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Tuesday, May 2, z TAFT REITERATES SOUTHERN POLICI TAKE PART IN MBCKLENBURI CELBBRATION. Repeats His Former Declarations Predicts Political Tolerance in South. Charlotte, N. C., May 20.-Pres dent Taft came today to Charlott< the home of the Mecklenburg Declai ation of Independence, signed in Ma of 1775, and without entering int the discussion as to the wording o those resolutions of liberty, place himself squarely on the side of thos who look back upon this Declaratio as one of the first significant step which led ultimately to.American ir dependence. In his address to th people of North Carolina, late in th day, the president took occasion t ;explain more fully than he did a Petersburg on yesterday 1his polic toward the South. His own recer appointment of a Democrat to tb Federal bench in this State gave hir an opportunity to expand upon. Ii - views. Mr. Taft urged again the ad visability of an intelligent logical or position party. "I do not believe t'ha we are on the point of a politie2 revolution in the South,'' said th president. "I never have had sue a dream. What I do desire, and bE lieve we are on th-e eve of, is a con plete tolerance of opinion and tha there shall grow into respect an power an intelligent fighting oppos tion party in eaeh State of the ur ion.'' The president 's political utterance lere received with the same ferve of enthusiasm as his tribute to th siners of the Mecklenburg Declare tion. The auditorium, where h spoke, was crowded to its capaciti -and he constantly was interrupted b "he cheers that rose spontaneousl from his Southern hearers. As to hi appointment of a Democrat upon tb bench the president declared tha throughout the South he intended t pursue the policy he .had already ir dicated of appointing to office onl that man, whether Republican < Democrat, who can command th highest confidence and commend hin self to the- community in which h lives. Mr. Taft's plea for political tole> ance in the South and his statemer that he wanted the people of th *Southland to know that the Wasi ington government was not a goveri ment alien to them, had all the effet of extemporaneous utterances, fe the president spoke without notes c manuscript once he had drifted int politics. Storm Interrupts Parade. A cloudburst breaking over the cit during tt afternoon- just as t splendid . iilitary, floral and civi parade was passing in review of th president, promised serious conse quences for a time. The president r< ceived quite a drenching, and for time it seemed that the frail canva covering the reviewing stand: woul tumble about the .heads of those b( neath. Among these was Mr "Stonewall'' Jackson. When she ha met Mr. Taft earlier in the day sh had earnestly exclaimed: "I am indeed delighted to kno' the harmonizer of all our hearts." President Speaks Twice. President Taft spoke twice durn t::e day. It had been intended tha he should address the public from tb reviewing stand, but the storm cause a change of program, and the pres: dent spoke first in the Charlotte and itorium at 4:30 p. in., and then wa driven two miles out of the city an spoke to the eolored students of Bid dlet university. Mr. Taft declare that he would not count a visit to th South complete without an opportun ty to express to the colored people 'hi interest in them, and his sympath for them in their problems. There was a public reception to th president tonight and he left on late train for Washington, where h is due to arrive shortly after noon tc morrow. The two days of constant doing the heat and dust of the Petersbur battlefield on yesterday and thi drenching downpour of Charlotte t< day were quite trying upon the pres: dent. He was percrpitibly hoarse t< day, and when he was speaking mos earnestly of his position toward th South paused for a moment and es claimed, amid laughter: "Oh, I wish I had not left m voice in Petersburg.'' Among the guests on the platforr at the auditorium when the presider was speaking of his belief in th Mecklenburg Declaration, regardles of the exact language in which thi resolutions were accepted, was Maja J. C. Hemphill, the distinguished ed: tor of Charleston. S. C.. who recentl in paying his compliments to Speake Cannon. declared: "He was born 1 North Carolina, the home of th uMeclnburg Myth, which Persider Taf is to celebrate, I am sorry to Tells Story of Major Hemphill's Ex pense. With a twinkle in his eve, after be Siii,- Introduc(ed by Governor Kitchen, the president told a story at the ex pense of Major Hemphill, which - broug-ht a shout of laug-hter from the audience, and was enjoyed by none more than the editor himself. "We are here,'' said the president, "to celebrate a declaration of inde , pendence, regardless of the fact that I there z:e so:ne unregenerate persons i ; in South Carolina and elsewhere o that. for various motives, have cast f doubt upon the claim." L The president declared that the e man who cane to Charlotte and was i 1not willing to accept the Mecklen- I s burg Declaration in full reminded 'him 1 of the Tiperary Irishman who was t e tried for murder after he had hit t e his opponent a fatal blow with a t o blackthorn. It developed at the trial t t that the victim had a skull as thin as < y paper. Consequently the defendant < ,t was convicted only of manslaughter. e When sentence came to be passed the ( a convicted man was asked if he had i anything to say. "No. your Honor,'' he replied. ae- i cording to Mr. Taft, "but your Hon t or, I wo,;uld like to ask wan question. I I What the divil was a man with a f e head like that doing in Tipperary?" j i President Taft declared that the t impoi-tant part of the Mecklenburg ] - Declaration, as viewed from the stand t point of practical patriotism and I pratcical statesmanship, was not the general declaration as to the rights - of man, but the practical provision for a government. which was to suc s eed that of Great Britain. r The Delaration, the president t e said. showed wisdom. self-reliance, .. and a willingn-ess to accept the re e sponsibility of maintaining a. govern- t ment of law and order. V Mr. Taft turned from a discussion v of Revolutionary days to more mod s ern times. He spoke of the War Be e tween the States and said: t A United Country. 0 "You, in the Southland, had the - troubles, the suffering, the sad losses y burned into your hearts with much t r more emphasis than we in the North e land, because here was the centre of - the war, and it is entirely natural that 4 e in the forty years. which have sue eeeded the war, there should continue -a bitterness of feeling that time and 1 *t a long time could .Qnly erase; but 1 e when we look bacik I think we must -congratulate ourselves that the feel -ing has so largely disappeared, and :t that we are now a more united coun r try than ever since a decade before r the war. o "It is true that political division.s have continued in such a way as at some times to seem to perpetuate the lines, which were made at the time olf the war, but even those lines are rap idly disappearing; and it is the duty of all of us without -respect to politi al partisanship to wipe out those lines as far as we can, and to see. so for as we may. that in each State the tclerance of opinion shall cor: stinue until there shall be reepectable parties on both sides of the line, be ause it is essential to have a good Iopposition to have a good govern ment. Now, if there is anyt'hing that I can do in my administration to make t'he feeling of union more close, I shall do it. Appointment of Judge Connor. "I am anxious, of course, speak * ing from a partisan standpoint and e leaving my official position for a mo ment. that the Republican party of -North C.arolina should be strengthen -ed. merely to have a good fight every s eletion. and, of course, in so far as 1I may legitimately do so. I should be1 -glad to build up the Republican party. d Now, I understand that some of my Republican friends think that I have -lost sight of the Republican party inm s putting into office in North Carolina y a entlemnau now upon t'he supreme bench of the State, a lawyer of the e highest eminence and learning and in a tegritv. but a Democrat. e "I promised. after I was president -elet, not before the election, to the South that I would do the best I could to wipe out the feeling that the cen Stral government at Washington was a oven ment .alien to t'he Southland. -and I p)ointed out that the only way -by which the executive could secure~ -thiat feeling was. in so far as in him t lay, to put into office men in whom e It.he community at large, without re -gard to party. would have the highest confidence. Now I am trying to do Y Ithat, and I am going to appoint Re Ipublicans, and I am going to appoint 1 'Democrats, striving in each case to t get a man who will commend 'himself e to the community in which he lives. s "It is suggested that it is an insult e to the Republicans of a district to ap-! rpoint a Democrat .indge because from -that is to be inferred that there is y no Republican worthy of the ap r ipotment, and I understand that 1 there are some gentlemen in the Dem e ocratic party who are willing to make that infrene atrn a possible.' [Bit I venitre t.o say that when the I'a xvhole accoint is added up, that, spirit il vill have dIisappeared and the Dem- e >)-rats who seek to utter it will find e :biat, it is not stii a popular imethod i >f attacking the Republican adminis- G :ration after all. Harrison Appointed Democrats. "I plead to my Republican friend-s is a vindication and justifieation tor ny course, the course of as orthodox i Republican as ever filled the exe mutiv.e clhair. and a man than whom :here never was a president who did nore to naintain. the standard of the L"ederal judiciary as Benjamin Harri on, for he deemed it his duty to put ie Democrat on the supreme bench F md two on circuit courts of appeal. r rihe federal judiciary, my dear a riends, to my mind is the strongest a )ulwark that we have in all this coun- b ry to protect ultimately our institu i011 of civil liberty, and those are he thing-s in the Federal constitution hat we must love and must hug to mr bosom if we are to continue this ivilization. "'And therefore there is no more sa- . red duty that the exe -.it've ha.s than I n the selection of men whose ap >ointment and service on the bench vill strengthen it with all the people it large. Ordinary considerations of a: )litical partisanship have much less a tpplication to the appointment of ai udges than they do to others and d emporary offices. 11 ?redicts Political Tolerance in the a: South. "I think now th-at we are at a a oint where there is to be political -evolution in the South. I never had s uch a dream. But I believe we are ei mn the eve of such a condition in the oj outh that there shall be 'complete p: lerance of opinion and that there t( hall grow into respectable power an m >pposition in each State which shall a; Ond to the betterment of the gover- s( nent as it exists in the State which tI ;hall give us occasionally, as you it lave already given us in North Caro- ti ina, a Republican in a crowd of Dem- P )crats, in order that we may have rep- h: -esented in the congress at Washing- u! on your views without regard to s< ;ome past issues, without regard to c4 he semblance of an issue that really p )ught not to influence you in enforc- E ng- these particular economic views hat you really entertain. ,e< "I hope you will forgive me for an N pparent reference to political condi- S ions when I am really only extending o ~ou the right hand of fellowship te F ENEC THE KIND THA CLODS AND YOUR COTT4 YOU ARE S Easy to Attach, E~ And we are selling and selling themr Let us show tl Summer F Base Bal We ha"e a very tar: Balls, Bats, Gloves, Mitts, Masks, Sh Heel a M9ud . iferncnee some of the difficulties oJ )Iductinug this government as its lief eexcutive." ET YOUR GLASSES from Dr. G W. Connur, a graduate of the larg est optical college in the world-tht Northern Illinois College of Chica go. Dr. Connor is located perman ently in Newberry, gives both th( objective and subjective tests b3 electricity and guarantees his work Offce over Copeland Brothers. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. The creditors of the late Thoma. Leitzsey are hereby required t< mnder a statement of their demands Jtested as required by law, to oui ttornevs. Mower & Bynum, at New. erry, S. C., without delay. Kate G. Leitzsey, - B. B. Leitzsey, Administrators of T. B. Leitzsey, deceased. No Reason For it. rhen Newberry Citizens Show the Certain Way Out. There can be no just reason why 1v reader of this will continue tc fer tortures of an .aching back, thi inoyance of urinary disorders, the angers of diabetes or any kidne3 [s when relief is so near at hand ad the most positive proof giver iat they can be cured. Read whai Newberry citizen says: D. A. Rivers, of Newberry, S. C. ys: "For several months I was both -ed by a dull pain across the small my back and kidneys. This wac msent day and night and caused me lose much sleep. I felt languid ost of the time, had little appetite id was unfit for work. The kidne3 cretions were 'unnatural and froiT lis symptom I thought that possibly .y kidneys were the cause of m3 ouble. Learning of Doan's Kidne3 ills I procured a box at W. E. Pel m & Son's drug store and begar sing them as directed. The pain ion left my back, my kidneys be. ime normal and my health was im roved. I heartily endorse Doan%, idney Pills. For sale by all dealers. Price 5( :mts. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo *ew York, sole agents for the Unitei tates. Remember the nameDoan 's-anc te no other. iE RS ER S rKEEPSTHE DIRT OFF )N WHEN I IDING IT isy to Operate, lots of them,, .cheap, too. tem to you. Iros. Co. [I Goods ge assortment of oes, nd Toe Plates, and Uniforms. ok Store. REPORT TO THE STAI (CONDE OF THE CON The Bankol Prosperil AT THE CLOSE OF BUS RESOURCES: Loans ........ .-$ 97,213-.14 Overdrafts. .I....1,976.03 Building and Fixtures 4,000.00 Cash in our vault. . $ 6.1S3.57 Cash in oth er Banks. 25-494-IS 31,677-75 $134,866.92 DIREC S. S. BIRGE, DR N. L. BLACK, W. J. F. BROWNE, P. DR. J. S. W Our institution is under the s examined by the State Bank Ex STARE Of the Condition of Th Newberry, S. C., as per < aminer, April 28th, 190c RESOURCES: L oans and discounts.. $221,365.91 1 Over drafts.......... .834.83 Furniture & Fixtures. 3,786.17 ( Cash on hand and in Banks............ 27,895.11 $253,882.02 I We Pay 4 0o in Our 5 Open an accol J.D. DAVENPORT, President. M. L SPEARMAN. C Cashier. *ve3 though not severe, has a tE *tire membranes of the throat a Coughs then come easy all winti slightest cold. Cure the first col * aet up an If.amation in the delic * langs. The best remedy 'is S YRUP. It at once gets right ~ moves the cause. Itlisfree fron Sa child as foran adult. a.5 cents MAYES' DRI FOR In<4 DEVOTEES OF erc DAME FASHION thE tif( dej ch an4 9w ~ KI J~'.as: -. qu. tid If ma fin AMERICAN BEAUTY Style ' 48 in K aJamazoo Corset Co., Mak2rs FOR MAID E OP MATRONI 'E BANK EXAMINER NSED) DITION OF Prosperity y, S. C. [NESS, APRIL 28, 1909. LIABILITIES. Capital Stock. . . . . $ 25,000-00 Surplus and profits . . 12,497-50 Due to other banks . . 2,694.o Deposits . . . . . . . 94,675.41 Borrowed money . . . NONE $I34,866.92 [ORS: GEO. Y. HUNTER, H. HUNT, B. WARNER, EEELER. upervision of and regularly aminer. MENT e Exchange Bank of all of State Bank Ex LIABILITIES: apital stock........$ 50,000-00 rofits less expenses and Tax paid........... 11,285-35 ashier Checks....... 138.25 Totes and bills re-dis counts ...........,. 19,000.00 ills payable.......... 55,000.00 ndividual deposits.... 116,419.83 anks, deposits....... 2,938-59 P253,882.oz avings Department. nt with us. ~DW. R. H IPP, V. President. EQ. B. CROMER, Attorney.I of the Season, ndency to irritate the sensI nd delicate bronchial tubes. ~r, every time you lake the igh befoeit has aohance to te capillary air tubes of the 2UICK RELIEF COUGH .the seat of trouble an*d re SMorpine and is as sfeor* JG STORE.S choosing a corset, ex ise good judgment in Sselection of this most portant article of at 3, foruponsuch choice ends the success of Lh that makes a irming appearance I personality. a recommend the WERICAN CORSET (LAMAZOO CORSET CO. Exusie Mers fulfilling all such re irements and the fas ius woman who de nds the best and latest corset creations will d pleasure and pride wearing them. ., 50c., 75c. and $1.00 ery Corset a Bargain. ,KLETTNER