The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, May 16, 1907, Image 5
WEEKLY LETTER
FROM WASHINGTON.
L S8Ci.il, POLITICAL AND lilVlRAL
NEWS STEWS GATHERED IN THE
V- CAPITAL CITY.
Special CoMV'j'oii'ifUcc A'f the
County Kkcokd.)
Washington. D. c, May 1 lilt
positively is astoundingto people
h-ic i(. Washington w!w kno*?v
f resident Roosevelt, at short range,
to lead about his popularity i.i the
country at large, and the farther
away the more popular he seems to
be. There must be something in
that Saying thit "distance lend* enchantment
to the view." The closer
yon get to the man ibe less you
will like him, for I do not know of
one lovable tra't he posseses, although
he catches many men by his
impulsive ways of doing things. He
impulsively tells one man that he
will do what is wanted of him, but
the minute the man's back is turned
and the man who does not want that
thing done gets his ear, he just as
as impulsively goes back on what he
said to the other man, and tells the
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second man that it shall oe as ne
wishes. Thus, he is all things to
all men and nothing very long.
He has made grandstand plays
about doing things that the people
wanted, but name one thing he has
done or advocated that has been <>f
any^practical benefit to the people,
and 3 will name you a number that
he has advocated and done that have
been or would have been a detriment
So the interest of the people. What
good, so far. has the railroad rate
bill been to the consumers and ship ^
pers of the country?
Every suit that has been brought
onm hi firms or the
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railroads, has been brought through
I the Elkina law or the Sherman ant**
trust law, two laws that were on the
E statute books before the enactment
g| of the railroad rate law and simply
had never been euforced.
W The people of this country have
got the idea into their heads that Mr
Roosevelt is after the rich, the predatory
rich, and that he is giving
tiieui a taste of the big stick. Well,
he is not hurting them eo bad as he
is the people who are dependent on
tile gtowth of the railroads and i heir
expansion and their ability to haul
the to market. Mr Roosevelt
did not hesitate to take the money of
the predatory rich, duriug the last
presidential campaign, when he was
cheek by jowl with the whole bunch
of them, hobnobbing with them as to
the best way to win the election.
However, he tutns on them and, in
order to make a grandstand play, he
. v assents that he is going to do things
to tliem which scares capital into
hiding and the railroads cannot borrow
any money to make extensions
or build new lines that are needed to
haul the commerce of the country.
Regulation and control of railroads
is all right. It is Democratic
policy and Democratic doctrine stolen
by a Republican administration to
made it popular, and its popularity
J? " 'J ^?v/%lI/l.vkfrittaa
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and ideas stolen from the Democratic
platform. TheDem cratic platform,
however, never advocated eontiscatiou
of property, or tried to wield
the big stick to scare capital off the
face of the earth. That is what
Roosevelt has done in order to create
a little cheap popularity.
You can take niv word for it, the
veueer will be washed off this political
tin deity before his term expires
and the people will know him a> do
the correspondents in Washington
and the membeis of Congress He
has not a dozen friends in Congress,
on either side of the political fence,
but they are afraid to say their soul
is their own, on account of th>* patronage
s ick he wields. T.i-y, also.
are piava ? mc j/v.
they dare not express their honest
fc^^opiriion?. If they had the courage
to do thev would be astounded to
kno*/tbat four-fifths of the men to
whom they express themselves would
agree with them,and tnus the s)-called
popularity of tn? President would
vanish
9^H servile sycophancy if the nic-mbers
of congress that maintains the pop
nlaiiucfthepresiie.it out in the
I country, added to the servility of the
jdaiiy pi ess of the country in giving
circulation to ail tile ideas and
schemes hatched in the white house.
i
i Whenever he wants t<? head off some
one or som- thing that interferes
j with his pla^s; whenever he wants
j to get t<? tile people with a grandi
stand {day, he sends down for a
I bunch of newspaper correspondents,
j for the papers that clobber on him
and hasthezn up to tile white house.
Then he pats triem familiarly on the
back and tells them in a heart to
heart talk what he wants to get be- (
fore the people, always making them
write the matter in the third person
I He then is in position t> d-uy
anything that may come on: that is
not pleasing to him, which he does
with a flourish of trumpets and thereby
adds new members to his Ananias
Club. He cannot and does not tool ;
a lot of the older correspondents
here. They have looked in his trunk
and they know him. But it is very
flattering to the young correspond-!
ents to have the President of the |
United States pat them on the back
and call them "old bovs," and tellj
them what they believe to be the innermost
secrets of the White House, j
They all go awav and print the sto-.
ry, thus heading off the story as it
should have been told in the interest
ot the truth.
Everybody sees the same story in
the papers ail over the country, and
thev believe it to be true, else why j
should all the papers ha*e printed it'
simultaneously. The man who,
could have told the truth about the'
matter has uo show. He does not,
occupy the position of President of the
United States, and if he were to
come out with tne truth the people!
would not believe him. So, what's'
the use, as the skunks said to one
another when they smelt an automobile
as it passed them on the road.
Chas. A Edwards.
A Pleasant Ontiog.
The local correspondent of the
News and Courier thus graph- j
ically describes a very pleas-j
ing affair which took place last
Friday afternoon,May 10:
This afternoon Mr Louis Ja'
?1? 1 fViQ KAirr? r*f i
| COOS, CUctllUidxi ui mc uuui ? ui |
I trustees of the graded school,
I entertained the faculty of the
school, the young ladies of the 1
graduating class and a few
specially invited guests, with a j
delightful sail down the river in!
Mr C Constine's new motor boat, i
the '"Mercedes." The merry par- j
tv boarded the launch at the
bridge and were soon speeding1
away towards the Georgetown
line, if not with a full sheet, at
ieast with a sea tha^ followed j
fast. During the evening a re-I
freshing course of cream and|
cake was ser\ed, while the:
beautiful reaches of Wee Nee j
echoed to the merry laugh and
lilting song. About dark the
party retuined in high good humor
with themselves after giving
Mr Jacobs a vote of thanks
i for a most delightful evening.
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! W. L. Bass A. C. Hindi
BASS & HINDS,
Attorneys-at-law
KINGSTREE, S. C.
9-20-tf.
I HNS IHIIi. m
Lake City, S. C.
! Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty.
All Work ftu?rantedW.
L, IB ASS
Attorney at Law
i
LAKE CITY. S. C.
Dr E J McCabe
I Dentist.
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MATTERS OF INTEREST
NOTED AT SCRANTON,
LADIES TO GIVE BALA.AR-VISITORS
COMING AND GOING-PERSONAL
NOTES.
Si liANTOX. May U:?The Ladies'Sewing
Circle of Seranton will
iiivt* a bazaar at Mr R K McKuiulU*?
stole on Railroad street Friday evening,
May 'v4, beginning at 4 o'clock
p rn and lasting until 10 p m.
There will be many valuable and
nandsonic homemade articles fot
sale. Music and refreshments will
be provided.
A silk quilt will bv awarded lu
tile most popular lady *a >d a satin
sofa pillow to the most popular gentleman
present. Votes will cost only
o..e cent each. The aim is to raise
enough money to erect a fountain on
the school-house grounds and every
body is cordially invited to attend,
conie along and enjov the evening,
and if you haven't any pennies
don't let that keep you away. Bring
along your friends and a few dollars
and we will make the change.
I)r and Mrs Chas H Pate entertained
quite a number of their
friends at their lovely little home on
Kail road stieet Friday evening, May
10, in honor of Miss Rosa Tallavast
of Dock, S C, who was Mrs Pate's
room-mate while at college. Miss
Tallavast is a very handsome young
lady and has made many friends
here. She will leave for her home
tonight.
Mr Douglas Singletary of Cowards
has accepted a position as salesman
with Dr C H Pate. We welcome
him to our little town.
Several of the olu soldiers of this
section attended the Veterans' reunion
at Columbia last week. Also
a number of them attended the
Memorial day exercises at Kingstree
last Friday. They seem to be deI
i or k mi? i f Y> fk a k/\ ?i /*? n Af ? A P knu nfl .
ugiiicu 1*11,11 tuc kjl uiauuful
flowers given to them in Kingstree.
Mrs Margaret Pate, an aged lady
of Hannah, Florence county, whc
has been troubled for I he past six
months with her eyes and for foui
months has been totally blind, was
taken to Charleston Sunday night
for treatment by her attending pnycian,
Dr W S Lynch; but after Di
Parker made a through examination
he foun 1 that no good could be dow
bv an operation and she was brought
back to Scranton Monday night.
Mr R E MoKnighr went to
Charleston 0:1 business one Uav
this week.
Mr E M Low man. cashiei of the
bank of Scranton, spent Friday in
Timmonsrille with his parents.
John G Siagletary, formerl. of
| Not better the
but bettei
i
One trial order will convinc
you get the best for the nioni
j ONE QUART OF [
One Dozen Good S
SNAP 1.
i 4 Quarts Acorn Corn $2 CO
1 Quart Old Mononjrahela
Kve free.
SNAP 2.
4 Quarts Surnuf Corn &>.0C
! 1 Quart Old Monongahela free.
SNAP 3.
4 Quart Hygrade Corn $4.0(
' 1 Quart Old Monongahela free.
SNAP 4.W
! 4 Quarts Corncob Corn S5.CK
1 Quart Imported Claret Wine
free.
SNAP 3.
4 Quarts Eayle Gin $2.0(
1 Quart Old Mononjjahela free.
SNAP 0.
12 mixed Quarts Wine $3 U(
1 Quart Old Monontrahela free.
"morris du
l\io. # S. Front St.
P. 0. Box 243.
this place but now of Effingham, |
was in town Monday.
i Mr Willie Asking of Li'<e City
was in town between trains Moudav.
Mr R FMcKnight of Charleston :
snent Sntnluv :n lown with parents'
1 and
friends.
!
Mr E.igene Buskins of Timmoas- j
i vilie was seen on our streets today, j
Mr and Mrs W Wright spent a;
few days in Columbia last week. I
Mr3 J A Gaunt of Florence is
visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs P.
A Parker, at this place.
Mrs SO Byrd and children are i
visiting friends and relatives in
Florence this- week.
Engineer Tom B Cole and wife,
accompanied by their little daughter,
Irmal, of Savannah, Ga., spent
several days in town recently with
Mr and Mrs X M Graham and other
relatives here. They left Sunday for
Indiantown where they will spend a
few days with Sheriff Geo Graham
before they return ham-.
M R M
Pressing Club Notice.
I have removed my Pressing ' lub into
the tirst floor of the Gourdin building,
formerly Mouzon's barber shop, where
I will be glad to serve my patrons.
1 .1 F Fulton. 1-15-tf
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WHENEVER
You
Have
Any
! KIND OF BUSINESS
In Real Ett&te See
STOLL BROTHERS,
Kingstree, - - S. C.
The Largesi, and Most f k.mplete
, Establishment South.
. GEO. S. HACKER I SON,
?MANUFACTT'H :R* OK? |
. Fash, Doors, Blinds
1 Moulding and Building Material,
Sash Weights and Cords
CHARLESTON, S. C. !
_ .
in the best,
r than the rest.
e you that it pays to deal where;
IliwiOAHELA!
1*1-1 1 .
naps wnue tney last. 1
- i i
snap
i 4 Quarts Mongram Rye $2.00 :
lQuart Old Monong-ahela free. *
SNAP 8.
4 Quarts Black Fox Rye $3.00 I
> 1 Quart Old Monong-ahela free. :
SNAP 9.
4 Quarts Square Deal Rye $4.00
) 1 Quart Imported Claret wine |
free. I
SFAP 10.
) 4 Quarts Gold Seal Rye $5.00
1 Quart Imported Claret Wine
free.
SNAP 11. 1
) 20 Bottles Pale Export
Beer $1.50 j
SNAP 12.
) 5 Quarts Cream of Kentucky
express paid. SO.00;
HILLING, CO. !
i, Wilmington IS. C. j
5 :;
jj THE TWO is the thin^ this
i year. Long, low iapels, semiforni-titting backs and
fronts nearly straight give this model a remarkable j
slylish appearance.
We can supply this model in half a dozen different fabrics
and scores of handsome patterns. You can get these suits
in any weight here, and and we absolutely guarantee the
quality?they are the famous SCHLOSS-made garments.
I'oae aid see thea?we can fit you perfectly. All grades,
$12 to $35. Also a full Hie of lew things la Mel's Sprlig
Fnrilshlifs just received. "A little better for a little less."
J. L. C. MOORE,
LAKE CITY. SOUTH CAROLINA.
u J
IF YOU WANT A BUGGY
?r WHY
NOT BUY THE
Best on the Market?
WE SELL THEM -THE TYSON & JONES.
WE HANDLE ANUMBER OF OTHER STANDARD
MAKES, ALSO WAGONS, HARNESS,
LAP ROBES, HORSE BLANKETS, ETC.,
all the best on the market
F. C. Thomas, .
ZECing-stiee, S. C. j
Ml:JL'JL'i "M."s' A"a"a*<A"a."A.' A
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THE _ JI Offers to the Insuring j|
^ 1 public safe, reliable, econ- \
* Palmetto Mutual j ?^' protection at the ^
lowest cost. \
Fire Insurance countr^risks a specialty. g
Correspondence solicited. ^
j rnmnanv II Atients wanted. kL
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i CHARLESTON, S. C. I
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? FOR ANYTHING JN'J HE WATCH LINE. WE CARRY 3
| Watches of All Kinds, All Grades |
| HANDLED BY F1S5T-CLA55 JEWELLERS. |f
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Being Watch inspectors lor the Southern, George- 3
? town and Western Railroads, also Consolidated 2
? Street Railway, we are obliged to keep a variety of 3
EE Watches. We will he glad to have you call ar.d see Es
? them at anv time or to till y.ur Mail Orders. 3
? Watches and Jewelry Repaired. ZS
1 S- THOMAS & 3RO. 1
? 257 KING ilL ELT, ChAfiLE/ICN, 5. C. 3