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The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1907-12-25

ton on this matter and it would
be the wiser course for the country
merchants to use their influence
to get Law favorable to them
selves rather than to oppose it en-
tirely. For instance, it is now
easily within the gift of this gov
eminent to grant the people a one
cent. four ounce postage rate on all
mailable matter, sealed or unsealed,
with a weight limit Of not less than
eleven pounds, leaving the second
class matter as it now stands at one
cent per pound. In connection
with this rate for the whole coun-
try there should be special rates for
business that went through only
one Office or to or from one rural
route about. as follows: s..
Parcels up to 1-2 lb., 1c; parcels
over 1-2 lb. and up to ] b., &c;
parcels over | lb. and up to 2 lbs,
&c., parcels over 2 lbs and up to
a lbs, SC; parcels over A lbs. and
up to II lbs, &C.; parcels over IL
lbs. and UP to 80 lbs. (half busheD
10 cts; parcels over 30 lbs. and up
to so lbs. (busheD, Is cts; parcels
over SO lbs. and up to 100 lbs. (half
barreD, 20 cts; parcels over 100
lbs. and up to 200 lbs. (barrel), 25c.
No package over 200 pounds
or over four feet long carried. It
is easily seen what a benefit such
law would be to the country mer-
chants in every town and hamlet in
America, while it would save many
millions Of dollars in time and mon
ey to the people. J. B. Creswell,
in Jeffersonian.
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WHAT ONE BANK DID.

Editor Co-Operator:: We are
still in line with the orders given
out by our leaders and officers Of
our noble Order.
I'VE have in Gonzales County
about six hundred bales Of cotton
stored in different ware houses over
the county. And it is put there
with the determination tON let il
stay there for the minimum Nrice.
Our banks are treating us 81 NY.
| know OF one case where a
put in a bank here So, 500 one J WY eS1.s,-
ing to pay off a land note nert
morning When he came nert
morning to turn over the money Il
could get but S25 of it. Is this fa;,.9.
II it had not been for good pr;va !.
people that man would have Ios
his home.
Our Local is strictly opposed sa
our organization meddling II anf,
body elses business. Om I,oc..
voted against State AGENT s.
that account.
AUeUsT JUNGERMAN
Cost, Texas.
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Shall the Home Merchant
Be PatrOnized?

I.It is stated that two mail order
houses in the city of Chicago did a
business Of $4,000, 900 last year.
This is another fair sample of mon
opoly swallowing up the business of
the country. This monopoly is fos-
tered almost entirely by members
and non-members Of trades unions,
who buy their tools from such
houses; by farmers who buy many
articles that they use. Taking for
granted as a matter of argu-
ment, that perhaps at times,
some small sum Of money
might be saved on a pur-
chase for which the farmer or other
buyer must pay before he sees the
goods, can any member Of any so
ciety orin fact, in the United States,
afford not to patronize his local
merchants2
In the building OF any vast busi-
ness, whether it be tobacco trust
an oil trust, or a merchandise trust
those who assist in the building
of such vast aggregations Of wealth
by patronizing it, will find the day
when that power is turned on them,
and they will lose more than they
have gained.
By sending the money away from
home, the person who patronizes the
mail order house impoverishes his
local merchant; prevents his local
merchant from bringing on well-as-
sorted stocks or large stocks of mer-
chandise; prevents the local mer-
chant from employing more help,
which usually comes from the ranks
of his patrons; prevents his local
merchant from assisting worthy To-
cal enterprises, either the church,
lodge, factory, or political move
ments, that are nearly always for
the benefit Of the local community.
1t prevents the growth of popuIa-
ton in the community in which is
lives the patron Of the mail order
house, and in that way reduces the
value Of land, in which the farmer,
in particular, is Interested. The
greater number Of people in the
community, the better the price of
the land.
BY patronizing the mail order
houses, the person patronizing such
houses is often deprived Of the privi-
lege Of buying many articles that he
needs Immediately that would be of
great benefit to him, and whose cost
could probably be saved many
times over if he could but be sup
piled at once
BY refusing and failing to buy
from his local dealer he loses>the op-
portunity Of buying goods that he
actually sees, and where he could
pick out the best and cheapest.
1t is a weIl-known fact that mail
order houses get the most Of their
business based on low priced goods,
and when a low price is named, in /
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Parcel Post and Rural
Merchants.

There seems to be only two
objections to our having a parcels
post in this country, the same as
the people of other civilized coun-
tries have. One is that it will cut
the profits of the express compa-
nies, the other that it will iniure
the country merchant by making
it easire to send away to the large
mail order houses for goods. The
first is probably true, but as it is
said that the express companies
now make net profit Of about 200
per cent. on their actual invest
ment, we fancy that the people
will not mind greatly if they can
save some of this unreasonable
profit to themselves by sending
their packages through the mails
at one-fourth to one-half what the
express companies charge. The
second reason is more worthy of
consideration, as it undoubtedly
would be unwise to pass any law
that would seriously injure the mer-
chants of the country towns. But
would a parcels post injure the
merchants2 Some merchants
so, others not.
ANY competition Of the mail or
der houses that can injure home
merchants to any extent worth con
sidering is and always will be al
freight business. | have yet to-
hear ola merchant who objected to
freight rates being lowered because
it would make it easier for people
to send away from home for goods.
1t is just as illogical to oppose a
reduction Of postal or express rates
as it would be to oppose a reduction
of freight rates. The merchants
will be large users of the parcels
post, and the benefit that they reap
from cheap rates will vastly out
weigh any profit they may lose on
business sent away from home. "A
parcels post will save nymilions
of dollars to the people and they
are demanding it in no uncertain
tones. | have been reliably in
formed that the chairman of the
house postal committee has said
that the postal reformers" can
count on his aid in the Goth CON
gress, now assembled.
Olly a very few days ago / was
very forcibly reminded Of our need
Of such a post when / was compelled
to pay S1.O0 on a pound par
eel from Philadelphia and the same
amount on six pound box from
Boston OF course no one doubts
but that the government could have
carried these packages for 28 and
IA cents, respectively. at a profit.
1t seems a good deal like being
robbed to have to pay $500 for hav-
ing 81 cents worth of work done.
1t looks now very much as If Con
greSs will be compelled to take ac-
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variably, low class goods are fur
nished.
1t is also d weH-known fact thai
mail order houses buy second class
ndgoods of low quality. AS a rule, OF
course, they keep some standard
goods that they offer at less than
legitimate profit, which blinds the
mail order house customer and
makes him believe that everything
the mail order house offers is good
quality and low in price, which,
Of course, is not true.
1t behooveS every person, wheth
er he be farmer, mechanic, profes-
sional man or capitalist, to buy ev-
erything that he needs from his
local merchant when it is possible
to do it; ~ do everything.he can to
encourage the local trade and To-
cal manufacturers. The sympathy
OF your own people is a thing much
to be desired and very much needed.
1t is fact, and can be proven,
that many former successful mer-
chants in communities that were
prosperous previous to the advent
of the mail order houses,
have been banlrupted and
reduced to poverty, and the people
in such communities can get
only the bare necessities, and have
to make frequent trips to nearby
towns in order to make selections
that they formerly could obtain at
home from their local lmerchants.
| appeal to all persons to patron
ize their local merchants always,
and to never let the small differ
ence in price on a few articles stand
in the way Of patronizing the local
merchant, for in the communities
in which the farmer, in particular,
as well as the mechanic, professional
man, and capitalist reside, the val
lie of real estate will be reduced
and in the items OF butter, eggs,
live stock, fruits, and veg,
the farmer will lose more
by being deprived of a market for
such produce close to home, for
these things that probably would
otherwise go to waste, than any
small difference he might pay his
local merchant or local manHfac-
turer for their goods, wares, or
q Is j Ii ~. !.
.Is it consistent to undertake to
fight the trusts with one hand, the
trusts that have reduced the price
Of labor and farm produce to such
an extent that your calling is the
poorest paid in the land, and help
the trusts with the other hand,
because these trusts are willing to
sell to you in some instances at a
price slightly lower than your local
merchant can sell the goods to you
ior and get a living pro6t2 Up-to
late Farming
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SYSTEM OF NATIONAL BANK S
DOES NOT HELP FAR
MERS. SAYS PEEK.

/ MERS, SA y PEEK.
Mr.. Editor: Is there no help ol
relief for those who till the soil
Half the cotton crop has beer
ginned and not one dollar can the
farmers get advanced on their cot
ton. Money is easy to get for buy
ing cotton, but not a dollar can be
advanced to the farmers to hold
their cotton for better prices. Many
farmers are compelled to sell and
sacrifice their cotton for starvation
prices when every intelligent man
knows that manufacturers and
spinners are basing the output Of
their mills and factories on Is to
20 cents cotton and all commercial
products are also on a basis Of
these prices.
That the demand for the raw
cotton is far in excess of the supply
is now well established fact, yet
the man who produces it can not
get a dollar on it except, probably,
in a few small localities. No adj
vances Is the general rule. There
is a cause for this state Of affairs
which forces honest toilers to part
with the greatest money crop in
the world for prices not authorized
by commercial laws, or by the law
of supply and demand. It is not
all the fault Of the speculator for
any man with money on the inside
where he can get money dished out
to him to speculate with will take
chances when he is assured by the
men holding the bag that he can
make two for one with a wink that
they will divide the profits.
Back of all this discrimination
against the producers Of the wealth
of our country is the powers that
ought to be our protectors the
men who make our laws.
Oar money system is the most
discriminating known to civihza-
tion. 1t was conceived and brought
forth for the purpose of increas-
ing the power of the wealthy, and
sapping the strength Of the poor;
for the purpose of creating and
maintaining a moneyed aristocra-
cy and subjugating those who create
the wealth Of the land. Our ma
tional banking system is too one
sided. 1t is full of injustice from
beginning to end, and has been
allowed to exist by those law max
ers whose fame is not written with
a pen of gold on pictures Of silver,
but in the fortunes Of the few, with
the blood Of the producer Of this
great commonwealth, and God can
only forecast what is to come when
they establish the asset currency
system a thing to be looked for,
IS the same fellows are still making
our laws.
Banking not on the wealth but
N the poverty of these great United
States and will continue to do SO
IS long as we continue to dig bitches
n other countries and endorse the
'ailroad bonds Of all who want to
ouild roads in the Philippine Is
A;..I
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The Red Cloud chief., 1907-08-09

me was murdered. You, too, would
have been killed If you had found any
thing out"
He would have answered her lightly,
but the memory of Mile. Flossie lying
dead upon the bed i'm that gloomy little
room suddenly rose up before him, and
the words died away upon his lips. He
was silent for Il moment and glanced
again at his watch. 1t wanted only five
minutes to 10. He came and leaned
over her chair.
phyllis" he said, "what am | to do
about you? l cannot let you go ou of
my life like this. No, you must listen
to me for n moment. When Pelham
sent for me after you had disappeared
he showed me your picture. l am not
exactly the sort of man of whom
knight Grants are made. / have never
gone a mile out of my way to meet
any oma In my life. My life here
has seemed of all things the best to me.
l nm a dull, unambitious sort of fellow,
you know, since | settled down here,
and | expected to go on for the rest OF
my days pretty much i'm the same way.
And yet when Pelham showed me your
picture it was different. l made him
give it up to me l told him-liar that
l was-that l could not carry the men,
DRY of your face in my mind when 1t
was already engraven in my heart.
And l went off to Paris, Phyllis, like
the veriest Don QuiXote, and l came
back very sad indeed when | could not
find you. Then you came to Runton
House and the trouble began. l did
not care who you were, Phyllis Poyn-
ton, Sibyl Fielding or anybody else. l
let the others dispute. You were your
self, ana | love you, dear. Now do you
understand why | cannot let you go
away like thls!'
He had both her hands in his now
but her face was turned away. Then,
without any warning, there came a
soft rapping at the door which led into
the library,
Duncombe reached ii In a couple of
strides. lie opened 1t cautiously and
found Spencer standing there.
ITo BE Continued 4
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-08-09

galaxy of fools behind me. They've
made the pages of history interesting.
They've been the butt always of wiser
men such as YOU, Spencer. The girl in
that room may he Phyllis Poynton or
the worst adventures who ever lied
her way through the mazes of intrigue,
but | love her! She's in my life. a part
of it. If / lose her-well, you know
what life Is like when the flame has
gone and only the embers burn
Spencer nodded very softly.
THAT Is sufficient he said. "You
speak of things which l myself do not
understand, but that is nothing. l
know that they exist. But
"WellI'
"But what about Pelham"
Duncombe's face cloudcd over.
pelham has no prior claim" he an
swered. AS soon as she Is safe he
shall know the whole truth. | would
tell him Mt this moment but that | am
a little afraid of him. He would never
understand rs we can the intricacy of
the situation. And now-to the pro-
safe"
He rang the bell.
'GroveS,' he told the butler, 81 am
hungry. Bring me in anything you can
rake up for supper on Il tray and n pint
of champagne"
Spencer raised his eyebrows and
smiled. Duncombe nodded.
For her, of course" he said. II am
going to take it in, and l want you to
stay here. 1t Is past IL O'Clock al
ready"
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-08-09

WI i's'>
SO pleased to see any one in all
III my life. | IA wondering when
ever it would occur to you that
l was starving"
He set the tray down for her, placed
a chair in front of the table and busted
himself opening the wine. All the time
he was looking ut her.
whatever have you been doing to
YOURSELF" he asked ut length.
She laughed softly.
"Oh. | had TO amuse myself some
how" she answered. 1--WE done my hair
a new way. r~carranged all my Orna-
ments, and really | don't think n man
has a right to such n delightful mani
cure set. l felt terribly nervous in the
lavatory, though. | could hear some
one in the billiard room all the time"
That's all right" he declared. I've
locked the door there and have the
key in my pocket. No II can get in
from that side"
"Please talk and don't watch me-"
she begged. I'm ashamed to be 80
hungry"
He smiled and helped her to some
more chicken. If he talked he was
scarcely conscious of what he said.
All the time his eyes kept %straying
toward her. She had taken off her
jacket and was dressed simply enough
in a blouse of some soft white mate
rial and Il dark skirt. Everything,
from the ornaments mt her neck, the
dull metal waist band and the trim
shoes, seemed to him to be carefully
chosen and the best of their sort. She
wore no rings, and her fingers had the
rosy pinkness of health. If she had
seemed graceful to him before in the
drawing room of Runton House and
surrounded by some of the most beau.
tiful women in the country, II seem
ed more than ever so now seated in
the somewhat worn chair of his little
studio. The color, too, seemed to have
come back to her cheeks. She seemed
to have regained In some measure her
glrlishness. Her eyes We're ever ready
to laugh into his. She chatted away
as though the world, after all, contained
nothing more serious for her than for
any other girl. Duncombe hated to
strike another note, yet he knew that
, sooner or later 1t must be done.
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-08-09

capacity for enjoyment. What induces
you TO risk your life in an adventure
Of this sortr You see, I don't mince
words
Then Duncombc became grave. Ills
face fell into firm, hard lines, yet as he
,pokc there was something boyish
shout his expression.
at Is Il fair question" he answered.
'You won't understand me. ! don't
understand myself. I've a brilliant
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-08-09

RHEUMATISM CURED l DAY.
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and Nsrra,o,s
,auicaIiy cures IN to ), days. Its action upon
removes at oncs the cause aud the sises, " M
msdiatsiy disappears. The first dose rres.I.
druggist, Red Cloud. ~ I'uhick,
The Red Cloud chief., 1907-08-09
CHAPTER XXIII.

"Y WAS never" she declared, 'quite
so pleased to see any one in all
III my life. | was wondering when
nVnr IL NynulJ nnnil. IN won tbot
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-04-25
Second and Third Regiments Going
to Jamestown.

At at conference OF the officers of
the North Carolina National Guard
at Raleigh on the 18th, it was
definitely decided that the Second
and Third regiments will be sent to
jamestown, to spend North Carolina
week at the Exposition August 18th
to 10Th, inclusive, accompanying the
Governor and his staff and that the
First Regiment will he sent to the
State rifle range at Morehead City
for practice five days at the same
time, going from there to the Expo
sition and spending the last three
days with the other troops. The de-
tails OF the movements will be made
known for the information OF he
Guard later.
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Resolutions Adopted by Vance
Coantv Medical Society.

At netting of the Vance County
Medical Society held April 10Th, the
following resolutions were unani
mOusly adopted:
Resolved, That in the removal of DR..
George A. Coggeshall from Henderson
the Vance County Medical Society loses
one Of it's most valued members-one
who has always been alive to the best
interests of the Society and has given
freely and cheerfully Of his time and tai
ents to its upbuilding We trust we
may often have him with us in our meet
ings and pray Gods richest blessing
upon him and his.
Resolved, That a copy of these reso-
lutions be sent to DR.. Coggeshall, the
GOLD LEAF and Public Ledger, with re-
quest to publish, and that they be also
spread upon the minutes of this Society.
F. r. HARRIS, NJ. D..
r. J. GILL, Nj. d.,
J. II. TUCKER, NJ. D.
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The South.
FarTnyille fNa Herald.

Farmyille fva) Herald.
Tie gifted Grady reminds the
world that for the first Ga years OF
the republic the South furnished the
presidents for % years.
Its statesmen demanded the war OF
1912, opened it with but five North
ern Senators supporting it, and It's
General Jackson. won the decisive
battle Of New Orleans. II was II
Southern statesman who added the
Louisiana territory OF more than
900. 900 square miles to our do
main. Under n Southern statesman
Florida was acquired from Spain.
Against the opposition OF the free
States the Southern influence forced
the war with Mexico and annexed
the superb empire of Texas. brought
in Mex Mexico and opened the gates
of the republic to the Pacific. Scott
and Taylor the heroes OF the Mexican
war, were Southern men. III mater
ial ASH political affairs the old South
was na>terful. The first important
railroad operated in America ira
FtISEu tdjDIlild- lie IfSI Steamer
that crossed the ocean cleared from
Savannah. The first college estab-
liSUed for girls opened in GeOrgia.
No naturalist has surpassed AuIu
bon, no geOGrapher equalled Maurv.
and Sims aud Mcdonald led tn"
world on surgery in their respective
lines. 1t was Crawford Long OF
Geor2in, who gave to the world the
priceless blessing OF anaesthesin.
In 1860 Mr.. Lincoln said. 'if We let
the South 70 where should we get
Our revenuos?"
And yet this section OF the common
country SO great in the past and even
greater now at least in things mater
ial, Mr Roosevelt utterly ignores rs
being member o. the family Of
States.
Far back in the days ofKing David
it was said that the ruler of a peo-
pie should be Just" The conduct of
Mr.. Roosevelt in this regard is gross
injustice
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State Federation of Women's Clubs
Wilmington Messenger.

Wilmington Messenger
An interesting occasion ofthpweek
Will be the annual convention of the
North Carolina Federation of Wo.
mems clubs to be held on Tuesday.
ednesday and Thursday i'm this
city. y large number OF the most
prominent ladies III the State will
come as delegates and they will be
entertained by the various members
OF the SorOsis, who will act as hosts
oil the occasion. \ large number OF
social functions have been planned in
honor OF the visitors. The chief
events, winch are noted on the pro-
gram, aside from the regular trans
action OF business will he a reception
10 the Federation on Tuesday even
ING at $50 10y the Sorosis: a trolley
ride to Nrlghtsville Beach, with y
stop at the Carolina Yacht club on
ednesday afternoon: a musicale at
the Wilmington city library on We'd
HeSday night; a trip on the Cape
ear river ON the steamer Whining
ION, rendered by Captain Harper
on Thursday afternoon and a bio
reception III the Masonic temple bali
room that night. Each day during
the convention a luncheon will be
gwen tie visitors in the Masonic
temple.