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* VOL. IV. NO. 43. CAMDEN, S. C., THURSDAY, NO VEMBER 21, 1907. I ? | jTi i*| n Sl.SOPer Yea r CONFERENCECALLED President Invites Governors to Meet With Him MUST CONSERVE RCSOURCES The Subject Tot Consideration is the Question ?1 Means to Conserve the Country's Natural Resources ? We Are Prosperous Now, the Chief Executive Declares, But it is Time to Halt and Take a Reckoning. "N iuhington. Special. ? President Boose volt has invited the GoveYnors of the States and Territories to meet him at the White House' May l.'lth, 14tli and ir>ih next, to discuss the 'question of means to conserve the natural rc-nunos <?f the country. Invitations arc to be extended to the members of hu;h houses of Con gress and to the inland waterways, commission. The importance and manner in which the suhjcct is to ho considered are indicated in the Presidents letter to the Governors, which was made public at the White House. The. letter follows: ''The natural resources of the territory of ti e United States were, at the time of settlement, richer, more varied and more available than those of any other equal area on the surface ot t ho earth. The develop* meiil ol tlu.-c resources lias given us for more than a century a rate ol. increase in population .and wealth undrc:imc<! ?t by the men who ionnded our government and without parallel i*i history. It is obvious that the prosperity which we now enjoy rests directly upon these re sources. Jt ii equal iv obvious that the vigor and success which we de sire and foresee for this nation in the future must have this as its ultimate material basis. ^ - ''In view of those evident fact*, it socujs to me time for the country to take aci-ouut of its natural rc sources. and to inquire how long they are likely to last. Wo are prosperous now; we should not for get thai it will bo just as im portant to our descendants to be prosperous in their time as it is to us to be propcrous in our time. "Recently I expressed the oppinion that there is no other question now before the nntion of equal gravity with the question of the conservation of our natural resources; and I added that, il is the plain duty of those of us who. for the moment, arc responsible to make inventory of the natural re sources which have been handed down to us; to forecast as well as we may the needs of the future, and so to handle the great sources of our pros perity as not to destroy in advance all hope of the prosperity of our des cendants. "It is evident that, the abundant natural resources in which the wel fare of this nation rests are be coming depleted, and in not a few cases are already c hausted. This is true of all portions of the United States; it is especially true of the east. The gravity of the situation , must. T believe, appeal with special force to the Governors of tho States because of their close relations to Vhe people and their responsibility tor the welfare of their communities. I have therefore decided, in ac" eonlauce with the suggestion ' of the inland waterways commission, to askN the Governors of the States . and Territories to meet , at. the White House 4)ii May 13th, 14th and 15th to confer with tho President r;ml with each other upon the conserva tion of natural resourcos. "Il gives me great pleasure to in vile you to take part in this con ference. I should bo glad to have you select three citizens to ac company you and to attend the con ference as your assistants or art visors. I shall also invite the Sena tors and Representatives of the Sixtieth ( 'onyxes* to ho present al the sessions so far as their ?'/'Ik's will permit. " I he matters to be considered al this con ferer.ee are not confined to any region or group of Stales, but i are of vital concern to the nation ins a whole and to nil the people. ^ ?The?e subjects include the use and oniiscn alien of the mineral re sources. l!:o resources of the land and the resources of the waters in k every part of our territory. "In order to opvn discussion 1 shall invito a few recognized ail t horiet ies I ? ? prevent brief descrip tion-. of actual laets and conditions without argument, leaving I he confer ence to deal with each topic as it j may elect. The inembeis of the in land waterways commission will be ! ^present in order l< share with mo the brneiU of information and siigges- 1 tiou, and i ,* desired, to set fort hi their provisional plans and con clusions. J "1 lets, ui'io.i I itninil ir;un<?y. fi?U?? UtO to C I 111 I lilt' ?'OU norvnlion of ntir Di>tuvnl tesourre* i tlie most \vf isrlity <|ues(io;i now 1)0 fore 'ho people of (lie I'nited Klut'.'s If this is no, the proposed eouforeneo. which is flic Ills', of its kind, will be ftmonar the ior?st iniporlnnt Tflllier inps i?i our history in its e fleet- upon I ho welfutp of nil our people. "I earnestly hope, tnv denr fSov ernor. tb.it you will find il piM.-iblf to bo present. "Sineerelv yours, "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." OUR FORTY-SIXTH STATE New Star Added to American Flag by Admission of Oklahoma. "Wshington, Spccial. ? A new star was added to the American flag Sat urday by the admission formally into the Union of the State of Oklahoma. President Roosevelt at 10:10 o'clock Saturday morning signed the procla mation admitting the territories of Oklahoma and Indian Territory joint ly as one of the American States. Little formality attended the cere mony which meant so much to the people of the two territories. In ap pending his signature to the procla mation* the President used a pen formed from a, quill plucked from (lie wing of an American eagle. Thu pen will he depositel with the OH? lioma Historical Society. Admission Marked by Jubiliation. Guthrie, Okla., Spccial. ? The ad mission of Oklahoma to satchood was marked by jubilation throughout the two territories by the installation :>f Governor Charles N. Ilaskell and by a parade and barbecue in Guthrie. Will Issue Panama Bonds. Washington, Special. ? Secretary t"\>rtelvoirhas made the important an nouncement that, as a means of af fording relief to the financial situa tion, the Treasury would issue $~?0, :H)0,000 of Panama bonds and $100, 000.000 certificates of indebtedness, m* so much thereof as may bo neces sary. Tlie certificates will run for one year and bear 3 per cent interest. The Secretary's action in coming to the relief of the finaucial situation meets with President Kooscvclt 's hearty approval, and the plan is the outcome of the several White House conferences which have been held within the past few days when the dnan?isl situation was (under consid eration. Secretary Cortelyou says that the Panama bonds will afford most substatial relief, as the law pro vides that they may be used as a basis for additional national bank cir culation. He also states that the pro ceeds from the sale of certificates can be made directly available at jioints where the need is most urgent, and especially for the movement of the crops which, he says, "if properly ac celerated will give the greatest rolief and result in the most immediate fin ancial returns." The Secretary calls attention to t lie attractiveness of the bonds and certificates as absolutely safe investments. Fire at Norfolk. Norfolk, Speeial. ? An estimated damage of $85,000, practically all in sured. is the result of a fire which gutted the two upper stories of the live-storv building occupied by the Willis Smith Crallo Company, furni ture dealers here, and by the immense amount of water thrown into the structure. A genreal alarm brought all the lire fighting force of the city to action and !lie fire was confined to the upper stories. The building faces 200 feet or. Main and ,'{00 feet an Church street and was formerly t lie old Purcell House, one of the early hotels of Norfolk, Football Team on Strike. Del a nd, Fin., Special.-? The Stet?. son University football team, recog nized throughout the South as one of the strongest elevens on the gridiron has sh'uek beeansee President Lin coln Hullcv has refused to permit "Speck" Campbell, Stetson's quar terback, to plav. President Hnlley refused to give any reason for his actions, and members of the team de cline to play, claimintr they have no other man to take Campbell's place. All scheduled games have been can cel ed. Ta?gart. Calls Meeting of Committee. French Lick, Ind., Special. ? Chair man Thomas Taggart. of the Dcmn eratic national committee, announced that he had issued a call for a mect ii : of (lie members of t lie committee at French Lick' November 22d. The (iine and place for the next Demo cratic national convention will he d'n cMsscd among oilier subjects hut no final action will lie taken. The time find plpce for another meeting of the committee to decide a? to t lie national convention will lie fixed. Revolt of Chirene Troops. T.nmlnn. By Cflh!e.--ln a dispatch from Tokio the eorrospondor.t of The Times snvx I tint the rovoll of a com ' # / panv of Chinese troops in Formosa resulted iu the murder of <;:? Japan ese iM)Iicomon nncl civilianos. Tho in cident has eiiuPcd uneasiness in Tokio, lite correspondent dcclarnt, a* the I loyalty of lli? Chinese mercenaries had heretofore bwn tinquestinned. Gcorjria Farmer Kills a Tenant, lla/.elhurst, (in., Spocial.-? A. O. Strickland. farmer, i* under arrest for killing .Tolin Cole, a tenant, and shorrfincr fold's brother. John Colo asked fstiickland for a settlement wlirn Strickland readied fur hi- T i ? ? f - jjtiu and with tiro wordn, "I will jnvo you n settlement" discharged if into Colo's brcaat. Strickland al*o sliot a brother of Cole, but not seriou<dj*. BRYAN A CANDIDATE Willing to Accep Democratic Nomination For President THINKS CHANCES TO WIN GOOD Mr. Bryan Oft-Repeated Question by Saying That He Will Accept Dem ocratic Nomination in 1908 ? Does Not Seek Nomination and Will Not Assume to Dccide Question of Availability. Lincoln, Neb., Special. ? William J. Bryan will accept the Democratic nomination for President in 1903, but he will neither ask nor make a light for it. Lie says that for a year or more lie has been pressed to answer (he ? question "Will you accept the nomination T " ami he believes the public is entitled to an answer and to know the position he occupies. The question that ought 10 weigh most, he says, is whether his nomination will litrengthcu the Democratic party more than the nomination of some one else. Not only will he not seek or ask for the nomination, but he will not assume to deride the question of availability, and if the prize falls to another he will neither be disappoint ed or disgruntled. At the same time, he denies that lie has waited this long in a desire to see wnom the Repub licans are likely to nominate, or to ascertain the chances of victory. Sir. Iiryan says: "Now that the election of 1907 is past and plans arc being made for next year's campaign, Mr. Bryan leels^ that a statement is due to the public. Those who prefer another candidate are entitled to know his position and tho^e who favor his nom ination have a right to demand an answer to the question so often put 'Will you accept a noininaatiou ?' his relusal to answer the q\estion has led to the circulation of many false reports and unfriendly newspapers have taken advantage of his silence to misrepresent his attitude. Will Not Seek Nomination. ''Mr. Bryan will not ask for or seek a nomination and he will not as sume to decide the question of his availability. He has been so ampiv recompensed by his party for what lie has done and for what he has en deavored to do that he cannot claim a nomination as a reward; neither should his ambition be considered for he has had honors enough from his party to satisfy any reasonable am bition. The only question that ought to weigh with the party is whether the party can bo strengthened and aided more by his nomination than by the nomination of some one else. It b? can serve the party by being its candidate, he will accept the commis sion and make the best light he can. If, however, the choice falls upon another, he will not bo disappointed or disgruntled. His availability is a question to be decided not by him, nor by a few leaders, not even by the leading newspapers that call them selves Democratic, but by the voters of the parly and to them, he entrusts the decision of the question? they are the Supreme Court in all matters concerning candidates, as they arc in nil matters concerning the platform. Party Must Depend Upon Its Merits "He assumes that they will not select him unless they desire to make an aggressive fight for the applica tion of Democratic principles to pre sent conditions, and he also takes it for granted that the organization of the party will be in harmony with the platform, and will be composed of men who sec political records and will invite confidence and give nssur auce thai a victory, if won, will not be a barren victory. I he Republicans must nominaJc cither a reformer, n stand palter 01 one whose position on public ques tions is unknown, and the course of I he Democratic party should he (l>? same no matter which element eon. trols the Republican convention. The Democratic party musfmakn thp fight for what it believes. While it mnv take advantage of Republican mis takes, it must depend upon its own merits for success and not upon the error <>f its opponents. "The action of the Republican con tention may have its influence in the' determining of the relative nvnilabil- 1 it y of Democratic candidates, but it i ought not to have any influence in determining the quotion whether flic mm(* chosen by the Democrats should accept the nomination. If the rani: and file of the Democratic party de sire ifr. Bryan to make the race. Ik will make it no matter who may !>? ill" Republican nominee." Some Certiflcatos Retired. Ne'.v York, SpeeiaT.? It was loom ed tbat some of the Clearing IIoiim loan certificates issued during I In* re rent financial crisis bad been retired No definite information as to the amount could be obtained, but Clear incr House official* expressed bif;i satisfaction at Ibis conercte evidence of improvement in the general situa tion. MtNU THANKSGIVING SUGGESTIONS. | Appropriate Festoons of Corn and Pep pers For Walls. A unique and effective Idea for brightening and gnrnlshlug the room where a Thanksgiving feast was to be given was worked out by the stu dents of a kindergarten college in the West. The room was large ? Indeed, two rooms thrown into one ? with much wall space between the win dows. and admitted a broad treat ment. Long garlands were made by tying ripened ears of corn in the hm.k at intervals of their own length along a stout cord. These were made in sections, as being more convenient to put up. Between stretches of the ears of corn. which, of course, hung with every possible twist and angle, groups of large bell peppers were fastened in all stages of ripeness, from the deep, shining green tipped with red, to the rounded bell of scarlet. The husk was pulled back from the corn, so as to show the golden grain inside, and the contrast between this and the bright colors of the peppers was most artistic. The whole effect of the graceful festooning across the dark woodwork of tne doorways, the flluiy lace of the curtains and the background of green in the wall paper was full of the spirit of the day; a suggestion of the fields, of the harvest and the garnering. And then the table decorations kept the colors of autumn in the shin lug green of leaves and the flame of fresh gathered salvias and clusters of the red berries of the mountain ash. At each plate was a gnest. card, a souvenir of the redoubtable monarch I of the barnyard who had laid down his life for his countrymen. There he was, as the eye glanced from one card to another, pictured in every phase of his ail too short life, from the proud spread of the defiant strut to the folded wing of the sacrificial offering. When all was finished, from oys ters to ice cream, with the nuts and coffee came on the tall wax candles, fn their shining brass holders, it was with a heartiness which held a note of reverence that the circle rose and, with an unbroken chain of friendly grasp, sang "Should Anld Acquaint ance Be Forgot." The evening of a Thanksgiving gathering may, iu music and games, mark further the blending of gentle memories and present joy. The old Kngllsh ballad. "Drink to Me Only With Thiue liyeS," carries a strain of the oldtime love, the love (hat sought not a golden crown. "Believe Me, If All Those Kndearlng Younp (Charms," Is the song for the older life, when the fact may have lost It h freshness but the heart has proved stronger to cherish and the soul to bo ! true. The Feast of Pumpkin*. A pretty variation on tho regular " harvest home" festival was made last year hy the vouug people of a ebureh In one of our smaller cities. They called it "The Feast of Pump kins." ami thut useful and cheerful vegetable formed ? ho basis of the whole afTalr. The hall was decorated with two shades of yellow bunting ? the deep orange-vellow of the pump kin and the lighter jellow of the Hubbard squash. Where tho bunt ing was festooned It was cfeught up with bunches of corn. Tho husks were toru open or turned back, show ing the yellow grain on the cob. The waitresses were all dressed In yellow, with a convent lonallzed squash flower made of tissue paper in their hair Instead of a cap. At Intervals were; great "Jack-o'-lanterns" made of the pumpkins with electric lights inside instead of tho tradUlonal candle. The tables were ornamented with pump kins hollowed out so as to form groat bowls. These were filhfl with autumn leaves and flowers. The water for these decorations was put fn a bowl which was placed Inside the pumpkin. The menu Included (beside the regu lar harvest supper fare) such delica cies as baked puniiikln. pumpkin pud ding, pumpkin bread and pumpkin Ice! The 1ai;t. nnm.?d was i?. very yel low orange lee frozen In Individual pumpkin moulds. A' the table where were sold ?he fancy article and souvenirs of the occasion, there were pretty little pincushions made to Im itate pumpkins, and bonboanleres. which were china ".lack-o'-lantorns" Piled with yellow candles. ? Harper's Har.ar. we Rt<wtANT one ++#> rn* iaw wimm -m*** tvcv**** TI1C MARKETS Prevailing Prices of Collon, Grain and Produce General Cotton Market. Atlanta, steady 10 3-S Galveston, steady 10 7-d New Orleans, linn 10. ?-4 Mobile, steady 101-2 Savannah, quiet 10 7-10 Charleston, linn a . .10 3-3! Wilmington, steady .... T. .. 10 7-10 Norfolk, steady .... 10 3-4 Baltimore, nominal 11 New York, quiet 10.00 Boston, quiet 10.?)0 Philadelphia, steady 11.13 Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent the prices paid to wagons: Good middling 10 1-1 Strict middling..* 10 l-b Middling 10 Charlotte Produce. liens ? per head 35 Chickens ? spring 20@30 Ducks 25 Kggs 25 Butter ? 15(f?20 Rye SO Corn SS Cotton seed 24 Oats? feed (51 ? Baltimore Produce. Baltimore, Nov. IS. ? Flour easier; winter patents $4. SO to $4.05; patent $5.50 lo $5.75. Wheat, unsettled and lower; spot contract 07 1-4 to 07.'l-S; Southern on grade Oil 1-2 to OS. Corn steady; spot mixed (?t?!5-S So fit! 3-4 ; No. 2 white titi 5-S to titi .*5-4. i Oats steady. No. 2 mixed 52 to 521-2. Rye dull and lower; No. 2 Western domestic S7 to SO. Butter firm, unchanged; fancy imi tation 24 t <? 25* do creamery 27 to 2S; do ladle 22 to 2"t ; store packed IS to 20. Kggs steady, unchanged, 31 to 32c. Cheese firm, unchanged; large 101-8; fiats 1 (I 1 -S ; small KJ5-S. j Sugar unchanged; coarse graduat ed $5.10; fine $5.10. PAIRS IN PEARS, " Pop!" "Yes. my son." "It was natural that there should be two worms in the Ark." "Why. niy boy?" "Because worms nearly always come In pears." ? Yonkers Statesman. XEWSV GLEANTXGS. The Statue o* Liberty, in New Tnrk City Harbor, is tweuty-oiM years old. Lord Mi. no expressed the thanks of King Ei!"-^rd VII. to* the troops fer their loyalty. The Legislative Council oT India has adopted a bill for tlie prevention of public seditious meetings. France has ordered the withdrawal of four cruisers and nine torpedo boats from the Moroccan coast. ! Sixty business concerns in Pitts burg. Pa., paid $100 each to an al leged labor organization to prevent strikes. The Legislative Conncil at Simla passed a bill empowering provincial authorities to prohibit seditious na tive meetings. Harry Levej took a 1 A .".-year leasi' of a Long Acre Square corner. New 1 York City, agreeing to pay a total of % 1 2.000.000 rem. The '.lack Hundreds ai Odessa. Russia, have renewed attacks on th?* Jews; a mutiny of sappers at Vladi vostok /as quelled. Merchants in Kansas City closed their siores. following wholesale ar rests for previous violations of the State Sunday closing law. Captain C. P. Johnson. 1T. S. A . after a visit to the discontented 1'tes. criticised as harsh the treatment of them by Indian Agvnt Downs. Herr Harden. editor of Die Zukunft. was acquitted in the suit brought fn Berlin against him by General Count Kuno von Moltke. The Treasury oflicials took steps to increase the money in circulation l>y the coinage of bullion and an in creased issue ??f national bank notes. Indianapolis gas interests were taken over by a company organized by popular subscription, which will reduce the price from ninciy '-J sixty ? cents. I Roosevelt Addresses Negroes. Washington. S|>ecial - ? IVo.-ideul Roosevelt. Secretary (iarlield am Comissioncr of Education Brown de livered addresses at Howard I'uiver sity in this city, in connection will: the fortieth anniversary of Hie found ing of tluit institution and tlx* instal lation of the new president, the Rev Wilbur Patterson Thirkield. Ilowatc University is mainly devoted to the education of negro yonii.s. HIS CHOICE!. "Why don't you try to get some thing to do?" "Mister," answered Meandering Mike. "I can't tind nothin' suited to me." "What's your choice of occupation?"' "I want to he a wine agent." ? Washington Star. I i' ri-.ot* i.ic. Senator Gore. who romps from tb J now State of Oklahoma, is Mind. Secretary Tail decided to rot urn to t fce United States by way of Kurope. fx>rd Avebury. of Rngland. say*? ? he t'nilfd States needs a central bar/k M Loul/ot. formerly President of France, lias unnounct'd Ins predilec tion tor a quiet life The Rev. Ifewell D. llilli.-* is one of the many American pastors who have .arranged for appointments in Eng land next summer. The Jiev. Charles M. Sheldon, of Topekn. Kan., reached New fork re cently on the steamer St. Louis, after a tour months' tour of Great Britain. Professors William li Scholicld, of Harvard University, and Arthur T. Hadley. of Yale C'niversiiy. have be gnn their lectures at th? University of Berlin. Grover Cleveland visited Now Vork for the tlrst lime since hu< recent ill ness. lie transacted some privato business ami returned ;??. once tr? Princeton. Frank .lames, once the most noted Bandit in the United States, has bought a farm in West era Kansas, and proposes to spend the remainder oC his life in farming Some alarm for his health was caused in Merlin by the .vnnounce nient that the Kmperor would remain a t'orttiighi in the Isle of Wight dur ing his visit m Kngland. The th.'ce living "war Governors'* of the United States are Frederick Mollirook. of Vermont - Samuel J. Crawford, of Kansas, and William Spraguc, of Rhode Island Dr. Robert Spouse Watsoir. presi dent of the British Peace Soeiety, and single arbitrator of more than a hun dred British labot disputes, has been made by King Edward a privy coun cillor. Dmnont's New Machine a Failure. I'aris. I ? v < "able. i"?atito< fbuuont made an ttuMicesslul allcmpt to win rhe A rcltileacon prize <>l $10. f)Ot) lot" rfie lir>l aeroplane I ? ? eoniplciv a eir ett liar milometer in l lie air. Tf" m:nla use ol" hi- new luiftotily -slia|>od ma cliiue. lie sitt,c(,cilc,il only in making sevela .-Itorl Might*, ami ii v\.i< plain tlial the motor wais not powerful enough to drive the aeroplane. THE NKW SOCIKTY AII.51BXT. "That man Briscoiu Is the most un lucky chap I ever knew, lie's been in the doctor's hands no end of tnues. flo must have had pretty nearly every thing that Is in the books." "What's he got n&w?" "I understand*- he's threatened with an affinity." ? Cleveland Plain Dealer. ! 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