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I)EMOCRATS RK<aHTEH.
Au l rip’nl Ap|>e*l From SLati* (liaJr-
i,i an Jorw'H. Dangi-r in Neglrrt.
'<1 .
v Gcu.’Wilio Jones, Democraitr Stale
C i.airman, Wednesday issued -th*
t> "wing address:
To the Dpniocratic Voters of South
: ■ rotina:
1'e|low Democrats: In view of the
g'/.t indifference which seems to ox-
^i. among the Demoerats of this
4T
f e as Jj!i_xmcistring under thenow
' L-e—fpTjhiring^ all voters to register
this >erfr, 1 feel it toJ»e my duty as
''T, i chairman to address you in this
l
p rhi inaiinei, and 11rge jam. fo ~g!T
to
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t h
ti
our county seat ft at'hnce and re-
er. There is* no doubt about the
that the negroes are registering
meat njirnhers in some counties
if the Democrats do 'not register
cannot vote In.the’ general elec-,
. In Novemher next, and some of
oo ■
.'I#*
congressmen may be defeated.
'•Leetonal JiUii.'Uof JhIj^state jna4,
l»e endangered i»y the failure of
Democrats to register. The
" that It will lie imposslhle to be
ter«d. M e have -^jpeard of late
ions threats that oiir represent^-
"wmrTd
— i
Tm in congress woirtTl^Tie reduced
i Uepuhlican congress on account
■oral ticket and also for oitr con-
tion. All indications now v are
the next chouse of representa-
b will he very close, and the past
ary of the Republican party prov-
es hat that party will stop at noth
in to count in a working majority.
Now, fellow Democrats, do not al
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lo
ag
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ti
mu
tii
tliis serious charge to lie made
Inst you, .hilt go immediately
' register, and lie prepared to roll
> big maJorlty f«r tht*~Df*moerati<
>ral ticket and als ofor our coV
•tonal nonilneekm Hie Democra-
LHinty. chairman throughout the
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off
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•;-nrti urged To earnestly - request
Democrats in their respective
tintles to attend to this ini|>ortant
' er at once and to use their best
to'iget* them.
t Immediately*
glstratlon
out Imn
LTWir re*
'he time exnlr^y’
Lfiuher J, 19US.
V« ry respe'ctfullv.
Wllle Jones, Chairman
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STRIKK OF (XiAIi MINKRH.
W.H.’oeMlHj the Most Tnhulont Tims
I nr in Itiriiilnghnni Districtr
A dispatch from Birmingham.
Ala . says Wednesday has been by
far Die most turbulent of the coal
min s' strike. The lynching of the
negMi \NJ|| MIlians, a union miner,
char-ed with dynamiting at Hrigh-
ton, early Wednesday morning, was
followed that night by the arrest ,,r
♦WO deptri r RlieriirHrT^rn TyTer ahif
Hrme Tyler, charged with killng the
negm. Strong 1 feeling over the strike
followed by a quarrel, led to the kill
ing of Albert Kbilchee. a negro at
New Castle, by Constable Will Kllard
•Two deputy sheriffs were kidnap
ped by strikers at Jett Mines and
tied to a tree. Another house was
dynamited at Wylam, the shock be
ing so severe as to throw the inmates
out of bed. Sheriff Higdon, after a
conference wltH^tiovernor Comer.
Issued orders tnat no assemblies of
men are to lie allowed near the
mines; that marching groups are
not allowed to go along the highways
from mine to mine; that all meetings
will b*> attended by deputies and in
cendiary speakers wllj lie arrested,
and that discharging of flrearms will
nm be permitted. Governor Comer
wi;i place the entire 1st Alabama
regment in the district before tin
end of the^ week. W. It. Fairley,
leader of 'the miners, issued a state
ment Wednsday, in winch he ar
raigns the Governor, charging him
with being in with the mine owners
and doing all In his power to injure
the minors.
CIGAKKTTJS, CACHED KILLING.
KLOrKH WITH
When Youth
Sin ok i ni|
fi$.killing of James A Riddle by
riils son, -Thus. Riddle,-which qccurred
Hunday^Ht Cotton, a cotton mill town
sWen miles South of Fayetteville, N.
is said to have been the result of
TT'quarrhl which the lioy haiL-wIttc
hia father about smaking a cigarette
Yomift. 1 Riddle approached his
father, In the presence of others,
smoking a ^Igarette, when the elder
remonstrate^ with him, bringing on
n qtvarrql,.^..^
The father attempt
with a board, when the young man
drew jTrevolver and fired four shots
fntci-Ms fatlier’s body, the first caus-
ihg inktant death.
'I'honias Riddle immediately sur-
she aftserts were trumped up, and
.. .. ,, ... when he tuet Miss Madeline in the
Vance McGougan ordered tlie-Uiurn — r ui . . .
., , , .,, , „ _. .TTaTternoon,’he told her of his troubles
rendered to the police, diironer J
llerer held without liail. He was
taken to Fayetteville; late Sunday
nIgTft and placed In Jail
lie made a statement for puhlica-
TTpn’lfi Whini hoc 1 aIrtIsAlhff filf! fwth - ("staTi
er was under the^+nttuence of an in
toxicant Sunday afternoon, and that,
according to a statement made to the
prisoner by his mother, a short while
before the tragedy, James A. Riddle
had left the home to secure a pistol
with the threat that he would kill
the-fanilly upon his return.
The\ young man came in contact
with Ills father before the latter's
seDsm. X/The prisoner bIbo, says "tits
father had him hemmed In a Jam
and was alsmt to slay him with a
tKiard.
MILLION DO I
So
Hot That the Firemen Had to
Fight Flames a Block Away.
At Chicago Monday afternoon fir**
which was so hot that tin* firemen
i-mrid not get nearer than a block of
It, and which made It neccesarv to
feur And
rowed Auto.
A dispatch ffdm IMttsImrg, Pa.,
says Daniel Slattery, a young chauf
feur of the East End distinct, who
has been motoripg for nmnv^bh
famHiea,-on Monday eloped -with
M1*ih Madeline Zelgler, only daughter
of Mrs. Margaret Zelgler, one of the
rich East End society women, for
lyhonr Slattery had often riven an
automohlle. ■ . _
line went
that Mrs.
Zelgler had employed detectives to
lock up his record. , Mrs. Zelgler
had two warrants issued for the
two warrants
chauffeur’s arrest on cuarges which
ext, with seas washing over us so
WLfi..Wouldn’t more across the
where ’ihey-
returned the next
aqd suggested that they go imme
diately. He pushed Miss Zelgler
Into- the first ajiixinuxbUe-—he Saw
« ....
West V'tigrriia,
married. They
day. *
Eddie Rail, the’ bicycle rider,
whose machine it was they had bro-
rowed" in the meantime, had a war
rant issued, not knowing it was
Slattery, who is his friend. On
learning that it was an elopment of
hbi friend. Hall hud the warrant can
celled.
-MALDBlf B CAT.-
Mcowlng of the Feline Saved Cap*
tain, Wife and Crew.
There’s one thing In which rats
and rats agree," said Captain Charles
W. Bates, of the Boston. schooner
Malden, as he wandered across the
floor of the Maritime Exchange, '‘and
that Is, that they both will leave a
sinking ship. So it wasn't so much
of a surprise to me when the crew
of the Malden grew a bit supersti
tious when our tabby leaped over
the rail with a piteous wall and aank
AiinoiincenH-nt of Importance by Ini*
provement Association.
The South Carolina School Im
provement association has offeree^
^prizes to the schools of the stale
iout forty -fathoms off the the
coast of Georgia. %
"We'd been fifteen days out from
San Juan, bound for a Florida port,
but a gale drove us several hundred
miles further north than we had In
tended going, and when the Mal
den's pussy leaped to her death we
all had been guesssing* for forty-
«hght hours what would happen .to
our vessel. -
"Lyig on ^Jher starboard beam
one moment'anrt on—her port th»
enough for any shipload of deep sea
mariners. The night before the cat
went free of the schooner's rail It
had a dream, to which my wife and
I can testify, for we were awakened
by the ghastly meowing of the fe-
eams of water on Imildlr^s V( . ss ,. l s Inad ( . a| , taiM
d four squares aw ay, d**s-1
troyed the Burlington elevators “E"
and "F," the dock transfer ware
house of that road and oltlu'r burned
.or rende'reri useless 100 box cars.
The loss on the. grain In the two
elevators ts placed by Armour & Co ?
who owned it. at $700,000. The
total loss Is pfaced at $1,000,000.
The fire started at 1 p. m . In tyur-
linf^on warehoiiser'supiHisedly from
a cigarettes dropped near several
barrels containing chemicals.
At the first explosion th* men
employed In the warehouse and ele
vators fled and It is believed all es
caped. '** •
Eighty fire engine companies and
three fire tugs had all they could do
to ronflne the conflagration to its
original limits. At 3 o'clock. Fire
Marshall Horan declared that furth
er spread of the Haines was not to
be feared. However, several engines
are pouring their streams into the
glowing wreckage
With tin* steward in charge and
the crew of four men aboard th
Schooner Frank A: Williams was
towed into Savannah VVednesdav
bringing the story of the suieidd
t. and in a raging storm, of th
\. M^tJuth.rb
Th»j steward, l.onls Inphen, told th
story He said that ('apt. Guthrie
was on the deck when the schooner
V^as off Cape Lookout. He s:
captain walk calmly to t
stand on. it and dive ^ ov
Though efforts at rescue
foolish the stctflird threw a rop*
clenehetf his fists and held his hea
The man In the water saw It, but
under water in an effort to drow
himself. The rope was thrown t
him twice, hut he refused it. and
tdg wave soon swept mm from sight
The story Is unusual and adds
another to the long" list of tragedie
off Cape IxMikout. "He was insane,
declared the steward. His eyes
told it. ' We all knew it. and w
persuaded him to give me charg
of the vessel. We did not want U
salt seas unknown to us in the epre
1fT r
"WITs
R.\RY BOY A HERO.
saves Ills Companion From Death
Cmler Auto.
At Spartanburg a little-child is the
hero In ho automobile story, which
has Just hehonie known at that place.
Two littreNjioys of about three
years of age. GillliVni Harris, son of
John Harris, and Glenn* the son of
Mrs. J. E. Evius, were playing on
the edge of the gtdcwaiK on South
Church street 'with their nurses.
Suddenly a large touring car came
down the street at a great speed and
little Gilliam Harris ran out in front
of it. Several ladies were £jttiiig on
of n nury—itnor—T raw
i razy tm we left New Ymk, but w
came on and he seemed to go a
wrong when the storm got so bad
off IxKikout light ship.
"We could not stop the captain
when he suddenly defined to leav
the ship. We were helpless without
him, as^ione of us knew the waters
we were in
The steamer City of Augusta, from
Boston for Savannah, found the
schooner off the light ship and tow
ed her to Savanntih. The crew
the schooner watched the rescue o
the crew .of the schooner Schull
which was alitindoiiod off ('-«m» Look
out.
of
BROKE HIS SON’S BACK.
Id SLAIN RY YAyl ..,H.
Massacre of Thive Families in Mex*
ico ltc|>ortfd.
ran out
the children. Of course they could
mot reach him in time. But Just is
the car was almost on the little fel
low. Glenn ran out and eatehing him
around the neck fairly dragged him
away. It was wonderful and the
little fellow was the object of much
praise from the ladies.
Therein a funny side toeverything
After the danger was over Glenn
still kept his hold on Gilliam's neck
That Yaqual Indians on July 24
killed thirteen persons, members ot
three families, near Lampasas Mine,
was the news received Thursday by
M • M. Giwette, of San Carlos, In 1
dian reservation, Arizona, in a let
ter written to him at El Paso. Texas
by A. D. McPhee, superintendent of
the Promontorio Mine, twenty miles
from Montezuma. Sonora. The letter
says ranches of the surrounding
country have congregated at the
Promontorio Mine, prepared to re
sist the Indians. . *
i -
Y Ictim for the (JhIJows.b
A? Cullman, ala,, John Holland
was Thursday found guilty of the
murder of H. D. Putnam at Hance-
ville, Ala., on July 2, and wa* sen
tenced to bp hanged septemhqr 18.
Holland was town marshal forllance-
vllle. and after telling friends that
he was going to Putnafn’s house to
arrest him shot him, death being al
most—In«tRnta»|eo«scX_-____—^_
the verandas and. seeing the child, |{,., M >rt Realties l^tke tit) of a Tra
as the nurses had not seen
gisly in Florence County.
N*hi^s Two bed Lake City Thurs
day afternoon of a most deplorahl
tragedy, which occurred in ’thi
Hyman shfU hflt bT~ Florence Count
Wednesday afternoon late.
Details are meagre, but it seems
that Thomas ’Summerford, a wh*
man, living just a few miles from
ityman, attended the campaign
and
until he was fairly gasping for
breath. There they stood, Glenn, j llymmi r>n Tuesday,
in the afternoon "p—‘-* 1 * - 1 *—*-*-
wlth a tight hold" arcruud.AJIIMam’s
neck, and the latter with his dear
little mouth-‘hanging w ide open.
SHOOTING ON STREET CAB
Negrb Passenger He fust's to
Fan* and Hmv Kcsult*.
Pay
BURNED TO DEATH-
Vonng Lady of"Chester Cotinty Meets
With Horrible Death.
^ A dispatch from Chester, says
Miss Etta Melton, daughter of Mr
. and Mrs. T. H. Melton, Sr., of the
Louisville neighborhood was burned
to death last Saturday at noon while
* preparing the family dinner. In
handting a kerosene oil can for kind
ling the Are the blaze reached the
can of oil, causing explosion and
quickly enveloping the unfortunate
young •lady, and her tragic death
medical treatment was secured, but
the fierce flime completed Ita fatal
work In* four hours. Miss Melton
was If yearis old, a most estimable
»ung Igyd, and -her tragic death
m much sorrow in her home
At Pensacola,'Fla. Wednesday one
man fatally wounded and another
painfully injured. Is the result of a
■fight between negroes and street
railway employees on a Bay Shore
car. Wm. Johnson, colored, was shot
in. the, mouth and abdomen, while
Chief Inspector MoClung, of the
street railway, suffered a painful
wound in the hand. The negroes
had had a picnic at Palmetto BCffTh,
which lasted far into the night. A
jspecial car. with half a dozen trailers
were bringing them ha^k-when qnc
negro refused to pay his fgre. A'
general fight followed between the
eight or ten conductors and.^ome of
the negroes. *
It
and went home and promptly raised
a row In his family. .In the exci*
ment he picked up one of his little
how* and thrust him against th<
bnnistetftw ith such force that it brok
Die rhm's back, from which Injury
he died in a very few minutes,
seems from all reports that Summer
ford is a very quiet and peaceabh
man when not under the influence of
whiskey, which makes the case afl
the more iadL—■«.
'V
NEW YORK FOB BRYAN.
('hnirniiiu Coimecs Says State
be iH-moeratie by To.OtMl.
Will
A
HARD RUJ)E" AWAKENING.
Y'oung Man's Nap in Railroad Yard
Results in Loss of Arm.
Dewitt Clement, a young man of
Ashevill^ was injured by an engine
in the Southern Railway yards at
Spartanburg Tuesday night, and his
le$t arm ‘had tQ he amputated.
Clement and a friend were asleep
on a bnad car in the railroad yards.
A passing engine woke Clement up.
and he jumped up suddenly abqut
halp asleep and got'in the w'ay of
the engine His left arm -wiae. b*4b
crushed gnd the member was ap-
maputated. He alto sustained scalp
wounds.
dispatc .from Buffalo. N. Y
says M r m. .1. Conners, chairman of
file Depiocratic State committee, an
nounced Tuesday tnift on next Satur
day -he would issue the rail for a
meetng of tho State committee in
New York rjtv to name the time and
place for the State Convention.
*lc„-CAnnorfi tiabt that the ^nnven-
tion wouW likely he held either the
week of September 13th or the 20th.
and that Rochester was likely to se
cure- the Convention. Declaring
that New York State would he surety
Democratic in the coming Heetion
It’s astonishing how quickly pos
session will decrease the value of
sokt
Mr. Conuers made the -following
statement.
"There is no question about New
York State, which will give plurali
ties of anywhere from 7j>.,000 fo
IOOjOOO to Bryan. More than that,
Erie County will go Dejnocratir by
a large plurality, which will be the
first .tURg,that county has gone De
mocratic In a Presidential election
sine* 1892. when cTIv’etaad carried
it by a plurality of ninety. Bryan
is gaining strength dally,"
JUMPED OVER tHE RAIL,
line as she stood, with hack up and
hair on end, at the foot end of our
bunk'. • » ‘ - -i
"What was still more strange,
both my wife and I had been dreaia-
1ng of a shipwreck when the eat
awakened us. and the ill omen was
rent that I told Mrs. Bates
and I dressed myself. On
oh I found Simpkins, the
and five members of the crew,
all working desperately to save the
Malden which was wallowing In a
sea such as I had never seen be^
fore.
"Matters kept growing worse
*very minute from the time I got on
deck, and U was shortly before dawn
that the cat went over the side. That
settled the crew and the- men w ho
had been working at the pumps,
with the water gaining job us every
minute, derided that I should or
der the botU lowered and out away
from the Malden. The schooner was
leaking like a sieve, and one might
as _w£li_havg. tried to pump
lantlc dry as to pump the Malden
free of the briny.
"Well, what happened to
tl)e
-■cbtrTTier need not take- long to tell.
She went down like a lump* of lead
and we had barely time to get the
boat away before the topmasts d's^
appeared under the water My wife
and I and the crew of aix drifted for
a dozen hours before a Far East
tramp bound for Savannah showed
her lights and stopped for us W#
were taken to Savannah where we
received every hospitality that could
be extended to- as dreay a lot of
eight shipwrecked mariner^, InCu 1-
tug one woman, as ever drifted
around the coast.
"Will my wife go to sea again?
Well, I reckon yes. The next time
I get a ship you'll see her shipmates
with me. and she has told me that
we won't go to s^aimiakent a-wvt
either, for the meowing of the Ma
rten's tabby undoubtedly saved our
lives. - '
PRIZES FOR SCHOOLS.
for the most decided material im
provement made during k given
length of time. Five of the prizes
are to be $100 etfch, and 30 are to
be $.70 each, Rgulationn concern*
prizes that are to be
this association are as
ing the 35
awarded by
follows: I .
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Improvements must he made be
tween November 1, 1907, and Dec
ember 10, 1908,
Frizes will tie awarded to schools
where the most decided material im
provements have been made during
time mentioned.
Und*r material improvements are
BAHY’8 NECK BROKEN.
Republican Extravagance.
The V tied States Treasury is
Killed paying i it' nearly one million a day
I more than it is receiving, that is the
deficit for the first 17 days of July
was $16 ir/7.618. The last session of
Congres ; ppropriated the enor-
Gray Court, in .Laurens County, fell nious su n of $1,008,397,548.56 for
out of a door Saturday afternoon the fisca vear beginning July 1,
aiid broke its neck. It seems from 1908, ann he sesssion of Congress
Little Child in Laurens
by Fall From Doorway
News has been received that a lit
tle child of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith,
%
who live, several mitea tint from
what can, be learned that the child beginning next December may be
was standing in the doorway, which ctfd t ,, appropriate as much for
was only two^r three feet fmnv-ltie. ,. ear b^nmg July 1.
ground, when it lost its balance and the fiscal >'*
felTto the ground, breaking its necif. 1909. Tnat would give our present
- Republican Congress the unique
j’erish in Snow storm. record of being a two pillion dollar
.According to a telegram received Congress, Every dollar the govern-
from Copenhagen, says Mylius Eri- Inen t ex ,>'bds is paid in’some way
chsen, the Danish explorer, and two u tU Jg, and Voters shouMLlfc.
members of thq party that sailed by the p yb-, - ^ j^
with him to the unexplored regions member 1 hat this year they Will pay
of Greenland, have perished liu a $12 in u x-s for each member of
snow storm. their fano les—a total tax of about
included local taxation, consolida
tion, new., buildings, repairing and
rooms or tables, interior decorations
beautifying yards and better general
equipment. . •
No school can complete for any
of these prizes unless it is a rural
school. No town with more than
;>oO population shall be eligible to
the contest.
All who Wish to enter this contest
hrsilnsj'rr ml Ini base of a FfAX.G or an URGAN, wg During , he last four years of Re-
want to sell you one. publicn 1 x~ravajTSn'co fhere has been
Don’t, think must go to somv a pp r o P nh ed $3,428,000,000 or $38,-
mail otd ? r nouse to buy a low pric- ■ h the vagt ^
ed piano or organ: nor outside of
South Carolina to get the best piano lures during four years of civil wa^
or organ. We have a great variety so that during that ^period each head
of grades, and all styles, at prices 0 f a f am ily has paid in national
which cannot fail to interest you taxe8 over $200 and what has he got
We are manufacturers factory re ~ t n
presentatives for several of the t 01- R-
must send names and desertions i Br ^ at '" nt , d ' mnBt famOTnr makers of-- Uudei Hepublican policies theiw *-
pianos and organs. paid bv the poor man is as great
rich
of schools'"before r improvemen
mhde to the president prior to Octo
her 1.
All descriptions, photographs and
other evidences showing improve
ments must be sent to the president
before Decern er 15, 1908. Th<
chairman of the board of trustees of
ifny school that is competing for a
prize must approve all descriptions
before and after improvements are
made.
Prizes will be awarded in check
at the annual meeting of the South
Carolina Improvnienf’ association.
December 31. 19o8. The prizes are
to be used for further improvements
n the schools receiving them.
Address all communications to
Miss Mary T. Nance. Columbia, S. C.
''Every Democrat Should Help,
The ■ v ‘American” workingman has
had his eyes opened. He now sees
thabprotectionism and other Repub
lican policies are not panic proof.
He is still suffering from thg high
prices of all he buys that his lords and
masters the Trusts and Corporation
can extort by virtue of the monopo
ly the tariff policy of the Republican
party gives them. He dreads the
certain reduction of wages “after
election,” if the Trusts and Corpo
rations achieve another lease of
power through Republican success
Turks Objected ♦<» Horse’s Names.
The horses belonging to the la»«
British Ambassadorial Cnstantlnople,.
Sir Nicholas (fConnor, have been
sold by auction. The usual notice
was put In the local press, but the
censor took exception as there were
horses In the list with the names
Pasha, Selim and Haroun, which he
considered was offensive to Turks,
and the list had to annen without
the names.—London Telegraph.
Memorial of Adam.’
- April 1 was marked on old Calen
dars as the "Memorial:, ot Adam.,!.
The orienia'ls relate that Adam when
dying, chi-rged his children to burv
hlj body, embalmed with myrrh. In;
Cense and cassia, In th£*,caye of Ai
Kanuz near P.-.radlse. When they
quitted the place they were to con
vey his body to the center of life
earth, whence would come salvation
to his posterity. “This is said tc"
have been done by Noah and Melchi-
z.dek. who reburied him on the sac
red Jilll of Ci Ivary. .
I/ead Wool.
_ Hitherto It has been customary to
nake thtt-loltvta, for gas and water
pipes -by first introducing strands of
hemp yarn IntoThq-socket, then fill
ing the space left—wLh molten lead
and afterwards caulking the latter
A more modern way is now provided
bj[ means of what fs known as "lead
wodlf*' The lead vtool consists of
tha .threads of virgin lead, cut by
The greatest fear of the Ameri
can workingman is that if the Re
publicans are successful he can no
linger appeal to force of arms—the
arrike, the boycott—and without
these he is helpless to protect him
self and therefore the modification
the right of a Court of Equity to is
sue injunctions is the paramount is
sue of the campaign.
How can the ‘•American” jvqrk-
ingman, therefore reirst-the oppor
tunity to dqfeat his enemies and re
store his lost opportunities? From
present appearances at least two*
thirds of organized Labor will vote
the Democratic ticket.
The great problem of the Demo-
errtic leaders will be to prevent the
coertion of the workingmen who are
not “Americans,” yet who are such
a large percentage of the voters in
every doubtful State. That requires
a compact organization and cam
paign funds to make such possible.
Mr, Brysn has appealed to every
Democratic newspapers to open a
subscription list for campaign funds
and if the editors .will lay before
their readert the necessity of giving
what they can afford there it no
doubt th^t. all legitimate expenses
will be met. The legitimate ex
penses of a presidential campaign
are enormous—the Republican
managers estimate it at $3,000,000
but they are naturally extravagant.
If half that sum is donated by Dem
ocratic patriots, the issue will not
PIANO AND ORGAN ECONOMY
If you are interested in the pur- persons
$60l;or eti h average family of five
v\e take oiu instnunems TtT ex- as t he “fax paid by- the
change and make mast liberal terms
man. Jn Met, in.spme cases the tax
No house—quality of ^id b\ the poor man is greater.
of payment to those who wish 4o
buy-on time. ,
pianos and organs considered—fan ,I*or instance, when Mr. Rockefeller
undersell us. Twenty-four .years of or any ot ner rich man buys flannel
fair dealingin OolnmMaand .through- urf<.» rwear valued above 70
..it South Carolina is our reference ( d( he a t&riff
Write us at once for catalog price tax of 80.o9 per cent: but whep a
Und terms. . r - poor mu buys a cheaper grade of
s Malone's Music House, Columbia,s.'(I flannel lor his underwear, valued at
not more than 40 cents per pound,
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
on “flannel for under*
duties p i
wear” a . ffieialiy reported by the
I)i ” I Goven n.* nt for the year 1907. Aa
WANTED—Agents for Diozo
infecting Cabinets. Kri K' i m> t he pit Mtu Congress refused tocon-
flies, mosquitoes, mdths ivttd, ^iits ' ■ ^^ ....
in the home. Costs two
month Rejj on sight $lu‘ ddiiy
sidef anV 1 elision of this unequal
or ne many other like cases
easily
110 X.
s. c.
earm-d E. B.illengei-.
('Iiiirrh streei S|iai'iaptuirg.
WANTED—Pine, logs tiought
cash. For particulars address
Sumter Lumber Co.. Sumter, S. C.
WA NTEI>—Clerks, cotton buyers,
fanners, warehousemen and oth
ers to learn grading and classify
ing cotton in our sample rooms,
or through correspondence course
Thirty day scholarship completes
you. American Cotton College,
—MHIe/lgoVlHe. (.nr i
which th present tariff law imjoses
the high rate of tariff taxes on flan
nels an'1 everything else that is in
for eluded iti the tariff law still contin
ues. •
Yet m.trvy bnsiness men. farmera,
and th< s. who have to rely upon
wages s ill vote the Republican
ticket, w inch is virtually to endorse
the RepuMLcan policy of taxing
those wuh small incomes more
than th *e with large incomes.
FOR SALE—MISCELI.WKOI S.
FOR SALE—Cotton scod hulls. In
order to make room for new stock
we will sell cheap our stock of
loose and baled huils. now on hand
Write for prices South Carolina
CottoifOil Co., Columbia. S. (
FOR SALE—Six to eight hundred
thousand pThe shingles f o. b. cari
Janies' Crossing or delivered at
Columbia. S. C. Write for prices.
A. IV. Campbell, Eastover, S. C.
CIGAR SALESMAN WANTED.
'-^E x pe fieri ce iimi ee e sia ryn-T d 0
per month and expenses. Peer
less Cigar Co., Toledo, /Oiiio.
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.Surely it is time for Retrench-
ment or reform, and experience
shows thit neither can be expected
from Ri publican politicions.
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EGGS FOR FALL CHICKS.-^-
S. C. Brown Leghorn and Bar
red Plymouth Rock $1.00 pe-
setting of fTnrTange, pure
stock, healthy birds.
Rlythewood Poultry Yanis..
S. H. Mellichhmp, Mgn^
• *
rhiimp. Mgr.
Rlythewooxl, S. C.
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be in doubt from lack of campaign
funds.
How much will. Mr, Rockefeller
•give to the Republican Campaign
fund now he has no fine to pay?
Under the Republican system- of
trust busting it seems probable the
Standard Oil Trust will escape en
tirely.
apecial machinery in such a manner
that it will weld together when
caulked.
Mr,. Jftho Olafii.n president of
the H. B. Claflin Dry Goods Compa
ny, favprs higher railroad rates, but
then John does not pay the freight.
W_A.nSTTE33.
The hardest cases of Morphine,
Opium and Liquor addictions to cure
in ten days by oiuMiew painless meth
od. No extreme wlrvonsness, aching
limbs, diarrhoea or loss of sleep. Only
sanitarium in the world giving uncon
ditional guarantee. Money can be
placed in hank and payment made af
ter a cure is realized. Patients who
cannot visit Sanitarium ran be orured
privately at hoim* References: Am
Banker, Minister, City .Olficial or
Citizen of Lebanon. Write today for
large free booklet of particulars. Ad
dress: CERAKUROFT SAN ITAIill M,
Dept. 7. Lebanon, Teuh.
Only m Fake.
Tnat < minent wall Street banker,
4-Mr. Sh* bl >n, who by the grace of
candidato Taft was made treasurer
of the K nublican National Commit
tee it is .-aid to be having great suc
cess in rai-ing campaign boodle ; It
is under. .«*o(i,that Mr. Sheldon does
not stir t M»m his office at No. 2 Wall
Street, bu just sends word to the
Trust at 1 Corp 'ration managers
that they are vxi>ected to call or
tvend tht ir check for a:''reasonable
amount,’ These contributions are
for what Mr. Sheldon calls the ”le*\«.
gitima'e 0 mpaign fund of $3,000,-
000.” Wi. -therMr. Harriman is to
undertaki''The~e<)ltecHQiy_._Qf__the
“boodle fund!' as he did in 190477it
therequest of President Roosevelt,
is yet unc< rtain, but probably some
one residi"g outside of the State of
New York will be selected to collect
this extra i ampaign fund, so that
the publicity law of that State will*
not apply. Since candidate Taft
has been uriven to the necessity of
declaring 'hat no contributions from
Trusts wiI be accepted,, there is a
great desire to knofr whether Mr.
Sheldon will return those contribu
tions from the Trusts he has already
received. There is an evident feel
ing abroad that all this fuss about
Publicity after election and the re
fusal of Tmst contributions is a Re-
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publican fake.
37500 Square Feet Floor Space Covered With
4 v
If Mr. Taft is elected President
we must all pray he will live long
and prosper for it rrjakes patriots
N«xt to the attar of roses the most shiver to think of Jim Sherman be-
valugble perfume la the oil of jas- j’ n g president. ,*'
mine, which la quoted at $580 a -
pound.
BANK AT UNION CLOSES.
President Roosevelt does not ap
pear to uphold the decision of the
Circuit.Court, in the Standard Oil
case, but regards it as a miscarriage
Depositors Are Sald-te.Be Fully Pro- 0 f j U3 tjce. But then hTlS Ofity bluf-
lerfed.
The People a Bank of Union,ylos
ed ite doors. Tuetday pending volun-
fing. The trusts Understand him.
Pumps, Packing, Pulleys, Belting,
Pipe, Fittings, Valves, Etc. a
. - , WRITE FOR. PIUUES . . .
Srjthern States Supply Company
COLUMBIA. S C.
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All the leading Republican offi
macpin uy rrivpAW
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IF IT’S GIBBES’ IT’S GOOHJ
Many a rich man has barely missed
landing in jail.
tary liquldatlSfi,—fn a etatemeat are ^ rora Washington au
issued by the president, the general tending to politics or taking long,
depression is tha^eaeon- assigned+holidays. Only Secretary of War
for tM MMo.-VIt I. ,.ld that t- W rii?t tw.tos trMror lV'lffl , n H
poaltors are fully protected. u r. - . .
^ 1 he^ 8 Democrat. a hu has ai cef»»ed
It’s always safe to ask a gfrl for * Republican 'retainer, aud willi
a kiss after you have taken it j berefore, bear watching.
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-IVtaYTMWlX^
ItlNfRY
miEH
?3V; built up ? 'AcuijtlCII fornuktatpxottri
Q4fl*x that we tre iti- »i y pro^d of. We ire ^JI
defats zad cii get good* at latest aaooMat
04 up oX’er lo&g uutaace phoae, telegraph or evrtte ea
Lxprci* thipntnm arc gtvea ay aa
COU1MBIA sumv company,
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