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Disculsses the Attiiude of the artY and the Forthcoming Session of Congress. San Francisco, Sept. 20.-Senator Benjamin R. Tillman, after visiting tbirty states since the adjournment of congress, and meeting thousands of people, gives the Hearst News Ser vice his observations on the vital questions of the hour and issues that will predominate in the coming presi dential campaign. He does not dis cuss candidates or politicians, be eause he says he does not know any thing about what they are doing in the way of political combinations and tiekets. By Benjiman E Tillman, United States Senator Irom South . arolina. The one -significant transaction or fact that has come to the front tnee the adjournment of congress last March is the apparent clash, or threatened clash, between state and national authority, in the effort to control corporations and railroads. Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Pennsylvania, North Car olina annd Alabama have passed two-cent fare bills and taken other prominent action in the direction of regulating charges for freight and passenger transportation. Governor Hughes vetoed the New York bill. The Pennsylvania railroad, which owns' the state, set about annulling the twoLcent fare bill. People of oth er states felt grateful except in North Carolina and Alabama. Unit ed States Circuit Judge Jones issued sweeping injunctions restraining the state officials from enforcing the laws. The constitutionality of the law was not attacked. It could not be attacked, except upon the plea of seation. The Plutocratic Press. While the matter was in the publit ' the plutocratic press teemed th editorials and cartoons, all in to direct the attention of the people to the ghost of state rights, which we were told was shot to death in '61 and '65. The country was led to suppose that North Carolina and Governor Glenn were attempting a rival of the old ante-bellum doe *e. In truth, these organs of Mor Harriman, Rijoekefeller, et aL, ave attempted to mislead the peo pie and bolster up the Root idea of national authority upon absolutely false .grounds. When Judges Pritch ard and Jones stand up and proelaim in thundering tones "we are the na tion; we have the power and author ity to protect vested interests and the state shall not destroy the property of the railroads,'' they wave their arsfrantically and the ghost of Cal ouin is conjured from under the bed. ey bid it be gone. People who have yes and who examined this affair osely, saw, looking over these judg ' shoulders, the grinning faces of e railroad magnates-and the judg are mere mannikins, obeying the ers of their former employers. People IndependIent. The American people will never be mbozled anid driven by fake ap als to the national spirit, invoked protect 'the Harriman, Morgan, ekefeller gang in their efforts to nel producers of the country to ytribute to them and dividends on atered stock. The usurpations of power by the eral judiciary and the absolute ereignty' by many federal judges the interests of the trusts and the essity for congressional action in arly defining and laying down the diction and power of federal s, will atract more attention than egreat question of regulating ts themselves. Co-Relative Questions. Judicial usurpation and trust uses and co-relative questions-th-e o are interlocked and one hinges the other, as President Roosevelt cently recognized when he made the ue in 1904 and 1905, that the rail ad rate fixed by the commission ud go into effect immediately and kthere till reversed by the courts. course, we all know he surrender n this important point and that ech camxe off victor. This hit of laitves history turns the light on striking fact that in North Car the attempt was made to do just' the president declared all rail s to be compelled to do. the tederal court butted in and' they could not do it, but they e Root idea of centralization will he vital issue in the next presi al campaign. The Root idea be pressed by the Republicans Roosevelt; the Democrats will, ually and inevitably, take the oth ide. his nation must speak through es and define the powers of Iie~ i-eai ii 1--per' inethod o"LuV ,rnment control and regul, tion of Lrusts is the other important ques tion which must be determined in the aext campaign. Whenever the people give up local self-government, we shall lose the substance of liberty and nothing but the shadow will be left. When states are hampered by federal interfer ence, when the people are harassed and plundered by corporations, we must look ahead and steer away from disaster. Japanese Question. I do not think there is any likeli hood of war with Japan. Japan is too busy heading off bankruptcy to think about fighting us. It might be diffi cult if we were persecuting Japan like Russia did, when Japanese na tional pride woukq immediately put them to fight if they were on their knees when the scrap began. Occurrences in British Columbia and Dominion of Canada and the de mand for exclusion will help out in settling the question. Japan is not going to rear up and tear around with her ally, England, and when she gets through pleading with England they won't try to bluff old Uncle Sam. The Japanese diplomats are acute and alive men, and, of course, they are not going to be disadvantaged by us if they can help it. S. AND W. HAS TERMINAL. Officials Spent Friday in Charleston Looking Over the Valuable Pro perty on the Water Front. The State. Charleston, Sept. 19.-Mr. Jno. W. Potter, chairman of the board of di rectors of the South and Western railroad, and Mr. George Carter, president of.the company, came into Charleston last night on the private car Clinchfield, and, this morning ear ly, in company with Mr. Henry Buist, counsel for their interests at Charles ton, made a close inspection of the extensive terminal properties of the company on the Cooper river which were acquired about a year ago, in ex pectation of the line they are con structing coming into this eity. 'Mr. Potter and Mr. Carter, it is understood, are iniaking a tour of the section through which their road is projected to run, and it is significant that Charleston, the prospective ter minus of the line and its port should have been one of the main points for them to visit. The two railroad officials came in last night, and early this morning. They were met by Mr. Buist, who took them in an automobile to the termin al properties, which consist of 150 acres of fine water front, just south of the Standard Oil company's pro perty on the Cooper river. They re turned to their car before noon and left at once for Augusta, where it is expected they will look over the in terests of their line. Mr. Buist was seen this afternoon by The State's correspondent and was asked about the visit of Mr. Pot ter and Mr. Carter, but beyond ad mitting that he had been with them to inspect the terminal property which he purchased in their behalf he would make no statement concern ing the matter. The South & Weste;rn road, it is well understood, is projected to run from the coal fields of Tennessee across the Vilginia and Kentucky mountains to Rutherfordton, thene into South C'arolina, probably through Spartanburg, and to Charleston, it has generally been stated, by way of Lugoff, on the Seaboard Air Line, near Columbia. The construction of the road through the mountains to Rutherfordton is being pushed rapid ly and the time seems to have come for undertaking the rest of the work. It has been said recently that the stringency of the money market and the uncertainty of railroad invest ments, in the face of the governmen tal and popular agitations that have been so rife of late, have been the only causes of delay in completing the line. Whether or not there has been suffieient relief of the situation to justify proceeding at~ this time is not known, but it is evident that the projectors of the undertaking are giving renewed attention to the scheme. -The coming of the road into Char leston will make this a great coal port and will also develop an entirely new and independent line of railroad to the West from Charleston. It is the general understanding that Thomas F. R.yan of New York is the controlling influence in the South & Western project, and it is believed that there is intimate association be tween the new road and the Seaboard Air Line. One oar on haingang or Fine of, $800-R. Lee Hunter Convicted e on Four Counts of Violat- 1) ing Dispensary Law. s h The State.' $ Laurens, Sept. 20.-Judge Gary to- e day heard arguments on motion for new trials on a number of cases, in- e eluding that of the State against R. I THAT SPOTS SH ABE LOOK * tICE, ~ MAKE oPIE READ WRoTE, "A k' ACCIDENTIAL, bUT SIGN oF PoVERTY So ARE CLEANED UP CL CLoTHES AND YOU WIL GET RICHER. WE CARF CoATS THAT ARE ESPECI SCHLoSS bRoS AND Co, T BEHIND EVERY GARMEN' SoMETHING FoR NoTHIN( CoME To THE RIGHT C MAY GIVE UP YoUR GooD WHAT IS CoMING To YoL WE WILL GIVE YOU WHAT R $10.00 A GooD F' R $i 5.00 A BE TTER R $22.00 THE B F'oR lo.OoA GooD . FoR $12.50 A BETTE] FOR $18.50 THE BES1 CoME To SEE THE UP-To oF'TEN WE CAN PLEASE Y RESPECT The People's I Prosperit Paid UpOGapital - - Surplus and Individual F Stockholders' Liabilities For protection of deposi H. C. MOSELEY. President. M W. W. WHEELER, Cashier. G Better a conservative Interes return when wanted, than a high about the principal. A National Bank Is a safe Dep( makes it so. Likewise our Boar of prudent conservative mnanagenr DIRECT ' G. W. Bowers. J. A. C. Kibler. R. L. Luther. M. A. Carlisle. J. H. Hunter. J. P. B( We allow 4 per cent. per Department, interest pa YOUR B) THE NEWBERRY Capital $50,000 - - No Matter How Small, The Newberry! will give it careful atte applies to the men and ti JAS. McINTOSH, President -! (I 'l1 ( i.:pensary law - iir emunt.z. Afl irotions were ov rruled. This afternoon Hunter ap eared in court and in addition to a trong lecture delivered by the court, e was sentenced to pay a fine of SOO or serve one year on the county iaingang. Notice of appeal to the supreme ourt was immediately served by [unter's counsel. REJOLVEDI YOU MAY CLEAN ALLTHE FRomYouR OLD CLoThES NO WANT9 TO LooK LJKE A >Y GENTEEL7YoU DONT PROSPEROUS OR. CLEAN. FRESH,MEW GARMENTS VS FL CONF\D ENT BVSTER BROWN. PE CA ST B1 BI p..ME YCIJR3 3PQT TI.DY TI IP OR A TARE MAY BE 'A PATCH IS A SURE 4 oTHES. WEAR RICH _ L FEEL RICHER AND Y SUITS AND OVER ALLY MADE FoR VS DY HERE ISA GUARANTEE 7. YoU CANNOT GET i BVT IF YOU Do NOT LOTHING SToRE YOU ei MONEY AND NOT GE ti . COME To US AND IS COMING To YOU. ANCY WoRSJTED SUIT|s~ FANCY WoARSTED SUIT Id EST oSSSLE SUIT a POSSIBLE. .. oVER CoA T 0 ' SbEoVERCoAT|cl THE MINUTE DEALER|SS FULLY,2 EWAR T-PERRY CO. g E lational Bank y, S. C. - - $25,000 00 rof its $6,000 00 - . $25,000 00 * tors.S .A. CARLISLE, Vice-President * o. JOHNSTONE, Attorney. 6 :on your deposit with its safe * rate and a feeling of doubt 6 isit. Government supervision6 d of Directors is a guarantee * ient. ORS: W. P. Pugh.6 Jno. B. Fellers.* W. A. Moseley. Geo. Johnstone. H. C. Moseley. >wers. annum in our Savings yable semi-annually. LNKINQ! SAVINGS BANK. - Surplus $30,000 No Matter How Large, avings Bank ntion. This message ie women alike. J. E. NORWOOD, Cashier. TO SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS FOR ELTINGS, PACKINGS, STEAM FITTINGS, PIPE FITTINGS, LACE LEATHER, ENGINE REPAIRS SPECIAL k SHIPMENT OF LEATHER BELTING AND WHANG, SHIP D US IN APRIL, HAS JUST ARRIVED, WE HAD GIVEN THIS IP[ENT UP AS LOST AND HAD DUPLICATED ORDER, NOW WE LVE TWICE AS MUCH AS WE EXPECTED, WE DO NOT CARE TO ERY ANY OVER AND WE WILL GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF A ICE THAT WILL MOVE IT. AS TO GANDY BELTING WE FIND MANY PEOPLE WHO 9ONSIDER ALL CANVAS ITCHED BELTS GANDY BELTS AND DO NOT KNOW THE DIF ENCE UNTIL THEY HAVE USED IT A WMIL. ALL GANDY LTING IS STAMPED WITH THE MARK-THE GENUINE GANDY LT-EVERY TEN FET, NONE GENUINE WITHOUT IT. BE LE OF IMITATIONS. WE CARRY 4 TO 12 IN 4 PLY IN STOCK D CAN GIVE YOU ANY OTHER SIZES MADE ON SHORT NO lummer Bros' Co iroqd July Clearance Sale: We have too many summer goods, and rath r than carry them over we are going to make ie price on them RED HOT. This sale com iences Friday 12th, and includes all colored immer Dress Goods, Colored Parasols, La es' Slippers, Men's Straw Hats, Ladies' Hats ad Flowers, Summer Clothing, Men's Low 'arter Shoes. We sell Domestic Sewing Ma iines $25.00, New Defender Drop Head ewing Machine $1 7.93, Machine warranted 0 years. Just received our 32nd car, making 3,555 bis, choice Tennessee Flour, and while it lasts :es for best patent $5.25, half pat. $4.80. very barrel guaranteed to give satisfaction. Moseley Bros., PROSPERITY, S. C. The First Cough of the Sease Even though not severe, has a tendency to irritate - hae sensi-g tive membranes of* the throat and delicate bronc 'ial tubes. Coghstthen comue ea al wnter, every tie youae nmt set up an inflamation.in the delicate capilr air tubes of the * lungs. The best remedy is QUICK RELIEF~ COUGHg SYRUP. It at once gets right at the seat of trouble and re moves the cause. It is free from Morphine and is as safe for * a child as for an adult. 25 cents at - 5 MAYES' DRUG STORE. . PREPARE FOR THE RAINY DAY, For it will surely come, and may catch you in circum stances that will prove a great hardship to yourself and family. If you will take care of the pennies they will soon make dollars which will brighten the cloudy days of the future. Begin to-day and we'll help you put a silver lining behhd each. - dark cloud at the rate of FOUR PER CENT. on all your rainy day money. FOUR PER CENT. ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS. The Bank of Prosperity, Prosperity, S. C. Dr. Geo. Y. Hunter, Pres't. Dr. J. S. Wheeler, V. Pres. J F. rmwne Cahier. J. A. Counts, Asst. Cashr.