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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-10-21

during the last seventy five days
of its gro with, or at the rate OF
% 5 inches of water month.
This is III addition 10 evapora-
,ion from the soil, which, even
with the retarding influence of
dust mulch, will amount 10
several inches each mouth in
midsummer. In case the land
is plowed only 3 or 4 inches deep,
though thoroughly pulverized,
it will store an amount of mois-
ture entitely insufficient TO sup.
ply crop requirements in any
protracled drought. These shall.
low and generally poorly pre-
pared seed beds are the princi.
pal cause of the low corn yields,
in the South, and they affect the
cotton Yields similarly, but not
so much, because cotton is more
drought-resistiDg plant than
corn. If planting is done at all,
1T is folly to prepare seed bed
so shallow as to bring about the
almost total loss of the crop some
years and reduced crop every
year.
Many farmers plow or cult
vate their cora nearly as deeply
as they break their land in pre-.
pairing seed bed; this leaves no
space ior roofs in the pulverized
aud aired soil. Roots occupy a
large space. If all the roots OF
single vigorous cornstal& were
placed end to end they would
reach more than a mile, and if
allowed by the blowing they
will fill the soil 10 considerable
depth and feed In all portions of
it.
AT the Wisconsin Agricultural
Experiment Station it is found
that when corn was 3 feet nigh
the roots had penetrated the soil
tog ? feet and thoroughly occu-
pied it. AT maturity The roots
were 4 feet deep. At this time
the upper latterals were about
4 Inches from the surface.
WHAT is DEEP FLOWING?
Flowing 3, 4, 5, or 6 inches
deep is only common blowing
In our Instructions nothing less
than s inches is considered
deep" blowing. We are not
advocating a single piowing OF 8
inches in depth once in two or
three years, but the preparation
OF an 8 inch seed bed thoroughly
ruIverlzed and filled with hu.
mus. 1t shOu d be plowed ana
cross pIowed to that depth, or il
cross pIowIng can not be safely
done on account OF hill, then i
shou.d be p.owed twice ia toe
same direction and disked
thoroughly OF the smoothing
h 'rrow repeate iIy used.
Always plow in the fall before
the win'er rains set in; the ear.
lier after the first of October the
better. Always use cover crop
OF oats, b riley. wheat, or rye, il
possible Every observant far
mer has noted that seeds germi
nate more quickly and ina
plants grow more rapidly on
lal breaking than on spring
breaking. FaIl piowing renders
more plant i"ol ready for usa,
while the prep ,ration OF the Land
in The fall save, WORK in the
spring, when everything on the
farm Is croWling. cover crop
Is a net gain 1t keeps the soil
trom wa'hing, 1t u,llizes thu
plant food that Otherwise might
escape into The air, and it I'D Is
humus. The soil is improved by
the crop and winter grazing j.,
provided. In bowed land tEe
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24
CITRUS INDUSTRY

N EMOCRATS are in favor of tariff
ID reform, but not of tarin destruc-
~ tion. Therefore, no native prod
ucts which are the subjects Of popular
industry will be placed on the free list.
The position of Mr.. Bryan and the
Democratic party with regard to the
citrus fruit industry is patriotic and
sensible. The candidate is not in favor
Of any so-called reform" which would
lnjure industry. In fact, revision wouid
be made for the purpose of giving the
American producer and the American
purchaser a square deal. 1t certainly
is not proposed and never was pro-
posed, Is not intended and never was
intended by Mr.. Bryan or the Democ-
racy to take the tariff off citrus fruits
and place California in competition
in the east with the older citrus grow
ing countries, with the disadvantage
which would be produced by the differ
ence between water freight and raii-
road freight.
The Democracy is heartily in favor
of giving encouragement and protec-
ton to the California fruit industry
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24
THINKS personal LIBERTY"
WOULD ABOLISH ALL LAWS

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23-[Editor
Herald1: ] infer from the writings of
T. K. G. that he would abolish all
laws, for 1t would be just as easy for
the police to obtain hush money from
gang of holdup men, or any other
lawbreakers, as from opium dens,
gambling dens, etc. Therefore, accord
ing to 4. K. G., we should have no law
worse than the disease" Then, too,
personal liberty to try to enforce laws
against the practice of their profession.
A few days ago a Mr.. Horning was
sent to the penitentiary just because
he had been mixed UP in some holdups.
T. K. G. must have been very indig-
nant at that. Another man was sent
to prison just because he wrote some
obscene lines on postal card. An
other mans liberty interfered with.
Another had his liberty interfered with
just because he felt like shooting his
brother.
T. K. @. Is a great advocate of per-
soaal liberty, but 1 gather from his
past letters that he thinks the male
sex alone is entitled to personal liberty.
He thinks the, women should be gov
erned by the men and enslaved by
them. even denying them the right to
voice in the government. There is
one woman, however, I should think
he would respect, and that Is Miss
Emma Goldman, for she believes and
teaches that we should "all do just
what we want to, when we want to-"
B. M. #.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24
GATHERING GOLD

BY w. SINCLAIR CREIGHTON
From the populous Island Manhattan
All the way to Golden Gate,
The millions are toilins to fatten
The trusts on the tariff grown great.
Gathering. gathering gold.
Wrung by the tariff from you.
Gathering gold from the young and old.
All for the lordly few.
The trust barons revel in epiendor.
Protected by grim "Uncle soe."
While labor is forced to stfrender
A cut on it's wages low.
Gathering. gathering gold,
This merciless. cunning crow.
Gathering gold like Tarifa old.
All for the lordly few.
Injunction Taft talks lots Of "taffy."
And Sherman is dubbed "shear-men Jim"
But tho unions have never gone ''daffy."
Their vengeance Is gathering vim,
For Gompers and Mitchell have weighed
And tried them in balances true.
''wantlngr is written, and they arrayed
Both with the lordly few.
o millions arise. awalkeni
Your captains have come at lash
The ram2arts OF Tariff are shaken
At the sound of their bugle blast.
Bryan, the faithful and boIdl
John Kern. the trusted and true, -
Champions old. unbought by gold.
Gold OF tho lordy few.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24
WEATHER

N HERE has been conslderaoie
weather recently. The official OBJ
II server has been kept busy eX-
planning the things that have happened
After this he will word his forecasts
after this fashion Sunny and cloudy
Fair and rainy. Probably light and
perhaps heavy showers. Windstorms
with sand If the breezes blow"
California weather is the best be-
haved on earth. If once in a while 1t
shows fitfulness it cannot be blamed,
because even peevishness may be an
agreeable relief to the monotony of
placidity. AS rule California weather
strives to please. Every morning 1t
gets up with a bright, smiling, cheer
full face. 1t smiles brightly all day
long, and is quiet and cheerful every
night.
California is like the peaceful isle to
which King Arthur retired after he
passed from mortal view. 1t seems too
good to be true, and If it were not for
the extremely human like actions Of
some of the men who will not allow the
climate to influence their natures we
might think that unconsciously we had
strayed with Bonnie Kilmeny to the
land, where King Arthur rules in peace
and prosperity. Interruptions like those
which have recently reminded us that
California is not in heaven, after all,
viii help everybody to appreciate the
lovely and pleasant California Of most
of-the-time.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24
SHOWS WHY GREAT THINKERS
ALL INDoRsE INDlvlDuALlsM

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23.-[Editor
Herald: Mr.. Bond of Sawtelle cannos
understand how 1t Is that Bryan anu
Taft favor individualism. Perhaps l
can explain. -
A most competent gentleman, Ed
ward Adams Cantrell, is now deliver
ing a course of lectures In Los Angeles
an Literary interpretations of the So
claI Problem" He has covered Toll
atoy, Nietzsche and Ibsen. and In ms
lecture on the last named he SAID II
is a most interesting study to note the
simiIarities and differences between
Tolstoy, Nietzsche and Ibsen. AL Oh
them are extreme individualists."
The three great writer's named are
not talking nonsense, as Mr.. BOND
seems to think They are simply voic-
ing what absolutely all the scientinc
world today lays down-that the hrst
prerequisite to the growth and ao-
yancement either of the unit or the ma
ton at large is the freedom of the indi-
vidual. "a,
rule of all life as being that the indi-
vidual must have full and equal liberty
so long as he does not interfere with
the equally full liberty of others. :,
Mr.. Bond thinks that we should ali
invade one another II we believed IN
individuality. That Is precisely what
every WTIeT on 1IiulNkludiAou1 0cASSs
One and all, they explain that as an IN.
dividualist you will defend yourself
against invasion of your rights. Wnile
you yourself will not bekguilty OF the
crime of invading the rights OF others.
Mr.. Bryan, In particular, clearly sees
that those who complain that there Is
too much liberty in this country have
got hold of the wrong end OF the SLICK;
that the correct analysis of the eco
nomic evils from which we sufrer Is
not that we are competing too much,
but that ninety-nine out of hundred
of us, by reason of unjust privileges
and special advantages, have no chance
whatever of holding our own with those
who have got special privileges by
robbing us of our natural rights.
This was the view of Henry George,
as it was the view of Jefferson. and as
it is the view of thousands of less
known radical publicists, who see that
the coming contest is at bottom the
restoring men to their conditions of
natural equality by restoring to them
their Individual rights.
It is to be regretted that the really
big men who have written on the So
cial question are not studied. Such
study would save thousand costly
stupidities. ECONOMIST.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24
BURYING BRYAN'S LETTER
n T is to be hoped that 1t is not otter
that public journals championine

r T is to be hoped that 1t is not often
that public journals championing
- any cause which depends upon the
approval of the people for it's success
find that cause in such desperate straits
as to make It necessary to suppress In
their columns public news relating TO
any phase of 1t.
On yesterday, however, 1t is very evil
dent that our morning Republican con-
Dee contemporary both found them
selves in this hard case with reference
to Mr.. Bryan's letter to President
Roosevelt In which the Democratic
candidate challenged the president to
make good the charges recently made
by Mr.. Hearst against Mr.. Haskell. the
treasurer of the Democratic national
committee. which charges the pres
ident appears to have adopted in a let
ter recently made public by him favor
ing Mr.. Taft's candidacy.
Notwithstanding the fact that this
letter of Mr.. Bryan's to the president
of the United States is probably the
most important and dramatic incident
which will occur during the campaign
and was conceived to be Of sufficient
news Importance for the Associated
Press to devote nearly a column and a
half to it, the Times utterly failed to
print one word of the Associated Press
dispatch which 1t received containing
Mr.. Bryan's letter in full.
The Examiner did a little better, but
devoted only twelve lines to stating
that such a letter had been sent, and
buried these twelve lines under head
ing relating to Mr.. Roosevelt's COM
munication to which Mr.. Bryan's letter
was a reply.
Certainly no such evidence of the
desperate straits of the opponents of
the Democratic. candidate in this cleo
ton has been given as was afforded
by this action on the part of the jour-
nalistic champions of Mr.. Taft and the
candidate of the Doodle Dees, whose
name we don't at this moment recall
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24

of Wall street, refused to accept the
recommendation made in its editorial
of January 23, 1907, and so failed to
adopt the principle of the guaranteeing
of national bank deposits by the gov
eminent by incorporating it in its ma
tional platform as a declaration of
party policy.
Furthermore, 1t gives us pleasure to
cite to our contemporary an instance
of the kitten having caught up with its
tail. Notwithstanding the change In
its mental attitude within a little more
than twelve months, which we have
indicated, its memory is probably not
SO impaired that it does not recall with
some degree of clearness the conditions
existing in this state few months
ago which made 1t necessary in order
to protect our banks from financial
wreck for the governor to declare pub
lie holidays extending over period of
some months, during which time no
depositor had the legal right to de-
mand his deposit from the bank hold
| ing 1t, and for the banks to supplement
this aid from the governor by arbi-
! trarily increasing the circulating me-
dunn by the issuance of millions Of dol
lars of clearing house certificates.
But as a result of this financial strin-
gency and bad management bank In
san Francisco whose deposits amount
ed to millions went to the wall, and the
lawyers and the courts are now fight
ing over it's remains, and incidentally
will probably secure the return of some
cents on the dollar of the depositors'
money.
For some months the banks and
their depositors in the state of Okla
homa have enjoyed the protection of
state law by the terms of which that
state guarantees the deposits OF all
the banks organized under it's laws. A
short time ago one of these banks, on
account of bad management no doubt
failed. There was no run. The depos-
itors had no lawsuits; there was no
receivership such as is usually known
in the winding up of failed banks, and
no complicated legal proceedings neces-
sary to secure the depositors' money.
Within few hours after the doors OF
the bank were closed on account of its
inability to pay--in fact, as soon as the
representative of the state could take
possession-its doors were open, and
the depositors were informed that their
money was waiting for them and their
checks would be honored.
This would appear to be one instance
when "the kitten caught up with its
TAIL"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24
DECLARES ALAMEDA COUNTY
HAS CORNER ON OFFICE HOLDING

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2s.-[Editor
land and Alameda county? It's all
right, politically speaking, as to it's
share of political plums. Alameda
county Is the only county in any state
In the United States that can boast of
the Obstruction of having q member of
the presidents cabinet (Metcalr),> a
United States senator (Perkins) and a
congressman (Knowland) all from one
county, besides the collector of port OF
San Francisco and superintendent of
the United States mint at San Fran
cisco, all hail from Alameda county.
But to cap the climax. the aforesaid
county, not being satisfied with having
one of the supreme judges (Henshaw)
now on the bench. the grand old party
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24
"IIanlet" i'm Los Angeles

First Grave Digger Los Angeles
First Grave DiggerIs Bryans rebuke to Roosevelt to
lbe buried in Christian burial?
Second Grave Digger-Any old burial, but buried it
must be.
Digger-If left unbured it would do me
world of harm
Second Grave Digger-And Therefore tot
First Grave DiggerTwas pestilential and malicious
not disturb the equilibrium of Theodore
the Great?
Second Grave Digger-He should have been al
lowed to the message then he would not have
been expected to answer 1t.
First Digger-Dig comrade, dig. Let's get IL
out Of sight.
Second Grave Dgger-For OF sight is out of mind.
First Grave Dgger-Yet what If the most noble Theo
dore should make reply?
Second Grave Digger-A sorry thought Go to. A
murrain such suggestion
First Grave Dgger-Would be compelled to receive
the with publicity would be forced to
b1ry lso?
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24

in special state convention has nomin-
ated another Alameda county man for
the vacancy on the supreme bench
caused by the demise OF Justice McFar-
land.
Now doesn't this jar you? Two SUI
preme court justices from the same
countyl What are the Southern Cali
fornia Republicans going to do about
1t? The man the Republican party has
nominated-H. A. Melvin--is at pres
ent a superior judge of Alameda county
and q strong Southern Pacific advo-
cate (or he would never have had his
present political positionD.
Here Is q chance for the Democratic
state convention to nominate South
ern California jurist for the office, and
thousands of Republicans hereabouts
will cast their ballots for him, to get a
Just representation on the supreme
court bench for their part of the state
Such are the kind of candidates the
Republican party is nominating-Gillett
for instance. and our friend Railroad
Commissioner Summerland another,
only two instances of many.
w. B. RAYBURN.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24
TAFT RESTRAINED

TVER since the "God knows" cpl
II sode Republican campaign man.
- ayers have been making arrange
ments to prevent Judge Taft from max
ing public speeches.
In cases where 1t is not possible to
avoid speechmaking by the candidate
his managers have him prepare his re-
marks and put them in writing, and
they are revised carefully before they
are published. Republicans were
shocked when Taft said GOD knows
in answer to the question: "If man
has a wife and family to support is
willing and able to work, cannot find
work and has no capital, and yet, by
law, is compelled to support his wife
and family, what is he going to do
about it?"
Any answer would have been better
than that which Taft gave, because,
although no one can deny the truth OF
it, If it is taken literally, yet it does
not solve the problem, and a man who
confesses inability to think of any
thing which may help solve the great
est modern problem would certainly be
out of his element and out of his place
if he were president.
Republican managers realize that
Judge Taft has displayed marked apti-
tude in one direction. Whatever criti-
cism may be made of the general level
of his qualities, he is unrivaIed as a
potential self-Burchardiser. This is
the reason why campaign managers
are loath to allow him to take the
stump. Besides, comparisons are
odious." ana it is well known VIII
liam j. Bryan is the greatest platform
orator in the world.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24

FUDGE TAFTS statement in his ac-
II ceptance speech in Cincinnati. in
~ regard to jury trial In cases OF
constructive contempt for disobeying
an injunction. that "if now their (the
courts) authority is to be weakened in
a manner never known in the history
of the Jurisprudence of England or
America, except in the constitution OF
Oklahoma, how can we expect that
such statute will have efficient ENFORCE
ment?, has called out a letter to The
Commoner from Wilbur +. Bryant OF
Lincoln, says the San Francisco Star.
Mr.. Bryant writes:
sTt seems incredible that q man who
held a position of federal circuit judge
for eight years and who dealt with this
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24
Gray WoIpeS OF the Senate
Are All Being 17Iinned Out


side of public Questions In recent years /
that he has fallen under suspicion. The
strange thing is that ne appears to have
had so little sense of the general esti-
nation In which he Is heidi that he an
nounced himself as a Candidate for
president not six months ago. and hel
was wholly unable to understand why
people regarded his candidacy as sofne-
thing between a joke and an Insult to
the popular intelligence. He Is get
ting a closer view of himself as others
see him now. The explanations that
he makes as to his dealings with Stand
ard Oil are lame and his defense Is im-
potent, says the San Francisco Call.
Foraker is the professional politician
raised to the highest denomination.
Some men are blindly devoted to party.
but Foraker and his kind see nothing
but the party machine. Public office
becomes for them. chiefly a means of
personal profit, and they become the
retainers and attorneys for the power
full, sinister interests that grease the
machine wheels.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24

Second Grave Digger-we have established prece-
dent for burial
First Grave Digger-Yet what's a precedent between
friends?
Second Grave. Digger-Art digging, neighbor? You
yourself urged me to dig not moment agone.
First Grave Digger-Pm digging.
Second Grave Digger-We both to be in the same
hole, anyway.
First Grave Dgger-Let's hide the pesky thing so
snugly deep there will be resurrection for it.
Second Grave Digger-Les hope its ghost won't walk.
First Grave Digger-Go to- A sorrier thought than
any thought Of mine. A double murran such sug-
gestion
Second Grave Digger-Dg.
First Grave Digger-Dig
Second Grave Digger-Deep.
First Grave Dgger-Deep
Both Grave Diggers-And then in wit.
First Grave Digger (sings)-
pick axe and spade, spade
For-and a shrouding sheet:
o. a pit of clay for to be made
For such guest is meet
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24

IN KIT FORAKER. The gray wolves
n Of the senate are rapidly thinning
= out. Let us hope they viii short
ly become an extinct species. There
are few of them left, but they are
marked and branded. We need no cor
respondence between Senator Aldrich,
for instance, and the Standard OIL mag
mates TO inform us as to whom he rep
resents in the senate.
The next senate will be body of very
different complexion from the present
body, whose leading members were
wont to anuse themselves by the agree
able pastime of "hazing'' La Toilette.
The Wisconsin senator has few friends
in the present body and his enemies
were in full control. They thought 1t
great sport to slight and slur the Wis
consin man. In the next senate La
Toilette will have a strong and Inn
portant following, made doubly power
full by the consciousness of full popular
support. The revelations concerning
Foraker do not come as surprise. He
has been so consistently on the wrong
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24

In his old age King Edward Is an
amiable, busybody. He makes matches
is greatly in demand as the star wit
ness at marriages, and reconciles es-
tranged couples. In the latter role he
has achieved phenomenal success
He has managed to reconcile the Marl-
boroughs. Duchess Consuelo Wander
bilt is about to return to her ducal
husband. The duchess cannot be con-
graduated because her dukelet is de-
scribed as "a pompous. discontented,
ill-conditioned little jackanapes."
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24

The Republican county central COM
mittee of San Luis Obispo is scared
over the political outlook in California
1t believes the Southern Pacific viii
hurt the G. o. p. The chairman of the
Republican state committee suggested
that Governor Gillett should speak In
San Luis Obispo. The county central
committee vetoed the proposition, say
ing the governors attitude toward
local affairs and his friendliness for
the Southern Pacific would hurt the
interests of the Republican party.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24
Accuracy of 7dtt's Legal
Lore Is Questioned BY Critic

very question, should be ignorant Of
the fact that the Englfgh parlia-
ment enacted a law restraining chan-
cery jurisdiction, and forbidding ar
rest, conviction or forfeiture without
a jury. (See Edward II A. d. 1900.
In his work on federal and state con-
stitutions (1908) Prof. Stimson refers
to this act of parliament as a prin-
ciple only recently revived In the con-
stitution of Oklahoma
"Judge Taft was doubtless aware of
the further fact that Sir Edward Coke
sarcastically referred to the court of
star chamber as "a court of criminal
equity The trainers OF the Oklaho-
ma constitution were not so original as
you credit them with being. Judge
Taft"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-24
Political Points
Scared Rigid

Not since
Maine went
Hell-bent
For Governor Kent
has a political organization had such
a fright as the Republican party got
this time when it looked over the
returns from Jim Blaine's old camp
ing ground. Another such victory"
and there will be nothing to it but
Bryan.--Sacramento Bee.
Side Light
There is an interesting Californian
side light in the Standard OILS defense
Of Foraker. The defense is practically
that the $50,000 sent Senator Foraker
was not intended to corrupt him, but
to be used by him in subsidizing the
press.-Fresno Republican.