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MEETING OP A PULLMAN CAR. Story of How Tillman Rammed the Pitchfork Home for the Bene fit of John D. Rockefeller. A special from Wasiingtu: to th3 Columlbia State says: Now iere is the way ii happened, that hlistorie meet"ting betw een T1ill man anid lo' wk1efll, ,r R ekefeller and Tillml:in. w:dehever *:1 is tell in; : : it as lhis is told yl the plitctork s 1atIor of e it is Till man and Rockefeller. The senator has just returned and tells about it efelier sou2ht the interview: dun't forget that. The senitor wants this clearlv ulnderstood. espe"cially siA.ce some of hi. collCag'u;s i1 the sc nate. who rAld thle di ,pru- h i's about the meetIn. in a Pullman ea:. have been chalr:iln the frien( of the people with hohnobhing with plutocracy. Here's the way it happened: "A fellow came to my seat. in a Pullman ear.'" explaine1 the sena tor "and spoke to me. He had sun shine in his face. and I said to my self this fellow -whoever he is is an optimist. I supposed it was some fellow who had heard me speak in the senate or at some of the chau tauquas. "" -'m Mr. Rockefeller,' he said very simply. Of course I recog nized him, and of course I invited him to take a seat besid, me. He sat down and we talked until I reached my station, which was about an hIr. I sho1uld say. "Mr. Rockefeller did not mention legislation. the recent panic nor in any way i:ltilmate that he had any more leney thanl I h ad. and you may be sure that I did not say any thing" a.out it. I say this because the -orv sent out about our meeting did Mr. Rockefe!ler an injuistice. "I got in some talk. though. on my own hook. Mr. Rockefeller seemed interested in the country through which we were passing and he plied me with questions as to the value of the land and the character of the people. That was my oppo tunity. I remembered that he had been credited with giving away $35, 000.000 for educational purposes last year, and I called attention to th, expressions of Andrew Carnegie and philant.hropists of that ilk in favor of giving more money to Tuskegee and other schools for the negroes. I to.ld Mr. Rockefaller that ithere were millions of whites in the south, whites descended from pure English and Irish and Scotch. who were liv ing there pover'ty strieken and igno. rant, poor beeause of their ignor ances and that the northern milliona ries never thought ,of helping therii. and I warmed up to the subject in-. jeeting some vitriolie Tillmanisms int:o the conversation here and there." * The senator paused in his story in * order to comp)le.te a laugh that inter fered with his flow of language. He wan exploding like a gasoline motor exhaust as he continued: "You 'know that Mr. Rockefeller is so used to giving orders that he just exclaimed in an ordinary tone: as if ~hat was all there was to it: "'That will have to be remedied. Such a eenditica must nit be.' "'Well, sir. it 'sounded so much like Theodore Roos?.it that I couldn't help thinking howv much I'd like to get tNose two fello~ws togetler. "'We went on talking and I told him how the New York moneyed -crowd run our Southern railroads. I had a chance to get in a good rap at the condition on the Southern at the junetion near Aiken, S. C. The train . come down there with Pullman cars -for the millionaires bound for Aiken :and day coaches for the poor peopl2 going on down the line. The poo~ -people get out and sit a.round an old w~ay station while the train carries the millionaire-I think I called them d-- millionaires in talking tc Mr. Rockefeller--on to Aiken. Ther the train comes back and picks ut the poor people. 'The train is sched *aled to run right through and th< railroad folders do not anounce this diserimination in favor of the riel folks. "We talked on, Mr. Rockefellei seemingly interested, until I reache my station. I got out and that i the last I sa;w of him. .I didn' mention Standard Oil and neithe: dii he.'' Senator Tillmnan 's colleagues pro nonnce him vindicated. MR. BRYAN ON CURRENCY. Outlines His Views After a Recel tionr at National Capital.-Fa vers the Oklahoma Planu. Win. J. Bryaar was asked in Waal ington to name his choice for a ru ning mate in the event of his nommn iionl at Denver. Mr. Bryan laughun: ly replied: "I shan't tell. That too bold a question.'' To the newspaper men he said: C "You may say that my coming to Vashin."ton was not to consult any men :r set of men as to whether or I not I ou-ht to be a candidate for the nomination. I have not put that question to any man, nor shall I. The peopla, n>t individuals, have the sole right to decide that point. I am not here to solicit support for myelfI as a. possiblet candidate. I a 1ev'r solicit individual support. I ne1' r asK anV man to vote for me. In the past when I was before the r people as a candidate, my efforts to e ubltain votes have been e,nfined to statements of my views.'' C Asked about the story published in ( soie (uar ers that Former United t States Senator Jones. Oliver H. P. I 1h'.;nIont and others cume to Lim a TJ day (r so a,o and told him h1? was i rot the logical candidate for the a Democratie nominaLon, urged him not to run and promised to oppose him if their advice should not be regarded, Mr. Bryan said: "-There is not a shred of truth in that. story. No one has advised me not to be a candidate. I saw Senator Jones and we did talk politics, but nothing as such reporte:1 occurred." Mr. Bryan before leaving the capi tol dictated in response to a request the following interview. setting forth his views on the financial situation: "Lack of public confidence is what drives money out of circulation. Re store public confidence, and money returns to its accustomed channels. For lack of confidence the best rem edy is, insurance of bank deposits, and I have urged upon the' arious States an:1 colrress the passage of some measure similar to the law adopted Iby Oklahoma. This pro vides for the creation of a. guaranty fand by assessments upon banks in proportion to their deposits. and au thorizes the banking board to make such assessments from time to time as may be necessary to restore the guaranty fund when it is lower, by the payment of money to dapositors of failed banks. - "This permits the resources of all the banks to be the resources of -ach bank, and insures each depositor a;ainst loss. The Oklahoma statute permits national banks to take ad vantage of the iState lasw and a na tional law should permit State banks to come in under the law. "As to an elastic eurrency, I think provision eould be made for sufficient elastielt; in times of eim:er gency by. a law providing for the is -sue of United States notes, such n:otes to he loaned by the government to the banks upon adequate sec.urity a d at ra tes of linterest which wou'ld compel the retirement of the not', when the emergency is over. I suppose nearly all m'em.bers of eon gress and senators favor sonie provi sion for an emergency currency. The Democrats .as a rule, favor a system under twhich the governmient will is sue and control the volume of emer gency currency, while the Republi cans favor some system under which it would be issued and controlled by the banks. This presents the point of dispute b)etween the two parties. The hig'h financiers have been large lv responsible for the present panie by reason of their reekless methods: and I am sati,i'ed that a 'large ma jority of the people would prefer to r g h overnment rahrthan risk these men. .Some.body must deN4de upon the needs of the people, and so far as I am concerned I prefer that the concessions be with the public officers responsible to the people, rather than with private individuals who would be guided aby their own interests instead of by the interest of the publie.'' OPERA HOUSE FOR RENT. Sealed bids will be received by the Town Council of Newberry, S. C., un til.112 o'clock M., Feby 5th, 1908, and then op'ened, for rent of the Opera House, Newberry, S. C., for three years. Fo1 Lurther information apply to the Clerk and Treasurer, Eug. S. Werts. R.esp'actfully, J. J. Langford, Attest: Mayor. Eug. S. Werts, Clerk and Treasurer. To OrganGCustomers FOR THE NEXT 40 DAYS. We will sell our excellent $8o Organs at ONLY 65-- Our $go Organs for ONLY $75. *special Terms: One-third nlow, one-third Nov. 1 9o0. balance Nov. 19C9. If interested, clip this ad. and enclose it with - your lett'-r asking for catalog and price list If you want the best organ on earth. don't - delay, but write us at once and save $15 and make Addroes nMAL.ONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, is Columbia, S C. s TANOS AND ORGANS. REDITORS OF WEBB BR ERS AND COMPANY. Totice of a Meeting to A] Their Agent or Agents Ar Transact Any Other Business Webb Brothers and Compar 1ercantile firm composed of Vebb, J. L. Webb and T. W. I oing busines in the Town of ells, cou-ty of Newberry, S. avin- this January the 25th. iade an assignment of all their rty, to the undersigned, for th fit of their creditors, the ere f the said firm of Webb Brotl kompany are-hereby called to; o meet at the law oice of funt & Hunter, Attorneys. it own of Newberry. S. C.. on ay, the 4th day of February, t 3 o'clock p. n. to proceed A Fair 01 We will take ca safeguard it fr: any time you w pay you for the if it is left with Now if th .t i know what is. T H i JNO. M. KINARD, Presi J. Y. REAL ESTA FOR SALE-Ten sh;irts pays a dividend of four per i Several nice building lots Two or three residences, on One brick store on lower T purchaser. FvR RENT-A 9-room One store in the McCaughi C oUR WINTER SToCI TlEPEoPLE OF TI WHEN WE SAY W HAMMER PRICES DC LAR MERCHIANDISI eob LoTS.'' WE WISH To LET os REJl REPORT TO THI OF TE The Bank of Pra AT THE CLOSE OF RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts . $146 Overdrafts............2 Building and Fixtures 4 Cash on hand a in Bansks 16 DR. CEO Y. HUNTER, President. OTH- appointment of their agent or ag and for thc. transaction of such er busines a; may properly come )point fore the meeting. d to .J. B. Hunter, Assignea of Web Brothers & C y, (a AVALUABLE PLANTATION ] L. H. RENT. ftease, We will rent for the year 1 Chap- the fa rm o f 330 acrt"s of land situ C.), I!h i:afe mile east of Silver St IOOS. and ownI,l lv the estate of Wm. prop- Spearman. There is open upon a ben- place about a four horse <:antract ditors made this year 50 bales of col :ers & The plae will be rented either rather money > : bales of cotton. App1 Hunt, the unimignal. the M. A. Carlisle, Tues- Juhn C. Go2-an;, 190S. Exeeniors of Wmi1. W. Speann :o the Newberry. S. C.. Dec. 31, 1907 fer re of your money for you, mn all harm. r-turn it to yoi ish and, what is more, will privilege of taking ca- e of it us or Ibree non-ths or more. 5n't a square deal we don't Br rig it in and ty it. COMMERCIAL BANK of Newberry, S. C. : nt. 0. B. MAvER, Vice-Pres. MIcFa.L, Cashier. TE AND STOCK Moliohon Mf. Ctmpainy stock. ' :ent semi annuali y. at reasonable prices. e.the best home for the pice that I kno dain street at a price that would sui residence convenient for a boarding he in Block. J. A. 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NORWOOD, Cas.!er. )CE RY, - etor. ~IES, PRODUCE, s and Tobaccos. h to call your at IY and Staple east a portion of year. at our stock is ffered here and satisactory man thr ee very im goods prompt ser customer of curs you to our long mner year. Will siness, ie' Grocery.