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VOL XLIV NO. 98 NEWBEBBY. S. O., TUESDAY' NOVEMBER '20. 1907. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAB "IT'S ALL WRONG." Senator Tillman Says This of Roosevelt-Co rtelyou Scheme?'Helping Wall Street?Hughes for , Presidency. Senator Tillman was in town this morning says the Columbia Record of Saturday, and while here discussed briefly a few of the livest topics K of the day. Replying to questions regarding the financial situation, and tihe RoosevelitJCoi'telyou proposition to relieve the tension, by the issuance of $50,000,000 in Panama 'bonds and $100,000,000 in "-cert ideates of indebtedness," he said: Helping Wall Street Sharks. "The Pan ami a issue is all risrht. That money's going to be used in digging the ditch. Bui the other U all wrong. It is an extension of the pulblic debt in tinve of peace. Tne section authorizing tlhe issuan'ce of these securities was enacted at the time of the Spanish-American war and it was nover contemplated by congress that these certificates should be issued in time of peace, to telieve an emergency merely. They were intended to be resorted to lv in case of war?and serious ?war at. that. 1 do not recall the exact terms of the section, but 1 am sure that the putting out of these certificates at his time is n direct violation of the spirit of the law. It nvav he a violation of the letter of the law, too, for all I know. "Hut even if it is legal, this procedure is morally wrong. The administration has no right to add a hundred million dollars to the national ddb't, just to help a few Wall Street sharks out of a hole that their own cupidity and hoggishness go* them into. The country is perfectly * sound and prosperous. South Carolina is on a splendid basis and so ?. is every other sect-ion th'at I have visited in m?v rather extensive travels V recently. Hughes for the Presidency. "Wiliom do you regard as the most likely Republican nominee for the presidency?'' the senator was asked. "Oh, Hughes, by all means," he said. '1 Hughes is the people's man. Co rtelyou is the man the corporations want. The 1 great vested intciests' hato Roosevelt and Bryan equally, and will have none of either. They want a man they can run." "And you think they can run Corir telyou?" "Huh! Ain't you been reading the papers? Don't you know what he's been doing with public funds at the back of Wall street? Could they ask for anybody tluat they could more easily ?" "But, senator." some one said, "do you not think thlnt the president is going to run again, and that nis final announcement to that will scaie the other Republicans out of the way?" , "Well, Roosevelt will certainly run if he thinks lie can get the nomination," was the senator's reply delivered in a tone wild oh indicated plainly thfcvl Mr. Tillman doubts whether the War Lord could get the nomination now, under any circumstances. Endorses Brewer's "Roast." "What do you think, senator, of the roast that Mr. Justice Brewer, of the United Stales supreme court, handed out in New York the other night for the president?" a reporter asked. The senator hadn't read the press reports of the speech, lie was told tluat the associate justice had intimated, among other things, that the president had been resorting to the old politician's trick, in his relations with the corporations, of being "for the 1;v>v, but against its emforce| * ment.""My opinion, exactly," said Mr. Tillman. "Roosevelt is th6 biggest I grandstand player in the United States." Better Salarios Desirablo. Senator Tillman is glad to know that a bill proposing an increase all round in the salaries of the state of| ficials will be introduced at the next { legislature. "When T was governor," L r. ho said, "1 t'hought the sahiries albout right. But. at that'time cotton was only five cents a pound and we were flat of our hacks. Now tlvo goose is hanging high and everybody is prosperous, not to speak of the fact that the cost of living' has increased fully twenty per cent." Senator Tillman's Plans. Senator Tillnvan has been busy lecturing for some months, lie spoke at Clarksville, Tenn., last Friday, and speaks Monday night next in Washington, Ponn., thirty miles soulh of Pittsburg. From then until tho opening of congress the following Monday ho will be lecturing through the Appalachian states and in New York. "After congress opens." ho said, "I will be right down to my work in Washington until the session is over. T will not bo in South Carolina again until the Christinas holidays.'' The senator has been resting at his home in Trenton sin'ce his return from Tennessee. Ho came here Wednesday to attend the BunehOwins weeding, but went directly h'a'ck to Trenton. His visit to Columbia was for the purpose of looking after tho insurance on his Trenton property. OLD MEN IN THE SENATE. William Bovd Alllison of Tow a, has ibeen in congress forty-two years, ever since tho second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, says the Boston Oloilir. For thirty-four years he has been a senator and now he announces himself as ready to receive a seventh term. Already his record of senatorial service is unequaled, and if he shall serve ou.t another term he will have held his sent for forty-two years and been in congress a full half century. 'The increasing tendency to continue old men in the senate is a remarkable development of our polkvcs. It is surely not due to the softness of the berth. The senate is the most influential and the hardest working legislative body in the country; in either respect it has few equals in the world. Yet the men in it who have passed- middle age must constitute nearly half of its membership. There are fourteen who are more than threescore and ten and half a dozen of these are falbout 75. Five of the hvlve senators from New England are septuagenarians. At least taventy members have served more than two terms. Half of the New England senators are in that favored class. Long terms in the senate of tho United Elates are a comparatively new fashion. They are rare in the first half of the lf)th century. The name of Thomas H. Beruton suggests a striking exception to the rule in ,those earlier days, for he sat in the senate thirty years. The truth is that a scat there was j not so much coveted then as now. Men resgned it lightly. With threfe exceptions?<Strong, Pickering and Varnum?no Massachusetts senator until Webster served the length of onp term. George Cabot and Saimuel Dexter resigned from the senate to accept c'abinet places, and Harrison Gray Otis threw up his pDaee even to be | mayor of Boston. John Quincy Adams was so insulted when the legislature indicated its preference for another as his successor that ho refused to serve out his term. Benjamin Goodhue, 1)wight Foster and El Porter Ashmun resigned for no public reason whatever. James Llyod, who was twice elected, resigned eacl time before completing his six years. When Webster had served four-1 teen years he retired to enter Harrison's cabinet. Being re-elected, ho' again retired after five years to accept a place in Fillmore's caibinet. Hoar's twenty-seven years and Sumner's twenty-three in tho senate oavo them tho record from Massachusetts, and each served until death. Wilson had served eighteen years when he left to be vico president. Dawes, at the end of eighteen years, was forced out and his seat was lak, en by Mr. T/odge, who has now been ' in fourtocn years. / * \ ' ' i , ' RESUME CASH PAYMENT. Cooperation of the Government With the Banks and the Engagement of Eighty-One Million Dollars in Gold Have Relieved the Financial Tension and Normal Conditions Will Soon Prevail. i Washington,- Nov. 24.?Tlio events of t'he past week in the financial situation have centered around the offer by the government to receive bids for $50,000,000 in 2 per cent bonds for Panama eana'l const ruction and offers at. par for $100,000,000 in treasury certificates running cue year at per cent. The announcement of this project by President Roosevelt, in his letter to Secretary Cortelyou, published on Monday, has done much to restore normal conditions in the money market. The premium on currency, while somewhat otbstmate, has been gradually declining and the rally in the , stock market on Saturday, following the visit to Washington of J. Picrpont Morgan a.id (leo. F. Bakfr. indicates that confidence is being restored iby the manifest cooperation between the government and big fina.scial interests in New York. Some :t.(erlainty prevailed early in the week regarding the terms of subscriptions and allotments for the new securities, but- doubtful points have been cleared up from day to day by the statements of Secretary Cortelyou and otiher ollieials, and the manner in which offers are being received for the new securities indicate that they will pnnbably be oversubscribed. The mail offers from national banks for the Panama bonds are very heavy. The envelopes will.?uo't be opened until the time for receiving bids closes on Saturday next, but the number of bids received and the declared purpose of Si-ime of the large New York and Chicago banks to subscribe with the purpose of increasing their note is| sues, leaves little doubt in the minds [of bankers and treasury officials that I the loan will he covered. The Pact that the one year certificates can be availed of to secure new bank note i.rculation and that such circulation can be retired within a year, is having an effect in drawing offers for these securities; mdeed, Secretary Cortelyou, in making allotments, is rejecting many offers which, he does not think, will tend t.o materially benefit the monetary silua'tion. By pernvitiring issues of bank notes to the full amount of the bonds and certificates taken by national banks and then redepositing the proceeds of the sale of the securities to the amount, of 75 per cent in the banks, there is opportunity for increasing the amount, of currency in circulation, by a net amount- equal to threequarters of t'he new security issues. It is not. expected that, the increase Will be so great as this, sineo Some of the short term certificates will be taken b.v private investors. There is douNt also whether any such increase will be needed if the corner is turned in the inonet'ary pressure when the bids for the Panama bonds are opened and offers for the certitlcates are closed at the end of next week. The import ait ion of $81,000,000 in gold, now arrived, o:i the way, or engaged, adds so greatly to the monetary resources of the country that it is anticipated that, there will soon be a plethora of circulation rather tlhan too little. The fact that the gold which has. thus far arrived has not increased permanently the New York reserves is declared by New York bankers |o ! he sufficient- evidence that everything is beint; done whiidh is possi- ! hie by New York, to aid the banks; throughout I he country. Reports from the south indicate I that the cotton c.rop is moving with I a fair degree of facility at the present. (ime and (hut the deadlock which ! threatened at the outbreak ?>f the' crisis has been broken. lit i- hop- j ed that ii will soon be possible to' ; resnnu0 cash payments at all princi- ' oal renters. Hankers from Chicago, r I New Orleans and other leading cities! 1 declare that they arc ready to re-' i sume as soon as New York will give ? I the -signal, | c. : \ i; ii ' . > . the news of prosperity. Interesting Talk With Mr. Nichols An Octogonarian?New Cotton Chopper. Prosperity, Nov. 2f>.?Your correspondent had the pleasure to talk wit In uncle Andrew Nichols an oclogenarian. Uncle Andrew was 82 years old on last Monday, Nov. 18th. In talking with him he says he remembers seeing in his boyhood days an old revolutionary soldier named Getsiugor who made his home with David Kankin. the grandfather of Jack and Ilenry Itankin. In his boyhocd days 'ie said (there wt^re no buggies or vehicles of any kind and ;u? mules. People went to church ami Sunday school on horseback or 011 foot. The first vehicle he ever saw at St. Lukes church was a two wheeler called a gig and was owned by ('apt. N-at'lian Hunter. Tn his younger days he said there were 110 courts such as we have :iow. Court only sitting about once a year and then only "or a week or so. All petty offences were tried by magistrates and no negro cases were carried to the "1>ig court." The whipping post was in vogue and the lash was applied to compensate for outraged law. Horse stealing was a capital offence and lie remembers one white man who was found guilty and sentenced to be hung, but had his sentnece commuted to a certain number of lashes, so many to lie given each week until the full quota was . eceivod. Your correspondent recalls that when a boyjhc saw a number of corses of poetry (doggerel) composed by one Hilly Files who had stolen a horse and was hanged for it. Human life was cheap in those days. A man worth no more than a horse. Uncle Adoirew says that the making "'both ends meet." is harder now than in the good obi times before fcho war, and that there are 50 people now to where there was five then. Conditions have (-.hanged and the people have changed with them. He was a gal la n't Confederate soldier and was on the ill fated vessel that sunk in Charleston hanhor in 18(52. in which 00 or more men were drowned. The Cuptain was drunk a.id went contrary to orders and got in range of Yankee gunboats and they opened fire on thorn. The Captain had forethought enough to run his hot aground or all the soldiers would' have been lost. He speaks of Ibis easastrophe with corrow at the great los of life that could have been prevented so easily. I ncle Andrew had a birthday dinner and reception but he said he would h'avc been plowing if il had not been too wet. Although 82years old we can say that ho works every day and enjoys it. We wish him many happy returns o>f his natal day and congratulate him on having passed so many milestones in life's highway. One of our citizens is on the road to fortune if no1! to fame and perhaps both. Mr. F. K. .Schumport. has been at work for months on a cotton chopper that is practical and one thai will do the work needed by the cot ton planters of the south. After much experimenting and trial he ha perfected what promises to be the very implement our cotton planters have been waiting for for years. He lias filed his application and he expects a patent in the near future. Mr. S'chumpcrl has quite a turn for inventions having patents for other inventions. We wish him success in the fullest measure. There will be thanksgiving services by Grace congregation on Thursday at. 11 o'clock a. m. A collection will be taken for the benefit of orphan home at Salem, Va. Gifts in kind such as canned fruits, shoes, blockings, wearing apparel and dry <roods of all kind* will be received bv Mr. A. M. Lester, who will |"> (he packing of the (roods and 'Vvwnrdincr. ^ ? ''fiber of (lie "boys and girls" frem colleire are expected home fo> thank striving. . Tiie Sunday school of Grace congregation has been changed to 3 p. .V.: ' i ' m. Did any of the farmers in Now- 1 berry county try 1 he Williamson plan with corn this your? It' there , are any in No. !) or 10 township your correspondent would he glad to tal'k wit.h them about it. Come in and tell mo about it. The Wm. Lester Chapter of U. 1). C. will have their oyster supper on Friday evening, Nov. 29. Col W. W. Luuikiu will address the chapter. The mem/hers are urgently requested to meet at the city hall at 2 p. m. on Friday to decorate and arrange the hall. Mr. Krnest. Slieeley and Miss Essie Summer were married by Rev. M. O. .1. Kreps o't Sunday at Mt. Tabor church. All the stores in Prosperity will be closed on thaivksgiving day. The day will be observed as has been the rule for a number of years. THE ISLE OF PALMS. Interesting Sketch of South Carolina's Most Famous Resort. Rising from the waters of the blue Atlantic along the low and sandy shore of-South Carolina not far from Charleston, and forming one of the chain of sea islands for which that region is peculiar, there has remained unnoticed, until within the last few years, a certain island whose beach is unrivaled on the South Atlantic coast, and whose history may be of interest to the many people who visit it during the summer season. Ms formation is similar to that of th? rest of these islands that abound along this coast; that is, they consist of sand and other materials washed up by the sea, and may be regarded as encroachments of the land upon the water. It has luxuriant growth of pines, palms and oaks, but of no great altitude on account of the ocean breezes to which they are constantly subjected. It differs from Sullivan's Island in not being a mere sand bank, east, up by the waves at the mouth of the barber, it.s undulations being of a more fixed and permanent nature, and not a succession of sand drifts and dunes at the mercy of winds and waves, much more resembling the neighboring main, from which it is separated by a stretch of curving creeks and marches. The beach, coextensive with the island, is 'ully twelve miles long, affording a driveway unequalled by the best roadway in the world. This island, formerly known as Long Island, tirst comes into notice as having been the :<cene of the landing of the British troops during the American Revolution. at the liime of the expedition against Charleston, in 177(5, by Sir Peter Parker. The deep inlet at the southern end separating it from Sullivan's Island is the especial point of interest, as it was impossible to make tlie passage in the face of hostile batteries, in order to attack Fort Moultrie from the land side, while the fleet attempted to run the gauntlet, of the fort itself. How famously (his attack on Charleston was repulsed by the complete delV'nt of .no British, and how the vanquished squadron sailed away to New York is an oft 1 old tale. For more than ;i century after this military visitation th'is island lay qnietily on I lie bosom of tlie restless sea, undisturbed saved by occasional storms and the friendly visits of hunters in search of game and ^adventure. II has times pa>i been used by fanners for raising products more or less, as i some portions of the soil are some-i what fertile, and toward the centre is' a swamp or lagoon which gives to I the eye from :w? clcvat>io?; a picturesque contrast to the surrounding scene. It is, however, in the last decade that it has come prominently into public notice as a pleasure resort, for winch it is indebted to the advent of the trolley. During the nil! t. months crowds throng the spaeio'is pavilion erected there to enjoy the mus/ic of the United States armv post band, and to indulge in the luxury of salt water bathing. The board beach presents an animated spectacle at that time with its mov ing panorama of bicycles and vehii*los of all sorts, Fronting tho ocean nud in full view of tlio cud of tho jetties, there are vessels almost always in sight, passing in ami out and adding to the variety of the scene. In addition to the at1 pactions of the jiavilion a fine hotel affords ample accommodations for the guests thai frc(|ucnt it in yearly increasing numbers, not only from the city hut, from tho interior of the state and from the neighboring states as well. The trip from the city is one of peculiar and varied interest. Emerging from the ferry boat the rustic village of Mount Pleasant with its cozy homes and shady lanes i# quickly traversed and the long bridge is soon reached, which is the third that has been erected at tliis point, the first in the ltevolutionary and the second in the civil war. The trolley then threads gardens blooming with oleander and other flowers amid the white sands of Sullivan's Island, ura/.es an angle of historic. Fort Moultrie, near whose portal lies the grave of Osceola, the Indian patriot and warrior, while apparently within a stone's throw lies the other historic foi't, SumHeir, surrounded by its meat of boundless blue water. Approaching the eastern end of the island. the odor of lite myrtle groves, from whose wax excellent candles were made during the civi'. war, is very perceptible. The changed aspect mi entering the Isle of I'alms is very striking; one observes little peaks of sand -urmounted by palmettoes and is soon whirling through a variety of (' liave, which becomes more dense, till, o:i Hearing the t'crmiuus at. the pavilion, a grove of live oaks sheds its perpetual shade down a sandy slope to a near creek on the rear of the island. Thus has this now favorite resort?in obscurity for more than two centuries?become, an integral part of the social life of the city and state, monopolizing as it does so large a part of t!he pastime and pleasure seeking people of di fife rent and distant parts of the countlry-?(iustavus Meauningcr M'iddloton in News and Courier. WORLD'S GREATEST WEDDING. Over Twenty Thousand Persons Married by One Ooromony. The biggest wedding ever known to history was when Alexander the (treat and over 10.000 of his soldiers took part in a wedding in the court of Darius, king of Persia, after tho latter's conquest by Alexander. Twenty thousand, two hundred and two persons were made husbands and wives in one ceremony. The facts are these, says the Chicago Trilhnne. After conquering King Darius, Alexander determined to wed Slatiro, daughter of the conquered king, and issued a decree that on that occasion 100 of his chief otlicersshonhl marry 100 women from the noblest Persian and Medea :i families. lie further stipulated that 10,000 of his Creek soldiers should take to wife 10,000 Asiatic women. For this purpose a vast pavilion was erected, the. pillars being sixty fuel high. One hundred gorgeous cham'bers adjoined this for the 100 noble bridegrooms, while for the 10,000 soldiers an outer court was iticloM'd. Outside of thi> tables .were spread for the multitude. Kncli pair had seats and ranged 1 hem-elves in a semi-circle round the royal throne. As it would have taken -evorals weeks for the few priests to i,a\c married this vast number of couples had tber ceremony been performed in Cie ordinary way, Alexander invented a simple way out of the di'Ticully. lie gave his hand to Slatiro and ki?sed her, and all Die remaining bride'lirooms did I In"" same to the woiiu :: beside them, and thus ended the ceremony that united the greatest number of people at. one time ever known. Then occurred a five days' festival, which for grandeur and magnificence never has since been equaled. Not one pastor in South Carolina turns up his nose at clearing house certificates.?News and Courier.