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AS1R0N6 LETTER Steratary Rice Makes Appeal for Atteobon Society. DOING GOOD WORK. Rft Points Oat the Vnluable ReMOlta That Han* Uei'ii Arcomplishcxl In 8oath Carolina in Kplte of a lau-k _ of Funda and I'nder Great INffleul- tlea. The folloKliiK letter written by- Mr. James Henry Hlce. secretary of the South Carolina Audubon Society rus pabllshed In The News and -Courier one day last wrrlrr~ ary Mr. B. F. Taylor and myself (aVe our entire time to getting the matter before both branches of the General Assembly. The facts wefe clearly presented and riiet with gen eral favor. Such amend menta..lo the game and fish laws as were ob viously necessary were embodied In the form of two bills, one relating to game and one relating to flat)- Both were as thorough and well drawn as any two bills ever presented on the subject to any legislative body In America. Those two bills were simultaneously introduced Into the House and Into the Senate. . In the Senate they had action flrst, since they -were In the charge of Senator Christensen, of Beaufort, who made business of them and pushed them through. The House bills lagged through lack of proper attention and were delayed so long that It was only possible for them to get their third reading on the last day of the session, and. the annonncejnen^ of Senator Latimer's death prevented that. Hence no action wag -taken- by the Legislature and things reverted SEIZING CONTRABAND STUFF. Sections From Ctorey-bothnui Law - Governing This Matter. - w* — The following sections from the Spartanburg. S. C., July 135, 1908. -sr* To the Rditor of The News and Courier: Sir—Saturday's copy of The News and Courier was delayed, reaching Spartanburg Saturday night. Hence I did not see your editorial on the Alabama game law until to-day. You have been imposed on by the , facturlng reputations out of nothing. to the Mains quo ante helium. * ■ A • " '' -■ 7 - f. The .Audubon Society has created a healthy public sentiment through out the State on the subject, had suc ceeded in convicting a number of violators of the laws and lucked only funds to make the work Carey-Cothran law govern the aeis- ure of contraband beers and whis keys:-^ Section 21., All alcoholit: liquors in '’possession of any person for un lawful use shall be seized without warrant, and if no action to recover same is begun, within thirty days from such seizure, or if such action be begun ancLthe Judgment of the Court be advise to the plaintiff^ then such liquor shall be forfeited to the county in whicl) same is seized, if there be a Dispensary in saiLj.codn^ ty, and, di8|>o8ed of as the County Dispensary Board may deem hbest: but If there be no Dispensary there in, such liquors shall be destroyed publicly by the Sheriff of the coun ty. ' Sedflon 227 Upon affidavit, which J of . clu?ck8 and glances; power may be on information and belief, to thorough and effective In every part of the State;^ ' ■' The legislature having- failed to common an cheap method of manu^ take aetton there were ohly ~two Alabama has a good law—tt ought to be a good law, for it was written tiy the Audubon Society, and passed principally tlyrough the efforts of Mr. T. Gilbert Pearson, national sec retary, whose home is at Greenslioro, N. C. SouthCa rolina contributed generously with suggestion aud otherwise. Mr,. John H. Wallace possibly also contributed, and he may have wrlt-_ ten, that is to say, copied, the law from the original •Audu!K>u draft, and may have had it presented to the Legislature. Just prior to the passage of the Art I received a leter from a promin ent member of the Alabama Legisla ture ridiculing Hie game taw, espe cially the effort of the Audubon So ciety to secure ^better laws. The Audubon Society made certain revelations />cfoie the Legislature of of the State to action and caused widespread comment throughout the Inlbn. It was shwn among other things that sixty thousand t 60,000 > live par ridges had been shipped the previous season from three smaM towns In Alabama, and that the paiHlrige was about to become ex tinct In many portions of the State —a fact not known at all In the State of Alabama. To credit Mr. Wallace, or anybody else in the State of Alabama with having written a good game law i* limply ‘to misstate the facts of re cord. The Alabama law Is simply a copy of the same law In South Caro lina, aud the South Cdrallna Jaw was passed Hrst: Alabama has meagre fish law. Just as South Caro lina has. When Mr. Taylor and nty self 'write a good flsh law they will probably have a good flsh law in Alabama shortly afterward, and somebody else wtll credit Mr. Wallace with prevlalous and all the other qualities. There is s difference in Alabama's favor, for which they deserve credit They began by electing a State game and flsh commissioner, with a salary of $2,600, who Is elected by the peo ple and holds office for four years, the Act being passed at the session of 1907. The State pays all the ex penses of his office, except the com missioner's travelling expenses Printing and all other expenses are Tald by Hip Htatx. courses open. ~One was to take the usual course and express regret that nothing could be done further, the Audularn Society having dischargen Its full duty to the State and to tlte cause. The responsibility would rest on the legislature; they could face the people and explain theiu non-actlon. The course actually adopted was the alternative of keuping np thr .when so seized, shall be disposed of as h ereln la»fore provided for the. except that the Senate and House work In the Held by might an main. Conviction has followed conviction. The game lajvs of South Carolina are lK*tter enforced today than arc the laws of Alabama or of North Carolina. This enforcement has not only been self-sustaining, hut it has not cost the State of South Carolina a r«»d cent. „ Please rememlsT that this work has now been going on for nearly a year and a half. The only Income the Audubon Society has had have tten membership dues aud the frac tion of non-resident license that was collected. There is nothing wonder ful al>out collecting n uon-resideot apd- resident hunters' license with the whole michlnery of a State back of you and plenty of money to set it In motion. The work of the Audubon Society of South Carolina has been a latter- day miracle,’ and any thinking man Is bound to admit It. If there Is 5tly IThgeriug doubt Tn any man's The same Act makes all sheriffs, constables, deputy sheriffs, marshals and other peace officers ex-offlelo game wardens, and provides for the appointment of county game wardens on commission. This placed, ready-made, In the hands of the State fish and game commissloner.^a machinery for en forcing the laws,- and money with which to make the machine go, cut Been ion-res »€■ law, the fee being $15. and they make a hunter's license for citizens of one dollar, good only for the county In which they live; outside their own county, they must pay an other license of $ . It Is from these sources that $20,000 was realised, and the sum is only one-flfth what It ought to be. ■ Before leaving his branch of the subject do uot forget that the power that forced action and that gives stability to the whole scheme is the Audubon Society, which has accom plished a great deal more in Seeifr Carolina than It has In any other Southern State, In fact, in the same length of time. 1*1 us pass now to the conditions confronting.us In South Carolina and confine dlhcusslolf to « statement of the facts to date. The Audulam Act, granting a charter to Lie Audubon Society of Foeth Carolina, and mnkng certain reputations as' to the sale, trsr.cpor- tation and kllliilgf^of game, and pro viding for a non-teakieiit license of ten dollars, whs entitled into law at the session of IShTTv provision was made for {he va.v *bf wardens, except that they weitj to be paid by the Audubon Society**--A-game pro tection fund was cheated.Just as in Alabama-. Under this charier the Audubon Society of South Carolina was organized and liegan work in April. 1907, when I went on the road to appeal to the people of the State to provide funds for carrying on* the work of preserving the birds, game •ad flsh of the State. The Socitey had only $20fi. all told, with which to police South Carolina, provide flpr printing and legal expenses and for the pay of wardens, as well as to pay the salary wAd travelling ex panses of the secretary. The report of the treasurer to the Governor in December showed that the secretary Of the Audubon Society had received but 9S&5 19 -for his ser- (Com pare with this the pall by Alabama for the let is Jaan- mind let him go out into the field and try to enforce law, collecting money as he goes from individuals for publishing laws and other no tices, paying lawyers’ fees and ex penses Incident to trials, paying travelling expenses, paying wardens and so on. Such a man wttl get ex perience very fast and lie wiser In his generation, The fact cannot be disputed that the Audubon Society of South Caro lina has handled every case reported to It, and justice has never miscar ried through lack of proper effort being made by the Society. The Society had a bill introduced at the last session providing for a one dollar gun lax, and this would place all necessary revenue in Its hands. The point to emphasize, is that Mr. B. F. Taylor has given freely fully half of his time to the cause of protecting the birds, game and fish' of South Carolina. He Is a large business man, as is well known, and he has never received any kind ol compensation for his services. More than that, he has given a stenogra pher to the cause. Mr Taylors efforts, which are in lino with the most advanced patriotism known-tc civilization, should .be uppreciated. aud (hey win Jig, assiduous care, coupled with ,th* further fact thaLI know more peo ple personally than any man in South Carolna. and have the good wilt ®f most of them; lias made possible the work of the Audiihbon Society But all my work would have failed at the-start and a dozen times sfiieU without Mr. Taylor's assistance and friendly confidence in me. The News and Courier has beer a valued friends to the cause, and would be among the flrst to hall such an achievement as lias actually been accomplished by the Society against, the heavy odds des^rti,. me effect «that contraband liquor Is being unlawfully concealed,-kept-or stored In any place, a search "warrant ma$ be Issued by any Magistrate of the county empowering any officer or person who may be deputized to enter the said place by day jor night and to search the said premises for the purpose of seizing the said con t/iahund liquors therein concealed kept or stored which said liquor TALKS OF PRESIDENCY WHAT WHITE HOUHE OCCUPANT MUST BE AND HAVE. DenMM)nitic Nominee for President Contributes an Article to Colliers Discussing the Office. Wm. J. Bryan, the Democratic no minee for President, has written an disposition of nnlawlul liquors Provided, That no dwelling house may be'searched In the night time. Section 38. It shall be the duty of the Sheriffs, their Deputies, Magis trates, Constables, Rural Police, City and town officials, to enforce the provisions of this Act. If they fail to do so. It Is hereby made the duty or the Governor to enforce the same and -he is hereby authorized to ap point such Deputies, Constables and Detectives as may be necessary; the salaries and expenses of such officers to be paid out of the profits of the Dispensaries In counties wherein they may be established, and out of the or dinary' county funds in counties wherein they have not t>een establish ed. AKRKSTKD FOR DYNAMITING. Seeretary Rice, of the Audiihorn So ciety, Swears Out Warrants. Mr. James Henry Rice. Secretary of the Auduborn Society of this State swore out before Magistrate Brun son in Orangeburg Thursday morn ing a warrant for the arrest of Dr L. H. Russell, a dentist and promin ent citizen of Greenwood; William Waldrof, a machinist for J. I. Chii>- ley , or Green’ttood; and N. ic. ~"W; Sistrunk of North; charged with can, by a two-thirds vote, override the President’s veto. The influence of the President over legislation is, therefore, limited.. He shares re sponslbility with a large number of he people’s representatives. Ev^n in the enforcement of the law he Is hedged about by restrictions. He acts through an Attorney Oengrpl (whose appointment must be approv ed by the Senate 1 ami offenders agaikst the law must l>e prosecuted in tne Courts, so that here again the responsibility is divided. In the makmg of important appointments he must consult the Senate and again of necessity be compelled to .exercise care and discrimination. "The most important requisite in a President, as in other officials. Is ‘that his sympathy shall lie with the whole people rather than with any fraction of the populallon. JRTeTs constancy -called upon to act in the capacity of a Judge—deriding lie- tween the importunities of those who seek favors and the rights and In terests of the public.’ Unless his sympathies are right the few are sure to have an advantage over the many, for the masses have none to presept their claims. They act only at elec tion and must trust to their repre sentatives to protect them from all their foes. - "Second, -the ProsidonA-rmH**- have dynamiting flsh about a month ago at North. It seems that Dr. Russell and Wal drop came down from Greenwood In an automobile and at North were joined by Sistrunk. The preliminary hearing will be before Magitsrate Brunson in a few days. The penalty for this offence is $100 fine or six months or both. Every traveler in this world should carry In summer , and winter .the "mantel of charity” to throw over the conduct of others. Carolina, showed a regular member ship of 113 paid. Since that time the membership has Increased over 200 per cent, and is still growing at i rapid rate, last month being one of- the best months in thehistoryof the Society. Mr. .Pearson reports total _ cases with convictions as 245, and with •onfessions of’guilt added the Audu '■on Society, of South Carolina, can make a favorable comparison with this also. Mr. parson Is backed by the Na tional Society; he ’receives a salary from it; he is backed by the State {f North Carolina, and receives com lensation for his work there.- • He Is n "hole field In the United States: Now how does that comparison trike you. Mr. Editor, and you, fel- 'ow citizens of South Carolina? Do A'e lYced any Alabama citizens to from three different kinds of I Icons* the State of Alabama collected $20,- 000, and. of course, the most of thL came from resident hunters. We can take a similar license law with mil- present orgarrlzaTibn and' cbftecT five times as much. The only sufferers have been of- fiers of the Audubon Society, of South Carolina, whofiave Iteen work ing with almost iio *t>nipensation for my own salary Is so small that I am almost ashamed to mention what it is. 1 have to make that. Now. to show a comparative, state ment of the work done by merntier- shlp, which is the pith and marrow of any game enforcement, whether done by the State or otherwise,-, shall cite the figures from the North Carolina report, as Mr. Pearson is Justly esteemed as the head of his class.in the United States. As the result of five years' work, backed by the* National Audubon So ciety and paid a salary by yhem. Mr. Pearson shows In his, report,pager 30-33, made to the Governor and people of North Carolina, a life mem hership of 148,’' who paid $10 each one time; he shows a sustaining membership of 162. who paid $5 for the membership and an annual dues of $1, as members of the South Carolina Audubon Society • pay This makes a total of 310 members, s little over l)alf of whch keep in active touch with the Society by pay ing annnal does. y In Its last report to the Governor the Audubon Society, of South any w.rite\our laws? There remains scarcely six months ihtil the Legislature convenes, and •he eleettetter a United States Sena tor cannot take all of Its time. In this interval |he citizen* of South Carolina can bridge the gap. Every six dollars sent In the the AudllbOB Moeiety has a power now it can never have again. Ever* mine honored by being on the rolls of the AuduVTn Society, ought to feel pride in the work accomplished South Carolina \has always led Before Alnbania was settled by her T-omrg STiSTks shtrtiad advllzat ion 'hat commanded respect throughout Christendom She is now leading in his great cause and leading because her citizens have responded in a >vny no other Southern State- has ver responded to unrb annppeeb— It has been with every member >f the working force, Mr. Taylor, Mr. Heyward and myself, a labor of and pride, to save the heritage >f-eur fathers. The Legislature will ict, we feel sure, and act in no un certain way, both because they have The ATUb to do .o, n:;.. beca'i^t tut '••j'I'I" • f South f'v .Una are »q .are ly behind the moveSeut. . The enforcement of the laws, which has characterized the Audu bon Society's work throughout, has been edifying arid upllftkig. No man has been above the law, for some of the wealthist and most\nrominent citizens of the State have b^en con victed. Toleration and clemency have been extended to the podr and ignorant. ‘ . // No reflection Is intended, of cour- »e. on Mr. Wallace, who may be do ing good work. It is on the record we appeal to mr fellow-citizens, and we have absolute confidence in the Issue. James Henry Rice, Jr. Secretary South Carolina Audubon Soclsti* • srticle entitled "My Conception of the Presidency” for the July fsth issue of Collier's Weekly. Mr. Bry an says: "The President’s power fof^gpod or tor harm' is often overestimated. Our Government Is a Governifient !• distributed a,mong different depart ments, and eich official works in co- operation with others. In the mak ing of laws, for Instance, the Presi dent Joins with the Senate and House. He may recommend, but he is power less to legislate except as a majority of the Senate and House Cdipcur with him. The Senate an*} the'House are also independent of 1 eacK other, each having a ^vetp over the other, and the President has a veto over both; iBcreMlng Cost oA. Battleships. England is now, building a bat* tleship which is to ge as far super ior to the Dreadnough aa the Dread nought Is superior to the bes^r of the old class she superceded.' Of course Bngland building such a warship, we shall have to do the same. The question of cost in these monsters of the sea is what is of greatest interest about them to non naval men, especially at this time* when our national treasury shows a deficit that becomes larger each year. This question is brought to public attention in a recent issue of Colliers. When the Dreadnought was laid down, only three years ago, it was said that she would reduce all exist ing battleships to the scrap heap The St. Vincent, begun at the end of last December, was sajd by a British naval authority in a burst of rather tropical enthusiasm to be “infinitely” superior to the Dreadnought. ‘‘In finitely” in that case probably meant about 2.0 per cent, >fow the London "Tejegraph” asserts that a new type ls-twbe laid down to eclipse ^tho. St. Vincent;' The Dreadnought is of 17,900 tons and the St. Vincent of 19,250. The new monster is expected to reach 21.0Q0. But size is to be one of the lelisUof her distions. She is to, go baek lo llL5-4nch guns, abandoned in the British navy for ail ships begun within the past seven teen yeais. Tim modern twelve- inch 58-ton gunTnring an 850-pound projectile at 2/900 feet per second has a muzzle^energy over one-thl greater than that developed by of the 13.5 inch 69-ton guns Royal Sovereign, which firos u 1,230 pound shell at 2,016 feet per sec ond and It will pierce 17 inch es of Krupp steel armor at three thousand yards, while the Royal Sovereign'-* guh's will pierce only eleven inehs. The size of guns osci- lates from age to age. Four hun dred years ago the Turks had some that would have held Mr. Taff in comfort. They used to fire stone cannon balls that weighed six hun dred pounds apiece. Then the pieces grew smaller for ease of handling and when better methods of hand ling wre invented they grew larger again. At one time the Italian navy had guns of 17 inches, firing shells that weighed a ton apiece. The last American battlehlps to carry 13-inch guns were the Alabama, 1111 nois, and Wisconsin, launched ten years ago. The largest since that are the 12-ineh. Now it seems that bigger' weapons are to be in fashion again A still mor remarkable innovation in the new British ship is to lie the use of gas engines making funnels unnecessary. Among other advantag es, tl’ ! j wi’.l remove the temptati for that thia prank la going to eltot Mr. Bryan and it la caltftlated to do so. Of courbe, it la not a plank which will excite ady enthusiasm Ip »w York city, but when we note a South Carolina banker, boldly admittiug this In this state, while advocating the same principle^ that is, a guaran ty of’deposits, we realize that mat ters can no longer be kept disjointed to suit the financiers of the greatest city in America, and something like an equitable adjustment must be ar rived at to satisfy that vast volume of business throughout' the country, unwilling tc^fJje tied up with every stock flur#^ 1 in Gotham. On Astatic immigration, the an nouncement 1« fair, open *hid just to all and upon all the-minor issues we find nothing to criticise and much to highly commend. The' fact, however that one piank has received almost unversal conuBBgdation from innum erable quartqflp Republican and Democratic, jnjpfprobably be the greatest vote-grWta- .of all, and is jof- fered In aU'wincerlty to remedy-om- ditions, not to b$ Ignored. not prevents us ffbm djecliring that in our opinion, the plunk calling for the election of Senators by^tlirect vote of the "people Is a mistaken attempt at reffirm. i/ It is a-ujshort qilt which. In our opinion, is injudicious and hasty. If the State LeglSTaltlm_Jtlve in the main too poor a set of SeriaCorsrHfien ie-thlMl by / !yfe of the a knowledge of public questions and the ability to discern between he true and the false; he must be able to analyze the conditions aq^ti^de- tect the sophstries that are aTWayr employed by those who seek unfair advantages. He must possess the moral courage to stand against the influence that are brought to ixijr in favor of special interests. In fact the quality of moral courage Is as essential In a public official as to either right sympathies or a trained mind. “A President must have counsel lors and to make use of counsellors he must be open to conviction*!.' The President is committed by his plat form to certain policies and the plat form is binding; he is also committ ed to certain principles of Govern ment and these he is in duty hotmn to apply In all matters that come be- fore him. But there is a wide zone in which he must act upon his Judg ment and here he ought to have the aid of intelligent, conscientious and faithful advisers. The laws provMes these, to a certain extent, tn giving him a Cabinet and the Vice Presi dent ought to be made -a- member of the Cabinet exofflcio, in order, first that the President may have the bene fit of his wisdom and knowledge of and • saeonAi that- thr View were easily 'defeated and that they on i rsoas in ai.ah oa to| bnoke into small bands and scattered through the mountains Rurales and number, of casualties on either side is not known President may be better prepared to take up the work of the President in case of a vacancy In the Presiden tial office. There ought to be cordial relations between the President and those who occupy positions of influ ence in the co-ordinate branches of the Government, for our Government is not a ope-man Government, but a Government in which he chosen re presentatives of the people Jpbor to gether to give expression to the will of the voters. e "But the Presidency is the highest postion In the world, and its occu- , _ ..... pant Is a factor in all national mat- ■M.nth ( arohman, gBpeclally. fiVEUX ^ ra . If hf , . t8 „ d( , V out believer tn our theory of Government, recoglnz- es the constitutional distribution of powers, trusts thoroughly in the people and-fully sympathizes with them In t£eir aspirations and hopes, he has an opportunity to do a splen- dl4 work*?" He occupies a vantage. lU’ound from which he can exert wholesome influence for each for ward movenienj. ‘‘The responsibilities—o^the office^ are so great that the occupant ought to be relieved of every personal ’am bition, save the ambition to prove worthy of the confidence of his coun trymen; for this reason he ought to enter the position without thought or prospect of a second term; while burdens of such an office are heavy, and while the la!>ors of the office are exacting and exhausting, the field of service is large, and, measuring its greatness by service, a President, by consecrating himself' to the public weal, can make himself secure in the affections of his fellow citizens while he lives, and create for himself a permanent place in the nation's his tory'” • drop bombs down the smoakstacks Max Pemberton equipped his Iron Pirate with gas engines fifteen years ago, predicting that this woud be the motive power for the fleets of the'fu tnre—another illustrationd. like so many In the career of Jules Verne of the superiority of fiction over fact i he gas « , ngine 1 threatens to end the reign of the turbine before it has fairly begun. It Is estimated that the‘ proposed British super-Dreadnought will tost something like $12,500,000. Of course she could not be duplicated in this country for less than $15, 000,000. and if we take the lead in the competition with 25,000-ton ships as Mr. Hobson suggests, we must be prepared to pay at least $20,000, 000.aplec£*for them. And al>out the same time a $50,000 flying machine may send them al to the Muserm of Antiquities.—Augusta Herald Democratic Plat form. Charleston Post The Charleston Post s the Democratic platform is a construct- tion which bears upon its face the evidence that the two. wings of the party are together. In the matter of injuntions It does not go too far and. yet u meets the just lemands of these MJlQ have calleaLaJi^.ntJ»n tn i}ijusi?ce..t'ndcc the law as ti stands Iri^the matter of railroads,'It does uot not go one wit further than the reeomendatlons of Roosevelt, which he had appropriated from Democrat ic sources, aud which the co nven- fton of his own party Ignored. After an absolutely truthful criticism of the Republican party for.its attitude on the tariff, the statement of the Vo sition of the Democracy could not be improved up^n, and if there is any sincerity in the demands for revision of the tariff, which have been made by some Republicans, should un questionably influence voters. It is as follows: C«r Wheel Plant Sold. * The Carnegie 8t^l company, chief subsidiary of the United States Steel corporation, has put the Schoen Steel Wheel company out of the business by a flat purchase, the price paid f6r the PHtabnrjf plant being $3,000,000. Tha .price ia~ $1,000,000 in excess of to* cost to Bharle* Schoen, the in ventor. veator, _ _ • Wfe favor immediate revision of the tariff by the reducOon of 1m port duties. Articles entering into compeition with teufet controlled products shonld^Jb^Hfed- upon free Hat wpdr reductions should be^Inade in tlte Aariff up5n the necessaries of life., especially up on articles competing with such American manufactures as are sold abroad more cheaply than aLbomer and graduate reductions should be made In such other schedules as may be necessary to restore (Be tariff to a revenue bflgjs. Existing duties have given to the manufacturers of paper a shelter be hind which they have organized com binations to raise the price of pulp and of paper, thus imposing a tax upon the spread of knowledge. We demand the immediae repeal ofn the tariff on pulp print paper, lumber timber, and that these articles be placed upon the free list. With regard to trusts. State rights and the navy, it is sound and emi nently reasonable. • With regard to (tanking it takes a position extreme ly difficulty to criticise and appealing with tremendous power to the mass of people; while distinctly-not injur ious to banks. In offerlggji simple mode of restoring and establishing on an Immovable basis that confiden ce which the lack of has, in the opin ion of bank officers and statesmen of all parties, precipitated panic after panic. As we have pointed, out be-, tot*/Walter Wellman, a Republican ▼am hia reafliraj HAS PASSED AWAY. DR. TIMMERMAN SUCCUMBS TO PNEUMONIA. to He Wi-.s Ml But a Few Days—Former Stute Treasurer and Llenteriant Govci nor. ... by the man, w J'uesd; of pm d?;i th A dbpatch from Ratrsburg says . the eni • community was saddened path of Dr. W. H. Tlmmer- > passed away at 7.50 o’clock lening after a brief attack lonia. Lr. Timmfijrtali's ~~ is very -m'M'eVi, he hazing been on Hie street < V * aay morning. Tbe I .merul pa-ty proceeded Dorn he !< ••nice W-niiW.-day afteuoon . at .rocTo-k. The interment was at 12 o'click Thursday at-tfve-o+d Tim-**» ineruiau—WryinS^cound, near his: old ho" <\ in Eedgefletd county: — Dr. Timmdrman was twice mar-' ried, fti st to Miss, Pauline Asliill on Nov. 4 1856. His second wife was* Miss Henrietta M. Bell to whom he was m.":tled HMay 6. 1879. He is survived-by-his second wife ami the the attenriipt to take out of their -fg|| ew | lii r,.hiidn‘n of the flrst wife: hands the duty of selecting Senators Is an acknowledgement that those who frame the laws under which the bulk of us are most Intimately af fected are nqt to sit as such and the true remedy would be to patiently and laboriously supply thein 'places with such as are. He who has an unfaithful servant should make him faithful * or dis charge him; not remedy the^difficulty by performing his work. , Yet this objection, which is the real objection to this plank, we realize is not gen erally shared by the public, who see in the plank a genuine reform of an abuse. With this one exception the platform Is one of the strongest and most intelligent appeals to the thoughful votes of the country ever prepared and the contrast It offers to that straddle at Chicago is in structive to the last degree. “REBEL ARMY” RUNS AGAIN. Melts Away in tbe Mountains Before Mexican Troops. Col. Dorantes, commanding l.ftrti Mexican troops, encountered Tuesday some 500 “revolutionists'’ in Jhe foothlls of the Santa Rosa moun tains, 40 miles south of Las Asian a courier who arrived at Del Rio Tex., report?. He says the ^rebels; •"CIGAR SALESMAN WANTED. • —Experience unnecessary. $ln0 • • per month and expenses. Peer- • less Cigar Co., Toleeio, Ohio. *—*—*—*—*—•—•—» * » * * Mrs. G. P. SeTgter. Eyreka; Mrs. B. K Lewi:-, Johnston; Mrs. W. S. Mob ley, Thomson, Ga.; J. E. Timmer man bf Aiken county and Drs. R. H. . • and W P. Timmerman of Batesburg. Hon ' >orge Belt Timmerman, so- . licitor cl the Eleventh judicaUcircnit',- md V s ( . Salerno Timmerman pf Batesbi g are the surviving children- j{ the ond marriage. Dr. Timmerman was^a member of the coiHiltutional co™^nti"n of 1895, and h' egarded this as ope of the greater' mnors of his career, despite the far' ‘bat he was State treasure^^~ and aft' wards lieutenant governor. SUES TO UK INSPECTED. Innovation in Connection Willi Fed- eratofluiblingv. ■atoll from Washington says <ant step Is s or mi to li«%taken meiit L> Jieleet I'Hsnry depattnu new Federal buildings in EGGS FOR FALL CHICKS.— • S. C. Brown Leghorn and Baj- • red Plymouth Hock $1.00 per * setting of 15. Fine range, pure • stock, healthy birds. • lllythewood Poultry Yanis. S. H. Melliclininp. Mgr. • Hlythewood, h. C. * • ••***•’•*••*.* PIANO AND ORGAN ECONOMY. If you are interested in the pur chase of a PIANO or an ORGAN', we want to sell you ohe. Don’t think you must go to some mail order nous** to buy a low pric ed piano or organ; nor outside of South Carolina to get the best piano or organ. We have a great variety of grades, and all styles, at prices jrhlch cannot fail to Interest you. We are manufacturers factory re presentatives for several of the laiffagl; ami IIIIHH HimiiT" in'lli i i I pianos and organs. We take old instruments In ex change and make must liberal terms of payment to those who wish to buy on time. No house—quality of pianos gnd , QFKans considered—can undersell' us. Twenty-four years of fair deallngin Columbiaand through out South Caroliua is our reference and guarantee. Write us at once for catalog price and terms. Malone’s Music House, Columbia, S.C. Pianos and Organs. A di in imi by th*- • site* f South Cirolina. The ist session of Cmigiess au- ■horize ! ihe purchase of sires at Or- mgelnirr. Newberry. Abeville. Union, Darlington and Gaffney, -**wiid also authorized the construct ion of build ings tt.» eon at a eofl of approximate ly $45 ' it) ea* 1 !. Bids for the lots • lied in the office of the su- architect ot the treasury a •- ago.' These bids are 1m>- t'lly gone over with the Idea of having an agent -of the” “tit. visit South Carolina the next week or two and v inspect all the sites that •n offered. Hte will go to • places where'buildings are ■cted. When these were recently opened ti wav t und that there waT iioasliily an ave age of ten Idds from each were * •; pprvba few *1 mg ca in vi* lepa rt duriiu per so t have all of to be of the Boutji Carolina towns, and as iiekrly nil of the.-e are within the HbuL,*'! cost will !).■ personally in spected tu Ttte-Ureasi! rv department agents There are'Tuntte^jiowover, that «t ' for a larger expenditure than .w< „tUI be justified a* . >rding to the apor priation, atid these will probald) not h® considered. When tbes* ' 'tildiiigs yet under way th* will be a big help to the tiuildfn'! interim’s of the State, as they wi'i call fer rn c.penliture of about $450,000. SI H IDE AT SWANN \H. German Let urn* Home Fruit Work to ! tn«! Hi- Wile IH ml. At Savannah. Ga.. on returning from his work late Tuet lay Max •ifcwlMXi—GiTmalt• found, his wife, Marie, lie •m s h^u her bed wUh a htil- and a bloody oroner Stanley iple u he let hole i i hei pistol beneath hei finds sul hie the only Explanation for the death, and assigns j^uiiitnicd troubled as the eause. She »s « to have believed she was b ‘lug con stantly f- Bowed, and Tuesday de clared "some one will die.” Some people ppsh the ox in the ditch on Saturday that they might have the pleasure of pulling him out on Sunday. —!—^ (1 A GOVERNOR THA*t GOVERNS, COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY COLUMBIA B. . Your Engine Needs a Good Governor. “ ‘WkM ■ nao of experience bet to eey efter Ming the (ceding ••keB-“l tave tried eevcrel govemow, verioue mekes. but failed to get proper reguhtioo until I u*d COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY, COLUMBIA. S. C. If It’S GlBBES It’s Good! PLANER, MATCHER AND MOULDER. wm Diene np to lltnohee tn width, end up tn • tnehee Tn thirties. t'nequeJ«l “I Sensed•Ql^Onyn^^U^. AUkl-M 37500 Square Feet Floor Space Covered With Pomps, Packing, Pilleys, Bc'ting, Pipe, Fittings, Vnlves, Etc. . WRITE FOR PRICES A Southern States Supply Company, COLUMBIA, 8. C.