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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-01
Government Seeds.

The first money appropriation by
the present Congress was awarded
on December 10th. The amount was
$50, 700, and 1t is to be used in sup
plying a seed deficiency, caused by
the destruction by fire of the gov
ernment seed warehouse in Washing
ton.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-01-01

the $40 gold piece bears the standing
female figure OF Liberty, holding IN
one hand q torch and in the other an
olive Branch. One foot rests on a
rock or other object so that the right
knee is prominent under the drapery3
which envelopes the figure, On the
reverse side instead of the standing
eagle In the trousers lis the high ro-
lief fgure of the bird of freedom fiy-
ing alphabetically through space with
wings hardly half spread. AS In the
$40 piece the side view of the eagle
is presented, but the conception Is
such that there is no action whatever
in the figure. It more nearly ro-
sembles the birf. on the old-fash-
Toned eagle" 1-cent coins Of the six
lies. ~ 3
The $40 piece also differs from the
10 coin in that the words "E Plu-
rtbus Unum" appear ON the edge of:
the coin, alternating with stars to
represent the States OF the Union. All
ter the design for the $40 piece was,
approved It was found that the coin
would notI.stack and 30 ft was unit
for circulation. At aBout the same
time the philadelphia mint authori-
tiea called attention to the fact that
the relief Of the coin was so high that
the piece would last only few
months in general circulation, so
great would the damage from sbras
sion be.
1 Accordingly 1t was decided TO re-
duce the relief presented by the Mary
Cunningham head and the strutting
eagle, anG In addition to this 1t was
decided to erect around the edge OF
the coin high line or ring as q fur,
ther protection against abrasion. The.
latter process had the effect OF great
'ly emphasizing the "dished" effect of
hat part Of the gold piece surround
ing the head and eagle, so that the
whole appearance OF the coin is as If
the medallions on either side had
been. struck with a hammer until the
center of the piece was sufficiently
depressed.
The $40 piece, nominally designed
by st. Gaudens, will have to be treat.
ed to similar process, for the first
pieces struck have convinced the
mint authorities that the coins would
last only short time in circulation.
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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-08-22
THE CHANGE IN BRYAN.
Proof Not Forthcoming That Old Fal.
Iaces Are Abandoned.

In Mr.. Bryan's extenuation it is put
forward that he has changed. They
whom resentment or indecision or the
desire to be placated move, represent
that the peerless one is not at all dan,
gerous this time because what made
him so he has forsworn. Once he was
for free Coinage-to that he has said a
long farewell Once he rallied at the
courts-now his roaring is gentle,
like that Of a sucking dove. Once he
was for government ownership-that
he is trying as hard as possible to for
get. Once he was an ardent free
trader-that, perchance, he may yet
disown and at any rate forbears to
emit sound that might alarm the
most timid manufactures.
Let us freely admit that all which
Bryan once believed he now disavows.
How long is it since infidelity to inn
mortal principles and the mobile adj
justment of ones views to the eXigen-
cies of the hour became a sure pass
port to the trust and confidence of the
American people? Are we to under
stand from the evidence that Bryan is
so great and indispensable an eXecu-
tive that whether he has any views or
not becomes a negligible matter?
If Mr.. Bryan should be elected it
might be found that these ideas he
has for the nonce concealed are really
only subordinated until such time as
he can get into position TO put them
into effect. And against such a con-
tingency Lloyd's offers no insurance.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-08-22

lawyers who have given the dissent
ing opinion to the views of the reform
"four-fushers.
Then some scintillating genius
among the brethren suggests that an
injunction be obtained from some per-
fectly unbiased" judge. A descent
is made upon the courts, a perfectly
unbiased" and complaisant jurist is
picked out, who issues an injunction,
and the ''four-flushers' gather to offer
up thanks. An appeal being taken
from his ruling. the state court, or the
supreme court of the United States,
hands down an opinion that the 'un-
biased judge 10 an Ass" or words to
that effect, and the injunction is dis
solved.
Thereupon the "four-hushers" hold
additional meetings in which they de-
nounce the supreme courts, and, as
soon as new set of authorities come
into power, resume the old bluff" of
asking that the business which they
do not like be suppressed.
One of the most unique of political
"four-1ushers" is the man who is
"bucking the game" solely on his
nerve. l recollect one such individ-
ual, and he was certainly a classic
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-08-22

stronger of the two. "a finances the
nomination of an independent" can
didate, or a Prohibition, Labor-Social-
list, or any old candidate whom he may
think will weaken BIS" chances. If
"B" thinks the move will weaken him,
he may up with an independent" can
didate of "A's" party stripe. and pay
his expenses to cut into "A's" vote.
All this is "four-hushing" to make
the voters believe there are four or
five "Richmonds in the field" when, in
fact. "a" and b" are the only real
figures in the contest, and the extra
candidates are fakes" And the
beauty about it is that these "inde-
pendent" or other campaigns are often
waged valiantly and a tremendous
amount of dust and excitement kicked
up about them.
Reform is a prolific source of politi-
cal "four-fushing." Take some bust
ness which offends certain of the more
puritanically inclined citizens. This
business may be regularly licensed
and declared legal, and there may be
constitutional grounds which, until q
change in the constitution, would alb
solutely prevent interference in the
business en- the part of the authori-
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-08-22
Characterization That Fits.

Long has the trinity of significant
initials &c. o. p" stood in impress
sive isolation. There has been moth
ing to counterbalance it descriptively
but Democratic party" A worthy,
symmetrical, euphonious characterize
ton for the Jeffersonian opposition
has all these generations been a cry
ing need. Mr.. William Randolph
Hearst, unconsciously, too, We believe,
has supplied the literary want In
tent only upon reaching hands across
the sea" for the purpose Of assas-
sinating politically Mr.. Bryan, Mr..
Hearst has cabled most happy
thought that at once sketches the
present status Of the Democratic party,
invokes its history and prophesies its
future. Says Mr.. Hearst to Mr.. Bryan:
Il don't think the path Of patriotism
lies in supporting a discredited and de-
cadent old party"
1t is eminently possible, Of course,
that "discredited old party" may refer
to Mr.. Bryan specifically and directly.
However, we much prefer to accept
the second adjective and adjust 1t to
it's manifest sense. Hereafter it shall
be first sc. o. p" as counter-opposed
to ID. o. P-"decadent old party" as
Mr.. Hearst and other less prominent
pessimists behold thunder Organism.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-08-22
That Anti.Iniunction Plank.

Those features OF the Denver plat
form that have relation to sane issues
are for the most part either meaning
less or unsound. That relating to in
functions Is partly one and partly tbr
other. Nobody denies that parties t.
all judicial proceedings should b
treated with rigid impartiality," but
what does this mean: "Injunctions
should not be issued in any cases in
which injunctions would not issue If
no industrial dispute were involved"
If Gompers is satisfied with that, it
must be because he thinks he sees
something in it that il does not con-
tain A possible sense may be extract
ed from the statement that trial by
Jury should be provided in cases of
indirect contempt" of court, though a
defiance of injunction orders is suf-
ficiently direct to be promptly and sum-
marily punished IL injuctions are to
have any effect. The so-called anti-in-
junction plank is simply rotten.-N. Y.
Journal of Commerce.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-08-22

ties. Does this daunt the "four-fush-
err who wishes a little advertising?
Not a bit of it. He gets together his
cohorts and besleges the political au-
thorities demanding that they do those
things which are under the law abso-
lutely forbidden.
The authorities consult the law de-
partment, and the department gives
an opinion, based on the soundest au-
thority, that the proposition is unten-
able Then the reforming -four
fiusher" holds a few public meetings
and adds some more "four-flushers" to
the list. Speeches are made and the
authorities are denounced, also the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-08-22
Mr.. Bryan's Convention.

A stale candidate, who is a fore
gone conclusion, makes a stale con-
vention, makes a stale campaign and
a stale campaign ends in an election
without enthusiasm and without hope.
All the accounts agree that as the
opening of the Denver convention APP
preached interest seemed to ebb
away. The members who had ar
rived on the scene with some sense of
their individual importance soon be-
gan to realize that the delegations
we're at the end of strings and that
the strings ran into the study of GER
tain substantial citizen st Lincoln,
Neb.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-08-22
END THIS ISLANDER
TIME TO PUT A STOP TO DEMO-
CRATIC FALSEHOOD.
Assertion That American Voters Have
Been Corrupted by Republican
Party Is an Insult and Should
Be Repudiated.

The keynote" speech of Tenn
porary Chairman Bell at the Demo
cratic national convention was charac-
teristically Bryanesque. 1t opened with
the customary denunciation of the Re-
publican party as the nurse of "spe-
cial privilege" and monopoly" and as
the author of government by injunc-
ton"
Then Mr.. Bell proceeded to argue
for the substitution for the injunctions
of the courts, issued in due process OF
law and for the protection Of life and
property of the injunctions of the
Gomperses and Sheas and other per-
sonal usurpers of governmental power
for the destruction of property and
waging of wars which spare not even
life.
The ideas of Mr.. Bell, which are
necessarily the ideas Of Mr.. Bryan, of
constructive policy" for the Demo
cratic party seemed to be confined
chiefly to certain ends and leavings
from the congressional waste baskets
to those great reforms" for which
Hon. r. M. La Toilette of Wisconsin
stood sponsor in the Republican ma
tional popular election
of senator's" physical valuation of
railroads" publicity of campaign con-
tributions." On this latter point Mr..
Bell said:
"The corrupt use of large sums in
political campaigns is largely respon-
sible for the subversion of the peoples
will at the polls.
The assertion that they were beat
en- by purchase of voters who would
otherwise have supported them is fire.
quently made by defeated candidates.
II is the easiest and the cheapest ex-
cuse Of egotism which the people have
refused to take at its own valuation.
Mr.. Bryan offered 1t in 1896.
The grain Of fact in this charge is
that sometimes in petty local con-
tests in communities where the moral
sense averages low or certain kind
of ignorance prevails, victory goes to
the side Of the longest purse. But
that such methods should win on any
large scale Is pnySlcally fhpOSSlDle'
Let us consider the facts:
There are about 100000 voters
There ia no evidence that the expendi-
lures Of either great party In presi-
Dental year have been as much as one
dollar head. Out of this Is paid all
the expenses Of printing, meetings,
speakers, and all the other apparatus
Of the education process which po-
litical campaign is and must be IL free
and popular government Is to exist
Where did the money come from
with which were bought" those mil
lions of venal voters that defeated
candidates and candidates that fear
defeas' are always seeing? Where are
the venal voters? Let the average
American ask himself He may sus
pect that he knows one-possibly But
does he know one?
The question answers itself. And,
knowing the answer, is it not time
that the resentment of the decent mil
lions of Americans should put an end
to this dirty SANDER and this down
right lie?
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-08-22

vote we can rake and scrape. There's
lots of ugly talk about this thing in
my neighborhooG, and it's the same
everywhere. Well, SO long"
No one but a rank ''four-flusher"
makes these senseless "breaks," but
the large cities simply swarm with
rank ''four-fushers."
A favorite scheme of the standard
"four-flushers" in elections was to put
up an independent" dummy candi-
date. Sometimes two dummy" can
didates were put forward in the race.
Suppose, for instance, that "a and
"B" are the regular candidates of the
main parties. 3D." we will say, is the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-08-22

specimen, and nervy proposition.
A certain hotelkeeper had been Sc.
lected as a candidate for aldermanic
his name had been offered and deter
mined upon, a committee of "promi
nent citizens" was picked out to mott
fy the gentleman of the honor which
had been accorded him. Among
others, this "hot sport was chosen, as
he was very neat talker, and the
craftsmanship Of the notifying commit.
tee was reserved to him, as the man
who was best qualified to break the
news to the hotelkeeper of his selec-
ton as the aldermanic standard
bearer.
At that time of the year, early
spring, a number of these prominent
citizens" were wearing light over
coats, and our hero was nattily attired
in one which buttoned high to his
throat, with an immaculate silk muf-
fer folded neatly above it,
AS the committee entered the rotun-
da of the hotel it met the then city
clerk, who, on invitation, accompanied
them on their trip.
The Boniface was sent for, a pri-
vate room opened and the gentleman
with the dove-colored spring overcoat
and silk muffier stepped from the
group of prominent citizens and
urged the acceptance by the tentative
candidate of the honor vouchsafed
him. 1t was a neat speech, and told
of the representative citizens" who
were present, anxious to lend their
prestige and solid business standing
to his campaign, all prominent bust
ness men," and all DESTROYS of having
the ward taken care of in the council
by a man of their own stamp.
The hotelkeeper was very much
gratified, accepted the honor in few
words and invited the committee to
take dinner with him, it being just
about six in the evening. All but the
city clerk and the orator of the even
ing accepted the invitation with alac-
rity. The orator however pleaded an
imperative engagement, and the city
clerk had to catch a train. But as
these two came out of the hotel the
city clerk, who knew his companion
as sort of "hy-by-night" ward politi-
clan, said, why didn't you stay and
take dinner with the committee, Dick?
The old man will give the boys a fine
feed in there"
To which the politician, with a per-
fectly nonchalant air. replied: I'D
have liked to, first rate; but l haven't
got any shirt on" at the same time
opening his spring overcoat and dis
closing underneath his stylish muf-
fer the unmistakable presence of
neat but not gaudy undershirt next to
his manly chest.
The city clerk reached into his vest
pocket and dislodged a two-dollar bill.
This he handed to his friend. You're
dandy representative citizen all
right, Dick" he remarked, and first
class business man. Go and get you q
shirt with that and then buy some.
thing to eat"
ERNEST M'GAFFEY.
Copyright, zoos, by Joseph Il. Bowles)
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-08-22

she others at the card table and there
B. rake down the pot But it does
not always work.
In politics | have seen enormous
quantities of "four-fushing" INDUCED
in; and in fact about two-fifths of all
politics is "four-hushing
In the various angles of the political
game there may be counter -four
flushing" or practicing the art on
both sides, or if there are four or five
candidates in the field, there may be
only one candidate who really stands
any show Of election, and quartette
of "four-fushers" gaily bringing up
the rear The also rams" have entered
the race for various reasons. Some
of them get little notoriety, some of
them to try their political strength
and others for the purpose of leading
forlorn hope against the probable
winner.
l recollect particularly one of this
kind He was always going to do
great things. And he would demon
strate by verbal mathematics just how
it was "cinch" That he had the ward
tied up as tight as a snare drum. All
suggestions that he might possibly be
mistaken were either pooh-poohed
away, or you were given to under
stand that you were dead nutty."
This gentleman would keep on swell
ing until the morning after election,
and then he would disappear for a few
days. When he reappeared. with his
ward knocked "galley-west' in the
election, and about SO per cent of his
predictions gone wrong he would still
have that old "bluffy" walk on him.
and would be Cabling triumphantly
about some precinct that had gone his
way, and explaining how they would
have all went the same way if "Bill
Botsford" or Joe Sammons" or "Pete
Highball'' had stuck" The only of.
fensive thing about this Holsters atti.
tude was that be assumed that some
one was going TO believe him. He was
per Sc a stiff" as such cattle are
termed in politics, and a laughing
stock among seasoned politicians, but
he went about imagining that he was
IA real factor in politics, when he could
scarcely control his own vote.
You know how that is, Mac" he
would go on. THE people out there
feel that way, and that's the way they
feel all over the city. It's strange to
me that some one hasn't pointed it out
to the mayor. If something isn't done
well lose out election day. Such a
comparatively small thing, too. It
don't make any difference to me per-
sonally, for l don't care. But l don't
want to see our boys lose. Somebody
ought to see his honor about it. I'm
just telling you because you can sec
for yourself how 1t is. We need every
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-08-22
Vote VS.. Yell.

looking back at the two convention,
il is evident that the Democrats are
better on the yell than the Repub-
LEANS Herald.
But on election day it will be found
that the Republicans can beat the
Democrats at voting.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-08-22
.HE term "four-fushing," al
though Of comparatively
recent origin, merely

q pTeItHSe. IC IS pUheT
term, meaning in that game the prac-
tice of pretending that you have five
cards of one suit when you only have
four of one suit and one of another,
and of trying to win with that kind
of hand, in hopes that the other play
ers will believe that you have gen.
uine "flush," five cards in one suit.
ID>s favorite pastime in the great
American game to bet high on a
-four flush" to intimidate or "timify"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1908-08-22

Ills Ways, His Manners, His
Methods, His Dress. and
Fly by Night Ele ction
Schemes Dead Politically
To-day, He Resurrects
Himself Tomorrow in a
New Ward. with a New
Plan and Perhaps Affliates
with the Other Party-How
He Takes Up Reform as an
Asset and Meets Defeat,
with Attendant Notoriety.
Gracefully.
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-20
++++*++++++%@%+a
ABOUT WHEAT.
= = = : = = = I. I. + + = = 4.

A four-ounce bottle of pedigreed
Defiance wheat which Professor A.
e. Blount had grown in his wheat
nursery, was found at the Colorado
Experiment Station in 1903. AS
nearly as it could be determined.
this wheat had been grown twelve
years before.
The entire bottle full OF wheat was
seeded. Three kernals grew. one
throwing up fourteen spikes of
wheat. This most desirable plant
was allowed to mature seed, and the
others were destroyed
From this plant, seeded in 1903.
the Station has carefully deevloped
several hundred bushels of choice
seed wheat, the direct progeny of one
kernel of Defiance wheat. The Sta
tion has planned to distribute this
wheat to the farmers of Colorado
who are growing spring wheat. 'un-
der the ditch in amounts not to ex-
ceed 100 pounds per farmer, at three
cents a pound.
This is far below the cost of pro-
ducing this wheat, since it has re-
quired constant care and attention
to maintain it absolutely pure.
Farmers who will SOW this seed on
a clean, well-prepared seed bed
Snould nave enough pure, clean
wheat to seed the general field next
year and should use it to the exclu-
sion of all other seed in 1909. With
each sack is sent pedigree of the
wheat registered with the Secretary
of the Colorado Gran G. Seed Grow
ers' association, F. Knorr.
Probably the greatest work Prof.
A. e. Brount ever did for Colorado
was to improve her spring wheats.
Here is an opportunity to get an alb
solutely new and pure stock of the
best wheat he has ever developed.
Do you want it?
II you do, send your name and ad-
dress tc the writer at once This
wheat will not be held longer than
March 1st, and orders will be filled
according to date received.
We hope many farmers will be
content with fifty pounds of this
wheat instead of one hundred pounds
so We can send it to more farmers.
If you desire some of this seed, write
at once to
w. H. OLIN,
Agronomist, Experiment Station.
Fort Colline, Colorado.
The daily sentinel., 1908-02-20
PRIVATE VIEW OF THE
STATUE OF HALE,

New York, Feb. 2O.-A private
view of the model of the heroic stat
ue of Nathan Hale. which the Yale
alumni propose to erect on the Yale
campus, at am expense of $4,000.
was given this afternoon at the
studio of the sculptor, William Or
way Partridge. Ten years have been
spent by the sculptor in completing
the statute of the revolutionary hero
who gave up his life for his country
Another private view for Yale alumni
will be given next Thursday.
1t was while serving the cause of
the revolution that Hale was captur-
ed by the British and executed as a
spy.
Mr.. Partridge has preserved the
schoolmaster' garb in which Hale
was captured. The statue represents
a young man in his strength and
comel1ness-thea athletic Hale history
records performed feats of valor at
New Haven-calmly moving on to
his fate. He stands firmly on the
right foot the left foot thrown back
and Just leaving the ground. The
hands are caught loosely behind by
a rope hanging from his wrists.
1t is expected that the model will
be cast in bronze and placed on the
yale campus Within a year. Among
the prominent men, in addition to
Yale alumni, who subscribed to the
100000 necessary to erect the statue
was Andrew Carnegie.