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BRYAN'S VIEWS About the Charges of Roosevelt * Against Senator Tillman. THE GNAT AND CAMEL The (?reat Commoner Says the Sennti.v llnu Viv? ?"i iniinivu ;n .-in, ami That Roosevelt Tried to Ituin llim Hotuusc lie Has Dared to Criticise Some of His Arts. Washington, Jan. 25.?The reputa&on of William J. Bryan for hones.. fidelity to convictions prevents anyone, even of his bitterest political foes, front believing for a moment that lie would defend a dishonest public man or an act which is inimical to the public welfare. The following comment in the Commoner, Mr. Bryan's paper, concerning the recent eollission between Senator Tillman and the president are of more than ordinary interest. The Commoner says: vThe president's attack on Senator Tiv tati forcibly recalls the graphic language employed by the Nazarene, recorded in Matthew 23:2-1: "Ye blind guides which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel," this little verse is wedged in between two verses, both of which begin, "Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites." Of what is Senator Tillman guilty? The president charges that Mr. Tillman denied that he had "undertaken" to purchase any land connected wnn tne tract which lie was endeavoring to have restored to the public. The correspondence shows that Mr. Tillman had expressed a desire to have some land reserved for itiinself and members of his family. Mr. Tillman declares and there is nothing to dispute it. that while he had contemplated the purchase of land, he had not completed tlie transaction and that he finally decided not to do so. It might have been better if, instead of UHing the word "undertaken," he had gone into detail and told the senators what correspondence he had had. But in view of the fact that the purchase of the land, and even if it had been made, would not have been a violation of the law, and considering the further fact that nothing Mr. Tillman %could have said would have affected the subject un der discussion, it is not fair to condemn him. lie declared in his statement before the senate that he had told the attorney general that he had considered the purchase of some of the land. The attorney general does not remember the conversation exactly as Senator Tillman does, but even the attorney general's statement, as it stands, is sufficient to corroborate tlie testimony of Senator Tillman. We may reach the time when public sentiment will condemn participation by any legislator in the deciding of any matter in which he has the slightest pecuniary interest, but that is not the law today, neither is it public opinion. A large number of the senators and members of congross are interested in national banks as stockholders, directors or officials and yet no question is raised about their speaking and voting upon measures affecting the national bank. Senator Piatt, of New York, is interested in express companies, and yet he takJfi. an active part in the consideratiAft and decision of questions affecting postal rate which come into competition with express rates. Many of the senators and members are interested in railway companies, and yet they take an active part in the consideration of rate legislation and railroad regulation. Many of the senators and members are interested in manufacturing enterprises, and yet they speak and vote upon the tariff laws which directly affect their business. Senators and members are interested in corporations known as trusts, and.^'et they take part in the considerate i of measures affecting the trusts. Judges often hold stock In railroads which have cases before them. Why this singling out of Senator Tillman for anathema? If no one could cast a stone unless he himeslf was free from sin, Senator Tillman would have few accusers In either hody. Senator Tillman was endeavoring to recover for the public a largo tract of territory which a railroad company was, in his opinion, unlawfully holding. It would have been better, as it now appears, if ho had * never thought of purchasing, for the president's criticism will go farther than Senator Tillman's defense can reach, and Jt}ie senator will he condemned by\ any who will forever remain ignorant of facts. But is the senator's usefulness ended because of this? He immediately called attention of the misuse of his name in this connection and protested against the attempt of speculators to use him to practice a fraud upon the public. Measured by the rules that are HIGHWAY ROBBERY ANI) MUKDKK COMMITTED I1Y RUSSIANS NKAH LONDON. The During Robbers Injured Twenty , I of Their Pursuers and One of Them Killed Himself. London, Jan. 26.?Three persona were killed and twenty-one injured at Walt hamstown, a suburb of London, as the result of a sensational attempt made Saturday by two Russians at highway robbery. The men were run down and surrounded by a posse, and one of them finally committed suicide. The other attempted suicide but did not succeed although he is now lying in a critical condition at Tottenham hospital. Two of their victims, a policeman and a boy of ten, lie dead, while five of the injured are in a hospital seriously wounded. London is breathless at the sensational .introduction into its precincts of Russian revolutionary methods. One of the revolvers used by the mod was found to be the same type as that used by Russia revolutionists, having a large butt with rest, a long, narrow muzzle, and tiring bullets of the soft nosed, expanding mauser pattern. The bandits held up an automobile containing the employes' wagon at the entrance to the Rubber Works, at Walt hamstow n, and made off with the money. 'I hey were followed by a few employes and a gradually increasing crowd of police and civilions, few of whom were armed. The police jumped aboard a trolley car, and the bandits finding themselves closely pursued, jumped aboard another car and forced the driver, with a revolver at his head, to send his car along at full speed. One of the men ran to the rear of tiie car and repeatedly emptied his revolver at the pursuers. Re-inforceinents of armed police on foot, bicycles and on horse back, joined in the chase and fussilades were exchanged for a distance of a mile. The car went thundering down the track with the mounted bicycle police straining every effort to keep uu with the pacemakers. Nearing the Tatenham marshes the bandits made the motorman slow down and jumped off, seized a milk cart and made for the country district. An automobile was pressed into service by the police and it was rapidly overhauling the assassins when they took to the marshes. The pursuit through this troachous ground was a difficult one, but eventually the police succeeded in the overtaking one of the men who finding his position hopeless, turned niH weapon upon hlmsclt mulcting a dangerous though not a fatal wound. The other man, failing to reaeh Eping forest, took refuge in a cottage, which the police, now re-inforced hy huckshoters who were in the vicinity, first fnsiladed and then stormed. They found the assassin dead on the floor, he having sent a bullet into his own head. applied to other senators and members of congress, he has not sinned at .all; measured by the most exact- i ing rules, his offense can not be con- I sidored a grave one. Why should the public forget his long career of honesty and fair dealing? A man charged with a crime is entitled to the bene fit of his record, not only to mitigate his punishment, hut to explain any transaction that is eapa iiit.- ui i \\ o nnihi i iiv*iM/iio. nriuuui Tillman has boon in public life for many years and his name has stood as a synonym for integrity. No matter how men may have differed from him i\i opinion, they have conceded to him honesty of pur- j pose and fearless in his attacks upon wrongdoing. Is it possible that, a man with such a career can be seriously damaged by such an indictment tis the president brings against him? If Senator Tillman was a university president or tin expert in the use of language there might be more reason to question his good faith when he used the word "undertaken," but those who have in the past found fault with him because he lacked college polish ought not to judge him too technically in the selection of words. Hut what shall we say of the president? Is he entirely disinterested in picking out Mr. Tillman for denunciation? It is a matter of copimon knowledge that Mr. Tillman is the only senator from whom the president ha? withdrawn an jnvitatlon to the White House and it is also known that Mr. Tillman has used emphatic language in criticising certain acts of the president. One must give these facts weight in considering why the president has attempted to destroy Mr. Tillman's standing among his associates. These may have made the president forget that Senator Tillman championed the rate bill when Republican leaders fought it. They say that the Queen of Italy should be voted one of tho Carnegie hero medals. KILLED IIV ALCOHOL. Four Soldiers Drunk Liquid and Two Are Dead. Wilmington, Del., Jan. 25.?Two soldiers are dead at Fort Dupont, near Delaware City, and two others will probably die from drinking a pint of denatured alcohol. The names of the dead soldiers are Albert 10. Grab a m and Martin Harry. The post-oiurtum in each case clearly determined the cause of death. It was believed until tonight that Freeman and Albright, who also took some of the alcohol, would recover, but they have become delirious. 111111,1 Ol-V/IIUU lilt? [HIIJSUII , will I'II Mill men drank, from Post Machinist Peacock on the pretext that he wished to use it to thin shellac. Most cough cures are constipating because they contain opiates, and you should be careful to take something that does not tend to constipate. You should take Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup. It not only allays inflammation and irritation of throat and lungs, but it drives out the cold from the system by a free yet gentle action of the bowels. Children like the pleasant taste that is so nearly like maple sugar. Sold by all druggists. KICK Kit TII.W KLONPYKK Probably Is the New Con ml Alaskan ( old Field. Taeoma, Wash., .Ian. 2S.?Alaska is excited over the discovery in the Tcnuna valley of an immense ledge of gold bearing quartz. It has been located ior HUM'S. It cuts ill" head quarters of the most important gold producing creeks in ill" Tanana district. which produced more than $10,000,0(10 last year under ditliculties. Hankers and oilier business men believe that the discovery exceeds the richest of th" Klondike, Nome and other claims. Nearly every man in the Tanana district litis taken to seeking quartz. If you need a pill take DeWitt's Little lOarly Risers. Insist on them; gentle, easy, pleasant, little liver pills. Sold by all druggists. Indigestion or dyspepsia is inability of the stomach?weak digestive juices?to digest what you eat. Kodol is a combination of all the natural digestive juices found in an ordinary healthful stomach, and it will digest your food in a natural way. Pleasant to take. Sold by all druggists. Jumped Into the Ocean. Norfolk, Jan. 2 8.?James T. Schuer, 26 years old, unmarried, a member of the wholesale dry goods house of Aslel & Company, Walker street, New York, left his room aboard the steamer Princess Anne, on the Old Dominion line, while that vessel was on her way here from New York and leaped over the rail into the sea. There is not any better Salve than DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve. We hereby warn the public 1 Hint we are not responsible for any i injurious effects caused from worth-, less or poisonous imitations of our DeW'itt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve, the original. It is good for; anything when a salve is needed, but it is especially good for piles. Sold by all druggists. Severe Kurtli Shocks. Monteleono, Jan. 2a.?The earth shocks hero average a dozen daily and apparently they are increasing in number and intensity. 'i lUKKfixasfi* 'laasBnxswmmnnaaa H&TK f-PV(STABUS; 1 x00^^ ? llA5Kli0' I FlNf ffy3 1 I. El ? PI imb? M The alx>ve is our shipping H bent and quickest shipping iacihiie 1 HATKE'S VIRGINIA MOUN1 IS PRIVATE STOCK CO ?N-'T 2 HOLLAND GIN-Best Gin sol M APPLE BRAN DY?This years 1 PEACH BRANDY-Made es. | "ADD 1 H We prepay express Charges |H I H00-S0*i-?04-?00 K. Works Like a Charm. "Laying on hands" for complaints, especially In children, is now taking the place of Christian science. A mother cured her hoy of the cigarette habit with one dose. She laid her right hand on one substantia! slipper, and then laid the slipper where it would do the most good. It effected a cure and a relapse is not looked for. Suppose you try it. Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indigestion is a combination of the natural digestive juices with necessary acids, and it actually digests the food you eat?no matter what kind of food it may be. It does the ordinary work 111 i in- sioinacn, so mat by taking a litlk? Kodol every now and then you cannot possibly have indigestion or any form of stomach trouble. Sold by all druggists. Many lltiildings I'nronfcd. Little. Hock. Ark.. Jan. 29.? Kx ceptionally high winds passed over Arkansas today, reaching a velocity at times of f?l? miles an hour. .Many buildings in the city were unroofed. A delivery wagon was blown off the bridge over the Arkansas river. * This is just the time of year when you are most likely to have kidney or bladder trouble, with rheumatism and rheumatic pains caused by weak kidneys. Delays are dangerous, (let I)eWitt's Kidney and Itladder IMIIs. and be sure you g?'t \\ hat you ask for. They are the best pills made for back ache, weak back, uriuar\ disorders, etc. They are antiseptic and act promptly. We sell and recommend them, lor stile by all druggists. Shucks in Turkey. Smyrna. Turkey, Jan. 19.?Sharp I earthquake shocks were experienced here this morning. No local damago was done. Reports received here from 1'hocaea, twenty-live miles to the northwest, say that a number of houses fell and that three persons were killed. Buildings were damaged in other towns. Blest is the man whose wish anil care is just to lie happy anywhere. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. W. E. McCOHD, URGKOX DENTIST. CONWAY, a. o. Orer Rank of Horry A. H. BURROUGHS Physician and Surgeon. CONWAY, 8. O. B. WOFFORD WAIT. Attorney at Law. CONWAY, S. C. Ofllca In Spivey Building. H. II. WOODWARD Attorney and Councelor At Lav CONWAY, S. O. C. E. ST. AM AND, Attorney at Law Conxvay, S. C. It. It. SCARBKOUGH CONWAY, S. O. Attorney at Law. Eaco-ff]? ge^l86^j r ft I S T 1 L L E 1^ 3 A ND SH I HBBB. BBBH B rj m O JHU feU feU g? fey. house where we have been doing busineRi a. All orders are sent out same day rec *AIN RYE?A whiskey we heve beer la mild end mellow, try it once, * d at this low prioe ... i crop, but it is PURE BRANDY pecially for us in Maryland. O CENTS EXTRA PER GALLON FOR AN? 24 Pints or 40 Half-Rlnta of Any At at these prices and guarantee sale deliver} Send Money Order or Kegi A. IIATKM ** OAKY ST., HOX ! 1 /I bsoluUly giv w Pure jfiijr *"e chief ingre Kj iy the active principle and healthfuiness, to [ROYAL BAKIMft |% POWDER j ^/Ibsolutcly j ^&Jnsures wholesome | ^^cious food for cv | in every he E No Phoaphatca fcWAlum BANK OF I Conway. f i CAPITAL STOCK 1 SLIO'LI S LIABILITY OK STOCK HOLDLBK I s: i.'< i' i) i i '''a i .i i.... i . unn. iu i i IV' l ' i, I v ' "> I I * I K iN DlklX'IOl Robert It. Scarborou^l , H. L. Buck, George .1. I loliday, We continue to j un f> per cent intern t on } it youraccount ROBERT B. 8CARHOROI (ill, 11 L. RU< RRHSIUKNT. VICE I BANK OF C OON WA V CAriTAIi STOCK TOTAL A8SKTH IHIIKCTOKS D. T. McNeill, J. A. McDoinniott It. (i. C/ollinH, M. W. Collins, A "Savlngc Rank has recently beenorRanls stitution. Inquire for terms and rates in t We wish to thank the public for their 11 and cordially solicit their future business. D. A. SPIVEY, V. P. K| ALL SET UP HEADY TO HUN. ij Please send me Illustrated Catalog No. LyR? & FAIRBANKS, MORSE &. C mmtm The men who try to hide their In light arc few, while those who seek Mmiri to shine in the light of others are Sel many. (l(.r a This eountry has 1,'iS cities with garde a population of over 110,000 each, ehara LOCATED INTHE r\ i w n nu IJ mm pffQMpy gff * for moro than forty years. Being next to tne cj cived. Wo make Iobbck and breakage good 1 Gt\ 2 Gi i soiling for forty yosrs - S2 60 S4.C then always .... 2.50 4.1 2.60 4.e 2.50 4.f 2.50 4.? ' OF THE ABOVE BRANDS IN PULL QUARTS." rove Brands In Plain Cases $7.50. ? 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I'.. vi r* i i licul, horizontal o. i'i/rtaijlo. i O., Oh'cago, W. ?.w "? 1 - -" "*** ? \rrr-u point of geographical elevation <1 is the highest city of 10urope, t' content in only coinage un iiuiinT itirm, 11 may also bo roil as the primary essence of cter. HEART Or-) ND, VA.| SfFfT I \N L X PF< I fPMENTS* I cprese office pives dm the H it*. 3 Bate. 4% Gate. I SO $6.50 $9.00 SO 6.60 9.00 SO 6.50 9.00 SO 6.60 9.00 SO 6.60 9.00 only a few brands. H r iimond, va. h