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The people's recorder. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1893-1925, 1909-09-11
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Great Revival II
i Meetings.
Editor OF The People's

Editor Of The \ p copies
Recorder: .!s G SG$;i q So
Please allow me- pace in
,syour valuable paper to speak OF
our work, well. it has been quite
awhile y since I have worried,
you. But / have had such good
meetings 7 thought I would tell
1T abroad. We have just closed:
Cur revival meetings as \ four
points. The Lord gave us great
success at each church. We. be-.
gan with the, Holy. Spring Bape
4tist.church, the rain and. high
wat Il hind US greatly at
this church Hit we had a good;
meeting, ten souls we're saved
and baptized, and ,fellowshipped
slnto.t .thss qhnret tsfseys VIZ ~
Taylor Of Sumter assisted me at:
this church, He left q lasting
impression upon the minds and
in the hearts of the }memhers.t
they said it, was the best they
have everthad. We left 4 Holy
Spring and moved. to- Mt. Zion,
Baptist church. Attthis church,
/. mt. .Zion,) we had the best
meeting, that we have had in l5.
years. Dr.. Ma!oy Of GreenYilleS
| game to us Monday after. the '2ndI
Sunday in August and preachedI
every day from Monday until;
Friday afternoon, and lhe:preach-.
ed with power from onia high,
andstook in one hundred inclad:i
ing backslids1s and al q ;b3aip u! y!
atxt5y sever III alaprtys ssoulsp-
and restored 81 to! Zion DR.,
Mayloy is the shrewdest ,reviv,
alist I have ever. seen or have
had to help ME. He charms
the sinners SO that they can not
get away, then he goes up to
them and puts them in his net.
They just cant get away from.
him, if they, sit and listento him..
DR. Maloy is zone Of the ,best
preachers in the State, or amy,
where in the United States. He'
did me great good at Mt. Zion.
My people We're very much
pleased with DR.. Maloy, more:
than they have been with any
one for many years. DR.. Maloy.
enjoyed his. visits among my
people. He said that itwas the
best country church he had ever
seen in all Of his life. He left.
out what he ought to have said,
instead of saying the best. coun-;
try: church,: He ought to, have
said it was the best he ever saw
anywhere, for do not think
that hes has ever met a better
people anywhere, They are as
good as.any people, they behave
we'll, they obey orders, they pay
well, they feed we'll, they dress
we'll, they are as good looking
people as you have ever seen
anywhere, and they, have their
own horses, mules and turn outs,
their fine carriges, rubber tire
buggies and they are up.to. date,
Mt. Zion people or church, is an
intelligent church, they are an
up to date church, no preacher
need: be afraid to take Mt. Zion,
at.Epworth's. hut please don't
bother it YET a while, I want to
stay there d little while longer
'as F.have done so much work
there, I would like to enjoy it.
So let me alone, preachers, do
not bother me. I, by the grace of
God,have set out the trees, wait
let me eat some of the fruit 'cf
the beautiful trees Of the vine
Yard before you come, Laugh-
49, ,rvx a..a ~. -
The people's recorder. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1893-1925, 1909-09-11
5OllIfInlterelstl to5The:F

T. = sSss~1eAS!
! The farmers Of the United s'ta
are naturally very much lntsM
eated in the census of agricnE
Eture and farms that wills be- taM
! !,en I. pri! 49, 1910, as one ef ths
subjects to be covered by the
thirteenth. D Decennial Census
Many are showing their inter-
est by writing to the, Census,
Bureau for the purpose OF max,
Ling comments upon census ine
formation regarding agriculture
las presenkd,in the past. The
Director of the Census welcomes.
all. such suggestio and: gives
them careful consideration, as
lie is anxious TO have ths results
| OF the coming census espond1
as nearly as may be TO 1.-The de-.
sires Of the people most Inter;
ested. d; ~ .7'.$3 $3SS} 81! ~
3, In addition g stud ying; care
fully tlieses. 81 :singpestions, iiss tfl,e Di-
rector has, on his own initiative
requested certain professors. Of;
lieconomics and agriculture ofs
the more s important ii universities
Of the country and other per-
sons who have { specialized Id.
agri cultural matters to come t0,
Washington Il for. q short time fori:! 81:
the pur { pose 81 !, o,f , studying "a Searefiis
;! IN and criticisiHig Slams :IisS,W = DIX
''deirr der way s. Especiaily Is :iE M q desiffsl Il ff
ed to; 8 obtaiEg gth ems i9is,sk. Srela;
tive to the questions to- be sked,
and their form, as The .resnl lta 10;
be obtained sdswill sos.;langef az sds.y
pend in npon; She ehhrac i tiiiss
ssched les ap ies 6. So m 81 ma 80
rs Sc
rssii5Sf % - & @ sde sHKsstBf
com outside experts, /,
are proving to be of great value
The people's recorder. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1893-1925, 1909-09-11

s..s q 60. - a-... : 81
MBER H1l, D. SSH. :.:l.7 Il 1909, 77 4.
sshy staian who steers its { course
||tahreagh Sumter's thorough.
33saras. 81 IS. :s5,5a II 81 at
M Rev.sJ. .A: Pinson,,, S., ,.D ,l[,.G D. Ii G3is
eome again to the *deiig ht$off 81 the
MADAM and bis growing! congre-
ation who claim him to be the
a ]; only preacher. DR.. Pinson
has = g haa many calls this year tD
Conduct meetings in and out ;of
ahs State he ans swered many OF
ahem. ! .Si- !, !, ss$;5. 4
Isl 81 Furniture: Hospital, icon.
IIancted 81 ,y:t BY Ar. w .bJ. Nelson, rs
|Yss |,ssfif ACUTE busy 3 place. Mr.
||sM |;lss Nelson is an sulp-to.dates business
e [A'an who knows how to please.
81 TIE atl busiest s place III, town. on on
Esaturday, was Dr.. Birnie's up-to-
EEsaate drug store, where Sumter's
East and most sensible people
buy thsir drugs, etc. DR.. Birnie
Ind 81 q 1--WE clerks, assisted, by tie
accom- piished, pleasant Mrs.
Ekirnie,w we're all as busy; as bees
:s IS bile che thirsty customers
Same S q wanting medicine and 9th
|efs wanting cold drinks quietly
waited their turn to deserved,
ss Prof e. G.. Jones is gettinr
tsfaady to again call Sumter's boys
/ md girls to books. The Graded
.ls School of which the gifted pro-
lessor Is principal will open dura
ing this month when the young
Americans there I win be hap:
sRyl ~ y. :,5,i' 1 9}'Es
}s Rev. A. j: johnson is making
yseaa ge y to gasto the National; BapS
iltiseg onYenti 81. Y Hissgood ,peo, p
;pleoYf Sd MI Y, Hon 1 and New Bethel
sss]I gtYe. him d .trd pasvery
New ;Bethe i iatsn nearing
etIan sil III gss finished. ja3
ks
trey tltS Faisss I'VE,
.hope $500 t.oo. Rev. Johnson is
;al great pastor. ts'.;2..ii, II 4
". !. Messrs. j. H; Mcg Claim and .G.;
!Gokely handed me "a dollar each
on account. on Saturday last.
These gentlemen report good
crops and they are happy over
12rents cotton. !. n - :: :
= No one is more happy in the
Entertainment Of friends than
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Franklin;
the Main street merchants. 1t
was my pleasure to be a guest
at their pleasant home.
where good will and cheer, pre-.
,ho;,. aoro;. ~ - ~ n'e
fnll <f o.n;to1;tu 49, 49, "
:. "a. az tr,anas -. :. -, - = : !.
Mrs. = 70 o., ~. ~ . :. .
hohv . 10 ,.anon.aa @en O,
Mrs 1Rav1 " 80. :.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
HOW TO BEAT THE DEVIL.

lawyer in New York named Turner has incorporated
himself and is selling himself out in shares Of stock. He
may think he is doing something original, but if he is
mistaken. It's old and well recognized dodge.
What is Standard Oil but the incorporation of John d..
Rockefeller What is the sugar trust but the ncorpora
ton of Henry O. Havemeyer? What the great Northern
PacificGreat Northern Burlng Colorado Southern
merger which it is rumored is about to take place. but
Union Pacfc-Alton- Illinois Central and-a the of
them corporation SYSTEM but E. III. Hartman magnified
ten million diameters?
The corporation with the force of million indivd
uals perhaps but it obeys single will, it has single
brain, it knows but single purpose
And the beauty of it is the corporation has SOUL
John d. Rockefeller has soul-a well groomed, sleek
unctuous, well fed souof which he takes great and
the welfare of which is of the first Importance to him.
John ID. does anything wrong.
But Standard Oilgreat Caesars ghost! You want to
look for your purse and your oil well and all the things
which yours if Standard Oil wants them! What it does
and what John d. does are two diverse things.
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote ''Ihe Bottle lmp'-a
story of imp in bottle which had to be sold for less
every SALE and when the price got to the smallest coin
known, the had to keep the IMP until he died. and
then you know what the imp did to his soul!
Herbert Quick wrote ''The Federal Imp Company
story of how John D. Rockefeller got the imp and his aid
accomplished all the wonderful things which John d.
really has DONE and then went to congress- got law
passed for coin smaller than the centime sold the imp
corporation of which he held the stock and could do all
the devtry he pleased through the imp because it
the corporate John d. that owned the imp and the per-
sona John d.
This is the principle of the corporation It SINS but the
management is snless. It beats the devil.
But maybe there books kept in which the transac-
tons set down otherwise If could only get certified
copies of the accounts of of most sanity exploit
st. Peters books might not envy them so much
But for originality the part the New York lawyer
why, Colonel TOM Ochtree proposed to incorporate
himself for the benefit of his creditors % years ago!
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
1.-THE MENACE OF UNIONISM."

Dr.. Woodrow Wilson, president of Princeton university
advered to labor unonsm his baccalaureate address
this year. and if he is correctly reported called it the
industrial menace Of the nation.
He spoke of the alleged practice in the labor unions of
standardzlng the days work. and of making the out
Nput OF the poorest workman the standard This he sug
gested tends to cut down industrial efficiency and to Grip
pie the nation in the race for commercial supremacy.
Like most college Dr. Wilson fails refuses to look
the real problem in the face Like most college men, he
fails to get the union labor viewpoint Such and
addresses conceived misunderstanding and
tend to evil for they widen the breach between unons
and those who mistakenly oppose it.
Trade unOnSm is a symptom not disease When labor
is unoppressed it organizes When natural oppor
tunltes for self employment free that all may
employ themselves at will the labor union is unheard Of
When placer mines open to the first conner in Cali
fOrnla and later in Alaska there miners unions
NO man cared whether he held job not If he lost his
JOB, he staked out claim But when all the mines went
under private ownership the miners organized The West
em Federation of Miners the fruit of fenced up oppor-
tunities So all labor unions Free natural opportun-
ties that all may freely employ themselves and the labor
union will dissolve with the fear of losing jobs
AS to the restriction Of output, DR.. Wilson should
remember that such efficient machinery now used and
laborers work such long hours that when all are at work
they make things faster than the world can buy them
Output must be cut down How to do il is the oueston
OF more efficient men; but this leaves many out of work
The labor union prefers to do by shorter hours of work.
Failing this he may and in many instances Does reduce
output by less work per unit of time.
How would DIR. Woodrow Wilson do t7
By such readnstment of things that the aborer would
receive the full product of his labor the necessity for re-
Etrction would disappear Laborers everywhere would
nave their purchasing increased that overpro
0uctlon would vanish with under consumption" Until
men everywhere had all they wanted of everything labor
could go on without any glut of products.
But DR. Woodrow Wilson in favor of that7 Until he
. ne may as well accept the labor union a necessity
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24

"Will you give me recipe for
marking table linen?"
Certainly. Leave four year
old child and a blackberry pie
alone at the dining table for five
minutes"
Rather Ancient Widow-Yes,
Major Blinks, my face was my for
tune when married Colonel
Blank.
Major Blinks-Huh; well, l don't
blame you for marrying even
Blank, in that case.
Not being able to find a resort
on this continent where her health
will regain the normal, Katherine
E!kins will sojourn in Europe-but
she won't meet Abruzzi; oh, no.
AS long as a woman doubts ev.
erything a man says to her he is
interesting.
Is there any chance that S. bills
will be smaller if they raise the
tariff on paper?
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
Some Of Our
Bargains

One of the best 60-room modern
hotels In this city for $4,000; will
consider a trade; good lease, small
rent.
A 23-room lodging house: good
location; good lease, reasonable
rent, for 500 or trade.
40 acres in Spokane valley, IL
miles from city; we'll improved and
stocked; only $4,000; terms.
We have a few good timber
claims and homesteads near the
Columbia river open to cling.
A. r. MOORE CO,
Room 16 Curtis Blk, Cor. Lincoln
and Sprague. Phone Main 2043.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
WILL DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP

An action for divorce has been
instituted by Frederick b. Pitt
wood against Alice No Pittwood.
alleging statutory grounds. The
couple live at 312 Knox avenue
and have been married for IL years
and only recently parted.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
DOLLS FOOT STUCK IN
BABY'S NOSE.
(Hy United Press)

PHILADELPHIA. June "a
While performing delicate surgery
- extracting . foreign body from
- nose Of Annie Pierce, three
yssrs old. at the Samaritan hos
Dal. DR.. Horatio Jones was
nnannishsd to find that the wooden
- Of . doll had bsen forced up
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24

They say Hartman is a bum
correspondent. He simply hates to.
drop a line, even to-his friends
But he has written some letters to-
MY Dear Senator"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24
SEIZE WOMAN'S LEG
UNDER MORTGAGE

LEES MOlNES, iowa, June "a
Because her wooden leg had been
listed as household property, Mrs.
Charles Harridin, despite her en-
treaties, was compelled to unstrap
the mechanical member at the
knee land lay it on the top of
all the other humble household
goods as they were carted away
under a mortgage foreclosure.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-06-24

the nose. The foot had caught In
the nostril and required great
skill In its extrication.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22

This is a great time to prepare soil
for next spring planting. says Field
and Farm. Pillow and water In the fall
has been our slogan for clay and
adobe farms and 1t works out every
time. Many farmers neglect this i'm
portant work on the excuse that they
are too busy with their late beet har-
vest or are sheeped out with their
operations in the feed yards. Still II
is well to add in this connection that
farmers everywhere are giving more
thought to this subject and are apply
ing themselves to the work better
than they did 10 years ago. SO that
1t is evident that our preaching has
had some effect. Plow to-day and
run the water tomorrow. or IL the
ground is too hard reverse the opera.
ton. Any way will do. Just SO the
land gets a good soaking. We have
had such dry weather that this fall
irrigation becomes doubly imperative
SO get out with the shovel and the
hoe
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22
OUR FARMS AND BATTLEsHIPs
Cost Of One 12-ineh Gun would Re.
claim 1871 Acres Of Land, HON.
ing 1856 People.

Mr.. B. F. Yoakum. one of the lead
ing railroad men Of the country. in
his address to the Oklahoma farmers
the other day. said: "A 40-acre farm
OF irrigated land will comfortably sup
port family Of 1--WE. 1t costs SIS, 900
to make Pinch gun. The money
that goes to pay for this gun would
reclaim ISL acres of land. providing
homes for 1876 people. When all the
guns on all the battleships are shot
one time the government blows on in
noise and smoke $4,000. This would
reclaim more than 1000 acres OF land.
giving homes to more than 500 farm
ers and their families. The money
consumed in powder is lost to all the
future. The farmer who buys the re-
claimed land must pay the govern
ment back in 10 years. so 1t does not
cost the government anything"
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22

upon you, Shamey, Remember
grandma is not SO young as she once
was and the penitential efficiency OF
a bunion is greatly enhanced by the
showing forward Of the foot as accom-
plished by the French heel. Command
the old lady to do a cake-walk once
an hour around the dining room table
II you Will. but let her do 1t in COM
Portable shoes. Another item In favor
OF trying this resolution is the fact
that you have probably never asked
grandma to wear any kind OF shoes
she didn't like. SO II should be that
much easier to keep to your resolu-
ton not to do SO.
For a young mani resolve from
this day never again to smoke a pipe
in church. This sample is highly
recommended. The practice against
which you issue the edict of Danish
ment Is reprehensible In the highest
degree. Smoking. while of course It
might be solace to you during the
sermon. could not but annoy your
neighbors and fellow worshipers. The
men envy you. leading to countless
domestic difficulties for them. The
preacher Is unable to see whether all
the deacons are awake or not by the
haze from your pipe. Moreover. Just
as distinguished statesman once Of
hcially declared that the odor of
cigarettes annoyed him there are
those to whom the smell of a pipe is
a nuisance and the orertory collector
might be one of these. Besides. you
would probably be thrown out or ar
rested or something.
For men who ride much in street
cares "henceforth I will not mind the
feathers" This is one requiring con-
siderable care-but II strictly adhered
to will be found of great assistance in
your daily life. When depending from
strap and resting your toes on some
neighbor's n long stif Quill suddenly
jabs you in the nose giving to that fea-
ture the rich red that which another
class of resolvists have already &C.
quired. do not release your temper.
Smile and pretend you like IT. Oft
times you can make yourself believe
1t, after due practice. OF course. But
the principal advantage to be cited in
this resolutions favor is that you
might Just as we'll" So long as the
fashion remains the same you will
have your daily communion with the
tail feathers OF an ostrich or of a
rooster and II you resolve not to mind.
how much more placid the temper,
For any one who does not raise
chickens-"I hereby resolve and de-
termine not to eat any more strictly
fresh eggs for several weeks to
come" This is in some respects the
prize resolution. Its advantages are
many. but all the others are over
Swallowed by this one-you can't get
any to eat
In spite of all the teacher may do
the pupil will not learn unless he
himself studies. You cannot make
successful use of these sample resolu-
tons without effort on your part. But
you should find one among them
which can be kept with the minimum
of struggle. If you have no choice or
you are skeptical as to your ability,
try the last one.
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22

OF the various state conventions and in
the federal convention. Men like Sam
Adams. Patrick Henry. Richard Henry
Lee, Yates and Lansing. Luther Mar
tin. George Mason and Thomas Sum-
ter, with many others were from start
to finish bitterly opposed to the rati-
fication of the Constitution. When the
first vote was taken 1t was almost a
tie in some Of the states. New York,
for instance. voting 30 for ratification
and ~ against ratification. Virginia
voted SO for. 70 against. Massachusetts
1877 for. 1Gs against
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22
UNCLE SANS BIG DIrcHEs
Millions Are Being Spent on Irrigation
Projects to Redeem Wastes Of
the Far West.

Approximately cne-third of the
United States is vacant government
land. much Of it desert-great arid
wastes of yellow sands. with only
crooked and dwarfed mesquite. the
vicious looking giant cactus and sage
brush of dusty green to relieve the
awful monotony.
In order to redeem these desolate
areas and fit them for commercial
purposes and to provide farm homes
for more of our peorle the govern
ment has already expended s43.000.00O
and is constantly adding to that sum
in the furtherance of its great irri-
cation plans
In his first message to congress In
1901 Theodore Roosevelt urged the
passage of an act to reclaim the des-
ert. AS result of the public interest
created by the appeal. congress. in
1902. passed what is known as the ma
tional reclamation act. which pro-
vides that IS per cent OF the moneys
received from the sale OF public lands
in Arizona. Nebraska. Nevada. New
Mexico. California. Colorado. Idaho.
Kansas. Montana. North Dakota. Okla
homa. Oregon. South Dakota. Utah.
Washington and Wyoming. beginning
with June 30. 1901. be set aside for
the use of constructing irrigation
works.
1t was stipulated that as soon as
any work was completed the owners
of the land benefited must begin to re-
turn the cost thereof. payments being
| ms In, 10.
out interest. the money SO returned
being used over and over in the con-
struction of other works.
To eliminate speculation and put
stop to greedy acquisitions of large
tracts 1t was provided that no one
could own more than 100 acres under
any OF the projects and the owners
must actually reside upon and cult
vate the land.
Numerous state laws strengthened
this provision. some of them reducing
the holdings to so. and in some cases
40 acres Soil TO be used for orchard
purposes is limited to 40 acres. while
that for alfalfa and other grasses to
so acres.
The. work Of the reclamation service
has been simply marvellous. nine pro-
1ects having been completed in these
few years. and % others are In course
Of construction; several of these will
be finished during the present year.
When these projects. counting those
completed. shall all have been accom-
plished. approximately 10000 900 acres
of ground. valued at S90.000.o00 will
have been reclaimed and land tracts
whereon a few years ago existed only
starvation and woe and want-where
every living thing showed the des-
perate struggle for mere existence
have been changed into thrifty or
chards. green fields and prosperous
gardens and have been made to
bloom as the rose"
The Lamar register., 1909-12-22
FOR YOUNG rIEN

and doubtless the answer is In abe
book somewhere II they can only find
II.
a similar aspect 1t is not entirely
perfect at present. But considering
the few years since Adam inaugurated
the outdoor sleeping fad and became
grandpa to the human race 1t is not
surprising that some details are still
to be worked out. The forming of the
resolution has been beautifully work
ed out. till almost any one. the merest
novice. can resolve The date, too,
has been firmly fixed as on the first
of January. The chief difficulty that
still remains has to do with keeping
the resolution once 1t is made. Some
thing like keeping your aeroplane
right side up once you have estab-
stars.
Probably several years will elapse
before the custom of resolving
reaches perfection and in the mean
time 1t might be well to adopt a
makeshift for the present unattain.
able.
1t would seem as II the difficulty
might be minimized by more attention
to the subjects taken for resolving
purposes. 1t is well to use care in Sc.
lecting our resolutions. and because
of the proximity of January l. few
suggestions may not be out of place.
For a young woman-Try this one.
II hereby resolve with earnestness to
no longer insist on grandma wearing
French heels" There are several ad-
vantageous features to this resolution.
To begin with 1t is humane. Just
think of forcing the poor old lady to
teeter down the street with little
church steeples under her sole leath.
err, Her silver locks bob under her
dignified black bonnet and at every
painful step she whispers Ouch" Fie