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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-12-10
SOME KINDLY BUT FAIL"
WAYS IN WHICH OIL TRUST
TREATED RIVALS.

Here are some Of the ways in
which the Standard Oil combination
has "kindly but fairly as John D.
Rockefeller says, bought out or
squeezed out it's competitors in the
kerosene business. The methods here
described are those testified to under
oath in various proceedings to which
the Standard was party.
The South Improvement Company
got rebate from the railroads, not
only on its own oil, but also on the
oil Of other shippers transported by
the roads. In one locality the rail
roads charged all oil shippers $3.50 a
barrel and turned $106 of that sum
over to the South Improvement Com
pany. Under this deal the Standard
actually paid A cents a barrel freight
and its rivals $3.50 barrel.
Though the Rockefeller group con-
trolled at that time but small part
Of the shipments, they collected as
high as $3,500,000 year from their
rivals, through the railroads, in the
shape of freight rebates. AS early as
1875 nearly all the interior petroleum
refneries had been thus driven out
or forced to sell.
According to the late George Rice,
Of Marietta, o., the Oil Trust ruined
him through secret agreement with
the railroads by which the trust paid
10 cents freight barrel while he was
paying 35. The railroads paid %
cents out Of the 35 to the trust.
According to William c. Bishop, of
San Francisco, the Standard got an
"emergency" rate in the Far West
of 80 cents a barrel on oil, as against
$1.25 paid by its rivals.
Charles Wright, of Cobleskill, N.
Y, peddled oil that he bought from
the Standard for eight cents a gallon.
When he bought from the independ-
ents Tor seven cents a gallon, the
Standard sent out its own peddler,
who distributed the oil on Wright's
route for 5 1-2 cents a gallon.
The Standard forced the Manhat-
tan Oil Company to sell out by buying
up the visible supply and boosting the
price so that the rival lost millions in
carrying out its contracts.-N. Y.
World.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-12-10
BRYAN, PERPETUAL CANDI-
DATE.

Who said it would not come? Here
it is:
81 would much prefer to retire to
private life, and [ hope that four
years hence circumstances will not be
such as to force me into the cam
paign; but if circumstances should
force me to battle, battle 7 will. l
do not desire ever to be a candidate
for Office again; but it is a difficult
matter to make a rule for the flu
ture. If the Democratic party and
contingencies demanded it, I would
again become a candidate. -
These are the words Of Mr.. Bryan,
the peerless strategist in the art Of
winning defeats, the unrivaled or
ganizer of routs and landslides, the
eonquistador of the Never-Never land.
Does the Democracy, that battle
SCARED old veteran, think it will es-
cape without another fight? Not if
Mr.. Bryan knows himself! It shall
not escape so easily. "Circum-
stances" will force Mr.. Bryan to bat
tie, and battle he will and he will
defeat Democracy again, if it doesn It
look out. The Democratic party is
one thing that Mr.. Bryan can lick,
anyhow. He has subjugated it, and
bitted it, and spurred it, and lar
ruped it to his heart S content.
Suppose some Democrat like John
Johnson should show signs Of vital
ity in 1912. That would be a "cir-
cumstance" calling Mr.. Bryan to bat
tie. Suppose a good-sized portion Of
the Southern Democracy should sug-
gest a Southerner for President.
That would be another "circum-
stance" acting like a bugle call to
the great Nebraskan, forcing him to
become candidate. Any incident or
movement tending to extricate the
Democracy from Organism is a "cir
cumstance" requiring the perpetual
candidate to stife his desire for pri-
vate life.
There will be plenty of circum-
stances. The woods are full of cir
cumstances. Let the Democracy show
the least bit of contrariness, the
slightest desire to throw off its Old
Man of the Sea, and circumstances
will become thicker than blackber
ries, all calling the great Nebraskan
to battle.
Did anybody venture to suggest
that Mr.. Bryan was not candidate
for President7 Bah! Mr.. Bryan is
alive, is he not? He has his voice,
has he notq Well, then! It was
not necessary for him to announce his
candidacy for 1912. He made the an
nouncement from force of habit
Washington Post.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-12-10

AAASU q AAOAIOO1 VI Hull IutCl1lSGuLs
wide awake and progressive people.
One might say that they were the
pick and flower of the progressive
element of the country. They con-
Quoted their affairs in the line of
modern socialism, everything being
conducted in common, even the
kitchen and dining room. Their laws
included the initiative, the referen-
dunn, the recall-in fact, every up-to-
date reform.
Yet the conditions existing at
the time were simply horrible. The
membership was IS, but the popula-
ton, including women and children,
was 213. The seven original mem
bers with their wives had fourteen
votes. By "judicious'' wire pulling
and intriguing these fourteen held
enough additional votes to control the
colony and elect themselves and their
adherents to Office and pleasant posi-
tons. At the dining room the favor
ties had the best food and the oppo-
sition was stinted. The colony held
regular monthly business meetings,
but the arbitrary rule Of the ring
caused such continuous and vicious
quarreling that the monthly meetings
were entirely abolished, and only one
meeting a year was held to elect trus-
tees, and this board managed
things to suit themselves until the
next annual election. Although a
special meeting Of the members could
be called at any time, the "opposi-
ton" found it useless to call such a
meeting, because the ring would con-
troll anyhow.
The working of the model was
worse. Each member was required to
pay an admission fee Of $500, and
then lie could pick out piece Of land,
SO by 100 feet, on which the colony
built a house worth $5O0-not more,
as a finer house would cause envy
and heartburn on the part of the rest.
One man selected piece Of land and
when spring came, he wanted to raise
vegetables ond flowers on his land, but
found that in his ignorance he had
located on a gravel bed in the creek
bottom that would not grow weeds,
even. He appealed to the trustees to
permit him to cultivate another piece
Of land, and though there was plenty
Of idle land, the request was refused
on the ground that it was a special
privilege.
One man bought a COW, to have
fresh milk in quantities for his sick
wife. He had to dispose Of it, by
order of the trustees, because it was
special privilege. Another asked
leave to buy goat and was refused
for the same reason. None should
have more than another, though he
was willing to work over time for
the sake Of identifying his home with
flowers and have fresh vegetables.
When, by the admission of addi-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-12-10
hdBTw o Oh
Public Opinion Throughout the Union
Dbe Jefferson,an

but if socialism were universally in
troduced it would be successful-Pe-
oria Star.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being q
constitutional disease, requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the foun-
dation Of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up the con.
stitution and assisting nature in doing
it's work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & Co., To.
ledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c..
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa.
tion.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02

There was a slump in the cotton
market on Friday. October futures
dropped two dollars and fifty cents
per bale. It is said that Livermore,
the young broker who cornered the
market, lost q cold million.
Lexington merchants are doing a
good business and the usual cry of
"hard times" is seldom heard in this
locality-except when a man goes to
pay for his paper.
A pleasing, good, high grade, truly
favored. amber colored cup Of coffee
can be had-and without the real Coffee
danger, or damage to health-by simply
using DR.. Shoop's new substitute, called
"Health Coffee. Pure, wholesome,
toasted cereals, malt, nuts, etc. make
DR.. Shops Health Coffee both health
full and satisfying. No 20 to 80 minutes
tedious boiling. "Made in minute.
says DR.. Shoop. If served as coffee, it's
taste will even trick an expert. Test it
and SOC. NJ D. Harman.
The Georgia legislature met in ex-
ira session yesterday to further inves-
tigate the convict question in that
state.
All sections are rallying to the aid
of the democratic party as they have
never done before.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02
Murray's Locals.

1st. Murray's Iron Mixture puri6es
the blood and gives tone to your sys-
tenn. Try one bottle and be convinc-
ed. Only so cents.
End. There is no tonic 80 good for
tired mothers and worn out people as
the great tonic Murray's Iron Mixture.
1t is good to take and pallatable. Try
it and if not benefited ask for your
money back.
3rd. For that tired feeling and poor
digestion take one bottle Of Murray's
Iron Mixture. It will make you feel
like a new man or woman. Price
only so cents per bottle and your
money back if you are not satisfied.
4th. For those pale and sickly
looking children one bottle OF Muir
rays Iron Mixture will give them
new life. Try it.
MURRAY DRUG co.,
Aug 5-6m Columbia, S. @.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02
Notice Of Registration.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION,
I LEXINGTON County.


Lexington, S. O., June Q, 1908.
To the qualified electors Of Lexington
County, South Carolina:
In accordance with the act Of the
General Assembly Of South Carolina,
approved February "a, 1908, requiring
the Supervisors Of Registration to re-
enroll al the qualified electors in the
State during the year 1908, the Super
visors of Registration Of Lexington
county will keep the books of registra-
tion open at the county seat every day
(Sundays excepted) between the hours
of nine g. N. and six p. M, during the
months Of July and August 1908, and in
addition thereto will attend during the
month Of September 1908 at least one
day in each township in Lexington
county of which at least ten days notice
will be given by advertisement in "a
newspaper published in the county.
= W. P. Roof, Jr.. Secretary.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02
Plant Turn;ps Now.

Several times lately we have been
asked as to the best time for the
planting of turnips. We answer now,
if the ground is seasonable. But re-
member there is no possibility of
making turnips on ground that is not
in apple pie order. On account Of
the seed being very small, it requires
that there be plenty of moisture when
they are planted. It is best to plant
in the drill. For table use the purple
top and the yellow Aberdeen hold the
first places, and for q salad turnip
there is hardly anything 80 good for
this section as the old seventop. If
your ground is not now in readiness,
get it ready to plant at the next rain.
Any Of these varieties can be planted
all right till the middle of September.
For stock some Of the white varie-
ties might be planted. And with corn
at dollar bushel, 1t is we'll worth
the attention of the thrifty farmer to
devise some means for fattening his
hogs on something else than corn.
Turnips will come In to help out the
situation very much and every farmer
should try to plant good spot in
turnips. Remember, also that stable
manure is essential to a good crop Of
turnips.-Ex.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02

Engine and Boiler Fixtures.
I have just opened up a new and
full line of engine and boiler fixtures,
consisting of valves, gauges, coup
lings. etc. Piping cut and threaded
to order. Engine and boiler repair
ing also done. Satisfaction guaran-
teed. Give me trial.
J. J. RIKARD,
45tf Lexington, S. G.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, September 2, 1908.
Expectation On the Farm.

Expectation On the Farm.
(From New York Journal.)
Now, Mr.. Roosevelt's undertook to
tell US grangers how
We ought to feed the pigs and chicks
and operate the COW; tt-sa ..
Well SOW and reap, and plough and
plant, the way we should o. done,
But couldn't do till we was told by
gents in Washington.
When Silas' hog gets in the creek we
won't dare haul him out,
Because about the proper way there'll
be considerable doubt;
But We'll just stand along the bank
and holler out to him
Until we hear from Washington, "Old
Grunts, ye'.l have to SWIM"
An if HIS horses run away we won't
jump in like fools,
An try to head the critters off by
foolish farmer rules;
Well send along a telegram: "Hi
Hankin's team has flew;
Please send an expert right up here
to tell US what to do"
When hens get sot on the idee that
they was meant to set,
An sets an sets on anything they
happens for to get, !
Some scientist III come along an
after some few days.
Persuadin' will convince 'em of the
error Of their ways.
We're downright glad that Roosevelt's
took IN interest in the farm;
The fellArs that he sends down here
can't really do much harm;
An if they'll trade US horses to invest
in pasture lots,
Well find the new arrangements
wuth some cash to us-in spots!
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02
University Of South Carolina.

Wide range Of choice in Scientific,
Literary, Graduate and Professional
Courses leading to degrees Of
Bachelor Of Arts, Bachelor of Science,
Licentiate Of instruction, Bachelor Of
Laws, Master Of Arts, Civil Engineer
and Electrical Engineer.
Well equipped Laboratories. Library
Of over 10000 volumes.
: Expenses moderate many students
make their own expenses.
Next session (104th) begins September
%, 1908.
For announcement write to the Pres
ident, Columbia, 8. @.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02

The engine OF the saw mill plant at
Walnut Grove, Spartanburg county,
exploded from some cause last Thurs.
day. Francis Harrison, 18 years old,
was killed, and Harley Crew WAS per-
haps fatally injured.
Don't be afraid to give Chambertain's 8
Cough Remedy to your children. It
contains no opium or other harmful
drug. 1t always cures. For sale by
Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02

Many people suffer great deal from
Kidney and Bladder troubles, During
the past few years much Of this com
plant has been made unnecessary by
the use OF DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder
Pills. They are antiseptic and are highly
recommended for weak back, backache,
rheumatic pains, inflammation OF the
bladder and all other annoyances due to
weak kidneys. They are sold by Kauf-
mann Drug Go.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02
Lower Union Meeting.

The next regular meeting of the
lower division of the Lexington Bsp-
tist association will be held at New
Hope Baptist church on Saturday,
August 10Th, and will last two days.
A very interesting program has been
arranged and able speakers will dis.
cuss the different questions. A large
delegation is earnestly desired.
G. H. CORBITT, Secretary.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02
The New Pure Food
and Drug Law.

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, colds
and lung troubles1s not affected by the
National Pure Food and Drug law as it
contains no opiates' or other harmful
drugs, and we recommend it as safe
remedy for children and adults. Der
rick's Drug Store.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-09-02
They Take tho Kinks Out.

81 have used DR.. Kings New Life
Pills for many years, with increasing
satisfaction. They take the kinks out
Of stomach, liver and bowels, without
fuss or friction," says N. 81. BroHn, Of
Pittsfeld, vt. Guaranteed satisfactory
at Kaufman Drug Co., and Derrick's
Drug Store. s5c.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-29
RAILROAD BOND. FUND.

Amt. on hand in general fund
as per statement ....~...........IS $40 81
Amt. on hand in water works
fund as per statement.......... 5,570 5"
Amt. on hand in bond interest
fund as per statement. .... 2,sa3 ~
Amt. on hand in railroad bond
fund as per statement.....~. 500 II
Amt. on hand in electric light
fund as per statement."....... 6s2 %
Amt. on hand in library fund
as per statement ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Fol %
Total amt. ON hand in various --
funds Oct. 1 1908. slO,5:3 5.
G. T. OppERMAN. CITY Treasurer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-29
MUST REPORT RETURNS.
Judges and Clerks Must
Take Copies Of Reports
Of Votes Cast on
Election Day.

Columbus, Kas,. Oct. 26, 1908.
Parts of Sec. 3, Chapter 222 OF
the Session Laws of 1905.
After the entire vote is can.
vassed the judges and clerks shall
make three certificates of the vote
cast for all candidates on the
ballot, one to be returned to the
county clerk with the ballots,
who shall post the same in a con-
spicuous place in his Office, one
to the secretary of the party
casting the largest number OF
votes at the last election, and
one to the secretary of the party
casting the next highest vote at
the last election; but this shall
not apply to township tickets.
This part of the law has never
been complied with. We ask
that all judges and clerks will
take notice of this.
DIR. p. J. HENDR1cKsoN,
Chairman Democratic Cen. Com.
ED. A. JONES, Sec.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-29
Guaranteeing Deposits.

Politicians do not seem to be-
lieve that the farmers need have
any say concerning one of the is
sues now before the voters; that
referring to guaranteeing bank
deposits. Possibly they are
right. Inasmuch, however, as
the banks of practically all of the
Central West are conducted with
farmers money, we venture the
opinion of lone, lone, solitary
farmer" upon the subject.
In the first place, we put the
farmers money on equality with
that of any other man, corpora
ton or company. Dollar for dol
lar, it is as valuable as any, even
public money not excluded.
When the funds of a county, state
or the nation are deposited in
any bank, that bank must give
bond. The farmer cannot COM
pel the bank to do that well by
him, but why shouldn't he have
his property safeguarded in a
way that would make it equally
safe?
The farmer is both lender
and borrower. He lends money
to the bank. perhaps on checking
account without interest, perhaps
at 3 or 4 per cent on time deposit.
Very likely his neighbor borrows
his money, gettingit at the bank.
This time the rate of interest is
no less than sper cent, usually 10.
The borrowing farmer must pay
the bank, as the bank holds prop
erty to equal or exceed the
amount of the debt or mortgage;
the lending farmer has no mort
gage on the bank or property
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-29

CT. OPPERMAN, City Treasurer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-29

which the bank holds, and If the
bank fails, or a cashier runs
away with most of the available
funds, the farmer gets what the
receiver and the lawyers leave.
The bank without a guaranty
lives npon a basis of you-must-
trust-us-but-we'l l-not-trust-y GU.
1t is not right that the bank
should trust us without security
or without good notes, neither is
it right that we should trust the
bank without a guarantee that
guarantees.
Banks and bankers everywhere
are getting rich on farmers
money. This is a fact that can
not be disputed. They do it by
acting as middlemen.
They tell US a guarantee de-
posit would make the good bank
stand good for the poor one; it
would encourage wild cat specu-
lation amoung unscrupulous
bankers, and so on. Bankers
know more about each other now
than they let on, and if bound to
gether to make all losses right,
they mill make it a point to know
all about each other. 1t would
stop board of trade gambling and
wild speculation, instead of en-
couraging it, as bankers would
then watch each other as hawks
watch chickens away from the
farmyard. They would ''squeal"
if any wrong was being done,
because it would be to their in
terest to stop it. A prominent
banker told the writer ofthis, last
fall, that he knew for days before
the failure of the Bank of Com
.nerce that bank wasn't safe, aud
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-29

he said every other banker well
enough posted to be called a
banker knew as much, and knew
il as soon as he did. This means
that bankers are always on the
inside, while the depositors-the
farmer-is on the outside, and
without protection.
The deposition is the man who
furnishes the working capital OF
the bank. It is his money the
bank uses to a profit. We claim
he is the man to be safeguarded.
If he is not, there will come a
time when folks will have a
greater distrust of bank than they
ever have had in the past. The
panic of last fall would never
have been heard of If bank de-
posits had been safeguarded
with a guarantee fund. The
people would not have been afraid
of the banks. Money would not
be kept in old stockings, under
the carpet and other private hid
ing places.
Perhaps this is not farming,
but it must concern the western
farmers, since the daily papers
say the farmers are the heaviest
depositors of the banks, and real.
ly furnish the money that makes
every factory wheel turn. We
do not write as a politician, but
as a farmer; we do not write as a
prophet, predicting black despair
if the guarantee deposit issue
meets with defeat, but this much
is certain, if the common farmer
cannot be made to know that
money he gives over to the care
of banks is absolutely safe, the
next hint of trouble will not be
settled as easily as it was last
fall. The people are still think
ing.-Farmer.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-29
HomeseekeEs' Excursion

HOmeSeekeES' Excursion
Rates first and third Tuesdays
of each month. Final return
limit IS days from date of sale.
Fare and one-half plus So to
points in Arizona, Arkansas,
Colorado, Idaho, Mexico, Mon
tana, Nebraska, Nevada, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Ore
gon, Utah, Washington and Wy
oming.
Effective Nov. 10, the Frisco
will sell round trip tickets to all
points on its lines at double the
current one way first class rates.
Very low Summer Tourist rates
are now in effect. Tickets on sac
daily. Round trip rate $19.65.
For details as to schedules, rates
to other points, ETC., inquire of
C. S. ROBERTS, Agent.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-29

We have for sale the old Stone
place of forty acres, just south of
town. Property corners with the
city limits. The place has a
good house, barn and we'll, and
lots of fruit. Will take $4500
for it, half cash, balance on time
at 6 per cent. This Office.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1908-10-29

The Cherokee County Demo
cratic Central Committee has
opened up headquarters in the
Staten building, second door
north of T. M. Gresham's gro
Gerry store in Columbus, and will
be open until after election. All
Democrats invited to call. Lit
erature on hand at all times.
DIR. p. J. HENDRIcKsoN,
Ed. JONES, Chairman.
Secretary.