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WtWKWAV. OCTOilR T 180* ONB HORT OF ?E.NKROSJTY. Sheriff Kppvraon I? a very generous considerate official, or, at least, *a*> says he in. as his excuse for or ex ?UnatIon of his refusal to Insert any wM tha legal advertising of his office In Msls paper. Ha says he must look out Set* and take oar a of the poor people trtso have to pay the advertising bills, axed ha therefore gives his advertising to the paper that charges him only ?gS.lO each lor delinquent tax sales. In the face >f the fact that there a law on tha statute books speoify g the rate to be paid newspapers for m official advertising. When If he applied the same rule his own fsea and took care of the sf people by presenting them with -m port of the compensation allowed him my low, ho said that that sort of thing an entirely different matter?that O herd snough time gettlug now on what he gets out of the He also objected strenuously to tha proposition that It would be |wj business according to his the to farm out tha SherlfTs of to the lowest bidder. "Oh. no!" ha/ ' the law says the office goes to the man who gets the most votes.'* Bot, ha was reminded, the law says that you, as sheriff, shall pay the pstater a specified amount per Inch twr advertising public sales, and you to do it. in order that you may up a reputation for generosity tha prtntara' expense. "Oh, no!" ha. "that hi an entirely different N To which, a wayfaring man, he be a fool, will agree. It Is an osittTify different ^matter. The state 4 county and all the officers, treas sr. sheriff, constable, auctioneer, ct get the full and exact fee commis? si and percentage allowed by stat? ic a liberal allowance It It for work?while a generous sheriff ?are of the needy public and his itioa for frea-handedneas by cut down tha lawful advertising rate depriving the printers of their off, so to speak. Turning aside from generalities to a example of how the Sheriff's operates, we find by refer to his moet recent tax advertisement that If ha up In the bill of coats Robert Bentley, the sum ? t lo for the advertising, ne rcbarged him exactly SO cents, for the legal rata this advertisement lid amount to only $2.00. There other Illustrations of tha same sort Ist same fat of tax aale advertiee Sherlft Epperson and other i sly disposed public officials la the long run It la the wise to stick to the law and not try pfcay too role of special providence the public?at the expense of news Suppose he try his hand on down tha legal fees of the tor for making out the execu and the fees of his special con? fer serving the executions. We id ho amused to see how it would Bot that would be an entirely it matter?we presume. John I* McLaurln, ones a shining of the re fawn movement and la a United States Senator, Is a cu cuss. He admits having been it with the goods and says he is ij of It s e ' e McLaurln wsnt all the way 10 Xew Tora to consult Archbold, his em r. before he dared to say a word it the exposure of the fact that was on ths Standard Oil pay roll representing South Carolina In io Senate and seeking re-election, e e e If John L> McLaurln Is so proud of s> connection with the Standard Oil and his having received money Archbold, the dispenser of the t's political corruption fund, why he not tell the people of South Carolina, when he was seeking their votes, that his campaign was being financed by ths Standard Oil Compa sryT see Once upon a time one John L. Mc? Laurln wrote a letter to his political frtead and confidant, "My Dear Ap? pell." In which he spoke c ?ntemptu of a breed of polttlcsl mercen who could be "bought like dog meat at so much a pound." Did he leave his transactions with Archbold tn mind whsn he wrote the famous ??My Dear Appell" letter? see The United States have fallen on evil days when the President and his rabl ist meet in f ?rmsl session to dis? owns and frame a partisan cumpulgn document. Mr. Roosevelt and his Cabinet have deliberately taken the position that the Roosevelt adminis? tration Is a government of, by und for the Republican party, and not a gov? ernment of the whole people. If Mr. Moosevelt Is to be believed, the peo? ple who vote the Democratic ticket Inmve no part Ir the government, have tea lights that ought to be respected amd are a set of Ignorant, corrupt and various fools who must be kept In en subjection It Is high time that ist. the Roosevelt policies and Roosevslt brand of politicians wer? relegated to tha rear. A decade of Rooseveltlsm would utterly de? stroy the democratic form of govern? ment In America. Rooseveltlsm stands for absolutism In the executive branch of government, subserviency In the Judicial, pliancy In the legislative, and a big standing army to enforce the , will of the chief executive In the event that the mass of the people become restive. ? mm Why did Harrlman, a practical man, and the Steel Trust, Standard Oil and all oth.r trusts, all operated by practical men for their own bene? fit, contribute to the Republican cam? paign fund? Were they disinterested philanthropists working and giving far the public good only, or were they practical men working for their own pockets all the time? Bryaii In California. Washington Herald. George Valentine, a retired busi? ness man and prominent Republican politician of Los Angeles, Cal., Is at the Rlggs. Mr. Valentine is accom? panied by his wife, and is making a trip Bast for hU health. Discussing the political situation along the Pacific coast, Mr. Valen? tine, who Is prominent In the ranks of the Republican party In his State, said that there had taken place a most remarkable change of heart In favor of Bryan, and that the Demo? cratic candidate had excellent chances of carrying California. "The Republican party seems to be In a bad fix." said the Callfornlan, "and if the) Bryan sentiment is as strong In other parts of the country as it la in Los Angeles and California, there Is nothing under the sun that can prevet his election. I know quite a number of Republicans personally who will vote for Bryan. "Labor, whether organised or not, will support Candidate Bryan as a rule. The laboring men, notwith? standing all reports to the contrary, are paying the closest possible atten? tion to the views of Mr. Oompers In tho matter; they are convinced that ha has their Interests at heart, and that he is fair and square and honest. "The Japanese question Is by no means disposed of along the Pacific coast. It is merely dormant, and by no means dead. There is no doubt in my mind but that it will bob up again in tho most unexpected mo? ment." _ WALK-OVER 4jkm TUB IDEAL ||n SCHOOL SHOE. THE 8TJMTER CLOTHING CO. DANGERS OF PLUTOCRACY. American People Will Have to De? stroy or Be Destroyed. New Orleans Picayune. The presidential campaign entan? glement In the tentacles of that all powerful, as far as money Is power, I octopus, the Standard Oil Company, Is rapidly becoming one of the most flagrant and hideous political scandals In the world, and It Is exciting com? ment in every civilised country where there Is a newspaper press. It has already twined Its snaky folds around leading men, who hold positions of high trust in national and State governments. It has paid them large sums of money to com? mand their services In securing de? sired legislation for or against measures ln( which the octopus was Interested and It has been claimed 10 be able to work Its will throughout tthe country, to exercise the right to violate the laws with absolute Impu? nity, and by donations through Its chief owners In college and universi? ties, to be seeking to control the education of the younger generations of the American people to regard it with favor. Money Is coming to be a great power In this grand republic of ours It is already becoming the basis of what Is claimed to be the highest American social aristocracy, and that fact of itself creates a wonderful de sir* and motive power on the part of the American people to get wealth The ability of great financial corpor? ations to create and control politi? cal conditions in their interests has been demonstrated. If It shall be developed that such sinister instru? mentalities shall be able alr.o to dom? inate society and education also, then there comes up the certainty, sooner or later, that the American paopfs will have to destroy a power so deadly to civil liberty, to political BOfOty, to social purity, and to truth and honesty, or their republic will be destroyed by it. ?WALK-OVERS.** FOR HOYS AND MEN. THE SCMTER CLOTHING CO. A wise man gives his tongue a rest at ths expense of his ears. CD? HISTORY OF HASKELL. Some Particulars of Ills Vurh? Career. The New York World of last Fri? day, save in a dispatch from c.uthrk\ Oklu., the following account of the career of Mr. Haskell: Charles X. Haskell came to Musko gee, then in Indian Territory, in 1901, from Fayetteville, Ark., and about the same time was at least for a while located in San Antonio, Texas. It defending himself against the attacks of William R. Hearst it is ad? mitted by Haskell that he was living in New York city when the alleged Standard Oil bribe was offered in Ohio, early in 1898. Between the time he left New York and located in Okla? homa he was for a time in Old Mex? ico, but that he lived there under the name of Brown Is not corroborat? ed. While in Texas he organized the Commercial Telephone company at San Antonio. The company later went Into the hands of a receiver and was sold to satisfy claims against it. Coming to Oklahoma, Mr. Has? kell, as he had been in Ohio, became prominent immediately as a railroad promoter. He was president of the Indlanola Contracting company, which built, besides various railroads, the Turner hotel at Muskogee, the In? dlanola office building, three other business blocks and a $40,000 opera house. ^Recently Attorneys Bailey & Bailey, of Ottawa, Ohio, began proceedings in Muskogee for the appointment of a receiver for the contracting company, alleging that Haskell was drawing $6, 000 a year as general manager. They also have sued him here for $9,900 attorneys' fees In representing him in various suits at Ottawa, his former home, for thirty years. Recently also he was sued for a $1,235.25 board bill for himself and family at the Turner hotel. As to this he declares in an interview that "a larae part of the ho? tel stock Is owned by our family," and that the board was applied on the rent. Last Saturday the city of Muskogee took over the hotel for un? paid taxes. On coming to Oklahoma, Haskell joined in the movement to organize single staehood for Indian Territory Through Chief Pleasant Porter, now deceased, of the Creek Indians, Has kell Interested the chiefs of the other Indian tribes In this movement, and the Sequoyah constitutional conven tlon was the result, with Haskell as the guiding star. He practically die tated the constitution drawn by the convention held in Muskogee in 1905 Later, when congress gave Indian Ter rltory and Oklahoma joint statehood Haskell was sent to the constitutional convention in Guthrie from the Mus kogee district. The, polling list obtained through the election held In Indian Territory In the Sequoyah constitution was used by Haskell to obtain a mailing list for his newly launched paper, the Muskogee New State Tribune, a per sonal organ. Through this paper he was able to build up a strong follow lng In old Indian Territory, and when the constitutional convention met in Guthrie there were 333 of his former associates there as delegates. With these he was able to control the con ventlon. The prominence he obtained made him governor after one of the most biter personal campaigns In the southwest's history. He Is still under bond for criminal libel resulting from articles appearng In his Muskogee paper during the campaign. Being able to place In the State constitution and also on the statutes many of Bryan's Ideas, Bryan made him a confidant In national politics which later resulted in his selection as chairman of the platform commit tee at Denver, his declining from Bryan the management of the nation al campaign, and later his appoint ment as national Democratic treas urer. He turned down the vice pres Identlal nomination as early as last April. As Governor Haskell obtained writ of prohibition from the State su preme court to prevent Attorne General Charles J. West from prose cuting the Prairie Oil nn 1 <Tas c >m pany (a Standard oonccTnl f<>!" bull1 lng additional pipe lines In OHHhom without first domesticst!n3, as r quired by the constitution. The corn pany was operated with Mr. Haskell consent when West commenced h suits. The State supreme court re cently gave the governor supreme Ju risdlction in initiating suits in th name of the State, thus shearing th attorney general of all power. It Is generally understood he that Haskell went from Ohio to Nt York with Cal Brlce. This has nev been denied by him, although fre quently published. Charles E. N. Coles, who was with Haskel'i in New York and in railroad promoting deals, was brought here early this year by Haskell and made warden of the State penitentiary. The former busi? ness connections between the two have never been revealed. Thro is now pending in the Federal court here a suit against Haskell. brought by Cornelius S. Loder, of New York city, to collect $42,235 DON'T FORGET / That you'll find the choicest selection of Fall and Winter garments here. DON'T FORGET That our Clothing is made by the best Makers known to the trade. PONT FORGET That our Hat and Toggery stock con? tains all the best styles and creations. PONT FORGET That we would like to see you when you are ready for your Fall Outfitting. ; 1_ THE D. J. CHANDLER CLOTHING CO., The Clothiers. Phone 166. Sumter, S. C. balance due on a loan of $42,000 ob? tained by Haskell from the Illinois Steel company in 1898 while promot? ing the Detroit and Lima Northern. The suit is on a judgment obtained against Haskell In the supreme court of New York county. Haskell in his answer admits borrowing the money, I but says the securities in the case are j still owned by the company, and not by Loder, and he pleads also the stat? ute of limitation. j During the past week In Muskogee, judgment was rendered against Has? kell and Ira L. Reeves for $500 for attorney fees due H. C. Meacham of Fort Smith, Ark., In obtaining a fran? chise there for an electric rallwa} promoted by Haskell and others. In June of last year suits were in? stituted by the government against twenty-eight business men of Musko? gee, including H?skell, for the recov? ery of town lots alleged to have been secured from the Creek Indian na? tion by fraudulent means. While Haskell was a resident of Muskogee In 1907 the city tax collec? tor made affidavit that Haskell refus? ed to give a list of property for tax? ation, and that the city officers were compelled to make an arbitrary state? ment of $1,600, which Haskell per? mitted to go unchallenged. Former Attorney General Frank S. Monnett of Ohio, came to Oklahoma City during Haskell's campaign for governor, and on September 12, in the Oklahoma City convention hall, he made a two-hours' speech, in which he said: "Charlie Haskell has stood In my Judicial district first as a young law? yer and then as a contractor. He went up against such men as Calvin Urice and Sam Thomas, and he asked no odds or quarter from them. Haskell never was a politician. Mr. Sheets has said that if I came here I would tail you what occurred in regard to the Standard Oil bribery matter, and I am only too glad to tell it. He has charged Charlie Haskell, or says that I have charged him thvough one Squires, with something which I have ever since tried to give him an oppor? tunity to straighten out. From the very first moment tils charge was made Haskell stood ready to straight? en It out, but Sheets told >'?>?. and the records show, that the case was dis? missed before he ever had a chance to testify. The charge was made on the answer of Squires. When they asked him whom he represented he said "Frank Rockefeller and Has? kell." We named those just as he gave them, and the name of Haskell appeared, Haskell, of Clevelaed. NEW HARDWARE STORE SUMTER HARDWARE COMPANY, NO. 1 NORTH MAIN STREET. Well assorted stock of General Hardware and HouS'2 Furnishings?Everything New?No Old Stock. Quality of goods guaranteed and Prices are Right, a trial order will convince you. E. S. DesCHAMPS, - - Manaseiy "Now, there is another Haskell in Cleveland. I don't remember his ini? tials, but his name was Haskell. He lived in that city and he was often there. He was connected with the Rockefeller crowd and it was very easy to confuse the two. Charlie Has? kell was not living in Ohio then; he was living in New York, and the mo? ment he Heard, that the charge was made against him he offered to come back and face the charge; and Charlie Haskell was th<i only one of the bunch who ever was. Haskell denied that he had any connection with that charge, but we didn't get a chance to have him testify, because of the fact that the case was dismissed, and not be? cause he was not ready to come." THE SUMTER CLOTHING CO. HASKELL TO SUE HEARST. Oklahoma Governor to Prosecute New York ICditor for Hla Charges. Kansas City, Mo., Sept 29.?A spe? cial to the Times from Guthrie, Okla., says: Qov. C. N. Haskell Is preparing to bring suit in The next few days against William R. Hearst because of the lat ter's charges concerning (>ov. Has kell's alleged connection with an at? tempt to bribe Frank S. Monnett for the Standard Oil Company. The suit will be brought in Missouri, probably at Kansas City. H. C. Simrall, of Mex? ico, Mo., is here as attorney for Gov. Haskell preparing the petition. Miss Inez Cooper has been appoint? ed postmaster at St. Charles, vice ? Qreen, resigned. There were a number of applicants. Notorious Negro Captured. Lauren?, Oct. 4.?John Henry An? derson, a notorious Waterloo negro, for whom Governor Ansel offered a reward of $75 a week ago, Andei being charged with the murder of other negro and fin alleged assault on a young white man, was captured yesterday afternoon in Waterloo Township by Kr. Irvine P. Moore and two other citlaens, who brought An? derson to Leurens last night and de? livered him to Sheriff Duckett. ff CASTOR IA for Infants and Children. Til Kind You Have Always Eea$ Boars the Signature of WEDDING PRESENTS. ? New patterns in Silverware, Cut Glass and handpainted China. W* Invite your Inspection of th- * goods before buying. We A. Thompsofi, JEWELER. Phone SS3. 6 S. Main St,