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CARMACK ADMIRERS WERE NUMER< Tonnessean Will Not Soon bo gotton at the Capital?His T With Tillman. Washington will not soon fc the brilliant and aplivating inaek, for (hero has boon a among Republicans and l)cmo< alike thai some day lu; would re to the senate, which ho adorned as some of I lie great senators of hut days, when Calhoun, Washington dispatch to the Colui State, Webster, Clay, llayne, ] ton and a few others were the <j figures of the time, overshado the lame ot even presidents, mack had he remained in the sc would have ranked with these In opinion of not a few in the ca tily. The venerable Senator Mo of Alabama, who served s<? Ion the senate and who was noted fo unbiased .iudgmcnt of men as we of (|uestions, declared before he that Carmack was the most bril man he ever knew. He was ;i striking figure in senate a| i!! times. Rather tall well liuilt, thouiih neither bulky bi*_* in anv smise physically, lu way- carrieil himself straight, with I lie appearance always of fed !iaturalii"-is, nrver still'. I le hi< ,?diaggv head, with i!> ronu <|iie face. !ar_:c prominent nose, hair in i )n>11;; : d >ur. high in air no <me who ever saw it though! one moment that it was not born way. lie used lu >iI <m the rear on tin' I )ein ocra I ic side of the ale chamber, just behind Bailey lilhnan. lie had a way of die .s niielhiug -tobacco, T suppr marly all tli>? time, and lie wouh leu spit iuli> a cuspidor near \\ lien ^oine Republican senator u make a slatemeut which in anv reflected upon the South or cla loo much lot- t |i(> Republican p armack would rise up in his sa\ ??n I)iin-_i. which, in .jusl a 1 Would tear t he hide o|| t lie Republican enalor. bis bands into bis pocket, reach Mud >pi| inlo |he cuspidor and " ' of I be chamber, knowing well as he did that the Rcpuh had no rep!v. As he would s vi'.il of the -enate chamber sum 'tis face w ei!d seiun a little n and hi-; red !>o;npad nir would ri.about two inches liitrVr. but who were ne ir eiiounh |> see bis would notice that I bey were euii t.ieir -lead v and undisturbed 1 lotn t be l?right blue cent n <. 11? ti >t -milium, tor lie meant w 11: s.tid. meant ii from the very < I hi- sin|. lie did :io| walk out ) ft would ivo;d the -Irimglc, ho| a? 11 wa?' '"i lar as getting vote.< oiicerned: he knew lie bad llu \\>rd. lie did not make per s'i"?- ;,l senators on the Repul side. That was uo| Ms way. Would s|ii|;e deeper down and e the corps o| the policy being ad\ Oil. noI sparing tho^c in general advocated it. seeming to recn that the Republican senators wli there in the chamber will) him sent there fo advocate what thei but \ indent Iv throwing into 1eelb I be falsene-s and tile hi?>f I heir position. Respected on Both Sides. A- i 11; 11 oral con -'''(|i\e!ire of eoniNe, | bough {lie Republican leu fell Mi" stinging cuts of Car lbe\ respected him. all of those had anv manhood at all. ami m< them bad. n o alone f>r his low ability, but lor his evident ho and sincerity in all he said. <'armack won the respect o Republicans of the house win1 first came to congress In a ver online way. which has no paral 'the history of congress. His was contested hv a Republican h name of Patterson, and the ele? 'Commitlee ot the house recotni 'od the mo-eating of ('annack an seilii 'v <if Ralterso"- a ?it' . v v.'lh a latge Ret iV an nn: one seriously d mbled w.e.h 'through I he house. As the voh about to be put, Carnmek arosi .secured I lie recognition of the for a speech in his own behalf, I?tul not spoken before and he w>| known in the lumse. But in minutes he had the whole lions lening. and lie pitched into tin publicans with all his power o| <juent invective, declaring I ha was elected an a Democrat an would oppose the policy of the R licans at ovory step should 1 sealed, bul so able was his appt Iheir sense of right that for the lime in history a Republican ri ily decided the question upon its i!s and not upon parti/.an bias voted down Die report of its mil tee. A number of references have onade to . the colloquy between \ \ v mack and Tillman in the last )U8. gross. Carmack is represontei having scored Tillman heavily. For- ho did; ho scorched the br lit South Carolinian; but there \ misunderstanding in his mind t time, and as both made apologies 'i:,ve keen friends ever since. Car- happened was this: hope Tillman had boon called by i rats tain New York newspaper "the turn **<>?'k artist of the senate." T such even, and to have some fun o for- own account, Tillman fixed him says list of the various good minstre nbia formers of the senate and, to tb lieu- speakable shock of the grave ai rreat verend senators of both sides, j rtino olY his minstrel stunt right the Car- the senate chamber, decsribing nale ions dignified senators in mi i tlie show terms and recounting thei l?itjiJ ties. Carmack had been takin rgan side of President Roosevelt ii <r ;M Brownsville affair, though in v his 'I hi- declared that as lie had hci II as different, to the opinion of the died dent when he criticised him i Iiaut wrong, lie. would with equal in< once to his opinion defend him tlu WnS Tillman, who was ; ieising I lie |>rosidcnt for his cou discharging the negro troops, nor ,i-i p ' ' , tins language, referring to fan . . "Next we have the redoubtable but i , . ' nosi-an, who was once a kins h?i'l i ''V "?'sl>ur in I he lists, ' 1 -|war Iia> wrung true and clear I the vizor of 11 usurper at the 1 red In lit., I i Mouse, a i ii I who has made the s fly in many an onset ; but his head is broken ofl ; he has bee 1" horsed, but before retiring froi lisp- he seizes a garland of fit and J""' '' on his headless ' ! pon (now, alas, no humor ol \VH1? I . , " use), he lays l( at the feet of th 1 of Roosevelt as a peace of . " and joins the minstrels to sing sung pi the victor of Brown ,)n ' who whistles Democrats to cm iTed P'M' ^ Mouse and lick the which has so often smote them, art \. . S0;1[ ; 1 iirinack was not in the clu bor.r 1 " l,M ^ hen he iliil come ver\ j " !lt ''K* stenographer's not . jc|. I w'"al Tillman bail said, and hi ovei ' l,n:"i>:l,'our "p ;l few inch ,? he took the floor. walk full 'senator from South Ca lieati Si,NV include me in his pei t:*id * remarks, ' lie said, ii without, ehow provocation whatever, so lar as ddei .l'ndge. I have no feeling of r n|, men towards the senator from i 1 andina, lor without making rvc, J personal applicat ion, I wish t tj ' hat with respect to some men light i '"is'ortune rather than a l'auli w.<? 'hey do not know how to spen it h.- language of courtesy and good i.pths | as ii j "The senator from Sou'li Ca tele > did not need to lift his belly ; was the dust to attain the height o last great argument. 1 believe it sonal true, and I say it with pride, th tlican I act that my service terminate lie matter ot regret to nearly ever ut to .ilor upon this side of the clu oeat- and I believe to most of the se who on the other side of the chamli igni/.c doubt very much whether that io sat he truthfully said with respi were either side if the senator from > did. Carolina were in my position, 'heir i ' 1 he senator from South ":i( 'jl.ua." lie continued, to the bre; j senators and gallery visitors, (that my spear is broken, and ' thi> ";n'e taken a garland of flower.s i.f-l'hat broken spear to the mack Mouse. Broken or unbroken, whoj spear has never been dipped st ot j ''I'h ol the gutter. I am glad eriu1: 1 '',:|t that shattered spear wi uest\ i withdrawn I roin here uustaino< dishonor, or unstained by a< mine, with anything that appn ^ Ilex mmo." v Tillman, who was .sitting lei ii. nnns' reach of Carmack sat seat ' ,mi<'ed. lie had not meant a y ihe ! but he realized that he -lions 'he.ightlossly referred to Can nond-M1''"'' u''i(,h was a sore poini ,1 | , j the Tennessean. hater in the rhic:\ i w'|en he got an opportunity, T , I apologized to Carmaek, and Ca 1 j stated that he was sorry lie had , was 1 en so harshly in reply. Bu , i scene is one long to be remon chair j'M ,,u> The president had long ha< was mack on his black list, for a few that Roosevelt was like a ceta e lis- ow's horse ont in Tennessee, 1 He- "natural gait was running P elo- For this piece of wit the re; t he I Roosevelt always left Can id he name off the White House inv epub-j list. A ft or the speech on B ?e be j ville, however, and this inciden 'al to Tillman, Roosevelt sent an apol onl,\ | Carmack and invited him to lajor-; see him at the White House., moi- mack refused to go, not that he > and not accept the apology, whi< com- did, but because he was about out of the senate and he won been have it said by any one that 1 Car-1 making friends with the man 1 con- always so severely criticised at a tinn 1 as when tho public might think ho wa Well, putting himself in place for a presi usque dontial appointment of some kind, vas a A Southerner's Tribute. it the Car mack had (numerous admirer 5 thoy hero, among the Southern people es What pocially. A Southerner here, win used to go with many others to hi i cer- room to enjoy the charming company burnt (>^ *he brilliant senator, wrote a piee 0 gel ^() one tho New York newspaper n his yesterday, which accurately describe up a ^'1(i deling among Southerners gen 1 per- orally- He said: 10 un- "Among Southern members of con id rg- gress who are drifting into Washing Milled ton to attend the session of congress ire in | and among members of the Southeri var-. colony here, there seems little diver nstrel sity of sentiment over the seiisaliona ir an- killing of Former Senator Caramel g the in Nashville yesterday. Few niei i the enjoyed the personal popularity o doing the late senator. His rooms wer en in- nightly the mecea of resident Ten presi- nesscans, who gathered there to Ilea n the the wit of tho brilliant son of th 1 iirer- Volunteer State. The admiration o when many of them closely bordered upo ; crit- idolatry and among these..the shoot rsc in ing down of Oartnaek is denounce used most roundly. nack: "Tho editorials in The Tennessear fen- which, according to newspaper n fhl, a ports from Nashville, caused th whose hilling, are considered of a tritlin ?l?o'? nature, ('armack us editor was a Chilis unsparing in his criticism of politi parks cal opponents as he was on the l'loo sl?<'iii of the senate. Of scores of ihes ? <?"- Southern men he has in his cditoria n the capacity written infinitely more bit nvcrs, ter criticism than lie did of Coopei ttcn" s,,id that his life should have paid th I* iiu.v forfeit for a comparatively trivial at e vie- lack following a heated eampaig lennft has nonplused Southern folks, wh a last are used to personal journalism. ne' 1* ' " ^ ''en Carmack " as defeated fo n.? *' 1senate by Senator Mob Taylor h had with 11iin practically the entir lennessee colony in Washin?loi imbei which is fairly big. A majority too in lie ih,. j,mrn(,v home to cast thei (-'-s ballots for him. ami liis defeat wa s ,,(,d < ounted as a heavy loss. ' "In ( arniack tho Southerners al ways had a man upon whom the rolina could rely. None ever feared tha rsonai |le would be unable to hold his own i an.V the senate against all comers. Til (an man was a Southerner true enougt esent- |m| tlio Southerners agreed that Til ' l,utti m;u, always made a mess of it. Cu i".> berson was a good man in his plae< 0 s<i \ 1M,| t i in if]. Morgan was deep an it is a ponderous. 1 ,Ilal " < "arniack invariably filled Hi |< tbe l,in. [|(, w;t|, t|10 )<pon |>()5nl f m-eed- (l,e rapier. Invective and eloquent were employed by him with cqus rolina ease. Humor and sarcasm were Ir from side arms. With it all lie could fa I that into the most touching eloquence. 1 to be one of his first speeches he left fe at the dry eves among his admirers wli s is a crowded the galleries to hear him. .\ sen- " 'I speak, sir, for my na(iv imbei, South,' said lie. 'It is a land th: nntors has known sorrows; a land that hi or. 1 broken the ashen crust, and moistei could ed it with its tears; a land searrc oct to and riven by the plowshare of wa South and billowed with the graves of lu dead, hut a land of legend, a land r (!aro- ' land of hallowed and hcroi it bless memories. "says " ' 'bat land every drop of ni that I every fibre of niv being, ever ; upon imlsation of my heart is consecrate White '''M ?>vor. that ' '' VV;,S born of her womb, 1 w; in tlu: "'"'lured at her breast, and when in to sa\ 1:,s| slmll come T pray Cod tin II be ' m:,v pillowed upon her boson 1 with '"'X'kcd to sleep within her tei ;t ()| del- and encircling arms." oaehes "Such sentiment was irresistib among his followers, and it is reflec within r1 ,0<]n.v- The Coopers are ban dumb- y V' and in tl nv of- . "u> "ewspnper accounts ( had ! . 'r:lwd.v the attack seemed ui nack'.-, ,n^'i'",!,le lo the Southern colony, t with "A w'll |?robably be* hoi t, here tomorrow night by Tennesseai illman \? ,'n^? s?mo action expressive ; rmack f,U''r r(,prot" S?mo of the Tonne s-vo'c- s('iins n.ro nnxio?s !>?** resolutioi t tile ''(,,""u'"^0|'.v (>^ the Coopers, but II libored 1(.,:,<1<'rs in 1,10 movement favor simple tribute of praise of the la senator and regret at his loss." 1 Car saving Winthrop Fever Bulletin. in lei- lioek Hill, November 15.?As wi whose be seen from today's bulletin fro way.' Winthrop college the situation <onl fui more favorable each day. Tt is nack'a follows: Typhoid cases eleven, su itatioi. pected eases .dismissed, two; new su rowns- pected cases, none. This disposes ? t with all suspected cases and leaves on logy to those pronounced typhoid four da call to ago. These are all progressing sati Car- factory. would h lie j SPECTACLES AND EYEGLASS! to go | accurately fitted to your eyes. Tie Id noi j qualitv lenses. Satisfaction cua io was j miitcod. Reasonable prices. he hnd Daniels & Williamson. b NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION a Notice is hereby given that a De mocratic Primary Election will be held 011 Tuesday, November 24th, 1908, in the Town of Nowberry, S. C., Si for Mayor and Aldermen to servo for ^ , - one year, and Trustees of the Graded 1# School for Ward 1, Ward 2 and s Ward 3 to serve for two years, and y Commissioner of Public Works to b serve for six years. Said Primary h Election to be conducted according s to the rules and. regulations of the - Democratic Party of the Town of Nowberry, S. C.; the polls to be open. ed at 8 o'clock a. 111., and to be clos. cd at 4 o'clock p. m. >, There will be a separate voting pro* ti cinct in each Ward as follows: Ward 1?Council Chamber. ir 1 Ward 2?Store of E. A. Griffin <fe k Co. ' Ward 3?Office of Herald and d * News. Ward 4?No. 1013 Caldwell street. r Ward 5?At corner of Drayton and Wright streets. ^ The following have been appointed {] t as managers of said election: ' Ward 1?M. M. Satterwhite, Floyd Bradley, F. M. Lindsay. a 1 Ward 2?J. C. Wilson, Alex Welch, John A. Summer. '' Ward 3?Alex Singleton, Warren Jones, D. F. Pifer. 1< 0 Ward 4?C. E. Powell, J. M. Bow- < " crs, TA. Boozer. si Ward f>?W. IT. Bowen. B. K. Ab- ( i nov. E. C. Bcdcnbaugh. J 1 lie attention of all candidates is ^ called to the following section of ^ | Rule 3: "The candidates receiving the majority of all votes cast for the J I said offices of Mayor, Aldermen and _ | Trustees of the Graded School, and ^ Commissioner of Public Works, re- ^ ' sportively, at said election, shall be declared the nominees of the Demo- ^ cratic Party of said town, provided, * j that on or before twelve o'clock noon, 0 - on Friday, November 20ih, eacli ot ' , such candidates shall have left a ' written statement with the chairman v j of the Executive Committee that he 1 i is a candidate and that he will abide ; tho result of such election. No vote! : shall 1)0 counted for any candidate) 1- who has not so pledged himself. > Tf no candidate either for the of* fice of Mayor or for Aldermen, oi " for the Trustee of the Graded School ~ in a Ward, or for Commissioner of Public Works, shall have received a ' majority of votes at such election, a ' | second election for the nomination ot j Mayor and for Alderman, and for a j trustee of the Graded School, and 4 for Commissioner of Public Works, ll' as the case may be, shall be held on * ' 1 Friday. November 27th, under these i ,(' j rules, at which second election only ( I the two candidates who received the 4 11 highest vote at the former election, j " for the respective offices, shall be II voted for; and provided further, in i " .the event there should be a tie at ( III the second primary for Mayor and < Aldermen and Trustee of the Grart- t 0 ed School, or Commissioner of Public 11 Works, then a third primary shall he 4 held on Monday, November 30th, ( i; 1008. The candidates are assessed as fol't lows: ' Mayor, $10.00. m ^ Alderman, $3.00. 1(1 Trustee of Graded School, $3.00. Commissioner of Public Works, $:?. > No pledge will he accepted from '> nn.v candidate unless the proper asse-sment i> paid at the time of filing his pledge. 4 ' s Bv order of the Executive Commit- I .V tee. ^ u O. B. Maver, " r- Ir- Hunt, ' Chairman. 1 Secretary. COTTON it. Nearly $15.00 a bale less V than a year ago. la Do you want to sell your >r cotton at present prices? s" If not, store It in the IS Newberry Warehouse U: and protect it from danger and fire. u Do you owe debts, and want m to pay them, without having to l* sell your cotton? s- If so store your cotton in the Bll Newberry Warehouse ' vs* and Mr. C. 6. Summer or J. D. ? Wheeler will tell you how to ( get money on It from the Farm- ( *s( er's Loan and T rust Company of Colu.Tibia. j i jT. B. STACKHOUSE, Pres.ji _z 1 \ I ii ^ * What Good Coffee i Does for You. j It helps you over the hills. It gives you the right start in the morning. i J It chases the blues, clears the fog, rouses mental activity, f ispires impulse and appetite for work. \ " It puts you in a cheerful and confident frame of mind to unertake that work, making a profitable pleasure of it. But, mark you, good Coffee is necessary to do this. \ There is little enough of that kind available. . | Robust, fuming, aromatic Coffee, which is rich in fragrance, J; avor, and harmless stimulation. } Coffee that, as the French say, makes a sad man cheerful, ]> cold man warm, a warm man glowing, and an old man young. Such Coffee can be had, if you take the trouble to find it out. We have found it out and have it*in stock, call on us and sarn of the merits of "Barrlngton Hall", "Vigoro" and "Siesta". )ur Stock of Fancy and Staple Groceries is Complete J / ' 1 \ Specialties for Thanksgiving re arriving and we are in position to supply the demands of the lost fastidious with table delicacies. Everything "good to eat" at ! The First Cough of the Season, ? H Even though not severe, has a tendency to lrrita:?j the m r i^ live Axenibrsmes of the throat and dvlicate bronchial tub? s. ^ ^ Coughs then come easy all winter, every time you ).nk> .ae ^ ? slightest cold. Cure the first cough before it has a nl-.c.iKv to & ^ set upon incarnation in the delicate capillary ah tubes of ; ue |a lungs. The best remedy is QUICK RKL1KF COTf.H ^ SYRUP. It at once gets right at the. seat of tr ublo ai?'i rc jL moves the cause. It ia free fr^m Morphine and is as tor W ft child fts for Ma adult. 25 cents at i MAYES' DRUG STORE. qo?Ace 1,* 'MriTaa"j",lrw?r"w' nmfiBw COME TO THE Charleston Foil Festival. AND VISIT THE NAVY YARD Vith her large Battleship "TEX \S" and Torpedo Fleet in Port. DON'T FORGET THE DATE Nov. 16-21, 1908 This is the Time of the year to Visit he City by the Sea WEDNESDAY, "SHRiNERS DAY" Military Parade; Fantastic and Trados Display; 7ire Department. Parade and Horse Reel Conest; Automobile Floral Parade; Foot Ball jame, Charleston vs. Savannah; Aquatic Carnival in Harbor; Street Carnival : : Low Rates on Railroads.