J. P. MORGAN OUTGENERALED?
? Ohio Sory Says He May Be Forced to
Buy a Zimmerman Railroad.
ap Cincinnati, Sept. 20.-Not content
f with selling J. P. Morgan the Cincin
; xtati, Hamilton ?fe Dayton Railroad
t and other lines comprising the Great
! Central system, in -which he made a
, profit of more than $1,000,000,
Eugene Zimmerman, father-in-law of
the Duke of Manchester, it is asserted
here, has practically made it incum?
bent on Mr. Morgan to purchase the
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Road also.
In railroad circles here today the j
matter was freely discussed. Zimmer?
man sold his Great Central system j
to Morgan, and the latter, failing to j
complete the sale of it to the Erie, j
was forced to throw the system into j
the hands of a receiver. Judson !
Harmon was appointed and is still
acting. j
Following this deal, Zimmerman
and his associates acquired control
of the Detroit Southern and some
valuable coal lands ia Kentucky,
M?rgan and his followers have, it is
said, but recently became aware that
Zimmerman is in a position to ham?
per the development of Morgan's
coal traffic in Kentucky, as handled
by the Chesapeake ?fe Ohio and the j
? Cincinnati, Hamilton ?fe Dayton Rail- j
roads.
Zimmerman worked quietly and j
now has a bridge started across the j
Ohio River at Ashland, Ky., across
which the Detroit Southern will run !
to enter the Kentucky coal fields.
Morgan, through his interests; has
had practically a monopoly of this j
business for some time, but Zimnier
? I
man, it is beleived here, will be in a
position to dictate terms, owing to his
better facilities for reaching the i
j great lakes over the Detroit Southern.
Zimmerman himself spent the sum?
mer :n Ireland. During his absence
the work progressed rapidly?.and now j
the Detroit Southern Road, it . is as?
serted in some quarters, is 'almost,
ready to begin war with the Morgan
roads for the coal business of East?
ern Kentucky.
Zimmerman has been in Toledo for
a week, and, it is reported, is ne?
gotiating with Morgan for the sale
of the Detroit ?fe Toledo Ironton,
which is the strategic line desired.
Governor Terrell, of Georgia, has
written that if Charleston be included
within Georgian boundaries, he will
be glad to have the battleship Georgia
christened there. Governor Heyward
had not mentioned that.
. News from Georgetown says that
rice harvesting is in full swing. There
will be a good crop this year,, about
twenty-five bushels per acre. There
are 5,500 acres under cultivation, and
the price continues high.
Constable Jenkins made a success?
ful raid in the Dark Corner of King's
Mountain township. He captured two
almost complete stills and destroyed
about 2,000 gallons of beer. Shots
were exchanged by the posse with the
mountaineers, but no arrests were
made.
The fact that the proposition to
erect a castle hall in Columbia failed
at the last meeting of the Pythian
?Trand lodge in Sumter has not caused
the Columbia members of the order
to lose interest in the movement. It
is certain that the same motion will
come up at the next meting and it is
almost certain that Columbia will be
selected as the place for the building.
-The State.
W-i:en Charles Dudley Warner was
a newspaper editor in the early '60s
he was accustomed to write his edi?
torials upon the war with fervid haste
regardless of the consideration of
handwriting, says The Pittsburg
Press. One day a typesetter left the
composing room and appeared at the
editor's desk: "Mr. Warner," he said,
"I've decided to enlist in the army."
With mingled emotions of pride and
lesponsibillty, Mr. Warner replied
that it pleased him that the man felt
the call to duty. "Oh it isn't that,"
said the truthful compositor, "but
I'd rather be shot than to set your
copy."
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BRYAN EN COLOMBIA.
LARGE NUMBER OF SOUTH CARO?
LINIANS HEAR HIM SPEAK.
He Discussed Some of the Issues
That Are Now Receiving Attention
From Public Men, But There Was
Nothing Particularly Striking In
thc Address
Columbia, Sept. 19.-The welcome
that W. J. Bryan received today in
the Capital of South Carolina, the
number of representative citizens who
j came from all section of ihe State to
j greet him and hear him speak, is
the best and most convincing evi
? dence that the eloquent Nebraskan is
j still regarded by many Democrats of
the State as the leader and mouth
! piece of the party. He was given a
cordial and hearty welcome, and his
address was heard wih the closest at?
tention.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan arrived in Co?
lumbia at 3.30 a. m. and were en?
tertained at Wrights Hotei. After
breakfast Governor Heyward and
other citizens called at the hotel, and
laer took them for a motor trip over |
the city.
After the drive the party proceeded I
to the campus of the University of I
South Carolina.
After the invocation by Bishop j
Elison . Capers, Mayor T. Hasell
! Gibbes' briefly bade the distinguished i
! visitor welcome to the city, and in- j
troduced Governor Heyward, who
welcomed Mr. Bryan to the State.
Mr. Bryan's Speech.
Mr. Bryan faced a crowd of 1,500
or more. It was hot-sweltering;
and now and then there was a
shower. But nobody minded the dis
j comfort. Mr. Bryan spoke for an
hour or more, and every word was
heard 1 with the most intense interest.
His recent world tour and the les?
sons hereof; free silver; government |
ownership of railways; Secretary
Shaw's recent Southern trip; the
tariff and the presidential campaign
of 19OS naturally were the chief top?
ics. As touching his government j
ownership plan. Mr. Bryan declared
that he believed in it; that he thought
every man who gave the subject suf?
ficient* thought and was not personal
ly biased by money considerations
would believe in it also ; that it was I
two years until the presidential cam
I paign, and he 'did not propose to
waste two good years of his life wait?
ing for an uncertain presidential
election: In other words, he inti?
mated pretty strongly his determina?
tion to continue speaking and work?
ing in behalf of government owner
! ship. But ,he did not say that he
would not be the candidate of the
party on a platform from which the
government owinership pla?nk was
missing. Mr. Bryan reiterated his
well known statements with regard to
labor and capital and arbitration be?
tween them. To President Roosevelt
he gave due credit for his efforts at
settlement of strikes by arbitration,
but said the president got his plan
from "the Chicago Democratic plat?
form. He said also that the Republi?
can party now has only one man, ac?
cording to its own admission, who
can secure without a desperate strug?
gle the nomination for president, and
the basis of his great personal popu- j
larity is not his Republicanism, but J
the fact that he has forsaken Repub?
lican practice and principle and
adopted some of the distinctive Dem?
ocratic principles.
Mr. Bryan declared his unchanged j
belief in the inherent righteousness
and economic expediency of free sil?
ver, but said nothing about injecting
the old question into the next cam- j
paign.
"The tariff question," he said, "will j
probably be introduced, and I for one {
shall not object. I've been discussing j
the tariff for twenty-six* years." He
went into a masterly analysis of pro- ?
tective and revenue tariffs and de- ?
dared that he had never heard a Re?
publican tariff speech a ten-year-old
boy couldn't answer. The present tar?
iff he declared, "collecting money
from all the people and giving it to
a few. Of course, the few like it.
He declared it the most encourag?
ing feature of the present time to
Democracy that many of those in the
North who had hitheto most strenu?
ously supported the protective tariff
were now most strongly opposed to
it.
President Roosevelt's war policy
Mr. Bryan deprecated, saying the
ideal president of this country was
one of peace and not of war; that the
whole genius of American life and
ideals was against war.
Mr. Bryan talked for ten minutes i
of the Christian ideal, saying that
since the age of twelve he had been
a member of church and had tried i
to live up to his Christian ideal; but
ne-.er until his recent tour of the i
world, which carried him amongst ?
barbarous and savage as well as
among the most enlightened people,
had he appreciated the beauty and
power of that ideal, to the full. "In
China they told me," he said, "that [
they lived up to the Confucian id? al.
while we of America did not live un 1
to our Christ iden!. I told them that
I would a thousand times rather try
to Eve up to the Christian ideal and
; fall far short of tho mark than to
j try to live up ot the Confucian ideal
and succeed."
He was sure that throughout the
world the Christian ideal and demo?
cratic doctrine were gaining: dailv,
and said that American politics would
feel their purifying and uplifting in?
fluence more and more strongly with
the passing of the years.
Mr. Bryan reasserted his faith in
the democratic doctrine of allowing
the Filippines to govern themselves
instead of,-regulating their affairs by
outside force. He spoke of the costly
blunder the Republicans had made,
which cost this country $500,000,000
: more than enought, the speaker de?
clared, than would be necessary to
dig the Panama canal without tax on
I the people, more than enough to re?
claim the arid lands of the West,
more than enough to regulate rail?
road rates. j
In closing and speaking of the ap
! parent attitude on the part of those
I who had introduced him that he was
j "being induced to speak," was con
j ferring a favor of the audience, Mr.
! Bryan told a story on himself illus?
trating his always being ready to
speak. He said he liked to speak.
Mr. Bryan closed with a spectacu?
larly attractive period on the cor?
rupting influence of the money pow?
er. He said the Democratic party
several years ago had warned those
people that if they did not stop steal?
ing they would not only be stopped,
but would be compelled to restore
what they had stolen. He said their
morals had become so preverted that
they had lost the art of using the
money after they had .?rtolen it, and
were pursuing a game that was not
only debauching, but that would
Anally destroy them as well.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan and a few in?
vited guests were entertained at
luncheon by Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Gonzales, at their home on Senate
street.
Several hundred people took ad?
vantage of the opportunity afforded
by the reception in the State house
corridors after the speech to meet
the Great.Commoner and his charm?
ing, unaffected wife.
FAIR TIME COMING.
Thirty-Eighth Fair to Be the Biggest
and Best Yet-Some Features.
Fair time is fast approaching and
Mr. A. W. Love, upon whom, as
secretary of the State Agricultural
and Mechanical society, falls most of
the labor of preparation, is becoming
a busy man indeed. Already it may
be said with assurance that the fair,
October 22-26 of this year, which will
be the society's thirty-eighth, will be
the biggest and best yet. All the fea?
tures dear to the hearts of old fair
visitors will be retained and in most
cases improved, while several new
attractions will be added.
There wiD be four full days of rac?
ing, with the largest purses ever of?
fered by the society. The large va?
riety of free attractions will be notice?
able. The railroads will offer the
usual low rates, so that the people
from all over the State, farmer-folk
especially, will find a trip to the fair
the pleasantest and withal the cheap?
est they could take after a hard
year's work.
The officers and committeemen of
the society will be holding frequent
meetings and conferences here from
now on. Mr. G. A. Guignard, of this
city, is president, and Mr. J. Wash.
Watts, of Mountville, is president pro
tem. In addition there is one vice
president from each of the seven con?
gressional districts. Mr. J. M. Can
tey, of this city, is the assistant; Mr.
A. Gamewell LaMottc, also of this
j city, is the treasurer of the society,
and Mr. D. F. Efird, of Lexington, is
the general superintendent.
The committee on fair grounds and
buildings, which will shortly have a
force cf men at work, is composed o*
Messrs. B. A. Boykin, T. J. Cunning?
ham, D. F. Efird, J. L. Mimnaugh and
C. S. McCullough.-Columbia Record.
If he wants it we hope the Hon.
Frank B. Cary, of Abbeville, will be
elected Speaker of the next House of
Representatives. He has fiilled the
position once before, and acquitted
himself handsomely as a presiding
officer. - Orangeburg Ttimes and
Democrat.
Wofford College opened Wednes"
day morning with the largest atten?
dance in its history. A hundred
students are enrolled in the freshman
class.
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*It's a -ignificant fact that the
strengest animal of its size, the goril?
la, also has *he largest lungs. Power?
ful lungs means powerful creatures.
How to keep the breathing organs
right should be man's chiefest study.
Like thousands of others, Mrs. Ora
A. Stephens, nf Port Williams, C.
has learned how to do this. She
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New Discovery stopped my cough cf
two years and cured me of what my
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RAILROADS SHOULD HELP.
Charleston Calls on the Railroads
Promise o? Help If Steamer Line is
; Operate J Should Now be Fulfilled.
Charleston, Sept. 19.-At a- con?
ference of business men held at the
mayors office today, it was decided
that matters had now reached suffi?
cient progress for Freight Bureau
Manager Jackson to take his recent?
ly proposed trip to New York for a
personal conference with Agent Oel
rich & Company, respecting the out?
ward carg'.> of the steamer Wittekind,
which is to bring the immigrants
here from Bremer* next month'. Mr.
j Jackson did not receive today the
copy of the schedule of New York
Bremen rat?s, which Immigration
Watson cabled is to be the rates for
the Charleston line and for which
Mr. Jackson had telegraphed upon
the receipt of Col. Watson's cable?
gram. It was also decided that Mr.
Jackson should advise the presidents
and traffic managers of the railroads
entering Charleston of their long
made promises to wrork for trans?
continental business through the port
of Charleston in the event of the es?
tablishment of a line of steamers to
Europe. It is now up to the rail?
roads to co-operate with the business
people to make the line a success.
Mr. Jackson will leave here tomor?
row for New York. On his way back
to Charleston, he 'will confer with
railroad officials at Washington, look?
ing to the co-operation of the rail?
roads in the present movement of the
business people to make the newly
established immigrant line a suc
! cess.
SAVED FROM A MOB.
The Assailant of Mrs. John A. Kinnel
Has a Narrow Escape.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 21.-Sheriff
Nelma saved Will Troy, the negro as?
sailant of Mrs. John A. Kennel, from
lynching last night. The negro had
been taken from jail at Oakland City
by a mob which stormed the jail.
Five hundred men were en route to
take him to the Kennel home for
identification when the negro was
taken from them and placed in Fort
McPherson. The military had been
called out, but in the meantime the
sheriff reached the Fort in an auto?
mobile, secreted the negro in the
bottom of the car and then made a
dash for the jail in Atlanta. The
troops were returned to quarters.
Dispensary Testimonial.
Mr. Thomas T. Taylor, who is said
to have been making a trip this year
through the South for a New York
daily newspaper, which is not more
exactly described, for the purpose of
"gathering impressions,'' was in
Memphis one day last week and when
he was asked what had struck him as*
most peculiar on his trip through the
South he declared that he thought
"the South Carolina dispensary -law
was the most peculiar thing I have
seen." He had understood that un?
der it drunkenness could not obtain,
but he declared "I hadn't been in
Charleston five minutes before I saw
a number of intoxicated men. The
saloon is practically wide open. Not
only that but nearly every drug store
and restaurant has a hole in the wall
where you can get a small bottle,"
etc., etc. This will be news to the
people who have lived in Charleston
all the time. We do not mean to
say that there is any great scarcity
of drinkables in thas city, but we do
say that there is less drunkenness in
Charleston than in any other city of
its size and peculiar conditions in
the country. It takes a stranger with
a thirst to find the holes in the wall
-News and Courier.
Lest He Go Hungry.
Miss Mary S. Anthony, who is con?
tinuing the work of her distinguished
sister, the late Susan B. Anthony, said
recently apropos of marriage :
"It is selfishness, boorish selfishness,
that, more than anything else, lies at
the root of unhappy no ions. Sometimes
it is the wife who is the selfish one.
Sometimes it is the husband. I think
you'll agree wit!) me, though, that it
is the husband more than the wife.
"A happening of a day or two ago
presents a vivid and sad picture of too
many marriages.
44 An old couple came in from the
country with a big basket of lunch to
see tbe circus.
"The lunch was heavy. The old wife
was carrying it. As they crossed a
crowded street the husband held out
bis band and said :
44 'Gimme that basket, Hannah.'
44The poor old woman surrendered
the basket with a grateful look.
44 'That's real kind o' ye, Joshua,' |
she quavered.
44 'Kind?' grunted the old man. J
4Gosh, I wuz afeard ye'd git lost.' " ?
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