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BR/AN NOTIFIED OF NOMINATION. (Continued front first page.) I-i n message sent to congress la. January, President Roosevelt said. "The attacks l?y these great con rations on the administration's u? ;< .s have been given a wide circnb i.in throughout the country, in tf' newspapers and otherwise, by tl.- m writers and ^speakers who. c? . iously or unconsciously, act as tli representatives of predatory w? ;tb?of the wealth accumulated on giant scale by all forms of inIq.lV. ranging from the oppression ot ge earners to unfair and unwsome methods of crushing out co tltion and to defraudtnir the l?*i ?* c by stock-jobbing and the in; ) nutation of securities. Certain w< M'.iy men of this stamp, whose c< ulnet should lie abhorrent to every in n of ordinary decent conscience, an ' v ho commit the hideous wrong of n iching our young men that pin "omenal business mice Is must or *' larily be based on dishonesty, h. v. during the last few months, ni it apparent that they have bs::i 'd together to work for a reaction. Their endeavor is to overtb " amj discredit all who honestly n?' : 'inter the law, to prevent any a-' ' ional legislation which would civ k and restrain them, and to seen < . if possible, a freedom from all re ' nint which will pe?*mit every unsc : nilous wrong-doer to do what he wi lis unchecked, provided he has en eh money." v ' at an arraignment of the preda . ry interests! Is the president's indictment tri ? ? And. if true, against whom was 'he Indictment directed? Not agaf ist the Democratic party. Mr. Tuft endorses the Indictment. M . Taft says that these evils have crept in during the last, ten years. He declares that, during this time, some "prominent and influential numbers of the community, spurred by financial success and in their hur v for greater weath, became unmindful of the common rules of business honesty and fidelity, and of the limitations imposed by law upon the! actions;" and that "the revelation of the breaches of trusts, the disclosures as to rebates and discrlmiir 'ions by railroads, the accumulating evidence of the violations of the anti-trusts laws, by a number or corporations, and the over-Issue of stacks ami bonds of interstate rail roan ior iik' unlawrul enriching ol dRe< ors and for tin' purpose of concent Ring the control of the railroads under one management,"? all these, lie charges, "quickened the conscience of the people and hrou rht 011 a moral awakening." Do ing all this time. 1 hog to remind you, Republican officials presided in the executive department, filled the cabinet, dominated the senate, controlled the house of representatives and occupied most of the federal judgships. Four years ago the Republican platform boastfully declared that since 1860?with the exception of two years?the Republican part J had been in control or part or all of the branches of the federal government; that for two years only was the Democratic party in a position to either enact or repeal n law. Having drawn the salaries; having enjoyed the honors; having secured the prestige, lot the Republican party accept the responsibility! Republican I'acty Responsible. Why were these "known abuses" permitted to develop? Why have they not been corrected? If existing laws are sufficient, why have they not been enforced? All of the executive machinery of the federal government is in the hands of the Republican party. Are new laws necessary? Why have thev n?i enacted? With a Republican president to recommend, with a Republican senate and house to carry out his recommendations, why does the Republican candidate plead for further time in which to do what should have been done long ago? Can Mr. Taft promise to be more strenuous in the prosecution of wrong-doers than the present executive? Can lie ask for a larger majority in the senate than his party now has? Does lie need more Republicans in the house of representatives or a speaker with more unlimited authority? Why No TnritV Reform? The president's close friends have been promising for several years that he would attack the iniquities of the tariff. We have had intimntiou that Mr. Taft was restive under the demands of the highly protected industries. And yet the influence of |lie manufacturers. who have for twenty-five years contributed to the Republican campaign funds and who in return have framed the tariff s'-'-rdnles. has been sufficient to present tariff reform. As the present campaign approached, both the provident and Mr. Taft declared in fue ?>> of tin iff revision, Init sot tlio date of revision after tlio election. Itut t'.e pressure brought to hear h.v the protected interests lias heen great enough to prevent any attempt at tariff reform before the election; and the reduction promised after the election is so hedged about with uunlifylng phrases, that no one can estimate with accuracy the sum total of tariff reform to be expected in case of Republican success. Tf the past ran be taken as a guide, the Republican party will be so obligated by campaign contributions from the beneficiaries of protection, as to make that party powerless to bring to the country any material relief from the present tariff burdens. Why Xo Anti-Trust Legislation. A few years ago the Republican leaders in he house of reprcscnta- 1 tives were coerced by public opinion into Ihe support of anti-trust laws which had the endorsement of the ' president. but the senate refused 1 even to consider the maesure, an" 1 since that time no effort has beeu made toy the domiaant party to cure remedial legislation upon this subject. Why No Railroad Legislation. For ten years the interstate commerce commission has been asking for an enlargement of its powers, that it might prevent rebates and discriminations, but a Republican senate and a Republican house of representatives were unmoved by its entreaties. In 1900 the Republican national convention was urged to endorse the demand for railway legislation, but its platform was silent on the subject. Even in 1904. the convention gave 110 pledge to remedy these abuses. When the president Anally asked for legislation, he drew his inspiration from three Demorcatlc national platforms and he received lliore cordial Slinnnrf from tho Democrats than from the IVfiublicans. The Reoublicans In the senate deliberately defeated several amendments offered by Senator LaFollette and supported by the Democrats?amendments embodying legislation asked by the interstate commerce commission. One of these amendments authorized the ascertainment of the value of railronds. This amendment was not only defeated by the senate, but it was overwhelmingly rejected by the Republican national convention, and the Republican candidate has sought to rescue his party from the disastrous results of this act by expressing himself, in a qualified way. in favot of ascertaining the value of the railroads. Over-Issue of Stock nn?l Romis. Mr. Taft complains of the overissue of stocks and bonds of railroads. "for the unlawful enriching of directors and for the purpose ol concentrating the control of the railroads under one management." ami the complaint is well founded. Rut with a president to point out th< evil, and a Republican congress t< correct it. we find nothing done fot the protection of the public. Why' My honorable opponent has. bv his confession, relieved me of the ne cessity of furnishing proof; he ad mits the condition and he canno avoid the logical conclusion tha must be drawn from the admission There is no doubt whatever that j large majority of the voters of tin Republican party recognize the do plorable situation which Mr. Tafi describes: they recognize that th< masses have had but little influenct upon legislation or upon the admin istration of the government, anc they are beginning to understant the cause. For a generation, the Re publican party has drawn its cam paign funds from the benefit iariei of special legislation. Privileges havi been pledged and granted in returi for money contributed to debaucl elections. What can be expectet when official authority is turned ove: to the representatives of those win first furnish the sinews of war ntw then reimburse themselves out o the pockets of the taxpayers? twisting in Wilderness Necessary. So long as the Republican part; remains in power, it is powerlesi to regenerate itself. it cannot at tsuk wrong-doing in high place without disgracing many of its pro mi.tent members, and it, therefor* uses opiates instead of the surgeon' knife. its malefactors constru* each Republican victory as an en dorsetneut of their conduct ant threaten the party with defeat i they are interfered with. Not unti that party passes through a perioi of fasting in the wilderness, will th* Republican leaders learn to stud; public questions from the standpoiu of the masses, .lust as with indivt duals, "the cares of this world atu the deceit fulness of riches choke the truth" so in politics, when part; leaders serve fa. away from honn and are not in constant contact witl the voters, continued party succesi blinds their eyes to the needs of th* people and makes them deaf to tin cry of distress. Publicity of Campaign Contributions An effort has been made to seenr. legislation requiring publicity as t< campaign contributions and expend!' tures; but tlio Republican leaders even in the face of an indignant pub lie. refused to consent to a law which would compel honesty in elec I (ions. When the matter was brought Inp in the recent Republican national [ convention, the plank w as repudiat ?'d by a vote of 880 to 94. Here too, Mr. Taft has been driven to an joiogize lor His convention and to deflare himself in favor of a puhliiity law; and yet. if yon will read what he says upon this subject, you will find that his promise Pills far short of the requirements of the situation, lie says; If I ant elected president. I shall urRe upon congress, with every hope o" success. that a law he passed re(liiiriiR the filing, in a federal office, of a s.ntenient of the contributions received by committees and candidates in elections for members of congress, and in such other elections as are constitutionally within the control of congress." I shall not embarrass him by asking him upon what he bases his hope of success; it is certainly not cn any encouragement lie has received from Rennhlicjin ImHsi-u i? i" sufficient to say that if his hopes were realized -if. in spite of the adverse action of his convention, he should succeed in securing the enactment of the very law which he favors, it would give hut partial relief. He has read the Democratic platform; noi only his language,hut his evident alarm, indicates that he has read it carefully, lie even had before him the action of the democratic national committee in interpreting and applying hat platform; and yet, he fails to say that he favors the publication of the contributions before the election. Of course, it satisfies a natural curiosity to find out how an election has been purchased, even when the knowledge conies too late to be ot service, hut why should ' the people be kept in darkness until the election is past? Why should the locking of the door ho delayed I until the horse is gone? An Flection n Public Affair. An election Is a public affair. The _ % people, exercising the right to select I their officials and to decide upon < the policies to be pursued proceed I to their several polling places on < election day and register their will. What excuse can lie given for secrecy as to the influences at work? If a man. pecuniarily interested In "concentrating the control of the i railroads in one management." subscribes a large sum to aid in carrying the election, why should his part in the campaign be concealed until he has put the officials under obligation to him? If a trust magnate contributes $100,000 to elect political friends to office, with a view to pievei.ting hostile legislation, why should that fact be concealed until his friends are securely seated In their official positions? This is not a new question; it is a question which has been agitated?a question which the Republican leaders fully understand?a question which the Republican candidate has studied, and yet lie refuses to declare himself in favor of the legist a-i tion absolutely necessary, namely legislation requiring publication before the election. Democratic Party Promises Publicity. I How can the people hope to rule. if they are not able to learn until 1 after the election what the predatory - interests are doing? The Democratic party meets the issue honestly and > courageously. It says: "We pledge the Democratic par.ty to the enactment of a law prohibiting any corporation to a campaign fund, and any individual front con trlhuting an amount above a reason able maximum, and providing for < the publication, before election of f all such contributions above a reason able maximum." Th?- Democratic national eonimit tee immediately proceeded to inter*: prel and apply this platih. announe> ing that no contributions would be p I received front corporations, that no ^individual would be allowed to conattribute more than $10,000. and that " all contributions above $100 would | be made public before the election? ' | those received before October 15 to t be made public on or before that day, those received afterward to be 1 made public on the day when ro ceived. and no such contributions " to be accepted within three days of 1 the election. The expenditures are J to be published after the election. J Here is a plan which is complete and ' effective. Popular Flections of Senators. Next to the corrupt use of money, the present method of electing United States senators is most reg sponsible for the obstruction of ^ reforms. For one hundred years ^ after he adoption ??f the constitution, j the demand for the popular election ^ af senators, while finding increased expression, did not become a dominj ant sentiment. A constitutional j. amendment had from time to ime been suggested and the matter had been more or less discussed in a few of the states, but the movement had ' not reached a point where it man s ifested itself through congressional action. In the Fifty-second congress. s however, a resolution was reported from a house committee proposing 0 the necessary constitutional amends meat, and this resolution passed the 0 house of representatives hy a vote which was practically unanimous. ' In the Fifty-third congress a similar ^ resolution was reported to, and ' adopted hy. the house of representa' lives. Both the Fill-second and 0 Fifty-third congresses were Demok cratic. The Republicans gained con' trol of the house as i\ result of the election of 1894 and in the Fiftv* fourth congress the pro|tosition died in committee. As time went on, 1 however, the sentiment grew among the people, until it forced a Itepuhli1 can congress to follow the example s set hy the Democrats, anil then another and another Republican congress acted favorably. State after state has endorsed this reform, un. till nearly two-thirds of 'thostates ? have recorded themselves in its fav? or. The United States senate, how ever, impudently and arrogantly ob, structs the passage of the resolu lion, notwithstanding the fact that -.the voters of the United States, by - an overwhelming majority, demand t it. And this refusal is the more I significant when it is remembered . that a number of senators owe their i t election to great corporate interests. Three Democratic national platforms . ?the platforms of 19(10, 1904 and 190N- specifically call for a change in the constitution which will put I the election of senators in the hands of the voters, and the proposition has been endorsed hy a number of the smaller oartles hut m> ij??i?hi.ii_ ran national convention lias been willing to champion the cause of the people on this subject. The subject was Ignored by the Republican national convention in I WOO; it was ignored in 1004. and the proposition was explicitly repudiated in 1008. for the recent republican national convention, by a vote of 8fit. to 111. rejected the plank endorsing the popular election of senators and this was done in the convention which nominated Mr. Tuft, few delegates from his own state voting for the plank. Personal Inclination Not Sufficient. In his notification speech, the Re-i publiean candidate, speaking of the i election of senators by the people , says: ' Personally, I am Inclined to j favor it hut it is hardly it party cjues- 1 tion." What is necessary to make! litis a party question? When the Democratic convention endorses a ' proposition by a unanimous vote., and the Republican convention re-: jeets the proposition by a vote of seven to one. does it not become an issue between the parties? Mr. Tafr can not remove the question from the arena of politics by expressing a personal inclination towards thej; Democratic position. Kor several ; i years he has been connected with the administration. What has heji ever said or done to bring this ques- < tion heforo the public? What en-!i thusiasm has he shown in the re- | fumatlnn of the senate? What in- < could he exert In behalf of | a ret oris which hie party has open < W m x ] i - L. ly and notoriously condemned in its t convention and to which he Is at- s lached only by a belated expression r uf personal Inclination? t The Gateway to Other Reforms. i "Shall the people rule?" Every t remedial measure of a national char- i actor must run the gaunlet of the 1 senate. The president may personal- < ly incline toward a reform; the house < may consent to it; but as long as the I senate obstructs the reform, the peo- 1 pie must wait. The president may < heed a popular demand; the house | may yield to public opinion; but as | long as the senate is defiant, the rule < of the people is defeated. The De mocratic platform very properly de-,i scribes the popular election of sena- < tors as "the gateway to other national reforms." Shall we open the j gate, or shall we allow the exploit-'i ing interests to bar the way by the control of this branch of the federal , legislature? Through a Democratic i victory, and through a Democratic victory only can the people secure i the popluar election of senators. The snialle- parties are unable to secure the reform; the Republican party, under its present leadership, is resolutely opposed to it: the Democratic party stands for it and has boldly demanded it. If I am elected to the presidency, those who are elected upon the ticket with me will be, like tnyself, pledged to this reform, and I shall convene congress in extra-ordinary session immediately after inauguration, and ask, among other things, for the fulfillment of this platform pledge. House Rules l>espotic. The third instrumentality employed to defeat the wll of the people is found in the rules of the house of representatives. Our platform points out that "the house of representatives was designed by the fathers of the constitution, to be the popular hrnnch of our government, responsive to the public," and adds: | "The house of representatives. ?*is controlled in recent years by the Republican party, has ceased to be a deliberative and legislative body, respnsive to the will of a majority of the members, but has come under the absolute domination of the speaker. who has entire control of its deliberations, and powers of legislation. "We have observed with ama/ei e?ijt the popular branch of our federal government helpless to obtain cither the consideration or enuct| ment of measures desired by a majority of its members." Tills arraignment is fully justified. The reform Republicans in the house of representatives, when in the minority in their own party, are as helpless to obtain a hearing or to secure a vote upon a measure as are the Democrats. in the recent session of the present congress there was a considerable eh ment in the Republican party favorable to remedial legislation: be' a few leaders, in control of the organization, despotically suppressed these members, and thus Torced a real majority in the house to submit to a well organized minority. The Republican natioual convention, instead of rebuking this attack upon popular government, eulogized congress and nominated as the Republicn candidate for vice president one I of tile men who shared in the reminn siliility for the coercion of in* house. Our party demands that "the house representatives shall again become a deliberative body, controlled l> a majority of the people's represe 1 tatives, and not by the speaker.' and is pledged to adopt "such ruleand regulations to govern the hour-of representatives as will enable : majority of its members to direct i' deliberations and control legislation.' "Shall the people rule-" The-, cannot do so unless they ran con trol the house of representative-, and through their representatives in the house, give expression to their purposes and their desires. The Republican party is committed to the methods now in vogue in tiehouse of representatives; the Democratic party is pledged to such revision of the rules as will bring the popular branch of the federal government into harmony with the ide- ? of those who framed our constltu| tion and founded our government. Oilier Issues Will lie Discussed latter "Shall the people rule?" I repeat, is declared by our platform to be the overshadowing question, and as the campaign progresses, I slu.ll take occasion to discuss this question as it manifests itself In other issues; for whether we consider the tariff question, the trust question, the railroad question, the labor question, the question of imperialism. the development of our waterways, or any other of the numerom problems which press for solution, weshall find that the real questii 11 involved in each is. whether the government shall remain a me-< business asset of favor seeking cor porntions or be an instrument in Unhands of the people for the advance ' nient of the common weal. 1 Democratic Party lairucd Confidence. If the voters are satisfied with , the record of the Republican party and with its management of publi? affairs we cannot ask for a change in administration; if. however, th< ( voters feel that the people. as a , whole, have too little influence in shaping the policies of the govern , ment; if they feel that great com ( hinations of capital have encroach ed upon the rights of the masses- f and employed the instrnmeutaiitic f of government to secure an unfa! , share of the total wealth produced y then we have a right to expect a ve: j diet against tlie Republican party an - | in favor of the Democratic party j for our party has risked defeafave, suffered defeat?in its effort b n arouse the conscience of hte publi. 0 and to bring about that very awaken- ti ing to which Mr. Tat't has referred. r Only those ere worthy to be en- u I rusted with leadership In a great f atise who are willing to dio for it ? ind the Democratir party lias proven a Its worthiness by its refusal to purchase victory by delivering the peo- a pie Into the hands of those ?hn have < iestpoiled theui. in this contest be-1 ween democracy on the one side ind plutocracy on the other, the >ther. the Democratic party has tak- T) mi its position on the side of equal -ights, and invites the opi>ositlon of hose who use politics to secure special privileges and governmental avoritism. Clanging the progress 1,1 jf the nation, uot by the happiness H >r wealth or retinenient of a few, O Put "by the prosperity and advance- ol ment of the average man." the Demo- n" ^ratlc party charges the Republican party with being the promoter of C present abuses, the opponent of no- tl jessary remedies and the only bul- ei walk of private monopoly. The Do- ai mocratic party aflirms that in this campaign it is the only party, hav- ei ing a prospect of success, which s| stands for justice in government ft and for equity in the division of the a fruits of industry. a Democratic Party Defender of Honest tl Wealth. tl We may expect those who have committed larceny by law and pur- b chased immunity with their polltt-ie (Mil inflnonro tr> uHomnt ? ' " false issues, and to employ "the b livery of Heaven" to conceal their n evil purposes, but they can no longer c deceive. The Democratic party Is s not the enemy of any legitimate in- t dustry or of honest accumulations, s It Is. on the contrary, a friend of a industry and the steadfast protector ii of that wealth which represents a h service to society. The Democratic c party does not seek to annihilate all h corporations; it simply asserts that h as the government creates corpora- h tions. it must retain the power to regulate and to control them, and t that it should not permit any cor- p poration to convert itself into a mo- s nopol.v. Surely we should have the s co-operation of all legitimate cor- 'I potations in our effort to protect t business and industry from the odium 2 which lawless combinations of capi- n tal will, if unchecked, cast upon them. Only by the seperation of ? llje good from the bad can the good i be made secure. t< Not Devolution, but Deformation. t The Democratic party seeks not n revolution, but reformation, and I \ need hardly remind the student of a history that cures are mildest when applied at once; that remedies increase in severity as their application j is postponed. Hlood poisoning may be stopped by the loss of a finger today; it may cost an arm tomorrow . or a life the next day. So poison f in the body politic can nor he re- ? moved too soon, for the evils produced by it increase with the lapse of time. That there are abuses ; which nod to bo remedied, even the Republican candidate admits; that \ his party is unable to remedy them, has been fully demonstrated during the last ten years. I have such confidence in the intelligence as well is the patriotism of the people, that I can not doubt their readiness to accept the reasonable reform which our party proposes, rather . than permit the continued growth of 1 existing abuses to hurry the country on to remedies more radical and more drastic. Our Party's ideal. The platform of our party closes with a brief statement of the party's ideal. It favors "such an administration of the coveriunont ns wilt insure, su far as human wisdom can. that each citizen shall draw from society a reward commensurate with his contribution to the welfare of society." Governments are Rood in propor- ' tion as they assure to each member 1 of society, so far as governments can a return commensurate with individual merit. The Divine I .aw of Howards. Thrre Is a Divine law of rewards. , When the Creator gave us the earth. , with its fruitful, soil, the sunshine , with its warmth, and the rains with , their moisture. He proclaimed, as , clearly as if His voice had thundered , from the clouds, Go work, and ac- t cording to your iindustry and your , intelligence, so shall be your re- , ward." Only where might has overthrown, cunning undcrmindad or 1 government suspended this law, has a different law prevailed. To conform the government to this law ought to he the ambition of the statesman: and no party can have a higher mission than to make it a reality whether governments can legitimately operate. Recognizing that 1 am indebted for my nomination to the rank and file ^ of our party, and that my election must come, if it conies at all, from the unpurchased and unpurchasable suffrage of the American people, 1 promise, if entrusted with the responsibilities of this high office, to ? consecrate whatever ability I have to the one purpose of making tills, in fact, a government in which the < people rule a government which will do justice to all, and offer to every one the Highest possible stimulus to great and persistent effort, by assuring to each the enjoyment nf his just share of the proceeds of 1*1^! t/*?l ti... " ? * - - - c ,...... HI. 111.11 III III n llill I III II > III iho vineyard he labors, or to what occupation. profession or calling he devotes himself. I I PIANO AM) OKMAX KCONOM%\ If you are interested in the purshnse of a PIANO or an OlMiAX, we ~ want, to sell you one. Don't think you must go to some nail order nouse to buy a low prie >d piano or organ; nor outside of k?uth Carolina to get the best piano ir organ. We have a great variety >f grades, and all styles, at price* which canno't fail to interest you A'e are manufacturers factory representatives for several of the argesf and most famous makers of ilanos and organs. We take old Instruments in exhange and make most liberal termr if payment, to those who wish to my on time. No house?quality of danos ami organs considered?ran ? inderspll us. Twenty-four years of air deaiingin Columbia and throiighut South Carolina is our reference nd guarantee. Write us at once for catnlnrr nrier nd terms. Talone's Music Mouse. < 'oltimhiu, S.C. rianot and Organs. THIKTY FKKT LONG. lie largest Snake Kver drought to This Country. With the largest snake ever rought to the United States, the udson, one of the Anglo-American il company's steamships, .1 v ho red IT Stapleton. X. Y., on Sunday aftcroon from the far east. His snakeship, a python taken by apt. C. II. Kenton, commander of le Hudson, is thirty feet three itichi long and weighs three hundred nd twelve pounds Capt. Kenton would not say whethr the snake, which is a magnificent liecimen of the Indian python, was >r the Bronx zologieal gardens, but story that had been told months go of the snake's coming said also lat the big fellow was to increase tie collection there. Under the forespeak. which had een turned over for use as a menasrle, containing other animals, the nake is held fast in a great iron-1 ound wooden case, with n small] miou ?ir space cm jn the top of the nse. First Officer Herr said the nake was in small quarters, and hat it could no possihlv use its trength to force the sides of he case part. While there have been snakes a plenty under twenty feet in BiiRth landed here, Capt. Kenton arries the palm for the largest ever rought, and when the steamer unpads her sugar cargo the snake will e delivered to the consignees. ltesides the snake there are wentv-flve monkeys, with a porcupine, a cassowary, a pair of .1 a panose ilk feathered fowls, three Japanese puniels-and numerous small birds.' 'here were fifty-live monkeys when he Hudson left Singapore on May !1, but many of them died. A dozen niniaturc birds also died. The ship arrived with as polyglot i crew as was ever here, there beng twenty-one Chinese, twelve I,asars. one Cingalese, one Japanese, wo "black men" from Colombo ind two Arabs, taken on at Aden, vhlle the engineers are Scotchmen ind the navigating officers British. A blind actor should be able to ict with feeling. There never was a pretty girl so Uupid that she couldn't fool the leverest man of her acquaintance CLASSIFIED COLUMN WAVTFIh IVANTKIt?Agents for Dlozo Bisinfecting Cabinets. Kill germs, flies, mosquitoes, moths and ants in the home. 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WAXTED?Clerks, cotton buyers, fanners, warehousemen and others to learn grading and classifying cotton in otir sample rooms, or through correspondence course. Thirty day scholarship completes you. American Cotton College, Milledgeville, C?H. tkaciii:hs?Tin si i:fs. iVo secure schools for teachers and have many excellent vacancies We recommend teachers to trustees and sell school furniture of till kinds. Write. Southern Teachers' Agency, Columbia, s. C, 57500 Square Feet Flo Pumps, Packing, Pu!l< Pipe, Fittings, V; . . . WRITE FOR PR Southern States COLU M E Gibbes Improved If GIBBES A Mil I. THAI 7_, Pay f r Him If In k S Cmjrr THIS MAt.H CVrtu I n I i t h?? bom "1 a '"i innllon.in ?|>pin Ati in to Good 'HACH'NI o^iifr? ??f giMn'N GiiiiiKnici Box Col! COLOMBIA 8UPPLT Your Engine Nc PflUt * What a man of experience hex lo a njtfl J T several governor*. of variou* makr I the (lumber-Wright. Thi* govern 1 ever tried." Wecarrjr all sites inrto entreat is tnpoi 9 NOT T ME TO SELL SAYS I'HKSittKNTHAimiS OP THK FAli.MKHS' I'MOX. lw>U(* Ad? res* lu' Holders of S|M?t Cotton mid leges Them to Hold Fur a \\ Idle Conger. To Holdeis of Spot Cotton: Now is tl?e time to hold, and victory ij yens. Farmres, do you realize that nton is scarcer in the ? world todr than it has been for 25 years? li >u do not. the sooner you realizi i- the ntor e.vou will think of the s|m > you have on hand, and tie* crops en are Browing. Now remember 'hat it all depends on you to make it -.-ins the minimum price, I". cents, it you can be scared out of your eott* a for less than the minimum pric< do not blame the fellow for scaring you. I would do the same thine if 1 were in his place, hut you. the Holder of spot cotton, have all under hold in this light, and if you give up it is because you have not the nerve to stand tl>?? tt r*r ??? battle. I.me say to you, the Holder of Spots: Hold to them, for the next two hi niths is the most critical period, as both the American spinner and the Kuropean spinner is about i it of cotton to spin. If you, the Holder of Spots, will not sell, there will be many mills that will have '< close down and not from choice, hu: for the want of cotton. Condition are all in your favor, but nerve the tck-bone you lack. Now I do not >- von cannot hold. Wo j have plen.' of bonded ware-houses | in our St e and you can put your cotton in hem and borrow money on your eipt. Let me urge you do tliis, a <d do not put any cotton on the n , ket until the minimum is reached. Let me tell you the Kuropean mills are now out of cotton and they have uitracts sold ahead. They have to c.i ne to America for cotton and the> "ill have to do this now at < nee ' hjs is th?' situation, so no cause foi larni. 1 know the hear side of ci on is using the new crop to bear lb- market so I hey may get you b s' I the remainder of your old crop. The price will now soon go up lick to 12 cents, and they think you will then sell. I know oiiie of you have said if it reader l 2 you would sell. Now the stum iliing that brings it back to 12 iii'i if you hold on make it bring tlie minimum, la cents. Now as to the conditions of the I JtttS on >. I have correspondence from c\ v cotton growing State. There cs tot be a more accurate account than we. the Farmer's ITiion, can get up and reports from all the Slates b f this character. In the lirst plat< too much wet weather in the earl spring and there was a poor pn : .ration of the soli. When the preparation is poorly done you cannot i ke an average crop. The rains \m-i of the Mississippi river continued until July 1st, and the cotton g.ew to weed too much and is not fr"'tod well. Now, the hot dry weeper has set in with them and much damage is being done. In other ords it is impossible for the Wes' to make anything like an average ? < p when they have a wet May and nie. Such weather fills the cot to ilant with too much malaria an ' it cannot stand the hot nun wun r great damage. To prove this lool. liow the plant is now turning yellow and the leaves dropping from it. 'i'lrs reports tonus from many of the States. We eaunot now more than duplicate the ! tM?7 crop, and rente her the shortage of last, year's crop I.nod,nun hales, and just, remember otloti futures cannot lie spun. I*. Harris. President, S. (' State Farmer's 1'nion. Arrested in New York A dispel h from N'ew York says a young man, who says he is John R. Messerw. 19 years old, of Charleston, S. C.. and who declares his father is of s 't'.clent importance in that -vicinity t issue railway passes, is heing del Ined by the police there on the eh. : ge of not paying :i hotel hill. P.ef e Merservy gets out of his srrnp? he may also have to face un indicia t nt for forgery. ft. take- on 1 v self-control to tolerate your relatives; it takes will pownr to tie p'-n to them. or Space Covered Witk eys, Belting, ICF.S . . . Supply Company 3 I A. S C. I (9 in Mm 114 Holier ^ r WILL:" Out p? I f#'ot laths- , i dnv Knn with liaatpow- T I )1 henp mnrketalilt. I fj 1 O INF. FILLS THI Htt I t mm-hin? rami i i.i r inP1 ERY COMPANY, i <1 Marlnnoi > nil kind*- I * imbia, S. < eaU*32Z332M COMI'ANT COLUMBIA 8 0.^ seds a Good Governor. ! ay after using lha leading make*.?"I have tried a. but failed to get proper regulation until I used I or gives better regulation than any other I h'^e I ck.flanged or screwed bottom with screwed ?w.e. -Y COMPANY, COLUMBIA. S C.