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ROOSEVriT WANTS 1912 NOM INATION. Generally Believed in. Washington He Has This in View-Favors Taft for 1908. Washingtou. January 22.-There is one inherent right which every American claims and which is con stantly asserted, and which no amount of amendment, legislation, or resolu ting can rescind or abridge, and that is the right to express an opinion on the future course of the ship of state. Just now there is an unusual amount of forecasting being done, re sulting from a number of circumstan ces. There was never before so g-reat dissatisfaction with the eneroach ments of corporate interests. It has been some time since the majority of either party in congress has been so decided. But ehief of all, there was never before a president so young, so able, and so popular, to be retired. The question relative to Mr. Roose velt's 'future is, "What will he do with itT'' President's Friend. Jaeob A. Riis the president's clos est friend, referring to the adminis tration.'s 'attitude toward the great corporations said a few days ago, "If duty demands Roosevelt to con tinue this fight, he will do it." A view taken by many public men here is not exactly the one set forth by Mr. Riis, but is in a large degree in line with it. This is to the effect that Mr. Roosevelt does not contem plaie being a .andidate for the 1908 nomination, but that he has his eye on the nomination in 1912. In support of this belief many things are advanced. In the first ]$iee, it is pointed out that Mr. Roosevelt has declared in such une quivocal language that he will not take the next nomination that to do otherwise would work to his serious injury. To succeed himself as pres ident would be in effect a breaking down of the unwritten law that has been in force since Washington's time. It would be another matter en dieyto go ou.t of office in 1909 and the'h to take the presidency again four years later. It is known that certain of the can didates'who are looking for the 1908 nomination take this view, and be lieve, moreover, that the president is planning to have the say in who shall succeed him. He does not want Shaw a he does not want Fairbanks. It has come in a pretty direct way from the White House that he prefers Taft. Root would be acceptaible to him, although the president 's ideas and Root's on corporation control (10 not entirely harmonize. It is generally believed that things are now being shaped in New York so Root may get the, delegation in '1908, and that the piesident is helping things on in that direction. Cortean Impossible. Cortelyou is cosnmonly rated as a mgn wh6m the presidit wrould be Iing to see noinin~t0d, lMut while there was much Cortelyoui talk for several months last sunmmer and fall, it. is aow conxceded thet 'as a pirae tigal .political prposition the nomi nation of Cortelyou is impossible. Speaker Cannon wants the nomina tion, but he would be no more accept able to the president than Shaw or Fairbanks. .Foraker's health is not likely to permit him to run. .It. is not overlooked here, however, That a situation may arise that will lead the 1908 convention to* turn to Roosevelt because of the difficulty in getting togethe'on a candidate. A Study of Old English Verse. On Anglo-Saxon Versification: From the Standpoint of Modern Eng lish Versification. By Edwin B. Setzler, M. A., Ph. D., Professor of Teutonic Languages in Newberry College. Newberry, S. C. Board, 87 pages. Baltimore: J. H. Furst Com pany. This is a very scholarly work, a treatise after the best German man ner and of a thoroughness of research that is too rarely to be mect with in our universities or amongz on.ichl ars. It is still more rare, of course, that such ripeness of scholarsh'p is found in connection withi the faculties of our smaller colleges. The author. Edwin B. Setzler, Ph. D.. is profess or of Tuetonic languages in Newber ry college. this state, and his fine equipment in. this particular field is an ornament alike to the institution and to American scholarship. GOVERNOR THOMPSON. Portrait of Former Governor, Paint ed by Williams Welch. Present ed to Legislature. The portrait of the late and honor ed Governor Hugh S. Thompson was presented to the general assembly. In both houses remarks eulogistic ii character were made in memory of this distinguished citizen. A special message from the gov ernor acompali'ed the message. This read: "I have the hoir to presenit to the state of South Carolina through you this portrait of the late Hugh Smith Thomipsoi-. former goveriior of Souti Carolina. In presenting this poi trait ot one of South Carolina's honored sons, it is also my privilege to transmit tc you a copy of the letter of presenta tion which I received from Col. Hen ry T. Thompson, who presents to I. Snative state this portrait of his fa ther. The brief mention thereir made of the distinguished services rendered by Governor Thompson in eludes a period which will ever b( chronicled among the glories of at historic past, even as it now recallb the patriotic services of one &who ther helped to shape and guide our des tiny as a liberty-hdving common wealth. "It is indeed appropriate that suel cherished mementoes should be ir I hallowed keeping and with profouni appreciation of its deepest meanini it is my great privilege to entrust t< your care this portrait of one, who ir life, eraved rio-greater honor than t< serve- his state nobly and well, ani this honor was his." The letter accompanying the mess age reads: January 26. 1906. His Excellency D. C. Heyward. Governor of South Carolina, Columbia, S. C. Dear Sir: I have the honor to re qest that you.present to the state o1 South Carolina through the genera assembly the accompanying portrai of my father, the late Hugh Smiti Thompson, who was governor of thi state from 1882 to 1886, and who prior to that time. was for six year! state superintendent of education having first been elected to that posi tin on the Hampton ticket in 1876 At the time of my father's death. ir November. 1904, he was the last sur vivor of the eight who composed tha1 ticket. The portrait now presentec was painted in Washington in 188i by Williams Welch a celebrated artis1 who was originally from Newberry, S C. Mr-. Welch painted at the sam< time the portraits of General Wad< Hampton and General M. C. Butler which now adorn the walls of th< senate, the artist having presentei them to the state of South Carolina The portrait of my father was pre sented -to the family, and I now wisi the same disposition made of it.a ws made of the other two, that hay i.ng ibeen the original intention o.f the naiiter. Very respectfully, Hentry T. Thomipson. A Great Fertilizer. Elsewhere we print the advertise ment of the. F. S. Royster Guanc company and call the attention of omi readers to the same. The Royster fer tiier people are the largest of th( independent manufacturers remain ing. These people have had a mosi wonderful success in their sales "Famers' Bone'' is their leading brand of cotton fertilizer, and we are told that its sale exceeds that of any other single brand of fertilizer sold ii the south. Owing to the fact thai they use fish for ammoniates. theii goods are popular everywhere they are sold. They claim theirs to be the original fish guano. They have large Iworks at Norfolk, Va.. Tarboro, N. C. two factories in South Carolina, and one at Macon, Ga.. and their goods are on sale in nearly every town in the Isouth where fertilizers are used. Om readers will find it to their interest to consider Royster fertilizer- before making their purchases. Albany, N. Y.. January 27. Governor Higgins will be the guests of honor at the fourth annual din er of the Albany Chamber of Com merce this evening at the Ten Eyck. Several other distinguishedl mers have been invited and some good sehes will be heard. PYTHIAN CASTLE HALL. Committee to Consider Matter of Per manent Home for Grand Lodge Will Receive Bids. Iie comitittee appointed at the last neting of the Knights of PY thias grand lodge to consider the mat ter of a perimaen,t home for the grand lodge met. in Columbia, and af ter deliberation announced that they would reecive until April ISth sealed options on proposed sites. The eomnnittee consists of Colonel Henry T. Thompson of Columbia. chairnian Messrs. Georg S. Mower. or Nevberrv and C. C. Simms of a iwell1. The committee are acting mler a resolutlion instructing them to look Into the feasibility of selecting a 1)ermAtieit home for the grand lodge and to secure options on suitable. sites at eligible points. The report will be niade at the next meeting of the grand lodge in Sumter in May. In accord ance with these instructions the con mittee will now receive the bids. which should be addressed to Colonel Henry T. Thompson. Columbia. A number of towns in the state have already declared their desire to secire .this Pythian grand eastle hail. SCANDINAVIANS FOR AIKEN. Party of Ministers Spying Out the Land for a Colony. Columbia, January 24.-A special; coach bearing a large number of Scandinavian ministers passed through the city today at noon on their way to Aiken to inspect a site for a colony in that country. Commissioner of Immigration Watson vesterday received from the; officers of the Southern Colonial Land l)evelopment company, il which Columbia and Charleston capital is,interested, of the move ment of this body and the matter is of considerable importance to the. state. The mninisters are from New England and, are Lutherans. They have several thousand Scandinav ians in that section of the country and their trip was arranged in order that they might see for themselves. the opportunities for their colonies* in this section of the world. KThe special will be accompanied: -by Captain Emil Lyndburg, who or-; ganized the colonization company. On their way back north the party will stop over in Columbia for a lay or so and have a conference with Commissioner \Watson in re gard to the colonies. This is the first actual realization of the plans of the commissioner, which have been under way for some time.. Comissioner Watson and Mr. J. B. Thaekston, of the Southern railway, wvill accompany the party to Aiken. Gagney Girl1Finds Triend. Te Sparaivburg IHerald. Krasas City. No.., Jan. 24.-Pro Ifessor Edwin Walters, of Kansas; City, a former South Carolinian, to day. convinced the police that Pau line Webster, the woman bride groom is a member of one of South Carolina's best families and she consequently is now virtually free. Moreover Prof. Walters, has start ed a movenment to collect funds to' enable her to reenter the world as a woman and to seek employment.! She prefers not to return to South Carolina, so probably she will be given transportation to Philadelphia or Cincinnati. HIER FAMILY. As soon as Professor Walters, who stands well here, told Chief IHayes he was willing to swear that her father, Noah Webster, whom he knew personally was a fine old; South Carolina aristocrat, that one of her brothers, Edward Webster, is a respected attorney of Gaffney, S. C.. and that her other brother is a prominent business man of the southern part of that state. Chief Haves who had shown~ a determi nation to prosecute the girl, relaxed an ordered her removal from the holdove and placed in care of the matron. Chief Hayes intimated that he would release her as soon as an outfit of .feminine attire and 1oy p)romYised by Prof. WValters arrived. I. B. Kimbl.all. county pros cutor who at first appeared as de terminedl as Chief Hayes to punish auline Webster, with imprison-. men. a toay that after conzsid erigy caretully all the facts. he felt that the notoriety which she had suffercd was punishment enough. That she married Miss .\farietta Jelley, with a view of get'ting the latter's money and leaving town, the prosecutor deemed evident, but the only offense charged against her is that or masquerading as a man. Doubt as to Law. The prosecutor agrees that she inioht. be prosecuted on the charge of peirjury. but is doubtful whether there is any law against the marriage of one woman to another woman. The context of the message is such that the false name she gave. John Alline Whitman. is practically the only statenit to which she was compell Id to testify. The police said Pau line was visited yesterday and today by scores of people. who had known her quite intimately and had never suspected that she was not a man. Believe She is the Girl. "You know there are just a num ber of people in Gaffney who believe that the woman who was masquerad ing as a man in Kansas City, Mo., is none other than Pauline Webster," remarked a well known man from Gaffney yesterday ' to a Herald re porter. "Of course, it's easy enough to see how discrepancies as to dates, etc., would be made in such a news story; but you can notch it down that the publication of the news story of Pauline Webster masquerading as a man and getting in the lock up, was the most sensational and interesting piece of gossip in the capital of Cher okee county yesterday. And I might add that the Spartanburg Herald was much in demand for the story appeared in that paper, reaching there ahead~of any other paper that printed it.'' Committed Suicide. The State. Swansea. January .17.-Mrs. Noel Sharpe, who lived near Gas ton, committed suicide about 12 o'clock last night b)y jumping into a well, which is about 1oo feet deep. She left the house and as she did not return in a reasonable time, the family began a search for her and found that the well fixtures had been removed. The body was taken from the well about T12 o'cl6ck today. The right side of her face wvas consid erably bruised. She leaves a husband and several children. Mrs. Sharpe was at Lexingtor court house yesterday on a law suit of some kind. The inquest will be held tonight or tomorrow. Fell in Whiskey Vat Ollie Srniith, 12 years of age, fell into a steaming vat of mush at a government distillery, seven miles from Greenville Saturday afternoon and was literadly cooked. He can not live through the night physi cins say. The~boy was feeding cows from a cool vat and, as h watched them eat the boiled corn meal, he leaned against a post, sup~ posed to protect the steamning vat. The post gave way and he fell in. only his head and one shoulder be ing held above the boiling mass o meal, four feet deep. When pull ed out he dashed himself in a cool mountain stream in the hope of easing the pain. When his clothing was removed most of the skin came with it. A woman 's thoughts run before her actions. LAND SALE. On salesday in February, 1906, we will sell at public auction in front of Court House at Newberry, that tract of land in Newberry County, containing 135 acres, more or less, known as the Montgomery place, and adjoining lands of Geo. S. Mower, Mrs. T.exanna Suber and John Brooks. Terms: One half cash, balance payable one year from day of sale to be secured by bond of the pur chaser and mortgage of the premi ses sold with interest from date of sale ; with leave to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. W. W. Fellers, Executor H. E. Todd, Jno. W. Kibler, HAI R& We are now' sell y NewC at the same aim will be i goods for the) REMEN EVERYTMNG NEW Watch for next HAIR& F The Right Pi Rich Men Bu Poor People Pay foi Which is Best OUR P The Company issues an .Investment I face value of which is $1 ,ooo. We coil payment when the application is signe ment of $6, payble on the 15th day of purchased or a loan is made we charg per cent, interest per annum, payable ed or borrowed. Loans can belrepaid at THlE STANDARD Ti Incorpor CAPITAL STOCK $500,000 FRANK R HUNTER,!l COTTA To Increase Yc AndersonI More Lit A Labor Saver, A Money Maki with Fish, Blood, and other FOR INFORMATION, call on ot road stati< ANDESON PHOSPIIA Anderson prepared to OU Noods store. Our :o sell better [east money. UBER, ARU STYLLIl advertisementx iAVIRD rice Store. ild Houses r Them in Rents, .for You? * $ 4 os urhsn Cnr,~ the {Qle Purch$7singeronth', wth 5 monthly on each $i ooo advane any time. Call at onrce or write us. RST CI0MPAN, atd. Agents Wanted. gr. Newberry, S. C. S KING! ~ur Yield Use :edilizers erally. er, Beats All. Ammoniated High-Grade Ingredients. ir agent at your nearest rail n, or 'E &OI COIPJI