The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, December 20, 1907, Page ELEVEN, Image 13
TILLMAN ON MONEY. 1
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Roosevelt and Oortelyou Flayed? li
Holds up Clearing House Bank h
Certificates for Ridiculo. I
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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
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(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
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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.
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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
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' 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.
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GET A
I ^^^ MONTHLY STYLE HUB
for doing Fancy Embroidery
work for Christmas.
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