he. ''This man was a greenhorn and lie did not know miuch about t he cyclones thlat~ some times visit our1 prairies. But he had 11011e sort, of wisdom. ''HIe put a st range looking wooden fence about his place that looked like a chicken coop. It w'as bunilt in a tri angular shape. A farmer droveo by wvhen this greenhorn was putting up '> his fence and commented upon its ap parent instability. 'Why, the first good wind] that oes along, he said, 'will blow your fenee over like jackstraws.' ~% ,"' Oh, all right,' said the green horn, who was also an optimist. 'My Bonce is five feet broad at the bottom and. our feet high. If it blows over it will be a foot higher than it is now.' 4hut's what I hope my p)olitical fence is like,'" said Bryan with a Aothe ryan story wa lifted bod ily by Congressman Lentz in his S speech at Now Haven on August 31. Mr. Lentz was busy holding the crbwd I until Mr. Bryan should appear from the meeting of the New England De mocrats In the Tontine Hotel, across the street, so the use of the Bryan thunder was, perhaps, permissible. V There was once a funeral out in Ne- h braska-so runs this yarn-and the a preacher who had been asked to deliv- h er tho eulogy was a stranger in town - and (lid not know the departed sister n very well. So after lie had said all k that lie could, lie suggested that if ei anybody else could say a few words t< about the poor dead sister it would be h1 a good thing to say them, a Three or four of those who had 81 known the deceased in her lifetime tj made appropriate remarks. Then there was a pause. At last one old A brother rose and said: 1 "Well, if we're all through speak- s ing about the departed sister I will ej now make a bow brief remarks on h the tariff." N< Mr. Bryan enters the spirit of his ti stories with great gusto, gesticulating aj with his hands and modulating his si voice to suit the periods. His eyes f( are expressive, they light up before the hi point of the story is reached and his a] play actor's mouth trembles into a C smile. When the point of the story comes S each word is enunciated slowly and I1 distinctly with a lingering emphasisl on each as if the narrator was loaLh to come so soon to the end of his tale. A lter he had been intereview the " last tine by tile news)apIer men who had followed him about on his jour... neys out of New York, Mr. Bryan, re inembering that lie was once a report. ri and not forgel ful of the difficulties that. soletieit's beset the path of the a interviewer, told the newspaper men m about how lie was once interviewed in a1i a rapid fire manner in Louisville, af ter he had been defealed the second limne for. tle lresi(dency. 'A voli,ig nli li1stletl uip to me with his )aid all ready,' said Mr. li.vanl, ''alnd a11141leed tlat lie lhad A been sent by his ciy editor to inter- ei viPW nit'. II r . Ilrvnan, a 'e von ging to ruin S again for rI'-esideit 7, he asked. hi " 'Well,' said I, 'in view of the fr tact that I have been defeated within two weeks it wouild lie hard to an- m swer that question.' a '' 'All right, scratch that. Now, Mr. e4 Bryan, what will be the next platform tl of the Democratic party? yt " '[ certainly am not in a position hi to tell.' yC "'le drew another line through his fil pad. co " 'Now, Mr. Bryan, what person do you think will be available to run for di President on the Democratic ticket if In you do not run again? I P1 " 'Again I cannot answer that ques tion,' [ replied with earnestness. S'All right, M .. Bryan; much ob liged ;pleased to have met you, good bye.' "Now~ thlere' was a man wvho bad dlone what lie hadi been tol to- do,'' conc'luided Mir. Bryan withI a hearty' TI langh. Th'le Comnmoner r'elate's wvithI great at glee one incident. that befell him inl thI .Japana. Ile wenit to one of the temples wi in Tokio to see the shrines of some of Tl Japan 's departed statesmien. It was at h< Shiiba Pairk, where the most beautiful in of thle Tiokugawa t emples ar'e located. mi This was the Ci'irst JIapanese temple ol that Mr. Bryan had1( ever visited. lie asi was acconmp)anied by several dligitaries of the muinicipality of Tokio, w~ho had 14 comle to act as an escort of honor. in At the temple dooi' the Japanese w gentlemen b)oganl to remove their i shoes, acorlding to unalterable ens- oi tom. Mr. Br'yan took off his ox ford et ties and was horrified to find t hat wi most of the great too and p)art of the he second toe of one of his feet were prio- y< truding boldly from his sock. There ol wvas no help for it ; the great Ameri- ie can stat esman withI his guard of honor is had to parteor over thle bronze floors w of the shrines at Shiha with two toes J[ exposed, C ''Nevelr have I felt the lack of dig- g nity so much as oii that occasion,' says Mir. Bryan. ''Anyway, I bought, m the socks in Japan and that accounts b for the facet that such a hole sould( s< be wvorn het ween the time I put them E on in the morning aind the time I took si (off my shoes at the temple door in li the afternoon.'' f The Gushing Girl, t< Who doesnt't know the girl, who tl gushes and gurgles? She thinks her- ii self desperately fascinating, wvhile oth- t< er people think shte is-well, they soon f> get tired of her. At firsL they think it rather refreshing to come across a girl always so pleasant,; and she flat ters so much, But, then, when every w cne is flattered in the same way and lc it is overdone all round It gets tiring. n The gushing girl spoils herself by n overdoing the grishin'g business, and ii those *bo would like to be her friends h ar tep BNATOR W. B. JOHNSON PHAD [is Death was not Unexpected, as E Had Been Critically Mll for Ton Days. Aiken, September 15.-Senatoi (illiam E. Johnson died at his hom, ere last night at 11' o'clock, afte short illness. About ten day. ag a was stricken with a severe illnes ,hich culminated in his death las iglit. In his death Aiken County ha ist one of its foremost and promin it citizens, whose aim seemed alway > be to serve his people to the best o: is ability. His (eath did not com 5 a surprise, as his physician had de >aired of his life some time befor ie end came. William E. Johnson was born ii iken County on the 12th of Marc] B64, the son of Hansford D. an< arah B. Kitchings, his wife. His par its were of slender meqns, so ta is education was deferred until h as grown, when lie patronized th mmon schools of the county, and icre prepared himself for college. Hf 'terward attended Furman Univer ty, and there laid the foundatioT or the liberal education, which mad( m one .f the ablest and most schol ly and accomplished men in Soutl 'rolina. le was married in 1891 to Mis! illie Evans, daughter of Capt Roberl , Evans, of this county. His wif< id six Children silvive him. Sevelal years ag lie sidied for th< inisthy, and afterwards filled th< ilpits of some of the largest churche the tsate w"h brillianey and abil y, and was onlsidered one of th( remost pastors of the State. In 1902 he began the study of law al inl Decemllber <.f that year was ad ited to thw Par, and has practiced the Aiket, Bar since. le was con lered by his brethren in tlie legal -01eSiol as being one of tle ablest the profession, and was especiall\ 'ted for his brilliant oratory. In 1902 lie was eleteed over two of iken's most promineni and worth\ tizens to succeed he Hllon. D. S. elldersonl. e. residiel. inl the Statc 'nate. Upon his entranee into that udy lie at once took position in the ont rank amiong the ablest. He was c author of a number of important eansures, and was second to none as tloor debater. His speeches were peeially notable for carrying with em force degnity andeloquence. Two ars ago lie was elected to succeed miself. His terni (lid not expire this Ar, but the last half term has been tled with (list inguished honor to the unty and with credit to himself. The funeral services will be con teted at the residence this after on, after which interiment. will take aee at. the Aiken C'eintery. DEATH OF SHERIFF OUZTS. igefield's Brave Official Rests Af ter a Long and Worthy Career. ie State. Edgefield, Sept. 15.--A greait and( d event has hiappened1 ini Ndgefield, i event that will fill Edgefield oroughout all its lengthl and breadt h tith deepest sorrow and m1oulrning-. iis is thle death of the universaIlly loved and( unb11ondedly poularill an, Sheriff Wim. Hi. Ouizts, the brave d( mimIiiedl old soldier, the frienid everybody, white an1( d back, hiigh id low, rich and( poor'. Sheriff Ouzts 1had been sheriff of ilgefield county for 26 years and( was v'ineizhe at the Polls. He diedl, somne hat unexpectedly, Thursday at mid ght. His health had ben preari 1 lie 1had suffered more and( more ith the sore and1( shattered leg that a brought home from the war 40 'ars ago. Hie was a devout mfenmber the aiethodist church, and was bur d from that chiur'ch t his morning, lie sur1vivedl by his faith ful and noble fe and by six child reni, Messrs. 1seh, Wiley and1( Ollie Ouzts, Mrs. heatham, Mrs. Boone and( Mirs. Mor William Ouzts, a mnemiber of an im enlse and( hionored family, w1ith mainy r'anchies, was born in the McKendree ection, 12 miles north of the town of (dgefield, 69 years ago. lie came1 of urdy old Saxe-Gotha stock and his fe from b)eginning to end w~as a use 1l and an exceptionally brave one. [is battle of 40 years with his shat red leg, ever bitterly painful and ireatening, was a valiant warfare in self. His fulneral called into our >wn hundreds of mourning peopte rom all parts of our county. The Worried Woman. The worried wvomani is nlot the onec '11 has trouble, but the one who- is oking for trouble. Silo meets trouble ore than halfway. As a ruile the wo an who has real troubles is too busy aking the best of things that have appened t6 worry about things that av, happen. The Smiti .HAS Shoes, Hats, C1 '. & P. Coats Spool Thread I S - They are now sellin hair worth 60c. for 48 Mohair worth $1.00 fo t worth 60c. for 48c., M 5 worth 60'for 48c., all c cloth worth $1.25 for 98c., Gre; 12 1-2C., Tricot Flannels, all coloi Voile-blue, grey and black, wortl i all colors for 5c. to 15c. Miss Ma any of her friends. We also carry selling out cheap. THE SMITf Paysinger Nev VIEWS ON HYDROPHOBIA. Is it a Disease, or Merely a Trumped Up Bugaboo? New York Sun. In the last number of Our Dumb Animals are collected some expres: vions of doubt by professional men whose standing entitles them to a re speet ful hearing. Prof Charles K. Mills, of the University of Pensyl rania, a specialist in nervous disort ers, declares that, although he has tak en Special pains to find ''a clear case of hydrophohia'' in a human subject, he has never succeeded. President Th1eophlilus Parvin, of the National .\eademny of Medicine, testifies that in forty-four years of practice he has never seen a real ease of hydrophobia; libt lie has seen mainy eases of hysteria whih(e we're watilonily ignoralt hy called hydrophobia. Dr. Joseph W. learn, professor of clinical surgery in ihe JeffersonI Medical College, makes isi minualified stateient: ''I have 11(V* seeIll a cnSe Of hydrophobia cith 41 in mall or dog, nor do I know any ot her physician or surgeon who has.'' Ir.- Edward C. Spitzka, the New York alienist, after a painstaking investiga I ion of many alleged cases of liyropho hia, deelares that notwithstanding every effort le has made "to secure the observation of rabies in man or dog, not a single opportunity ias of fered itself.' Cases may be found in the books indeed, the literature on the subjects is copious enough-but it is a fair con clusion that panic fright ,and not a deadly virus, is the cause of most of the deaths attributed to hydrophobia. Le Bulletin Medical. The popular notion that. rabies only fo,llows the bite of a mad animal, or, by exception, the licking of a super ficial wound, is incorrect. P. Rein linger, director of the Imperial Bact eriological Institution of Constantino le, has brought three observations, which show the possibility of a third method of contamination. A certain number of animals, particularyv the dog andl tihe cat, have tile habit of licking their paws. But Roux and Noeard have shown that thme saliva be comesi virulent in a very few days after .the first appearance of the symptoms of rabies. WVhen the rabie. animal is confined in one place the saliva dlrip)s upon the ground and soils his paws, which are also contami nated by licking with . his tongue. Wounds, therefore, made by scratch ing with thme clawvs of a'rabic animal are necessarily infected wvounds. In scratching the human skin the animal lays bare a number of nerve filaments, upon which thme virus is deposited. Persons wvho are scratched by animals thought to be mad should therefore submit t lhemselves to appropriate t reat ment without loss of time. A college education costs enough to sup)port a boy if lie didn't have it. A man can exercise some control over children if they are somebody else's. No mat ter how much a widow once knew, sihe is willing to learn it all over agaim. Hot tempers coll off love better than refrigerators. Mrs. Susie Summer Halliwanger whe has taught successfully for sev eral years in both college and private school, WILL GIVE LESSONS IN PIANOFORTE, VIOLIN, .THEORY, ETO. to a limited number of pupils after September 16.. 'E'or further informna tion apply at Mrs. Glenn's residesco. 1 Co. Dry G COMPLETED THEIR STOCK othing, Dry Good, )ne Cent per Spool .imited to Worth of Dress7Coods. Gray Mohair worth $1.2r r., Green Mohair worth o r 78c., Red Mohair worth I elance Suiting worth 60c olors Brilliantine worth ' r Venetian worth 6oc. for 48c., Won s, worth 35C. for 24c., Silk Brocades, i 3oc. for a2 i-2c., Silkette Linings, all ;sie Williams, wha is with us now, will a fine line of now Shoes worth fror I CO.'SIDRY[GOOD r Building, just1below:the,Smith1Co. C W. E. PELH/ Reliable Ph# We sell Sure Remediet us is Reliable. We guar faction with every packaj When your doctor wr, bring or send it to us. C preparing medicines. M practices; we use puresi make our highest aim to wishes.' 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