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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24

let me congratulate you upon the
encouraging outlook. The late
legislature, the best, l believe, in
the history of the state, did much
to subserve the ends of good 60
vernment briefly outlined above.
II put upon our statute books, in
addition to the many valuable laws
that will be fruitful Of good to the
state, four specific measures for the
protection of the oil interests in
which the people, under whose
auspices l speak at this time, are
particularly interested, namely, a
law for the building and equipment
of a state oil refinery; a law making
pipe lines common carriers; law
preventing discrimination in open
markets, and the law fixing maxi.
mum railroad rates on oil ship
ments.
ETERNAL VIGILANCE
l beg to report progress at this
time upon these splendid enact
ments. Preliminary steps have al
ready been taken for the establish
ment of the oil refinery at Peru,
and this work will be pushed with
all the vigor and power of the ad-
ministration. If discrimination is
now being practiced, it is the fault
of its victims, for the machinery of
the government is now ample for
their protection, and l am especi
cally glad to report to you that the
maximum freight rate is in actual
operation and has reduced the cost
of transportation of oil two-thirds
of its former cost. But the battle
is only begun. Let US remember
that "eternal vigilance is the price
of liberty" Let us proceed with
moderation. but with frmness,
knowing our rights and determined
to maintain them.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24
Missouri Elects a Rep Senator

missouri EleCtS a Rep senator
Last Saturday, the Republicans
of the Missouri legislature finally
got together and elected Major Wm.
Warner of Kansas City, an old
soldier, U. S. Senator. 1t took
them long time to do the right
thing In this matter, but they finally
got there on the 9th ballot.
1t is something new, of late years,
for Missouri to be represented in
the U. S. Senate by republican.
The change will doubtless be a
wholesome one. The halloting for
n,tor has been in progress
throughout the session of the legis
lature and the Republicans seemed
to become hopelessly divided on
the proposition till the Democrats
had hopes of reelecting Senator
Cockrell. Republican loyalty, how
ever, finally asserted itself and one
of the best men in Missouri for the
place, was selected. Missouri Re-
publicans made no mistake in their
choice of man for this important
place.
Mr.. Warner is man of ability
and strength of character, and stand
ing and wide experience. He will
make a senator of whom the state
may we'll be proud.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24
Colorado Has a Governor

The ENHANCEMENT over the COVER
norship of Colorado was happily
settled.
Peabody was declared elected,
took his seat and held it "a hours
and, by agreement, resigned, allow
ing the Republican Lieut.. Governor
to become Governor.
Msssers Peabody and Adams are
out.
A very happy solution of the diff
ficulty.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24

Twenty-four miners were killed as
a result of an explosion In the mines
at EhurmondS w. Va, Sunday,
March Io. Two explosions occur
red. Ten miners were killed in the
first explosion, and a rescuing party
consisting of fourteen men were
killed in the second explosion and
the after damp.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE

A boiler explosion occurred at
Brockton, Mass, Monday, in which
about one hundred persons lost their
lives. The ruins caught fire i'm
mediatefy after the explosion oc
Cured, and it was several hours be-
fore the flames could be extinguish-
ed. Four floors of the building col
lapsed in which four hundred men
and women were employed. The
explosion shook the entire city.
Over a hundred were wounded.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24

| have just quoted, and yet the Of
6cers of the Standard Oil company
declare that they have never had
rates or privileges that have not
been open and equal to all their
competitors.
The Hepburn report to the New
York assembly shows in one case
where the rate to the independent
refiners was $f15 and the rate to
the Standard Oil company was 3S
cents, and in another instance
where the rate was s1.4o per barrel
on crude oil to the Standard Oil
company, it was SSH cents.
An officer of the Standard Oil
company, in the case of Pennsyl-
vania VS.. the Pennsylvania railroad,
testified: Were you allowed re-
bate amounting to 64H cents per
barrel2" "No, SIR" Being ordered
10 produce the books of the com
pany, he was compelled to read
from the books, and there was re
bate of 64H cents per barrel to the
company.
CAMPBELL'S LICENSE JOKE
But the business ability of the
Standard Oil company has not been
confined to such trifling matters as
forcing favorable freight rates. The
testimony of the Hepburn report to
the New York assembly, and in the
case of Pennsylvania railroad, show
tnat the Standard Oil company, in
one year, through the device Of a
mstletoe company, demanded and
received from three trunk lines Of
railway more than 3 million dollars.
The money was forcibly taken from
them by collecting twenty-five and
one-half cents barrel on all oil re-
ceived and transported over the
road referred to. The traffic man
ager of the Pennsylvania railroad
testified on page 69I, Pennsylvania
vs., the Pennsylvania railroad. as
follows:
Q.-This twenty-five and one
half cents per barrel paid to the
American Transfer company (the
tool of the Standard OiD is not re-
stricted to oil passed through their
lines?
An o, sir, it is paid on all oil
received and transported by the
roa Is.
A license to steal could add moth
in: to such sagaclty and business
Oility.
Governor Hoch was warmly
cheered when he arose to speak.
He told the producers that Kansas
must eight it out" and that 'eter
nal vigilance was still the price of
liberty" He said:
NOT SOCIALISM
"My fellow citizens, let the issue
IN this state be clearly understood.
First let me say that this is not a
war upon the Standard Oil com
pany. 1t is war upon its methods.
Itis an attack upon its commercial
policies. 1t is not an attempt to
drive the Standard Oil company out
of the state. 1t is an attempt to
C, mpel it to be decent. The great
corporation has invested large sums
of money in this state. 1t is entir-
ely welcome here. We would not jeo
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24

pardize single dollar of its invest
ment, nor rob it of penny of legi-
innate profit. We do not protest
against its presence here. We dc
not envy it its prosperity. We
simply protest against monopoly
that would crush producers and
consumers alike between its upper
and neither mill stones and which
would absorb to its greedy self all
the vast reservoirs of wealth with
which the Almighty has endowed
this state and its people. And in
this contest we will put every dollar
of our material resources, every bit
of our manhood and womanhood,
and every particle of governmental
power, and we will fight it out on
this line regardless of difficulties or
temporary defeats until victory shall
finally crown our efforts.
Let me in the second place en-
phasize and reemphasize the state
ment l have repeatedly made hither-
to, that this is not sociaistic
movement, but the very reverse of
it. Thoroughly convinced by long
study and much thought that the
socialistic idea of government in
private business is radically wrong
| have entertained with caution any
and every proposition tending to-
ward governmental absorption of
business enterprises which can be
more wisely left to individual effort.
But do not propose to permit my
self to become confused with terms
ner mislead by false interpretations.
This oil refinery movement of ours,
| repeat, is not socialisuc move
ment. 1t has the semblance of
socialism, but its soul is that of
competition. 1t is not an attempt
to create a monopoly; iti is an at
tempt to destroy one.
ITS OWN UNDoING
In my judgement Mr.. Rockefeller,
and 1 mention him merely in his
representative capacity, is dsing
more to multiply socialists and make
socialism popular than all the pro-
fessional propagandists of that fas-
cinating fallacy in the United States
are doing. And the Standard Oil
company is, in its essential char
acter, the most gigantic socialistic
concern in the country. Its aim
and end is the aim and end of
socialism, the destruction of COM
petition, and in batting against it
we know that we are battling for
and not against the competitive sys
tenn, and no superficial alarmists
can convince us to the contrary. If
we succeed in this movement, and
believe we will, independent re-
fneries will spring up like magic,
welcome and fostered by the state,
and when they shall have increased
in number and in productive pos
sibllity so that they can stand alone
and compete in the open market
with every competitor the state will
be glad to close its refinery and
leave this business to private enter
prise, where it legitimstely belongs.
In conclusion, nv fellow citizens,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24
THE OIL MEETING

Inc oil producers meeting al
Independence, last Saturday, was
well attended. A very large crowd
assembled in the auditorium and
listened to speeches by prominent
men.
Gov. Hoeh and Cong. Campbell
were there and made speeches as
did number of other distinguished
visitors. Ida NJ. Tarbell the noted
writer against Standard methods
was present but declined to- talk.
A letter from her, however, giving
her views on the conditions, was
read. Congressman Campbell made
very telling speech which we give
below:
CAMPBELL PRODUCES FACTS
Page Al and following pages OF
the testimony in the investigation OF
the secretary of internal affairs of
the state of Pennsy lvania, and pages
100, 2o4 and 273 and following
pages in the case ofPennsylvania VS.
the Pennsylvania railroad, relate
inH news of independent producers
viii The president of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. The producer:
eff we should ship as much (refer'
ring to the Standard will you give
US as low freight rates?" The traf-
fc ms ger: emo" The pro
ducer; We have been shipping
over the Pennsylvania railroad, and
why can we not continue2" The
traffic manager: "It would make
them (the Standard) mad. l think
you ought to fix it up with them"
Being unable to get satisfactory
rate from the traffic manager, the
Independents applied to the pre-
sident of the road, and his reply
was, "You had better arrange with
the Standard Oil company. | do
not want to get into any trouble with
them. l will do all in my power to
briag it about" eff we ship the
same amount of oil, can we have
the same rate9" The president:
"No." The producer: "If you
have not cars enough, will you, if
we blild cars, haul them?" "rhe
president: "No. You will not
have any peace or prosperity until
you make terms with them" " The
president of the Pennsylvania rail
road then offered his services to the
independents to intercede with the
s >ndard Oil company to get trans
portation over his own road for hi :
own customers. Seeing the COM
mon carriers In such merciess
grasps, our sympathles at once 60
out to the railroadi, the stockhold-
ers, officers, employees and patrons.
DO THEY CARE FOR THE TRUTH
In Pennsylvania VS.. The Pennsyl-
vania railroad, pages 725 and 726,
the third vice president and traffic
manager of that road testified: II
stated to the outside retiners that we
would make lower rates 10 the Stan
dard OIL Co. than to any one else.
We declined to let them (the lndepen
dents) have cars of their own on the
road" His evidence covers seven
ty-six pages, and in that he verifies,
in toto, the interview with himself,
and the president of the road, that
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24

Caldwell drillers claim to have
discovered a bed of salt 68 feet
thick near that city. They are drill
ling for oil or gas and will 60. ON
down.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-03-24

Kuropatkin has been sent home
from Manchuria in disgrace. The
Russians do no: seem to appreciate
his skill as a retreater.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-23
Encourage Corn Production.

The Observer man noticed at Utopi
the other day that Mr. Walter I. Her
bert had go large fields near his resi-
dence planted in corn and cotton two
rows of corn alternating with two rows
of cotton. He says he got the idea
from some letters written to the News
and Courier by Alfred P Aldrich.
Mr.. Herbert tried this in one or two
fields last year, and was so convinced
that it is good thing that be repeat
ed it this year on a larger scale. Ee
says be has about two hundred bushels
of corn from last years crop that he
would not have had but for this plan.
One of its best recommendations is
that it encourages the raising of more
corn
The rows are planted four feet apart
in both corn and cotton. The plan IS
of no special benefit except on rich
land. where the cotton and corn have
good deal of weed aud stalk. The
corn. not being shaded by other corn
on either side of it, has a better
chance to grow, and gets good start
while the cotton is small. Then the
cotton has better chance to get the
sunshine, especially after The fodder is
stripped from the corn and consequent
ly it opens better On rich land the
trouble is to get the cotton to open.
This plan remedies that to large ex-
tent. It certaiuly adds to the qua nti-
ty of both corn and cotton on rich
land.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-23
RECOGNITION OF JEWS.
Russian Ministers Decide to Permit
Certain Glasses to Be Candidates
for National Assembly.

st. Petersburg, August 16.-It has
been decided by the ministerial coun-
ell to permit certain classes of Jews
to stand for election for the pro-
posed national assembly. This is one
of the results of the pressure being
brought to bear by rich Jews in
America to secure reforms which
will better the condition Of their CO.
religionists in Russia. The relation
ship between the representative as
sembly and the state council will be
similar to that which exists between
the house Of representatives and the
senate in the United States Congress
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-23

raised to that bad eminence? A
wise solution of the liquor problem
is one thing; the dispensary is an
other.
I have very little political ambi-
ton, and no taste for public contro-
versy. You need not remind me
that it is none of my business to take
care of your reputation. I know
that. But in a quiet way I have for
many years been doing my best,
little as it may have been, to develop
strong, clean, brave manhood in this
State, and it saddens me to feel that
you are about to let pride Of opinion
and the fervor of debate stand in the
way Of fair and open test Of great
moral question. The people do not
need advice, they need free oppor-
tunity to vote Respectfully.
George B. Cromer.
Newberry, August IL, 1905.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-23

Mr.. Henry's declaration that the
columns of any paper in the state, with
the editors implied endorsement OF
the matter printed therein in the in
terest of the dispensary, could have
been bought just as those of the Spar
tanburg Journal we're, is an.unworthy
reflection upon the press of the state.
We were really surprised that the
snace of the Journal was available on
such terms, and therefore will not as
sert that any ether paper in South
Carolina would spurn such an offer,
but we are sure that many Of them
would. Many of them will not accept
an advertisement of the liquor traffic
at any price, even in their advertising
colums, where the advertiser assumes
responsibility and the editor disclaims
it.-Chester Lantern.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-23
A Touching Story

Is the saving from death, OF he ba-
by girl Of Geo. A. Eyler, Cumberland,
Nd. He writes: At the age of II
months, our little girl was in declin-
ing health, with serious throat trou-
BILE, and two physicians gave her up.
We were almost in despair, when We
resolved to try DR.. Kings New Dis
overy for consumption, coughs and
colds. The first bottle gave relief;
after taking four bottles she was
cured, and is now in perfect health" :"
Never fails to relieve and cure a
cough or cold. At all druggists; soc.
and 81, guaranteed. Trial bottles
free.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-23
The Only Way.

*There is no way to maintain the
health ancSstrength of mind and
body except by nourishment. There
is no way to nourish except through,
the stomach. The stomach must be
kept healthy, pure and sweet or the
strength will let down and diseas:
will set up. No appetite, loss OF
strength, nervousness, headache
constipation, bad breath, sour risings
rifting, indigestion, dyspepsia and ali
stomach troubles that are durable are
quickly cured by the use of Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure. Kodol digests what
you eat and strengthens the whole
digestive apparatus. Sold by all
druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-23
a Warming to Mothers.

Too much care cannot be taken
with small children during the hot
weather of the summer months to
guard against bowel troubles AS a
rule it is only necessary to give a
child a dose of castor oil to correct
any disorder Of the bowels. Do not
use any substitute, but give the old
fashioned castor oil, and see that it
is fresh, as rancid oil nauseates and
has tendency to gripe. If this does
not check the bowels give Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy and then a dose Of castor
oil. and the disease may be checked in
its incipiency and all danger avoid
ed. The castor Oil and this remedy
should be procured at once and kept
ready for instant use as soon as the
first indication of any bowel trouble
appears This is the most successful
treatment known and may be relied
upon with implicit confidence even in
cases of cholera infantum. For sale
by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-23

Newberry, August IL, 1905.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-23
Nothing on the Market Equal to
Chamberlain's Cole, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy.

This fact is we'll known to druggists
everywhere, and nine out Of ten will
give their customers this preparation
when the best is asked for. Mr.. ODE
Wilmer, a prominent druggist of Jop-
lin, Mo-, in circular to his custom
ers, says. '"There is nothing on the
market in the way Of patent medi-
cine which equals Chamberlain $
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
for bowel complaints. We sell and
recommend this preparation" For
sale by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-23
They Appeal to Our sympathies.

They appeal TO Our SympathleS.
The bilious and dyspeptic are con-
slant sufferers and appeal to our
sympathies. There is not one Of
them, however, who may not
be brought back to health and
happiness by the use of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
These tablets invigorate the stomach
and liver annd strengthens the diges-
ton. They also regulate the bowels.
For sale by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-23

A little fore thought may save you
no end Of trouble. Anyone who
makes it a rule to keep Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy at hand knows this to be q
fact. For sale by all druggists.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-23

The Hartsville friends of Col. j. J.
DargaI want the State to send him
to the worlds peace congress in
Lucerne. Switzerland. e.s-s :,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-23
1t Cannot Help You.

Senator Tillman, the dispensary
system cannot help you, and you can
help it only temporarily. 1t is
wrong in principle and corrupt in
practice, and it's doom has been writ
ten. BY throwing your powerful in
fuence against the present agitation
you may save the dispensary for a
while, but it is tottering and must
fall. 1t is fortunate for you that
your reputation rests upon achieve
ments that will endure. You recall,
do you not, the desire of Jefferson
that his epitaph should remind pos
terity that he was author of the Dec
laration Of Independence, and the
bill Of religious liberty, and the ia
ther of the University Of Virginia.
And so his name is handed down,
riveted to civil liberty, and religious
liberty and higher education, three
things that can never depart from
the earth or from the love of men.
And you, what would you be remem-
bered by? There is Winthrop and
there is Clemson; we'll may your
heart swell with honorable pride.
And there isl will not name the
third thing. What true friend would
link your name with the dispensary? :?
What bitter enemy could desire a
worse fate for You than to haze YOU
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-08-23

Bob Smith, a negro who killed a
negro in York county in 1889 was CAP
tured at Glover, York county, on Sat
urday.
Miss Pearl Herbert has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Saluda, S. G.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-23
Marks MONTHLY Sale.

The Mark Horse company's great
monthly sale will be held in Prince.
ton on Saturday, Dec. 2. At this
auction 200 head of native and west
ern heavy horses weighing from l, 500
to 1,70O pounds will be offered and a
number of fine coach horses, drivers,
saddle horses and colts; 200 head of
prime mich. COWS, springers, beef
cattle, feeders and young stock. All
stock sold either for cash or on time
to suit purchaser. Harness, sleds,
wagons, buggies. etc.
You can usually find what you are
looking for at Marks auction sales.
If you have anything to sell bring
it in, whether live stock, agricultural
implements or sundries.
E. Mark will personally conduct the
sale.
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fever. This is proven by the treat
ment, simply injecting air into the i'd
der and filling it, causes nature to
cease its draw on the system of the
COW and you have the relief at once.
1t is very seldom that young calf
will draw all the milk from a fresh
COW, and if he does it shows that the
COW is very light secretor of milk
and the udder is small, consequently
the draw on the system is light. AL
most always the COW that has milk
fever is the one that gives large
quantity of milk.
II the afterbirth does not come in
side of "a hours after calving it should
be removed by some person skilled
in that kind of work. After few
days the cows feed can be increased,
and as the Inflammation leaves the I'D
der her feed can be increased until a
full ration is reached. This will u.s.
ually be from ten days to two weeks.
A good COW will increase on her
milk for about 30 days, when she will
be at her best. -.
Great care must be taken before
COWS freshen to see that they are
properly nourished so that a full de-
velopment of the udder will take
place. 1t is very easy to let them
rustic and tramp around over the
farm, taking nip of weed here, and
bite of old frost bitten grass there,
but this will not prepare them for
work. The preparation has a good
deal to do with the success of the next
years work.-L. A. Sweet in Dairy
Record.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-11-23

Church Topics ~ X,
i. i. j. Sunday and Weekday
Announcements.
METHODIST.

METHODIST.
Morning 1920, THE Pillar of
Cloud and Fire;'' ll:45 a. NJ. Sunday
school; 6:45 p. NJ, Epworth League;
1870 p. ~, "The Search for God, ?
Prayer meeting Thursday evening.
CONGREGATIONAL
Morning theme 1870, Winning Men
to Christi" ll:45 a. H., Sunday
school. Evening theme 1880, s:The
Making of a Man" Prayer meeting
Thursday evening at 1880. We invite
the public to worship with us.
EPISCOPAL.
Rev. Shore will conduct the usual
services in the G.. A. E. hall on Sun
day.