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WILL J)0^ GOOD Caapaifi Foods Hist Be Published Before aid After Elections ONE OF BRYAN'S IDEAS Some Instances Given Below Where mense Cnmi>aign Contributions Were Made by the Trusts to Buy At.? 1.11 < I . * no Til ov i Vl 11 1 <1 up UIU met UIIIIO nw n<*> ?.?*- J v Hob th? People. Among the beneficent acts of the Democratic House of Representatives the passage of the Ilucker bill, providing for publicity of campaign funds both before and after Federal elections is first in importance. It seeks to purify politics at the source. The revelations made before the committee have once more demonstrated how vital is the need of this legislation. It is necessary and it is inevitable. Young men in politics would find it hard to credit how shameless and sordid a quarter of a century ago was the open use of money in elections; or how corruption was made a jest by men who should have been leaders in public thought. In 18811 Chester A. Arthur was President of TTiiHorl Ctotoo In 1 880 lie was 1 ! C V./ II 1 I C VI V 14 V V Ml -? ? ? a -v-? V V ?? w - already elected Vice President when at a public banquet said: Indianna was really, I suppose, a Democratic State It had always been put down in the book as a State that ml?ht be carried by close and careful and perfect organization and a grent deal of?(Pause filled in by laughter and a cry of "Soap.") In 1888 Privilege with heightened audacity pushed the corruption of voters to a point never before paralleled. At any cost Democracy was to be dethroned. On (May 2 5 President James J. Foster of the Republican League sent out his letter saying that manufacturers benefitted by protection were laggard in contributing. He added in a phrase that became famous: "If I had my way I would put the manufacturers of Pennsylvania under the fire and fry all the fat out of them." Foster's letter closed with the remark: "If you give us the means to win the victory we will do it. Are you willing?" On Oct. 2 4 Col. W. W. Dudley, Treasurer of the Republican National Committee, showed how the "means" were to be applied. He sent out this advice as to the handling of purchased votes. Divide the voters into blocks of five and put a trusted man with necessary funds in charge of these five men, and make him responsible that none get away, and that all vote our ticket. In 1892 when Cleveland was elected the serond time the interests raised a big corruption fund for his benefit and he was elected. We all know lie favored Wall street by his bond issues. In 189G Mark Hanna raised an immense fund to defeat Bryan, which was repeated again in 1900. It is said no one knows how much money was raised to defeat Bryan in those two campaigns, but the amount was very large. The immense corruption and vote buying in the above campaigns caused Mr. Bryan to propose the law which will soon be on the statute books, requiring publication of all campaign fund contributions. In 1901 a means of "frying the fat" which far out-Fostered Foster's wildest dreams had in the mean time been provided in the Bureau of Corporations, whose researches were to be conducted in secret and whose conclusions were to be disclosed only to the President. They have been refused to an investigating committee of the House of Representatives within the present session. When George B. Cortelyou, who as Secretary of Commerce and Labor had oversight of the Bureau of Corporations and access to its business fiArrpfs was made chairman of the Re publican National committee charged with the re-election of Theodore Roosevelt, "financial leaders" knew what was expected of them. The ensuing scandals were the greatest that ever in the history of American politics have gathered about the corrupt use of money at the pools. So gross were the abuses that on Oct. 29, 1 904 Judge Parker said in a public speech: As I have said before, and I deem it my duty to say it again, the trusts are furnishing the money with which they hope to control the election. I am sorry to be obliged to say it. If it were not true I would not say it to gain the Presidency or any earthly reward. Mr. Roosevelt's reply, issued six days later, within which period he had ample time to inform himself, consisted of a quibbling restatement of the charges and a sweeping denial: Mr. Parker's charges are in effect that the President of the United States and Mr. Cortelyou, formerly Mr. Cleveland's executive clerk, then Mr. McKinley's and my secretary, then Secretary of Commerce and Labo^ now chairman of the Republican National committee have been in a conspiracy in blackmail corporations, (M?. Cortelyou using his knowledge gained while he was secretary of Commerce and labor to extort money from the corporations, and I, the President, having appointed htm for this especial purpoee. But there Is STARTS LONG FLIGHT AVIATOR TO GO FROM ST LOUIS TO BOSTON MASS. After Going Ninety-Right Miles Lands at Springfield, 111., For Lunch and Rest. Amid the cheers of the huge crowd that had gathered on Art Hill in Forest park at St. Louis to witness the events under a sky obscured by clouds Harry N. Atwood, of Boston, Tuesday morning, shortly after 8 o'clock, began his record-breaking flight of 1,460 miles,across the continent from St. Louis to New York and Boston by way of Chicago and other cities. Atwood, flying at a 'heiyht of 800 feet was cheered by a great assemTin vuovoH liia h n n rl In np knowlegement of the cheering which was wafted to him. Atwood flew north over the Mississippi river for ten miles, and circled over the downtown district at 8:30 o'clock, following his first appearance with a series of maneuvers which brought cheer upon cheer from the crowds. A dispatch from Alton, 111, says i Atwood passed over Alton at 9.07 o'clock flying high and in straight line north. 'Business was suspended from the minute word was flashed from St. Louis that the aviator was 011 his way to Alton until the machine passed out of sight. The streets, tops of houses and the bluffs were dotted with spectators to bid him God-speed on his journey. A dispatch from Brighton, 111., says Atwood winged over that place at 9.17 o'clock, lie was flying low, at n height of probably not more than 300 feet, but travelling at a terrific speed. He is following the Chicago and Alton railroad to Springfield. Atwood by passing over Corlinsville Tuesday morning at 9.27 o'clock successfully covered sixty of the ninety-eight miles to Springfield, the first leg of his flight to the Atlantic. ; Mo was flying high and at a rate of about a mile a minute. After circling Springfield, 111., several times, Atwood landed in Capitol park at 10:30 a. m. He was entertained by the Springfield Commercial Association at a reception and luncheon and will resume his flight toward 1 Chicago at three o'clock. Atwood landed in Chicago at 6.39 p. m. His total time between St. Louis and Chicago, counting the delays occasioned by the two stops, was ten hours and 14 minutes, but his actual time in the air, computed by deducting the delays was five hours and 43 minutes. This, Atwood asserts, is three hours and 12 minutes less than the scheduled time foi express trains for the same distance. TIDAL WAVE AND TYPHOON Sweep Over Japan Killing Five Hundred People. More than 5 00 lives were lost and great devastation ashore and afloat resulted from a typhoon and a tidal wave which spept over Japan July 2 6, according to advices brought by the steamer Empress of Japan. The fishing fleets from Shidzuoka suffered severely Several hundred fishermen were drowned. At Tokyo a tidal wave swept away many houses, including a large tea house with 33 persons. The noted Sherwligu inlaid work factory collapsed and 15 employes were killed. A torpedo boat was swept in shore at Tokyo and several steamers foundered, while big liners dragged anchors. - * 1 Eight of 4 0 men on tne Acamori Maru survived when she went down in the typhoon off Kuno and 100 fishermen were drowned off there. The apanese naval training squadron was crossing off Tosa and two seamen were killed on the Hashidate and seven injured. Thousands of houses collapsed, the number in Tokyo and vicinity being over 12,000, according to ollicial statistics. The ware house and factory districts of Tokyo suffered severely, eight warehouses, containing goods worth $10,000,000, being demolished. The loss there was over $4,000,000. Sailors Executed. A dispatch from Madrid, Spain, says the government affirms, in explaining the summary court martial and execution of 26 men of the battleship Numancla, who mutined, that the revolt was a republican plot. A hundred sailors are implicated. not one particle of truth in the statement as regards anything that has gone on in the management of the Republican campaign. Mr. Parker's accusations against Mr. Cortelyou and me are monstrous. The statements made by Mr. Parker are unqualifiedly and atrociously false. Politically, Mr. Roosevelt's statement was successful, but he was the man doing the lying about the campaign funds and not Judge Parker. The Presidential prestige gave It weight. The lawful secrecy surrounding the corruption funds aided the defense. Yet Judge Parker's statement was true in every word. A splendid victory was gained in principle when so radical a measure passed the Republican senate and the Democratic house. The cause is on the eve of triumph. The corrupt use of money at the poll* has been declared outlaw by the American people, and it must he stopped. * STOLE A MARCH Regilar Republicans Lease Seiate Cbanber Patliif ike Deaacrats IN COMPLETE CONTROL ? Democrats Pass the Cotton I1U1 De* spite Rage of the Insurgents, who CI targe Treason on the Part of the Democrats and Denounce Action of Regular Wing of Their Party. . ? . A shrewd move by the regular Republicans, as unexpected as it was effected, Thursday suddenly threw the Democrats into complete control of the Senate in their own right and forced them Absolutely to abandon their coalition with the progressive Republicans. Out of the chaos and the uproar, came a bill to revise the cotton schedule of the Payne-Aldrich tariff law. It was the bill as passed by the House, but saddled with amendments to revise the iron and steel, the cot ton machinery and chemical schedules of the tariff law, coupled with a provision for reciprocal free trade in bituminous coal across the Canadian border Democratic votes alone were cast in favor of the bill. The regular Republicans absented themselves, deliberately, from the Chamber. The insurgents, taken completely by surprise, were thrown into a rage. Alternately they denounced what they termed the treason of the Democrats and inveigled against the Regular Republicans for the part they had played in the now combination, which had brought about a revolution in the Senate as startling and sensational as the coalition which earlier had robbed the regular Republicans of their supremacy in the Senate. The insurgents Invoked all-butforgotten rules in an effort to stop votes The insurgents charged that the Democrats had broken faith, although in caucus Wednesday night the latter had determined to carry through an insurgent-Democratic programme on the cotton bill, which would have included the adoption of a RaFolIetto substitute for the House measure. They Insisted the Democrats had entered into an agreement or understanding with the regulars to leave the progressives in the lurch. -Whatever the ajgTeement, whatever the understanding the results accomplished were both definite and decisive. The Democrats found themselves in a position where for the sake of party consistency they had to disregard completely their previous arrangements with the insurgents. This arrangement was .based upon the belief that the House bill would be defeated and then the Democrats and insurgents would combine to pass a LaFollette measure, just what was done with the wool schedule The regular Republicans made no attempt to conceal their delight at having put the insurgents In a position where they were compelled to vote against cotton revision at this time. Senator Cummins rallied his insurgent comrades to vote against his own amendment for an iron and steel revision, when the amendment was offered by Senator Bacon. Senator Bristow helped to defeat his own amendment for a revision of the suig* nr schedule, when it was offered in his absence by Senator Jones, of Washington. Progressive Republican Leader Lan^ii a 1 If woo ImnActaihl^ I' LMltJUtJ UCUiaiOU II TI UO IIII1/UHU1UIV for the insurgents to vote for the democratic .bill, while the Democrats had agreed that if their bitl was defeated they would be willing to support the LaFollette measure. As the progress of votes showed that the Democrats had been given a clear majority by the absence of the regular Republicans, the insurgents set out to get a vote on the LaFollette compromise bill, which, it had been expected, would be adopted in place of the House bill. Senator LaFollette finally offered his Dill as a substitute for the House bill and the amendments that had been added to it The LaFollette substitute secured no votes, however, but those of insurgents. Then came the final vote on the House cotton bill. Only the Democrats voted for it, but as the roll call pro 1 greased li ocaine aicpamm mtu ukwij wero absent or not voting, slipping back into the cloak rooms before their names were reached. Those who kept track of the vote realized that tho cotton bill had reclved a favorable vote?29 to 19. Nears End of Journey. William Brown, of St. John's, Newfoundland, arrived in Superior, Wis. last week on tho last leg of a tour around the world with a dog team. He started Christmas day, 1906, with five dogs and a wolf and will complete the journey is a short time. Woman Itenled Bail. Mrs. R. L. Robbins, of Waycrose, Ga., who shot and killed her neighbor, Miss Belle Smith, in July, must remain in jail until her trial. Bail was denied her Tuesday by Judge Parker in Superior Court TAFr GEl'S ACriVE TRYING TO FIND OUT SECRETLY HOW HE STANDS. The President's Secretary is Conducting an Extensive Campaign for His Reelection. According to information published in Chicago, there has been brought to light an extensive campaign conducted in secrecy from the White I House and other Federal offices in Washington in behalf of President Taft's candidacy for ^reelection in 1912. Charles D Hillis, secretary to the President, and George C. Rankin, who is a national receiver, are said to have sent out a large number of confidential letters in the nature of inquiries concerning popular sentiment upon the President and his administration. Each letter sent out by Mr. Hillea, upon White Mouse stationary, contains enclosed another communication which in detail sets forth all of the claims of achievements under President Taft's regime Tho enclosure is a copy of a letter sent by the 1 President's secretary some time ago to Frank P. MacLennan, of Topeka, Kan. This document is looked on as the first political communication of the coining campaign and furnishes the basis for arguments to bo made for President Taft next year. The text of the letter is as follows: The White House, Washington, D. C , Confidential. August 9, 1911.? My dear sir: I should be very glad to have you write me your estimate of the work of tho present administration, and to have you give me a frank statement as to the sentiment of the people in general and the Republicans in particular, with respect to the course of the President. Such a letter would be treated as confidential unless you wish that it should be latter utilized by some reputable newspaper engaged in endeavoring to sense the situation. I "I have recently had occasion to write a friend in Topeka, and am taking the liberty of enclosing a copy of t-fcts letter in order that you may , have my personal point of view. Sincerely yours, Charles D Hilles." In Mr. Rankin's letter, he says in part: "To an Illinois man up a tree, a long distance from home, the political situation in the States does not appear encouraging. With best intentions, may I inquire as to your candid views on this subject," HOW THEY GOT EVEN. ?? Writes Wife of Victim That He Wanted Her Killed. i Joseph Vacek, aged 55, a wealthy carpenter contractor, in Chicago, 111., was found murdered in his home in the southwest portion of the city. He had been shot in the head, and near the body was a letter addressed to Mrs. Vacek, the victim's wife, signed "B. H." and reading as follows: "Your husband is now where he wanted you to be. He told us if we killed you he would give us $500, and we failed. We asked him for the coin, anyway, and he did not give it to us so we got even. He deserved it and not you. I am a perfect gentleman and a friend of yours. Do not mourn for this guy, as he is a coward." The sheet on which this was written was crudely decorated with coffins, and daggers, drawn in pencil. Mrs. Vacek is unable to throw any light on the mystery. THEY MUST WIND UP. Senate Sounds Death Knell of Monetary Commission. The national monetary eompiiss- . ion, which is headed by former Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island, once Republican leader of the Senate, must wind up his affairs by January 8 next if the House takes favorable action on the measure passed by the Senate limiting the commission's life to that date. Tuesday's action followed a storm of criticism that ircent'.y hrol'o out t.i 'he Senate over the commission's delay In making a report and its alleged extravagance. The Senate passed a L\hstltute for the Cummins resolution, which would have terminated the commission's life December 5. ? ? Will Ho Sent Free. The State says the necessary equipment for the distribution of the bacterin for inoculation against typhoid fever has arrived at the laboratory of the state board of health, and quite an amount of the bacterin prepared at the laboratory has been sent out over the State. There has been quite a demand for it al ready, showing that physicians or South Carolina are immediately adopting the new treatment and preventive. Fatal Tliunder Holt. A dispatch from Rogersville, Tenn., says Thomas Kyle and Miss Venable were Instantly killed and eight other persons seriously Injured during an electrical storm in Hawkins county, while attending a picnic of the Modern Woodmen at Strahl, Tenn. The picnickers took refuge in a church land the lightning struck this building. ORANGEBUI ORANGI This school, with a gr University trained teachers, September 20th. Expense of everybody. Board, the Fine healthful location. 1 Broad open fireplaces. Th Bookkeeping. Fine Consei number of new students. 1 hnn Mr* arhnnl for v ? ?? ? ? J today (or our beautiful new President W 147 Broughton St. Has since 1894 given "Thorough I influences at the lowest possible RESULT: It la to-day with its fi Its student body of 400, and its plan THE LEADING TRAINING S< $150 pays all charges for the year, heat, laundry, medical attention, ph except music and elocution. For < REV. THOS. ROSSER BLACK ^LpViJRi BKGINN1NC Vow Li the time to begin to prepai Lesaons by mall If desired. Posit ?outj?erp Cor Calhoun A Meeting ?t*M Charlestoi Salisbury, Durham, N. C. The high 4tianHr Wnter anT time CLASSIFIED COtUMH Dandruff, Itching, Eczema, Ilai teeth, health; lightning remedj 5 0c and $1. Write Dr. Chanc Sykes R.lock, Minneapolis, Minn, Agents?Dry powder fire extinguisl er. Call on factory, wholesale an retail trade. Diginified work. II returns. Richmond Chemical Cc Richmond, Indianna. You can start a mail order or ligl manufacturing business at hon during spare time with small ca ltal. Valuable circular free. 1 S. Specialty Co., Greenock, Pa. For sale?Southwest Georgia farm No finer lands; no better price We speak from personal kno\* edge. Write today for new lii Epton & Switzer, Spartanbur S. C. Teachers Wanted?Men and wom< for good schools now open. Si aries $3 0 to $100. Strong demai - i in lor music ana literary cumuiuu Southern Teachers' Agency, C lumbla, C. S. \Vanto<l?.Men to take thirty daj practical course in our machii shops and learn automobile bin ness. Positions secured graduate $25 per week and up. Chariot Auto School, Charlotte, N. C. Farm Lands for Sale.?In south we Georgia, the country that is coi lng to the front in great shape, n only the land of promise, but tl land of fulfillment, write us f land list. M. T. Levie & Son, O. Drawer 57, Montezuma, Ga. Country board near Hendersonvil large shady yard, fine water. Vi< unsurpassed, good table. Plen milk. No consumptives take (Special rates September. Write (send stamps) Mrs. Josephine M ler Pender, Hendersonvllle, N. Route 5. Help Wanted?Teachers; steady d mand yet; rural grades, hi] | schools, colleges, all department not too late. Three agencies, o enrollment; guaranteed se?rvi< Sheridan's Teachers' Agench Greenwood, S. C. Other oflJc* Charlotte and Atlanta. SUMMER RESORTS We want yon to be one of 2,000 ri .. ltors to The Land of Waterfall I write for booklet. Board of Tra4 RG COLLEGE EBURG. S. C. , eat faculty of Sixteen College and will begin its Eighteenth session s have been placed within reach best in the State, at actual cost Electric lights. Artesian water. ' orough courses in Shorthand and rvatory of Music. Rooms for a We absolutely guarantee satisfacour child in all the land. Write catalogue. Address ^ | J. S. Peterson, . . Orangeburg, S. C. instruction under positively Christian cost." iculty of 32, a boarding patronage of 328, it worth $140,000 2HOOL FOR GIRLS IN VIRGINIA including table board, room, lights, steam lysical culture, and tuition in all subjects catalogue and application blank address, REEVES, B. A., Principal.4 :STONE? VA. k JCNH FlltHT. 1 re for the fail and new year f H^li ;lo ns guaranteed. No vacation. Querela! School it 8, C.; Wilmington, Winston-Salen* * eet endorsed business College in the Write for full Information. I Brevard, N. C. ^ ? - ?* n i _ n mi. ?. /I am AC liienn npringn* n. u., i no uaruvr r, House offers good Berivce. Splenr; did fare and the best location, e, Write for ratea. ^ Jt" I , I! I I paiamaai ga ?' BU| hmmTm | Hi ;t ; 'mwsr B *? MM MIIItT CO. Bflfl! U ! *? ? > ? MB IbbbbP' an ^ id Every Horse Owner dreads that most dangerous disease. Colic. oBe prepared for an emergency by haying a bottle of Noah's Colic Remedy on hand. t ?0 More animals die from Colic than all other ^ ne non-contagious diseases combined. Nine ji- out of every ten casea would have been !8. cured if Noah's Colic Remedy had been te given in time. It Isn't a drench or dope. but is a remedy given on the tongue, so _ simple that a woman or child can give it. ?r ft If it fails to cure, your moneg will be refunded. If your dealer cannot supply you send 60c in stamps and we will man la bottle. V I <{| Noah Remedy Co., Inc.. Richmond, Va. I P . VSaOSBSl Noah's Llaimaatta ? r- best remedy for RheumaBHWBBB WU tism, Sciatica, Lame Back, ' ravm mm Stiff Joints and Muscles, !W |wKkJc| Sore Throat, Colds, Strains, tv ITmtPBBBI Sprains. Cuts, Bruise / I Collo. Cramps, Neuralgia, HMjjnjM Toothache, and all Nerv^, to IMIVJ1U Bone and Muscle Aches ,1 IllVIilftPJ ^P and P a 1 n s. The genuine 11 HMNnVn has Noah's Ark on evenr C. |l|;|lu|i. II package and looks like this " yjSj cut, hut has RED band on H front of package and ? "Noah's Lfaimeot" always le- ? In RED Ink. Beware of . SATART Imitations. Large bottle. / Kn ?t--? II ok Mntc and sold by SD T SI |wMir?nilH dealer? In medlolno. A I , Trau IM Guaranteed or money re* ne HMQV BP funded by Noeh Remedy 2 . iSESSSSW' Co., SBOn BMunonrt, Vs. j as, . 38? Some people in edery town believe hat money spent in any way advertie? lug a town is money thrown away, but others disagree with them. Did you ever read the story of the wit* and unwise virginst l? ? e e to; Cotton will soon begin to come la let *nd business will brighten up.