The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-08-27

It was right amusing that Lever
seized ..Tillman:s coattail after his
friends had tried to prove that Till
man was as deep in the mire as Lev
er was in the: bog.
The Hon. Thos. E. Watson will
now erjqy his crow. no doubt: There
are several distinguished gentlement
in different parts Of Georgia who
ought to help him to eat it.
The Farmers Union ought to take
up the cotton tare business and let
fae farmers know exactly how the
matter stands. Buyers all over the
State are getting ready to resist the
new cotton law.
The fellow that every once in
while has to trot around and get
certificate from some one he thinks
is a little better than himself is
generally q sort of wishy-washy char
acter. 1t is the same way in poll
tics
Any Democrat whose Democracy
is worth the name has no need to
have it certified to by Senator Till
man or anybody else. People OF
good character don't have to carry
around papers certifying to it. Meth
er do true. true Democrats.
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whether or not there should be
government ownership or control Of
public. utilities is question over
which differences of opinion will all
ways exist. But certain it is that il
ft>ever does come the immense COM
binations with their, inflated capital
!. will be mainly responsible.
From this distance it looks as K
the Hon. Thos. E. Watson, of Geor-
gia. has about run his political race.
Every candidate that he actively cp5
posed in the election on Tuesday Was
elected. The people are evidently
tired Of. Watson and his ways.
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II looked Sit Henry Watterson
had as good as, won that dinner he
wagered with The New York World
that Roosevelt and Taft would be
scratching at each others eyes by
December of 1911. Taft saw it COM
ing. and like Davy Crocket's coon he
surrendered without being shot at
Mr. Lever is welcome to his certili-
cate Of Democracy which he got from
Senator Tillman. But honestly and
truly, does that wipe out the fact
that Lever violated the pledge that
ae had to file with the State Demo-
cratic Chairman before his name
cSAldSbe enrolled as Democratic
candidate?
Don't the Branchville Journal
thiuk that the old true and tried
Democrats living in and around
Branchville can judge for themsel-
yes what Democrat is without be-
ing told by Tillman or any one else?
If the Journal does not think so,
We take pleasure in informing it that
The Times and Democrat does.
The Branchvi!le Journal says Sen
ator "Een Tillman has gone right
square back on the things The Times
aud Democrat was trying to prove
by him" In the letter Tillman
wrote Lever. ne does not contradict
a word he said in his speech We re-
printed. We challenge the Journal
to prove its assertion to the contrary.
1t seems to be impossible for the
city dailies to forget the Duke OF
Aoruzzi and Miss Elkins. About ev-
cry 50 often they re-engase the two
young people and then proceed to
disengage them After all are the
supposed or actual doings Of the two
of such supreme Importance that it
IL necessary to inflict them so fre-
queaely upon the public?
Congressman Livingston. %a' re-
presented the Atlanta district has
been beaten in the Democratic rr,m-
aries over in Georgia. and real
Democrat will take his place in Con-
gress. Living gston went back on his
party and voted with the Repuhli-
cans last year in Congress. How
ard. another Georgia congressman.
who voted with the Republicans, met
the same fate that Livingston did
4 real Democrat will take his place
The Greenwood Index says things
seem to be pretty rough for Con-
gressman AsNury Lever in the Sew
enth. He has to explain his yn'e
on free lumber and then explain his
explanations: tries to pour some sar-
casm ON the big dailies" and gets
some of it on the wrong paper. apoi-
ogises and so on and on. Asbury
will get back all right. but it's go
ing to take more wind to ma"e Che
race than he had any idea Of when