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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22
CONGRESSMAN AIKEN
ON MILL MERGERS

Declares The! Tend TO Keep the Price
oS lotion Down and Fears That
They viii Eventually Work Against
LabOrcrs.
In Saturday afternoons issue of The
Anderson Daily Mail. Hon. d. Wyatt
Aiken. Congressman from the Third
District contributed the following ar
ticic in reply TO letter from Mr.. T.
IT. Wakefield. a resident of Anderson:
To the Editor of the Daily MALL
read with interest the letter of my
GOOD friend Mi r. r. Wakefield in
a recent issue of The Daily Mail ON
Ehe mill merger proposition.
While defer to the opinion of so
good a man and such an exemplary
citizen as is Nh Wakefield. think
ne is wrong in some OF his conclu-
Hions.
The price OF cotton is fixed in Liy-
erpnol based on the worlds supply.
nf which This country furnishes about
Two thirds The difference in the
price Of cotton in Texas and South
carolina, being from a quarter to a
haif cent per pound in favor of South
Carolina, is a bonus paid by the mills
of South Carolina, which would 9th
erwisc be deducted for freight charg-
IS and extra expense OF handling. If
the = nth Caorlina crop had to be sent
ont Of the state. The shutting down
ni dn isolated mill or even block of
mills in this state cannot materially
iahec1 the price; and the fact is that
under separate management as now
existing. all the mills OF this state
haVe never been shut down at one
slime.
They cannot and do not agree as to
policy. One mill may have sold a
profitable contract twelve months I'm
aduUnce, must supply it's customer.
and hence could not enter into an
agreement To close down. Another de-
pending ON the present cloth market
Wouid be dnrcondition to shut down.
hence varied circumstances must vary
'Ghe. action of separately managed
mills; In the matter OF closing down.
Every mill eliminated as separ-
ate unit and added to the merger,
makes easier the shutting, down OF
ahe whole by eliminating divergent
anteresis and placing control in one
unastcr hand Suppose. then, that all
rahe mills Of South Carolina were un-
der one control, and this IS the spirit
oOf merger, and suppose the mills OF
all other southern states were SINH
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Take notice that on the 2nd day OF
DeceihDer, we will render final ac-
count OF our acts and doings as EX
ecutors of the estate of Gardner L..
Davis, deceased, in the office of the
Judge of Probate of Laurens county.
at i o'clock, a. m, and on the same
day Will apply for a final discharge
from our trust as Executors.
Any persons indebted to said estate
are notified and required to make pay
ment on that date; and all persons
having claims against said estate will
present them on or before said date,
duly proven.
w. A. Davis,
r j. F. Davis,
November 1, 1911-1 mo.
Executors.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22

the combination stated that the
wheels would never turn under his
management. More than a year has
elapsed and the statement has been
fully verified though mill in the
same town-buit by one nearer in
touch with the powers that be" start
ed later and began manufacturing
on time
Concentrated control will undoubt-
edly shut out the building of new
Mills, and it is admitted that every
new mill adds to the demand for
cotton What northern investor would
risk his capital in a proposed indie
pendent new mill in this state against
the advice and in the face of the op-
position of a merger?
1T seems that the most dangerous
tendency of the merger threatens the
rights Of the mill operative. The
best of men, employer and employe.
may have differences, barest differ
ences, that cannot be adjusted. Tn
der such circumstances nothing is
left to the employe but to hunt new
employer. With all the mills of the
state under one control where would
the employc turn?
With an understanding between
the heads of mergers in the several
states, the lot of the employe would
be pitiful indeed have the profound
est respect for the leading mill men
OF this state, for some of them for
instance, James ID. Hammett, Angus
tus w. Smith, Lewis W. Parker and
others, ! have the, warmest personal
regard The rights of the Individual
operative would be safe i'm their
hands; but who knows who is even
tually to succeed them? If the man
ufacturing of the state is ever con
centrated in the hands of one man,
who knows but that some day that
man may come from distant sec
tion; may totally lack sympathy with
our people and conditions: and may
exercise power over the operative
more than autocratic? No greater
danger could threaten the civil and
political liberty of the operative than
to make him absolutely dependent on
one man for the bread he eats.
1 do not believe that my good
friend Mr. Wakefield has reflected
maturely on the dangers of the mer-
geresystem. may be upduly ever
.cised over the dangerous features
myself, but I am sure that his good
Judgment will in time reject the mer-
ger plan as dangerous to prosperity
and menace to free popular govern
ment "a rttt,.. .,.
Respectfully.
Wyatt Aiken.
Abbeyille, s. c., Nov II, 1911.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22

larly controlled. how much easier it
would be for small body composed
OF one man from each cotton manu-
featuring state, 10 get together at a
vital time in the marketing Of cotton
and totally suspend buying Under
such circumstances no individual
would fear short supply for the mer-
ger, if necessary, would accommodate
by shipping in the necessary supply.
The advantage, by reason of local
mills, that the South Carolina far
mer has over the Texas farmer would
vanish, and South Carolina and Tex
as would lose alike, additionally in
millions of dollars by the temporary
withdrawal OF so large body OF
spinners from the market.
1t may be suggested that the mer-
gcd mills will not dare stand out of
the market for fear of running short.
With short crop they would not, but
a short crop takes care of itself.
If the supply is adequate they would
from buying for foreign spinners
would not buy i'm excess of their de-
mand, The merged mills would only
delay securing their supply and hav-
ing depressed the market to their sat
isfaction would buy at the lower fig
urc
Touching Mr.. Wakefied's suggas-
tion that weak mills will be made
strong by entering the merger and
that all will have more money with
which to buy cotton and hence will
pay the higher price, IL may be stat
ed as fact that no mill will pay
more in excess of the export price
than the bonus of freight and hand
ing already referred to. Besides, as
every mill man will inform him, shut
ting downs are Attributable, in 81
per cent of instances, not to lack of
FUNDS, but to disparity between the
price of cotton and the price of cloth.
He Will never again hear of shut
down with cotton selling at nine and
ten cents per pound.
Every new cotton mill increasing the
consumption of cotton, tends to in
crease the price Of raw cotton. In a
previous letter published stated that
the policy of the merger would be
to discourage the building OF new
mills. 40
A combination to this end already
exists In this state, and in several
instances whore sufficient local cap
ital had been subscribed the mills
were defeated through the advice and
influence OF those In the combination.
In one instance mill was actually
built by one not subject to the order
OF this combination. Uhile 1t was, In
process"o of construction a member of
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22

only turkey birds wise they'd read sporting pages
Discovering there the
BY training down instead they'd reduce their
That when Thanksgiving they'd fit to eat
And when the buyer along talk with
He'd Why these birds only skin and
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22
FINAL SETTLEMENT

Take notice that on the 1st day of
december, l Will render a final ac-
count of my acts and dolngs as Ex-
ecutor OF the estate of Emma ]. Nose
ley, deceased, in the office of the !,
OF Probate Of Laurens ooantyra at j ~
CLOCK, q. m. and, on the same day vii
aLply Tor final discharge from MY
trust as Executor -, -
any persons indebted to said estals
are notified and required to make payi
nhehC on that date; and all persons
having cialms against said estate will
present 5 tnem ON Or before said date.
u"'y proven or be: forever barred.
|-''J: n. Moseley,
Novembed 1, 1911--1 mo. =
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22

Fo. State purposes :. :. ..5a mills
For Constitutional School Tax mills
For Ordinary County purposes 3 mills
For Interest on Railroad Bonds l mill
For Roads and Bridge Bonds 8 mills
For Court House Bonds :. % mills
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22

~ "IIehlloH VIII De given tnOSe
VINO wish to pay their Taxes through
the mail by check. money order etc
Persons sending in lists of names to
be taken off are requested to send
them early; and give the Township OF
each, as the Treasurer is very busy
during the month of December.
ROSS ID. YOUNG,
County Treasurer.
september 10, 1911.-td..
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22

see our line of Heating Stoves, aHN
sizes; all prices. for either coal. wood
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1911-11-22
pecial Schools-IIunter Tjwnshi

special Schools-Jacks Township.
~, hurricane NO. 10 :. E. ..3 mills
Shady Grove No. 2 =. ..3 mills
Special Schools-SouHetown Township
Langston Church No. :. =. ..3 mills
Scuiietown No. l :. =. :. % mills
Laniord No. 10 =. =. H.. :. Az mills
Ora No. 10 . mills
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
ROBERT BURGESS is DEAD
Former Mankato Man Passed Away
at Baker, Montana.

Mr.. and Mrs. A.. Bashaw received
the sad news from Baker, Mont,
Of the death of Robert Burgess, who
twenty years ago. From here he
moved to Madelia, accompanying Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Draper, who took
charge of the A. B. Stone farm. He
resided also at GrOgan and left that
place for the west with Mr.. and
Mrs. Draper. Mr.. Burgess death
occurred on January 20. The Baker
Sentinel refers to the death of Mr.
Burgess as follows ."v
Robert Burgess died Sunday
night in the hospital at Miles City,
following an operation for tiiberculO-
sis abscess of the bowels. The re-
mains were brought to Baker Tues
day and the funeral was conducted
Wednesday from the Baker church.
Rev. Johnson preaching the funeral
sermon. and the Modern Woodmen
assisting in the last rites. Interment
took place in Bonnievale cemetery
Deceased was a single man nearly
bfty-One years of age and had
homestead about four and half
miles west of Baker on which he
intended to prove up. He leaves two
sisters and brother residing in
Scotland, who, together with many
friends here, will regret TO learn
of his death. Mr.. Burgess was
skilled bricklayer and mason and
we'll liked by all who knew him.
WOOdmen. For twenty-four years he
made his home with Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Draper"
The funeral was held on Febri-
ary ].
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
Good. Thunder

The Beisids of Medic visited sew
eral days at the E. Beisie home last
week. .,1a.r"@1., al .
Mr.. Stanford and family from
Iowa are now comfortably settled on
the old Rufe .Pomeranke' farm.
The spring term of school began
Monday in the old Sprague district
A good attendance is reported.
The icy condition of the roads at
present gives the blacksmith a goodly
harvest in the way of newly shod
horses and various repairs.
Mrs. Herbert Blake of Ruthton is
reported in quite poor health. Her
sister, Miss Ida Rood, intends to be
with Mrs. Blake next week to assist
in caring for her.
Mrs. Helen .Huntly lies at deaths
door, suffering an attack of apoplexv.
Mrs. Marion Hills of Mankato, an
old friend Of Mrs. Huntly, is with
her; also Mrs. II. Benedict is doing
the nursing.
Our old friend and neighbor,
Charles Hawes and family, will soon
move to their new home in Wiscon.
sin. We will greatly miss this es-
Unable family, SO widely known to
all, and especially Mr.. Halves, who,
IN earlier days has been instructor
IN many of our schools, country and
public. And a great number of us
whose good fortune it was to attend
them look back to those good old
times when we trudged to school,
happy and care free, to learn our
reading and writing and arithmetic
with the patient help of our ever
willing teacher" Though the past
is gone, it will ever linger in pleas
ant memory and we are but one of
many, far and near, who join in
wishing our old teacher happiness
and prosperity in his new home.
A surprise silver wedding party
in honor of Mr. and Mrs. AdoIph
Born took place Wednesday evening
at the Born home, party of about
seventy-five taking possession in the
early evening hours, well laden with
beautiful gifts and delicious refresh
ments. Mr.. and Mrs. Born were
at once made guests of honor and
Mrs. A. Behnke in words quaint and
fitting. according to an old but beau
tiful German CUSTOM, placed a silver
wreath upon the brides head. A
most enjoyable evening ensued and
cards. visiting, games and dancing
made the walls ring with happiness.
The young folks gave most musical
charivari with bells, pans, etc, after
keeping these young folks busy for
nearly two hours they were invited
within and they were quick TO re-
spond to the invitation. The guests
departed in the carly morning hours,
wishing Mr. and Mrs. Born many
more happy years of, welded hap
piness. Z ar' en'o7 -Fss 26"o.H 9G7
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
CHARTER WON AT POMONA
The Interview of Mayor Meyer Had
Its Influence There.


Mayor Meyer has received a copy
Of The Pomona, Cal, Morning Times
OF February II, giving an account of
a special election held there the day
before, when the new commission
form charter carried by majority
Of. LIS, and an alternative charter
carried by 139 majority. The new
charter was carried only after a bit
ter fight. In announcing the out.
come, the paper says: THE cause
of decency, of righteousness, of
civic betterment has triumphed. A
business-like government, free from
the defects of the present govern
ment, up-to-date in every particular,
has at last been chosen for the
city of Pomona. The citizens have
fought good Highland they have
won. They have met the enemy
and taken them into camp" The
charter has to be ratified by the leg
islature and then n city election
will be called.
Mr.. Meyer doubtless in some meas
ure contributed to the success of
the new charter at Pomona, as an
interview with him, had in Fort
Collins. Col, paper and reproduced
in The Free Press after his return
from Colorado, was published in full
in the Pomona papers. E. J. Shell
don, formerly of this city, but now
of Pomona, furnished the Pomona
papers with the copy of The Free
Press, and took an enthusiastic part
in the battle for the new charter.
Other former Mankato people also
live at Pomona, and a number of
former residents live at Ontario:
which is The next town TO Pomona.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
HIDDEN DANGERS.
Nature Gives Timely Warnings That
No Mankato Citizen Can Afford
to Ignore


Danger Signal No. l.. comes from
the kidney secretions. They will warn
you when the kidneys are sick. Well
kidneys eycrete clear, amber fluid.
Sick kidneys send out thin, pale
and foamy, or thick, red, il-smell-
ing urine, full OF sediment and irrecu-
lar of passage
Danger Signal No. comes form
the back. Back pains, dull and
heavy, or sharp and acute. tell you of
sick kidneys and warn you OF the APP
proach of dropsy. diabetes and Bright's
disease. Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick
kidneys and cure them permanently
Here is proof in the statement of a
nearby resident. ta
Mrs. w. NJ. Jones, Murphy street
Lake Crystal, Mimi, says: 1T is a
pleasure for ME to give Doan's Kidney
Pills my endorsement. They have
benefited me, and another member of
my family has taken them with good
results. j know that Doan's Kidney
Pills will cure baekache promptly and
act as tonic to the kidneys"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the -Doan's-and
take ?Ro other. TiofIi. assfsr vJesr
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
BLUE EARTH COUNTY SOCIETY
NAMES A COMMITTEE.
]. S. HoIbrook, c. J. Holman, A. o.
BjelIand, J. w. Andrews, G. A.
Dahl Will Assist City Commits.
sion; to Go Before Board Pa
pers Read at the Meeting Held
Last Night.

From Tuesdays Daily
The Blue Earth County Medical
society held an unusually interest
ing meeting last night, with q
good attendance - local physi
ciaus, and one out of town mem
Der present, Dr. II. p. Grimes of
Lake Crystai.
A request was received from the
city commission for assistance in pre-
senting the matter Of securing a
detention hospital for contagious
cases, to the county board at its
meeting March 8. The society took
favorable action, recognizing the
great Importance OF this in a city
like Mankato, where there is such
a large out of town school popula.
ton. Drs. j. S. Holbrook, C. j
Holman, A. o. Bielland, j. w. An
drews and g. A. Dahl were appointed
a committee TO cooperate with the
commissioners. There have been
cases in the present detention hos
pital right along, but it is not very
suitable and the neighbors are OBJ
jecting.
Treatment Of Tetanus.
DR.. Holman read paper on ''The
Treatment of Tetanus by Intra-Spinal
Injections of Magnesium Sulphate."
Magnesium sulphate is EPSON salts
and the treatment has only been
in use two years, and is the only
one that has meet with any success.
Dr. Holman cited five eases that
he has treated in Mankato. saving
three OF the patients, although by
the old treatment only a very small
propC Etion were saved. He might
have saved them all if he had been
able TO treat them earlier.
The study of skin disease was
taken up, and DR.. Dahl read a paper
on "Tinea" or ringworm, and DR.. f.
A. Sohmer, read one on "Purpura, "
or small hemorrhages of the skin
and mucus membrane, and one on
"Alopecia," or badness.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03
LOWER FLOOR CITIZENS TELE.
PHONE BUILDING RENTED.
Ladies' to Furnish and Manage the
Place; Matron to Be Employed
Later On; Merchants Given Op.
portunity to Provide Furniture
and Other Necessities; Council
to Approve the Move.

From Fridays Daily.
The committee of ladies from the
different wOmens clubs of the city
held meeting with the special coun.
ell committee this forenoon and talk.
for farmers wives and children AS
la result, the committee agreed TO
recommend to the council that the
first floor of the Mankato Citizens
Telephone company building on Tlick.
ICry street be leased for the. purpose
at $25 a year. the rent TO be paid by
1.-THE city and the ladies to furnish
and manage it. The lease will be
made from March l. AS the com
mittee comprise the majority of the
council the matter is as good as
settled.
Open Room March I.
The ladies' hope TO be able TO
open the room soon after March
1. Some improvements will have to
be made, but these will be started
at once. They will include installing
toilet accommodations or the wives
and children of the farmers who come
to the city to trade, and the room
will be repapered and repainted.
The ladies will now proceed 10
call upon the merchants for subscrip.
| tons toward maintenance fund.
and out of this the salary OF the
matron and other expenses will be
paid.
Until suitable matron can be Sc
cured, the ladies will take turns in
seeing after the room, and in this
way will gain little valuable exper.
fence in what is expected and needed
of a matrOn.
Some of the merchants will be
given an opportunity TO donate furni-
ture for the room. Tables, chairs
and couches, looking glass, etc, will
be needed. Reading matter, such
as books, periodicals and news
papers, will also be secured, and it
is expected that these. also, will be
donated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03

made a captive and carried away ia
Canada by the savages. but at the
close of the war regained his lib,
When in the service both brothers
wore their picturesque hunting cos
tune of buckskin shirt and coon
skin caps, with the husky tail hang
ing down behind.
Both brothers represented Shelby
county in the Kentucky legislature.
and held other positions of trust
and honor. The county of Ballard
with its county seat of Blandville,
Kentucky. were named after them.
While in Virginia the county and
city Of Bland and the town of Bal
lard were named in honor Of the
family.
From such pioneer ancestry sprang
Columbus Ballard, one Of the first
pioneers of the county.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-03-03

Mrs. Theodore Sewers passed
away at her home, two miles from
Vernon Center village, - at three
O'Clock yesterday afternoon, after
an illness of few days with pneu-
monia. She was taken sick Friday,
and on account of her age, eighty
years, it advanced rapidly. Her
daughter, Mrs. T.. Ross Paden of this
city, was with her, constantly, and
Rev. Paden went to Vernon yester-
day forenoon, taking a trained nurse.
Born in Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Sewers was born in Pennsyl-
vania, but her girlhood was spent
in Indiana. With a, colony from
the latter state, she came to Man
kato with her parents in 1859, and
was one OF tie charter members
of the local Presbyterian church.
Her maiden name was Miss Mary
Schiller. After residing here three
years, the family moved to Vernon
Center. in 1862 where her husband
was postmaster for three years.
Then the family moved to the farm.
Mrs. Sewers was married fifty.ons
years ago March 18th last, and is
survived by her husband, two sons
and two daughters, Robert and
Williams, who" are farmers and live
close to the home farm, Mrs. Paden,
and Mrs. Fletcher Kendall of Blue
Earth.
Lady Of Culture.
For several years before her mar
riage, the deceased was engaged in
teaching school. She was a lady of
culture and refinement, we'll read,
intelligent, and an interesting con.
versationalist. She always enioyed
good health up to the time of her
last illness. Her death !, is a sad
blow to her aged husband. With
him, she two years ago celebrated
the fiftieth anniversary Of their mar
riage. She was a devoted and loving
wife and mother and q good Chris
tian lady. -. g.
Funeral services will be held at
the residence at two o'clock tomor-
row afternoon, and will be conduct
ed by Rev. o. T. Langiitt of Amboy,
assisted by Rev. :JgB. Gibbs of Ma
della, and the interment will be
made at the Vernon Center GENE
terry. The Vernon Center quartet
will sing.