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g;win ^- ?SUELDOM or newer had po
g iitical feelings in a presi
I . ? dential campaign run so
high. Principles, policies.
fg?g||5p^ and personalities were all
lsgg|?lSE5| sources of prejudice and
VwMBi^' hatred. The candidates
of the two principal parties were as un?
like as it is possible to imagine, and the
principles and policies of the two party
platforms were as opposite as the mind
. could conceive.
As the campaign progressed with ev?
er intensifying feeling, charges and
<5EEETED WITH CEIES OF "HELLO, OLD
BOGUS: '
countercharges were made-some well
founded, no doubt and others utterly
ridiculous. P?rsons -acquainted with
the two candidates knew these stories
and similar ones to be utterly false, but
the fact that such stories originated
and 9 gained currency illustrates bow
high public feeling ran and into what
-depths "of credulity its prejudices al?
lowed it to be carried.
One of the most ridiculous and at the
same time one of the most persistent
rumors in circulation was that which
averred with all solemnity that one of
the candidates, who was stumping the
^country from Maine to California-in
this most unusual of campaigns ail
states were doubtful, and all alike i
needed the presence of the party nom?
inees-was not the candidate at all, but
a man of much greater intellectual and
oratorical ability who bore a strong
physical resemblance to the actual can?
didate.
The reports concerning this mysteri?
ous substitute of the real candidate
were somewhat conflicting. According
to the more conservative versions of
this improbable story, the substitute
assumed the part of his principal only
upon occasions when the genuine can?
didate was too much exhausted to him?
self address the expectant crowds as
he passed from one raliway station to
another in his speechmaking campaign.
This theory was given some color by
the extraordinary number of speeches
which the candidate succeeded in
crowding into a working day of 12 or
35 hours. There was no stopping place
so small but that he would find time
and words to make at least a little
speech, and to such as gave no cre?
dence to the theory of candidational
substitution it was a constant marvel
that the mau's voice and strength
didn't give out. Thus there were many
persons willing to believe the candidate
had a physical duplicate to spell him in
his speechmaking who would not go so
far as to believe, as another version of
the story had it. that it was the sub?
stitute who was making all the speech
OS and that it had all been arranged
before the nomination of the candi?
date. This version stated in terms as
explicit as was compatible with an
avoidance of libel suits that the man
put in nomination by the convention
was so inferior intellectually that he
was totally incompetent to make the
brilliant speeches which the party's
salaried substitute was going about
making. This version of the fairy tale
would have it that the genuine candi?
date had gone into the most secret and
secluded retirement immediately after
the convention had nominated him and
that he would not issue therefrom un?
til after the election should have car?
ried him up to a triumphant victory or
down to an inglorious defeat.
In the heat of political campaigns the
most improbable tales will find cre?
dence, and there were found among the
duller class of intellects many men who
actually believed the real party candi?
date had never been seen at a political
rally and bad never made a speech
since the beginning of the campaign.
This belief no doubt accounts for the
interruptions that occurred now 3nd
then near the close of the campaign
when the candidate would be greeted
with cries of "Hello, old Bogus!" and
similar remarks. But while no person
of education and intelligence for a mo?
ment supposed that the real candidate
was not daily appearing before thou?
sands and making speeches there were
many who believed it not impossible
nor even improbable that be had with
him a substitute bearing a personal
likeness to himself, whom he suffered
to make short speeches at some of the
minor and unimportant places at which
the tram stopped.
It may be as well to state here bow j
the story cf the double started, accord?
ing to the explanation given by the can?
didate and his managers, an explana?
tion, by tLo way,, that was accepted
with reluctance or not at all by many
of the opposing party. Then, too, as is
always the case when sensational sto?
ries gain currency, there were many
who heard the story who never heard
the explanation of its origin.
According to the explanation, one day
when the train was passing through a
city of considerable size a gentleman
came aboard who bore a rather striking
resemblance to the candidate so far as
features went, but who was a much
smaller man and one who could not
possibly be palmed off upon the public
for any length of time as the real can?
didate. This gentleman and the presi?
dential aspirant were presented to each
other, and the stranger remained talk?
ing with his distinguished companion
until the train had carried them out in?
to the rural districts, and as the train
was slowing up at an unimportant little
station the stranger laughingly sug?
gested that he should take the candi?
date's place on the rear platform.
The candidate good humoredly ac?
quiesced to the proposal, and the stran?
ger actually, showed himself upon the
rear platform to the little group wait?
ing at the station, while the real candi?
dato remained within the car unseen.
Contrary to the terms of the proposal
and its acceptance, the stranger even
made a little speech, the temptation to
do so apparently bemg too great for
him to resist. The speech was merely
a brief restatement of some things the
candidate had already uttered in one of
his printed speeches and so would have
done no harm even if it had been re?
ported for the press and again printed,
which was not done, as the place where
; it was delivered was regarded as too
unimportant to make appropriate its
publication.
And that was all there was to the
story, according to the candidate and
the party managers. The stranger soon
after left the train, and he and the can?
didate had never seen each other since.
This was all very well as an expla?
nation, said the candidate's opponents,
but if true, how was it that the candi?
date was able to make such an impos?
sible number of speeches? And, fur?
thermore, how was it that on one occa?
sion, due to somebody's blunder, the
candidate and his substitute both hap?
pened to be making speeches at the
same hour in two towns a few miles
apart? To the first question the an?
swer was made that the great intellec?
tual and physical strength of the can?
didate made so many speeches possible.
And to the second question the re?
sponse was that the assumption upon
which it rested was absolutely base?
less-a fabrication pure and simple.
And so things went on. with ever in?
creasing bitterness upon both sides, to?
ward the end of "this most momentous
of all presidential campaigns.
To such extent was feeling aroused
and to such length of bitterness did it
go that, as the end approached, the
more extreme partisans were ready to
resort to almost any means to defeat
their opponents. There were rumors cf
plots to assassinate one or the other or
both of the leading candidates, rumors
which, when traced to their sources, it
is pleasant to be able to record, were
found to be wholly without foundation
in truth. But the rumors served to ex?
cite and inflame still further the ani?
mosities of persons whose hatred had
already, reached fever heat.
lt was at this critical stage of the
campaign that certain hotheaded parti
THESTRANGER SHOWED HIMSELF UPON TnE
PLATFORM.
sans hatched a plot to kidnap the can?
didate who was rumored to have a dou?
ble. They would kidnap him about a
week before the day of election, thus
compelling his paid substitute in the
interval to appear at all public func?
tions and make all speeches for which
the true candidate had made engage?
ments. After election, should he prove
to have received a majority of the elec?
tora! votes, the candidate was to be
held a prisoner until after the succeed?
ing 4th of March, which would compel
the successful party to either inaugu?
rate a spurious president or admit that
the man elected was not to be found
and therefore could not be inaugurated.
Or. should developments after the elec?
tion make it seem wiser to restore the
elected candidate to his party before
March 4, a heavy ransom could be de
manded, which would repay the con?
spirators for the risk they would run
in kidnaping him.
The election would occur on Tuesday.
On the evening cf the preceding Thurs?
day a final great political rally was to
be held in a large hall of one of the
chief cities. This rally would practical?
ly end the campaign, such meetings as
were to be held afterward being of less?
er importance. The candidate credited
with having a double was to address
this great political meeting. There was
to be a torchlight procession first, and in
order that as many persons as possible
might catch a glimpse of the great
man it was arranged that he should
ride from his hotel to the hall in an
open carriage at the head cf the pa?
rade.
The conspirators of the opposing par?
ty, knowing of this plan, decided that
the best time to kidnap the candidate
would be just before the hour set for
the meeting. It was hoped by them
that the salaried substitute would be
unprepared for taking the place of his
principal before this great gathering
and would in his embarrassment and
unpreparedness leave a bad impression
on the voters. The plotters therefore
decided to permit the candidate to pass
from the hotel to the hall as arranged
and seize him just as he was entering
the hall by a private entrance. Two
dozen picked policemen were to be on
guard near the entrance, each of whom
was to be a sympathizer with the con?
spirators and secretly act in conjunc?
tion with them. Plans were carefully
perfected, and it seemed reasonably
certain that the abduction could be suc?
cessfully accomplished. With a substi?
tute available the managers would cer?
tainly have the mass meeting proceed
with an address by the spurious candi?
date rather than endanger the chances
of the real candidate's election by mak?
ing public the fact that he had been
captured and carried away and that it
was not known where he was or when
his person could be recovered.
But on the very morning of the day
when the abduction was to occur and
when all the plans for its execution had
been arranged the startling news came
to the conspirators that the secret had
leaked out and that the candidate and
his managers would be prepared for the
kidnaping. A traitor to the enemy
straight from that enemy's camp
A BAND OP HOBSEJIEN BABBED THE BOAD.
brought the conspirators the news. He
also divulged the plans the enemy had
prepared for outwitting the conspira?
tors. It was to be a case of fooling the
fooled. From this time on the salaried
substitute could well be spared, and the
pian of the enemy, as revealed by the
traitor, was to have the spurious candi?
date ride from the hotel to the hall in
the open carriage at the head of thc pa?
rade, while the genuine candidate
should proceed to the hall in a closed
carriage and enter the building through
another entrance. The conspirators
should be suffered to carry out their
plans, only instead of the real candi?
date it would be the substitute whom
they would capture and carry away.
This news brought consternation to
the conspirators at first, but after the
first moments of discomfiture and be?
wilderment the leader exclaimed:
"Why, all the better then! We will let
them see that we can change our plans
as quickly as they can theirs. W will
let them continue to think wc arc to do
as already planned, but in reality we
will let this substitute of theirs enter
the hall, and we will capture the candi?
date in the closed carriage. The re?
sults will be the same as first plan?
ned."
"Ha, hal" shouted the other conspir?
ators and proceeded to rearrange their
plans accordingly.
That evening, with limelights bring?
ing his features into strong relief, there
rode in an open carriage at the head of
a procession through double ro-vs of
cheering and shouting spectators a
smiling and hatless man who strongly
resembled the presidential candidate.
He bowed and bowed, and few besides
those in the secret dreamed that he
was other than what he seemed.
At the same hour a closed carriage
was driven rapidly from an alley in the
rear of the candidate's hotel and rolled
swiftly away through tho more desert?
ed streets roward the hall where tho
meeting was to be held. When about
half the distance had been covered, a
band of horseman suddenly dashed
from a cross street and narred the read
In front of the carriage. One of the
horsemen quickly mounted the seat
with the driver, and. the others lining
up on either side of the vehicle, the
carriage and the little cavalcade Sur?
round ing it sped swiftly away toward
the environs of the city.
The occupant had made no outcry.
An hour or so later, vhen the great
hall was echoing and re-echoing to the
ringing tones of the presidential candi?
date and to the respondent cheers of his
audience, a little band of swearing con?
spirators were disgustedly kicking
about an effigy of straw that their lead?
er had just pulled unceremoniously
from a closed carriage.
The darker the cloud the brighter th?
sun when be breaks through the rift
In our Fal! Announcement w~ presided a !>;te ar;d consequently a short
season, and we beiievo the resulte so Ur have proven ?he truthfulness of
. >ur prediction We n<*ve a very !*!gf Ptock of goods which weare anxious
to couvert into money ?od wiii do s>> on a? reasonable a margin of profit as
kginmate merchandising will justify
o^Ho^?e Have no Speoiai Sales For Special Days*o*o*o*o*o
But parp?se mak?'g every day from now until Christmas, one of Spacial
aies We realize that the needs of our country friends nest ye?r will be
much more than usual, owing to rfcp failure of tba corn crop, and we are
willing to
Sacrifice Our Profits T**at W(i raa> be able ,o assi8t tbem
- We can't buy Corn with Clothing, Shoes
and Hate, IT TAKES MONEY Therefore every dolUr you epend with us
enables us to help you.
Our Clothing Department ?vooidd,i credittoanexclosive
- city store Here you wili fiod
suits to fit, from the smallest bey to the 300 pounder Our buyer bought
200 BOY'S SUITS, s^zes 5 to 15. "under the hammer"-Goods worth from
$1 50 to $2, but the price paid for AU. XTf^^^ HpntQ
them iaeti?es us in selling them At g^gggElg ^^n^S>
There are several styles, come early or the cboicn may be gone
Oar better grade of Boys' suits from $2 up, have double knee and double seat.
Every mother knows where a Boy's Pants first gives way, 60 this feature
ongbt to be appreciated We have
Boys' Overcoats, sizes 5 to 12 years, from $1.00 to $5.00
Youths' Overcoats, sizes 12 to 19 years, from $2.50 to $8.00
-OUR LINE OF
Men's Overcoats *8 probably the largest and best assorted yon
- will find to select /rom, the prices run from
$2.50 tO $30.00 Tfae man mD8t be vei7 fastidious, indeed, who
-cannot get a suit to please him in our eetab
iishment Oar line embracee a full etock of Plain and Fancy Worsteds, Mel
tone, Cheviots and Graoitee, in slims, 6toots and regulars from $2.50 to $20
if you need an extra pair of PANTS, you will find our stock a good one
from which to select, as we carry them as high as $7 50 per pair. We
had about
200 PairS PantS slightly water damaged in transit There were
-$-;- some worth $2 per pair, none les? then $1 50,
we put them ali down At ninety-five cents per pair.
kV bile we are devoting most of this ad. to Clothing, bear in mind we are
not neglecting our
Dry Goods and Shoe Stock \ca wi",fiud departments
---=- thoroughly op to date and no
brtter values for the money to b* had in the city Our facilities heretofore
prevented our carrying as complete line of
Ladies' Cloaks ^9 our ,rade re9aired. ?at we Dave no hesitancy
-:- in saying now that our stock will compare favor?
ably with soy in the city. From 8 $1 50 Jacket to a $20 Automobile Coat
we can suit you.
Remember we will not be undersold and our
motto shall be,
"Sell as Cheap as We Gan, Not as Dear as We Might."
O'DONNEL
WHISKEY $m GALLON.
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We claim to be the Lowest Priced Whiskey House. We really sell whiskey j
a's low as $l.io per gallon, and mind you ; distilled whiskey-not a decoction j
of chemicals-but of course it is new and under proof.
Our "Mountain Dew" 5 year old whiskey is a liquid joy ! It is actually pro- '.
duced by honest Tar Heels in the Mountain Section of North Carolina, by the i
old time hand process. Every drop is boiled over open furnace wood fires, in j
old style copper stills, in exactly the same way as distilled by our grandfathers
a century ago. First rate whiskey is sold at $5 to $6 per gallon, but is not !
any better than ''Mountain Dew." It is the best in the world and must please
j every customer or we will buy it back with Gold-and the Peoples National
! Bank of "Winston, North Carolina, will tell you our guarantee is good. To more
fully introduce "Mountain Dew,v we offer either three or five gallons (in plain
i sealed box.) at the special price of ?1 95 per gallon cash with order. Positive
! ly no larger amount shipped. On future shipments we will require the usual
: price, viz : $2 95 per gallon. Express prepaid to all regular customers. We
j have branch warehouses in Denver, St. Louis, and Cincinnati, but all orders and
i remittances (in stamps, cash or by check, etc.) as well as requests for confi
j dential price list must be addressed as foliotes:
W. S. CASPER CO., Winston-Salem, 27. C., IT. g. A.
Main Office and Warehouses: Nos. 1145-46 Liberty and I, 3, 4, 5, Maple Sts.
wira
?In Season.
Do You Run a Gin or Machinery of Any Kind ?
Then come to us for
BELTING, either Leather or Rubber,
PULLEYS or other fixtures,
Machine Oils, Gin supplies in general.
Your attention is invited to our fine line of
SADDLES, HARNESS, WHIPS.
Full stock of
PAIMTTS AWD OXL.S
And everything in the Hardware line at reasonable prices.
Lt. B. DURANT,
The Hardware Man of Sumter,
Sept 18 -x
?tianuc Coast hm*
.?ILHTNGTO?, COLUMBIA ?S!
GUSTA RAILEO Ai).
Condensed Schede!*
Datfcd Dec 10, 1901
TRAILS GOING SoUTi .
No. 56 No. 36 No 21
p. m. H m
jtuve Vi ilnairigtcr- "'3 4t jo 00
..?ave MarioD |5 40 8 45
!.."rive Florence ;7 25 9 25
p. m. a. cs.
cave Florence 8 CO ?3 25
1 rive Sumter 9 15 4:8
TNo. 52
.j ve Seater 9 15 *9 42
. 10 40 ll 10
. c. SC runs ?hfbuga ?rcra Gberfaiir ? t
.ne? 8 15 s m. l?aontGg 9 C6 a a
TRAJS3 G?fSG K?RTE.
So. 51 Nc . No 50
a. ic. p. ia.
save Oo?nm6:a . *? 55 ?-4 40
rnve Sumter *8 20 8 13
No. 32
s. m. p. ic.
.save Sumter 8 20 *6 24
irrive Florence 9 35 7 35
a, m. pm
,eave Florence 10 10 | 7 40
cave Marion iO 53 8 4
..rr.ve Wilm?ogto? 1 40 ll cG>
?Daily, t Ml? except Sunday.
No 53 ru as through to Charleston, jf
.a Central B. R., arriving Kening 6 C6 p
u .Lanee 7.4 *?j> m, Charlestcc 9.2) p m.
Trains on Conway Branch leave Unadbcnrc
i2 Ol a m, arrive Conway 2.20 p tn, retaVc
Dg leave Conway 2 56 p m, ari ive Chac;
-muru 5 20 pm, leave Chadbourn 5 35 p CL
*.rrive Elrod 8.10 p m, returning Ieavt;ElroG>
3 40 a m, arrive Chadboum ll 2 .am Dail
except Sunday.
? R. KSNLY, Gen' 1 Manager.
T. Si "SMBP^ON, Traffic Manager.:
1 U fc'%'WRLSOV apn'l Pa?; Aaec
Northwestern Railroad.
TIMS TABLE NO 4
ID Effect Sunday, Nov. 24, 1901
BETWEEN WILSONS MILL AND SUMTER
Sc-nt.hboc.nd Daily ex Sunday Northbound
73 ' Mixed 72
p H STATIONS p *
3 00 I 9 Sonner 12 30
3 03 Som Jcnctiob 12 27
3 17 Tindal ll 55
3 30 Paskeville 113C
4C5 Silver ll Ot
v$ ?.??- rcs
5 00 Summerton 0 10
5 45 Davis 9 40
6 00 Jordan 9 27
6 46 Ar Wilsons Mill Lv 9 IO
BETWEEN MILLARD AND ST PAUL
7S 75 Daily ex Sunday 72 74.
PM AX Mixed AH PH
4 15 10 15 Lv Millard Ar ?0 45 4 40
4 20 10 25 Ar fct Pad LT . 10 35 4 30
BETWEEN SUMTER AND p 4 M DEN
69 .71 - Mixed 68 70
PH AH Daily ex Sunday .> M AH
6 25 10 00 Lv Sumter Ar S 3 > 9?<M>
6 27 10 02 N ff Jonction 5 28 8 58
6 47 10 22 Dalzell 5 00 8 25
7 05 10 32 Bordeo 4 40 S 00'
7 2) 10 59 Rimberts 4 28 7 40
7 35 10 f 5 Ellerbee 4 23 7 30
7 50 ll 20 Soo Ry Jauctioo 4 10 7 i 0>
8 00 ;l 30 Ar Caradeo Lv 4 00 7 oC
pv AH (SC&GEx Depot) PH A y*
TROS WILSON P^sidAnt
Mc Coast Line Railroad
Company of Mi Carole.
^t*m jSSggfi ISnb?pti??
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
In effect Janoary 13:b, 1901.
SOUTH. SORTE
No No No Nc
.35 |57 f53 ?32
7 55 Lv D&riingtotJ Ar 8 15
8 38 Lv Elliott Ar 7 50
9 1? Ar Sumter Lv 6 50
I 0" Lv Somter Ar 6
\ 52 Ar Creston L" 5 fe
5 45 Lv Creston Ar 3 60
9 15 Ar Prevails Lv io 00
3 16 Orancejjurg 5 10
5 55 Denmark 4 3?
7 55 Aueusta 2 4C
a m a m p m p
?Daily. fDaily exept t>u day.
Trains 32 and 35 carry throU2? PcMciar
Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars betwefti Ne*
York and i?acon via A ajusta.
T M EVERSON. H M EMERSON,
Trafrie Manager, f^en'l Fa??. Ag?
R if?N'LY. ?ipn" . rater.
Estate of Eicfrd E. Singleton,,
Deceased.
I WILL apply to the Judge cf Probate
of Sumter County on|November 30th, 1901,
for a Final Discharge as Administratrix of
aforesaid Estate.
A. ELISE SINGLETON.
Oct 30-4t Administratrix.
FIRST' RATIONAL ?ANR~~?F
SUMTER,
STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE?
POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C.
P*i(i op Capital.$ 75,000 CO
Surplus ?nd Profits - - - - 25,000 0O
AdditioDal Liability of Stock?
holders in excess of their
stock. 75,000 OG
Total protection to depositors, $175 000 00
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Special attention gi*en to collections.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT?
Deposits of $1 aod upwards received In
terefU allowed at the rate ot 4 per cent per
annum, on amounts above $5 and not exceed?
ing $30t', payable quarterly, on first days of
January. April, July and October.
R M. WALLACE,
P. L. T^MUXDS, President.
Cashier
Estate of Miss Eebecca T. Thomp?
son, Deceased.
I WILL apply to the Judge of Probate
of Sumter County on December 20th, 1901,
for a final Discharge as Administrator of
aforesaid Estate.
JOHN N. SCOTT,
Nov. 20-4t