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The avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 190?-1909, 1909-04-01
SpriNe Svme and Sastev.

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upO-date line OF Call and
them. Dress skirts and pettCOats the
designs and materials. A full line
We carry the Star Brand Shoes They
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Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-03-04
Heap Bio Farmer.

1t should not be forgotten that it was
the farmers that, through the so called
granger legislation. wrote it into the
Jurisprudence of this country that the
state is greater than any of its crea-
lures and has the right to regulate the
business of any corporation it has Gre
ated. That was disputed and ridiculed
until the farmers made it law and
stayed with it until the highest courts
pronounced it good law. That is the
foundation of all the laws we now have
to regulate railways, life insurance
companies and other corporations. The
farmers in the seventies laid the foun-
dalton Of the laws that President
Roosevelt is using to curb corporations.
The trouble is that we farmers do
not appreciate our power We are by
long odds the biggest frog in the pud-
die, if we only knew it. If we would
get together and hustle little we
could get the legislation we should
have and officials would fall over them
selves to enforce that legislation
Farmers Call
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-03-04
Why They Cheered.

DR.. Whewell. master of Trinity col
lege, Cambridge, was a great but I'M
popular man. When he entered the
senate house it was the i'll hammered
practice of the undergraduates to. be-
gin loud and continuous whistle.
s'How this originated do not know"
writes Dean Farrar in his book, Men
I Have Known" eThere were two
legends about it. One was that 1t
intimated that the master would have
to whistle for a bishopric; the other,
equally absurd, was that when some
one had asked him how to pronounce
his name he had said, You must shape
your mouth as if you were going to
whistle"
But under the rough manners Of the
students there was genuine goodness
of heart. DR.. Whewelps wife died.
He had been tenderly devoted to her,
and when he attended chapel after her
death the undergraduates were touch
ed by an "old mans anguish and a
strong mans tears"
when next he entered the senate
house." writes Dean Farrar, ''there
was dead silence. For the first time
for know not how many years not a
whistle was heard, and then a moment
afterward as by spontaneous impulse
the whole crowded mass Of undergrad
uates in the gallery burst into loud
and long continued cheer. It was not
astonishing that such a proof Of
sympathy should move the heart Of
the great master or that the tears
should run down his cheeks. do not
think that he was ever whistled at
s0ain-"
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-03-04

meant change for worse and not for
better 1t was Gene Hazard that got
the worst of it. My, but he was hen
pecked! Lived over in the hollow.
Grace Brown lived right down the road
a piece-that first red house on your
right as you go to the postoffice''
"She never said anything about hav-
ing been born here!" cried Mabel in
surprise. "She did say in one of her
letters that she knew that Cadyville
was beautiful place."
"Grace Brown amt Dragging about
u.s. and we amt Dragging about Grace
Brown" declared the old lady. "Grace
always was fraud" she went on.
"She used to get me to write her COM
positions for her, and Ben Burrows
used to do her sums. She never did
anything that she could coax some one
else to do for her. | must say that
she had nice ways about her. She
could coax even the teacher into CIV
ing her good marks when she'd been
kept in after school the whole week"
"She is the leader in a great cause"
said Mabel reverently. "She has de-
voted her gifts to great battle, and
she will win for us. We shall get the
vote before long, and the name of Mrs.
Brown-Hazzard will go down through
the ages as the woman who worked
this great revolution in favor of wo-
mans rights"
Mrs. Scarritt shifted scornfully; then
she looked down into the deep blue
eyes glowing with the fires of enthusl-
asm. Mabers cheeks were thin and
white, and there was little CULVER of
the chin that bespoke nervousness.
Only the eyes betrayed animation
Mrs. Scarritt laid her hand gently upon
fae girls arm.
There's just one real right that a
woman has," she insisted softly.
"That's the right to marry good man
and have him love and protect her. II
she can get that she doesn't need to vote
or do any Of those fool things. She ia
eontent with her home and her babies.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-03-04
GRANGE COOPERATION.
A Successful Grange Cooperative
Store In New Jersey.

a Successful Grange Cooperative
Store In New Jersey.
In December. 1902. the Fruit Grow
ers' union. the Farmers Alliance and
several others who We're Patrons form
ed the Grange Cooperative society of
Vineland. N. j. 1t was Incorporated
under the laws of New Jersey They
owned warehouse "a by 10 feet two
stories high. contiguous to the New
Jersey Central railroad. previously used
for storage purposes. They also own
ed several building lots not far away.
Upon these lots they erected build
ing SO by 60 feet two stories high
The upper story gives fine. commodi-
Gus hall. The lower part is used for
the store, with small capital, which
was opened to the public in July, 1903.
As this is eminently a poultry rails
ing region. they make speciality of
all kinds of poultry supplies as well
as all other materials used for feed
ing stock and for family use. Fer
tilizers are also dealt in largely. Fam
lily groceries are kept. but no dry goods,
clothing or hardware. The society is
stock organization, shares being S.
each. The board of nine directors
must all be Patrons; two-thirds of the
stockholders must also be members OF
the grange. Those who are not Pa
irons can be admitted only upon the
recommendation of responsible men,
harS of tha Order
Thus far they have been able to pay
an annual dividend of per cent on
all stock and per cent also on all
purchases made by stockholders and
Patrons. Outside purchasers get no
percentage. but they have a good pat
ronage from them. Two commission
shipping agents who are Patrons pay
per cent on all shipments by them.
They credit members on their stock
account. The past year they have en-
ployed a manager and his wife, two
clerks and more when needed Five
days in the week two and three teams
are kept busy in soliciting and deliver
ing goods within radius of eight
miles. The store is a veritable bee
hive of business. = American Agricul
turiSt.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-03-04
POMONA ORANGES.
Their Province and Some of Their
Duties SUGGESTED.

OutiSS 0NSSSSlcQ.
1t is quite evident to those who are
familiar with the work of the Pomona
oranges within the state that they are
not accomplishing the highest purpose
for which they were organized. and 1t
is often the case that their work is
sented at each quarterly meGting, and
between sessions the influence of the
Pomona is as little felt as if there were
no such organization. 1t is a province
of the Pomona grange to have an over
sight over the subordinate oranges
within it's jurisdiction and where they
are weak to strengthen them. Partic-
ularly in the literary programme can
the county lecturer make his influence
felt in building up the literary work of
the Order Furthermore, it is through
the Pomona that the subordinate
oranges should cooperate in buying
and selling and in the accomplishment
on cooperation or legislation in the
subordinate oranges should be in touch
with the same committees of the Po-
mona oranges and should not weaken
their influence by acting separately, as,
for instance, petitioning the legislature
or congress for any desired action.
Furthermore, the Pomona grange
should have careful oversight over the
subordinate oranges in respect to de-
gree work. While this perhaps is the
province of the county deputy, yet he
may be greatly assisted by the officers
of the Pomona in his work. Each of
the subordinate degrees should be ex-
emplifed, one at session perhaps. at
the Pomona meeting and it should be
done with view to perfecting the de-
gree work. Of course the fifth degree
will be conferred at least once a year
in full form and as perfectly as it can
be done. 1t is the special province Of
the Pomona grange to render all the
assistance possible in every way to the
work of the subordinate oranges.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-03-04
Maine Matters.

Thousands of delegates and visitors
attended the great annual gathering of
Patrons of Maine. The report shows
membership of $4,000 in 40 subordi-
nate oranges, with an average member
ship Of 49, Out of all the inhabitants
of the state. cities included. one person
In each twelve is member of the Or
der. Some townships have more Pa
irons than there are voters. One county
has fifty-two subordinate oranges. One
subordinate grange has $40 members;
366 oranges own their own halls, at a
total value of 100000. During the
past year 1875 subordinate grange
meetings were held.
]. w. BARROW.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-03-04
NoTIcE.

NV wife, Emma b. Chew. having left my bed
and board without just provocation, hereby
on INV account, as will not be responsible for
debts contracted by her,
w. WALTER CHEW.
Sewell N. J.. r. F. D. No. 8.
Dated Jan. 1909 zts.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03

tainly true that much money has been spent on it's
reclamation, and that it has spelled ruin to all who
have not approached it in a suitable manner. Each
succeeding century has seen the failure of more than
one pet scheme. But the vast moorland tract, which
for centuries remained a practically unknown wilder
ness and royal hunting ground for red deer, makes
excellent pasturage for cattle, sheep, donkies and
ponies, thousands Of which latter, small, wild, shaggy
creatures with long tangled names. browse free upon
the hillsides.
Although many parts of the moor have lost moth
ing of their wildness, being Doggy unknown tracts,
crossed only by rough paths and tracks which serve
the moormen, a comparison Will show what vast
changes have taken place during - century. China
clay works and granite quarries have been started;
instead of the rough stone novels of the settlers
squatters who, according TO the law, have built their
hut and enclosed a piece Of the moor in one day
there are now hundreds Of prosperous, we'll built
homesteads; agriculture has improved; and perhaps
one Of the most amazing features, and one which
strikes a stranger most ~forcibly, is the excellent roads
which connect the various villages, roads that COM
pete with the best in the land and run through a coun-
try such as is not to be found elsewhere in England.
Enclosures have crept on and the military authori-
ties have utilized large tracts. But though the forest
offers a magnificent practicing ground, the climatic
cpnditions are not always favorable, nor do the men
consider II much OF a holiday when they come in for
a dose Of genuine moorland weather. Last month the
CONTINUED on Page Two.l
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03
Old Prison Built by American Prisoners

equalled, IL not surpassed, any war prison in England
or Scotland. 1t was not unusual in the months Of
December and January for the thermometer TO stand
at 80 to 80 degrees below freezing, indicating cold al
most too intense to support animal life. But the
density of the congregated numbers created an arti-
fetal climate which counteracted the t~orpifying effect
of the Russian weather without.
1T was an every day occurrence among the repro
bate and incOrrigible classes who gambled away their
clothing and rations for individuals to be brought up
to the receiving room in a state of suspended ANNA
ton, from which they were usually Tesuscitated by the
process resorted to in like circumstances in frigid
regions"
OF course, many of the prisoners died, for coming
as they did from southern climates they could not en-
dure the extreme cold Of a Dartmoor winter; and per-
haps the most striking remembrance Of this period Of
the history Of Princetown is the neatly laid out ceme-
teries which contain the remains OF those who died
during their term Of Imprisonment. Formerly the
comns were so slightly covered that the pigs in root
ing about the ground turned up bones and CONN ends.
but when / and a party OF Americans visited the scene
OF our countrymen's suffering the other day we felt
gratitude for the respect that is now shown to the
graves.
The Forest Of Dartmoor was regarded as a wild.
dangerous and uninhabitable region centuries before
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03

RINCETOWN, England, Sept. l5.-ln spite OF
the fact that Americans were largely instru-
mental in building Prineetown' the capital Of
the Forest of DartmoOT, few Americans have
ever visited the spot. A wilder or more
healthful place could probably not have been chosen
for the huge war prison which was to mmo
the 10000 French and American prisoners who over
flowed from the prisons of Plymouth a century ago.
For Dartmoor, covered with some 800 tors-fantasti-
caIy-shaped piles of granite rising to a height Of
1000 feet-had remained a wilderness OF rock and
heather, bog and swamp, up to the beginning of the
nineteenth century.
When the prison was finished in 1905 Princetown,
called after the prince Of Wales. a little grim, gray viii
lage Of granite grew up around it and the Frenchmen,
being the first to arrive. we're set TO work upon a
church and a hotel. Then came the American prison
ers. white and black, and the former. who were made
to Mt up the buildings, gave so much trouble that they
had to be separated from the others, who appeared
contented with their lot.
But this was 100 years ago. The convicts today
who are incarcerated in this establishment are housed
in comfort as compared with the unfOrtunates who
came there at its opening. The 10000 prisoners were
packed together for the night in stages one over the
oher, and by this means created an artificial climate
of which one Of the prison doctors OF that day writes:
The statistical records OF that great tomb OF the
living (embosomed as it is In a desert and desolate
Wild, with all its disadvantages. will show that the
health Of its inearcerated tenants in a general way
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03

the building OF the great war prison. But the prehis-
toric remains that are found in all parts of the moor
show that it was inhabited by some 1OO,O 90 human be-
ings, a pastoral, peaCC-loying people, who lived wretch
eddy poor, uncivilized and happy in, huts Of granite
matched with reeds and heather. Though tens of
thousands of these huts have been destroyed, tens of
thousands still remain clustered together in large cir
cular spaces or pounds surrounded by a four-foot wall.
There are fifteen Of these pounds near Princetown
but no sign of a camp or fortress. such as is seen in
many parts Of England, is to be found anywhere
within the forest. Two or three of the tors on the
borders were fortified with timber-framed walls
packed in with stones. One Of these tors, which
stands out conspicuously from all points like an oil
funnel, has a tiny church on its summit.
In the old days, before a pathway was cut, it was
desperate work clambering over the huge granite
boulders In wind, sleet and rain. Now, having gained
the top. it is sometimes impossible to stand there, and
/ have more than once found 1t advisable to follow the
old sections advice to 'crookey down! crookey down.
which admirable suggestion the parson himself and
his whole congregation were obliged to follow one day,
standing like a grour of school boys at l~eapfrog dur
ing the reading Of the funeral service at a graveside.
But it is not only people who cannot stand against
the fierce Moor winds. Centuries Of wind and rain
gnawtng at the granite, which alternates with a hard
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03

returned from Ds Moines. where it participated in the
big tournament This fine body Of men, with the Thirteenth infan-
try from Fort Leavenworth are now in Omaha to do homage to King
Ak-sar-Ben. The regiment marched overland to Des Moines and
returned by rail.
At the tournament there were many exhibitions and contests
and there is always the keenest rivalry among the organizations.
Last year at st Joseph the Sixteenth infantry won everything in
which it entered, except the relay race. This year the regiment did
as well and the men showed up beautifully their particular stunts"
1t is proposed to have the infantry organizations give an exhibition
in Omaha and Gould Dietz, H. J. Penfold and Charles H. Pickens
have taken the matter up with Colonel Gardener. This will be an
unusual and attractive feature of the military week during the Ak
Sar-Ben days.
There ire many drills aside from the regular manual Of arms,
all selected with an idea to retain and develop the men physically and
teach them to act and think quickly in emergencies. They are
taught how to take care of themselves If attacked and how to use
their rifles and bayonets for this purpose. Foremost among these
drills for physical development is the Butts Manual" In this drill
the men go through graceful motions with the rifles extended in diff
ferent positions, then at a given command each alternate soldier lays
aside his rifle, steps in front of the man next to him and they go
through the drill with two men holding each rife. The
soldiers are also taught to use their bayonets for self
defense in case of attack at close quarters. This is an outcome
of the service in the tropics where bolo rushes are frequent In this
drill the men r trained to lunge at an imaginary antagonist, take
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03

only. In active service it very often happens that a force Of men in
pursuit of the enemy will come to a wall separating them from their
desired goal. This wall may be smooth and yet it is necessary to
get over it, Last year the men scaled a twelvefoot wall; this year
the wall has been cut down to ten feet. The squads Of eight men
each start on a line twenty-five yards in front of the wall, at order
arms, with five blank cartridges in each magazine. At the signal
the team slips the rifles over the shoulder. Ny means of the sling,
except one man, then runs for the wall and the men are thrown over.
The last man is pulled up by means of the one rifle not carried over
the shoulder of the contestants. After getting over the wall the men
must run to a line fifteen yards away, lie down and fire five rounds
per man. This is to simulate actual conditions when 1t would be
necessary to hold the enemy in check while the rest of the command
came over the wall The teams from the Sixteenth infantry have
been doing this lately in thrty-fve seconds. which is very good
time, indeed.
At Ds Mones the men are also trained TO carry messages. The
relay teams consist of eight men each and they ae divided, four men
being placed at each end of a stretch 100 yards long. At the signal
the first man starts carrying an envelope containing a message; when
he reaches the other end this message is transferred to one Of his
team mates and this continues until all men have carried the mes
sage. The team first accomplishing this feat is the winner.
The skrmish or sharpshooters' race is also a novel and inter
esting feature. The contestants stand on a line, with their rifles. the
belts having been removed from the rifles and put on the ground
100 yards to the front Each man has 10 run to his belt, assemble
iFand return it to the rifle, after which he must retire to the start
ing point, stopping every ten yards and lying down, facing about,
to fire one shot at an imaginary enemy. This is always a close and
spirited contest.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03

q CON6l lHB " liz pdShB WnlCu 10 Sluhb ONCl ITO
shoulder in the form Of a roll. The tents are rec
tangular. except that at one end there is a TRAN
gular flap; when two of these flaps are buttoned
together they form the closed end of a tent.
Omaha will see this tent-pitching done by battal-
ion and the Sixteenth infantry will go into camp
in less than three minutes. A small city springs
up before the eye.
For a number of years the War department
has been encouraging athletics In the army. Field
days have to be held quarterly at every army post
throughout the service. 1t is natural, therefore,
that athletic events should be given a prominent
place at a military tournament and the events are
always hotly contested. Last year the Sixteenth
infantry tug-of-war teams, one from each battal-
ion, were the only teams competing in the final
in this event. which never came off because of
rain. 1t was a big surprise when the light infan-
trymen pulled the heavy engineers over the line,
and this contest will be especially close. as the
engineers and cavalry will try to win back their
lost laurels. The teams consist Of eight men and
a team captain. They pull on an inch and a half
rope for two minutes, or until one team has
gained an advantage of six feet. The men are
not allowed to wear gloves and must pull in COM
plete military uniforms, No holes are p%ermitted
for feet rests. It is therefore a matter of strength
Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-03

the various positions of guard and in other ways
use the bayonets as a short sword. In order to
bring out the muscles the calisthenic exercises are
resorted to. Every man must be a good physical
specimen when he is accepted by the government
for service, but the officers do not let the matter
rest here, and every man is encouraged to con-
tinue his physical and mental development as long
as he remains in the service. 1t is remarkable to
see the men throwing themselves fiat on the
ground, leaping to a standing position and then
lunging out with their fists. After watching this
drill one cannot help but appreciate the splendid
opportunities every one of Uncle Sans boys has
for Improvement.
In recent years there has been added to every
regiment in the army a machine gun platoon.
These organizations consist of an officer, a servant,
two corporals, eighteen ~privates and ten pack
mules. They carry two Maxim automatic ma
chine guns and a complete equipment for them.
The drill of this platoon viii be both novel and
interesting to the people of Omaha. The little
guns vertically spit fame at an enemy, as they fire
hundreds of shots per minute. In the contest for
this arm of service a section, one-half the platoon,
runs 100 yards, from a standing start, sets up
the gun, fires a shot and returns to the starting
line. The platoon at Fort Crook has been doing
this in the remarkably fast time of sixty-eight SCI
sure to make the other competitors in the event ia
heat them.