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TILLMAN ON MONEY. 1 ? a Roosevelt and Oortelyou Flayed? li Holds up Clearing House Bank h Certificates for Ridiculo. I t i; A characteristic speech was on <1 I Monday delivered in the .senate by l] I Senator 'lillman. Mr. Tillman spoh?* I yn hi* ru-olntioin directing an in- i I ve.-ti[>u. ion of the recent bond issues f an I clearing house cert ideates, but t I he took occasion to comment on a <. good many matters concsrning the \ & financial affairs of the country. "1 t nir.-.t confess I have not studied fir- n Wz an*e very much from the books/' be- <' gan Mr. Tillman apologetically. "My I Bp'own- labors in that direction having d L, been confined to my own expenses." a Mr. Tillman said he did not know 0 HgyhcSher the criticism of lira chairman *] Wmi the house committee on banking 1 I^^Hftd''currcncy (Mr. Fowler) had eausB^a^bbe secretary of the treasury to c lj6^(uM|in the issuance of bonds, but a ; of plan seemed lo have been ' I ?nd he had not been able to 11 [l&DNffir how much of llio propose;! fe?iss,10 had been put out. He ex- ' tho opinion that the score- (' lisy tftry^hiHl viola tod the spirit of the ' I|| law,if he had not violated the law it- s I "If we arc not in the midst of a Rj panic, we are in the midst of a chill ^Bt&?oduccd by the danger of a panic," M^fclared Mr. Tillman. Bf|M|Tlie treasury, ho said, has "dump}' its money in Wall street and tire u'^Ountry has praised the patriotism of B^Ti P. Morgan "in aiding the conn- * K) ;\try to get a grip on itself and not r R'/ l'dt everybody go crazy and precipi- '' further loss a.nl horrors on the j| pj?" Speaking of a published interview ' W?yitb t)je president by Mayor Dahl j^inau^^Mf Omaha, in which I he presialleged to have said that if ISli&ewoa responsible for Ilii?.? i t of it, as it had brought to 11 rot (ton condition's of the 0 ouHrare: -y's '':,:uu'eS '1C said: a fear that Air. Dahlman is in " Kii)d^>ncjit danger of joininy the An- s gj^ilias 'Club. Perhaps somebody here 11 US0, ''>'1(>"? an^ '',u' out : B?j He said that he would .ml worry :' Epbout the panic, but lie found so ' ^lnany facts connecting the treasury '' ftepartment, even the senate and the (l JUponse of representatives, with Wall n L >jat reel that lie was compelled to rec- ' MffO'jni/.e tlieni. -especially as the far- s Earner, the cotton planter and the niauBBufactur.'r were alTceted. lie said he | (' !l[l||wnnlod to know who struck "I'illy ' 1$ lie spoke of the manner in which I fp&he financial stringency has operalflg "And," he added, "the president Assays he is proud of it. 1 cannot be- ' A lieve he said it. lie has aid many Inirs mewing uiscrei ion, dui i no I believe lie is so callous as to feel ' y pleasure in the condition of par sis which confronrs us. 1 believe () is a patriot, though ho has per ps shown it badly Jit times." licules 'Clearing House Certificates ' nV senator held aloof a banking ise^certiticate and in a loud voice led upon the senate to look at it. lore'tis a specimen," lie declared. t looks like what you call Confe.l- I ite money?shinplaster? and they ' i issued by national banks. Look s it. T am going to have it engraved it ran be done without destroying * and put it in the Congressional Jl .. cord. But I don't propose to have I est rayed and lose a dollar just ' -Sev^liirhten you upon the currency n t Bah* N^vnuted only good greenbacks ^ |?f||tl in rasping tones, speaking of the t f |||cssUy\of money, he said : * [ |flg#fc'Vdii wV.ll have to go to the boneBp|ft|d if yoifl can't get it." belwejen the "shinplasters" in IKthe form ojf Clearing House certifijH'ates and greenbacks he said he would aHprcfcr greenbacks based on railroad other slocks and bonds, although n^Hjiey were, in his opinion, filled wil.h 3^1 Mile was, iio said,, daily in receipt Wk letters I'rom people who think' IS TO' know all about the currency and Mi1 schemes for currency reform. HKflHtfRut I don't even read them," he It has been alleged, lie sai l, BjflERt the bonds recently issued had SHB^Hhcen -sold to the highest bidders) ^H^H^khe read a newspaper copy of a B9K? by Mr. Schram, of Now York, HMSB: he had bid $1.03 .1-2 on $r>0,nRflR^Hj tho bonds but had not reoeivMHEflm of them, although they had low as $1.02. The commitHnfflBBfi nance, he addo 1, could find N^^B^^^Hther jNHHHflj^Snnptrollers of the currency, flS^^^^^Karc so complaisant and poBSBflBB they arc in ofTlce Mi a t "aly one of them If as &TaduatR^SHdM^^Hic presidency of a bank." ySHffl^HaancicrH Put in Prison. QH^Stij^KcMah about the president, BflQ^EH^Ro out to join the kings of (nance. "The,president turns on tlw ight. Wthy don't lie turn 0:1 tin landcUH's when he finds that sometody steals? lie goes to tlio counry ami makes speeches and destroys he confidence of the people, but wc lo not ilnd him putting anybody in n'ison." lie referred to a resolution lie had ntroduced in the senate a year atrc or an inquiry into the failure ol he bank of which John li. Walsh, ol Chicago,' was the president, but s -oar and a half had gone by before lie trial had begun. As W?alah it unlet' trial, he said, he won 1:1 not onnncnt further on that subject Ie had on Saturday telegraphed the lietrict attorney in New York asking bout recent bank failures, but that flieial replied that he could not giv* >ut the information regarding tin nvestigation ilmt is being made. "I expected to be put off," delared the senator. "That seems tr ie the policy of the department ol us lice and the treasury departnent.'' 'Mr. Tillman said he only intendet I ? - - - 11 * (i oruig mese matters before tin ommittee on finance as <piestiom or Ihom to answer. When lionld answer tliein, lie said, !u rould ask more questions. SENATORS WILL WORK. ?illman and Latimer Get their Com mittee Assignments. Washington, December 17.?Sou 11 ,'aroliuans "will he interested It earn what commit toe assignment? lave heen given Senators Tillmai ii?l Latimer I'or the (iOtli congress 'he announcement was made by I Ik resident of lite senate t??dav. Senaior Tiilman is on the commit ee 0:1 appropriations. Canadian rent ions. forest reservation* and proeetion of game, Inter-State comnerce, mines and mining, live civiliz(1 tribes, irrigation, naval affair* nd expenditures in the navy department. The only change in his asiynmcnts is the addition of the lasl lamed committee. Seililioi- iw ..i> H... ~ 'i 1.1 IMI UK" t-Ullllfll ( ees on agriculture and foresty, ecu us, commerce. irrigation, manufaeures, I'aeitic railroads and puhlii mildintrs and grounds. At his re11lost lie was If 1*1 otr liio committee.11 corporations in the District ol 'olmnhia and patents and placed i:ilead i n the committee on census. As ail ?d' these are important plae> s.mi-.' excellent work should he Isy Smith Carolina's senator* or t ie people at home during- the ireseni session of congress. P. II. McG. Is There a Santa Cains? 'he late Krone is P. Church in the New York Snn. Once a little ?-irl wrote this ietlei o Ih e editor of the New York Sun: "Dear Kditor: 1 am eiiiht year? Id. Some of my friends say that hero i* no Santa Clans. I'apa says: If you see it in The Snn, it's so. 'lease ion nu? 111?* truth. Is (hero ;i ?anta Clans? " Virginia 0. lla'.ilon." Virginia: Your little friends ar." minir. Tlicy liavo been affected In lie sqept ieisiu of a skeptical age, Mioy will not believe except Ino> ee. Yes, Virginia, there is a San hi Mans, lie exists as certainly as love ml generosity and devotion exist ml yon know thai they abound anil ive In your life its highest beaut.v n.l joy. Alas, how dreary would be he world if there were no Sant.ii ylaus! It would be as dreary as il here were no Virginias. There would STAT I rHE COMMERCIAL BAN under call of State Bank ] December 16, 1907. RESO Lioans and discounts Overdrafts ?urntiure and fixtures 7/ash in vault 35,041 in nfViPr Rnnlrc 79 (\1 A I'? V/VIiV/i | t-iy \J I -X LIABI Capital Stock Jndivided profits (less expe Dividends (unpaid) Cashier's checks Deposits, Banks 7,910 Deposits, Individual 322,826 JNO. M. KINARD, Pres. J Y. McFA . 4 Per Interest Paid in our t ...... . . . ! bo no child-like faith then, in poehy, no romance, lo make tolera I ble tiiis existence. We should hav j no enjoyment except in sense am > sighi. The eternal light with whicl s childhood fills the world would b i extinguished. Not heiieve in Santa Clans! Yoi I might as well not believe in fairies ? Did you ever see the fairies dan^ein; ' on the lawn? Of couse not. But ttia : is no proof that they are not there. l{ You might get your papa to hir ! men to watch all the chimneys 01 '> Christmas eve to catch Santa Clau.but even if ihey did not see Sant: Clans coming down, what would tha ' prove? Nobody sees Santa Claiu ' The most real things in the worl are those that neither children no ' men ever see. Nobody can eonceiv or imagine all the won.ders that ar unseen and unseeable in this worh You may tear apan the baby's rattl > and see what nmkos the noise insi U but there is a veil covering the iui s en world which not the strouges man thai ever lived could ever tea I apart. Only faith, fancy, pool 17 love and romance can push aside thu 5 curtain and view and picture the sn ' pcrual beauty and giory beyond. I ? ..11 1 ? VI. ^ : ; 1. ' in .in .viiii ;iii, \ irmiuu, in an l it 1 j world there is nothing- else real ani I abiding. j No Snnta Clans! Tliank God, li I lives, and he lives forever. A thou.I and years from now, Virginia?;ia> ilen times ten thinsand years I'ror j now?he will eonlinne io make i?la I the heart of childhood. ' I . i i j Observing Regulations. ('apt. Utnild Amundsen, Nnrwav' . . . . . j I anions A rein* explorer, 1:1 the eonrs 11?I* a dinner sriven by Consul (Senerii . | Ifaven at the Waldorl'-Asloria in hi . j honor, prai.-ed the American army. "Vonr volunteer system seems t - me admirable," he sivid. "Snc - brave and intelligent volunteers a > yonrs nre rareiy to be found, Kve the funny stories thai are told o these yonni? men?nnlrne storie \ they are, as a rule?testify to th j sturdy independence of' tlie volir.i I leer's character. . i ,., . . . , i nave in liiui.i a story thai I heard ahout a national y;uard ciicani) ! niiMi| last summer. A new volunteei " I who had not yet quite learned ni ' | !>'tsi:icss. was mi sentry .Inty on ; nivht wIumi a friend hroiu'ht him pic from the canteen. "As lie sat on 1 lie sjrnss eatin lit.' pi . the major sauntered np i undress. The sentry )i >1 recouni/.i i him, d-i.l not salntc, and the majo stopped aiid said: "'What's that you have there?' "'Pie.' said the sentry, ?rood-na tnrelly. 'Apple pie. Have a hit?' >! "The major frowned. "'Do you know who I am'?' h I aske l "'Xo.' saiid the sentry, 'miles : you're the major's rroom.' "The major shook his head. " Tlue-s ay a in,' he growled. ' | " 'The barber from the viilaye1? II " ' No.' | "'Mavhe'?here the sentry lanjrli ed?'mavhe you're the major iiim ' self?' " 'That's riirlil. T am the major, was the stern replv. '!. "The sentry scrambled to h-is fool { " 'flood jrnvoious!' ho exclaimed 11'Hold tho pie, will you, while T pros ' out anus!'"?Washington Star. 1'BROADDUS & RUFF HAVE I ' pretty line of Christmas cards, al ' SO toys, &o. DON'T FOROET T( i OAT/Tj at The Ho raid and Now Ruilding and soo their assortmen 1 before you buy. IMENT OF? K OF NEWBERRY, S. C. Dxaminer at close of busines; IJRCES. $313,666 4! 7,199 8' 3,116 9! 03 93 - - 107,715 9< $431,699.21 LITIES. 1 - $ 50,000 0( nses paid) - 49,222 2( 940 0( 800 0( > 74 31 - . 330,737 01 $431,699 21 O MAYER. Vlce-Pres ii-L. Cashier Cent. Savings Department. I CHRIS t 0 II 1 With e I we will Knife \ 9 is guar I if it she 1 wa>. | only 1( If Look i | I 8 a (Wrff' 'iM'l' "^1 w am?m?fM?ai?aBHMW BmkiUJJBjBMBMBMPMfc"'"!!!' I gMWBMMg?BW ) Picture Arcade OPEN Under Hotel Frederick Every Afternoon 5 to 10. Admission 10c. Under 12 years 5c. I. ^ Passenger Train Schedules (Revised) t Effective 12.01 a. m. (Eastern time' OzUl, 10H7 Mio leaving Lime for ]>asscn er trains out " of Newberry Union Station will be as follows: Southern Railway. No. 15, for Greenville .. 9.07 n. m. N. .12, for Columbia .. . .10.35 a. m. ' No. 1!), for Greenville .. 1.25 p. m. ^ No. IS, for Columbia .. 1.40 p. m. No. 11, for Greenville .. 5.18 p. m. No. 10, for Columbia .. .. 9.47 p.m. } i)., N. & L. Railway. 7 *No. 85, for Laurens .. 5.19 a. m. J *No. 22, for Columbia .. 8.47 a. m. No. 52, for Greenville ..12.40 p. m. No. 53. for Columbia . . 3.10 p. m. ^ *No. 21, for Laurens .. ..7.25 p. m. No. 84, for Columbia .. 8.30 p. m. } Daily, except Sunday. The foregoing schedules arc given ) only for information, arc not guar) antecd and are subject to change ^ without notice. Q. L. Robinson, ^ Station Master. 5 LUMBER?Rough and dressed, tongued and grooved of all kinds and 5 grades. Shingles, sash, doors, blinds, laths, roofing, roof paints, etc. A large stock of good material upon which I will meet all prices, and strive to give satisfaction. 0. IT. Cannon, Newberry, S. C. . ttiiK YEN | STMAS GIFT ivery $2.00 lot of Fireworks I give a two-blade Pocket worth 50 cents. The Knife anteed and will be replaced I )uld prove defective in any Come early for we have 30 Knives. n our windows before buying Christmas goods. I i - - - - - II ' THE HOUSE OF QUALITY. "E=? S FOR CMstaPrnts Silver Handle Silk Umbrellas from $5.00 to $7 00 each. Solid Gold Cuff Euttons at $2.50 and $3.00 per pair. Chains and Lockets in Gold. Swastika designs in Scarf Pins, Brooches, Hat Pins ai d Beltings. i i ! I GET A I ^^^ MONTHLY STYLE HUB for doing Fancy Embroidery work for Christmas. r?i rzn JZ_1 I ? I J} I I j ""~ ~U