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w ? INPATIENT AT PATRONAGE DELAY Congressmen Want to Know "Where l They Standi?Many Appear k Displeased. 8 Washington, April 30.?More than ~ ~ -?- v I half of the democratic memuerg ui congress were not originally for tbe nomination of President. Wilson. How much does this sad fact effect the influence of the "in bad" majority with regard to the distribution of presidential patronage? There may be other questions more interesting to the people of the country, but this question is the most interesting one at the present time to the average member of * * * n* pongress, vnemer repicacuvau.^ , Wr senator. A3 President Wilson remarked to the newspaper correspondents the other day, this has been a singularly cool spring. Very little patronage has "come down." Particularly is this true of the smaller offices, of which the ? *? number is very great, ana m wjluvh j there is the most whispered and vital congressional concern. Because of the delay in the allotment of the "pie" most of the members have been for weeks uneasy, and now the rumblings of their ill-suppressed wrath may be heard at almost any time in the recesses of the capital. Many members are demanding to be told "where they stand," and are saying "that if they do not receive definite information they will submit no further endorsements. Putting it Up to Wilson. Representatives from at least a half j i dozen States have this -week either [ verbally or in writing requests*!* Mr. L Wilson to give them unequivocal answers as to how far their recommenda- j tions are to he honored in the selection j , of postmasters, who have aTwavs been considered the most typically political offices at the disposal of an administration. It was said by Postmaster General Burleson soon after he quali\ fied that as to postmasterships he j would be guided in his recommenda- j tions to the present by the endorsement of the respective democratic congressmen. Many members went to work with a feeling of satisfaction, knowing that Mr. Burleson had himself stepped right out of congress and had an intimate personal acquaintance with "back home" politics. But as time went on it began to appear that the expected policy was not materializing. The following letter just received by President Wilson from a representative who hails from a Southern State, and who, though not an original Wilson man, is by no means a reactionary, exactly expresses the feeling which now disturbs the peace of many another democratic congressional bosom: "I Want to Know 3Ty Status!" "Before I made any recommendations to the postmaster general of postmas- j ters in my district, I asked him if such appointments would be confined to men who favored Mr. Wilson, as against other democratic candidates, prior to his nomination. He replied, 'Not at all.' I asked him if postmasters were going to be appointed on the recommendation of congressmen, and he j replied that they would he unless unfit men were recommended. "You carried, in the primaries every county in my distriK overwhelmingly, and the men I have recommended are willing to submit their candidacies to the patrons of the respective office for which they are applicants, and I would > be glad for them to do that, in order that you maj be shown the standing of the men I have recommended. I hadve made the best selections that I could from the applicants, with a view fitness. * * "If nothing but original Wilson men are to be recommended, I am perfectlywilling to make my recommendations from them. If there is any other standard you desire to fix, I am willing to conform to that, and make recin "crifh if U ilil U. Olivia. CI uuo xxx cmama ?v, I want to assist the administration 'n this mater, in every way that I can, by making personal investigations, using what knowledge I have of men, conditions and work to be done. If I cannot be of any service, I want to know that, in order that I may not subject myself to fire from both front and rear. I am perfectly willing to turn this whole mater of paticnage over to you and have absolutely nothing to say in it. I want simply to know what my r rat us is." President's Strong Position. The resentment of the average congressman on account of t*?e delay in distributing the "pie" would be expressed in concrete form if the president were so unwary as to give the ? law ?rs a fair crack at hitn. F" stance, if Mr. Wilson were to at' . ?-pt c"?. ?" *??? #fo repeal that port*-^ of the Panama Canal Act ? ??? nno i?a / /win nu*ri a)itne ^i'cl.' ' II CC paooagu tw uui urrn in domestic trade, or If he wero to step too far toward^ coercion of California in i Danese matter, h.? iro jld rc ci y- oty siap li uVO. the legit* .titiY* | [ " 7 " I branch of the government. Tn those j I particulars the Srlons wo i J feci thai | they had the semimeut -*>f tne American people behind th-rn to such an extent that they could afford to strike. Rut. th<* Dresident is not likely to give {any such opportunity ? now. ! Undoubtedly, the pr?vi "ng impression among democratic congressmen is that the new ra/*ff bilf g)es someIwhat too far at one jump. Yet the course of the party majority in oonthe side." It would be in doubtful gress is influenced by several facts "on taste to fight the president on his first great measure. Taste eliminated, j however, one of the strongest republican districts in Massachusetts has gone democratic since the contents of the democratic tariff bill were made known; and the country has with amazing rapidity ratified the constitutional amendment recently submitted by congress providing that senators shall hereafter be elected by direct i popular vote. The dissatisnea aemocratic representatives may contemplate that omnious result in the twelfth Massachusetts district, formerly carrif " overwhelmingly by John W. W^eks now a republican senator. The dissatisfied democratic senator may contemplate the newest amendment to the constitution. After looking, neither is very likely to leap. And even as to the patronage ques- j tion itself, many of the snrewaest odservers in Washington regard it as a mark of wisdom in the president to go slowly in giving out the good things at his disposal. They think that his course is likely to secure the passage of more important legislation in one brief extra session than has fallen to the lot of the average complete administration. The men who reason thus are looking for a currency reform to result at this session in addition to 1 3 x i ?4- in /IT* tarin reduction. dui it 10 probable that congressmen will get "sassier" after the tariff is pvt of the way. TOTE OFFICIALLY CANVASSED. B. S. Whaley Received 620, all . that were Cast. The vote of Charleston county in the general election for congi essman from the 1st district held Tuesday, was canvassed Thursday and the results announced "by Clerk T. M. O'Brien, of the board of election commissioners, show that the Hon. R. S. Whaley, who was unanimously elected to the office, received 478 votes in the city and 142 in the rural precincts, a total of 620 votes in the county. These figures will he forwarded to Columbia, where the result of the election will be officially declared TuesrUy. JOB WAITING OX HIM. But "Portland >Tedw Hasn't ]?e.?un Duties in Spartanburg. Spartanburg, May 1.?Col. B. G. Landrum, of Governor Bleaso s st-tfi, J nf V Knon Iaq moil tn IldU <11 X iUigCU IW aa O iva UV.M , bw J give a job in hi" livery stable h * James Johnson, alias "Portland NeJ," the yeggman, who was paroled by the governor last week as a res-ilt < f numerously signed petitions for clemencv from Spartanburg people. Johnson had agreed to accept the i position and "turn over a new leaf." The yeggman disappeared, after his release from the penitentiary, however, when he learned that a United States marshal had a warrant for him, charging him with a postofliee robbery at Plymouth, N. C., in 1898. CHECKERS CONTEST FOB CHERAW Capt Fishburne to Tackle All Comers Abont June 10. Cheraw, May 1.?Cheraw is to have a draughts tournament, with Capt. F. B. Fishburne, the champion checker player of the South, against North and South Carolina. The date has not been fixed, but it will be about June! 10. Capt. Fishburne will not only play blindfolded, but will play against four boards at the same time. All local checker players are looiung iurward to Having a large crowd of players in town that day, and to picking up a few "stunts" in the game for their own use. LAST WORD FROM PRESIDENT. Fe&rg Long Litigation If Webb Bfll Becomes Law. Washington, May 1.?Just before leaving Washington for a two-day trip through New Jersey, today, President Wilson sent to California what probably will be his last direct word on the nroiectsd alien land owning law. It "was a message to Governor Johnson, suggesting that the Wehb bill, -which the progressive majority pir ns to put througn me California legislature to morrow, would involve an appeal to the courts oil the question of treaty rights and bring on what might be a long and delicate litigation. This came after the president had i left the White House. At the State i department absolute silence is maintained. It is made plain that there ?iii i? .? hpfnrp thf> I Will Ut IIll auuuuuvv,uiv..v ~ return of Secretary Bryan. The Japanese embassy is equally reticent, although it is generally understood in I official circles that the Webb bill is regarded there as even more offensive than any of the previous drafts of proposed legislation. That the Japanese are not disposed to let pass unchallenged the frequent statements from California of the great menace to the State of the extensive land "holdings of Japanese subjects is evidenced by the unofficial production of statistics here claimed to demonstrate tne msignmcam qUctJLl tiLjr of land held by the Japanese in fee simple. Included in the statistics are figures taken from last year's reports of the California bureau of labor statistics showing that in March last year the Japanese owned only 331 farms in California of a total acreage of 12,726 or just one-fourth of the area of the District of Columbia. The same statistics show that the Japanese holdings increased only 1,000 acres from 1911 to 1912. These facts are expected to be injected into the negotiations between America and Japan after Sec -i i retarv Bryan returns to tne capuai. TY COBB REINSTATED. Detroit's Outfielder Fined $56.00 For Holdout Tactics. Chicago, May 1.?Tyrus Cobb today was formally reinstated in organized baseball and fined $50 by the national baseball commission. A decision by the commission, given out in answer to the Detroit' player's appeal for rein ^ *- 1- Itt statement, condemned uouu seveia/ for his actions wh^e "holding out." The Detroit Club was commended for its recent stand and censured for its former passive policy regardiEg Cobb. Notice was served on other clubs that in case of their failure to discipline players whose actions are "detrimental to the game" the commission itself will act. The commission reserved news of any other action it may have taken,; and if the proposed congressional in-1 vestigation into the alleged baseball trust. wsrft discussed at all, as report ed, it was ignored so far as a formal report is concerned. An Unkempt Park. Charlotte Observer. In Independence Park, Charlotte has a diamond in the rough. There are the woods, the grassy slopes, the Spring and the stream, all waiting for * 1 J lo?/1cnono the developing na.nu ui Hic lauuovu^v | artist This undeveloped park offers opportunities that would stir the soul of a philanthropist, but unfortunately, no philanthropist seems likely to stroll out that way. It is pleasurable to speculate ?*n what a beauty spot this park could be transformed into with the expenditure of a little well-directed labor, but that seems to ha. on tho nipasnre the DeoDle of that UC axi vuv jf*? A _ populous section of the city can get out of it. Just the very thought of what could he done with a little money is enough to keep the Tree and Park! Commission awake nights. There arej mighty few cities in the South that j would permit a park like that parade I itself long before it would trim its j *1 ?'I ^T?aoc? ?+ nn nair, wasn its xaue auu ui UOO xv uy* The Rattler. , At a trial in court when the witness in the box was being subjected to a merciless cross-examination, in answering one question the witness nodded. Whereupon the court stenographer, who was crowding the limit to get it all and could not see the witness, - - j +-Vi? at once aemanaeu: question," to which the witness replied: "I did answer it; I nodied my head." The stenographer, without a moment's hesitation, came r'rht back with, "Well I heard it rattl . but could not tell whether it was uri nd down or from side to side."?Em iange-. Coughs and Consuropf on. Coughs and colds, when ^glected, always lead to serious tro.r/e of the - J ^ T-rrVir\r> lungs. r.rne wisest mms ^ you have a cold that tronb -s you is to get a bottle of Dr. I';\ 's New Discovery. You will get i ef from the flr3t dose, and finaTly cough will disappear. 0. H. Fro*- . >f Muscadine, Ala., writes: "My - was down in bed with an ob^r*- foirgh and I honestly believe ha<* ?* ' been for Dr. King's New Disco** she would not be living todij iCnown for forty-thre>9 years as tue Dest remedy for coughs and colcte. Price 50c and $1.00. Recommended by all a??i?u?. J ' if asj It tells you ho phone line wit same hi^h-class p j now enjoyed b If you hav tell you how t< You do not ob Address nea Fai SOUTHERN AND TEL?< 163 Soul REFREE'S NOTICE. I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF SALUDA, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Herbert H. Evans, Plaintiff, against Charles J. Purcell, Patrick E. Scott and O. B. Mayer, as treasurer of Newberry College, Defendants. Pursuant to the order, of his honor,' Circuit Judge I. W. Bowman, notice is hereby given that all cerditors of the parties of this action, or either . ; of them, on account of the operation of | the farm in Saluda County, South Carolina, owned by Herbert H. Evans, i Qharles J. Purcell and Patrick E. Scott known as the Hagood Place, are reauired to present their claims to the undersigned, at his office at Newberry, ; South Carolina, on or before the 10th ! day of June, 1913. Such claims must clearly set forth the nature and amount of the account, and be itemized and verified. H. C. Hollo way, Special Referee. Newberry, S. C., April 26th, 1913. I ltaw-4t. I Pay Cash \ For Hens 11c lb Roosters 7c lb Broilers, \h and less 18c lb Eggs 15c doz Jas. D. Qoattlebaum, Prosperity, S. C. * i^i] <S> LODGE DIKECTOET. ?> <& <?> < Newbery Camp, No. 542, W. 0. W., meets every second and fourth Wednesday night in Klettner's TIall, at 8 o'clock. 1 1 i Amity Lodge, So. 87, A. F. JL t Amity Lodge, No. 87, A. F. M., meets every first Monday night at 7.30 o'clock in Masonic Hall. Visiting brethren ( cordially invited. T. P. Johnson, < i , W. JSarhardt, W. M. Secretary. Wo dm en of the World# < Maple Camp, No. 437, W. Q. W., I meets every first and third Wed nee- 1 day evening at 7.4R TTi3itmp brethren aro fVirtiy T a tvq.w;/?v fflprk u< a< X iv>n, V?v.a4 I c. c. 11 Berge.i Tribe, Jfo. i. O. fi. 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Free: Sign this adv. and take it to the following druggists and get a 50c. bottle of Hay's Hair Health and a 25c. cake of Harfina Soap, for 50c.; or $1.00 bottle of Hay's Hair Health and two 25c, cakes of Harfina Soap Free, for Gilder & Weeks VSR mtis/ qyc don't tt&ycnt* ^^1 tale ouf word fartfee P^lil j l^jerfal feed will 4? yore t*f * ?"C rtEKN2^iL^2^ni I^uRinb rt?5f| ** ?ar ^p?"?8 If #n?| fl^a*I Js?4 fca?poiu? R. D. Smith & Son, Newberry, S. C. | 3er Red Men, meetg every Thursday , aight at 8 o'clock in Klettner's Hall. I J. 0. Havird, D. Klettr /r, Sachem, j Chief of Records. ! I Omaha Tribe. I. 0. IL M. Omaha Tribe, No. 75, I. 0. R. M., Prosperity, S. C., meets -every first and ;hird Friday night at 8o'clock fn Masonic hall. Visiting brethren are welcome. G. H. Dominick, Prof. J. S. Wheeler, Sachem. Chief of Records. 5-11-12-lyr. }aoteech?e Council, I*o. 4, P. of F. 1 0. B. M. Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. of P* neot8 every other Tuesday night at t >'clock p. m., in Klettner's Hall. Sfe-net Chapter, Xe? 18, R. A. 1L S'orn .f Chapter No. 18, R. A. M., no* <rOT*f OPA/>" d Moaday night at in M*Ponic Hall. TT* ? n?lit. van cmiui, r. P. Johneon, B. H. P. L*cot? Trilww I. (I. ft W. wt' vuua Uiu<J, ?i*J. (if, 1. u. K. M.I Jth J Needs ROOK FVeel ) r 'ostal Will Do t, :t your Tele. and &et the t 7 9 ^ - . ! stance service ,000 people. i-h is honk wil AS/ m V v A A A ry small cost, sending for it. inager, or OWE /2\, a ?t?? *1/ KM vQ "" Wl, I Stiff Joints j lo n I I opraras,onuses are relieved at once by an application of Sloan's Liniment. Don't rub, just lay on lightly. 44 Sloan's Liniment has done more good than anything I have ever tried lor stiff joints. 1 got my hand hurt so "badly that I had to stop work right in the busiest time of the year. I thought at first tli^i 1 would have to have my hand taken off, but 1 got a bottle of Sloan's Liniment and cured my hand." Wiltox Wheelkb, Morris, Ala. ;V Good for Broken Sinews 6, G. JowES, Baldwin, L. L, writes: ?"I used Sloan's Liniment for broken <?? thaViMMTMnMiniMi hv ft (omvno MWf w MMVUMWW yx-l- -- _ fail and to my great satisfaction was B . able to resume work in less three R weeks after the accident." SLOAN S I LINIMENT Fine for Sprain Me. Hexhy A. Yoehl, 84 Somerset B St., I lainfleld, U". J., writes : ? ** A. B friend sprained his ankle so badly B * * 1 ~ _r" TT_^ Un/?lr%**A wKan mm K mat it wenz Diac*. no ??uS?ivu ..., I told him that I would have him out in a week. I applied Sloan s Liniment and in fonr days he was working and said Sloan's was a right good Liniment." Price 25c., 50c., and $1.00 fhJiS^^h Sloan's Book ^jl| on horses, cattle, \ CjMVV sheep and / far poultry sent free, w / *JrJ Address Lr* I ~ imn I Boston, iapa, S. C., meeting every other Wed* nesday night at 8 o'clock in Summer halL Visiting brethren are welcome* T. C. Dobbins, J. Wm. Folk, Sachem* Chief of Records. m 1 / Newberry Commander?, Jfo. 6, K. T. Newberry Command ery, No. 6, K. T., meets every third Monday night at 8 o'clock in Masonic Hall. Fred. H. Dominick, T. P. Johnson, B. C. Recerder. . Wllow Camp, 694, W. 0. If. , Willow Camp, No. 694, W. O. meets every second and fourth Tuesday nights in each month at West Ead; school house. N. A. Hemrick, Council Commander. Arthur Ward, Clerk. The one hundred and fortieth anniversary of the Charleston Museuia . was celebrated on March 28 by a laif? reception to the friends of the instlta* tion in the city and throughout ti# bum.