Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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"an i ti foi iitm." HKNHV W ATT F. It son UIVE8 HIS lllv\HON?. met Htm for Year* He V< qulrvd Anil-Bryan If a hit*?Outlook in tlie Kam Not V.m?our?|Iag?A < lutrav ?ert-aU suinnciii By H*nry Wntterson. Durin? ten years, from 1811 to 1906, no one rejected Mr. Frun for a lead? er more resolutely than myself. If I could finally reach him and accept him any good Democrat can. It may h '.p the yet undecided If I relate how 1 4ML In the early part of 1907 I began a dlecu salon having for it.t purpose some agreement among the Bryan men and the aatl-Eryan men touching a presidential nominee other than Mr. Brya. Daring tea months this en* . r d from the anti-Bryan men either indifference or detraction. I second to my motion. Ena. v...ig the frontier presiding who said "Second your >n. you son of a gun," they eroald none of it. So 1 went to Flor? iaa? leaving them to go to thunder, or warae to that effect, and the satire wtater pejsia. the nomination of Mr. Hi yea beta* either openly accepted ? r atlently conceded by every public '?mm euggesaed as aa alternative. Fi? nally la tab early spring. two facts, - Jfctently aecertslnsd to be eonclu r#. decided me. first that aa over * eaimlng majority of the democrats' | of the Seeth and West were for Mr. Bryaa la spite or the argument I had mega against his availability as a Wttdate; and second, that the he? ld eg movement to defeat his nomina? te i appeared ander equivocal patron ?? aad Involved the use of money whana emanated from doubtful sou roes. This latter, boding party option, impelled me actively to take a hand, urging a refusal to re I real* silent while a scheme, danger aad unworthy In character, per? iod beneath the surface. The jt was a friendly conference with dr Bryan. THE SHIELD's REVERSE. tell I gent people will not need to tV ' .hi that there Is all the difference In the world between sympathy and ?? etc teneat?though tentative?an * dtlon and antagonism, though resting; upon questions only of expedi? ency There was. of course, a reverse ^stde ?f the shield. Mr. Bryan-had his get cm > to tell, and this embraced a very >u? < tee. What authorisation had me a euceeesor In case he . ! ?aide? What power had he ling the will to transfer his fol? lowing to another? If a ma ?JorUy of the party was far MaV .what ...i l made It so? surely neither gjawanustlon. nor money nor other efforts of his than the constant eachlng of Democratic gospels. If h? agreed to stand down and out. signaling sn heir apparent, would not become a dictator, an autocrat. I what difference would there be In naming s success*..r and attempt - to foist him upon the party and i osevelt's nsming snd forcing Taft ?n the Republic ans? He did stand upon his rights at all, upon i.i- claims; upon hie wishes or am lone. He put the tact of the situ on plainly. Impersonally, precisely <?? they were and are. and there was fio Treasonable answer to be made by r reasonable mas. Thea and there I laid down my tuid. Aa a good Democrat, seeing citarly. aad as the sequel has shown, .**smg truly, the drif\of the winds. I epted the inevitable: but I did this tn a# dubious way. I made no half ndettip with any man. or set of There had r ever been anything e than shin deep between myself en 1 Mr. Bryan. Nothing even shin ? remained, and when the Inter? view had In New York was concluded 1 went forth to make Mr. Bryan's r my fight because It wag in ty the fight of what I believe I Ig against what I believe false h i l. WHY DECEIVE THYSELF. . to antl* Bryan habit Is self-de tve. it Is s pure delusion, where t a form, often an unconscious i, of Infidelity to both duty and trutg, It In not the part of wisdom I justice and it Is not time that e democrats who who have In ?ntly opposed him should look the whys snd wherefores with purpose of reviewing the psst. of re .. ng the present and of casting some k d of balance sheet upon the ledger their Indlvldusl conduct, their aal opinions and their reasonable is? fe need not enter upon any course crimination and recrimination, atever free sliver was. or was not, tn economic Issue, It Is no longer to divide ua Those who contend 'or it. led by Mr. Bryan?fight /rong as to the fiscal proposition? ight they wsre fighting for the see against the classes for the de against prerogative and against same old money devil we had all Iht under the leadership of Mr. en and Mr. Cleveland. That ques i out of the way. what Is there to divide us? Nothing upon the face of the. contention except the personality of Mr. Bryan. "Having been twice beaten he can never be elected," shriek the republicans. "Having been twice beaten he can ne )T be elected," echoes the unthink? ing democrat. \ AN EARNEST MAN OF SENSE. Mr. Bryan upon ncqualntance prov? ed different from my preconception of him. I met not \ visionary orator, but a man of sense, In deathly earn? est, know him better, seeing him in his home. I found a man able and sincere, devoted and devout, having a child-like faith In the people, In Qod and truth. I changed my opin? ion altogether. I felt that I had done him signal Justice. I would as soon trust him In the White House as George Gray or Richard Olney; and I believe that when he gets there militant democracy of the school of Jefferson and Jackson and Tilden will renew Its youth snd vigor leading the way to such changes in the national House and Senate as will restore them the people assurance of real and last? ing reforms. No party was ever known to reform Itself. Republican promises to reform republican abuses make but* a poor deathbed repentance. Taft means either "four years more of Theodore*' or a aew lease fo Aldrich, Cannon aad Company. Bryan means. It aothlng ales, the aew broom that sweepoth clean, upon floors that are admittedly most unclean. There must be an occasional ctange of parties If we are to have decent administration is' only a degree lees objectionable than the one-man power. AN AUOURT OF EVIL. It Is a peculiar misfortune and an augury of evil that the people of the east?notably the people of New York get their mental sustenance chiefly through the organti of the rich. In the bucolic days "befo the war" the people of the Gulf States were fed from the same trough. Their newspa? pers sang only the virtues of slavery. None others were allowed to exist. In ths fabulous wealth of the East piled up In a few hands?some of it pre? datory?much of It sprung from class legislation, all of It more or less cor? rupting. It is easy to see a growing likeness to the purttclanlsm of the old South. Already artificial conditions of life predominate. You ng men are reared to regard enthusiasm as effeminate. Toung women are almost as educated In a knowledge of evil as young men. The sex line becomes less and lets visible. Caste distinctions press upon the commonality more and more and harder and harder. The foolish poor either .hate or emulate the foolish rich. Graft Is everywhere. Money making seems quite to have swamped simple patriotism and popular piety. The newspapers tire so used to this thst they are callous?they take their complexion .from society, which Is well pleased with itself and wants things to remsln ns they are, a dis? sonant note denounced as the Ignor? ance of an outsider, or the outcrop? ping of anarchism. It was fast so in the Carolinas fifty years ago. Be who did not shout for slavery was an abolitionist. The worst of It Is that the rich are overready to make common cause with ths predator)' rich. They do not discriminate. Theodore Roosevelt has gone * much farther In socialism extermlsm than Mr. Bryan ever went. Tet those who abuse the President denouncing Bryan as a socialist do not so characterise Roosevelt and they will vote for Taft because they think that Teddy Bear stowed safely away In the wilds of Africa. "Big Bill' and "Sunny Jim," with Aldrich In the Senate and Cannon In the House will soon have the elephant where they want him, the truth being that all the chat spectacular fine, which will never be collected, remains the ?Ingle trophy. A Sure-enough Knocker. ?J. C. Goodwin, of Reldsville, N. C. says: "Bucklen's Arnica Salve is a ?ure-enough knocker for ulcers. A bad one came on my leg 'ast summer, but that wonderful salve knocked It ou in a few rounds. Not even a scar re malned." Guaranteed for piles, sores burns, etc. 25c. at Slbert's Drug Store Considerable progress has been made with a scheme for temporary in terchanges of public school tencherH between different parts of the British Empire. ?"I took two of Chamberlain's Stom ich aruj Liver Tablets last night an I feel .fty per cent, better thnn I hove for weeks," says J. J. Firestone o Allegsn, Mich. "They are certainly a fine article for biliousness." For sale by all druggists. Samples free. Authoress?I'm very happy In my married life. I find rny husband such a help. Friend?Indeed! Does he cook or write??Fliegende Hluetter. They Take the Kinks Out. ?"I have used Dr..Kings New Life Pill? for many years, with Increasing satisfaction. They tuke the kinks out of stomach, liver and bowels, without fuss or friction." says N. H. Brown, of Plttufleld, Vt. Guaranteed satisfac? tory at Slbert's Drug Store. 26c. A REMARKABLE DECISION. ORDER FROM CHIEF JUSTICE POSTPONES TRIAL. Trial of Join s for Murder of Hi* Wife Now Sot for February, 1909?About Two Hundred Witnesses Had Been Summoned From Various Counties In the State. Union, Sept. 11.?Peeause of an or? der from Chief Justice Pope the trial of W. T. Jones, charged with having caused the death of his wife, Mrs. Marion Jones, on Sunday night, July 5, was brought to an abrupt halt this morning and cannot be heard before the first Monday in February, 1909. In the intervening time, at least un? til the supreme court has handed down its decision, Jones will remain In the Union county Jail. Judge Pope's order says: "An application for ball before Judge D. E. Hydrlck in case of the State against W. T. Jones, charged with murder; Judge refused the or? der for ball From this order the de? fendant has appealed and such ap? peal is now pending In the supreme court of this State waiting a hearing in November next, as evidence by the receipt of the clerk of the supreme court. "Now the prisoner comes and makes known these facts to me, claim? ing that tf the trial in the circuit court hi held, a practical 'denial of the rights of the prisoner before the su? preme court will be interfered with. It will not do for me, as a single Jus? tice of the supreme court, to pass upon the sacred rights of the prison? er. It is, therefore, ordered that the trial of the prisoner, now attempted to be held in the circuit court, shall cease until the supreme bench of South Carolina sharl pass upon the rights of the appeal presented by the prisoner, and that In the meanwhile the circuit court shall suspend any action .ooklng to the trial of the accused until the supreme court has acted." Jones was In court. He has been in Jail since July 9. His attorneys are George Johnstone of Newberry, James Munro and Townsend A Toy7n send. Jones appeared to be in good health, notwithstanding he has been confined In Jail since July, though perhaps he was a little paler and appeared to be just a little nervous. As soon as he had taken his seat, Judge Klugh read the order from Chief Justice Pope and added that this order would be respected. Solicitor Sease then arose and dismissed the witnesses in the Jones case until February term of court, 1909. The action In securing the continu? ance of the case was not altogether a surprise, Indeed it was rather expect? ed by the people, as It was known that the counsel for the defense was vigorously opposing every effort t?v have the case come to trial now. This opinion was strengthened when yes? terday Judge Klugh granted an order allowing the counsel tor the defense to employ expert chemists and have them examine the stomach of Mrs. Jones, so that they could have evi? dence of their own as well as that of? fered by the State, which had the State chemists examine the stomach shortly after her death. There were about 200 witnesses summoned in this case, some coming from Sumter county, some from Co? lumbia. Chester, Cherokee and Spar? tanburg. besides a host from Santuc and that vicinity. All these witnesses will receive 50 cents a day for each day they were in attendance at court, which was Monday, Tuesday and to? day, and five cents a mile each way they traveled, this mileage, however, to be allowed but once, they being ex? pected to remain in Union until the case was disposed of or continued. A conservative estimate ef the cost to this county for witnesses and mileage ?o far Is $500. Fire Tills Morning. The fire this morning seriously dam? aged a home on South Washington street owned la' Mr. Perry Moses, Sr., and occupied by Mr. R. S. Griffin. The damage to the house Is estimated at $800. The furniture and house? hold effects of Mr. Griffin were considerably damaged by ire. water and the rough handling inci? dental to removal in haste. The fire department did good work, as usual, and by hard work confined the fire to the house. When Trifles Become Troubles. ?If any person suspects that their kidneys are deranged they should take Foley's Kidney Remedy at once and not risk having Ilrlght's disease or diabetes. Delay gives the disease a stronger foothold and you should not delay taking Foley's Kidney Rem? edy. W. W. Slbert. The candidates for governor two years hence will probably be C. C. Foethorstono of Laurens, Richard I. Manning of Sumter, R. Goodwyn Rhett of Charleston and Cole L. Blaase of Newberry. And there may be others.?Spartanburg Journal. A POLITICAL NOVELTY. Moving Picture* of Bryan to Acrom pony Phonograph io Presentation of His Labor ]>u> Addresses. Chicago, Sept. 12.?Another fea? ture, besides the talking machine with records of the speeches of can? didates, has been added to the nov? elties of the presidential campaign by the Democratic national committee, which today announced that moving pictures of William J. Bryan in Chi? cago on Labor day would be thrown upon canvases at political meetings all over the country. When the pic? tures show Bryan speaking, the can? didate's voice will be heard from the phonographic record of the labor day addresses. National Chairman Mack and heads of the committee bureaus today wit? nessed a reproduction of the Bryan Labor day scenes by the moving pic? ture machine. The pictures show Mr. Bryan's arrival at the station and his reception by the crowd at the hotel. Later the candidate is disclosed re? viewing the big labor parade and ac? knowledging the cheers of the march? ers, after which Mr. Bryan is shown making a speech to the laboring men assembled around the reviewing point of the parade. National Commltteeman Johnson of Texas left for New York today to confer with Senator Culberson, head of the advisory committee. THE RAILROADS ASSESSMENTS. Board Heard Protests and Made De? cisions Yesterday. Columbia, Sept. 12.?The railroad board of assessors concluded the ses? sion yesterday after going over the returns and protests which were filed during the past few days. The board fixes the assessment for the various roads on the returns filed and the pen? alty for failure to file returns is very heavy. In one case, that of the Lancaster & Chesterfield railroad, the penalty of 50 per cent., was attached, although the* assessment was placed at 12.000 per mile from Chesterfield to Page land after a motion had been made to make the assessment $2,500. Reductions of about 800.000 were made for the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line railroads and reductions of about $170,000 were made by the Seaboard Air Line. Very strong argu? ments were made by the officials of the various roads in all of these cases and the decision of the board will be awaited with Interest. A Traveling Man's Experience. *"I must tell you my experience on an eastbound O. P.. & N. R. R. train from Pendleton to Le Grand, Ore.," writes Sam A. Garber, a well known traveling man. "I was in the smoking department with some other traveling men when one of them went out into the coach and came back and said. 'There Is a woman sick unto death in the car.' I at once got up and went out, found her very ill with cramp colic, her hands and arms were drawn up so you could not straighten them, and with a death-like look on her face. Two or three ladles were working with her and giving her whis? key. I went to my suit case and got my bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy (1 never travel without It), ran to the water tank, put a double dose of the medicine in the glass, poured some water into it and stirred it with a pen? cil; then I had quite a time to get the ladles to let me give It to her, but 1 succeeded. I could at once see the effect and I worked with her, rubbing her hands, and in 20 minutes I gave her another dose. By this time we were almost into Le Grand, where 1 was to leave the train. I gave the bot t'e to the husband to be used In case another dose should be needed, but by the time the train ran into Le Grand she was all right, and I received the thanks of every passenger in the car." For sale by all druggists. FOREST FIRES RAGING. 2,000 People Are Homeless?Lake and Cook Counties Overrun by the Flames Duluth, Minn., Sept. 11.?Beaver Bay, northwest of Duluth, Is reported to be burning. The citizens have ap pealed to Gov. Johnson for aid. The booth ship America has gone to their rescue. Forest fires rage aH over Lake and Cook conttes. Hundreds of homesteads have been burned, and 2.?00 people are homeless. Grand Marlae. 100 miles from Duluth on the north shore, Is on fire. The training ship Gopher Is taking the citizens on board. Latest reports say the fire has overwhelmed the fighters. The town appears to be doomed, and It Is fear ed that before morning 1.500 peo will be homeless Aiere. ajflUloni of bottles of Foley's Hone> and Tar have been sold without an> person ever having experienced an) other than beneficial results from it use for coughs, colds and lung trou bk. This is because the genuine Fo ley's Honey and Tar in the yello package contains no opiates or othe harmful drugs. Guard your health refusing any but the genuine. W. W Btbert. "I understand the new magazln has a high standard." "Indeed, it It went up yesterday."?Atlanta ( stltution. Kodol Stops Indigestion Sour Stomach, Heartburn, Belching, Gas on Stomach. Go to your druggist, get a dollar bottle of Kodol. And if you can honestly say that you did not receive any benefit from it after using the entire bot? tle, the druggist will refund your money to you without question or delay. We will then pay the druggist the price of the first bottle pur? chased by you. If you knew as well as we do how good a preparation Kodol is, it would be unnecessary for us to guarantee a single bettle. But to let you know how good It is, as well as we know, we will practically purchase :he first bottle lor you. We know there are thousands of persons who suffer from indiges? tion and dyspepsia who would be grateful to us for putting them in touch with Kodol. That is why. Furthermore, we know that after you have used Kodol your faith in the preparation will be equal to ours. This proposition we make is not altogether unselfish, but is actuated bv the knowledge, that the use of Kodol by you will benefit you as well as ourselves. How could we afford to make such an offer to the public. And how could we afford to spend thousands of dollars to tell you about it unless we positively knew and were sure of the merits of Kodol. We couldn't?it would bank'* rupt us. Please try it today at our risk. Kodol digests all the food you eat Eat what you want and let Kodol digest it. Kodol is made at the laborator? ies of E. C. De Witt ft Go., Chicago The $1.00 bottle contains 2* times as much as t he 50c bottle. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Do You Pay Your Bills By Check? And thus have? a record of each and every amount expended together with a receipt for the amount paid? If not, you need a checking account with this bank. It is the safest way, the most convenient and satisfactory method of transacting all business pay? ments. We will be pleased to have you make this bank your place of deposit. THE BANK OF SIMTER. ATLANTA POSTMASTER FIRED. Mr. Blodgett and Three of his Clerks May Go for "Neglect of Duty." Washington, Sept. 1?.?As a result of an Investigation by postofflce in? spectors, the dismissal of Postmaster Blodgett of Atlanta, Ga., and three clerks in the Atlanta Dfnce has been recommended to Postnaster General Meyer. The charges in a general way are neglect to properly attend to the duties of the office. Mr. Meyer has not yet acted upon the recommenda? tion, but is expected to dispose of the case upon his return to this city from New England in the latter part of next week. Acting Postmaster General Charles P. Granfleld, who left here today for Atlantic City, declined to discuss the case. Blodgett Suprised. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. !i2.?Postmaster B. F. Blodgett, when shown the As? sociated Press dispatch from Wash? ington announcing the recommenda? tion for his removal, said that he knew nothing of the matter. "The press dispatch," he said, "was the first intimation I had tarnt any charges were contemplated. The Inspectors Indicated while they were at work that everything was In excellent shape and no one could have been more sur? prised than I when these messages came from Washington." Letter to Alderman Stubbs. Sumter. S C. Dear Sir: North Dakota has a pure paint law and is braiding the paint manufacturers. Here's how one of 'em gets the hot iron. Almost half of his "oil" is benzine and water; mere than half of his "pigments" is whiting barytes and such. Benzine and water dry-out in a few minates and hours; they don't do any harm. Those "pigments" don't dry out; and perhaps they don t do much harm. Is that what paint is for: not to do much harm? Do you pay $5 a gallon for paint and putting it on, not to do much harm? The lead zir.c and oil in that "paint" is a little less than half and the trash is a little more than half How many gallons, half trash and half paint, will it take to paint a 10 gallon Job two coat*? how many coats, half trash and half paint, will It take to cover? and what'll become of those pigments not paint? And reckon the cost; you can roughly. Half trash. 20 gallons, g5 a gallon, $100; 10 gallons Devoe. $50. A gallon of trash or paint put-on is $5. There's one Devo?; there are 8 pure paints; and over 200 adulterated and 100 stiort-measure. 79 F W DEVOE & CO Yours truly P. ?Dura-nt Hardware Co. sei our paint. ?Don't be afraid l > give Chamber? lain's Cough Remedy to your children. It contains no opium or other harm? ful drug. It always cures. For sale by all druggists. TEXAS MOB LYNCHES A NEGRO. Colored Man Charged With Complici? ty in Murder Taken From Jail and Hanged. Brookshire. Tex., Sept. 13.?Dave Newton, a negro, charged with com? plicity in the murder of John Buch trln, a white man, who was shot and killed at his home near here yester? day, was taken from jail late last night by a mob and hanged. The father and brother of the negro lynch? ed, under arrest in connection with the killing, have been placed in the ja'l at Hempste id te prevent further mob violence. Intense excitement pre? vails here and all Idle negroes have received Instructions to leave the com? munity. - ) Dog in Well Sixteen Days. One of Mr. Wade La mar's hounda had an unusual experience recently. He was one of a pack being hunted by Mr. D. W. Gaston, and about four miles north of Alken disappeared. A few days ago a negro informed Mr. Gaston that a hound was in a dry well at his place. Upon examination he was found to be the missing dog. He was drawn up, and while very thin* and debilitated from his being 16 days j withot food or water, was not other i wise hurt. A year or two ago, Mr. Lamar had a similar experience with another of his dogs, which was 21 ; days in a dry well, was rescued and io> j a short time entirely recovered.? Aiken Recorder. ?Beee Laxative Cough Syrup always brings quick relief to coughs, colds* hoarseness, whooping cough and ell bronchial and throat trouble. Moth* ers especially recommend It for chil? dren. Pleasant to take, gently laxa? tive. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store. 9-l-3m The difference between a states? man and a demagogue is that the statesman has got the job. Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers. ?Foley's Honey and Tar affords im? mediate relief to asthma sufferers In the worst stages and If taken In time will effect a cure. W. W. Sibert A Lucky Turn. Ancient mariner?Yes. mum* we'd eaten all our provisions and we'd eat ea our belts and then the old ship turned turtle, so we eat her, too:?The Tatler. ?Do not forget that DeWitt's Lit? tle Early Risers are tha best pills made. They are pleasant little pills that are easy to take and are prompt and gentle. We se'l and recommend them. Sold by all druggists. ?To those afflicted with kidney and bladder trouble, backache, rheuma? tism, Pineules for the Kidneys brings relief In the first dose. Hundreds of people today testify to their remarka? ble healing and tonic properties. 80 days' trial II. They purify the blood. Sold by Sibert's Drug Store. 9-l-3m Manhattan's postofflee has larger receipts than any other postofflee In the world fsr the nmount of territory covered. The receipts promise to amount to more than $1$.000.000 this year.