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He ehergei that I here
. T _. oHciel Influence end
1 M g Senator lor my personal
alone to aecnre the paseace
l and to preea the JDe
of Juatlce to bring suit
corporations which hold
of the public domain In th<-
and will not sell it to settlers
under the terms of their grants from
the Government.
He haa prepared .. his indictment
With-consummate ability and sklC.
He la even canning in the apparent-
: w*t»ar
ly Innocent pretence that In making
ji learch through the Secret Serrlce
tor one kind of malefactor he had
nan down another; and the case of
ithat one of such serious Importance
_ that, hja tense of official obligation
... compelled him to prompt action.
flsnnt,’ William & tm,
t do not ^eny the authenticity of
the letter p! 1 the telpgram, of which
wate v made. I prgsnme
the letter from William E. Lee Is
also a r correct copy, bnt l wai net
aware of ita existence until now,
and t am not In jnywise respon
sible for Mr, Leo’# ideae expressed
In !L The President says:
On October fO, 1907, Senator
Tillman wrote a loter (Exhibit
t>3) to Messrs. Roeder ft Wat
kins, of Marshfield, Ore*., who
were attorneys representing peo
ple who were applicants for the
purchase of certain wagon-road
sad grant land; Dorr was a land
agent making his filings through
Reeder ft Wirtkdne. Senator Tlli^
man’s Tetter runs, In part, as fol
lows:
* , "I wired you from Wausau,
WIs., as follows, and write to con
firm It; ‘William E. Lee, my
flmra
tacking th« holders of these lanl
grants so ose would have any stand
lag hi court except thw gmator, the
Government IteeH. See Nichols v.
Southern Oregon Oo., Federal Re
porter, vol. ItS, p. 234.)
I waa perhaps dU ngenuous; hut
a moment's thought will convince
a»y honest-minded man that—aa I
had not signed any papers, had not
paid any mosey, had taken nobody s
receipt, usual processes by which one"
‘'undertakes" to buy land—1 wad
speaking accurately and' not falsely
Everything hinges on the meaning
of the word "undertaken'' and my
nse of It. Did I mean to conceal the
fact that I was anxious to buy some
of this laad tr .Netrftt: att. 1KI 1
mean to attack Dorr as a swindler
when I myself was engaged la a dls
honest and dishonorable transact
ion?'rThdt Ii’ w’har*the Pretidenl
Mark ygu. he has been in the posses-. . agent, will- seeyouatwut land.
and tMlThblHtj ^locate quarte,']
sections which were weir timbered,.
as they were In the possesion of s
cruiser’s map. Dorr, of whom I had
new heard before, was evidently
pushing, bis scheme of getting suck
ers to Invest and using my nsme, a<
1 have Indicated, without authority
because I had not paid any fees to
him or written to him or filed any
applications.- I therefore felt it in
cumbent on me to expose the swindle
In the Senatg, which I did on the
19th of February, and asked tin
postofflee authorities to Issue a fraud
order.
I pressed the passage of the Joint
resolution In the Senate, and on
April 30 It became a law. March
f waa taken IH, and on May MLwft-er
a partial recuperation I sailed for
Europe, reUirnlng October 21. .
The President’s sleuths, set to d<
the dirty work of spring on a Sena
tor when that Senatjr had exposed
shra of a!V the Tacts In This caw.
since duly last, and men will be cu-
‘^Uii tnvknow ^Tir. ITTila teal waa
Honest, he did not make thwn known
would have the people believe. Can
T he Justly charged vrtth .falsehood-}-* fTOUd whlch WlMT>eTtf» periTetrafed
-vr 4 -/
teirv.
The President announced In his
special message to the House on
January 4. »
I have made *46 charge of cor
ruption agalnat Congress nor
against any member of the present
House. If I had proof of such
corruption affecting any member
of the House lii any matter as to
T which the Federal Government
has Jurisdiction, action would at
once be brought.
•• — • •
Tilt# wpuldL simply be doing
mf-dnty-lw ttre'elfhcutlon and en-
fbrcerEpsnt Of the laws without
respect to persons. But I do not
regard It as within the province
or duties of the President to re-
porV to the House "alleged de
ll nqufencltis’' of members, or the
stoppoaed "eorrupt action" of a
member "in his official capacity."
It therefore follows that he has
found nn grounds for Indicting me
In th^-dourts. which, no doubt, would
h x
this fuss, fury, and fusflan about
the seriousness of the case and the
gravity of the offense with which he
charges me can be attributed to per
sonal malice alone.
On January 4 the President dc-
_ dared what he conceived to be his
relationship to the House and that
he would not do certain things. On
January 5 he wrote a letter to Sena
for Hale, doing the very thing In
^regard to a Senator which he had
'pJlned to flo'toward a member of
‘he House. Why this difference'
’ my public work here I have not
hesitated to criticise snd comment or
official actions and utterances of
President Roosevelt, and I have
doubtless given him good cause t-)
seek revenge. 1 have at varlou:
times arraigned him In the Senat-
~ tor tyranlcsl invasion of the right*
of Congress, for usurpation of au
thortty not given him by the Con
stitution, for disobedience of the law
and neglect of duty, and particularly
In the case of Mrs. Morris, for brutal
and cruel conduct toward a helples*
woman. I was not aware that thes*
“darts ~6T mine had quivered In th*
Executive hide and stung him so.
but the eagerness and Intensity with
which he has presented his cas.'
against me, his making a precede**,
where none has existed heretofore
his taking from the committee t,
which he had forwarded them th.
papers and giving them to the pres*
before that committee had consld
ered them. Indicate that Theodor.
Ronsevelt enjoys to the limit th.
feeling of getting even with Ben I
Tillman, and lays on the big stlc’.*'
with the keenest relish, doubtlesi
believing that the pitchfork has gon
out of business.
Tn his letter to Senator Hale 1
findton page 3 the following:
But a case has Just arisen of a
different kind, which it seems to
me I should put before you as Il
lustrating In striking fashion the
way in which Investigations be-
~gun by any of these various agents
in the strict line of their duty
.may develop facta of high impor
tance, which the Investigators
would not In the first instance
have sought to discover, which,
.when discovered, ought not to be
hidden or suppressed, but tVe de
velopment of which may tend to
create an erronecxis impression
that the agents In question were
beThg used for purposes not within
the line of their lawful duty.
It is well to note that the Pres!
dwnt raoognlzes the extraordinary
character of his action as well as th.
unlawful use he has made of th.
Secret Service. He pretends that hi*
. case against me has been worked up
by accident. l?y reason of the discov
ery of the Insnertors in Investigating
the fradulueut transactions of one
Bryoti R. Door, and that the facts
■’Ought not to he hidden or suppress
ed.” The President says:
Senator Tillman denied the
statements of this circular, and
expressed a wish for an investiga
tion; and on his request the Post-
office department, through Its in
spector; made such an Investiga
tion. He tstated in reference to
Ifels circular: ^
,“I hxve not bought any land
anywhere In the West nor under-
*ny. I have made
OS, as one naturally
would*, in roaming through the
y wnnl the people
country to be put on notice
Portland has
t want nine quarters reserved.
Will forward aigned applications
end, moneyvoace. Members of
my family are entrymen. Letter
follows. (Signed) n! R. T. I
write now to say 1 wired Mr. Lee,
who resides at Moscow, Idaho, to
go at once to Marshfield and see
you about the land, to locate
quarters for the seven members of
my family who are of age, and one
for my private secretary, J. R
Knight, whom I desire to let Into
the deal, and, of course, he wants
a quarter for himself.”
The letter continued, stating
in detail what was to be done, In
order to enable tiro Senator to get
the land.
It will be noted thrt I accuse.
Dor in the Senate of being a swindle*
and asked the Postofflee Departmen
to issue a fraud order against him
Dorr declared In his circular:
So sure Is Senator Tillman oi
our success that he has subscribe,
and paid the necessary fees for *.
quarter section for himself and It
other quarter sections for 10 of hi:
nearest relatives.
It was this bold and outrageom
falsehood, mainly, that caused m.
to denounce Dorr ns a swindler, a.
well as to declare In the Senate tha:
he had no warrast for the asser
Mop. The sleuths which the Presi
lest put upon my traifc have mad*
ihelr report, asd a perusal of It wil
.how to asy fair mind that so fa'
from endeavoring to Justify )fh
fraud order against Dorr, they wen
really put to work to Investigate
me, and endeavor, if possible, tr
Hscover something to my discredit
while the President directed the In
vestlgatlon. I say this becaues i
Is hardly possible that a postoffle.
inspector would set about gettln,
photographic!) copies of the latter ot
a United States Senator and tryln?
to coavlct him of lying If the order-
lid not come from a high source.
Let us suppose for a moment the
I was guilty of a falsehood in do
daring that I had not undertaken t.
purchase any land. What did thi
have to do with Dorr’s transparen
and open use of the mails to In
luce men to send him money to pur
•base land? Door's declaration tha
1 had paid the fees is an absolu;.
falsehood, and “the postoffice inspe
tors, while they searched the record'
for entries at Coquille and note.’
that Reeder & Watkms had fil-
’’several hundred applications,
nowhere mentioned that itr.y .hV
>een filed In my name or for me
Therefore the false!), o.l Is proven oi
Dorr, and yet the Pitsldent declar
>d:
Tf*e assault which Senator Till
man made upon Mr. Dorr was,,
according to the inspector, a wan
ton assault madeTo cover up Sen
ator Tillmans own transactions.
No such statement was made !i\
he Inspector. In fact, so earnestl
Intent on convicting Senator Tillman
Is the President, he actually com
mlts himself to this proposition, to
wit: Tillman voluntarily and with
>ut any compulsion from any sourc*
and with nothing to conceal brough
ip a matter in the Senate which m
abed not have done to cover u;
'ransactlons which were absolute!'
immt whatever for endeav-
Inveigle olhers 1 nto h Is
it then goes on -to
Bftflonfldentlal report of
a typo usually not furnished, but
cajie the matter Is so se-
hnt I feel I should put it
I enclose you also
vW, D2. D4 and D6.
fac-stmilles of let-
i and telegrams
and his
; - ■
■F -
mknown to anyone except himself
nd his correspondents, Reeder ft
Watkins, and were entirely honor
able and clean. My exposure closed
out the swindlers. Dorr, when hi:
mail was not delivered, retire.’
from the land business and becalm
V fruit grower, as reported by the
.xspectors.
The swindlers had secured a good
many thousands of dollars before
the exposure in the Senate stoppe,
people from being tipped, asd ye'
Theodore Roosevelt, who poses a*
the oaly remaining honest N man ic
public life. In the face of these
facts has felt called upon to attack
•he character of a man whose integ
rity has never before been ques
tioned. and whose official position
is second paly to his own.
Is doing tlris he makes a false
leclaration, for the inspectors no
where say any such thing as above
quoted, which can be proven by an
examination of then report.
Now, about the lying: My letter
of February 15, of which the Presi-
deat secured a phoiographlch copy,
antedates by four dajs my statement
n the Senate that I nad not bough
any land, or undertaken to buy any,
sad the PresVlemt considers this pos
itive proof of falseh- od. I did not
say I had not considered the pur
chase of land; I did not say I had
not contemplated pdrehaso of land,
because I had done both. In my
conversation with the Attorney-Gen
eral la regard to the resolution
which‘nntroduced. sad which lie
himself prepared after we had talked
oror 4h» whole l|ad tliujdlQO, 1 dlt-^
tfnctly remember telling him thar
my interest In the matter had betn
first aroused by my desire to pur
chase some of the Umber laad, and
that my coming to him was due to
'he. fact that 1 discovered upon In
vestigation that ? could not buy n
evea by a lawsuit, because 1 waa ad
vised by very shift lawyers la thf
Wagt* ambnfl them, the Hob. George
when If I had told the Senate of the
sntlre transaction it jvould havo
wade- no difference whatever, while
I would have been charged with In-
rudiag my private affairs into a
nubile discussion? Just what law
ltd I break? What wrong did I
1o or contemplate? According to
he report sf the Attorney-Genera.,
'n answer ts the resolution which I
Introduced and which passed the
Senate, Harrimaa, the President's
lear friend, still holds in defiance
)f law upward of 2,000,000 acres of
he best lands of Oregon and Cal)
fornla and refuses to sell them at
any price. I never expected, and
■ould not under the terms of the
'aw as I construed It. get more than
.eves greater secUors for myself
ind family, one for my private sec
("tary. and one for Mr. Lee, making
tlue is all. This, in the aggregate
would mean that I would obtain
hrough my activity here, as the
President's charge is, nine quarter
ectlons, or fourteen hundred and
*orty acres, at a cost of $4\500. W II
he President undertake to say that
I have lost my right to buy land bo
'-ause 1 am a Senator? Can th:
’’resldeitt deny that my activity se
ured the passage of the resolutloi
‘nstructlng the Attorney-General t'
bring suit for the recovery of thi
and for the use of actual settlers?,
If Harriman and others like him ar*
uade to disgorge by reason of these
-.uits, shall the s fact that I was en
leavorlng to buy a little pittance of
he land be used as the basis of a
’barge of being a liar and a corrup;
lenator—to be dlgraced?
To sum up, this is a brief re
.ume of the entirn transaction:
While In Spokane, Wash., in Octo
ber, 1907, I first heard that there
were timber lands in Oregon which
were being bought through Reeder
& Watkins, of Marshfield. On Oc
ober 5 I wrote to Reeder ft Wat
tins, asking for Information, teli-
ng them of my desire to purchase
.ome of the land If possible. De
drlng to find out if the conditions
if the grant to the State of Oregon
made, it possible (or "purchasers’*
*nd not “actual settlers” to buy at
12.50 per acre, I wired the librarian
of the Senate for a copy of the act.
Finding that that part of the state-
•nent received from a gentleman in
Spokane was correct, I notified Reed
j r ft Watkins on October 20 tha*
Mr. Lee, whom I had seen at Mos
cow, Idaho, in the meantime and
alked with on the subject, woulj
;o to Marshfield and Investigate in
,>erson. I authorized Lee to draw
>n me if he found that the land
vertt what they were represented to
be. Lee’s authority as my. agen
never went beyond an examination
>f the land and, If, the application
was filed, to see that I got good
'imbor lands Instead of rocks and
marshes. He wired me not to be
in a hurry, as there were obstaclr
in the way. In the meantime I had
'alked with lawyers who were fa
miliar with the military road land
grants, and they informed me that
-under a decision c-f the circuit com
private parties were not permitted
’o sue for these lands. Still doubt
ing whether I cduld purchase th.
mads with any hope of seccessfu 1
on the public, reported to him oi.
July 27. I had nothing whateve*
to do with the change lnlh* Taw o:
which the President complains ii
regard to the Secret Service.
<3 So the President’s animus Is no
against me on the same ground to'
which he has attacked Messrs. Taw
ney, Smith and others )n the House
but one of personal malice engendei
ed by hatred because of my cours<
In the Senate during the last sever
years. ’ v
I have not attfmpted to deKHelV
anybody; I have not told,any false
hoods; I- have not bioken any law
I have sot been gmlty of any im
moral conduct. I had the right t.
purchase the land if J could, bu
my Judgment told me* It was unsafi
as an Investment. I would like tc
get some of It yet. and If the At
tOrney-General and his successors
shall not die of old age before an>
thing Is done it may be possible tha
l will have the opportunity to pur
chase some of those Umber lands o?
which he made mention in his re
port. (S Doc. No. 279, 60th Cong
1st spss.) Through my action at
mntlon has been directed in a com
selling way to the need of promp
ictlon by the Department of Jus
Ice. Whether I ever get any of th
land or not does noc mater if Har
riman and others of that ilk ar<
made to disgorge the large holding,-
which they have stolen and are at
tempting to bold.
The President-say' 1 :
On October 20, 1907, Senator
Tillman wrote a letter to Messrs.
Reeder ft Watkins, of Marshfield,
Oregon, who were attorneys repre
senting people whe were appli
cants for the purchase of certain
land-grant land. Dorr was a land
agent making his filings through
Reeder ft Watkins.
This statement is misleading an l
calculated to deceive. The report o
the postofflee inspectors gives tht
actual tru*h. It says:
Among the most active agents in
this matter is the firm of Reeder ft
Watkins, of Marshfield, Oreg. Mr
Reeder is a real estate agent an 1
Mr. W’atklns an attorney. The)
have associated themselves togethe
in locating applicants on these lands
Further, Reeder & Watkins, by
circulating a shrewdly worded cir
cular long before Don appeared on
the scene, sought to make money by
having persons pav them tL’l in
cash for filing an application with
the clerk of court and tendering t
the company $400 per quarter sec
tlon, which the law originally con
templated as the p’ice of land
They were to receive $100 additiona
whenever the Southern Orego
Company should convey the title,,
and they knew that no one coul/
compel this conveyance except th\
United States Government, beca/is 1
a similar case had been decide/! ii
the United States couit so declaring
(See Nichols v. Southern Oregon
Co., Federal Reporter, vol. i 35, p
234.)
I commenced to Irn’estiggle on the
5th of October, and I rna
application to Reeder & W;
itigation, I wrote to Senator George
Turner, of Washington, to get hi
opinion and incidentally to make
inquiry about lands on the Colum
bia river, lu that State He gave th
same opinion that I had already re
ceived from the other lawyer.
Realizing after I got to Washing
ion, D. C., in December that it was a
very doubtful proposition. I let the
matter drop until Mr. Lee showed
me a letter from Roeder ft Watkins,
which has been stolen from my
lesk in my committee room along
with other papers In this case, prob
ably by some of the Secret Service
sleuths, and wheq they indicated
'heir desire that 1 should exert m>
influence In the Senate, I wrote the
letter of February 16, of which the
Uresdont obtained a photographic,
copy. In the meantime and before
that letter waa written, from my
investigations and after a confer
ence with the .Attorney-General, I
ntroduced the two resolution^ of
January 31, one calling on the At
torney-General for information, and
The other (the Joint ^resolution!
which became a law, instructing him
to Institute suits.
My official activity then Is shown
to have taken form in the Senate be
fore I knew anything about Reeder
& Watkins' attitude or expectations
and I was in no way influenced by
them. *». — •j-
I was stUl.anxious to obtain Fomc
of the land If It could be done le
gally, and wrote Reedsr ft Watkins
to that effect, but m/ faith In them
and in the whole scheme died when
J.jsiceived the cdj culse of Dorr, which
came Jo me on February 17 and IS
from three different directions, show
ling the Widespread distribution
made of them. / Also Mr. Lee's re
port to me had led me to believe
that Reeder & Watkins were not of
the caliber and character to be em-
ployad ia*a matter of such magni
tude, except probably aa to their
familiarity with the local ednditioas
ade- dlrec
atklns, by
telegram and by letter,/on • the 20th
of October. Dorr oi/d not appear
until early in 1908, tf shown by the
report of the posti/ffice inspectors
and his career as/a swindler was
brief, as I exposed 7 the whole thin
In the Senate on February 19. Th
President had tpe papers and knew
all this. Reeder ft Watkin s were re
ceiving $21 for the insignificant
work of making a tender to the hold
ing company/and filing a notice witn
the clerk, dt the court. Dorr wa
to share it/ this commission, or w hat
ever you /term It, fo>- whatever bus
iness he brought, and yet the Pros!
dent w/mld convey the impression
that tj/ese filings were merely such
as anti usual in purchasing govern-
men/ land; when he knew or could
have easily found out from dhe At—
toyhey-General, that all such propos
purchasers could not thus tiring
fttiy suit. In the i’ght of the evi-
/ience as presented to the President
himself, the scheme was a Swindle
to obtain $21 in cast), and must b«
apparent to all. But the Presidem
acquitted Dorr and convicted me.
By this time \I had found out the
legal status, and decided I would not
sign a contract, file an application,
or pay any motley, and my only rea
son for writing to Reeder & Watkin?
on February 15 was to have then,
understand that Lee misconceived
my attitude la the Senate, and tha:
I was not to be considered as a tool,
but acting In the lute est of the pub
lic. Remember I knew nothing of
Mr. Lee’s letter till sent In by the
President. At the same time I was
willing to use them In locafTbg de
sirable quarter sections. If later on
I found that the action of Congress
would make It possible to resloreTthe
land to the public ./domain by the
cancellation of the patents.
The President lays great stress on
the statement of mine made the 15th
of February In a letter to Reeder ft
Watkins. He Italicizes the words
‘a# well as myself,” as though It
were unlawful. Immoral, or Improper
for a Senator to buy any land or to
act in this Chamber cn any question
:L
affecting his personal Interest. I
fall to sec any sense or raason in
this position, but 1 must submit that
iO'4he Judgment of tbe^Sepnte and
the country. I had not become a
party to any litlgatloi); I was not In
terested except as a private Individ
ual wanting to purchase, and as a
Senator desiring to enable others to
have the opportunity to do so. Of
course, the President Is sure that I
havd done something very discredita
ble and outrageous. He hates me
and would destroy me if he could.
The President gloats over the faci
that my letter was written "Just fou*
lays before he annpunced In th*
Senate that he had not undertaken
try buy any land In the West” as
clinching his contention that 1 have
lied to the Senate. The records show
that In the interim ihe Dorr cir
cular had been sent to me, for oc
February 19, when I made .the ex
posure of Parr,. I said In the Senate'.
In the last day or two I nave
had my attention called to a
scheme of s.win&Uiig, etc- . .
It Is easy for those who are them
selves vulnerable to convict others
in the most flimsy evidence, and the
President seems to work on thk'C
theory.
On reading Dorr’s circular ths
whole scheme and combination of
swindlers—Reeder ft Watkins, In
Marchfleld, and Dorr, in Portland; J
lid not know anything about Conro
ind Schaefer—flashed on my mind;
and remembering Lee’s somewhat
lubious report as to the character
and qualifications of the firm of
Reeder ft Watkins, I decided at once
to see to It that my name should not
he used to inveigle others into their
Tame. Hence my action in the Sen
ate.
The President dismisses with a
wave of the hand any possibility ol
ny honestly by saying:
It is unnecessary to comment ?n
his proposal made in this letter
to use his Influence as a Senator
to force the Government to insti
tute a suit which would make it
easy for him personally to obtain
some of the land.
It might Re well to inquire wbeth-
r or not the Attorney-General has
)eeri ordered not to obey tue law ot
Congress passed last April—which 1
all the "Tillman-Bonaparfe” law—
irderiug suit to be Instituted for the
recovery of these lands. My culpa
bility, is of such magnitude in con
templating the purchase of 1,440/
acres of land at $2.50 an acre ip
‘he eyes of this stickler for official
’•ectitude In others that it may be
'ound that he Is detcmlned to block
my so-called "nefarious • transac
tions.
The man "who anno/Tnces to Con
gress that he, Theqcbre Roosevelt,
assumes the right to permit the Stee*
trust to absorb its greatest rival con
trary to law would doubtless not
hesitate to help his dear friend Har
riman in holding 2,0,00,000 acres of
'he public domain, because Ben Till
man has contemplated and wanted
to buy 1,440 acres. The President
having eonvicted / Xill man > proceeded
to clear Dorr in botf cases contrary
to the facts and jn.ilingly retires
from the center of the stage, which
It is his greatest delight to occupy,
and complacently looks to lia\ta .Lhe.
\merican/people and the Senate give
'their approval to bis verdict. 1
await the verdict calmly and without
fear, and will gladly abide by it.
In/conclusion, Mr. President, I
con/: the most searching investiga
tor Nay, I demand it. 1 declare
most emphatically 1 have never
/ought to conceal my efforts to buy
/land; I spoke 1 to the Attorney-Gener
al about it; I explained to the agent
to the secret service the whole trans
action when I gave him the Dorr cir
cular and the letters which had been
sent me concernin/j^it. The question
of motive will at last control and It
cannot be shown that I had any
reason to conceal anything. I in
vite comparison of my private life
and my public work as a man and a
Senator with Theodore Roosevelt o*
any other man and feel absolutely
sure of the ground upon which I
stand.
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A lucky thing about getting mar
ried is that for the one time other
people are stuck for the presents.
CLASSIRED COLUMN
Ladies —• Arena capsules, perfect
entmenagogue; never disappoint;
infallible in every case. By mail
$2 per box. Free booklet. Ad
dress F. D. and Specialty Co.,
P. O. Box <k39, Atlanta, Ga. .
We are haying Cow Peas—Advise
us the number of bushels you have
for sale and send us samples;
we will make you our best prie*
delivered Charleston. I. M. Pearl
stine & Sons, 201-203 East Ba)
St., Charleston, S. C. . J
I want a hustler In every city anc
tow In“8tnrtlu Carolina. I have a
proposition that will Interest you
John A. Young,-Mgr., Columbia,
S. C.
ORIENTAL j
1101 Cathedral St., Baltttsoro, Md.
We make you handsome and dor*
able Rugs from^ your old, wornoot
carpet, nay six* to fit a room or hair.
Let us send you a price Hat; Just
write for. one r . ~
Shop by Mall=*fend for or
of bargains* It’s free. E.
Co., Mail-ohder Merdhftnta.
3$2_. AOaoita, Go.,
WHAT IS HOME
WITHOUT MUSIC?
Don't say, “can’t afford an Qrgfla or
— _ ~ Piano. •* „
We will make you able. granfUng
Jrom one to three year's to pay for
one.
We supply the Sweet Toned, Dur
able Organs and Pianos, at the low
est prices consistent with quality.
Write at ohee for y Catalogue,
Wanted^—Laundry. agoniiU- RRoral i^^ a ntl Terfni, lo tM
terms, best work, new manage
ment. Sumter Steam Lanadry,
Sumter, fl; C, I
tpblltdied
MAI/ONF MTHIC HOUSE.
Colombia. S. C.
Iouthern States Supply Comp*'iy
Machinery
Supplies
Plumbhiq^jSupplIesj
PHONE 164,
COLUMBIA. S C
IF ITS GI6BES IT IS GOOD
SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE!
Vor tk llmitftd tiinp we are offering' this bigti grmdo 3^
outfit at a special price. Jr J-Sk
For $277.50
iLAHO VICTOR (JasoOnc Enirlne and 14-In. KAKM A
PLANTATION FttKUfFl RUHKHTONK Corn Mill with
25 ft. of fl in. 4-|>Jy belt, all ready to run.. Cnpacityof mill • to
A bu. fine table meal or fl to SO bu. FeAd p**r hour. Terras ftO.Ot
with order. baJ cash atrainst B. I* GIBBES MACHINERY CO.
“(J hbiV(UiarAn^eedMachinery.'* Box t?4i. ColwraM*.S.Cy
Watch this space next week.
The
The Pulley That All Want.
WE CARRY A LARGE STOCK,'
Also carry a large stock of Wood Pullers
Shafting. Hanirers, Belting and anything else
you might wish in this line. When you arv
in the market, write us *
COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY.
Columbia. S. \
STANDARD DKKIG>
FREE
Ladies or Gentlemen's
$5 BARNATIO
SAMPLE OFFER
15 DAYS ONLY
Beautiful, Bright, Sparkling. Famous
Daimond Ring
• IlHIliancj’ equals genuine—deter!ion baffles experts—fills every r*s-
quirejnent exaeting—pleases the most fastidious, at only on« thirtieth
the eost of real diamond.
As a means of Introducing till s marvelous and wonderful scintil
lating gem, and secure us many new friends as quickly as possible, we
are making a special inducement f or the New Year.
We want you to wear this beautiful Ring, this master-|dere of
Man’s handicraft, this simulation lhat- sparkles with all the beauty,
and t!asb« v s with tdl the lire of
A Genuine Diamond
We want you to show it to your friends and take orders for us,
as i( sells itself—sells at sight—an d" makes
100 Per Cent: PROFIT
for you, absolutely without effort o n your part.
Me want good, hom\st representatives everywhere, in every local
ity, city or country, in fact, in every country throughout the world,
both men and women, young or old, who will not sell or pawn. The
Barnatto Simulation Diamonds under the pretense that they are Genuine
(rems, tts such action with simulation diamonds sometimes leads., to
trouble or embarrassment.
• If you want a simulation diamond—a sul>stitute for the genuine-
DON’T U AIT—ACT TODAY, as this ad. may not ap|>car again.
l-’ill out Coupon Is-lovy c.nd mail at once—First Come—First Served.
****,** *** ************ * * * **«*••
* Write her name of paper in which von saw this ad *
* The Barnatto Diamond Co., Lira rd. Bldg., Chicago, •
* Sirs: Please send Free Sa mple Offer, Blog, Earring, Stud •
* or Scurf (Stick) Pin Catalog- *
* Name B. F. 1). R. N'o •*
* No St, P. O. Box *
* Town or City State *
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STOP!
THINK!!
INVESTIGATE!!!
How Long Have You Been Paying Rent?
Have you anything except r ent receipts to show for what you have paid?
M hat is the total amount yo u have paid for rent?
DON’T YOU WANT A HOME?
A Home purchased under our plan will cost you 20 to 10 per rent less than yon are now paying
rent.
5 Psr Cent. Simple li-iarest.
Do you know it is Impossible for the average man to acquire
payments? LOANS CAN BE REPAID AT ANY TIME.
a home except by small monthly
Our interest rate Is so low, a nd monthly payments so small, a h ome is within the reach of all.
If you want a home do not lay
this pa|»er aside until you till In the
coupon and mail to us. It will
bring you Information that will show
you how to turn ah absolute loss'Into
a rewl profit.
COU PON.
STREET. . . . . . .
CITY
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(INCORPORATED.)
No. 7 Barton Building.
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Moseley & Charf,
!* S, G.
HJIST. MGUS.
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