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compatible with a frugal and eff
cient administration.
On injunction plank it says: It i,
the function of courts to interpret
the laws which the people create; if
the laws appear to work an econom-
ic, social or political injustice, it is
our duty to change them The oniv
basis upon which the integrity Of
courts can stand is that of unswerv-
ing justice, protection of life, libersy
and property. Questions in judicia!
practice have arisen, especially in
connection with industrial disputes,
that parties to all judicial proceed.
ings be treated with rigid impartial
ity; that injunctions should not be
issued in any case in which injunc-
tions would not issue if no industrial
disputes were involved; the expand.
ing organization of industry makes il
essential there should be no abridge-
ment of the right of wage-earnets
and producers to organize for the
protection of wages; the improves
ment of labor conditions to the END
that such labor organizations and
their members should not be regard
ed as Illegal combinations in re-
straint of trade; the partw favors an
eight-hour day on all government
works; also the enactment of Law
by Congress, so far as federal juris.
diction extends. for the general en-
ployers' liability covering injury .,f
labor to body or loss of life to EN-.
ployes; and for the enactment of a
law creating a department of labov
represented separately in the Presl-
dents Cabinet, which departmer:
shall include the subject of mines
and mining. The railroad plank as
serts the right of Congress to exel.
else complete control over interstate
commerce and the right of each
State tos exercise just as complete 4
control of commerce within its Dor
ders; demands the enlargement
the powers Of the interstate com.
merce commission; favors efficient
supervision Of rate regulation or
railroads engaged in interstate conf
merce and such legislation as vii
prohibit railroads engaging in bust
ness which brings them into competi
ton with their shippers; also 70
duction in transportation rates a.
conditions permit, care being taker
to avoid reduction which would com
pei reduction of wages; law pro
hibiting the giving of passes and re-
bates is favored.
The legislative platform demand
that the House of Representative
shall be deliberative body, con
trolled by majority of the people
representative and not by tn,
speaker.
In the publicity of campaign Goa
II
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chair there were cries of "Hurrah
for Grady"
Following Grady Judge Wade, #
Ohio, was introduced
Champ Clark, of Missouri, was
then introduced He predicted the
Democrats would sweep the country
from sea to sea and that on the 4th
of March next Democratic Pres
dent would be inaugurated, backed
by a Democratic House. Clark con-
cluded with a tribute to Bryan as
the greatest living American"
Quiet being res:ored, the chair
recognized Ollie James, of Kentucky,
of the committee sent to ascertain
the probability of an early report
from the committee on resolutions
He reported that the COMMITTEES
would not be ready to report before
midnight, and then made a motion
that the rules be suspended and thaa
nominating speeches for Presidential
candidates be made, with the under
standing that no ballot be taken un.
til after the report of the committee
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, I~~~~~>~N~~~~~~~ , .

= DENVER, July "a small =
. American flag had been placed =
= in every delegates chair prior =
= to the beginning of the evening =
y session, This was unmistaka- :
= bic evidence Of the nominating .
y Session of the convention and .
. quickened the interest of spec .
. totors who ear1y made rush .
= for the galleries, filling them to .
= overflowing. AT o'clock there .
. We're but few delegates in their .
. places. A male quartet added =
. feature to the musical program .
. at the night session. At 7:15 the
. galleries were completely filled q
= and the majority of the dele .
. gates seated, but the officers of q
= the convention we're still wait =
= ing. for the report of the COM, .
%srnitteeaon resolutions. A band .
. in the gallery worked great en- y
= thusiasm when it struck up .
. Dixie" .
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Text Of Platform Adopted by the Convention at Midnight

evening presented ito the convention
the principles of the party.
The tariff plank states that the
party favors an immediate revision
of the tariff by reduction on import
duties; that articles entering into
competition with trust-controllcd
products be placed on the free list;
that material reductions be made in
the tariff the necessaries of life,
especially articles competing with
such Americans manufactures as ara
sold abroad more cheaply than at
home, demand is made for an imme-
diate repeal of the tariff on wood
pulp, print paper, lumber and tim
Der logs, and that these articles De
placed ON the free list
The home rule plank asserts con-
fidence and admiration for the wiz
dom of the fathers in so organizing
a federal government as to secure
home rule to the people of each
State; that the party is opposed 70
Capitalization as implied in sugges-
tions now frequently made; that the
powers of the general government
should be extended by executive and
legislative action and by judicial con .
struction; that the federal remedies
for the regulation of Interstate cont
merce for the prevention of private
monopoly shall be added to and not
substituted for State remedies.
The banking plank says the panic
of 1907, coming with legitimate
excuse when the Republican party
had for a decade been in complete
control of the federal government.
furnishes additional proof that it IS
either unwilling or incompetent to
protect the interests of the general
public. The plank states that in 50
far as the needs of commerce re-
quires an emergency currency, such
currency should be issued and con-
trolled by the federal government / T.
loans adequate to the security of ma
tional and State banks. The party
pledges itself to legislation under
which the banks will be required =
establish guarantee fund for the
prompt payment to depositors of any
insdlvent national bank under the
equitable system which will be avail.
able to all banking institutions wish
ing to use it. A postal savings bank
IS favored If guaranteed that the
bank cannot be secured that 1t be 81
constituted as to keep deposited
money in communities where IL is
established. The plan of the Repub-
lican party for a postal savings bank
! is condemned. The Democratic part,
denounces the needless waste of ths
peoples money by the administro
tion. demands that a stop be put t.
extravaganza. insists upon the strict
est economy In every department
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TROOPS
SHOOT At
AMERICAN
MINISTER TO PARAGUAY MAR
ROwLY ESCAPES WITH
HIS LIFE.
- e~>N~~s~N~~~~~~~~ :
lBy Associated Press.


= (By Associated Press. -
y LA PAz, July S.-Further =
. details have been received here q
. of the revolution in Paraguay. =
= They state that while lighting .
= was going on in Asuncion an In =
. cident occurred which might y
= have had most serious results. =
. The American Minister, Edward y
= O'Brien. desirous of proffering =
. his good offices in order to pre- =
= vent further loss of life, while =
. approaching the headquarters Of y
. revolutienists, was fired upon =
. three times by the government y
= troops. Discovering their mis- =
y take the troops ceased firing -
=. and the officer hastened to give .
. explanations to the Minister. =
= The new President Of Paraguay. .
= Emilano Naveiro. is officially ,
. recognized by the majority Of =
. foreign diplomats.
AAA A~~N
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MANY FELL INTO
net OF SHARPER

FARMINGTON, Me-, July at.
tracted by an announcement in the
daily papers about two months agt
that $500 would be given any persor
who already possessed like amount
more than 1000 persons have ad.
dressed letters to o. W. Ayerill q
this town. No such person is known
here. 80 {$7 8e4H8S
The announcement, which was
dated at Chicago, stated that c. w
Averill, of Los Angeles, Cal, had re-
eeived legacy of $4,000. 900, froDi
which he would give $500 to any
person having $500. 1t was said his
home was in Harrington, Maine, tl
which place he was going within {
SHIRT firnoa
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DO NOT
SPEAK AS
We PASS
VENEZUELA AND THE UNITED
STATES SEVER DIPLOMATIC
RELATIONS.
> ~AA~~~%~~~~.~A~~e

= WASHINGTON, July e. =
. Diplomatic relations between =
. America and Venezuela, which =
= have existed uninterruptedly for .
= over half a century, though OF =
= recent years severely strained, =
= were today completely severed, =
= At $3.50 o'clock this afternoon y
= Senior Veloz Goiticoa, Venezue- =
. Ian Charge d'Affaires. called at .
= the State Department and pre- y
= sented Acting Secretary Bacon y
. with a notice of his recall from =
. his government In few min .
= utes' talk with the Acting Sec =
= retary. Senior Veloz explained .
= that the action of the State De- =
y partmentsin withdrawing Jacob .
= Sleeper, the American Charge, =
y from Caracas and closing the =
= legation there, made it neces- =
= sary for his government to take y
y similar action In the case or It's y
. legation at Washington. He =
= will take passage on steamer =
. bound from New York for Ven =
. ezuela on Saturday The Min .
. lister leaves behind him his fam .
. lily and household effects, but .
= these probably will follow him =
. in the near future, Files and .
= papers were placed in charge of .
= the Venezuelan General =
= at New York. The reason for the =
= withdrawal of the American le- =
= CATION from Caracas arose from =
= the persistent refusal of sVene- =
= zuela to give redress for govern. =
= mental action by which. all .
= American interests in Venezue- 4
. la were either destroyed or cons =
= fiscated or to submit claims of =
. American citizens to arbitration. .
= A4A > . = H.A = NH HH~ . =
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OIL FIEIDs RURNING.

WASHINGTON, July .. The
United States Consul at Tampico.
Mexico. has reported that the. foil
fields between Tampico. on the Gulf
of Mexico, and Tixpan, are burning
and that the blaze is visible for 100
miles on the guilt He says that the
light is intermittent and is danger
ous to mariners in the vicinity.
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ment of the rights and privileges 0
a. territorial form of government.
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ON FIRST
BALLOT

CONVENTION HALL. DENVER, July 10, NV Bryan
nominated on the first ballot Te graph wires working
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son, the platform was unanimousli
adopted.
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The platform committee of the
Democratic National Committee this
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chair there were cries of "Hurrah
for Grady"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-09
Proverbs and Phrases.

Often the man who has the price
of a good coat in his pocket doesn' It
care how shabby the pocket may be
nor the coat it belongs to.
IF the Standard Oil octopus were
conversationally inclined it would be
interesting to hear it discourse upon
"Some Statesmen | Have Met. !"
The boy born with silver spoon
in its mouth doen't cut its wisdom
teeth aav earlier than the kids who
come without any baggage.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-09
Humor and Philosophy.

There are a lot of good people that
are most horribly uninteresting and
a lot of interesting people that might
associate with the aforesaid good
people to the improvement Of both.
There may be women who are lame
in imagination, but who ever heard
of one that was crippled in the
tongue.
There probably is wrong side to
everything-except maybe the right
woman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-09
Snap Shots.

A diseased imagination can give a
mortal anything.
Every man must cut his own wis
dom teeth
r When our distant relatives get rich
they seem to grow still further re-
raoyed
The kind of woman who cries for
nothing generally manages to get a
good deal
A sharper Is keen man with a
dull conscience.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-09
News Notes.

John D. Rockefeller at the cross
examination in the Standard Oil case
declined to state his railroad stock
and bond holdings.
The Atlantic Gulf and West Indies
Steamship Lines las been incorporat-
ed in Boston, with a capital of $40
100000, to save the Morse wreck
remnant.
Several tests of physical ability
are to be imposed on naval officers
by the Presidents order.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-09
Bright Sayings.

If everybody knew when he was
we'll off, this would be better edu-
Gated world
Some girls are so anxious to make
names for themselves they misspell
the front and then change the rear
one.
1t is no direct evidence that you
are going to have unlimited COM
pany because you have only scraps
for dinner. Still, you would better
have your weather eye out.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-09
Brave Engineer scalded to Death il
His Cab.

statesboro, Ca, special.-Remain-
ing at his post though danger
threatened, A. A. Reppard, a son OF
the late well-known lumberman, Il.
D. Reppard, of Savannah, was slowly
scalded to death when his engine
turned over and pinned him in the
wreckage, one mile from Aaron, Ca
on the Savannah, Augusta & North
ern Railway. Twenty passengers IN
a caboosc that with the engine made
up the train had narrow escapes from
injury.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-09
Pert Paragraphs.

You can't always tell how much
money woman spends by merely
knowing how much salary her hus-
band draws, but taking it by and
large lisa pretty safe guess.
Perhaps you can't help feeling en-
vious, but at least YOU can help show
irg it and so making yourself OBJ
noxious.
Some women are such slaves to
dress they are willing to work fer
their clothes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-09
Prominent Woman Suicides.

Bristol, R. L, special.-Mrs. EN-
ma Russell Chescbrough, aged 80
wears. wife of Alfred S. Chesebrough,
a weil-known yacht designer Of this
city, committed suicide by shooting
herself in the head with a revolver.
She had been troubled with melan-
cholia and insomnia for some time
She was the daughter of former Lieu.
tenant Governor Jonathan Russell
Bullock.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1908-12-09
Nirbt.Riders Threaten Col. Taylor.

Chattanooga, Tenn, special.-A
special to The Times from TrentoPi'
Tenn. says: 1t has been reported
that Col. r. z. Taylor. of this place,
who made such a miraculous escape
from the night-riders the Nsht tho,
Captain Quentin Rankin was hanged
~ Walnut Leg, has received a note
containing notice that the night
,iders will call at his hsme and take
his body, dead or live, no date De-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-31
Drawings by the Author

giving his prisoner exactly half. Next morning
they crossed the divide Their path lay downward
now but still they signs OF game. For two
DAYS they tramped YEARLY on, and beyond eating
the bark of poplar and what few berries they
could find they had nothing with which to cheat
their hunger. At dawn the following day, Ser
geant GRAY ordered Smith to remain beside the IRE
while he went off in search of food. About noon he
returned with a small hare, which he cooked and
divided fairly. All that afternoon and part OF
the following morning they plodded on.
About ten o'clock they came upon huge mass
Of fallen timber. The towering trunks that
composed the mass had had 50 feeble grip on the
scartv soil on the mountainside that some storm
of unusual violence had uprOOted them and flung
them down. There they lay, wreck that covered
a strip OF the mOuntainside half a mile III width.
and piled in interlocked confusion to a depth OF
from ten to ftv feet Years had elapsed since their
fall and time and weather had stripped every yes
tpt. of bark from their smooth. lmbleSs boles. he
men found that when they attempted to climb over
the tangled mass of timbers, the heavy dew that
still relairled-for the had yet reached that
part OF the yalley-rnade them very slippery 1t
was dangerous for their shoes had no hold what
ever on the Shiny logs
As they were setting out their per1louS ven
tlre the sergeant called Smith to halt and. toss
ing him the KEY ordered him to take Oft his hand
cuffs and put them in his pocket on VIII heel
all your limbs to keep Your balance here ne Sild
Smith 5 wears of experience at river driving hti
given him a sure footing on moving trmbers' ana
now his skill stood him IN such good stead that he
had little trouble. But it quite another thing
with the sergeant. Now they would be ascending
astride a slanting log. then they would be lowering
themselves down a level trunk along which they
would advance little way, only to be stopped ny
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I--oEen only D. The CIcElng OF tHe HaIgu-1s as
smith s7a711,ed them about his wrists hen ne
added But remember once again, YOU Il ne yer take
me to your blasted barracks.
smith returned the sergeant earnestly; otI l'1
1efo-. You have made the same remark; but theE
at - he barracks all the same. If God IS willing
viii. Now. head for the southeast and get a move
on. for we are going over the divide
ALI. morning they tr7ldged among the trees. BY
n noon theT had assembled the mountalnslde as
far as the level OF dxared evergree1s bsf
20 l--'' ,,.5 hem so That afternoon they saw
ssler black bears eating berries in the valleys he
low but no living thing came within range e., 5
~ Is, b,I+ that was all they stopped to eat
When night came on, they built fire 6etore
e1.er1l and GRAY divided the remaining grouse
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-31

his letters. Then he Strengthened
himself up, and fixed his keen,
black, solitary eve on the con
stable. who faced him, revolver
IL hand but not covering him.
Now" said Smith huskily,
if | put the blasted nippers on,
! stand chance OF ending at
the gallows, but, if | don t, |
stand a chance of going free, be-
cause we'll fight, and in less than
five minutes either one OF us Will
be dead. But. " here he hesltated,
that reminds me. | would have
been dead yesterday If It hadn t
been for YOU. So, to make YOUR
mind easy. at least for awhile,
II put them on. But relnem-
Der that / don do it through fear
OF YOU.
The silence that followed was
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an lmpenetrdple CIldOS
where their only chance Of
progress lay in going either
over or under. If the latter
appeared the easier way.
they would gradually de
scend from one trunk to
another. until they had
lust about reached the
ground; then, continuing
for a few yards, they would
slowly ascend again. 1t
was exhausting work, and
soon began to tell on them.
THEY advanced steadily
L however, and had al
most reached the other side.
when a stagtiy lit on the
sergeant neck. just as he
was at one of the most dan
gerous places. He raised
his hand to brush it off.
missed his footing. and
pitched headlong down fifty
feet among the tangled,
splintered trunks below.
Hearing the crash, Smith
turned his head, and then
stood still. Away down IN
the shadowy depths he saw
the sergeant 5 body sprawl
ing limp and lifeless on a
log. For a moment he hest
tated. stared at the free
plains beyond the tangIe,
then broke into a run upon
the slippery timbers, reached
a point where a huge trunk
crossed below, and slid down
on it. From log to log he
descended until in a few
moments he had reached the
ground. STOPPING over the
unconscious policeman, he
turned him gently on his
back. opened his tunlc and
the throat of his shirt, and
began to fan him with e
piece of bark. When the
sergeant came to, 1t was
found that his left leg was
broken below the knee.
Smith reduced the fracture
as best he could, it turned
out to be a simple one
bandaged the limb with
folds of linen torn from his
shirt and with the knife,
The Jasper news., 1908-01-09

Chas. Kuhnle, agai l6, died of typ
Hold at the family home near Nashville
lAst Thursday, and was buried the fol-
Owing day. This the second death
fom typhoid 10 the Kuhnla family,
Hlrs. Kuhnlo having succumbed just
two days prior to the death OF her son.
There are several other children, and
81! were for time dangerously low
with the disease, bot, with the unfor'
Sbnate exceptions. are nearly recovered .
Much sympathy is felt for the afflicted
family here, where they ara quito wei
known.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-09

Mrs. j. II. Harris entertained her NJ.
e. Sunday school class at dinner last
Sunday in honor Of Miss Adeine Metz
Cor, who left on Tuesday with her par.
ehts to make their home at Kappa, Ills.
aixteen young ladies' we're present,
those names follow: Adeline Metzger,
Ninnie Sanford, Ethel Peterson, AL.
herts A-el'on, Gertrude Spaid, Leon1
Boots. inertia Peterson, Mao Sanford
Meyt7 Grow, Clara 8ayne, oveda Lay,
Esta Steiner, Pearl Rice, Loueiia Lay
Grace Crow and Della Harris.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-09

Services at NJ. e. church next Sun
day: Sunday school at 9:A5 a. M;
Preaching at II a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Morning topic, "Are they Few that are
Saved?" Evening topic: "Why Mon
Continue in Stu" Epworth League
s p. m. You are cordially invited to be
present at any or all Of these services.
T. z. PRALL, Pastor.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-09

Mira. Clarence Dunlap died at her
home 10 miles west of Jasper Tuesday
afternoon OF complication Of diseases
and was buried ia the Medoc cemetery
yesterday aftei noon, efter funeral ser
vices conducted by Rev. Stapleton.
Deceased was daughter-ip-law Of j.
p. Dunlap OF this city.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-09

Elder j. l.. Combs, pastor of Central
church at Joplir, will lecture tonight
at the Christian church. Elder Combs
was formerly pastor Of this,ch uroh, and
his lecture tonight is at the request Of
Jasper friends who desire to hear one
more OF bis Instructive discourses. His
subject IS not announced.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-09

Chas. Me,zger left With his family
last Tuesday for Kappa, Ills., near
which town they will make their home
hereafter. The Metzgers came here
three years ago from Illinois, and in
that time have made many friends who
regret their departure. The News will
be regular visitor at their now home.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-09
j. Harbur

Thelma, the 5-year.oid daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Jones, has been
seriously jill the past week. Drs. Knott
and schooler pronounced it diptheria
and extreme care is being taken to pre-
vent the spread Of the disease though
no quarantine has been established.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-09

Mines Lizzie Barrett and Anna Stock,
the former OF Belmont, Wis, the latter
of Dubuque, Ia, arrived in Jasper last
Friday for visit with their brother, j.
D. Chapman, and sister, Miss Isabel
Miller. The latter, whose home is at
Golden Dale, Wash, is spending the
winter with Mr.. Oh apman.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-09

yrs. NJ. Z. Phillips of Eureka, Ark.
in renewing for this paper, orders her
News sent to Los Angeles, Calf, where
she expects to spend the winter with
Mrs. W. w. Schrader. Mrs. Phillips is
at present in San Antonio, Texas.
The Jasper news., 1908-01-09

A stove at tho Presbyterian church
misbehaved during the Sunday school
nour last Sunday, necessitating hasty
adjournment by the school to the out
aldo OF the building. The rest OF the
days services we're held in the Metho
dist church, that being Rev, Prall's day
at Mt. Moriah.