Putnam patriot., 1908-07-31
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tENk httAfHa tsA laaAfH t4 katA ttst=Htts Hs.7 siness condition ef 1he country
 4 Charleston. 5. C. papef, feGeeting the sentiment of thal cify, which had bitterly denounced President Rayses ct for having appointed Bf. Cram, ne gro. as Collector 0f the Port. now, in fairness, acknowledge that he aud his negro Deputy haze been doing the best for the interest of that pofi, and Il ls syery gratifying To them to fe able To make this splendid showing The eex- ports of that eiis are DOS ihfee times what they were ia lEs5 eBe0 Df. Cfun was appointed, while tHe custom house receipts have increased al < still more rapid rate.
 Eugene W. Chaflin the Prohibition President nominee, thus defines his purpose if elected:
 sIf 1 am elected President of the United States will have 4 Congress which will pass pfohibitofY aw and if there are any communities ibat fe. lure to obey The law and the civic au= fhorifies are unable to enforce If. 
 by the Constitution and call out The militia, the standing army and the navy. and enforce prohibition oil every inch of territory under the American flag
 To prevent friction in regard to the rights Of American fishermen in New foundland waters, pending 4 settle. ment of the dispute before The liaRue tribunal, the British and American governments have agreed to continue the present arrangements during the approaching fishing season. That k better ihan fighting about IL.
 sIlIe K uncertain apart from homo. eldes, automobile. railroad and other similar eaiamities. \ farmer wa4 ztane by Il bee which caused his ieath: Il toy cut hIs foei Whilc swimming and died il few days after from blood poisoning
 William if faft was officially uoti. fed of his nomination fot President at the home of his bfolhef Iii Cincinnati. Oil Tuesday. IiisspeeeIl in acceptance l. lengthy, and heartily endorses the policies 0f President Roosevelt and will mol Gail te gfatify hi~ pnay. Loud cries Of No, no, came when he said
 ''i submit ta those most iniefesicd- to @age eafnefS, to farmers and to busl- ness men whether the introduction in to power of The Democratic pafty.wllh hr. Bryan ai It's head, and wah the business destruction lhat il openly ad seeates as remedy fof present evils. will bring ab0ut the needed confidence for the restoration Of prosperity
 The Independence Patty held its na. tlonal convention ai thieagol OH Tues. day, and nominated Thomas lliseen of Nj massachusetts, for President, and John Temple Graves, n rnuthetnef. fef Nice President, The platform K very long and goes lo the extreme in fadicat fe" forms.
 The Sultan of Turkey, alarmed ny the revolutionary declaration of the Young Turkey party for lhe restoration of the Consultation and the National Parliament, which has the sA mpathN of II part of the army, has issued an "ifadeH restoring both. Great patrie- tie demonstrations and speeches follow. ed tho promulgatien, in Conslantlno. pie and other eities The Constitution grants personal liberty no punishment without trial, religious tolerallen, i ftee press, equality of nll Ottoman subjects, security of property, invioIabihts ot domicle, and abolition of torture,
 Such atrocities pefpetraied in the lease system of eolofcd prisoners have been brought to light in Georgia, that bill before the Legislature orders the system to end la two years.
 Germany in national progress tx forg. Ing ahead of all other European goN, garments. Il k ia seod oat a ileet ai bat,le>hips as large as that oi the Ame- riean, on similar bong voyage. \ great new steamship line, tvaling lhe Hamburg. American, and financed hy two Princes, haA ing Aa annual income between them ol about 2.i,0p,aa, k announced Germany literally snhsidi- ac~ it's commercial marlne and greatly profits from IL, American commerce depending upon iis steamer lines u do it's business in half ei the world
 tt k learned that s'o delegates, repre- eenting li7 societies In sixteen diiier- ent countries, will be rresent al the nth Universal Peace 1anfefcenee now being held in London for siS days end ing on Saturday, when great demon stfation of the labor unions of Great Britain will bc wiines,s,i The United States has 42 delegates at the confer ence. on VI hose behalf Edwin h. Mead, oi Boston. will speak.
 The National Negro Democratic As soeiation, headquarters al Buffalo, \, +, issues the following announce ment,
 The officers and memters of the Ma. tienal Negro DetnocFatic League Gen erai Committee and Presidents of Is- mocratie League Clubs, will meet in Chicago, August a, lsAls. to further the plans of the campaign, issue procla- maiion to the eolered voters of the country, and to name the plaee and daieSfor holding the qaadfennial Ma tlonal Convention.
 Castro, President Of Neaexuels, k heaping up against himself wrath against the day Of wrath. He proposes fa lake from foreigners all concessions