Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ROOSEVELT'S BECORD. "The Country Say Survive Him, but the Republican Party Will Wish That he had Died When he was a Baby." Let it be conceded that he is in his private life a virtuous man, in his personality a cultivated and attractive man, and what does this prove except that, being a man of trained intelli? gence, he is the more bounden by tho obligations of his virtue and culture to the higher standards of public duty? As we see him he does not fulfil them. Preaching ?he gospel of the scholar in politics, he is hand and glove with Addieks and Quay. Preaching the gospel of the divorce of the Govern? ment from machines and bosses, he, figuratively speaking? sticks his breeches in his boots, rolls up his sleeves, spits on his hands and leaps into the Maryland fray, like a Balti? more heeler. Preacihng the gospel of gentleman hood, he insults a gallant old warrior, turns- down a noble old admiral, and, even in his literature, forgets a great soldier like McClellan. How shall we mince our words about such a man? The key to his character is ambition. He has made politics the business of his life, letting no grass grow beneath his "feet since he left college. His method has been very simple. But, in some ways, it has been original. Be-, duced to a formula it might read, "Make vehement civil service reform speeches from the front gallery and "then go into the back room and kick the stuiln' out of the bosses until they give you what you want." And it has worked to a charra, for, along with it, he has had great good fortune. At forty-three, by a succession of amaz? ing "accidents-of a series of accidents little short of miracles-it landed him in the White House. There he means to stay if he can. To stay he was bound to capture the machinery of his party. He has done it. By throwing his record to the winds, he has done it. By defying the world, the flesh and Mark Hanna, he has done it. The same old game ; kick the stnJhn' out of the party of it re? fuses you the nomination. Dictator! You bet he is a Dictator ! Slave? Certainly to his own ambition, which in turn is a slave to whatever power seems essential to its gratification. History tells us of many such men ; morally pure in their private life, dan? gerous in their public life. If Theo? dore Roosevelt is elected, as he will be nominated for President, . and finds himself again in the saddle with four full years ahead of him, he wiil show both the Republican party and the country what ia meant by "the strenuous life." The country may survive him. But the Republican party will wish he had died when he was a baby However let no one despair. He has sacrificed all to insure his nomi? nation.. He will lose his election. Then . the historic parallel will be fulfilled, and all of us can die happy ! -Louisville Courier-Journal. ACTIVE COTTON HARKET. .Rapid Fluctuation on the New York Exchange. New York, .Nov , 5.-After opening very steady at a decline of 5 points to an advance of 7 ponts, the cotton market this morning developed into one of the most sensationally exciting and active ones of recent times. Prices were forced np at a record rate and trading continued very active at the advance. December, which sold at 10.25 last Monday, and had opened at 10.60, was soon forced up to 10.92. January advanced to 10.82, March to 10.90 and May to l?. 91. This represented gains since the close of last night of 25 to 30 points. The gains were largely due to a bullish crop estimate, issued by a conserva? tive local house, placing the produc? tion at 10,375,000 bales, in connection with further aggressive bull support, a less favorable turn in the weather and reported heavy buying by spinners. After reaching the high mark of the morning, when prices stood at a net gain of 25 to 33 -points, the market was rather less active and for a time displayed great firmness, in spite of heavy realizings. Later, however, rumors were to the effect that a promi? nent New Orleans interest considered the advance too rapid for the season ; it was reported that a strong Wall street Clique had been formed, receipts con? tinued full, exports fell slightly below estimates and offerings became more general, with the result that in the afternoon, while trading was very active, prices were driven down point by point until at the close the market had been reduced to 6 to ll points net advance The market was finally steady in tone with sales estimated at 1,500, 000 bales, a total only reached once before in the history of the market. Fewer Gallons ; Wears Longer. Satisfaction. It is always a source of satisfaction to know of a remedy that can always be rs lied on in emergencies and when accidents occur, such a remedy is Elliott's Emulsified Oil Liniment. It is the most serviceable Accident and Emergency Liniment ever produced, and is just as satisfactory in all cases where ? Liniment is required. All dealers. Richmond, Va, Nov. 5.-.Congress? man Slemp, in Bristol, tonight con? firmed the rumor that Edward L. Wentz, the young Philadelphia mil? lionaire who disappeared, is in the hands of abductors in the mountains of the southwestern part of Virginia, and that a ransom of $100,000 is demanded for his release. t From South Africa. New Way of Using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I Mr. Arthur Chapman writing from Dur? ban, Natal, South Africa, says : "As a proof that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is a cure suitable for old and young, I pen you the following : A neighbor of mine had a child just over two months old. It had a very bad cough and the parents did not know what to give it. I suggested that if they would get a bottle of Chamber? lain's Cough Remedy and put some upon the dummy teat the baby was sacking it would no doubt cure the child. This they did and brought about a quick relief and cured tube baby." This remedy is for sale by China's Drug Store. SICKNESS NORTH AHO SOOTH. Tourists Bring in Much of the Illness They Complain of Contracting. Secretray Stuart of the New York State board of health recently declared that summer vacations and winter visits to the South are fruitful sources of typhoid epidemics. As to the first proposition he has not been seriously disputed, but as to the second The Florida Times-Union will have none of it. It remarks that if a Northerner goes South and is taken ill soon after his arrival the bairne is laid on the South, while if he goes home to the North and is taken sick there, the attack is still charged to the South. It insists that this is not reasonable and there really seems sense in its position. Further, it points out that according to the United States census there is a lower death rate in the South than in New York, and that this is trna not only of the South as a whole, but of every Southern State individ? ually. We have no disposition to question a census report and we accept without inquiry the Florida paper's statement as to what that publication shows. On the other hand it is impossible to withhold the suggestion that typhoid is not the only disease and that there are others which rarely kill, but are burdensome and long continued, and that there may be something in the totion that these are partly in mind rhos there is talk of contraction in the South by Northern visitors. There is usually some sort of foundation for a continuously current story, even if it is as bad foundation or rests on a misunderstanding or a misapplication of terms. Nor do we mean by this to imply that the South is not the healthy region the Florida editor de clears it to be. It escapes to a consid? erable degree the ailments which hide and breed in cramped quartres to which little light or air comes and where the filth peculiar to such condi? tions accumulates and does its malig? nant work, as it has comparatvely few opportunities to dn in the south. Just so far as sunlight and a good out? door life make for good health the South has a great advantage. ' With reasonable care there is no vlsi be ground to believe that it does not offer natural advantages to people who want to live as free from illness as is compatible with modern conditions anywhere. But a great many people who go South are partial invalida Some of them go on purpose to recuperate in a different climate, and by. giving up certain cares and labors which have become too much for them. That is why the average health of visitors to Florida is probably below the average health there or in the place from which visitors come. If they do not grow better it is quite probable that they will become worse. But most of these semi-invailds have not recogniz? ed any disease in themselves, and if they return North no better-or even somewhat worse-than they were at starting they date their sickness from Florida, There are other elements in the problem, but this we take to ! be chiefly important As for the rest, who ever heard of people refusing to go South, for fear of becoming ill, unless from yellow fever ?care or something of that kind? And if they do not hesitate is not the fact, a pretty good answer to such accusations as irritated our Florida contemporary?-Hartford Times. Va Ina ble luecta. Perhaps there are few substances contributed by animais to the materia medica of greater value or more ex? tensively beneficial than certain species of insects. Of these there are none more highly esteemed for medical pur? poses than those beautiful, shining, green colored insects known as blister? ing beetles, or cantharides. Their cor rosi ve action is so. great that they fre? quently inflame and excoriate the hands of those who collect them, and on this property tbeir chief medicinal virtue depends. They are generally used in the form of plasters or oint? ment and in cases of violent visceral inflammation their external use can scarcely be supplied by any other medi? cine. Carions Mode of Catching Turtles. A curious mode of catching turtles is practiced in the West Indies, It consists in attaching a ring and a line to the tail of a species of sucker fish known as the remora. The live fish is then thrown overboard and immediate? ly makes for the first turtle he can spy, to which he attaches himself very firmly by means of a sucking appa? ratus arranged at the top of his bead. Once attached to the turtle, so firm is his grip that the fisherman on drawing the line brings home both turtle and the sucker. Quite Up to Date. Day-I fine? there is a $2,500 mort? gage on the property you sold me. You never said anything about it Gay-Certainly I did. Didn't I dis? tinctly tell you it had all modern im? provements?-New Yorker. The bashi-bazouk shaves his bead ex? cept a tuft at the crown, which is to be used by the angel to jerk him to para? dise if he should be slain by his in? tended victim. A Bill Against the State. Columbia, Nov. 6.-The Legislature will be asked to pay a bill of $270.01 for expenses for three meetings of the State board of education to elect coun? ty superintendents of Barnwell Sum? ter and Marion counties. An appro? priation of $200 is made annually for | State board meetings, bot of this $131. 20 was spent by the former superin? tendent, Mr. Martin not taking charge until January 21, with the other State officers. This left $168.70, which was exhausted about July, and since then the board has met three times, all of these meetings being ab? solutely necessary. Before this year vacancies in the county offices were filled by a committee of the State board, but the Attorney General de? cided that under the law a full board was necessary to fill vacancies. , a HESTER'S WEEKLY STATEMENT. The Improvement of Cotton is Now Rapid and Steady-A Glance at Comparative Figures. New Orleans, Nov. 6.-Secretary Hester's weekly cotton statement, issued today, shows for the six days of November an increase over last year of 42,000 and a decrease under the same period year before last of 9,000. Jb'or the 67 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is behind the same days of last year 471,000 and behind the same days year before last 181,000. The amount brought into sight dur? ing the past week has been 543,300, against 476,358 for the same seven days last year and 551,635 year before last. The movement since Sept. 1 shows receipts at all United States ports to be 2,375,291, against 2,545,876 last year ; overland across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern mills and Canada 65,863, against 209,188 last year ; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 305,834, against 431,501 last year; southern mill takings 404,000, against 435,500 last year. The total move? ment since Sept. 1 is 3,150,988, against 3,622,065 last year, and 3,332,465 year before last. Foreign exports for the week have been 330,772, against 3^3,677 last year, making the total thus far for the season 1,600,915, against 1,745,624 last year. The total takings of American mills, north and south and Canada thus far for the season has been 734, 810, against 884,629 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading southern interior centres have increased during the week 103,555 bales, against an increase during the corresponding period last season of 109,977. Including stocks left over at ports and interior towns from the last crop and the number of bales brought into sight thus far for the new crop, the supply to date is 3,318,787, against 3,837,139 for the same period last year. ?lk playing cards. For sale by H. G. Osteen & Co. Bryan's Claim Denied. New Haven, Conn. Nov. 6.-Judge i Livingstone W. Cleveland, of the Pro? bate Court, handed down a decision today in the Philo S. Bennett will case, holding that the sealed letter directing Mrs. Bennett, the widow, to pay William J. Bryan $50,000, was not part of the will % The effect of I this is to prevent Mr. Brayn from obtaining ?he money mentioned in the letter unless the present decision is reversed by a higher Court, or unless he should be successful in legal pro? ceedings sgainsfc Mrs. Bennett in the event that the $50,000 should be paid under Clause 12 of the will which fol? lows: "Twelfth. I give and bequeath unto my wife, Grace Imogene Bennett, the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in trust, however, for the purpose set forth in a sealed letter which will be found with said will." The text of the letter was made pub? lic at one of the bearings on the will. Mr. Bryan was not present when the decision was announced, but his attor? neys said he would appeal from Judge Cleveland's decision. Brown Rodgers, of Union, will hang on Nov. 13, in accordance with sen? tence passed by Jndge Dantzler for the murder of Rodger Fant some months ago. ? petition with the!;evi dence was presented to the Governor a few days ago for his] commutation, but both the solicitor and the Judge thought that the sentence should stand and the Governor declined to inter? fere. The governor has appointed Hon. John B. Clevelad, of Spartanburg, a member of the state historical commis? sion, to succeed the late Gen. Edward McCrady, of Charleston. Mr. Cleve? land is well known for the interest he takes in historical matters, and it was he who presented to the state the Glen memorial tablet now in the state capi? tol. Vancouver, B. C., Nov. 6.-As showing the depth of resentment over the success of the United States in the Alaska boundary matter, during the performance of a minstrel troupe here, the music of the American anthem was vigorously hissed. When the flag formed itself on the stage lights the expressions of dissent became so loud that the curtain was hastily rung down. EXCURSION RATES TO AUGUSTA, GA. And Return Via the Southern Railway Account Geor? gia State Reunion of Confederate Veterans Nov. 10-12. 1903. The Southern Railway will sell reduced rate tickets from all points in the State of South Carolina to Augusta, Ga., and return account of State Reunion o* Confederate Veterans November 10th-12tb, at One Cent a Mile plus Twenty Five cents. Tickets on sale from points. beyond radius of 100 miles of Augusta, Ga, November 9th 30th. and po'nts within radius of 100 miles November IO1 h nth, and for trains scheduled to arrive in Augusta, Ga, before noon of November 12. limited to November 13th, 1903. For full particulars apply to any local Agent of the company or to R. W. HUNT. D. P. A.. Charleston. S. C. Rydales Liver Tablets Ry dales Liver Tablets cure all liver trou? bles. They act specifically on the liver, the bile, bladder, and bile duct, the intes? tines and bowels. They stimulate the liver and cause a perfect flow of bile into the bowels, keep the bile duct healthy, increase the peristaltic movement of the intestines and thus restore a healthy action of all these organs. Rydales Liver Tablets are easy to take, being small chocolate coated tablets. They act promptly and can al? ways be depended upon. Price per box of 50 tablets, 25 cents* All dealers. Confederate Veterans Reunion, Augusta, Georgia. Low Rates Via Atlantic Coast Line. Tickets on sale November 9 and 10.1903 from all points in Georgia and South Carolina be? yond a radius of one hundred miles of Augus? ta, and November 10 and 11th from pointe within radius ol one hundred miles of Augus? ta, and for trains scheduled to arrive In Au? gusta before noon of November 12, 1903. Final limit of all tickets will be November 13, 1903. Tiie rate from Sumter to Augusta and return for this occasion will be $i8u. H. M. EMERSON, W. J. CRAIG. Trraffic Manager. General Passenger Agent. LOOKS LIKE 12 CENT COTTON. Lively Transactions on the Cot? ton Exchange Friday. New York, Nov. 6.-There was a sensational active trade in cotton this morning, and once more prices were forced upward at a record rate. The market opened 4 points down on the near months to an advance of 12 points, and soon after the opening was some 13 to 15 points net higher on excited covering by those who sold on yester? days' break, a good demand from spot people and further aggressive support from the local bnll leaders. After reaching 10.68 for December, 10.08 for January, 10.82 for March and 10.85 for May, there was heavy realizing and some pressure from Wall street bear sources. The market eased off 4 or 5 points, although it continued very active and excited. After declining a matter of 12 to 18 points from the best prices of the morning under liquidation and Wall street bear pressure, encouraged by the heavy estimates for tomorrow's re? ceipts at leading points, the market was rallied gain by the persistant sup? port of local bull interests, who were inclined to lay stress upon the fact that the "into sight" for the week was less than estimated ; that the exports were full and the southern markets generally steady at unchanged prices to an advance of %. At first the buy? ing seems well confined to the bull leaders, but later shorts began to cover in volume and prices were adveanced to a new high level for the day, with December reaching 10.90, and May 10.92. The market closed firm within 3 or ? points off the best and net 16 to 21 points higher. Sales were estimat? ed at 900,000 ?Dales. VIGOROUS OLD AGE. Plato died in bis eighty-third year, and his last hour was devoted to intel? lectual work. Isocrates was ninety-four years old when he wrote his famous work. MPa nathenaikus." Terestius Varrc lived to be nearly a hundred, and he continued to write up to the day of Iiis death. r Hiero, king of Sicily, lived to be ninety, and Masinissa lived to be still older and rufed for sixty years. Quintus Fabius was appointed augur when he waa past middle age. and he held the office for sixty-two years. Cato Censorius transacted business until he was nearly ninety and re? tained to the end all his old time vigor. Gorgias LoETitium, the teacher of Isocrates and other distinguished men, was in excellent health at the age of 107 years. Chrysippus began to write his work on logic in his; eightieth year. Clean thes taught his pupils up to his ninety ninth year. Sophocles lived to be nearly a hun? dred, and during his last days he wrote the "Odipus Colooeus/' one of the greatest tragedies ever written. Arganthouius began to rule when he was forty years old and held power for eighty years, and In the third book of the "History" Asinius Pollio tells us that he did not die until he was past his one hundred and thirtieth year. Wool Gathering. Willie-Pa. when you say a man's "wool gathering" it means he's lazy, don't it? % Pa-Not necessarily. He may be gathering the wool off the Iambs in Wall street-Philadelphia Ledger. Sheep used as beasts of burden in north India carry twenty pounds weight apiece. GREENE AND GAYNOR. Mr. Erwin Says Evidence is Abundant Against the Men. Washington, Nov. 6.-Marion Erwin, special asisstant to the Attorney General in charge for the Government of the suits for the recovery of the funds charged to have been embezzled by Capt. Oberlin M. Carter, formerly of the corps of engineers of the army, was at the department of justice to? day. Being asked as to the truth of the rumors that Carter would turn State's evidence, and be used by the Government as a witness against Green and Gaynor, and at the same time would endeavor to recover the half million dollars which the Govern? ment has tied up in the hands of re? ceivers on actions pending in various States, Mr. Erwin said : "There is nothing in that whatever; the government does not need Carter's evidence to convict Greene and Gaynor. The evidence to convict them is sup? erabundant. What the Government needs is to have Greene and Gaynor in such a position that the evidence already at hand can be used against them before a jury of their fellow countrymen, and we have no fear of the result. Whether we get them in that position will depend largely upon the decision of the British privy coun? cil, before which the appeal from the decision of Justice Carom, of Quebec, discharging them on habeas corpus, is now pending." N. G. Osteen, Jr., SURGEON DENTIST, OFFICE : No. 104 N. 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