Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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| |i | BayiMn^^^nri, in |. WILL NOT AGREE be Rcpoblicaos in Iowa Are Divided lata Hostile Camps AND HATE EACH OTHER This War lletweeu the Insurgent and A*tiuuli>ut IteiMihiienns Gives the j Democrats a (j?H>d Chance of Making (joins of Congressmen in IIm* State at licast. iZach McGhee is writing some very 'interesting letters to Tlie State of the political conditions out West. In his letter from Sioux City, Iowa, Mr. McGhee says: The old Democratic party is a convenient thing to have close at hand, Is the way both factions of the wide 1 y -split Republican party look at it. in all of these Middle Western J tales .. there is a good sprinkling of Democrats, not enough to get anywhere very much, and for this reason amenable to various kinds of overtures from Republicans of this persuasion or that. In large numbers the Democrats go into the Republican primaries and help choose the candidates. Then they try to beat the men they've voted for, but generally fail. The Republican candidates naturally make appeals to Democrats in one way or another, and this whole condition of affairs has been steadily annihilating the bitterness between the aptreies. Especially has the old-time party antagonism been dissipated by the grow in.? bitterness between the two factions of the Republican party. But the Democrats are used by the Republicans in another way. Nearly every old Hue, or regular, or standpat Republican out here who has studied or is supposed to have studied the congressioual campaign will teay, and seems rather to enjoy saying, that the Democrats will most likely have the house of representatives in the next congress. My observation in politics has taught ire that among politicians nearly a.ways the wish is father to the thought. The old line Republicans enjcy the contemplation of a Demo^a .11 Victory in November because the) think the defeat of the Republican party would in large measure vindicate their positiou. Having 110 higa er conception of politics, or states- I manship, or whatever else you e?llj it, than the preservation of their party's hold on the government and rule by those men who call themselves Republicans, they want to ' -teach the leaders of the insurg^nc Aaovement a lesson. "If we had been able to have our way," they wili say, "the Republican party would have remained in complete possession of the government. Now see what you have done; you have given over the government to the enemies of the party." Observe always that with the general run of old-line Republicans the j party is everything; the country, nothing. Of course, giving them credit for patriotism, for the rank and file of real Republicans, even of the old school, must he credited with their share of patriotism, the theory of -the Republican party is that what is good for the country, and the continued success of the (i. O. I*. Is. necessary for the welfare of the country. Ret us assume, then, out of charity, that the reason they do not say much about the good of the country and so much about the good of the party is that everybody knows that they are the same. Now, everybody does not seem to know it, not at least in this part of the country, and so a great many are going to voto the Democratic ticket. The rank and file of the insurgent Republicans, as a matter of fact, care very little about party integrity. The old stand-patters admit this, and that they say, is the trouble and the dan-1 ger; the people should he taught to remain loyal to party rather than encouraged to break away. Rut, they say, if these insurgents who are wrecking the party insist on hanging themselves, we will give them the whole rope and let them hang themselves quickly and to the queen's taste. Then, think the stand-patters. the old-line Republicans, these reckless fellows like Cummins, Bristow, La Follette, Murdock and the others, will quit their foolishness, and let some real political leaders take hold of things again. There is nothing new in this. It is generally known that the old-line Republicans are intrenching themselves in the position to say, "I told you so." Rut I have .just been talking at considerable length with one pf the known and most representative "standpatters" in all this part of the country, and all I have said above is suggested by what he said He told me openly that it looked very much as though the Democrats would have the next national house of representath or. He thinks that tlio Democrats will gain at least two, and possibly three, districts in Iowa. He was even frank enough to admit that he did not think that, this would be any great hurt?to the Republican party, he meant, you must bear in I HIHi , . . % AVERAGE SAURIES PER YEAR OF MINISTERS EN THE UNITED STATES IS Six Hundred and Thirty Three Dollars?-Some Interesting Statistics About Churches. The average salary paid to minis? * ?_ a e o o M i ters in the u 111 tea states is uoo ?. year, according to a bulletin that the government has just issued. This conclusion is reached from tigures for the year 1 906. There were then 1 64,830 Christain ministers in the United States, and 1,08 4 Jewish rabbis. They increase in number at the rate of nearly 4,000 a year, the total salary paid to ministers in 10 00 was $69,667,587. More than half the Christain ministers are included in the Baptist and the Methodist denominations. There are a number of ministers in New York who receive $5,00 0 a year. The hightest salary ever offered to a minister in New York was $18,000 a year. It was offered by the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church and he declined it. Several ministers in New York receive $15,000 a year and a dozen or so $12,000 a year. These are the hightest salaries for ministers in the world. 1/ondon and Berlin averages are hardly more than $3,000 a year. That is. a London minister who gets $3,000 is near the top. In New York j he is near the bottom. The government shows the average salaries of ministers in cities having 300,000 population and over to be : baptist $1,79:1; Congregational $1,938; Methodist $1,642; Presbyterian, $2,450; Protestant Episcopal, $1,873; Reformed, $ 1 938; Roman Catholic, $084, and Jewish, $1,491. In the smaller cities and rural districts, ministers' salaries run away dawn. Baptists in the South average $334, and colored Baptists in the south $227. On the other hand, bodies that are strongest in the cities, like the Unitarian, the Protestant Episcopal, and the Roman Catholic, the averages stay about the same. For example Unitarians receive the highest average salaries of all, their figure being $ 1,653. The Protestant Episcopal ranges down from $1,5 17 the Roman Catholic does not fall off at all. . the rural districts ranging higher than the average, at $72 4. The average salaries of Christain Science readers is only $234 for the whole country, with $9f>S as the average in cities having 300,000 population or more. The government explains this curious fact as that readers are practitioners as a rule, and are expected to earn tneir own support. In actual money. Methodist ministers get most of all, their salaries amounting annually to $1 6,150,000. Baptists receive $10,3 23,000. Presbyterians $7,6 1 0,000. Roman Catholics $6,779,000. Episcopalians $4.887,000, Congregationalists $4,154,000, Reformed $1,682,000, and Jews $801,000. Not all bodies reported, so these figures, in practically every instance, ought to be increased by one-fifth for 1 908, and another fifth for the present year. It is estimated on the basis of these reports that 1910 $100,0 00,000 will be paid in salaries, and that congregational expenses, missions, and extensions w'll involve $300,000,000 n.ore. DIED FROM EXPOS! BE. ? Swl Death of Lady Marjoric Krskine j of Kdinhurg. The body of Lady Marjorie Gladys Stuart iCrskine the second daughter of the Earl of Buchan, who had been missing for a month, was found Saturday, lying on the heather on a lonely mountainside near Avismore, I Inverness, Scotland. An examination of the body showed that the woman's ankle had been injured, and it is presumed that Lady Marjorie, who was fond of mountain climbing, fell and broke her ankle, anid being unable to walk died from exposure. She was 2 9 years old. .Contractor Bankrupt. \V. A. Esson, a contractor, who at one time was heavily Interested in Southern contracts, filed a petition in bankruptcy in uuicago Monaay. mind, for it is for the party that he and his kind are concerned. Hut ho does not say that lie wants the insurgents to he taught a lesson; evidently he wants that, but he was too considerate to say it. His idea is that the Democrats, should they have the house, would not be able to do anything, and hence there would be no real Democratic advantage in gaining the house, while the lesson which the Republican insurgents would be taught would have the?effect of putting a stop to the insurgent foolishness. He goes ever further than that, does this stand pat leader, with respect to the etTeci a Democratic triumph in Nevembei would have. He thinks, .Hist as mos1 of the Republican leaders think, 01 pretend to think, that the Democrat! would he apt to^fdo something fool ish, and so make the country anx ious to return to complete Republi can domination. RURAL MAIL CARRIER >S THK MODEHN EN LIGHTEN UK TO COUNTY PLACES. A Georgia Ootoinporary Pays a High Tribute to the Men Who Carry tne Man.. The Georgian says the rural mall 'arrier is the modern enlightener, that's what he is?this driver of the t-1 age-coach of rural progress. He came into existence only a few wars a?o. Hut do you know what i-e, with his increasing numbers, has acne since then? He turned the rural sections of iMe United States squarely about and made new places of them. He opened up the way for the new 'cdentific agriculture and the new agricultural education that is becoming such a tremendous force in American life?a thing that will add milMcns to the wealth of the farm and, therefore, to the nation. That's what lie has done and is doing. And, in addition, every day lie hnngs brightness and joy to places where brightness and joy came ail too seldom. As a dispenser of cheer and liapriness his equal probably bus never teen known. He is wo.thv rf ibe highest place in the most entliusias-1 tie sunshine circle or smile club ?\ n own. Daily he b^rs thenews of the world and, therefore, a hi. of its " isdom and culture, to the isolated homes of the farm. It's hard to conceive of a more ennobling occupation. As a matter of fact, the occupation reacts on the man with beneficial results. There never was yet a rural free delivery carrier that wasn't a booster; never one that was a pessimist, and never ' one who, if he held the job any length of time and was not the hig* est type of progressive citizen, didnot become so. This follows as a natural result The rural carrier handles the electric current of civizilation, and necessarily he receives the thrills of its pulsating force. j Traversing each day a wide territory, he observes what farming oper-( ations are being carried on; he notes! the affairs of community life. He has perhaps a broader view and. j therefore, knows more of the eondi- i tions of his neighhood than any other man in it. No man is more sensitive to its needs than he, or sees more clearly what can operate for its improvement. ' If there exists anything like and improvement club or betterment society, he is usually the head if it, and his efforts are not lukewarm, but are enthusiastic and persistent Enlightening others, he enlightens himself. Bringing good citizenship ?/-. tiii annuirpfi it hiniHolf on I the way. Distributing news, knowledge and good cheer, his duty trip is a sort of triumphal march. His coming is watched for in advance. He is sighted far down the road. He is met with a welcome and what he brings is received with joy, and the words with which he is dismissed, "Come again," are no meaningless phrase. Killnl While Hunting. Frank Anderson, the 12 year old son of Mr. \V. W. Anderson of Williston, was acidentally killed Monday morning a few miles from White Pond, in Aiken county, yvhile out hunting. Particulars are lacking. A Yaung Bride. Ruth Harding, of Bogalusa, La., is one of the youngest brides on record. She is eleven years of age, it is stated, and was married here yesterday to William Breland, aged nineteen years. Farm Traiirng for Negroes Don't go tc the cities. Be a scientific farmer and you are independent for life. NORTH CAROLINA AGKICULTC. HAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE will train you to become a successful farmer, a skilled mechanic, an expert dairyman, or a suceseful teacher. Board, lodging and tuition, $7.00 per month. For catalogue or free tuition address Jas. B. Dudley - - - - President Greensboro, Nt C. ON THE CI ORANGEBUR OHAXGUIIUKG, S<) > ? Expenses are lean here than at . ! services offered are equal to the ve ? i at actual cost. Let us couvince . ! for you. Write for catalogue aa > while you think of It! Address: PRESIDENT W. 147 Hronghton Street M _ ' i ||j I ^ ' VLEARM bhax ^ miKiavi CO SSIFUB COLUMN Ship your calves, hogs, sheep, lambs, etc., to The Parlor Market, Augusta, Ga., 1018 Broad Street. Summer Hoarders Wanted?Rates $7.00 to $8.00 per week. No consumptives taken. Mrs. Wade Harrison, McAlpia House, Saluda, N. C. Wanted?Men to take fifteen da>* practical cotton course, accept good positions during the fall. Charlotte Cotton Company, Charlotte, N. C. Latestr Fiction?Our little booklet, "Books of the Month" contains a brief synopsis of all the latest books. It is free. Write for it. oi n Opantrahiirfi' S. C. OILlia uwurv km vy ? v- , ^ %. . n , Wanted?to buy your hides, skins, tallow, wool, beeswax, etc., at highest market prices and settlement sent promptly. Telephone 1 820. VVilse W. Martin, Columbia. S. C. Maplehurst, on the Asheville auo Lake Toxaway railroad. Thre* hundred fjet from station. Modern Conveniences. No consuuip tives taken. A. L. & L. E. Daver I>ort, Horse Shoe, N. C. Wanted?Men and ladies to take 3 months Practical course. Expert management. Hig.li salaried posticus guaranteed. Write for catalogue now. Charlotte Telegraph School. Charlotte, N. C. For highest prices and quickest returns send your produce, etc., fruit, vegetables, eggs, poultry, etc., to Mohr, Son & Co., wholesale produce and com mission merchants, 111 Water St., Tampa. Fla. Wanted Salesmen?A few more hustlers on our new Standard Atlas. New census soon available. Splendid opportunities for money making. Excellent line for ex-teachers. Write The Scaroorough Company. Charlotte. N. C. Mississippi Delta Lands.?YV-by toil your life away on the poor farms your grandfather wore out ? Conic to Mississippi Delta where one can grow more than ten can gather. I have what you want at the right price and terms. Come or write W. T. Pitts, Indtanola, Miss. Rich Alluvial Land for Sale. Rich Alluvial Land in Mississippi, outside overflow section. Why cultivate poor land and buy fertilizer when you can get rich land cheaper than anywhere if taken at once. Write iue. Rapidly advancing in price. Ira A. Ellis, Howling tJreen. Kentucky. For sale?Milch cows, jerseys, and grades of good breeding, register ed jersey male calves. White Collie dogs, (registered). Also service from a registered, beautiful white Collie Ten ($10) dollars guaranteed. Bronze turkeys, and Tammouth hogs. Address M. R Sams, Jonesvllle. S. C. "Heaven and our Sainted Loved Ones"?A tract In neat pamphlet form that will cheer and romfor. bereaved hearts; author's motto: "The most practical thing in Christian work is to create a good feeling in troubled hearts." Price 10 cents. In silver, postpaid. Address Ed. Western Christian Union, Boonville, .Mo. Wanted?ISvery man, woman and child in South Carolina to know that the "Alco" brand of Sash, Doors and Blinds are the best and are made only by the Augusta Lumber Company, who manufacture everything in Lumber and Mi 11 work and whose watchword is "Quality." Write Augusta Luiiil?er Company, Augusta, (jhwugia, for prices on any order, large or small. Wants Teddy. That Former President Rooseveli would be the "Insurgents" candidate for President in 19 12 was intimated by United States Senator Dolliver of Iowa in the course of an address at Monltow, Wis., Thursday night, when he spoke in behall of the renomlnatlon of Senator K M. Lnfollette at the primaries or Tuesday next. jVI\ PLAN." :g college ITU CAKOLINA. any other school in the land. Th? ry beet. Board on the CI.UB PLAT you that our school is the gchoo d full Information. Write right no* S.PETERSON ('raiiKehurK, 8. I - i kiCkl tun I AniCC 8. s. T. established 22 INCH AIIII LXUICO years. Big demand for I TCI CfiBADUVV our graduates. Students I I ELUHlArIV 11 qualify In few months, [laying $60 to $76 a month guaranteed. Quick , Write today for frou illustrated catalog. CRN SCHOOL OF TELEGRAPHY, L. Box 272, NEWNAN, GA. ' ; ' r " " T f v" ""T Z % i ^ ~-MT -J COLE L BLEASE Candidate for Gov Friends and Expr WMM H To the Denioeratie Voters of South < Carolina. I The votes you gave me in the first ' primary were sutlicient to place me in the second race for the ofllce of Governor. I canii.t express to you in words how deeply grateful I am * to you for this evidence of confidence in me. My friends in every county in the state have been very active in my behalf, and I believe that they feel as I do, that the fight I am making is not simply one to elect me governor of South Carolina, hut that it is a battle for the people and their rights. I have expressed myself clearly all over the state on all of the issues of interest to the people, and have endeavored in this campaign, to make financial and educational questions the principal matters for discussion. I stand for an economical and business-like administration of the government of the state, and will always favor saving the money of the fax payers where ever it can l>e done without detriment to the progress of South Carolina The most important question, as I conceive it before the people of South Carolina, is for the state so to conduct her business affairs that the tax-payers may not be constantly drained in order to enrich any special interests. I feel that my long experience as a lawyer, my services as attorney for the city of Newberry, my administration as mayor of that town, the information that I have gained as a member of the house of representatives for six years, and of the state senate for four years, my services o.j the state democratic executive committee for twelve years, the success th;?t I hiivc had in the m.i'iu*-ment of my own affairs, and the knowledge that I have of people and conditions in every county of South Carolina, will enable me to perform the Burduco Lr The Great Sou FOR i LIVER TI Biliousness, Constipation, Dyspeps Jaundice, Nervous and Sick Heada* ii n i r\? and all Dtomach [diseases. Teaches the L Clears the 1 i Sold Everywhere I Tho Branehville Journal says ir hopes wo now seo whore it stands and what it thinks. Tho weather is I too warm and life too short tor us TO THE PEOPLE | . ernor Thanks His esses His Views. />, j ' rw t :luties of the* high office of gmernor to the best interest of the people at large. I have made a clean, honorable, straightforward campaign, making no fight on any man, but seeking election on my own merits and record. I have no special Interest hacking me, hut have had to depend entirely upon the principles for which I stood, the people who favor those principles, and the support of my personal friends. I expect to centime my campaign, as I have conducted it so far, without appeals to prejudice, without seeking u> disparage any man who has opposed me. The returns from the tl.st primary show that I have carried my home town and county over all my competitors by a splendid majority. 1 have led In the counties of Lexington, Saluda, Union and Fairfield, which adjoin my heme county. In the county of Laurens, where my opponent, Hon. C. C. Keatherstone resides, I have also led. 1 was the leader in almost half of the counties of the State. I take this method to warn the people against unfounded charges and false statements which may be made between elections, when there is no opportunity to n'piy, ana wueu these charges, if true, would have been made during the progress of #* the campaign. 1 believe that r will win in the second election, but I realize that in order to do so. I must have the help of the people, and that my friends must be active in my behalf. I am sure that this they will do, as evi- / deuced by their loyalty heretofore. - . If elected, 1 will be the governor of the whole people. I will stand for the best interests of South Carolina, strive to have enforced fairly and impaitially her laws, and do all in my power t(. promote' the moral and educational welfare of her citizenship. COLE I,. HLEASH. D J ver rowaer thern Remedy ^ ALL = IOUBLES ia, L oss of Appetite, Indigestion, che, Coated 1 ongue, Bad Breath, iver to Act and Complexion 25"cents ? ???i ?o ati^ni|>r lo fathom the "thinks" of a paiKr who "thinks" loeal option moans county monoply of sell, .do whiskey. Excuse us, neighbor.