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NEBRASKAN DECLARES HIS RECORD IS A REPLI HE CHARGES PRESIDENT NOW WITH DODGING. "I Have Lived in Vain if Your Ac cusations Have Lost Me a Single Friend," Bryan Says. Rock Island, Ill., September 29. "I have lived in vain if your accusa tions have lost me a single friend,' said W. J. Bryan in a letter address ed today to President Roosevelt, re plying to that from the president written Sunday last. Mr. Bryan points to his record and declares that it is sufficient answei to the insinuations of the Chief Exe cntive that he is in connection wit: or controlled by the trusts: Reverting to the charges againsi Governor Haskell, Mr. Bryan says that the president, in response to his request, did not deign to suggest a trib-unal which could determine those charges, but instead proceeded to pass judgment upon him, and he informs the presid6nt that the occupant of that high office, cannot deny to the humblest citizen the right to protect his reputation and vindicate his name in the courts. The letter is as follows: Mr. Bryan's Letter. "Rock Island, Ill., Sept. 29, 1908. "Hon Theodore Roosevelt, Presi dent of the United -States, Washing ton, D. C.-Dear Sir: A brief reply to your last letter is all that is necessary to call attention to your attempt to shift the issues raised. In your letter 'attacking Mr. Foraker you inserted an attack upon Governor Haskell and attempted to use the charges against him to conneet the Democratic party and me, as its candidate, with the trusts. I asked you to name a tribu nal before which the charges could be investigated, or, if you would not do that, offered to leave it to you to say whether, in your judgment, the charges justified Mr. Haskell's with drawal from the organization. You did not deign to suggest a tribunal, but proceeded to pass judgment upon him. He immediately resigned his position that he might be more free to prosecute 1-hose who brought ac eusations against him. Thus his con neetion with the organization ended. I had no authority to submit, and did not submit, to you the question of his guilt or innocece for final decis ion. Even the president cannot deny to the hmblest eitizen of the land t,he right to protect his reputation and vindicaate his name' in courts es tablished for the purposes where wit nesses can be examined and evidence submittea according to the rules in law. In my first letter to you I re sented 'the imputation that any charges made against Governor Has kell could be justly construed as con necting the Democratic party or me, as its candidate, with any trusts or law-defying comporation. You repli ed that the charges were a ma.tter of gen' al notoriety and I asked you why Mr. Taft did not mention them 'when he made speeehes against Mr. Haskell in Oklahoma. You at' once endeavored to confront me with newv matters whieh arose after~ the Denver ~convention and, conseious that those 'charges were insufficient, you have since given wings to accusation that no disinterested party would make 'against another without investigation. Leaves Charges to Voters. "I am cwilling that all your charges -against me shall be submitted to the 'voters of 'the country and -with your e harges I submit my dema-l of any knowledge or information that could, ~in the remotest way, connect me witii any trust, monopoly or law-'breaking corporation. My record is sufficient answer to your insinuation. I have lived in vain, if your aceusations have lost me a single friend. I challenged you to name a trust official who is supporting me, and, after searching the country, you produce the name of one man, not a trust official, bul the local attorney of a trust. Withoul inquiring whether he votes for me because of his 'fear of business ad versity' under Mr. Taft, you accepi hris statement that he will vote foi me as conclusive proof that I am it league with the trusts, although yeo admit that trust officials are support ing the Republi-ean ticket. You com pliment me when you measure me b3 a higher standard than you do you political associates, for you insist tha Mr. Rockefeller's contribution t< Governor Hughes's campaign fund was no reflect.ion upon him and take it for granted that you do no eriticise Jiidge Taft's recommenda tion of a Standard Oil attorney t< the federal bench, a place where th4 judge might have to pass upon th4 charges against the very trust fo: which he had been an attorney While the trut attorney to whon p on refer is not an official of a trust, I will warn him and through him his clients that if I am elected I will not only vigorously enforce against all offenders the laws which we hope to have enacted in compliance with the Demoeratic platform, but that I will also vigorously enforce existing laws against any and all who violate them, and that I will enforce them, not spas modically and intermittently, but per sistently and consistently; they will not be suspended even for the pro tection of cabinet officers. Says Roosevelt is Quibbling. "You say 'the attitude of many men of large financial interests' war rants you 'in expressing the belief that those trust magnates whose fear of being prosecuted under the law by Mr. Taft is greater than their fear of general business adversity' under me will support me rather than Mr. Taft. You have attempted to word that statement in such a way as to claim the support of. all the trust magnates, and yet put it on the ground that they are supporting your party for patriotic reasons rather than for the promotion of a selfish interest. That is ingenious, bat it is not soun. The trust magnates are supporting the Republican party and the Bible offers an explanation, 'the ox knoweth his owner and the ass his master's crib.' You admit that you gave permission to the Steel Trust to absorb a rival and thus increase its control of the output of steel and iron products. I will leave the Amer ican people to pass judgment upon that act and compare your position on the trust question with mine. ''You refer to your campaign fund in 1896, and accuse us of allowing two men to* contribute largely to the small fund with which the committee conducted the campaign. I am not sure about the figures, because I have not seen an authentic statement of the contributions, but I was in formed that the largest of the two sums which you mention was not all contributed by the man to whom it was .credited, but included contribu tions from others as well as that which he gave himself. But if you want to be fair why do you not give the amount of the Republican cam paign fund that year and the sources of it ? I am willing to have both funds published; are you? If some of those who contributed to our funds of less than $300,000 had a pecuniary inter est in the result of the election, how would you explain the enormous con tributions to the Republican fund? If you will remember the Democratic platform candidly declared the par-, ty 's purpose. If the carrying out of that policy would have been of ad van't.age to any one, the whole public had knowledge and the publication of the contributions would not have affected the result. Publicity as to campaign funds is not needed 'to make known 'that which is disclosed by The platform. You certainly pay more at.tention to the mote than to the beam when you find fault with our national campaign fund in 1896, or ignore the significance of a fund almost as large, which at your request was collected from a few persons in 1904 and was used in one State and was only a small item in the fund collected that year. Accusation Against Voters. "But your letter presents a de fence of your party's posrulon an an accusation again.st the voters which emphazises an issue already promin ent. You are the first conspicuous member of your party to attempt an explanation of the party's opposition to publicity before the election, a'nd the admission which you make -will embarrass your party associates. Your position is that tahe publication before election of the confributiions made to your campaign fund would furnish your political opponents an opportunity 'to give a false impres sion' as to the fitness of the candi dates. You cite as illustrations the contributions made to'* Governor Hughes's campaign fund, the contri bution collected by Mr. Harriman and the contributions -which are now being colleeted for Mr. Taft's cam paign fund. You charge, 'in effet, that the people are so lacking in con fidence that they might condemn as improper contributions which you de elare to be proper. If the voters dif fer from you on this question are they necessarily ignorant and wrong? Must the members of the party or ganization act as self-appointed guar dians of the people and conceal from them what is going on lest the people be misled as to the purpose and ef fect of large contributions? Is this your explanation of the action of the Republican leaders in thie national convention in voting down a publicity plank? If you will pardon the sug geston I believe that a better explan-i ation can be found in JIoly Writ, for do we not read of men~ loving dark ness rather than light, because their i deds are evil? "You attempt to make a person question of it and ask whether ar one will accuse such nic: as you. Go ernor Hughes and Mr. Taft of beir influenced by contributions. That not the question. If it is found th a paa ty to a suit has given a sum money to one of the jurors the cou does not stop to inquire whether not the puror is an incorruptible ma or whether in accepting the money I explicitly stated that it was accept( with the uncferstanding that he w: under no obligations to consider it i making up his verdict. The cou: would hold that the giving of monE by any interested party or the recei ing of money was a contempt court and an interference with ti administration of justice. Public o: ficials occupy much the same positic as jurors. They are constantly cal ed upon to decide questions betwee the favor-seeking corporations on ti one hand and the people on the othe and there is a very general impressic that officials of these favor-seekit corporations do not put up large sun of money from purely patriotic mi tives. Mr. Havemyer testified befoi a senate committee some years a that the Sugar Trust made it a bus ness to .contribute to campaign fund and that it was its custom to giN to the party in power in the State. Absolves Roosevelt, Taft and Hugh( "I do not mean to say -that M Hughes was influenced by the contr butions made to him by the tr: magnates whose names were given i the after-election report. I do nc mean to say that you were influence by the contributions collected by M Harriman, neither do T mean to sa that Mr. Taft will be influence by the contributions that are" bein made to his fund by the trust ma, nates; but I do mean to say that ti American people have a right to kno what contributions axe being mad( that they may judge for themselvE the motive of the givers and the obi gation imposed upon those who ri ceive. The reflection upon the pe< ple involved in your charge that the would misuse the knowledge whic publicity would give is unworthy c one who has been elevated to so hig an office by the votes of the peopli and I venture the assertion that yo cannot procure from Mr. Taft an er dorsement of your defence. He is no before ,the people; he is' offering bin self as a candidate for the prnes deney; he dare not tell the people I whom he appeals 'that they have n< sense- enough to form a just and co: rect opinion as to the purpose whic leads parties interested in special les islatiion to make big contribution You fear that we would misrepreser the motives of those who are contrn buting to the Republican campaig fund, and cast an unjust suspicio upon Republican candidates if ti names and amounts were made know before the election. Your argumen if sound, would preven~t publicatic after the election, for why should a unjust suspicion be east upon ofh eals after the election any more tha beforet? Does not the secrecy befoi the election increase this suspicion We are going to give you an oppo: tunity to misrepresent the, motives c those who give to our campaign fun4 and to arouse all the suspicion yo can; we are going to prove to ti people that we are m'aking a fight fc the whole people and not for thos who have been enjoying privileg< and favors at the 'hands of the go' enent, and we expect that the hor est sentiment of the country will ri buke the party whose convention in' fused to endorse any kind of publi< ity and whose candidates are n< willing that the people should kno un'ti.1 after the polls are closed whe predatory interests have been aetis in support of the Republican part: With great respect, etc., yours trul; ''W. J. Bryan.'' Fear of the Lord. A group of aeronants were tellir balloon stories in the smioiing rooi of a Chicago hotel. Capt. H. E. Hos eywell, who with the ''Fielding-Ai tonia'' balloon was later to break a long-distance speed records, laughe and said: ''The great Elyot made a balloc ascent from Charleston one hot sun mer afternoon.. A thunderstorm can up. Elyot, amid buckets of rain, ti rar of thunder and the flash of ligh ning was blown about like thistli down. On toward midnight he four himself over a plantation and thre ont his ancho-a grapnel at the er of a long Tope. , ''It happened that a negro had die in one of t.he huts of this plantatio: The funeral was to take place in ti morning. A dozen friends of the des man sat in the soft summer night b fore the hut telling ghost stories. ''Suddenly, in the darkness abo' them, they heard strange noises flapping as of great wings, mnena al fi formles black ]iape. V : ll Allbut one man ran. This one v- man, as he cowered on1 his stool, had ig the ill luck to be seized by the grap is nel. it "The grapnel, going at a great )f pace, whirled him up fowr or five feet rt in the air and jerked him along at >r the rate of fifteen miles or so an hour. n, 'Oh, massa, na.ssa,' he yelled, Le squirming and kicking in that strange d flight. 'I'se not de one! I'se not de s caiwpse! Dick's in de house dah.! In ,n de house dal!' "-Washington Star. y BLUE RIDGE SCHEDULES. - Eastbound. >f No. 18, leaves Anderson at 6.30 a. te m., for connection at Belton with E- Southern for Greenville. n No. 12, from Walhalla, leaves An - derson at 10.15 a. m., for connection n at Belton with Southern Railway for ie Columbia and Greenville. r, No. 20, leaves Anderson at 2.20 n p. m., for connections at Belton with g Southern Railway for Greenville. is No. 8, daily except Sunday, from >- Walhalla arrives Anderson 6.24 p. -e m., with connections at Seneca with o Southern Railway from points south. i- No. 10, from Walhalla, leaves An s, derson at 4.57 p. m., for connections "e at Belton with Southern Railway for Greenville and Columbia. ;s Westbound. r. No. 17, arrives at Anderson at 7.50 i- a. m., from Belton with connections ;t from Greenville. n No. 9, arrives at Anderson at 12.24 >t p. m., from Belton with connections d from Greenville and Columbia. Goes r. to Walhalla. y Nol. 1, arrives at Anderson at 3.40 d p. m., from Belton. with connections g from Greenville. - No. 11, arrives at Anderson at ,e 6.29 p. m., from Belton with con vv nections from Greenville and Colum ; bia. Goes to Walhalla. s No. 7, daily except Sunday, -leaves i. Anderson at 9.20 a. m., for Walhalla, .. with connections at Seneca for local points south. y Nos. 17, 18, 19, and 20 are mixed h trains beta een Anderson and Belton. f Nos. 7 and 8 are local freight h trains, carrying passengers, between 3, Anderson and Walhalla and between u Walhalla ane Anderson 1- 500 M5 State Family Tickets $11. ~25.--Good over the Atlantic Coast -. Line in aceh State for the headl or de o pendent mnemsbers of a family. Limit t ed to one year from date of sale. -1000 Mile Interchangeable Indivi h dual Ticket $20.00.-Good over the - in the Southeast aggregating 30,000 s. miles. Limited to one year from data et of sale~. i- 2000 Mile Firm Ticket $40.00. n Good over the Atlantic Coast Line n and 30 other lines in the Southeast .e aggregating 30,000 miles; for a man n ager or head of firm and employee li t, linesin the Southeast aggregating 41, n mited to five, but goodI for only one n of such persons at a time. Limited to - Atlantic Coast Line and 30 other lines none year from date of sale. e 1000 Mile Southern Interehangeablh SIndividual Ticket $25.00.-Good over ~the Atlantie Coast Line and 75 other 000 miles. Limited to one year from dat. >f sale. u All mileage tickets sold on and af e ter April 1st, 1908, will not be honor red for passage on trains, nor in echecking baggage (except from non agency stations and stations not open for tihe sal eof tickets) but must be presented at ticket offices and there exchanged for continuous tickets. 15 cents saved in passage fare by t purchasing local ticket from our Sagents. t Atlantic Coast Line. *e T. C. White, ~.~General Passenger Agent. W.J raig, Pasenger Traffile Mana'ger, Wilmington, N. C. NOTICE. gBids will be received for the Old n King's Creek church until O"nt. 6th 'by any of the following named parties 'with right to reject any or all bids. 1 On Tuesday, Oct. 6, the committee d will meet at King's Creek to dispose .of the old building. n Dr. M. A. Renwick, 1- Bernard Carlisle, e Petus Baker. e W. C. Brown. -NOTICE oF LETTING BRIDGE. d Noitce is hereby given that the sup w ervisors and County oards of Coin d inisioners for Newberry and Saluda Counties, South Carolina, will be at d Chappells depot, Newberry County, on ~.Friday, the 16th day of October, 1908, eat 11 o'clock in the forenoon of said d day, with suitable plans and specifi e- ations, then and there to let out to the lowest responsible bidder the build e ing and erecting of a new bridge over a Saluda river, at that point, between .said Counties, and to take from the ansucessful bidder sufficient bond for the faithful performance of his duty, I the amount of said bond to be not less than his bid. Until said day of meet ing said plans and specifications may be seen at the offices of the respec tive supervisors. Said bids shall be sealed and delivered to said supervis ors not later than 11 o'clock, a. M., 16th Oct., 1908, and said Commission ers reserve the right to reject any and all bids. The time in which said work shall be completed, and the time of payment. shall be announced on the day of letting. J. Monroe Wicker, Supervisor SaluTa County, S. C. B. T. Mack, Eupervisor Saluda County, S. C. Attest: H. C. Holloway, Clerk County Board Commissioners, Newberry County. B. F. Sample, Sr.. Clerk County Board Commissioners, 'Sainda Count:-. Sept. 28th, 1908. AN ORDINANCE. Fixing the rate and prescribing the time for the payment of town taxes for the year 1908. BE IT ORDAINED by the mayor and aldermen of the Town of New berry, S. C., in council assembled and by authority of the same: That for the purpose of raising a revenue and in the exercise of the taxing power of said town, the fol lowing taxes are hereby levied for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 1908, upon all real and personal pro perty within the corporate limits of said Town (except such as is exempt d from taxation under the constitution and laws of this State) upon the valuation thereof as assessed for tax- 1 ation for county and State purposes; viz: Section 1. That a tax of sixty cents on each one hundred dollars of real and personal property within the cor porate limits of the Town of New berry in the State of South Caro lina (except such as is exempt from taxation under the constituti.. and laws of this State) is hereby levied for the purpose of raising a revenue - to defray the ordinary expenses of said Town for the fiscal year end ing December 31st, 1908. Section 2. That a tax of three fourths of a mill on each. dollars' worth of real and personal property within the corporate limits of the Town of Newberry (except such as* is exempt from taxation .under the Constitution and laws of this State) is hereby levied for the purpose of raising a revenue to defray the bond ed indebtedness of said Town for the Opera House. Section 3. That a tax of two and a half mills on each dollar's worth of real and personal property within the corporate limits of the Town of 1' Newberry (except such as is exempt k2 from taxation under the Constitution at and laws of this State) is hereby le- ci vi,ed for the purpose of raising a revienue to pay the interest on and create a sinking fund for the bonded r indebtedness of said Town for the S Water Works and Electric Light F Plant. b Section 4. That a tax of one mill te on each dollar's worth of real and personal property within the corpor-C ate limits of the Town of Newberry (except such as is exempt from taxa tion under the Constitution and laws of this State) is hereby levied for the - purpose of raising a revenue to pay y the interest of the bonded indebted ness of said Town for the Sewerage System. Section. 5. Tlhat all taxes herein imposed or levied shall be paid to the said Town of Newberry in law ful money of the United States, be tween the fifteenth day of October, - 1908, and the fifteenth day of No- N vember. 1908, and a penalty of ten per cent is hereby imposed upon and shall be added to all taxes in arrears. m Section 6. That execution issue ac- so cording to law for the colleetion of de all taxes, fines or penalties past due N and unpaid for fifteen days, and the 10 cost of said execution. m Done and ratified under the cor- te porate seal of the Town of Newberry, s5 in the State of South Carolina, this p1 the second day of September, A. D., or 1908. 1908. J3. 3. Langfo4d t Attest: Mayor. A< Eug. S. Werts, Clerk and Treasurer. 4t NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION. The partnership heretofore existing with H. 0. Long. B. L. Dominick and D. B. Werts, under the name of Long, Dominiek & Werts. has been dissolv-- S~ ed by mutual consent, Mr. Long hay- H ing sold his interest therein to Messrs. b( Dominick & Werts, who assume all liabilities of the late firm, and to whom any payments due the firmf must be paid. Success Has crowned our work. We have had numbers of difficult cases that others have failed on. IT IS THE SATISFACTORY FITTING of these difficult cases that goes to make our reputation. We are al ways looking for trouble -eye trouble- and it is our great pleasure to give relief. DR. G. W. ON{OR, Newberry, S. C. Office Over Copeland Bros. Store. irs. Alice Robertson, TEACHER OF oice, Piano and- Harmony. Studio Over Mower's Store. Open Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs tys and Fridays. Wednesdays id Saturdays by special appoint ient. VIOLIN MUSIC: iss Carrie Pool will give instruc tion on the Violin, beginning September the 14th. ddress 7 7 27 Harrington Street. Phone: No. 78. FOR SALE 73AcrssFineL.and One mIle of city limits of ewberry, S. C. One-half of .nds in new grounds. 100 :res will make one bale of >tton to the acre per year if operly cultivated. Just- two iles from the City Graded :hools and Newberry College. lne location for a home. Can i purchased on reasonable rms. Apply to EO, W. sUMMF, NEWBERRY, S. C. V/. G. Houseal, Mn. D. Offie Hurs- (9 to xo a.m. L. A. Riser, Mn. D. Offiee ~uth Dr. Houseal. - f8 to 9 ..m. Office Hours - 2 to3 p. m. 16.30 to 7.30 p. m. )TICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT AND DISCHIARGE. Notice is hereby given that I will ke a final settlement of the per al estate of Benjamin F. Nichols, eased, in'the Probste Court for wberry county on O.ctober 12th, 08, at 11 o'clock a. in., and i diately thereafter apply for Jet s dismissory. All creditors of id estate will render their cloim' operly proven to the unde'rsigned' .or before said'12th daiy of ('e er, 1908. Laura C. Nichols, iministratrix of the personal estate of Benjamin F. Nichols, de~cased. -taw. Best the World Affords. "It gives me unbounded pleasure recommend Bucklen's Arnica Ive,'' says J. W. Jenkins, of Chapel 1ll, N. C. "I am convinced it'@ the st salve the world affcords. It ear a felon on my thumb, and it never ils to heal every sore, burn or rnd to which it is applied. 2S.. at E. Pelham and Son's urg stjre.