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shots at every throw - and he who
sits in the game must not be a poor
loser. Brother Simmons viii come
out in the next issue Of his paper in
support of Taft and Sherman, It's
said.
Mr.. Fred w. Carpenter, for many
years private secretary to Secretary
Taft, will make a fine Secretary 10
March.
the President after the fourth of next
The Wattersonian agitation for an
"open door" for the Negro into the
Democratic party comes too late to
be effective, if. indeed, it could ever
have secured a standing. 1t IS the
last desperate card of a discredlted
party, riding to a fall. Mr.. Waiter
son has said some good things about
the Negro in his ripe and mellow
old age and in view of his liberal
speech at the Tuskegee meeting in
New York last year, the colored peo-
pie are willing to listen to him with
respect. It is the opinion OF emany
of us that he means what ne says
and thinks the time propitious to urge
a division of the Negro vote on eco
nomic and fiscal issues. There IS no
doubt that Mr.. Bryan wants the Ne
gro vote of the North. He needs us
in his business. He wants to, be
president. and isn't particular about
the means that will land him in the
White House. But neither he nor
Mr. Watterson will have an ounce OF
weight on this proposition with the
Southern Bourbons who will meet at
Denver.
The South does not want the black
man in politics and will not have
him even if victory be the fruit OF
+bair acouiescence to his claim to the
ballot The Baltimore Sun, stronger
n ;ts olace than the Courier Journal
Is in Kentucky and the border South
west is brutally frank on the Sub
;act It voices the sentiments of 90
nercent of the men who win consti-
tute the Democratic convention next
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week when II comes out boldly in dis
apprOvtl of the scheme to invite the
Negro, arguing that it would not en-
tice the Negro vote of the North, af-
ter Bryan's endorsement of disfran-
chisemeut in New York some weeks
ago, and pointing out that it would
demoralize the political status of the
South, where the Democracy Of to-
day has its only sympathetic appeal.
1t confesses that the only radical diff
ference between the Republican party
and the Democratic party is the lat
ter's emphatic insistence upon white
supremacy. The Sun admits that
there is no wisdom in playing on the
Negroes soreness over the Browns
vile matter, as everybody knows that
the Democrats in Congress would
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invisible to the naked eye, the would
be boilers from Taft and Sherman
are not finding their lot a happy one.
Roscoe Conkling Simmons walled
eloquently through eight columns of
solid eight-point type in the New
York National Review last week. He
wept in every paragraph and sighed
disconsolately at the end of every
separate editorial and in the story
OF the convention, he gave way ut
terly to his pent-up anguish, lost the
last page of his manuscript and yield
ed up the ghost in despair Like
Rachel, mourning for her children,
Roscoe refuses to be comforted. Bro
ther Simmons will realize by and by
that politics is a strenuous game, in
which all IS risk - regular 100 to I
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LOOK UPON THIS PICTURE.
From the Star.
MISS HALSLIP MAY GO FREE
Case Continued and May Be Dropped
If Shooting Prove Accidental.
The case Of Miss Pauline Haislip
arrested Saturday afternoon by Po-
liceman Dunn, of the Tenth Precinct
charged with shooting a small color
ed boy, Daniel Thompson, was con-
tinued this morning in the Police
Court until July IS, at instance ot
counsel.
The defendant declares the shoot
ing was entirely an accident, happen
ing while she was discharging a FIRE
arm when celebrating the Fourth oi
Tuly. An investigation is in progress:
BY the officers Of the prosecution il
an effort to verify her assertions.
II it Is shown tEsre W. 70 Grim
inal negligence, and that the matter
was purely an accident, it is under
stood the case will be nolle pressed
Miss Haislip is under $500 bonds
for her appearance.
THEN UPON THIS.
from the Star.
HELD FOR SHOOTING.
William Reed Accused of Injuring
Two Persons.
William Reed, of 24Io Shows Ct,
who was arrested by Policeman En-
brey and Williams, of the Third Pre-
cinct, charged with shooting two per-
sons last Saturday while celebrating
the Fourth of July, was given a pre-
iiminary hearing today before Judge
Kimball. of the Police Court, on a
charge of assault with a dangerous
weapon. He was held in 81 900 bond
for the action of the grand jury.
It was testified that Reed was
shooting a revolver promiscuously in
the neighborhood of Twenty-hrst and
K streets, one of the bullets striking
a small girl, Kathleen Ray, in the
leg, painfully wounding her. LATER,
it is asserted, a second bullet struck
a man named Joseph Henderson, in
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he did not know what his power
would be- But if the men were not
proved guilty, then the president
should do all in his power to undo
the wrong that had been put upon
them.
Mr. Bryan agreed with US that
he would let the Southern question
alone, and turn off any question that
may be asked having reference to the
race question, and he would in his
speeches refer in a well-meaning way
to the duty of the President to en-
force the laws passed by Congress,
so We Negroes could show what it
meant to enforce the law to reinstate
our soldiers.
'He thought the campaign method
Of the Republican party an Insult to
the Negro and pointed out how
friendly he had always been to our
race.
HW Meet to Plan Campaign.
The revolt of Negroes from the
Republican party had its inception at
Chicago Immediately after the Re-
publican convention. Bishop Wal
ters, who is head of the New York
Diocese of his Church, is taking act
i've part in the movement. He said
recently:
'In New York, New Jersey, Con-
necticut, Rhode Island, Delaware,
Maryland West Virginia, Ohio, Ken
lucky, Indiana. and Illinois any con-
siderable shifting of the colored vote
means the defeat of Mr.. Taft, for in
each of those States the Negro holds
the balance of power.
The forthcoming meeting at At
lantic City is not to determine wheth-
er we will support the Democratic
nominee. That has been decided al
ready by the action of the race lead
ers in Chicago Immediately after the
Republican convention in sending a
delegation to eonferA'vitn Mr.. Bryan
and by the report just received from
them. At Atlantic City we shall plan
a campaign. The Negro vote is al
ready divided, and I am sure that
a surprising number will go with the
Democratic party"
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sor. Mr.. Taft will spend the major
portion of the heated term at Hot
Springs, Va. Mr. Fred w. Carpen-
ter, his trusted secretary, a&compa-
pies him there after a few days of
service here. and in all probability
will be retained as Secretary to the
President when his chieftain shall en-
ter the White House next March.
Mr.. Loeb intimates that he will &C
cept nothing at the hands of the next
administration, preferring to embark
upon a business career; but his many
friends are not willing to have him
retire from public life, and it will
surprise no one if he should be pre-
vailed upon to take a seat at Presi-
dent Taft'S Cabinet table.
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have voted squarely against the dis
charged soldiers if the bill for res
toration had ever reached a vote The
Democrats of the South also know
that to arraign the Republicans for
its failure to protect the franchise
of the Negro, or to blame it for Jim
Crow cars and lynching, would be
to hoist itself on its own petard.
The truth of the whole matter is
a bad record on the Negro question
that the Democratic party has such
that it cannot appeal to our vote, if it
would. It has a hard face, but not
hard enough to do such a foolhardy
thing, reasonable as it might look un-
der ordinary circumstances. Mr.. .Bry-
ans notice that we have a stake in
the tariff. etc, and that there are
other questions than those of race,
would have genuine merit were our
citizenship and political equality con-
ceded. The white man has no such
problem, and is free to go where his
financial and business interests seem
to lie. With the black man it is diff
ferent. We are tied hand and foot.
To leave the camp in which we are
treated with scant courtesy to go to
another where we would be worse
than slaves. would not indicate wis
dom on our part. The ills we have
are not a circumstance to those to
which we would thus fly. Until the
NegrO's constitutional rights are re-
moved from the balance, fiscal and
economic questions must wait. The
open door at Denver will not be re-
allied. The Southern Democrats will
not permit it; the Denver convention
dares not risk the ''horse laugh" of
the country by offering it; the Ne
gro will not use it if it is flung as
wide open as were the gates of Troy
when the wooden horse made its dis
astrouS entry.
Secretary Taft ceased to be the
head of the War Department at high
noon Wednesday, and Gen. Luke E.
Wright. of Tennessee, is his success
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THINGS POLITICAL.

Former Register ]. w. Lyons is
out for Taft. He says: 81 went to
Chicago for Foraker. I voted for
I am still a Republican and cheer
fully abide by the will of the par
ty. I am for Taft now and shall do
all I can to help elect him"
DR.. Booker T. Washington seldom
talks politics, but being such an in
tense admirer of Secretary Taft he
was moved to remark in this wise
of the relations of the Republican
nominee and the Negro voters. Said
the Wizard:
I'm its ultimate analysis I believe
he Negro vote will go with practical
unanimity to Secretary Taft. We
naturally are Republicans, and in my
Judgment our hope lies in following
our natural inclinations. I appre-
hend that we may expect little from
the Denver Convention, because that
convention may hardly be expected
to be entirely friendly to our race"
It is asserted that DR.. Washington
suggested to Secretary Taft that he
deliver at least two formal addresses
during the approaching campaign,
particularly to the Negroes of Amer
ica. No definite conclusion was then
reached, but those who are close to
the throne are of the opinion that the
Secretary will make his attitude to-
ward the colored people very plain
in at least some time during the next
two or three months.
The third party movement made
no headway at Chicago, despite the
abundance of money on hand, and the
many secret conferences, tos ay moth
ing of the long journey to Lincoln to
see Bryan himself. It is stated that
Mr.. Bryan declined to see the COM
mittee of visiting statesmen, who
came as ENJOYS to deliver unto him
the Negro vote of the country. When
a nominee was sought, around which
the anti-Taft Negroes could rally,
Senator Foraker telegraphed that the
idea was suicidal and ordered his
troops to disperse the raiders instan-
ter. Pillsbury, of Massachusetts, side
stepped the honor, and Milholland re-
fused to be offered up as a sacrifice
upon the altar of a great principle" "
With the Denver open door a mid
summer nights dream, Hearst's In
dependence League a close corpora
ton, the Socialists too wild to stand
without being tied, and Debs' party
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PARAGRAPHIC kEW,S
By Mss Bedtriz [. Chdse.

Several persons were injured on
the Fourth of July, many of the
wounds being inflicted by pistol shots
The summer school of HowardUni-
versity opened its sessions on the
first of July.
Joseph Antonio Maceo, son of Gen
eral Maceo, the Cuban patriot, and
Isabel Mackey, a decided blonde,were
married in New York.
The Pythians of Virginia laid the
cornerstone for their 100000 build
ing at Richmond last week.
Joe Cans, former lightweight cham
pion of the world, has finally met de-
feat at the hands of Battling Nelson.
He was not the Cans of old
The Democratic National Conven-
ton opened at Denver, Colo, last
Tuesday.
Robert E. Peary has made another
start for the pole. He expects to
plant the Stars and Stripes at the
pole itself in February or March.
Several persons were threatened by
Black Hand here this week.
This city sweltered under the rays
of Old Sol the first of this week, the
mercury lowering around the hun
dred mark; but a welcome cool wave
came over the city Wednesday.
The prolonged dry spell is a great
source of worry to the farmers. The
ground in certain sections has be-
come parched.
More than one hundred lawyers
were admitted to the bar of the Su-
preme Court of the District of Co
lumbia last Monday.
At Butler, Ga, last week train
ran over a bull, and two men were
killed when the car buckled.
Bishop Potter's chances of recoy-
cry are sure, as he continues to i'm
prove.
Several evangelists of the Saliva
ton Army were arrested last Monday
for using musical instruments on the
street. They intend to test the law.
There was one death from the heat
last Tuesday and many prostrations.
Many vacancies have been made
in the public schools of this city by
the untiring efforts of Dan Cupid.
The athletes who left this country
two weeks ago for London, to take
part in the Olympic Games, have ar
rived there and are training hard.
Every available piece of fire appa-
ratus was called into service last
Monday night There were three
fires at one time in different parts of
the city.
All diversions of the government
are moving into the new Municipal
Building, which was formally opened
last Saturday.
Sixteen battleships steamed away
from San Francisco last Tuesday on
their long voyage to a home port ia
the Atlantic.
A woman attempted to pass a spu-
rious note at Kann's Tuesday. A
two-dollar silver certificate had been
raised to ten dollars.
The De Forrest system of wireless
telegraphy has been installed on the
excursion steamer St. Johns, which
runs on the Potomac.
w. F. Ferguson, colored, of this
city, journeyed to Denver to present
his grievances to the committee on
resolutions. He claimed that he had
not been treated satisfactorily at Chi
cago.
The Salvation Army Gospel Band
continued their services Tuesday
night without interference from the
police.
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flicting slight flesh would near the
knee. After the second shooting the
matter was reported to the police and
Reed was placed in arrest by the two
officers.
The defendant states that the shoot
ing was accidental, declaring there
was no malice in his actions. The
prosecution asserts, however, that the
shooting, though not premeditated,
was vicious.
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Letter carriers on duty are exempt
ed from using lights on their wheels
in this city.
IF the doctor forbids Bishop Brent
to return to the Philippines he viii
accept the position of Bishop OF
Washington, D. c.
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How ner Life Vas Saved When Bitten
BY q LARGE Snake.

How few people there are who are
not afraid of snakes. Not long ago
a harmless little garter snake fell on
the wheel of an automobile which
was being driven by woman. The
woman promptly tainted and the car,
left to its own resources, ran into a
stone wall and caused serious acci.
dent.
The bite of a poisonous snake
needs prompt attention. Mrs 4 M
Fishel, Route No. /, Box 40, Dllls-
burg, Pa, tells how she saved her
life when bitten by a large snake.
"On August 90, 1905, I was bit,
ten on the hand twice by a large cop.
perhead snake. Being distance from
any medical aid, as last resort
used Sloan's Liniment. and to my
astonishment found it killed all
pain and was the means of saving
my life. I am the mother of four
children and am rever without your
Liniment."
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County IDispensary Awards.

Award made by the Williamsburg
County Dispensary Board on the 10th
day Of February. 1913, to supply the
Williamsburg County 3ispensaries for
the three mouths to follow. to wit
Straus. Pritz & Co.'s cases Lewis
"66" at 1880, ll.50 and 1880; S cases
Wander StrauS gin at 1000; People s
Distilling Go.-100 gals 60 per cent
corn at !. 30; so gals 80 per cent corn
at liz 1-2: so gals 80 per cent rye at
1T l-2; $50 drums 10 per cent corn at
2l.50, 1880; - drums 50 per cent rye
at 81. 50, %. 80 and %. so; 80 drums 81
per cent rye at 25.25, 26 25 and 1925
Big Spring Distiling Co-lo0 gals 20
per crnt rye at, lao; lGo gals 10 per
corn at lao; 81 drums 70 per cent gin
at %. 90, 24.00 and $500; - gals alco-
hol, 80 cases alcohol.
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n-l5
bbls Budweiser Beer at 1902; Is bbls
Extra Pale beer at $50.
wv Kelley & Co-6O drums Old Ker-
nal corn at $500, $500 and 27.0O; %
drums Old Tom gin at 5000, 80. 90 and
"a. W. 5 Grabfelder & GO. As drums
Silver Brook rye at 30 90; % drums
Gopher gin 9Oper cent at 5000.
Meyer, Pitts & Go. 80 cases Blue
Mountain corn at 900, 1000 and TO-
so.
The l Trager CO. rs cases Stony
Hill corn at 500, S.75 and $50.
Rosskam, Gerstley & Co. % cases
Old Saratoga at 1875, 14.5O and 1875;
60 cases H A Rodgers at 900. 1000 and
11.O0.
CAPITOL Brewing Go. 10 bbls Bava.
rian Beer at I. .95. 10 bbls Bohemian beer
at Z. Us hbls Old Heidelberg Beer
W P Ives & Co. 20 drums Coast
Line rye at $3.50; Is drums Apple
Brandy at 27.00; Is drums Peach Bran
dy at n. 90; Is drums Cocktails at 5oc;
28c and 14c.
Mallard Distilling Go. 20 drums
Tenderloin rye go per cent at 81 90; 20
cases Guckenheimer 100 per cent at TO-
so; IL. so and 10. 80; 40 drums Red Lion
Courage gin at % .OO.
Garrett & Co. 80 cases Scuppernong
wine at 4.25 and 500; 80 cases 8lack-
berry wine at 4.25 and 500; 20 cases
Port wine at 4.25 and 500; 10 cases
Sherry wine at 4. 25 and 500.
Big Four Distilling Co. 20 drums
Shaw's Malt at SO. 40: 1910 and 400.
E La Montague's Sons. 20 cases
Cognac, France at 12.0O, 1890 and
100.
Williamsburg County Dispensary
Board.
j. n. PARKER.
j. L. BASS,
w. E. SNowDEN.
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The Best He Knew

Gladstone, 4 Jamaican negro,
was assistant to Il district ply
slcian in the Canal Zone, and be.
ing rather poor in his Latin, the
bottles had been numbered for
his benefit. One day a Spanish
laborer came in for medicine,
and the Doctor told his worthy
assistant to give him two pills
out of number six. After he
had gone the doctor asked:
"GIadstone, did you give the
man a dose of number six?"
"Oh, no, sab, Doctor; numbah
six war finished, so l just give
one pill out.of numbar foah and
one out of numbar twR."-An'ch
Lippiacotfs.
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A Ready Reply.

It was on a P. and o. liner, and
the stewards werS being drilled in
waiting at table. IN the course OF
the drill they lined up outside the
saloon with empty dishes, supposed
to contain curry and rice, and on a
bell being rung marched to their
respective tables and proffered the
dish to each seat containing an i'm
aginary diner. The eagle eye OF
the purser noticed that one steward,
a cockney named Bill, deliberately
passed one Of the seats without
proffering the dish. He strode up to
the table, and his manner betokened
trouble for Bill.
"Hi, you! What do you mean by
missing that seat? ?"
"Oh, that's all right, sir" replied
Bill, not a bit put out. ''That gent
don't take curry."-London Illus
trated Bits.
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A Correction.

In our editorial last week
under the caption, GAS to Mr
Starr the following paragraph
occurred:
We are asked to correct the state.
ment that an eight foot addition to
the court house cost $4,000. We
made no such statement. What we
did say was ha' tlrelrt foot addl
ton cost $4,000. Our information
was from one who We thought knew
and we made no personal investiga.
ton We have learned since that
the total amount paid out on repairs
at the time was $4,000, but So, 700
of this was for tie twenty foot
extension.
The $1,000 is palpably a typo
graphical error. Each time used
it should have been $1,000. In
handling figures it is extremely
difficult to get the proofs to
conform to the copy" as every
newspaper man knows. These
errors cited are of minor import
anca and we call attention ito
them merely to keep the record
straight. And, by the way, in this
connection we may also state
that the amount that we
gave some time ago as to the
cost of the Jail here, S6,40O, We
have learned since was too small.
The contract included $S,400 cash
and the materials of the old Jail
valued at $1,000, making the total
cost $4,000.
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n the Sun Was to Change Color.

II the Sun Was to Change Color.
We have grown so accustomed to
sunlight of the present coloring and
shading that We can scarcely COM
prehend the conditions that would
arise if the sun were to suddenly
change to some other color. If the
sun were blue, for instance, there
would be only two colors in the
world-blue and black-or it it
were red, then everything would
be red OF black. In the latter
case We should have red snow, red
lilies, black grass, black clear sky
and red clouds. There would be
little variety, however, if the sun
were green. Things that are now
yellow would still remain that color,
but there would be no reds, purples,
orange or pinks' and very few OF
those cherry hues that make the
world so bright.
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Editor Ayers Position.

To our friend W ,lfe,o of the Kings
tree RECORD, ,we'say that he must not
hold US responsible for all that our
lieutenants do and say when they
slip the tether. The Times and its
editor had nothing to do with the
discussion between the people of two
sections of Williamsburg county, fol-
it is our rule to keep out of family
quarrels; but when members of our
own family started of in a course
which We considered unwise fol
them we told them why We thought
they ought to resist. The editor Of
the Times speaks in but one
paper and that is the Florence
Times.-Florence Times.
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WILLIAMSBURG Candidate.

P II Stoll. Esq, of the local
bar, is an applicant for the ap-
poirtive position of solicitor for the
third circuit, a vacancy created by
the formation of the new twelfth
circuit. Williamsburg county has
for many years modestly stood
aside in the way of asking for Of
fees of larger scope than her coun-
ty borders, and in so doing the
county has suffered. 1t is hot chat
We are lacking material for any Of.
fee from United States senator
down, but our people have an innate
delicacy that shrinks from push
ing their claims in a scramble for
office. This is not to be condemn.
ed or even criticised, but still when
when other counties are pushing
forward their "favorite sons" and
Williamsburg keeps in the back.
ground, 1t puts our county IN a
bad light, as the general public,
not being acquainted with the
facts, will infer that We have not
man worthy to put forward as
candidate for position, the duties
of which bring us in touch with
other counties.
Look at our neighboring counties
and compare them with Williams
burg. Hardly one but is repre-
seDted by district, circuit or State Of
6cials, and yet for two decades Will.
liamsburg has not even asked for
representation outside of the county.
We hope that Governor Ansel
will take into consideration the
facts we have stated and other
things being equal give this ap.
pointment to the Williamsburg can
didate.
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Charged Up TO Him.

The proprietor Of the celebrated
mountain inn was showing the new
guest the beautiful surroundings.
"Ah, these cliffs~ said the pro-
prietor rapturously. "1n an cleo
trical storm they are awe inspiring.
The next time a storm rises see that
you are standing on the porch OF
the inn. Why, sir, the air is always
heavily charged"
II don't doubt it," laughed the
new guest, winhing at another late
arrival, "and if / don't happen to
be standing on the porch l can feel
assured that it will be heavily chaHg.
ed anywsy-on my bill" Chicago
News.