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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-09-02
CNILDS ANSWERS
BRIBERY CHARGE

Mr. b. l.. Caughman, candidate for
railroad commissioner, created SenSa-
ton in Laurens last Saturday, when he
charged that Mr.. w. G.. Childs, of Co
lumbia, had tried to "buy him"-to
bribc him. The news of the charge
reached Mr.. Chlds, who is now threat
cning to sue Mr.. Caughman for libel to
the amount Of $1,000 damages.
Mir. w. G. Childs, president of the
Columbia, Ncwberry & Laurcns road,
last night gave the following statement
to The State:
81 am reliably Informed that Mr.. b.
l.. Caughman stated at the campaign
meeting at Laurcns today that some
wears since when he was member OF
the legislature and in attendance upon
its session, | sent for him through the
late w. r. Mar" had an interview
with him in my PRIV, Office IN Ihe
presence of Mr.. Martin nd tried to
bribc him to prevent the passage OF the
law requiring separate coaches Tor the
white and coIorcd races, that he lndlg-
nantly spurned the proposition ana
cursed me out, and upon leaving the
Office he was followed by Mr.. Martin
who expressed his approval of his cause.
'I wish to say that this charge OF
bribery. directly or Indirectly IS abSo-
ntcly untrue. | wish further to ADD
that it is passing strange that Mr.
Caughman, then and now sworn ON
Ger Of the State, should have retained
and confdcd within his breast the
knowledge of this ilagrant crime dur
inc all these years until after the ohIy
other alleged witness is dead; ana uh'll
.ftnr he has learned that ! did not en-
LIST as one of the whoopers-up for his
reelection.
"Why did he not make his charges
before a court jury, where ] now cha'-
lcnpc him to make good these charges.
If such charge had a scmblancc OF
foundation why has he so frequently
during his term as railroad comm'S-
sioncr, visited, not at my request, DuI
of his own volition, me at my ONCE ana
and asked favors at my hands ana Ihc
hands of the railroad represent, ana
conferred with me there on the most
cordial terms?
"I am willing for the intelligent cltI-
zcns to determine whether this charge
is the product of a virtuous heart
whose fires, smouldcring for these many
years, have just been famed into a
burst of righteous indignation, or cheap
political dcmagoguc to catch the un-
thrilling vote
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-09-02

August II, 1908 p {.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-09-02
Entertainment at Ora.

On Thursday evening next, August
27th, at Thompson's hall, Ora, the La
dies Missionary society of the Asso-
ciatc Reformed Presbyterian church
will give an entertainment for the bcnc-
fit OF their cause, charging a small adj
mission Of 10 and Is cents. A play en-
titled maids All Forlorn" will be pre-
scntcd by local talent. The public are
cordially invited and solicited to attend
and help make the entertainment sue
ccSS.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-09-02
TRY THIS FOR DESSERT.

Dissolve one package Of any Favored JElhrO
in one pint of boiling water. Whom partly con-
gcacd, heat until light adding cup whipped
cream and six crushed maccaroOns. Whip all to-
,,rthcr thoroughly and pour 1t into mold or bowl.
When cool, il will iclify aud may he served with
whipped cream or any good pudding sauce.
Tho JElIrO costs lOc. per package and can be
obtained at any good groccr'S.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1908-09-02
J. STEWART PEDEN,
r. f.. d. I. Box lS.

K. f. D. |, Box II.
N. B. The same rules and rcgula-
tions will he enforced as heretofore.
As our charter now stands even the
giving away of Intoxicating drinks and
lowed and our police powers will be cx-
tended to cover this entire section, &c.
j. S. pEDEN, Soc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

@ress, and if the Danville district puts
him back and the house is again re-
publican the same old combine will
be back of Cannon to make sure his
reelection to his Notwithstanding
position, where he has been of great
service to special privilege.
The New York World, in discussing
the manner il which some republican
candidates for congress are trying to
dodge the Cannon issue, says that
Representative Z. C. Ellis of Kansas
City who is on the rivers and harbors
committee. seems to think that he has
prepared a clever way out of the diff
Guilty. In 4 letter to the Epworth
League he says that he must needs
prefer to SUPP ort some other than Mr..
Cannon for speaker and in the organi-
cation of The 61st congress he will
consult the desires OF Mr.. Taft. will
act with and be counted one of the
true friends and loyal supporters o.
TIE administration
Has Mr. Taft ever attacked Speaker
! Cannon? Some years ago Theodore
! Roosevelt said: I'VE cannot escape
/, ON the fact that it is no credit to
the republican party of the house that
Mr.. Cannon OF Illinois should be one
/ OF its leaders,
That was before he was president.
| IF Mr.. Taft is elected will he prove
any more dangerous to Mr.. Cannon?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

tie most substantial contributors to-
wards Judge Taft's election. Why
shouldn't he contribute literally? He
lad his man, George R. Sheldon,
elected treasurer of the republican
national committee. and he has reason
10 believe that all his immense cor
porate interests will be immune from
government regulation just as they
have been in past republican admins
trations. NJ. Morgan contributed to-
wards the election of President Roose.
welt and Governor Hughes of New
York; so did John D. Rockefeller, E.
II Hartman and other trust magnates.
There was no reason in the world to
expect they would not do the same
thing this year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13
Hunor ane Philosophy
By DUNCAN N. SMITH
LIGHTNING EXPRESS.

How swift the wheels Of time proceed
Along their busy way
When you have bought some furniture
For which you did not pay,
For when the prompt installment man
Drops in for what is due
It seems as if afweek rolled round
Most every day or two,
They say that time is fitted out
With pinions like bird,
And to the one who owes a bill
This does not seem absurd.
In fact, the way it fits along
Much sprier than lark
Might make one think the wings we're
run
By an electric spark.
You gather in your weekly pay.
A modest little sum,
Which is sign, you may be sure,
A caller soon will come.
He wants a dollar for the rug
Two If you have a pair
A dollar for the looking glass
And fifty ceHts a chair.
The poets in frenzy fine
The flight of time have sung
And told how you were growing old
Fer you were fairly young,
But poets cannot bring 1t home
Or rub it in as can
The purchasing of furniture
On the installment plan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13
The Plumed knights.

No more beautiful and impressive
Pageant ever moved through the
ST. eets of Rock Island than that which
the procession OF Plumed Knights pre-
Sc nted today in honor of the sd an
nual conclave OF the grand command
cry of Illinois. Knights Templar. To
the music of a dozen of the best bands
ic this country and including one
from the British dominions, the
Knights faultlessly attired in sombre
Uniforms with military precision
marched through two miles of Rock
Islands streets. AT frequent intervals
various of the bands took up the
strains of the joyful and inspiring
anthem. Onward Christian Soldiers,
end at different points along the line
CT march people standing along the
walks burst into applause thrilled
with admiration of the spectacle and
all that attended it. or with some par
ticular movement on the part of the
Communicates of gallant and soldiery
Knights.
The Knights Templar, whose histor.'
as an institution dates from the tomb
If the Savior, whose trade mark like
lliat of the church, is the cross, has
Fer its guidance the noblest of virtues,
Christianity and chivalry. interviewer
with these most sacred of inspird.
tons are the teachings OF fraternity,
good fellowship and brotherly love.
Who that is a knight under such
obligations can fail to be better man,
and who in Rock Island is not both
ronored and proud that such body
Of men has come among us?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

the large AMI growing number or rev.
eI.ue reformers who believe that the
republican rarty ought to respond to
the progressive element in the coun-
Try. They ask, rather. that the plat
foraa shall declare for the reduet ton
Of taxation tC the necessities of the
government; for the removal of eX-
Cessive duties on necessarieS of life
rather than OF the tax on whiskey
and tobacco; for the freeing Of raw
materials required by our manufacture
ing industries and for such reduc-
ton of duties On unfinished goods that
they may in no case pay a higher rate
than finished goods, to the end that
American labor may really have fair
chance in the home market and the
markets of the world. They call at
tention to the fact that as republicans
they are asking only what is advo-
Gated most strongly by many leading
republican journals whose power and
influence cannot be disregarded, as
well as by progressive leaders of the
party"
! Observe that the name of Theodore
Roosevelt, like, that of Abou Ben AID
Aem, leads all the rest. And the reso
lurlons above shown bear wondrous
close resembl; nee to Roosevelt style
Gad workmanship
AT the Orchestra hall meeting here
recently James S. Sherman, the repub
lean vice presidential candidate
made these two statements:
Our party and our candidate pledge
the party, f further granted power
| 10 continue the record of that party.
Our pledge to revise the tariff-tc
revise it along protection lines-wil
| PC kept to the letter.
Mr.. Sherman is a candidate for the
| second highest Office in the land. He
| is in/the confidence of Judge Tai
ard Mr.. Roosevelt. and of course his
statement is above question. 1t is alb
solute proof that, since 1884, Mr.
! Roosevelt has changed his mind abou
tie tariff.
He must have changed it, because
while in 1884, over his own signature
na admitted himself, in favor of til,
tariff reduction to give American
labor "a fair chance in the HON,
market and the markets of the world,
l:e has been seven years president o
the United States without the slightes
evidence of carrying out his avowel
crinions of "a years ago.
Which are we to follow. the fret
trade Roosevelt of 1884, or the stand
pat Roosevelt of 1908? DR.. Jekyll, o
Mr. Hyde?
Why should Mr. Roosevelt, Amer
ica's champion of fair play, taunt MI
Eryan with his former free silve
theories. when he himself. in 1884 wa
very plainly opposed to what is nov
tie policy OF the republican party
Why should the Roosevelt beliefs b
permitted to change, unless Mr. Bryal
iZ granted the same privilege?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13
Relative.

man met ON a train coming north from
New Orleans and fell into a converse
ton as to changes they We're both
about to make in their places Of abode.
where do you expect to locate?"
asked the Boston man.
I'm the far east" replied the San
Francisco man. And where do you
intend to settle DOWN.
In the far west" replied the Boston
man.
They bemoaned the fact that since
they were such congenial company they
would be so far apart, but it trans
pired on further explanation that they
were both going to live in Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13
Not Necessary"

No mollycoddle consideration for the
dignity of the presidency restraints Mr..
Roosevelt from taking the stump. On
The contrary, as he told Senator Hem.
enway of Indiana, he does mot con
slider it necessary to make speeches
in support of Mr.. Taft" If ne did
consider it necessary we may rest as
sured the lust man armed" would
spring at once to the platform and
tegin belaboring the weaklings, tbs
cravens, the towards, the malefactors
and the undesirable citizens.
Still it is consoling to know thai
MIR. Roosevelt retains some scanty ras
of remnant of respect for his higf
Office. He will not drag it through
the mud of PARTY politics unless it i:
necessary
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13
An Opinion of Deneen.

Governor Richard Yates and many
other prominent republicans have
voiced their opinion of Governor De-
neen. They have publicly declared
him unworthy of reelection. Never
has republican candidate ever been
so bitterly opposed in his own party
az mas Governor Deneen.
The Chicago InterOcean (republi-
can and for Taft, declares that Gov
crnor Deneen and his henchmen in
Cook county are trying to effect the
defeat Of John Wayman, head of the
Cook county ticket. After telling of
an appropriation of $4,000 by the
Cook county commissioners for an
alleged primary fraud investigation,
which money the Inter-Ocean says
Governor Deneen and his crowd will
use tc further their own political ends
IN Cook county. the Inter-Ocean warns
its fellow republicans against Gov
crnor Deneen as follows:
Mr. Deneen must be defeated if the
republican party of Illinois is to be
saved. AS an habitual bolter and
traitor he will, if kept in office, ruin
the party of the whole state as he is
now running the party in Cook county.
"a vote to continue Mr. Deneen ir
Lower is vote to destroy the repub-
lacr partyin this state and vote to
retire him is a vote TO save the repub-
fcan party IN this state.
"IEese two truths are of the hundred
rer cent kind. Read them twice, paste
them in your hat, and read them again
then, with your knowledge of real re.
pubicanism, past and present, deny
i them if you can"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13
The "Joe" Cannon Issue.

The fight or Uncle Joe' Cannon.
champion legislation stranger, is not
confined to his own district, where the
PEOPLE are lining up for his demo
iatic opponent, Henry G. Bell
In many western districts republi-
can candidates for congress are re-
ported to have pledged themselves not
In vote for Cannon for reelection as
speaker in the event of his reelection
% congress
1t is part of the republican combine
program to get Cannon back into cor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13
The Argus Daily Short Story
JIMSIE OF THE TRESTLE BY CECILY ALLEN.
Copyrighted

Jimsie had learned TO watch for her
long before she noticed him. The I:0S
was never so crowded as the 7:223, and
Betty Larned had no trouble in getting
the same seat every morning, the next
to the last in the third car.
She liked that particular seat because
it gave her q long view of the marshy
creek and the great bay beyond, pour
ing its restless waters into the sea.
Jimsie's post was on the great trestle
approaching the drawbridge. At first
he had simply watched the trains as
they slowed up before passing over the
draw.
Being a young man of considerable
lima gination, he could picture the long
line of commuters winding to the fer
ries and then breaking en- the shores
of the big city beyond like stream
long confined to narrow banks: What
a multitude of interests they repre-
sented. And to how many of the
great warehouses, skyscrapers and
stores they must scatter!
He felt quite sure that the girl will
the light brown hair and gentle gray
eyes worked very far uptown, for she
never missed the 7:OS, while most OF
the girl commuters preferred the 7:23
which brought them into town just il
time to make offices and stores for the
8 o'clock openings.
In this Jimsie was wrong. Betty
worked quite close to the ferry, bu
she was an earnest, ambitious young
person with horror of being tardy
so she took no chances on the 20:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13
Rooseyelt-Free Trader.

Chicago Journal: Who is the great
sportsman?
ASK the question anywhere except
in vicinity of Jack London and DR..
Long, and there is just one answer
Theodore Roosevelt. Mr.. Roosevelt
nay have critics among naturalists.
His knowledge of animal psychology
may not always coincide with experts,
hut even his enemies will not deny
that he is Americas first sportsman.
The average American boy thinks
Of our president as cowboy, soldier,
aid clean, honest sportsman straight
through from the heart out-the sort
of man who always fights hard but al
ways fights fair.
That the battle-ground is political
end the issues of state shouldn't make
any difference All fights ought to be
fair.
All through the west Mr. Taft has
dragged out MIR. Bryan's former advo-
cacy of free silver. In Iowa Judge
Taft was a free trader, and in Colora-
90 he is n protectionist. but every
wnere he is Bryan's mentor on free
silver
Mr.. Roosevelt continues to refer to
the Bryan advocacy OF free silver and
make much OF it. Back in 1884 the
American Free Trade league pub
lished in Des Moines paper called
"The Million of which A. J. Philpot
was editor.
In it's issue of June IA, 1884, it
printed the following item, which is
here exactly reproduced:
WHAT THE REPUBLICAN FREE
TRADERS DID.
"Office of the New York Free Trade
Club. SO Nassau ST. New York City.
FAT the meeting of the General COM
mittee of the \. Y Free Trade CLUB,
held at SO Nassau street, on the 29th
Gay of May, 1884, the following reso
luton was adopted:
Resolved, That committee of re.
publican members of this club, con
sistne of the gentlemen named below
he appointed with proper power to
ill vacancies and add to their mum
lbers. to attend the publican national
convention. &c be held at Chicago on
Tuesday. June 8, 1884. for the purpose
of presenting to the committee OIL
resolutions the petition below set
forth and urging upon the committee
and the convention the necessity OF
Inserting in the platform plank de
claring that the protective features OF
1.-THE war tariff on imports, no longer
required TO, purposes of revenue
ought to be abolished, and pledgine
1 the republican party to take steps te
have them abolished. and to reduce
taxation to the necessities of the gov
ernment, and to reduce import dutie:
on the necessities of life, and on raw
materials.
The following are the names of The
&C mmittee and the petition above re
ferred to:
Theodore Roosevelt, George w
Curtis, Isaac Dayton, Professor Thee
dore Dwight. E. L. Godkin, Parke God
VIM George Hill Edmund L. Baylies
r r. Bowker, Nathan Clark, Richart
8 Ely, August c. Fransioli. James j
Fox. j. Noble Hayes. Rev. S. w. Laid
Ter, lie Grar6 Lockwood, George n
: Messiter, Rclin NJ Morgan, William
rs. Opdyke, William Potts, G. l.. Prem
tbs Jr., George H. Putnam, Jaco
Schoenhof, Robert Sedgwick, Nelso
S. Spencer, Js mes Stokes, Jr., Profes
? scr Adolph Werner, Horace White
George c. Rand, John S. Kennedy
! Francis Brown
PETITION.
"The undersigned republicans T,
:. sDectfully ask that the national col
t yention will rot repel by its platfor,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

Edison says that aeropianes are a
failure except as an experiment teach
ing the real way to fly. Well, Wizard.
were from Missouri and you have
the floor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

The Washington Herald doesn t
tEink Roosevelt is going to take Mr.:
Loeb to Africa for the purpose of let
ting him see the animals. If the pres
ident takes him at all it will be, nat
urally, for the purpose Of letting the
animals see Mr.. Loeb.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

,Jonn D. Rockefellers new home at
Iocantico Hills is claimed to be the
mos. inaccessible in the country owing
To the arrangement of labyrinths and
other intruder deluding devices.
Watcbmen and bloodhounds are also
in the pay of the oil baron. Who dares
to suggest that feudal days are past?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

Roy o. West and some other De-
Eeen boosters" who are in politics for
pull say Stevenson is an old man;
too old for governor. But you notice,
don't you, that Deneen can't keep pace
with him in this race even if Deneen
is campaigning in an auto?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13
Trust Magnates Contributing to Re-
publican Fund.

Announcement is made that Car
negie has contributed $4,000 TO the
republican csmpaign fund. He will
contribute probably $4,000 or 100000
# asked to. Money is pouring into
the republican treasury now from the
trust magnates.
]. Pierpont Morgan contributed
$4,000 to the republican campaign
furd and Immediately stocks, stocks
remember, were affected favorably
OF course, Mr.. Morgan will be one OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

The White Sox are transforming
against semi-professional teams while
the Detroits are drawing down the
worlds series money. What differ
ence the turn of hair makes in sport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

"The president bitterly arraigned
me because of Mr.. Hearst's charges
which he appears to have accepted as
fully proven as soon as made. He
does not wait for proof or explana-
ton, nor accept the same when of
fered. "-Senator Foraker, republican,
of Ohio.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

Cardinal Gibbons says that
wealthy women are not typical of
American women and that criticisms
OF their acts do not necessarily re-
fleet upon the people of the United
States. This will undoubtedly please
both those who wish to be smart and
extraordinary and those who merely
desire to be decent and ordinary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13
Easy Loss.
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

1t Is pleasant to be successful, but It
isn't always successful to be pleasant.
Getting into trouble is expensive, but
some people just will have expensive
things
Some men are so stupid that Il
makes a clever person feel immodest
just to be in their society.
Being original has its drawbacks; 1t
looks to some people like deadly in
suit.
When fiction discovers truth it sell
dom mentions the encounter.
The ancestors of some of US make u
extremely grateful to them for their
consideration for us in being some
three hundred years or so removed
from our intimate acquaintance.
Some men are bound to save them
selves even If they have to use every
dollar in sight irrespective of the little
matter of ownership.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

This is the same Mr.. Taft who was
to have whiled away the fall in
diSnified expectancy on his brothers
front porch in Cincinnati.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

Taft says: 81 have done more for
union labor than has Gompers.' This,
from the father of government by in
junction, is interesting Taft is obvi-
ously desperate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

Aooi SLUV,UUu
Does. any one believe that Mr..
Roosevelt would have dared tell the
people, prior to election day. that
these men had contributed $260,00O to
ais campaign fund?
VIII any one contend that the peo-
pie We're not entitled to know these
facts prior 20 election day?
Now in 1908 publicity concerning
campaign funds is demanded, prior to
election day.
Eut Mr. Roosevelt insists that the
Lecple must trust the republican man
agers and that the source of the re-
publican PARTS campaign fund will
net be revealed until after the cleo
ton,
And Mr.. Tsft-Mr. Roosevelt's can
didate for the presidency-echoes this
Roosevelt sentiment. The people
must wait until they have cast theiI
votes for the republican ticket before
they are to be told by the republican
/ managers of the interests by which
tie republican campaign is being
financed!
Do you think they can fool the peo
rle again?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13
piles Cured in 6 to IL DAYS.

Pazo Ointment is guaranteed to
cure any case of itching, blind, bleed
ing or protruding piles in 6 to IA days
or money refunded soc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

Governor hughes needs his voice
when campaigning, to counterfeit his
whiskers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

Turkey may be game now, but will
get il in November.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island. Ill. len
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-13

1t was a knightly procession and
hence a grand procession.