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We require the name and address of the writer in every case, ito article which is defamatory or Offensively personal can find place in dfir columns at any price, and we are nojr; responsible for the opinions expressed in any communication. ; y*1' ' 1 ?|g Thursday, Jan. 14, 1909 Is# ' ii, ; . = * >: ;Onr enterprising neighbor, the - . Orangeburg Times and Democrat, is C;- l|W% published three times a week. ^Te wish Brother Sims much success : with his new venture. He made good With a semi-weekly, and will no |k doiibt do the same with his three times a week edition. j Ifej The resignation of Chief Justice Y. .*i. Pope has put a number of candi^ dates in the race for his place and Other vacancies which might occur on account of this election, and we ^ v took for a regular scramble over the i job. Pity that this should be the ??. case over such a position as that of judge. It is said that Senator Tillman will I apw turn his attention to the white 'house and do some investigating of Boosevelt We wish him mighty well <: In the work, and we are firmly of the fp opinion that he will find-the president ; as crooked as a snake. In fact we v have never had any confidence in Sfe; him,, with all his posing as such a great reformer. Senator Tillman can ? find some mighty crooked things in xne posi omce aepanmeni n ue win f>-' look. 1| J. R. McGhee, who has been advertising manager of the Greenville h} News for the past year or two, has WT leased the Evening Piedmont, the afternoon newspaper published at J - Greenville. Mr. McGhee will be the Ik editor and manager. Mr. G. Marshall Moore is the owner of the pa3 per and has heretofore been editor and manager. Mr. McGhee and those ? associated with him have secured a purchase option on the paper, and it v Is likely that they will-purchase it !>; ' outright in a short time. Our best p wishes to "Rut." Sc-JL President Roosevelt and Senator Tillman are passing the compliments ? of the season just now, that is, such compliments as gentlemen of their :v disposition pass on to their enemies. The president has had secret service men on the trail of Senator Tillman, and they have connected him with the Oregon land grab cases. From letters of the Senator, which he wrote j to parties in the West, they have es- i -J tablished the fact that Tillman did if. want to take up several sections of 1 land for himself and the members of j * b? family, also his private secretary, < j. B. Knight. Senator Tillman re- j plied to the president in the Senate , on: Monday, and in a bitter speech he called Roosevelt a,liar and various other things, but to say the least, we ' were not satisfied with his defense, j In fact, his speech was not so much j a defense of himself as abuse of ? Roosevelt. The Senator admits try- { ! ing to get the land, and there may J not be anything wrong in his trying ] 1ft Hft on hut at thp samp timp. it 1 would look a great deal better for a j man occupying the position he does not to have been mixed up in it, es- ] pecially in view of the fact that he i tried to have the Senate take action J in the matter last year, which action ^ would have resulted in giving him < the land at a nominal figure. Sena- ] tor Tillman says he wants a full in- ] vestigation, and we hope it will be J had, for we want more light on the ; matter if possible. So far we must say the opening up of the matter has not proved creditable to the president or Senator Tillman. Everybody knows that Roosevelt is a rascal and < charges coming from him have little weight, but we want to see Senator 1 Tillman prove himself to be absolutely above suspicion. He has always laid great stress on his honesty as a public servant and has been quick to accuse others of wrong-doing, and for this reason more is expected of him than other men in public life. City council has made all necessary financial arrangements for the rebuilding of the citjrhall, and work on the, building will commence very soon. It is to be completed in three months. ROOSEVELT AFTER TILLMAN Senator Was Mixed Up in Oregon "Land Grab." Washington, Jan. 8.?President Roosevelt to-night made public details of the investigation by postoffice inspectors and secret service agents of Senator Tillman's connection with the alleged "land ^rab" in Oregon. As he presents the evidence to Senator Hale, in response to the latter's request to the heads of various executive departments for a statement of the operations of the secret service, the President undertakes to show: "That Tillman used his influence as senator in an effort to force the government to compel the railroad corporation to relinquish its control of land grants from the United States, in order that he and his family and his secretary, J. B. Knight, might profit through the purchase of some land." "That Senator Tillman used his government franking privilege in ,'nn^nnAnn fnv tVio pnndnpt numerous maiauv/co mi wu?>uw. of private business." Senator Tillman will not* permit the fact of the president giving out the charges against him to alter his determination not to make a statement until Monday. No effort was made by the senator to conceal the fact that when he learned of the facts concerning the railroad grant he made an effort to obtain portions of land in the names of himself and members of his family, but he declared that as at most he could get possession of only a few hundred acres, his efforts were, after all, on behalf of the public and not especially in his own interest. The communication to Senator Hale is nearly three thousand words long, and in addition there is appended numerous exhibits, including copies of letters written by Senator Tillman and his agent, William T. Lee, showing they did make an effort to secure several quarter sections of Oregon land, and reports of postoffice inspectors who investigated the transactions of land agents. It is through this situation that the alleged interest of Senator Tillman is brought to light, and fatefully, it appears. It was at his instigation the inquiry was begun. "Enclosed," the president says, Hale "will find photographic fac similies of letters and envelopes """?- ocrcmf William rrom iiiimiui auu mu T. Lee, bearing on the matter." Tillman After Them. Washington, Jan. 12.?Immediately following Senator Tillman's vigorous attack upon President Roosevelt in the senate yesterday, the senator inaugurated a campaign of "purification" in regard to the white house. Since the president's attack the senator has received much correspondence expressing sympathy and volunteering much information, which will serve materially in the foundation which the senator has laid in his campaign as he announced in his speech yesterday, that he was determined to "show up" the president in what he termed was his "twolights." He has already gathered a sufficiency of data, it is understood, to start with, and some interesting developments may be looked for as regards the political relationship of these two strenuous politicians. It is understood that the post office and its methods is one of the targets at which the senator is to aim his pitchfork. It is also highly-probably that he will direct much of his activity to ward an inquiry miu auauo . ?0 to the Panama canal. FIRST VETERAN FOR HOME. Rowland, of Pendleton, Came Down to Rest. The first veteran for the Confederate home arrived here yesterday. He. is William Riley Rowland, of Pendleton, 70 years of age and gray and grizzled, who had. read accounts of the home for the veterans and wanted to come to Columbia and rest. He went up to the home and not finding it open, went to some house in the neighborhood for 'dinner and then told his troubles to Dr. Babcock, the superintendent of. the Hospital for the Insane. Rowland said that he had entered the service at the age of 18 and was in Evans' brigade. He was in the crater explosion at Petersburg and afterwards taken prisoner and carried to Elmira, which he says is somewhere back of New York. Afterwards he made his way back to this State and went to work. Now he is tiomeless, has few relatives and by manual labor?he cut wood for his aeighbors?he earned enough money to bring him to Columbia and had about $11 left when he reached the city. Dr. Babcock, after listening to the Jtory, took him in for a day, although tie had no authority to take any action in the matter. The story just touched the superintendent and he J ?iJ" fnr> Vt ^ m Qau LU yiuviuc <4U.CLI tviO IV. , Many veterans are ignorant of the law in such matters. The home is not yet ready for occupancy. The act provides that two veterans shall he taken from each county and these two must bring with them the enforcement of the county board of pensions. The veteran from Pendleton had none of these and it is probable that he will have to be sent back to his home and secure the necessary papers.?Columbia State. Savannah Balks at Prohibition. Atlanta, January 9.?Because of hatred of the prohibition law, Savannah is in practical secession from the State of Georgia, and so flagrant has the rebellion become that it is asserted that Governor Hoke Smith intends to send State troops to enforce the law. Governor Smith yesterday summoned State's Attorney Hartridge, of Savannah, to Atlanta for a conference; it is stated that the governor will warn Hartridge that unless he and other officials of Savannah begin to prosecute the men who are openly selling whiskey and beer the governor himself will take control of the situation and will use the State troops to raid the drinking joints. Savannah has treated the prohibition law with contempt from the very first. if - t POUR LARGEST BATTLESHIPS. Secretary Newberry Wants Congress to Authorize Dreadnoughts. Washington, Jan. 11.?If congress accepts Secretary Newberry's plan for the new navy this country will have the four largest battleships afloat. Each of them would be 4,000 tons larger than the biggest ship ever authorized for the American navy and they would cost from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 each. Mr. Newberry impressed the house naval committee with the necessity of an ammunition ship to accompany the fleet on a long voyage similar to that of the Atlantic fleet around the world. This vessel would require an appropriation of from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. Mr. Newberry did not express any willingness to have the appropriations made for the smaller vessels in preference to the four large battleships, but coupled a number of auxiliary vessels with each of the four battleships. House Committee Agrees. Washington, Jan. 11.?The house committee on naval affairs to-day agreed to the $29,000,000 increase in the navy program. This includes two battleships of 20,000 tons, five torpedo boat destro3Ters, three colliers, four submarines and one sub-surface boat. \ NEGRO DESPERADO CAPTURED. Man Accused of Seven Murders Caught in Alabama. Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 11.?In the arrest of Jim Poweil, a negro, local officers believe they have captured one of the most desperate criminals that have operated in Alabama. He is charged with seven distinct and separate murders and numerous highway robberies. When put through the sweating process this morning he confessed to killing two negroes in a crap game, one known as "Fat Boy" and the other "Bill" Sherman. Other murders with which he is charged are: Jim Crow, a negro grocer at Ensley; R. A. Cummings, a grocer at North Birmingham; Tony Alvoli, Italian peddler at Ensley; - - J ? * TnVna jonn ^ones, ageu ciuzeu ,ax <iuuud, Ala.; white farmer near Kelleyton, Ala. Why Was It. A party of Northerners was touring Virginia, some years ago, and as the crowded train . was crawling through Stafford county, near Fredericksburg, an old and wizened woman, with a basket bigger than herself, came aboard and edged with difficulty into the vacant place beside one of the men, says Harper's Weekly. After a while her seat mate decided that it could be no, harm to draw her out a little for the benefit of the rest of the party. "This is very poor land that you have around here, madam," he began. ^ "Mighty pore," she assefited humbly. j "I never did see such worthless soil." "No, suh," with an air of deep dejection. "Don't- you ever sow any crops at all?" he kept on. #ni A nAf llff Vi "1 ntJ (1I1U1C111 uaiuc UlU uui. 1U|> UV1 head. "Naw, suh," she drawled. "This hyer land around hyer was sowed 'bout three foot deep with Yankees, 'long 'bout forty years ago, and we ain't been able to raise nary crap since." Courtship in Ireland. An Irish boy marries when he has a rid house and an Irish girl just when she pleases. Sometimes she so pleases while yet her years are few; at other times she is content to wait upon wisdom. In the latter case, of course, she makes a wise choice, but in the former almost always a lucky one, for luck is the guardian angel of the Irish. "You're too young to marry yet*, Mary." the mother said when Mary pleaded that she should grant Laurence O'Mahony a particular boon. "if i*ah nniv havfi natience. moth er, I'll cure myself of that fault," was Mary's reply. "And she's never been used to work, Laurence," the mother said to the suitor discouragingly. "If you only have patience, ma'am," was Laurence's reply to this, "I'll cure her of that fault." And he did too.?Seumas MacManus in Lippincott's. Wants Tillman to Pay Postage on Typewriter. Washington, D. C., Jan. 8.?Senator Tillman is affording an illustration of the old adage "that troubles never come singly." In addition to the difficulty about the Oregon lands, Postmaster Barnes is trying to collect from him a bill of sixteen dollars for carrying through the mails a government typewriter which the senator had "franked" from his home in South Carolina to Washington. As the typewriter is government property Senator Tillman replied to Mr. Barnes by saying in effect that he could collect from its owner. Following is the full text of his letter: "I have your letter notifying me that the typewriter mailed at Trene ^ ""/'oi' TY-Iir franl? and fld UUI1, O. V-/., UUU^i Uij dressed to me here is held for postage. During my service in the senate, typewriters have been franked to and from Washington the same as public documents, and I was not aware of any new law or ruling on the subject. The typewriter belongs to the senate and not to me, and has been used in my public correspondence. I cannot understand why this demand is made on me for postage. Under the circumstances I decline to pay the sixteen dollars demanded, because it is not justly due. You may sell the typewriter, or deliver it to the sergeant at arms of the senate as you see fit. Had I known that it was not frankable I could have shipped it by express or freight. But in this case it would be one department of the government selling the property of another part of the government for the collection of postage on matter that has always been franked heretofore." - ^ iJMkeJ&Eki I m 111 ; H p ft^ J :'j 'I : *'< I >* :j -;... . < . > t? mprj'k if o Ipij .. f Wmml Ab: < i* ? > \ * . Xf MP * w 0 4 % i* copyright i?#->, to.-v. roica * ca | \ Who's Yonr Tailor? Te '{ I represent Ed. V. Price f<k Ca, of Chicago, the best In the business. If you don't bellve It, have JJ a suit made and you will 1 t: Not lie a Doubting Thomas ip ill ft gHK ftft ft ft 3.' ft ft ft* Imported Tl ^ wn TT d I extra nigr 1 GUARAf I "Total Phc i Free Linn ? WRITE FO 1 Pimm Quarterly Stateme For Three ACCOUNT Salary Account Miscellaneous Account Supplies Account Merchandise Account State Dispensary Commission S. Grabfelder & Co Consumers B. B. Establishment Wm. Lanahan & Son Strauss, Pritz & Co... Garrett & Co The I. Trager Co E. A. Saunders Sons & Co Mallard Distilling Co Meyer, Pitts & Co Rosskam, Gerstley & Company Jack Cranston Falls City Distilling Company Dispensers' Expense Account Estimated Ware House Profits N. H. Fire Insurance Company Furniture and Fixtures Cash Balance on Hand Profit and Loss Account Net Profits DISTRIBUT Bamberg Denmark Olar Ehrhardt Bamberg County ? School Fund Total State op South Carolina, 1* County of Bamberg. ) Personally appeared before me E. C. J Dispensary Board, who being each duly a is true and correct. Sworn to and subscribed before me Sermon by Child Preacher. New York, Jan. 11.?Michael Ruc-j' ci, a b.oy of twelve years, is perhaps Ii the youngest preacher in the city. j He delivered a sermon last night i in an East Side Roman Catholic church, taking for his text: "Behold, ] I bring you tidings of great joy." < The child composed .the entire ser- ' mon himself and was well received. i I [ j CI? qi il; il? ':! ?:l; tl? <1? Oi?!? I. J. BRAIN Successor to Armstrong-Johi Jt .Announces to his fi and the public genei /m Occupy the new stor Bamberg on or abo solutely No Old floods?T1 He will" carry a first-clas* Merchandise and cater to 1 trade. Also makes a sped furriishiners. Watch this s c? it will surely pay you. several hundred bushels xas Seed Oats at 80 Also a few genuine App market for Peas and Cornshuck?and all Country Pr >13 ;Ii Hi# II ARE OFFEItlNI (BASIC SLAG) * * , ' ' ' ' ' r i tirade at Inro 1TEED AN >5phoric Acid ... 2c e 35 to 5c i ' . . . ? R INFORMATION AND F * 1 * v' Guano Gor IMPORTERS - SOU! :nt of Bamberg Coi Months Ending Janqary TBIAL BALANCE LOSS ANI 1 792.711 :.... $ 792.71 " 332.56 332.56 2,595.14 $ 19.53 2,595.14 25,343.25 28,953.07 .02 1,663.85 516.51 1,358.72 1,464.18 142.00 . 179.75 / 742.50 377.29 455.00 650.88 1,537.75 139.00 924.00 1,114.81 1,114.81 4,744.24 917.18 572.38 11,403.92 '..... 511.68 511.68 8,507.76 $43.726.29 $43.726.29 $13,854.66 ION OF PROFITS FOURTH QUARTEj t 3AYS, J. A. WALKER, and G. B. CLAY' -J ~~,nrr oTxrnrn Hptvy<jps snH savs tl .ilU scvcianji ?^ _ this 9th day of January, 1909. On the plantation the dairy hands were accustomed to do the milking, 3quatting down in a primitive fash- , [on until the owner introduced milking stools along with other modern 0 improvements, says Uncle Remus' t Magazine. The boy who first sallied <; forth with the stool returned bruised md battered and with an empty pail. 'I done my best, sah," he exclaimed. 11 'Dat stool looked all right to me, a but the blamed cow won't sit on it. f .... ^ . /'. . i. * ?. i . ; ' ; ^ W"' ^ ; " ^ * Mi / " -V, ' rf?:l; : il- tl- it- d-?1i iXitl-ilfgi tl? 1AM, JR. | j ? ison-Brabham Co. t f . mm ' I iends, customers, :* ,VJ rally that he will | j ; | e next G. Frank 2} M ut January 10th. J ;|| ie Fire Saw To That jj '|j s line of General 4 i * "Vto pivHi't rt. lion 4 4 WAiV VX VVilV VA AAVAA alty of men's fine J| ;|j| Have on hand ' ' g' Cents the Bushel a * a ler Oats. In the ; ms|p -shelled or in the jjj V l ntePuM est Prices I 1ALYSIS I ) per cent * * i per cent Eg RICES TO S poratiojfS rH CAPOLINA n unty Dispensaries 1st, 1QOQ 'V jgz-iW . i5SS' > OAIK ASSETS AND LIABILITIES ' ?. \ J ; < $ 19.53 13,835.13 $10,225.31 .......... *... $ .02 ; 1,068,85' 516.51 V 1,358.72 *y&*t ;?r2*J5 * -iiY Th ::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::: fwsp ::::::::::::::: S3 ' v 660.88 . 924.00 ::::::::::::::: ""iwSi . 917.84 572.38 .. U,408.92 4 'ZZZZ'.} """I" s'M'M M0. ??? ?? ' - J $13,854.66 $23,119.45 $23,119.45 R, 1908. <'^04 .$l,580;7*V3#3f 905.20 > : 321.75 59&W 3,403.00 K ? 1,701.00 4 38,507^70 :f%& ' 391 rON, members of the Bamberg County jr lat the foregoing quarterly statement V E. L. PRICE. [L. S.1 . V : Notary Public for 5. C. ??n???tCapt. Minus Retires. Clemson College, Jan. 11.?-Capt-J| '. C. Minus has sent to the chairman ' ^ if the board of trustees his resigns* | > ion as commandant of the cadets at /lemson College. He has not yet : sked the war department to relieve^ ds as professor of military science ,nd tactics, but expects to do so to n ew days. - --- _