Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SMITH AND EVANS IN SPARTANBURG Firing Lines Being Drawn Up by the Candidates?Both to Speak There on Labor Day. The Stale. Sparl anbury, Scpl. 1.?Spartanburg is lo bo I lie bill lie ground in I lie second primary campaign between the candidates for the fnitcd Slates senale. and I??ni?rlit il is evident licit the . firiii.tr lines are bcintr drawn up under the personaI direction ol' the opposing candidates. Hon. K. I). Smith of Klorenec, who led in I he llrst race, arrived in Spartanburg I his morning and has established himself' at the Spartan Inn, where he has received many callers and held conferences with his friends. I his ill lernoou ex-tlnv. Kvans, aecompiinied by lion. (!e<>. Johnstone, one of his distinguished opponents in the first prinmry, reiiched Ihe city and went direct to flow Kvans' home in I he eastern pari of I lie cily. The campaigu here tonight is (he topic ol discussion. Mr. Sinilh expecls lo leave for (ircenvilic some time iiflcr 111id11iuht and put in I wo daws in I h;tl cily. lie hits accepted an i n\*i I ill ion lo speak here on Labor day. An invitation has been extended lo llov, Kvans lo speak upon the same occasion, bul he has nol vet been heard from. Holli Smith ami Kvans talk most conl iilenlly of success in the second primary. APPEALS TO VOTERS. E. D. Smith States His Position as to Various Public Matters ?Reviews Work with Southern Cotton Association. To the Democratic Voters of South ( and ma : On account of ihe washouts on I lie railroad-. I have nol been aide lo reach miv friend from 'lorence liv mail or in person. I wish t<> thank the people of Soul h Carolina for the magni ficenl vole I hey have given me, ilud Io assure them of my heartfelt appreciiit ion. Time will 11o| permil me lo answer pcr-oually the niaiiy leleirrains and teller-; I am receiving; but laler on I w ill do so. In the meantime t beg that my friends will do all in their I power lo organize and have a friend of mine at every voling precinct. I am very much handicapped because I am a poor man, and have not Ihe money with which to elVecl as Ihorouuh ;in organization as 1 should like; I must leiivc my ha I tie with Ihe intelligent and palritdic people of 1 he Stale; my hope of success rests entirely with them. I have never done Hi*1 Slate of So-jlli Carolina, nor its people, any harm; ou Ihe contrary, I have given lour of the besl years of my life lo helping in some decree lo secure i\ higher price for cotton upon which r.ll i n:- people are dependent. In this bailie for the people my elVorls have nol been confined to South Carolina, hul 1 can produce testimonials from men of Ihe highest character, from every cotton producing Stale, (hat my elVorls have been equally as beneficial am! fruitful in their Slates as in So il h Carolina. Had 1 desired to use as my political enemies have charged me ihe farmers of South' Carolina for a stepping-slone to office I would have confined my work entirely (o South Carolina, but this 1 have not done. My political enemies have also charged thai I have received a large amount of money for my services. I assert?and I hereby append a letter from the national treasurer of the Southern Cotton Association?which shows that 1 have received but little* more than my travelling1 expenses. T have not made this fight for money or for political preferment, but 1 made | it lo try and help Ihe poverty stricken South. 11 is charged that the business men of South Carolina are opposed to me. T don't believe it. On the contrary, T have tellers and telegrams assuring me of their support. Being a farmer and knowing personally and acculetv the adverse conditions under which tlie farmers of Ihe South labored, and realizing that from I hem and their efforts came the support and sustenance of every other business, il was therefore necessary that the fanner, of the South lie placed in n position where they could have a living chance lo better their condition and thereby better the condition of others. Kverv one knows, who stops lo consider, that the burden of mankind is borne by the man at the bottom; no building or structure is stronger than its foundation, and T *u.ve given my time and money to Ihe strengthening of the foundation. The question of currency, a flexible and elastic circulating medium, is of prime importance to the producers , # and laborers or this country, for I Ik prie*e of commodities and labor is largely dependent upon fho ;tvailnhil '-V <,f /'"'rency I., meet I lie demand mil in lull am>nl with the Demo era tie party to keep the eompensa. lion of the laborer and the produeei <>n a parity with the value of (ho dollar and not allow I he dollar to urn equally purchase either the labor ol I he workingman or I ho product of the producer. The harden of the tarin in its last analysis falls upon the producer, because he is the man-thai makes the wealth that meets the expense. The tariff destroys foreign competition and trusts flenv domestic competition. I am against both. Von can never break up the trusts until the 1 aril is revised, and articles nianufaelurcd by flic trusts should be put V" ,.|M' fm' All burdens and injustices growing out of iniquitous legislation fall upon the producer I his unjust legislation is brought I'.v f lie filling ol' ??a?iUil legislation with men owned and eon' ''oiled by corporate .-freed. Therefore remedy of ||IC people is the eleeI'on of' a man from (he people who will stand by and fight. for the rights of tin; people, who, in a word, is by sympathy and interest a servant of I he people and not of predatory wealth. It must he admitted by ail classes of legitimate business men I hat the bunion of the day and the menace of I Ik? future has grown out of manipulation of ?ur laws b.v unprincipled financial pirates. We have had in |]u> last few days a practical illustration of what is meant by ("ill 11ii.tr Ihe limber from tlu> water sheds in the mountainous regions of our Stale. The damage done cannot bo calculated. Therefore, I should use all ellorts yossiblc to have such national legislation passed as would protect us. if possible, in ,lie future from a repel iiion of ibis disaster. There an millions of acres of valuable land in our low country wliuli eould be madi available for farming purposes by ; syslem of drainage, and which woul bring a maximum result for a minimum expenditure of money. I shoul'i u>o every endeavor In bring about I Ik passage of such law as would inak. Ihe drainage of our lowlands possi bio. 1 iin in full accord and sympathy with the platform of (be nationa Democratic parly and ils candidate. I" a word r think that I have prov en to the people of the South that shall stand for any and all legitimati legislation thai looks to the better incut of the condilion of mv country Whet her elected or not, mv timi and services shall he al the disposal o those organizations which are slriv tug to bolter l lie price of col Ion. K. 1). Smith. Columbia. S. (\, Aug. :t|, 1008. Mi. 1*j. 1). Smith, Florence, S. ('. Hear Sir: My books as national troas uror show thai you received from I In Soul hern ( olton association less Ihai I wo Ihousands dollars in all. The ter 'ilory covered by you reached fron N irginia to (he Rio (irando, including all Ihe cotton producing Slate.-, and would suppose that the above aiiionn would have about paid your aclua Iravelling expenses. I cheerfully give you this inform.i lion, as I have received many in O'^ries of a similar nature. Mv'book are open for inspection. ^ ours very trulv, (Signed ) ' F. IT. II Vat t. ('opy. NEW PROFESSORS NAMED FOR CLEMSON C0LLEG1 Dr. D. N. Barrow Elected Director o the Agricultural Department. Other Selections. The State. < leinson College. Sept. 1. Tin boa id ot trustees of Clemson college nu-t Monday night and a.l.io-irned t", day. Dr. 1). X. Harrow was oloete* director of (bo agricultural depart nionl and, professor or agriculture Frof. (Jnv L. Stewart was elected |. I1"' ? ' horticulture and ento.no h?.vy, vice Frof. C. C. Xowman, win was transferred to the Clemson ex perimental station. Dr. Ii. 0. Feeley was elected nr?i?t am veterinarian, and Frof. A. CI Holmes, who has been in charge o Ihe sub-freshman work, was eloctei assistant professor of history. Mr. Ti. (). Wa I son of Greenwood, i graduate of Clemson last June, wa elected assistant chemist. Dr. Harrow is n native of Louis 'ana, and for ten years has been wit! the agricultural department at Wash ington and with Ihe agricultural am mechanical college of Louisiana. IT has been assistant to Dr. S. A. Knap in charge of Ihe farmers' cooperativ work of the Fni ted States depart men of agriculture. Tie has been supei intending the work of nearly 200 spe cial agents giving instruction* to fai mers. Dr. Harrow is thoroughly fa ' miliar with agricultural conditions > llic South and it is believed that - will meet I lie demands of the nolle and the State, lie is highly eominei cd by Dr. Knapp and men of li ' standing. Prof. Stewart was for a number years industrial agent of the Soul ern railway and is now eonneet L with the agricultural department Washington. lie has made scvei tours of the State with the farnu ! institute parties from Clomson a lias made a splendid imprission. 1 COTTON CROP 11,571,966 BALI 1 Secretary Hester Places this Yeai 1 Crop Two Millions Under Last. New Orleans, La., August *H.?Si ! retary Hosier, of the New Orlea cotton exchange, reports the conum ; cial col Ion crop of the United Stal ' for (lie season of 1907-08, ending A gust .'{1, lo have been 11,571,90(5 bal as compared with 13,">10,982 bales ' the season of 1900-07. 1 The total port receipts were S,.~>7 ; 812, and overland movement 8.">9,4.' while Soul-hern consumption is pi; ed at 2,19.'1,277 bales. A PSALP OF LIFE. 1 (Willi Apologies lo Longfellow.) By W. R. Edmondson. I ell me not in box car numbers Life is but an empty dream "When your meals are green cucumhc Oh, how charming life does seem. Life is real when you are working 1*or a railroad day or nighl, I here you have no chance for shirk! ^ on ninsi do your work just riirl Lives of railroad men remind us Wo can never be sublime. Bin when going, leave behind us , Garnishees upon our timo. , Garnishees which perhaps some oil . ^ Wandering o'er I he railroad lra< i Shall behold and lell his brother ! ' ha( he never will come back. ' Let us then be up and doing. Doing every one we c;in. ?\ illi our creditors pursuing. Let I hem calcli us if they can. \y\ e shall work from nigh I (ill morni From the lime that we are hired ^ Till (he superintendent (ells us, "See here, boys, T snv von're f ed." r When our harvest days are over And our working hours are spoil - ^i\ ith out shoes all torn and dusty With our back all tired and bent ;? We shall near the gates of heaven f Hut inside we'll never get, - For old Peter thero will toll us, "Wo vo no railroad men here vol The Price of Peanuts. There ought lo be a peanut tn - or some oilier way of raising the pr i' of the ) oolhsoine lit lie fruit?we i lieve a peanut is a fmil and not - vegetable. Peanuts are entirely i cheap, and all right I bin king ;i ' lightly built people would weleonu I rise. t Peanuts are always sold in f 1 cent packages. The amount gi\ for live cenls varies, from a half p - lo a quart, but even a half pint is < - Iirely too much. There is somolhi * about peanuts that makes a man k< on eating them as long as tliev are sight, even long after he has got I enough, and many a man has frained from buying a nickel's wo of peanuts when he really wain them simply because (lie vendor gi 3 too many and the would-be purelia was afraid of the overplus. A n f doesn't want more than about t table spoonsftill of peanuts at < time, A nickel is the smallest coin have in general uso, and if the dc p ers were to put up ono-cont packaj i' or two cent packages they would p - bably not increase their sales, 1 cause few people carry coppers. T1 would not have the copper ro.*i ' when they wanted to buy a few p ' nuts, and I hoy would not want - take coppers in change. ' The whole trouble is that the do - ers are selling peanuts too che The nickel package will always - most popular, and at present one g . loo many peanuts for a nickel. f Tf the dealers will got together n 1 form a trust and boost prices, and duce the quantity of peanuts gi\ r, for a nickel by one-half or tlir s fourths, thoy will increase their sal make more money, and at the sa time confer a lasting benefit on m, kind, most of whom like peanuts. rl ATTENTION VETERANS. l' The township representatives of P Confederate veterans will moot 0 council chamber, Newberry, S. C., 1 11 o'clock a. m., September 7, 1908 elect a pension board for (lie v 190!). W. G. Peterson, 1 * . Pen. Coin. in -O K ~ CJ lie ~ ? o W > ^ s, O nr (? ^ S J W > S ^ ? O" <2* a, ? **1 >< V- ? 5? ^ 2 l(U ~?22Lj !3 2P 2ko % ^ ?5 aS g c f S ^ ? 2 o H- 5- ?" Sr of CO r3 w {/5 ^ ^ ^ C3 ih- p p r TO ed ? ' _ __?; _ _ ;;:j Mrs. Alice Robertson, nd TEACHER OF :s. Voice, Piano and Harmony r's Studio Over Mower's Store. j Opens Sept. 1st. ;:| VIOLIN MUSIC: Miss Carrie Pool will give instruc (?S . u_ tion on the Violin, beginning es. September the 14th. 1,1 Address: 1727 Harrington Street f)_ Phone: No. 7S. ' LANDED COLLEGE (l ornierly WilHatnston I;emnle College). liREENWOOD, S. C. Rev. John 0. Willson, President OI'KNS Sept. iS. 1908. Comfortable, steam heated, electric lighted building, in eit limits, dood food. Ilome-liko life nn< oversight. >l'S . Thorough teaching and training, Fine worl In music and art< Cost reasonable. Send for catalogue. Due West Female College lit With the best modern conven iences and equipment, and higl standards of teaching and living this is an ideal place for prcpara tion for the great responsibilitie; l01' of womanhood. :'M TKRMS MODERATE. For attractive catalog write REV. J A MI?S BOYCE. Due West, S. C. " * Tl _ University of South Carolin; Wide range of choice in Scien tific, Literary, Graduate and Pro 'ir- fessional Courses leading to degre> of Bachelor ot Arts, Bachelor o Science, Licentiate of Instructions Bachelor of Laws, Master of Arts ' Civil Engineer and Electrical En gineer. Well equipped Labora tories, Library of over 40,000 vol umes. Expenses moderate. Many stu dents make their own expenses. ' Next session (104th) begin September 23d, 1908. For announcement write to th isl. President, Columbia, S. C. i co i?. 1705 Collsge tl tharlsston 180 . a Charleston, S. C. 124th Year Begins September 25th 1V^ Entrance examinations will b on held at the County Court Hons int on Friday, July 3, at 9 a. 111. A1 on- candidates for admission can com ins pete in September for vacant Boyc M>p Scholarships which pay $100 a year in One free tuition scholarship to eacl [(>11 county of South Carolina. Boar* re- and furnished room in dormitor rtli $11. Tuition $40. For catalogue led address Harrison Randolph, ive President setta n 1 Z Piano and Organ Economy ftre I'llerested in the purchase of I 1ANO or an ORGAN, we want to sell you on we Don't think you must go to some mail ord< , house to buy n low priced piano or organ: n< III- outside of South Carolina to get the best plan r*es or ?rK?.n\ yL' hnvc a Krea' variety of grade -> and all styles, at prices which cnmiot (ail I interest you. We are manufacturers' factor representatives for several of the largest an 1)0- most famous makers of pianos and organs lov NYe tnke ?'tl I'lslmments in exchange an make most liberal terms of i>aymeut to tho< id V , 10 Wlsl1,'? h,,y 0,1 ?>nie. No house?quality < pianos and organs considered?can undersell u Ca- twenty-four years of fair dealing in Colnnibl and throughout South Carolina is our referent t<> and guarantee. Write us at once for catalog price and terms. al_ Malone's Music Home, Columbia, S. ( I'lANOS ANI) ORGANS. ap. be ???????????????mm ets SUMMER EXCURSION RATES Via Southern Railway. ind re- 11. ren Hound trip summer excursioi oe_ tickets to seashore and mountain rc |cs sort points nre now on sale vi Southern Railway at greatly reduc [in_ rates. Tickets good returning un lil October 31st, 1908. Ashovilh Wn.vnesville, ITondersonville, in th "Land of the Sky"; Lake Toxawa and the "Beautiful Sapphire Com tho try," now jn f,ilcir glory. in Apply to Southern Railway agent at for rates, tickets, etc. ? J. C. Lusk, far 1 Division Passenger Agent. I J. L. Meek, Charleston, S. ( j Asst. Gen'l Passenger Agt., , Atlanta, Qa. I I The Coinnu NEWBEF Condensed from r Examiner at the clos 4th, 1 908: RESOU Loans and Discoun Overdrafts Furniture and Fixti Cash - LIABIL Capital Undivided Profits n< Dividends Unpaid Cashiers Checks Due to Banks Individual Deposits Borrowed Money JNO. M. KINARD, O. B. President. Vice 4 Per Cent. Intere ingrs Department. .Newberry j E Two Courses: , W 1 Bachelor of ; B Languages E with Ele< r 2 Bachelor of r Mechanical = Y Engineerii 1 C HIGH STA1 ; O GOOD SANIT. ! L UNUSUAL E( : L Positive Moral Ii : E OPENS SEPT . G For Illustrated C s E J. A. B. Scherer, - CHICORA 3 GREENVI Owned and controlled by the Presbyter A high grade college for women. A CI Graduate courses in the Arts and Scier and Business. Large and able faculty, beautiful gro e niences, healthful climate. location in 1 e EXPENSES FOR T 1 A. Tuition, Board, Room and Fees B. All included in proposition (A) and e Next session opens September 17th Fc ii S. C. :1 V t REPORT OF C : THE EXCHJ e. i of Newbe y condensed from report d inerJune >e jf in RKSOl e Loans and discounts , Overdrafts " Furniture and fixtures Cash on hand and in Banks IylAUII, Capital stock a Surplus, net !- Unpaid Divided* a Cashiers Checks !- Bills Payable ;; Dep?sits. {fndiwduai:.. 0 y Reliable and absolutely safe. W is J. D. DAVENPORT, President. EDW. R. IIIPP, Vice-President. GKOVB. CROa srcial Bank, 1 !RY, S. C. I eport to State Bank I >e of business June RCES: }.| 1 ts $37 1.2 1 7.20 ? | 6,52 1.92 1 J ires 3,1 I 6.93 <J| ? 30,599.38 $41 1,455.43 1 .ITIES: I $ 50,000.00 1 3t 55,887.90 - 1 1,112.00 12.00 1,063,32 303,380.21 None $4 1 1,455.43 / MAYER, J. Y. McFAIX, | A Pres. Cashier. I ^ ist Paid in Our Sav- I r mil mi iiiiiii MMM??J ? ' College ^ Arts I and Mathematics I 3tives | Science I and Electrical I ig with A. B. English -I NDARDS I a.tion i :onomy | ifluences I c*ta\ncn address the 1 ctldlOgUC l'RESIDFNT 1 Newberry, S. C. ' COLLEGE, J LLE, S. C. I ics of the Synod of South Carolina. I iristion home school. fl|j ices, Music, Art, Expression, Gymnastics unda, elegant buildings, modern conve- 1 Piedmont section, and in city of 25,000. HE ENTIRE YEAR. " - $183.00 Tuition 111 Music, Art or Expression $203.00 to $213 00 >r catalogue and information address BYRD, D. D., President. ONDltlON OF f >rry, S. C., of State Bank Exa'm: 4th, 1908. jhcks: $199.73876 * 2,115.92 3,696.62 26,548.34 _ ( $232,099 64 ,itiks: $ 50,000.09 8,439.70 12.51 1,162.80 65,000.00 $ 1.492.74 105,991.82?107,484.57 $232,099.64 c pay 4 per cent 011 time deposits. M. L SPKARMAN, Cashier. W. B. WAIJyACK, Assistant Cashier. IKR, Attorney. \