Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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he^had la joyed for 'past. It 0* exported that these bota^whojn are essential to Wet Interee*** the Democrats In house, will *b* brought together friends and that re membra nee of encounter win be hushed up In far as that Is possible. Instance of Speaker Cannon's ite domination of the house Is, led by the case of Hepresenativ?1 end the committee on riven* [ rbora. Before the house met ton, who Is i^rood Republl tfte way, announced public would not again be chair Ivera and harbors, which I? irduous pooltlor^and which led with great 4?wdlt through ie?. Mr. Burton felt frn#d a place on the impor ilttee ??i ways and means,4 to do wfoh tho,rnakt*g of tariff. He had.^twvwA; esy^saw '?fst sympathy for the tariff f.rvlsion 4tewf pf Secretary Taft and that was tsBousjh for Mr. aCanon. He notified / ?r., Burton that be could npt have n *ej|-sle oa way* and means and that tfslijsj he served on rivets and bar 9e*f)again he would be depth ?d of assignments. Mr. Bur? lo necifre the suiport of ? of his UaOuMtcHii colleagues In m tght again* the speaker but they all to afraid of Cannon's tits that they would not Join ?itm an? consequently h? lsx| e%hrraan of rivers and harbors Representative Longworth, the safe eon-tn-Iaw, geu the Ohio oil ways and means. refusal of the New York coun rilcaa committee to endorse Mftfhea for the presidency ff^festltutes a *es4re setback for the IsVntlul boom of that executive fact te that Mr. Hughes, who Is a resident of. New York city I? sympathy with all the hatred ?resident Roosevelt which the street /gamblers and th? railroad Ipulatorv feel toward the pre si ha* been snaking Insinuations In speeches which reflected discredit the praaldent and which showed little he was In sympathy with It form of Republicanism, which is Democracy, for which Mr. ?velt stand?. The governor was by the Intensity of the hatred Roosevelt among hie associates and it tt quite safe to throw mud at whom they all hate. That 1? a mistake Is clearly ahown action of the New York com itee. Most of the Republican poll? ing still hate Roosevelt and they te Taft too, but they are too smart > make the mistake of thinking that se rank aad Ale of the party hate The opinion as freely expressed In raathingtoa that Hughes Is or soon he out of the presidential race, rtary Cortelyou. whose entire th lay with the bankers* whom i has so largely befriended, has hlm If withdrawn from the race and the ?alt Is that Taft now seems to be a man whom Mr. Bryan wll have heat T'n < Is perhaps unfortunate, t Taft Is 'he strongest man the Re ibllran? r irf ?mit, With I reaptlon cand! late, nueh as Hughe*, fair iks, Cortfiyou. Foraker of Cannon, Wr Bryan would have an easy race. The American people, regardlesa of party, will not stand for the old Han tsa sty?e of Republicanism and that tsj what these men stand for. On tn ft hand, Taft will run on a i mt corurlstlng of tie Roosev? it poll meet of which Mr. Roosevelt t>or frem Mr. Brvm. and it will i's fight all the hurd before the people the orlginitor Dubose's Cfross R Sunday kst a large concern UvCu^gnd friends assembled at Heb* church to pay the last tribute of re spect to the memory efc Henry Young buBose, Jr., whose body was laid to rest that day in Hebron cemetery. He leaves a young widow and an infant son, only a*ew weeks old.'His father, mother and family have the heartfelt sympathy of their magy friends in all this region. Ho had just entered upon | the career of his tarly manhood With every promise of a successful and uwefur Itte^ On Wednesday the,x*tb, cne of the most attractive and simple marriage ceremonies I ever witnessed was per? formed in the same church, Mr. John Beiton M?ckle of Camdcn an 1 ll\ss Mary .Drnkefcrd, of Mechaniosvtlle, being the contracting parties On ac? count of the recent funeral the church was simply but tastefully and appropriately decorated. At 6:30 the first notes of the organ, under tho skillful touch of Mrs. Hay, ?all? d the Rev. Samuel Hay to hit position in front of the pulpit. The groom and his best man Dr. A. N. Brown, came down the ru.ht and the bride and her sister, Miss Elise Drakeford came down the left aisle of the church and met in front of .the minister, who after a solemn, im presslvo ceremony, pronounced them husband and wife. The bridal couple returned to the vestibule of the "?hurch where, they received the con? gratulations of their many friends and relatives, among whom Camdcn vas well represented. After a short stop for the elegant refreshments, prepared for them und a few friends at the hospitable ho^mc of the bride's father, Mr. J. K. Drake ford, the couple left for their future home in Camden. ? By requst Mr. W. D. Fr?ser man ?rred all the arrangements which were very appropriate and moved along from start to finish with ease and pre? cision. a The bride was elegantly attired In a dress of cream crape voll, trimmed in satin and applique worn with a lace waist. She carried in her hand a boquet of white carnations. The maid of honor. Miss Elise Drakeford was dressed in cream cash? mere, trimmed in applique. She car? ried a bouquet of pink carnations. Mr. J. K Drakeford will leave the Kennedy place In January and move to J. B. Lee's Rocky Bluff place, about four and a half miles from 8umter. Mr. W. D. Eraser is still running his gin as occasion requires, Monday, Wednesday and Friday are his regu? lar days at present, but the cotton is about all done and the-farmers can only get the remnants ready fur the gin In a very Irregular way. So much contemplated moving about here, I will write you later. Our very efficient and popular school teacher, Miss E. A. Pounds, leaves for home In Charleston tomor? row to spend the Christmas holiday*, with her family. The members of the railroad com? mission claim that the turdness of the office It five times as great as it was several years ago and they will ask the legislature to authorize the appointment of a railroad expert to make inspection of the roads. ?Benstor Latlmer of this State has been appointed on a committee of Democratic senators to advise and aid the congressional committee in cam? paign work. m i -T yei T?W^ ?tn tho order of the eornmi^^ B^d .ng that boks of record, *'te^^lo^"ur_ nished, will be mailed a copy of the statement. The commission takes the sfanC} that they have no authority to pay out any money on any fcVtmimtll they are suisfled~~thaT~thc clairri is valid in evf^iy particular, and ihey Otfl hot' understand why any house \*?hose account is absolutely just would r?frain from submitting their book*, e:c, for examination. More than 1400,000 in claims werfe represented yesterday. Some of tkfe representatives of the liquor houses were local attorneys. J The commission adjourned at 2:30 to meet on Dec. 30. The first matter to be taken up on that date will be the drafting of the report to beisub B&lttod to the governor and by hirr. transmitted to the general assembly. This report will be accompanied by the report of the American Audit company, which was filed with the commission- 14 veral weeks ago: f 9,281,077 BALKS GINNED* ft usus Bureau Issues Bulletin on Cot* ton Crop. Washington, DeV. 20.?The census bureau today issued a bulletin jfflNpw ing that the total amount of cotton <Vf this year's growth in the united tSates ginned up to December 13 last wai. 9,281,077 bales, as compared with 11.112.7*1? for the same period last year and 9,297,819 for the same period Ptn 1905. / The number of round bales \ include^ is 1J7.485 for 1907 and 243, 096 for 1906 and 252,137 for 10055. Sea island included 65,145 bags for 190" and 4?,361 for 1906 and 90,836 for 1905. The total crop of 1906 was 12 983,20-, and for 1905 was 10,495, 145. The per cen* of crop ginned to December 13 was 85.6 for 1906 and 88.6 for 1905. For 1907 there were ffinntd to December 1, 8,343,396 bales. In the toal for this year's growth ginned to December 13, the running bales, counting round bales as half bales and excluding Unters, are dls tribed by states as follows: Alabama, 962,021' bales, 3,421 active ginneries; Arkansas, 572,105 bales, 2,086 gin? neries* Florida, 45,747 bales, 242 gin? neries: Georgia, 1,632,495 bales, 4, 512 ginneries; Kentucky, 1,103 bales, ginneries; ?Mississippi, 1,119.244 bales, 1,487 ginneries; Missouri, 23, 674 bai'3, 73 ginneries; New Mexico, 55 bale?, 2 ginneries; North Carolina, 552,917 bales, 2.690 ginneries; Kkla Ml hnma, ?86.078 bales, 955 ginneries; South Cirollna, 1,014,711 bales, 3,156 glnneriei; Tennessee, 204.407 bales, 651 flBirties; Texas, 1,987,781 bales, 3,957 rrrmeries. and Virginia 6,787 bales, 97 ginneries. The distribution of the sea island cotton fo- 1907 by states is: Florida, 22.490 trigs; Georgia, 32,996 bags; South Carolina. 9.661 bags. J. C. Stoit, who was arrested in ThomasvlUe, N. C, has been taken to Greenville^ where he is wanled on the charge of being an accomplice in the^ murder of Tildon Wilson, who, was >hot through the head several months ago. Tho comptroller general say county office-* are mismanaged reform Is needed. (S9M the Forma - during Good ttve Officers id citizens of slicvlng it expe to take the In 'more closely into hereby call on all Ing community to as iounty court house on January, at 8 p. m., tee of forming a munlci whose pr' aary object Tsecure for the city a good sssive government, and to "the organization shall be duty, to induce by nomina otherwise, good, progressive of recognized ability,' experi Ind sound business, judgment to candidates for the elective of of the city, and to support as a by each member of this organi ton casting his vote at elections for :h candidates as the organization by a majority vote of the mem ira present, called for the purpose \t deciding ori candidates, choose, as >est fitted for the offices to which they aspire. "Citizens' Committee." The above call ha3 been prepared and Is being circulated In this c'ty. It is not known yet how many signers have been secured. This is somewhat following the lead of an organization formed in Columbia last week and the same has been done in other cities also. ENGROSSING CLERKS APPOINT? ED. Columbia, Dec. 20.?Appointments in the engrossing department for the coming session of the legislature were today announced by Attorney Gen? eral Lyon as* follows: Miss Lucile Jennerett, Georgetown; Miss Julia Mixson,' Aiken; Miss Ma? bel Hearcn, Bishopville; Miss Oia Hundley, Cheraw; iMss DtlbOM ojres, Columbia; Mrs. Rose atton Hoke, Chester; Mis; Pearl G. Holland, Spar tanburg; Miss Almena Colenian, New Market: Miss Carrie E. Simons, Char? leston; Miss Mary Geo. Cherry. Ben sOJtt Miss May Moouaian, Greenville; :viw Kara Nicholson, Bdgefield; Mise \nnie Aiken. Greenwood; Miss Elea? nor McQueen, Columbia; Miss Janie 3, Grace, Charleston; Miss ' Marie Long, Columbia; Mr. W. S. Werts, lohnston; Mis.- Onie Martin, Ander on; Mrs. Jas topes, Sparlanburg. Mrs. Copes, of Spartanburg, for? merly Miss Platte, of Orangeburg, ha* for several sessions been the chief clerk of the engro.^ing department, and her reappointment is due solely to her efficient service and her ability. Mr. Lewis W. Haskell, of Columbia, will remain in charge of the depart? ment. The appointment of the clerks are made by the attorney general and the ten solicitors, and there were, as usual, a very large number of appli? cants. -1 IS THE STATE A PERSON? Vimsmal Point Raised in Appeal in latrtfef ^Jmmernian Cuee, Columbia, Dec. 20.?The appeal of Daniel Zimmerman, who pleaded guilty ito the charge cf conspiracy, forgery and uttering a forged and false writing, was argued before the supreme court today. Messrs. Bel? linger & Welch appeared for the ap? pellant and Solicitor Timmerman for the State. Respondent. It is unusual enough for one who has pleaded guilty to take an appeal, but this la not the only peculiar and unusual feature of this case. The points raised in the appeal are of much Interest, ar.d If the appeal should be sustained it would bring about no doubt an amendment to the statute. The principal point is that the State is not a "person" in the meaning of the law, and hence a forgery which deceived or defiauded the State could not be termed "forgery." POSTOFFICES TO HE 'RAISED. Ones at Pick***, Piedmont and Wil* llamstoii to be Advanced. Washington. Dec. 20.?Announce? ment was mate by the postOffice de partment todar that on Januury 1, i?08, the ofnfeep at Pickens, piedmont and WUUemstOh would be raised from fourth-class < dices to the presidential class. The p>stmnster at Pic kens will receive a salary of $1,100 per annum, at those of Hedmont and Wtlltamston $1,000 each. The reaso* for raising heft offices Is due to tie* fact that they have larpely in/^astd their postal business st year and have now 4nt where they are en r;c presidential class. u| man in Gaffney after his hat his head. VPPUECIATION OF KOOSEVET/r. Xew York World Gives Utterance tu Ronuu kable Editorial. In another- column we reprint from the New Yo^k Sun a most extraordi? nary editorial, which describes Presi? dent Roosevelt as a conscienceless and reckless demagogue and, not_ for the first time, says that his mind is un? hinged. The president's assailant in this case is not an irresponsible yellow journal, a gutter sheet written by men of no ability or learning. On the contrary, the Sun's editorial page is made by most cultivated, experienced, able, intellectual writers. ;ts constit? uents are business men, lawyers, doc? tors men of letters, professional people of all classes, who represent the educated of the community. The Sun itself said of Mr. Roosevelt the day after he became president: "He is the most sterling embodiment of contemporary Americanism; is of ^spotless honor and unconquerable fi del'ty to the loftiest and sternest ideals of public duty." f In such circumstances its studiously shocking and offensive attack upon Mr. Roosevelt deserves serious consid? eration. It is a sign of the timer. For what the Sun says openly and public? ly, thousands of the cultivated and property-owning classes are unques? tionably saying privately. This we know. In their opinion privately ex? pressed, not only on the stock and other exchanges, but heard in ail the clubs and at social meeting-? and din? ners, Mr. Roosevelt has been trans? formed into a dangerous d?--magogu?* ami the republic is at the mercy of his mental delusions. For instance, at the banquet of the Chin bei of commerce, at the dinner of the St. Nicholas society, at the dinner of the Minnesota society night before last, the usual toast to the president of the United States was drunk in studied and significant si? lence, while any mention of. Governor Hughes evoked still more significant' applause. ! The World has criticised Mr. Roose? velt freely, and will continue to cric icise^ him Whenever he deserves !t. Ho hps in our conviction committed many mistaken in his clamor for rev? olutionary legislation, for a bigger navy, a bigger army; in his constant talk of war?war; in his appeals to the jingo spirit, to populistic passions and class hatred) No president be? fore him, not even Andrew Johnson, has used such intemperate, intoler Hut, speech. No president before hin: has appealed so much to the passion? ate feeling rather than the dispassion? ate reason of the masses. He has shown str?ng?; judgment in carrying out his corporation policies, u>ing the, pickaxe where the delicate knife of the trained surgeon was impera? tively ne' ded; but there never was a president in the White House who was a shrewder politician, whose li ind wan less unbiased or more cap? able of withstanding any tension strain or burden to which it might be subjected. His physical, mental, nervous, temperamental strength is little less than marvellous. if Mr. Rotsevelt's mind is unhinged. Crom? well was a chattering imbecile and Napoleon died from the effects of paresis. The president's unreasoning admir? ers and unreasoning opponents refuse to see that there are actually two Roosevelts. One of them is an amaz? ingly resourceful, calculating poli? tician, not over-accurate or over? scrupulous or overtruthful, seeing clearly what he wishes to accomplish and not over-nice in the means he employs to reach his ends. The other Roosevelt shares Lin? coln's mastering desire to serve the ? people and leave a name that will shine forever in American history. This is the Theodore Roosevelt who ha* grappled with trusts and corpora? tions, terrorized cowardly Wall street, smashed the money power, and, but tor Cortelyou, Bacon and Root, has almost broken the shameful alliance between predatory plutocracy and the government eif the United States. This is the Roosevelt that appeals so effectively to the imagination of the masses. We do not agree with the Sun The two Roosevelts must be considered together. In our opinion the presi? dent started right In his labor day speech in Minneapolis, which the Sun ro often denounces, a few days before Mr. McKinley's assassination, we be? lieve he was right in demanding the restraint of crimes of cunning? that is, the reform of corporation abuses. His lirst message was ad? mirable in ton? and he spoke tem? perately, He began his great work of reform well, but as he proceeded public applausi spurred him on u"til caution and restraint were thrown to the winds. Whirled along by adulation, he was eneouraged to go far beyond his orig? inal words and at a pace In* had per? haps not dreamed of making. Know? ing nothing whatsoever of law or bus? iness, handicapped by too much ver? satility, ton much energy, too much ambition, too much vanity, too much egotism with hot southern blood rac? ing through his veins, indiscriminate applause turned his head and d stroyed his discretion. He found th his denunciations f nd his popular! were weapons with which he cou coerce congress and make judg tremble on the- bent h. When due pr cess of law became too slow to si his haste he forgot both the dignl and duty of his great office, and pr ceeded to govern the nation rough-riding stump speeches tun in harmony with the^,shouting of t mob. In the end the whole country w worked into a state of economic h; teria, and the whole country is ne paying, and will for some time co tinue to pay, the penalty thereof. Mr. Roosevelt's mind is not^unhin ed. Very far from it, indeed. He not functus officio, as the Sun pr claims. He is now undergoing L humiliating orde.'.l of retracing r steps; his popularity is weakened; r power is shaken. But he is still po> erful and popular enough to be a solutely certain of re-election for a other term if Democratic imbecili should again divide the opposition presenting Mr. Bryan as bis oppo ent. More than this the World ventui the prediction, that in the dilemi between RopseVclt and Bryan t Sun, as well as its readers, and c tainly tens of thousands of the re? I era of the Wsjgld, would prefer 1 Roosevelt's "unhinged mind" as I lesser evil.?New York Worlo, E torlal. TILLMAN OX LIQUOR. Resolutions Introduced. Concern Inter-State Traffic. Washington, Dec. 18.?In the s ate today resolutions were introdu? by Senator Tillmun asking the Int state Commerce Commission to port whether any co-poration eng ed in interstate commerce is the o* er of the stock of any cither corpo ^ion transporting pasi -?ngers f freight, and calling upon the Inj state Comnferce ComrHssion fine the authority of tihs) fed'J ernment and the State in res, the control of the ^J*.< through the operatioi state comn:eVcjL' tag (ions preveked cot and were finally n committee?, though transformed into a Senator Culherscn resolution calling on on tiniooo^ft investigate and rep upon the cause of the present fin: cial stringency and to recomnu measures for the prevention of Its currence. The resolution was rel red to the committee on finance. The senate adjourned at 4 o'cl? until Saturday. SOOTHES AND >IE\LS. Ilyomel Gives Quick Relief in Cata Troubles. fPe wise in tirro and use Hyomei the first warning of catr.rrhal trou yDo not let the disease c-stend throt the delicate mucous membrane, .gr ually going from the nose to throat, thence into the broncl tubes and then downward until ? lungs are reached and you are danger of consumption. Hyomei is so uniformly succest in curing this common and danger disease that J. F. W. DeLorme ta all the risk and agrees absolutely refund the money if anyone uses J omei and does not get relief. Begin the use of Hyomei today, i you will soon find that the offem breath, droppings into the throat, * charge from the -icse'and all ot catarrhal symptoms are cured. r. complete outfit costs but $1.00, ane F. W. DeLorme stands ready to fund the money If it does not c catarrh. 12-24 &? 26 J. M. Cox, a young farmer of ? derson, was shot b. T. N. Striefen a school boy, on the public r? Thursday. The trouble started ab some language Strickland had used the school grounds the day beft Cox Is not dead however. WHAT CAL'SES INDIGESTION To be Cure?. Weakness of Storni Muscl<** Must Im? Overcome. The c-iief cause of indigestion weaknv^s of the Stomach muscles t lack ?f gastric juices. By taking Mi-o-na stomach tab." the stomach muscles will be etin l:?ted and strengthened and the fl >f gastric juices will be increas Mi-o-na does not do the stomac work; it makes the stomach strc enough to do It. and In thi? way Co pletely cures the weakness so th? is no further need of medicine. No matter how severe a case stomach trouble you have. Vi-o will cure it by strengthening jtour gestive system so that both stoma and bowels do their work as tr should. J. F. W. DeLorme sells Mi-o-na 50-cent boxes and guarantees to i fund the money if the remedy d( not cure. l!-2 4 & 27 <?