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&
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sell y
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