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BRYAN SPEAKS TO HO1EFOLKS DELIVERS TWO NON-POLITICAL ADDRESSES DURING DAY. Says Agriculturalists Have Not Had Their Share of Representation in Matters of Government. Linco"ln. Neb.. sept. 4.-William J. Bryan. IDenocratie candidate for the presicy,(iv. today made two avowed Iv non-political speeches to his home folk. The first was at the State fair grounds, where he participated in the dedication of the new auditorium and the second was at the Tabatha home. near Fairview, where a new buildin. was dedicated as a hospital for the aged. In his fair g"ronnds speech h' was introdneed by Gov. Sheldon who has just been renomin ated by the Republicans for govern or and who was a captain in Mr. Bryan's regiment in the Spanish American war. Mr. Bryan referred somewhat humorously to his own ex periences as a soldier and said that among the candidates for president this year he was the only man with a war record. He said that underlying partizan feelings in this country was patriotism deeper and stronger than all else, as indicated by the ready re sponse to the call for volunteers in the Spanish-American war. His per sonal experience typified this. And less than two vears after his defeat by Mr. MciKnley he had volunteered his services at Washington for the war. This offer, however, was not accepted and he turned to his own State which gave him a commission and he raised a regiment of Nebras kans. Most of the officers in the regiment, like Gov. Sheldon, he said, were Repul'lican. though the major itv of the enlisted men were Demo crat. Addressing hinelf to the farmers he said: Addressing the Farmers. "Mv friends, we are more stingy in making the appropriations for the farmer ihan for any other classes of our ipeopehle. \Wh. it was a ectntur after c u.r gov: ernme:nt was or.niizdi or about that b)efore we succeeded in getting a department of agriculture established. We are tile greatest ag ricultural country in the world and agriculture is the greatest industry in our country and yet almost 100 years elapsed before the farmer got a seat around the president's council cham ber. How backward we have been in recognlizing the farmers' place in our governiment and among our institu tions. In the time that has elapsed since the creation of this department of aerien're a reai de2l has been done~. mal iat i the darm m and n W\e spend 2.5 times m in' get~ ting ready for wars we ought never to hace than wve ~spend on ag riculture. The agricultural school is developing; its advancement is one of the great marked characteristics of this generation. I think I am safe in saying that in no other de partment of learning has there been so much progress as in that depart-! ment which relates to agriculture. I am glad to encourage the agricultur al college. Why, for years it has been deemed a part of the duty of the State to train lawyers through law- schools established by the gov ernment. And we have trained doc tors thrPoulgh schools connected withI oir State ijnstitutions, but, my friends, we are just beginning to learn that the training of the farmer is .just as important as the training of the dioctor' or the lawyer. I ex p)eet r.eat thng from orarcl tural colleaes. I believe those col leges will lift tihe average of general intelligence of the farmer; I expect those colleges to equip an increasing number of young men for public life. We will read the role of United Sta tes senators and we will find but two farmers among them. Run down the list of congressmen and you will find but very few farmers among them. Considering the p)eople engaged in farming, thle farmer has very inade quat e rep resentat ion ill thle national congress. The result is that tile far mer has been neglected more than any other man and his interest disregard ed more than the interest of any oth er class and with this larger train ing of our farmer boys and farmer girls. I expect to see the farmer as sociate Jiimself more and gain a lar ger rep)resentationl in the making of our laws and the shaping of the na tioni 5policies. Discrimination Against Farmers. "T'he discriminiat ion that has been going~ ocn against the farmer has tend eto drive the peCople from the 1!tt .1'in:' ttt dw ell at 1'lngt upon(, I is dli-t r1iiat ion: I am1 ,*inu simn t '\ tt 1 ?l 4!! i i t\'"i til',l ree \1a1': in whi(h it ilit'ife:ts it elf. Our fed eral taxation is ilmost all collected through methods that bear upon eon sIuptli Il and when we tax cnump tifin instead of possessit,n, w\e make tho eI poor man pay more than his share and the rich man less than his share, and there has heretofore been a eon sant drain of the farms in thle m1at ter o collect il' taxes. and when the taxes are a prn pria ted an'd expend ed the money is nearly all spent in the cities and very little of it upon the farms. The farmer therefore has not only suffered in paying more than his share to the collector, but he has been the least benefited di rectly hy he expenditure of the monev that is raised. Read the amounts spent on ships and then fi gure, if you can, what portion of that gets to the farmer. "Take up the other large appro priations and- with the exception of pensions I do not know of any large appropriation in which the farmer ls anything like his share in pro portion to his number. These have been some of the methods of discrim ination. I believe that with more farmers in the councils of the na tion, more farmers prepared to ex ert an influence upon public thought through the pen and, pencil and by the tongue, that we shall have a change and that that change will help to retard, if not to stop, the ten dency now from 'he farm to the town. Danger of Concentration. "But what, my friends, is the dan ger of the concentration of our popu lation in the great cities? I do not mean to say that the causes that I have given are the only ones that have tended to build up the cities. Nearly everything has contributed. but these influences have a1. when you trace them back to the cause, bwen operating. and the fact that the farmers' influence in legislation has not been what it ought to have been is one of these influences. "Take the rebates that have built u1) gr(at centres and deiroved the small towns. Why have they been ,iven ? Because th0 farmer has not had a voic-e in the regulation of the railroads. "I believe the farm is the great training school and I know that the people from the farm have strength ened every branch of business but, my friends, I believe as we get away from the country, as we get farther from the soil, we are less and less impressed by those great laws of na true that ought to have a controlling influence in our lives. Ma,n as he lives close to the soil lives close to God. It is easy to inspire regard for of natural life. And on these forms we have been rearing the men and women whose influences have helped to keep this country great and to promnote the movements which have for their objects the welfare of the world. "But there is another reason why I am anxious that the farmer shall have a great influence. As I have been studying the causes of evil, as I have been studyng the abuses that need to be remedied, I have found that the fundamental trouble is a mistaken understanding of the law of rewards. The farmer, more than any one else, is brought into close touch with the divine law of re wards. "The farmer knows that God has given him a fruitful earth, the show ers that are necessary and the warmth of the sun and the farmer knows that if he is to convert raw material into wealth, it must he by diligence and by intelligence; and the farmer is impressed day by day, ear by y-ear, with the idea that his reward is to be in proportion to his merit." PEOPLE THE "MUTTS." One of the Reform Papers of San Francisco on Ruef's Release. As showing the feeling in regard to the graft situation in San Francis o the following, written by J. S. Dunningan in the Bulletin of that itv, is instructive: Ruef has -bailed himself out of ail. Part of his plunder is pledged for his appearance in court when he comes to trial for one of his three score ieloieCS. Some day, if he is crowded too cls othe jute mill, he may spit in the face of San Franeiseo and scoot away till time destroys the evidence whieh should convict him. Hie could easily-but not willingly --sacrifice thbree-quart ers of a mil in dol.ars to eva a convict's \na .:i-z( of Ibe1 bo d1 11p en whic1 the loter ( it this city has 1plro lretd his liberty shiars that he is his own sur 't V. And when the final sinl ireS were eliVng ai;\ed to t1he bonds ll .J11(1.;e f1inrasky 's eourt he _rinned and remarked Sotto Voce: "Iam iving the whole bmnd." liuif'"s sister and father wer(" (1 - eeplted as sureties for %0.ot): th( 1etna I ndemiyIII co pIIh)anly put nyli u $100,000 cash for which the c mpany holds e0 in and collateral. undoubted lv Ruef's and his codefendant crooks: and a mortgage for $100.000 on the Puet property at Kearnv and Mont 1 0omIerV a veine secures one oft he' bollidstnien who guaranteed that amount for Ruef's appearance. The total bail colleetable, should Ruef run away, is $780,000. The records show that Ruef him self has put up $790,000 and he or his close friends have insured the bond given by the surety company. While the law requires two sure- I ties on each bond, which compelled the grafter to produce $1,500,000, yet the default would amount to just half that amount. And Ruef's own signature as sure ty is on all of the bonds on which his father and sister qualified. His sig nature was required to make doubly sure that the State would have a claim to the Ruef real estate if fore closure proceedings are begun some time-in the future. Today Rulef is free to travel about the city. His insolent and braggart demeanor may now be witnessed in public places. other than in the hob bled courts of justice. He is at liber ty to defame and vilify judges and I honest officials in places where his kind torentiher to admire him for he l he i S :O 'i1 : I he.innath( )razen'lne s wi]tl icI(h he dIefie! de eenev. He may go and come at will, visit his lawyer friends who manipulate jury boxes and higher courts for Her rin and Calhoun; there is nothing to prevent frequtent conferences between hii,(el ;tlel S:n1 Leake. whO, hv the way, sat in court just before the order of release for the grafter was signed. And Ahe is now able to plot and conspire to destroy evidence; suborn perjury, bribe jurors and resume his rat-like gnawing at the pillars of gov ernent. His vanity is untouched-; disgrace does not puncture his. shell so long as he has his illimitable gall and his du eats. His nerve will. no doubt, take him to fashionable theatres and restaur amnt. Hie will not. as Schmiitz did. din wif h jail birds on Barbary con st. *.h....!l h.. 1' Pnert:in him and :nknwled.e himn in publie1( places.' Laws ar f'or criminals. Jnhstice is clo,r f'-rnwd. The people are the Mutts. Sharp Dealing. For once the American had discov ered something British that was bet ter than anything that could be pro duced- "across the pond.'' His dis covery was a fine collie dog, and he at once tried to induce its owner, an old shepherd, to sell it. "Wad ye be takin' him to Amer ica'' "inquired the old Scot. "Yes, I guess so,'' said the Yan kee. "I thought as muckle,'' said the shepher4. "I couldna pairt wi' Jock.'' But while they sat and chatted an English tourist came up, and to him the shepherd sold the collie for much less than the American had offered. "You told -me v-ou won1dn 't sell him.'' said the Yankee, when the p)urc-haser had departed. '"Na,'' replied the Scot; "'I said I could na' p)airt wi' him. Jock '11 be back in a day or so, but lhe couldn't swim the Atlantie.''-Detroit Free Press. VERY LOW -RATES. To Denver, Colorado and Return via Southern Railway. On account of the Annual Conven tion, American Bankers Association, the Southern Railway announces at tractive low round .trip rates to Den v-er, Col. Tickets to be sold daily un til September 30th, 1908. goodl to return leaving Denver not later than October :11st. 1908. For rates, details, schedules, etc., apply to Southern railway ticket auzents or1, J. C. Lusk, D)ivision Passanger Ag~ent, Charleston, S. C. J. L. Meek. 0 C0 CD Mrs. Alice Robertson, TEACHER OF Voice, Piano and Harmony. Studio Over Mower's Store. Opens Sept. 1st. VIOLIN MUSIC: Miss Carrie Pool will give instruc tion on the Violin, beginning September the 14th. Address: 1727 Harrington Street. Phone: No. 78. LANDER COLLEGE (Formerly Williamston Female College). GREENWOOD, S. C. Rev. John 0. Willson, President. PENS Sept. iS. i9oS. Comfortable,- steam heated. electric lighted building, in city -limits. Good food. Home-like life and oversight. Thorough teaching and training. Fine work n music and art. Cost reasonable. Send for catalogue. Due West Female College, With the best modern conven iences and equipment, and high standards of teaching and living, this is an ideal place for prepara :ion for the great responlsibilities >f womanhiood. TERMS MODERATE. For attractive catalog write REV. JAMES BOYCE. Due West, S. C. University of South Carolina Wide range of choice in Scien tific, Literary, Graduate and Pro essional Courses leading to degree of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Licentiate of Instructions, Bachelor of Laws, Master of Arts, Civil Engineer and Electrical En gineer. Well equippe<i Labora tories, Library of over 40,000 vol umes. Expenses moderate. Many stu eots make their own expenses. Next session (ro4th) begins September 23d, 19o8. For announcement write to the President. Columbia, S. C. harles ton, S. C.. 124th Year Begins September 25th. Entrance examinations will be Eeld at the County Court House >n Friday, July 3, at 9 a. m. All :andidates for admission can com pete in September for vacant Boyce Scholarships which pay $1oo a year. Dne free tuition scholarship to each :ounty of South Carolina. Board and fuirnished room in dormitory 41 . Tuition $4o. For catalogue, address HARRIsoN RANDOLPH, President. Piano and Organ Economly. If you are interested in the purchase of a PIANO or an ORGAN, we want to sell you one. Don't think you must go to some mail order ouse to buy a low priced piano or organ: nor utside of South Carolina to get the best piano r organ. We have a great variety of grades, mud all styles, at prices which cannot !a11 to nterest you. .We are manufacturers' factory epresentatives for several cf the largest and nost famious makers of pianos and organs. We take old instruments in excha1nge and nake most liberal ternms of Dayment to those rho wish to buy on time. No house--quality of >ianos and organs considered-can undersell us. rwenty-four years of fair dealing in Columbia tnd throughout south Carolina is our reference rite us at once for catalog price and terms. Walone's Music House, Columbia, S. C. PIANOS AND ORGANS. SUMMER EXCURSION RATES Via Southern Railway. Round trip summer excursion ickets to seashore and mountain re ;ort points are now on sale via Southern Railway at greaitly reduc d rates. Tickets good returning un Lil October 31st, 190S. Asheville, \avnesville. Hen dersonville. in thei 'Land of the Sky''; Lake Toxaway md the ''Beautiful Sapphire Coun ry." now in their glory. Apply to Southern Railway agents for rates, tickets, etc. J. C. Lusk, Division Passenger Agent. J L. Meek. Charleston. S. C. Asst. Gen '1 Passenger Agt.. Atanta. Ga. TbB COmnme NEWBERI Condensed from re Examiner at the clos( 4th, 1908: RESOUf Loans and Discount; Overdrafts ...-..... Furniture and Fixtuw Cash.. .......... LIABILl Capital .......... Undivided Profits nel Dividends Unpaid... Cashiers Checks... Due to Banks.. ..... Individual Deposits-.. Borrowed Money-. JNO. M. KINARD, 0. B. ! President. Vice-1 4 Per Cent. Interes ings Department. NEWBERRY E Two Courses: W 1 Bachelor of, B Languages E with Elec R 2 Bachelor of R Mechanical < Y Engineerin C HIGH STAb O GOOD SANITA L UNUSUAL EC L Positive Moral Inl E OPENS SEPT. G F'or Illustrated Ca E J. A. B.Scherer, CHICORA ( GREEN VIL Owvned anid controlled by the Presbyteries high gtrade collegfo women. ACr Graduate courses in the Arts and Science and Business. Large and able faculty, beautiful groun :iences, healthful climate. L,-cation in Pie EXPENSES FOR TH: A. Tuition, Board, Room and Fees - B. All i.ncluded in proposition (A) and T1 Next session opens September 17th For< S.C.' REPORT OF C TI{E EXChAr of Newber condensed frorn report iner June 4 RESOUR [oans and discounts. ...... ..... verdrafts.................. Furniture and fixtures..... .. .... Cash on hand and in Banks...... . LIABILD apital stock................... Surplus, net.................. Unpaid Divideds............... ashiers Checks. .......... Bills Payable................... . Banks............... Deposits'1 Individual...... ...... Reliable and absolutely safe. We . D. DAVENPORT, Piesid ent. EDW. R. HIPP, Vice-President. GEO. B. CROMI rcial Bank, WY, S. C. port to State Bank Sof business June CES: .. $371217.20 6,521.92 es 3, 16.93 ...... 30,599.38 $41 1,455.43 TIES: $ 50,000.00 55,887.90 1,1 12.00 12.00 1,063,32 303,380.21 4 None $41 1,455.43 AYER; J. Y. McFALL, res. Cashier. t Paid in Our Sav I Co LL.EGE Arts and Mathematics ives Science ind Electrical g with A. B. English. IDARDS TON ONOMY luences 23. ~ ADDRESS THE Newberry, S. C. 30LLEGE, .L E, S. C. of the Synod of South Carolina. stion homie school. s, Music, Art, Expression, Gymnastics ds, elegant buildings, modern conve diont section, and in city of 25,000. 3 ENTIRE YEAR. - - - .. $183.oo ition in Music, Art or Expression -. $203.oo to $213 00 :atalogue and information address EYRD, D. D., President. INDITION OF HOE BANK -ry, S. C., af State Bank Exam: th, 1 908. CES: .. ........... ......$x99,738 76 .. . . . . . . . . 2,115-92 , .... .... .... .--- 3,696.62 * ... ... ... .. 26,548.34 $232,099 64J 'r ES:1 ............ $ 50,000.09 .................... 8,439701 ..... .... .... .... 1,162.80 ...................6,000-00 .......$ 1,492.74 .......,..105,991.82-107,484-57 $232,099.64 pay 4 per cent on time deposits. M. L SPEARMAN, Cashier. W. B. WALLACE,