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The Democratic advocate., 1908-09-04
Should Bryan Win.

Some Of the enemies of William
J. Bryan assert that if he were elect
ed, and a Democratic House were
elected along with him, the Senate
is there to balk all his attempts tc
overthrow Republican measures and
policies. Among other things they
say that the Republicans of the Senate
would permit no revision of the tariff
in the Democratic sense. If such is
the case, why then are they making
so much foolish clamor about the
danger" of electing a radical in
the person of William J. Bryan to the
Office of President while they see nc
danger in the occupancy of the Presi-
Dental Office by greater radical in
Theodore Roosevelt? The explanation
of this inconsistency is to be found
in the spirit of party which makes
the same thing political virtue in
the one and a vice in the other.
But let not the opponents of Bryan
be too sure of their position. Should
he be elected with a Democratic
House, of which the prospect is grow
ing day by day more bright, it would
be extremely hard for the Republican
Senate to resist the popular demand
dence of the returns of trade the Sen
ate could not refuse to assent to the
repeal or reduction of duties that
serving neither for protection nor
revenue, are instruments only for des-
polling the American people. Nor
could the Senate withhold it's consent
to a reduction of the brutal 100 per
cent duties on wooden fabrics.
On the other hand, the election OF
Taft and a Republican House would
be accepted as popular verdict
againts any such substantial reform
of the tariff as is demanded by the
Democratic party. If the Republicans
should go through the motions of re-
vising the Dingley tariff its worst
abuses, expressions and iniquities
would remain undisturbed. The tariff
beneficiaries contributing money to
the Republican campaign fund would
permit no diminution of their means
of spoliation.
But the stand-patters could not
muster a majority in the Senate to
take the risk of baking the decree
of the country for tariff reform in
the election of Bryan and a Demo-
cratic House of Representatives.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-09-04
New Advertise ments.

THIS is to notify the public that my wife, En-
ma Shilling has left my bed and board without
just cause and that will pay no debts contracted
by her. VIM M. SHILLING,
aug 21 3t* Eastview Carroll CO. Md
The Democratic advocate., 1908-09-04
CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
Corporations for TafE-Taft for the
Corporations.

Golfers Weekly had a significant
editorial last week entitled, ''The Re
publicans and Money" 1t is given
herewith:
''The election and subsequent death
of Mr.. Taft would mean the occupancy
of the White House by an official fat
fryer who has during several years
past approached, with deferential hat
in hand, the president or treasurer
of most of the large corporations in
the country. 1t was in the course of
this official function that Sherman
was profanely turned down by Mr..
Hartman, with bitter denunciation
of the Republican party and reeking
messages for the head of that party,
that the party and the head
of it had not been grateful for the
$3.50 900 which Mr.. Hartman collect
ed and gave in 1904. Penrose, as one
of the Executive Committee of nine
which is to do the actual work of
the Republican campaign,is in error of
taste and judgment but not a great
deal worse. With T. Coleman Du
Pont Of Delaware, however, the case
differs. Among the combinations now
being prosecuted by the Federal Gov
ernment is that aggregation of COM
panies known as the Powder Trust.
Mr.. Du Pont is president of the fifty
million-dollar Du Pont Powder Com
pany, president of the ten-million-
dollar International Powder Company
director of the international Smoke
less Powder Company, and vice-presi-
dent of the holding company, the Del
aware Securities Company, which
owns a majority of the stock of the
Latin & Rand Powder Company.
Suppose that Mr.. Taft, being sue
cessful, should be approached by Mr..
Du Pont thus: I am one of the ten
men, including Chairman Hitchcock,
who have put you over the plate.
don't want to be reminding you con-
tinually of the obligation; there is one
small piece of patronage should like.
and I shan't speak to you about pa
tronage again during your administra-
ton. There is deserving young
friend of mine whom | should like to
have appointed to the position lately
held by Mr. Purdy, in charge of that
bureau of the Department of Justice
which is seeking to break up my COM
pany, deprive me of some of my prop
erty, and declare me violater OF
the law Something analogous would
have been the presence of Harry
Thaw two years ago on a committee
of ten to collect funds and promote
tie election of Jerome as District
Attorney. A minority plank, calling
for a statute providing for publicity
of campaign expenditures. was thrown
out of the Committee on Resolutions
by a vote of So to 1, and was re-
iected on the floor of the Convention
by vote of $50 to 94-Nebraska and
Idaho, and parts of Wisconsin and
Indiana favoring it. The amount OF
Bourbonism still left in the Republl-
can party is far to large"
The Democratic advocate., 1908-09-04

A camel is able to carry load
three times greater than the horse.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-09-04

TN order to close out our stock of lap
i robes and horse blankets we will self
them at less than cost while they last.
DOYLE & MAGEE.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-09-04

\ SIX to see the new "Fiberetto"
ASheathing Paper at Smith & Reif-
snider's.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-09-04

By the time the Republicans set
tie their differences in New York,
Ohio, West Virginia, Wisconsin and
several other States the campaign will
be half over. Formerly the Democrats
had much the same experience but
now they are harmonious and united
from Maine to California.
The Democratic advocate., 1908-09-04

It's like paying call to come here
to have your teeth attended to. The
surroundings are pleasant and you are
treated with prompt courtesy, and there
is hardly inconvenience much less pain
in my Dental Operations. If you come
with fear you depart knowing how fool
ish those fears were. So don't neglect
your teeth any longer. Come and have
them treated in modern dental fashion.
Full sets of teeth made while you wait.
Painless extracting Csc. Free when
plates are ordered. Bridge and Crown
work. Teeth filled with gold, silver and
amalgam. Broken plates repaired and
made good as new.
Charges always moderate.
DIR. w. J. SELBY,
SO East Main Street,
Westminster, Md.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21
CAN THIS BE @
A Farmer Arrested for Assaulttng .
Deformed Idiot.

A dispatch from Columbia to Tbs
News and COURIER says the Governors
ONCE has 80 far received no notif-
cation Of the arrest made Thursday
at Sumter of J. q. Wooten, a Sumter
County white farmer, on a warrant
charging him with criminally as-
saulting his deformed and idiot IA
year-old step-daughter, Fora Moseley,
whom Wooten had on exhibition here
last Fair week.
According to the Sumter Item OF
Thursday. the arrest was made on
the arrival Of the Orangeburg train
to Sumter. the girls uncle, NJ. D.
Moseley, going TO Wooten's home and
inducing him to come to Sumter with
the girl and It's mother. Moseley,
according to the Sumter paper, got
the warrant from q magistrate IN
New Brooklsnd, Lexington county,
and 1t was based on information
furnished by Wooten's wife, ths
mother Of the child. Wooten was
placed IN the Sumter Jail to await
the officers Of Lexington.
Whether he has been carried to
Lexington Is not known here. The
Fair week crowds did not p~atronizs
the exhibition here, the result being
that some sympathetic chorus girls
found the mother and child In a
destitute condition and exposed in a
tent. and took them to a hotel and
fed them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21
KEEF DENIES REPORT.
Claims He Was Not Offered Job as
Reported.

At Detroit when Keefe was shown
the above address on Tuesday night
ne said:
81 was not closeted with President
Roosevelt at all. I did see him on
October 8, but it was only a four o:
fve-minutes' audience, at which sew
eral others were present. The in
Guided P. H. Morrissey, head OF the
Brotherhood Of Railway Trainmen.
and I think one of the others was
Gen. Fowell Clayton. There %crc
others that 1 did not know. I am
of the opinion that every word that
was said to me at that time was
overheard.
THE President did not offer me
the position Of commissioner general
Of immigration directly or indirectly
then or at any other time.
1.-The executive council Of the
American Federation Of Labor did
not to my knowledge send out any
circular, as is referred to in the
dispatch from New York, conse-
quently 1 could not have endorsed 1t
"On August 10, more than six
weeks before I saw the President,
made practically the same statement
which 1 made today in regard to
William H. Taft's candidacy. My
statements appeared in the Detroit
Free Press of August 16. / was
asked then by a representative OF
the Free Press If l had signed or
seen a letter sent out by President
Gompers, of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, denouncing the Re-
publican platform and urging labor
to support Bryan and the Democratic
ticket. I replied:
81 do not believe Mr.. Gompers
has issued any such letter, and If
he has it does not meet my endorse
ment. If such a letter has been Is
sued l have not seen 1t. I will Meth
er support nor vote for Mr.. Bryan
I am going to vote for Mr.. Taft, who
is an honorary member of n OF
,ur branches, the Association OF
Steam Shovel and Dredge Men,"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21
SAYS CHARGES ARE TRUE.
Healey Heard High Official Say Keefc
Will Get Job.

The national Democratic commit
tee has issued a statement Quotine
Timothy Healey, president Of Sta
tionary Firemen, as authority foT
the allegation that Daniel ]. Keefa
had been promised by the president
appointment as commissioner gen
eral Of immigration in return for
that labor leaders support of Taft.
The national committee quotes Mr..
Healey In part as follows:
II was in Washington Wednesday
Of last week on a matter dealing
with our organization which brought
me in contact with an official of
high standing in the government SER
vice . He said to me-: Dan keefe
has been selected for commissioner
general of immigration
els that So I said.
Eyes, the job is his he replied.
I asked him how he knew and he
told ME that his informant was q
member Of the presidents cabinet
and knew what he was talking about.
This Information was not given
to me in a confidential manner, but
I will not give my informant's name,
for it is plain to see what would hap
pen to him if his name came out.
There Is not any doubt In nv
mind bu THAT the statement that the
president offered Keefe the position
and that Keefe agreed to accept is
true. Perhaps the offer was not made
at the conference on October 2 last
but I believe it has been made"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21
OHIO FOB BRYAN.
The Labor Vote VII Go for Him
Largely.

uC Aobok WV
Largely.
Walter Wellman, staff correspon-
dent Of the Chicago Recprd-Hera!d
(Republican), in a letter to that
paper from Cincinnati, says:
Outside Ohio the impression pre-
walls that Senator Foraker's atti-
tude Is the decisive element in this
State, but, as a matter Of fact. while
of some Importance, 1t cuts a very
small figure relative to other phases
Of the problem. The big thing Is
the labor revolt, the Gompers plot
70 defeat Taft, the opposition TO Taft
on account Of his Injunction decis-
ions on the bench, the" general
tendency Of the work people. wheth.
er trades unionists or not, to 90 for
Bryan, to vote for "a change" One
hears. of 1t wherever he goes. Re-
publicans as we'll as Democrats dis
cuss it in Cleveland, In Columbus,
in Cincinnati.
Every mar I have talked With IN
Ohio has spoken of It. Every pol
or straw vote taken in a shop or
factory shows heavy Bryan gains.
When the members of the Republi-
can State central and executive COM
mittee met at Columbus a. few days
ago, they talked of little. else 1t
was given out that every member
,present was confident Of carrying
the State, but I happen to know this
statement requires important quail
fcation, and the qualification is
provided we can get the labor vote
in good shape" -,
Roosevelt's 255.00o nlnrality Of
four years ago looks like q noun
tain in Bryan's path. But In my
judgment there is enough uncer-
tainty about the labor vote. and other
elements to warrant the classified
ton Of Ohio as one of the most
doubtful States In the Union, tend
ing toward Bryan on present con-
dltions, but toward Taft on tradition,
history and inertia. =.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21

picion points to a white man re-
Gently sentenced to the gang for va
grancy q stranger here who has been
sick for the past two days and stayed
in the Jail.
Williams used a picklock not yet
found to open the lock which held
down the cell lever to let him into
the cage. To get out of the cell
cage he sawed through the lock ring
on the cage door outside with a steel
saw made from a corset rib. A1Ic
to unlock the corridor door that ad-
mitted him into the main hallway
to the trap door he used an inge
niously contrived wooden key that
worked to perfection. Taking MS
canvas cell hammock, he cut and tore
it into strips and knotttd a stout
rope. Wrenching off a piece Of iro i
from his washstand, he bent 1t into
the shape Of the letter S and had 4
hook attached to the rope, by which
he could grip the edge Of the trap
door above him in lne main hall
and pull himself into the loft. A
tiny three-sided file was found on
him with which he made the sa"
teeth.
He must have worked for hours or
his bob, but Captain Gradick, leav-
ing him at midnight and coming
back at $50, did not give the yege-
man time o perfect lis escape. L. {
plan was to make his way TO 'he
roof and find or saw out an opening
and then let himself down into the
iail yard and scale the wall with hi:
rope and hook. He carried along
two extra hammocks to lengthen hi;
rope with. The hook and hammocks
we're found in the jail loft by
Assistant Jailer Rice.
The steel saw used by William;
Is only about five inches long, with
some three inches of teeth cut int
one edge on the corset stay or rib
The key used to unlock the corridor
door Is Of hickory, with one END
rounded for the stem and pin. Thu
ward Is made Of two pieces Of Wool
closely fitted into a Slit cut Into
the stem and tied with cord. The
ward and stem were waxed. It Is
thought that Williams or a confed'
crate obtained a wax impression 81
the door key, which is carried some
times by a trusty. The corset ri
and file we're probably handed tt
Williams y a confederate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21

those of the leaders of the two par
ties and not of the World. : They
reflect the conditions as viewed by
those leaders three weeks before
election, presenting the first outline
of the work of forming the lines Of
battle. The condition that exist
today may be materially changed
during the three weeks remaining Of
the campaign. and the figures may
be revised in many instances that
cannot now be anticipated. The
registration of voters has Just begul
in upstate counties.
The totals Of the matonties III
the ffty-seven counties above the
Bronx show estimated majortties In
So Of them for hughes aggregadng
|ll3.05o and maIorities In the other
three for Chanler aggregattns 2,s00.
In the same counties two years ago
Governor Hughes received ma3orities
aggregating 13S,342 and Mr.. Hearst
BIT. According to the sttmates
presented by the World today Gov
ernor Hughes will lose above the
Bronx 22,202 votes and Mr. Chanler
will gain over Hearst 2,528.
1.-THE estimates chow even more
marked changes in the presidential
situation. Four years ago 50 Of the
same 81 counties gave Mr.: Roose-
welt majorities a~ggregatins 2l3'-
4s5. and Parker Of 388. The coun-
ties covered in the table printed show
majorities for Taft aggregating
148,5O0, and for Mr.. Bryan Of q
900. So that according to the es-
Inmates, Mr.. Taft will lose. II pres
ent conditions continue, 64,ss6 and
Mr.. Bryan will gain 1903. The eS-
Inmates show that while Mr.. Tai,
will not hold all Of the Roosevelt
vote Of four years ago, he will com
mand at least IS per cent OF 1t.
"The reductions noted In the es-
Inmates are mainly in the factory
centres and are due to these causes:
II. Industrial conditions affect
ing many thousands of employees.
"2. The dissatisfaction OF voters
with the old parties.
"3. Opposition to Governor
Hughes because Of his reform"
The World also publishes state
ments from the leaders OF. the re-
spective parties, and 1t Is: evident
that the Democrats are more san
suine of success than are the Re
publicans.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21
ARRESTED ON SERIOUS CHARGE,
Merchant Accused Of Trying to Burn
His Store.

A dispatch to The News and Cour-
Ter says the store room in Benefits
Vile occupied by q. P. Wright was
found to be on fire Monday night
shortly after ten o'clock. After the
flames we're extinguished and an ex-
animation made 1t is said that a lot
of plumber, boxes and bags, were
found in the loft thoroughly satu-
rated with oil. These are now In the
sheriff's office. The policemen ar
rested Mr.. Wright on a charge Of
disorderly conduct, and the mayor
took out a warrant for his arrest
Tuesday morning before Magistrate
McInnis charging Mr.. Wright with
having set fire to and burning the
store. The accused is in Jail and
it is said that he has not demand
ed an investigation. Mr.. Wright Is
of a large and influential family.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21
POST CARD VOTE.
OF NEW YORK WORLD SHOW
LARGE DEMOCRATIC GAINS.
Similar Change in All the States
Would Sweep Bryan Into the White
House on d Democratic Tidal Wave.

The New York World last Sun.
day morning published a forecast
OF the presidential election, that
should carry comfort to every Dem
ocrat who reads and carefully weighs
it's details. The World does not pre-
dict Bryan's election, but the result
Of its postal card poll is an encour-
aging sign--the most encouraging
prospect the Democrats have had
since 1892, when Grover Cleveland
was elected.
The fairness and impartiality Of
ante-election polls Of the New York
World are never questioned, and they
are just as complete as 1t is possible
to make them. And this particular
poll shows a plurality in New York
State Of only $4,000 votes for Tai.
the Republican nominee. Fifteen
thousand votes plurality for Taft,
as against $4,000 votes plurality
for Roosevelt four years ago.!
The canvas was made by sending
out thirty-five thousand postal cards
to voters in the five boroughs of
Greater New York. They were asked
to indicate their preference for pres
ident, and to state the name Of the
candidate for whom they voted four
years ago. The return cards brought
replies from 1913 voters, who voted
~ po11o,,, tn IONA.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21

n taken as representative off, ingt.ha
Taking these returns, The Worlds
election experts, men who have been
estimating election results with re-
markable accuracy for many years,
make the following deductions:
Estimates of the presidential vote
in Greater New York in 1908, based
on the vote Of 1904-an estimated
increase of $4,000 in 1908, or q to.
tai vote Of 100000, under applica-
ton Of the changes as between the
respective parties on a percentage
basis, calculated from actual decla-
rations Of 1913 voters, as per figures
given above.
1851 declarations received are
herein taken as representative of the
$4,000 vote of 1904.
S62 declarations received are here
in taken as representative OF the
$4,000 increase in 1908.
1913 declarations received are here
in taken as representative OF $780,
900 estimated vote Of 1908.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21
Rain of Volcanic Ashes.

A rain of ashes from volcanoes
on Martinique or st. Vincent Island
is falling over Guadelopue Island.
Mount Soufriere, the largest volca-
no on St. Vincent. is calm and the
ashes must come from some other
crater.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21
WORK OF A FTEND.
Young Lady Outraged by o Negro
Near Concord, N. Q.

Miss Pearl Tucker. sixteen years
old, was criminally assaulted by a
negro In the woods near Concord,
twenty miles north OF Charlotte.
n. c., Tuesday afternoon. The girl
was picking cotton in a field and the
negro led her to the bushes at the
point of a pistol. After accomplish
ing his purpose he threatened to
kill her II she told on him, and tell
ing her bis name was Henry Fag-
CART, fed into the woods. A posse
OF 500 citizens quickly formed
and captured a suspect an hour after
the crime was committed. Police
Chief Boyer succeeded in getting the
negro IN an automobile, and follow
ed By a frenz1ed mob, which has
grown to two thousand, is endeavor-
ing to get his prisoner to a place OF
safefY.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21
HANGED.
Rode to the Gallows on His Own
New Coffin.

At Fayetteville. Ca, on thursday
Tim Bennett, a negro, was hanged
for the murder Of D. McEachern' a
white nan last September. Bennett
was carried to the gallows on n
coffin in which he was to be buried
The negro also shot down Seaoorh
Adoms another white man, who
attempted to disarm him after ne nae
killed McEachern.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21
NEGROES LYNCH NEGRO
For Stealing a Bale of Cotton From
a Gin.

A dispatch from fernando. Miss,
reports the lyncing near that place
last night of ". J. Jackson, a negro,
by members of his W race. jack
son. 1t is stated, was discovered while
attempting to remove a bale of COT
ton. the property Of another negro.
from a gin Tuesday night. He es-
capped, but was captured later yester-
day, and while being taken to jail
was secured and hanged by a mol
composed Of negroes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21
DRANK WOOD ALCOHOL
As q Substitute for Whiskey and
Is Dead.
Refused intoxicating drinks by tn

Refused intoxicating drinks by the
saloon-keeper, Frank M. Reese, &
patent attorney, living at Sharon.
Hill, Pa, is dead. as the result Of
drinking wood alcohol, which he took
rs a substitute for whiskey. Reese
was n Of the sons of Jacob Reese.
who was closely identified with
Andrew Carnegie in the steel in
dustry and whose inventions had
much to do with enabling Mr.. Car
negte to build up his great fortune.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21
Six Boys Killed

Six boys were reported, killed al
Sugar Ridge. when o freight train
on the Toledo and Ohio Central Rail-
road crashed into a heavily laden
excursion train returning from q
fair at Bowling Green.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21
BANK CLOSES.
Cashier Kills Himself With a Gun
in His Barn.

A special from Bradford Ark.
says Following the closing Of the
Bradford State Bank and issuance
of a warrant yesterday for the arrest
OF the cashier, H. brennan, who was
alleged to be short in his accounts
to the extent of $4,000. Drennan's
dead body was found in the barn.
at his home today. The shotgun
with which the man evidently ended
his life was found nearby.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
WANTED.

Burlap: any kind, any quantity,
anywhere. We pay freight, Rich
mond Bag Company, Richmond,
Va
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1908-10-21

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