The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 04, 1908, Image 4
THEY FED. BLUE
AfraM That Taft
WH la Dafaatad.
THEY ARE WORRIED.
Ktmi PreaMrat Roosevelt Think* His
Man'* Election I* DonUful—Re
cord of Oongrea* Far From Satis*
factory to the Majority Party, and
Republicans Are Anxious.
A Washington Letter to the
Charleston Post says the Republicans
in Congress are in a bad humor.
Things legislative and political have
not broken well for them during the
last winter. They are disappointed
and anxious. . and the leaders are
existing conditions from one to an
other. Many blame President Roose
velt. The President, on the other
hand, blames the Congress..
No doubt exists that the Republi-
«cans are concerned over the Presi
dential and Congressional elections
’ that are to takt place next autumn.
They are not scared, but the*fart
that the legislative program which
was .recommended by the President
bss not been carried out leads to
the belief that something may happen
during the approaching campaign.
An apprehension Is felt thaPSecre-
tary Taft, if nominated for the Presi
dency, may be defeated. The reali
sation is that Taft will be nominated;
and it is not going too far to say
that the Republicans, in and out of
Congresir wBb Tiave carefully gone
over the situation, are fearful of the
Result.
President Roosevelt regards Taft’s
nomination as a foregone conclusion.
He, too, entertains some misgivings
about the result next Noveml>er, but
he lays the blame for the condition
that may ering about such a result
at the door of Congress. He points
to 4he fact that the leaders in the
two branches of Congress have taken
this year to settle some old scores
with him. There Is no doubt of
that fact. With an assurance that
Roosevelt would succeed himself,
Congress undoubtedly would have
treated his recommendations with
greater consideration during the
last winter. * It was taken for grant
ed, however, that he was to retire
early next year, and the Congress has
played horse with him.
More bitterness of feeling than ever
before has been crested between the
Hoose and the Senate. Crlmlna-
Uqns and recriminations have been
made by the one branch and by the
other. Speaker Cannon has been
THE COTTON PROBLEM
TEN LOST AT SEA.
<»rtfk Ship Hunk After doing Ashore
Bahama Island. ^
on
NOT TOO LATE TO REDUCE THE
ACREAGE.
r t
The Farmers Union Advising
Members to Plough Up Cotton and
Plant Grain.
The Farmers Unio*- is advising its
members to plow up 25 per cent, of
their cotton Just planted and put the
same land In oth**r crops.. This is
the only effective way to get a pro
fitable price next fail and the Union
will push the plan to the utmost. The
effect of this action on the present
crop yet in the farmers hands'would
be instaneous. The Carolina Union
Farmer has the following to say- on
this subject:
The plan to remove the possibility
of low-priced cotton is simple, prac
tical and effective. It is simply to
gu Into, your fields and pic> w u p a
trying to foist the reaponamtmyTgr [given amount df cotton and plant
the land In peas, cor'd or some for
age crop. This will cause a change
of your plans, you say? Of course it
will, but the change is absolutely ner
cessary to win your fight. You can’t
afford to follow an uncertain and
foolish plan in this contest, whoa
there is a sure and. certain way. You
CaB’t compete successfully with the
cunning brain of the gamblers with
out using your own brain and f)usT : “
ness sense. The way to defeat an
enemy Is to deceive and surprise him.
.Aa^a-plan_far~wlnnlng this fight for
From Information received by their
relatives In Pensacola, FI a.,.it is be
lieved that four Greeks, two of whom
ere young girls, and six of the crew
it. .have been lost in the wreck, of the
Greeks steamship CycJadus, 'Which
went aground and sank off Bahama
islands, May 11. The four passeng
ers on the . vessel took passage „at
Pensacola, Intending to go to Ge
noa, and there secure passage to visit
relatives in Greece. The Cycladus
left Pensacola alter taking a part of
a cargo, and went to New Orleans,
where she filled out for Genoa. When
off the llahama islands, from In
formation received here, she went on
a reef and later sank. The crew and
four Pensacola passengers got off
safely. The men were short of food
supplies. One of the boats, the
largest, has reached Nassau, N. P.,
and this contained the captain aud
fifteen members, of the crew. The
other boat, which contained six of
the crew and the*four passengers,
has not been heard from. IUJjj fear
ed that the smaller of the boats has
been swamped.
BOTH LEGS CRUSHED.
A Sumter. Colored Man Moets With
the price of cottpn-.it Js better to plow
up the cotton already planted, than
to have reduced the acreage to that
extent at the beginning. This action
taken now Is at a time when it Is
too late for the Souther,n fools ami
traitors to increaae their coton ac
reage, as they would have done, if
this action had ben taken earlier in
the season, it will not only defeat
those who would be disposed to act
the traitor, but it will attack the
gamblers’ stronghold in a place least
expected, and their defeat will be
inevitable. ~ '
It is a fact sustained by his story
and by trade conditions that a ten-
million bale crop of cotton will bring
more money in the aggregate than
a 15,000,000 bale crop. We are a
business organlxi tlon and as such we
roust learn business ways from busi
ness. men If we succeed. When the
manufacturers find that they are not
getting as big profit on their goods
as they want, they meet In organized
“shut down” until the price advances.
Inasmuch as thP manufacturers have
decided to "shut down” rather than
pay the Minimum Price for cotton, it
is putting into practice the best kind
of business sense for farmers to do-
clde to ‘‘shut down”_by^ plowing up
a part of their cotton crop.
By plowing up a portion of the
, Unfortunate A.cj.jW.ent.
At Sumler Charley-Lawry, one of
the colored scavenger cart drivers
of the city. meL-wlthra most terrlbje
accident Saturday night about 10.30
Ti-clock In hetrrg—run over by a
switch engine in the Atlantic Coast
Line yards, floth of his legs, just
below the knees, were so badly crush
ed that they had to be amputated.
His chances of recovery are fairly
good, but it witt require several days
yet before any definite idea may be
formed. The accident occurred near
the water track, on a frog switch, and
it is said that Loiyry was sitting
down on tke track and that one of
his feet became wedged in the frog
and that he could not get his foot
out'in time to get out of the way.
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS SHORT
charged with all sorts of things by cotton crap the benefit will come to
the Senate and the leaders among the us in a twofold way. It will cause
Republicans of the Senate have been the price of cotton to advance to a
charged with Ignoring the public will point where tlie acres that are left in
and standing only for their own sel- cotton will bring more money than
fish desires. the whole would have brought. There-
Thus, s serious condition of politi- fore, whatever crop we raise on the
cal Affairs has been created. Gen-[laud where we plow up a certain
orally, it is believed that Taft and amount of cotton, that crop will re-
Bryan will be the_ opiioslng candi- present a clear profit over and above
dgjes. A short time ago, it was ex- what we would have otherwise had,
pectsd that the Republican candi- in the windup. The own. peas or
date would have practically a walk- cane that Is produced on the land
over at the election, but in the last on which cotton is plowed up, will
month there has been s notable chan- add that much wore value to our
ge In sentiment. Among both Re- products next fall, and Ihe best part
publicans and Democrats it is con-[about the whole plan will he the
ceded that Bryan has a strong chance beautifully crushing defeat* of the
of winning this year. Some Repubil- gamblers who intend to • price our
cans even are pessimistic about the cotton at -He. or less, next fall. Is
November results If Taft be nomi- the fight worth winning? This Is a
pated. It is realized that there will matter that appeals to the patriotism
1m» » spirited contest with the result [of every Southern farmer and tests
mucii In doubt. the loyalty of every Farmers' Union
It is perfectly evident that the Re-[man. Shall cotton prove to be a)i-
publlcan physicians have-not beenjother "lost Cause” in the South? Let
able this year to prepare the country each Individual answer this question
for tbs great operation nexijfall. In [by going promptly into his field and
a -speech on the financial measure* a do some plowing4pat will yield a big
few days ago. Senator “Bob” Taylor, [ger profit than the same amount of
of Tennessee, told this significant [plowing has ever yielded In .this coun-
■tory: try. ^ •
“I am confident that t>efore the Re- .
publican financial physicians get) NEGRO PROTECTS WIFE,
through with the joj) they will have
the country In the condition of J Shoots and Kills A Very Bail W hite
the old man in my State who was
That's Why n Florence Man Left
Home Some Days Ago.
A dispatch from Florence says the
olfiriuls of the Hank of^Florence gave
out another statement in regard to
the -Lee Brunson affair. After go
ing over his liooks very carefully
they have found a shortage of $5,-
000. They have not yet finished
their work on his books, but it is
not thought that the shortage will
exceed this amount. This informa
tion comes as a severe blow to the
many friends of Lee Brunson there
and Umnigtrom. the~~Btgtr: When
the statement was given out that
there was a shortage in Brunson's ac-
romrts. his father, Judge W. A. Brun
son. and the other relatives promptly
made good the shortage, and any
other that may bbc* found, thus ob
viating any prosecution of his l*ond.
A LADY RUN OVER.
very sick. The doctor examined him
and said: Old man, you a^e dying;
have you any wish to express before
ybu pass over the river?”,,
Mmu.
Boyce Slone was killed Monday
afternoon on the outskirts of Greer
Anil KIIUm] by a Train on the Atlan
tic Coast Line.
Mrs. Wilson, aged aliout 65 years
was run over and instantly kllled-bV
Atlantic Coast Line southbound pas
senger train No. 35. Engineer Hous
ton, at Jackson S. C., ten miles from
Yfumistii, Tue. lay morning about
P.3^ o'clock.
Mrs. Wilapn stepped directly In
fi^ont of the passenger train from a
position behind a freight car on the
adjoining side traek, aud the engi
neer had not time to siop. The Coast
Line passenger train makes no stop
at Jackson-, and was therefore not
running at slow speed when the wo-
nVUn nipde her sudden appearance.
SERVANT PROBLEM.
ENGLSH GIRLS TO BE USED TO
SOLVE IT.
The State Immigration Bureau En-
tering ,Upou an Experiment of
Great Interest to the State.
A letter from Columbia to The
News apd Courier says In the ex
periment which Commissioner Wat
son has started of substituting a
high type of English-speaking house
hold servant girl for the negro ser
vant girl he is convinced both from
employers and the gifls themselves
that he has finally laid the founda
tlon for a successful, practical solti
tlon of the vexed negro servant pro
blem in this State, and if the expert
ment proves a success here it will be
“a go’J throughout the South. After
repeated failures during four years'
bard work the commission Is now sa
tisfied that success is at hand.
The .first experiments along this
line were with foreign-speaking peo
ple, and Jn every case this proved a
failure. These are the kind of fore
ign servants that are being placed to
a largjB extent in the North. Com
missioner Watson then concluded
that this section would have to have
a higher type than 1 tS > "'Y!#ed in the
North in order to supplant the negro,
who Is daily growing more useless
exacting and that the new servants
must speak English. He was further
-persuaded that the newcomers in o
der to be satisfied tnemselvesl and
render satisfactory service would have
to be in touch with the other mem
bers of their families, so as to give
the home touch and alleviate the so
cial alienation which had made other
experiments with English-speaking
girls failures. Accordingly peisis-
tent, energetic work was carried on
in the desirable farm section of En
gland with literature, lectures and
personally conducted tours with big
vans. ’ _ •
The thirty-three English people
brought here less than a month ago
and located in and around Columbia,
Edgefield, Abbeville, Greenville apd
elsewhere in the State, have all writ
ten letters to the department express
ing satisfaction, and every girl so
located has written letters through
the department to friends and rela
tives abroad, urging them to come
on to South Carolina and live.
FARMERS’ HOLD YOUR COTTON.
Advice Given by Mr. Harris, President
of the Union.
President Harris of the State Far
mers' union has issued the follow
ine circular to the .25.0.11(1 -membura
"Yes.” whispered the * feeble old !' y H * nry Kow ‘ er * c 9 lore<1 - If seems
man. "I wish I had got another doc-
tw." ——1- •
' > ;
- — -a 2T - - -- *’
A Home-Made Refrigerator.
Take two large lioxes, the second
somewhat smaller on all sides, and
T>6re two
that Stone and two other white men
went to Fowler's house ami attempt
ed ttr -eriminally assaue. hia wife.
Fowier came in answer to calls of
bis wife. He expostulated with the
men wuen he was aet upon jmd badly
beaten. Recovering from the’aFtSfkr
*HW MMI hi. pm ,„d hr,,! at cloW
respondlngly, to give -dralaap. ™ fa 'dgi’ t .*TW
ventilation. Fill up the bottom of
the larger box with powdered char
coal (or sawdust, if charcoal cannot
be procured) until the smaller box
will stand on a level w..*. the top of
the larger box. Put the inner box In
place, and fill up all ihe space around
Jhe sides with the charcoal. .Fasten
contents of the load hit Boyce Stone
killing him instantly. Fwler at
once surrendered to the authorities
and was committed to jail. Stone
was aliout 2 4 years of -age and was
a bad fellow. About four years ago
Policeman roster of Greer was foul-
lids on both boxes to fit tigRly“6niiL a ^f 8,u f ed aBd , St ne
eachsideoftheinnerbox, by means ' ^ and Wa8 ^nuifted
Since this time he has lived until
recently in the far West, where he
was again tried for murder but came
at the bottom for „ . -i clear. Stnc has always been a wild
upon. Legs miy be added. alsS. ^ the Had * nd,ft *
of cleats, put several shelves, leav
ing a space in the center for the ice.
A rack made of lathing may be laid
the drainage and ventilation in this
way be improved. This Is a rough
refrigerator, but it will save your ice.
Oonfessed to Bigamy.
The Columbia State says W. Or
Fogle, an Orangeburg cotton mill
operative, recently came to Columbia,
Wednesday confessed to bigamy be
fore Magistrate Riley. He says his
first wife, whom he married five
years ago when lift was 1«, was Mlssj
Nell Bryant, who left him and mar
ried another man. Afterward, two|
years ago.
| to his career was .what every one ex-
ipected. *-
He Doe* Not Know U*.
(Jov. John Johnson, of Minnesota,
shoult^ learn something more about
the political conditions of thi.s fi®jLBi.T,
try before he comes forward again
as a candidate for the Presidency.
According to an Associated Press
report of an interview with him at
Norfolk on Saturday, Gov. Johnson,
i.i the course of a general denuncia
tion of the Crumpacker bill for re
daction of the South’s representa
4ion i n C gugreas-said-heTMlnot be
lieve the President would sign such
a measure should it pass Congress
d he teligved it ’Would cause the'
defeat of Secretary Taft. "That
of the order in this State:
“Cotton has advanced $7.50 per bale
in ,10 days and if we will hold to it.
and not be influenced to sell, it will
in the next 10 days make the same
advance and the minimum wlli be
reached.
is 4.500,000 bal£g short. This makes
cotton scarce, not enough for con
sumption. Crop conditions the low
est in 20 years.
“On the 24th, Texas and Oklaho
ma were visited by the most destruc
tive flood that has everr l>een known.
“May 10th, our national rpesi-
dent, C. S. Barrett, issued a circular
letter, asking the union men to plow
up 10 per cent, of the cotton planted
and put It in food crops. One million
acres has been reported* pfowed - up.
This looks as if the boys mean busi
ness and wiil stand behind their guns.
"Do not listen to those who tell
you to sell, it is going lower, when
they know it will go upward by
June.
“Do not forget that corn is $1.10
per bushel and plenty of time to
plant, yet. Well filled corn cribs and
smoke houses will alwpys'make cot
ton bring the minimum price
“Both the European and American
mills are about out of cotton,,so hold
to your spots and get the minimum
price ”
THE DIVINING ROD.
No Mysterious Virtues hidden la U»o
■ ” Dowser's Wand.
In experimenting with a divining
rod as used for discovefing under
ground supplies of water one of tho ,
geologists of the United ^States Quo--the-Lmnuic Asylum,' This
lo leal Survey found that at points
it turned downward independently of
his will, bnt more* complete testa
showed that the,^lownwgrd turning
resulted from slight and—until
watched for—unconscious changes In
the inclination ot his body, the ef
fects of which were communicated
through the arms and wrist to ths
red. No movement of the rod from
causes outside the body could be de
tected, and it soon became obvious
that the view he'd by other men of
science is correct—that the opera
tion of the “divining rod” is general,
ly due to unconscious movements of
the body or of trie muscles of the
hand The experiments made show
tl at these "tnbvements happen most
frequently at places where the opera
tor's experience has led him to oe-
The uselessness of the divining rod
is Indicated by the facts that the rod
may be worked at will by the,opera
tor, that he Tails to detect strong
currents of water running in tunnels
and other channels that afford no sur
face ideations of water, and that his
locations in limestone regions where
water flows in weU Refined channels
Arp rarely more sw»aful than those
dependent on -were; guesses. In fact
its jperators are ccei^t^Jonly in
regiors IT which 'refund water occurs
In a definite sheet in porous material,
or ir more or less clayey deposits,
such as ths^pebbly clay or till, in
which, although a few failures occur,
wells would get water anywhere.
Grmnd water occurs under certfUn
definite condltioiin, and as In huniii
regions, a stream may he predicted
wherever a valley Is known, so one
familiar with rocks and ground water
conditions may predict places where,
ground water can be found. No ap
fdlance either electrical or mechani
cal, has yet been successfully used
lor detecting water In places where
p'air, common sense or good guessing
ould not have shown its presence
Just as well. The only advantage
of employing a "water wtt<'h.”'-as the
operator of the divining rod is some
times called. Is that skilled services
ere obtained, most men so employed
being keener and beMer observers of
the occurrence and movements of
ground water than the average per
son Scientific American. '
HARRY THAW 18 INSANE.
An Effort to Save Souls.
In the Sout hern Presbyterian As
sembly, now in seseion at Greens
boro, N. C., the following resolution
on evangeli&tie work was presentetL
Slayer of Stanford White Will Re
main in Asylum.
Hatry k. Thaw, the slayer of Stan
ford White. Vill not be released froiaioB--Wftttnesday morning by Rev. Dr.
s ttie^e-
cision reached by Justice Mofse-
hauser of the New York supreme
court, in an opinion filed early Tues
day morning in the matter of Thaw’s
application for release on a writ of
habeas corpus. Both points brought
up by Thaw's attorneys are decided
against him. The Justice declares,
that Thaw is now insane and shmffd our miuicti-rs to seek more and
A. A. Little: "Whereas, we believe
that the'grt a need of our church ia
more evangi-istic preaching on the
part of our >stors and a more dili
gent effort on the part of the church
to reach £he u ichurched and unsaved
this general a.-sembly would urge on
not be allowed at large aud he fur
ther declares that the commitment to
the lunatic asylum l>£ Justic Dowling
after the last trial of the case, was
entirely legal.
FLAGMAN KILLED.
ell in Front of Engine on Blue
Ridge Road.
While flagging his train at And-
son Monday .•manning Mr.~.Geu—LL.
ul
Keith fell in front nt jfyfi 'ihe
trucks passed over his legs, complete
ly severing both of them below the
knees. He was quickly picked up
and hurried to the Anderson hospital.
At 10.30 o'clock he had sufficiently
recovered from the severe shock ac-
companying the accident to undergo
a surgical operation. jWjjoth of hit
iegsmwere.ampnUtud,.8wy.£.<hft ki>
He was. however/unable to recover
from the wounds, and lie died at
12.15 o’clock Monday afternoon.
GROWING RAPIDLY.
Interrstiitg Statistics of the Southern
Baptist Church.’
Dr. latmdng Burrows in his stuth
tics for the Convention minutes give
the following figures for the fitted
States In the Southern Baptist Con
vention: 21.266 shurches; 129.15
baptisms: total membership. 2.015
08<V; contributions for missions, $1.
134,695; contributions tor all pur-
get more of this spirit of prayer for
the salvation of souls and to use
more evangelistic efforts in the pul
pit and out < f it to bring souls fnto
the kingdom of God.” - This reso
lution hits the nail on the head, and
if it is adopted and acted on it
will accomplish great good. If the
churches were, doing .their duty
there would be ho need of such a
Tgsnnitlmr,—tun jye ftar~t1rar Tlig“
churches ofjTT depbminations are
too much engrossed in*fhoney get
tingjuid other material -things to
bother with trying to saye aoujs.
The) greatest preacher—that ever
lived said in an immortal sermon:-
“But seek ye first the Kingdom of
God and his. i Ighteouaness, and fit,,
these things shall be added to you/’
Let tig? churches follow this, and it
will have no need to bother'abbuF
money and other material things, as
then people will give without the
Lsking. Wtat all of our churches
iced m<»re D un any other thin^ is a
r ue, genuine baptism of the ? Holy
Jhcst f xter.rting from the door to
he pu'pit. Then the old diy Loncs
/ould be n '.de to live again.
Made, a Buht.
It seeenis that the people of liieh-
pose«. $7,863,416; value of church mond. Va., 'vas very much disap-
property. $30,861,428. He places p r j nte d i n 3£)tH . c h made by Gov.
our colored membership in the l nit-1 , , . L K , , ; ,_
ed States at 1,900,000; our total
c
meml»ershlp in the United States at
5.059.133; and the entire n'umber of
Baptist* in the world at 6.,001,So5. •
Symbol of llte Marble Gallows.
You will read Id "The Cloister and
the Hearth” of the gallowg of white
marble and fine workmanship that
stood over against the dukes palace
In Venice. It was there as an ever
present warning to the people’s chief
dervapt that if he nas falthleua to his
■tmat. he -Would he hsnggd
We are pleased to consider that
ta'er period of the middle ages as
rude and simple. Ir Its familiarity
with all fetftn-j of coldly administered
ieath it would jusrifyjhis enthought
fill estimate. Yet f-v* n in that sinis.
Remeijil>er |he 1907 cropj ^ter marble admonition of vengeance
fhere is a certa.n symbol of good
ta’th. of high ider.ls of pubMr service
that shows strong iu anv civilisation
With all our justlv cherished pro
gr< i we might wish for. as fine
sense of honor in our public steward
ships.
Let ua claim it once that the basis
on whi-'h out public se vice rests is
far belter than It was iu even the
Italian clvlr^t‘»tibhcs. . There is not
the caste of fh'; there is not now
the fatalistu- c _*i!-.dfieati< n of.rank, at
'd while there wat
least politically
In the period*of
War is being made on stray dogs
all over ths country-in an effort to
to™ muzzlrtl" 1 ' 111 , could we expect from a mu
.ogsi
or killed if found at large. This is
right. It is better that a thousand
worthless curs should be killed than
that one human being should die
from rabies. This efunty should
join the procession.
. Ip We congratulate Columbia on the
Herrins of L ‘ ,,,e “ vin * of her boat line. The public
wti T 1 h *P ,rited “e® who came forward
behas been ttrfog with since. The and saved It from going out of ex-
proaecutinff witness is also a cotton Htecce anoreciate the
here with Fogle about jthree and are willing to make sacrifices to
i " rrg ntain it. The great wonder is
» itSSSrS!?? cr °v. w • Ptae thereof Columbia has
* Hswuff&sr more •” b
tM kaL— ■ —t'
measure/’ said Gov. Johnson,/‘will
array the solid South against Mr.
Taft.’’ In commenting on this bad
break on the part of Governor John
son the Charleston Post asks "what is
the‘Solid South’if it is.not a fixed
and immovable opposition to Mr.
Taft or any other Republican candi
date for President? Why should
the passage of the Crumpacker
amendment have any effect on the
Republican candidate’s standing in
the South? The Minnesota Governor
chows the conditions in the South so
ittle that it would never do to com
mit their guardianship to him.”
Every word*the Post says is true, but
who knows nothing about us or our
politics. He lives too far away to be
much interested in us and would nev
er have known us had not the presi
dential bee got to buzzing in ms ear
and sent him among us in quest of
votes.—Times ami Democrat.
VOTES OUT WHISKEY.
XortTi'~r*ftmajr^^^l)ry l>y Forty
TIioiumuhJ Plurality.
North Carolina was carried for
State prohibition Wednesday by a
majority that is estimated 'at from
4(J.(Tfi0. The prohibition ticket car
ried 78 out of the 98 counties by
majorities approximating 48,000. The
anti-prohibition ticket has 20 coun r
tjes by majorities approximating 5.-
60lT This calculation is based on
some estimates and the prohibition
leaders say it is possible for the pro
hibition majority to reach 50,000. A
close estimate of the vote would give
a prohibition majority of about 45,-
000. The election passed off vefy
quietly, no disturbances of any mo
ment being reported. The total vote
cast in the State was abbout 175,000.
Wanted—I.umber and Logs. Writ
tis. If, you have Poplar, "Ash. Cv
press. Hickory or Cottonwood Lum
l»er.\^Artt}> want Walnut and Ceda
Logs Savannah Valley Luinbe
Co.. Augusta. Ga.
■ Renaissance
reward.fo/ culture. ie<’ rn ng and arts
and craftsmanship, saill. today,
hsve'a fairer t>U which many more
cafi enter But when that claim is
made and altoued there was a rer
tain something in the old noblesse
oblige which has net yet permeated
democracy as it can and must some
nay pervade it. 1
A burgomaster In a free DutclPor
German city, » duke or magistrate in
an oligarchical Italian republt(\_iiy**fJL,. ,
a feudal lord in any country, exempli
fied a respect for the obligations 1m-
I osed by his iwisltion that our expert
ence ha. shown us is not so prevalent
now. Let us acknowledge that much
in a system of government, a frame
work of society, which Is happily left
behind > la*t us admire the civic vir
tue of those Venetians who “let no
man. not even their sovevreign. be
above the common , weal.” And let
use realize that, even in the great ad-
vane In the social and political ordfr
»e have made-since that fifteenth
Century of "The Cloister anA the
HearthV there is still lacking the re
spect for the place of trust, the fine
reve-ence for the common weal which
eventually will be the perfect flow
ers of popular government—Kansas
City Star. . r
The News and Courier is a politi
cal dreamer. It still contends that
a majority of the people of South
Carolina are oppoeed t^ Bryan’s
nomination and that Johnson will
be nominated by the Denver conven
tion. Dreaming is a harmless
amusement, and we hope The News
fukl Courier will enjoy it. ’ ~
* Was Not Sure.
The opposition to Bryan in the
Democratic Party has now become
helpless. Governor Johnson him
self, addressing the American Cotton
Manufacturers in Richmond,-Va.,
Thursday humorously remarked that
he came South partly to gratify
what he supposed to be a cerain cur
iosity on the part of this section to
see and hear him, but since getting
the returns from Alabama and South
Carolina, he was not sure that any
such curiosity had evei;exi8ted?
In speaking of the coming presi
dential campaign the Sprinfield Re
publican says "there is going to be a
fight, with Mr. Bryan nominated,
which will make the Parker cam
paign sewn like the dead march from
Saul.” This is the opinion of an in-
The Mercenary Thunderbolt.
A party of American tourists whe
were comfortably established in a
hotel In Germany, discovered a new
contr bution to ‘‘English as she is
spoke,” only this time they found It
in the written word. The building
had been recently wired for electric
ity aud underlie bulbs'in each room
directions were posted Itr French,
German and English. The French
was irreprosc table, the German near
ly so. The English read as follows:
‘ To open and shut the lightening
electrical on. is requested to turn to
the rjj|ht hand. On going to Led it
trust be closed. Otherwise the light
ning must be paid.”—Boston Her/
aid. - *
"From now on, according to th*
anti-Bryan leaders,” says The Wash
ington Herald "the struggle to de
termine who shall control at Denver
will be confined to the South. Mary
land. Virginia^ the Carolinas. Geor
gia, Louisiana and Arkansas, will bet.
battle' grounds.” The Charleston
dependant RgpuMi^n paper publnh- ?<* th£» the fight in South Caro-
ed up in MamachusetU and indicates i”
pretty well what the non partisan Una should be particu arly faforeri
of the North thinks of Mr
The campaign over in Georgia if
red hot. As a sample of some of
the elegant language indulged in by
[some of the politicians just now take
this from Judge Tw iggs, who is pa; -
ing his respects to the It v. Lei
Broughton, of Atlanta: .“He if
nothing bu^a foul-mouthed seaver-
ger of the filthiest'falsehood, a Ian
tern-jawed political polecat." Pleiue
pass the smelling salts.
Why buy an Organ fmni rnc Pcddlv
When you can buy a tmporior ore
from your factory representative, f*
leas money, and on euaier terms, an
have absolute protection in the ana
antee given by the makers We mak
low prices and grant fron/one to tw
years, without interest, for settlemei
and only bind the organ as seen>• It'
We sa ve you money and supply Organ
that will prove a life Ions oleas'i!
Write at once for catalog and s|*eci:
prices and terms to theoldestablishc
MALONE’S MUSIC HOUSE.
Piano* and Organs. Columbia, S. «
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
WANTED.
Wantih!—Every merchant to sent 1
3-cent stamp for the largest cat"
■iogue published of rubber slam pi
seals, aluminum letters, etc.' Ad
dress F. Jos. Mulhaupt, Dept. I.
Lafayette, Ind.
to 12 year
"of age who would like* to earn. :
valuable watch for a few hokus
easy work, to send name and ad
drevs to Ixtck Box 175, Fort Mill
S. C. ' ’ ’
Desirable lax-ation.
Chcraw, S. C., is the place tp locate
in for business. Populoaion 3,000;
growing fast. Six -railroad outlets
.steamboats to the sea: wate^ rates
to eastern cjties 25 per cent, cheap
er than ueighlKtring towns/ Ad
dress Board of Trade.-Cheraw. S.C
- ■ *
Johnson, the News and Courier's
candidate for President, before the
American Cotton Manufacturers
A'sociation in-that city, which he
had been i vited to delivtr. The
Richmond Lwnirg Journal, in com-
mtming or-♦he speech, says; "Wc
hardty-thfrKtin assentation of men
s-* thor. u?h \ familiar with the cot
ton buair.eM in all its tietails would
have inviteti a man from far-off
Minnesota tr iriye them information
upon a si 1 j* ot about which he him-
self 'ack now'edged he knew little,
ifid that IBUe what he gathered
J Vom guYcm:neiit statistical reports
r vhich are open to all. We must
herefore, conclude that Governor
* h'\*on vh* invited here in the ex-
.•ctation that he would meke an
idress up n the vital issues of
he day.” We see no reawn why
ny one shoo'd oxpec'' Gov. Johnson
> ur.der-tto d ihe South, her people,
er neids or her institutions, and it
i nonsense to expect Hn. to discuss
;nem intelligently. He was afraid
n say anyt) ing about them and
herefore ho <h*cuvsed the old threan-
are subject «,f cotton, about which
•is auditorv knew more than he
•ould tel! th«rn 'in a hundred
ipcechep. If Gov j Johrsop has ever
<een South before he came down
tore in the last few weeks vot.e f hunt
ing we have oeOer hoard of it. If,
loverr.or Johnson knew more abou
he South and her v people his nan*
vould. never have been associa
ed with that of Gen. Miles oi
i Democratic presidential ticket
iy his chief backer and most inti-
nate personal and political friend,
Congressman Hammond, of Minne
sota. who claims that this man who
mated President Jefferson Davis
with extreme cruelty and brutality
while a helplegp prisoner in Fortress
Monroe would make an "ideal run
ning mate” for Gov. Johnson. No
hubt Gov. Johnson agrees with
Congressman Hammond in his choice
of a running mate.—Times and
Democrat.
PERSONAL.
Men—The Vacuum treatment fierma-
nently cures vital weakness, vari
cocele and stricture: confidential
Charles Manufacturing Co., Chariei-
Bldg, DedVer, Colo.
FOR 8ALF—MISCELLANEOUS.
Registered English Setter and point
er puppies and young dogs. Broy
tii and unbroken stock. Bitches in
whelp. FinfFiTSh and LlewelMn met
ier, and pointer dogs at #flid. All
of the best breeding obtainable,
and at the prices you pay for
scrubs. Write for catalogue. Try4»n
Kennel^S &aluda, N. C.
Denounce Exchange Methods.
The committee of the Cotton Man
ufacturers Association, which was
appoih t ed to, ij^yestigate,. the meth
ods of the New YorTc cSttotT ex^”
change and to reccomend a change
in the form of cotton contracts, has
made a very exhaustive report.
They denounce the speculative fea
ture encouraged, especially by the
fact that k Is not possible fdr ^spiu-
ners to depend on quotations for
the purchase of cotton. The varia
tions in the market and especially
the discrepancy between the spot
« ^ « 0 •. market and the contract prices.
For Sale Cheap—One Huger Bread . . , - . - . . „
Mixer, one Thompson Molding makes the exchange of valueTinly to
Machine; four Bread Presses; two ; speculators. The committee recom-
Bread Troughs; one Cake Machine: ■ mends quite a number of changes in
50 "Plane Mould*; and many other the classificaUon, which it is hoped
thlnp u«d in « wj|t tend to )n , ke , h
Apply to L. E. Riley, Orangeburg, ! ,.
! more definite. Cotton spinners as
,well as cotton growers are interest-
8. C.
'’or Sale—One twelve horse power*. . .
Blakesley Gasolene Engine, cheap in ar )y thin g that „will tend t
Also lot pf shafting, pulleys, etc. K* ve stability t<» price*. This will
Apply to E. B. Riley, Orangeburg, be onpmoted by the prophet. a gej
C. in theiorm of options. ,
o o o%.o <* 4 >
“Utile CUnr Screw Plates
II assortments. Each assortment is pot ap
Ja a neat wood cm*, as shown in cat Esch as-
•ortmtatbasollmlsMcti - ^
•ises oi taps contained
aU sixes rod trQftP-Mi*. sp to i utk