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mm mi m funds. CALLS t'POX NKWsiWPKlls TO COUJC1T rWltf F?ll THF CAMPAIGN. IK iwKT?u Fall to Alarm the Nominee Kcgnrdlng the Ant I In? junction Plank. Palrvlew, Lincoln. Neb.. Ju y 80 ? Influential Eastern Democrats have told W. J. Bryan that. In their opin? ion, the antl-Injunction plank of the platform adopted at Denver whs hardly worth the paper It was written on. the reason alleged by them being that the David B. Hill bUI. paaeed by the eenate. which !a specifically en? dorsed by the Democratic plank, aim ply carried oat the common law pro 4 vision, granting a Jury trial U con? tempt aaaea "In the Jurisdiction of presiding Judge." The plank was drafted on the sa? bs pt ton that the Hill bill was pass *>nly after It had been amended by r Allen of Nebraska to make by Jury mandatory at the re? quest of defendant. Mr. Bryan spent several anxious hours after he received this Informs Son. While reasonably sure of his ground the allegation that he and the majority of the committee on resolu? tions had been tricked caused him to worry and ha admitted that he would have an Inquiry set on foot The Associated Press correspondent this afternoon relieved this suspense by submitting to hfm advices from Washington, showing that the Hill bill as finally adopted by the United / State? fdnato in ItM provided for summary punishment by the court In direct contempt cases but made It mandatory for the court to grant a trial kg Jury la all cases 'where such contempt was committed outside of . the Jurisdiction of the court and ^-where such Jury trial was demanded by the scenssd. This was the Allen amendment, as Mr. Bryan remesnbered It and It stoar* ed up what threatened to become i n awkward situation for the Democratic .candidate for the presidency. \\- Th*j part that the prohibition ques tton will play In th? campaign was talked over by Mr. Bryan and* Wiley B Phillips, editor of the California Voice of Los Angeles, who Is return? ing from Columbus. Ohio, where he was a delegate to the Prohibition con u ventkm. ^Wo agieed." said Mr. Phillips, to dtacuss for publication what wa* ?mid at our conference." Mr. PhlUip*. however. volunteered the statement that a nun ?her of Prohibitionists wmrld j sets for Mr. Bryan as against their ' own candidate He thought the pro 11itf tton movement would affect the vote In the close States and was un? willing m ooncode to Taft many of t.iene votes. The sppeals of Mr. Bryan to the termers of fhe country for campaign . < ntrlbutlons Is besrlng fruit. Tid.iv S number df response.? were received, ihe sums enclosed varying In amount ttwo ret red farmer* of Onnh.x. ?-re U4cd Si and the o.her 7* years, -pr# lerred t., deBver th ir contribution** in person. They hobbled up the pathway to Falrv'ew and each placed Ir. tLi *svd* i t Xt. Bryan a $6 bill. An appeal by Mr. Bryan to ths Democratic newspapers of the coun? try to begin the collection of funds for the campatgn was one of the Im partant happening* of the day. The statement follows: **I wish every Democratic paper would begin the collection of a fund from Its subscribers. There are very few Democrats who could not afford to make * small contribution and the people wttl never be able to control the government until they take Id) themaelree the burden of supplying campaign funds. As long sn a for? men furnish the money to finance a rnalgn tke men wtll exert an un Influtno* upon the government. "It seems ?'ist we hsve reached Hi* end of corporate contributions ?.ml this Is a step la sdvance but the In? dividuals who control the*e favor seeklng corporation* may still domi? nate politics b^y furnishing the sinews of war. The Democratic party has struck a blow at this system by lim? iting contributions to 110.nun nnd i>n> vldlng for publicity before the elec? tion. The Republican party has so far refused to Join with us on thin propi-.tlon but public sentiment may yet compel It to do so. I have no doubt that the Democratic party will receive" contributions from more In? dividuals than ever contributed to any campaign and there Is no reason why th<* entire sum necessary sliou'd not bo supplied by contribution* from the masse* If every Democrstlc paper will taks ths matter up and lend a helping hand we will soon have mon? ey enough In the treasury to provide for legitimate campaign work and that Is all 9H want." Late this evening, feeorge Fred Wil? liams of Boston arrived and wa* driv? en from the station to Falrvlew by Mr. Bryan. The two held a lengthy conference on reaching the Bryan home, where Mr. Williams expected to spend the night. One thing Is definitely sett'ed and that is thst the chairmanship of the BUS?nsjgeUBJe???s?e??mnnn national committee will not go to a Southern man because of the attitude of the Bonthsrnsrt tOWErd the n-gro. Although Mr. Bryan thinks highly of Mr. Ollle James of Kentucky and his name was prominently considered for the place, the position taken by Mr. James some time ago In favoring the dlsfranchlsement of the negro mad* hi* appointment out of the ques? tion. Joel Chandler Harris. What Rudyard Kipling has been to the Jungles of India, Joel Chandler Harris was to the cornfields of Geor giu. His name has been chiefly en? deared to the world as the author of ?'Uncle Remus." That quaint negro character, understanding to the full ths master words of the beastes of his domain?Br'er Wolf, Br er Mink?has all but become one of +he saints of the holiday season. He Is almost as much a part of the life of childhood as Is Santa Clause. Joel Chandler Harris, as the true to-llfe negro sketches, which raised him to the front rank of llterarlans in this country have demonstrated, wns to the manner born. He was born In the little village of Eatonton, Ga., December 8, 1848. Before he was 6 years old he was able to read, and ?The Vicar of Wakefleld," which fell Into his hands about this time, stimu? lated the Imaginative side of his character aud led him to devour any? thing In print which he could obtain. He enjoyed but a few years of edu? cation at the public schools and at the Eatonton Academy. At the age of 18 hs entered upon the apprenticeship to the printer's trade, serving b? a printer's devil to a Colonel Turner, who. residing on a large plantation, published a weekly paper called the Countryman. To this publication the boy sent his first efforts at authorship anonymously. They were promptly published, and Col. Turner speaking well of them, the youth finally threw off all disguise. Toung Harris was one of the ob? servers of the march of Sherman's srmv to the sea following the burn? ing of Atlanta. Within a few months after the closing of the war he sought a wider field, obtaining em? ployment successively on newspapers of Macon, New Orleans, Forsyth and Savannah. While In the latter . city he served as an editorial writer on the Morning News. While a resident there he married Miss La stoPSi of Canada. lit 1876 he removed to At? lanta and became a member of the editorial staff of the Atlanta Consti? tution, where his literary ctrreer real? ly begun. His connection with that paper continued for 25 years, and closed only when he actmnlly retired from active life. Harris was' one nf the most unique as well as characteristic figures In j American literature. He developed a ; vein entirely his own, and although he has had many Imitators, none of1 them has attained -the qualntness and the trutfulness of his glimpses of Af? ro-American humor, with Its drollery and peculiarity, nor represented so j faithfully Its pathetic Side. ft was the Constitution which fur? nished the medium for bringing to) the notice of the public the highly1 successful studies of Afro-American folk*k>re, collected in 1880 as "Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings." a volume which has become a classic' of hs kind, since It appeals alike to] scientific students of popular tradl-| tlon and to the general public wlth-| out regard to age. He continued to I work the vein so happily discovered \ In "Uncle Remus" with other sketch OS. such as "Nights With Uncle Re tnuS" (1884); "Ming? and Other; Sketches" (1884); "Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches" (1888); "Daddy Jake the Runaway and Short Stories" (1889). "Balasm and his Master" (1891); "Tales of the Home folks In Peace and War" (189S), weaving into Action frequent touches of folklore, as do the Juvenles "Little Mister Thlmbleflnger" (1894), "Aaron In the Wild woods" (1897) and SOVOT al other volume. Mr. Hunts also wrote a memoir }f Henry W. Grady (1890), and con? tributed to the history of his Ftatc a volume on "Georgia From the In? vasion of De Soto to Recent Times" (1899). No one has more successful? ly portrayed the humorous side of negro character and Imagination, but he has also glv?n an admirable pic? ture of Georgia life In general, espe? cially of the thrifty as well as the thriftless rural Inhabitants. Among his works not mentioned In the foregoing list are: "Uncle Remus and His Friends" (1892); "On the Plantation" (1892); "Mr. Rabbit at Home" (1895), "Slater Jane" (1896), "Stories of Georgia" (1897), "Even? ing Tales..Stories of Home Folks," "Cht >t..cles of Aunt, Mlnervs Ann" (1899) , "On the wings of Occasion" (1900) , "The Making of a States? man." "Gabriel Tolllver," "Wally Wanderoon," "A Little Union Scout." "The Tar Baby Stories and Other Khymes of Uncle Remus," "Told by Uncle Remus" (1905), "Uncle Remus and Br'er Rabbit" (1907). After continuing as editor of the Constitution for 25 years Mr. Harris retired, his stories continuing to ap? pear In Uncle Remus' Magazine, o I which he was also the editor. STANDARD OIL WINS. JUDGE i,\xins' BIG PINE is THROWN OUT. circuit Omni ol Appemb Held That . Corporation Should Not Have Been Fined on a llusls of Kadi Carload's Constituting Separate Oflfenst. Chicago, July 22.?Following the unanimous decision today of Judges Grosscup, Seaman and Baker com? posing the United States circuit court of appeals, reversing and remanding the case of the government against the Standard Oil company of Indiana, In which case Judge Landis in the district court had Imposed a fine of $29,240,000, the federal attorneys to? day announced that the government had three days within which to file a petition for rehearing and that it would be filed within the allotted pe? riod. In the case that was reversed today the Standard Oil company of Indiana was found guilty of receiving rebates on oil shipments from Its re? finery at Whiting, Ind., to East St. Louis. Judge Landis fined the com? pany $60,000 on each of 1,462 cojnts, each count representing a carload shipment. Today's opinion of three judges of the higher court leaves little ground for the contention that each carload constluted a separate offense. Even the various shipments, of which there were about 500, could not be considered as separate offenses under the ruling of the court of appeals. The fine should have been based on settlements between the railroads and the oil company, the opinion holds. Of these there were Just 36. The maxi? mum fine on this basis would amount to $720,000 and the minimum $36,000. It Is said that $223,000 Is the total amount which the Standard Oil com? pany Is alleged to haw received as rebates on the shipments In ques? tion. In the event that a rehearing is de? nied the government may go to trial on the original Indictment, containing 1,462 counts, Such an action District Attorney Sims could be ready to take within two weeks. There are also seven other indictments, containing 4,422 counts. As a vast amount of work ha? been done on the case al? ready decided and reversed. It Is un-i likely that an entirely new case would be Instituted. The record of the pres? ent case contains over 1,500,0*0 words and Is estimated to have cost the gov? ernment $200,000. j Another move which may "be made by the federal attorneys is to transfer the prosecution from this Jurisdiction either to the western New Tot*; dis? trict ot the eastern Tennessee court. In these two districts the government Investigation led to Indictments con? taining ulmut 2,000 counts aguinat the Standard Oil company. Bryan as n Literary Phrase 3Iaker. The new Bryan is a vastly more in? tellectual man than the one who stir? red ns twelve years ago. His speeches now ure characterised wtfh a finer IHOIBiJ style than those erf earlier days. Witness the little address made almost without preparation, at the ?conference of governors held In Wash? ington a few weeks ago* One phrase used then has passed almost Into a proverb. He was referring some? what indirectly, to the device by which men who represent What has eniTie to. be called! predatory wealth evude punishment by going first from the federal courts to the Starte courts, ot from the State courts to the federal coarts. Mr. Bryan MM: "There Is no twilight lone netween th?3 nation and the Stat? in Which ex pl llting Interests can take refuge from both, and my observation is that most?nag all, but moet?or the con? tentions over the line between nation and State are traceable to predntory corporations which are trying to shield themselves from deserved pun? ishment, ng endeavoring to prevent needed restraining legislation." Within 24 hours the president had adopted th<? metaphor of the "twilight zone," nnd it has passed equally into literature and into politics. It is a mote restrained phrase, more poetic pov-slbly. than the Bryan of 1896 might have used. At that time he would have been more likely to have said that there was not a No Man's Land. But to him advancing years i and a more cosmopolitan experience have brought also a literary taste which finds expression now In all his platform utterances.?Review of Re? views. WAR IN CENTRAL AMERICA. IIostilUlcH Reported Imminent Be? tween Nicaragua and Honduras, on One Side, and Guatemala and Sal? vador. Panama. July 22.?A promient for? eign consul, now here, who lived for many years In Central America, In? formed the Associated Press tonight that he had received a cablegram this afternoon stating that war had boon declared, or would be declared at any moment, between Nicaragua and Honduras against Guatemula and Sal? vador. V ANOTHER CELEBRATION AT STATEBURG. Gen. Bamter't Birthday will be Cele? brated by Inauguration of Farm Demonstration Work at the Gen. Sumte? Memorial Academy and Ad dresses by Distinguished Men. Editor the Item: Kindly allow me to inform the people of Sumter county of some im? portant details with reference to the meeting on the grounds of the Sum? ter Memorial Academy, of Stateburg, on the 14th day of August next, of which meeting they have before been fully advertised, as the occasion of the inauguration of the demonstration farm work to be done by the United States department of agriculture, in connection with the school, and to be addressed by Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, in charge of the bureau of plant in? dustry, as field agent of this work. Dr. Knapp's reputation as a scientific agriculturist and platform orator is hardly equalled by that of any man on the American continent. All who attend the meeting may rest assured that In this address alone there will be afforded full compensation for all the pains incurred In attendance, egen though they have to come long dis? tances. It will be instructive and In? spiring and entertaining In the high? est degree, we may safely predict. It has been my good fortune to hear Dr. Knapp, under the highest expec? tations of pleasure and profit, when he not only filled the measure of these expectations, but overflowed it. Besides Dr. Knapp there will be several speakers of distinction. Among others we have invited the presence of two experts from the de? partment of agriculture to talk on cattle and fruit raising. We have a'so invited eminent men connected with agricultural work in South Carolina and have their prom? ise to attend. Among these is Hon. E. J. Wntson, commissioner of agri? culture for South Carolina, who will preside and introduce Dr. Knapp; Mr. Harris, president of the Farmers' Un? ion, and Mr. Mclver Williamson, th". mast famous corn plajnter of Ameri? ca, Musicians will be there, who with Instruments and voices? will contribute nne'y to the occasion. Dr. Knapp Is to have as much of the morning period as he desires, com? mencing his address at 11.30. The hour Is set this !u>te in the day that ttlOSi coming by rail, or from lor.,? distances by private conveyance, may reach there in time to hear the Utaolg of his address. Th"re will tie a recess ft>r dinner. The basket picnic arrangement has been decided upon. The grounds are remarkably adapted for pk?asavn din? ners to be had in gTounps. Far be? sides the ntnnerous umbrageous o.ik^ is the lawn and groves, there are sev? eral Vanes, 'two hundred yards long, of unbroktfa shade, affording ample accommodations for large or small assemblage of families or Attend*. The water from the springs on the school grounds Is of the very bos: quality and easi'y obtained. In the event of rain, the lavg* school Iruilding will comfortably shel? ter man> hundreds of people. Taken all In all, w.-* doubt if such attractive and excellent picnic grounds van be found In South Caro? lina, as those to which the public Is now InVhVd to come and there to see the exceedingly important work eff agricultural and horticu'tura'l instruc? tion in rural school:*, inaugurated lw the great national department of ag? riculture, for the betterment ul country lrfe. in this State, for all the future generations. The np-pr\mriateness of basing the work of inauguration on the anlver sary of Gen. Sumter's birth is apparent and especially fortunate that it oc? cults at a suftuble season of the year for the f?rmere to attend and V? give crop estimate.* and enter upon plans for the next year's operations. As we are gathered together In sight of the handsome monu nent placed on Gen. Sumter's grave by the general awem bly of South Carolina, all present will no doubt be reminded that if Gen. Sumter 's properly memorialized, I we must not stop at the erection of testimonies in granite to his career as a soldier ond as a statesman; but we must likewise testify to the peo? ple who have come after him that he was not only great In these but was also full of industrial enterprises for the help of his country and that no feature In the memorial work is more necessary to its completion than the Industrial branch of education. I, therefore, In behalf of the Me? morial Academy, and the Stateburg Improvement League, most earnestly nsk the people to Join In the exercises of this occasion, and relying upon the hearty cooperation of the friends of education and all patriotic spirits and of all who are resolved upon the Improvement of rural conditions, as the best means to our whole country's advancement, I count, beforehand, the day such a success as will make proud the hearts of all participants In Its exercises and become memorable In the history of Sumter county. John J. Dargan. Stateburg, S. C, July 24, 1908. DOUGLAS TO MANAGE CAMPAIGN Serins Certain That Pormee Govern? or of lia, state WIN be Picked. Falrvlew, Lincoln, Xeb., July 21.? It now .seems almost certain that the chairman -of the Democratic national committee will be former Gov. W. L. Douglas, of Massachusetts. The fact that he has been sought after to take the place became known today fol? lowing the departure of George Fred Williams, who conferred 'ast night with Mr. Bryan, after coming direct from Massachusetts. It was not gen? erally known here that Mr. Williams had returned East from the Denver convention. It is presumed tnat he conferred with Gov. Douglas about the matter at the request of Mr. Bry? an while In the East. The appointment of Gov. Douglas as national chairman, It is stated, would meet the requirements which it Is desired that the national chair? man shall possess. He is a man of large means and political experience, is popular with the laboring c'asses and his attitude on the tariff ques? tions completely meets the Democrat? ic idea. "When asked tonight for a confir? mation of the report Mr. Bryan said he could not discuss the matter until the meeting of the sub-committee of I ine national committee in Chicago Saturday night. His Excuse. Senator Beveridge, at a dinner in Washington recently, told a story about a statesman of the past. "Like many a statesman of the past," said Senator Beveridge, "he drank too much. And one Fourth of July morning, on a platform hung with flags and flowers before the court house of a western town, fac? ing an audience of farmers and their families that had come from mllesH around, the statesman arose to ( diver the Independence Day oration in a slightly intoxicated state. "He was out incapable of an ora? tion, but his unsteady gait, his flushed face and disordered attire spoke ill of him, and the audience hissed and booed. "He held up his hand. They were si'ent. TY.en he laughed scornfully and said": " 'Ladles and gentlemen, when a statesman of my prominence consents to appear in such a little one-horse town as this he must be either drunk or crazy. I prefer to be considered an inebriate.' "?Washington Star. ALL WRONG. Tfce Mistake Is Made by Many Sum ?ter Cltisens. Don't mistake tb<e cau~e of back arche. To be cured vou must know the riause. It is wrong to imagine * relief is ?cure. Backache is kidney ache. You must cure the kidneys. A Sumter resident tells you how. >] .Walter M. FoLsom, living at 102 \ Hampton Ave.. Sumter, S. C, says: "Some time agr I read about Doan's Kidney pills and procured a box at China's drug store. For some time previous, my back had been troubling me severly. There was a/ dull pain through nty loins, and when I made a sudden movement sharp twinge*. would catch me and after sitting down for awhile I would be so stiff and lame that I found it difficult to regain an erect position. The secre? tions from my kidneys were very un? natural in appearance, highly color? ed, and contained a heavy sediment? Doan's Kidney Pills which I took ac? cording to directions, soon gave me the derdrvd relief. The backaches and pains hav*. vanished, the secre? tions are natural in color, I can rest well at night and the lameness in my back has entirely disappeared. I have no hesitancy in recommending I Doan's Kidney Pills as they have giv? en me satisfactory results." For sale by alt dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., BufTalo. :\ew York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?snd take no other. ~5 MEAT CHEAP AT SA VAX NAIL Agents of Packes Sctliiig at 1 Cents Per Pound. Savannah, July 22.?After enduring record-breaking prices for all kinds of meat for several months, Savan? nah has at last been granted relief, yesterday good meat, though from grass fed cattle, was being so'd by the packers* agents here to butchers at 4 cents a pound. Enormous quantities have come In during the last three days. The prices mark the lowest asked for meat in many years In Sa? vannah and break the meat famin? that has existed for a long while. Child Killed by Lightning. Spartanburg. July 22.?The 8-year old daughter Of W. C. Turner, a farm? er residing In the county, near Ark wright, was Instantly killed by light? ning late this afternoon. The bolt stunned several members of the fam? ily and set fire to the house. Mr. Turner's efforts extinguished the flames. When a man talks to himself he is usually more eloquent than inter? esting. Xo man Is half as smart as his wife tries to make people believe he Is. PRESIDENT IN A COLLISION. Tin? Vach! Mayflower Cuts in Two Lumber Schooner. Newport, R. I., July 2L.?When the rruix-r yacht Mayflower Wtamed into harbor this morning, nearl) two hours behind schedule time, with her bow? sprit and one anchor gone, bow plates dented and six strange ngures in black oil skins and sou'wester? gathered in the bow, she brought the story of an adventurous night's run in the blackest fog of the summer And a collision in which the lumber iaden schooner Menawa was cut practically in two by resident Roose? velt s yacht. A life boat lowered from the Mayflower picked up the crew of six men of the sinking boat. They were taken on board and today when the Mayflower arrived here the pres? ident who knew nothing of the aci dent and the danger of the collision until he arose this morning, directed that they be given sufficient money to take them to their homes in Maine, and that the master of the schooner, "Skipper" Huchinson, be provided with transportation to fie office of his* agents in New York, Commander Snow den, who was in command of the Mayflower, organized a summary court of 1 lquiry, in w!tll h he .o ol the statements of his men for use in an investigation, which he immediately requested the navy department at Washington to undertake. The May? flower, after leaving the president and his family at Oyster Bay tomor? row, will probably go to the New York navy yard for repairs. Ther.i .vas no excitement of any sort on like yacht at the time of the collision. The* Menawa, 200 tons burden, was own? ed by C. G. Pendleton, Isleboro,. Maine. She was bound from Mach ias to New York. Commander Snowden, of the May-* i flower, would not discuss the accident, Capt. Hutchison, of the Menawa, dis-* claimed all responsibility for the col? lision. He said he was running down the Sound with all lights burning bright y and a doub'e lookout 101 ? ws.rd. He was trying to keep out ? ?f the beaten path of the steamers. Ho says the Mayflower was .*ixiolo" some time before she struck. "I ordered the foghorn sounded," he exhlaimed, "but heard no blasts from the Mayflower's whistle at any time. We thought the Mayflowerr would veer, by putting her wheel, to starboard and not hit us, but she came right on and cut us almost- in' two." Capt. Hutchinson says that whis^' t!ie Menawa was in bad shape he dees not believe she sank and that an effort will be made to salvage her. The New Bryan. There Is no s:xteen-to*-one idea W the Bryan mind today. There is no apology for the dogma of 1896 nor ail) attempt to revive it. Y*t I am not so sure thai: even^on this point Mr. Bryan has changed so much as the community to which he must make his appeal. We were told in' those days that to continue coining silver as money of ultimate redemp? tion amounted to repudiation and dishonor. But tis Mr. Bryan pointed*, out in conversation with me only a few days ago the veiy public men who thought it was perilous to make. dollars out of silver have now passed' a currency law which will enable1 the banks to issue money based upon railroad bonds, upon commercial se? curities, upon any asset which a spe-' culative bank cashier may take and which an overburdened Secretary of the Treasury may perfuncterily ap-" prove. The Bryanite point ?f view,, even today, with silver nc longer an? issue, would doubtless be that a pre? cious metal dug out of the earth, pos? sessing the intrinsic value which any limited product must possess, and having a special value for use in the arts, was at least as goed a form of money as bank-notes based on rail? road bonds or upon the notes of spe? culator or captains of finance. Ho***-* ever, as Jay Gould once remarked, ? when the Krie printing presse* were i mining overtime, "The American* people are mighty partial to bonds." Still it does not appear that on this' point Mr. Bryan has changed as mtreni as public sentiment has changed, though he has frankly, during tl^e* last six years, declared that the ques? tion of bimetalism had pased out of the arena of political discussion..? Review of Review*. ?Operation for piles will not he necessary if you use ManZan Pile Remedy, guaranteed. Price 60c. Sold by Sibert Drug Co. 7-l-2ro Capt. Jno. G. Mobley. president of he State Fair association, stated that here will be no summer meeting of he society this year and that all the ?esources of the society will be con? centrated on giving the people a great air this fall. ?Tho function of the kidneys Is to train out the Impurities of the blood shlch is constantly passing througla hem. Foley's Kidney Remedy makes* he kidneys healthy. They will strain ut all waste matter from the blood, "ake Foley's Kidney Remedy and it rill make you well. Slberfs Drug Jtore.